Cultivation Starting from Full Talent-Chapter 156 - 154: Independent Practitioner Jianjia Logs Off!

Chapter 156 -154: Independent Practitioner Jianjia Logs Off!

Spirit Garden Cave Heaven.

Ning Daoran floated in the air, and as his thoughts moved, the Lingxiao Mist Dream Bracelet burst forth from his body. With mana infused, it shone brightly, and slivers of Lingxiao Frost Blades slashed through the air in the direction of attack, their lethality alarmingly astonishing!

And when Ning Daoran infused mana for defense, layer upon layer of Lingxiao Frost Armor appeared all around him, giving off a sense of natural integration.

Truly a top-grade magical treasure!

Ning Daoran was overjoyed and couldn’t put down the Lingxiao Mist Dream Bracelet.

Continuing, he began to refine the scarlet tower next.

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A day later.

The tower was fully refined.

Ning Daoran learned some secrets from the refined tower.

This tower was called the “Soul Refining Tower,” a third-tier top-grade magic weapon with the power to suppress and obliterate souls.

It could be used for attack during battles, and beyond attacking, it had a divine skill that could eradicate the detached Nascent Souls of Nascent Soul Cultivators!

According to the lingering information from its refinement, the previous master of the tower was an amazingly talented Golden Core Late Stage cultivator who once used the Soul Refining Tower to imprison the Nascent Soul of an Early Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator for many years, before forcefully refining it!

Worth keeping, this object will be of great use in the future!

Ning Daoran immediately placed it in the deepest part of his storage ring, like the Lingxiao Mist Dream Bracelet, to be his true trump card only to be used in situations of absolute necessity.

Afterward, Ning Daoran began to refine the Void Divine Stone to further expand the space within the Spirit Garden Cave Heaven.

…

Several days later.

The Spirit Garden Cave Heaven was revitalized. After continuous refinement with the Void Divine Stone, it had expanded to nearly twenty acres of space!

Seeing so much yet-to-be-reclaimed territory, Big Stupid Deer was thrilled.

It bellowed as it harnessed itself to a plow and began the joyful task of clearing the land.

“Old Lu, these spirit lands are relying on you!” Ning Daoran waved his hand, “I have other matters to attend to, so I won’t join you in farming this time.”

“Bellow~~~”

Big Stupid Deer let out a cry, indicating “Brother, you can go busy yourself, a single deer can handle this.”

Ning Daoran left the Spirit Garden Cave Heaven and went to the Insect Room.

This Insect Room, situated between the Alchemy Room and the Artifact Refining Room, was very spacious. It had been built quite early but had unexpectedly only become useful after so many years.

First, he rearranged the prohibitions in the Insect Room.

It cost Ning Daoran a significant amount of materials to set up a total of three layers of prohibitions, each approximately equivalent to a Second-Order High-Grade Array.

Then, he tamed the four Flying Star Centipedes and raised them in the Insect Room.

The diet for the Flying Star Centipedes consisted of both meat and vegetarian formulas. Ning Daoran brought in several dozen pounds of dried Spirit Fish as the first batch of food and subsequently gathered several hundred-year-old Spirit Grass from the Spirit Garden Cave Heaven, in addition to hundreds of pounds of Purple Jade Spirit Rice.

Since he was raising spiritual insects, he was willing to make the investment.

For a while, the four Flying Star Centipedes feasted heartily. Through the connection with their Divine Souls, Ning Daoran could sense that they were very satisfied with their treatment here.

It was nothing like in the Feixing Secret Realm, where the Nascent Soul Wolf King, who had stolen the nest, disregarded these centipedes completely. He never fed them; it was already polite not to have bitten them to death.

Incidentally, it was all thanks to Lay Practitioner Bai Ming.

If he hadn’t lured these Flying Star Centipedes out from tens of miles deep in the forest early on with some secret technique, it might have been very difficult for Ning Daoran to obtain these centipedes.

In fact, Lay Practitioner Bai Ming had set his heart on the Flying Star Centipedes from the beginning.

Yet, he agreed to let Ning Daoran have them when he invited him to team up and enter the secret realm. It seems that greed knows no bounds, so Lay Practitioner Bai Ming’s death was not unjust at all.

Moreover, although he was a Golden Core cultivator, he was debauched and immersed in lust.

It was said that there were hardly any of the enchantingly beautiful female cultivators in Xiyu Pavilion who had escaped Lay Practitioner Bai Ming’s clutches.

