Cultivation: From Servant to Revered Immortal

Chapter 107: Chapter 37: Pursuit and Assassination!

A woman dressed in palace attire slowly walked over.

Her face was cold and expressionless, like an ancient well without ripples.

Her aura was as imposing as a mighty mountain, pressing towards Zhou Xun.

”Master, you’ve come out of seclusion!” Lin Xueying was extremely delighted to see the woman.

”Hmm, I still missed your Foundation Establishment celebration. I heard Zhou was here, so I specifically came to meet him.” The woman’s gaze softened as she looked at her disciple.

”Greetings, Master Fengyue!” Zhou Xun, Wang Erniu, and others immediately bowed in respect.

She was indeed a genuine True Pill Cultivator, of which there were very few in the entire Xui Country.

The woman waved her hand, and a gentle lift raised the three of them.

Ignoring Wang Erniu and Lin Zhenyun, she walked directly to Zhou Xun and looked him up and down.

”So you’re Zhou Xun. Handsome indeed, no wonder you captured my disciple’s heart!”

Zhou Xun then felt a powerful Divine Sense sweep over him, as if it dissected his very being.

Zhou Xun dared not move a muscle.

Were it not for his knowledge that Spiritual Roots could not be detected with external Divine Sense, he wouldn’t have dared to come to the Cloud Light Sect.

”Your cultivation is somewhat lacking. Apply yourself in practice. Remember, Ying’er is my only disciple, my successor, destined to achieve True Pill in the future!”

”If in the future she becomes a True Pill Cultivator while you remain merely at the Foundation Establishment stage, will you leave her to be alone for hundreds of years?” The woman’s tone was cold.

”I will certainly strive.” Zhou Xun assured with cupped hands.

Then Master Fengyue asked Zhou Xun other questions, including about his cultivation techniques and skills.

Upon hearing Zhou Xun was currently a Tier Two Low-Grade Alchemist, Master Fengyue nodded slightly.

”Not bad, if you can advance to a Tier Two High-Grade Alchemist in the future, you may barely match Xueying!”

”By the way, what level is your Alchemy Skill?” Master Fengyue inquired.

”Tier Two Low-Grade!” Zhou Xun replied.

Upon hearing this, Master Fengyue tapped her storage bag, took out a Jade Scroll, and handed it to Zhou Xun.

”This is a Tier Two High-Grade Alchemy Inheritance, take it!”

”Thank you, Master!” Lin Xueying beside her was overjoyed, hugging Master Fengyue’s arm.

”Many thanks, Master!” Zhou Xun was also extremely pleased, surprised to obtain the Tier Two Alchemy Inheritance so easily after searching high and low.

It’s worthwhile to come to Cloud Light Sect!

”Alright, you may leave!” Master Fengyue replied blandly.

”Yes!”

Zhou Xun bowed and took his leave, summoned the Cyan Light Shuttle, and transformed into a Spirit Light, darting towards Red Leaf Square.

After flying for over twenty miles, Zhou Xun stopped the Escape Light.

”Erniu, Brother Zhenyun, I have urgent matters and can’t accompany you further!”

”Big brother, what’s the matter? We can go with you!” Wang Erniu asked in surprise.

”No need, this is about Xueying, I’m planning to visit Juntian City!” Zhou Xun explained.

”I see, then I won’t disturb big brother!” Wang Erniu chuckled, and along with Lin Zhenyun, left.

After Wang Erniu left, Zhou Xun’s expression turned extremely unpleasant, and he instantly descended.

While Master Fengyue spoke to Zhou Xun, looking amicable and offering guidance, even gifting him Alchemy Inheritance.

It was all appearances, just a show for Lin Xueying.

She secretly transmitted, strictly ordering Zhou Xun not to approach Lin Xueying again and demanded he break up with Lin Xueying, or else he’d face consequences.

Zhou Xun naturally wouldn’t believe such words.

He had heard of Master Fengyue being a ruthless person, only showing kindness to Lin Xueying.

He didn’t believe that she would merely issue a warning.

Without hesitation, he changed his clothing entirely.

Then he used Divination Technique, thoroughly searching his whole body.

