From a scholar to a villain, I was a good person at the beginning

Jade dust flew everywhere, Jiang Zheng controlled the flying sword to quickly engrave on the jade slip:

"Today, I have lost my sorrow, and I express my sorrow with this"

He stretched out his hand and a jade slip fell into his hand. He stroked the words on it with his fingers, his face expressionless, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"Hehe... This is a good idea. It will allow me to retain some of my self in the future."

Kong Qing chuckled.

Jiang Zheng ignored him and hung the jade slip around his neck. He then left the house and relied on his memory to find the most eye-catching room among the menial disciples' residences.

After a short while, he returned to his residence again, sat cross-legged on the bed, and took out the [Red Dragon Art] to practice.

"It's on fire! Hurry up and put it out!"

"The housekeeper's house is on fire, put it out!"

“…”

In the pitch-black night, flames shot up from the menial disciples' quarters. Many of them were startled out of their sleep and rushed out of the house in a hurry.

Jiang Zheng listened to the noise outside the house, but remained unmoved. He took out another spirit stone and started practicing.

It was he who set the fire, but it was not for revenge. Why would he kill people and burn down the house?

The real purpose was to burn the book that recorded the names of the menial disciples to prevent future troubles.

Jiang Zheng remained indifferent despite the chaos outside. Even when Tiezhu came to knock on the door, he remained unmoved.

Jiang Zheng soon immersed himself in cultivation. He enjoyed the feeling very much. Moreover, after possessing a mid-grade spiritual root, his speed of absorbing spiritual energy increased significantly!

The feeling of getting stronger bit by bit was so wonderful that Jiang Zheng took out the precious spirit stone without hesitation, held it in his hand and absorbed it with all his strength.

I fell into a state of emptiness, unable to feel the passage of time. When I opened my eyes again, there was silence outside the house and the morning light was pouring in through the window.

Just like the clear golden lake water, the clear and melodious bird calls come from outside the window.

Jiang Zheng loosened his palm, and the snow-white dust slipped away from his fingertips. This is what the spirit stone will look like after its spiritual energy is drained away.

"well……"

He let out a long sigh. He felt heartbroken that he had used up all the dozens of spirit stones he had saved in just one night.

“But it’s all worth it!”

With his hands clenched and a gleam of light in his eyes, Jiang Zheng slowly stood up. His aura became more and more powerful, even stronger than last night.

The ninth level of Qi Refining!

That’s right, the middle-grade spiritual root absorbed dozens of spirit stones in one night and refined them into the spiritual root. Jiang Zheng’s cultivation level also increased from the eighth level of Qi Refining to the ninth level.

"It turns out that the higher you advance in cultivation, the greater the gap between realms becomes... I estimate that my current strength has increased by 50%!"

Feeling the spiritual energy and power filling his body, Jiang Zheng was extremely excited, and a hint of greed flashed in his eyes.

Although he had already obtained a mid-grade spiritual root, he was able to improve his cultivation by one level overnight, all thanks to the spiritual stone.

He tried it and found that if he didn't use spirit stones and simply absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to practice, his practice speed would be less than 10% of that when he used spirit stones.

This is really too slow. Jiang Zheng, who has tasted the sweetness, is now thinking about getting spirit stones. He has witnessed the cruelty of the world of cultivating immortals last night.

That doesn't make sense. It's a world of the jungle, and only by quickly improving your own skills can you gain a foothold in this cruel world and save your life.

Although he had relied on Kong Qing's power to quickly gain strength and overcome the difficulties last night, Jiang Zheng knew that he had paid a heavy price.

I sold my soul this time when I encountered danger. What about the next time? Will I sell my soul again?

If this was the case, Jiang Zheng knew that the feeling of quickly gaining power was truly wonderful, but beauty often coexisted with crisis.

Once you fall into it, there is no way back!

"The most urgent thing is to get spiritual stones to improve my cultivation. The old guy in the Contribution Hall must have a higher cultivation than me. Although I am not in a hurry to take revenge, I have already killed Xiao Yuxuan. I think the other party will soon notice it and will find me sooner or later..."

