At the foot of the mountain near Rongling Sect.
Several monks were passing by, chatting and laughing.
Suddenly, a loud 'boom' of energy collision and explosion was heard, and at the same time, the ground beneath their feet shook violently.
Someone exclaimed, "What's going on? What happened? Was it an earthquake?"
"It's nothing. It's probably just the Rongling Sect's sect leader sparring with her disciples, letting them learn from each other in combat." The speaker was a disciple of the Yaohuo Sect.
Yao Huo Sect is the sect closest to Rong Ling Sect.
If you travel by sword, it will only take about 25 minutes.
Therefore, the people of Yaohuo Sect are the ones who feel the most deeply about the commotion that Rongling Sect has been causing from time to time recently.
They've even started to get used to it.
They have long since changed from being easily startled at the beginning to being calm and composed in the face of change.
Someone asked in surprise, "Sparring with each other? Combat... combat insights?"
Another earth-shaking tremor occurred beneath their feet, and powerful spiritual energy waves of both fire and ice attributes burst forth from the mountain.
That was quite a spectacle.
That imposing presence.
It doesn't look like a friendly competition.
It looks like they're going to blast the mountain...
The disciple from the Yaohuo Sect calmly raised his hand to fan away the dust stirred up by the spiritual energy wave in front of him, and nodded with a "hmm".
"Over the past year, Rongling Sect has experienced tremors every few days, but don't worry, there's an array personally set up by Rong Zi on the mountain to isolate it, so it won't actually trigger an earthquake."
"Moreover, judging from the commotion, it must be Rong Zi's third disciple, the one named Ling Mo, fighting with that mount, the turtle. These two are the strongest people in Rongling Sect besides Sect Master Rong Zi, so the commotion they're causing is naturally bigger."
With Cai Niu's strength, defeating an ordinary Mahayana cultivator would be a piece of cake.
Ling Mo is currently only at the mid-stage of the Integration Realm.
So it's obvious without even thinking that he's the one being tortured right now.
A divine beast capable of easily defeating a Mahayana-stage cultivator is fighting a genius cultivator in the mid-stage of the Fusion Realm who is also a dual cultivator of immortality and demonhood.
The scale of the operation was naturally considerable.
Others: "..."
Even with the array separating them, there was still such a big commotion.
What would it be like if there were no array to isolate it?
The strength of these masters and disciples of Rongling Sect is simply too abnormal.
One of the people present clicked his tongue and asked with a curious look, "I heard that Rong Zi, the sect leader of Rongling Sect, and her disciples have been closing their doors to guests and refusing to see anyone since they returned from the Demon Clan a year ago. Could it be that Rong Zi is doing this so that her disciples can fight each other behind closed doors?"
The people present looked at each other and shrugged in unison.
How could they possibly know such a thing?
...
The back mountain of Rongling Sect.
Ling Mo, holding the Ling Shuang sword, stood panting in a cloud of steam, raising his hand to wipe the water stains from his forehead.
And opposite him.
Cai Niu's enormous body flew through the air, a small cluster of bright flames dancing on one of her claws, and her turtle face grinned slyly.
"Your ice is no match for my fire."
Ling Mo was somewhat unwilling and tried to raise the sword in his hand.
However, the battle with Cai Niu had almost exhausted his energy, and he even had difficulty raising his hand.
Helpless, he took a deep breath.
"I lost."
Upon hearing this, Cai Niu immediately transformed into a small turtle the size of a fist and flew happily towards Rong Zi, who was sitting on the sidelines watching the battle.
"Hehehe, Master, I won again."
"Well done." Rong Zi took out a high-grade fire crystal and tossed it to it.
Cai Niu hugged the Fire Crystal Stone, rolled over, and climbed onto its head before starting to devour it.
Rong Zishu lay comfortably on the recliner, turned her head to look at Qi Yufei sitting next to her with a mournful face and kept shrinking back, and said, "Rest for an incense stick's time, then Qi Yufei will be next."
Qi Yufei: "..."
As expected, there was no escaping it.
Looks like I'm in for another beating later.
The remaining Xi Ling'er and the others all looked at him with pity.
However, the thought that after Qi Yufei was tortured, it would be their turn, made them silently light a candle in their hearts.
During this year, in order to help them become stronger as quickly as possible, their master had them spar with Cai Niu every few days.
It was supposed to be a friendly competition, but it was really just them being humiliated one-sidedly.
After being thoroughly humiliated, their master would have them properly reflect on the battle before entering the Time Egg for secluded cultivation.
I'll be tortured again after I come out of seclusion.
He then went into seclusion again.
And so it went, over and over again.
They couldn't even remember how many times Cai Niu had tortured them...
Seeing Ling Mo approach, Rong Zi tossed him a Spirit-Replenishing Pill and asked, "Did you gain any insights from this battle?"
"Mm." Ling Mo nodded, took the pill, and swallowed it.
After the pill entered his stomach, the feeling of exhaustion gradually lessened, and the energy he had depleted began to recover.
Rong Zi rocked the recliner beneath him and said, "After watching your junior brothers and sisters fight, you all go into seclusion in the Time Egg as before, and then spar with Cai Niu after you come out."
Yun Jing and Gu Xiaochui, as the eldest and second eldest senior brothers, had already been beaten up by Cai Niu.
He was sitting cross-legged to the side, observing the battle, reflecting on the experience, and regulating his breathing.
Upon hearing their master's words, the three senior brothers exchanged glances, sighed resignedly, and responded in unison.
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