Chapter 88: Mercy from Subordinates?

  Ding Wanyan's face suddenly turned pale, she hummed and turned her head to leave.

  Lei Dong rubbed his face, sighed and shook his head. He wasn't a fool, he knew about his master sister's feelings for him. He had grown up with her since childhood and had some affection and attachment to her. However, he was only at the 8th level of Qi Refining period, who knows how long it would take for him to advance to the Foundation Establishment period? His master sister, on the other hand, had exceptional talent and could easily advance if she just focused on cultivating in the sect. But Lei Dong's own talent was ordinary, without a large amount of resources, his chances of advancing within the next decade were low. However, to obtain those resources, he couldn't stay in the cave and meditate all day, he had to go out and find ways to make a fortune.

  After this big comparison, my name has also started to sound loud, and it's probably not very realistic to pretend to be a pig eating a tiger, luring others into being deceived and counter-attacked. Moreover, in the past, due to insufficient capital, it was acceptable to mix some original accumulation in the sect.

  It's not necessarily a good thing to provoke the Yinsha Sect, and it's even more likely that you'll end up offending the powerful ancestors who come after. After all, in the Yinsha Sect, causing trouble often means that you can run away from the monks but not from the temple, and it's easy to offend those powerful old ancestors. Over time, you might not even be able to escape the wrath of the Wan Gui Old Ancestor.

  From this, Leidong thought that he still had to find a way out of the Yin Family to make a fortune. However, outside the Yin Family was not like home, and there were various rules and restrictions, as well as the protection of the ancestors. Going out to find opportunities for wealth was the most dangerous thing, yet it was something that could not be avoided. Rather than having no chance of advancing to the foundation stage, it was better to take a risk. But with his current situation being so precarious, who knew if he would die outside? How could he make a promise to her now? Even if something were to happen between him and Ding Shijie, Leidong did not want it to be during the Qi Refining stage.

  She let out a soft sigh.

  Lei Dong returned to his temporary residence, continued to meditate and cultivate his energy. Since he had good luck and got a bye in the first round, he would directly enter the top four. As long as the alchemy grandmaster from his sect didn't have such bad luck that even drinking water would get stuck in his teeth, Lei Dong thought that getting a Foundation Establishment Pill was almost guaranteed. What's more important was that Lei Dong still wanted to test his luck. Among the top four, as long as he didn't draw Double Hardship, there was still a chance for him to get second place.

  Even if I'm unlucky and draw them, there's still a third one waiting for me to grab. I promised Old Ancestor that I would help him take back the third one. Lei Dong still wants to complete it as much as possible within his capabilities. After all, in these years, Old Ancestor has been very kind to himself, taking care of him everywhere, and he should repay him somehow.

  Took a deep breath and drove out all sorts of miscellaneous thoughts. Took a few grains of wound-healing medicine, and began to calm down and concentrate again.

  After another period of time to heal the wound, the injury has improved a lot. The consumed true energy has also been almost fully recovered. More spirited than before, he went to the lottery location again.

  At this moment, there were only four people left on the scene, including himself. The other three were two of the Yin and Yang twins, who were quite lucky to have not bumped into each other yet. The other one who made it to the top four was Yue Wuheng, the first disciple of Youming City. This child's talent ranking was only below Baili Yun, who had been eliminated by Lei Dong, and ranked fourth among his peers. He usually practiced diligently, although he still hadn't reached the 12th layer of the Qi Refining stage, but it wasn't far off either.

  Lei Dong pretended that nothing had happened, smiling and greeting Ding Yuexuan. But Ding Yuexuan seemed to still be annoyed at Lei Dong's behavior, her face restored to its usual coldness as she turned away, not even bothering to acknowledge him.

  Lei Dong laughed dryly twice and then stood there silently.

  The next draw, only one person needs to go up. According to the drawing requirements, it's Leidong's turn to draw. He reached in and randomly picked a card, opened it and took a look, on which was written "Tianmo Palace East Fragrance". The remaining ones were naturally Ding Yuanyan vs Youming City Yue Wuheng.

