Li Chen is quite a smart man!
"Are you sure they don't know that the feed contains Spiritual Power comparable to spiritual essence?"
"It's almost certain!"
Ling Yi thought for a moment and asked, "Taking revenge is actually very simple!"
Lü Peng looked at Ling Yi suspiciously and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Secretly reveal that the feed contains Spiritual Power!" Ling Yi sneered.
"Huh? Why?" Lü Peng didn't understand the significance of Ling Yi's actions.
But then his eyes lit up and he said, "Then, we can just make it public that Li Chen is eating pig feed. His reputation will be ruined, and he'll be ridiculed by the entire sect."
"Yes, make it public!" Lü Peng excitedly pounded his palms.
"He might even be punished by the sect for eating pig feed."
Ling Yi shook his head and said, "If you really do that, you'll be the first one to die!"
Before Lü Peng could ask, Ling Yi explained, "Only the two of us know that Li Chen eats pig feed. If I can't leave this valley, Li Chen will definitely suspect you."
"By then, before the sect's punishment is even handed down, you'll be the first to face Li Chen's retaliation!"
Lü Peng's face paled, and he asked, "Then what's the point of making it public that the Spirit Beast feed contains Spiritual Power?"
"The best way to resolve a conflict is to escalate it, turning an individual conflict into a collective one."
There are a thousand outer disciples, only a hundred inner disciples, and only nine true disciples.
"Each disciple has their own designated spot, and true disciples are basically 'dead spots' with very few changes. In contrast, quite a few inner disciples get into trouble every year."
"Only when an inner disciple position becomes vacant can an outer disciple have the opportunity to advance to the inner sect."
"This number certainly won't be too large."
Lü Peng nodded. "There are exactly three months left until the inner disciple competition. It's said that there are only fifteen inner disciple positions available this year."
"Therefore, with a thousand outer disciples vying for these fifteen slots, the competition will inevitably be extremely fierce."
"If they knew that the Spiritual Power in Spirit Beast feed was comparable to spiritual essence, would they be tempted?"
"Definitely!"
"What would happen if hundreds of people simultaneously withheld food from Spirit Beast?"
"Uh, what will happen?" Lü Peng hadn't quite grasped the situation yet.
The main problem was that he simply couldn't understand what this matter had to do with setting Li Chen up.
"If you then secretly reveal that the outer disciples are eating Spirit Beast feed, for example, by posting a big poster in a prominent place in the sect..."
Will the sect's higher-ups pay attention?
"Such a major event will certainly be taken very seriously by the sect." Lü Peng's eyes brightened; he finally understood Ling Yi's meaning.
"By then, who will know that you did it?"
"However, there are dangers involved. You must keep a low profile and subtly reveal the secret of the feed."
"Don't worry, I know what to do!" Lü Peng said confidently.
He looked at Ling Yi with great admiration and said, "Brother Ling, your wisdom is truly admirable. It's a pity that neither of us has Spiritual Root, so no matter how much we scheme, it will be meaningless."
"However, I'll be content if I can save my life and vent my anger. Wait for my news!"
Lü Peng clasped his hands in a fist salute to Ling Yi, then turned and Haste left the valley.
Ling Yi also breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the Big-Eared Pig inside the Spirit Trapping Formation, and muttered, "You guys are too fat, that won't do!"
If these Big-Eared Pig are too normal, then they seem abnormal.
If they've skimped on the feed, and your pigs are still so fat, it's no wonder people get suspicious.
Ling Yi then reverted the Spiritual Vein Gene, and decided to starve them for a few days before making any further decisions.
Big-Eared Pig:...
Ling Yi waved his hand, and a Raven landed on the back of his hand.
This is a Raven that Ling Yi modified and enhanced in terms of its genes and tissue structure using Gene Engine.
It strengthened the Spiritual Vein Gene, increased Fiber Muscle, Strong Bones, enhanced brain cells, improved eyesight, and Sharing its language memories with the Raven.
This transformed the seemingly ordinary Raven into a Spirit Beast capable of Automatic Cultivation.
Unfortunately, Ling Yi is not yet able to create Secondary Gene Engine.
That feature requires level 5 access to be enabled.
If a Secondary Gene Engine could be loaded onto this Raven, it would be equivalent to Ling Yi having a Clone that could help him collect genes.
However, take your time, there's no rush.
" Little Hei, go keep an eye on Lü Peng!"
"Little Hei" is the name Ling Yi gave to this Raven.
"Gah gah!" Little Hei nodded in a very human-like manner, then took off and chased after Lü Peng.
For the next month, in addition to analyzing the genes of various organisms every day to improve his own gene database, Ling Yi also...
They fed the Big-Eared Pig with the only available feed.
Without the Spiritual Vein, the Big-Eared Pig quickly became thin.
Little Hei would fly back every night and share its observations and memories of the day with Ling Yi.
Nourished by the Spiritual Qi of the Spiritual Vein, Little Hei's appearance remained unchanged, but its strength had Tilling Changes.
Enlightenment and spiritual transformation!
Furthermore, it has even mastered some methods of using Spiritual Power.
For example, Spiritual Power can be released to form Shield, or Spiritual Power can be used to increase flight speed.
For example, speaking!
This was something even Ling Yi himself hadn't expected.
That day, Ling Yi had just finished feeding the Big-Eared Pig when he saw Lü Peng rushing in from outside the valley.
" Ling Yi, Ling Yi, haha, it's done!"
