Entry: I Secretly Cultivate Immortality in the Martial Arts World

62: Chapter 62 Ning Hongye departs!Does this make sense?

It does not.

Therefore, when the news spread back, the undercurrents within the Azure Wave Sect surged even more.

Yet, no one dared to openly question it again.

An invisible chill hung over the hearts of those in the know.

That slight sense of wrongness had become an untouchable vortex of taboo.

Whoever approached it risked being accidentally dragged into the conflicts outside the Sect, or even losing their life.

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Azure Wave Sect, within the Inner Sect’s Xia Ke Island, inside an Immortal Cave rich in Spiritual Qi.

Gu Yan’s evil body, the Ghost, sat cross-legged.

The aura around his body was deep and obscure.

It was faintly connected to the Formation of the Immortal Cave, suppressing all fluctuations to the minimum.

For the past ten years, he had maintained this state of seclusion for the vast majority of the time.

Nominally, it was to focus on Cultivation and seek a Breakthrough.

In reality, one reason was to better lurk and reduce contact with the outside world.

The second reason... was also to find some peace and quiet.

Ning Hongye.

That powerhouse with a mysterious identity, unfathomable Cultivation, and stunning beauty, who nonetheless loved to play the role of a Junior Sister.

Since gifting him a treasure to show goodwill ten years ago, although she hadn’t disturbed him frequently,

her very existence was like a wisp of faint fragrance, lingering on the edge of the Ghost’s perception.

It forced him to maintain twelve-fold vigilance to deal with her.

True Body Gu Yan had only managed to slay her in the Dream Realm battle by exhausting all means at the same Realm, which showed the terrifying strength of this woman.

Her Heart-Nature and methods were by no means as naive and cute as they appeared.

Being targeted by her was by no means an easy matter.

Although the Ghost was arrogant, he knew his own limits.

Before fully grasping the other party’s background and purpose, keeping a distance was the best strategy.

Seclusion was a perfect excuse.

However, today, the protective Formation outside the Immortal Cave transmitted a familiar ripple of contact.

The Ghost’s brows furrowed imperceptibly: ”Sure enough... she couldn’t hold back after all?”

Thoughts raced through his mind.

Ten years of silence, and a sudden visit today—what for?

Could it be that she was finally going to show her hand? Was she craving his body?

This Ning Hongye, her face and figure were indeed top-tier; she was clearly the sexy, mature, and charming big sister type, yet she insisted on pretending to be an ignorant Junior Sister.

If she really proposed something like contemplating the Dao together or Dual Cultivation,

considering the benefits and sensory aspects, what should he do?

Collecting his thoughts, the Ghost waved his sleeve, and the stone gate of the Immortal Cave slid open.

Outside the door, Ning Hongye was standing prettily, smiling brilliantly.

”Senior Brother Lin, having been in seclusion for ten years, your Cultivation must have advanced greatly, right? This Junior Sister has missed you dearly.”

Her voice was soft and sweet; she walked in, bringing a wave of elegant, faint fragrance.

The Ghost stood up and performed a salute with a calm expression: ”Junior Sister Ning, thank you for coming. I apologize for not welcoming you sooner. I wonder, what brings you here today?”

Ning Hongye seemed not to hear him and sat down on a stone stool on her own.

Resting her chin on her jade hand, she sighed leisurely: ”Advice is not the word. I am here today to bid you farewell, Senior Brother.”

”Farewell?” The Ghost was stunned. She wasn’t here to make demands, nor to test him, but to... say goodbye?

This was indeed beyond his expectations.

”That’s right,” Ning Hongye wiped away her smile, her gaze sweeping vaguely in a certain direction outside the Immortal Cave.

Her tone carried a bit of listlessness.

”This Azure Wave Sect, it looks peaceful, but in my opinion, it will be finished sooner or later.”

”I am too lazy to get involved in such troublesome matters.”

”Now that I’m tired of it, it’s just the right time to find an excuse to go out and wander. As for the return date... it’s hard to say.”

”Before leaving, I thought that since you and I have known each other for some time, it counts as some kind of fate.”

”Is there anything you want, Senior Brother? Or anything you need my help with? As long as it’s not too difficult, I will try my best to satisfy you.”

