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Chapter 238: Refining the Jade Bones, Breaking Through Again
Chapter 238: Refining the Jade Bones, Breaking Through Again
"Chu Ning, you've kept us in the dark!"
He Yanmao forced a bitter laugh at this moment.
Even the stern-faced Gong Yuyuan was all smiles now.
"Chu Ning, so it was you! Well done! I haven't even congratulated you for helping our sect win the competition, and now you've made another great contribution!"
"I didn't realize it until just now when everyone mentioned your abilities. I carefully observed and vaguely sensed that something was shielding my probing."
Ge Liuyang couldn't help but smile proudly, "This mask took me nearly a month to make!"
Hearing the surprised remarks, Chu Ning cupped his hands and said, "Elders, fellow sect members, I had no choice but to do what I did. If I hadn't kept my identity hidden, and the people from the Great Luo Sect had found out, our journey might not have gone so smoothly."
Yu Changge interjected, "Of course. Aside from whether there would have been an opportunity to face Sun Shi Fan one-on-one in the Wolong Valley ruins, even after leaving the valley, if Ao Langtian had known you were with us, they might not have let us go so easily."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Seeing that the matter was now clear, Yu Changge smiled and said, "All of you have worked hard this time. After the sect organizes and sorts through these inheritances, we will reward you according to your needs. As for what happened in Wolong Valley, keep it confidential to avoid trouble. For now, everyone can focus on cultivating within the sect. Chu Ning, please stay, and the rest of you may leave."
"Yes, Sect Master!"
The disciples withdrew.
After everyone had left, Yu Changge took the main seat, and when the elders had seated themselves, he pointed to a spot at the end and said, "Chu Ning, please take a seat."
Hearing Yu Changge's words, Chu Ning hesitated slightly.
But Yu Changge smiled and said, "In terms of identity, you are the senior disciple of Jiuhua Sect. In terms of contribution, you have helped our sect retrieve numerous inheritances. And in terms of strength, you can even defeat Golden Core cultivators. You are more than qualified to sit here."
As Yu Changge's words echoed through the hall, everyone broke into smiles.
Chu Ning smiled faintly and took the seat at the very end.
Seated next to him was the female elder, Fu Lihong.
Elder Fu must have achieved her foundation-building success at a young age, and with her skill in maintaining her appearance, she looked to be only in her forties.
Seeing Chu Ning seated, she immediately smiled and said, "Chu Ning, I must thank you again for saving my disciple. I thought that with so many people from our sect, it would be a good opportunity for her to train, but I was too careless. If not for you, that girl might not have made it back alive."
"Elder Fu is too kind..."
Before Chu Ning could finish, Yu Changge spoke again from the main seat, "Chu Ning, we won't ask about the specifics of how you defeated a Golden Core cultivator from the Great Luo Sect. This time, you've made a great contribution, and the sect will reward you accordingly. Keep the treasure we gave you before. All the inheritances you brought back from the sect are here. Is there anything else you need?"
Chu Ning thought for a moment and said, "I'd like to borrow the Five Elements Chaos Formula for a look, and also to see if there are any body refining techniques, secret arts, spirit fruits, or pills. As for pill refining and artifact crafting techniques, I can study them in the Pill Refining Pavilion and Artifact Crafting Pavilion later."
Chu Ning paused slightly before continuing, "My cultivation is rather unique, and to improve further, I'll need a large amount of spirit pills and elixirs. I'll also need to focus on cultivating for an extended period without distractions."
Yu Changge readily agreed, "No problem. You can take the Five Elements Chaos Formula now. As for body refining secrets and spirit herbs, you can choose now or wait until we've organized them. Cultivate with peace of mind, and the sect won't distract you with other matters."
Yu Changge continued, "I'm concerned that this matter will eventually get out, and the Great Luo Sect won't let it go. But rest assured, the sect will have a plan to deal with it."
Hearing Yu Changge's words, Chu Ning nodded slightly.
Without further ado, he stood up and took the jade slip containing the Five Elements Chaos Formula from the shelf. He then swept his spiritual sense over the shelf containing the Jiuhua Sect's techniques but didn't find anything remarkable. However, when he scanned the spirit herbs and pills, he took two jade boxes and a jade bottle, clearly items of significant value.
