Infinite Save: I Cultivate Immortality Through Reincarnation - Chapter 216: The Arrival of Star Heaven Sect
“Just some crude techniques, nothing to be reluctant about.”
Xing Zi’ang spoke thus, his gaze fixed solely on the arena platform in the training grounds, not even sparing Gongsun Sheng a glance:
“If Junior Brother Gongsun wishes to learn, I can teach you as well.”
“Thank you for your kindness, Senior Brother Xing, but I think that won’t be necessary.”
Gongsun Sheng said:
“Junior Brother Yan is indeed astonishingly talented, no wonder Senior Brother Xing thinks so highly of him. After the entry competition concludes, I will host a banquet at the Hundred Flowers Tower in Zhinan City. I wonder if Junior Brother Yan would then honor me with his presence?”
Zhinan City was the closest city to Biqiu Mountain, a mere eighty miles away.
“You should ask Junior Brother Yan himself that, not me.”
Xing Zi’ang replied.
“Hmph.”
Upon hearing the three words ‘Hundred Flowers Tower’ mentioned by Gongsun Sheng, Zhu Qian, sitting beside him, snorted coldly, her face immediately clouding with displeasure.
She certainly knew what the Hundred Flowers Tower was—a place of pleasure and entertainment in Zhinan City.
Ignoring Zhu Qian’s petty temper, Gongsun Sheng merely nodded in Xing Zi’ang’s direction:
“Alright, then after the entry competition ends, I will personally ask Junior Brother Yan.”
He genuinely wanted to befriend Chen Yan.
Although Gongsun Sheng was quite jealous, especially regarding women, that didn’t mean he couldn’t see the bigger picture.
Yan Chen had already demonstrated sufficient potential. If the Biqiu Sect nurtured him properly, he would likely become a capable pillar in the future, a rare talent.
As for Gongsun Sheng himself, his cultivation talent was truly mediocre. Breaking through to the Qi Circulation Realm before thirty was already a pipe dream, and as for the Martial Spring Realm, he’d be burning incense in gratitude if he managed to break through in this lifetime.
His position within the Biqiu Sect relied solely on the fact that his father was Gongsun Kang, nothing more.
As for what he would do after Gongsun Kang died, Gongsun Sheng wasn’t worried in the slightest.
Because he understood perfectly well that he would definitely not outlive his Qi Sea Realm father.
Although Gongsun Sheng usually acted arrogantly and overbearingly, his reputation within the Biqiu Sect was still somewhat acceptable, because he was indeed generous towards those he wanted to win over.
It was precisely for this reason that Gongsun Kang had always indulged him.
However, what Gongsun Sheng didn’t know was that his father was now completely on the defensive.
…
In the span of nearly two months, the Biqiu Sect’s development speed had even surpassed that of the past ten years.
The reason was naturally the large chunk of fat voluntarily spat out by Wind Sand Manor, which had greatly increased the cultivation resources and financial power controlled by the Biqiu Sect in an extremely short time.
And it was under these circumstances that Elder Xie from Spirit Snake Cliff actively sought them out.
In Yuanyuan Country, a neighboring country of Jin’an Country, there was a spirit mine. The mineral reserves of this spirit mine could reach hundreds of millions of high-grade spirit stones. The purpose of Elder Xie from Spirit Snake Cliff seeking out Gongsun Kang was to propose a joint venture to mine this spirit mine.
Gongsun Kang certainly knew of this spirit mine, as it was the largest in terms of mineral reserves within a radius of a hundred thousand miles.
But no one had ever dared to mine it.
Simply because thousands of years ago, the Star Heaven Sect had erected a stele at this spirit mine, inscribed with the three large characters: “Star Heaven Sect.”
Erect this stele, and the mine is mine.
Arrogant, domineering, unreasonable, yet any cultivation sect was powerless against it.
For these thousands of years, no one had ever dared to lay a finger on this spirit mine.
In this land, who would dare to provoke the Star Heaven Sect?
Spirit Snake Cliff wanted to be the first to eat the crab.
For so many years, the Star Heaven Sect had always ignored this spirit mine. If they mined it secretly…
But Spirit Snake Cliff didn’t want to do it alone.
