Longevity: My Talents Are a Bit Abundant-Chapter 494: Return to the Sect

The void suddenly split open, revealing a rift.

A dragon claw burst through the air, striking fiercely at the Burning Heaven Furnace!

​​A sound like "clang" resounded.​​

Amidst a deafening boom, the Burning Heaven Furnace was knocked backward by the claw.

Cracks spread across the furnace body, and spiritual flames scattered everywhere!

Ge Chengming’s face changed dramatically, and before he could react, he saw a massive shadow stepping through the air.

A savage fierce beast’s evil aura swept forth like a tidal wave!

But it was a giant, with a golden body of six meters, a green face and tusks, clad in celestial golden armor, wielding a golden staff, with a flood dragon’s dharma form behind him.

​​"Ge Chengming."​​

Shen Xuan’s eyes were icy, and the golden staff pointed at him from afar: "I heard you wanted to see me?"

Ge Chengming retreated in terror.

From within his divine soul, came the exclamation of the magic eye.

"Run! This person is a dharma realm body refining master!"

Ge Chengming turned to flee.

But Shen Xuan swept his staff across.

​​"Crack!"

The dark purple barrier array shattered entirely.

Then, his form flickered.

Driven by thunder and lightning, the golden body emitted a flash of lightning, instantly lightning escaping in front of Ge Chengming.

"You..."

Ge Chengming’s guts turned to jelly.

The magic eye suddenly emerged from between his brows, firing a beam of pitch-black magic light.

"Magic eye divine power?"

Shen Xuan snorted coldly.

The golden staff blocked the magic light.

Stretching out a dragon-claw-like golden palm, it suddenly expanded to ten meters.

Grabbing the magic eye in one swift move.

"Shen Xuan, let go of my eye!"

The magic eye emitted a shrill cry.

"Oh, you recognize me. May I know which demon lord you are?"

"I am the Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord of the Yin Sha Sect. Your Song Country’s seven sects are in talks with our Liang Country’s six sects about forming an alliance against Yan Country."

"We are on the same side, let go of my eye quickly!"

"The same side?"

Shen Xuan sneered coldly.

He exerted force with his palm, forcibly tearing the magic eye from Ge Chengming’s brow.

"Ah!"

​​Ge Chengming clutched his head and screamed in agony, demonic aura swirling from his brow, pitch-black and unfathomable.

With his fake pill cultivation, he had no power to resist in front of Shen Xuan.

Shen Xuan held the struggling magic eye in his palm, sneering, "Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord, if you want this eye back, behave yourself."

"Otherwise, I’ll crush it now!"

"You wouldn’t dare!"

The eyeball of the magic eye spun wildly.

"Shen Xuan, it’s not my business. I have no grievance with you."

"I’m just an intelligence merchant."

Shen Xuan smiled faintly.

"I love dealing with intelligence merchants."

"If you truthfully report the facts, I’ll gift you two core-formation realm demons, how about that?"

"Three! My eye is as good as ruined. Three core-formation demons can barely compensate."

"Fine! Three it is."

Shen Xuan quickly reached a deal with the Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord.

This scene left Lv Zhengying flabbergasted.

"Shouldn’t you report to my master at once!"

Shen Xuan glared at Lv Zhengying.

The commotion from the fight was bound to alarm nearby high-tier cultivators.

It was a moment of urgency.

Lv Zhengying stood there stunned.

Upon hearing this, Lv Zhengying snapped to reality as if waking from a dream.

"I’m going right now!"

Clenching his teeth, Lv Zhengying poured all his spiritual power into his flying sword, transforming into a golden rainbow, fleeing rapidly.

...

Shen Xuan glanced at the struggling and wailing Ge Chengming.

With a slight point of his finger.

A beam of ice spiritual sword light pierced through his fake pill in the dantian.

Ge Chengming let out another earth-shaking scream.

The fake pill shattered.

Even if healed, his realm cultivation would drop significantly, falling to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Afterward, it would be difficult to condense another fake pill.

"I won’t kill you, to save True Master Changsheng some face."

Shen Xuan said with a cold laugh.

Looking up,

He saw several escape lights rushing swiftly.

Among them, one person’s aura was mighty.

Clearly a True Pill True Master.

Shen Xuan quickly used the Invisibility Technique, vanishing into the void.

By the time Ming Xin True Master, the Lord of the Immortal City, arrived.

Shen Xuan’s figure was already completely out of sight.

Ming Xin True Master scanned with his divine sense.

He looked deeply at a certain spot in the void and shook his head with a sigh.

