Chapter 420: The Extra Ding Busan

Ding Huan thought for a moment: "I can't go over yet. After I finish what I need to do here, I might drop by."

The matter Ding Huan spoke of was naturally the extra twenty-seven thousand high-grade immortal crystals, plus the immortal spirit veins he hadn't used up before.

He needed to find a place to consume all these cultivation resources, then seek out new ones.

In Ding Huan's eyes, who in their right mind would hoard a pile of immortal crystals and not cultivate, but instead run around aimlessly?

"By the way, Sister Tao, I have a question. Earlier you mentioned the cultivator who destroyed Fu Fu Yuxing's meridians and consciousness sea—what was his name?" Ding Huan remembered the Xianwugong.

When he left, Gu Gu Xian Tower was in full chaos; he didn't know how things stood now.

"His name is Chong Qingyun." Tao Xiaomei didn't know why Ding Huan was asking.

So that's how it was—Ding Huan finally understood.

This guy truly can't change his nature—he's always been cunning, cruel, and vicious.

He and Fu Fu Yuxing were both ruthless, but the difference was his talent was far, far inferior to Fu Fu Yuxing's.

Fu Fu Yuxing had already reached the Immortal King realm over a thousand years ago; this guy is still an Arcane Immortal.

Fu Fu Yuxing is already fighting with elders of the Immortal King tier; this guy still hangs around with beginners.

The only thing that stands out is his array art has advanced to the level of a Fourth-Rank Great Immortal Array Master.

…

At the same time, Gu Gu Xian Tower had erupted into chaos.

Chong Qingyun of the Xianwugong was surrounded by a crowd, his face even paler.

A tall man stared coldly at a burly man clad in the robes of the Xianwugong's sect leader.

"Lord Hao, your Xianwugong is truly ruthless. All seven major sects agreed to limit ourselves to sparring, with the main goal being the contest for the True Spirit World.

Your disciples, relying on their superior array art, openly slaughtered disciples of our Tianxuan Sword Dao and Yihai Palace. Aren't you going to give us both sects an explanation?"

The man speaking was Li Feiyu, vice sect leader of Tianxuan Sword Dao; since the sect leader was absent, he was Tianxuan Sword Dao's top figure.

The burly man he confronted was Hao Qian'ao, the leader of the Xianwugong.

Hao Qian'ao's expression was also far from pleasant.

He mentally cursed Chong Qingyun to hell—did this guy have any brains?

You're a Fourth-Rank Immortal Array Master. Since everyone's competing for the True Spirit World, why not use your superior array art to seize it first?

At the critical moment, instead of seizing the True Spirit World, you sneakily set up a concealment array to assassinate disciples of other sects—is that what a normal person would do?

And what's the result? A Fourth-Rank Immortal Array Master, competing against a bunch of Second- and Third-Rank Array Masters for the True Spirit World, didn't get a damn thing—what a disgrace.

"Chong Qingyun, recount everything that happened. If you omit or distort anything, don't blame me for being uncivil." Hao Qian'ao glared fiercely at Chong Qingyun, his tone laced with killing intent.

"Yes, Sect Leader."

Chong Qingyun also regretted it deeply—he had thought the True Spirit World was his for the taking, but who knew there were players among them who feigned weakness?

Now he understood: his concealment array had been deliberately shattered, meant to expose him.

Otherwise, even if he killed more people, it wouldn't have hindered his attempt to seize the True Spirit World.

He suspected Xuan Chengzi might have done it—but how could that pig-brain possibly have better array art than him?

"I never intended to kill anyone. When I rushed forward, someone suddenly launched a killing array against me—I assumed it was the Tianxuan Sword Dao disciple.

My anger flared up and I lost control, so I decided to kill. I feared others might later dispute the details, so I set up a Fourth-Rank concealment array before acting.

The moment I killed that disciple, my concealment array was shattered…"

Chong Qingyun knew he had to tell half-truths to escape. If he lied outright, everyone here would see through it immediately.

Most importantly, he had to point out that among the disciples competing for the True Spirit World, there was someone whose array art surpassed his own.

Hao Qian'ao frowned: "You're saying someone among the disciples competing for the True Spirit World has array art stronger than a Fourth-Rank Immortal Array Master?"

Chong Qingyun hurriedly replied: "I dare not lie. To this day, I still don't know how that person shattered my Fourth-Rank concealment array with a mere wave of the hand."

Everyone sensed Chong Qingyun didn't seem to be lying.

If Chong Qingyun wasn't lying, then one of these disciples was a wolf in sheep's clothing.

All eyes turned to Xuan Chengzi.

A man wearing a Daoist crown stepped forward to Xuan Chengzi, who immediately bowed deeply: "Xuan Chengzi greets the Sect Leader."

The man with the crown was Jing Dao Ren, sect leader of Qingxu Dao; he nodded at Xuan Chengzi, clearly pleased with his performance.

"You've done well. All the sect leaders and elders of major immortal sects are here—describe in detail how you obtained the True Spirit World. Don't omit or misstate anything."

Jing Dao Ren's tone was extremely gentle.

"Yes."

Xuan Chengzi perked up, feeling valued from the sect leader's words: "After several major immortal sects' disciples simultaneously discovered the True Spirit World, we agreed to compete for it through setting up containment arrays.

