Chapter 136: Chapter 136: Frustration
On the Dharma platform, Purple Mansion Superior’s words flowed like a torrential river.
Below the Dharma platform, nearly a thousand cultivators listened intently.
Including Wang Chen, the cultivators in the venue were fully focused, memorizing and comprehending the Taoist skills spoken by Superior Changchun.
No matter how many small groups these Inner Sect disciples formed, or how much discord there was among them,
at this moment, everyone consciously assumed their identities as seekers of the Way!
And every cultivator among them was naturally infected by the atmosphere of the venue.
They merged into it unconsciously.
“Changchun!”
Just as everyone was getting into the swing of things and beginning to have realizations, a sharp rebuke suddenly came from above the clouds.
Crack!
A bolt of lightning struck down from the sky, viciously heading straight for Superior Changchun on the Dharma platform.
Although the attack came very suddenly,
Superior Changchun reacted extremely quickly and rolled away to dodge it on the spot.
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His movement was remarkably adept!
However, although you can dodge the monk, you can’t dodge the temple; the Cloud Brocade Cushion, Purple Sandalwood Stand, Calming Incense Burner, Red Clay Tea Stove, and the like were all shattered into pieces by the lightning bolt.
The two maidservants by his side screamed and fled for their lives.
The Inner Sect disciples who witnessed this scene were all dumbfounded!
In the Inner Sect territory of the Cloud Sun sect, atop Sunset Peak, someone dared to attack a Purple Mansion Superior in broad daylight.
Were they not afraid that True Person Mu would fly in with a sword and behead them on the spot?
Truly audacious to the extreme!
Superior Changchun was both embarrassed and enraged, stamping his foot and cursing, “Huang Yuxiu, what madness is this now!”
A female cultivator in a rainbow garb descended on a cloud, sneering, “Changchun, when will you return the hundred thousand Spirit Stones you owe me?”
Her phoenix eyes radiated authority, and her piercing gaze swept over the venue, “Huang Yuxiu is here to collect debts on behalf of Mingxiu Peak, you all may disperse now!”
All cultivators swept by the gaze of the rainbow-garbed female cultivator respectfully lowered their heads.
This was also a Purple Mansion Superior.
Changchun was stunned, “When did I ever owe you a hundred thousand Spirit Stones?”
The rainbow-garbed female cultivator answered arrogantly from above, “Perhaps you owe them, perhaps not, let’s just say you do!”
Changchun nearly choked on his own blood, “You…you…you…”
Perhaps feeling it was completely unreasonable to argue with her, he flung his sleeves, “How unreasonable!”
And with that, he transformed into a streak of light and fled down the mountain!
“Don’t run!”
The rainbow-garbed female cultivator immediately pursued him relentlessly atop her cloud.
Leaving a crowd of Sunset Peak disciples looking at each other, speechless.
Wang Chen was also impressed.
Before entering the Inner Sect, he knew that the Sunset Peak lineage was the weakest.
But he hadn’t expected it to be this weak.
A grand Purple Mansion Superior, an Elder of a Peak, was actually being extorted and blackmailed on his own doorstep.
And the aggressor was a female cultivator.
The result was not only Changchun’s disgraceful escape, but no one else stepping forward to uphold justice either.
The other two Purple Mansion Superiors of Sunset Peak seemed as if they had vanished into thin air.
Perhaps they just happened not to be there.
But for a single Peak to have only three Purple Mansion Superiors, it was indeed weak to the core.
On top of that, the Peak’s disciples were not united; they formed cliques and schemed against each other, creating a toxic atmosphere!
No wonder Senior Brother Cao told him that any disciple of Sunset Peak with a bit of ambition would try to transfer to one of the other eight Peaks by any means necessary.
They treated this place as nothing more than a stepping stone.
Where there’s a will, there’s a way, and Sunset Peak would only get worse!
As for this, Wang Chen had nothing to say.
Strictly speaking, Sunset Peak was also his stepping stone, merely the best place for him to hold out for the time being.
Owing to Huang Yuxiu of Mingxiu Peak’s appearance, the Dharma talk had turned into a complete mess.
The disciples all dispersed one after another.
Wang Chen also returned to his manor in the mountainside using his flying boat.
In the days that followed, Wang Chen finished clearing the fifty mu of Spirit Fields, planting Millet Rice and Black Sesame Rice respectively.
Then, he reconditioned the fruit orchard and bamboo forest, and planted some vegetables and fruits as well.
As the days progressed, Wang Chen transformed his new home little by little into the shape he liked best.
Apart from steadfastly attending the talks on the Peak on designated days and occasionally running into the city to purchase some supplies,
he spent most of his time in the manor.
He toiled silently, cultivating in quiet.
His only companion was Yuanyuan.
…
In the silent chamber, Wang Chen had just completed the cultivation of the Five Elements Technique.
His Essence, Qi, and Spirit had all reached the state of Great Perfection; he felt full of strength and incredibly comfortable.