”After all... the next time we meet, perhaps it will be many years later, and things will have changed.”

The Ghost’s heart was filled with doubts.

What kind of act was this?

The Azure Wave Sect will be finished sooner or later?

Did she see through his schemes?

Probably not.

The Ghost remained calm on the surface and followed her lead, asking: ”Senior Sister is leaving already? So hurriedly, I wonder... where are you heading? Do you need Junior Brother’s assistance?”

The words reached his lips, and he suddenly paused.

In that instant, some inappropriate thoughts almost slipped out.

Fortunately, his state of mind was stable, and he sealed those subtle words in time.

Ning Hongye, however, seemed to have caught something, a knowing smile flashing in her eyes.

She stood up, her lotus steps moving lightly, and she leaned in a little closer.

That unique, faint blue fragrance diffused quietly; it wasn’t deliberately urged, yet it naturally carried a teasing, heart-stirring nuance.

”Hmph～”

”Just now... were you thinking about something you shouldn’t be?”

Ning Hongye didn’t expose him, but that teasing look seemed to have seen through everything.

She extended a slender finger and tapped the Ghost’s forehead.

”I just thought your personality was dull, and occasionally teasing you was quite a relief from boredom, so I put in a little extra effort.”

After saying this, she didn’t immediately step back, but instead watched the Ghost quietly for a moment.

The playfulness in her gaze gradually faded, turning into a deeper scrutiny.

After a long while, she suddenly sighed softly.

”However... seeing that your Heart-Nature is steady, your Cultivation is quite solid.”

”If you continue to practice the Cultivation Technique I passed on to you steadily, in the future, you might really have a slim chance of touching the Tribulation Crossing Realm.”

”It’s just a pity that by then, I should have already passed the Nine Tribulations, attained the fruit of the Human Immortal, and Ascended to the Immortal Realm.”

Tribulation Crossing Realm? Human Immortal? Ascended to the Immortal Realm?

The Ghost’s heart shook violently; this was a huge amount of information!

He had never been able to see through Ning Hongye’s Cultivation, only knowing it was unfathomable.

Now she revealed it herself, and her goal was actually a Human Immortal, and her tone was certain, as if it were a certainty.

This meant that her current Realm was at least the Tribulation Crossing Realm, or perhaps she had already touched the threshold of a Human Immortal!

No wonder True Body had won so arduously in the Dream Realm battle...

So that was it!

Everything seemed to have a more reasonable explanation.

Her transcendent posture, the treasures and Cultivation Technique she gifted casually.

And that attitude of appearing close yet actually keeping a distance.

In the eyes of a powerhouse who was at least in the Tribulation Crossing Realm, he might really just be an interesting object or a casual chess piece.

Shocked, the Ghost quickly suppressed his emotions, and a look of complexity appeared on his face at the right time.

There was realization, awe, and a trace of imperceptible disappointment.

He opened his mouth, wanting to call her Senior, but then remembered Ning Hongye’s previous correction.

Ning Hongye seemed very satisfied with the Ghost’s reaction, and her smile deepened.

”Call me Junior Sister.”

”Or... calling me Hongye is fine too.”

The Ghost felt his face getting a bit hot.

Of course, this was a disguise.

But being teased at such close range by a stunningly beautiful woman who was at least in the Tribulation Crossing Realm.

Even though his will was firm, his psychological reaction still rippled slightly.

He tilted his head, looking slightly embarrassed.

Seeing this, Ning Hongye giggled.

She seemed to especially appreciate the embarrassment leaking from beneath the Ghost’s steady shell.

”Alright, I won’t tease you anymore. Tell me, before leaving, what do you really want? It’s a rare opportunity, oh.”

The Ghost took a deep breath, as if he had made a decision.

He raised his head, looking directly into Ning Hongye’s deep, beautiful eyes, and asked a question that seemed abrupt.

”Ning... Junior Sister. Do you have... a Dao Companion?”

Ning Hongye’s eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, which then turned into amusement.

She stepped back half a step, looked at the Ghost again, and said slowly: ”I come from Kunlun Mountain and belong to the lineage of the Kunlun Goddess.”

