Lingyuan Immortal

Chapter 192 Declined
Half a year later, the true teachings were passed down to the cave.

It was late autumn, and the autumn wind was blowing gently across the mountains. The towering ancient trees were still standing, but their mottled leaves were hanging on the lush branches, trembling in the autumn wind, making a rustling sound.

Beside the clear pond, a huge figure was faintly lying. Looking at the colorful fallen leaves covering its body, it was clear that it had not moved for a long time.

After an unknown amount of time, the figure suddenly stood up, causing the leaves on his body to fall, and suddenly a "rustling" sound was heard.

This figure was no ordinary creature, but the toad Xiaoqi that Chen Mu raised!

I saw it staring with its round eyes at the distance. At the same time, its body was still expanding. It looked very alert, as if it was ready to attack.

"Crack, click..."

Accompanied by the sound of crisp falling leaves slowly coming, Niu Dali walked over with a happy expression.

After seeing Xiao Qi's appearance in front of him, he cursed inwardly, but then took out the pill he had prepared long ago and threw it over.

"Xiao Qi, your ascetic master only knows how to practice. I often come to bring you some food, so why is he still acting like this?"

"If you do this again next time, don't even think about eating from me anymore!"

Niu Dali muttered indignantly.

Xiao Qi blinked his eyes and ignored his words. Instead, after taking the pill, he jumped into the clear pond with a "splash".

"Hey!"

Niu Dali raised his thick eyebrows and pointed his finger in the direction of Qingtan, as if he wanted to curse out a few heartless words.

But when he reached his lips, he suddenly stopped, then waved his hand in a nonchalant manner, turned around and left the bank of the clear pond.

A moment later, Niu Dali approached Chen Mu's cave, his face turned serious, and he shot out a beam of magic power to hit the cave's defenses.

Immediately, a round light curtain slowly appeared, and shallow ripples gradually appeared from the place where the magic power hit.

"Chen Mu, come out quickly, something's wrong!"

Niu Dali kept moving his hands and his mouth, and began to shout loudly at Chen Mu.

In the quiet room, Chen Mu heard the movement, and the subtle electric light on his hand slowly dissipated.

He didn't stand up, but instead used his magic power to directly reply: "What is it?"

Niu Dali continued, "Something really happened... The Tianhu Peak Master originally planned to send Senior Sister Zong Bing to look for you, but I, who likes to help fellow practitioners, intercepted her halfway..."

Seeing that what he said seemed to be true, Chen Mu's heart moved, and he stood up and left the quiet room.

At the same time, the stone door of the cave slowly opened.

"Come in and talk."

After entering the stone chamber, Chen Mu and Niu Dali sat opposite each other. Chen Mu waved his hands to produce some spiritual tea, and then asked directly.

"Master Lin Feng, what do you want from me?"

Niu Dali took a sip of the spiritual tea and chuckled, "What day is today?"

Chen Mu frowned and said, "What..."

But before he could finish his words, he suddenly froze in thought. After some thought, he murmured, "Today... twenty years ago today was the first day we entered the mountain gate."

"That's right." Niu Dali raised his eyebrows and smiled, and immediately responded.

Chen Mu shook his head and smiled. After sighing for a while, he turned to Niu Dali and said, "Don't talk about this. Let's talk about the matter!"

He knew Niu Dali's character. If he didn't urge him, he would probably wait until dark before the important matter came to pass!

"What a spoiler!" Niu Dali curled his lips, but didn't pretend to be deep. He said softly, "In half a month, the sect will hold a two-peak competition. Peak Master Lin sent someone to look for you. He wants you to show up so that others won't forget you exist!"

Chen Mu's heart stirred upon hearing this, and he pondered for a moment. In fact, if he hadn't been specially granted the right to become a True Disciple, then this Two Peaks Competition would have been his best option to become a True Disciple...

However, he is now a true disciple, so he naturally cannot participate in the Two Peaks Competition again.

As for what Lin Shuyun said about appearing, he guessed that it was just to satisfy some of her own expectations.

After all, two of the three most recent true disciples came from Tianhu Peak.

If Chen Mu and Zong Bing were both present to watch the competition between the two peaks, Lin Shuyun would surely look much more proud.

"It seems that Guishui Yinlei has begun to show some signs of progress..."

Chen Mu's eyes flickered as he pondered the pros and cons of this matter.

After a while, his expression gradually became firm. He turned to Niu Dali and said, "Now I understand. I will personally report to Master Lin Feng through voice."

"Oh?" Niu Dali was a little surprised when he heard that, and asked tentatively, "Are you not going? This competition features your highly regarded Junior Sister Ye Ningye, so why don't you go and take a look?"

Although Chen Mu did not explicitly say that he would not go, Niu Dali understood him very well.

Chen Mu shook his head and said nothing more.

Seeing his firm attitude, Niu Dali nodded and said, "Since you have made up your mind, I won't say much."

After the two chatted for a few more sentences, Niu Dali got up and left.

Chen Mu turned around and went back to the quiet room, and took out a jade slip for transmitting sound.

After thinking for a moment, he began to record his polite refusal.

It was also because of his status as a true disciple, otherwise how could he refuse the Peak Master's summons...

After a moment, the sound transmission jade slip turned into a ray of light and disappeared.

Chen Mu did not enter into meditation immediately, but stretched out his right hand, and his whole body was filled with magical power.

The next moment, a faint blue color suddenly lit up in the dim and quiet room, and several slender electric beams were moving between his five fingers, crackling non-stop.

"I can already use a little bit of Guishui Yin Lei, but unfortunately it's still far from enough to defeat the enemy..."

Chen Mu looked at the electric light in his hand and pondered.

He had been in seclusion for only half a year, and had not fallen behind in his cultivation during that time. It was extremely difficult for him to comprehend the Guishui Yinlei of the treasure technique to this extent.

"It's this little Guishui Minglei secret technique..."

The dark blue electric light on Chen Mu's right hand disappeared, and was replaced by a water-colored dark thunder that seemed to be real.

"Perhaps due to the ability to draw inferences from one instance to another, this secret method, which was derived from the Guishui Yinlei technique, is showing signs of reaching perfection!"

This was an unexpected surprise.

"A top-tier killing spell, I wonder what changes will occur after reaching perfection..."

After a long time, Chen Mu waved his hand to disperse the water-colored dark thunder, took out a pill and swallowed it immediately.

"Push your cultivation to the peak of the twelfth level as quickly as possible. This way, you can see where I'm lacking and prescribe the right remedy!"

"However, the next step of cultivation does not require you to stay in the cave all the time. You still need to plan some pill materials for Xiao Qi to see if you can help him make further progress..."

"I need to go to Wei Xingyou's place more often. This way I can not only help Xiaoqi plan the elixir, but also maintain a good relationship with him."

……

In the quiet room, the aquamarine light flickered. Chen Mu was multitasking, his mind racing as he used his mana to refine the elixir...

(End of this chapter)