Chapter 228 - 228 225 I Shall Take You as My Chief Disciple
Chapter 228: Chapter 225: I Shall Take You as My Chief Disciple Chapter 228: Chapter 225: I Shall Take You as My Chief Disciple Liu Xuanling’s advancement to the Purple Mansion caught the attention of many higher-ups within the Sect.
It wasn’t that the commotion she caused upon breaking through was too significant; in reality, the noise from someone Advancing to the Purple Mansion was not enough to draw everyone’s gaze.
The Beast Taming Sect’s Mountain Gate covered a vast expanse of nearly ten thousand miles, so even Crossing Tribulation to Become an Immortal would not affect such an immense region.
The reason why she drew so much attention was mainly because it took an unusual amount of time during her breakthrough, with the Power of Laws continuously emanating outwards.
It was impossible not to catch the attention of the Sect’s higher echelons.
Especially since many Supreme Elders were outside refining the Heavenly Pool Cave Heaven, they naturally sensed Liu Xuanling’s advancement with their abilities.
Several Supreme Elders sensed for a moment and nodded in satisfaction.
…
One of the elders, with white hair and beard, asked, “That young girl is breaking through at the Heavenly Snake Ridge, looks like she’s a disciple of Ning Wuxu?”
“Indeed.”
A woman with a light veil covering her face, revealing only her abyss-like eyes, nodded and said, “Several years ago, when Ning Wuxu brought that child to the Ten Thousand Demons Cave for Cultivation, I met her once.
Unexpectedly, she has managed to reach this step and is quite a bit stronger than that lad Ning Wuxu.”
Gui Ling Ancestor also turned to look, and in an instant, his eyes became even deeper than the woman’s, piercing through all obstacles and directly observing the changes in Liu Xuanling’s aura.
He said, “I see there are extremely Yin and extremely cold fluctuations in her, which are somewhat different from the ‘Heavenly Snake Swallowing the Moon Technique’ during a breakthrough in Realm.
Did she also cultivate a Taiyin Technique?”
The woman said, “I heard from Ning Wuxu that his disciple had previously entered the Guanghan Secret Realm and indeed obtained an inheritance from Guanghan Palace.She also refined an Ice Soul Divine Pearl.
Her advancement this time must involve integrating the ‘Heavenly Snake Swallowing the Moon Technique’ with the Technique inherited from Guanghan Palace, otherwise her Power of Laws would not be so strong just after entering the Purple Mansion.”
“I see.”
Gui Ling Ancestor chuckled lightly, “Guanghan Palace was an Ancient Great Sect, whose prestige far surpassed our Beast Taming Sect back in the day.
Had it not been for a joint attack from several Divine Kings and Demon Kings of the Heavenly God and Heavenly Demon Realms that breached their Mountain Gate, they would definitely still be a top force dominating the Southern Domain.
This young girl’s acquisition of Guanghan Palace’s inheritance is indeed fortunate.
Hmm, looking at the fluctuations of her aura after Advancing to the Purple Mansion, it seems she has a bit more potential than the True Disciples of the Spiritual Snake Lineage from the previous generations.”
“The Ancestor Martial Uncle speaks the truth.”
That woman was also a Supreme Elder of the Spiritual Snake Lineage, named Illusion Heart; she was the creator of one of the nine true inheritances of the Spiritual Snake Lineage, the ‘Spiritual Snake Illusion Heart Technique’.
However, as an entity that survived from the end of the Ancient Great Tribulation, Gui Ling Ancestor’s generation was much higher, hence why these Supreme Elders usually address him as Ancestor Martial Uncle.
Being the creator of her own Cultivation Method and having Proven her Immortal Dao, Illusion Heart certainly had the qualifications to evaluate the descendants of the Spiritual Snake Lineage.
She said, “Although the True Disciples of the past generations had decent Cultivation progress, they were too strict in following the paths of their predecessors when Cultivating.
They buried their heads in arduous practice but were unable to comprehend anything unique for their own Cultivation.
Even Ning Wuxu was no different from the other True Disciples.
It’s a pity that both Elder Long and I were in seclusion Cultivating and did not pay attention to the disciples within the Sect; otherwise, we wouldn’t have let him turn out that way.”
Gui Ling Ancestor nodded and sighed, “It’s really a pity for Ning Wuxu.
His master was just an ordinary Elder of the Inner Sect and didn’t instruct him well.
