Chapter 926: Nascent Soul Achieved, The Well-Deserved Number One

In the blink of an eye, the five-colored radiance on it vanished.

But at the same time, the Magical Power hand conjured by Du Xianming also scattered directly under this slash.

Blocked by this strike, Du Xianming’s figure was involuntarily halted.

The Five Elements Spirit Sword flew back, landing once again in Chu Ning’s hand.

“Du Xianming!”

At this moment, Tang Xuan finally reacted, standing between Du Xianming and Chu Ning.

“What do you intend to do? As a Nascent Soul Cultivator, you attack the juniors without feeling ashamed?”

Lu Yuezhang had also arrived beside Tang Xuan at this moment, looking at Du Xianming with some displeasure in his eyes.

“Fellow Daoist Du, don’t forget your status.”

Even though Du Xianming had lived for over a thousand years, his face couldn’t help but twitch at this moment.

If his strike had injured Chu Ning or taken Chu Ning’s Magical Treasure…

Even if Tang Xuan was unwilling, at worst they could have a confrontation.

Or after Lu Yuezhang spoke, he would just return the Magical Treasure.

Although he would lose face, it would be considered regaining some ground.

But Du Xianming never expected that after observing Chu Ning defeat Jiang Cheng, he had already taken it seriously enough.

When he attacked suddenly, he was still blocked by Chu Ning in one strike.

The reaction speed brought by Chu Ning’s Spiritual Sense Strength far exceeded his expectations.

Moreover, the power on that Five Elements Spirit Sword even made him feel a slight threat.

Under these circumstances.

Lu Yuezhang and Tang Xuan clearly wouldn’t give him another chance to strike, which made him feel frustrated and trapped.

At once feeling it was difficult to advance or retreat.

How could Lu Yuezhang, being who he was, not see Du Xianming’s predicament? So, without waiting for the other to speak, he continued:

“Fellow Daoist Du, since the person Fellow Daoist Chu brought is his Dao partner and also an Elder of Jiuhua Sect, that makes them a friend to our Cloud Peak Alliance as well. Let’s leave it at that, shall we?”

Finally having a way out at this moment, Du Xianming immediately cupped his hands and said:

“The arrangement here is naturally up to Fellow Daoist Lu.”

After he finished speaking, he no longer looked at Chu Ning and directly flew off the high platform.

Seeing Du Xianming unable to gain the upper hand against Chu Ning even after making a move,

the various Golden Core Cultivators of the Daluo Sect dared not say anything more and fled away in a dejected manner.

This instantly made the many cultivators looking at the high platform from the arena show complex expressions.

On the observation platform of Guiyuan Sect, even Jiang Cheng, who expressed submission after losing to Chu Ning earlier, couldn’t help but change his expression slightly.

“Fellow Daoist Chu, when you were fighting with me, did you not use your full strength?”

At this moment, Jiang Cheng’s tone held a hint of disbelief.

He clearly saw that the Giant Sword Magical Treasure driven by Chu Ning afterward had far more prowess than the previous Spirit Sword.

Everyone else naturally realized this too.

Thinking that Chu Ning was not at a disadvantage even in facing an Early Stage Nascent Soul Peak cultivator, they couldn’t help but reveal astonished expressions.

Although Chu Ning couldn’t see everyone’s expressions clearly on the high platform.

He could guess some of their thoughts.

And this was exactly what he needed.

After defeating Jiang Cheng, Chu Ning was nominally the number one Golden Core Cultivator of the Cloud Peak Alliance.

He certainly received a lot of praise, but there were also many who doubted him.

After all, Chu Ning was young and previously not well-known within the Cloud Peak Alliance.

Naturally, he could not achieve the unanimous recognition that Jiang Cheng did.

It was possible that other Golden Core cultivators from other sects would come to challenge him.

Because defeating Chu Ning would make one the top Golden Core cultivator within the Cloud Peak Alliance.

That would truly be unbearable.

However, after this encounter with Du Xianming, the situation changed.

Although people might still think Chu Ning couldn’t truly confront a Nascent Soul cultivator.

At least they knew he didn’t use his full strength against Jiang Cheng.

In this way, his title as the number one was well-deserved!

Anyone who wanted to challenge him would have to consider how much strength Chu Ning still had hidden.

