I Can Accumulate Proficiency, Starting from Alchemy

Chapter 890: Chapter 378: Different Times, Yuan Shun Clue_2

As for Tian Dehai and Xi Zhong, their ascension to the Nascent Soul level was within Han Yi’s expectations.

His gaze shifted, first falling on an elder standing behind Lian Tingxi. Seeing the elder’s excited face, Han Yi straightened up and bowed deeply.

“Brother Zhuge, I have returned.”

All the words he wanted to say, in the end, were summed up in this one sentence.

The elder standing behind Lian Tingxi was none other than Zhuge Wu You.

After Yuan Shun disappeared and Qin Wuxian met his demise in Shu Du, Zhuge Wu You shouldered the burden of the sect, walking a difficult path. This old man, dedicating his whole life to the sect, exhausted all his efforts and deserved Han Yi’s respect.

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“Good, good, good!”

“As long as you’re back, it’s all good.”

These few words encapsulated the surge of emotion in Zhuge Wu You’s inner heart.

Han Yi’s gaze moved again, noticing Shen Ping in black robes, Fu Lan who had reached the late-stage Golden Core, Lu Li and Bai Wanqing at the middle Golden Core stage, and He Fengdi and Liu Ruyan at the early stage of Gold Core.

Besides them, there were nineteen familiar Golden Cores and eight unrecognizable ones. As for Foundation Establishment Cultivators, there were as many as over five hundred, and countless disciples at the Qi Cultivation Stage.

During the more than sixty years he had been away, the Xuandan Sect had been growing stronger continuously.

“Let’s go, we can discuss more later.”

Han Yi spoke to everyone, and they all paid their respects before returning to the sect.

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More than three hundred miles away from the Xuandan Sect, there was a Nascent Soul Sect called the Fenyan Sect.

When Han Yi appeared, the aura of Spirit Transformation shaking a large part of the Da Zhuang Mountain Range, Yan Leng – a late-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator and the Sect Master of the Fenyan Sect – immediately appeared at the sect’s gate, looking into the distance.

Despite being hundreds of miles away, he could still feel the horrifying aura of the Spirit Transformation cultivator hovering above the gate of the Xuandan Sect.

That kind of aura left him with no spirit to resist.

At this moment, Yan Leng’s face was as cold and solemn as his name suggested.

He Chunqiu, a Fenyan Sect elder and also a late-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator, appeared by his side, his face serious.

“A Spirit Transformation stage Cultivator.”

“Brother, should we temporarily halt our plan? It seems that the Xuandan Sect is not simply a subordinate force of Beidou Immortal Palace as we thought. The sect itself has a Spirit Transformation stage cultivator.”

Yan Leng’s expression remained unchanged, murderous intent lurked in his cold eyes.

“Let’s just wait for now.”

“I’ll contact Uncle Master Tuoba first.”

“Spirit Transformation cultivators have their strengths and weaknesses. If the time comes, the plan may still be carried out.”

He Chunqiu sighed slightly in his heart.

The Fenyan Sect harbored a secret: one of their Supreme Elders was wandering outside. That elder had sent a message ten years ago, stating that he had ascended to the Spirit Transformation stage. Once his cultivation base stabilized, he would return to the sect.

Therefore, Yan Leng had ambitions more than ten years ago to unify the Da Zhuang Mountain Range once that Supreme Elder returned, to completely reclaim this mountain range into the territory of the Fenyan Sect.

However, the arrival of the Xuandan Sect two years ago poured a bucket of cold water, a Nascent Soul level sect, backed by the Immortal Palace of the Immortal Court, had squeezed into the Da Zhuang Mountain Range.

What this meant for the Fenyan Sect was self-evident.

If they wanted to unify the Da Zhuang Mountain Range, the Xuandan Sect had become the biggest obstacle.

Yet, Yan Leng, the Sect Master of the Fenyan Sect, was not willing to just put the plan aside. Instead, he quietly investigated further and found that although the Xuandan Sect was subordinate to the Beidou Immortal Palace of the Daluo Fairy Court, in reality, they cooperated with each other.

If something unexpected happened, such as the Xuandan Sect offending other Spirit Transformation sects on Panjin Road or was wiped out by a robbing cultivator, it was likely that while the Beidou Immortal Palace might send someone to investigate, they would not be too determined to seek answers.

This discovery gave Yan Leng the idea of getting rid of this thorn in his eye.

Of course, in all this, the help of that Spirit Transformation stage Uncle Master of his was indispensable.

But today, another Spirit Transformation cultivator had arrived at the Xuandan Sect. From the scene outside the sect, it seemed that this Spirit Transformation cultivator was originally a cultivator of the Xuandan Sect. This made Yan Leng feel vaguely that there might be more variables, which naturally left him in an extremely unpleasant mood.

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Elsewhere.

Han Yi and the others descended and entered a palace, the layout of which was seventy percent similar to the original Xuandan Hall.

The cultivators all settled down.

Han Yi suddenly felt a jolt in his heart and asked Zhuge Wu You, “Brother, where is Sister Si Hong?”

Zhuge Wu You, understanding Han Yi’s concerns, gestured with his hand: “No need to worry, Junior Brother. Sister Si Hong has already reached the peak of the Golden Core and is currently in closed-door cultivation in the sect, preparing for the breakthrough to the Nascent Soul.”

Upon hearing this, Han Yi heaved a sigh of relief.

“That’s good. That’s good.”

Among the people in the Xuandan Sect, Zhuge Wu You and Si Hongxue were the only two left from the previous generation. Both of their attitudes towards the sect had earned Han Yi’s respect.

At this moment, he swept his Divine Consciousness lightly over the sect, and the spirit connections within the whole sect immediately became apparent to him. He found that in a cave mansion with dense spirit energy on the back mountain of the sect, energy from the Golden Core peak was circulating.

Han Yi did not directly probe into it, but his eyebrows furrowed.

It was too barren.

It was really too barren.

Breaking through to the Nascent Soul with a fourth-stage Spirit Vein significantly increased the difficulty.

It seemed that he needed to speed up his plan.

If there were a seventh-order Spiritual Vein, Sister Si Hong’s breakthrough would surely be greatly benefited.

“Junior Brother, let Brother Lian introduce you to the current situation of the sect.” Zhuge Wu You suggested.

“Brother Lian ascended to the Nascent Soul stage more than thirty years ago. He has already taken the position of Sect Master. He knows everything about the sect.”

Han Yi nodded, and seeing this, Lian Tingxi began to explain with a joyous expression on his face.