Pay to Cultivate Immortality? My Sect is Completely Free - Chapter 12

Chapter 12: When Tolerance Is No Longer Possible

“Oh, isn’t this the Junior Brother Zhuge who topped the assessment? Why didn’t you go report to the Lingxiao Sect instead of coming here?”

“I heard from the steward that you, kid, look down on the Heavenly Dao Sect and mock us as worthless?”

“Heavenly Dao Sect? What kind of broken sect is that? Why would you give up the Lingxiao Sect to go to such a pathetic sect?”

“Senior Brother Zhuge, that outfit looks sharp! It must have cost quite a bit of silver, right? I remember you used to struggle to afford meals. You wouldn’t have gone to some pleasure-seeking sect to become a furnace companion, would you?”

A group of people approached, and upon seeing Zhuge Feng, they couldn’t contain their mockery, their words dripping with sarcasm.

From their teasing expressions, it was clear they knew that Zhuge Feng had failed the assessment and had come specifically to ridicule him.

Hearing their taunts, Zhuge Feng turned to look, and his expression immediately shifted slightly.

Senior Brother Gan, Senior Brother Lin, Junior Brother Han, Junior Sister Liu…

These individuals were all privileged young masters and young ladies who had passed the assessment of the Lingxiao Sect and became formal disciples.

When they were mere servant disciples, they had been under Zhuge Feng’s shadow, their performance far inferior to his, yet they had now succeeded while he had failed.

Now, they had come to watch him make a fool of himself!

“Stay calm, stay calm!”

Zhuge Feng reminded himself internally, taking a deep breath to steady his agitated heart.

“Senior Brother Zhuge, why didn’t you greet us when you saw us? Have you gone mute?”

“Hahaha, is it true that the Heavenly Dao Sect is practicing the Harmony Method?””Could it be that we guessed right for once?”

“No, no, we are official disciples now; we should address Zhuge Junior Brother properly.”

Seeing Zhuge Feng remain silent, the group grew bolder, continuing to mock him.

“You can insult me, but don’t insult my sect!” Zhuge Feng tightened his fists.

“Oh, is he getting angry?”

“Zhuge Feng, heh, I won’t hide it from you, your quota was taken by my Senior Brother Gan Hua!” one of them said smugly.

This person was indeed the Gan Senior Brother that Zhuge Feng had mentioned, the one with a Foundation Establishment father!

Hearing this, Zhuge Feng abruptly lifted his head, staring fiercely at Gan Hua.

His quota had been seized by him!

This made Zhuge Feng grip his fists even tighter, his nails digging into his flesh, drawing slight lines of blood.

He couldn’t help but feel the urge to rush over and beat them half to death.

However, reason stopped him; after all, his current identity was that of the Heavenly Dao Sect’s eldest disciple, representing the sect’s image!

“I can’t stand this anymore!”

Xiao Lingxi, her pretty face frowning, was about to step forward to teach the group a lesson when Su Bai held her back.

“This is your Senior Brother’s affair; he can handle it himself.”

Su Bai’s eyes also turned cold; how could his disciple endure such humiliation?

“When tolerance is no longer possible, there’s no need to endure any longer!”

“Go ahead and strike; if anything happens, I’ll take full responsibility!”

He spoke, directly transmitting his voice to Zhuge Feng, telling him not to worry too much and to strike hard; a person might be poor, but their aspirations cannot be!

Hearing his Master’s words, Zhuge Feng trembled all over, feeling a strong wave of warmth surge through him, filling his limbs and bones, granting him boundless courage and motivation.

With his Master bearing the responsibility, everything was manageable! He took a deep breath, calming his turbulent Qi, and slowly raised his head to look at the group before him.

“You say I can, but when it comes to my sect, you need to be punished!” His eyes gleamed coldly as he said in a deep voice.

“Hahaha, you crack me up, Zhuge Feng! You really think highly of yourself!”

“This Heavenly Dao Sect? I’ve never heard of it. What is it, a trash sect?”

