Chapter 218: Fled in the Face of a Fifth-Rank Beast

Chapter 218: Fled in the Face of a Fifth-Rank Beast

As the psychic attack was unleashed, a trace of anthropomorphic scorn flashed once more on the black and white face of the Yin-Yang Elk, clearly distinguishable.

It had now realized how Chu Ning had managed to free himself from its illusion earlier and even launch a psychic attack, all with the help of the disc-shaped treasure in his hand.

Now that Chu Ning had put away the disc, he was at its mercy.

How strong could the psychic power of a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator be?

Chu Ning was quite knowledgeable about beasts like the Yin-Yang Elk.

When he saw its black horns flashing, he had a vague guess about what was happening.

Knowing that the Yin-Yang Elk's most powerful psychic attack was coming, Chu Ning coldly harrumphed inwardly.

Prohibit Divine Technique!

The next moment, he directly unleashed the secret technique he had mastered at the first layer of the Refine God Technique.

While the Yin-Yang Elk indeed possessed formidable psychic power, Chu Ning refused to believe it could be twice as strong as his own, which was comparable to that of a Golden Core cultivator.

As long as it didn't exceed this range, the twofold backlash damage of his Prohibit Divine Technique would definitely give this fifth-rank beast a hard time!

As expected, the psychic wave of the Yin-Yang Elk's attack violently collided with the psychic barrier formed by the Prohibit Divine Technique!

Then, it bounced back with doubled force!

Chu Ning immediately waved his hand and patted his storage bag, and the Cycle of Reincarnation Disc reappeared in his hand.

He infused his psychic power into it, once again triggering a slightly dim black light that shot toward the Yin-Yang Elk.

Although Chu Ning had learned Phantom God Spike from the Refine God Technique, he didn't dare to use it lightly against this fifth-rank beast for fear of backlash.

While the Cycle of Reincarnation Disc stored the power of the Cycle of Reincarnation Light, which was more potent, Chu Ning's psychic power was now robust, and directly triggering it was also quite powerful.

If he relied solely on this attack to injure the fifth-rank Yin-Yang Elk, it would indeed be challenging.

But he had already inflicted minor injuries on the Yin-Yang Elk earlier.

Now, with the backlash damage of the Prohibit Divine Technique and the Cycle of Reincarnation Light, Chu Ning believed that it would give this fifth-rank beast a hard time.

At this moment, the Yin-Yang Elk had already felt the backlash damage of the Prohibit Divine Technique.

"!!!"

The fifth-rank beast let out an even more piercing cry and then fell directly to the ground!

This beast never expected that the attack it launched would rebound with twice the strength and hurt itself.

While it was still enduring the massive damage from the backlash, the Cycle of Reincarnation Light closely followed and struck it hard.

Immediately, the black and white lights on its body flickered irregularly, and even the surrounding colorful mist rolled.

Obviously, the successive attacks had inflicted severe injuries on this fifth-rank beast.

It raised its head, and its black and white eyes were filled with fear as it looked at Chu Ning.

Taking this opportunity, Chu Ning had already flown towards it.

Although he didn't know what Chu Ning would do when he got close, the Yin-Yang Elk didn't dare to let Chu Ning approach at this moment.

Its body turned into an afterimage on the spot, and the Yin-Yang Elk disappeared.

But just as it was fast, Chu Ning's speed was also not slow.

Thunderbolt Step!

Landing on the ground, Chu Ning could use the Thunderbolt Step.

Coupled with his robust body and surging spiritual power, his speed was far faster than when he had just learned the Thunderbolt Step.

Although the Yin-Yang Elk was known for its speed, after suffering several attacks in a row, its speed had noticeably slowed down.

Chu Ning used the Thunderbolt Step several times in a row, approaching the beast.

Then, he punched towards the Yin-Yang Elk!

Seeing this, the Yin-Yang Elk flashed black and white lights from the top of its head, forming a black and white crisscross defensive shield around its body.

Heavenly Canopy Fist! Essence Gathering Slash! Soul Shattering Strike!

Combining the Thunderbolt Step with the fusion of three secret techniques, his fist also slammed onto its defensive shield!

