"How can it be changed?" Liu Yinzhu looked at the Sect Master, puzzled.
Gu Mo pondered for a moment and said,
"Ding Huan is talented and has his own secrets. His ability to detoxify is a great asset to Purple Mist Valley...
Yinzhu, what do you think of Ding Huan?"
As Liu Yinzhu was still in the midst of blaming herself, luckily, when she had brought Ding Huan, the Sect Master had still been alive, and Ding Huan had not hesitated to help.
Hearing the Sect Master’s inquiry, she thought for a moment and said,
"I feel that Ding Huan is clear about gratitude and grudges, and he should not be offended. Once offended, he definitely would not let it go.
As for his abilities, they are indeed very strong. Up till now, it seems there’s nothing that can stump him; it’s truly bizarre.
Otherwise, Guan Pou would not have sought out Ding Huan to ask for his intervention."
Although Gu Mo regained his composure as he spoke, deep inside, he couldn’t contain his excitement from his recovery and, for the moment, he forgot to ask what Ding Huan had helped Guan Pou with.
"Let’s talk about these matters later, you go attend to Mr. Ding Huan first, I need to recover a bit."
As long as he didn’t die, Nine Sounds Sect wouldn’t think of dominating Purple Mist Valley so easily.
Ding Huan’s talents are poor, but that doesn’t matter. Now that he is alive, his abilities can help Purple Mist Valley even more.
"Yes," Liu Yinzhu responded.
"First have Ding Huan stay at Dawn Peak," Gu Mo’s voice reached Liu Yinzhu as she reached the door.
"But the elders probably will not agree..." Liu Yinzhu said somewhat uneasily.
Gu Mo snorted,
"Just let Ding Huan stay, and put anything else on my head. Don’t tell them my poison is cured."
"Yes," Liu Yinzhu hurriedly responded.
In Purple Mist Valley, the highest peak was naturally Purple Mist Peak.
But Purple Mist Peak was not the peak with the richest spiritual energy, the peaks richest in spiritual energy were Dawn Peak and Purple Creek Peak.
Purple Creek Peak was where Elder He resided and was always in a sealed state, with no one knowing the specifics.
Thus, by default, Dawn Peak was considered to have the richest spiritual energy in Purple Mist Valley, and everyone wanted to cultivate at Dawn Peak.
However, the Sect Master had declared that Dawn Peak could only be used for cultivation by the future Young Sect Master, and no one else was allowed access.
Now with the Sect Master poisoned, and the first Guardian Elder, Pu Jun, killed,
Everyone was eyeing Dawn Peak, and once the Sect Master died, the peak would definitely spark a battle from all sides.
Liu Yinzhu came out and said to Ding Huan,
"You will first stay at Dawn Peak, I’ll take you there."
"Thank you, Sister Yin Zhu. I would also like to stay here longer since I just completed my Foundation Establishment and my foundation is not yet stable."
Liu Yinzhu thought to herself, sure enough, she hadn’t guessed wrong; Ding Huan had just completed his Foundation Establishment.
15 minutes later, Liu Yinzhu arrived at Dawn Peak with Ding Huan, Guan Pou, Yan Mei, and Lao Liu.
Before entering Dawn Peak, Ding Huan already felt the denser spiritual energy. He thought to himself, the Sect Master is really investing here, not in vain for the life I saved.
This place must be the peak with the densest spiritual energy in all of Purple Mist Valley.
"Stop, this is a forbidden area of the sect, no one is allowed in."
Liu Yinzhu was incredulous that, as an elder, she was stopped.
"Who ordered you to guard here? Our sect’s peaks are all protected by arrays; there’s no need for anyone to guard them."
Liu Yinzhu’s voice carried anger.
She figured this out; probably the elders knew the Sect Master had little time left, and some who wanted to reside at Dawn Peak had preemptively stationed someone to guard it.