  Lei Dong walked down from the stage with a hint of embarrassment, but then heard Yue Wujian start to curry favor with Ding Yuanyan, his face full of humility: "Compared to Shifu Jie, Wujian should have admitted defeat directly. But such an opportunity for discussion and learning, Wujian doesn't want to miss it either. Our two families' ancestors are on good terms, so please spare me, Shifu Jie."

  "Since Wú Hén shī dì wants to replace the comparison with a cutting contest, I will naturally comply. However, Wú Hén shī dì, don't think that after just a few cuts, if you see yourself at a disadvantage, you can just open your mouth and surrender? That would be unbecoming of a man."

  Yue Wuheng saw Ding Yuanyan's smile like the first snow on a winter morning, and called himself Wuheng Shidi. He couldn't help but tremble with excitement, and hastily said: "Sister, please be at ease, I can swear that I will never flee in defeat."

  Lei Dong was taken aback, wondering what trick Ding Yuanyan was playing. Logically speaking, with Ding's temperament and character, it was impossible for her to use this method to stimulate herself just because of a disagreement with him. However, no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't figure out what she was thinking. Since his injury had not healed, the next match might be against Yue Wujian, so having an extra hour to recover would be better.

  Lei Dong waved his hand at the still veiled Eastern Fragrance, calling out: "Eastern Fragrance Shifu, your junior has admitted defeat. Since I'm not fully recovered from my injuries, let's not waste each other's time." With that said, he turned and left without waiting for Eastern Fragrance's response. After all, his goal was only third place; what was the point of going all out with Eastern Fragrance? It would be better to save some energy to teach that scoundrel Yue Wuchou a lesson later on.

  Unconsciously, Lei Dong had already filled with malice in his subconscious towards those who dared to get close to Ding Shi Jie.

  Another quarter of an hour passed, and Lei Dong's face was slightly flushed, obviously the injury to his meridians had improved a lot. Although he was still far from fully recovered, going on stage and exercising properly should be no big deal now.

  But just as he walked to the drawing scene with an extraordinary momentum, he only saw Ding Yuanyan and Dongfang Xiang standing together in the field. These two cold and elegant beauties had auras that were competing with each other in coldness, and they both ignored Leidong's arrival, as if they didn't even have the interest to glance at him. After looking around for a while, Leidong found it strange that Yue Wuheng was nowhere to be seen. He himself had rushed over here after healing his injuries, and yet that guy seemed to be slower than him?

  After waiting for a little while, Dongfang Xiang looked at Ding Yuanyan and said in a gentle voice, "Yuanyan, the time has come. It's our turn to take the stage." Lei Dong had only heard her speak to Ding Yuanyan with such a good tone so far.

  "Please give me more guidance from the East." Ting Wenyuan nodded slightly.

  The two of them didn't sell the trick, and they walked towards the stage with a steady pace. Leidong was indeed a bit strange, how come Yuen Wucheng still hadn't appeared? He had to force himself to shout: "Master sister, that... do you know where that kid surnamed Yue ran off to?"

  "Hmph." Ting Yuanyan didn't even turn her head back, and walked towards the stage without stopping.

  It was Dongfang Xiang who stopped in his tracks, turned around and said coldly, "He should still be alive, Wan Yan did indeed show mercy." With that, he turned and left.

  Lei's face was filled with shock, what did she mean by "shouldn't be dead yet"? After a moment's thought, he couldn't help but laugh wryly. It seemed that his master sister knew that this scoundrel wasn't weak and was afraid that when competing for third place, he would force her to worsen her injuries. So she took the initiative to get rid of him early on.

  His senior sister coaxed him into thinking that he could just exchange a few blows and then leave, but that kid actually believed it...

  Eastern fragrance that sentence, should not have died yet? But it's making Lei Dong can't help but sympathize with that little guy, guessing that Shifu is afraid of hurting him too much and won't get the result. Secondly, I guess because he himself diverted the topic at a critical moment, which made her still angry until now, and took advantage of the opportunity to take out his anger on Yue Wuyin who came to deliver it.

  At the thought of this, Lei Dong's mouth twitched slightly, this woman's mind was indeed sinister and unpredictable, frightening. She would just let it out, but she had to deceive people into thinking that she really looked at herself with different eyes, swearing not to run away...

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