Chapter 169 Chu Ning: Senior Duan... Domineering

Xiyue Sect.

Library.

A single mountain peak, just behind the Moon Peak.

When Chu Ning landed on the top of the mountain with his sword, he felt a divine consciousness falling on him.

The spiritual consciousness of a powerful Jindan master.

As the library is where all the skills of Xiyue Sect are stored, it is normal for it to be guarded by a Jindan expert. Chu Ning even feels that there is more than one Jindan expert, and there may be more in secret.

Holding the token given by Li Fenglin, Chu Ning walked towards a middle-aged woman who was sitting cross-legged on a cushion on the side.

"Below the third floor, you can choose your own skills. After choosing a skill, you can practice it on this mountain and you are not allowed to take it out of the mountain."

"Younger generation, please keep this in mind."

Chu Ning bowed. He had already understood the rules of the Xiyue Sect's library before coming here.

Even disciples of Xiyue Sect cannot take the selected skills away from the mountain. They can choose to practice in the many caves on the mountain. After gaining entry into the practice, they can return the jade slips to the library before leaving.

Xiyue Sect does not allow its disciples to pass on their skills privately or leak them to others, even among the same sect members. This is why Chu Ning would look for Li Fenglin.

There are many monks in the library, but most of them on the first floor are Qi Condensation monks.

Chu Ning spent a quarter of an hour selecting a few books on formation techniques on this floor and then went up to the second floor.

Compared to the first floor which is full of books, the second floor is filled with jade slips, and only those who can go to the second floor are foundation-building cultivators.

What surprised Chu Ning the most was that on the second floor there was a jade slip that recorded all the skills on that floor.

It is somewhat similar to the book management system of a library. Not only does it record all the skills, but the jade slips that have been taken away will appear dark.

"I still underestimated the abilities of the monks in this world."

Chu Ning sighed in his heart. He made the mistake of dogmatism, always thinking that this kind of world was the counterpart of the ancient world.

Since people in previous lives could use computers to create this kind of management system, it is normal for people in this world to use formations to create a similar management system.

Both are common.

Chu Ning took a few advanced formation skills on the second floor and then went to the third floor.

On the third floor, the number of people was extremely small.

After Chu Ning went up, he found that there were only three figures on the entire third floor, two of whom were cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage, and the remaining one was a Golden Core expert.

Seeing Chu Ning coming up, the two female cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage looked at Chu Ning curiously. Although the female cultivator in the Golden Core stage did not look over, Chu Ning could feel that her consciousness was sweeping over him.

The two female foundation-building cultivators were curious about Chu Ning's identity. There were only a few cultivators in the late foundation-building stage in Xiyue Sect, and they all knew each other as they were from the same sect. However, the two women had never seen Chu Ning.

If Chu Ning was not a disciple of Xiyue Sect, it would be impossible for him to enter the library.

Chu Ning smiled at the two women, and then started to choose the jade slips he wanted.

A quarter of an hour later, Chu Ning walked out of the library and headed straight for the many caves on the mountain.

There are hundreds of caves on the library, and each cave is guarded by a small formation. If the formation is activated, it means there is someone inside.

After choosing an empty cave, Chu Ning activated the formation and did not delay, starting to study it.

Formation is an important skill among the hundred skills of cultivating immortals.

Among the hundred arts, array formations, alchemy and weapon forging are the three main categories with the largest number of practitioners.

"General Outline of Formation"

This is the first book Chu Ning brought from the first floor, and it is also a theoretical book on formations.

[What is a formation? ]

[Hold and adapt, if you follow the flow, you will gain strength, if you stagnate, you will lose strength, change disorder into order, and order into disorder]

[The foundation of the formation is the form. If the form is right, the spirit will be right. If the qi is connected, the spirit will gather. If the spirit gathers, the form will change naturally. ]

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After an hour, Chu Ning still hadn't finished reading the book "General Principles of Formations", but he was fascinated by it.

This book provides an extremely detailed introduction to formations, and Chu Ning can benefit greatly from many of the theories even if he has never studied formations.

There is even a lot of understanding.

However, when he turned to the last page and saw the words of this senior author, the corners of Chu Ning's mouth twitched.

[There are endless magic techniques in the world, all of which are merely the evolution of formation techniques.]

"Perhaps this is what they call the same end result of all things, but I'm afraid I can't understand it at my current level."

Chu Ning whispered something and picked up the second formation jade slip.

The book "General Principles of Formations" describes the theoretical knowledge of formations. Overall, Chu Ning feels that it is somewhat similar to the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams, and the theories of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements in his previous life, but there are also some subtle differences.

In his previous life, Chu Ning had never studied these metaphysical things, but he also knew a common sense that there was a saying in the five elements of color: water belongs to black.

Many people think that water is blue and gold is yellow, but in the actual five elements, gold is white and water is black.

But in the general outline of the formation, there is also the concept of the five elements, but in this book, metal is yellow and water is blue.

"Perhaps it is because the two worlds are so different that these details differ."

Chu Ning didn't get too hung up on this. He just worshipped the gods of the mountain he entered.

