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

“I am just a small Refining Qi cultivator, relying on luck to defeat Jiang Cultivator. The future remains uncertain, and I don’t intend to bring shame upon you.”

Ning Wuxie displayed a submissive attitude, which made it hard for anyone to find fault, but anyone who believed his words would truly have wasted their time watching the competition.

Could a Refining Qi defeat a Core Formation be explained by luck?!

This clearly indicated a reluctance to join Master Wuyuan’s sect!

The onlookers began to discuss fervently again; this Ning Wuxie had quite the personality! He actually refused the path to immortality laid out before him! Was he foolish? Or was he arrogant?

Elder Xuanji and Wuyuan remained impassive, but the aura surrounding them grew increasingly cold.

Standing behind him, Li Luobing took a step forward, her pure white silk dress swaying like a fairy.

“You are quite arrogant, but you indeed have the capital to be so.”

“After ten years, let’s see if you will regret today’s decision!”

Her beautiful face turned slightly cold, and her stunning eyes glimmered with a frosty gaze, attempting to regain face for her Master.

“Also, what did you do to my junior brother? Why did his True Essence inexplicably decrease?!”

Looking into Li Luobing’s beautiful eyes, Ning Wuxie felt as if he had returned to a past life.

She remained as beautiful and proud as ever.

Li Luobing came from a noble background, had high cultivation, and possessed a beauty that could topple nations. The previous self, a poor boy from a slum, had climbed step by step to the Human Sect, and upon seeing her for the first time, it would be a lie to say there was no admiration.

However, this unwavering admiration and support ultimately led to a tragic end.

Ning Wuxie’s gaze returned to its coldness, revealing an impatient expression: “What do you mean? How could someone lose True Essence for no reason?”

“I admit that defeating Jiang Cultivator this time was partly due to luck, but the martial arena does not lie; I won!”

“Does Fairy Li think I won unfairly and want to seek justice for your junior brother? After a Core Formation defeats a Refining Qi, now you want to send out an Opening Profound Realm cultivator?”

Ning Wuxie did not hold back his words; although his tone was calm, each word was piercing!

A Core Formation cultivator being defeated by a Refining Qi was already a great humiliation, and now Li Luobing was looking for trouble. Did she want to rely on someone of a higher realm to regain face?

If this spread, Master Wuyuan’s reputation would be tarnished! Moreover, once these words were spoken, the underlying tension only highlighted Li Luobing’s dissatisfaction.

This move was very clever; if anything happened to Ning Wuxie next, the wandering hermits would immediately think—could it be that Master Wuyuan’s group was seeking revenge? This would make them hesitant to act.

Elder Xuanji nodded, his brow slightly furrowed as he spoke to Master Wuyuan: “The outcome is indeed clear; shouldn’t it come to an end? Let’s drop the clumsy excuses; the path of cultivation is always like this, and it won’t last long in the future.”

He naturally did not believe in the claim of True Essence disappearing; he had never heard of such a thing.

“Old man! What are you saying? My True Essence really decreased! If you don’t believe it, come and see!”

Jiang Ren’s eyes turned red as he screamed madly; his mindset had completely collapsed. A loss of even a strand of True Essence meant that his future cultivation foundation had been severely diminished, and it could never be compensated!

“Impudent!” Master Wuyuan slapped Jiang Ren, knocking him unconscious on the ground.

He found the Absolute Cloud Negative Qi Array from Jiang Ren’s storage ring and tossed it to Elder Xuanji, nodding. With a wave of his hand, he took the unconscious Jiang Ren and Li Luobing away from the arena.

Elder Xuanji turned around and handed the Absolute Cloud Negative Qi Array to Ning Wuxie, finally revealing a look of appreciation on his aged face.

“Here, your reward.”

“Thank you, Elder, for your protection.” Ning Wuxie bowed respectfully in gratitude.

“Ah, no need to mention it. I only hope that young friend Ning can interact more with my Spirit Pavilion.”

Elder Xuanji had already determined that this young man, as long as nothing unexpected happened, would surely become another genius of the Spirit Martial Continent, even comparable to Li Luobing!

He couldn’t help but feel fortunate that he hadn’t made things difficult for Ning Wuxie during their first meeting, leaving a good impression, and secretly felt proud of his discerning eye.

Elder Xuanji waved his hand again and took out many healing pills from his storage ring to give to Ning Wuxie. Ning Wuxie could not refuse and had to accept them.

Without further pleasantries, Ning Wuxie hurriedly walked toward the edge of the arena.

Xuan’er was too short to climb onto the arena and had been waiting at the edge for a long time, her eyes filled with unshed tears, and her small face was full of anxiety.

“Brother!” Upon seeing Ning Wuxie approach, she raised her small hand, tiptoeing and bouncing, her little head bobbing up and down at the edge of the arena.

Ning Wuxie jumped down from the arena and picked her up.

“Brother didn’t lie to you, I told you I would come back.”

Xuan’er, however, remained silent, her arms tightly wrapped around Ning Wuxie’s neck, as if trying to bury herself in his chest.

“Let’s go, we’ll buy candied hawthorn to eat!”

Ning Wuxie had eaten a couple of healing pills given by Elder Xuanji and felt that the pain in his body was not so unbearable anymore. Walking a few steps to buy candied hawthorn was still manageable.

“Okay.” Xuan’er responded sweetly, her round face pressed against Ning Wuxie’s cheek, a hint of moisture spreading on his face.

He gently stroked Xuan’er’s back, softly saying, “Brother also can’t bear to part with Xuan’er.”

Xuan’er said nothing, only holding on tighter.

Ning Wuxie appeared calm on the surface, but in reality, the most shocking moment had already passed.

Just a moment ago, when Master Wuyuan and Li Luobing arrived on the arena, his colorful True Essence had suddenly returned, and it shot back from Jiang Ren’s direction.

Not only that, but the colorful little dragon also carried a strange True Essence, a clear blue, identical in color to Jiang Ren’s True Qi!

This colorful True Essence could actually seize someone else’s True Essence?!

At this moment, within Ning Wuxie’s dantian, the blue sword-qi True Essence shrank in the center, while eight strands of colorful True Essence spiraled around it, gradually devouring the blue True Essence like peeling silk from a cocoon!

As the blue True Essence grew weaker and thinner, a faint sword intent began to emerge among Ning Wuxie’s True Essence, and the swirling colorful True Essence suddenly took on a sharp and imposing demeanor!

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