58: The ancient monster tomb will be opened

Lu Chen, who had just returned to his small courtyard after spending ten Merit Points at the Wan Fa Pavilion to exchange for a set of "Gold Style Magic", was met head-on by a tall, somewhat heroic-looking young Disciple wearing a sky-blue close-fitting suit, standing outside Lu Chen's small courtyard gate.

Seeing Lu Chen arrive, he said expressionlessly: "The Peak Lord has ordered that fellow Disciples fighting and rashly using weapons will be punished by ordering Lu Chen to repair the scene of the assault and restore it to its original state. If there is the slightest error, he will be punished with one hundred lightning whips."

'Ah! Make me sweep the floor?!' Lu Chen was stunned for a moment. He had originally been prepared for punishment from the Third Elder. After all, they were fellow Senior apprentice-brothers, but he hadn't held back at all, almost beating Fan Sheng to death.

The result was that the Third Elder's punishment was sweeping the floor?

It was said to restore it to its original state, but the place where they fought was on the Doujian Peak's territory. Lu Chen and Fan Sheng were both well aware of this. Let alone collapsing mountains and splitting the earth, they didn't even dare to damage a single large stone. At most, the ground was slightly damaged by the aftershocks. It could be fixed with a simple sweep and a few pushes.

Was this even considered a punishment?

Lu Chen's heart instantly became clear. The Third Elder was biased! And heavily biased!

Hmm, the Third Elder has me in his heart!

It was not in vain that he gave up Mingjing Peak, Feilai Peak, and Wudao Peak and came to Doujian Peak.

Lu Chen straightened his attitude and said solemnly: "Lu Chen accepts the punishment."

"Hmm!" The tall, somewhat heroic-looking Disciple nodded, still serious.

But after saying "Hmm", the seriousness on this Disciple's face immediately turned into a smile, and he gave Lu Chen a thumbs-up: "Junior Brother Lu, you did a good job with this. That Li Jinyi is not a magnanimous person, and this Fan Sheng follows him and does not do human things. It's good that you beat him. The Peak Lord also knows the reason for this matter and will not blame Junior Brother."

Looking at the change in expression of this unfamiliar Senior apprentice-brother in front of him, Lu Chen's mind turned, and he understood the reason. The previous seriousness was because he represented the Sword Fighting Peak Lord in delivering the order. Now, with a smile and cheerful conversation, it represented this Senior apprentice-brother's own attitude towards Lu Chen.

As for whether beating Fan Sheng was good or not, it didn't really matter. Anyway, he had already been beaten. The Third Elder was also on his side, and that was enough!

"Thank you, Senior apprentice-brother, for letting me know." Lu Chen bowed and thanked him.

The Disciple waved his hand and said with a smile: "No problem, no problem. My name is Zhou Jiqing. We can interact more in the future."

'Zhou Jiqing'?

One of the five registered Disciples of the Sword Fighting Peak Lord, the Third Elder!

No wonder he looked a bit different from ordinary Disciples. As expected, he had some status.

Lu Chen bowed again: "So it was Senior Brother Zhou in person. My apologies."

Zhou Jiqing smiled: "With Junior Brother Lu's talent, you will sooner or later become a Disciple of the Peak Lord. At that time, you and I will be true Senior apprentice-brothers from the same master, so there is no need to worry about these formalities."

He also reminded him: "By the way, you don't need to personally go to the place where you fought with Fan Sheng. Spend half a Good Deed, and fellow Disciples will help you restore it to its original state, which is also simple."

As he spoke, he gave a few more instructions and then took his leave.

Lu Chen was naturally happy to be lazy about something that could be done with half a Good Deed. At least now he was a 'big shot' with over ten thousand Merit Points. Half a Good Deed was just a drop in the bucket!

After finding a Senior apprentice-brother surnamed Liu and explaining the situation, this Senior Brother Liu thumped his chest loudly, guaranteed the job, and immediately went to the place where Lu Chen and Fan Sheng had fought to begin restoring the battlefield.