"I am here under the orders of Elder Gong, and no one is allowed to enter Dawn Peak. I advise you to leave quickly, don’t wait for Elder Gong to come and then plead for mercy. Why bother?"
The tone of this disciple while speaking to Liu Yinzhu was extremely discourteous.
Liu Yinzhu’s face turned livid with rage, even though she was of low status, she was still an elder.
Seeing Liu Yinzhu, an elder, being ridiculed by a mere disciple, Ding Huan knew her status within the sect was not high.
"Elder Liu, are there any sect rules and regulations?" Ding Huan asked.
Liu Yinzhu was startled, then remembered Ding Huan had been invited by her to serve as the Sect Master.
Even though he was no longer the Sect Master now, his status wouldn’t be too low, and it was necessary to provide him with the regulations in advance.
She took out a Jade Scroll and handed it to Ding Huan, "This is the sect’s rules."
Ding Huan scanned the Jade Scroll with his Divine Will, then put it away.
"If you don’t leave, I will have to report to Elder Gong."
This disciple saw Liu Yinzhu not only disregarded him but also spoke with a lower-level disciple, and was immediately displeased.
In his eyes, Liu Yinzhu as an elder made no difference at all.
Speaking frankly, once the Sect Master died, whether Elder Liu could survive was another matter.
"I am sent by the Sect Master, this is the Sect Master’s order!" Liu Yinzhu presented a Jade Plate and exclaimed.
"Heh," this disciple simply sneered and did not continue speaking, clearly even the Sect Master’s order couldn’t make him step aside.
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"So, you’re saying that you don’t even obey the Sect Master’s order?" Ding Huan asked.
"Who are you? Here, I only listen to Elder Gong, even if the Sect Master stood before me, I would listen to Elder Gong."
Elder Gong said, "No one is allowed to enter Dawn Peak. If you don’t leave, don’t blame me for sending a message to Elder Gong."
The disciple was not at all afraid of Ding Huan’s threat; instead, he threatened Ding Huan.
Ding Huan raised his hand and sent a Wind Blade flying.
"Spurt!" A Blood Arrow sprayed out.
The disciple clutched his neck, disbelieving as he looked at Ding Huan. He was actually killed? He was really killed…
With a thump, the disciple fell, and a Blood Arrow shot from his neck.
Ding Huan then threw a Fireball, burning the disciple to ashes.
"Sister Yin Zhu, we can go in now," Ding Huan said with a smile.
He felt somewhat irritated inside; after all, Liu Yinzhu was a Sect Elder. Even if Elder Gong held a higher status, sending a Qi Cultivation disciple to bully an elder was too much, and he had long wanted to kill him.
Later, after reading the sect’s rules, it became clear that there was no problem in killing him.
Of course, the condition was that he had cured Sect Master Gu Mo’s illness.
Although he had never seen Sect Master Gu Mo’s strength, just now while detoxifying Gu Mo, he had circulated his Cultivation Technique.
Ding Huan made a rough guess, definitely higher than the True Pill by a big level.
Since Elder Gong was almost the same level as Elder Liu, he must be at the True Pill Realm only.
"Ding Huan, you killed him?" Liu Yinzhu also couldn’t believe it as she looked at Ding Huan.
Ding Huan sighed,
"Sister Yin Zhu, after all, you are an elder. Do you know why even a Qi Cultivation disciple can bully you? It’s because you’re too nice."
"No, it’s because they know the Sect Master is severely injured and cannot recover," Liu Yinzhu shook her head.
Ding Huan sneered,
"You really can’t see it clearly. Even if the Sect Master were gone. If you didn’t always show this vulnerability, a Qi Cultivation disciple wouldn’t dare to treat you this way."
Liu Yinzhu seemed to have a realization, she started to understand Ding Huan’s point.
Taking out a Jade Plate, Liu Yinzhu deactivated the Protecting Array.
Once everyone entered the Protecting Array, Ding Huan realized that the outside Spiritual Energy was nothing; it was the inside that truly contained dense Spiritual Energy.
