290: Chapter 144_5 290: Chapter 144_5 “Don’t believe me?
Fine, wait and see.” Cao Zhen turned and chased after the fleeing figure outside the sect.
Even though the sect wasn’t far from here, by the time he got outside, there was no trace of Wu Jianzi.
“That guy, when he went down the mountain earlier, wasn’t he moving slowly, leisurely?
Why is he running so fast now?
No one’s even chasing you; what’s the hurry?” Cao Zhen said with a speechless chuckle, with no choice but to turn back.
At the place where everyone had gathered before, the crowd had already dispersed, leaving only Ling Xi and three other disciples.
Clearly, no one believed that he had defeated Wu Jianzi.
Without waiting for him, they had all left.
“Forget these people.
As long as they admit to the words they said before, that’s enough.
In any case, I won the duel with Wu Jianzi—the news will spread sooner or later.
Just you wait.”
Cao Zhen looked at his few disciples and said, “Let’s go, we will return to Four Treasures Peak first.”
“Yes.”
Each disciple took out their divine weapons.
In an instant, beams of light soared upwards.
Cao Zhen’s eyes fell on Ling Xi’s chest and he exclaimed in surprise, “Sixty-four Heaven and Earth Bagua Talismans?
You’ve collected them all?”
“Master, last night when you went to pursue Chen Shizhi, Senior Wu Jinhuan gave me the last talisman.
He said that since I am your disciple, I am also half his disciple, and gave me the talisman directly,” Ling Xi explained, then suddenly realizing something was amiss, bent at the waist and kneeled, saying, “Master, I was wrong.
I should have told you when I received the talisman.”
Cao Zhen was already accustomed to Ling Xi’s instant kneeling and did not bother stopping him.
“Alright, get up.
Write ‘Master is the greatest’ a hundred times.” Cao Zhen mused in his heart.
Everyone talks about the Five Evils of Hundred Peaks, but are they really evil?
Among them, he was least acquainted with Wu Jinhuan, having never met before, yet Wu Jinhuan gave the talisman directly to his disciple.
Simply because he was the newest of the Six Evils.
What if it had been someone else?
Knowing Ling Xi had sixty-three talismans and was missing just the last one, they would’ve demanded a hefty price.
Cao Zhen waited for Ling Xi to stand up before shifting his gaze away, but then he unexpectedly caught sight of Xiang Ziyu, who was already standing atop a divine spear, which startled him.
“You’re handling a divine weapon?
How did you get here before?
Did you chase here by yourself?
What about the injuries on your body?” In the previous Hundred Peaks competition, Xiang Ziyu was the most severely injured among all his disciples, and even with the pills he had concocted, it should not have been possible to recover so quickly.
Yet now, the combat strength that Xiang Ziyu was demonstrating, his dao platform, his immortal palace, showed no signs of injury at all.
“My injuries have naturally healed,” Xiang Ziyu said with a proud face.
“I told you, the divine skill I discovered is really powerful.
Master, you didn’t believe me, but look, my injuries are completely healed, aren’t they?”
“Divine skill?” Cao Zhen asked perplexed, “Didn’t I take away your secret manual of divine skills?”
Xiang Ziyu became even more smug, “Master, you did take the secret manual, but who am I?
I told you I’m the true protagonist.
I skimmed through the divine skills, and even though I didn’t see all of it, I had an impression.
Recalling the content, I improvised the rest and cultivated it.”
Cao Zhen was utterly convinced.
How can anyone rashly cultivate like that?
What does it mean to recall and cultivate?
The secret manual of the divine skill wasn’t complete, and without the manual, you relied on memory to cultivate—how accurate could that be?
Especially the latter part of the divine skill, which you hadn’t seen, yet you managed to cultivate by improvising.
You really aren’t afraid of dying!
The key point is, you actually succeeded in cultivating it, and it appears to be quite powerful.
This disciple.
Cao Zhen didn’t know how to describe his disciple anymore, other than saying that the boy was incredibly lucky, and the bit of universal insight was actually strong!
“For now, let’s head back to the peak.”
As Cao Zhen guided his divine weapon towards Four Treasures Peak, he opened his panel to check.
Yin-Yang Respiration Technique, Modded Edition: Level 25.
In just a few days’ time, this kid not only cultivated it but also advanced the cultivation technique to level twenty-five.
Looking at the name, thankfully, it wasn’t the gibberish like #!@￥ anymore, but a ‘Modded Edition.’
Cao Zhen, reading the description on the panel, asked Xiang Ziyu, “What’s the name of the divine skill you cultivated?”
Xiang Ziyu said proudly, “Eight Wildernesses Universal Heaven Earth Stealing Day Replacing Day Divine Technique.
Master, how’s the name?
Dominant, right?”
“Dominant…” Cao Zhen, hearing this rather chuunibyo name, no longer had the urge to get Xiang Ziyu to change the name of the divine skill.
Since it was his own modded version, let him call it whatever he wants.
The group quickly returned to Four Treasures Peak.
One day quickly passed, and the next morning, just as Cao Zhen got out of bed and finished breakfast, before he could decide what to do for the day, a disciple appeared at Four Treasures Peak.
“Peak Master Cao, the Sect Leader requests your presence.
Please, Peak Master Cao, follow this disciple to the Conference Grand Immortal Palace.”
“The Sect Leader is looking for me?
What’s the matter?
And to the Conference Grand Immortal Palace,” Cao Zhen was puzzled.
Moreover, this disciple seemed very polite.
Regardless, when the Sect Leader summons, one must go.
Cao Zhen quickly arrived at Ascension Peak and entered the Conference Hall of the Divine Immortal Hall.
This was his second visit to the Conference Hall.
Like his previous visit, the hall’s chairs designated for the peak masters were already filled with their respective owners.