Constructing the Ruin-Opening Grand Array!

Pengluo had slept with utter peace and sweetness. Yet the moment it opened its eyes, it swallowed hard and muttered under its breath, "The sky has fallen..." For no other reason than the tremendously imposing man standing before it was a genuine, late-stage True Immortal realm powerhouse! Although Pengluo could not gauge the man's precise cultivation realm, the faint pressure leaking from him alone was enough to convince it that he was an almighty True Immortal cultivator! With a face full of sorrow, Pengluo looked back and immediately caught sight of Li Guanqi sitting to the side, gloating as he sipped his tea. Pleading with its eyes, looking thoroughly guilty and shifty, Pengluo wiggled its rear and shot frantic glances at Li Guanqi. "Master~" "Look at me~ Master??? Master!!!" "The sky is falling!!!!" Lin Jinting cut his eyes toward the big white radish playing its little tricks, finding it immensely entertaining. Seeing this, Li Guanqi coughed lightly twice and spoke in a soft voice. "Uncle Lin, how do you think we should deal with this radish?" Hearing that, Pengluo panicked completely! It leaped up, pointing a finger at Li Guanqi. "You heartless wretch! After everything, you're just going to leave me to my fate!" With that, Pengluo marched with hands on its hips toward Lin Wujiu. It had long noticed that Lin Wujiu bore a seventy-percent resemblance to the man on the dais. "Hey, can I roll with you instead? I'm done following him." Lin Wujiu burst into hearty laughter, finding the spectacle utterly delightful. With its back to Lin Jinting, Pengluo kept frantically winking at Li Guanqi. Li Guanqi sent a voice transmission: *"Show some sincerity. You picked their entire herb garden bare; aren't you going to offer something to make amends? Besides, the Lin family suffered heavy losses over that herb garden, with many disciples wounded and killed. No matter what, you have to make a gesture."* Li Guanqi spoke no falsehoods. Had it not been for that, he would never have brought it to the Lin family manor. In truth, however, neither Lin Jinting nor Lin Wujiu took the matter to heart. What truly chilled Lin Jinting was the clash between the Lin family and the Qingwei Immortal Sect. Pengluo squirmed and, with extreme reluctance, snapped off one of its arms with a crisp *crack* and laid it before Lin Wujiu. "Here. Pengluo offers an apology to the Lin family. I'm sorry, I didn't know that was your family's herb garden..." Pengluo's arm was the length of an open palm and as thick as a wrist, glistening and translucent like white jade, swirling with immortal radiance. Lin Wujiu looked on with curiosity, but in the blink of an eye, Pengluo's arm regenerated good as new—and its arm-snapping motions were remarkably practiced. In a flash, it had piled the tea tray beside Lin Wujiu high with severed arms! The sight gave even Qisha a fright. Just as he was about to speak up and stop it, he saw the radish pursing its lips, eyes half-closed, chin slightly lifted, its face beaming with... perverted ecstasy. Li Guanqi coughed awkwardly. "Ahem, cough!! Enough, that's enough!!" Holding its right arm with its left hand, Pengluo heard Li Guanqi and slurped up the drool at the corner of its mouth. Opening its eyes, it sheepishly scratched its head. Turning back toward the astonished Lin Jinting, it gave an awkward grin. "Sorry... haven't vented in so long... got a bit carried away snapping them." Carrying an arm, the petite Pengluo scampered over to Lin Jinting. Leaping onto the armrest of his chair, it gripped the right arm with its left hand and poked Lin Jinting's mouth with it. Arching its brows with cheeky insolence, it offered a flattering smile. "Tsk, have a taste. It's super juicy and crisp." Lin Jinting's mouth twitched faintly. He, a mighty late-stage True Immortal expert, the head of the Qinzhou Lin family! To be poked in the face by a spirit creature holding its own severed arm, being told how juicy and tender it was! The pride in that creature's eyes seemed to declare, *No radish is juicier than me!