Chapter 855 - 347: Ruthless Character_3

At this moment, behind Chu Ning, Zhao Jinbiao’s face flashed with a fierce expression.

He quickly raised the curved blade in his hand and swung it down swiftly.

A blood-red light blasted out, in the blink of an eye, it was already heading towards Chu Ning’s back.

Seeing this scene, the faces of the surrounding independent cultivators slightly changed.

However, none of them gave a warning.

The two were too close, and as the blood-red light was about to strike Chu Ning directly, a defensive shield suddenly appeared on Chu Ning.

In Zhao Jinbiao’s bewildered gaze, the blood-red light was directly blocked.

"Did you think I would be unguarded against you?"

Chu Ning turned around at this moment, gently raising his hand.

Everyone could vaguely see that there was a talisman on his hand that dispersed after being activated.

They couldn’t help but show a trace of surprise on their faces.

Except for Zhao Jinbiao.

At this moment, the face of the ruthless steward of the Purple Moon Sect turned extremely unsightly.

Because at this time, he saw Chu Ning move.

Like a ghost, he moved in front of Zhao Jinbiao, who didn’t even have time to react.

A golden fist shadow already struck him!

Under this punch, Zhao Jinbiao flew high into the air again, spitting a bloody arrow before crashing heavily onto the ground.

"This is the last time, and the only time. Next time, you may not get up again."

Chu Ning stood silently in the place where Zhao Jinbiao initially stood, speaking coldly.

Zhao Jinbiao struggled a few feet away but still couldn’t stand up.

Clearly, under Chu Ning’s punch, he had been seriously injured.

Chu Ning, without any concern, took his share of the spirit stones and entered the cave mansion.

Outside the cave mansion, the remaining Foundation Establishment independent cultivators glanced at each other, a trace of strange color flashing in their eyes.

"This fellow Daoist, he’s ruthless!"

At this moment, everyone reached a consensus.

Although Pei Jicai did say earlier that here the one with the strongest fists speaks.

However, Chu Ning, on the first day he entered, dared to act, and his actions were ruthless, which indeed shocked them.

Of course, everyone was happy to see this.

After all, since Zhao Jinbiao would deduct Chu Ning’s spirit stones, he would naturally do the same to theirs.

With this turn of events, they believed Zhao Jinbiao would definitely not dare to embezzle again, which was beneficial for them.

Of course, such matters were of no concern to Chu Ning.

Upon entering the cave mansion, Chu Ning’s cold and angry expression disappeared entirely, replaced by an incomparably calm demeanor.

The reason he dared to act this way was not just because of what Pei Jicai and Xue Caiyun had said but also because of his acute divine sense.

Earlier, when Zhao Jinbiao was transmitting messages with other cultivators, Chu Ning happened to overhear them.

After knowing that Zhao Jinbiao, like him, was a cultivator who joined the Purple Moon Sect halfway, he had no more qualms.

Since he intended to gather information in the Purple Moon Sect, he undoubtedly needed to showcase some of his strength.

Moreover, what Chu Ning demonstrated was just the strength of a slightly stronger middle-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, on par with a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

There wasn’t too much to draw unnecessary attention.

When deciding to join the Purple Moon Sect, Chu Ning already had a concrete plan regarding his status and strength there.

He had quite a few magical treasures but no top level magical artifact, most of them had already been dealt with by Xi Yunxia in Ice Island Immortal City.

And even if he had them, nothing would fit his hand seamlessly.

So, in Wangshan City, he temporarily refined one.

As for the shape of the magical artifact, it was modeled after the pair of magical treasures from Tie Shi, with some amplification for gold attribute techniques.

Since Zhao Jinbiao and the others were brought into the Purple Moon Sect, it seemed they weren’t intending to manage them.

In the following few months, they allowed Chu Ning and others to remain in their cave mansions.

However, they didn’t excessively restrict the freedom of Chu Ning and the others.

With specific areas belonging to the Golden Core Guardians being off-limits to Chu Ning and others, they could roam freely elsewhere.

Chu Ning indeed wandered around various places but didn’t encounter any presence like the previous Yaochi Palace cultivators.

Eventually, he just stayed indoors more, spending every day inside the cave mansion.

This place was rather secluded, although his spirit medicines and spiritual plants weren’t convenient to plant, normal cultivation posed no issue.

Inside the cave mansion, he laid down an array restriction, isolating the scrutiny of other cultivators and preventing too strong magical power fluctuations from escaping during his cultivation.

Chu Ning peacefully began cultivating inside the cave mansion.

Apart from cultivating the Five Elements Chaos Technique and continuing to enhance his cultivation level,

Chu Ning spent the rest of his time cultivating the top level upper grade water element spell, Jade Wave Vortex Skill, obtained from the Void Abyss.

Before, during his flight across the Boundless Sea, Chu Ning had already comprehended this technique.

Now was merely the practice stage, and for someone with a Ren Water Spirit Body like him, it obviously was not difficult.

Six months later, inside the cave mansion, Chu Ning stood in a wide cultivation room.

With a wave of his hand, ten water pillars emerged from his hand, suddenly appearing on the open ground ahead.

The ten water pillars intertwined with each other, quickly forming a constriction area like ten chains.

The next moment, the water pillars, like chains, began rotating rapidly, forming a huge vortex in the middle.

Chu Ning waved his hand, a Blazing Spirit Bird flew out, entered the vortex, and in the blink of an eye, it was torn apart by the vortex.

"In just six months, this Jade Wave Vortex Skill is now completely mastered.

The attack power of this technique is indeed not weak, though its main strength lies in its ability to trap the enemy.

As for its true power, that can only be truly felt in real combat with other cultivators."

Thinking so, Chu Ning checked his cultivation proficiency.

[Five Elements Chaos Technique (Celestial Tier Middle Grade), Third Layer (28800/200000)]

[Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique, Volume Two, Second Layer (67040/90000)]

[Refining Spirit Technique, Fourth Layer (64000/64000)]

In the past six months, Chu Ning’s cultivation progress wasn’t slow.

Although he didn’t use the Snow Crystal Mushroom Spiritual Liquid to cultivate the Five Elements Chaos Technique, the refinement of the Gold Spirit Seed in his body resulted in about a 25-point increase per day.

On the other hand, he practiced the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique less, causing the progress to be somewhat delayed.

However, during the Body Tempering with the Power of Origin in the passage beneath Snow Mist Valley, Chu Ning’s body refinement progress saw a significant boost.

Overall, the calculation accounts for a decent pace.

While contemplating this,

Zhao Jinbiao’s polite voice came from outside the cave mansion.

"Fellow Daoist Li, are you there? The sect is about to announce a mission."