ryethenovel Chapter 86 It wasn't easy, but I finally got stronger.
Chapter 86 It wasn't easy, but I finally got stronger.
[Unfortunately, the Heavenly Contract can no longer bind you, and naturally, it will no longer provide you with blessings. Don't you really want to consider making another wish to gain some merit and receive Heaven's favor?]
Heavenly Dao, are you just taking points away from me? You're taking points away from me to the extreme!
Zhou Zheng, his face stiff, said, "Thank you, Lei Zu!"
I'm not making any more vows! I can't live off borrowed good karma! The good karma I've accumulated is enough to allow me to live a carefree and worry-free life! Even the worst people only have a negative 100, but they've deducted 18000 from my account—that's too cruel!
Even though you think this way, Heaven will still be watching you, waiting for the time to let you make a wish.
Zhou Zheng firmly believes that he will never make a wish lightly before accumulating a great deal of merit.
At the edge of the sky, Lei Zu raised his hand in a gesture of quiet, signaling everyone to be still: "Alright, let's get down to business. Zhou Zheng, how did you know there was something amiss with the sun?"
Zhou Zheng honestly replied, "I awakened an ability that allows me to see life force. The first time I awakened it, I was sunbathing and saw the sun's life force. I noticed an abnormal and rapid loss of life force, but I wasn't sure if I was mistaken. So, I carefully observed it for the second month and, after confirming my observation, I went out to find a solution. By chance, I began to cultivate and discovered that I was very compatible with thunder talismans, so I became your disciple and told you about this."
Discussions arose in the sky, but this time Zhou Zheng couldn't understand them clearly; he only knew that everyone was discussing something.
After a while, the discussion gradually subsided.
Lei Zu's voice rang out again: "It seems you were born to face this calamity, no wonder the Heavenly Dao pays special attention to you. Focus on your cultivation and report the sun's anomalies to me regularly. By the way, do you have any questions about your cultivation? Would you like a reward?"
Zhou Zheng said sincerely, "I can master a Qi Refining Realm cultivation technique in a single day. I have no doubts now, and all that remains is to put it into practice. I have received too many rewards, and I can't think of any reward I need for the time being. Thank you for your concern, Lei Zu."
Lei Zu smiled and said, "You do have quite a talent. By the way, how are things going between you and Liu Zhen?"
Zhou Zheng glanced at Liu Zhen.
Liu Zhen immediately tensed up and tried his best to maintain his composure.
Zhou Zheng: "When we first met, I thought Brother Liu was too arrogant, but after getting to know him better, I found him to be a very nice person. Brother Liu is honest, sincere, warm-hearted, kind, insightful and generous. He has given me a lot of guidance and help in my spiritual practice, and he doesn't ask for anything in return."
Lei Zu laughed heartily: "Liu Zhen, you little brat, I told you to change your temper but you won't. Even a child can see your faults. Alright, Zhou Zheng, you can take a break. I'll give this kid some instructions and then let him go back."
Zhou Zheng didn't know how to say goodbye, so he just waved and said, "Goodbye Lei Zu, goodbye to the big shots whose faces I can't see clearly."
A gentle force came from the front, and in the blink of an eye, he was back in the living room.
Turning his head, he saw Liu Zhen kneeling on the floor with a stiff face, nodding awkwardly, "Yes, yes, thank you for your teachings, Heavenly Venerable. I will definitely, I will definitely work hard to improve."
Zhou Zheng hurriedly took out his phone and started recording. This was valuable video footage that could be used to make fun of Brother Liu in the future, so he couldn't miss it.
Liu Zhen was criticized for almost three minutes before he raised his hand to wipe non-existent sweat from his forehead, stood up from the ground, and let out a long sigh of relief: "That really scared me, but thankfully I passed smoothly."
There were no rewards or punishments, just a few words of advice, a review of the cultivation progress, and some new tasks assigned... Just pass steadily, just above the passing grade.
Liu Zhen turned his head: "Hmm?"
Zhou Zheng enthusiastically held up his phone to record the video.
Liu Zhen: "...If it weren't for the Celestial Venerable telling me to focus on my cultivation, I would have snatched your phone and deleted everything right now. I'm your protector, are you sure you want to do that?"
Zhou Zheng clicked "End" with a regretful look, then threatened, "Don't mess with me! I have the privilege of reporting directly to the Heavenly Venerable. Be careful, or I'll report you for having a bad temper!"
