Chapter 64

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Xie Tingyun spotted Ning Chen in the crowd. He quickly walked to Ning Chen's side and whispered, "Remember to stay in the sect. No matter what happens, don't leave the sect."

Xie Tingyun's attention was not on himself, so he naturally did not notice Ning Chen's actions. Seeing that Ning Chen had not answered, he could not help but frown and repeat: "Ning Chen?"

Ning Chen asked, "You want to go?"

Something happened to the disciples of Liuyun Sect, and dozens of them were involved. As the eldest senior brother, Xie Tingyun would definitely go no matter what.

Xie Tingyun slowed down his tone, looked into Ning Chen's eyes seriously, and said, "I have found traces of the demon king in the Resentful Ghost Realm. It's too dangerous there. I should go there. Don't run around. Wait for me in the sect, okay?"

Ning Chen certainly wouldn't agree, but they had already arrived at the meeting room, so the two of them followed him in first.

The meeting room was large, with the elders and the sect leader gathered together and talked in low voices, while the disciples silently surrounded them, listening to them discuss countermeasures.

Xie Tingyun lowered his head, gently pinched Ning Chen's arm, and inquired about his meaning with his eyes.

Ning remained silent and did not answer.

The realm of resentful ghosts.

He must have heard of this name, otherwise he would not have had any impression of it.

But where is it? As an outsider, he has never even been to the Land of Resentful Ghosts. His activities are limited to the Demon Palace, Liuyun Sect, and Xie Tingyun's Yunfeng Pavilion. How did he hear about the Land of Resentful Ghosts?

Suddenly, Agui's words flashed through Ning Shen's mind like lightning.

"Leave the bait to Agui. You have already deployed all the forces in the Ghost Realm. Just wait for Xie Tingyun to come in. I guarantee that he will never come back..."

Ning Chen was in deep concentration.

It was when Ning Chen had just come through, and he and A Kui agreed not to kill Xie Tingyun!

This plot is also mentioned in the original novel, which tells the story of the male protagonist going to the realm of resentful ghosts and obtaining the tears of resentful ghosts, which is one of the materials needed to obtain the devil's heart.

In the original novel, the Demon Lord was the one who planned all of this. At that time, he experienced that the person he liked was only infatuated with the male protagonist, he was beaten for disturbing the male protagonist's secret realm, and he used a special secret method to sharpen his devil heart with a pool of blood. Fortunately, he improved his strength in a short period of time and arranged the ancient blood formation in the realm of resentful ghosts to completely kill Xie Tingyun. However, in the end, he was severely injured by Xie Tingyun who got the Tears of Resentful Ghosts, and had to recuperate for a long time.

Ning Chen closed his eyes and remained silent for a while. He lowered his head, reached out and took Xie Tingyun's wrist, and wrote on the back of his hand: "Don't go."

Don't go to the realm of resentful ghosts, it's dangerous.

The disciple is already dead, leaving is useless and will only cause more casualties.

Xie Tingyun rolled his throat and wrote the same words: "Sorry. There are still fellow practitioners in the realm of resentful ghosts whose lives and deaths are unknown."

Ning Chen let go of his hand, pinched his brows, and was so annoyed that he wanted to pull the original Demon King out of the underworld and strangle him to death again.

Ning Chen had never expected that the guy had already set up the game and was just waiting for Xie Tingyun to join in.

How good could the ancient evil formation be for a Mahayana cultivator like Xie Tingyun?

Even an experienced thousand-year-old cultivator like Taoist Ling was severely injured by the trip to the realm of resentful ghosts. His body and realm were no longer as good as before. Originally, he could have reached the realm of silencing after healed his old injuries, but after this incident, it was no longer possible. His life span was drastically shortened, and he died before Xie Tingyun opened the Tianmen.

Even Xie Tingyun was seriously injured and barely managed to escape from the realm of resentful ghosts alive.

Taoist Master Daoling stared at the shattered soul lamps of his disciples. The oil in the lamps had long since dried up, the cups and bowls were broken into pieces, the wicks were charred and could no longer light up.

Everyone present knew exactly what this meant.

Dozens of Jindan-stage disciples have already perished in the Resentful Ghost Realm. What's worse is that some disciples who were out on missions have also lost contact, even though the place they went was only near the Resentful Ghost Realm.

Not only that, the victims were not limited to Liuyun Sect. Other sects also wrote to report the same situation, all of which were their own disciples who had disappeared inexplicably.

