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Chapter 362: Returning to Yan Peak
Chapter 362: Returning to Yan Peak
Seeing everyone looking at him with curious and expectant eyes, Chu Ning merely replied calmly, "After leaving the sect, I stumbled upon another opportunity that allowed me to tap into my innate potential and augment my abilities. Later, I joined another sect with abundant resources, and that's how I was able to cultivate to my current state."
"Chu, have you joined another sect?" Elder Mu, with her silver hair, asked immediately.
Chu Ning nodded, causing her to sigh softly.
"We had hoped to invite you back to the sect, given your extraordinary abilities and your roots in the Qingxi Sect. We wanted to ask you to become the next sect leader. Are you not interested?"
The Jin Dan elders of the Qingxi Sect had seen how well Chu Ning got along with the sect's disciples and the emotions he displayed. They had just discussed it silently among themselves.
However, Chu Ning was taken aback by their suggestion.
"You want me to be the sect leader?"
Chu Ning shook his head with a smile.
"I just happened to pass by and wanted to revisit my old haunts, which is why I entered the Qingxia Mountains. As for returning to the Qingxi Sect, I have no such plans."
Even though Chu Ning started his cultivation journey at the Qingxi Sect, his allegiance and emotions were now firmly with the Jiuhua Sect.
Hearing Chu Ning's firm refusal, the Jin Dan cultivators of the Qingxi Sect could only express their regret and stop persuading him.
They could tell that Chu Ning had joined a much larger sect.
And given his young age and extraordinary cultivation level, his status within a major sect must be quite high.
Elder Zhu, with his dark face, asked eagerly, "Chu, may I ask which sect you cultivated in? I would like to pay a visit if I have the opportunity in the future."
"I cultivate in an overseas sect, one that you probably haven't heard of," Chu Ning replied vaguely, not elaborating further.
The Qingxi Sect had a tangled history with the Yin Demon Sect.
Many cultivators had witnessed Xin Wuyao's death at Chu Ning's hands.
It was only a matter of time before this news reached the Yin Demon Sect.
Although no one knew that the other half of the Wood Spirit Seed had fallen into Chu Ning's hands, it was only a matter of time before the Yin Demon Sect learned that he possessed one half of the seed, just like Xin Wuyao.
Chu Ning did not want the old freak from the Yin Demon Sect to track him down to the Western Alliance Continent and cause trouble for the Jiuhua Sect.
For the rest of the time, Chu Ning refrained from discussing his cultivation and only chatted casually with everyone.
Then, he set about fortifying the protective formation of the Qingxi Sect.
With Chu Ning's current attainment in formation techniques, coupled with his innate talent in the Dao of Formations, it wasn't a complicated task.
However, the Qingxi Sect lacked resources, so they didn't have many valuable materials to work with.
Chu Ning could only enhance the defensive and offensive capabilities of the protective formation based on its original design.
Five days later, after bidding farewell to the Qingxi Sect, Chu Ning and Cen Zikin left the Qingxia Mountains and flew northeast toward the Thousand Lakes and Islands.
On the Eight Trigrams Flying Wheel, Cen Zikin's bright eyes fixed on Chu Ning, filled with curiosity and astonishment.
"Chu Ning, how have you been cultivating these years? Your cultivation base is higher than mine, your abilities are greater, and you even surpass me in formations. I remember that when we were in the Thousand Lakes and Islands, you knew nothing about formations."
When Cen Zikin first heard Chu Ning suggest improving the protective formation of the Qingxi Sect, she assumed he wanted her to take the lead.
But when Chu Ning started working on it himself, she was truly astonished.
It was just that she hadn't had a chance to ask him about it while they were in the Qingxi Sect.
After all, she was a water attribute spiritual root genius, and her cultivation resources in Yaochi Palace were also quite good.
Even so, in a hundred years, she had only reached the peak of the early Jin Dan stage and was about to break through to the middle Jin Dan stage.
As for formations, she had been in contact with them since she was a child.
Her family excelled in formations and had received the ancient sect's formation technique inheritance. Combined with her studies of formation technique manuals in Yaochi Palace, she had a solid foundation.
But now, it seemed that Chu Ning had surpassed her in this aspect.
She couldn't understand how Chu Ning had managed to master so many abilities in just a hundred years.
"What I told the cultivators of the Qingxi Sect wasn't entirely false," Chu Ning smiled and said.
"It's true that I had opportunities to improve my natural talent and obtained many heavenly treasures, which allowed me to progress so quickly in a short period. You can think of me as a cultivation genius who has been blessed with good fortune."
Chu Ning didn't mention his 'cheat'- even if he told Cen Zikin, she wouldn't understand and would only find it bizarre.
Secondly, it was best to ensure that such a secret never got out.
Otherwise, Chu Ning was certain he would never know peace again.
It wasn't that he didn't trust Cen Zikin, but in the cultivation world, there were countless mysterious techniques and secret arts.
Even Chu Ning himself knew several soul-refining and interrogation techniques.
"As for formations," Chu Ning continued, "I've integrated the legacies of multiple sects. When we return to the Jiuhua Sect, I'll show you these formation legacies as well."
Cen Zikin nodded and then smiled as she asked, "Why didn't you agree to become the sect leader of the Qingxi Sect?
As they flew over the lake, even before reaching Jinghong Island, they could already see the peak where the Yan Cave was located. A hundred years ago, Chu Ning had mined this entire mountain to cultivate spirit plants. Now, a hundred years later, it was lush and green, restored to its original state.
However, as Chu Ning's spiritual sense swept forward and landed on the mountain peak, he sensed that someone had set up a cave abode there. Chu Ning wasn't surprised by this. There was a second-grade hidden spirit vein here, so it was only natural that someone would have discovered it.
What caught Chu Ning's attention was the standoff between several people inside and outside the cave abode. Inside the cave were a middle-aged couple in their fifties, both Foundation Establishment cultivators at the mid-stage. Outside the cave stood three women of varying ages and a middle-aged man. Aside from the older woman, who seemed to be in her fifties and was at the early-stage of Foundation Establishment, the other four were all at the Qi Refining stage.
This sight caused Chu Ning to pause, and his gaze fell upon the three women and one man outside the cave abode.
(End of Chapter)
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