Chapter 393: Hope You Can Understand
"Impossible!" he answered directly.
Though the child was honest, he wasn’t foolish.
The elder’s smile didn’t falter. "Is your Master intending to establish a Sect here?"
Li Qi nodded. "Yes!"
"Aren’t you afraid of the Strange Power of the City of Extinction?" The elder narrowed his eyes, beginning to probe.
"What Strange Power?" Li Qi was startled. He turned to look at the mist-shrouded City of Extinction, thinking, I haven’t seen any!
There was only a layer of mist.
But when his Master walked through, the fog scattered, revealing the true appearance of the City of Extinction.
Could it be?
Seeing Li Qi’s expression, the elder’s heart shook, a look of amazement on his face. Has the Strange Power of the City of Extinction dissipated?
He immediately extended his Divine Sense. As a result... the moment his Divine Sense touched the City of Extinction, a terrifying force assaulted him. The elder coughed up blood with a SPURT, his face turning pale as he staggered backward.
When he lifted his head again, he was filled with horror.
The Strange Power is still there.
Yet, that young man can apparently disregard the Strange Power of the City of Extinction, walking, moving, and speaking as if on level ground...
The elder swallowed hard and asked again, "Are you sure your Master is only at the Imperial Realm?"
Li Qi nodded. "Yes."
Damn it! The elder’s face darkened. There must be a trick. What part went wrong? Why couldn’t my Divine Sense move within the City of Extinction? Yet that young man could. This is a major issue.
Realizing this, the elder no longer lingered, hastily leading the group of youths from the Golden Sun Sect away.
At that moment, Chen Pingping came out. "Eh? Did I just hear people talking? Has someone come by?"
Li Qi spoke, "An old man leading a group of youths came here." He then pointed in a certain direction. "They went that way."
Oh! It wasn’t the Tianyi Sect, nor was it Fairy Valley.
Chen Pingping glanced over, then said, "Alright, I understand."
「Golden Sun Sect.」
The elder spoke so vehemently for an hour that his saliva flew and his lips nearly wore out, yet no one in the Sect believed him. They all looked at him with peculiar expressions.
Came from Heaven Martial? An Imperial Realm? Establishing a Sect in the City of Extinction? Is this a joke? Are they out of their minds?
For tens of thousands of years, no one had set foot in that place, filled as it was with countless strange and terrifying things. Ordinary people needed courage just to approach it.
Who would establish a Sect in the City of Extinction?
Seeing their disbelieving looks, the elder was so frustrated he nearly spat blood. Grinding his teeth, he said, "Why won’t you believe me? Someone really has established a Sect in the City of Extinction! If you don’t believe it, go have a look yourselves!"
"Alright, enough," the Great Elder spoke. "The City of Extinction isn’t far from our Golden Sun Sect. Let’s just consider it a walk!"
He didn’t take it seriously, but the elder had been rambling on for an hour, his face flushed with excitement...
Fine then!
Let’s go for a walk then!
「Along the way.」
"The place where Yu Changfeng failed his Tao Verification three times has long been covered by the Power of Destruction from the Heavenly Dao," the Eighth Elder said in a gloomy tone. "It’s also rife with strange phenomena and curses. Who would dare approach, let alone establish a Sect there?"
"I also think it’s unlikely."
"Stop arguing," the Great Elder voiced. "The City of Extinction is right before our eyes. Whether it’s true or not, we’ll know soon enough..."
They debated the entire way, full of disbelief and mockery.
The old man was truly aggrieved but couldn’t voice his frustrations. Helpless, he chose to remain silent.
The distance grew shorter. But? As they looked on, something in their vision began to seem off. There was a shadow—not of a person, but of a gate.
Upon seeing this, the high-level experts of the Golden Sun Sect were stunned.
The old man, excited, pointed at the gate and said loudly, "See that? Is someone founding a Sect here?"
The gate wasn’t intricate; on the contrary, it was quite crude, with three large characters written on it: Wuji Sect.
The crowd was dumbfounded.
Someone actually dared to establish a Sect here? Who is it? Did they eat the guts of a leopard?
They recalled the elder’s words: Heaven Martial Continent, Chen Pingping, an Imperial-Realm powerhouse...
The Great Elder frowned and stepped into the City of Extinction, but was immediately met with terrifying Power of Destruction, Strange Power, and Power of Curse.
His face changed dramatically, and he hurriedly retreated.
「Deep within the City of Extinction.」
Chen Pingping sensed visitors had arrived. His eyes twinkled, and he smiled, "Li Qi, right now, our Wuji Sect is still in its developmental stage and needs some time. However, crucial tasks like building friendly relations with other sects, fostering a philosophy of peaceful coexistence, and establishing a powerful image for our Wuji Sect are already pressing matters!"
Li Qi: "???"
"As my chief disciple, are you willing to take on this important responsibility?" Chen Pingping looked at him.
"Master..." Li Qi’s face darkened. "They’re all cultivating. Shouldn’t I be cultivating properly too?"
"No rush. Once your seals, Arrays, and mastery of Taboos reach Perfection, I will pass on a powerful cultivation method to you," Chen Pingping said with a slight smile. "For now, take Mao Qiu out with you!"
"..."
Mao Qiu? That little fatty? A ball of pure white fluff. All it does is sleep day in and day out, either on Martial Aunt Xiaoyu’s shoulder or on the Junior Martial Uncle’s. Li Qi felt numb. Of all Master’s pets, Mao Qiu is the most useless. That extraordinarily majestic creature, the Emperor Spirit, though timid as a mouse, at least possesses combat power. As for Mao Qiu...
Li Qi forced a smile uglier than crying and said, "Master, will you be watching over me from behind?"
Does he mean he’ll be silently protecting me?
Chen Pingping shook his head. "No." After a pause, he added, "Your Little Master will."
Earth Chicken will.
Nearby, Earth Chicken glanced over and rolled her eyes, thinking, It’s his disciple, so he should be the one protecting him.
She was busy planting Spiritual Medicines, over a thousand already sown. Combined with the effects of the Spirit Gathering Array, the entire interior of the City of Extinction was filled with dense Spirit Qi.
It wouldn’t be long before this place would become the most Spirit Qi-rich cultivation land in the entire Southern Diaspora.
And all of this is my work! As she mused, Earth Chicken grew excited, for an even grander plan was forming in her heart.
"He Yitian said before that to establish a Sect in the Southern Diaspora, one must gain the approval of one-third of the existing powers. Only then can we secure a foothold and compete with them for cultivation resources. Therefore... I plan to entrust this important task to you," Chen Pingping said with a serious face.
Li Qi looked constipated. He desperately wanted to say, Master, have you forgotten that I’m merely a cultivator of the Supreme Mystery Realm? The entire Sect is progressing so rapidly, yet I’m being sent out on a mission and can’t even cultivate. I feel like in less than a year, I’ll be the lowest-ranked member of the Wuji Sect. That’s terrifying.
"This mission is extremely arduous and can only be completed by you, because you are my chief disciple," Chen Pingping said. He then picked up Mao Qiu, who was still snoozing, and tossed him over. "Go!"
Helpless, Li Qi picked up Mao Qiu and was forced to depart.
Watching his departing figure, Chen Pingping sighed softly. "I hope you can understand."
"What do you hope he understands?" Hongxiu came out, her tone sarcastic. "Over a thousand Sect disciples are all cultivating at an accelerated pace, just to earn your rewards. Yet your chief disciple is being deliberately held back by you. You don’t pass on cultivation methods to him, you don’t let him cultivate, and now you’re sending him out to interact with the outside world. What, are you trying to get him killed?"
She couldn’t understand.