Cultivation Starting from Full Talent

Chapter 61: Chapter 60: Return

Ning Daoran couldn’t help but laugh, “Help me with Foundation Establishment? If I were at the Foundation Establishment Stage, my strength might not be less than yours. Being in the Sea Burning Sect, would you tolerate my existence?”

“Tsks, tsks!”

Qin Buhui, whose thoughts were exposed, chuckled, “Being too smart isn’t good, you know, it leads to an early death.”

His eyes spilled with killing intent, “Unfortunately, you’re not at the Foundation Establishment Stage right now, so you’ll just have to die!”

As he spoke, Qin Buhui continuously activated talismans and spiritual artifacts, launching an even more ferocious onslaught.

In the blink of an eye, Ning Daoran’s Outer Disciple uniform was incessantly torn, and his body was also marked with a series of cuts.

He was very satisfied with the scene before him; for a Qi Refining Seventh Layer disciple to obtain the main ingredient in the Cangnan Secret Realm, he had to pay a hefty price. The current situation was just right.

Inside his body, the Evergreen Technique surged powerfully at the eleventh layer, not to heal his wounds, but to constantly supply Ning Daoran with freshly generated Wood Attribute Magic Power.

If not for that, how could he possibly contend with Qin Buhui, who was at Foundation Establishment?

Moreover, Qin Buhui, at the early stages of Foundation Establishment, was the strongest Ning Daoran had encountered. With many spiritual artifacts and talismans, even Foundation Establishment Elders of the Chaotic Sect’s Outer Sect might not be his match.

Drip…drip…

Fresh blood flowed down from his arm, scattering onto the grass, strikingly crimson.

It was time.

Ning Daoran shook all over, clumsily retreating at high speed with the Azure Dragon Spear in hand, but due to his injuries, his speed was greatly reduced.

“After fighting to this extent, do you think this Young Master will let you live?”

Qin Buhui activated a Divine Speed Talisman, rapidly turning into a streak of light in hot pursuit, his speed incredibly fast!

Ning Daoran didn’t run too fast, he needed to wait for the other party a bit, otherwise, he risked being lost.

Qin Buhui wanted to kill Ning Daoran, but wasn’t Ning Daoran also longing to leave his opponent behind in the Secret Realm forever?

Such a person should die in the Secret Realm to prevent them from causing havoc in the Cultivation World.

…

Rustle rustle…

Ning Daoran’s steps were unsteady, staggering as he burst into the woods.

“Stop struggling.”

Qin Buhui shot forward like lightning, sneering, “This Maple Forest has a Beautiful scenery; it’ll make a fine grave for you.”

“Since you like this place so much…”

Ning Daoran turned around, the corner of his mouth twitching into a smirk, “Then I’ll accommodate you.”

As he spoke, he pressed several spells into the ground, and with a deep voice commanded, “Activate the array!”

“Buzz!”

In a great booming sound, it was as if a massive beast awoke from the earth, with the power of the Five Elements flourishing continuously. Five huge pillars rose from the ground all around, trapping everything in their midst!

The Five Elements Wander Array, a first-tier top-grade Array!

In an instant, countless Earth Spikes sprung up from the ground!

“An array?”

Qin Buhui’s gaze turned icy, and he hurriedly wielded his spiritual artifact for defense.

However, just as a round shield intercepted the Earth Spikes, a Wood Vine suddenly thrust upward, ensnaring him from all directions.

“How can this be?!”

Startled, Qin Buhui quickly swung his magic sword to sever the vines, but those broken tendrils instantly turned into torrents of energy, sweeping toward him like deep blue silk ribbons.

Above him, the gold stone rang out, as invisible golden sword energies mixed with fierce flames fell from the sky.

Beneath his feet, Earth Spikes danced wildly, attacking in an interwoven assault.

The Five Elements Wander Array, where the Five Elements mutually transformed and interwove, ever-changing, once started it would not stop until it completely annihilated its opponent.

“Good, very good!”

