22: Chapter 22 Refusal to Recruit

Just then, Senior Brother Li Qiang flicked his wrist, retrieved a bottle of blood qi pill from his Storage Pouch, and handed it over!

"Junior Brother Lin, this is a congratulatory gift from your Senior Brother, take it!"

"Many thanks, Senior Brother!" Lin Feng thanked him and took it.

"Senior Brother Lin, this is a congratulatory gift from me!"

"Senior Brother Lin, mine..."

With Senior Brother Li Qiang taking the lead, the other Disciples followed suit and one after another offered congratulatory gifts to Lin Feng.

Whether it was a bottle of blood qi pill, or just a few!

They all represented a token of their sincerity.

...

After giving the gift, Senior Brother Li Qiang immediately turned around and dashed towards the Inner Courtyard!

Among the Outer Sect Disciples, a peerless Prodigy like Lin Feng had appeared.

In less than a mere month, he had successfully Advanced to the Spirit Gathering Realm.

He naturally had to report this good news to the Hall Master immediately.

Inner Courtyard.

On the Martial Arts Arena!

At this moment, six Disciples were practicing swordplay there.

Senior Brother Niu Ben, Senior Sister Li Mei, Third Senior Brother Lu Fan, Bai Lu, Junior Brother Huang Hao, and Senior Sister Su Qingya.

They were all experts in the Core Condensation Realm.

They had already begun to Cultivate more Advanced Cultivation Techniques.

Across the entire Martial Arts Arena, Sword Qi crisscrossed...

Seeing Senior Brother Li Qiang rushing past from the side, Third Senior Brother Lu Fan asked curiously, "Senior Brother Li Qiang, what has happened? Why are you in such a rush?"

Hearing this, Senior Brother Li Qiang quickly stopped and said with a smile, "I am going to report some earth-shattering good news to the Hall Master!"

"Oh? What good news?" Third Senior Brother Lu Fan asked casually.

"Our Outer Sect Disciple, Lin Feng, has successfully Advanced to the Spirit Gathering Realm!" Senior Brother Li Qiang replied with a smile.

"Sigh, I thought it was some major event, isn't it just advancing to the Spirit Gathering Realm? Look at how anxious you are!" Third Senior Brother Lu Fan shook his head dismissively.

"Third Senior Brother Lu Fan, you don't know, but that Lin Feng has been in our Jidao Martial Arts Hall for less than a month!" Senior Brother Li Qiang replied.

"Wh...what? You mean that Lin Feng used less than a month to advance to the Spirit Gathering Realm?" Third Senior Brother Lu Fan's longsword paused in his hand, and he opened his eyes wide.

Deep within his pupils was thick shock and disbelief!

Advancing to the Spirit Gathering Realm was indeed nothing!

But if someone could successfully advance in less than a month, that would be truly Heaven-Defying!

One must know, even for their batch of Inner Courtyard Disciples with superior bone structure, it had taken them several months to advance to the Spirit Gathering Realm in the past!

Two and a half months was the fastest!

And under normal circumstances, it took them three or four months to successfully advance.

Like Lin Feng, successfully advancing in less than a mere month was unheard of and unseen.

"Senior Brother Li Qiang, what did you say? Someone Advanced to the Spirit Gathering Realm in less than a month?"

"You aren't joking, are you?"

...

Hearing Third Senior Brother Lu Fan's exclamation, Senior Brother Niu Ben and the others also stopped their sword practice and looked over with shocked expressions.

Everyone looked at Senior Brother Li Qiang in disbelief.

Some even thought he was joking!

"Hehe, Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters, how would I dare to joke with you?" Senior Brother Li Qiang heard this, gave a bitter laugh, and continued, "Everything I said just now is true. If you don't believe me, you can personally go to the Outer Sect and see. Lin Feng is currently on the Martial Arts Arena!"

Saying this, he left behind a sentence, "Alright, Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters, I won't disturb your Cultivation any longer. I still need to go report the good news to the Hall Master!"

After speaking, Senior Brother Li Qiang quickened his pace and dashed towards the place where Hall Master Su Tongtian lived.

The entire Inner Courtyard Martial Arts Arena was deathly silent!

Senior Brother Niu Ben and the others all remained in a state of extreme shock, standing there motionless.

After a long while, Senior Sister Li Mei was the first to recover from her state of shock!

