Chapter 145: Zhu Gang

The Jixian Sect was filled with dense Spiritual Qi, and the surroundings were peaceful.

At this moment, Xiao Fan was in the Secret Room of his Immortal Cave, slowly opening his eyes.

His eyes were filled with exhaustion, but his face was beaming with joy.

"This night of hard work was certainly not in vain…"

Xiao Fan laughed heartily. In this one night, he had refined over sixty batches of Medicinal Pills, all of which were Grade One Medicinal Pills.

At the beginning, he only succeeded occasionally, but later the success rate gradually increased, and in the end, he reached the point where one out of every three batches was successful.

Currently, inside the star chart, there were more than thirty Medicinal Pills that Xiao Fan had refined with his own hands.

The yield after opening the furnace also increased from one pill per batch at the beginning to between two and three pills per batch later on.

For someone who had just started Alchemy, this kind of talent could be called rare in the world!

Xiao Fan stretched. The consumption of Spiritual Qi in his body was immense, but because his cultivation had reached the Late Stage of the Eighth Level of Qi Transformation, his state was much better than before.

"I'll rest for a while, then go back in and continue refining."

For the current Xiao Fan, the matter of Cultivation was not urgent.

His cultivation had improved too quickly recently, and he needed to properly consolidate his foundation.

And just now, when his Divine Soul left the star chart, he had also consumed a few yiqi pills he had refined himself.

Xiao Fan left the Secret Room and headed to the Spirit Beast chamber. As soon as the door opened…

The Golden-Haired Lion slipped out directly with a fawning expression…

With its huge body and wagging tail, it saw Xiao Fan coming, let out a "woo-woo" sound, and stuck out its tongue.

Xiao Fan smiled and took a large amount of dried meat out of his Storage Pouch, throwing it to Little Jin.

The Golden-Haired Lion was overjoyed at the sight and rushed forward to wolf it down.

"Why do I feel like I'm raising a dog…"

The Golden-Haired Lion could be said to have no resemblance to a lion-type Yao Beast at all; it was more like a dog, and the kind with a particularly small heart at that.

At this moment, Xiao Fan's golden token suddenly vibrated.

"Hmm?"

Xiao Fan was stunned. Who would come to find him?

When he arrived outside the Immortal Cave, he saw a short, chubby boy pacing back and forth at the entrance.

"Zhu Gang, why have you come?"

Xiao Fan smiled. He hadn't expected the person to be the chubby boy, Zhu Gang.

"Big Brother…"

Seeing Xiao Fan come out, Zhu Gang hurriedly spoke, his face full of anxiety.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Fan frowned. Zhu Gang's expression was very anxious, as if something big had happened.

"Big Brother… save me." Zhu Gang was incredibly anxious.

This was the first time Xiao Fan had seen this expression on him.

"Don't rush, tell me what happened first."

"It's like this… A few other newly admitted Disciples and I wanted to earn some contribution points. Because going out to execute missions is too dangerous, we decided to set up a few street stalls within the Outer Sect to do some small business…"

Small business?

Xiao Fan was stunned, but then he understood. It was those small stalls near the Internal Affairs Pavilion and Wanbao Tower that sold all sorts of things.

Most of them were set up by Utility Disciples.

"We chose an empty plot near the Internal Affairs Pavilion. We had discussed it before and planned to go up the mountain to hunt some wild beasts, then make them into dried meat to sell, and by the way, sell the furs separately…"

Hearing this, even Xiao Fan felt that Zhu Gang's idea was not bad…

"However, I didn't expect that a group of people would come a few days ago. They are Outer Sect Disciples from previous generations, and their strength is much greater than ours. After they arrived, they demanded we pay thirty contribution points as a stall fee…"

"Naturally, we refused. We had just joined the Sect and didn't have many contribution points on us at all…"

"Because of the Sect rules, they didn't dare to attack us directly, but they blocked our stall and wouldn't leave. They also kept insulting us and challenged us, demanding we go to the Arena area to duel with them…"

"At first, we kept enduring it… But later, someone couldn't take it anymore and agreed to their challenge. We all went to the Arena area. By the time I came here, one person had already been beaten into serious injury, and they are still fighting now…"

Zhu Gang was so anxious he was about to cry. Previously, he had boasted to those Outer Sect Disciples that he had a close relationship with Xiao Fan.

If anyone caused trouble with their business, he would come to find Xiao Fan for help.

But in reality, he had never mentioned this matter to Xiao Fan at all…

Now that something had happened, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and come to beg Xiao Fan…

Zhu Gang looked at Xiao Fan with an anxious face: "Big Brother…"

Xiao Fan sighed: "Lead the way, I'll go take a look."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Gang was overjoyed and immediately led the way.

Xiao Fan already knew the sequence of events; it was indeed that group of people who had looked for trouble first.

He and Zhu Gang had known each other for a while and could be considered friends.

He had very few friends. Since the other party had come to him for help, he would naturally help if he could.

…

The Outer Sect Arena area.

This was the place where Xiao Fan and the others had their third assessment when they first joined.

When they came here back then, it was empty…

But at this moment, there were quite a few Outer Sect Disciples standing all around.

Back then, because of the Outer Sect selection, the Sect regulations stated that the Arena area was temporarily closed.

This was originally a place provided by the Jixian Sect's Outer Sect for Disciples to spar and compete.

Later on, it became a place for fair, private duels.

Because here, both sides agree to step onto the stage to fight.

No matter how severely you beat the other party, there is no responsibility.

If both parties have signed a life-or-death contract, then even if you kill the other party, nothing will happen to you.

Here, there are two Outer Sect Deacons in charge, responsible for managing the Arena area.

Each time both sides go up to fight, they need to pay a contribution point.

The Outer Sect Deacons act as referees.

At this moment, the area around one of the Arenas was crowded with Outer Sect Disciples watching the excitement.

And on the Arena, a newly admitted Disciple was being beaten until he was covered in blood, already lying on the Arena, without even the strength to stand up.

And on the right side below the Arena, there were already three newly admitted Outer Sect Disciples lying on the ground, covered in blood and covered in wounds…

"Trash, if you had just honestly handed over the contribution points when told to, wouldn't everything have been fine…"