Chapter 924: Chapter 918: Master and Disciples Reunite, Sudden Tragic News
“Disciples pay respects to Master!”
In the ancient palace, Qin Feng and Liu Xuanling stood below, bowing respectfully to Ning Wuxu!
In the Cultivation World, hierarchy is of great importance. It is not determined by cultivation, just like a son cannot suddenly beco a father. If hierarchy and ethics are disrupted, it would cause chaos in the entire Cultivation World, even more chaotic than many Demon Path worlds.
Therefore, even though Qin Feng and Liu Xuanling have proven their Dao and attained immortality, becoming true powers in the Cultivation World, they still show great respect to their master, not daring to disrupt the rules.
Of course, this is towards their own master. If it were other elders who were rely higher in hierarchy but actually far inferior in cultivation, they would not hold the sa status.
So there is no situation where any elder with higher hierarchy can command them. On the contrary, they often have the authority to instruct all Supre Elders below the Golden Immortal rank within the sect!
After all, this is a world where great power is attributed to individuals. When personal strength reaches an extrely high realm, it becos an exceedingly important presence for any force.
A Golden Immortal can establish a Major Sect. How could such a strong individual allow anyone to ride on their head and boss them around based solely on hierarchy!
Any great power must have a transcendent status for their Daoist Heart to be smooth; otherwise, how could they talk about cultivation if their Daoist Heart is constantly hindered?
“Haha… Good, good, good, quickly rise, quickly rise!”
Ning Wuxu’s mouth almost reached his ears, his face couldn’t conceal his joy. Looking at the safely returned Liu Xuanling, then examining Qin Feng, who was intact, and sensing the unfathomable aura emanating from them, he was overjoyed!
He couldn’t help but be pleased; losing his two most outstanding disciples thousands of years ago was a trendous blow to him!
Liu Xuanling was a disciple he personally raised, treating her like a daughter in his heart.
Qin Feng was the most outstanding and made him the proudest; not only was he a top talent of the Beast Taming Sect, but also Biluo’s Master of Qi Luck. Before he went missing, he was only a few decades old and had already surpassed his master in cultivation, later advancing rapidly to beco a Heavenly Immortal!
But the misfortunes of these two disciples, along with other events, hit him several tis consecutively. Had it not been for his strong Daoist Heart, cultivated over a thousand years at the Primordial Spirit Realm, other cultivators may not have withstood the successive bad news.
Now seeing both disciples safely return, proving their Dao and achieving Golden Immortal status, how could he not be delighted?
Any master would wish for their disciples to succeed, but having disciples as accomplished as his was extrely rare!
Throughout the Cultivation World, there are many who can train cultivators into Golden Immortals, but those who can consecutively nurture two Golden Immortals are few!
And as a common Immortal, to guide two into becoming Golden Immortals, Ning Wuxu was unique!
Not to ntion the modern Cultivation World; even looking through Biluo’s historical records, none have ever achieved his accomplishnts!
As for Grandmaster Ancestor Taixuan and others, Ning Wuxu felt that in so aspects, they were not as accomplished as he was, since at least they had not taught disciples stronger than themselves.
Thus, Ning Wuxu’s smile never faded until his other disciple beside him coughed several tis consecutively, finally using a trace of Nine Heavens Thunder Sound near his master’s ears to wake him.
He glanced sideways at his second disciple standing by with disgust.
“Look at your junior sister and junior brother; they’ve both beco Golden Immortals. And you, as their senior brother, have yet to achieve even the Immortal Dao. Aren’t you afraid of being laughed at?”
Beside him, Hao Shicheng, whose hair was already graying, was speechless upon hearing these words, thinking he should not have woken his master, otherwise, he wouldn’t have been the target of his master’s scolding so soon!
However, despite his master’s disdainful words, he didn’t mind in the slightest.
Or one could say he was like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water, already used to such verbal banter!
So he grinned and said, “Disciple finds it strange as well, we’re all taught by the sa master; how are Junior Sister Liu and little Junior Brother so outstanding, yet my cultivation is so lacking?
Is it possible that Master had so secret techniques only taught to Junior Sister Liu and little Junior Brother, forgetting about your disciple?
In that case, my low cultivation isn’t my fault—it’s due to Master’s favoritism!”
“Get lost!”
