Cultivate All You Want, Just Don't Ruin the Immortal World!

Chapter 15 – Bullied Li Zhengtong

Qin Yu easily vaulted over the courtyard wall and quickly ran to Li Zhengtong's side.

"What happened? Who beat you up?"

Li Zhengtong, gasping for breath, said, "Brother Yu... that day I used the method you taught me..."

Qin Yu's eyes widened, "Was it those two inspectors who said you didn't pass and beat you like this?"

"No... no!" Li Zhengtong wiped away a tear and continued, "Those two inspectors said I did well, as long as I didn't let the leaves pile up too thick on the ground, it was fine, no need to keep working all the time."

"I was really happy then, thinking I could slack off a bit during the day to practice cultivation."

"But I didn't expect that the next day, a large group of people rode their spirit beasts past there. The beasts pooped as they walked, so I not only had to clean up the leaves but also the dung, and I had to clean until very late every day."

"The spirit beasts from Beast-Taming Peak went your way?"

Qin Yu didn't expect that he had indirectly caused trouble for Li Zhengtong.

With so many paths to choose from, they just had to pick Maple Leaf Plaza. Li Zhengtong was just too unlucky!

"Brother Yu, how did you know they were from Beast-Taming Peak?" Li Zhengtong didn't notice the change in Qin Yu's tone.

Qin Yu glanced at the stars in the sky, feeling guilty, and changed the subject, "Then what happened to your injuries?"

At this, Li Zhengtong felt even more aggrieved.

"There was too much work, I really couldn't finish it all. Today, I mustered up the courage to stand in front of those spirit beasts from Beast-Taming Peak and begged them to take another path."

"But the leader jumped down without a word and slapped me, telling me to get lost!"

As he spoke, Qin Yu looked Li Zhengtong up and down, noticing that the kid seemed a bit more robust than ten days ago.

Normal exercise for ten days shouldn't have such a noticeable effect.

'Could this be the effect of the Thousand Trials and Tribulations talent feedback?'

'Does every cleaning session increase his strength a bit?'

Understanding the whole story, Qin Yu comforted, "Go wash up first, I'll think of a way."

"Brother Yu, please don't go looking for those people from Beast-Taming Peak."

"They've been outer sect disciples for years, we can't beat them, nor can we afford to offend them."

Qin Yu nodded, "Don't worry, I'm not stupid enough to fight them. Go change your clothes, you smell terrible."

"Okay, Brother Yu!"

Li Zhengtong wiped his tears and went inside.

Qin Yu sat on a stone bench in the courtyard, hesitating.

Should he help Li Zhengtong?

Li Zhengtong was going through hardships, and the 'Thousand Trials and Tribulations' talent was indeed helping him improve.

So Qin Yu didn't know if intervening now to help Li Zhengtong solve his problems was good or bad for him.

Hearing the occasional sobbing from inside, Qin Yu slapped his thigh.

'Damn it, it's because of me that Li Zhengtong is being bullied like this, and now I'm hesitating whether to step in.'

Qin Yu felt like slapping himself.

Seeing Li Zhengtong cry like that, he couldn't imagine how much grievance he had suffered in those ten days.

A fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, leaving his parents and friends, bearing the hopes of his entire family, coming alone to the Xuantian Sect.

He thought he had come to paradise, but didn't expect to be just a janitor, eating tasteless fasting pills, doing dirty and tiring work, and being scolded by hygiene inspectors and bullied by Beast-Taming Peak disciples.

Even his only good friend was hiding in his room with the formation technique on, not knowing what was going on.

He didn't even have anyone to vent to.

'Damn it, I must make those bastards from Beast-Taming Peak pay!'

Qin Yu sat on the stone bench, deep in thought.

'Although I've reached Qi Refinement Stage One, I'm still too weak, no match for them head-on.'

'Should I make a couple more wooden plaques and have Maple Leaf Plaza under construction too?'

Qin Yu pondered but quickly dismissed the idea.

If too many places are under construction, it's too easy to expose.

Not only would Li Zhengtong's problem not be solved, but it would also bring trouble to himself.

