Cultivation: I Can Reincarnate Into Various Worlds

Chapter 422 - 229. Without the Sect Master’s Inheritance, Xu Mou can still prove himself to be a fairy.

Various sects in East Huangzhou had speculated about the Heavenly Change in the Flying Feather Immortal Palace. Most leaned towards the belief that Chi Yuan harbored ulterior motives, desiring to convert communal assets into personal property.

Previously, Chi Yuan had already reached the pinnacle of the Sect. As the Supreme Elder, he held the highest authority within it. For him, the distinction between communal and personal property was not significant.

But what about Chi Yuan’s descendants?

People naturally feel closer to some than to others. The desire to convert communal assets to personal property and pass wealth to one’s own kin is an impulse few could resist.

However, no one could have imagined—not even Xu Xing—that Chi Yuan’s purpose in joining the Family Line was actually to align with the opportune moment, all for the sake of the Sect’s continuation.

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「Wangchuan Sea, near Cold Smoke Island.」

An Elder in Black Robe and a youth in a green robe hovered above the azure surface of the sea, facing each other from a distance of over a thousand paces. Both maintained an air of calm composure. They resembled chess masters locked in a strategic match.

"Grandmaster Chi," Xu Xing began, "what you’ve told this disciple... it wasn’t an impromptu decision, was it? It seems you’ve prepared this for some time."

"Today, this disciple initially believed Sect Master Ren had summoned me. I did not expect it to be you, Grandmaster Chi. May I ask why you have come to see me?"

Once Chi Yuan finished speaking, Xu Xing adjusted his sleeve robe and preemptively questioned Chi Yuan’s purpose in coming here.

If he harbors no murderous intent, then he must have another purpose. A moment’s reflection made it clear: Chi Yuan hadn’t sought him out to reminisce or to exonerate him. It had to be because he possessed some value that Chi Yuan himself, or the Flying Feather Immortal Palace, could exploit. That was why Chi Yuan had personally come to meet him. The Heavenly Change had its reasons. This implied that the Flying Feather Immortal Palace was, for now, still the orthodox power. If that were the case, and Chi Yuan ordered him to do something, should he obey or refuse? That was the predicament. So, rather than being passive, it was better to clarify their relationship and state his position immediately.

Thus, the meaning behind his words was perfectly clear.

I, Xu Xing, am aligned with the Sect Master’s faction. Chi Yuan, although my grandmaster, you are not qualified to order me around.

The secret decree Ren Yuanrui had received from the Giant Sword Daoist Monarch was the greatest assurance behind his current stance.

"Resourceful and adaptable. Worthy of the ’Human Emperor Body,’ born with the innate bearing of an Emperor," Chi Yuan, seeing this, wasn’t angered. Instead, he smiled faintly, clapped his hands, and praised.

If Xu Xing had indeed meekly obeyed, Chi Yuan would have actually thought less of him. Someone with the "Human Emperor Body" was certainly no mediocre individual.

"Junior Ren has no time to see you," Chi Yuan mused for a moment before continuing, "He has been confined by me and Senior Brother Gong in Lang Huan Cave Heaven. Unless he breaks through to the Primordial Spirit realm, he cannot take a single step out of the Cave Heaven. As for my purpose in seeing you, it’s quite simple. I intend to bestow an inheritance upon you and permit you to establish the Butian Sect as a branch sect of the Immortal Palace," he stated calmly.

"No time to see me?"

Xu Xing was taken aback upon hearing this. Ever since the Fate Deduction over a hundred years ago indicated he would become the Seventeenth Sect Leader, he had always considered the Sect Master’s Inheritance of the Flying Feather Immortal Palace his greatest opportunity. Yet, unexpectedly, it seemed this inheritance was ultimately not destined for him.

Ruan Baimei...

Xu Xing recalled the Taibai Immortal Body. His eyebrows furrowed. During the last Fate Deduction, due to the added variable of the Butian Sect, the Sect Master’s Inheritance had fallen into Ruan Baimei’s hands. He had initially dismissed it as a coincidence, but now it appeared to be an inevitability.

The Butian Sect, a branch sect of the Flying Feather Immortal Palace... This statement meant the position of Seventeenth Sect Leader of the Flying Feather Immortal Palace was no longer his to claim.

Forget it... What is fated for me, I accept; what is lost, may be a blessing. The Sect Master’s Inheritance of the Flying Feather Immortal Palace is indeed important, but to wear the crown, one must bear its weight. Accepting the Sect Master’s Inheritance also means shouldering the duty of revitalizing the Sect... There are always gains and losses.

Xu Xing quickly regained his composure.

A tall tree attracts the wind. While the Sect Master’s Inheritance of the Flying Feather Immortal Palace was desirable, the Immortal Palace couldn’t even resolve the successive deaths of its Primordial Spirit Saint Monarchs. Inheriting such a Sect might not necessarily be a good thing.

"Butian Sect..." Xu Xing feigned displeasure, his expression turning noticeably colder. "Grandmaster Chi, are you aware of the jest between myself and Senior Brother Ruan?"

Establishing the Butian Sect had been a secret pact between him and Ruan Baimei. Yet now Chi Yuan, a Primordial Spirit Saint Monarch, knew of it. This was undoubtedly a form of ’betrayal’ by Ruan Baimei. He didn’t mind subtly undermining Ruan Baimei. Even if the Sect Master’s Inheritance was never truly his to begin with, Xu Xing believed Ruan Baimei was far from a gentleman.

"Joke?" Chi Yuan stroked his beard and chuckled. "Baimei certainly doesn’t consider it a jest. The Flying Feather Immortal Palace has become too rigid. It truly needs an organization to help the Sect change, and you are very suitable for this role..."

Chi Yuan understood the implication in Xu Xing’s words—Xu Xing felt somewhat betrayed, believing Ruan Baimei had sold him out. Such suspicion was not unfounded. Because it was, in fact, true.

Initially, Ruan Baimei was not among Ren Yuanrui’s chosen candidates for Seventeenth Sect Leader. The list only included six Chiefs from the Master and Disciple Lineage, and Xu Xing, a True lineage disciple. Now, however, Ruan Baimei had been designated as the next Sect Master. It went without saying how much conspiracy and calculation lay hidden within this development.

"Grandmaster Chi, since the Sect intends for Sect Master Ren to achieve the Yuan Shen before coming out of seclusion, then... who will be the Seventeenth Sect Leader of the Sect?" Xu Xing raised an eyebrow, feigning curiosity as he asked.

"Baimei," Chi Yuan didn’t hide the truth, answering candidly. "Ruan Baimei."

"Senior Brother Ruan?"