Ning Wuxu rolled his eyes but quickly ignored his second disciple’s jokes, focusing his gaze back on Liu Xuanling and Qin Feng, looking at them with full affection.
“Master, have you been well these years?”
Liu Xuanling’s eyes were red, tears glistening, though quickly she restrained the tears in her eyes, but her heart remained greatly moved.
She grew up following her master, Ning Wuxu treated her like a daughter, and she regarded him as a father.
However, in her early years, she was allowed too much freedom by Ning Wuxu, coupled with her mischievous nature, indulged by her two senior brothers, which led to her sowhat arrogant character. However, it was not essentially bad.
Her pride was mainly directed at outsiders; towards her fellow sect mbers, even if she acted strangely at tis, she bore no ill will!
“Very well, very well. As your master, I’ve already beco an Immortal—no longer a mundane old man, without illness or disaster, living carefree as an Immortal—what could be bad about that?”
At this point, Ning Wuxu couldn’t sit still; he couldn’t help getting up and moving closer to his disciples, rubbing Liu Xuanling’s head with one hand and patting Qin Feng’s shoulder with the other.
Feeling the vast, unfathomable physical power within Qin Feng, even though Ning Wuxu had long known his disciples had achieved Immortal Golden Immortal status, he still marveled endlessly.
He had been waging battles in so world, originally intending to pursue a deity and occupy a treasure land, when he suddenly received a sect ssage saying his disciples, Qin Feng and Liu Xuanling, had returned to the sect and proven their Dao immortality, becoming Golden Immortal great powers.
Initially, Ning Wuxu thought the Supre Elder was joking with him and felt a bit annoyed, believing it was inappropriate to jest about his missing disciples.
After all, no one would believe such news upon hearing it!
But after repeated assurances of the truth, he couldn’t stay put, hurriedly returning to the sect with a half-doubting heart, finding Hao Shicheng and other juniors.
Until he saw the two disciples alive and in front of him, Ning Wuxu finally believed the sect’s news was indeed real.
Master and disciples reminisced for a long ti, as if they had endless things to talk about.
Especially Liu Xuanling, who seed to revert to the little girl she was before, when she hadn’t yet grown in Ning Wuxu’s presence, chattering away about her experiences throughout the years.
Until half the day had passed, did they finally stop with reluctance.
Ning Wuxu nodded from ti to ti, smiling as he listened. In truth, he might not have absorbed everything being said, but rely watching Liu Xuanling chatter by his side filled his heart with imnse satisfaction.
“Second Senior Brother, why have you beco so old?”
Liu Xuanling eventually rembered her Second Senior Brother.
Hao Shicheng felt a bit relieved seeing his Junior Sister finally turn her gaze on him, but his feeling turned crestfallen upon hearing her remark!
He coughed lightly, noticing Liu Xuanling’s gaze unwavering, and said helplessly, “Junior Sister, look at my current cultivation, I’m just at the Primordial Spirit Realm!
I haven’t achieved the Immortal Dao, lifespan is limited, it’s normal to grow old after stagnating at the Primordial Spirit Realm for thousands of years!”
“Eh? Second Senior Brother hasn’t beco an immortal yet?”
Only then did Liu Xuanling react.
Previously, she was too excited and had focused most of her attention on their master. Even though she could see through Hao Shicheng’s cultivation at a glance, her spirit hadn’t concentrated on it until now, leading to her surprise.
“After all this ti, why hasn’t Second Senior Brother beco immortal yet?”
Hao Shicheng felt her words hit a sore spot, and said angrily, “Do you think everyone is like you and our Junior Brother? It’s very normal for a cultivator to spend thousands of years quietly cultivating at the Primordial Spirit Realm, isn’t it?”
“…Alright!”
Liu Xuanling thought for a mont and finally realized where the issue lay!
She spent over tens of thousands years in the Abandoned Land, witnessing beings at the Divine Level. Upon suddenly seeing soone close to her like her Senior Brother who hadn’t achieved the Immortal Dao, she naturally felt unaccustod.
It wasn’t that her standards were too high, but since she attained Half-Step Immortal in the Abandoned Land, she hadn’t interacted with the lower beings, and even all matters were handled by powerful subordinates. Like Qin Feng, she devoted all her ti to cultivating and enhancing her strength, unwilling to be distracted by trivial matters below!
