Chapter 226: Chapter 220: Picking Up Trash
The immense impact smashed the tree demon to the ground.
The tree demon convulsed a few times and fell into a temporary daze.
Dong Changsheng used the momentum to cushion his fall, rolling to a stop on the ground.
But the moment he landed, the shadow beneath his feet instantly morphed into a black claw, lunging for him!
However, just as the shadow claw was about to touch him, the very tree demon he had just stunned happened to regain consciousness.
It staggered to its feet and was about to attack the nearby Dong Changsheng, but instead ended up perfectly positioned behind him, intercepting the claw that lunged from the shadows.
"PSHCHT!"
The shadow claw pierced the tree demon’s body, seemingly striking its demon core directly.
The next second, the unlucky tree demon’s body swelled violently as its internal Demon Power spiraled out of control!
It had actually triggered a self-destruct mechanism!
"BOOM!"
The violent explosion blew the shadow claw to smithereens. The shockwave sent Dong Changsheng flying, while the tree demon left behind nothing but two crystalline demon cores that fell to the ground.
Before Dong Changsheng could even react, the surrounding flower demons and tree demons were thoroughly roused by the commotion, roaring as they charged toward him.
At the same time, the entire thicket of Phantom Flowers sensed the intrusion. Countless buds opened simultaneously, preparing to spray hallucinogenic spores!
From the surrounding shadows, several even larger shadow claws shot out, sweeping toward Dong Changsheng as if to tear him to shreds!
’I’m dead! This time, I’m really dead!’
Dong Changsheng looked at the swarming enemies and closed his eyes in despair.
However, the chain reaction from the tree demon’s self-destruction had only just begun.
The explosive energy seemed to have triggered a hidden mechanism beneath the sea of flowers.
A series of muffled explosions erupted from underground, centered on Dong Changsheng!
"BANG! BANG! BANG!"
More tree demons sensed this energy fluctuation. Their bodies were uncontrollably drawn in, and then they began to self-destruct!
A much larger chain explosion erupted, the flames and shockwaves instantly turning the entire sea of flowers into fuel!
"BOOOOOOOM—!!!!"
In the end, a massive explosion swept across the entire platform.
The violent energy blast slammed into the shadow claws that were just about to attack Dong Changsheng.
The very claws that meant to tear him apart had now become the sturdiest of shields, wrapping around him in an airtight cocoon and absorbing the vast majority of the explosive damage.
When the shockwave dissipated, Dong Changsheng was covered in soot and grime, his clothes were in tatters, and he was even coughing up blood, but he... was still alive.
The aftershock even lifted him gently, allowing him to float down onto the safe edge of the platform.
And on the platform, every flower demon, tree demon, and shadow claw had been annihilated in this unbelievable chain reaction.
All that remained was a field of charred wreckage and countless glittering demon cores.
And all the players were completely stunned.
**[Guixi Secret Realm Channel (Team)]**
**[Shi Gandang]:** Th-this... is this [Strong Luck]? This is way too strong!
**[Lu Wu]:** I’m finding it hard not to suspect this guy is the bastard son of Old Man Heaven!
**[Ji]:** I’m even starting to think if he jumped off a cliff right now, there’d definitely be a white-bearded old man at the bottom waiting to gift him a peerless Cultivation Technique and a divine artifact! Is this some kind of protagonist template?!
Lin Qingfeng looked at the ground littered with loot, the corners of his mouth turning up slightly.
He grabbed the reins and dragged the still-dazed Dong Changsheng over, swinging and sweeping him around the platform.
Only after confirming there were no hidden mechanisms or traps did he give the order.
"Clean up the battlefield!"
Meanwhile, Dong Changsheng, collapsed limply on the ground, was currently experiencing an internal torment of both fire and ice.
Every bone and muscle in his body was screaming in protest, and his throat was filled with the taste of blood.
But compared to this intense pain, what surged within his heart was wild joy and a sudden enlightenment!
’Destiny! This is destiny!’
’I, Dong Changsheng, am truly the one chosen by fate!’
He thought back to those moments, each a hair’s breadth from death, yet every time he had managed to turn peril into safety.
’This is the favor of the Celestial Dao! The will of the world is paving the way for me!’
’Those monsters, those traps, they are merely stepping stones on my path to success!’
However, this joy hadn’t lasted for even three breaths before it was utterly extinguished by the scene before him.
He watched Lin Qingfeng, who was now directing their fellow disciples to charge onto the platform.
They cheered joyfully as they stuffed the spoils of war—spoils that should have been his—into their storage bags, not leaving a single one behind.
The joy on their faces was so glaring.
Every single demon core they picked up was like a knife twisting in his heart.
’On what grounds?!’
’I traded my life for all this!’
But he couldn’t move. His Cultivation and strength, and even the reins around his neck, were all an insurmountable chasm.
He could only watch helplessly as the gifts of his destiny were ruthlessly divided up by this group of people.
And Lin Qingfeng, seeing the venomous hatred in Dong Changsheng’s eyes, couldn’t help but nod.
’Very good!’
’Looks like there’s nothing to worry about anymore!’
Su Ling’er stared blankly at the scene, then looked at her Eldest Brother, who had just been swinging Dong Changsheng around.
She felt like her brain could no longer process the information before her.
’This... this isn’t just scheming anymore, is it?’
’This is practically his word becoming law!’
’If Eldest Brother says ’Let there be light,’ this secret realm can’t be dark!’
’If he says Dong Changsheng won’t die, even rocks falling from the sky have to fly around him!’
’Just what kind of monster is Eldest Brother?!’
Wang Xiedi, meanwhile, muttered to himself, "So... we’re not actually here for training, we’re here to pick up trash?"
"Pick up trash?"
Lin Qingfeng heard those words and paused.
He slowly turned, his gaze falling upon Wang Xiedi.
’This line of thinking is not right!’
’Isn’t one of the core joys of gaming ’picking up trash’?’
’You wish the whole world were filled with shiny things just waiting to be picked up.’
’Besides, this isn’t trash. These are demon cores that can be used in alchemy or Artifact Refining!’
’This kid’s way of thinking needs some proper guidance!’
Lin Qingfeng cleared his throat, recalled a few pretentious-sounding lines, and then spoke:
"Little Brother, you are caught up in appearances."
"Do you see ’trash’ before you?"
"No. What you see are the traces left by the circulation of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, the Dao condensed by those demonic beasts from life to death."
"Every blade of grass, every tree, has its own Dao; every stone, every pebble, has its own karma."
"We Cultivators should understand the great through the small. From these remains, we glimpse the glory of their lives and comprehend the tranquility of their deaths."
"What you call ’picking up trash’ is both an act of cultivation and a meritorious deed!"
"Furthermore,"
"To refuse a gift from heaven is to invite calamity. Since these demonic beasts have been slain, their remains are our opportunity.
If you were to turn a blind eye, it would be to show contempt for this world. Do you understand?"
Wang Xiedi was completely baffled by all this and could only nod in a daze.
Only Li Chunfeng, looking at the battlefield littered with spoils, had a smile on his face.
"Eldest Brother’s words are absolutely right! This is truly a wonderful thing!"
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