"You wouldn't believe it, but all the outer disciples are eating Spirit Beast feed right now. When Li Chen found out about this, he was Thunder!"
"However, this time he didn't skimp on the feed, and, and..."
Lü Peng handed a storage bag to Ling Yi and said, "Take a look for yourself!"
Ling Yi opened the storage bag and found it filled with not only feed but also a stack of silver notes.
After counting, there were a full six thousand taels of silver.
That's no small sum.
Two taels of silver are enough for an ordinary person to eat and drink without worry, have fish and meat, and live comfortably for one or two months.
" Li Chen also said that he would do his best to make up for the feed that had been withheld in the previous two months."
" Ling Yi, why did Li Chen give us money? Did he discover something?" Lü Peng asked with some concern.
"That's a clever fellow!"
Ling Yi has now developed an interest in Li Chen.
Only such intelligent people can live a long life in the Immortal Cultivation Realm.
Cultivators will stop at nothing to advance their cultivation or acquire resources.
Eating pig feed may seem absurd, but upon closer examination, it can be understood.
The Moon Gazing Sect is a minor, insignificant sect with very limited cultivation resources.
If a cultivator fails to Foundation Establishment within a hundred years, they completely lose the opportunity to Foundation Establishment, and their lifespan will be limited to a maximum of one hundred and twenty or thirty years.
Afterwards, he returned to dust like A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality.
But Foundation Establishment over a century is no easy task.
Based on the meager amount of spirit fragments the sect provides?
What are spirit fragments? They're just scraps from Low-Grade Spirit Stone; how much Spiritual Qi could they possibly contain?
There are only a few ways for cultivators to increase their Spiritual Qi.
Cultivation, Spirit Stone, elixirs, Demon Core!
Cultivation goes without saying; unless one possesses extraordinary talent and an extremely high-grade Spiritual Root, it's virtually impossible to achieve Foundation Establishment through a hundred years of cultivation.
Spirit Stone are a scarce resource, let alone for a small sect like the Moon Gazing Sect, which is located in a remote corner of the country.
Even the major sects and super sects cannot supply Spirit Stone indefinitely.
Resources will always be concentrated in the hands of a few and will only be available to a few.
Elixirs are even rarer and more difficult to obtain than Spirit Stone.
Aside from the Fasting Pill, any pill that can improve cultivation level is ridiculously expensive.
Let alone outer disciples, even inner disciples and true disciples rarely have the opportunity to take pills to improve their cultivation.
At least within the Moon Gazing Sect, elixirs are extremely scarce.
The Moon Gazing Sect does not have any alchemists.
There is a Spirit Grass Garden, but planting Spirit Grass also consumes Spirit Stone, so the Moon Gazing Sect's Spirit Grass Garden only grows some ordinary herbs.
Elixir? No!
Adding Spiritual Qi energy to Spirit Beast feed is already considered a very luxurious practice in the Moon Gazing Sect.
It is said that this was a strict order issued by the sect leader to raise these food Spirit Beast.
If only Li Chen was stealing the feed, it would be easy to cover up.
All we need to do is kill Lü Peng and Ling Yi when the time comes.
But now most of the outer disciples are eating animal feed, and this fact can't be kept secret for long.
He will inevitably be implicated in the end.
Even killing Ling Yi and Lü Peng wouldn't make a difference.
There are still two months until the sect competition. As long as we can get Big-Eared Pig back to health within these two months...
If he silences Ling Yi and Lü Peng, he can extricate himself from this matter.
Another point is that these food Spirit Beast are exclusively for the sect leader and true disciples.
The incident involving the animal feed being fed to animals is no small matter.
At that time, any outer sect disciple who eats the feed will likely meet a bad end.
"Then why didn't he just kill them?" After listening to Ling Yi's analysis, Lü Peng asked, puzzled.
Lü Peng said this because he was genuinely afraid that Li Chen would do such a thing.
"Killing them at this time would be the most foolish thing to do. Do they really think everyone else is stupid? Wouldn't that be like protesting too much?"
Li Chen is very smart, but there are definitely quite a few fools among the outer disciples.
It's likely that many of the handyman disciples will be silenced in this incident.
The more people die, the bigger the trouble will get.
If a servant disciple belonging to a certain party dies, that person will inevitably suffer the consequences!
Did you think that silencing her would eliminate all evidence?
Just kidding. In the Immortal Cultivation Realm, only strength and background matter, not evidence.
On the contrary, if Li Chen handles this matter well, it could actually be an opportunity for him.
This matter originated with Li Chen, but was secretly amplified by Ling Yi and Lü Peng.
By the time things calm down, many people will likely have died.
"They won't silence us in the short term, but once this blows over, we might not survive either!"
Ling Yi said softly.
Lü Peng wasn't stupid; he naturally knew the reason behind it.
If Li Chen can extricate himself from this matter, then the only people who would know that he had also eaten the feed would be the two of them.
How could we possibly let them go then? If we don't act now, we'll definitely find an opportunity to silence them later.
"So, you still can't escape death?" Lü Peng's face was rather grim.
He looked at Ling Yi with hopeful eyes and asked, " Ling Yi, do you have any other ideas?"
"Go tell Li Chen that I want Qi Refining technique!"
Lü Peng was puzzled. Why did Ling Yi want to Qi Refining techniques? They were just menial disciples without Spiritual Root.
Moreover, how could Li Chen possibly give them the cultivation technique?