Chapter 61 Irreparable
The entrance to the secret realm slowly closed.
At this time, the disciples who did not come out meant that they would never come out again, without any suspense.
"Senior Brother Lin Sheng..."
Ning Daoran held the big stupid deer's neck and limped among the crowd to search.
The Chaos Sect suffered heavy losses. There were not many disciples left, less than 80 people, and the loss was more than 60%! In the crowd, a dejected figure sat on a piece of moss-covered green rock. It was Lin Sheng.
However, at this moment, Lin Sheng's whole spirit and energy were completely wrong. He was like an eggplant that had experienced a frost and had wilted.
In addition, Lin Sheng was seriously injured.
There were large areas of burn marks on the chest and abdomen below the neck, with blood and flesh rolled up, mixed together with a charred black mass. Even his cultivation had fallen from the perfect Qi Refining stage to the ninth level of Qi Refining.
"Brother, what's going on?"
Ning Daoran took a quick step forward and looked at Lin Sheng's dejected appearance. He could not associate him with the young and energetic inner disciple from the past.
"Junior brother, it's okay..."
Lin Sheng gave a bitter smile, and the light in his eyes seemed to have disappeared.
"Lin Sheng was seriously injured by a second-level monster, and his heart meridian has been damaged."
An elder who was building a foundation shook his head and said, "Recover well after you go back. Maybe you will have a chance to build a foundation in the future."
He looked indifferent, as if he was accustomed to such things. And it was indeed the case. Among the disciples who entered the Cangnan Secret Realm, how many would have a good ending in the end?
It was a job that required a lot of effort on one's part, and the fact that Lin Sheng came back alive was already better than many others.
Ning Daoran calmly scanned Lin Sheng's injuries with his spiritual sense, and found that his injuries were indeed serious. He gently placed his palm on Lin Sheng's shoulder and injected a wisp of Changqing Jue power into him.
This was just to help protect his heart meridian temporarily, and he quickly moved his hand away to avoid exposing his cultivation of the Changqing Jue.
"Junior brother?"
Lin Sheng showed gratitude.
Ning Daoran nodded and gestured to go back and talk about it.
…
His eyes swept through the crowd and finally landed on a ragged inner disciple, who was Lin Zhuojun.
In the secret realm, Lin Zhuojun's words "Junior brother, help me" could very likely kill Ning Daoran, who was at the seventh level of Qi Refining.
Lin Zhuojun did this to protect himself, which is understandable but cannot be easily forgiven.
“…”
When Lin Zhuojun met Ning Daoran's eyes, he immediately lowered his head, his face flushed with guilt.
Soon, Ning Daoran saw Liu Ruyan among a group of female disciples of the Chaos Sect.
Liu Ruyan was the same as before, with a beauty that could make the moon hide in shame, the flowers sink to shame, the fish sink to the bottom of the water and the geese fall, but she didn't look very good, especially when she met Ning Daoran's gaze, she immediately turned away, not daring to look at Ning Daoran.
"Junior Brother Ning, you don't know something, right?"
An inner sect disciple under the great elder Gong Yang Yan frowned and said in a low voice: "Junior Brother Lin Sheng and Junior Sister Liu Ruyan have had a disagreement in the secret realm."
"oh?"
Ning Daoran immediately came over and said, "Brother, can you tell me in detail?"
"Um."
The senior brother said: "I also heard it from others. It is said that in the secret realm, Junior Brother Lin Sheng and Junior Sister Liu teamed up to explore the secret realm, but encountered a second-stage late-stage Green Flame Dragon.
Junior Brother Lin drew his sword to respond. He had originally planned to work together to restrain the Green Flame Dragon and find a chance to escape, but he never expected that Senior Sister Liu was too frightened and actually abandoned Junior Brother Lin and ran away alone.
Afterwards, Junior Brother Lin faced the Green Flame Dragon alone. Fortunately, he had set up a first-level mid-grade formation that he got from somewhere in advance, so he escaped the disaster!"
This senior brother shook his head slightly and said, “But the Green Flame Jiao is a second-stage late-stage demon beast with combat power comparable to that of a fake pill. Its strength is so terrifying that Junior Brother Lin was still seriously injured.
Besides the physical injuries, the heart injury is the most difficult. His cultivation has already dropped a lot. If he can't get through this mental barrier, I'm afraid there will be no hope for him to build a foundation."
"To think that such a thing would happen..."
Ning Daoran frowned: "Thank you for telling me, brother. Thank you..."
"Um."
The senior brother nodded and turned away.
Ning Daoran had mixed feelings.
At the beginning, he, Lin Sheng, Liu Ruyan, and Lin Zhuojun entered the Huanglong Mountains together to hunt the Fire Scale Beast. They had shared life and death together, but he never thought that not long after that, the relationship between the four of them had reached such an irreparable point.
“Ah~~~”
On the side, the big stupid deer looked at Ning Daoran's lost expression and gently nudged his arm.
"I'm fine."
Ning Daoran rubbed the big stupid deer's head and hugged it tightly again.
…
Soon after, all the major sects began to collect spiritual medicines.
On the Chaos Sect's side, all the disciples took out the Purple Blood Ginseng, Earth Ganoderma Lucidum, and Heart-Concentrating Grass from their storage bags one by one, and then asked an elder in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment to scan the storage bags with a spiritual tool to confirm that there were no more of the three main medicines.
"Senior Brother Wang actually obtained nine main medicinal herbs..."
Someone in the crowd secretly exclaimed: "It seems that his foundation-building pill should be relatively stable."
"Yes, Senior Brother Wang's opportunity is really enviable."
The other disciples all showed envious expressions. With the great road ahead, anyone would be jealous of such an opportunity.
The disciples took out the elixirs one by one. Some had only one or two, while some were even worse off, not even one.
