Chapter 182
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Chapter 182: The Sect Competition
“What are your plans for the future?” Xu Fan asked casually.
“I want to travel around the cultivation world first before making any plans. After all, I just arrived in this realm, and everything here is still very unfamiliar,” Feng Chang Ning replied.
Xu Fan nodded. This was a normal response from someone. However, he suspected that this girl wasn’t just exploring but rather scouting for a place with unique advantages to start a rebellion.
“That’s reasonable, but before you go out, you’d better conceal your appearance and fate,” Xu Fan said, sensing the increasingly overwhelming royal aura of a celestial dynasty’s emperor emanating from Feng Chang Ning.
“Why do you say that, taoist friend?” Feng Chang Ning frowned and asked.
“In the cultivation world, there are few cultivators who focus on divination techniques, but there are always a few in any fairy city. Your fate could attract the attention of certain interested parties within three fairy cities,” Xu Fan explained.
“With your cultivation at the Golden Core Stage…” Xu Fan paused as he reeled in his line. A five-meter-long big fish leaped out of the water and was guided into a special fish-catching magical tool.
“Is my fate that dangerous?”
“The royal aura of a celestial dynasty’s emperor is a taboo in this sect-dominated cultivation world.”
“There is a deep divide between cultivators and mortals; a dynasty that is neither transcendent nor ordinary will not be allowed to exist,” Xu Fan said lightly.
“A celestial dynasty’s emperor’s aura,” Feng Chang Ning murmured to herself. Was she a born ruler?
Feng Chang Ning understood Xu Fan’s words all too well; it was just like during her reign in her hometown world, where she would imprison those with royal auras.
Eliminating danger before it could grow was also part of her principles.
“Can’t I just be an ordinary wandering cultivator?” Feng Chang Ning asked.
“Now that you are in this world, you have already stepped into this turmoil.”
“Do you think you can calmly be an ordinary wandering cultivator?” Xu Fan replied with a smile. Once you enter the rivers and lakes, it gets very deep; this was no joke.
Feng Chang Ning furrowed her brows and fell silent. The situation was more serious than she had imagined.
“Can you help me conceal this celestial dynasty emperor’s aura?” she asked.
“Of course. After all, you could be said to have some connection with my Hidden Spirit Sect, so I can help with this,” Xu Fan said.
“Then can I live as an ordinary wandering cultivator after that?”
“If that’s what you wish, then yes,” Xu Fan said, taking out a Celestial Mechanism Jade Pendant that was still warm from being recently forged.
“The Celestial Mechanism Jade Pendant can conceal your fate. As for your appearance, you can change that yourself,” Xu Fan explained.
Those who had achieved great feats often shared a common trait: they liked to hit a brick wall, and their chances of success were surprisingly high. However, the wall this girl was about to hit was far sturdier than the usual ones. To what extent? It was probably the difference between an ordinary wall and a titanium alloy wall.
“Thank you, taoist friend. I will repay your kindness a hundredfold,” Feng Chang Ning remarked, cupping her hands in thanks.
“A simple thank you is enough. I just feel sorry that trouble finds you right after you arrive in the cultivation world,” Xu Fan said nonchalantly; a hundredfold repayment didn’t seem like much to him.
Feng Chang Ning chatted with Xu Fan for a few more moments before bidding farewell and flying toward Lin Sen Fairy City.
Watching the golden beams of light from her escape, Xu Fan couldn’t help but sigh, do emperors all like yellow?
“That ugly fish down there, you can come out now,” Xu Fan said. You thought I wouldn’t notice you after accounting for all the natural factors?
A two-meter-long big fish leaped from the lake surface, transforming into Xu Yuexian.
“Master, how did you find me this time? Was it the grapes again?” Xu Yuexian asked, holding a little notebook that looked like it could last for decades.
“Next time you eavesdrop, no matter what you transform into, try not to show that gossipy face,” Xu Fan said with a laugh. “A fish making that expression is just plain ugly.”
“Got it,” Xu Yuexian giggled. She probably let her guard down because she was eavesdropping on her master, which is why she got caught.
Xu Yuexian landed on Xu Fan’s spiritual boat and pulled out a fishing rod to join him in fishing and chatting.
As Xu Yuexian sat beside him, Xu Fan remarked, “Out of all your brothers and sisters, you’re the most filial. You’re the only one who comes to spend time with your old master.”
Xu Fan’s tone, dripping with the melancholy of an empty-nester, made Xu Yuexian cringe a little.
“Elder brother is busy training every day, trying to live up to being the sect’s top fighter.”
“Third junior brother and fourth junior brother are even more dedicated, always in seclusion, cultivating nonstop.”
“The Thick-Shell Honey Badger invasion really shook them up. If it weren’t for the two envoys from the Elder Council helping out, we wouldn’t have been able to repel those Core Formation stage beasts,” Xu Yuexian said quietly. She had thought about going into seclusion herself, but she hit a bottleneck in her cultivation.
“They’re underestimating their master. Sure, I’m only at the Core Formation stage, but if I can’t beat them, I can at least run away,” Xu Fan said, sounding annoyed.
“I’ve just reached the Golden Core Stage, and there’s still a lot I need to figure out. But once I finish refining those secret weapons, I won’t have to worry about Core Formation stage beasts anymore.”
As Xu Fan spoke, a masked Void Refiner in heavy armor appeared behind him.
“This is my latest controlled puppet. It can unleash about 80% of its original strength, and with my control, taking on a Core Formation stage beast won’t be a problem,” Xu Fan said proudly. Refining this living controlled puppet had cost him a lot of brain cells from his first clone.
“Master, you’re incredible,” Xu Yuexian said, awestruck by the Void-controlled puppet behind Xu Fan. Her master truly couldn’t be judged by his cultivation level alone.
“Master, if we spent a fortune to buy the corpse of a Great Ascension Stage beast, could we refine a Great Ascension stage puppet?”
At that moment, Xu Yuexian felt like her IQ had just leveled up.
“In theory, yes. But by the time I could refine it, I’d probably already be at the Core Formation stage myself, so it wouldn’t be useful now,” Xu Fan said with a grin, amused by Xu Yuexian’s cleverness.
Refining a Great Ascension stage puppet involves touching the realm of the Great Dao—it’s not something you can just whip up casually.
“I knew it wouldn’t be that easy,” Xu Yuexian sighed.
“Since you’ve hit a bottleneck, why not take a break from training? While you’re recovering and can’t go out, why not work on boosting the sect’s morale?” Xu Fan suggested, noticing Xu Yuexian had some free time.
“Boosting morale?” Xu Yuexian asked, confused.
“Our Hidden Spirit Sect has never held a Sect Competition since its founding.”
“Later, go pick out some prizes from the treasury and organize the Sect Competition.”
“I want to see how far our first-generation disciples have come.”
Truthfully, all the disciples’ data, including their fighting strength, was recorded by Grape. But Xu Fan felt the recent cultivation atmosphere in the sect was particularly strong, so he decided it was the perfect time to hold the Sect Competition.
