Arc 3The Golden Pupil and the Ambush
Lu Ming used the Flame of Life to restore Thunderfire Hall’s Moon Spirit Grass supply, won the Li Clan’s contract, and gained the Golden Pupil ability at the Spirit Fish Banquet. He joined Thunderfire Hall’s caravan escort to confront the Peach Mountain Band, and the arc ended as he faced Xu Jushi in the poisonous-fog ambush.
- Lu Ming completed his fourth Divine Ability Dharma Mark, then used the Flame of Life to ripen one hundred Moon Spirit Grass plants after the Peach Mountain Band raided Thunderfire Hall’s herb garden.
- Lu Ming delivered top-grade Moon Spirit Grass to the Li Clan and secured Thunderfire Hall the contract to supply four hundred plants, while Lin Changkong vowed to keep troubling the hall.
- Lu Ming accepted Li Yan’s invitation to the Spirit Fish Banquet, where Yan Qing tried to disrupt his fishing but Lu Ming caught fifteen Golden Pupil Spirit Fish with Fire Lotus Yuan Qi.
- Lu Ming returned twelve fish to Thunderfire Hall, formed his fifth and sixth Divine Ability Dharma Marks, awakened Golden Pupil, and helped reveal that Lu Mengmeng’s divine ability bone was beginning to form.
- Lu Ming asked Zhou Xuan to keep Lin Changkong and Shi Tong from leaving Qingyuan Market, then joined the caravan escort that the Peach Mountain Band ambushed with poisonous mist.
- Lu Ming used Golden Pupil to find the restriction flags and destroyed three as Thunderfire Hall battled the band, but Fan Li sent Xu Jushi to stop him.
- Lu Ming beheaded the rat-masked attacker and fought Xu Jushi, surviving a powerful blow before advancing his Thunderfire Whip to Major Accomplishment.