Then he looked at the critically wounded Ge Chengming.

He cast some spiritual power to temporarily stem his injuries.

Behind him, a disciple asked softly, "Master, about the magic eye at Patriarch Ge’s brow..."

"Ignore it. Send word to the Law Enforcement Hall, let them send someone for handling."

"Yes, Master."

...

After Ming Xin True Master and others left.

Hidden in the void, Shen Xuan pondered inwardly.

"Master Ming Xin is so peculiar. He seems to have some special divine power to detect my presence."

"So, earlier, did he intentionally slow down, giving me time to conceal myself?"

Shen Xuan’s heart grew cold.

He had been too reckless lately!

Confronting City Lord Lu of Baiyun City, intimidating True Intent Sect’s True Master Zong, and killing True Master Zhan Yue of the Overlord Blade Sect.

He once thought, what’s so special about True Masters?

But, in reality, he had grown arrogant.

True Master Zhan Yue was just a Fake Pill True Master.

True Master Zong was old and frail.

True Master Lu was merely a family True Master.

These were the weakest among True Masters.

Confronting someone of Ming Xin True Master’s caliber.

Shen Xuan had no chance of winning.

Luckily, Ming Xin True Master was a friend, not a foe.

Otherwise, he couldn’t have imagined how things would end.

A chill wind blew.

Shen Xuan’s mind cleared.

"In any case, better see Master first!"

...

East of Dragon Gate Market, in the direction of Cyan Cloud Sect, a hundred miles away.

Shen Xuan set up a Water Moon Mirage Array to prevent outside cultivators from spying.

He sat quietly in the array with Chen Huixue, waiting with assurance.

This is the place where he arranged to meet his mentor, True Master Cold Jade.

An hour later.

A beam of Escape Light flew straight into the array, ignoring the effects of the Illusion Array.

"Shen Xuan?"

"Disciple is present."

Shen Xuan stood up.

Opposite him, True Master Cold Jade stood upon an ice lotus, eyes cold and clear.

"Do you know your crimes?"

"Disciple knows his crimes."

"Since you know your crimes. Later, when you see the Sect Leader and Senior Brother Ling Xiao, speak well."

"Yes."

Shen Xuan bowed deeply.

It’s good that Mysterious Trace True Master will be here.

There are some things he wants to clarify with Mysterious Trace True Master in person.

True Master Cold Jade’s gaze fell upon Chen Huixue, and a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes.

"Who is this?"

Chen Huixue obediently knelt down to pay her respects.

"Disciple Chen Huixue greets True Master Cold Jade."

Shen Xuan said softly, "This girl has a natural Ice Spirit Body. I encountered her while traveling in Yan Country and brought her back as a matter of convenience."

"Ice Spirit Body?"

True Master Cold Jade lightly tapped her fingertip.

A wisp of pure Ice Spiritual Power transformed into a cold light and shot into Chen Huixue’s Dantian.

Chen Huixue’s body quivered slightly but quickly stabilized, maintaining her kneeling posture unchanged.

True Master Cold Jade revealed a hint of delight.

"Who do you have in your family?"

"Disciple is an orphan, adopted by the Chen Family of Divine Dragon Island in the Sea of Stars in Yan Country, acknowledging Patriarch Chen as a father. Actually, the disciple has no more ties with the Chen Family and has restored the original surname."

"Disciple’s name is Fang Huixue. Besides Master Shen, I have no relatives."

True Master Cold Jade pondered for a moment.

"Fang Huixue."

"Disciple is here."

"Would you like to become my disciple?"

Fang Huixue immediately kowtowed heavily.

"Disciple is willing."

Shen Xuan smiled and said, "Master has a keen eye. This girl has exceptional talent and a firm disposition. She will surely be able to inherit the mantle of Cold Jade Peak in the future."

True Master Cold Jade glanced at Shen Xuan, her face stern as she said, "Fang Huixue, in the future, keep your distance from your senior brother."

"Don’t stay too close to him unless necessary."

Fang Huixue secretly glanced at Shen Xuan.

"Yes, Master."

"You may rise."

Fang Huixue rose and stood behind True Master Cold Jade.

She made a face at Shen Xuan, full of smugness.

"Shen Xuan, after traveling abroad for twenty years, have you gained anything?"

"I have gained a lot."

Shen Xuan immediately demonstrated his Ice Technique.

Shen Xuan condensed an Ice Spirit Sword Qi, transforming it into a Cold Ice Divine Dragon.

The dragon scales were like blades, the dragon whiskers like frost, and in the dragon’s eyes, Sword Intent subtly flowed.