Other sects sent multiple disciples here to compete, but Qingxu Dao sent none—luckily, I eventually met my junior disciple Ding Bu San…"

"Ding Bu San?" Jing Dao Ren asked, puzzled.

Though he was sect leader, he remembered every disciple, even the laborers—yet this "Ding Bu San" meant nothing to him.

"Yes, he's a newly joined disciple of Qingxu Dao. He's a Second-Rank Immortal Array Master; I had to drag him along to join this competition.

Ding Bu San's array art is mediocre, but he's sharp-witted—he shielded me from several containment array attacks. We weren't the first to approach the True Spirit World, but our luck was excellent.

While they were fighting over the True Spirit World, someone somehow struck it and sent it flying—it landed right in front of Ding Bu San, and I picked it up…"

Xuan Chengzi finished speaking, but everyone stared at him as if he were an idiot.

Only Xuan Chengzi truly believed he'd simply gotten lucky—the True Spirit World had landed at his feet.

Jing Dao Ren had long noticed there was no Ding Bu San here, but he pretended ignorance and said nothing.

"Master Xuan Chengzi, if you were competing for the True Spirit World, would you deliberately throw it away?" Master Wu Yixia of the Divine Array Gate couldn't hold back any longer.

Xuan Chengzi completely missed Wu Yixia's implication and answered without hesitation: "I would never make such a childish mistake…"

After answering, he finally realized his blunder and chuckled awkwardly: "Whatever the case, it was just my luck."

Even though Xuan Chengzi clearly knew there was something off about the true spirit world he had picked up, he simply refused to think it through — what could you do about it?

"Ha ha." Daoist Jing laughed heartily: "Not bad, this is luck."

Everyone knew Daoist Jing wouldn't take out the true spirit world, and there was nothing they could do about it — the man had simply picked it up, what could you possibly say?

The sect master of Lesser Kunlun Immortal Sect, Fang Ran, cupped his fist toward the sect master of Divine Formation Gate, Wu Yixia, and asked:

"Sect Master Wu, you are a sixth-rank immortal formation grandmaster of the immortal domain. Can you tell whether there are any fourth-rank immortal formation traces here besides the ones laid down by Chong Qingyun of Xianwugong? Are there any fourth-rank formations laid by someone else?"

Wu Yixia shook his head awkwardly: "I observed carefully the moment I arrived. There are only the fourth-rank immortal formations laid by Chong Qingyun here, no traces of any other fourth-rank immortal formations. It seems my formation dao level is still not enough."

"Chong Qingyun, you should have been the first to break through all the trapping formations and enter the middle of this great hall. When you arrived, did you see the true spirit world?" Fang Ran asked.

Chong Qingyun's face fell: "This disciple truly did not see the true spirit world. By the time this disciple arrived, the true spirit world and the immortal crystals were already gone.

At that moment, the rest surrounded this disciple and attacked. What happened afterward, this disciple truly does not know."

"So in other words, the true spirit world Xuan Chengzi happened to pick up was truly dropped by someone else, not sent flying out during the fighting." Fang Ran said lightly.

Daoist Jing couldn't even be bothered to respond. No matter how Xuan Chengzi had obtained the true spirit world, it was a method that conformed to everyone's rules.

"Fellow Daoist Xuan Chengzi, may I ask which one is Fellow Daoist Ding Busan?" Wu Yixia asked.

In fact, someone had long wanted to ask this question — they just hadn't had a spare moment.

Xuan Chengzi turned his head, just about to call out to Ding Busan, only to discover that at some unknown point Ding Busan had vanished.

"Eh, where's Ding Busan?" Xuan Chengzi was still in shock.

Daoist Jing had long since noticed Ding Busan wasn't here. Seeing Xuan Chengzi still searching for Ding Busan, he felt quite helpless — this disciple really was slow on the uptake.

"Xuan Chengzi, draw out a portrait of Ding Busan." Daoist Jing said helplessly.

He knew that if he didn't say this, someone else would say it immediately.

Since that was the case, he might as well be more magnanimous and raise the question himself.

Xuan Chengzi raised his hand and sketched out a lean, sharp-feeling cultivator.

The palace master of Intent Sea Palace, Chi Feitao, said lightly: "Sect Master Jing, this person shouldn't be one of your Clear Void Dao's, right?"

Daoist Jing smiled faintly: "Whether he is from Clear Void Dao or not, I don't know yet. But whether he is or isn't, that is an internal matter of my sect."

Chi Feitao faltered. Even though he suspected Ding Busan had been the first to obtain the true spirit world and then dropped it at Xuan Chengzi's feet, he had no proof.

Since there was no proof, Xuan Chengzi could say the true spirit world he obtained was not taken by Ding Busan.

Only by proving that Ding Busan was not from Clear Void Dao, and that the true spirit world was taken by Ding Busan, would other immortal sects have the standing to demand a redo.

Only at this moment did Xuan Chengzi's slow-witted reaction finally arrive at a new realization.

It seemed the Ding Busan he had brought back was not a disciple of Clear Void Dao. But if he wasn't a disciple of Clear Void Dao, why was he wearing Clear Void Dao's daoist robe?

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