HCB Chapter 106 Beast Tide 8
Chapter 106 Beast Tide 8
Watching Cheng Jiu gradually become more skilled at treatment, starting from his initial awkwardness.
Her divine sense easily entered her injured senior sister's sea of consciousness. This was clearly the most sensitive place for cultivators, but there was no rejection reaction to Cheng Jiu's divine sense.
Some of the senior sisters' seas of consciousness even subtly expressed welcoming guidance. Cheng Jiu's sea of consciousness was naturally stronger than that of ordinary people, and he also had cultivation techniques to expand his sea of consciousness.
The old doctor, who had been watching closely, also marveled at the sight.
Even a senior sister at the Nascent Soul stage has a sea of consciousness that cannot compare to Cheng Jiu's.
Peak Master Lefeng and Elder Yao had been watching over Cheng Jiu the whole time, since Cheng Jiu was only at the Golden Core stage. Even with his spiritual essence and immortal body, he would still be at risk of getting lost in a sea of consciousness that was far superior to his own.
Once lost in someone else's consciousness, it's hard to find your way back, often resulting in a lose-lose situation.
But now it seems that it's not necessary; she's always there to look after him, so all he needs to do is check on him occasionally.
There were too many disciples to treat, and even though they realized that Cheng Jiu could handle it all by himself, the two of them didn't leave.
As he relaxed from his tense state, Master Lefeng unconsciously coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood.
Elder Yao is fine. As a rare Tribulation Transcending stage cultivator among the peak masters, although the array just now drained most of his spiritual energy, he is not seriously injured.
He took out a pill and gave it to Peak Master Lefeng, then carefully treated her. Under Peak Master Lefeng's care, her complexion gradually became rosy.
"Thank you, Uncle Pharmacist."
"No need to be so polite!" Elder Yao waved his hand. "You're still young, and your cultivation is the lowest among us. Don't push yourself too hard! Look at you, you almost suffered a backlash just now."
"..." Peak Master Lefeng looked embarrassed by what Yao Lao said. He turned his attention to Cheng Jiu: "Uncle Qingxu has taken on a good disciple."
"I should have intercepted it back then!" The old apothecary had been paying close attention to Cheng Jiu these past few days, and the more he paid attention, the more his heart ached.
Her Wood Spirit Root and Immortal Body make her unparalleled in alchemy, especially given her exceptionally high aptitude for it.
This was an extremely desirable opportunity for Yao Lao, who desperately wanted to recruit a disciple with unparalleled alchemy talent to succeed him as the peak master.
And he keeps hanging around in front of me every day. I look at him with envy and regret. If only I had insisted a little more back then, would Lord Qingxu have refused to give me face?
"Aren't you satisfied with your Anqi? Uncle-Master Yao, it's not good to be fickle." Peak Master Lefeng teased, as almost the entire sect knew about Yao Lao's heartache.
"Little Anqi, of course I'm satisfied! I'm extremely satisfied!" Elder Yao was very pleased with Anqi, and after hearing Peak Master Lefeng's teasing, he kept affirming:
"Xiao Qi is good in every way, but he spent a lot of time and effort to become an eighth-grade alchemist."
It will probably take several hundred years of foundational knowledge to break through to the ninth-grade alchemist level.
If Xiao Cheng Jiu were my disciple, I would only wish for her to be like Qing Xu.
No, close. She'll be able to break through to the ninth rank of alchemist by the time she's around a hundred years old. At that time, I can pass the position of peak master to her, and then have Xiao Anqi assist her.
"Once Xiao Anqi breaks through to the ninth-grade alchemist level, and Xiao Chengjiu no longer wants to be the peak master, the position can be passed on to Xiao Anqi. And I can retire early."
The old man's voice was full of imagination. If things were really as he imagined, how happy he would be!
"Uncle Pharmacist, wake up! Stop dreaming!" Peak Master Yuefeng ruthlessly interrupted the old pharmacist's daydream. The old man was really dreaming too much.
"You wicked little girl!" Yao Lao was stung by Peak Master Le Feng's words. Couldn't he think about it? "I heard that old man from Sword Peak fell ill after completing the formation? He's getting old, getting old."
"Alas!" Peak Master Lefeng sighed as he mentioned this matter: "You are older than him! Uncle Mao has gone to the battlefield! You know that although these two are usually at odds, Uncle Mao is someone that Uncle Fang has watched grow up since childhood."
The two had worked together for so many years, and their friendship was quite deep. And now, upon hearing this…
Sigh! He's getting old! He heard things aren't going well on the battlefield either, and with so many of his disciples there, he's naturally very worried.
Wouldn't this combination of factors cause him to fall ill? Fortunately, he chose a reliable disciple. I wonder what Uncle Fang was thinking; he's so old, it's time for him to prepare for his retirement.