Immediately, an invisible attack penetrated the defensive shield and landed on the Yin-Yang Elk's body.

The next moment, a trace of pain flashed across the black and white crisscross face of the fifth-rank beast.

At this moment, a trace of decisiveness also flashed across its black and white eyes.

Then, after its body flew out, the black elk horn on top of this fifth-rank Yin-Yang Elk's head fell off!

But because of this, the elk seemed to be unharmed.

Its figure flashed, and it disappeared again ten feet away.

Chu Ning wanted to chase it again, but then he saw the Yin-Yang Elk open its mouth, and a black and white crisscross pill appeared.

"Beast Pill!"

Chu Ning's face changed slightly, and he stopped involuntarily.

Fifth-rank beasts could already condense beast cores.

The offensive power of the Heavenly Beast Pill was strong; even though Chu Ning had never witnessed it personally, he knew it was powerful.

Seeing the beast pellet flying towards him, even Chu Ning didn't dare to take it head-on.

He casually patted his storage bag and took out a jade talisman.

Just as Chu Ning was about to trigger an Ice Shadow Sword Talisman to attack the beast, the black and white crisscross pill dissipated into nothingness in the air.

The next moment, along with the figure of the Yin-Yang Elk, it disappeared without a trace.

Even Chu Ning's powerful psychic power couldn't detect the existence of this beast at this moment.

"A fifth-rank beast is indeed not that easy to deal with."

Chu Ning secretly sighed in his heart at this moment, and he no longer had the heart to chase after it.

This beast obviously still feared Chu Ning's means, so it chose to flee.

If Chu Ning continued to pursue it, the beast would go all out.

With Chu Ning's current cultivation, provoking a fifth-rank beast to go all out was not a wise choice.

(End of the Chapter)



Chu Ning quickly stored it away in his storage bag and then chased after Lu Jiangan, Su Yuqing, and the others up ahead.

Now that the Yin-Yang Elk had fled, the illusion naturally no longer existed.

Indeed, Chu Ning soon sensed that the group ahead had stopped, their faces filled with astonishment.

At this moment, seeing Chu Ning flying towards them, Su Yuqing curiously transmitted her voice and asked, "Hey, Chu Ning, why did you fall behind?"

The group had been deeply trapped in the illusion and had not noticed the battle at the back.

They also did not know that if it weren't for Chu Ning's intervention, they would still be trapped in the Yin-Yang Elk's illusion and would have been killed by its psychic powers.

"It's nothing. I just stopped to pick another Earth Treasure Flower that I saw behind us," Chu Ning replied with a smile.

"Hey, didn't we say we were going to get out of here?" Lu Jiangan frowned slightly at this moment.

The next moment, Lu Jiangan took out a Clear Heart Pill and swallowed it, then his face changed slightly as he transmitted his voice to the group, "Let's get out of here quickly. It seems that the toxic mist here is affecting our minds."

Chu Ning was still thinking about how to explain himself when he heard this, so he took the opportunity to say, "Okay, I've also collected enough of the plants I needed. Let's head back."

"Good!"

The four of them immediately flew upwards towards the cliff above.

Chu Ning slightly sensed that the colorful toxic mist had stopped gathering towards the depths at this moment.

He vaguely understood what was going on.

"It seems that the reason why the colored mist was flowing towards the depths before was because the Yin-Yang Elk was absorbing it. Now that the beast has fled, it naturally doesn't dare to expose its cultivation location."

The group flew quickly, and with their speed, they soon flew back to the top of the cliff, two thousand feet above.

Cui Rongrong shook her head slightly, exhaled, and said, "It's still more comfortable staying outside. I don't have to hold my breath. Being inside for too long really made me feel dizzy and nauseous."

Dai Tong also looked slightly puzzled as he said, "That's true. I didn't feel this way the last time I was here."

"You probably didn't feel it because the colored toxic mist wasn't as dense as it is now when you visited before," Cui Rongrong replied.

Dai Tong nodded, "That must be it."

As they spoke, the group flew back towards the Nine Lotus Sect.

They returned to the sect without incident and bid each other farewell before returning to their respective caves.

