Chapter 391: These Little Bastards!

The second level of the Heavenly Dao Golden Body had the most correct method. Zhang Xuan's body, like a plant that had thirsted for years, greedily absorbed the energy from the spiritual blood.

After an unknown amount of time.

Boom!

A thunderous roar, as if something had exploded, and his physical strength instantly shattered its shackles, reaching a new realm.

Whoosh!

Exhaling a mouthful of turbid qi, Zhang Xuan noticed that his muscles were full, his skin dense and smooth, his appearance had changed—more handsome and upright—and his body was more in line with the golden ratio.

The second level of the Heavenly Dao Golden Body was successfully cultivated!

The two drops of spiritual blood that had been placed on his acupoints were also completely consumed and gone.

"Let's test the strength!"

Knowing that muscle strength was hard to gauge, he smiled slightly, flickered over to the nearby strength-testing stone pillar, and struck it with his palm.

Crack!

The pillar shook, nearly shattering, and after a moment, a line of text slowly appeared.

"9999 cauldrons? Almost over ten thousand?"

The Zunqi realm, also called the Ten Thousand Cauldrons realm, required strength of ten thousand. 9999 cauldrons meant that with his physical body alone, he was close to that level, invincible below the Zunqi realm!

"Pity, the spiritual blood was too little, only two drops. If I had a few dozen, I might have been able to charge straight to the peak of Zunqi..."

He smiled slightly.

Although he had completed the second level of the Heavenly Dao Golden Body, he knew his strength had not reached its limit. With enough essence blood, continuing to cultivate would surely increase his power even more.

Even so, he was quite satisfied.

Lin Ruotian had been stuck at the peak of Grandmaster for who knows how long. By borrowing the power of the spiritual blood, his true qi broke through, yet he only had a little over nine thousand cauldrons of strength.

Zhang Xuan's physical breakthrough to 9999 cauldrons was several times more difficult.

After all, true qi in battle always depletes, but physical strength is inexhaustible. Coupled with nearly invincible defense, a physical cultivator of the same strength could easily defeat three or four true qi cultivators.

Provided their martial techniques and combat awareness were similar.

"With this strength, I can easily kill an early Zunqi, and even fight a mid Zunqi!"

His muscles rippled, making him like a demon god.

Before, at the peak of Grandmaster, he had beaten Lin Ruotian, who had 9000 cauldrons of strength, like a rat in the street. Now with increased power, his combat ability was naturally stronger.

Early Zunqi: ten thousand cauldrons; mid: twenty thousand; late: thirty thousand; peak: forty thousand cauldrons!

With 9999 cauldrons of physical strength and 5000 cauldrons of true qi, the total was 14,999 cauldrons, enough to possibly fight even a mid Zunqi.

Having confirmed his strength, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Earlier, Lin Ruotian had said he had informed Crown Princess Lin Long, and she might send people. Though Zhang Xuan didn't show it, he was still a bit worried inside.

Now that his strength had surged, his worries vanished.

Relieved, he remembered that Lu Chong was still in the room. Turning his head, he saw the young man staring with his mouth wide open, utterly stunned.

At this moment, Lu Chong was somewhat broken.

His teacher had taken the storage ring seized from the Lin family, then started daydreaming. After a short while, he jumped up like a madman and punched the strength-testing stone pillar...

And then... it showed 9999 cauldrons of strength!

What on earth had happened?

He took out a jade bottle, dripped the blood-red liquid onto himself, daydreamed for a while, and then his strength skyrocketed. Not only did he break through to the peak of Grandmaster, but he almost reached Zunqi...

How did he do it?

Previously, Lu Chong had thought that using poison to temper his body and enduring endless pain was fast progress. But seeing his teacher, he realized that achievement was nothing.

Others nearly kill themselves to break through to half-step Zunqi, but his teacher just daydreams for a while and reaches the peak... If this got out, those who called themselves geniuses would die of shame.

This could no longer be described as genius, but... monstrous!

Just as he was suppressing his shock, he saw his usually composed teacher looking at him with shining eyes: "By the way, do you have any more enemies? If so... I'll help you take revenge! If not, ask Mu Xueqing and the others if they have any..."

Then, counting on his fingers, he added: "If there are a few more families like the Lin family, we're sure to get plenty of treasures and techniques. We'd be rich..."

"..." Lu Chong.

Teacher, aren't you supposed to be a transcendent master who treats money like dirt?

Aren't you a super genius with pride, above worldly things?

Taking revenge... and looting?

The more he looked, the less his teacher seemed like a master and more like a money-grubber?

Instantly, Lu Chong felt he needed to reassess his understanding of his teacher...

No wonder Zhang Xuan was excited. He had originally helped Lu Chong take revenge out of indignation, never expecting to get so many good things.

Not to mention anything else, if he could find a few more drops of spiritual blood, with the second level of the Heavenly Dao Golden Body, he could definitely break through the physical shackles and reach the Zunqi realm.

Then, even going to the Xuan Yuan Kingdom, he would fear nothing and carve out his own path.