Taoist Master Daoling caressed the old wound on his chest, held his withered stick tightly in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Daozhen, Daoming, Daoxin, follow me... to the Resentful Ghost Realm and bring them back."

"Tingyun takes over the seal and stays in our sect."

Xie Tingyun was startled. He did not expect that his master did not allow him to go with him. So he stepped forward and said, "Master, Tingyun requests..."

Taoist Master Dao Ling emphasized: "This is an order."

“…”

Xie Tingyun refused to back down. Even though Ning Chen beside him tried desperately to pull and pinch him from behind, he still insisted, "Master, you have old injuries, which makes it quite inconvenient for you to be in the realm of resentful ghosts. Once you are corroded by the ghost energy, there will be no turning back."

Ning Chen: “…”

Ning Chen couldn't stop him at all. He lowered his head to glance at Xie Tingyun's arm. Fortunately, there was no mark left by the pinching, only a little red. Ning Chen reached out and rubbed it a few times, and the light red disappeared.

The original body was still on the way to Liuyun Sect. Ning Chen switched to the original body and took a look at the crystal core in his hand that he wanted to give to Xie Tingyun. He felt a little angry.

This broken sect is not a big sect in the world. The sect leader doesn't act like a sect leader. He is sick and weak and will get hurt if touched. Although the elders have reached the Mahayana stage, they are all old guys whose cultivation has been stagnant for hundreds of years and their life spans have been exhausted. If a fight really breaks out, maybe even a young man like Xie Tingyun can't beat them. There is no Xie Tingyun to take charge. The group of young disciples will only follow Xie Tingyun and cry for food. Is this sect supported by Xie Tingyun? !

Some sects know they are useless, can they disband on their own initiative and stop bothering others? !

The main body maintained the state of rushing with the sword. As expected, a quarrel broke out in the meeting room. Dao Ling insisted that a good seedling like Xie Tingyun should not go to die. The ghost realm was extremely dangerous and there was the shadow of the demon king. This time, it was very likely that the target was their sect. These old guys were not so old that they could not lift the sword, and their death was not a pity.

Xie Tingyunze insisted on opposing it. He said that he could go with a few elders. There was no need for an injured elder like the sect master to go. If Xie Tingyun went, there was still a hope of escaping unscathed. But if Dao Ling went, he would most likely not come back.

It wasn't that Xie Tingyun didn't have confidence in his master, it was just that his master's physical condition could no longer tolerate any more accidents.

The funny thing is that Dao Ling couldn't stop the stubborn Xie Tingyun, and Xie Tingyun couldn't stop Dao Ling either. The elders around them had a headache listening to the two people arguing, and finally said: "Don't go, we are still strong, we will go."

Xie Tingyun and Dao Ling said in unison: "No."

Ning Chen: “…”

Ning Chen didn't want to listen to their bickering here at all, so he hid his vest in a corner of the meeting room. It was a dark corner, and Ning Chen could not be seen unless someone came looking for him.

Afterwards, the main body almost reached Liuyun Sect. Ning Chen kicked the protective formation outside Liuyun Sect in one go and said, "Xie Tingyun, come out."

Ning's voice was neither loud nor soft, but it spread throughout the entire Liuyun Sect. Everyone in the meeting room heard it clearly. Dao Ling was really annoyed with the Demon Lord. He was about to rush out angrily with his walking stick, but was stopped by Xie Tingyun who stepped forward.

Xie Tingyun took this opportunity to push his master back into the group of disciples, signaled to his fellow disciples to hold down their leader, and then said firmly: "It's settled. Thank you elders for taking the risk to accompany me on this journey."

The elders nodded.

It was impossible for this group of young disciples to hold down a thousand-year-old Mahayana cultivator, but they kept throwing themselves at Dao Ling. Dao Ling pushed one away and replaced him with another. It was endless. Qi Liao was so angry that he shouted, "Xie Tingyun! Come back to me!"

Xie Tingyun walked out and saw Ning Chen wearing the gilded coat at first sight.

His first reaction was that Tian Xiao finally wore this outfit, but his second reaction was that he felt something was wrong.

Tian Xiao's coat was entirely black with gold embellishments. From a distance, there was nothing unusual about it. Only when Tian Xiao walked towards him could Xie Tingyun see some clues.

There were patches of an almost unnoticeable dark colour spreading across the gilded coat.

