Chapter 00201: The Peak of Spiritual Energy
# The Peak of Spiritual Energy
Chapter 201
Novel: After the Myth
Chapter 201: The Peak of Spiritual Energy
"How can we change?" Liu Yinzhu looked at the sect master with confusion.
Gu Mo pondered for a moment before speaking, "Ding Huan is a talented individual with his own secrets. His ability to detoxify is a great asset to our Purple Mist Valley... Yinzhu, what do you think of Ding Huan?"
Liu Yinzhu was still filled with self-reproach.
Fortunately, when she brought Ding Huan here, the sect master was still alive, and Ding Huan didn't hesitate to help.
Hearing the sect master's question, she thought for a moment and replied, "I feel that Ding Huan is someone who clearly distinguishes between gratitude and grudges. Once you offend him, he will never let it go. As for his abilities, they are indeed strong. So far, it seems like nothing can stump him, which is quite strange. Otherwise, Guan Wan wouldn't have sought him out to ask for his help."
Although Gu Mo's words had regained their calmness, deep down, he couldn't suppress the excitement of his recovery.
For a moment, he even forgot to ask what Ding Huan had done to help Guan Wan.
"Let's talk about these things later. First, go and take good care of Brother Ding Huan. I need to recover a bit."
As long as he didn't die, the Nine Sound Sect wouldn't be able to easily take over Purple Mist Valley.
Ding Huan's talent might be poor, but that didn't matter.
Now that he was alive, Ding Huan's abilities could greatly assist Purple Mist Valley.
"Yes," Liu Yinzhu responded.
"First, let Ding Huan stay at Morning Mist Peak."
As Liu Yinzhu reached the door, Gu Mo's voice came from behind.
"But the elders might not agree..."
Liu Yinzhu said uneasily.
Gu Mo snorted, "Let Ding Huan stay there first. If there are any issues, put the blame on me. Don't tell them that my poison has been cured."
"Yes," Liu Yinzhu quickly replied.
In Purple Mist Valley, the highest-ranking peak was naturally Purple Mist Peak.
However, Purple Mist Peak wasn't the most spiritually dense peak.
The most spiritually dense peaks were Morning Mist Peak and Purple Stream Peak.
Purple Stream Peak was where the elders lived and had always been in a closed state.
No one knew exactly what it was like.
Therefore, in Purple Mist Valley, it was generally accepted that Morning Mist Peak had the most abundant spiritual energy.
No one wouldn't want to cultivate there.
However, the sect master had decreed that Morning Mist Peak was reserved for the future young sect master, and no one else was allowed to set foot there.
Now that the sect master was poisoned and the first guardian elder, Pu Jun, had been killed, everyone was eyeing Morning Mist Peak.
Once the sect master died, Morning Mist Peak would undoubtedly become a target of contention.
Liu Yinzhu came out and said to Ding Huan, "You can stay at Morning Mist Peak for now. I'll take you there."
"Thank you, Sister Yinzhu. I also want to stay here for a while. I've just reached the Foundation Establishment stage, and my foundation isn't stable yet."
Liu Yinzhu thought to herself that she had guessed correctly—Ding Huan had just reached Foundation Establishment.
Half an incense stick's time later, Liu Yinzhu brought Ding Huan, Guan Wan, Yan Mei, and Lao Liu to Morning Mist Peak.
Before even entering Morning Mist Peak, Ding Huan could feel the denser spiritual energy.
He thought to himself that the sect master was really going all out, and it was worth saving his life.
This place must be the most spiritually dense peak in all of Purple Mist Valley.
"Stop! This is a forbidden area of the sect. No one is allowed to enter."
To Liu Yinzhu's disbelief, as an elder, she was actually being stopped.
"Who told you to guard this place? All the peaks within our sect are protected by arrays. There's no need for anyone to guard them."
Liu Yinzhu's voice was filled with anger.
She had already thought of something—those elders must have known that the sect master didn't have much time left.
Some of those who wanted to take over Morning Mist Peak had already sent people to guard it.
"I'm here under Elder Gong's orders. No one is allowed to enter Morning Mist Peak. I advise you to leave quickly. Don't wait until Elder Gong arrives and have to beg for mercy. What's the point?"
This disciple spoke to Liu Yinzhu without the slightest bit of respect.
Liu Yinzhu's face turned pale with anger.
Even if her status was low, she was still an elder.
Seeing Liu Yinzhu, an elder, being mocked by a mere disciple, Ding Huan knew that her status within the sect wasn't high.
"Elder Liu, are there any sect rules or regulations?" Ding Huan asked.
Liu Yinzhu was momentarily stunned, then remembered that Ding Huan had been invited by her to become the sect master.
Even if he wasn't the sect master anymore, his status wouldn't be too low.
It was necessary to give him the sect rules in advance.
She took out a jade slip and handed it to Ding Huan.
"These are the sect rules."
Ding Huan took the jade slip, scanned it with his divine sense, and then put it away.
"If you don't leave now, I'll report this to Elder Gong."
Seeing that Liu Yinzhu not only ignored him but was also talking to a low-level disciple, this disciple became even more displeased.
In his eyes, Elder Liu Yinzhu's existence was almost negligible.
To put it bluntly, once the sect master died, whether Elder Liu could survive was another matter.
"I was sent by the sect master. This is the sect master's token."
Liu Yinzhu took out a jade token and shouted.
"Haha."
The disciple actually laughed but didn't say anything more.
Clearly, even the sect master's token couldn't make him step aside.
"So, you're not going to obey the sect master's token?" Ding Huan asked.
"Who are you? Here, I only listen to Elder Gong. Even if the sect master stood before me, I would still listen to Elder Gong. Elder Gong said no one is allowed to enter Morning Mist Peak. If you don't leave now, don't blame me for sending a message to Elder Gong."
