Chapter 65: Chongyang Zushi Chongyang, Reflection

"One... one thousand!"

Zhao Linger was so excited that she couldn't speak clearly: "I put in four hundred, and Junior Brother and Junior Sister each put in three hundred!"

"The three of us pooled together one thousand!"

"Hmm!" Yu Ning looked at the black bead in her hand, somewhat unable to put it down, and said: "This item should be a treasure that can assist in cultivating the divine soul. You three are all at the Qi Refining stage now, so it's of no use to you!"

"How about this, give this bead to me, and I will take it for two thousand spirit stones!"

"Is that alright?"

Yu Ning looked at the three of them.

The three of them immediately showed expressions of difficulty.

It was a treasure.

We don't even know what kind of treasure this is, and you're taking it away; isn't this a disguised form of plundering the disciples' belongings?

But the person opposite was their Master, so the three of them naturally dared not refuse.

Yet they were unwilling, and each remained silent.

Yu Ning smiled and said: "I know what you are thinking. Actually, your Master is not coveting your treasure; I just feel that this item is of no use in your hands!"

"Look, your Chongyang Zushi is about to celebrate his three-hundredth birthday, and I have been searching left and right but haven't found a suitable treasure!"

"My meaning is for you to transfer this item to me, and I will contribute this treasure as a birthday gift to the Chongyang Zushi!"

"It is definitely not that your Master is greedy!"

"How about it?"

Yu Ning looked at the three of them.

"Alright!" Zhao Linger said: "I will listen to Master!"

Zhao Linger agreed, so the other two naturally dared not say they disagreed.

"I will listen to Master!"

"I will also listen to Master!"

"Good, good, good!" Yu Ning smiled, then took out two thousand spirit stones: "You divide them!"

"Come... come with me to pay respects to the Chongyang Zushi!"

Yu Ning wanted to take a few disciples to see the Chongyang Zushi to prove that she hadn't embezzled the treasure and was truly taking it to offer as a birthday gift to the Chongyang Zushi.

"Master, I won't go!" He Pingsheng didn't really want to go.

Why?

Because this so-called Patriarch was the only Golden Core stage expert on Xiuzhu Peak, Master Chongyang.

And True Person Chongyang, he had met him before.

"No!" Yu Ning said: "Since you entered my sect, you haven't met the Chongyang Zushi yet; how can that be?"

"Come with me, and kowtow to the Chongyang Zushi today!"

He Pingsheng naturally dared not disobey, so he could only follow his Master out of the palace with a nervous expression, then head toward the Daoist arena where the Chongyang Zushi resided.

The Patriarch's cultivation grounds were at the highest point of Xiuzhu Peak.

The spiritual energy here was twice as dense as in the Master Yu Ninggong.

Boom—

Outside the massive palace, several layers of arrays opened one after another, and Yu Ning led the four disciples inside.

Although there was no sunlight inside this arena, golden light flowed everywhere.

It was extremely dazzling.

He Pingsheng dared not look around, only seeing a Daoist wearing green robes sitting on a lotus platform in front.

Beside that Daoist, streaks of golden light flickered, and he looked as extraordinary as an immortal.

True Person Chongyang.

"Pay respects to the Chongyang Zushi!"

"Greetings, Chongyang Zushi!"

Everyone bowed together.

The Daoist on the lotus platform opened his eyes, and he said with a kind expression: "Master Yu Ning... no need for so many formalities!"

While speaking, the Daoist's gaze swept onto He Pingsheng, and he said: "It's you, kid?"

He Pingsheng's heart trembled.

When he was a handyman in the pill room back then, he had met the Chongyang Zushi once; he didn't expect the Chongyang Zushi to have such a good memory.

However, what He Pingsheng didn't know was that it wasn't that True Person Chongyang had a good memory, but for a Golden Core stage cultivator, a single closed-door cultivation session could last several years, so things from a few years ago were as clear to them as if they had happened yesterday.

As for He Pingsheng's change in appearance, that didn't matter; Golden Core stage cultivators look at people by their bones and their aura.

They don't look at their faces.

Now that He Pingsheng appeared, Chongyang could naturally see through him at a glance.

"Disciple He Pingsheng, kowtows to the Chongyang Zushi!" He Pingsheng hurriedly bowed again.

"Don't kowtow!" True Person Chongyang hurriedly stopped him, saying: "This old man doesn't like that sort of thing."

Yu Ning asked: "Master actually knows this disciple of mine?"

Master Chongyang shook his head and said: "I don't know him. I happened to see him once before; at that time, he wasn't a disciple of our Xiuzhu Peak!"

"Enough talk, Master Yu Ning, why did you come to find me today?"

Yu Ning said: "Master... your three-hundredth birthday is coming up, and this disciple found a treasure that seems to have unique effects on divine soul cultivation!"

"I specifically came to offer it to Master, please take a look!"

While speaking, Yu Ning took out the black bead in her hand and gave it to True Person Chongyang.

True Person Chongyang took the bead with a smile and said: "You have a heart!"

But after taking it for only a few breaths, the Daoist's brows furrowed.

"Master!" True Person Yu Ning asked: "Is there something wrong?"

"You've been deceived!" True Person Chongyang increased the force in his hand slightly, and black dust peeled off the black bead, revealing a bright green seed.

"This..." Yu Ning said: "Master, what is this?"

Master Chongyang said: "In the far west, there is a poisonous herb called the Jilan Flower. The seeds produced by this plant are highly toxic; if even a trace is exposed, it can paralyze the divine sense!"

"This is the seed of the Jilan Flower!"

Pfft...

He Pingsheng almost vomited.

He thought it was Daoist clarity, but in the end, it was his divine sense being paralyzed.

Damn it!

That dead old man was truly a big swindler!

"Master, please forgive me!" Yu Ning also wanted to vomit.

True Person Chongyang was a good-natured person; he waved his hand and said: "No need to do these things. As for the three hundred years of longevity, this old man doesn't care. I still need to go into closed-door cultivation, you all should go down!"

"Yes!" Yu Ning trembled all over.

True Person Chongyang asked again: "How many spirit stones did this thing cost?"

Yu Ning said: "Two... two thousand!"

"Sigh!" True Person Chongyang said: "In the future, do not be greedy for small gains. This old man still has some spirit stones here that I don't need for now; I'll give them to you to make up for it!"

Whoosh...

A storage bag flew over through the air.

Yu Ning took the storage bag and hurriedly led the disciples away from the palace.

Xu Kunlun, Zhao Linger, and Tian Xiaoqing all shrank their heads, not daring to let out a breath.

Fearing they would touch the Master's bad luck.

Once they reached Master Yu Ninggong, Zhao Linger said: "Master, it's better to return these spirit stones to you!"

Yu Ning's face darkened, and she said: "What kind of person do you take your Master for?"

"That's it... the three of you, go to the teleportation square in front and reflect for seven days!"

"Go!"

Zhao Linger pouted and said: "Why, Master, disciple..."

"Why?" Yu Ning said with a dark face: "You still have the nerve to ask your Master why?"

"Because you are all stupid..."

"Go!"

"Wait!" Yu Ning looked at He Pingsheng and said: "You go too!"

He Pingsheng was immediately unsettled: "Master... I didn't participate in this matter; I didn't even know when they bought it!"

Damn it, I'm not the stupid one!

Why punish me?

Yu Ning waved her large sleeve: "If I tell you to go, then go. Stop being so long-winded, or do you believe I'll double it for you?" ===== CHAPTER 66 =====