Fairy Yun Lan was one of them, and rumors in the Cultivation World stated that her Primordial Yin had been taken by Lay Practitioner Bai Ming.

As for Chen Ping’er, whether or not she had been in Lay Practitioner Bai Ming’s bed was unknown.

Ning Daoran didn’t care, either.

Affairs involving women should not be overly concerning, as that can easily disturb one’s Daoist Heart. One should not harbor any possessive desires towards any woman, as it would not be beneficial for oneself.

…

Months later.

Ning Daoran harvested the sap of the Heavenly Frost Glass Tree again to make Spirit paper and refine Paperfolk. He had grown quite adept at these tasks.

The newly cleared ten acres of land within the Spirit Garden Cave Heaven had now been planted with various Spiritual Medicines and Spirit Trees.

Big Stupid Deer suggested that a lake could be created.

Then, both it and Ning Daoran would have a lakeview home.

Ning Daoran comforted it by saying that it was still a time for startup and to not always think of enjoyment. It would be best to use any spare spirit lands in the Spirit Garden Cave Heaven for cultivating Spiritual Medicines, which could nourish their cultivation.

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The matter of lakeview homes could be discussed later.

Soon after, the refining of five Class A Paperfolk and over a hundred Second-class Paperfolk was completed.

Among them, one of the Class A Paperfolk was refined into a young Sword Cultivator, good-looking and dashing in appearance, exactly according to one of Ning Daoran’s disguise plans.

He was very satisfied with this set of disguise plans and named the new identity Zhang Shanfeng, externally referred to as Transcendent Zhang.

After all, Independent Practitioner Jianjia carried too many “blood debts.”

He had made enemies with not only the Golden Core Mid-stage Shadow Wolf King but also a Golden Core Stage Fish Demon and a Vine Demon.

The trip to the Feixing Secret Realm had compounded causes and effects. The deaths of Master Du Ye and Lay Practitioner Bai Ming couldn’t possibly be completely unrelated to Independent Practitioner Jianjia.

It would be a lesser issue if the Soul-devouring Demon was dead, but if he was alive, he might very well pin the deaths of Master Du Ye and Old Monster Jinxia on either Lay Practitioner Bai Ming or Independent Practitioner Jianjia.

Moreover, Lay Practitioner Bai Ming’s corpse was in the secret realm.

If the Soul-devouring Demon were to look back and cast his gaze, he might pin the deaths of the three great cultivators—Master Du Ye, Old Monster Jinxia, and Lay Practitioner Bai Ming—on Independent Practitioner Jianjia.

How could that be allowed?!

Hence, Ning Daoran made this decision.

Independent Practitioner Jianjia logs off!

Transcendent Zhang logs on!

How could one walk in the Cultivation World without having a few alternate identities!

…

In the blink of an eye, several months had passed.

Ning Daoran, within the confines of the Spirit Garden Cave Heaven, had been researching day and night and finally fully mastered the use of the Lingxiao Mist Dream Bracelet and the Soul Refining Tower.

At that moment, above the ground, a Sound Transmission Talisman buzzed around the Small Cloud Mist Array like a headless fly, unable to find the whereabouts of Ning Daoran’s aura.

“Come.”

Ning Daoran opened the Array and took the Sound Transmission Talisman into his hands—inside was a message from Chen Ping’er: “Fellow Daoist Ning, have you had any free time lately? I have recently obtained a rare type of Spiritual Tea and would like to give some to you. Moreover, having known each other for many years, I have yet to pay a visit. What do you think?”

Ning Daoran replied with a sentence: “I’m free, Fellow Daoist Chen is welcome to visit any time.”

In the afternoon.

Chen Ping’er indeed came, not only her but also bringing along a remarkably delicate young girl.

“Fellow Daoist Chen, please take a seat in the living room for tea.”

Ning Daoran welcomed the two into the living room.

Chen Ping’er took out the Spiritual Tea, and Chen Weimo and Chen Yuzhu prepared it.

“Fellow Daoist Ning.”

Chen Ping’er, holding the hand of the young girl beside her, smiled and said, “This is my disciple, named Yin Muxue, who has been in seclusion for a long time and rarely had the chance to meet others.

This visit is specifically to bring her along to have the opportunity to meet and get to know a good friend of her master.”

“Greetings, Senior Ning!”

Yin Muxue bowed respectfully.

