Sword Sect Outer Sect

Chapter 72 The Weeds Are Hard to Eradicate
The inner gate is at the same peak as Dust Peak.

Under the setting sun, the shadows cast by the eaves of the Preparatory Hall stretched out long.

Dan Zifeng sat casually in the hall, holding a small booklet in his hands, turning the pages one by one.

A cultivator dressed as an outer disciple was standing in the hall.

Seeing that Shan Zifeng remained silent, he was at a loss for what to do.

"..."

The atmosphere in the room was oppressive. Perhaps the disciple could no longer bear it, which is why he spoke up tremblingly.

"Senior Brother Shan..."

Dan Zifeng suddenly spoke up, interrupting him: "You sent quite a bit of spirit grain and spirit tea back to the sect last month, didn't you..."

"How come there's only this much left in my preparation hall..."

"It's 30% less than usual."

Shan Zifeng spoke very slowly.

But every word made the outer sect cultivator's heart pound with fear.

Shan Zifeng walked up to him and grabbed his hair.

"You swallowed it?"

With a "smack," a jade slip in his hand was smashed into the face of an outer disciple, creating a chilling sound in the deathly silent Preparatory Hall.

"no……"

"Absolutely not, Senior Brother Shan..."

The outer disciple was trembling all over, and his forehead was bruised and bleeding.

"According to reports, Beiwu was attacked by a monster last month..."

boom! !

Before he could finish speaking, the porcelain cup shattered against the dragon pillar, grazing his ear.

Porcelain shards flew everywhere.

Suddenly, Shan Zifeng sprang up and kicked the outer sect cultivator on the edge of his knee.

The outer sect cultivator cried out in pain and collapsed to the ground.

A pair of python-patterned boots crushed his fingers, which were bracing him on the ground: "You failed in your duty of guarding, and you still dare to argue?"

"correct……"

He suddenly bent down and grabbed the outer sect cultivator by the collar.

"Xiao Hu... I heard you have a younger sister who works at the food stall?"

The disciple surnamed Hu's pupils constricted sharply, and a whimper escaped his throat. Before he could utter a sound, Shan Zifeng kicked him in the chest, sending him flying backward and crashing heavily to the ground.

"Tomorrow, summon her to the Preparatory Hall to receive her punishment."

"Senior Brother Shan..."

"how?"

Dan Zifeng turned around, his expression sinister, staring at the disciple surnamed Hu, who dared not utter another word.

"rest assured……"

"When your sister arrives, I'll have her apply the medicine to you herself."

It's absurd that an inner disciple at the seventh level of Qi Refining would dare to act so arrogantly.

But Shan Zifeng is indeed somewhat different.

Shan Zifeng's relative, Shan Jiugao, was a disciple accepted by Wang Lin, the peak master of Tongchen Peak, several decades ago.

He once died protecting Wang Lin from a deadly attack during a chaotic battle while chasing down a demonic cultivator.

For the sake of righteousness, Wang Lin placed Shan Zifeng's father, who had no cultivation aptitude, in the outer sect as a messenger.

Later, a genius with dual spiritual roots emerged from a distant relative of the Shan family. He was sent to the inner sect and laid the foundation for his Dao.

These connections became the key to Shan Zifeng's attempt to gain access to Wang Lin, the master of Tongchen Peak.

Although it was just a nominal position, the real mentor to him was Elder Li Jianping.

But his status as a disciple of the peak master was enough to instill fear in many people.

How many disciples does the Dongyuan Sect have?

Excluding those ordinary people who lack spiritual roots and simply work in various places within the sect, there are over ten thousand disciples in the sect.

Including the disciples of immortal cultivation families who are attached to the sect, the number is countless.

Among them, very few people are able to establish connections with the masters of the major peaks.

And what are the identities of the peak masters...?

That was the strongest person in the entire Dongyuan Sect, apart from the sect leader.

Most of them are at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, rising stars with the potential to reach the Golden Core stage...

Similarly, there are also many cultivators who failed to break through to the Golden Core realm and instead settled for the Pseudo-Core realm.