A month later, Chu Ning successfully set up a first-level formation.

But there was no joy on Chu Ning's face. He now had the consciousness of a Jindan powerhouse, and the first-level formation belonged to the Qi Condensation Stage. Those who were talented in the formation could complete it in one month even if they were in the Qi Condensation Stage.

Fortunately, he didn't really need to delve too deeply into the formation. He just needed to understand the formation theory so that he could understand this jade slip.

Two months later.

Chu Ning had already mastered the basic theory of the formation and began to study the restrictions in Wang Sen's jade slip.

Three months later.

A jade slip appeared in Chu Ning's hand, the same jade slip that Zheng Qingmin had.

Placing the jade slip in front of him, Chu Ning clasped his hands together and his hand seals kept changing.

The hand seal that Chu Ning used at this moment was one of the three restrictions recorded in Wang Sen’s jade slip.

After thirty breaths, Chu Ning's hand seal changed again.

If the first restriction is not the solution, then try the second method to break it.

For Chu Ning, he did not fully master the restrictions. He only mastered three of the restrictions in the jade slips. He could not reverse deduce based on the restrictions in the jade slips and could only try them one by one.

It is a bit like mastering three math formulas to solve a problem. Whether the formula is suitable for the problem or not can only be known by applying it to the problem and seeing if you can get the answer.

As Chu Ning's second hand seal changed, the jade slip in front of him began to glow faintly, which made Chu Ning's eyes light up. He knew that his bet was right.

Fifteen breaths later, Chu Ning completed the hand seal. He took the jade slip in his hand immediately and put his spiritual consciousness into it.

In just three breaths, Chu Ning withdrew his consciousness from the jade slip, with a pensive look on his face.

This jade slip contains an address.

Xuantian Sect was so concerned about this address. Could it be that there was some powerful person’s inheritance at this address? Treasure, secret realm, inheritance.

These three guesses were the first things that came to Chu Ning’s mind.

Vientiane Mountain.

Chu Ning memorized the address and the map in his mind, and held the jade slip in his right hand. After a while, the jade slip turned into powder. As his palm opened, a breeze blew, and the powder disappeared in the air.

Now, apart from himself, no one knows the information recorded in Zheng Qingmin's jade slip.

Even if we face off against the Xuantian Sect in the future, we will have a trump card to negotiate with the Xuantian Sect.

This is the reason why Chu Ning destroyed the jade slip.

Next, Chu Ning took out the jade slip that recorded the puppet technique.

A quarter of an hour later, Chu Ning took out the two puppets. The puppets were only the size of a palm, because the two puppets had not been refined yet.

The method of refining a puppet is very simple, which is to divide the soul into the puppet and control the puppet through the soul.

Puppetry is not difficult, what is difficult is the strength of the soul.

The more special and powerful the puppet is, the higher the requirements for the soul.

This made Chu Ning feel hopeful. The reason why Wang Sen did not refine the two puppets was not because he did not know puppetry. The only reason was that Wang Sen's soul had not yet reached the requirements.

These two puppets are probably not ordinary.

Chu Ning placed one of the puppets three meters in front of him, broke his fingertips, and dripped three drops of blood on the puppet.

The essence and blood fell on the puppet and were instantly absorbed.

This is the first step.

Then Chu Ning began to make hand seals according to the puppetry technique. As his hand seals changed, the puppet glowed with blood-red fluorescence.

The fluorescence became more and more enchanting, and the puppet's eyes were no longer as dull as before. There was a strange color deep in its eyes.

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Chu Ning's face began to turn pale as the handprints changed, and the next moment he took out three bottles of soul-cleansing liquid.

One bottle.

Two bottles.

Three bottles.

It's not enough.

Four bottles.

Five bottles.

When the last bottle of soul-cleansing liquid was left, the puppet finally showed obvious changes.

First, the eyes flashed a red light, and as the red light flashed, the puppet's originally dull face began to slowly move.

At the same time, the puppet's body began to grow slowly, and only stopped when it was as tall as Chu Ning.

"Whoa!"

Chu Ning let out a long sigh. No wonder Wang Sen didn’t refine it. If he didn’t have so many drops of soul cleansing liquid, it would be almost impossible to refine this puppet.

The amount of spiritual soul required is more than what Yangshan has given him.

If this is the case with one statue, there is no need to think about the second one.

Chu Ning looked at the other puppet and directly put it back into the storage bag. Then he looked at the refined puppet in front of him with satisfaction.

The next moment, Chu Ning punched the puppet, and the puppet punched back.

Boom! The two fists collided, and Chu Ning took a few steps back, with a look of satisfaction on his face.

The strength of the early stage of Jindan.

It was not in vain that he used so much soul-cleansing liquid.

Although puppets cannot cast powerful or special spells like Jindan monks, their advantage is also obvious, which is that they can cast spells instantly.

Relying on its own special materials for refining, its speed and power are no worse than those of a strong man in the early stage of Jindan realm.

It is generally recognized in the circle of cultivators that if cultivators and puppets of the same level do not use special means such as formations, talismans and magic weapons, the cultivators are no match for the puppets.

