Chapter 524: 235: Astonishing Daoist!
Sending Xu Wei below to Nether Spring (requesting monthly ticket)_2 Chapter 524: 235: Astonishing Daoist!
Sending Xu Wei below to Nether Spring (requesting monthly ticket)_2 Tuozi’s many channels could sometimes prove more effective than several Foundation Establishment cultivators.
After all, those who command forces aren’t able to get by on brute strength alone at all times.
Asking him to transport a Grade 1 Spirit Vein across thousands of miles during the False Core stage was an effort beyond grasp.
But now, after reaching the Golden Core stage, he just needs to use the Sprinkle Beans into Soldiers Skill to command dozens of Golden Soldiers with strength equivalent to a Foundation Establishment cultivator to effortlessly relocate the mountain.
Tuozi, a mere Qi Cultivation cultivator, can manage this feat by rallying his brothers and using special Magic Artifacts.
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In terms of talent value, he rivals a Great Cultivator with a Golden Core in certain aspects.
His perseverance is reminiscent of the Foolish Man’s Strength, truly making him a hidden talent.
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A few days later.
Under the dejected leadership of Zhuang Fangyu, the cultivators of the Hanji Sect withdraw, and the administration of Luo Mountain City returns to Black Wind and Jiang Qiang.
Perhaps Zhuang Fangyu had his own cautious considerations, or simply lacked interest and didn’t make significant changes to Luo Mountain City during the year-long occupation.
The whole of Luo Mountain City was still as it used to be, which provided Chen Dengming some comfort.
As Chen Dengming watched Zhuang Fangyu and the other cultivators leave, he felt the peace of Luo Mountain City gradually returning.
The process of repelling this Golden Core mid-term cultivator was much smoother than he had imagined.
Primarily because the opponent’s ‘resistance’ wasn’t strong, and he was coerced into pledging a binding oath.
As such, he easily regained Luo Mountain City.
Looking at current circumstances, as long as Zhuang Fangyu doesn’t risk deliberately violating his binding oath to expose him, he may not be punished by the Southern Region Sect Alliance.
Thus, he won’t get involved in the trouble of disobeying the orders of war, consuming a second level war merit.
Then, whether Zhuang Fangyu would risk this pledge backlash to expose him remained a concern.
Chen Dengming felt that it’s highly unlikely.
Zhuang Fangyu was unwilling to surrender Luo Mountain City mainly because he did not want to tarnish the power and prestige he earned in the battle zone, that he had established with great difficulty.
Even if he secretly conciliated with him, pledging to return Luo Mountain City in a few years, he had to be careful not to let other Cultivation Families and Power Groups learn about it.
But now, Zhuang Fangyu had already lost his reputation and stature due to this battle.
He had also pledged a binding oath.
At this point, there’s no need to hold onto a bitter end.
He couldn’t beat him in a fight, and filing a complaint against him with the Alliance might not necessarily lead to his punishment.
Instead, it would only serve to tarnish Zhuang Fangyu’s reputation further.
At this stage, why create more trouble?
Suddenly, Chen Dengming had a thought that made his eyes flash blue, he fixed his eyes on a bird perched on a tree branch not too far away, and projected his Divine Sense.
“Could it be that you too are interested in my normal city?”
The bird, its feathers grey-brown, seemed startled, its eyes revealing human-like surprise, seemingly didn’t expect Chen Dengming to detect it.
It immediately stopped pretending to be a normal bird, swiftly projected a piece of its Divine Sense from its body, and responded with a respectful Divine Thought.
“Longevity Daozi, your reputation is indeed deserved.
I am Xia Shunyuan, an elder of the Yunyu Sect.
I was merely disturbed by the noise you and Zhuang Fangyu made and came to investigate.
I had no ill intentions.
I hope you will pardon my intrusion.”
Hearing this, Chen Dengming nodded.
He was not a cold and unapproachable person.
Knowing that it was a misunderstanding, he immediately smiled and said,
“So, it’s Daoist Xia from the Yunyu Sect.
I have heard of your great name, Daoist Xia.
Now that you have come, why not stay in the city for a few days?
It would give me a chance to show you hospitality.”
Xia Shunyuan was even more surprised.
What was this sorcery?
He didn’t have any great reputation.
His fame was even less than Zhuang Fangyu’s, let alone it being lesser than this Longevity Daozi listed in the Hidden Dragon List.
Just witnessing how Chen Dengming had beaten Zhuang Fangyu into a pitiful, blood-spitting mess made him shudder.
And yet, now he was behaving so politely and courteously that it seemed suspicious.
Was he trying to lure him into revealing his true identity so he could give him a sound beating too?
“Longevity Daozi, you are too courteous…”
Xia Shunyuan hastily declined, extending an invitation for Chen Dengming to visit the Yunyu Sect, where he would be sure to show him hospitality.
He stated he had urgent things to deal with and chose not to stay any longer.
Perceiving Xia Shunyuan’s Divine Sense disappearing in an instance,
Chen Dengming frowned slightly, his eyes glowing with blue light again as he deployed the Heavenly Vision.
With his Spirit accompanying his Divine Sense floating up into the sky, he seemed to embody a vast, cold gaze overlooking everything.
After scanning the circumstances in a radius of several hundred miles, he redirected his gaze.
Now that he had the ability to use the Heavenly Vision, it was difficult for any usual cultivator of the same realm to conceal his presence around him undetected.
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Five hundred miles away.
Behind a mound of earth,
An elderly Daoist clad in a robe and a felt hat bolted out like a rabbit and quickly sprinted forward to escape.
Only after he had flown several hundred miles away did he sigh in relief, looking back at Luo Mountain City in the distance with his eyes full of horror.
“Incredible, truly incredible…
This Longevity Daozi was actually able to effortlessly see through my Six Jia Concealment Borrow Body Technique.
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He was about to discover my real body just now; thank goodness I sensed danger and moved away urgently…”
Recalling Chen Dengming standing atop the slope with his eyes emitting cold blue light, overlooking the world, gave him chills.
Sighting the icy blue light in his eyes felt like gazing at a vast, limitless sky.
This sky was vast, cold, and full of majesty, overseeing the entire world!
He knew that this was definitely the Dao Force of the Longevity Sect.”
If anyone else dares say that cultivators of the Longevity sect are weak and incapable of fighting in the future, he would definitely take issue with that.