"Good!" Yu Changge nodded.
Chu Ning knew that the sect master and the elders had more matters to discuss, and he wasn't particularly interested in these specifics. So, he took his leave.
After Chu Ning's departure, Ling Cang sighed, "I never expected that the Great Luo Sect would also send a Golden Core cultivator to infiltrate. If not for Chu Ning joining us, our disciples might have suffered a devastating defeat."
Yu Changge slightly nodded, his voice grave. "We were indeed too careless. We thought that with the Law-Enforcement Mirror, the disciples could quickly assemble, and with several Late Foundation Establishment cultivators possessing magical treasures, along with the many spirit pills and magical treasures the others brought..."
"Sect Master, this must be what they call heaven aiding our Jiuhua Sect!" Ge Liuyang laughed heartily. "We unintentionally invited Chu Ning to join our sect. As for the combined attack technique they used, I suspect it might be the Three Primes, Five Elements Formation that was originally passed down in our sect. Now that we have obtained these magical treasures, along with the cultivation methods for the Three Primes, Five Elements Formation in the inheritance, our sect's strength will increase significantly. The Great Luo Sect has only helped us strengthen our sect!"
The elders all nodded in agreement, their faces filled with smiles.
Yu Changge also smiled at this moment, his gaze sweeping across the shelves in the hall. "With these inherited treasures, everyone's strength here will improve. In ten years, our sect will undergo noticeable changes. And in fifty years, there will definitely be major changes, and the revival of our sect will be highly probable!"
Yu Changge paused here and continued, "However, I'm not just casually saying that the Great Luo Sect won't let this matter drop. When they realize that they have ultimately helped us strengthen our sect, and especially when they find out that so many of their cultivators have perished, they will definitely come knocking on our door. They might even send a Nascent Soul cultivator."
Upon hearing these words, the elders' faces turned solemn.
Yu Changge continued, "It seems that I'll need to request the Grand Elder to come out of seclusion! It's necessary not only to deal with the Great Luo Sect but also because of the Moon Spirit Immortal Pill..."
As Yu Changge and the elders discussed the next steps, Chu Ning flew back to Lingyan Peak from Jiuling Peak.
From a distance, he saw a familiar figure standing outside his cave abode—Shang Xiaohan, who had accompanied him to Wolong Valley.
When she saw Chu Ning approaching, Shang Xiaohan immediately bowed. "Senior Brother Chu, thank you for saving me back in Wolong Valley."
Chu Ning waved his hand gently and smiled. "Junior Sister Shang, you're too kind. You've already thanked me several times back in Wolong Valley."
"At that time, I was thanking Li Qun Senior Brother. Now, I'm thanking Chu Senior Brother!" Shang Xiaohan revealed a smile. With her already beautiful features, her smile made her even more enchanting.
Especially now, as she thought back to comparing "Li Qun" and Chu Ning, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Chu Ning looked at her, a little puzzled.
Shang Xiaohan quickly explained, "Senior Brother, back in Wolong Valley, I was still wondering which of you—Li Qun Senior Brother or you—had greater abilities. I never expected that you were the same person."
Shang Xiaohan stayed for a while longer, touring Chu Ning's cave abode before inviting him to visit her abode on Mingyue Peak. Then, she finally took her leave.
Chu Ning returned to his cultivation room and took out several items from his storage bag. He had expended quite a bit during the trip to Wolong Valley, and the biggest consumption was, of course, the Icy Shadow Sword Talisman.
At this moment, Chu Ning took it out and examined it briefly.
He found that the talisman had depleted a significant amount of its power, and if he wanted to unleash another strike with the same might as before, it would probably only be enough for two more uses.
Of course, Chu Ning's gains were equally substantial.
Looking at the items before him, Chu Ning first gazed at a fiery-red demon core, then opened a jade box he had just taken from the shelf in the main hall.
Inside was a green demon core, belonging to a fifth-rank Wood-type demon beast.
"With these two demon cores, I might be able to refine a pill superior to the Flamewood Spirit Pill.
He clearly remembered that back in the Lei Huo Sect ruins, the most remarkable feature of the Jade Bones was their life force, which could aid in healing.
Next up was body refinement! Chu Ning had been searching for a long time for a treasure that could help him break through the bottleneck in his body refinement.
