Chapter 136
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Chapter 136: Defeat
On the preaching platform, the Purple Palace master spoke with great eloquence.
Below the platform, nearly a thousand cultivators listened intently.
Including Wang Chen, all the practitioners in the hall focused completely, memorizing and understanding the methods that Changchun presented.
No matter how many small groups the inner sect disciples divided into, or the conflicts they had with each other, at this moment, everyone consciously straightened up in their roles as seekers of the Dao!
Every cultivator present was naturally influenced by the atmosphere of the hall.
Unknowingly, they immersed themselves in it.
“Changchun!”
Just as everyone was getting into the flow, suddenly a sharp voice echoed from the sky.
Crack!
A bolt of lightning struck down fiercely at Changchun on the preaching platform.
Although the attack came very unexpectedly, Master Changchun reacted quickly and performed a rolling maneuver to evade it.
His movements were extraordinarily skilled!
However, while he could evade the monk, he could not avoid the temple; all the cloud-patterned cushions, purple sandalwood tables, calming incense burners, and red clay tea kettles were shattered into pieces by the lightning.
The two female attendants nearby screamed and fled for their lives.
The inner sect disciples who witnessed this scene were all left dumbfounded!
Atop Sunset Peak, within the inner sect of the Yunyang Sect, someone actually dared to attack a Purple Palace master in broad daylight.
Did they not fear that Master Mu would swiftly take their head?
How incredibly bold!
Master Changchun felt both embarrassed and enraged, stamping his foot as he shouted, “Huang Yuxiu, what madness are you up to now?”
A splendid garments female cultivator descended on a cloud, coldly laughing as she said, “Changchun, when will you return the hundred thousand spirit stones you owe me?”
Her Phoenix eyes swept across the hall: “Huang Yuxiu from Mingxiu Peak is here to collect debt; you all may disperse!”
Every cultivator who met her gaze bowed their heads in respect.
She was also a Purple Palace master.
Changchun was bewildered: “When did I owe you a hundred thousand spirit stones?”
The female cultivator looked down from her lofty position and proudly replied, “Maybe I’m right, maybe I’m not, just pretend I’m owed!”
Changchun nearly spat blood: “You you you…”
Feeling that there was no way to reason with her, he flicked his robe sleeve and shouted, “You shrew!”
In an instant, he transformed into a stream of light and fled down the mountain!
“Don’t run!”
The female cultivator in splendid garments immediately mounted her auspicious cloud and gave chase without hesitation.
This left a group of Sunset Peak disciples exchanging bewildered glances, all rendered speechless.
Wang Chen was equally astonished.
Even before joining the inner sect, he had heard that the Sunset Peak lineage was the weakest.
But he never imagined it would be this feeble.
A dignified Purple Palace master, an elder of the peak, had been confronted and extorted right at his doorstep.
And the perpetrator was a female cultivator, no less.
Not only did Changchun flee in disgrace, but no one else stepped forward to uphold justice.
The other two Purple Palace masters from Sunset Peak seemed to have vanished into thin air.
Perhaps they were simply absent at the time.
Yet with only three Purple Palace masters guarding an entire peak, it was truly a pitiful state of affairs.
To make matters worse, the disciples were divided, forming cliques and scheming against one another, creating a toxic atmosphere.
No wonder Brother Cao had told him that any ambitious disciple from Sunset Peak would do whatever it took to transfer to one of the other eight peaks, using this place as a mere stepping stone.
With everyone sharing the same mindset, Sunset Peak was destined to deteriorate further.
Wang Chen had little to say about it.
After all, strictly speaking, Sunset Peak was also his stepping stone, merely the safest refuge for him at the moment.
With the appearance of Huang Yuxiu from Mingxiu Peak, the lecture descended into chaos.
The disciples dispersed in all directions.
Wang Chen also took his sword flight boat and returned to his estate at the foot of the mountain.
In the days that followed, Wang Chen cleared fifty acres of spirit fields, planting yellow grain rice and black sesame rice.
He then reorganized the orchard and bamboo forest, adding a variety of vegetables and fruits.
Day by day, Wang Chen gradually transformed his new home into a place that suited his tastes.
Aside from diligently attending lectures at the peak on the third, sixth, and ninth days, and occasionally venturing into the city to purchase supplies,
he spent most of his time at the estate.
Silently tending to his fields, silently cultivating.
His only companion was Little Yuan Yuan.
…
In the quiet room, Wang Chen had just completed his training in the Five Element Technique.
His energy, spirit, and mind had all reached a state of perfect harmony, his body brimming with power, and he felt an overwhelming sense of tranquility.
This kind of focused and undisturbed cultivation undoubtedly yielded the finest results.
