Chapter 859 - 349: A Lone Slaughter

When the plain-looking female cultivator named Fen’Er woke up the next day, she fell into silence.

In her memory, there were only some tantalizing fragments.

According to the rules of the Purple Moon Sect, this female cultivator was to be dealt with by Chu Ning.

Chu Ning simply placed her in a cultivation room within the cave mansion and immediately set up an array restriction, preventing her from leaving the room.

He then continued his cultivation within the cave mansion.

For Chu Ning, the news that Cen Zijin had already escaped was good.

But because of this, Chu Ning felt the need to stay in the Purple Moon Sect even more.

Previously, there had been news that one important reason the Purple Moon Sect was recruiting so many Foundation Establishment cultivators was to deal with this group of Yaochi Palace cultivators.

If people from Yaochi Palace really showed up again, the probability of the Purple Moon Sect deploying these newly recruited Foundation Establishment cultivators for a siege was extremely high.

Chu Ning had been waiting for such news, but to his surprise, half a year passed without any movement.

The people of Yaochi Palace, perhaps hearing of the strengthened forces of the Purple Moon Sect, had remained completely dormant for this entire year.

In recent months, the Purple Moon Sect had even intentionally sent out small teams to execute tasks.

This was also an attempt to lure Yaochi Palace into action.

Yet, the Yaochi Palace cultivators simply did not appear.

During this period, Chu Ning also went out thrice for missions.

He continued to build a reputation in the Purple Moon Sect for being ruthless and for his power surpassing that of cultivators of the same tier.

Thus, Chu Ning found himself staying on Little Yao Mountain for a full year.

Although he kept up with his daily cultivation, Chu Ning was gradually losing patience.

"Master, do you think the Yaochi Palace cultivators, upon hearing that the Purple Moon Sect is targeting them, might have just chosen to leave this place?"

Inside the cave mansion, Chu Ning was sitting across from Bai Ling.

After hearing Bai Ling’s words, Chu Ning frowned slightly.

"I’m worried about that too. If they really have left, waiting here for years would be in vain."

Saying this, Chu Ning’s gaze turned outside the cave mansion.

"Hmm?"

Seeing the change in Chu Ning’s facial expression, Bai Ling immediately asked:

"Master, what’s the matter?"

"Four Golden Core cultivators have come to the sect from outside," answered Chu Ning, a hint of curiosity flashing across his face.

Upon hearing this, Bai Ling was also a bit surprised and said:

"Suddenly having Golden Core cultivators arriving from outside—could it be that the Purple Moon Sect is planning something?"

Chu Ning nodded slightly, "Let’s wait and see. These cultivators should all be transferred from the headquarters of the Purple Moon Sect.

They wouldn’t gather so many Golden Core cultivators here on Little Yao Mountain for no reason."

Chu Ning’s guess was quite accurate, as just three days later, he received a notification for another mission.

When he arrived at the venue, he discovered that as many as seven Golden Core cultivators had gathered there.

The leader was no longer that Pei Jicai but another Golden Core Late Stage Peak elder with a purplish face.

It was unclear if this elder had cultivated some kind of cultivation technique.

Not only was his face a faint purple, but even his eyebrows and hair were half black and half purple, making him appear extremely peculiar.

However, the aura around this person was so intense that, even among the Golden Core Late Stage Peak cultivators Chu Ning had seen, it was among the top.

It was apparent that the other party had reached the point where, with an opportunity, he could directly attempt to form a Nascent Soul.

"This is Jiang Jiu, the protector of our sect and our chief protector, Golden Core Late Stage Peak, nearing the cultivation of a Nascent Soul cultivator."

At this moment, Pei Jicai stood beside the purple-faced elder, introducing him to everyone.

Upon hearing Pei Jicai’s words, the faces of the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the venue changed slightly, without exception.

Golden Core cultivators were already existences they looked up to, let alone Nascent Soul cultivators.

Among them, only Chu Ning, who had interacted with cultivators of this level, chuckled internally.

The Golden Core Late Stage Peak was indeed close to Nascent Soul, but it was also quite distant.

The two were incomparable.

Many Golden Core Late Stage Peak cultivators could not cross that half-step in their lifetime.

The most memorable for Chu Ning was that Black Death Demon back then.

After Pei Jicai’s introduction, Jiang Jiu’s gaze swept over everyone present.

"All of you here have carried out multiple missions before, so I’ll keep it short.

This mission is special; everyone must follow orders and give it their all.

Those who contribute significantly will receive corresponding rewards, and if anyone deserts or underperforms, don’t blame me for being ruthless."

After Jiang Jiu finished speaking, he casually took out a bone boat from his storage bag, larger than the one that He Le had used before.

At the same time, He Le also released the bone boat Chu Ning had once ridden.

The two bone boats nearly covered the entire venue completely.

Chu Ning and the others were all arranged to board the bone boats.

Subsequently, Jiang Jiu, Xue Caiyun, Wu Lei, and the remaining three Golden Core cultivators boarded the bone boat, while Pei Jicai did not accompany them.

It seemed this person was staying to guard the sect.

As the bone boat took flight from Little Yao Mountain, Jiang Jiu did not inform anyone of their destination or the mission’s nature.

However, the direction in which the bone boat was heading prompted Chu Ning to have some suspicions.