Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh

Chapter 419 - 205: Why Should Chu Ning Be a Steward?

The Spirit Rock Peak, where the entire courtyard was located, was one of the few mountain peaks abundant in Spiritual Qi within the Jiuhua Sect.

Although it couldn’t compare to the concentration of Spiritual Qi in the Cave Mansions of Golden Core Cultivators, it was more than double that of Chu Ning’s Cave Mansion at Yanfeng.

The entire courtyard was enveloped in Spiritual Qi, dense as if covered by a white mist.

This was not a mist effect from an array; it was genuine Spiritual Qi.

Clearly, there was at least a Tier Three or higher Spirit Vein beneath this peak.

The only thing Chu Ning wasn’t too satisfied with might be the array within this courtyard.

He had encountered many array restrictions over the years and could naturally discern this at a glance.

Neither the Gathering Spirit effect nor the defensive capability was as good as the array Cen Zijin had set up for him back then.

Fortunately, he had brought the entire set of array formation tools with him.

He could directly replace this array with a better one.

He could even use the array formation tools that Cen Zijin had meticulously refined and given him upon leaving, which should theoretically have better effects.

Thinking about it, he acted immediately, removing all the array setups in this courtyard.

He then began setting up the array with the tools given by Cen Zijin.

Anyway, according to the agreement with Gong Yuyuan, this courtyard already belonged to him, so others would not interfere with how he arranged it.

The day he agreed to enter the Jiuhua Sect, Chu Ning set a few conditions for Gong Yuyuan.

One of them was to have a cultivation place with abundant spiritual energy, relatively quiet and independent.

This condition was naturally not excessive, so Gong Yuyuan readily agreed.

Besides, Chu Ning also requested resource support for alchemy and cultivation.

In this aspect, Gong Yuyuan wasn’t stingy either and agreed readily.

He even promised that as long as Chu Ning could refine a few types of urgently needed elixirs within the sect, he would enjoy slightly better treatment than the stewards in the Alchemy Pavilion.

Afterward, Chu Ning proposed a condition that surprised them a bit.

He would no longer join the Jiuhua Sect under the name of Alchemist Xiao, but instead, he would be known as Chu Ning.

As for the reason, Chu Ning explained to Gong Yuyuan that his master had an old enemy.

Having recently settled the grievances, he no longer had to hide.

Moreover, over the years, to avoid enemies, he had deliberately acted antisocial and detached, creating barriers with many cultivators.

To prevent entanglements upon entering the sect, he decided to sever ties with his past, including his name.

This also avoided any persistent harassment from his master’s enemies or their friends and relatives.

These were indeed Chu Ning’s intentions. Though he had borrowed Xiao Cheng’s identity for a while,

he didn’t want to cause trouble due to others’ matters.

Taking this opportunity to restore his true identity was quite good.

These reasons didn’t arouse Gong Yuyuan’s suspicions; instead, he saw it as reducing trouble for the Jiuhua Sect, so he quickly agreed.

Thus, there was the previous news released by the Jiuhua Sect that Alchemist Xiao had angered the Jiuhua Sect and was pursued.

Since then, with Alchemist Xiao no longer appearing, everyone naturally assumed he had been exterminated by the Jiuhua Sect.

However, even so, it took Chu Ning three months before he finally arrived at the Jiuhua Sect.

Then, under Gong Yuyuan’s arrangement, he directly became a steward of the Alchemy Pavilion.

Although there was much skepticism among the stewards in the Alchemy Pavilion when Gong Yuyuan announced it, Chu Ning was indifferent.

With the Alchemy Technique, he had enough time to demonstrate it to others.

Since both Gong Yuyuan and He Yanmao considered that Alchemist Xiao’s alchemy was worthy of being a steward, he naturally could be one too.

After replacing the array setups in the entire courtyard, Chu Ning began taking out and planting the spirit plants from his storage bag.

In terms of cultivation resources, Jiuhua Mountain was richer than the places Chu Ning had stayed before.

Just in the short period a few months ago, using the identity of ’Alchemist Xiao,’ he collected quite a few spirit medicines.

Along with the materials Xiao Cheng had, he indeed had more than when he was at Yanfeng.

Now joining the Jiuhua Sect, he could acquire even more spirit medicines.

However, Chu Ning also had some irreplaceable spirit medicines in his hand.

Other spirit plants were easy to discuss, but spirit plants like the Flame Wood Twin Fruit, Iron Soul Flower, and Stone Decision Flower,

were ones Chu Ning brought out from the Spirit Realm and might not even be available at Jiuhua Mountain.

Once Chu Ning took out and planted the items from the storage bag, the medicinal garden was almost fully planted.

After exerting the Profound Spring Youth Technique, Chu Ning began cultivating.

[Flame Divine Wood Technique (Profound Tier Upper Grade), Third Layer (1600/20000)]

[Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique, Volume One, Undying Golden Body (150/10000)]

[Refining Spirit Technique, Third Layer (7152/8000)]

It had been nearly five months since Chu Ning had broken through to the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment and cultivated the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique’s Immortal Soul to perfection at the Thunder Fire Sect ruins.

His proficiency in various cultivations had improved somewhat, but he wasn’t close to breaking through any obvious barriers.

Particularly, the progress speed of the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique was the slowest.

After reaching the last layer of Volume One, the Undying Golden Body, even with the hybrid spirit fruit Iron Essence Fruit aiding his cultivation, he only increased by 1 point each day.

However, regarding the Top Level Lower Grade spell Wind and Fire Scorched Earth, Chu Ning had already started mastering it.

After finishing the cultivation technique, Chu Ning began practicing spells again.

He casually cast a fireball, then pinched a spell, causing an undetectable wind technique to follow closely.

The speed of the fireball suddenly increased, and in the next moment, it unexpectedly turned in a different direction.