"Little Junior Sister, there's no spiritual energy on these at all, they can't do anything."
A piece of low-grade spirit stone for a pile of broken shards, too expensive.
The disciple from the Renyan Sect heard their conversation and blushed, feeling somewhat flustered. He had quoted such a high price because he saw that Chu Lingwei was wearing a magic robe.
Chu Lingwei looked at the fragments in her hand, recalling the familiar aura from before, and directly took out a low-grade spirit stone to give him. "I'll buy it."
"Ah, good, good, good." The Renyan Sect disciple took the spirit stone, feeling it was somewhat unreal, and nodded repeatedly.
Chu Lingwei put away the fragments and returned to the inn with Nangong Luo.
"Little Junior Sister, were the fragments you just bought different?" Nangong Luo frowned. He, a cultivator in the Rongtian realm, couldn't discern anything different about those fragments, and he was somewhat curious.
"I don't know. When I passed by them just now, I just felt a familiar aura," Chu Lingwei shook her head. The aura was very faint, and only for a moment.
Afterward, no matter how she tried to sense it, that familiar feeling didn't reappear.
However, Xiu Ling's premonitions were very accurate. Chu Lingwei believed she hadn't misjudged.
Nangong Luo became even more curious. What kind of familiar aura could broken fragments possess? That should be related to their former owner.
"Second Senior Brother, is there any way to tell how these fragments were broken?"
The cultivation world was full of wonders, and Chu Lingwei looked at Nangong Luo with anticipation.
Nangong Luo found it amusing and thought seriously. "It's not that there's no way, but this method has long been lost."
Chu Lingwei's interest was piqued. Was there truly such a method? "What method is it?"
"I heard that the demon race has a secret technique that can reveal the circumstances of a demon disciple's death, without any magic artifacts or talismans," Nangong Luo explained with a smile. Seeing the disappointment flicker in Chu Lingwei's eyes, he chuckled, "However, not all demons use this secret technique, so we wouldn't be able to know how it was destroyed."
Chu Lingwei wanted to know this method, primarily because she wanted to know who its owner was.
With their current abilities, it was impossible.
"Alright."
Chu Lingwei looked at the fragments, holding them up one by one to examine them closely. Why did she feel that familiar aura?
Thinking about it carefully, she didn't know many familiar people.
Therefore, she wondered who this familiar aura came from.
"Little Junior Sister, don't overthink it. Everyone has many magic artifacts, and even more broken ones." Once cultivators begin their training, they start acquiring magic artifacts, and magic artifacts are also the most severely damaged items.
Chu Lingwei nodded, understanding this logic. She herself had destroyed quite a few good magic artifacts.
"Perhaps so."
Chu Lingwei put the fragments back into her spatial dimension and sat in the courtyard with her Second Senior Brother, waiting for Leng Xingzhi and the others to return.
During this time, she received a transmission talisman from Ye Bingcheng.
Seeing Ye Bingcheng's transmission talisman, Chu Lingwei was surprised. Reading the message within made her even more astonished. kuAiδugg
Ye Bingcheng's transmission talisman stated that he had already inquired about Chu Xiyin for her. She was still living on Qingxin Peak, was highly valued by Chu Chang, and her status remained unchanged.
How could this be?
Chu Lingwei's brows furrowed. The day she destroyed Chu Xiyin's regenerative grass, her arms and legs could no longer grow back. Simultaneously, she had drained Chu Xiyin's essence and blood. Even if her spiritual meridians were not damaged, her cultivation would have greatly decreased, making it difficult to advance.
She knew Chu Chang too well. He was a man who only cared about profit. If the people around him couldn't provide him value, he would abandon them.
Even his own family was no exception.
For Chu Xiyin, who was in such a state, to be highly valued by Chu Chang seemed illogical.
There must be a problem here.
"Little Junior Sister, what happened?" Nangong Luo had been paying close attention to his junior sister. Seeing her expression turn cold, he asked.
"A minor matter," Chu Lingwei shook her head. The grudges she had with those people from the Xuanxin Sect, she wanted to repay them personally.
Two quarters of an hour later, Leng Xingzhi and Su Yan returned simultaneously.
"Senior Brother, did you find anything?" Chu Lingwei quickly stood up to greet them.
Leng Xingzhi sat at the table, his expression grave, and slowly said, "That great demon has been hiding within the Renyan Sect. It should have some connection with Han Cang."
Nangong Luo paused his tea drinking upon hearing his Senior Brother's words. "Senior Brother, are you referring to Han Cang, the ancestor of the Renyan Sect who supposedly died a hundred years ago?"
"Precisely."
Leng Xingzhi nodded. They had infiltrated the Renyan Sect and unexpectedly gained such significant information.
The Renyan Sect's ancestor, Han Cang, who was in the Supreme Realm, was not dead.
"He's not dead?" Nangong Luo knitted his brows.
A Supreme Realm mighty figure could stir up great waves on the Xuantian Continent. If Han Cang were not dead, the Renyan Sect would surely surpass other sects.
"Indeed. We saw it with our own eyes," Su Yan had already sent a message to their master to report this matter. Han Cang, who was not dead but pretended to be, must be hiding a huge conspiracy.
"However, his lifespan is nearing its end," Leng Xingzhi's expression returned to normal. "He must intend to break through in a short period, otherwise, he will still perish."
"I think he concealed the news of his survival precisely to achieve a breakthrough." The goal of all cultivators was the same: to pursue the highest realm of the Great Dao.
Leng Xingzhi nodded. The most crucial point now was how he intended to break through.
Suddenly, Leng Xingzhi's eyes flashed, and he already had an answer in mind.
Listening to their conversation, Chu Lingwei finally understood. It seemed the mighty ancestor of the Renyan Sect had announced his death to the world, but he was alive and wanted to enter the next realm without anyone knowing.
"But what does this have to do with his collusion with the demon race?" Chu Lingwei expressed her confusion. Could the demon race help him break through? That shouldn't be possible.
"The spiritual energy used by the demon race and human cultivators to improve their cultivation is different."
Leng Xingzhi stood up. From the beginning, Han Cang had his own method for breakthrough in mind.
It was just that this method was too risky, and he dared not let people from other sects know.
"I must inform my family of this news," Nangong Luo immediately picked up a transmission talisman and sent a message to his family.
The existence of a Supreme Realm mighty figure in any sect was a threat to them.
The cultivation resources on the Xuantian Continent were limited, and there were more contenders than resources.
"We will depart for the Xuanxin Sect now."
The Renyan Sect's suppression of the Xuanxin Sect was likely related to the great demon. Therefore, if the Xuanxin Sect dared to resist now, they must have a backer.
They intended to find out who the Xuanxin Sect's backer was.
The group, filled with doubt, flew for five days and then settled down at the Xuanxin Sect's market town.