Chapter 17

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After he entered the hall, he could tell that Chu Chen had already handed in his herb quota. His hope where Chu Chen would be kicked out because of the herb quota suddenly fell through, so he tried to humiliate Chu Chen.

Chu Chen maintained his usual facial expression and said in a neutral tone, “When it comes to being a burden, who can be better than Senior Brother Zou in the entire external sect? You talk about Senior Brother Yao Jinghai all day long. Are you his dog since you make laps around him every day?”

Zou Jie’s thin face flushed red. Although he always mentioned the external Eldest Senior Brother Yao Jinghai to suppress others, he was still extremely sensitive to others saying that he was completely dependent on the external Eldest Senior Brother Yao Jinghai.

When Chu Chen mentioned this suddenly, he was instantly stunned. He did not expect that Chu Chen, who had always been submissive, would suddenly confront him.

“I heard that the first drop of spiritual droplet that was condensed by Brother Zou at the time relied on the eldest senior brother to use spiritual energy to penetrate it into your body, right?”

Zou Jie’s facial expression showed he was growing more and more uneasy; his face was so red it was as if he was about to bleed.

“Although I am not the most capable, I will not resort to begging others to use spiritual energy to condense spiritual droplets, regardless of how my cultivation progresses? I relied on myself for cultivation.”

Seeing Zou Jie, whose eyes were red with fury as if he was about to eat him, Chu Chen curled his lips slightly and walked toward the gate of the heavenly hall without care.

As he passed by Zou Jie, he calmly buckled a few seals and ran the “Spirit Drawing Mantra” in retrograde for a little bit. A faint flash of spiritual gleam glowed at his fingertips, his body sank into the darkness and disappeared.

Zou Jie was incredibly angry when he saw Chu Chen leave as though nothing happened, but he could not make a move against him. The sect prohibits internal fighting among disciples.

Zou Jie gritted his teeth bitterly. So, when he was not paying attention, a subtle spiritual energy flashed over the medicine bag full of herb quota in his hand.

Spirit Drawing Mantra could influence the spiritual energy in the void to scrub and condense the physical body.

After the first time he activated spiritual consciousness during cultivation, Chu Chen discovered that if the retrograde “Spirit Drawing Mantra” was on the elixir, it could completely destroy the spiritual energy structure contained in the elixir, which will cause the spiritual energy of the elixir to dissipate.

This made it lame and useless as it hurt others and disadvantaged himself. Though at this moment, Chu Chen decided to be lame.

Sure enough, a moment later, in the ancient temple where Elder Huang was, there was a loud roar, “Zou Jie! What is this?! You are trying to fool me with this useless elixir that has exhausted spiritual energy!!! Even though you are the confidant of the external eldest senior brother, I will still need to punish you, lest other disciples say that I am not fair.”

“I am sorry.”

“If apologizing makes things right, why does punishment exist? Go and clear the smelly septic tank in the ancient temple.”

“Elder Huang, please give me a second chance!”

Not far away, as Chu Chen stood and watched, he could not help but pull an evil smile.

After he thought about it for a moment, Chu Chen walked toward the courtyard where the junior sister lived. The place where the junior sister lived was called Blue Flower Valley, which was around ten miles from his courtyard.

This was a small valley with beautiful scenery, a huge waterfall pouring down from not far away, and creeks that wound through the entire valley. The scenery was extremely spectacular.

Due to its unique location and beautiful scenery, it was specially designated by the sect as a living space for the external female disciples.

Chu Chen had not been here many times.

He still remembered that the first time was when the junior sister had just entered the sect. She looked like a little beggar and no one was willing to take her with them.

Only Chu Chen patiently explained to her about the various things to take note of in the sect. He even personally took her to this Blue Flower Valley, selected a courtyard for her, and used his connections to help her slowly settle down.

When he finally returned to this beautiful place, Chu Chen could not help but sigh slightly.

Junior sister had invited him to visit Blue Flower Valley many times, but his former useless bum-self made him feel a little inferior, and he did not want other female disciples to underestimate the junior sister.

As he arrived at the junior sister’s courtyard, Chu Chen thought for a moment, and then reached out and knocked on the door gently.

“Who is it!” A crying voice came from the depths of the courtyard, which caused Chu Chen’s heart to hurt. ‘She’s crying? What happened?’

“Meng’er, it’s me, are you alright?” Chu Chen asked softly. A silence broke across the courtyard, and after a brief pause, the green wooden door opened with a creak.

“Uuuuu…Brother Chu.” The figure of a weeping little girl rushed into Chu Chen’s arms. The little girl seemed to have suppressed her emotions for a long time. The moment she saw Chu Chen, she could not help but be overcome by sadness.

“Meng’er is useless. I haven’t collected enough for Brother Chu herb quota this month. What should I do…”

Chu Chen was stunned for a moment, then burst into tears and laughter. He could not believe this was what the little girl had been sad about.

She thought that if she did not have enough for the herb quota this month, Chu Chen would probably be kicked out from the sect.

“I have been collecting elixir for the past two days, and I only got three taels. I think it is better to beg Elder Huang. As long as Brother Chu can stay, I will work like a horse for him.”

When he heard Tong Meng’s words, Chu Chen was moved and subconsciously hugged the girl in his arms. On the other hand, he patted on the little girl’s plump buttocks and made a ‘piak’ sound.

“You don’t trust your brother Chu? You really deserve to be spanked! Let me tell you, not only have I have paid enough to cover my herb quota, but I’ve also paid enough to cover Meng’er’s herb quota for this month!”

Chu Chen suddenly realized that the previous spanking games that they used to play seemed to be inappropriate now. The little girl had grown into a big girl, and her buttocks had become meaty.

“Really??” Tong Meng raised her head in surprise, with an incredible look on her tear-stained face.

“Of course it is true.” Chu Chen nodded enthusiastically.

“That’s wonderful!”