Upon entering the courtyard cave of Lingyan Peak, Chu Ning took out the Spirit-Gathering Grass and the Earth Treasure Flower seedlings he had obtained over the past two days from his storage bag.

He then separated a few small plots of land and began to plant the two spirit herbs separately.

After using the Spring of Youth technique, Chu Ning returned to his cultivation room, a smile on his face.

Although there had been some minor incidents on this trip, the harvest was not small. He had obtained all the resources he needed.

With the Spirit-Gathering Grass and the Earth Treasure Flower, he could refine two types of intermediate high-grade psychic pills.

Combined with the Refine Spirit technique, he could try to refine high-grade pills.

And with the Black Flood Dragon's blood, as well as the dragon's saliva and the azure vine that Wang Ping had brought back from Jiuhua City, he could refine body-strengthening pills.

For qi-refining pills, he had the Flame Spirit Pill, so he wouldn't have to worry about his cultivation resources for a long time.

In addition, the elk horn of the Yin-Yang Elk was also a treasure.

It could be used for refining artifacts and was an excellent material for refining psychic-type magical artifacts.

At the same time, the elk horn powder could also be used for pill refining.

"The powder of the Yin-Yang Elk's horn is even used as an ingredient in high-grade pills.

If I only add a small amount, I might be able to add it to the two psychic-boosting pills that I've been researching."

Chu Ning took out the two psychic pill formulas he had been researching before.

"Before this, I only had a 90% confidence in being able to refine these two pills into intermediate high-grade pills.

But with the addition of the elk horn powder, I am 100% confident that I can refine them into intermediate high-grade pills.

Moreover, the grade will even be close to the threshold of high-grade pills.

With the Refine Spirit technique on top of that, the quality might even be higher than that of the Flame Spirit Pill."

However, it was obviously not time to refine pills yet.

Chu Ning had only researched the ingredients for these pill formulas before and had not delved deeply into the refining process itself.

There was a lot to consider when it came to the order in which the spirit herbs were added and the type of fire control technique to use.

Of course, for Chu Ning, it was only a matter of time.

What he needed to do now was to be more precise in his research.

After all, the spirit herbs for these two pills were even rarer than the ingredients for the Flame Spirit Pill.

So, Chu Ning once again closed his cave and, while cultivating the herbs he had just transplanted, he focused on researching the art of pill refining.

...

At the same time that Chu Ning was studying pill formulas, Su Yuqing, who had just returned to her cave, was called away by Ling Cang to the Nine Heavens Peak.

They arrived at the true main peak of Jiuhua Mountain, the Nine Heavens Peak, which was the most abundant in spiritual energy.

There were only two caves on this peak, one belonging to the Nascent Soul Elder who was in seclusion, and the other to the sect master, Yu Changle.

Su Yuqing was puzzled as she was led into Yu Changle's cave.

And when she came out, her puzzlement only deepened.

The sect master and several elders had gathered just to ask about the details of their previous trip to the Black Dragon Pool.

However, the several Golden Core Elders within did not leave.

At this moment, in a not-so-spacious room inside, five figures were seated around a table.

Each person had a cup of spirit tea in front of them, and the atmosphere seemed unusually relaxed.

In addition to the four Golden Core Elders who had watched Chu Ning's pill refining at the Pill Refining Pavilion arena, there was now another middle-aged cultivator with an ordinary appearance. This person had a plain face and a medium build.

He lacked the innate dignity of Palace Jade Abyss and the arrogance of Yuan Zhuo.

Clad in a simple robe, he sat there with a slight smile, appearing utterly unremarkable.

Yet, at this moment, this cultivator was unmistakably seated in the main seat of the round table.

And this position, apart from Yu Changle, the sect master of the Nine Lotus Sect, was one that no one else could occupy.

"Sect Master, it seems our previous deductions were accurate.

Chu Ning is indeed the cultivator who inquired about Xiao Cheng's news before."

The one who spoke was Palace Jade Abyss, the one who had brought Chu Ning into the Nine Lotus Sect.

From his words, it was clear that they had seen through Chu Ning's true identity and knew he was not the "Little Dan Master."

What was unexpected was that as Palace Jade Abyss spoke, this senior elder of the Nine Lotus Sect did not seem the least bit angry.