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. Jiang Zheng could not just sit there and wait for death, so he opened the door and walked quickly up the mountain in the morning light.

At this time, all the chores disciples had not yet gotten up, but he was earlier than everyone else. Jiang Zheng clearly remembered that contribution points could be used to exchange for spirit stones.

Currently, the only way he knew to get contribution points was to serve as a menial disciple and do things for the outer disciples.

Although Jiang Zheng was unwilling to serve others, he had no other choice because this was the only way to obtain spirit stones.

Apart from this method, he couldn't think of any other way, but he thought there must be other ways, he just didn't know about them.

"It seems that I can ask Tiezhu when I get back at noon. He has been in the mountains for a long time, so he must know."

On the way, Jiang Zheng put the long sword at his waist into the storage bag. He must learn his lesson after suffering a loss.

The cave he visited today was the same as the previous ones. Regardless of whether the other party needed menial disciples to do work, he had to visit them one by one.

After a long time, Jiang Zheng escaped from a cave. Although he got three contribution points, it was not easy to get them.

"Junior brother, if you miss me, you can come here to find me anytime. I can satisfy any of your requests~"

An enchanting voice came from the cave behind him. Jiang Zheng trembled violently, pretending not to hear it and left quickly.

This was the third cave he visited, and the one he least wanted to go to. However, he was assigned here helplessly. Every time he went there, he was nervous, fearing that he would be kept here by the other party for dual cultivation if he was not careful.

Jiang Zheng, whose cultivation level had greatly increased, could easily see through the other party's cultivation level. The other party was a sixth-level Qi Refining cultivator who had only low-grade spirit stones. Although with his cultivation level, he could easily crush the female cultivator to death.

But the other person's seductive look was really scary.

"Alas, it seems that I can only get three contribution points today."

Jiang Zheng sighed as he walked down the mountain. There was no one in the first two caves, and one of them yelled "Get lost!" as soon as he knocked on the door.

It was indeed infuriating, but as a menial disciple according to the sect rules, Jiang Zheng was helpless due to the difference in status.

At that moment, Jiang Zheng made up his mind to find a way to become an outer disciple as soon as possible. He now had a middle-grade spiritual root, so there was no reason why he could not become an outer disciple.

I have been wandering in the mountains for so long, but I have never seen any mid-grade spiritual roots, only low-grade spiritual roots.

When passing by a cave, Jiang Zheng stopped and looked at the stone chamber with a cold look in his eyes.

Jiang Zheng remembered very clearly that the owner of this cave was the one who brought him up the mountain and forced him to clean the dust.

"Outer disciples...are they superior?"

Jiang Zheng walked towards the cave with an expressionless face. The situation now was different from the past. He wanted to see what kind of spiritual roots this person had and what level of cultivation he had achieved.

"Boy, do you want to regain your dignity?" Kong Qing asked.

"......" Jiang Zheng remained silent and continued walking towards the cave.

"With your current level of cultivation, you can easily defeat the opponent. Hehe... do you want to kill him? He humiliated you like that... Aren't you a scholar? Can you tolerate such humiliation?

It would have been fine if you didn't have the ability then, but it's different now, you can easily crush him to death... hehehe"

Kong Qing kept being tempted, like a bystander, eager to see Jiang Zheng kill someone. This seemed like a good show for him.

"I'm not as narrow-minded as you think. He just humiliated me. Why would I kill him?"

Jiang Zheng said calmly, knocking on the stone door calmly, and then carefully restrained his breath. His cultivation level improved too quickly, which was unexplainable.

Besides, he is just a menial disciple now, and it is not yet time for him to show his talents. He already knew last night that it is a crime to possess a treasure.

"Brother, I'm here to clean the cave."

"No need, get out of here!", curses came from inside.

"......" Jiang Zheng frowned immediately, and a surge of anger surged in his heart.

I came here to clean the cave for them, there is no need to let me go. Such insults are simply not treating me as a human being!

What are menial disciples in the eyes of the other party? They are probably just like pigs and dogs!