Chu Ning didn’t reveal his trump cards while establishing his reputation, so why not?

Precisely because of this, when he sensed that Du Xianming might attack, he was the first to transmit to Tang Xuan not to rush into action.

As expected, even Lu Yuezhang couldn’t help but show admiration when he looked at Chu Ning at this moment.

After announcing the results of the competition and the meeting time for the next day, once the other sects’ cultivators departed, Lu Yuezhang said to Tang Xuan:

“Fellow Daoist Tang, your Jiuhua Sect really produces talents in abundance!”

Tang Xuan laughed heartily upon hearing this.

“Elder Chu is indeed a talent of our sect, and our Jiuhua Sect has waited for many years for such a person.”

Lu Yuezhang then turned to Chu and said:

“With the cultivation at the Late Stage of Golden Core, to withstand the pressure of a Nascent Soul cultivator and still launch such attacks, your prospects are boundless.”

“By the way, previously our sect’s junior Xuerong greatly benefited from your help, and I would like to thank you here.”

After exchanging some pleasantries, Chu Ning and the others finally left the arena.

Upon returning to their small courtyard residence, Tang Xuan immediately laughed heartily.

“Satisfying! That old fellow Du Xianming always wants to lord over our Jiuhua Sect, but today he finally lost face! Chu Ning, well done! Well done! It’s been so many years since I’ve felt this elated!”

Seeing Tang Xuan laughing so happily, Chu Ning also laughed and said:

“Master Tang, the sect has you and the Sect Leader, two Nascent Soul cultivators. Now with thirteen Golden Core cultivators, our Jiuhua Sect’s strength actually surpasses that of the Daluo Sect. In the future, there will be more and more satisfying events like this.”

Tang Xuan nodded, then looked at Chu Ning with much emotion.

“Actually, what I’m truly waiting for is the day you advance to the Nascent Soul Stage. Once that day comes, I will have no regrets even if I die!”

“Nascent Soul!” Chu Ning repeated these words, a gleam flashing in his eyes.

He had considerable confidence in advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage.

With the Dual Spirit Seeds in his possession, they should sustain him until the Late Stage Peak of Golden Core.

Additionally, with the Spiritual Clarity Fruit, he could increase the probability of forming a Nascent Soul.

After that, all he needed was time.

Of course, he couldn’t reveal all of this to Tang Xuan yet.

Tang Xuan did not continue on this topic but instead said:

“Tomorrow, you will enter the Cloud Peak Forbidden Land and consume the Tree of Myriad Laws Spirit Fruit, so it’s time to tell you some things.”

Upon hearing this, Chu Ning and Cen Zijin exchanged a curious glance.

“You’ve probably heard from the Sect Leader that the spirit fruit of the Tree of Myriad Laws enhances the body, Magical Power, and Divine Sense. But you weren’t told the specific reason in detail because the alliance requires that those who haven’t consumed the spirit fruit may not know about this.”

Tang Xuan paused slightly, then continued:

“The reason it has such effects is because within the Cloud Peak Forbidden Land, there exists an energy stronger than Spiritual Qi.”

“An energy stronger than Spiritual Qi?” Upon hearing this, Chu Ning looked surprised.

He instinctively thought of the Power of Origin, since on the No-Spirit Island, the existence of the Power of Origin meant there was no Spiritual Qi.

But soon Chu Ning dismissed this conjecture.

Because he recalled the Power of Origin Water Drip inside him, if the Power of Origin were truly more advanced than Spiritual Qi,

it wouldn’t be suppressed in places where Spiritual Qi exists, unable to operate at all.

Tang Xuan, unaware of Chu Ning’s thoughts, continued:

“Indeed, this energy is absorbed by the Tree of Myriad Laws and contained within the spirit fruit, hence its miraculous effects. The spirit fruit’s maturity is very short, only two or three days. To be safe, you will enter early. So, if you find the spirit fruit unripe when you enter the Cloud Peak Forbidden Land, seize the opportunity to cultivate and absorb the energy of that land. Although the effect won’t match the Tree of Myriad Laws’ century of absorption, it will greatly benefit you.”

Hearing this, Chu Ning’s eyes flashed slightly, and he asked:

“Can we also absorb this energy by operating our cultivation techniques?”