Now, his True Ice Heart Technique and Immortal-Slaying Water Qi Technique have both reached Great Success.

The combination of the two makes its power comparable to a Fake Pill True Master.

"Is that all? Has your Body Refining Technique made any progress?"

True Master Cold Jade knew that Shen Xuan had achieved Body Refining Great Success and was already a Body Refining Master in the Dharma Realm.

Back then, Shen Xuan defeated Xiao Jinsong using a Body Refining Technique in the Dharma Realm.

Not merely with the so-called Ice Technique.

"Slight progress!"

Shen Xuan smiled slightly.

"Enough to contend with an ordinary True Pill True Master."

"That’s good."

True Master Cold Jade nodded and said.

At this moment, two more beams of Escape Light flew swiftly.

It was Mysterious Trace True Master and True Master Ling Xiao.

"Shen Xuan, why did you want to kill Ge Chengming as soon as you returned to the sect?"

True Master Ling Xiao said in a deep voice.

"Sect Leader Uncle-Master, Ling Xiao Uncle-Master, you’re just in time."

Shen Xuan took out the Demon Eye.

"Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord, you speak!"

Seeing the Demon Eye, True Master Ling Xiao’s face darkened.

"Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord, how bold of you to dare infiltrate our Cyan Cloud Sect."

"Ling Xiao Daoist, listen to my explanation."

The Demon Eye explained the course of events as it possessed Ge Chengming’s body.

In the end, it was Ge Chengming’s greed.

He sold Cyan Cloud Sect’s intelligence in exchange for a Golden Transformation Pill.

"This person is despicable! Sect Leader Senior Brother, I suggest publicly and severely punishing Ge Chengming!"

Mysterious Trace True Master sighed.

"Ling Xiao Junior Brother, Ge Chengming is already useless. I think we should let it go."

"You also know that this is a special time. Ge Chengming is True Master Changsheng’s first direct disciple, managing the Spirit Medicine Hall for years on his behalf."

True Master Ling Xiao also knew that now was not the time to overly provoke True Master Changsheng.

He sighed deeply and said nothing more.

Mysterious Trace True Master looked at Shen Xuan.

"Shen Xuan, now that you’ve returned to the sect, let the past stay in the past."

"What are your plans for the future?"

Shen Xuan glanced at True Master Cold Jade.

"I promised Master that I would devote myself to cultivate and promote Cold Jade Peak’s inheritance."

"Oh. Be more specific."

"I want to cultivate Ice Technique, condense the Golden Core, rather than specialize in Alchemy."

Mysterious Trace True Master glared at Shen Xuan.

"You dare to think about condensing the Golden Core!"

"Of this batch of Core Formation Seeds, with eighteen Golden Transformation Pills, there are only two True Pills and four Fake Pills."

Beside them, True Master Cold Jade suddenly interjected, "A bunch of trash!"

This comment made Mysterious Trace True Master and True Master Ling Xiao feel somewhat awkward.

Mysterious Trace True Master was slightly better off.

His direct disciple, Zhang Xingyuan, had condensed a True Pill, preserving the face of the Mysterious Trace lineage.

True Master Ling Xiao’s direct disciple, He Zhengming, was only a Fake Pill.

The other True Pill was the direct disciple of Spirit Sword True Master, Xiao Zhiyi.

Besides Ge Chengming,

The other two Fake Pills were the direct disciples of Hidden Image True Master, Lu Xinbao, and Celestial Wind True Master, Ye Lingfeng.

All other Core Formation Seeds, including Senior Sister Yun Chixin of Lesser Gu Peak, failed to form their cores.

The thirty percent core formation rate of the elite Core Formation Seeds was considered a normal performance.

"My disciple Shen Xuan is of exceptional talent, the best in the sect. If he condenses the Inner Core, it will undoubtedly be a Golden Core!"

True Master Cold Jade added another jab.

She had unwavering confidence in Shen Xuan.

True Master Cold Jade was only a step away from the Golden Core back then.

Shen Xuan’s current talent and foundation far exceeded hers in those days.

Moreover, Shen Xuan’s Body Refining Great Success made his flesh body extremely strong.

This was also a beneficial factor for condensing the Golden Core.

Mysterious Trace True Master found it difficult to dispute with True Master Cold Jade.

He could only ask Shen Xuan, "What do you intend to do?"

"Sect Leader Uncle-Master, I wish for a coastal island site to establish a cultivation ground solely for me, to focus on cultivation and break through to the Golden Core!"

Shen Xuan gazed at Mysterious Trace True Master, cupped his fists, and said firmly.