Chapter 14: The Extraordinary True Essence That Seizes Foundations (1/2)

At the moment when Ning Wuxie felt panic and shock, Jiang Ren, who lay on the distant arena, suddenly convulsed all over.

He had originally lost consciousness, but the intense pain jolted him awake. He curled up, pressing his hands tightly against his lower abdomen.

The strange pain filled him with fear, and he instinctively looked inward at his dantian.

The sight before him left him speechless, and he even forgot the trembling of his body.

A vibrant eight-segment True Essence, flowing with seven colors, spiraled above his dantian like a swimming dragon, while his seven chaotic True Essences unexpectedly scattered, no longer forming a circular rotation.

The unfamiliar seven-colored True Essence swirled arrogantly in his dantian, charging left and right, while his seven True Essences seemed like little snakes evading an eagle, constantly dodging the attacks of the seven-colored True Essence!

“What the hell is this?!” Jiang Ren exclaimed in horror. After nearly thirty years of cultivation, he had never encountered such a bizarre situation!

Someone else’s True Essence rushed into his body, attacking his True Essence?!

He immediately circulated his Spiritual Qi, trying to consolidate the scattered True Essences and drive out the seven-colored True Essence.

The seven-colored True Essence seemed to sense Jiang Ren’s awakening and immediately stopped hesitating, locking onto a sword-qi True Essence and diving down fiercely.

Just as Jiang Ren was about to counterattack, he found that he could not mobilize that sword-qi True Essence at all, as if it had been frightened out of its wits!

The seven-colored dragon suddenly seized that blue little snake, its eight-segment body coiling around it like a giant python, preparing to forcibly fly out of Jiang Ren’s dantian.

At that moment, Jiang Ren despaired, realizing that this True Essence was actually here to plunder his True Essence!

He only had seven True Essences, each with different attributes, and they were chaotic True Essences. If one more strand was taken away, it would be impossible to reach the Qi Sea realm in this lifetime and unable to nurture a Qi Sea!

“Master, Senior Sister, save me!” he shouted desperately towards the audience below.

A sharp and cold black wind suddenly swept in from the distance of the stands, followed closely by a graceful and ethereal white figure.

At that moment, Elder Xuanji also flew forward, standing proudly in front of Ning Wuxie!

“It’s Master Wuyuan! He really made a move!”

“Oh my, it’s Fairy Li Luobing, so beautiful…”

“Isn’t that Elder Xuanji from the Spirit Pavilion? Why did he make a move?”

The audience below, unaware of the situation, began to murmur. The showdown should have ended by now, yet there were even more people than at the beginning.

Master Wuyuan faced Elder Xuanji without saying a word. Behind him, Li Luobing hurriedly helped Jiang Ren up.

“Junior Brother, what happened to you?” Li Luobing asked anxiously.

“My True Essence! My sword-qi True Essence was stolen!”

Jiang Ren screamed in despair because, just before Master Wuyuan arrived, the seven-colored True Essence had already wrapped around his sword-qi True Essence and escaped, leaving him unable to sense it anymore.

He had lost six chaotic True Essences in total.

“Losing is losing; don’t speak recklessly. Is it not enough to be embarrassed?” Master Wuyuan in the black robe said with dissatisfaction.

“Really! Master, you can see! I had seven strands of True Essence before, and now there are only six left!”

Li Luobing quickly pressed her hand on Jiang Ren’s dantian. After a moment, her expression changed dramatically, filled with disbelief.

“Master, it’s true. His True Essence is missing a strand, and it’s the sword-qi True Essence that is most important to him!”

Master Wuyuan fell silent. He still believed Li Luobing’s words.

He looked past Elder Xuanji, gazing at the young man behind him.

“The competition among juniors has ended, Wuyuan. It’s time to stop.”

Elder Xuanji stepped forward, blocking Master Wuyuan’s line of sight, and spoke in a deep voice.

He and Wuyuan were from the same era, both renowned geniuses in the Spirit Martial Continent’s martial world centuries ago.

However, he later stagnated in cultivation and turned to research formations, while Wuyuan’s cultivation continued to advance, still maintaining his prominence today.

Master Wuyuan stared at Elder Xuanji, and after a moment, he suddenly said:

“Ning Wuxie, I wish to take you as my disciple. From now on, you will be my true disciple of Wuyuan. What do you think?”

Upon hearing this, not only did Elder Xuanji freeze, but the surrounding audience also erupted in an uproar.

“Master Wuyuan is actually going to take on a disciple! So this was a duel for a spot?”

Some speculated that Ning Wuxie would definitely accept Wuyuan’s invitation.

“I think this Ning Wuxie truly deserves it, at least much better than Jiang Ren!”

“Jiang Ren is purely a connection-based individual. If it weren’t for his childhood friendship with Li Luobing, how could Master Wuyuan possibly take him?”

Some people discussed the rumors in the martial world, looking down on Jiang Ren.

“This is Wuyuan, whose name resonates across the five great nations and seven major sects. Joining his sect means that in the future, wanting to become a true disciple of any sect is just a matter of a word!”

Master Wuyuan was a loose cultivator, and loose cultivators often had no biases when taking on disciples.

Masters leading their disciples would also allow them to join other sects when necessary, cultivating suitable techniques or utilizing other cultivation resources.

The crowd below envied Ning Wuxie, who, through a battle, had paved a smooth path for future cultivation!

Everyone focused on Ning Wuxie’s reaction, anticipating another star from the Human Sect to rise under Master Wuyuan.

“Thank you, Master Wuyuan, for your kindness.” Ning Wuxie said lightly, performing a respectful gesture.

“However, as a junior, my cultivation is still low, so it would be inappropriate to join your sect.”

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