Xie Tingyun's expression changed slightly.

Ning Chen was oblivious to this. He walked towards Xie Tingyun openly and said expressionlessly, "Stretch out your hand."

Xie Tingyun was startled, then obediently opened his palms to him.

Then Tian Xiao slapped something into Xie Tingyun's hand. Xie Tingyun looked down and found a plain storage ring in his palm.

Ning Chen finally finished giving the things, looked up at the Daoling behind Xie Tingyun, and said coldly: "I don't discriminate against waste, but waste, please have some self-awareness, don't always trouble others and make them fight for you."

Dao Ling was so angry that his head was about to be blown off. He was about to rush towards Ning Chen with his cane, but was held down by the elders: "Sect Master...Sect Master, calm down!"

"Master, don't bother with him. There's no point in getting into a verbal fight!"

The other disciples' faces changed. Xie Tingyun's scalp was numb. He didn't even have time to take a look at what was in the storage ring. Seeing that Tianxiao could make his master furious with just one word, he couldn't help but quickly stop Tianxiao and said in a low voice: "...Tianxiao, he is my master after all, give him some face."

"My master had no choice. I didn't let him go. If he had gone, even if he could bring the person back, he would have died. I couldn't bear it."

"Oh, you are so heartless that you have to do it all by yourself, and you are so badly injured that you lose half of your skin," Ning Chen said unhappily, and said, "You have to discuss every little thing. Your sect is meaningless."

It's worse than their Demon Palace, where the Demon Lord has the final say in everything, and if any demon dares to contradict him, he will be killed. This way, no demon will have any opinions.

It's not like them who argued for a long time without any conclusion.

Finally, one of the disciples couldn't help but say, "Can we help in some way? We don't want to be useless. It's okay to let us go, as long as we can be of use to others."

Ning Chen raised his eyelids and said indifferently: "If you don't come along to cause trouble and hinder us, you will be doing your senior brother the greatest favor."

“…”

The Liuyun Sect disciples swallowed their anger and kept silent.

Xie Tingyun sighed softly: "Tian Xiao."

Ning Chen nodded perfunctorily and made a zipper-like motion to his mouth, signaling him to shut up.

Xie Tingyun smiled helplessly, pulled Tianxiao over, and said softly: "Tianxiao, you have to know that some things are not calculated this way."

When something happens in a sect, those with ability will definitely take the lead. Besides, there are still many young talents in the sect who have not yet grown up. They are not necessarily untalented disciples. They still need to grow and hone themselves. Is it too harsh to force them to hold up the sect together with people like Xie Tingyun who are already the pillars?

Now we have Senior Brother Xie Tingyun here, as well as several elders who are also in the Mahayana stage. No matter from which angle we look at it, it is most stable for them to come forward, rather than letting a bunch of old, weak, sick and disabled people take over.

Tian Xiao was just a bit harsh in his words, but he didn't mean any harm. But Xie Tingyun couldn't say this in front of his fellow students who were being scolded.

In order to divert Ning Chen's attention, Xie Tingyun had to pull Ning Chen over, waved the Suquan storage ring in his hand in front of him, and said, "Give it to me? What is this?"

Ning Chen took a look and snorted coldly: "Go back and see for yourself."

Xie Tingyun said "oh" and scanned the area with his consciousness. He looked a little surprised: "...Why are there so many high-level magic cores? Where did you get them?"

The magic cores were specially cleaned, and crystal clear high-level magic cores lay quietly in the storage space. Next to them were a large number of magic weapons and talismans that were exclusive to the demons. It was obvious that they had looted the storage rings of many demons.

Where else could it have come from? Of course I went out hunting specifically for you.

Ning Chen raised his chin towards the storage ring with an arrogant look and said, "I heard that this thing can be used as currency in your sect, and can be used as contribution value to exchange for some weapons and magic tools that you want."

After that, Ning Chen looked Xie Tingyun up and down, and said critically: "Other Mahayana demons cherish their lives very much, and they probably use all their savings to save their lives. But you, a Mahayana master, are always so cowardly, and the jade talisman that you use to escape has to be refined by your master."

Xie Tingyun: "..."

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The author has something to say:

Ningmi: (Going out hunting) (Come back with the spoils) (Put it in front of the two-legged beast) (Wags its cat tail) (Stares at Xiao Xie) (Stretches out its paw to push the food in front of him)