It must be said that professionals are professionals. This Senior Brother Liu had mastered Earth Elemental Spell and Wood Style Magic to perfection. Even if a blade of grass was killed or a stone was broken, he could restore it using Wood Style Magic and Earth Elemental Spell.

Lu Chen was very satisfied with what he saw and quickly settled the payment of half a Good Deed.

"Remember to find me next time you have something like this." Senior Brother Liu left satisfied.

Lu Chen's face darkened. Who would go looking for trouble and fight with fellow Senior apprentice-brothers every day?

There won't be a next time.

…………

Near the top of the mountain, in the large courtyard.

Li Jinyi's face was gloomy as he looked at Fan Sheng, whose entire body was battered and on the verge of death. His expression was exceptionally dark.

At this time, Fan Sheng was extremely miserable. His originally normal face had been beaten into a pig's head, swollen to an exaggerated degree, and bloody. All his teeth were also gone.

One side of his body was directly beaten until it disappeared, and although the other side had not yet disappeared, it was not far from disappearing. There were traces of lightning whips everywhere, and it was a bloody mess.

Looking at him, there wasn't a single piece of good flesh left on his body.

"Who told you to go find Lu Chen?" Li Jinyi suppressed his anger.

Useless, truly useless.

It was one thing for him to go find trouble with Lu Chen behind his back, but he was actually beaten into such a miserable state by Lu Chen. What Realm was Lu Chen in?

Just Spirit Transformation Late Stage. Fan Sheng was in the Profound Law Late Stage. More importantly, Fan Sheng was Li Jinyi's person, representing Li Jinyi's face. Being beaten into such a miserable state meant that Li Jinyi also had no face!

"I... I..." Fan Sheng stammered, but with missing teeth and a mouth full of air leaks, it was impossible to understand what he was saying.

Li Jinyi became even more irritable and impatient: "Go back and heal yourself! I will get an explanation for you in this matter!"

Even if Fan Sheng was useless and wrong, he was still Li Jinyi's person, and he could be so humiliated by Lu Chen!

This matter is definitely not over!

There will always be an opportunity!

………

Lu Chen was cultivating.

But unlike before, Lu Chen's cultivation now had two additional aspects.

One was cultivating "Gold Style Magic".

The second was that Lu Chen suddenly realized that he seemed to have never truly fought with anyone before. Even though his strength was not weak, he lacked actual combat experience.

When he fought with Fan Sheng earlier, he was thinking, what if Fan Sheng didn't wait for him to summon his Dao Soldiers first and directly launched a sneak attack on him?

He could naturally react, but it definitely wouldn't look good. This was due to lack of experience, but it didn't matter. He had plenty of Dao Soldiers, and whether it was a one-on-one fight or a group battle, he could quickly accumulate experience.

Just practice on the Dao Soldiers.

It is worth mentioning that the matter of injuring Fan Sheng just passed like that. Even the Third Elder punishing him to restore the damaged area was completely ignored by everyone.

Lu Chen even suspected that if he didn't find someone to repair it, the Third Elder would probably not bother to care.

In addition, since he used Dao Soldiers to beat Fan Sheng half to death, more people came to find Lu Chen.

They were all heading towards the Ancient Demon Remnant Tomb, wanting to form a small group with Lu Chen.

Even Disciples from Feilai Peak, Wudao Peak, Danxia Peak, Zhubing Peak, and Mingjing Peak came after hearing about him, and they all found out that Lu Chen had a need for Monster Corpses, each bringing Monster Corpses as gifts. Unfortunately, Lu Chen didn't agree to any of them.

In the end, Lu Chen had no choice but to hang the words "Closed for Cultivation, Do Not Disturb" outside his door, and it became much quieter this time.

Furthermore, the atmosphere of the Dongming Sect has changed drastically. Everywhere, Disciples are sparring, cultivating, and even jointly cultivating combined attack Formations, all preparing for the opening of the Ancient Demon Remnant Tomb.

The entire Dongming Sect was filled with a strange sense of urgency.

In a blink of an eye, the half-month period had arrived.

In front of the six Inner Sect peaks, all Inner Sect Disciples gathered. The Ancient Demon Remnant Tomb will open today.