“Hmph, you rebellious disciple, if you had put any effort into cultivation, you wouldn’t still be unimmortal!”
Ning Wuxu looked at his Second Disciple with frustration: “Now you’re even here shalessly defending yourself, you truly deserve a beating!”
“Master, I was wrong, but wasn’t it for the sake of our Heavenly Snake Ridge lineage, otherwise who would oversee it if I achieved immortality?”
Hao Shicheng argued with reason: “Moreover, haven’t I also ntored two immortals?
Such accomplishnts should leave a mark in the sect’s history, you can’t hold to the standards of Junior Sister Liu and Junior Brother, they’re monsters, beyond common logic!”
“Oh? Second Senior Brother has actually accepted disciples, that’s indeed rare! His followers have produced two immortals?”
Liu Xuanling curiously looked back but found no one else present, quickly saying, “Where are those two nephews? Let them co and greet as their Uncle!”
“Alright, wait a mont, I’ll find them and bring them back!”
Hao Shicheng happily left the palace to find his precious disciples.
Liu Xuanling and Qin Feng are both great powers in the Immortal Realm, now that they’ve requested an audience with juniors, they certainly won’t send them away empty-handed. Any treasure leaking from a great power’s hand is enough to benefit those youngsters imnsely.
Hmm, opportunities shouldn’t just favor them, all disciples and grand-disciples should be summoned to pay respects, maybe they could extract more benefits!
“Master, where’s Senior Brother?”
After Hao Shicheng left, Qin Feng released his divine sense to probe but didn’t sense Zhao Qiankun’s presence, curiously asking.
Earlier they were engrossed in conversation and didn’t get the chance to ask about Senior Brother’s situation. Seeing Liu Xuanling pause, he seized the mont to inquire.
“Sigh!”
Upon Qin Feng ntioning his eldest disciple, Ning Wuxu couldn’t help but sigh: “Your Senior Brother… suffered misfortune years ago and died in battle!”
“What? Senior Brother died?”
The two were slightly taken aback, especially Liu Xuanling, who was full of disbelief.
“How could this happen? Senior Brother’s cultivation was much stronger than Second Senior Brother’s, how did it happen?”
“High cultivation doesn’t guarantee safety, in fact, he had to follow the sect into battle for many years. Over the years, Biluo’s sects embarked on void expeditions; although they conquered many worlds like a hot knife through butter, it wasn’t always smooth sailing. Any resistance inevitably led to losses.
Especially in those high-level worlds, the resistance was extrely strong, a slight misstep could lead to severe casualties among the sects.
Your Second Senior Brother, despite being lazy and disliking war, avoided major crises, so although he was only at the Primordial Spirit Realm, he continued living well throughout!”
Ning Wuxu shook his head, sighing: “Your Senior Brother’s cultivation was quite good, after Feng disappeared into the Ti River for a millennium, he broke through his heart’s barrier, overcoming tribulation and achieving longevity.
But a True Immortal at the Immortal God Realm level remains bottom-tier, the battle was too intense, although the sects won the war, they suffered heavy losses, including your Senior Brother among the fallen Immortal Cultivators!
The ‘Qiankun Giant Snake Shaking Star Divine Skill’ he cultivated was quite powerful, but precisely because of this, he caught the eye of formidable beings on the opposing side.
When I received the news and rushed over, I only managed to recover his remains.”
Ning Wuxu couldn’t help but sigh again.
Reflecting upon that ti always brought him unbearable heartache; first losing track of two disciples, then his eldest disciple dying in battle, overwhelming successive blows nearly shattered his Daoist Heart.
He remained withdrawn for nearly a hundred years before picking himself up to continue participating in the sect’s war efforts.
After all, he wasn’t just a master to them, he was an elder of the sect, and when the sect needed him, he had to stand ready.
Qin Feng and Liu Xuanling both felt a heavy heart.
It was their first encounter with the death of soone close, leaving their hearts bewildered, truly experiencing the brutality of war!
Previously, in the Abandoned Land, despite years of war and countless slaughters, the deceased were all others, fierce Otherworldly beings, many of whom were bizarre in appearance, so when they died, it was of no concern to them.
But now, realizing that those close to them were similar to the powerful beings they killed in the Abandoned Land, all could die!
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