Chapter 503 - 359: Chu Wuying Appears
Chu Duo was noncommittal. He stroked his beard, then said amicably,
"You can just as well tell me."
Fang Qingyuan gave Chu Duo a long, hard look. This was the Golden Core Cultivator who, years ago at his own Foundation Establishment ceremony, had forced him to water flowers with his Innate Primordial Qi. He then said,
"This is about what happened three years ago. Are you sure I should discuss it with you, instead of facing the Red Robe Ancestor directly?"
At these words, Chu Duo’s expression changed. He didn’t dare be careless when it came to Chu Hongshang or what happened three years ago. When he had first received the message from the Great Zhou Academy, he thought his own secrets had been exposed and was ready to kill himself on the spot. Only after he’d received the full message did he realize it was Chu Hongshang who was in trouble.
But even with Chu Hongshang in trouble, Chu Duo hadn’t left Nanchu Mountain. He had remained within the sect, refusing to go anywhere.
He knew that if he were to leave and get caught, everything would be ruined.
"Wait here a moment. I will go ask for the Ancestor’s opinion."
Chu Duo flickered and vanished. In the spacious, empty room, only Fang Qingyuan and the shifting shadows were left.
After a long while, Fang Qingyuan, his eyes still closed, spoke softly.
"You might as well come out. Senior Chu Duo won’t be back for a while. How about a cup of tea together?"
The moment his voice fell, the shadows shattered and then reassembled into a human figure. When the person fully materialized, he looked like a smaller version of Chu Duo.
"I am Chu Wuying."
He was a strikingly young cultivator, handsome, with a fair, clean-shaven face. Yet despite the lack of a beard and a different facial structure, his overall presence and bearing were so similar to Chu Duo’s that they could have been father and son.
They shared the same deep, stern facial contours, an aquiline nose, and narrow eyes. The only difference was in their gaze: one’s was like a venomous snake gnawing at your bones, while the other’s was like whispers from the shadows. Both were deeply unsettling individuals.
’When did Chu Duo have an illegitimate son?’
’To have a Golden Core Cultivation at such a young age... Yes, he’s just too young. Even though his cultivation had reached the Golden Core Realm, he still seemed remarkably so.’
’This youthfulness wasn’t just in his appearance, but an aura that radiated from the inside out. That vibrant energy unique to the young was simply overwhelming.’
As someone who had lived two lives, Fang Qingyuan felt ripples of shock as he looked at this cultivator who was in the same realm as him. ’This Chu Wuying... his real age is probably only a few decades, right?’
In all the times he and Lechuan had visited the Nanchu Sect, Fang Qingyuan had never heard of this new Golden Core Cultivator. To think the Nanchu Sect was hiding a prodigy of this caliber.
Looking at Chu Wuying, Fang Qingyuan just couldn’t resist asking.
"Forgive my presumption, Fellow Cultivator Wuying, but do you have a Celestial Spirit Root?"
Such a presumptuous question didn’t seem to bother Chu Wuying. He thought for a moment, then gave a slight nod.
Fang Qingyuan thought to himself, ’Of course. How could anyone cultivate so quickly without a Celestial Spirit Root?’
’But his Cultivation Technique is so strange, letting him hide within the shadows. If my spiritual sense weren’t so keen, and if we weren’t in such a quiet, solitary place, I truly would never have discovered him.’
’But is the Nanchu Sect truly capable of cultivating such a figure?’
’A person like that would be worthy of being trained as the Direct Disciple of the Sect Leader, even at the Qi Yun Main Mountain. In comparison, what have I been doing for the last one hundred and fifty years?’
As Fang Qingyuan was lost in thought, Chu Wuying, seeing that he had gone silent, took the initiative to speak.
"I don’t just have a Celestial Spirit Root. I also have a mutated Shadow Spirit Root."
At these words, Fang Qingyuan was left completely speechless.