Ling Cang spoke up, "From his fire control techniques, if I'm not mistaken, he's most likely a cultivator from the East Saint Continent.

Combined with the fact that he seemed ignorant of this place when he first arrived at Jiuhua Mountain, it seems to support this assumption.

However, it is strange how a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator like him managed to travel from the East Saint Continent to Jiuhua Mountain."

After Ling Cang finished speaking, Yu Changle, seated in the main position, smiled and said, "This is good news. That Xiao Cheng is erratic and untrustworthy.

On the other hand, although Chu Ning rarely interacts with others, from our observations during this period, he doesn't seem to have any malicious intentions.

As for how he came to Jiuhua Mountain, we need not worry too much about it.

It's not easy for a Foundation Establishment cultivator to travel from the East Saint Continent to the West Alliance Continent, and returning is even more difficult.

Now, he is no different from any of us in the Nine Lotus Sect."

"However, his identity will always be a hidden concern," Yuan Zhuo interjected.

"If he finds out that we've investigated his background, he might eventually develop resentment towards the sect."

"Then tell him!" Yu Changle said calmly.

His words caused Palace Jade Abyss, Ling Cang, and the others to pause in surprise.

"Tell him?"

Yu Changle nodded.

"We, the Nine Lotus Sect, have no need for such petty schemes. Let's be straightforward and tell him that we are aware of his background.

Tell him that the Nine Lotus Sect welcomes talent without prejudice and that he is free to come and go as he pleases.

If he leaves, we have nothing to lose.

But if he stays and recognizes our sect, we will truly have gained a pill refining genius, and from his performance today, he seems to be a cultivation genius as well."

Ling Cang nodded in agreement, "Indeed, I concur with the Sect Master. Chu Ning's pill refining talent is truly rare, and that's why I impulsively appointed him as the chief executive of the Pill Refining Pavilion.

I have a strong premonition that Chu Ning will greatly contribute to the prosperity of our sect's pill refining techniques.

In fact, he has already started to do so."

Ling Cang paused for a moment before continuing, "Moreover, I feel that he does have some distrust towards us, and being honest with him at this time will show our sincerity."

After Ling Cang, Palace Jade Abyss and Ge Liuyang also expressed their agreement.

Yuan Zhuo did not raise any further objections and simply said, "Then let's see what he decides."

Upon hearing this, Yu Changle smiled and glanced at Yuan Zhuo.

"If he stays, your son, Rongzhang, will have to step aside."

Yuan Zhuo's expression remained unchanged, and he looked towards Palace Jade Abyss, "Rongzhang did act out of arrogance and pride, and there was some element of rivalry with Palace Elder Brother.

But if Chu Ning truly stays and contributes to the sect's pill refining techniques, Rongzhang will not cause any trouble.

He may be somewhat ambitious, but the interests of the sect come first."

Yuan Zhuo paused for a moment before continuing, "I noticed that he has been studying Chu Ning's fire control techniques lately, and although he hasn't said anything, I believe he already admires Chu Ning's skills.

It won't be long before he seeks guidance from Chu Ning."

As Yuan Zhuo finished speaking, the room filled with laughter.

A smile appeared on Ling Cang's face as he said, "I also feel that this might be a good thing for Rongzhang."

Yu Changle nodded at Ling Cang and said, "Then, Ling Elder, please invite Chu Ning here."

Ling Cang nodded and sent out a message talisman.

Soon after, a reply talisman flew back.

But when Ling Cang opened it, he shook his head and smiled, "He can't come. The cave abode's restrictions are activated, and he claims to be in seclusion. Unless we forcibly break into his abode, it seems we won't be able to get him to come out."

"Seclusion?"

Ge Liuyang was surprised when he heard this.

"I heard from that Rong girl that Chu Ning had just come out of seclusion before this trip to collect spirit herbs for pill refining.

Why is he going into seclusion again?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Yu Changle's eyes, and he said, "No matter the reason for his seclusion, it's a good sign that he has talent and is diligent in his cultivation.

We, the Nine Lotus Sect, must find a way to keep this Chu Ning here."

(End of Chapter)

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