Lu Zhou sighed: Little Yuanâer lost her patience eventually. It was almost one hour when the system prompts finally stopped.
He looked at the system panel.
Name: Lu Zhou
Race: Human
Cultivation base: The Qi Refining and Soul Forming stage of the Sense Condensing realm
Merit points: 1,254
Avatar: Three Condensing Flowers
Remaining life: 4,505 days
2 Items: Ji Tiandao Peak Form Card x 2, Critical Block Card (passive) x 3, Whitzard
2 Cultivation technique: Three Scrolls of Heaven Writing
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The merit points had accumulated to more than 1,000. Deducting the rewards from disciplining the disciples and the tasks they had completed, Little Yuanâer had killed at least 50 evil men.
Lu Zhou did not expect her to handle the matter properly as soon as she entered the world. After all, she was still young and had no discretion in doing things. Moreover, he had learned from Wang Fugui over the past few days that the Azure Dragon Association had done many evil deeds, and common people had been suffering under them. The authorities had turned a blind eye to them because they were backed by the Nether Sect, which turned them into a major scourge in Anyang. They deserved to be killed, and Lu Zhou did not pity them.
âFugui, I want you to find out if there are any unusual activities in the Murong Family recently.â
âIâll go right now.â
âHold on!â
âIs there anything else, Old Mister?â
âBring this token. No one will dare to stop you if you show it to them. Go now.â
âI understand.â
All the items Ji Tiandao obtained through the system were gone, but the goodies he plundered when he held sway in the world remained. And this royal token was one of them. As for the rest, which were not convenient to be brought along, Lu Zhou left them in Evil Sky Pavilion.
3 In the afternoonâŠ
Lu Zhou was resting with his eyes closed when Little Yuanâer jumped off the roof again and came in front of him as she greeted with a playful smile, âMaster.â
Lu Zhou frowned slightly and said, âKneel down!â
Plop!
Little Yuanâer dropped to her knees immediately, and the smile on her face disappeared. âI was wrong, Master! I shouldnât have killed them!â
âI donât blame you for that.â
âAh?â
âIâve told you that this is your home and you have to come in through the front door. Have you forgotten that? Or did you take my words as a mere gust of wind?â
1 âIâm sorry, Master! I was in a rush and I forgot about thatâŠI promise I wonât do it again,â Little Yuanâer bowed her head and said.
If he forgave her every time she made a mistake and said that, she would not remember and become better. So, Lu Zhou pointed to a block of stone beside them and said, âLie face down.â
2 âAh?â
âYou have a pure nature, which is a good thing, but you canât be so wild and have no regard for rules. Since your parents are away, Iâll teach you on their behalf.â
1 Little Yuanâer obediently went to the block of stone and lay down. Lu Zhou knew he could not relent at this moment. So, he lifted a hand and produced a weak wave of energy, which he threw at her buttocks.
3 Pak!
âHehe! It doesnât hurt at allâŠâ
1 âHow dare you play tricks with me!â Lu Zhou said angrily. âRemove your protective energy.â
1 âHave mercy, Master! I will not do it again, I promise!â Little Yuanâer pleaded.
âRemove it!â
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Without the protective energy, Little Yuanâer was just an ordinary girl. It was not wrong to be free, but she could not act without rules. Lu Zhou could turn a blind eye when she was on the mountain, but if she still acted like that in Anyang, she might attract unwanted attention and spread the news of their presence here to the other villainous disciples. He must punish her appropriately and make her remember not to make mistakes again.
Pak!
âIt hurts, Master!â
The second stroke was a solid one. Although Lu Zhou was only in the Sense Condensing realm, he could muster enough energy to hit an ordinary girl.
Pak! Pak! Pak!
4 He hit her three more times in a row. In his memory, Little Yuanâer was the only disciple whom Ji Tiandao had never beaten before. The other disciples, from the eldest to the eighth, had been beaten and even seriously wounded by him since they were young, but he always saved their lives and healed them with medicines.
After the punishment, Little Yuanâer was full of grievances and almost burst into tears.
