Chapter 122: Dan Ding Peak Can't Sit Still

Time flew by, and no matter how high your cultivation, you couldn't stop it.

Half a month later.

Nameless Peak was much livelier than before. Once, the master and two disciples had lived there as bachelors, but now people came and went in an endless stream, so busy they couldn't keep up.

"Brother Dog, here are my materials. Please hand them to Uncle Lin." An outer disciple flattered Zhang Ergou and handed over a month's worth of materials.

Zhang Ergou's life was now quite comfortable; he was highly respected among the outer disciples.

People called him Brother Dog.

As for this nickname, Zhang Ergou not only found it unobjectionable but felt it suited him well.

Ever since he and the Sect Leader had put on that act last time, Nameless Peak had become widely known among the outer disciples.

"Junior Brother, rest assured. I'll deliver your materials to the Sect Leader as soon as possible." Zhang Ergou had built a stone stool at the entrance of the peak and sat there every day waiting for the outer disciples to arrive.

"Thank you, Brother Dog." The outer disciple's face lit up with joy as he expressed sincere gratitude.

"No need to thank me. Take this certificate; you'll need it when you collect the pills." Zhang Ergou hadn't studied much, but he could still write simple characters.

Now that more and more disciples were seeking the Sect Leader to refine pills, if they didn't have some form of certification, it would be easy to mix things up.

"Junior Brother, how many materials do we have?" Zhang Ergou asked.

"Senior Brother, I have thirty sets of pill materials here." Feng Juejue opened his storage pouch and took a look.

"Alright, give them to me. I'll take them to the Sect Leader." Every time a certain amount of materials was collected, Zhang Ergou would deliver them to the Sect Leader.

In the past half month, he had refined pills for at least several hundred outer disciples, and even many menial disciples had come.

From low-grade to high-grade pills, Zhang Ergou and Feng Juejue had seen quite a few, and their theoretical knowledge of pill refining had improved greatly.

"Junior Brother, tonight Brother Ye invited me for a drink. Are you coming?" Zhang Ergou asked as he prepared to deliver the materials.

Feng Juejue hesitated for a moment, then shook his head. "I won't go. I don't like him."

During this time, Zhang Ergou had gotten along well with Ye Shaotian, but whenever Feng Juejue and Ye Shaotian met, they acted like enemies and couldn't stand each other, which left Zhang Ergou feeling helpless.

...

Dan Ding Peak.

Li Shun had recently begun to feel something was off. In the first ten days, quite a few outer disciples had come to him for pill refining, but in the last five days, he suddenly found that the number of outer disciples coming to him each day was very sparse—basically two or three a day.

This terrified Li Shun.

In the past, whenever he went to the outer disciples, everyone would flatter him and treat him with utmost respect. But now, when he went there, he found that those once respectful outer disciples didn't entertain him much anymore.

This made Li Shun very unhappy. Had they grown wings now?

"Senior Brother, something terrible has happened..." At that moment, the flute-playing boy came running over in a panic.

"Making a fuss over nothing. What a disgrace." Li Shun frowned in displeasure.

"Senior Brother, today when I went to the outer disciples, I found that they've all gone to that Nameless Peak to refine pills and no longer come to our Dan Ding Peak." The flute-playing boy said frantically.

Their Dan Ding Peak was divided into several areas. Senior Brother Li and a dozen other senior brothers were responsible for the outer disciples, and now the number of disciples seeking pill refining was decreasing day by day.

Just today, he had gone to the outer sect and suddenly discovered this terrifying fact, scaring him into running back to report.

Half a month ago, he had already mentioned to his senior brother that people from Nameless Peak were setting up a stall to refine pills in the outer sect.

At first, they hadn't taken it seriously, but who would have thought that they would actually snatch away all the outer disciples?

"What?" Li Shun rarely went down the mountain and always stayed on Dan Ding Peak, so he wasn't clear about the situation in the outer sect. Hearing his boy's report now, his expression changed in shock, and he found it hard to believe.

Then, thinking about the recent situation on Dan Ding Peak, his originally calm eyes suddenly turned gloomy.

Without saying another word, he got up and walked away.

"Senior Brother... Senior Brother." The flute-playing boy, seeing his senior brother's terrifyingly dark expression, was a bit scared but still followed behind.

...

On Nameless Peak.

Lin Fan stayed in his room, refining the materials Zhang Ergou had just delivered. After a large amount of pill accumulation, his pill refining skill was about to reach the perfect level of level twenty.

Although the materials sent by these outer disciples didn't include many high-grade pills and the experience gained was relatively small, many a little made a mickle. By now, he had consumed no fewer than several thousand pills.

At the peak entrance, Zhang Ergou and Feng Juejue sat waiting for the outer junior brothers to deliver materials. They were truly in awe of the Sect Leader's pill refining skills; in their view, he was simply amazing.

Zhang Ergou might not have a high level of exposure, but for Feng Juejue, the Sect Leader's pill refining efficiency was truly terrifying—ordinary people simply couldn't compare.

At that moment, something happened in the outer sect.

A group of people from Dan Ding Peak was passing through the outer disciples' territory, heading toward Nameless Peak.

Li Shun harbored a grudge against Nameless Peak for snatching away the disciples. During this time, not only did he have no disciples coming to him for pill refining, but even some of his fellow senior brothers had been idle for many days.

"Junior brothers, this time we must demand an explanation from Nameless Peak. The holy land of pill refining in the Saint Sect can only be Dan Ding Peak." Li Shun said indignantly.

"Right, Senior Brother Li is right. Nameless Peak is driving us to our deaths."

"Hmph, if the people on Nameless Peak don't know what's good for them today, we'll make them taste the power of Dan Ding Peak."

...

The outer disciples watched this group of aggressive Dan Ding Peak disciples, all stunned. At first, they didn't know what was going on, but as they saw the direction Dan Ding Peak was heading, they realized something was wrong.

"Are they going to Nameless Peak to find Uncle Lin?"

"This road only leads to Nameless Peak. It must be because we only go to Uncle Lin for pill refining now and not to Dan Ding Peak, leaving them with no profit. Now they're coming to cause trouble for Uncle Lin."

"Come on, everyone follow quickly. If the Dan Ding Peak people dare to act recklessly at Uncle Lin's place, we'll make sure they regret it."

"That's right, but junior brothers, don't get too excited yet. It might be a misunderstanding."

"Don't worry, we all know what we're doing. Uncle Lin has been kind to us and considerate of us juniors. Now that someone is coming to cause trouble, we naturally can't stand by and do nothing."

At this moment, the Dan Ding Peak people walked ahead, with the outer disciples following behind.