Chapter 2131: Chapter 783: Seductive Allure, Self-Pity for Beauty, Heart-Linked Poison, Mind and Spirit Connected!
"Decades ago, the Five Elements Divine Sect took us in, giving us a place to call home."
"But at that time, things were not as good as they appeared. There were external threats of demon beasts causing chaos and internal conflicts among disciples... Although Ling Jun’s matter revealed people’s true selves over time, it brought considerable negative impact initially. Many disciples who weren’t firmly loyal to the sect were lured to join other factions."
"Amidst internal and external turmoil, we, the older generation of powerhouses, tried our best to enhance our cultivation level to protect the younger ones."
"Back then, apart from Fu Jiusheng, Chu Kui, and Wang Yuan, who possessed Golden Core combat power, the remaining newly-condensed Golden Core cultivators were only Xu Huanzhen and a guest elder who joined our Luo Tian Sect midway."
"I and Hui Niang were eager to break through to the Golden Core Period. At that time, sect cultivators ordered us to the San Tu River battlefield to reclaim a strategic fortress."
"Suddenly, one day!"
"Hui Niang underwent an abnormal transformation. Her Qi power surged, her realm skyrocketed, suddenly stepping into the Golden Core stage, and her cultivation level madly ascended, unable to stop!"
"At that time, I didn’t yet know what had happened to her. I only knew that when the San Tu River battlefield was in a critical state, even Wang Yuan was struggling, but she suddenly appeared on the battlefield and brought us back alive."
"In that battle, Xu Huanzhen, who had finally condensed his Golden Core, fell. The guest elder who joined temporarily defected, and Wang Yuan withdrew into closed-door cultivation upon returning. Luo Tian Sect suffered great losses, but Hui Niang astonishingly displayed extraordinary late Golden Core power in that battle, shocking the world!"
"Thanks to this power as assurance, we were later able to escape to Fenghua District quietly when the demon clan was attacking the Five Elements Realm and the Five Elements Divine Sect was overwhelmed."
Baili Qingchuan, with mountains and water.
The mountain is Daqing Mountain, the water is Black Water River.
Along the banks of the Black Water River, Luo Chen climbed step by step up Daqing Mountain, with Gu Caiyi beside him, meticulously recounting the events of that year.
The matter of Qu Lingjun, he already knew.
But the matter of sect disciples losing faith and even defecting wasn’t entirely his fault.
At its peak, although Luo Tian Sect claimed it had a cloud of cultivators and close to ten thousand sect disciples, it was ultimately a small power founded less than a hundred years ago.
Lacking deep roots, lacking a long heritage, lacking strong cohesion.
Sect disciples came for profit, disciples left for gain.
In times of great danger, everyone flew away individually; it was logical.
Conversely, in Luo Chen’s view, it was impressive that three hundred people remained in the end!
Most of these three hundred people were related to him, indicating that his century of efforts was not a failure.
Even after he left, there were still people willing to stay because of him.
Of course, this couldn’t have happened without the utmost efforts of Wang Yuan, Hui Niang, Caiyi, and others.
He felt regret for Xu Huanzhen’s death.
He was a Beast Master specially introduced to him by Dan Taijun back then.
Upon first meeting him, Xu Huanzhen was on the sixth level of Foundation Establishment. He gradually came to accept Luo Tian Sect and stayed even after the cooperation term ended.
Unexpectedly, after finally attaining the long-desired Golden Core Period, he died on the demon beast battlefield.
According to Gu Caiyi, Xu Huanzhen used the beast taming technique to attack demon beasts on the battlefield, attracting the attention of a powerful demon king, and was killed.
Success came from the beast taming technique, and so did his demise.
Upon hearing Hui Niang’s Qi power explosion and realm ascension, Luo Chen’s expression condensed.
He inquired about the specific timing from Gu Caiyi, which coincided with his time in the Land of Fallen Demons.
"It truly was the Spirit Beetle!"
He sighed quietly in his heart.
Then, he gently asked, "Even so, why doesn’t Hui Niang want to see me? Is it because of her brother’s affairs?"
Gu Caiyi nodded, then shook her head.
"That might be part of the reason, but the main factor is her appearance."
"Hmm?" Luo Chen’s brows furrowed slightly.
Gu Caiyi sighed and spoke of the later situation.
Everything comes with a cost.
The surge in Sima Huiniang’s realm brought disaster.
The massive Qi power didn’t match her physique and spiritual root attribute, causing a strong rejection reaction initially.
Sima Huiniang forcibly suppressed it!
But as time went on, the reaction grew more intense, even causing incessant pain and cries.
At that time, the physicians of Luo Tian Sect treated her but were ineffective.
It was Wang Yuan who intervened, passing the "Ming God’s Divine Cleanse" method to Sima Huiniang, helping her refine her consciousness through pain, enduring higher thresholds of suffering.
Sima Huiniang endured it.
But her body’s spontaneous changes couldn’t be suppressed by her consciousness alone.
"At that time, she got used to wearing a black veil and wouldn’t meet others."
"The last time I saw her was before the Ten Duel Battle began. She no longer wore luxurious palace attire, but wore black clothes, black skirts, and even her forearm skin was covered tightly."
"I fear..."
Speaking of the end, Gu Caiyi showed a look of reluctance.
Even though she had often been at odds with Sima Huiniang, years of interaction had forged a bond of fellow disciples.
Especially, being women, they inherently valued appearance!
Otherwise, why would the Immortal Cultivation World have "useless" elixirs like Color-fixing Pills?
The fact that Sima Huiniang wouldn’t see anyone showed to what extent the Qi power had ravaged her body.
Unknowingly, the figures of the two had appeared outside a recently established cave mansion at a spot in Daqing Mountain.
Gu Caiyi chose to leave time for Sima Huiniang, departing first.
Luo Chen surveyed the surroundings, no flowers, no grass, only scorched trees.