Chapter 168 Kill him if you want, Chu Ning is my disciple's son-in-law

Raozhou City.

The Chen family, like the Shangyun Sect, also chose to disband.

The entire Chen family was broken into pieces.

Overnight, the people of Raozhou discovered that the Chen family was gone.

However, the monks in Raozhou only lamented that even a giant like the Chen family was wiped out by that group of mysterious powerful people.

This also made the remaining sects in the Liang Dynasty feel insecure.

"I suspect that this group of mysterious strong men are not cultivators from our Hundred Cities region."

A foundation-building cultivator from a certain sect put forward his own opinion, which was echoed by many other cultivators.

If the other party is not a cultivator from the Hundred Cities area, then he is an outsider cultivator.

Foreign monks started a killing spree in the Hundred Cities area, which was not allowed by the major sects in the Hundred Cities area.

The only way to save themselves is to report this news to the sect that has a powerful Jindan master.

Originally, these sects did not expose the existence of the Liang Dynasty, they just wanted to monopolize the Liang Dynasty's territory. But now they have no choice. In order to save themselves, they can only spread the news of the Liang Dynasty.

One day later.

The three forces closest to the Liang Dynasty with powerful Jindan masters appeared in the Liang Dynasty.

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Five days later.

Moon-grabbing city.

"Yaotian, Wang Sen's whereabouts are unknown. He is likely to have been killed."

Yue Yaotian listened to Yue Zhenhai's words, his eyes narrowed, but his expression remained indifferent.

"Is there a hidden Jindan expert in the Liang Dynasty?"

"The one who can kill Wang Sen must be a powerful Jindan master. There was a powerful late Jindan master from the Liang family in the Liang Dynasty. He was quite famous even outside the Hundred Cities area."

"Uncle, do you mean that there is a Liang family Jindan master in the Liang Dynasty?"

"It doesn't matter whether he is a Liang family Jindan expert or not. The Liang Dynasty now has several Jindan experts from the Hundred Cities region stationed there."

Yue Yaotian understood what his second uncle meant. If the sect wanted to arrange for people to capture the people around Chu Ning, this approach would probably not work.

"Is it possible that Chu Ning returned to the Liang Dynasty?"

Yue Zhenhai listened to his nephew's words, his face condensed: "Chu Ning is only in the late stage of foundation building. Even if he has potential, he can't be Wang Sen's opponent. Moreover, Chu Ning has been in seclusion at Hongri Peak and has not come out of Xiyue Sect."

"That's right, nephew is overthinking."

Yue Yaotian smiled and felt that he was overthinking it. It was impossible for Chu Ning to kill Elder Wang, and it was even more impossible for him to go from Xiyue Sect to Liang Dynasty under their noses.

"Let's just give up on the Liang Dynasty for now. If we send more people over there, it will probably arouse the suspicion of the Xiyue Sect."

Nothing in this world can withstand a detailed investigation. I will arrange people to inquire about Tang Ruowei's background. If Xiyue Sect investigates, they will be able to find clues.

Following this line of investigation, if we discover that a mysterious powerful person has appeared in the Liang Dynasty, the Xiyue Sect will definitely suspect the Xuantian Sect.

However, Elder Wang and his men had never revealed their identities, and all those who knew about the situation had been silenced. The Xiyue Sect was only suspicious at best.

But if people from Xuantian Sect appear in Liang Dynasty again, it will provide evidence for Xiyue Sect.

"Second Uncle, how are the arrangements for the Alchemist Competition in Xiyue Sect going?"

"Everything is going well for now." Yue Zhenhai said slowly.

"That's fine."

A smile appeared on Yue Yaotian's face. He came to Lanyue City in person not just for Chu Ning. Chu Ning alone was not worth him coming here in person.

His target is Xiyue Sect.

"Uncle, is there any movement in Liuhe Mountain and Wentianmen?"

"Wentian Sect didn't arrange any alchemists, it seems they are just here to join in the fun, but Liuhe Mountain also sent several alchemists this time."

Xuantian Sect investigated all the alchemists who entered Lanyue City.

"The second-grade alchemists in Liuhe Mountain are still a little weak, so they are not to be feared."

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Lanyue City, the mountain gate of Xiyue Sect.

"Senior Sister Yao!"

"Um!"

Chu Ning returned to Hongri Peak and entered his own cave immediately. A quarter of an hour later, the real Yao Xin left the cave.

"Oh, this is a big harvest."

Lao Hei sensed that Chu Ning had returned, and after Yao Xin left, he immediately returned to the cave and saw Chu Ning counting the storage bags.

This storage bag belongs to Wang Sen, and he had already counted it on the way back.

After all, it was the storage bag of a Jindan powerhouse. In addition to a bottle of soul-cleansing liquid, there were several other things that attracted his attention.

But he did not study them carefully on the way. Now that he was back in Xiyue Sect and in absolute safety, he took out these things.

The first thing was two bronze dolls.

To be precise, they are two puppets.