This kind of cultivation, free from distractions and fully focused,
undoubtedly had the best effects.
Now, regarding his main cultivation technique,
on one hand, he adhered to his self-enlightened Daily Cultivation Method, integrating cultivation with his regular work and daily life.
On the other hand, he also maintained the orthodox approach to cultivation.
Doing both concurrently greatly accelerated his cultivation, or rather, sped up the process of leveling up his cultivation technique experience!
While cultivating in the quiet room, he always had the Spirit Gathering Array activated.
As the name suggests, a Spirit Gathering Array is a formation used to gather nature’s spiritual energy, primarily for assisting with cultivation.
The Spirit Gathering Array set up in the quiet room might not be of a high tier, but once activated with Spirit Stones, it not only enhanced Wang Chen’s cultivation efficiency but also its quality was incomparable to that of the Daily Cultivation Method.
It was just a bit more costly.
Wang Chen estimated that as long as he had enough Spirit Stones to sustain the consumption of the Spirit Gathering Array, there would be no issue in reaching the eighth tier of Qi Cultivation before the new year.
Next year, he planned to push for the ninth tier and even reach Great Perfection, preparing to break through to the Purple Mansion!
Taking advantage of his excellent condition, he took out the Autumn Water Sword from his Storage Bag.
He placed it horizontally in front of his knees.
Concentrating and calming his breath, Wang Chen formed the spell with his hands, his consciousness firmly locked onto the high-quality sword before him.
The next moment, the Autumn Water Sword vibrated violently, floating upwards.
The sword clanged against the scabbard with a ringing sound.
Clang!
A flash of sword light suddenly brightened Wang Chen’s eyes.
The long sword swiftly left its scabbard!
Then it landed on the ground with a “clang.”
He had failed.
Wang Chen dispersed the mana he had just gathered.
He shook his head helplessly.
What he had just attempted was the Sword Control Technique he had acquired over half a month ago.
However, despite his efforts and repeated practice over such a long time, he still hadn’t grasped the basics!
This made him feel a sense of defeat like never before.
Previously, Wang Chen had mastered the Object-Controlling Technique to the level of a Grandmaster.
He thought that with this foundation, learning the Sword Control Technique would be easy.
However, Wang Chen underestimated the Sword Control Technique and overestimated his Comprehension.
After he increased his Comprehension points, he learned spells and skills at a tremendous speed and never encountered significant obstacles, typically taking at most three or four days to grasp the basics.
The Sword Control Technique was obviously different.
This spell was so profound that Wang Chen doubted it was even meant for Qi Cultivation level!
That’s why there were so few sword cultivators at this level of Qi Cultivation.
Aside from Comprehension, Wang Chen also clearly understood another important reason for his inability to master it.
That was the lack of a Flying Sword!
The Sword Control Technique, as the name implies, is used to control Flying Swords; ordinary swords simply cannot demonstrate the true capabilities of this technique.
Nor do they match up.
Cultivating with them naturally yields half the results for double the effort!
Wang Chen using the Autumn Water Sword to practice the Sword Control Technique was an act of desperation.
Because Flying Swords were too expensive!!
He had inquired in Cloud Dragon City, and a most ordinary Flying Sword cost at least fifty Middle Spirits.
If it was custom-made, then the starting price was a hundred Middle Spirits.
The sky was the limit.
A hundred Middle Spirits was equivalent to ten thousand Low Spirits!
The reason Flying Swords were so expensive was due to the special materials required in their creation and the high demands placed upon Artifact Refiners.
Ordinary cultivators simply couldn’t afford them.
Wang Chen couldn’t afford them either, so he thought to make do with the Autumn Water Sword to get started, then rely on the immortal cultivation panel to level it up.
But reality was so cruel.
And now, another failure had made it crystal clear to Wang Chen.
If the conditions were not met, all his efforts were in vain.
He was left with no choice but to make a final decision.
“Meep meep!”
As soon as Wang Chen stepped out of the quiet room, Yuanyuan flung itself onto him, clutching his collar tightly and acting spoiled.
Wang Chen held the little creature in his palm and stroked it, smiling as he asked, “Where did you go off to play this time?”
Since moving into its new home, Yuanyuan had awakened a new talent.
That was burrowing!
Its burrowing ability was far superior to Wang Chen’s; the moment it burrowed into the soil, it would disappear without a trace.
Wang Chen had no idea.
How long of a tunnel the little guy had dug beneath the manor.
It seemed as though it was digging non-stop.
Especially after Wang Chen retrieved the Spirit Pet Vest fitted with a Mini Storage Pouch from the tailor shop in Cloud Mountain City.
With the new plaything, Yuanyuan was like a rat with wings, hardly ever home.
Wang Chen let it be.
After all, he was usually busy with cultivation and work, so he truly didn’t have the time to play with it.
Of course, Wang Chen didn’t forget to store enough jerky in the little one’s Storage Bag.
So it could always eat its fill.
No sooner had he spoken than something suddenly appeared in his palm.
It was a mysterious black ring!
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