Chapter 17
As soon as Mingshi Yin left Tiger Ridge, Zhu Honggong shuddered and wiped away the cold sweat from his face while his legs trembled uncontrollably.
‘That was a close call…Seventh Senior Brother was right!’
Seeing this, one of his men cried out, “Are you alright, Chief?”
“I-I…I’m fine. Don’t panic and calm down, all of you!”
3Meanwhile…
Lu Zhou sat cross-legged in the gazebo. After trying to cultivate for half a day, he found that his disciples’ cultivation techniques were useless for him. They could not produce energy at all. His meridians were too old, and his dantian and Sea of Qi lacked vitality, making it extremely difficult for him to gather energy.
He shook his head helplessly. It seemed that the cultivation techniques and experiences of his disciples in his mind were not of much use to him.
“Understand, Master! I was too lazy, please forgive me! I will continue fixing the arrays now.”
When Lu Zhou was facing the top ten experts, they stood on the side and watched without helping him. Now, he only punished them by asking them to repair the arrays, and yet they came to him and complained!
He knew very well that he could not be weak at such a critical time. Disciplining disciples was essentially the same as managing subordinates in his previous life.
After Duanmu Sheng left, Lu Zhou called up the system panel once again.
“Lucky draw.”
“Ding! This lucky draw costs 50 merit points. Thank you for trying, you have received 1 luck point.”
“Lucky draw.”
“Ding! This lucky draw costs 50 merit points. Thank you for trying, you have received 1 luck point.”
1“…”
He tried ten times in a row, and he got the same ‘thank you for trying’ prompt each time. Consequently, his merit points were downed by 500, and he had also accumulated 18 luck points.
1While frowning, he said, “System, can you have a little conscience? Don’t you feel guilty cheating my merit points?”
2The system did not answer.
Looking at the remaining 500 merit points, he gave up trying his luck and opened the shopping mall.
“I want to purchase a reversal card!”
“Ding! 500 merit points are deducted. You have received 1 reversal card.”
Now, he had spent all his merit points, with only 4 points left.
“Use it!”
Having used several reversal cards before, Lu Zhou had become rather calm and focused on the field of remaining life on the panel. Sure enough, it had increased to 1,509 days.
“If you spend all your money, you will not think about it anymore! So, the only thing left for me to do now is lie down and wait for death?” Lu Zhou suddenly felt bored.
It was hard to find anything to do with this old body. In his previous life, old people could still go to parks to play chess, card games, or walk the dog.
“Ding! The side quest of instigating Zhou Jifeng’s defection is completed. You are rewarded with 200 merit points.”
“Ding! Zhou Jifeng’s hostility level is zeroed, and his loyalty is 10%.”
“Ding! Two elders are killed. You are rewarded with 200 merit points.”
3Lu Zhou’s eyes lit up.
“Zhao Yue has done a good job!”
Right as he was feeling happy with the reward, a figure drifted up from the foot of the mountain.
Lu Zhou glanced at the figure. It was Mingshi Yin.
“Master, this disciple has completed the task and is now reporting back to you.”