"That guy will definitely say he's not old enough to be that old yet!"
As he spoke, Yao Lao's tone was sour. He wanted to retire, but he didn't have the chance yet. Thinking of that rebellious disciple, he felt like he was having a heart attack. It was precisely because of that rebellious disciple that he was now paying close attention to An Qi, afraid that this little cabbage he had carefully selected would also abandon him and run away.
"I wonder when Qingxu and Qingyang Venerable will emerge from seclusion. This attack is too coincidental. It seems those guys know that the cultivation world is suffering from a large-scale beast tide," said Peak Master Lefeng.
"That world has held on for so long, it should be close to giving up. This is just a desperate act by a dog in its death throes. Once the situation there stabilizes, they will naturally send people down to support us."
"But in the end, we're still here! The future belongs to these disciples!" said the old doctor.
“Yes! After all, we’ve been preparing for so many years!” Peak Master Lefeng said sharply.
The peak master of Medicine Peak patted her head: "Why are you so serious? How old are you? We old folks are still around!"
"Master Uncle!" Peak Master Lefeng immediately broke down in his composure.
"I heard that the beast tide situation in the Dragon Abyss Sect has been brought under control, and they even have the spare capacity to support Medicine King Valley. Your man has performed quite well. Aren't you afraid that he will be seduced by those fairies in Medicine King Valley?" Yao Lao teased.
"That idiot hasn't thought of me at all. A few days ago he even wrote to me asking if we had been together before."
I said no, and that idiot never contacted me again. Fine, he hooked me! What good thing could he be that could be hooked? The Peak Master of Lefeng spoke of this with a mixture of frustration and smugness.
"I don't know what you were thinking back then, but if you really don't take responsibility for him, I'm afraid the people from the Dragon Abyss Sect will come knocking on our door to demand justice for him." Old Yao said, "I don't know what you were thinking back then, you ruined such a good person!"
"How could I cause trouble? Senior Uncle, we are mutually in love. I am attracted to his looks, and he is attracted to my beauty! It's equal!" The Peak Master of Lefeng said this with a hint of guilt in his tone.
"You really have the nerve to say that!" Yao Lao complained. "He was such a pure and abstinent little immortal lord, and you managed to seduce him and make him fall from his pedestal. He used to cultivate the Path of Ruthlessness!"
So many fairies before couldn't move his heart, but after you seduced him, you want to abandon him? Even your master would be ashamed to say that.
"Master Uncle!" Peak Master Lefeng said, "I was just joking. As for forming a contract, let's talk about it when that idiot remembers me."
"Why don't you ask that brat Lu Yan to provoke him again? I remember you did that before, didn't you? How could you even think of having your brother provoke him!" The old doctor sighed a little when he thought about the dramatic relationship between the three of them.
"Next year's sect conference."
"It will be postponed!" Elder Yao said with certainty. The beast tide is still unpredictable, and reconstruction will definitely take time. In any case, the sect conference will definitely not be held next year.
“If that idiot still hasn’t thought of me at the sect conference in two years, I can become the team leader again and provoke him.” Peak Master Lefeng said, “I don’t have time for such sentimental matters now. Lefeng is still waiting for me.”
"Qian Li really had bad luck meeting you," said the old medicine master.
It's not surprising that he thinks that way.
Qian Li was a top genius of the Longyuan Sect and a sword cultivator with the lightning spirit root. He regarded his sword as his wife since childhood.
When Master Qianli was matching a cultivation method for his disciple, he discovered that the most suitable method had a small drawback: those who cultivated this method could only follow the path of ruthlessness.
It is unknown which great being invented it. At first, Qianli Zunjun's master hesitated about whether to teach this technique to his disciple. He had no objection to his disciple not finding a Daoist partner.
He saw his disciple was obsessed with swordsmanship and even asked to learn this technique.
With the support of this cultivation technique that was most suitable for him, his cultivation level improved very quickly, and his strength became stronger and stronger, making him one of the top geniuses in the cultivation world.
The problems his master had worried about did not occur, because the Qianli Venerable at that time simply did not have that kind of brain.
When a female cultivator showed him kindness, he assumed she wanted to spar with him and remained cold and unyielding, like a block of wood. His master was immediately relieved, thinking that with such an attitude towards a female cultivator, what female cultivator would be so blind as to fall for him?
As a result, he felt relieved too soon. Who could have imagined that hundreds of years later, a female cultivator would keep pestering his disciple and actually make him fall in love with her?
Seeing his disciple kneeling before him, admitting that he had fallen for her, Qianli Venerable's master immediately wanted to storm the Guiyuan Sect and ask Peak Master Lefeng how she taught her disciple, demanding an explanation from her.
