Cultivation: I Can Reincarnate Into Various Worlds-Chapter 645 - 329, Heartless! Leave the Immeasurable Sect_2

"A Small World? An opportunity?"

Kang Han was momentarily surprised, then nodded and refrained from further questions. Encountering an undeveloped Small World was a significant opportunity. Asking too many questions might make him appear to covet it.

"By the way, Junior Brother Kang, do you know if Lady Hua of Phantom Valley has returned to the Sect?" Xu Xing asked.

His purpose in returning to the Immeasurable Sect in North Yue Country was to ascertain if Yan Luanqing had successfully broken through to the Primordial Spirit Realm during her seclusion. However, from his conversation with Kang Han, he inferred that Yan Luanqing was likely still in closed-door cultivation at Yishen Palace and had not yet returned to the Immeasurable Sect.

Since he could not find Yan Luanqing, he decided to inquire about Lady Hua as well.

"Lady Hua?" Kang Han shook his head. "Since leaving Demon Island, Lady Hua has not returned to Phantom Valley. Phantom Valley once requested our Immeasurable Sect to ask you, Senior Brother, about her whereabouts."

"I see..." Xu Xing narrowed his eyes and said no more.

He now had a strong belief in his own speculation. Lady Hua was the true mastermind behind the murder of Elder Jiu Ling, not Broken Dragon Platform.

"Senior Brother Chang, are you inquiring about Lady Hua because she offended you in some way?" Kang Han asked, having noticed Xu Xing's change in expression and forming a guess.

"Regarding Elder Jiu Ling's tragic death back then, I suspect she was responsible."

Xu Xing revealed his speculation and advised Kang Han to be cautious when encountering Lady Hua. He had witnessed Lady Hua's adept social maneuvering during the Nascent Soul Creation Grand Ceremony.

It now appeared Lady Hua was not merely a master of social graces but also possessed a honeyed mouth concealing a heart of daggers. His intention in sharing this was to ensure Kang Han would be careful and not fall prey to her schemes easily.

"Thank you for the reminder, Senior Brother Chang. I understand," Kang Han said, bowing with cupped hands.

"Senior Brother Chang, let's enter the Great Hall first. I have already asked Sect Leader Helan to prepare a welcome banquet..."

"In this tumultuous Cultivation World, the fact that all three of our Immeasurable Sect's Ancestors are still alive is truly a cause for celebration."

"Now, with the cultivation world of Nanyan Continent having lost several Primordial Spirit level powers like the Tianyi Sect and the Pill Cauldron Sect, it leaves us in a dominant position," Kang Han said joyfully.

His own cultivation path held little promise; in this lifetime, he would at best be a pale imitation of Ze Sheng Ancestor. Thus, he planned to dedicate all his energy to expanding his family and the Sect's influence.

At this juncture, with the Primordial Spirit level powers that had long suppressed the various Daoist Sects in Nanyan Continent meeting their demise one after another, it was the perfect opportunity for the Immeasurable Sect to expand.

Alone, he had the ambition but lacked the strength. But now, with a great expert like Xu Xing present, the Immeasurable Sect's expansion would be effortless. Spanning several countries was no longer a dream.

"Junior Brother Kang, I have other pressing matters to attend to. It would be best to cancel this welcome banquet; there's no need to squander the Sect's resources," Xu Xing stated, his smile fading. He waved his sleeve robe, his voice devoid of warmth.

From Kang Han's words, Xu Xing already discerned that this "welcome banquet" was likely a pretext for something else—no good could come of it.

Matters such as Sect expansion would inevitably consume his time and energy. In the long run, his Immortal Journey would undoubtedly be hindered.

Moreover, he and Yan Luanqing had already agreed with the Emperor's Son Pavilion that they would ascend to Chiming World in 500 years.

Under these circumstances, a large-scale expansion by the Immeasurable Sect would be more of a calamity than a blessing. After all, lacking its two strongest experts, the Immeasurable Sect might deter other Daoist Sects for a short time, but this wouldn't last. The enmities and conflicts accumulated during a period of expansion would surely lead to the Immeasurable Sect's utter destruction when it eventually weakened. Given this, it was better for him to disengage completely from the outset.

"Senior Brother Chang, what do you mean by that..." Kang Han's brows furrowed as he stared fixedly at Xu Xing.

Ordinarily, a banquet was no great affair; declining it would be simple enough. A Nascent Soul Ancestor certainly had the standing to do so. But this was a welcome banquet for Xu Xing. Couldn't even the most urgent matters be delayed for a day or two?

He already harbored resentment towards Xu Xing and Yan Luanqing for their failure to return during the Sect's one hundred years crisis. Now that Xu Xing was acting like this... If not for his apprehension regarding Xu Xing's combat prowess, Kang Han certainly wouldn't be showing him such a pleasant face right now.

"Junior Brother Kang, when we cultivators first embarked on our path of cultivation, what was it for?" Xu Xing fell silent for a few breaths before speaking tactfully.

"What?"

