40: Chapter 4 Li Linfeng: How could you say such an infuriating thing?

[Congratulations, Your Majesty!]

[Your Divine Servant Zhang Qianlü has successfully enrolled in Danxia Valley, becoming an inner Disciple.]

[According to Sect rules, inner Disciples of Danxia Valley receive monthly: Foundation Cultivation Pill*1, qi gathering pill*10, yang shen pill*10!]

"Whoa! Good heavens!" Feng Yifan's eyes widened, "This Zhang Qianlü guy, not bad at all!"

Straight into being an inner Disciple?

And this Danxia Valley, they move fast.

According to what Li Linfeng said, Zhang Qianlü would first go to the Sword Sect, waiting for Danxia Valley to pick him up.

By the time they arrived at the Baixian Platform, it would probably be afternoon.

If that's the case, then almost as soon as Zhang Qianlü arrived at the Sword Sect, the people from Danxia Valley arrived right on his heels.

Then, without hesitation, they accepted him as a Disciple and took him back to the Sect.

[Divine Servant Zhang Qianlü, receiving special favor from his Master, obtains yuanling pill*1! Top-tier demonic Cultivation Technique: Four Saints Five Elements Art (incomplete version)*1!]

"A demonic Cultivation Technique?" Feng Yifan was first delighted, then disappointed, "Why is it an incomplete version?"

[Your Majesty will receive a tenfold return! yuanling pill*10, Foundation Cultivation Pill*100, qi gathering pill*100, yang shen pill*100!]

[Your Majesty obtains the Four Saints Five Elements Art (incomplete version). The System will automatically complete it for Your Majesty and imprint ten copies into Your Majesty's consciousness sea.]

[Given that Your Majesty's total pill count exceeds 10, a magical vessel is required for storage. A spirit locking bottle is specially gifted! The pills have been placed inside, please verify, Your Majesty!]

"...Tsk tsk." Feng Yifan clicked his tongue against the back of his teeth.

At this moment, he had a lot to say, but after thinking about it, he decided not to say it.

But thinking again, he couldn't help himself.

"Damn it!" he couldn't help but grit his teeth, "You had such a magical vessel, why didn't you take it out earlier! Made me keep the pills in the alchemy furnace all this time!"

That alchemy furnace was the one used before to offer incense to the mountain god.

It was just an ordinary utensil, without any other effects, so keeping pills inside would inevitably lead to some dissipation of medicinal efficacy.

This could very likely attract petty thieves!

"If they're just petty thieves, it's fine, but if they're major thieves, wouldn't I be in danger?"

The key point is, even after washing it clean, that incense burner still has a strange smell!

"Although it's not unpleasant, that fragrance isn't the smell of food. It really affects the experience of consuming the pills, you know?"

After saying this, Feng Yifan sneered, "Forget it, you broken System, you don't need to eat, what the hell do you know!"

There's nothing to say to you types who can't appreciate the joy of eating.

So, he decided to go find his other Divine Servant.

Taking advantage of the System's gap in completing the technique.

To ask about some situations.

And incidentally, vent some anger.

"Oh no."

"It's urging."

...

At this moment, Sword Sect.

Movement came from the Divine Servant mark.

Li Linfeng's eyelid twitched.

He had an ominous premonition.

"Little Li! Your Junior Brother has successfully become a Disciple!"

Feng - the Castrating Pig Master - the One - the Evil God - Fan, sent his congratulations to his first money-making vessel.

"Divine Lord, such prompt news."

Li Linfeng said with a forced smile, "It happened just one incense stick's time ago, and the Divine Lord already knows. Did Junior Brother Zhang report the good news to the Divine Lord?"

If that were truly the case, then the relationship between this Junior Brother Zhang and the Divine Lord was truly unusually close.

And he also trusted the Divine Lord's power immensely.

To actually send messages to an evil god right under the nose of a Grand Alchemist.

