Chapter 124: Is Zhang Chu About to Turn into a Beast?
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It wasn’t that Zhang Chu was shocked a hundred times every day. It was just that he hadn’t expected Ma Tianshun—the bald, scruffy old man—to show up here.
Recalling a few days ago, during his second visit to the Binzhou Storage Bureau, that old fellow was still smoothing down the few stray hairs on his scalp, respectfully offering Zhang Chu a cigarette, completely servile.
Who would have thought he would be strutting around here so arrogantly?
Ma Shuntian, a 7-star Heaven-bestowed Gifted.
The pill expert of the Binzhou Storage Bureau.
The reason he could become a pillmaster under the Spirit Realm level was entirely due to his awakened Heaven-bestowed power: “Condensation.”
This kind of Heaven-bestowed combat skill was extremely rare, directly overpowering pillmasters of the Spirit Realm.
Formulas for concocting pills could be found online.
The key was having the right materials and exquisite refining techniques.
The most crucial step in pill refining was to precisely condense and fuse various ingredients—a process that other pillmasters might spend decades mastering.
But Ma Tianshun was different.
What others needed to study arduously, he gained after sleeping for a while.
You could say the Heaven-bestowed power was an ordinary person’s shortcut into the upper echelons.
Yet, this old rascal was here helping the Shenluo Alliance hunt down martial artists and concoct spiritual energy pills—something Zhang Chu truly hadn’t anticipated.
On his desk stood a transparent glass over a meter tall, filled entirely with half-finished spiritual energy pills.
“Who’s there?”
Just as Zhang Chu was stunned, Ma Tianshun seemed to sense a gaze.
He turned his head.
Their eyes met, and the old man immediately perked up and stood: “Is… is that you?”
“Old Ma, you’re quite the playboy, huh? A multitasking senior.”
Since he’d been exposed, Zhang Chu no longer hid it.
After all, he had already transmitted the layout of Xianchi Village through the cameras.
Outside, Zhang Xueying and the others were also wide-eyed when they saw Ma Tianshun.
Who could have imagined that the Shenluo Alliance had infiltrated even the Storage Bureau?
“Teacher Ma, who’s this kid?”
The half-orcs in the pillroom grew tense and began cutting off Zhang Chu’s escape.
“You just made me want to kill you earlier, and now I’ll be the first to do it.”
Zhang Chu defiantly flipped off the scorpion man.
“Teacher Ma, I really don’t know anything.”
The scorpion man was terrified out of his wits.
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Xianchi Village was one of the Shenluo Alliance’s secret bases, but this was the first time they’d encountered a martial artist fully awake.
“You’ve done a great service, kid.”
Ma Shuntian squinted at Zhang Chu: “This is Zhang Chu—the very person the alliance leader wants. To get him out of Binzhou and give you a chance to strike, the leader released a mission on the dark web. Never thought he’d deliver himself straight to us.”
Hearing Zhang Chu’s name, the half-orcs present grew excited.
This was a gift that cost them nothing!
They quickly surrounded Zhang Chu, brandishing their weapons, ready to capture him.
“Old Ma, just a few days ago you were fawning over me, and now you show no respect at all. You’re a Heaven-bestowed who works here part-time, yet you dare attack a martial artist? Are you even human?”
“Aren’t you afraid the Martial Management Bureau will cut you into pieces when they find out?”
Zhang Chu taunted.
“Here, I’m in charge. As long as you don’t escape, no one will know I serve the Shenluo Alliance! That day at the Storage Bureau, you ignored me. Today, I’ll let you taste real pain!”
“Seize him!”
With a wave of his hand, Ma Shuntian ordered six half-orcs to close in.
“A bunch of trash!”
Zhang Chu glanced over them; even the strongest was only 5-star.
In battle form, they might reach 6-star.
With his current 6-star cultivation and the help of the “Teleportation Technique,” dealing with 7-star foes was a breeze.
“Electric Vine Bind!”
Here, Zhang Chu made no attempt to hide.
The vine demon seed was activated.
A purple vine extended from his palm, splitting into six tendrils that surged toward the half-orcs like a tidal wave.
Nourished by the seed, the vines stretched fifteen meters long.
The nearest scorpion man, a 4-star, was pierced through the chest and died on the spot.
The anesthetic toxin was twice as potent as before.
In just moments, none of the half-orcs in the pillroom had entered battle form; all were knocked unconscious by the anesthetic, losing their fighting ability.
“Old Ma, these bastards are no good—they’re nowhere near as strong as Guyue.”
“You met Guyue?”
Seeing the half-orcs lying unconscious, Ma Shuntian exclaimed in surprise.
“Kill them.”
Zhang Chu waved his hand; the Red Flame Sword entwined with vines floated before Ma Shuntian.
“Instead of being a respectable pillmaster, you stoop to these deeds. Now surrender, and I might let you live a little longer.”
“Just you?”
Ma Shuntian showed no nervousness—only a faint smile.
This old man was brazenly confident?
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Damn!
At that moment, Ma Shuntian slapped a button on the desk.
Zhang Chu felt a sudden force beneath him, catapulting him into midair.
The six-pointed star array of the pillroom activated, emitting blue light that firmly held Zhang Chu suspended.
Outside, Wang Peng watched via video, pale with fright: “Not good, Brother Chu is in danger.”
“Propulsion Array!”
“That’s a technique only Spirit Realm masters have!”
Chen Long, experienced at the Martial Management Bureau, said, “We have to speed up. Right now, Zhang Chu’s like meat on a chopping block—completely at their mercy.”
“What’s that old bastard planning?”
At this moment, Wang Peng’s eyes trembled.
“Could it be…”
Zhang Xueying’s scalp tingled as she hurriedly called Luo Zhidong: “Dean Luo, it’s bad—Zhang Chu’s in danger. The Shenluo Alliance’s pillmaster wants to turn him into a half-orc!”
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Zhang Chu was trapped midair by two energy restraints, the refining furnace blazing red-hot beneath him.
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