Immortal Sword Master

Chapter 455: Chapter 451: Chu Qingqing’s Warning

’Worthy of the God Obliteration Technique. A single night of sleep has restored most of my Primordial Spirit. Of course, that’s also because I refined the Divinity Sealing Tower, which can nourish my Primordial Spirit.’

Ning Jiang murmured. By now, the better part of his depleted Primordial Spirit Power had returned.

If any other Immortal Realm experts learned of this heaven-defying recovery speed, their eyes would pop out of their heads in shock. For an ordinary person, it would take dozens of days to recover this much.

”Brother Ning, you’re finally awake.”

A delighted voice sounded by his ear.

That girl, Chu Xiu’Er, had been sitting by Ning Jiang’s side the entire time and was naturally the first to notice him waking up.

”What’s wrong? Did something happen to upset you?”

Looking at Chu Xiu’Er’s face, Ning Jiang saw that she was clearly unhappy, as if she had suffered some great injustice.

”Brother Ning, you were the one who saved us last night, weren’t you? But my sister and the others don’t believe me at all, and some horrible person came and took all the credit...”

The more Chu Xiu’Er spoke, the more upset she became, and a mist of tears welled up in her large, jewel-like eyes.

Ning Jiang’s heart stirred. With his sharp mind, he could instantly tell that Chu Xiu’Er wasn’t sad because others didn’t believe her.

She was actually upset on his behalf. The credit clearly belonged to Ning Jiang, yet someone else had falsely claimed it. She was indignant for him.

”You’re that certain it was me?” Ning Jiang asked.

”Mhm, I believe you!” Chu Xiu’Er nodded firmly before her expression fell. ”But I don’t have any proof. They all think I’m talking nonsense and don’t believe me.”

”Silly girl.”

Ning Jiang smiled and patted Chu Xiu’Er’s head. ”As long as you know it was me, that’s enough,” he said lightly. ”Why should you care what ordinary people think?”

”But I just can’t stand it!” Chu Xiu’Er was still indignant.

Amused, Ning Jiang comforted her with a few words and casually told a couple of jokes. Drawing on his experience as a Venerable in his past life, he had the little girl smiling radiantly in moments, all her earlier unhappiness forgotten.

「That night.」

After sending away Chu Xiu’Er, who had clung to him all day, Ning Jiang meditated alone in his room.

For him now, the most important thing was to recover from his injuries. He felt like a tiger stripped of its claws or a dragon stranded in shallow waters. If his Cultivation didn’t recover, even his life wasn’t guaranteed.

Just as he was circulating the Heaven-Devouring Demon Skill to silently recover from his injuries, the door suddenly opened, and a figure drifted inside.

”Ning Jiang, who on earth are you?”

Chu Qingqing’s face was revealed in the darkness. Her gaze was as cold and sharp as a sword, scrutinizing Ning Jiang as if trying to see through all his secrets.

”I’m a peerless prodigy who swept through the younger generation of the Six Eastern Provinces, fought seven great Celestial Martial Realm Kings to a standstill, obliterated one of them, and only came to the Meteor Sea Region after being severely injured. How about it, do you believe me?”

Ning Jiang looked up, a cryptic smile playing on his lips.

Chu Qingqing’s face instantly darkened. ”Utter nonsense. Sweeping through the Six Provinces? Battling Kings? I think you’re insane. I only came to find you today to give you a warning. I don’t know what kind of spell you’ve cast to make Xiu’Er trust you so much, but she is my sister, after all. I won’t have her be deceived by someone with a questionable past. Stay away from her!”

Chu Qingqing’s gaze was frigid.

She had long been displeased with Chu Xiu’Er sticking to Ning Jiang all day, but she hadn’t wanted to make a scene in front of her sister and risk harming their relationship.

”You worry too much,” Ning Jiang said calmly.

”Worry too much? I hope I am. But Xiu’Er is naive. If you’re thinking of taking advantage of her innocence to make her fall for you, then you can forget it. The sister of Chu Qingqing deserves a man who is, at the very least, a top-ranked genius in the Meteor Sea Region.”

”The sister of Chu Qingqing? Are you implying that you’re someone special?” Ning Jiang asked, intrigued.

”Among the younger generation of the Meteor Sea Region, while I might not be number one, I’m at least in the top ten. And you? With your paltry Spirit Realm Cultivation, you’re destined to be nothing more than an ordinary person.”

Chu Qingqing shook her head.

”Hahaha, top ten in the Meteor Sea Region, and that’s something to be proud of? If you were in the top ten of the entire East Sea, then you might have some bragging rights. Chu Qingqing, you think far too highly of yourself.” Ning Jiang’s face was full of scorn.

The entire East Sea contained the Eight Great Seas.

The Meteor Sea Region was merely one of them, and not even one of the top ones.

Within the East Sea, the Meteor Sea Region was comparable to Qing Province among the Six Eastern Provinces.

”Heh.”

Chu Qingqing let out a cold laugh, completely disregarding Ning Jiang’s words. She turned to leave, her voice drifting back, ”I’ve warned you. I hope you learn to know your place.”

After Chu Qingqing had gone, Ning Jiang slowly closed his eyes.

’Chu Qingqing, you are nothing but a frog in a well, able to see only the small patch of sky above you. How could you possibly imagine what I’m capable of...’

...

The sea was vast and the sky was endless, with azure waves surging.

The Chu Family’s ship cut through the waves, riding the wind back toward Cyan Spirit Island.

After the incident with the Blood Skull Pirate Gang, everyone had been a little worried at first, afraid they might run into another pirate crew. But the thought that they now had a great expert like Hua Feiyu on board put everyone’s minds at ease.

Ning Jiang had also met this Hua Feiyu.

The man wore a dashing, refined smile and seemed friendly and amiable to all. But what kind of person was Ning Jiang? He immediately saw the disdain hidden in the depths of the man’s eyes—a disdain directed at him.

Ning Jiang, for his part, didn’t care.

Although this Hua Feiyu was a Top Level figure, ranked in the top three of the Meteor Sea Region’s younger generation, how could Ning Jiang possibly take him seriously?

Once his Cultivation recovered, dealing with Hua Feiyu would be a matter of a few moves.

They were both in the Earth Martial Realm, but compared to Ling Tianxu, the Sword King Body, Hua Feiyu seemed far too ordinary. Ten of him combined would be no match for a Sword King Body.

And he had personally obliterated even the physical body of that Sword King Body...

The next few days of the voyage were smooth and passed without incident.

After their conversation that day, Chu Qingqing never sought Ning Jiang out again. Moreover, she kept Chu Xiu’Er by her side at all times, preventing her from having any contact with him.

Chu Xiu’Er was, of course, full of complaints about this. Whenever she got a chance, she would sneak over to Ning Jiang’s side to complain nonstop.

In response, Ning Jiang would simply smile and comfort her.

Meanwhile, during this time, Ning Jiang continued to silently recover from his injuries. The shattered meridians in his body had basically been fully repaired.

With his meridians repaired, the absorption rate of his Heaven-Devouring Demon Skill increased significantly, which naturally accelerated his overall recovery.

About two days later, Ning Jiang’s Cultivation aura returned to the Primordial Spirit Fourth Tribulation Realm.

However, he was only at the First Realm of the Primordial Spirit Fourth Tribulation Realm—the Divinity Transformation Realm. There was still a considerable gap between this and his Cultivation at its peak.

’My Nine Tribulations Celestial Thunder Body is just one step away from breaking through from Great Success to Perfection. If I can achieve a breakthrough with my physical body, all my injuries will be completely healed...’