Chapter 26: Settling the Feud

  Out of the door, Shi Dong still had a dazed and dreamy feeling, not knowing how he muddled through Master's test and even got his reward.

  Recalling the master's words and actions just now, he indeed deserves the four characters "joy and anger are unpredictable". When flattering him, his face was full of smiles, but the next moment he would scowl and let himself fight against the puppet. After knocking down the puppet person, he didn't blame himself, instead rewarding himself with a set of secret skills and the puppet person.

  How strange indeed!

  "Shi Dong, what's wrong with you? Your face is all bruised and swollen. Did Master scold you again?"

  Suddenly hearing someone speaking beside him, he looked around and saw Bai Jin looking at him with a smile that was not quite a smile, his face full of mockery.

  His heart skipped a beat, and he quickly lowered his head, putting on a dejected look. "Second Brother is right, it's all my fault for being incompetent. Just now, Master scolded me severely."

  "Haha! Now you know, right? Not listening to Second Master's words and cultivating properly is exactly this result." Bai Jin smugly patted Shi Dong's shoulder, "Hand over your waist badge."

  Shi Dong handed the token to him, and saw that his finger shone brightly for a moment, pointing at the token. Suddenly, the light flashed, and the original record of his identity information had changed to "Refining Qi Stage One Layer".

  "Haha, congratulations on officially passing the first layer of Qi Refining. Next is the three-year small competition, you must work hard, or else ranking at the bottom will get you expelled, don't think you can be complacent!" Bai Jin returned the waist badge to Shi Dong, adopting an air of a second senior brother as he lectured.

  "Yes, thank you Second Brother for reminding me." Shi Dong replied respectfully, suddenly having an idea, he quickly took out four spirit stones and presented them to Bai Jin: "When I entered the sect, I borrowed three spirit stones from Second Brother, it wasn't until now that I could return them, please don't blame me."

  Bai Jin glanced at him, smiled and took the Ling Stone, "You're quite thoughtful. Hehe, if you have any difficulties in the future, just come ask me, your second brother. We're fellow disciples, why make it so awkward?" He lightly patted Shi Dong's shoulder, his expression quite friendly.

  Shi Dong's mind moved slightly, "Look at this appearance, Qing Wu Gui is trying to show me good intentions and pull me over? What to do, should I respond to him or not?"

  Suddenly, a sly smile spread from the corner of Bai's mouth, and his eyes flashed with an unusual light. Shi Dong's heart skipped a beat as he secretly thought: "This is not good! This green turtle is not genuinely being friendly to me! Dammit, he must be up to no good, and it's probably related to that gambler Jing!"

  Although his heart was shocked and frightened, Shi Dong only slightly hesitated for a moment before revealing an overjoyed expression. He hastily said: "Great! Great! Thank you Second Master for your concern, from now on I'll follow Second Master!"

  "Haha! That's right!" Bai Jin returned the four spirit stones to Shi Dong's hand, laughing and saying: "Junior brother just broke through the first layer of Lianqi, it's exactly when you need spirit stones for cultivation. You can take these four spirit stones for now!"

  Shi Dong mouth humbly yielded, had no choice but to take it over, and felt that the four spiritual stones were just passed through his hands, and holding them in his hand actually gave him a burning sensation. He understood that once he took it, it meant submitting to Bai Jin, and from now on, whatever errands he was given would be hard to decline.

  Zheng Xinzhong was anxious, Bai Jin patted him on the shoulder and waved his hand: "That's it! I still have something to do, next you go to the Cangshu Pavilion to choose your own spells!"

  He watched as Bai Jin walked away with his hands behind his back, and couldn't help but let out a quiet sigh. As for this Second Brother who was narrow-minded, hypocritical, and sinister, he really gave him a headache.

  Just pretend to be friendly for now, but in the future if there's a chance, it's better to keep a respectful distance from him.

  Having made up his mind, Shi Dong walked out along the winding path.

  Just turned a corner and walked into the spacious hall, suddenly shocked to see that most of the new disciples who had passed the first layer of Qi Refining were here. In the center, two people were surrounded by the crowd, one was Mao Feifei, and the other was surprisingly Lei Huan.

  The two men stood facing each other, their swords drawn and tense, as if they might erupt into violence at any moment.

  As soon as Shi Dong appeared, Mao Fei hurried over and asked: "Brother, have you seen Master? What's going on with you?" Seeing his bruised face, he was shocked.