Just as he was waiting for an answer, a knock came from outside.

"Is Teacher Liu in?"

"Rest over there for now!"

Regaining his teacherly dignity, Zhang Xuan waved Lu Chong aside, sat upright, and said calmly: "It's Teacher Sun, right? Come in!"

From the voice, it was Sun Cheng, disguised as Mo Hongyi.

It seemed he had completely neutralized the poison in his body and recovered.

Creak!

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure rushed in, looking at Zhang Xuan angrily: "Teacher Liu, your tea was poisoned. You must have known, right!"

"I only found out later. To be honest, I'm also a victim..."

Seeing his state, Zhang Xuan comforted him: "Someone must have wanted to poison me. You happened to come by and drank the tea by mistake, ending up like this... Don't worry, I'll definitely find out who wanted to harm me and get justice for you!"

"Justice? Victim? Victim my ass..."

Hearing this, Mo Hongyi nearly exploded.

What victim? You're fine, but I, the number one genius of the kingdom, not only got poisoned but also fell into a cesspool...

And the most crucial part—investigate? How can you investigate? Your own student poisoned you. How can you get justice for me?

"What's wrong?" Seeing him getting angrier, Zhang Xuan was puzzled.

No one wants to be poisoned. Honestly, I didn't know you would drink water in my room...

"You... fine!"

Knowing that this guy was also a victim and truly unaware, Mo Hongyi suppressed his anger and snorted: "No need to investigate! I already know who poisoned it!"

"Who?"

Frowning, Zhang Xuan looked at him seriously.

He had been wondering who he had offended in this identity to be poisoned. If he found out, he would not let it go!

"It was... Zheng Yang and the others. I saw it with my own eyes last night!" Not knowing what he was thinking, Mo Hongyi snorted.

"Zheng Yang?"

Just as he was thinking about how to teach them a lesson and loot their stuff, Zhang Xuan stumbled at these words, nearly falling.

His own students drugged him?

What was going on?

Shocked, he quickly realized and turned pale with fury.

"These little bastards..."

With a roar, Zhang Xuan stood up, his anger like a raging tide.

Other people's disciples were obedient, but what kind of students had he taught? Poisoning the teacher, always fighting or causing trouble...

Damn it!

If I don't teach you a good lesson, my name isn't Zhang Xuan!

...

"Zhao Ya, what's wrong with you? That Mu Xueqing was so arrogant just now. Why didn't you teach her a lesson? Teacher Liu is powerful, not her. What's there to be proud of?"

On the way back to the residence, Zheng Yang caught up with Zhao Ya and couldn't help asking.

Now, Zhang shi's reputation was completely overshadowed by this Teacher Liu. As his student, instead of defending him, you praise the opponent? What's wrong with you?

"Teach her a lesson? I think you'd better think about how to be punished!"

Seeing that he still hadn't realized, Zhao Ya snorted helplessly.

"Punished? For what?"

Zheng Yang was confused. Yuan Tao and Liu Yang also looked over in puzzlement.

Although they were very smart and talented in cultivation, they were only fifteen or sixteen years old. Without guidance, they couldn't figure out many things.

"Wang Ying, you tell them. I need to think about how to apologize to the teacher..."

Zhao Ya covered her forehead, full of distress.

She had wanted to vent for the teacher and spread his fame, but now that the fame was spread, once the teacher revealed his identity, it would surely become a joke.

What a mess!

She had flattered the wrong person.

She really didn't know if Zhang shi would be angry when he returned.

"Wang Ying, what's going on?"

Zheng Yang quickly looked at her.

"This..." Wang Ying blushed: "I suspect... Teacher Liu is Zhang shi in disguise!"

"Teacher Liu is Zhang shi?"

Zheng Yang and the others were stunned.

"Yes, that Teacher Liu just now used the Heavenly Dao Movement Technique and Heavenly Dao Leg Technique to teach the Lin family elder a lesson. I saw it clearly, no mistake. After borrowing Zhao Ya's sword, he used the Heavenly Dao Sword Art taught by the master... Plus his attitude toward us, so..."

Seeing their disbelief, Wang Ying explained.

"Teacher Liu is Zhang shi?"

"And we went to poison him?"

"And cursed him so happily..."

...

Yuan Tao, Zheng Yang, and Liu Yang all trembled, their faces turning pale, on the verge of tears.

If this was true, what had they done these past few days?

The teacher had done so much for them, and they were thinking every day about how to kill him...

All three felt so depressed they wanted to vomit blood.

"I'm going to the Tianwu Academy to apologize to the teacher..."

Pale-faced, after a long while, Zheng Yang said hurriedly.

"Me too!"

"Me too!"

Yuan Tao and Liu Yang also quickly nodded.

"Alright..."

Having made the decision, they hurried toward Tianwu Academy. Knowing there was no other way, Zhao Ya and Wang Ying helplessly followed.

Dong!

Before they reached the academy, a huge bell sounded.

"It's the Mentor Hall..."

Following the direction of the bell, they couldn't help but look over.