Starting Cultivation During a Trip

Chapter 241: Chapter 146: Wuwei Sect Leader! When the Way is Profound, Jiang He Phenomena Appear (5,000-Word Chapter)_2

Bai Buran didn’t speak, just stared straight into Zhang Fan’s eyes, but saw in that gaze a determination as solid as a rock. In the end, he let out a faint sigh.

”Let’s head to the Heavenly Platform!”

With that, Bai Buran stood up and walked out of the office.

Zhang Fan saw this, picked up the Agarwood, and followed closely behind.

...

At this moment, in the Jiangnan Province Daoist Alliance.

In the backyard, the magic altar had been completed, banners and flags fluttered, an eastern wind had risen, all was ready.

”Senior Sister, thanks to you this time, not only did I recover so quickly, you also brought me the Agarwood.”

Inside the office, Ma Buting had adjusted his state to its best, gazing at the stick of incense placed inside the Jade Box at his side, a deep longing shining in his eyes.

Sitting opposite him was a woman, exquisitely beautiful, with phoenix-like eyes that gleamed, skin white and smooth as mutton-fat jade, and an extraordinary, spirited presence.

He Ningyan, inheritor of the Three Emperors Sect, was also Ma Buting’s senior sister. This time, as he aimed to break through to the High Skill rank, she was here as his Guardian.

”I came to Yujing City for other matters; bringing you the Agarwood was just in passing.”

He Ningyan looked out the window, her beautiful eyes deep and concealing light.

”You’re quite lucky, to have met someone skilled in Daoist True Flame... This person’s Fire Technique is extraordinary, seemingly having grasped the true intent of Ancestor Master Chunyang, and thus able to meld with the Three Yin Evil Qi within you...”

As she spoke, He Ningyan slowly retracted her gaze, lifted the tea bowl on the table, her expression unchanged.

”Given the chance, I’d like to meet that person myself.”

”Zhang Fan!?”

Ma Buting chuckled lightly, ”Senior Sister, once I ascend to High Skill rank, I’ll naturally seek him out for another exchange.”

At these words, a confidence from the past rose in Ma Buting’s eyes.

Now that he had broken through the Life and Death Mysterious Passage and was about to be promoted to High Skill, his strength was on a whole new level.

”Is Miao Yu and Miao Chan doing well with you?” He Ningyan shifted the topic, asking.

Zhou Miaoyu and Zhou Miaochan were Ma Buting’s junior sisters, and naturally also He Ningyan’s junior sisters.

”Not bad. Miao Yu just graduated, still lacking Fire Time, but with her elder sister guiding her, she’s adapting well enough.” Ma Buting replied calmly.

”That’s good!”

He Ningyan gently sipped her tea, set down the bowl, and said leisurely, ”Once you ascend to High Skill, getting into the organization is basically a sure thing.”

At these words, delight unconsciously appeared on Ma Buting’s face.

He’d heard rumors last year, the powers above wanted to select the best from all branches of the Daoist Sect across the nation, and set up an independent organization to hunt down Wuwei Demons.

Such a grand feat, unprecedented in scale and ambition, rivaled the new era’s Breaking Mountains and Attacking Temples. If he could join the organization, it would be a destructive blow to the Wuwei Sect, a deed for the ages, with limitless prospects.

”Is it finally about to begin? Senior Sister, the Wuwei Sect isn’t causing too much chaos right now, are they?” Ma Buting couldn’t help but ask.

”You’re not on the frontline, you don’t know the dangers within.”

He Ningyan gazed deeply at her junior brother, then shook her head.

”Since the fall of the Three Corpses Daoist, the Wuwei Sect has never resurged as fiercely as it has today...”

”These past years, they have produced quite a few talents and experts.”

”Thirteen Zodiacs!” Ma Buting said in a low voice.

”The interior of the Wuwei Sect is complicated and mysterious. Since its inception, the Thirteen Zodiacs have served as the Sect Guardians, a natural barrier of the mountain, standing apart from other experts. Only the true Sect Leader of each generation could command them.” He Ningyan said softly.

The Thirteen Zodiacs are a very special presence within the Wuwei Sect; they have extremely high autonomy, with absolute will of their own. Except for the Human Xiao leader, they obey only the Sect Leaders of each generation.

”Don’t always focus on just the Thirteen Zodiacs. There are more experts in the Wuwei Sect than you imagine.”

As she spoke, He Ningyan’s beautiful eyes trembled slightly, as if recalling an unpleasant memory.

”Senior Sister, did you encounter an expert from the Wuwei Sect?”

”I met a young expert in East Mountain Province this time.” He Ningyan said grimly.

”Even the Qi Brothers from Laojun Mountain—Qi Delong and Qi Dongqiang—were defeated together at that person’s hands.”

”What!?”

At these words, Ma Buting’s expression changed drastically.

The Qi brothers of Laojun Mountain were well-known alongside Zhenwu Mountain’s Xia Weisheng and Zhongnan Mountain’s An Wuyang—heirs of the Ten Great Daoist Mountains, outstanding talents among the new generation.

Both brothers broke into the High Skill rank before the age of thirty.

Most crucially, being true-born twins, they possessed a unique innate talent for sensing each other, and after cultivating, had crafted a miraculous skill—the Primordial Spirit Unification Technique—so they could merge their Primordial Spirits into one, surpassing common sense, with Divine Techniques hard-pressed to contend against it.

”The Qi Brothers’ Primordial Spirit Unification Technique is no small thing—embrace one and unification, their Primordial Spirit vast. Even Master Uncle said, of such mysterious Primordial Spirit, probably only the legendary Divine Demon Holy Embryo could truly outdo it.”

At this, a trace of lingering fear appeared on He Ningyan’s beautiful face.

”Even so, the two brothers were still brought down by that man; Qi Dongqiang nearly lost his life in East Mountain Province.”

”That formidable? Who is that man?” Ma Buting sensed the danger and couldn’t help but ask.

”His name is Zhao Jie Xuan, young yet possessing such cultivation. Truly a fiend among fiends.”

”Master Uncle says, among the younger generation, probably only Li Changgeng of White Crane Temple could truly surpass him.”

At this point, He Ningyan paused, then continued, ”Master Uncle speculates this man may well be a candidate for Sect Leader of the Wuwei Sect.”