"What was it for, at the beginning of our cultivation?"

Hearing Xu Xing's words, Kang Han was momentarily stunned.

From the Innate stage, he had progressed to Immortal Base, then to Returning Core and Dao Pill, ultimately reaching the Nascent Soul Stage. Through those early realms, he had advanced with soaring ambition. But later, after reaching the Dao Pill Realm, his grand ambitions had scattered like smoke in the wind. His breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm had been arduous enough; he had only succeeded by relying on an old Ancestor to shamelessly 'appropriate' the Sect's Nascent Soul Spiritual Objects for him. If breaking from the Dao Pill to the Nascent Soul Realm was already so challenging, what qualifications did he possess to aspire to the higher Primordial Spirit Realm, or even... the Immortal Path?

This was him! But... what about Xu Xing?

"Senior Brother Chang, laboring for the Sect does not conflict with cultivating the Dao," Kang Han said with difficulty, trying to persuade him. "Freelance Cultivators struggle to achieve greatness alone. Only a Sect can amass the resources to help you, Senior Brother Chang, advance further!" he added, taking a deep breath.

Hearing this, Xu Xing nodded.

His purpose in establishing the Butian Sect in East Huangzhou had been to rely on the sect to gather resources for him and provide the Cultivation Rations for the Nascent Soul Realm. Kang Han's reasoning was not flawed; it mirrored his own intentions.

"Senior Brother Chang, the welcome banquet is nearly ready. Let us proceed to our seats..." Seeing this, Kang Han's face lit up with a smile, and he prepared to take Xu Xing by his wide sleeve to lead him into the Sect's Great Hall.

"But... Junior Brother Kang, your premise is based on the Nascent Soul Realm..." "The Immeasurable Sect can gather resources for the Nascent Soul Realm, but for anything beyond that, I fear it would be exceedingly difficult."

Xu Xing flicked his sleeve, took half a step back, and turned to face away from Kang Han, his hands clasped behind him.

Different realms dictated different approaches. Times change, and circumstances evolve; it was as simple as that.

"Senior Brother Chang..." "What do you mean by that statement?" Kang Han gazed at Xu Xing's back, straight and unyielding like an ancient cypress. Stunned, he couldn't help but ask.

That realm was already approaching immortality. It was a realm he could only dream of, forever beyond his reach! And yet, Xu Xing had already reached it.

"Is it the Primordial Spirit Realm?"

"Senior Brother Chang, you've broken through the Nascent Soul Realm and entered the Primordial Spirit Realm, becoming the legendary Sage Monarch?"

"No wonder, no wonder... The aura I sensed from you, Senior Brother, felt slightly different than before..."

"No wonder..."

A myriad of expressions flickered across Kang Han's face before, after a few breaths, settling into a look of utter desolation.

Even though he knew his talent wasn't as good as Xu Xing's and Yan Luanqing's, in the past, he hadn't cared much. After all, no matter how good their aptitudes were, if they couldn't break through the Nascent Soul Realm, they were just like him, with a lifespan of only five thousand years. But now, he only realized how wrong he was.

"Only a few hundred years? In merely a few hundred years, you've become a Sage Monarch, Senior Brother Chang?" Kang Han mumbled to himself, finding it hard to believe.

Over two hundred years ago, the scene of Xu Xing condensing his Nascent Soul and emerging from his breakthrough was still as vivid in his memory as if it were yesterday.

"Since I, Chang Mou, have the potential to achieve immortality, why would I confine myself to one place, spinning my own cocoon?"

"Junior Brother Kang, farewell!"

Xu Xing turned, offered Kang Han a cupped-fist salute, and after leaving behind a portion of the resources he had amassed over the past hundred-odd years, departed with a flick of his sleeve, utterly unburdened by attachments. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

The Immeasurable Sect had never truly been his home sect. Over five hundred years ago, he had joined the Immeasurable Sect as a freelance cultivator. During that period, he had helped the Immeasurable Sect grow and eliminate its mortal enemy, Silver Ring Zhai, contributing significantly. This far exceeded the resources the Immeasurable Sect had invested in him. Frankly speaking, he, Xu Mou, owed nothing to this Immeasurable Sect.

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A quarter of an hour after Xu Xing's departure.

Helan Lianjiang entered the Blessed Land and saw the dazed Kang Han and the Storage Bags floating in the air, a flicker of understanding in his eyes.

"Nephew Helan, Senior Brother Chang... has broken through to the Primordial Spirit Realm..." After a long moment, Kang Han regained his composure. He looked at Helan Lianjiang with a complicated expression and said this.

"Primordial Spirit Realm?" "This is a cause for great celebration! I shall immediately inform the cultivators within the Sect so we can celebrate this momentous occasion..." Upon hearing this, Helan Lianjiang's expression was a mixture of shock and delight. He quickly replied.

However, as soon as the words left his mouth, he sensed something was amiss. If things were as he imagined, Kang Han would not have such a demeanor. Things were likely different from what he had imagined.