And mere construction wouldn't affect those beasts from Beast-Taming Peak at all; Qin Yu wanted them to face consequences.

'Head-on won't work, so I can only strike from behind.'

Qin Yu immediately thought of laxatives.

'Can I feed those spirit beasts some laxatives?'

'No, no, even if laxatives work on spirit beasts, the whole path would be ruined, isn't it bad enough already?'

'Moreover, poisoning violates sect rules, that's not feasible!'

Qin Yu then thought of traps, ambushes, and other ideas.

But either they were useless, or the risks were too high.

In the face of absolute strength, any schemes are ineffective.

Qin Yu rubbed his head in frustration, wishing he could become Emperor Qin Yu right now and shove those beasts' heads into the dung their spirit beasts left.

'No, I know too little about the sect and nothing about Beast-Taming Peak. Empty thoughts won't yield good ideas.'

Knowing oneself and the enemy ensures victory in every battle!

Qin Yu decided to gather intelligence tomorrow and plan further.

If there's really no way, Qin Yu would have to temporarily halt construction at Bright Moon Plaza.

It's one thing to mess with strangers, but Qin Yu couldn't bear to mess with a friend.

"All cleaned up?" Qin Yu asked, seeing Li Zhengtong in a change of clothes.

"Yes!" Li Zhengtong nodded, hopeful, "Brother Yu, have you thought of a way?"

Qin Yu was Li Zhengtong's last hope. If even Qin Yu had no solution, Li Zhengtong thought he might as well apply to leave the sect.

Qin Yu sighed, "Those bastards from Beast-Taming Peak are tough to deal with, it won't be easy to solve!"

Hearing this, Li Zhengtong's eyes dimmed quickly.

"Even Brother Yu has no way?"

Though Qin Yu had no solution, Li Zhengtong didn't blame him.

He felt his expectations of Brother Yu were too high. Although Brother Yu was amazing, he wasn't omnipotent.

He was just a menial disciple who had joined the sect less than half a month ago, how could he deal with so many outer sect disciples who had been in the sect for years?

"Look at you!" Qin Yu scolded, "I said those bastards from Beast-Taming Peak are hard to deal with, I didn't say your problem can't be solved."

Li Zhengtong immediately saw hope again.

Qin Yu: "You have two problems now, too many leaves and too much dung, right?"

"Right!" Li Zhengtong nodded vigorously.

Qin Yu: "The dung is hard to deal with, but the leaves are easy to solve."

Li Zhengtong's mind raced, he couldn't think of how to solve the leaf problem.

So many leaves, falling with the wind, how could it be solved? Could Brother Yu stop the wind?

Seeing Li Zhengtong's expression, Qin Yu knew he was overthinking it.

"Fool!" Qin Yu knocked on Li Zhengtong's head, "The trees aren't tall, can't you use a long stick to knock all the leaves down?"

"With no leaves on the trees, there won't be fallen leaves."

Li Zhengtong suddenly understood and immediately praised, "Brother Yu, you're so smart."

"But Brother Yu, won't this violate sect rules?"

"It won't. I've memorized the sect rules, they say not to damage flowers and trees, but we're not damaging the trees, we're just helping them shed leaves faster."

Li Zhengtong looked at Qin Yu with admiration, though he didn't fully understand, he felt Brother Yu was speaking the truth.

"Rest well tonight, tomorrow I'll help you knock down the leaves!"

Once the leaves are dealt with, Li Zhengtong will have more time to practice cultivation.

Qin Yu was also doing this to compensate for Li Zhengtong silently cleaning up dung for ten days.

'Even if Brother Yu doesn't say it, he remembers it in his heart!'

Qin Yu added, "As for those bastards from Beast-Taming Peak, give me a week, I'll definitely sort them out for you."

Li Zhengtong's eyes welled up with tears, "Brother Yu, you're so good to me."

"Stop being so sentimental, go back and practice."

"Okay!"

"Wait, come back!"

"What's up, Brother Yu?"

"Nothing, just stand still!"

'Damn it, those bastards from Beast-Taming Peak almost made me forget the important stuff!'

Four talents immediately appeared before Qin Yu's eyes.