Puppetry is one of the hundred arts of immortal cultivation, but it is rarely seen among low-level cultivators. This is because practicing puppetry requires borrowing the power of the soul.

Puppetry is more commonly seen among powerful people in the Jindan realm.

"When Wang Sen fought me, he didn't take out these two puppets, which means they haven't been refined yet. It seems I have to find a chance to go to the Xiyue Sect's library."

Putting the two puppets aside, Chu Ning studied the second thing, which was a pure black crystal.

It is not a spiritual stone, and no special energy can be sensed.

"Put it aside for now."

The third item was a jade slip. Chu Ning probed it with his spiritual sense and after a while, a look of joy appeared on his face.

This jade slip records the method of prohibition.

Prohibition is a category of formations in the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation.

The formation is usually set up on the ground, is fixed, and usually covers a large area.

But the restrictions are different.

Prohibitions can be applied to an object or a person.

For example, using restrictions to seal most of the power of a spiritual weapon allows Qi Condensation cultivators to use it, and by planting restrictions in a person's body, the other party's behavior can be controlled.

The most common restriction is used to encrypt jade slips.

The joy on Chu Ning's face came because he thought of Zheng Qingmin's jade slip. His spiritual sense could not enter the jade slip because it was sealed by a restriction.

There are only two ways to break the ban. One is to crush it with strength, that is, to break the ban by force.

This kind of forced cracking can only be done with a difference of at least two small realms.

That is to say, it is a restriction set up in the early stage of Jindan. To break it by force requires at least the late stage of Jindan.

Another way is to master the method to break the restriction. If the secret method of the restriction recorded in Wang Sen's jade slip is the same as the restriction on Zheng Qingmin's jade slip, then as long as he learns the secret method of the restriction, he will be able to open Zheng Qingmin's jade slip.

"Old Black, after searching Wang Sen's storage bag, do you know what conclusion I came to?"

Chu Ning looked at Lao Hei, who curled his lips and said, "What do you mean by that? Killing people and robbing their goods is the fastest way to get rich?"

"Although this is indeed the case, considering our lifespans, this is not a path we should choose." Chu Ning narrowed his eyes and said, "My conclusion is that Zheng Qingmin is more important than Wang Sen, the Golden Core Master, in Xuantian Sect's eyes."

Chu Ning still remembers when Zheng Qingmin took out the image stone. If a foundation-building cultivator like Zheng Qingmin could take out an image stone, it stands to reason that Elder Wang Sen should have one as well.

It was not on Wang Sen, nor on those foundation-building cultivators of Xuantian Sect who were killed by him. This proved that the importance of Zheng Qingmin, or to be more precise, the jade slip on Zheng Qingmin's body, to Xuantian Sect was far greater than that of the golden elixir.

"That's true. It makes me very curious about the contents of the jade slip left by Zheng Qingmin's daughter."

"So, we can't just sit there and wait for death. We have to take the initiative to find a way out."

The attack by Xuantian Sect on Liang Dynasty reminded Chu Ning that he must find out what was in Zheng Qingmin's jade slip as soon as possible.

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If I don't figure it out, I will never know how much price Xuantian Sect is willing to pay for this. If the price is so high that Xuantian Sect feels it can make enemies with Xiyue Sect or even turn against them, then I have to think about what to do next.

Now he was hiding in Xiyue Sect. Xuantian Sect was afraid of Xiyue Sect and did not attack him, but this did not mean that Xuantian Sect cared much about this jade slip.

It can only be said that Xuantian Sect has not been pushed to its limit yet. In addition, Xuantian Sect is not 100% sure that the jade slip is on him, so he did not take extreme measures.

There was no image stone left in Wang Sen's storage bag, which sounded a wake-up call for Chu Ning.

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"You want to go into the library?"

When Li Fenglin heard Chu Ning's words, there was a look of surprise on her face.

"Well, I want to learn about forbidden techniques and puppetry techniques." Chu Ning answered truthfully.

Wang Sen’s jade slip contains forbidden techniques, but if he wants to master them, he must first learn the basic formations.

If the forbidden technique is junior high school mathematics, if he wants to understand and learn it, he must first complete the elementary school mathematics course.

"At your current state, you should focus more on forming the elixir. If you really need to learn puppetry and forbidden techniques, wait until you have formed the elixir before considering it. And you have a good talent for alchemy, so there is no need to learn these two. Although there are hundreds of arts in cultivating immortals, generally only one of them will be chosen for research."

Li Fenglin advised that the system of cultivating immortal arts is extremely huge, and it is considered very good for ordinary cultivators to be able to study one art thoroughly and achieve some success.

Monks should focus more on breaking through the realm.

"Chu Ning, if you were still in Baicheng and wanted to learn puppetry and prohibitions, I would not advise you, but now that you have come to Xiyue Sect, there is no need for that. Cultivating the Hundred Arts is only to assist in cultivation. It can indeed improve combat power, but it cannot allow you to fight against opponents of higher levels. Do you understand this principle?"

"Elder Li, I know what you mean."

Chu Ning nodded. He understood what Li Fenglin meant.

