Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh-Chapter 210 - 132: Corpses Everywhere, Survivors After the Calamity (Part 3)
It is said that he only has a month to live.
The Golden Core of the green-robed Elder Yang has been destroyed, and his cultivation dissipated completely.
Even if he manages to recuperate, he can only reach up to the Foundation Establishment Stage, or might even fall back to the Qi Refining Stage.
And that kind, chubby-looking Elder Xie has actually defected to the Yin Demon Sect.
The Elder Gui, who previously had everyone take the Mirror-Breaking Pill, is seriously injured and missing.
Moreover, even under such circumstances, the Wood Spirit Seed has not been obtained as the sect had hoped.
Chu Ning recalled the more than a thousand Qi Refining Stage disciples who died in the wilderness, and the over a thousand Wood Attribute Cultivation disciples who entered the Five Elements Qiankun Array with him.
"So many lives were lost."
After bidding farewell to Mu Ling and returning to his courtyard, Chu Ning looked up, his expression extraordinarily complicated.
Even though Chu Ning had witnessed much life and death since he began cultivation, and had killed many with his hands,
the death of one or two thousand people in front of him still brought an inexplicable sadness to his heart, an experience he had never encountered before.
Looking at his courtyard, he felt a sudden urge to escape. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂
"Still lacking in experience, my heart is not strong enough," Chu Ning shook his head with a bitter smile.
At that moment, he neither wished to stay in the courtyard nor had the inclination to cultivate, so he decided to leave once more and walked toward the direction of the Spirit Plant Room.
Along the way, Chu Ning detoured to the courtyard of Zhuang Yunde, stopping to take a few more glances.
Although his initial contact with Senior Brother Zhuang was purely transactional, over time, they had developed some camaraderie.
However, despite being on the same mountain peak with him during the Five Elements Qiankun Array, their fates were different.
Chu Ning thought that Zhuang Yunde must have quite a few Spirit Stones, and he couldn’t understand why he didn’t prepare better defensive items.
Shaking his head, Chu Ning stopped pondering the meaningless question.
He went directly out of the Outer Sect to Qiu Shunyi’s residence.
Qiu Shunyi was equally surprised at Chu Ning’s arrival, especially upon learning that Chu Ning had just returned from outside and asked if he had witnessed the great battle outside the sect earlier.
Qiu Shunyi eagerly recounted,
"We all saw it...
Unlike Mu Ling’s retelling, Qiu Shunyi, who had just seen the great battle with his own eyes, narrated more details.
After hearing the whole account, Chu Ning’s gaze was fixed on the place where the great battle had just occurred.
"A Nascent Soul Cultivator,
in this cultivation realm, power indeed represents everything.
The Yin Demon Old Monster is a Nascent Soul Cultivator. Even if he doesn’t act, Xin Wuya, as the Sect Leader of the Cyan Creek Sect, would have to obediently hand over the Wood Spirit Seed.
He knows that handing it over wastes decades of effort of the sect and the achievements exchanged with the lives of tens of thousands of disciples."
Chu Ning sighed, "Strength is paramount."
Through this matter, Chu Ning felt as though he had a more profound realization about many things.
"Chu Ning?"
Just as Chu Ning was about to chat more with Qiu Shunyi, a familiar voice suddenly came from outside the courtyard.
Chu Ning went out to see that it was unexpectedly He Changyou and Liao Yunming coming together.
"Greetings, Stewards."
Chu Ning immediately bowed, but Liao Yunming stopped him straightaway.
"No need for formalities, let’s go quickly; the Sect Leader and the Elders are waiting for you."
Upon hearing this, Chu Ning nodded; Elder Mu had mentioned it before, so he was not very surprised.
However, the fact that the two Stewards could locate him so precisely...
Thinking of this, Chu Ning’s heart tightened.
He hadn’t told anyone that he was going to find Qiu Shunyi.
"So, since returning to the sect, someone has been watching my every move? And I cannot even detect it?"
A very uncomfortable thought rose in Chu Ning’s mind.
However, he naturally wouldn’t question the two Stewards about how they found him.
"The Sect Leader and the Elders are waiting. Let’s fly over directly with the magical artifact, Chu Ning, hop on."
He Changyou spoke and released a Spiritual Boat that could carry seven or eight people.
After Chu Ning boarded, the flying boat directly headed towards the Inner Sect.
Behind them, Qiu Shunyi watched Chu Ning and the others leave, his mouth agape.
"The Sect Leader and Elders have summoned Chu Ning?"
Bathing in rich Spiritual Qi, surrounded by swirling white mist, and arriving at the Jade Terrace and Pavilion...
Upon entering the Inner Sect, Chu Ning immediately sensed the grandeur of a cultivation sect.
This place was worlds apart from the Outer Sect.
He Changyou carried Chu Ning upwards, arriving at the main entrance of a Hall with a plaque reading ’Qingxin Hall,’ before landing.
"Go inside; the Sect Leader and others are waiting for you."
Upon hearing this, Chu Ning paused slightly.
"Aren’t the stewards going in?"
"The Sect Leader only summoned you, not us." Liao Yunming replied with a smile from the side.
After hearing this, Chu Ning nodded, stepping into Qingxin Hall.
In the tens of yards wide hall, there were only a few people present.
Sitting at the center was Xin Wuya, with the silver-haired Elder Mu and the white-haired, now elegant Elder Yang on either side.
Below them, the black-faced Elder Zhu and the red-robed Elder Gui, who had previously been injured and left, were also present.
Evidently, this Elder had received information and returned to the sect.
To Chu Ning’s surprise, the aforementioned Elder Tong was not present.
Perhaps not participating due to nearing the end of his lifespan.
Besides these people, there was also Mu Ling.
As Chu Ning entered the hall, everyone’s gaze turned to him.
Chu Ning quickly stepped forward and bowed respectfully.
"Disciple Chu Ning, greets the Sect Leader and Elders."
Having gone through certain incidents and roughly knowing why he was summoned,
even being watched by several Golden Core Cultivators, Chu Ning, though respectful, managed to maintain his composure.
This surprised the Golden Core Cultivators slightly.
Xin Wuya, now restored to his refined demeanor, spoke slowly:
"Chu Ning, share what happened after entering the Spirit Realm."
