Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh

"Good!" Gong Yuyuan agreed.

The three were about to get up to prepare when Yu Changge turned to Chu Ning and said:

"Junior Brother Chu, although you possess powerful divine techniques, you’ve only recently formed your core.

If you have an opportunity, it’s for the best; if not, don’t force it.

You are so young, as long as you’re alive, there’s always hope."

After Yu Changge finished speaking, the other Golden Core Elders nodded one after another, casting concerned glances at Chu Ning.

"The Sect Leader is right, Junior Brother Chu, you are still young. There’s no need to fight to the death with others."

"Indeed, in such a secret realm, even those from the Cloud Peak Alliance cannot be fully trusted. You should be cautious, Junior Brother."

...

Listening to everyone’s words, Chu Ning nodded and said:

"Thank you, senior brothers, for your concern. I will indeed be careful."

The crowd said no more.

Returning to his Celestial Mist Peak, Chu Ning found that there wasn’t anything special he needed to prepare.

He used the Spirit Beast Bag to pack two Golden Thunder Eagles and Ling Xiaobai to carry with him.

Although these spirit beasts hadn’t reached the Golden Core level, they still provided significant assistance to Chu Ning.

Ling Xiaobai, this little guy, had helped Chu Ning out of many predicaments before.

Moreover, after advancing to the fourth level, the little guy gained another talent.

It could hear the telepathic communications of cultivators. The little guy had tried it intentionally, and as long as the divine sense wasn’t comparable to that of a Nascent Soul Cultivator, it could hear the messages.

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Hong Lake Entrance.

After more than a decade, Chu Ning arrived once again.

In these more than ten years, Jiuhua Sect naturally assigned Foundation Establishment cultivators to guard this place.

However, due to Chu Ning’s special nature, he never participated.

Compared to over a decade ago, the place had significantly changed.

The entire Great Hong Lake Entrance was divided and covered by three entirely different arrays.

Upon entering, Chu Ning clearly felt the difference in Spiritual Qi density from before.

The surrounding mountains were lush and green, with plenty of spirit medicines and spirit fruits visible from time to time.

They just hadn’t matured, which was why the cultivators hadn’t picked them yet.

"This place has clearly become an excellent spot for cultivation.

It seems the formation of this spirit realm has even affected the surrounding Spiritual Qi.

This formation of the spirit realm is indeed far superior to the Wood Spirit Seed spirit realm I saw before."

Chu Ning had actually done some research on this matter earlier.

Different spirit seeds don’t have an obvious hierarchical order, but spirit realms do vary.

For example, the Wood Spirit Seed spirit realm near the Cyan Creek Sect before could only allow Qi Refining cultivators to enter.

Yet, this spirit realm could accommodate Golden Core cultivators.

Of course, accordingly, the time for the spirit seed to manifest wouldn’t be as long as it was at the Cyan Creek Sect.

The sect arranged for decades, gathering groups of Qi Refining disciples to enter and forced the spirit seed to manifest through arrays.

Once Golden Core cultivators enter, gathering a small portion is enough to force the spirit seed to manifest through strong magical power.

Although there were notable changes at the Hong Lake Entrance, the general geographical layout had not visibly altered.

At the Cloud Peak Alliance’s station, Jiuhua Sect still had a peak to settle.

When the group arrived, Tang Xuan, accompanied by Yuan Zhuo and that Elder He, was already waiting.

Upon seeing Chu Ning’s group, Tang Xuan said:

"Regarding the matter of entering the spirit realm, after discussion among the three alliances, a rough plan has been formed.

Today, all Foundation Establishment cultivators will withdraw, leaving only Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators here.

Two days from now, when the space boundary point formally appears, we will open the spatial passage to let everyone enter."

Saying this, a smile appeared on Tang Xuan’s face:

"The number of people each of the three alliances can send in and the territory they occupy are related. The Celestial Extreme Alliance occupies forty percent, the Demon Alliance thirty-five percent, and we, the Cloud Peak Alliance, twenty-five percent.

The Cloud Peak Alliance allows sixty people in total to enter, and based on our previous contributions, we’ve been allocated three spots."

Upon hearing Tang Xuan’s words, everyone’s attention shifted to Chu Ning.

Everyone knew that the contribution referred to capturing the Demon Spirit Sect’s territory.

After all, among nearly fifty sects within the Cloud Peak Alliance, Jiuhua Sect wasn’t ranked very high, but they still managed to obtain three spots.

This was mainly because the space boundary point was on the territory Jiuhua Sect had taken from the Demon Spirit Sect.

"Apart from our three Jiuhua Sect slots, Guiyuan Sect has five slots.

Daluo Sect, having settled here the earliest, gets four slots, and other stronger sects all have three or more slots.

I reckon that many Golden Core Late Stage cultivators will enter this time, Yuyuan, Yuan Zhuo, what are your thoughts?"

Upon Tang Xuan’s inquiry, Chu Ning’s gaze involuntarily landed on Gong Yuyuan and Yuan Zhuo.

Although the spirit seed within this spirit realm was a Gold Spirit Seed, cultivators who practiced Gold Attribute Cultivation Methods found it more useful to obtain the spirit seed or Spirit Charm Qi.

But this didn’t mean it wasn’t attractive to others.

First, such a high-level spirit realm wouldn’t lack Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

It had already been proven that while the stability of a spirit realm requires time, many of its smaller worlds had long been formed, with some spirit realms even migrated from elsewhere.

The abundance of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures within is beneficial even to Golden Core Late Stage cultivators.

Secondly, should one manage to obtain and refine the spirit seed, even if not practicing the same attribute cultivation method, it is still very beneficial.

It’s said that thousands of years ago, a cultivator obtained a different attribute spirit seed and after refining it, directly broke through the Golden Core Late Stage into the Nascent Soul Stage, as a case in point.

Clearly, this is very appealing to Golden Core Late Stage cultivators.

"Let Senior Brother Gong enter."

"Let Junior Brother Yuan enter!"

As soon as Tang Xuan finished speaking, Gong Yuyuan and Yuan Zhuo both spoke almost in unison.

Gong Yuyuan immediately waved his hand and said:

"Junior Brother Yuan, you’re nearly a hundred years younger than me, yet your cultivation is already comparable to mine.

In terms of talent and potential, you surpass me. Thus, I should be more magnanimous.

Regardless of whether there’s an opportunity after entering, even if there is, letting you have it is the right thing to do."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Zhuo, usually reticent, said no more and simply bowed to Gong Yuyuan and said:

"Thank you, Senior Brother!"

Tang Xuan, seeing this, made the decision:

"Alright, then Yuan Zhuo, Roger, and Chu Ning will enter the spirit realm."

After speaking, the group exchanged thoughts about potential situations they might encounter inside the spirit realm.

Afterward, except for Elder He, who escorted the Foundation Establishment disciples back to the sect and returned,

Chu Ning and the others stayed at the station, focusing on cultivation, quietly waiting for the appearance of the space boundary point.

Two days passed in a blink of an eye, and on this day, while Chu Ning continued his cultivation in his cave mansion,

Tang Xuan’s voice reached his ears.

"It’s time to go. The Alliance Leader has sent a message; the space boundary point has appeared, just as previously predicted.

The spirit realm is about to open, let’s head over quickly."