Super Strong Little Divine Farmer

As the monthly competition came to an end, everything returned to calm.

However, within the Human Palace, Lin Chen's fame was growing, even becoming a popular topic of conversation among many disciples.

Especially the martial arts duel and alchemy contest between Lin Chen and the Fang family brothers became a focal point for the Human Palace disciples.

During this time, Lin Chen was constantly engrossed in the alchemy room, after all, Wang Chen had promised him free use of the warehouse's herbs, an opportunity not often encountered.

Lin Chen kept some of the medicine he refined for himself, while the rest he handed to Wang Chen.

Seeing Lin Chen's high success rate, Wang Chen could only marvel in secret.

Now Lin Chen had undoubtedly surpassed Fang Zhantang to become the leader of the Human Palace, and many disciples who had been in the sect for years treated Lin Chen with respect.

Lin Chen secretly sighed, realizing the importance of strength.

With strength, you would be respected no matter where you were in the world, and without it, you would only be a target for bullying, regardless of location.

Unknowingly, time slipped by, and three days passed during Lin Chen's tireless alchemy practice.

In this tireless alchemy practice, Lin Chen's spiritual power also grew stronger and stronger.

If he were to attempt refining the God Transforming Pill now, it wouldn't be as perilous as before.

Lin Chen let out a deep breath, rose, and left the alchemy room.

In these three days, Lin Chen's Tianyan space had been filled with many pills he refined, some for treating illnesses, others for assisting in training, and even some Spiritual Medicines for other uses.

Just as he returned to his courtyard, Lin Chen saw Hong Liang and Zhang Cheng not far away.

Initially, Lin Chen intended to greet the two, but upon seeing him, they acted like mice seeing a cat, hastily trying to run away.

Seeing this scene, Lin Chen couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, thinking there must be something wrong about their panicked behavior.

Although the two wanted to avoid Lin Chen, their pace was too slow, and they were quickly caught by him.

"You two stop right there, what's going on? Why are you avoiding me?"

Caught in a dead-end, the two finally halted.

"We, nothing happened." Hong Liang stammered.

"What's wrong with you two? Turn around to face me." Lin Chen demanded coldly.

Though reluctant, the two had no choice but to turn around.

Seeing their bruised faces, Lin Chen's expression turned cold, and a glint of anger flashed in his eyes.

Hong Liang and Zhang Cheng joined the sect with him, and their relationship was quite close. Seeing their injuries now, it was obvious they had been bullied.

"Who did this?" An icy look flickered in Lin Chen's eyes.

"No, we accidentally fell while gathering herbs." Zhang Cheng awkwardly responded.

"Fell while gathering herbs? Do you take me for a fool?" Anger gleamed in Lin Chen's eyes.

Turning around, Lin Chen said, "If you won't tell me, I'll find out myself."

As Lin Chen started to walk away, panic seized Hong Liang and Zhang Cheng, and they hurried over.

"Brother Lin, it was the people from the Tian Palace's Yao Sect who beat us." Hong Liang stammered.

It turned out that the closed-door disciples of the Medicine Sect had free access to the warehouse's herbs, but ordinary disciples had to gather herbs from the Medicine Mountain themselves to train in alchemy.

Zhang Cheng and Hong Liang, unfamiliar with the rules, accidentally gathered herbs that belonged to the Yao Sect of the Tian Palace.

Just as the two prepared to leave, they were caught by members of the Yao Sect and mercilessly beaten.

Listening to their account, Lin Chen's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Isn't the Medicine Mountain part of the Medicine Sect? When did it become theirs, the Yao Sect's?"

Hong Liang sighed, "In principle, the herbs from Medicine Mountain should be free for picking, but as more people gather them and the herbs dwindle, parts of the depths have been seized by the Tian and Di Palaces."

"We even have to pay tribute to them when we go gathering herbs." Zhang Cheng sighed.

"Such things happen, and do the higher-ups of the Medicine Sect not care?" Lin Chen frowned.

"Care? Who cares about that, the Medicine Sect now encourages disciples to compete with each other—whoever has the ability owns the territory." Hong Liang shook his head.

"Our Human Palace is the weakest, so we are bullied the most in Medicine Mountain. Others pay five points, while we have to pay ten to enter the mountain, and many places forbid us from gathering herbs." Zhang Cheng said indignantly.

Lin Chen nodded; within the Medicine Sect, there was no currency in circulation, and food, clothing, shelter, and transport all depended on points, which had become the currency here.

"Let's go; I'll go gathering herbs with you this time." Lin Chen said calmly.

"Lin Chen, it's fine; the Tian and Di Palaces are not like our Human Palace; they have numerous experts. We'll just be more cautious in the future." Although aware of Lin Chen's strength, Hong Liang and Zhang Cheng didn't want to cause trouble for him, considering the Yao Sect as an established force of the Medicine Sect.

"You two, since we came in together, we're brothers. If you're beaten and I don't retaliate for you, what kind of brothers are we?" Lin Chen smiled faintly.

Truthfully, Lin Chen felt somewhat guilty; he had some personal vendetta with the Yao family brothers of the Yao Sect, and it was clear these two were caught in the crossfire, even though it seemed they were only targeting the two of them, in reality, they were targeting Lin Chen himself.

Seeing Lin Chen insisting repeatedly, the two had no choice but to follow Lin Chen toward the mountain.

On the mountain path, many Human Palace disciples were surprised to see Lin Chen heading up to gather herbs.

As the senior closed-door disciple, Lin Chen had unfettered access to the Medicine Sect's resources and didn't need to climb the mountain for herbs like the others.

Along the way, numerous Human Palace disciples greeted Lin Chen, and he nodded in return as courtesy.

However, upon reaching the mountain gate, Lin Chen saw two disciples from the Yao Sect standing at both sides of the gate.

The two disciples were wearing the Tian Palace uniforms, with the word "Yao" prominently displayed on their chests, clearly marking them as members of the Yao Sect.

At this moment, there was already a long queue at the mountain gate, with most of those waiting being Human Palace disciples.

The two disciples proudly held scorecards, mandating tribute from any Human Palace disciples entering the mountain, while those from the Tian and Di Palaces used another passage.

Zhang Cheng and Hong Liang just started to line up when Lin Chen smirked lightly and said, "We'll go over there."

Hearing Lin Chen's words, Zhang Cheng and Hong Liang were startled and hurriedly said, "Brother Chen, that's the exclusive passage for the Tian and Di Palaces; we can't go that way."

Lin Chen smiled calmly, "Exclusive passage? This path wasn't built by them; since it's a road, anyone can walk it."

Saying that, Lin Chen headed straight towards the mountain gate along that path.

At this moment, amidst the flow of people from the Tian and Di Palaces, the sudden appearance of three Human Palace disciples was particularly eye-catching.

Many looked at Lin Chen and his companions with sympathy, secretly lamenting that these three must be looking for trouble once again.