"With my current strength and this puppet, I don't need to risk my life against a Jindan cultivator. Of course, if I encounter a Jindan cultivator with a magic weapon, I may not be their opponent."

Magical weapons are used by Jindan monks and require the soul to control.

Qi Condensation cultivators use magic weapons, while Foundation Establishment cultivators use spiritual weapons.

Generally, any cultivator with some background will have magical instruments and spiritual instruments. The Qi Condensation cultivators of major sects will definitely have magical instruments, and the Foundation Establishment cultivators will definitely have spiritual energy, but the same cannot be said for magic treasures.

Magical weapons are extremely rare.

It is simply impossible for an ordinary Jindan master to possess one. Many Jindan masters are unable to possess a magic weapon even until the end of their lives.

Only some powerful Jindan masters in the late stage may have magic weapons in their hands. For most Jindan masters, it is considered very good to have a broken magic weapon or a magic weapon fragment.

"receive!"

Chu Ning shouted softly, and the puppet shrank and turned into a stream of light and flew back to the storage bag.

A puppet is just a puppet after all, it is impossible for it to possess a body. This is different from Lao Hei. Of course, Chu Ning can also put a puppet on his body.

But there is not much difference between putting it in a storage bag and putting it on the body, and putting it in a storage bag can also block the prying eyes of spiritual consciousness.

After collecting the jade slips placed aside, Chu Ning closed the formation of the cave and quickly headed towards the library.

In front of the library, the middle-aged woman was still sitting there, but when Chu Ning returned the books and jade slips and walked out of the library to fly away on his sword, the woman opened her eyes.

"Are you Chu Ning?"

"Chu Ning greets the senior."

Chu Ning stopped flying the sword. Many disciples of Xiyue Sect were coming in and out of the library, but this senior ignored them all. He did not dare to disturb them, but he did not expect the other party to take the initiative to speak. Naturally, he could not be rude.

"Do you know that during the few months you were in seclusion, a big event happened in Lanyue City?"

"Is this matter related to the younger generation?"

Zhang Caiying nodded. If this matter was not related to Chu Ning, she would not have spoken at this moment.

"For you, Senior Sister Duan unsheathed her sword after decades of dust. A Jindan strongman from Xuantian Sect was seriously injured. If it weren't for the intervention of Yue Zhenhai, the second elder of Xuantian Sect, I'm afraid the young master of Xuantian Sect would not have been able to escape."

Chu Ning was stunned? The "Senior Sister Duan" mentioned by this senior should be Tang Ruowei's master.

Tang Ruowei's master attacked Xuantian Sect because of her? "Senior Sister Duan has said that if we attack you, we will be enemies with you. Xuantian Sect is in the wrong first, so we can only swallow this loss in silence."

Zhang Caiying’s words warmed Chu Ning’s heart. Senior Duan is really awesome.

"You were in seclusion in the cave and you didn't know that Xuantian Sect was trying to find out your background and sent people to Liang Dynasty. However, Xuantian Sect did it very secretly and didn't leave any evidence."

"Xuantian Sect investigated me."

Even though he knew what was going on, Chu Ning still showed shock and anger on his face: "Senior, since Xuantian Sect didn't leave any evidence, then..."

"Senior Sister Duan doesn't need evidence." Zhang Caiying had a smile on her face: "Senior Sister Duan's original words were very simple. If Xuantian Sect wants to get back at the place, then they have to produce evidence that it wasn't them who did it."

Chu Ning: ...

"Senior Duan is really... really domineering."

After a while, Chu Ning uttered this sentence with a strange expression. Apart from shouting "mighty and domineering", he really didn't know how to describe it.

To some extent, this is a form of bullying, but since the target of bullying is Xuantian Sect, then it’s okay.

As long as I doubt you, I can beat you.

If you are not convinced, find evidence to prove your innocence.

It's so fucking satisfying.

"What about Xuantian Sect?"

The Xuantian Sect is a behemoth like the Xiyue Sect. Senior Duan did this to vent his own anger, but I'm afraid it will also bring trouble to the Xiyue Sect.

"Junior Sister Duan is the direct disciple of my great-uncle master."

Zhang Caiying smiled at Chu Ning, and Chu Ning understood.

The great uncle that this senior mentioned is the Nascent Soul master from Xiyue Sect.

Senior Duan did not actually hurt the young master of Xuantian Sect, he only injured a Jindan elder of Xuantian Sect. It is impossible for Xuantian Sect to really go to war with Xiyue Sect for this.

The most important thing is that Xuan Tianzong knew very well whether he had done it or not. As Wang Sen was killed by himself, Xuan Tianzong was probably also worried.

When major forces clash, they always stop at the right time.

Chu Ning could understand this. As long as both parties did not cross the other party's bottom line, they would handle the situation according to the optimal solution.

Ding! Just as Chu Ning was about to express his gratitude, a bell rang out from Xiyue Mountain. Zhang Caiying's eyes lit up: "The Alchemy Competition has begun."

(End of this chapter)