Otherwise, with his talent, if he could have comprehended the true essence of cultivation early on and embarked on the path of Enlightenment, perhaps our Beast Taming Sect might have had another True Immortal.
Still, he’s quite astute and has come to his senses.
This time, he took the initiative to follow the expeditionary army to campaign against the Otherworld, apparently hoping to learn from the cultivation methods of other clans and gain some insight.”
Illusion Heart smiled softly, “After all, he is still young and has time to slowly correct himself, to see more of the world, and he may yet prove Dao in the future.”
“That’s also why we are bringing so many Elders with good understanding to battle this time.”
Gui Ling Ancestor continued, “Now, our Biluo Great World has reached a point where change is inevitable, not just for revenge, but even if we merely wish to restore the glory of Ancient Times, changes must be made.
The endless conflicts among the Ten Thousand Worlds of the universe are a perennial case of the survival of the fittest.
The ancestors’ idea of defending one realm was not wrong, considering our Great World has evolved not long ago and is full of countless natural treasures that can create many enlightened beings.
But secluding ourselves and not venturing out can easily make us appear weak and vulnerable to others, which is why so many strong beings from Otherworlds have invaded, all hoping to share in the spoils of our emerging world.
After surviving the Ancient Great Tribulation, the remaining ancestors clearly recognized the problems and opened the barriers to our sealed world after regaining some of their Primordial Qi.
Yet before we could even make contact with the powerhouses of this Star Domain, beings from other worlds had already infiltrated, and many Divine Demons even dared to openly gather followers and harvest their faith, treating our Human Clan as a source of their strength.
For this reason, the old ancestors quickly unified the front and agreed to conquer Otherworlds to replenish our foundation.
In the future, we will try to bring as many disciples with potential to the battles as possible, letting those with depleted potential stay behind to guard the Mountain Gate, as this is the only way to enable people like Ning Wuxu to possibly achieve a breakthrough in the shortest amount of time.”
“Ancestor Martial Uncle speaks the truth.”
The other Supreme Elders nodded in agreement.
These beings were long-lived Immortals, accustomed to the cycle of life and death, witnessing generations of Disciples come and go.
But as long as they hadn’t proved Dao, they would eventually meet their demise.
In face of such harsh realities, they had long cultivated hearts as steadfast as iron and were indifferent to how many Disciples might die or be injured in the campaign against the Otherworld.
As long as they could sift through to find true geniuses and cultivate more disciples capable of proving Dao, it was worth it.
Otherwise, if they didn’t campaign against other worlds, they would sooner or later be attacked by them, resulting in even more deaths.
Naturally, the discussion among the few Supreme Elders was unknown to outsiders.
The high-level Dao Cultivators from the Inner Sect’s various peaks also merely remarked on Liu Xuanling’s tremendous potential and then no longer paid attention to the matter.
As the battle against the Otherworld was imminent, most of the Elders had their own affairs to attend to – some were rushing to impart knowledge to their Disciples to enhance their strength as much as possible, some were practicing Joint Attack Skills with their Disciples, or various War Formations.
Although the Spiritual Beasts tamed by the Beast Taming Sect’s Disciples varied, Disciples of the same lineage still shared some similarities.
For instance, the Disciples of the Spiritual Snake Lineage were practicing the Ten Thousand Snakes Formation, the Disciples of the White Tiger Lineage gathered many whose Lifebound Spiritual Beasts were Spiritual Tigers to practice the White Tiger Formation, and those with Lifebound Spiritual Beasts like various Barbaric Elephants, White Elephants, Spiritual Elephants, Long-Haired Elephants, Six-Toothed Giant Elephants, and Mammoths were practicing the Myriad Formation.
Of course, there couldn’t possibly be that many Inner Sect disciples, nor could they muster such a number.
This represented the sum of Outer Disciples as well, led by Golden Core disciples, with Foundation Establishment disciples as the backbone and Qi Refining disciples as soldiers, all training together as a result.
Other lineages and the peaks of the Outer Sect were bustling with activity, gathering all disciples prepared for battle to train in various war formations.
The scenes were grand and the momentum frightening.
Within the Mountain Gate of the Beast Taming Sect, one could often witness sights of galloping horses, birds paying homage to the phoenix, the howling of the Sky Wolf baying at the moon, and the roars of myriad beasts.
