Cultivation: Immunity to Negative Effects

"Very well!"

Mo Xue was taken aback. She clearly hadn’t expected Zhang Chi to be so resolute, but being a proud person herself, she immediately stopped trying to persuade him.

Then, she took a large sum of Spirit Stones from her Storage Bag and handed them to Zhang Chi, a pained look on her face.

With that, the cooperative relationship between Zhang Chi and the Mo Family was officially terminated.

"Yes, that’s right."

Zhang Chi accepted the Spirit Stones. A quick scan with his Divine Thought confirmed there was no issue, and he couldn’t help but nod in satisfaction. Then, with a slight movement, his body transformed into a streak of firelight and flew away.

"I hope you don’t regret this in the future!" Mo Xue muttered to herself as she watched the streak of Escape Light disappear into the distance.

Next, Mo Xue entered the cave residence to inspect it. The inspection put her in a great mood.

It turned out that although Zhang Chi had lived here for many years and had now left, the place was spotless. The Spiritual Vein and the cave residence’s structures were completely undamaged.

"Oh, no! I forgot something! Some of my senior brothers and sisters from the sect were supposed to visit me today."

But the next moment, a sudden thought made her face turn pale. She hurriedly chased after Zhang Chi in the direction he had left.

As it happened, because she was attractive, had a high Cultivation, a decent quality Golden Core, and had never sought a dao companion, she was very popular among her fellow senior brothers in the sect.

Two Nascent Soul Seeds at the Golden Core Peak were even pursuing her.

To curry favor with her, they had long since investigated the Mo Family’s situation.

Afterward, they both felt that the Spirit Contract between Zhang Chi and the Mo Family was unfair and that it was time to change it.

Therefore, they had specifically arranged a time to visit the Mo Family, but in reality, they intended to seek justice for the Mo Family—or rather, for Mo Xue.

But naturally, Mo Xue would not allow such a thing to happen.

After all, this concerned the Mo Family’s reputation. Their cooperation back then had been voluntary, and the Mo Family had gained many benefits over the years.

However, she hadn’t refused their visit at the time.

For one, they had high status and high Cultivation; she couldn’t afford to offend them.

Secondly, she also wanted to use this opportunity to let her family, the surrounding Immortal Cultivation Clans, and even "Elder Xiao" know just how high her status was in the Profound Sun Sect.

She just never expected that while her fellow disciples said they would come today, they hadn’t yet arrived when Elder Xiao summoned her.

After that, she became completely absorbed in the matter and nearly forgot her fellow disciples were coming.

And now, the direction her fellow disciples were coming from happened to overlap with the route Elder Xiao had taken. If they happened to run into each other, it would undoubtedly be a huge problem.

’After all,’ she thought, ’even if that Elder Xiao is at Golden Core Peak, he’s no match for my fellow disciples.’

’Besides, since those two senior brothers of mine are coming, they’re bound to have other senior brothers and sisters with them.’

To catch up to Zhang Chi, she deliberately used a Secret Escape Technique and even sent a message ahead to inform him of the situation.

As for her fellow disciples, she sent no message.

She knew that if they found out Zhang Chi had just left, they would probably become even more aggressive.

’How can this Elder Xiao’s escape speed be so fast? Is the gap between Golden Core Peak and the Golden Core Early Stage really this huge?’

But as she gave chase, she couldn’t help but feel secretly astonished.

She had been chasing him for a long time but hadn’t even caught a glimpse of him.

"What a pain!"

Ahead, Zhang Chi soon reached the edge of Bailu Oasis. He had already received Mo Xue’s message and couldn’t help but frown slightly. He was also somewhat glad that he had never gotten romantically involved with her back then; otherwise, there would likely be even more trouble in the future.

However, he wasn’t too concerned.

After all, they were only Golden Cores, not a single Nascent Soul among them.

Of course, he had no interest in pointless conflicts, so he immediately decided to slightly alter his course.

WHOOSH...

But just then, a cyan Magical Treasure Flying Boat, over a hundred feet long, suddenly flew toward him from the front. A dozen or so Cultivators stood aboard it.

These Cultivators looked quite young, like youths, but their Cultivation levels were not low. Without exception, all of them were at the Golden Core realm.

The two leaders, a pair of handsome and imposing young men, even possessed Peak Golden Core Cultivation.

Furthermore, each of these Cultivators wore an identical black tablet at their waist, engraved with the two words, "Xuan Yang." They were clearly all from the Profound Sun Sect—the very same fellow disciples Mo Xue had mentioned.

"Fellow Daoist, excuse me, which way to the Mo Mansion on this oasis?"

They hadn’t paid Zhang Chi any mind when they saw him, but one of the leaders, a young man in cyan robes, suddenly asked a question.

"I don’t know!"

Zhang Chi couldn’t be bothered with them and directly brushed past.

"Alright then!"

The Profound Sun Sect Cultivators were startled but didn’t pay it much mind, and soon they were flying further and further away from Zhang Chi.

"Fellow Daoist, wait a moment!"

But soon, they reappeared, caught up to Zhang Chi, and blocked his path.

"You must be the Mo Family’s Honored Guest Elder, Master Xiao Yunhong, correct? Do you know who we are, Fellow Daoist?"

"We are the fellow disciples of Junior Sister Mo Xue, Matriarch of the Mo Family. We are also Golden Core Cultivators from the Profound Sun Sect."

The cyan-robed Cultivator continued, a smile on his face, but a strange light flashing deep in his eyes as he sized up Zhang Chi.

The others were much the same.

They had indeed come to cause trouble for "Master Xiao," so they had gathered information on him in advance and knew what he looked like.

Moreover, High Tier Cultivators have photographic memories. So, while they hadn’t recognized Zhang Chi at first glance, he had seemed familiar, and they quickly recalled who he was.

And since they had run into him, they naturally couldn’t let him get away. Otherwise, this whole trip would have been for nothing.