”Since stepping into the Immortal Dao, through three thousand years of time, I have been focused on the Dao, and until now... I have never had a Dao Companion.”

”Why? Senior Brother, asking this, what do you... want to do?”

Having obtained the answer, a look of realization appeared on the Ghost’s face, and then he scratched his head in embarrassment and chuckled.

”Nothing. Having this answer from Junior Sister is enough. As for other things... I don’t really want anything for now.”

This reaction, however, made Ning Hongye slightly stunned.

She had anticipated many possibilities, continuing to ask for top-tier treasures, Mystical Arts...

But she didn’t expect that the other party would just ask a question and seem satisfied after getting the answer.

Ning Hongye looked at the Ghost deeply.

A moment later, she smiled brilliantly: ”Good. Senior Brother Lin, you are indeed... a bit special. I hope that one day in the future, you and I will truly have fate and can meet again in the Immortal Realm.”

After speaking, she didn’t stay any longer, her figure rippling like water, slowly dissipating in the Immortal Cave.

Only that wisp of faint blue fragrance remained, lingering endlessly.

The Ghost stood alone for a long time before gently waving his hand, closing the stone gate of the Immortal Cave, isolating the inside from the outside.

The various expressions on his face had faded, restoring his consistent deep calmness.

Asking Ning Hongye if she had a Dao Companion was naturally not a momentary impulse or a true confession of love.

He did have some curiosity and appreciation for this mysterious and powerful female cultivator.

Her appearance and demeanor were indeed enough to be heart-stirring.

But to say that he had fallen deeply in love after such a short contact would be too much of a joke.

As Gu Yan’s evil body, he was inherently rational and even cold.

The reason he asked was to define her.

To decide what attitude and strategy to use to face this variable, Ning Hongye.

If she were a demoness who played with the world, was accustomed to teasing men, and perhaps even had a Dao Companion or complex relationships,

then the Ghost’s positioning of her would be to be extremely vigilant.

All her gifts could not be used.

These items might very well carry her unique Cultivation Technique aura or traces of refining.

Once used in front of others, it would be equivalent to announcing to the outside world that he had a connection with her.

At that time, regardless of whether Ning Hongye was righteous or evil, good or bad, she could bring trouble to him because of her own grudges or background.

But her answer was: Kunlun Goddess, three thousand years of cultivating the Dao, no history of relationships.

Combined with her previous gift-giving, and today’s parting behavior...

The Ghost tended to judge that while this woman might indeed have some strange and jumpy temperament and liked to have fun,

her essence was not lewd or evil, and she had a certain set of rules and bottom lines in her actions.

Then, the strategy for dealing with her could be adjusted.

She could be regarded as a potential high-end contact with superb strength, a deep background, and no direct conflict of interest.

Although True Body Gu Yan did not practice the Cultivation Technique she bestowed,

the ideas and insights within it had indeed broadened the Main unit’s horizons.

【Dear foster fathers and foster mothers, let’s have an aside. Actually, when I write, my left and right brain often fight each other.】

【At the beginning of writing, I didn’t want to have a female lead, but as I wrote, the character Gu Yan in the book actually entered the author’s dreams, strongly requesting whether I could not be so selfish. Even if I am single, why not let him, a cultivator, have a Dao Companion?】

【Therefore, the author had to write Lin Wei as Gu Yan’s Dao Companion for Dual Cultivation.】

【Don’t you see many female supporting character plots—Su Zhi, Ji Yingying, and who was that? Xu Yue? The author didn’t write about them anymore, right?】

【As for this Kunlun Goddess who has appeared now, it is also to pull out something like the Immortal Realm.】

【There is one more thing: whether it is the Ghost, Fang Yuan, or even the Self Body that has not yet appeared, these ”External Incarnations” are all derivatives of Gu Yan’s own will. They are great Divine Abilities and will not betray themselves, okay!】

【The Ghost is Gu Yan, Fang Yuan is Gu Yan, Gu Yan is Gu Yan. I see that some readers seem to hate Clones? Why is that? QwQ?】

【Finally, a mention: currently, it is a single female lead. Do you readers want to continue with a single female lead, or a harem? The author listens to advice.】