Thus, the people of Spirit Snake Cliff set their sights on the recently flourishing Biqiu Sect, semi-forcing them to join hands with Spirit Snake Cliff in mining this vein.
In reality, it meant the Biqiu Sect would do the mining, while Spirit Snake Cliff kept watch.
Gongsun Kang certainly didn’t want to undertake such a risky venture.
That was the Star Heaven Sect, one of the Five Great Sects of Chenping Continent. They had at least several dozen great powers in the Upper Three Realms, and countless cultivators in the Spirit Connection and Myriad Transformations Realms.
Even if the Star Heaven Sect merely blew a breath, his Biqiu Sect would cease to exist.
But Spirit Snake Cliff was also not someone Gongsun Kang could afford to offend.
Either cooperate with Spirit Snake Cliff, or shrink back into Jin’an Country, continuing to guard their original meager foundation.
Spirit Snake Cliff gave Gongsun Kang only these two choices.
Sitting on the viewing stand, Gongsun Kang clenched his fist, his gaze gradually becoming resolute and determined. He had already made up his mind.
…
Entry Competition Champion, Yan Chen.
When Chen Yan saw the line of small characters carved on the stone stele at the very center of the Biqiu Sect’s training grounds, he merely let out a soft sigh.
For Chen Yan, obtaining the position of champion in the Biqiu Sect’s entry competition hadn’t required much effort.
Even with only early-stage Body Forging Realm cultivation, he could easily dominate the late-stage Body Forging Realm entry disciples of the Biqiu Sect.
Just smurfing, that’s all.
Their combat experience wasn’t even on the same level.
Afterwards, he looked two lines to the left of his pseudonym and saw Xing Zi’ang’s name there.
After the entry competition ended, Gongsun Sheng had come to find him, saying he wanted to host a banquet at the Hundred Flowers Tower in Zhinan City and inviting Chen Yan to join.
Chen Yan declined very politely.
He wasn’t interested.
For Chen Yan, only cultivation mattered most.
Thus, after obtaining the Tempering Pill, Chen Yan immediately chose to shut himself in his disciple quarters and began his body tempering cultivation.
The following days were quite peaceful.
Within the better part of a year, Chen Yan had already cultivated from the early-stage Body Forging Realm to the late-stage Body Forging Realm. In at most a year’s time, he could smoothly break through to the Qi Circulation Realm and thus restore his cultivation.
But during this better part of a year, many changes had also occurred within the Biqiu Sect.
The original marble mountain gate had now been renovated into a white jade mountain gate. Various buildings within the sect were frequently renovated, and disciple quarters were extensively expanded.
Listening to a few supervisors from the inner sect, it was said that around the end of this year, the Biqiu Sect might conduct another mountain-opening disciple recruitment. This time, the recruitment wouldn’t be limited to just Jin’an Country but would extend to several surrounding countries as well.
This speed of expansion left Chen Yan utterly bewildered.
And because of this development speed, it indeed provided Chen Yan with more and better cultivation resources.
Chen Yan even began to realize that the resources he enjoyed within the Biqiu Sect were not the least bit inferior to those of an inner disciple of the Five Great Sects.
He asked Xing Zi’ang why the Biqiu Sect’s development speed had been so rapid recently.
Xing Zi’ang wasn’t too clear on the specific details either.
He only knew that some elders had mentioned that the reason the Biqiu Sect was developing so rapidly was because they were being lifted up by Spirit Snake Cliff.
Where there’s an anomaly, there’s a demon.
Chen Yan understood this principle. With the Biqiu Sect’s current development speed, trouble was bound to arise sooner or later.
He only wanted to restore his cultivation as quickly as possible and then make a run for it, severing all ties with the Biqiu Sect henceforth.
Alas, in the end, he was one step too late.
“I am Mu Xuesong, Supervisor of the External Affairs Hall under the Night Weaving Gate of the Star Heaven Sect.”
A cultivator around forty years old, wearing the Star Heaven Sect’s daoist robe, stood before the Biqiu Sect’s white jade mountain gate:
“Might I ask if the esteemed sect’s Sect Leader could come out for a meeting?”