Liu Zhen coughed twice, covering his mouth, and put on a smile: "We're all brothers, we're all brothers."
Zhou Zheng happily saved the video and put his phone in his pocket.
A glint flashed in Liu Zhen's eyes, and he secretly began to perform a spell.
Zhou Zheng raised an eyebrow, and Lei Wang was startled. He took out his phone from his pocket and saw that the video he had just recorded had disappeared.
Liu Zhen chuckled and walked towards the sofa with his hands behind his back: "You're still too green to mess with me."
Zhou Zheng paused for a moment, pulled the video from the recycle bin, clicked "restore," and quickly uploaded it to his various cloud storage services. This old man still suffered from a lack of cultural knowledge; he didn't know that deleted videos go into the recycle bin.
Liu Zhen sat on the sofa, looking at Zhou Zheng speechlessly: "You... sigh, never mind."
Zhou Zheng shoved the phone back: "In short, accumulating good karma is still very useful. From now on, I'll practice in the morning, accumulate good karma in the afternoon, and go out to do missions in the evening."
Life gradually became more fulfilling.
Although it was a bit harsh to have my blessings deducted the first time I made a wish, I did witness the wonderful use of blessings: they can be used as an all-purpose wish-making machine!
Even if you don't use it to make wishes, it's still effective for warding off disasters and difficulties.
Liu Zhen picked up the teacup on the table and drank: "So what were you doing this morning? You'd better be diligent. The Heavenly Venerable has a very good impression of you. He just told everyone about your first time exorcising an evil spirit."
Zhou Zheng: "...Why am I involved? What did you say?"
Liu Zhen tried hard to suppress his laughter: "I told you that I was originally going to let you get to know the evil spirits of the haunted land, and I even reminded you that you were going to learn, but you ignored it all and went to the haunted land with your sword to fight the five strongest evil spirits. The Heavenly Venerable thinks that you are not very smart in divination, but you have a lot of talent in combat."
Then everyone burst into laughter.
The opening exam was supposed to be something simple: just read the questions and understand them. But this kid chose the most difficult one, the "brute force" challenge, which gave Lei Zu quite a surprise.
I've seen silly kids before, but it's rare to see one this strong.
Zhou Zheng: "...Actually, I'm quite smart."
Liu Zhen nodded: "Yes, very smart."
Zhou Zheng understood why Lei Zu had emphasized that Brother Liu should temper his character. His ability to speak sarcastically was second to none; he could offend people with just a few words.
Liu Zhen covered his mouth and coughed dryly: "Go ahead and cultivate, I'll fix my mouth while you cultivate." Lei Zu really knows how to judge people; he deliberately let this kid come back to make fun of him.
Zhou Zheng stopped making a fuss, sat down on the sofa, took out a vermilion pen and notebook from the drawer, and began to diligently draw talismans to train.
The combat power provided by the Thunder Cultivation profession is very strong, but the versatility provided by the Talisman Cultivation profession cannot be ignored—I've been so engrossed in the thrill of combat power lately that I've somewhat neglected Talisman Cultivation.
Especially since his own foundation was unstable, he relied entirely on talismans to support his basic attributes and transform into a hexagonal warrior when facing battle.
Moreover, talisman cultivators have an advantage: the number of talismans equals combat power. As long as they draw them fast enough, even if they are defeated, they cannot catch up with me.
Moreover, both of the talisman cultivator's traits are very useful. The "Superior Talisman" trait directly increases the talisman's grade by one level, while the "Steady as a Rock" trait increases the speed and stability of talisman drawing. The former can directly enhance the talisman's power, while the latter allows for faster and more stable talisman drawing in battle, thus strengthening combat power.
Zhou Zheng felt excited at the thought of the two amazing traits and began to draw runes diligently, hoping to reach level 5 as soon as possible and obtain the new traits.
This effort took a whole morning, four or five hours.
[Level 5 drawing, please select a new feature]
After Zhou Zheng finished drawing the talisman in his hand, he looked at the pop-up notification and his eyes welled up with tears.
"It wasn't easy, I've finally become stronger."
Liu Zhen, who was sitting on the sofa, glanced at him and said, "...What's so difficult about you?" Your level of hard work is not even as good as Xuan Yizi's. What's so difficult about you?