Proving one's path through killing—this kind of merit is poisonous!

Chapter 33 Rejection
Zhou Yue stood in the herb field, using the method taught by her senior brother to channel spiritual energy into the medicinal herbs.

She possesses a mixed metal, water, and wood spiritual root, which allows her to accelerate the ripening of spiritual herbs faster than other disciples without a wood spiritual root.

With her current cultivation level, she can only barely accelerate the growth of two low-grade spiritual herbs each day.

After absorbing the spiritual energy, Zhou Yue wiped the sweat from her forehead, squatted down, and carefully dug out the second rue.

Just as she was about to put it into the medicine basket, a rough hand suddenly reached out and stopped Zhou Yue's movement.

Zhou Yue looked in the direction the hand was pointing and was nearly startled by the person who had come.

She saw a man with pointed ears, monkey-like cheeks, and a faint scar on his face, squatting in front of her.

As he whistled at Zhou Yue, he also raised his other hand to wipe his hair.

"Junior Sister Zhou, how many spiritual herbs did you accelerate to maturity today?"

His throat sounded like it was blocked by phlegm, making the sounds extremely unpleasant to hear.

Zhou Yue looked embarrassed, stood up and took a step back before cupping her hands and saying, "Reporting to Senior Brother Zhang, just like the previous two days, only two spiritual herbs were ripened."

Seeing her retreating movement, Zhang Lang was not annoyed; he always had more patience when dealing with female disciples.

However, he wasn't so kind to the other male disciples in the medicine field.

Thinking of this, he gave a wink to the disciples following behind him, and they sensibly went to find their own targets.

"You, hand over today's elixir."

"The same to you……"

"hurry up!"

Seeing that his subordinates had all gone to collect the spiritual herbs from the other disciples, Zhang Lang finally turned his attention back to Zhou Yue.

The girl was graceful and looked at him warily.

How beautiful!

Zhang Lang resisted the urge to rub his hands together and said, "Junior Sister, please hand over the spiritual medicine as well!"

A hint of hesitation flashed in Zhou Yue's eyes, but when she thought of Zhang Lang's Qi Refining Level 3 cultivation, she gritted her teeth, put the spiritual medicine in her hand on the ground, and said, "Senior brother, this is it."

Zhang Lang didn't look at the spiritual herb on the ground. He simply raised an eyebrow and asked, "Didn't you say you ripened two? Where's the other one?"

"There's one more..."

Zhou Yue instinctively wanted to answer, but realizing his purpose, she abruptly stopped herself from saying what she was about to say.

She countered, "Didn't Senior Brother say that we only need to hand over half of the spiritual medicine?"

"When did I say that?" Zhang Lang said, spreading his hands, and finally opened the fan in his hand, waiting for her to speak again.

Thanks to the points he gained from stealing spiritual herbs, he not only improved his cultivation level but also became the most carefree disciple on Qingkou Peak.

He has plenty of time to waste on this little woman!
“Just two days ago!” Zhou Yue said with certainty.

"It seems there is such a thing." Zhang Lang chuckled softly, and seeing Zhou Yue breathe a sigh of relief, he added, "But what I said a couple of days ago has to do with me today?"

Zhou Yue frowned, finding this person utterly disgusting. Not only did he steal their medicinal herbs, but he also went back on his word.

"Senior brother, aren't you afraid we'll tell the elders?"

Seeing her angry, Zhang Lang's affection for her grew even stronger.

He completely disregarded her threats.

"Go ahead, when have I ever stopped you?"

If he didn't have some skills and connections, would this little girl really think he would dare to blatantly steal things like that?

Seeing his confident and fearless demeanor, Zhou Yue clearly realized something, and her anger was suddenly extinguished.

She sighed and pointed to the medicine basket beside Zhang Lang, saying, "The other medicinal herb is over there."

Even so, the resentment in her eyes was impossible to hide. Zhang Lang squatted down to examine it and indeed found another spiritual herb. He smiled smugly.

Then, as if remembering something, she stood up and said with a pained expression, "Actually, I know that my junior sister has worked hard all day and is definitely unwilling to let me take away the spiritual medicine."

Seeing his smug look, Zhou Yue couldn't help but roll her eyes. She had no mood to listen to him anymore and asked, "Senior brother, is there anything else? Just say it."

Since she couldn't complete today's task, she had to hurry back to Tingyu Garden to have dinner with her junior sister.

With this in mind, Zhou Yue's thoughts gradually drifted away.

I wonder how well my junior sister completed her task today?

Zhang Lang did not answer Zhou Yue's question immediately, but instead called to his men and said, "You guys, come over here as soon as you're done collecting."

The group had already snatched most of the spiritual herbs from the other disciples. Hearing their leader's words, they each grabbed a medicine basket and headed towards Zhang Lang's direction.

"Boss, we've finished counting. There are a total of three hundred medicinal herbs." A thin man walked up to Zhang Lang and reported in a low voice.

"Only this much?" Zhang Lang glanced at him, dissatisfied with the number.

"I heard that fewer disciples are willing to take on medicinal herb field tasks now than before, so the production of spiritual herbs is also much lower than before."

As his boss's most trusted subordinate, the skinny man was bound to tell him the news he knew as soon as possible.

Zhang Lang was slightly annoyed, but with the beautiful woman in front of him, he didn't lose his temper. He simply told his subordinates, "Put everything you have in front of you."

The men were puzzled, but they did as they were told.

Zhou Yue was puzzled, but still chose to watch.

After all, she couldn't beat them, and she couldn't even decide when she could leave.

The other disciples in the medicine field were even more puzzled and couldn't help but whisper among themselves.

"What do they want with our elixir?"

"I do not know……"

Some were completely unconcerned about what they were doing, focusing solely on cursing Zhang Lang and his men.

"So annoying, another day's hard work for nothing!"

"Zhang Lang is a real menace! Damn it, how come someone like him is stronger than me?!"

"..."

After they had neatly arranged about a dozen medicine baskets of various sizes, the thin man walked up to Zhang Lang and said, "Boss, they're all set up!"

Zhang Lang nodded in satisfaction, then said to Zhou Yue, "Junior Sister Zhou, as long as you agree to be with me, I will offer you these spiritual herbs with both hands."

So that's what he was planning!

Without a second thought, Zhou Yue immediately refused, saying, "Senior Brother Zhang, thank you for your kindness, but my ambitions lie elsewhere."

Disciples in the miscellaneous service department are free to marry. If both parties are willing, they can become husband and wife and live in a town outside the Qingyun Sect.

Some disciples who feel hopeless about cultivation will usually choose this path, then give birth to a child and send the child to the sect for testing.

Although Zhang Lang had expected this, a look of disappointment still flashed across his face when he heard the rejection.

The skinny man couldn't help but ask, "Boss, she actually dared to refuse you, should we...?"

As he spoke, he made a gesture as if he were using a rope to strangle something.

Zhang Lang slapped him on the head: "I think you're tired of living."

Although he and his men managed to steal some medicinal herbs, these herbs would eventually be submitted as part of a mission.

The people above only care about counting the quantities; they don't care about the process or who submitted it.

But if someone dies, then no one can protect them.

(End of this chapter)