Moreover, Shan Zifeng is of average talent, but he is good at scheming.

Even when he was still in the outer sect, he bribed the outer sect supervisory disciples to gain some advantages for himself.

When talking to others, he would often mention the old story of his relatives dying in battle for Wang Lin, the master of Tongchen Peak.

After entering the inner sect, I asked that distant relative who had achieved Foundation Establishment to intervene and help me join the Tongchen Peak.

When his fellow disciples inquired, he remained silent about Wang Lin's affairs, only mentioning that his distant relative, who had reached the Foundation Establishment stage, had a close relationship with him. This kind of power reached its peak after he took over the affairs of the Tongchen Peak's Preparatory Hall.

The cultivators all knew that this person had an extraordinary background and was being watched by many high-ranking inner sect cultivators.

He portrayed himself as a chosen one of heaven, protected by the peak master and aided by a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

In addition, he only targets outer disciples who have average or poor aptitude and no connections.

As long as they still want to cultivate peacefully within the Dongyuan Sect...

Then they would have no choice but to submit to the false power and prestige that Shan Zifeng created through various means.

In fact, many people would rather be accomplices to evil and do evil together.

In just a few years, he actually managed to build up a small force of his own.

Shan Zifeng knew perfectly well that these people weren't genuinely working for him.

Some of them were simply trying to avoid being suppressed.

Some, like Shan Zifeng, wanted to gain some benefits from the lower-level cultivators.

But does that matter?

All he wants is power and resources.

What happens in other ways is none of his business.

Do lower-level cultivators receive a lot of spiritual resources through the Preparatory Hall?

Not necessarily.

One cultivator is indeed few, but when there are many of them, the spiritual resources that he can use are much more.

Among them were some cultivators with extremely poor aptitude, whose progress was already slow.

Having his spiritual resources withheld by Shan Zifeng, he saw no hope for the path to immortality and left the sect.

In the past, some people have given up and caused a scene at the Preparatory Hall because of this.

However, for Shan Zifeng, this kind of fool is the easiest to deal with.

They lack both ability and connections.

Just crush them.

Those low-level cultivators, one or two at a time, could never defeat these deeply entrenched and entrenched individuals who had already taken root in the sect.

"Senior Brother Shan."

Behind the preparation hall, a square-faced disciple, with a fawning smile, handed over a jade slip.

"These two know they have no hope of achieving the Great Dao, so they have left the sect today. I will take care of all their affairs today..."

"These are the things they 'left behind'."

Dan Zifeng snorted coldly: "Ha, these good-for-nothings, why waste these rare treasures of heaven and earth?"

"They're smart to be sensible..."

"..."

The square-faced disciple hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Senior Brother Shan..."

"Ok?"

"That Song Yesheng..."

Dan Zifeng paused and turned to look at him.

The square-faced disciple felt uneasy.

"explain."

"This person's progress in re-cultivating his cultivation realm is abnormally fast..."

“I’m worried that if he can break through to the seventh level of Qi Refining and enter the inner sect…”

The square-faced disciple didn't finish his sentence, but the implication was clear.

Entering the inner sect means there is a possibility of becoming a disciple of an elder.

If it comes to that point, no matter what excuse is used to delay, the spiritual items and resources sent by the Xuan Yuan Sect will eventually be taken away.

The square-faced cultivator was naturally thinking of Shan Zifeng's best interests; if Shan Zifeng ate meat, they could at least have some soup.

If the supplies are gone, they won't get anything.

"Humph……"

Shan Zifeng sneered, "It's nothing but a dog that gets kicked around..."

Thinking back to the scene at the meditation center that day, he couldn't help but feel annoyed.

Ever since I entered the inner sect, everything has gone smoothly for me.
He was merely an outer sect cultivator...

"Go and investigate thoroughly again to see if this person has any family ties within the sect."

"If I really am all alone..."

"Then I'll inform Zheng Bo and the others, and we'll find a time..."

A ruthless glint flashed in Shan Zifeng's eyes.

"Let's cripple him again."

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