After all, he had been stuck at the bottleneck phase of the Undying Golden Body cultivation for over two years.
Previously, Chu Ning's main focus had been on cultivating the Blazing Divine Wood Art and breaking through to the late Foundation Establishment stage.
Now that he had some free time, he naturally wanted to see if he could achieve a breakthrough in body refinement.
Especially as the final layer of the Nine Transformations Body Refinement Technique's first volume, Chu Ning was curious about what kind of changes completing the Undying Golden Body cultivation would bring him.
In comparison, he didn't place as much emphasis on the enhancement of his qi refinement.
Of course, he wouldn't refuse any improvements in that area either.
As for the bottle of pills, they didn't belong to the Jiuhua Sect. Instead, they were obtained by one of the sect's elders from another sect.
Seeing the words "Dragon Blood Tempering Body Pill" on the bottle, Chu Ning surmised that they were body refinement pills, so he took them.
With these items in hand, Chu Ning didn't pay as much attention to the other things he had scavenged from the Great Luo Sect cultivators' storage bags, except for Sun Shi Fan's.
Of course, Sun Shi Fan's storage bag was an exception.
In the storage bag of this Golden Core cultivator from the Great Luo Sect, Chu Ning surprisingly found a considerable number of pill and artifact refining materials, as well as a large number of spirit stones.
What surprised Chu Ning even more was a manual on talismans.
It actually recorded the methods for creating many high-level talismans.
This discovery delighted Chu Ning greatly.
In fact, Chu Ning had previously looked around in the Jiuhua Sect and found that perhaps due to the sect's lack of prominence in talisman techniques, there weren't many talisman manuals available.
Consequently, there was an even greater scarcity of high-level talismans.
After leaving the Thousand Lakes and Islands, Chu Ning hadn't spent much time or effort researching talismans since his demand for them decreased significantly.
However, now that he had access to the techniques for creating high-level talismans, Chu Ning hoped to improve his talisman-making skills.
The reason was simple: as his cultivation level increased, as long as his talisman-making skills improved, creating high-grade superior talismans would not be a difficult task.
Once he could create high-grade superior talismans, he, as someone with a talisman spirit body, would be able to decipher top-tier talismans.
And the Ice Shadow Sword Talisman he possessed was indeed a top-tier talisman!
For this reason, Chu Ning was thrilled to have obtained the techniques for creating high-level talismans.
However, at this moment, Chu Ning did not choose to examine the talisman manual first.
Instead, his gaze locked onto the smallest of the three Jade Bones.
It looked like a hand bone.
Then, Chu Ning directed his spiritual sense towards the Jade Bone, just as he had done back at the Lei Huo Sect ruins.
He formed a spiritual sense bridge between himself and the Jade Bone.
The next moment, the Jade Bone shot towards him and, in a flash, disappeared into his hand bone.
Soon, Chu Ning felt that familiar, powerful life force-filled energy coursing through his body.
Nine Transformations Body Refinement Technique!
At this moment, Chu Ning immediately began cultivating the Nine Transformations Body Refinement Technique.
Round after round, the pure energy, which had initially been scattered, began to spread throughout his limbs and bones.
That familiar burning sensation reappeared in Chu Ning's body.
However, this time, the burning sensation came and went quickly.
Chu Ning only cultivated the Nine Transformations Body Refinement Technique once before the burning sensation disappeared.
Chu Ning examined his inner self and found that the Jade Bone, which had originally been attached to his hand bone, now seemed to have fused with his hand bone to a slight degree.
However, the degree of fusion was far less compared to the fusion with his chest bone previously.
If not for Chu Ning's prior knowledge and careful inspection, he might not have realized it so quickly.
Moreover, when Chu Ning cultivated the Nine Transformations Body Refinement Technique again, it proved to be ineffective.
"Is there a daily cultivation limit?"
Chu Ning had a vague guess, and the next moment, he checked the proficiency level in his mind.
The proficiency level of the Nine Transformations Body Refinement Technique was the most intuitive way to gauge the effectiveness of his cultivation.
When he checked it, Chu Ning's eyes lit up!
The proficiency level of the first volume of the Nine Transformations Body Refinement Technique, Undying Golden Body, which had been stagnant for over two years, finally showed signs of progress again.
(End of Chapter)
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