The Hundred Cities area is relatively chaotic. In order to give themselves more trump cards and improve their combat effectiveness, it is okay for cultivators to learn a few of the Hundred Arts, because only by surviving can they achieve a breakthrough.

But Xiyue Sect is very safe, so safe that as long as you don't leave the mountain gate and don't even have to fight, you can concentrate on making a breakthrough in your realm.

This Elder Li was indeed thinking about himself, but he had no choice but to learn puppetry and restrictions.

"If you want to go to the library again, you can hold this token. This token will allow you to enter the lower three floors of the library."

Li Fenglin threw a token to Chu Ning.

"Thank you, Senior Li."

Chu Ning was delighted. He took the token and left respectfully.

Looking at Chu Ning's departing back, Li Fenglin looked to the left: "Senior Sister, why did you ask me to give Chu Ning the token in the end?"

In front of the left side, Duan Yurong's figure slowly appeared.

"Ruo Wei told me about some things in Chu Ning's past. Chu Ning and Ruo Wei met in a martial arts school in the Liang Dynasty..."

Li Fenglin listened to her senior sister's story and said in disbelief, "So Chu Ning's cultivation aptitude is not very good?"

A person with average aptitude for cultivation has now reached the late stage of foundation building.

Even if Chu Ning had a master who was a third-grade alchemist, it would be impossible for him to improve his realm by relying solely on pills. Pills require time to digest their medicinal effects.

"I understand. This Chu Ning has had an adventure. Senior sister, you think that Chu Ning's learning of puppetry and prohibitions is related to the adventure he had."

There are some rare treasures in this world that can improve the cultivation aptitude of cultivators. Chu Ning should be such a lucky person.

"Be it a fortuitous encounter or a strange fate, it's everyone's luck, but the reason I just sent you a message was not because of these, but because of Chu Ning's style of doing things."

Duan Yurong knew that her junior sister had only taken 150 years to reach the Golden Elixir stage. This was due not only to her natural talent but also her diligence in practice.

If you focus on cultivation, you will lack the ability to think about human nature.

"Chu Ning left the academy after six months of study. According to Ruo Wei, it's not that he couldn't stay in the academy. This shows that Chu Ning has a clear purpose in doing things."

"If you can stick to your original goal and not waver in important matters related to your future, then the same will be true for other things."

"Chu Ning's decision to practice puppetry and prohibition is definitely not a spur-of-the-moment decision. He must have his own clear purpose."

Li Fenglin suddenly realized, "Senior sister is more insightful than I thought."

"It's not that you can't think of it, it's that you don't think about it that way." Duan Yurong smiled.

"With the Sect Master and Senior Sister here, I don't need to worry too much." Li Fenglin rolled her eyes and said with a smile, "It seems that Senior Sister, you care about Chu Ning, your disciple-in-law, very much. You sent me a message as soon as possible."

Duan Yurong shook her head: "I wasn't targeting Chu Ning on purpose, I just happened to bump into you when I was about to come find you."

"Senior sister, do you have something to talk to me about?" Li Fenglin asked curiously.

"Xuantian Sect has had contact with Ruowei's family. I suspect it may be related to Chu Ning."

"Xuantian Sect is going to deal with Chu Ning?" Li Fenglin frowned: "Can Chu Ning be related to Xuantian Sect?"

Li Fenglin had never been to Baicheng, and as for information about Chu Ning, Li Fenglin and other elders of Xiyue Sect only knew Chu Ning's strength and background. As for more detailed information such as Zheng Qingmin's death and Chu Ning's injury, they naturally didn't know about it.

"It is said that Xuantian Sect's Young Master Yue Yaotian and Baicheng District Shanyang City's City Lord's daughter are planning to get married. Before the city lord's daughter disappeared, she had met Chu Ning."

"So, Senior Sister suspects that Xuantian Sect thinks Chu Ning killed that woman and wants to seek revenge on Chu Ning." Li Fenglin thought for a while and said, "Junior Sister, I don't think that's the case."

"Whether it is as I guessed, we can find out by going to Liang Dynasty to investigate."

"Okay, then I'll go there myself." Li Fenglin knew why her senior sister came to see her, but then she asked curiously, "If Xuantian Sect is really going after Chu Ning, what are you going to do, senior sister?"

Duan Yurong's calm eyes were filled with coldness: "I haven't used this sword for almost fifty years. Some people may have forgotten my title of Cold-Faced Rakshasa."

Li Fenglin was stunned. Her senior sister was about to take action.

It seemed that she had not seen her senior sister take action since she was in the middle stage of foundation building.

"Sister, I'm curious, what if it was really that woman that Chu Ning killed?"

"Kill her if you want. Xuantian Sect has never publicly acknowledged the identity of that woman. Chu Ning is my disciple-in-law whom I personally recognized in the Hundred Cities area."

Duan Yurong's light words made Li Fenglin's beautiful eyes sparkle.

Yes.

This is my senior sister.

That's how you protect your shortcomings.

(End of this chapter)