Chapter 16
“Ding! You have received the devout worship of 35 people and are rewarded with 350 merit points.”
Lu Zhou nodded slightly and murmured under his breath, “They are not unteachable after all…”
…
Instead of seeking carnal pleasure, Mingshi Yin continued flying west for half a day and landed in a wooded area outside the capital city of the Yi Province.
“This should be Tiger Ridge.” He took out a map and carefully studied it before putting it away.
It was a beautiful place, magnificent and quiet, but thick with mist that hid dangerous things behind it. It seemed as if a scary beast might jump out of any corner. But, it was not something that Divine Court experts would be afraid of, because no ordinary beasts could be their match at this level.
“Old Eighth, your senior brother is here to visit you…”
Zhu Honggong continued, “Seventh Senior Brother said that Master’s cultivation level is at the perfected stage of the Nascent Divinity realm, and that Master had tried to break through to the higher realm several times two hundred years ago but failed. Also, when Master was ambushed by the top ten experts, someone witnessed him getting wounded by them. So, how did Master recover his cultivation base?”
“Does Old Seventh mean that Master used some kind of secret drug?” Mingshi Yin frowned.
“Exactly!”
Zhu Honggong stood up slowly as he cleared his throat and said, “Fourth Senior Brother, both you and I know Eldest Senior Brother’s cultivation base very well. He is not weaker than Master. But, why did he still dare not do anything to Master after so many years?”
Mingshi Yin threw away the letter and said, “Nobody knows how many trump cards Master has up his sleeves!”
“So what? No matter how many trump cards he has, his life will come to an end one day! He will die sooner or later,” said Zhu Honggong.
“Hey, Old Eighth, what you just said is not in Old Seventh’s letter. Who told you that? Could your pig brain have figured that out?” Mingshi Yin looked at Zhu Honggong with surprise.
“Fourth Senior Brother, it’s wrong of you to insult me like that. I do have a brain.”
“Oh, forget it! Saying that you have a pig’s brain is insulting for pigs…” Mingshi Yin said snappishly. “Who told you that? Is it Sixth Junior Sister or Second Senior Brother?”
“I really figured it out myself!” Zhu Honggong said with an innocent look.
“Alright, forget it if you don’t want to tell me! Look how scared you are.” While smiling, Mingshi Yin walked down the steps and said, “I have thought about the same thing mentioned in the letter. However, I’m different from you…I still respect Master very much.”
Zhu Honggong, “???”
“Recently, Master has been cultivating in seclusion on the mountain, so he probably won’t leave the mountain. You just stay in Tiger Ridge and don’t cause trouble everywhere. Fortunately, Master didn’t order me to kill you!”
Overjoyed, Zhu Honggong bowed and said, “Thank you, Fourth Senior Brother!”
“Also, find out about those mounted brigands, so that I can answer to Master.”
“Senior Brother has a point. I will definitely look into this matter.”
Mingshi Yin walked away, leaving numerous afterimages behind as each of his steps took him a hundred feet away. In just the blink of an eye, he disappeared and was nowhere to be found.
“Farewell, Senior Brother!”