In the end, however, Lord Qianli took all the blame upon himself, admitting that he had fallen in love first and wanted to take responsibility for the female cultivator.
What else could Qianli Zunjun's master do? He could only sigh helplessly and accept it.
This raises a question: the cultivation method practiced by Venerable Qianli is the authentic Ruthless Path, and now that he is tempted by it, this cultivation method is definitely a hidden danger.
What can be done? If the cultivation method is abolished and one has to start over, then Venerable Qianli's cultivation will be destroyed. In fact, this is exactly what Venerable Qianli was going to do, which is why he took the initiative to come to his master to apologize, abolish his own cultivation method, and take responsibility for his beloved.
How could Qianli Zunjun's master bear to do that! This was a disciple he had raised himself. Didn't he know how serious the consequences of abolishing his cultivation technique would be? At best, his cultivation would be completely lost; at worst, his aptitude might even plummet.
In the end, he still did not agree and imprisoned Qianli Zunjun on the peak. He did not break up the couple, but went out to find a solution. He even paid a large sum of money to enter the Guiyuan Sect's library and racked his brains to find a solution for his disciple.
Just when he was getting desperate, he finally found a solution. After careful study, he discovered that the restraints on this technique were not as severe as he had imagined.
In other words, he doesn't necessarily need to follow the path of ruthlessness to cultivate! With his modifications, Lord Qianli's life and cultivation were preserved.
However, there is only one small problem: every time he breaks through in cultivation, he will revert to the state of the Heartless Path, having no memory of his former lover.
But as long as the two love each other enough, their memories will be unlocked again! Fortunately, at that time, Venerable Qianli was already in the Dao Integration Realm. He will lose his memory once when he breaks through the Tribulation Transcending Stage, and then lose it again when he reaches the Mahayana Stage.
There's no need to worry once you ascend, because this cultivation method doesn't cover what happens after ascension. Qianli Venerable only practiced the first half; he can simply revise the cultivation method after ascension.
When Peak Master Lefeng learned of this, he was moved and understanding, but the Dragon Abyss Sect was heartbroken for their little darling. At that time, Peak Master Lefeng learned that his little disciple had seduced the ruthless genius of the Dragon Abyss Sect, almost causing the man's Dao heart to shatter.
He forced his young apprentice to apologize, and after some discussion, he felt that it would be unreasonable not to arrange a marriage under these circumstances.
However, considering the nature of Qianli Venerable's cultivation method, they agreed that once Qianli Venerable broke through to the Mahayana stage and remembered Peak Master Lefeng, the two would form a pact.
So, given the current situation, if Peak Master Lefeng wants to start something and then abandon it, not only would the Dragon Abyss Sect disagree, but even Peak Master Lefeng's master wouldn't have the face to agree unless the other party has committed a major wrong and wronged his disciple.
Therefore, after Qingxu Venerable Lord broke through to the Tribulation Transcending stage, Peak Master Lefeng was always mentally prepared that the other party would forget her after the breakthrough.
She didn't dwell on romantic love either. She broke through her cultivation level and took over the position of Peak Master of Lefeng. Later, when Venerable Qianli regained his memories, he started pursuing a Daoist partner and wanted Peak Master of Lefeng to give him a formal title.
He forgot the conditions for their pact, so he never received a reply from Peak Master Yuefeng.
Meanwhile, Cheng Jiu finished dealing with the last senior sister and was so tired that he sat down cross-legged to meditate.
Peak Master Lefeng and Elder Yao also stopped their chatter. The Lefeng disciple lying on the bed saw a look of relief in Peak Master Lefeng's eyes: "Peak Master!"
"Yes, you are all excellent! You are all the most important disciples of Lefeng. You were able to wake up thanks to your junior sister Cheng Jiu. She saved you." The Lefeng Peak Master looked at his awakened disciples with joy in his heart.
"Thank you, Junior Sister Cheng Jiu!" a group of disciples said gratefully.
"No need to be so polite, it's what I should do!" Cheng Jiu waved his hand, meeting the grateful eyes of his senior sisters.
Feeling uncomfortable with so many people, she regulated her breathing and then took her leave to go to the alchemy room to refine medicine.
"Junior Sister, you're so cute!" Seeing Cheng Jiu flee in panic, the Lefeng disciples laughed at each other, and the atmosphere immediately eased.
Peak Master Lefeng didn't stop them. After all, having escaped death, these disciples should relax before the battle.
"Alright, you two stay at Medicine Peak and take good care of yourselves. There's no rush in the Wilderness. You can go to the battlefield after you've recovered," said Peak Master Lefeng.
The disciples nodded: "Yes!"
Everyone left the main hall to allow the disciples to rest.