Qin Buhui’s eyes filled with ruthlessness, “Thinking of killing this Young Master with an array? You must have forgotten that this is just a first-tier array. How could it possibly kill a Foundation Establishment cultivator like me?”

Saying that, Qin Buhui swung his arms furiously, recklessly pouring power from his Burning Sea Divine Technique and Soul Devouring Demon Technique from inside his body, attempting to overpower the array with his mana.

Ning Daoran naturally wouldn’t stand by idly. If the Five Elements Wander Array were broken, killing Qin Buhui would be quite difficult.

The next second, he lightly tapped his Storage Bag, and a series of first and second-tier talismans flew out of the bag.

Frost Freeze Talismans, Burst Flame Talismans, Earth Spike Talismans, and others were activated one after another, and without discrimination, thrown into the array, all guided by the array to bombard Qin Buhui in the midst.

“You…”

Qin Buhui was greatly startled, not expecting the other party to also launch such a “money-sprinkling” offensive. Could this obscure youngster also have such deep reserves?

How could he know that Ning Daoran had just recently looted a Golden Core Late Stage cultivator’s talisman treasure trove?

In the blink of an eye, Qin Buhui was disheveled, even the feather crown on his head had been knocked off, and his body was covered with wounds caused by Earth Spikes, Frost Freeze, and Burst Flame, a mess of bloodstains.

“You think you can kill me with talismans?!”

Qin Buhui’s gaze was as fierce as a wounded beast, “You mere Late-stage Qi Refining, can your mana sustain these second-rank talismans?”

Ning Daoran didn’t speak, only continuing to activate talisman after talisman. If the second-tier talismans consumed too much mana, then he would start with first-tier ones, causing injuries first and foremost.

Thus, after bombarding with more than thirty first and second-tier talismans, Qin Buhui was already at his last breath.

Coupled with the assassination of the Five Elements Wander Array, this Young Master of the Sea Burning Sect had already realized that his situation was exceedingly grim.

“Do you really dare kill me?”

Ning Daoran descended from the sky, the tip of his Azure Dragon Spear trailing a cold gleam.

“Brother!”

Qin Buhui was greatly alarmed, “Hold on…”

A spear fell, cracking open the skull, blood splattering everywhere!@@novelbin@@

Ning Daoran struck thrice more, pulverizing Qin Buhui’s head into mush before stopping.

The headless body collapsed, staggering backward, a few steps before falling, still twitching.

A prodigy is indeed a prodigy; their life force is truly tenacious.

Ning Daoran quickly dismantled the Five Elements Wander Array, retrieving all Array Plates and Array Flags, and then he promptly put Qin Buhui’s Storage Bag and many treasures into his own pouch.

Spiritual Medicines were a bit too abundant; Qin Buhui had alone taken over two hundred main ingredient herbs!

Ning Daoran drifted away, changed locations, and tossed away all those main ingredient herbs, then cast a spell and activated the Earth Escape Technique to return to the entrance of the Secret Realm.

…

Outside the secret realm.

Several Inner Sect Elders of the Sea Burning Sect whispered among themselves, all with joy on their faces.

Disciples who had returned early brought the latest news; the Sea Burning Sect had taken the upper hand in the core area of the Secret Realm and had already suppressed the Soul Devouring Sect, securing first place with relative ease.

It was also heard that the number one True Inheritor, Qin Buhui was overwhelmingly fierce in battle, becoming the pillar of the competition within the secret realm.

However, Qin Buhui’s massacre within the Secret Realm, including the indiscriminate killing of righteous disciples, had indeed stirred public outrage.

Sect Masters from Star Moon Pavilion, Chaotic Sect, and Purple Cloud Sect all expressed their protests, but these protests seemed somewhat weak and ineffective.

“Everyone,”

Old Monster Tian Hai still bore the appearance of a lofty immortal: “We are outside the secret realm and are completely ignorant of the happenings inside.