Now, Wang Chen is focusing on his primary technique.
On one hand, he persists in his self-understanding through the Daily Cultivation Method, integrating his training with his daily work and life.
On the other hand, he also maintains the traditional cultivation methods.
By practicing both simultaneously, he has significantly accelerated his cultivation, or more precisely, the speed at which he gains technique experience points!
While cultivating in the quiet room, he keeps the spirit gathering formation active.
The spirit gathering formation, as the name suggests, is designed to gather spiritual energy, primarily used to assist in cultivation.
Although this formation set up in the quiet room is not of high grade, once activated by inserting spirit stones, it not only enhances Wang Chen’s cultivation efficiency but also provides a quality that the Daily Cultivation Method cannot match.
The only downside is the high cost.
Wang Chen estimates that as long as he has enough spirit stones to sustain the spirit gathering formation’s consumption, advancing to the eighth level of Qi Training before the new year will be no problem.
Next year, he plans to push for the ninth level or even perfect mastery to prepare for breaking through!
Taking advantage of his optimal state, he retrieves the Autumn Water Sword from his storage bag and lays it across his knees.
Focusing his mind, Wang Chen forms the spell with his hands, firmly locking his consciousness onto the high-quality sword before him.
In the next moment, the Autumn Water Sword suddenly vibrates and floats upward.
The sword body clashes against the sheath, producing a ringing sound.
Clang!
A flash of sword energy instantly illuminates Wang Chen’s eyes.
The long sword suddenly leaps from its sheath!
Then, with a "clatter," it falls to the ground.
He has failed.
Wang Chen disperses the magical power he had just gathered.
With a helpless shake of his head, he sighs.
What he had just attempted was the Sword Control technique he obtained over half a month ago.
However, despite all this time passing and his continuous effort to study and practice, he still has not made any progress!
This brings him an unprecedented sense of frustration.
It is important to note that previously, Wang Chen had already cultivated the Object Manipulation technique to the Master level.
He thought learning the Sword Control technique on that foundation would be easy.
Instead, Wang Chen underestimated the Sword Control technique and overestimated his own comprehension.
After increasing his comprehension points, he grasped spell skills quite rapidly, never encountering any major obstacles, taking at most three to four days to get started.
The Sword Control technique is clearly different.
The depth of this spell makes Wang Chen suspect it is not even at the Qi Training level!
This is why there are so few sword cultivators.
But aside from comprehension, Wang Chen also recognized another crucial reason for his inability to make progress.
It was the absence of a flying sword!
The Sword Control technique is fundamentally reliant on the flying sword; ordinary swords simply cannot unleash the full destructive power of this spell.
They are utterly mismatched.
Practicing with them inevitably leads to inefficiency!
Indeed, resorting to the Autumn Water Sword for practicing the Sword Control technique was a desperate measure for Wang Chen.
Flying swords are prohibitively expensive!!!
He had inquired in Yunlong City, where even the most basic flying sword costs at least fifty Intermediate Spirits.
Customized creations start at one hundred Intermediate Spirits.
And the price can soar without limit.
One hundred Intermediate Spirits equate to ten thousand spirit fragments!
The exorbitant cost of flying swords stems from the special materials required for their crafting and the exceptional skill demanded of weapon refiners.
Ordinary cultivators simply cannot afford them.
Wang Chen, too, found them beyond his means, so he settled for the Autumn Water Sword, hoping to get started and then advance using the Cultivation Panel.
But reality proved harsh.
Now, after yet another failure, Wang Chen fully grasped the truth.
Without the necessary conditions, all his efforts were futile.
He had no choice but to make a final decision.
“Ying Ying!”
As soon as Wang Chen stepped out of the quiet room, Yuan Yuan leaped onto him, clutching his collar and playfully acting cute.
Wang Chen gently held the little guy in his hands, smiling as he asked, “Where have you been off to this time?”
Since moving into their new home, Little Yuan Yuan had awakened a new talent.
That talent was digging!
Her digging ability far surpassed Wang Chen’s, vanishing into the earth in an instant.
Wang Chen still had no idea how extensive the tunnels she had dug beneath the manor were.
It seemed like she was always digging, digging, digging.
This was especially true after Wang Chen retrieved a spirit pet vest equipped with a mini storage bag from the tailor shop in Yunshan City.
With this new gadget, Yuan Yuan felt as though she had grown wings, rarely staying at home anymore.
Wang Chen let her be.
After all, he was usually preoccupied with cultivation and work, leaving little time to play with her.
Of course, Wang Chen made sure to stock the little guy’s storage bag with plenty of jerky, ensuring she always had enough to eat.
As soon as he finished speaking, something suddenly appeared in his palm.
It was a jet-black ring!
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