NOVEL NEXT Chapter 140: Hundred Sects Alliance
"You are very... sensible," Chu Xuan said with a smile.
"Father, I've been waiting for this day!"
"Good, "Chu Xuan nodded in satisfaction. He then looked at the compass in its hand, "What is this?"
Two Arms responded earnestly, "This is the Water Divination Plate. Ever since the day my spiritual intelligence was awakened, it has been in my hand. The same goes for Four Arms's four weapons; they were with him from birth."
Chu Xuan nodded slightly.
The lifebound ghost weapons that come with ghosts from birth are usually those they had in life.
It was likely due to an obsession too pure that part of their soul condensed into the form of these ghost weapons.
Like Four Arms, Chu Xuan also effortlessly completed the spiritual imprinting.
From then on, this pair of ghosts became his ghosts.
"Go on in, there's plenty to eat inside."
With a casual wave, Chu Xuan threw Two Arms and Four Arms into the Great Soul Banner.
Though they were of strong aptitude, their level was too low to be directly thrown into the Myriad Soul Banner.
The Great Soul Banner was filled with non-aggressive souls, perfectly suitable for their meal.
"Once everything is settled, it's time to return."
Chu Xuan took out the Green Shadow Shuttle, stepped onto the wind, and vanished into the vast sky in the blink of an eye.
Days later, news of the palace attack and the mass death of superhumans stormed through like a tempest, sweeping across the land of Sunzi.
Some cheered loudly, believing that the three families—Gui, Long, and Hong—had angered the great deity Sun and brought disaster upon themselves.
Others desperately searched for the missing Eighth Prince of Sunzi, hoping to restore him and reestablish the Sunzi Imperial Family.
There were also impostors claiming to be the Eighth Prince, attempting to enter the royal household.
Chaos permeated every inch of Sunzi's land.
Endless battles spread unabated.
...
At this moment, Chu Xuan was once again seated atop the rooftop of the Haotai Hotel. As he replenished his body with meat, he practiced the "Giant Elephant Body Refining Technique," tempering his flesh.
After merging two Psionic Cubes, the regeneration of his flesh significantly accelerated. This allowed Chu Xuan to swiftly practice the technique without having to pause for days to wait for his flesh to regenerate on its own. His body refining realm soared once again.
Over the year, his cultivation leaped to the twenty-seventh layer of body refining. In terms of physical strength alone, he could now withstand a blow from a lower-grade magic treasure without sustaining a scratch!
"At this rate, I could reach the thirtieth layer of body refining in another two or three years," Chu Xuan mused, smacking his lips.
The "Giant Elephant Body Refining Technique" could only be cultivated up to the thirtieth layer, where one's body could rival a mid-grade magic treasure. The technique, which even the Golden Core cultivator Situ Jie had failed to perfect, was about to be mastered by him.
He wondered what expression Situ Jie would have if he knew.
"Let's continue practicing then, until reaching the thirtieth layer before reemerging."
Chu Xuan calmed his mind and continued to develop the particles within his body.
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Three years later, Chu Xuan's body refining realm naturally reached the thirtieth layer. All 360 million microscopic particles in his body were transformed into titanic particles, making his physique as strong as a mid-grade magic treasure. With a casual strike, he could shatter a lower-grade magic treasure.
Of course, the claim of having the strength of 360 million ancient titanic beasts with every gesture was a bit of self-aggrandizement by the "Giant Elephant Body Refining Technique." Chu Xuan was aware of this.
"Time to return to the cultivation world. With my strength at the thirtieth layer of body refining, I should have a slight advantage against Golden Core cultivators, right?" Chu Xuan smiled.
When the Heavenly Seal Sect was annihilated, he was merely at the late stage of Foundation Establishment. Now, he had reached the pseudo-Golden Core realm, and his body refining had attained the thirtieth layer.
In the Southern Wilderness cultivation world, such cultivation was sufficient to dominate among those at the Golden Core level.
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Black Dragon Mountain.
Chu Xuan returned here once again.
Song Junjie and Qian Tang reported recent developments respectfully. It had been almost a year since the Hundred Refinements Sect and the Heaven Burning Sect had established a non-aggression pact. Dozens of smaller sects still existed in the area between the two sects.
Someone had proclaimed themselves as the "Hundred Sects Alliance." This name quickly became the collective term for all the small sects in the middle zone.
Song Junjie continued, "Master, currently the strongest among the Hundred Sects Alliance are the True Martial Sect and the Heavenly Sword Faction. The True Martial Sect is guarded by two Golden Core cultivators. The Heavenly Sword Faction has one Golden Core cultivator."
Recently, both the Hundred Refinements Sect and the Heaven Burning Sect have considered absorbing the Hundred Sects Alliance but have hesitated due to fear of each other.
I've heard that both the True Martial Sect and the Heavenly Sword Faction are considering uniting all the small sects to resist the two major sects."
Chu Xuan nodded slightly.
The matters concerning those three Golden Core cultivators had already been reported by Song Junjie and Qian Tang. These three Golden Cores had escaped from the Divine Star Sect, Mystical Sound Palace, and Golden Fragon Temple. Due to their relatively weaker strength, they had managed to avoid being targeted and thus escaped.
The strongest among them was only at the mid-Golden Core stage. Now, within the Hundred Sects Alliance, they naturally dominated, uncontested by anyone.
However, upon hearing Song Junjie's words, Chu Xuan couldn't help but laugh.
Uniting into one force was not difficult, but after uniting, was their real intention to resist the two major sects, or was it to play both sides to glean benefits?
Any somewhat intelligent cultivator could guess the thoughts of those three Golden Core cultivators.
The trend of major sects absorbing smaller ones was inevitable.
Setting aside other factors, just considering the two Nascent Soul elders from the Hundred Refinements Sect and the Heaven Burning Sect, how could the vast gap in strength be bridged simply by uniting the Hundred Sects Alliance?
Qian Tang added, "Also, the True Martial Sect said that to counter the two major sects, they plan to send people to collect spirit stones, magic tools, talismans, pills, and so forth."
Qian Tang gave an embarrassed smile, "They've already come twice, but their demands are too high, and we've never been able to meet them, having put them off twice already... judging by the time, they are likely to come again today... do you have any ideas, Master?"
Song Junjie spoke up sharply, "Old Qian, what are you suggesting? Do you want our master to give treasures to those Taotie? This sort of matter should be something we handle on behalf of our master!"
Qian Tang quickly covered his mouth, his voice filled with panic, "Master, I misspoke, please punish me."
Chu Xuan's expression was one of amusement and sarcasm.
These two were indeed playing their roles in a coordinated act.
From the looks of it, Song Junjie and Qian Tang clearly did not want to give anything up and were planning to kick the responsibility to him to resolve the situation.
Just then, a booming voice suddenly resounded from the sky outside.
"Fellow Daoists of Black Dragon Mountain, I have come again. The previous two times, you both said you needed time to gather treasures. Now that it's the third visit, surely you can't still have nothing to present?
If that is indeed the case, I will have no choice but to report this matter to the two Golden Core elders of my True Martial Sect for their judgment."