This child Qin Buhui was raised by me since he was little, he is of pure nature and is definitely not the type who would kill the innocent unnecessarily. Everyone needn’t be so agitated or angry.

I believe Qin Buhui was likely attacked by various major sects and had to reluctantly kill in self-defense. Please don’t just take the word of my sect’s disciples.”

Xu Wan, Jiang Yu, and other Golden Core Cultivators were so angry that their faces turned pale white, but they couldn’t truly make a move against this Golden Core senior.

“Hmph…”

Old Monster Tian Hai apologized with his mouth, but inside he was overjoyed and had already highly praised Qin Buhui; he really didn’t let him down with this operation in the Cangnan Secret Realm.

But just at that moment, a sudden “crack” sound was heard, a Soul token belonging to a disciple of the Sea Burning Sect had cracked.

“Supreme Elder, something terrible has happened…”

An Inner Sect Elder responsible for inspecting Soul tokens had a ghastly pale face: “Buhui… Buhui’s Soul token has fractured…”

“What?”

Old Monster Tian Hai was shocked and pale: “How could… how could this happen?”

He erupted in anger: “Who is it… who killed my disciple?”

Far away, the Soul-devouring Demon first paused, then immediately doubled over with laughter.

…

Inside the secret realm.

The time has come.

A large group of disciples gathered from all directions, successively leaving the secret realm.

There were those who were thrilled and those who were saddened, some returned full-handed with smiles on their faces, while others lost companions and wore faces of sorrow, and even more had faces that carried expressions of having survived a calamity.

The danger of this Cangnan Secret Realm trial exceeded most people’s expectations.

The mortality rate among disciples of the major sects was extremely high; even the Sea Burning Sect had lost over half of their disciples.

However, as long as the surviving disciples could bring out the Spiritual Medicines, the sects could continually produce Foundation Establishment Pills to give those Immortal Seeds a chance at Foundation Establishment.

To put it plainly, the number of Foundation Establishment and Golden Core disciples truly reflects the depth of a sect’s foundation, while losing half of the Qi Refinement disciples wouldn’t constitute a significant blow to the sect’s vitality.

The lives of Inferior spiritual root disciples were exchanged for Foundation Establishment Pills for the disciples with higher-grade spiritual roots.

That is the essence of why major sects participate in the Cangnan trials.

Chaotic Sect camp.

“Junior Brother, you’re back…”

A dust-covered Senior Brother, upon seeing his wounded Junior Brother, could not help but have eyes brimming with tears.

“Yep.”

The Junior Brother looked somewhat dispirited, having experienced too much in the secret realm which changed his view of the Cultivation World entirely.

“It’s good you’re back, good that you’re back…”

Some Foundation Establishment Elders were also continuously comforting the disciples who had returned.

Jiang Yu, wearing a long dress, looked calmly at the secret realm entrance.

The closing time for the Secret Realm entrance was approaching, yet Ning Daoran had still not emerged.

“Woah~~~”

Big Stupid Deer let out a mournful cry.

Its large ears drooped, and its eyes filled with despair.

“No need to worry.”

Jiang Yu glanced back at the Spiritual Beast and said, “Junior Brother Ning will come back, I believe in him…”

“Woah~~~”

The cry of the Big Stupid Deer grew more desolate as it slowly walked towards the Forbidden area of the secret realm, slowly sat down on its knees, lifted its large head, and waited for Ning Daoran.

It even had already decided, if Ning Daoran really didn’t return, it would ram itself to death against the prohibition zone.

After all, if Ning Daoran wasn’t around, there wasn’t much point in itself living.

…

As the last group of disciples left the Secret Realm, Ning Daoran’s figure was still absent.

“Woah woah~~~”

Big Stupid Deer got up, its eyes filled with despair and sorrow.

“Rustle…”

But just at that moment, a figure covered in wounds and staggering approached—it was Ning Daoran!

“Old Lu!”

He threw away a piece of deadwood that had served as a makeshift crutch, took a few quick steps out of the secret realm, and firmly embraced the Big Stupid Deer.