In front of others, she was a formidable and terrible little devil, but when facing Lu Zhou, she was just a child who had not yet grown up. Since she was little, her parents were not with her, and her senior brothers and sisters could only give her so much of love, which could not replace her parents. Master was the only person she could rely on. But now, her most respected master had beaten her. How could she not be filled with grievances?
âYou may get up,â said Lu Zhou with hands clasped behind his back.
âMaster, it really hurts!â
âGood, I want you to feel that. Iâve told you to forget everything I taught you in the past and remember what I tell you now.â
âI will, Master!â Little Yuanâer pursed her lips.
âDing! You have sternly disciplined the ninth disciple, Little Yuanâer. You are rewarded with 300 merit points.â
Lu Zhou was watching her loyalty when he punished her, and he found that it did not reduce. It meant that when the loyalty was over 80%, it would not reduce as long as he did not do something that disappointed the disciple in principle.
Little Yuanâer was easy to educate, but the other eight disciplesâŠ
He shook his head. There was still a long way for him to go, he knew.
Although full of grievances, after Little Yuanâer got up to her feet, she pursed her lips and said, âThe Azure Dragon Association said there was no Lakeside Gang, and it was just a fake gang temporarily formed by a group of cultivatorsâŠâ
âTemporarily formed?â
âYes. They lied and even invited helpers from the Yi Province to kill me. I was seized by anger, so I beat them.â
âBeat?â
âUghâŠI killed them,â Little Yuanâer corrected hurriedly. âThey had invited some mighty experts. If I didnât fight back, I wouldnât be able to see you again, MasterâŠâ
âThatâs enough. Who dares to bully you if they are not Divine Court experts?â Lu Zhou reproached her in a faint voice.
Little Yuanâer did not dare to speak again.
Lu Zhou calculated the time. By right, Wang Fugui should have returned by now, yet he did not. After considering for a moment, he said, âWang Fugui has not returned. Come with me.â
âI understand!â
They left the Ci Family and walked along the street toward the Murong Family.
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At the Derived Moon PalaceâŠ
Zhao Yue looked a little agitated and restless, and she kept pacing back and forth.
âYou neednât fret so much, Senior Sister. Now that things have come to this stage, thereâs no point regretting it. We have to walk to the end.â Ye Tianxin walked out from behind the screen while smiling.
âJunior Sister Tianxin, you donât understand. I wouldnât be so worried if we did this a month ago. The old thing was always short-tempered and selfish. But recently, there has been some changes in the ways he handles things.â
âWhat changes?â
âItâs difficult to put it in wordsâŠI just vaguely feel that his approach is gentler, and he is no longer so short-tempered.â Zhao Yue thought of the various scenes after Lu Zhou drove back the top ten experts.
Ye Tianxin chuckled and said, âYour fear for him has reached a new level. You have survived his torture for so many years and finally left him. You shouldnât be afraid of him now.â
That made Zhao Yue recall the painful years she had been through, and she sighed. âMaybe I think too muchâŠDo you think he will take the bait?â
âWith that old thingâs suspicious character, I think it is very difficult. But, Little Junior Sister might fall for it. She has a simple nature and has only been away from her family for five years. If she learned about it, she will definitely return to Anyang. We just need to capture her. Once that old thing leaves Golden Court Mountain, he will lose the protection of Third and Fourth Senior Brothers and the shield, and I will have countless ways to exhaust his trump cards.â
âHow do you plan to exhaust his trump cards?â
âThere are many orthodox sects and cultivators in this world who have suffered from him. What will these people do if I spread the word about him? Especially the Heavenly Sword Sect. Luo Changfeng was killed by that old thing.â
âWhat if they are all afraid of him?â
Zhao Yue had witnessed the scene when the top ten experts and tens of thousands of cultivators fled in the face of her master. She could never forget that for the rest of her life. Perhaps Ji Tiandao was the only person in the world who could make tens of thousands of cultivators flee in terror like that.
âIâve informed the top ten orthodox sects that the old thing has a secret drug. The top nine experts are no fools. When they figure it out, they will attack him sooner or later.â
Just when she finished, one of her subordinates came in and said, âMaster, we have just received a letter from Anyang. The Azure Dragon Association was destroyed, and a token of the imperial army was seen in the city.â