Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh

Chapter 403 - 200: The Fall of the Golden Core, Jiuhua Mountain

Chu Ning couldn’t help but start muttering to himself.

"It seems that this place is indeed just an ordinary mountain peak.

Yet I don’t know which ancient cultivator thought of establishing a teleportation array in such a place."

Thinking this way, Chu Ning took to the sky and swiftly flew to the mountain top to start observing his surroundings.

Behind him was a vast expanse of mountain ranges stretching as far as the eye could see, and Chu Ning sensed it slightly.

The Spiritual Qi in that direction seemed noticeably more dense.

In front of him were several mountain peaks.

However, these peaks became shorter one by one, and at the edge of his vision, faintly visible, there seemed to be some houses.

"Just not sure if that place is where cultivators reside, or just common mortals’ dwellings."

Chu Ning slightly raised an eyebrow and then his gaze fell to the left side.

About twenty miles to the left was a stone mountain, bald without much vegetation.

His Divine Sense still could not reach that location.

But his eyesight was excellent, faintly making out a few figures on that mountain peak.

"The urgent matter now is to figure out exactly where I am."

Thinking this, Chu Ning swiftly flew towards that mountain.

His speed was extremely fast, quickly narrowing the distance between both sides to within ten miles.

This range had already entered within the scope of his Spiritual Sense.

At this moment, he naturally sensed the situation on the mountain peak.

"Four Qi Refining cultivators, one man and three women, the highest cultivation only at the seventh layer of Qi Refining, this cultivation indeed isn’t high."

Muttering in his heart, Chu Ning did not hide his aura and directly headed towards them.

Those few people naturally soon noticed Chu Ning.

When Chu Ning flew closer and they sensed his aura, their expressions subtly changed.

Especially when they saw that Chu Ning approached them, all of the cultivators quickly bent over and bowed in greeting.

The leading middle-aged man respectfully spoke:

"Greetings, Senior, is there anything we can assist you with?"

"What place is this, and where are you planning to go?"

Chu Ning asked in a calm voice.

The few people looked at each other, seemingly taken aback by Chu Ning’s question.

Yet the middle-aged man still answered truthfully:

"To report to Senior, this is Jiuhua Mountain, a branch of the Cloud Peak Mountain Range. We are about to go gather some Spirit Medicine for Alchemist Xiao."

Cloud Peak Mountain Range?

Upon hearing this, Chu Ning was slightly stunned.

"I unexpectedly left the East Saint Continent and arrived at the Western Alliance Continent."

Six months ago, Chu Ning really wouldn’t have known what this place was.

But ever since obtaining those two Jade Scrolls in the Grand Elder’s Cave Mansion of the Thunder Fire Sect,

Chu Ning, apart from cultivation, had browsed quite a bit of information.

He gained more understanding of the Celestial Derivation Realm.

The whole Celestial Derivation Realm is surrounded by and divided by the Boundless Sea.

The East Saint Continent to the west is an area of the Boundless Sea, and further west is the Western Alliance Continent.

According to the records in the Jade Scrolls, during the Thunder Fire Sect era, the Western Alliance Continent differed from the dispersed sects of the East Saint Continent.

The entire Western Alliance Continent was dominated by several Sect alliances, which divided the continent into several spheres of influence.

Among them, the Cloud Peak Mountain Range was a relatively important area for cultivation on the Western Alliance Continent, belonging to the Shuangyun Alliance domain during the Thunder Fire Sect period.

This alliance not only included the expansive Cloud Peak Mountain Range spanning hundreds of thousands of miles within its domain but also another slightly smaller Yunmeng Mountain Range inside its sphere of influence.

However, according to the information from Thunder Fire Sect and Cyan Creek Sect that Chu Ning consulted,

At the Thunder Fire Sect’s peak, it likely dated back nearly ten thousand years from now.

Yet he didn’t know if after ten thousand years this Western Alliance Continent still maintained this structure.

And if the Cloud Peak Mountain Range was still under the Shuangyun Alliance territory as it was before.

Thinking of this, Chu Ning proceeded to ask:

"What sphere of influence does this place now belong to?"

The middle-aged cultivator’s eyes flashed with a trace of strange surprise, but he quickly answered:

"This territory belongs to the Cloud Peak Alliance Jiuhua Sect domain."

Cloud Peak Alliance, no longer called Shuangyun Alliance.

When Chu Ning further inquired about more information regarding Jiuhua Sect, wishing to understand the sect’s strength, however, this middle-aged cultivator couldn’t quite respond.

Chu Ning then asked:

"The Alchemist Xiao you mentioned earlier, what is his level as an alchemist? Are you his students or disciples?"

The middle-aged man quickly answered again.

From the words of this middle-aged man, Chu Ning could deduce generally.

This Alchemist Xiao turns out to be a loose cultivator, well reputed for his remarkable alchemy technique around Jiuhua Mountain.

It was said that Jiuhua Sect once intended to have him join the sect, but he did not agree.

And from the middle-aged man’s mouth, Chu Ning learned that this Alchemist Xiao is surprisingly a Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Also a Middle Tier Middle Grade Alchemist, capable of refining Middle Tier Middle Grade Elixir.

Upon hearing this, Chu Ning’s eyes slightly flickered.

This Alchemist Xiao’s cultivation and alchemy level were almost similar to his own.

He had only recently broken through to the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, and as for the alchemy level, if one excludes Refining Spirit,

Refining Intermediate Middle Grade is also no problem; with Refining Spirit included, he could easily refine Intermediate Upper Grade Elixir.

He could even faintly touch the threshold of Advanced Elixir.

When Chu Ning inquired about the temper and character of this Alchemist Xiao, the middle-aged cultivator began to stutter.