She stealthily glanced at Ning Daoran and surprise flickered in her beautiful eyes—she had not expected this well-renowned Foundation Establishment senior to be so young, seemingly just an eighteen-year-old boy.

“No need for formalities.”

Ning Daoran smiled and said, “Since you are Fellow Daoist Chen’s disciple, you are also a junior to me, Ning Daoran. This is a meeting gift, and you should continue to diligently cultivate.”

With that, he gave her some Elixir Pills useful for progressing in the Qi Refinement Realm.

The gifts were not expensive, but they were a token of his heart.

Yin Muxue quickly accepted them and repeatedly expressed her thanks.

Not long after, Chen Weimo, Chen Yuzhu, and Yin Muxue got along well, and Big Stupid Deer took them to see the family business and scenic beauty of Qiongbi Peak, leaving only Ning Daoran and Chen Ping’er in the living room.

“Swish!”

Ning Daoran, sensing the other’s hesitation to speak, raised his hand and set up several Prohibitions, smiling and saying, “Fellow Daoist, speak freely, this place cannot be penetrated even by the Divine Sense of a Golden Core Stage cultivator.”

“That is very good.”

Chen Ping’er pursed her red lips and transmitted her voice: “Fellow Daoist, are you aware of the Feixing Secret Realm?”

“Oh?”

Ning Daoran was surprised: “I’ve heard of it, but don’t know the details. What about the Feixing Secret Realm?”

“Recently, our Xiyu Pavilion’s Supreme Elder, Lay Practitioner Bai Ming, along with the Soul-devouring Demon, Golden Sea Old Monster, Master Du Ye, several Golden Cores, and an Foundation Establishment Cultivator known as Independent Practitioner Jianjia, entered the Feixing Secret Realm.”

She mentioned it casually, even giving Ning Daoran a deliberate look when she mentioned Independent Practitioner Jianjia.

Ning Daoran kept his expression unchanged, acting as if nothing was amiss.

Chen Ping’er then affirmed in her heart that Independent Practitioner Jianjia wasn’t Ning Daoran and continued, “Not long ago, news came out that only the Soul-devouring Demon survived and emerged from the Secret Realm, while our Xiyu Pavilion’s Supreme Elder perished within!”

“Oh?”

Ning Daoran was taken aback.

It appeared that the passing of Lay Practitioner Bai Ming, a Supreme Elder, brought some joy to Chen Ping’er.

“Not hiding it from Fellow Daoist.”

Chen Ping’er said: “Although Lay Practitioner Bai Ming was a Golden Core, he was extremely vile by nature, and hardly any female cultivators in Xiyu Pavilion could escape his clutches, even I had to constantly suffer under his control.”

“If I remember correctly, the current shopkeeper of the Yellow Dragon Square’s Xiyu Pavilion is Fairy Yun Lan, right?”

“That’s correct.”

Chen Ping’er fell silent.

Whether it was connections, capabilities, or achievements, in reality, Chen Ping’er was the pillar of Xiyu Pavilion, which was common knowledge.

“Fellow Daoist Chen, I advise you not to get too excited too soon.”

Ning Daoran transmitted his voice: “And try not to climb too high too quickly, lest you invite trouble for yourself.”

“Oh?”

Chen Ping’er furrowed her brows: “What do you mean?”

“Do not forget, Fellow Daoist, that Master Du Ye who died in the Feixing Secret Realm was the Supreme Elder of the Jiuyun Sect, a Mid-stage Supreme Elder of the Golden Core who perished mysteriously in the Secret Realm. Do you think the Jiuyun Sect will let it go easily?

The death of Master Du Ye puts everyone who entered the Secret Realm under suspicion. Following the destruction of the Soul Devouring Sect, the Soul-devouring Demon is elusive, Golden Sea Old Monster is now a Loose Cultivator, and Independent Practitioner Jianjia is merely at Foundation Establishment.

If the Jiuyun Sect truly wished to trouble someone, who do you think they would target? Among these, only your Xiyu Pavilion has an established Sect and Workshop.”

Ning Daoran smiled faintly: “There’s a saying that you can run from the monk but not the temple. After all, Xiyu Pavilion is a juicy piece of meat; it just depends on whether the Jiuyun Sect has any interest.”

“This…”

Chen Ping’er paled, realizing the gravity of the situation after Ning Daoran’s reminder.

Not long after, Chen Ping’er hurried away with Yin Muxue back to the Yellow Dragon Square, and from then on she never spoke of Lay Practitioner Bai Ming again.