She let out a dainty giggle and muttered to herself, "I truly didn't misjudge him; that Lin Feng is indeed a Genius!"

After speaking, Senior Sister Li Mei called out, "Senior Brother Niu Ben, Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters, now that a peerless Prodigy has appeared in the Outer Sect, shall we go and offer our congratulations?"

"Mm, that is only proper!"

"Let's go together, let's go together!"

Third Senior Brother Lu Fan and the others nodded one after another!

Only Senior Brother Niu Ben had a Face as dark as water; no one knew what he was thinking.

Immediately, Senior Sister Li Mei strode forward and dashed towards the Outer Sect!

Third Senior Brother Lu Fan, Bai Lu, Junior Brother Huang Hao, and Senior Sister Su Qingya quickly followed behind.

Senior Brother Niu Ben thought for a moment, then finally gritted his teeth and ran to catch up.

...

"Everyone, make way, the six Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters from the Inner Courtyard have arrived!" Seeing Senior Brother Niu Ben and the others arrive, Senior Brother Fang Yi quickly called out loudly.

Very quickly, the Outer Sect Disciples all stepped aside and respectfully cupped their fists in salute!

"We pay our respects to Senior Brother Niu Ben, Senior Sister Li Mei..."

"Heehee, congratulations, Lin Feng! I didn't expect you to advance to the Spirit Gathering Realm so quickly!" Senior Sister Li Mei was the first to approach.

She flicked her jade hand, retrieved three bottles of blood qi pill from her Storage Pouch, and handed them over, "This is a congratulatory gift from your Senior Sister, take it!"

"Many thanks, Senior Sister Li Mei!" Lin Feng thanked her and took them!

During his time at the Martial Arts Hall, Senior Sister Li Mei had privately given him blood qi pills several times.

Each time it was one or two bottles.

Lin Feng had always kept this in mind!

"Junior Brother Lin, this is from your Senior Brother!" Third Senior Brother Lu Fan also offered a bottle of blood qi pill!

Immediately, Bai Lu, Junior Brother Huang Hao, and Senior Sister Su Qingya also offered a bottle each.

Lin Feng thanked them one by one and took them.

"Ahem..." After Senior Sister Li Mei and the others finished their gifts, Senior Brother Niu Ben immediately walked over with a smile and said, "Junior Brother Lin Feng, Senior Brother Niu Ben was mistaken before. I didn't expect that you are the true peerless Prodigy!"

After speaking, he quickly retrieved five bottles of blood qi pill from his Storage Pouch, "This is a congratulatory gift from your Senior Brother, take it!"

"Are you trying to recruit me?" Lin Feng asked.

"Hehe, you could say that!" Senior Brother Niu Ben replied with a smile.

Lin Feng shook his head and said expressionlessly, "I'm sorry, Senior Brother, one should not accept rewards without merit. This gift of yours is too heavy; I dare not accept it!"

There is no such thing as a free lunch in this world!

If he accepted it now, it would mean that he would have to be Senior Brother Niu Ben's lackey in the future.

Just like Ye Chen was back then!

As soon as Lin Feng said this, the entire scene instantly fell silent.

"Lin Feng actually rejected Senior Brother Niu Ben's recruitment?"

"This..."

Everyone looked at Lin Feng in shock!

They never expected that Lin Feng's personality would be this unyielding!

Rejecting Senior Brother Niu Ben again and again!

Last time, when Ye Chen came, Lin Feng had offended Senior Brother Niu Ben's Face on the spot.

This time, he rejected Senior Brother Niu Ben's recruitment in front of everyone again.

By doing this, he had completely offended Senior Brother Niu Ben!

Senior Brother Niu Ben's expression instantly became incredibly ugly!

He stared fixedly at Lin Feng with a gloomy gaze and said, "Lin Feng, do you know the consequences of rejecting me?"

"I don't know!" Lin Feng shook his head and said indifferently, "And I don't want to know!"

"You..." Hearing this, Senior Brother Niu Ben was so angry that smoke was practically coming out of his seven orifices, and his gaze was like poison, staring fixedly at Lin Feng.

If gazes could kill, Lin Feng would have already died ten million times.

Just as both sides were at daggers drawn!

A Disciple yelled, "The Hall Master is here!"

"Hmph, kid, you just wait for me!" Senior Brother Niu Ben coldly left behind this sentence and turned to leave.