“Thirty taels of silver a month? Even a piece of garbage is better than a sect like that!”

The group sneered, not taking Zhuge Feng seriously at all. After all, they had already become formal disciples of the Lingxiao Sect; they were no longer in the same world as Zhuge Feng!

“Bang!”

The next moment, Zhuge Feng struck, kicking fiercely at Gan Hua, who stood at the front, the speed terrifying!

Gan Hua’s face changed dramatically, and he tried to dodge, but it was too late. Although they had become formal disciples of the Lingxiao Sect, they had yet to come into contact with Immortal Techniques; they were still mere mortals at this moment.

And Zhuge Feng was already at the Qi Refining Third Layer!

“Ah!”

Gan Hua screamed in pain, kneeling to the ground, clutching his groin and rolling on the floor in agony!

Zhuge Feng also paused slightly.

This was his first time truly hurting someone!

Since he was young, his parents taught him to be a kind and polite child, so he had always adhered to that bottom line and never took the initiative to provoke others.

As he grew older, though, his parents were killed, and when he tried to reason with others, he ended up getting beaten to the brink of death.

From then on, he learned to endure.

He could not die!

He still had to avenge his parents!

After serving as a handyman in the Lingxiao Sect for six months, he had no idea how much injustice he had endured.

Because he excelled academically, because he was poor, and because he had no background, he became a target for bullying.

The spiritual herbs he had worked so hard to cultivate were destroyed overnight, he was punished with the dirtiest and most exhausting tasks, his clothes were stolen, and he was kicked down…

He endured it all!

Because he wanted to enter the Lingxiao Sect and learn Immortal Techniques!

However, ranking first in the Assessment yet losing his quota made him see the darkness of the world.

As his Master said:

When it is unbearable, there is no need to endure any longer.

The dormant volcano had finally erupted; he had finally awakened!

The restrained boy was nowhere to be seen, replaced by a resilient youth!

Though he didn’t use all his strength with this kick, it was still quite powerful. Even though Gan Hua had some martial training and a certain physical foundation, this kick was enough to cripple him!

The sudden change left everyone in shock.

“Zhuge Feng, you actually dared to injure Senior Brother Gan!”

“You have some nerve, hitting a formal disciple of the Lingxiao Sect!”

“Zhuge Feng, you’re dead meat!”

The others quickly regained their composure and shouted in unison.

“Smack—!”

In the next moment, a loud slap sent the first provocateur flying.

The person’s cheek instantly swelled, teeth fell out, and blood gushed as he lay on the ground, howling in agony.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

In the blink of an eye, several people were knocked down, wailing non-stop.

To Zhuge Feng now, those few mere mortals were like nothing more than clay chickens and tiled dogs.

“You… you have successfully refined your Qi?”

Gan Hua, still clutching his groin, with blood dripping from his pants and a pained expression on his face, looked at Zhuge Feng in disbelief.

To be able to defeat them so easily, with a speed that left them unable to react, it was clear that Zhuge Feng was no longer an ordinary person!

He had successfully refined his Qi!

But how was that possible!

He had only left the Heavenly Dao Sect for five or six days at most!

Everyone knew his background; before he left, he had absolutely not practiced any Immortal Techniques.

Five or six days, could it be possible to successfully refine Qi?

Gan Hua simply couldn’t believe it.

The others felt the same way. They looked down on, mocked, and bullied Zhuge Feng, yet he had succeeded in Qi Refining before them! The gap was simply suffocating!

“You… you’re a monster?!” a young man trembled as he spoke.

This was terrifying!

“Let’s go, tell the deacon, inform the elders!” Several people helped Gan Hua and ran away in embarrassment, leaving behind a parting remark.

All that remained were the onlookers, staring blankly at Zhuge Feng, speechless for a long time.

After a moment, the entire square erupted!

This was amazing! The disciples of the Lingxiao Sect dared to fight; was the Heavenly Dao Sect really going to ascend to the heavens?