* Lin Jinting turned his head and saw Li Guanqi lowering his head, facepalming—yet he caught Li Guanqi secretly munching on a radish arm. Half in doubt, Lin Jinting took a bite as well. Crisp, refreshing, and bursting with spiritual nectar! Seeing this, Lin Wujiu and Qisha each picked one up. A single bite made their eyes brighten. Pengluo, on the other hand, puckered its mouth and rested its hands on its hips, bobbing its head in supreme triumph. Li Guanqi could not help sending a voice transmission: *"Don't get too carried away. If they tie you up in their manor to snap arms all day, you'll learn your lesson."* Pengluo shuddered all over, stealthily scrambled down from the chair, and tiptoed back toward Li Guanqi. "I'll behave... please spare me." Yet before it had taken more than two steps, a large hand scooped Pengluo up. Pengluo turned back toward Lin Jinting with a tearful grimace. "Um... I've been constipated the past couple days... I can't keep snapping them indefinitely." Lin Jinting roared with laughter. While munching on the radish, he flicked his left wrist, producing a palm-sized jade bottle half-filled with emerald spiritual liquid. "It aids digestion. Drink up." Without a second thought, Pengluo grabbed the bottle and chugged it down. Lin Jinting, however, added leisurely, "Snap off a hundred or so more later, and we'll call this matter settled." Before the words had even faded, Pengluo sprawled onto the table, stuck its rear in the air, and shoved its fingers down its throat. "*Gag—*" It vomited the spiritual liquid back into the bottle, sealed the stopper, handed it back to the man, and looked at Lin Jinting with absolute solemnity. "I didn't drink it." Lin Jinting was dumbfounded. Never had he seen such a... shameless spirit creature. "You drank it!" "I didn't!" "Look, not a drop is missing!" Lin Jinting's mouth twitched as he pointed at the bottle and cursed under his breath, "It isn't missing any... but how the hell do you explain why there's MORE now?!" Pengluo scratched its rear, looking embarrassed. "The extra is a bonus, on the house." The room erupted into roaring laughter. Lin Wujiu laughed so hard tears streamed down his face. "Brother... hahahahaha... Brother Li... hahahaha!!" "Is... is this your spirit creature?" "Hilarious, absolutely hilarious!!" Even Qisha could not hold back a smile. "Brother Li's spirit creature is truly a bundle of joy. With such a companion at your side, one would never feel lonely." Li Guanqi waved his hand helplessly. Pengluo obediently sat down on his shoulder, leaning close to his ear to whisper, "Master... after all this, they won't tie me up here, will they?" Li Guanqi gave no answer. Turning to Lin Jinting, he said, "Uncle Lin, I truly didn't anticipate this either. Later, I will have Pengluo prepare some more as amends." Lin Jinting waved his hand, speaking as he munched on the radish. "It doesn't matter. That immortal mine and herb garden were merely probes by our Lin family against the Qingwei Immortal Sect. The true battleground isn't somewhere you can see. I'll take these radishes; they happen to be wonderful for laying foundations for the younger generation. There's no need to feel guilty—it's just a trifling matter." At this point, Lin Jinting smiled. "Given the relationship between you and me, a mere little herb garden counts for nothing!" Li Guanqi gave a wry smile. This favor was perhaps growing a bit too large... In that herb garden, there were no fewer than several dozen grade-two immortal herbs and several hundred grade-one immortal herbs. If Li Guanqi guessed correctly, there should have been a grade-three herb as well. It was just that the grade-two and grade-three herbs had been hidden away by this radish, since it could not absorb them yet anyway. With his eyes flickering, Li Guanqi weighed his options carefully before quietly sending a voice transmission to Lin Jinting. *"Uncle Lin, your great kindness is truly more than this junior can bear to accept. In that case... I shall construct a Ruin-Opening Grand Array for the Lin family!"* Hearing that, Lin Jinting's tiger-like eyes flashed with an indescribable, brilliant radiance! "Truly?" "Truly!"