"Thank you, Sister Yin Zhu. I really like this place."
Ding Huan immediately felt that this was a good place to initiate his closed-door cultivation.
"This is the place the Sect Master promised you could stay; I’m just leading the way," Liu Yinzhu said, though she still worried about Elder Gong’s reaction, other matters would have to wait until Ding Huan was settled.
Several people arrived at the peak, where there was a row of houses and the main hall was quite spacious, with a row of Gathering Spirit Trees at the entrance.
There were all sorts of rooms: Alchemy room, Artifact Refining Room, Cultivation Room, Pet Room.
Ding Huan couldn’t wait to start his closed-door cultivation; the shock Can Ping had given him was too intense, and he needed to break through the Star Cloud Realm as soon as possible.
"Guan Pou, come in first, let me dissolve your Cultivation Technique, then you can change to a new Cultivation Technique and start over."
"Thank you, Brother Ding," Guan Pou bowed excitedly in gratitude.
Though Ding Huan had detoxified the Sect Master, Liu Yinzhu was still somewhat worried whether Ding Huan could help Guan Pou.
After all, the poison in the Sect Master, as long as properly diagnosed, could be detoxified.
Guan Pou’s Cultivation Technique was definitely not an ordinary one; the Great Phoenix Red Cloud Technique was probably a relic of Ancient times.
According to Guan Pou, it was the Great Phoenix Immortal’s Cultivation Technique.
Ding Huan had only just reached Foundation Establishment; how could he dissolve such a powerful Cultivation Technique? Could his Cultivation Technique be more formidable than Guan Pou’s?
Even if it was more formidable, that wasn’t possible, for it would require an extreme understanding of the Tao Technique’s evolution.
"Ding Huan, maybe wait until the Sect Master is better and ask them?" Liu Yinzhu said uncertainly.
She was worried that the backlash from Guan Pou’s Cultivation Technique might affect Ding Huan.
Ding Huan just smiled, "Don’t worry. Yan Mei, you and Lao Liu go find a place to stay."
There were many places to stay on Dawn Peak, Yan Mei and Lao Liu naturally chose the best locations outside the main cultivation hall—one chose on the left side, another on the right side.
Ding Huan brought Guan Pou to the Cultivation Room, and Guan Pou was a bit nervous,
"Brother Ding, if you really can’t dissolve it, don’t worry about my life, when I left Yanyue Sect, I had no intention of living."
"Rest assured, your Cultivation Technique is not bad, but in my eyes, it’s just alright," Ding Huan said as he placed a finger on Guan Pou’s brow.
"Start circulating your Cultivation Technique,"
"Yes."
As Guan Pou circulated his Cultivation Technique, Ding Huan began to dissolve the Great Phoenix True Essence that Guan Pou had long been successful in cultivating.
Dissolving a Cultivation Technique was not new to Ding Huan; the Great Phoenix Red Cloud Technique was not as good as his Luo Shijin, and Ding Huan found it even easier.
Guan Pou only felt that as his Cultivation Technique circulated, his cultivation not only failed to rise, but it dropped rapidly.
From the ninth layer of Qi Cultivation to the eighth layer and then to the seventh layer…
After an entire day, the Great Phoenix True Essence within Guan Pou had completely disappeared; although there was still infinite True Yuan in his Dantian, it was just attributeless pure True Yuan.
"Immortal Huan, I have dissolved the Great Phoenix Red Cloud True Essence in your body. It’s best to ask Elder Liu for a new Cultivation Technique soon. Otherwise, if you wait too long, the True Yuan residing in your body will scatter,"
Ding Huan spoke frankly.
Now Guan Pou could quickly reach the ninth layer of Qi Cultivation again, otherwise, if the True Yuan in the Dantian dissipated, it would take significantly longer.
"Yes, thank you, Brother Ding," Guan Pou was so excited that he almost knelt to Ding Huan.