  Before Shi Dong could respond, Lei Huan burst out laughing, "Haha! Look at that pig-headed expression, he must have been scolded by his master, no need to ask!"

  "Haha! That's right, look at him!" Several people behind Lei Huan burst out laughing and cast disdainful glances at Shi Dong.

  Mao Feifei suddenly turned around, glaring at Lei Huang with anger, shouting: "Lei Huang! How dare you speak like that? You...you little rooster, how dare you insult my brother like this? I think you're asking for a beating!" He took big strides forward, raised his fist and was about to strike.

  Lei Huang jumped in fright, not expecting Mao Feifei to make a move so quickly. He hastily retreated two steps and beckoned with his hand. With a whooshing sound, the powerful ghost suddenly leapt into the air and blocked Lei Huang's path.

  The people around them hastily retreated, fearing that the two would start fighting and hurt themselves.

  Shi Dong stood there motionless, as if all of this had nothing to do with him. His eyes flickered, thinking about what his master had just said, and those two door rules...

  There was a faint voice in his heart that said to him, "Shi Dong, can you survive by tolerating and holding back your breath at the Demon Gate? The enemy is step by step approaching, trampling on your dignity, robbing you of your cultivation opportunities, and even wanting to kill you with pleasure... Can you tolerate all this?"

  In a daze, he was back to the time when he was beaten by the owner of the Spu water city, his hand clutching the meat pie was trampled, countless fists rained down on him, the fierce boss's wife shouted on the side: "Beat! Beat this little thief to death! Let him steal food!" At that time, he cried out loudly: "I didn't steal, the pie fell to the ground by itself, I haven't eaten for three days, I... I just want to survive! Just want to go home and see my mom and sister, is this not allowed?"

  Just want to survive!

  Want to go home and see mom and sister!

  None of these work?

  Such a voice echoed in his mind, and gradually, Shi Dong's two fists clenched together, the corners of his mouth also curled up, and a flash of anger appeared in his eyes.

  A force unlike before burst forth from his inner self!

  Suddenly, he strode between the two of them, stretched out his hand and pulled Mao Fei behind him, grinning at Lei Huan with a mocking glint in his eyes. "Young Master Lei, you're right, I was indeed scolded by my master. Someone like me deserves it. Are you satisfied now?"

  Lei Huan saw Shi Dong showing weakness, and thought he was afraid of himself. He immediately straightened his chest, raised his head, and gave Shi Dong a sideways glance. "You, this tea house servant, actually have some self-awareness, so I won't bother with you! However, he..." With a wave of his hand, he pointed at Mao Fei Fei, and coldly laughed: "You were so rude to me, but I won't let it go. Either apologize or fight again!"

  "You think you're a big shot, huh? I'm still afraid of you?" Mao Feifei took a step forward, about to take action, but was pulled back by Shi Dong.

  Lei Huo's neck was stretched, his pale face turned red, and he shouted at Mao Feifei: "You dare to call me little...little rooster again, I'll never end with you! Humph! Mao Feifei, listen up, I've already broken through the second layer of Qi Refining Period, if you don't believe me, just try it!"

  As soon as this was said, the people around him let out a cry of surprise. Everyone had just broken through to the first layer of Qi Refining not long ago, but who would have thought that Lei Huan had actually broken through to the second layer? It was truly astonishing.

  Mao Feifei was taken aback for a moment, gritted his teeth in anger and said: "Even if you break through the third layer, I'm not afraid of you! Come on, let's go to the martial arts arena and fight again!"

  "I apologize! I apologize! Oh my, little mother mouse has come to her aunt, what a big deal!" Shi Dong laughed and mediated in the middle, saying to Lei Huan: "Lei Gongzi, your temper is also too small, isn't it? Mao Shige called you Little Rooster as a joke! You call me Pig Head, and he followed suit calling you Little Rooster. Look at yourself... your face is all red, your chest is puffed out, and your neck is stretched long, haha..."

  The people around looked carefully and understood Shi Dong's hint, and they all laughed. Even the people behind Lei Huan who were supporting him couldn't help but laugh.

  "Stop laughing!" Lei Huan shouted, his face red with rage, as if he was about to burst a blood vessel. He glared at Shi Dong and bellowed: "What... what do you mean? You little brat, looking for a fight!" With a surge of strength, the giant ghost took a step forward, its large knife flashing in the light, poised to strike Shi Dong's head.

  "Don't move!" Ma Feifei cried out in surprise and quickly stretched out her hand to block.

  The people around shouted and retreated in a hurry, afraid of getting splashed with blood.