As expected, there was a Divine Sense Mark found on his hair and one on a storage bag.

Zhou Xun wasted no time erasing them and discarded the marked storage bag, transferring its treasures to another storage bag.

Immediately, he took out the Thousand Faces Mask, transforming into the image of an elderly man.

With Master Fengyue’s early-stage True Pill cultivation, she’d be unable to see through this disguise.

He then performed the Blood Burning Secret Technique.

Forced out a thread of Essence Blood, transforming it into a mist of blood before absorbing it.

Soon, the spiritual power within him surged, and the aura of spiritual power rapidly intensified.

From the peak of Ninth-Layer Qi Refining, through Early-Stage Foundation Establishment, until reaching the peak of Early-Stage Foundation Establishment did it pause.

Having done all this, Zhou Xun quickly extracted the Heaven-Escaping Talisman, attached it to the Cyan Light Shuttle, and once more performed the Blood Burning Secret Technique, morphing into cyan Spirit Light, dashing in a different direction.

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Cloud Light Sect,

Cyan Bamboo Peak.

Meanwhile, Master Fengyue was explaining Cultivation Technique to Lin Xueying.

As Zhou Xun began erasing those two Divine Sense Marks, Master Fengyue immediately sensed it and her eyes glinted.

”Master, what’s wrong?” Lin Xueying asked in confusion.

”Nothing, just recalling the scenes from when I cultivated this method!” Master Fengyue smiled slightly, casually explaining.

Sensing the increasingly dim Divine Sense Mark, a sense of urgency rose in her heart, then said to Lin Xueying:

”Ying’er, haste makes waste. Let’s stop for today and resume tomorrow!”

”Yes, Master. Then I’ll head back!” Though Lin Xueying felt Master’s behavior was somewhat strange today, she didn’t delve deeper and returned to her cave mansion.

Once Lin Xueying left, Master Fengyue’s gaze turned sinister.

”Good brat, you actually erased those two Divine Sense Marks!”

Flash of a figure, and the next moment she appeared above Cyan Bamboo Peak, then transformed into Spirit Light, speeding towards where Zhou Xun erased the Divine Sense.

Soon, she arrived.

Seeing the ashes on the ground and the damaged storage bag, Master Fengyue was furious.

All the marks she left on Zhou Xun were erased.

”Impressive, you think you can escape just like this!” Master Fengyue murmured.

Once again, she soared into the sky, darting towards Red Leaf Square.

In the time it takes for a stick of incense to burn out, she caught up with Wang Erniu and Lin Zhenyun.

Upon seeing only two without Zhou Xun, Master Fengyue was angered and was about to strike, but saw Lin Zhenyun glance towards her hidden position.

That glance made her heart tremble, as though a sword reaching the heavens was aiming at her.

Upon looking again, that person remained at Seventh-Layer Qi Refining, leisurely flying.

What she saw seemed like an illusion.

Shaking her head, no longer daring to look, she instantly retreated quickly.

It wasn’t until she returned to her cave mansion on Cyan Bamboo Peak did she feel a semblance of safety.

At this point, she lost interest in pursuing Zhou Xun.

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On the other side, Zhou Xun naturally was unaware of everything that transpired.

With Blood Burning Secret Technique plus Talent, at this moment Zhou Xun’s speed surpassed that of an ordinary late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, closely nearing Foundation Establishment Peak.

However, the Blood Burning Secret Technique’s duration was limited, lasting only a few hours before losing effect.

Zhou Xun was in a panic, without courage to stop, knowing the one targeting him was a True Pill Cultivator, a practitioner of the third level.

Thus, he grabbed a handful of Qi Recovery Pills and stuffed them into his mouth, while forcibly raising his mana without concern for core depletion, once again activating Blood Burning Secret Technique.

Meanwhile, he changed direction once more, fled nearly ten thousand miles.

Only then did Zhou Xun feel a bit relieved.

But by this point, his body was in an extremely terrible state, no longer able to fly.

Yet staying here was equally dangerous.

He hollowed out a large tree trunk, lay inside, and floated along the river, continually downstream.