Even one female disciple not only did not take out the elixir, but also sat on the ground with red eyes.
"well……"
His master, who was the outer sect elder, shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter if we don't get the elixir. As long as we can come back alive, it's good enough."
However, it doesn’t matter that it’s just talk.
Such a disciple will inevitably be marked as a "useless disciple" when she returns to the sect. The sect resources she can obtain will naturally be reduced, and she will receive "extra" care.
Not far away, Jiang Yu's beautiful eyes fell on the spiritual herbs handed over by the disciples, and she couldn't help but sigh.
The quantity is really too small. With only these three main medicines, it is difficult for them to compete with the Burning Sea Sect and the Soul-Devouring Sect, let alone compete with the Star Moon Pavilion, the Purple Cloud Sect and others.
Finally, the elder in charge of collecting the spiritual medicines came to the last person, Ning Daoran, and said, "Ning, nephew, did you harvest the three spiritual medicines of Purple Blood Ginseng, Heart-Condensing Grass, and Earth Ganoderma?"
No one had high expectations. A Qi Refining Stage 7 cultivator could not possibly compete with Qi Refining Stage 9 or even Qi Refining Perfection cultivators from other sects for elixirs.
"Some."
Ning Daoran did not dare to hide anything and slapped his storage bag. Immediately, spiritual herbs emerged one after another. They were all the three main medicines, and because they were picked within the restricted area, their age was not too low.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
In the end, a total of 44 elixirs lay before him.
"Forty-four in total..."
The face of the foundation-building elder was filled with shock and surprise: "Ning, nephew, how did you get so many spiritual medicines?"
Jiang Yu also looked over. Not only her, but many elders and disciples were also very surprised.
"Uncle Master doesn't know."
Ning Daoran had already prepared his words: "I have been practicing a wood escape technique in my spare time, and I have already mastered it to a small degree.
During the war between the Burning Sea Sect and the Soul Devouring Sect, I took the opportunity to use the Wood Release to bypass the restricted area, so I was able to pick so many spiritual herbs.
It's a pity that the range of the restriction that was broken was very small, otherwise I might have been able to pick more."
"You're pretty good!"
The eyes of the foundation-building elder lit up. It was obvious that Ning Daoran's words were quite reasonable, and he already believed them without a doubt.
“In this way, Junior Brother Ning is the number one person in the Cangnan Secret Realm of our Chaos Sect this year. It is also a coincidence that he is destined to have such good fortune.” An elder in the middle stage of foundation building smiled and praised.
"Um."
Jiang Yu nodded and said immediately: "Don't worry, Junior Brother Ning, I will definitely send you a foundation-building pill later!"
"Okay, thank you, Senior Sister!"
Jiang Yu's words made many disciples extremely envious.
Not far away, the outer sect elder Xu Ning frowned.
He had never thought that Ning Daoran would be the top-ranked disciple. He could only secretly think that this kid had such a tough life and such good luck! With such a high death rate in the Cangnan Secret Realm this year, it was unbelievable that he, a Qi Refining Level 7, could survive! ...
Soon after, the major sects began to compare their gains.
As expected, the Burning Sea Sect ranked first, and the total number of spiritual medicines even exceeded that of the Soul Devouring Sect, which ranked second, by more than half! The Chaos Sect unexpectedly ranked third, and Jiang Yu was almost grinning from ear to ear.
After that came the Xingyue Pavilion, Gangmen Sect, Ziyun Sect and other sects. There was not much smile on the face of each sect leader.
"Old ghost Tian Hai."
The Soul Devouring Demon raised his hand and flicked three 8,000-year-old Jade Grasses toward the other party: "I am willing to admit defeat. This time, your Burning Sea Sect won, but don't get carried away. We'll see the real thing in fifty years!"
"snort!"
Old Monster Tianhai cast a prohibition to wrap the elixir, and then put it into the storage bag.
They are all old foxes with many years of experience. There is no guarantee that the Soul-Eating Demon will tamper with the elixir, so Tianhai Monster is still quite cautious.
However, although he won the bet, there was not much smile on Tianhai's face.
Although the Fenhai Sect won first place in this trip to the Cangnan Secret Realm, it lost true disciples such as Qin Buhui and Qin Wuyou. The next generation of inheritors instantly became a suspense, which made Tianhai Old Monster extremely unhappy.
"The Soul Devouring Demon!"
He frowned and said in a deep voice, "According to the rules, my Burning Sea Sect can choose any two of the three high-quality spirit stone mines. I will not bully others by taking advantage of my power. You Soul Devouring Sect can just hand over the spirit stone mine in the southwest to the Burning Sea Sect."
"snort!"
The Soul Devouring Demon waved his sleeves and said, "Within half a month, your sect's disciples will go and take over."
As he spoke, the Soul-Devouring Old Demon waved a small flag, summoned a number of demon-headed flying boats, and led the remaining disciples of the Soul-Devouring Sect back to the sect.
All the major sects left one after another.
"Let's return to Chaos Sect as well."
Jiang Yu looked back at the group of disciples who had just experienced a disaster and looked like eggplants hit by frost. He felt a little distressed and said, "After you go back, the sect will not treat you unfairly."
"Thank you, Sect Master!"
The disciples were cheered up.
…
Lei Peng rode the wind and waves and returned to Chaos Sect.
Ning Daoran sat in a corner with the big stupid deer, watching the clouds rolling in the distance, with only a sense of tranquility and indifference in his heart.
The new book list is out! Thank you for keeping waiting.
Starting from today, there will be three updates every day, with an additional update at noon until the game is on the shelves.
There was another outbreak after it was put on the shelves.
It was not easy to get to the 200,000-word mark with so much negative comments. It felt like I was wearing armor and walking in a wilderness covered with hail.
(End of this chapter)