"Not at all!" Feng Yifan said in an affected, coquettish voice, "He just entered the Sect, his heart must be uneasy. Let him calm down first. I, this humble deity, will go show him some concern a bit later."

"Then, Divine Lord, you came looking for me because you wanted to..." Li Linfeng stopped at this point.

He had a bad feeling.

Almost instantly, he regretted it.

Shouldn't have asked that question!

Even if he didn't ask, the Divine Lord would have brought it up, but him bringing it up himself felt like inviting humiliation, causing a stifling frustration.

Sure enough.

Feng Yifan opened with: "Little Li! Your Junior Brother Zhang became an inner Disciple right upon entry, did you know that?"

As he spoke, he thought to himself, So satisfying!

No wonder parents and leaders like to use this kind of rhetoric as the opening line for conversations meant to either suppress or pressure their charges.

Turns out, if you're not the one forced to accept it and unable to resist, but the one applying it to someone else, this is what it feels like.

Not bad at all!

Especially when the other person is actually very outstanding.

Satisfaction upon satisfaction.

So, so satisfying!

"...I know." Li Linfeng replied expressionlessly.

He couldn't fall into the evil god's trap.

The evil god might have come to disturb his Dao Heart.

Must not get angry, must not let distracting thoughts arise.

Otherwise, being led by the nose, one careless moment and he'd fall into the other's snare!

Calm, must stay calm!

"You know? Heh, I thought you didn't." Feng Yifan said with a laugh, "Look at him, look at you. How come he became an inner Disciple right away?"

"..." Li Linfeng didn't speak.

He was struggling to suppress the urge to retort.

Must stabilize his mind and spirit!

Must not be led around by the nose by this evil god!

"Tsk tsk, look at you, Little Li. You've worked hard for over a month, and you're still an outer Disciple, haven't even cultivated Sword Qi yet. When will you become an inner Disciple?"

Feng Yifan became more and more energetic, more and more carried away, the words flowing smoother and smoother, "And also, do you know, your Junior Brother Zhang Qianlü, just after entering the Sect, got a demonic Cultivation Technique for me?"

"...I know." Li Linfeng said, "The Four Saints Five Elements Art was borrowed by Grandmaster Mingxin from the Sword Sect."

That Junior Brother Zhang Qianlü was indeed a thoughtful person.

During the apprenticeship ceremony, he said he had received a favor from a mountain lord, whose descendants lacked a Cultivation Technique, and hoped his Master could help.

Grandmaster Mingxin actually agreed.

And right then and there, he asked the Sword Sect Elder to borrow a demonic Cultivation Technique for his Disciple.

Since such a Grand Alchemist spoke up, the Sword Sect Elder couldn't possibly just casually hand over any technique to brush him off.

In the end, they gave a top-tier, albeit incomplete, demonic Cultivation Technique.

When Li Linfeng learned all this, he intuitively felt it was bad.

Sure enough, what was coming still came.

Only, he didn't expect this tribulation to be so intense!

"Ah, you know? I thought you didn't."

Feng Yifan could probably sense Li Linfeng's mood. He even mentally provided a BGM of cold icy rain slapping against the face for him, but he didn't plan to explain; he wasn't done having fun yet!

He sighed and said, "Both are top-tier cultivation talents, how come their circumstances differ so much? Is it because you're not working hard enough?"

"...Danxia Valley and the Sword Sect are different. Sword Cultivators value Aptitude and Heart-Nature, while alchemists place more emphasis on Aptitude." Li Linfeng forced himself to calmly explain.

Personal circumstances differ, related to the Sect. This isn't a matter of working hard or not!

"Ah, Little Li, I'm not trying to criticize you, but you're wrong in thinking this way." Feng Yifan spoke with a strange excitement in his heart, "Always look for the reason within yourself. It's been so long, and you still haven't cultivated Sword Qi. Is it because you're not working hard enough?"

"..." Li Linfeng's chest heaved violently. He was about to lose control!

How can someone say such punchable words?