Zombie World: Starting as an apprentice of the Thunder King

That evening, Jiale cooked a whole table of dishes.

To be honest, this kid's skills are comparable to Wencai's.

Although they are all home-style dishes, they taste really good.

After the meal, Lin Bei held the little fox in his arms and teased it.

The little fox's eyes were still closed, and it trembled slightly in his palm.

It's all fluffy and curled up in a ball, making it look incredibly cute.

Shi Shaojian also held the little fox, which occasionally let out a childish cry.

Upon seeing it, Jiale immediately ran over: "Wow!!! What an adorable little fox!"

"Senior brothers, where did you get these fox cubs?"

"Found it on the street!"

Lin Bei casually replied, "We'll take good care of them once they open their eyes."

At night, Shi Shaojian returned to his room, sat cross-legged, and began practicing his exercises.

At this moment, the magical power in his dantian had accumulated to the critical point of the middle stage of the Daoist master, and he only needed an opportunity to break through.

He focused his mind on his dantian, guiding his magical power to flow slowly through his meridians.

The little fox lay beside him, seemingly sensing the fluctuations of spiritual energy emanating from him.

Instinctively, I moved closer to him and started breathing along with him.

Spiritual energy converged from all directions and flowed into Shi Shaojian's body.

Lin Bei suddenly opened his eyes and quickly walked to the door of the next room.

Sensing the rising energy within, he was overjoyed: "Senior brother is about to break through!"

Si Mu sensed the commotion and walked over. He squinted and sensed it for a moment: "Hmm, this kid's magical power is quite profound!"

Sure enough, not long after, the spiritual energy fluctuations in Shi Shaojian's room became increasingly intense.

Immediately afterwards, a calm aura spread out from the room, and then slowly subsided.

Shi Shaojian opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing in them, and exhaled a long breath: "Late-stage Daoist... I've finally, finally broken through!"

He glanced down at the little fox beside him. The little creature yawned, then stuck out its pink tongue and licked his palm.

Lin Bei sensed movement outside the door, pushed it open, and came in with a smile, "Senior Brother, you've broken through?"

"I've broken through!" Shi Shaojian exclaimed triumphantly.

"Not bad, not bad, it's faster than I expected."

Four Eyes' voice came from outside the door. He stood in the doorway, wearing a coat and smiling, "We'll add two dishes tomorrow to celebrate."

Jiale was also woken up and groggily ran over: "What's going on? What happened?"

"Senior Brother Shaojian has broken through in cultivation!" Lin Bei said with a smile.

Jiale looked at Shi Shaojian, then at Lin Bei: "Senior Brother Shaojian broke through? What's his cultivation level now?"

"The Daoist Master is in the late stage." Shi Shaojian puffed out his chest.

Jiale gasped, "Hiss!!! A late-stage Taoist priest! I'm only a late-stage Taoist..."

"How dare you say that!"

Si Mu turned and glared at Jia Le. "Look at your two senior brothers, Master Lin Bei is at the mid-stage, and Daoist Shao Jian is at the late-stage. And look at yourself!"

"After cultivating for so many years, I'm still only at the Taoist level. I'm ashamed to even say it out loud!"

Jiale looked bitter after being scolded, and gazed enviously at Shi Shaojian.

He started his training two years earlier than Shi Shaojian, and he's only at the late stage of Taoist cultivation now. This senior brother has already surpassed him by a whole realm in the blink of an eye.

In the following days, Simu became much stricter with Jiale than before.

Every day before dawn, they would drag him out of bed to practice drawing talismans, which made Jiale complain endlessly.

Lin Bei practiced his sword in the bamboo forest during the day and played with the little fox in his spare time, living a comfortable life.

At night, they used materials from the foxes to draw blue talismans, but most of them were ruined, and they only managed to draw a few crimson flame talismans and earth fire talismans!

These two fire talismans are quite powerful among the blue fire-attribute talismans!

His cultivation is also progressing steadily, and he is only one step away from becoming a late-stage mage.

That morning, Jiale returned from outside carrying buckets of water.

From afar, I could see a fat monk in a gray robe standing at the entrance of the neighboring courtyard.

Master Ikkyu clearly saw Jiale too, and waved to him: "Jiale!"

Jiale's eyes lit up: "Master Ikkyu! You're back!"

He put down the bucket and ran over quickly. Master Ikkyu patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "You're back, you're back. I went out to take care of some business."

"By the way, how is your master?"

"Master is doing very well, in great health!" Jiale said with a smile.

"That's good... By the way, Jiale, go back and change into something nicer. I'll introduce you to someone."

Jiale ran back to the yard excitedly and rummaged around inside the house for a long time.

Finally, he pulled out a light blue long robe from the bottom of the box and put it on, then looked at his face in the water tank.

As I was leaving, I ran into Lin Bei and Shi Shaojian coming out of the bamboo house.

Jiale laughed and called out, "My two senior brothers! Look at my outfit, isn't it beautiful!"

"This...is not only beautiful, it's also quite fashionable!"

Jiale looked down at his outfit, grinned, and said, "Senior brother, you don't know, I asked my master for this outfit for eight whole years before he finally gave it to me!"

"Today is the first day I'm wearing it, I have to show it off!"

"Holy crap, you've been asking your martial uncle for this piece of clothing for eight years?" Shi Shaojian's expression was exaggerated. This tattered piece of clothing probably wouldn't even be wanted if it were still on the street.

You, on the other hand, have kept it for eight years and still treat it like a treasure!

"Yeah, what's wrong with this outfit!"

Jia Le asserted confidently, "This was worn by my master when he was young! It has sentimental value!"

"Oh, by the way, Master Ikkyu from next door is back. He said he wants to introduce me to someone. Would you two senior brothers like to come along?"

Lin Bei had long been interested in the legendary Master Ikkyu, so he nodded in agreement.

This guy and his Uncle Four Eyes are known as a bickering couple, always arguing, but their bond is even stronger than that of ordinary gay friends!

The three of them went out together and came to the yard of Ikkyu next door.

Ikkyu saw that Jiale was wearing a light blue long shirt that was patched countless times and faded from washing.

His expression was somewhat strange: "Jiale, is this your best outfit?"

Jiale grinned smugly: "Yes! I asked my master for this dress for eight whole years before he finally gave it to me!"

Master Ikkyu's smile froze slightly. Looking at Jia Le's smug expression, he was momentarily at a loss for words.

"Really? Your master must really dote on you!"

Then, Master Yixiu turned his gaze to Lin Bei and Shi Shaojian: "And who are these two young friends?"

Jiale quickly introduced, "These two are my eldest uncle's disciples, Senior Brother Lin Bei and Senior Brother Shi Shaojian. They're here to stay with my master for a while."

Lin Bei stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Junior Lin Bei greets Master Ikkyu."

Shi Shaojian also bowed.

Master Ikkyu's gaze lingered on Lin Bei for a moment, sensing the powerful aura emanating from him.

A strange light flashed in his eyes: "Mid-stage mage? That's quite an impressive level of cultivation."

"When I was your age, I had only just begun to grasp the basics of becoming a Dharma Master."

"As expected of Master Shi Jian's disciple, truly a great teacher produces a great student!"