The term 'talent awakening' is indeed very distant for Guzhuo.
He had cultivated for hundreds of years and had longed to be one of the lucky ones whose talents would awaken.
Unfortunately, he was not only not that lucky one, but he also almost died recently.
If it weren't for Senior Brother Qin giving him a pill later, which gave him the opportunity to break through, he would have already died and been reborn, instead of standing here.
When Sheng Ning mentioned 'talent awakening', Gu Zhuo's expression became noticeably more unpleasant than before.
He clenched his fists, suppressing his disbelief, and met the eyes of the person in front of him.
"You? Talent awakened?"
“Sheng Ning, you were expelled from the Taixu Sect and then taken in by the Wudi Sect. You were indeed lucky.”
"But if you're talking about your talent awakening, you're just a useless piece of trash with five elemental roots, don't even dream about it."
Qi Wenyao didn't understand why the Taixu Sect was so hostile towards Sheng Ning.
With a furrowed brow, just as he was about to step forward, a slender figure moved a step faster than him.
"You're right, it's better for people to dream less."
Sheng Ning smiled slightly at Gu Zhuo.
The latter saw that she had already admitted that the idea of 'talent awakening' was just a dream.
A satisfied expression immediately appeared on that fairly handsome face.
Satisfaction mingled with a hint of disdain.
"But you were lucky. You survived your trip to the Northern Secret Realm and even met the young master of the Qi family."
"Young Master Qi, you must not have any contact with this Sheng Ning. He is a complete ingrate."
"If it weren't for the Taixu Sect taking her in and giving her food, she wouldn't be where she is today."
Gu Zhuo's tone was arrogant from beginning to end.
It was the kind of thing that Qi Wenyao couldn't understand.
Frowning, he walked up to Sheng Ning and asked without any pretense, "Sheng Ning, are all these people blind?"
Sheng Ning was amused by his question and turned to look at him. "Young Master Qi, what makes you say that?"
"Of course it's because you're so strong, yet they still treat you like a weakling!"
"Are you kidding me? Someone who just entered the Golden Core stage is looking down on you?"
"Just wondering, did you dig up his family's ancestral graves?"
Qi Wenyao's last words made Sheng Ning chuckle softly.
In contrast, Gu Zhuo's face darkened immediately after hearing what he said.
"Young Master Qi, didn't you hear what I said? It's Sheng Ning who's an ingrate, betraying the Taixu Sect."
It's only been a short time since we last met, but I never expected the Taixu Sect's ability to distort the truth to become even stronger.
Sheng Ning turned around and glanced at Gu Zhuo, releasing a slight amount of pressure from his body.
Just then, Gu Zhuo, who had been standing there perfectly fine, suddenly let out a muffled groan.
Immediately in front of Sheng Ning and the other three, his knees buckled and he knelt down on the spot.
A metallic taste rose in his throat, and fresh blood trickled down his lips.
Gu Zhuo looked up at Sheng Ning in disbelief, only to see that the latter's expression remained unchanged, and he was looking at him with a grin.
He looked down at his knees, still unable to believe that he had been so easily suppressed by the pressure emanating from the person in front of him.
Her pale lips were pressed into a straight line. After withdrawing her gaze from Gu Zhuo, Sheng Ning looked up at the new gate of the Taixu Sect.
"When did the Taixu Sect begin to be elevated to the top of the four major sects?"
"Resources are scarce on the mainland, yet the disciples of the Taixu Sect are not as good as those of a small sect. Why is that?"
Sheng Ning turned her gaze back to Gu Zhuo, whose face was pale, and grinned at him, "Especially those arrogant like Senior Brother Gu Zhuo, there are plenty of them in the Taixu Sect."
"This is the kind of sect that looks down on disciples from other sects, yet it still manages to maintain its high position for so long. Demon Lord, you find that strange too, don't you?"
Her clear and melodious voice was exceptionally distinct in the darkness.
Gu Zhuo was initially angry that Sheng Ning's words were too insulting.
The Taixu Sect is the head of the four major sects and has the best resources. Why should it have to step down?
However, when he heard the last sentence, he followed Sheng Ning's gaze and looked behind her.
Upon seeing the pale, sickly-looking man bound by the Immortal-Binding Rope, his already pale face was instantly terrified, and he fell to the ground with a thud.
"Sheng Ning! You've colluded with the demons!!!"
Screams echoed throughout the night sky.
Gu Zhuo's shouts were so loud and piercing that even the disciples inside the Taixu Sect heard them and rushed out of the gate.
When Sheng Ning and the other two saw the Taixu Sect disciples holding long swords and looking at them warily, apart from Qi Wenyao, Sheng Ning and his sister remained calm.
"It's hard to imagine that there are such foolish cultivators on the mainland."
After a long while, Qi Wenyao finally uttered a sentence.
As the young master of the Qi family.
Qi Wenyao would occasionally take his own ferry to Saluo City to do business.
The cultivators in Saluo City were of good temperament. At the time, he thought that all cultivators on the continent were no different from those in Saluo City.
It wasn't until later, when Qin Chuan and the others stayed at the Qi residence and he came into contact with Xi Zhen and others in the Northern Secret Realm, that he realized he had assumed that cultivators from the mainland were too normal.
However, since the Taixu Sect could send a personal disciple like Zhen Songbei, and Gu Zhuo, an outer disciple, was in the same state, it wasn't particularly hard for him to accept.
He let out a long sigh.
Just as he thought he was about to fight with the disciples of the Taixu Sect, a familiar voice rang out beside him.
"Sheng Ning?"
Gu Zhuo's scream contained spiritual power, and it must have been heard throughout the entire Taixu Sect.
Qin Chuan had always lived on the main peak, which is why he arrived in time.
Upon seeing Qin Chuan arrive, Gu Zhuo immediately ran forward in a panic, shouting, "Senior Brother, look who's that?!"
"I knew it! How could Sheng Ning's cultivation level have increased so quickly? It turns out she's been colluding with the demons."
"Judging from Su Daiyuan's appearance, the entire Invincible Sect must have been possessed by demons, and there's also this young master of the Qi family from the Northern Region..."
"Gu Zhuo, stop speaking nonsense."
Before Gu Zhuo could finish speaking, gesturing wildly...
A deep voice suddenly interrupted him.
Her originally pale face instantly turned red. "Senior Brother, I'm not talking nonsense. Look at Sheng Ning. Before she was expelled from the Taixu Sect, she was clearly a useless person who couldn't even condense spiritual power."
Even now, Gu Zhuo still feels that even though he is an outer disciple of the Taixu Sect, he is still superior to others.
Especially someone like Goldman Sachs, a "good-for-nothing," who is several levels below him.
Qin Chuan's originally cold and stern face became even colder and more ruthless because of his words.
The light from the merman oil lamp burning at the entrance of the Taixu Sect shone on his face, making the scars on his face appear even more ferocious.
“Fellow Daoist Sheng was not expelled from the Taixu Sect, but left on his own.”
"Gu Zhuo, stop looking down on people like that."
Gu Zhuo never expected that Qin Chuan today was so different from the Qin Chuan of the past.
He opened his mouth wide but couldn't make a sound; he could only stare wide-eyed as Qin Chuan walked step by step toward Sheng Ning.
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