Only a Great Elder like Ning Wuxu could afford such leisure, merely needing to give orders for other elders to ensure that all was done well.
In the courtyard, Ning Wuxu glanced at the spiritual tide that had calmed in the distance and the slowly retracting power of laws.
He knew that his disciple must have made a breakthrough in her realm and would soon be emerging from seclusion.
Feeling that he, as an elder, should show the dignity of an elder, he thought it unseemly to wait outside for her.
It would be better to return to his room and wait for his disciple to come and pay respects upon leaving her seclusion.
Otherwise, with Junior Sister Liu’s temperament, she might become conceited upon seeing him waiting for her, so he decided to find an excuse to leave.
He stood up indifferently, “Well, there’s nothing to see here.
You all stay behind and wait for that girl to come out of her seclusion.
I have been planning to concoct a batch of Spirit Pills recently and need to go organize some Spiritual Medicine.”
Saying so, he turned and walked toward his room.
“Eh, Alchemy?”
Hao Shicheng’s interest was immediately piqued, and he hurriedly chimed in, “Master, what Spirit Pills are you planning to concoct?
I can assist you…”
“No need.”
Ning Wuxu directly refused.
“Oh, come on, Master.
Although I’m not as good as big brother and Junior Sister Liu in cultivation, I do have some talent for alchemy.
When it comes to alchemy on Heavenly Snake Ridge, if I claim to be the second best, no one…
well, you are the only one above me.”
Ning Wuxu wore a dark expression, not wishing to engage with him.
This irreverent fellow, spouting off whatever comes to mind, if I hadn’t devoted my energy elsewhere rather than to alchemy, where would you get the chance to show off!
Seeing the displeasure on his Master’s face, Hao Shicheng sheepishly backed away, not daring to follow any further.
Qin Feng was puzzled and leaned over to whisper to Hao Shicheng, “Second senior brother, didn’t Master say he would take me to the Ten Thousand Demons Cave as soon as I returned?
What’s this about concocting pills?”
“It’s just…”
Just as Hao Shicheng was about to reveal the answer, he suddenly remembered that his Master could definitely hear, so he quickly chuckled, “Don’t worry, it won’t delay your cultivation.”
“Really?”
Qin Feng felt strange, “I’ve heard that those Alchemy Masters need quite a lot of time to start refining pills.
Could it be that Master is that quick at alchemy?”
Before he had time to think it through, he suddenly heard a proud laugh in the distance, “Haha, I’ve finally advanced to the Purple Mansion stage.
Mu Qingli, now see how you can be so arrogant.”
As the voice spoke, a stunning figure swiftly approached from a distance and in the blink of an eye, landed in the courtyard.
“Second senior brother, where’s Master?
I want to— eh, what are you doing here?”
Junior Sister Liu looked puzzled at Qin Feng, and quickly realized something, “Don’t worry, I said I’d take you as a disciple, and I certainly won’t break my promise.
You’re really capable, you even managed to find your way to the Heavenly Snake Ridge.
Are you that eager?
Well then, today I’ll accept you as my first disciple, just in time to celebrate my achievement of reaching the Purple Mansion stage.
How about that, are you pleased?”
“You want to take him as a disciple?”
Hao Shicheng wore a strange expression on his face.
“What, is there a problem?”
“It’s not that there’s an issue, it’s just that he has already taken a master, otherwise he wouldn’t be here in the Inner Sect!”
“It doesn’t matter, he can just switch to my sect,” stated Junior Sister Liu casually, waving her hand, “I made a promise back when I was in the Outer Sect to take him as a disciple, and now that I’ve reached the Purple Mansion stage, I don’t believe there’s an elder from the Spiritual Snake Lineage who wouldn’t give me that much face.”
Hao Shicheng chuckled, “His Master definitely won’t give you face.”
Junior Sister Liu’s beautiful round eyes suddenly widened in disbelief, “Who would dare to be so bold?
Could it be that guy with the surname Long?”
“Not a Long.”
Hao Shicheng smiled smugly, “It’s a Ning!”
“I don’t care what his surname is; if he dares to compete with me for a disciple, no way,” declared Junior Sister Liu with her domineering nature, ignoring all else and grabbing Qin Feng’s hand, “Come, take me to your master to settle this.
He dares to snatch away my disciple, I’d like to see how accomplished in the Dao he really is?”