This disciple wasn't afraid of Ding Huan's threat and instead threatened Ding Huan.
Ding Huan raised his hand and sent a wind blade flying.
"Pfft!" A spray of blood shot out.
The disciple clutched his neck, unable to believe that he had been killed.
He had really been killed...
With a thud, the disciple fell to the ground, blood spurting from his neck.
Ding Huan then threw a fireball, burning the disciple to ashes.
"Sister Yinzhu, we can go in now," Ding Huan said with a smile.
He was somewhat annoyed.
Liu Yinzhu was, after all, an elder of the sect.
Even if Elder Gong had a higher status, sending a Qi Refining disciple to bully an elder was too much.
He had wanted to kill the disciple earlier.
After reading the sect rules, he was even more certain that killing the disciple was justified.
Of course, the premise was that he had cured Sect Master Gu Mo's illness.
Although he hadn't seen Sect Master Gu Mo's strength, when he was detoxifying Gu Mo, Gu Mo had circulated his cultivation technique.
Ding Huan roughly estimated that Gu Mo's strength was at least a full realm higher than the True Core stage.
Since Elder Gong was a similar level to Liu Yinzhu, he was probably only at the True Core stage.
"Ding Huan, you killed him?" Liu Yinzhu looked at Ding Huan in disbelief.
Ding Huan sighed, "Sister Yinzhu, you're an elder. Do you know why even a Qi Refining disciple dares to bully you? It's because you're too easy to push around."
"No, it's because they know the sect master is severely injured and won't recover," Liu Yinzhu shook her head.
Ding Huan sneered, "You really don't see it. Even if the sect master dies, if you hadn't always shown that you're easy to bully, a Qi Refining disciple wouldn't dare treat you like this."
Liu Yinzhu seemed to understand something.
She realized what Ding Huan meant.
Taking out the jade token, Liu Yinzhu opened the protective array.
After everyone entered the array, Ding Huan realized that the spiritual energy outside was nothing compared to what was inside.
The spiritual energy here was truly dense.
"Thank you, Sister Yinzhu. I really like this place."
Ding Huan immediately felt that this was the perfect place for him to go into seclusion.
"This is the place the sect master promised you. I'm just leading the way."
Although Liu Yinzhu was still worried about Elder Gong, other matters would have to wait until Ding Huan was settled.
They reached the peak, where there was a row of houses.
The main hall was spacious, with a row of spirit-gathering trees at the entrance.
There were alchemy rooms, forging rooms, cultivation rooms, and even pet rooms—everything one could need.
Ding Huan couldn't wait to go into seclusion.
The impact of that broken bottle was too great, and he needed to break through to the Star Cloud Realm as soon as possible.
"Guan Wan, come in first. I'll help you dissolve your cultivation technique, and then you can switch to a new one."
"Thank you, Brother Ding," Guan Wan bowed excitedly.
Although Ding Huan had previously detoxified the sect master, Liu Yinzhu was still worried about whether Ding Huan could help Guan Wan.
After all, the poison in the sect master could be cured as long as the right method was used.
The cultivation technique Guan Wan practiced was no ordinary technique.
The Great Phoenix Red Cloud Art was likely an ancient legacy.
According to Guan Wan, it was the cultivation technique of the Great Phoenix Immortal.
Ding Huan had just reached Foundation Establishment.
Could he really dissolve such a powerful technique? Was his technique even stronger than Guan Wan's?
Even if it was stronger, it shouldn't be possible.
This required an extreme understanding of the evolution of the Great Dao techniques.
"Ding Huan, maybe we should wait until the sect master recovers and ask him?" Liu Yinzhu said uneasily.
She was worried that if Guan Wan's technique backfired, it might affect Ding Huan.
Ding Huan smiled, "Don't worry. Yan Mei, you and Lao Liu go find a place to stay first."
There were many places to stay on Morning Mist Peak.
Yan Mei and Lao Liu naturally chose the best spots near the main cultivation room—one on the left and one on the right.
Ding Huan brought Guan Wan to the cultivation room.
Guan Wan was also a bit uneasy, "Brother Ding, if it's really impossible to dissolve, don't worry about my life. When I left the Moonlight Sect, I didn't plan on living."
"Don't worry. Your technique is good, but in my eyes, it's just average," Ding Huan said as he reached out and pointed at Guan Wan's forehead.
"Start circulating your technique."
"Yes."
As Guan Wan began to circulate her technique, Ding Huan started to dissolve the Great Phoenix True Essence that Guan Wan had already cultivated.
Dissolving cultivation techniques wasn't something Ding Huan was doing for the first time.
The Great Phoenix Red Cloud Art wasn't as good as his own Luo Shi Scripture, so Ding Huan handled it with ease.
Guan Wan only felt that as she circulated her technique, her cultivation didn't increase but instead dropped rapidly.
From the ninth level of Qi Refining to the eighth, then to the seventh...
A full day passed, and the Great Phoenix True Essence in Guan Wan's body had completely disappeared.
Although her dantian was still filled with boundless true essence, it was now just pure, attribute-less true essence.
"Sister Guan Wan, I've dissolved the Great Phoenix Red Cloud True Essence in your body. You should ask Elder Liu for a new cultivation technique. Otherwise, over time, the spiritual energy in your body will dissipate."
Ding Huan spoke the truth.
If Guan Wan started cultivating now, she could quickly return to the ninth level of Qi Refining.
Otherwise, once the spiritual energy in her dantian dissipated, it would take much longer.
"Yes, thank you, Brother Ding," Guan Wan was so excited that she almost knelt down to thank him.
(End of Chapter)