Chapter 251: Don’t Bother Me Unless Necessary
Chapter 251: Don’t Bother Me Unless Necessary
Bai Jinkun's lips curled into a sneaky grin as he affirmed, "Yes!"
He was about to turn around when he heard a voice from outside the door.
"Master! Your disciple Lin Fan seeks an audience!"
Bai Jinkun paused, then his face lit up with joy. Lin Fan's timing was perfect—it saved him a trip to Black Devil Peak.
The gaze of the Myriad Souls Elder deepened. "Fan'er, come in," he beckoned. "Your Senior Brother Bai is also here."
The wooden door swung open with a bang.
Chu Xuan entered cautiously, mimicking Lin Fan's usual prudent demeanor.
Bai Jinkun couldn't help but snicker upon seeing his expression. He, at least, had been inside the grand hall before and managed to maintain his composure. In his memory, this capable junior brother had never stepped inside.
Chu Xuan's sudden invitation by Myriad Souls Elder this time was bound to surprise him.
"Greetings, Master!" Chu Xuan bowed.
Myriad Souls Elder asked calmly, "Fan'er, what brings you here this time?"
Chu Xuan pointed at Bai Jinkun, "I have come to ask Master to preside over justice! The proud Xiao Tianjiao was slain by me, yet Senior Brother Bai has seized my treasure. Moreover, he came to you ahead of time, obviously to distort the truth! Master, you mustn't believe him!"
Bai Jinkun's eyes widened in disbelief. He hadn't expected Chu Xuan to accuse him of twisting the truth right off the bat.
Myriad Souls Elder was momentarily taken aback. Both disciples stood their ground, looking to him for justice.
In that moment of distraction, Chu Xuan struck like thunder.
Two Arms and Four Arms soared out from the Sky-Shielding Umbrella. Five life-bound ghost artifacts hurtled towards Myriad Souls Elder.
Hu moved like a flash, swooping down like an eagle capturing a chick, and snatched Bai Jinkun single-handedly, tucking him under his arm. Bai Jinkun's chest nearly caved in from the pressure.
Myriad Souls Elder faced the fierce assault of two ghost kings, thrown into a panic.
Chu Xuan's spiritual sense, concentrated into the Sky-Tearing Cold Palm, was particularly ferocious. It shot straight at Myriad Souls Elder!
Caught off guard by this sudden attack, Myriad Souls Elder and Bai Jinkun were overwhelmed.
Bai Jinkun, merely a Golden Core cultivator, was easily subdued by Hu.
Myriad Souls Elder, attacked simultaneously by two ghost kings, was utterly flustered.
Chu Xuan's sudden spiritual attack left him speechless. It was overpoweringly strong—far surpassing his own capabilities!
In the blink of an eye, Myriad Souls Elder was left feeble and collapsed on the ground.
Chu Xuan raised an eyebrow in surprise. He had thought the Nascent Soul elder of the Wanhun Sect would be formidable. Yet, he turned out to be merely for show.
His realm seemed to be the fourth level of the Nascent Soul, but his strength was merely at the second. Even his life-bound magic treasure was full of cracks.
Struck by Chu Xuan's Sky-Tearing Cold Palm, it shattered instantly.
"It's too dark, why not light the place?" Chu Xuan remarked as he casually released a stream of Blood Evil Yin Fire, instantly illuminating the grand hall.
He quickly surveyed the situation inside. Surprisingly, the hall was impeccably clean, furnished only with a set of cold jade furniture and a bed.
Myriad Souls Elder appeared emaciated and skeletal, as if a gust of wind could carry him away, lacking any semblance of the aura expected from a Nascent Soul cultivator.
Myriad Souls Elder looked at Chu Xuan incredulously. After a moment, he slowly knelt down, "Fellow daoist, I am Wan Hun, please, spare my life. I will be eternally grateful."
Lin Fan, no matter how powerful, could not have reached the Nascent Soul phase in such a short time, nor could he control two ghost kings and a corpse king. The only possibility was that this person was not Lin Fan but a Nascent Soul cultivator far superior to him.
Bai Jinkun's complexion turned ashen, nearly collapsing on the spot.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Chu Xuan gave a faint smile, "You're quite perceptive."
"Swallow this," he said as he tossed over a bee egg.
Myriad Souls Elder managed a bitter smile and obeyed. He scanned his entire body with his spiritual sense but couldn't detect the bee egg at all, which made his expression turn grim.
Chu Xuan then said lightly, "The gu insect will hide in places you cannot find and will not affect your cultivation."
The Blood Bee Queen, having consumed vast amounts of nether crocodile blood and flesh, had hatched a new breed of bee. The type injected into Myriad Souls Elder was known as the Hidden Bee. Once inside a body, unless aided by a Deity Transformation stage cultivator, they were impossible to locate.
At Chu Xuan's command, the Hidden Bees would immediately hatch and voraciously consume the cultivator's flesh, rapidly forming thousands within the body and leaving nothing but a hollow shell.
Myriad Souls Elder sighed deeply, "I understand, Master. Command as you wish."
He resigned himself to his fate, "Everything as before," Chu Xuan stated calmly. "I want to cultivate; don't bother me unless necessary."
Myriad Souls Elder was startled, "Is that all?" He had expected his new master to demand relentless collection of various cultivation resources to satisfy a greedy desire. Was the request really so simple and straightforward?
"Can you not even manage that?" Chu Xuan looked at him coldly.
Myriad Souls Elder nodded vigorously, "It can be done, it can be done! Rest assured, Master, your cultivation will not be disturbed in the slightest!"
Chu Xuan continued, "Also, unless necessary, do not involve yourself in any disputes. If I need any treasures, I will send you a command."
"Understood, understood," Myriad Souls Elder nodded again, a smart man grasping his new reality.
Chu Xuan strode out of the grand hall, stepping under the pristine moonlight that washed over his face. Once again, he adopted the careful and prudent demeanor of Lin Fan.
The formidable presence of the Nascent Soul cultivator who had just suppressed everything with thunderous might seemed to vanish without a trace. The dramatic shift in aura left both Myriad Souls Elder and Bai Jinkun stunned.
Turning back to the hall, Chu Xuan bowed respectfully, "Master, your disciple takes his leave."
Myriad Souls Elder managed a wry smile, "Go then…"
Chu Xuan cast a glance at the dazed Bai Jinkun and offered a warm smile, "Senior Brother Bai, aren't you leaving? What are you waiting for?"
Jolted back to reality, Bai Jinkun replied, "Yes! I'm leaving now!" He walked out of the hall in a daze, only to find Chu Xuan had already disappeared.
Reflecting on the past few years, Bai Jinkun felt a shiver down his spine and involuntarily swallowed his saliva. When had Lin Fan been replaced by this Nascent Soul powerhouse? He probably had encountered this Nascent Soul cultivator long ago without realizing what had happened.
"I often looked down on Lin Fan, thinking his talents were mediocre. He hadn't advanced to the second level of Golden Core for so many years…"
"I sent Lin Fan after Xiao Tianjiao, hoping to use him to exhaust Xiao's defenses and then reap the benefits myself…"
"Thankfully, I didn't rashly approach him. Now that I think about it, a moment's impulse back then could have led to my beheading."
The more Bai Jinkun thought about it, the more panicked he became. After a while, he chuckled bitterly again, "My celebration for advancing from the sixth to the seventh level of the Golden Core was attended by a Nascent Soul cultivator, who even brought a modest gift and congratulated me with humble respect…"
He looked up at the sparse stars, "Just by that alone, I might be the first in history, huh?"
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