Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh

Upon hearing the strong man’s words, Chu Ning felt a surge of joy in his heart.

After the man hoisted the Demon Wolf onto his shoulders, Chu Ning followed closely behind him.

From the seaside, they walked inland, crossed several mountains, and traveled nearly a dozen miles in total.

Chu Ning finally accompanied this group of people to a place that looked like a village.

The entire village was located halfway up the mountain, with only a steep mountain path for entry and exit.

"If a cultivator could use flying escape techniques, such precariousness would just be a mere decoration.

But if no cultivator could perform the flying escape technique, this place would indeed be easy to defend and hard to attack."

Chu Ning and the others arrived at the village gate, and the strong man took out a conch-like object from his waist and blew into it once.

Soon, a person peeked out from the top of the stone gate. After seeing who was below, he immediately shouted.

"Open the gate, Xie Yong and the others are back."

Xie Yong was precisely the name of that strong man.

As this voice fell, the heavy village gate swung open.

Upon witnessing this scene, Chu Ning began to ponder.

"It seems that this island is not very peaceful; otherwise, the people here wouldn’t be so vigilant."

Thinking this, Chu Ning followed Xie Yong and the others inside.

What met his eyes was a square training ground, about sixty feet in area, equipped with various devices unfamiliar to Chu Ning.

He could barely make out a few people practicing in front of different devices.

At this moment, three people stood on each side of the stone gate.

The six people were pressing their hands against a round object on the wall, which seemed to control some mechanism of the stone gate.

"Hey, Brother Yong, you really managed to hunt a Red Wolf, huh?"

One of them, seeing Xie Yong holding the Red Wolf corpse at the front, immediately exclaimed in surprise.

Soon after, the six people also caught sight of Chu Ning in the crowd, each showing a hint of surprise and vigilance on their faces.

Just then, those training in the field also cast their gazes over.

A tall and sturdy middle-aged man walked out.

This person had a cultivation comparable to the early stage of foundation establishment in the Body Refining Fourth Layer. His gaze swept past the Red Wolf in Xie Yong’s hand before settling on Chu Ning.

With a slight frown, he addressed Xie Yong:

"Xie Yong, who is this person, and why are you casually bringing outsiders into the village?"

Upon hearing the words of the tall and sturdy middle-aged man, Xie Yong immediately explained:

"Uncle Quan, this is Chu Ning, Brother Chu, an outsider with something he wants to discuss with the clan leader.

By the way, that Red Wolf was caught with Brother Chu’s help."

"An outsider?" The tall and sturdy middle-aged man frowned deeply and immediately reprimanded:

"Xie Yong, who gave you the courage to bring an outsider into the village so casually?"

With that, the tall and sturdy middle-aged man shouted loudly:

"Everyone, prepare to defend against the enemy!"

As soon as he shouted, over a dozen people from the training ground rushed out with weapons in hand.

Even from various houses further inside, figures rushed out one after another.

Leading them was an elderly man with snow-white hair. Despite having many wrinkles on his face, his eyes were sharp, and he was exceptionally agile.

At a glance, Chu Ning realized the old man had already reached the Body Refining Fifth Layer, equivalent to the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment.

At the same time, an excited shout came from outside the village.

"Clan leader, Dad, look at what I’ve caught!"

The crowd, who had been glaring at Chu Ning earlier, now all turned their attention outside the village gate.

They saw a team of seven or eight people similar in size entering.

The leader of the group was tall and looked somewhat similar to the stout middle-aged man Xie Yong called Uncle Zhuang.

Chu Ning’s gaze swept over, but the next moment, it landed on a graceful figure in the middle of the group.

The person was donned in a pale purple magic robe, and her fair and pretty face showed a hint of unease.

Her beautiful eyes scanned the unfamiliar surroundings, and upon seeing Chu Ning not far away, they suddenly brightened.

"Chu Ning!"

Chu Ning smiled and nodded at her.

Shi Xuerong.

Chu Ning didn’t expect Shi Xuerong to have been transported here as well.

Seeing Chu Ning, Shi Xuerong instinctively tried to rush over.

However, just as she moved, two strong men grabbed her by the arms.

Although she was a Golden Core Cultivator and had undergone Pill Power Body Tempering.

Her physical body possessed some strength.

But after all, she hadn’t specifically trained in body refinement and didn’t know any techniques of body cultivators.

So at this moment, even facing a few cultivators of the Body Refining Second Layer, she couldn’t break free.

Seeing this, Chu Ning raised his eyebrows slightly.

He turned his head to the white-haired Body Refining Fifth Layer elder and said:

"You must be the clan leader here. We are outsiders who inadvertently entered this island.

We mean no harm to you, so I ask the clan leader to release my companion."

The white-haired elder hadn’t spoken yet when the Body Refining Fourth Layer’s tall and sturdy middle-aged man already shouted:

"Enough with the nonsense! How dare an outsider barge into Donglin Village? Seize him too!"

With his words, several of the body cultivators from the training ground charged at Chu Ning.

But at this moment, Chu Ning’s movements were quicker than theirs.

Thunder Shock Step!

Even without the support of magical power at this moment.

Chu Ning, who had already cultivated to the Second Derivation of the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique Second Volume, executed the Thunder Shock Step faster than the escape techniques of many cultivators.

To those present, he seemed to vanish instantly.

And in the next moment, Chu Ning appeared beside Shi Xuerong.

As for the two body cultivators initially holding Shi Xuerong, they were now forced back a yard away.