CHAPTER 244: CHAPTER 244: REALLY NO MORE

The Demon Emperor was reborn and had become a flirtatious little junior sister. Oh, and to be clear, she was only flirtatious with her own senior brother.

However, after more than twenty years together, Guang Xiaoyu still knew her senior brother well; he was a complete idiot in certain aspects.

Sure enough, this series of actions left Chen Pingping blushing and at a loss.

"HAHAHA! So cute!" Guang Xiaoyu burst out laughing.

"Starting tomorrow, you’ll go out for experiential training!" Chen Pingping glared at her.

"..."

"TSK!" She rolled her eyes and said with a grin, "Senior brother, coming here in the dead of night, is there something important?"

Back to the matter at hand.

Chen Pingping stared at her intently. "The Tao Seed within you, can you hide it?"

"Huh?" She was puzzled. "Isn’t it already hidden?"

The Tao Seed was rooted deep in her Dantian. Unless an extraordinary expert extended their powerful Divine Sense and forcefully peered into it, it was impossible to detect. Plus, something as extraordinary as a Tao Seed couldn’t necessarily be calculated even by the Heavenly Book.

And that’s not considered hidden?

Chen Pingping took a deep breath. "It’s not enough. You need to hide it completely, to the point that no method can find it."

"Really? What happened?" Guang Xiaoyu faintly sensed that something was amiss.

"Nothing..." He smiled.

Spirit Realm experts are invading, aiming for the Tao Seed. It’s better not to tell her such things. She’s just a young girl, what would she understand? It would only make her anxious.

After a brief discussion, Chen Pingping had a general idea and hurriedly left.

The Tao Seed could indeed be hidden, at least by conventional methods. However, he didn’t yet know if Spirit Realm experts possessed some special means of detection. Moreover, it wasn’t certain that Spirit Realm experts could even reach the Heaven Martial Continent; there had to be some kind of restriction. Otherwise, the forces attacking the Wuji Sect wouldn’t have been limited to Youming Valley and the Saint Tao families.

Returning to his room, Chen Pingping opened the painting scroll again and studied it carefully. He seriously recalled the scene: a man in black suppressing a golden figure and a terrifying ancient ferocious beast.

Hmm? Could it be?

Chen Pingping’s mouth fell slightly agape as he stared at the ground beneath him. The more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed.

He summoned the Heavenly Book and began to calculate. Sure enough, in the haze, he saw faint lights and shadows: a yin and a yang rising and falling, an ancient altar, a golden figure, and a terrifying ancient ferocious beast.

"..."

After putting away the Heavenly Book, he was stunned. However, he didn’t immediately raise an alarm or rush down to investigate in a panic. His first response was to go to sleep.

It wasn’t until the next day at dawn that Chen Pingping swiftly went to the lawn. He lay there, basking lazily in the sun, constantly muttering to himself, "I didn’t see it, I didn’t see it."

When he’d activated the Reincarnation Mystery, the man in black had caught a fleeting glimpse of him and forcefully ejected him. Now, he was supposed to investigate the golden entity and the ferocious beast that very man in black had suppressed?

I wouldn’t dare.

If I accidentally released that entity... Just thinking about the consequences sends shivers down my spine!

「Days passed.」

Life in the Wuji Sect gradually returned to normal. However, the young, innocent faces of the disciples would occasionally gaze towards Qingfeng with deep longing.

The Elder Master had returned. And two powerful Elder Uncles as well.

I wonder if Qingfeng is recruiting new disciples?

They were getting restless.

Hongxiu strode over, her face very dark. "This Sect of yours, how come it has nothing!"

Chen Pingping lifted his head, his tone leisurely. "Who says so? See that spring? There’s Earth Fire beneath."

"Just that?" Hongxiu raised an eyebrow. "It’s useless after breaking through to the Condensed Soul Realm."

"I also left some inheritances behind!"

"You can’t possibly think that those few inheritances can satisfy the cultivation of over three hundred people, can you?"

"Uh... didn’t you all annihilate Youming Valley and the Saint Tao families before? What? You didn’t bring back their cultivation resources?"

"Not enough, nowhere near enough." Hongxiu stared at him intently. "A Sect with three hundred people is just too minuscule."

She had grand ambitions. Alas, the foundation of the Wuji Sect was just too weak. Even after looting the cultivation resources of two major forces, it was far from enough to support her dreams.

Before she could respond, Hongxiu added, "I remember, before the Heavenly Road appeared, you gave away quite a few good things to others!"

Her underlying meaning was clear: Do you have any more? Hand them over!

Upon hearing this, Chen Pingping immediately jumped up, howling, "Hey, hey, hey, you’re going too far! The Sect’s insufficient foundation is fundamentally a problem of its development. Shouldn’t you be thinking about that instead of targeting me?"

"I am now the Sect Master!" Hongxiu raised an eyebrow. "The Sect Master’s commands are absolute. What, do you want me to dissolve Qingfeng tomorrow? And then drive you all out?"

"..."

She was going all in.

For the Wuji Sect! For the dreams in my heart, I’ll first wring Chen Pingping dry of his cultivation resources! Him trying to fool me? That can wait!

Chen Pingping held his ground against her for a while, but in the end, he chose to compromise. "Alright! I still have some."

"Oh?" Hongxiu smiled.

Thirty Spirit Pills, thirty stalks of Spiritual Medicine, several King Tao Divine Weapons, a few hundred Spirit Stones, and several cultivation methods and offensive techniques...

Chen Pingping sighed. "That’s all I have."

Hongxiu clearly didn’t believe him, still eyeing him intently. "You were willing to give a heap of cultivation resources to someone you barely knew. So why, when it comes to your own Sect, do you become stingy?"

Chen Pingping opened his mouth slightly, gritted his teeth, and pulled out some more. "No more, take it or leave it!"

Hongxiu unceremoniously collected them, then said, "Still not enough!"

"Hey, hey, hey..." He was exasperated. "I invited you back to lead the Wuji Sect to glory, not to be here demanding things from me! Besides, I’m so poor, producing these items is already my limit."

"Qingfeng will be merged, starting tomorrow."

"Wait, let’s talk this out!" Chen Pingping’s face darkened. "I’ll give a bit more. This is really all I have."

"After Qingfeng is merged, you and your two little junior sisters will all have to leave!"

"..."

Chen Pingping clenched his teeth, then shook out one hundred stalks of Spiritual Medicine, one Spirit Pill, three Imperial Tao Divine Weapons, five King Tao Divine Weapons, twenty high-level cultivation methods, thirty high-level offensive techniques, and ten thousand Spirit Stones.

CLATTER! Resources piled up like a mountain.

He was so heartbroken he couldn’t bear to look any longer and immediately stormed off.

"Many thanks to Disciple Chen Pingping of Qingfeng for his contribution. This will surely be recorded in the annals of the Wuji Sect," came Hongxiu’s light laughter from behind him.

Chen Pingping stumbled, cursing as he walked away.

Hongxiu immediately gathered the items. Before leaving, she glanced at the old yellow ox on the lawn.

MOO!

Lao Huang turned and walked away.

Hei, who had been playing joyously, also sensed that something was amiss and quickly followed Lao Huang’s steps.

Four Spiritual Beasts, hehe! Hongxiu’s smile grew even brighter, her eyes darting around.

Unfortunately, she couldn’t get them.

Guang Xiaoyu had been pining for them for over twenty years—cajoling, coaxing, employing all sorts of tactics—yet was never able to swindle even one.

As if she could harbor designs on them? Dream on!