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Lu Qingtian raised his eyebrows. He didn’t expect Luo Cheng to not give him face in public.
His tone was gentle, and his immortal-like face had his usual faint smile.
“It’s not that I don’t believe Senior Brother, but the sect’s rules are such. So, Senior Brother Luo, please follow this junior brother to the Law Enforcement Hall and explain to us there in detail.”
Lu Qingtian didn’t seem to believe Luo Cheng. Although he didn’t show it on his face, his words revealed it.
His words carried a different meaning. He was suspicious of Luo Cheng.
When Lu Qingtian and the others arrived, they did not discover any demonic scoundrel. What they did witness, however, was Luo Cheng brazenly killing another person.
In addition, they already had a messy relationship with each other. Naturally, he had to handle this as impartially as possible.
“Hmph, the entire sect has practically become a sieve! All sorts of demonic bastards can get in!”
Soon, Luo Cheng’s expression turned completely gloomy.
“If it weren’t for your sudden arrival, I would have already caught up to that demonic scoundrel. I will definitely report your incompetence to the sect master.”
Luo Cheng coldly snorted and flung his sleeves, no longer paying attention to Lu Qingtian and the others.
After which, flames rose from Luo Cheng’s body as he transformed into a fire dragon and flew far away.
“Senior Brother Lu, this person is too rude. He doesn’t respect you at all!”
“Senior brother Lu, you’re the inner sect’s chief senior brother. That Luo Cheng can only rely on the fact that he has cultivated for a long time. Otherwise, how could he have his current cultivation? He’s simply not even worthy to carry Senior Brother Lu’s shoes.”
The law-enforcement disciples under him spoke out one after another, each and every one of them filled with righteous indignation. Clearly, Luo Cheng’s actions earlier had caused them to lose face.
As law-enforcement disciples, they had never been looked down upon like this in the sect. Which ordinary disciple would not be like a mouse seeing a cat when running into them?
Even many sect deacons and disciples of the previous generation were polite to them. They had never been treated like this before!
“Hmph, how could you all speak so rudely of Senior Brother Luo? He’s the chief disciple of the Forging Hall, and his cultivation base is profound. We should respect him.”
As he spoke, Lu Qingtian was as impartial, calm, and cool as ever. However, those who were familiar with him knew that the angrier he was, the more indifferent he presented himself.
“Alright, since we can’t get through to Senior Brother Luo for the time being, let us patrol the nearby area.”
Then, Lu Qingtian took the lead and flew down the mountain.
He was leading the team in front, so naturally, no one saw it, but an obscure coldness had flashed in his eyes.
After everyone left, Jiang Chen’s figure slowly appeared.
“Heh heh, I didn’t expect to see such a good show. The internal fighting within the Skyfire Sect is fierce. All sorts of open and hidden struggles can be seen from this.”
Jiang Chen thought of a saying in the cultivation world. Cultivation was like crossing a single wooden bridge. When 10 million people fought to cross it, there were bound to be many shattered bodies.
Others might not have seen it, but he had noticed the faint killing intent exuding from the graceful and indifferent Eldest Senior Brother of the Skyfire Sect, Lu Qingtian.
This guy was quite a character. Jiang Chen would definitely pay more attention to him in the future.
As for Luo Cheng…
Jiang Chen turned his head to look in the direction where Luo Cheng had departed as a smile appeared on his face.
This guy, on the other hand, had already been schemed against.
Although this guy had poison immunity, there were still many ways to poison someone. He believed that when the time came, it would definitely come as a huge shock to everyone.
“Sign in here.”
Jiang Chen signed in with his mind.
[Congratulations to Host for signing in by the Ancient Phoenix Tree. Reward: High-level earth-grade divine cultivation technique, Divine Convergence Technique.]
“High-level earth-grade divine cultivation technique!”
Jiang Chen’s eyes narrowed.
Cultivation techniques were divided into the grades heaven, earth, profound, and yellow. He had signed for 30 years and had obtained quite a number of cultivation techniques, but the highest had only been profound-grade high-level.
In the entire Skyfire Sect, only Divine Sea-realm disciples could practice profound-grade cultivation techniques.
There were only about a hundred people in the entire sect that fit this requirement.
This was the first time he had gotten an earth-grade cultivation technique. As for the Divine Convergence Technique, not only was it earth-grade, it was also high-level. It was only a step away from becoming a heaven-grade divine cultivation technique.
After reaching the eighth layer of the Divine Sea realm, Jiang Chen could already feel that his cultivation had been growing extremely slowly.
It was almost impossible to grow as fast as before. This was because, at this stage of cultivation, cultivators had to start nurturing their “divinity”.
Only by nurturing the “divinity” in one’s body to the extreme could one use a powerful divinity to break open the spirit sea and set up a golden bridge at the ninth layer of the Divine Sea.
“Divinity” was similar to divine consciousness, but it completely exceeded the scope of divine consciousness. Its greatest use was causing a qualitative change in magic power when it was integrated into it.
The greatest barrier between the Divine Sea realm and the Golden Bridge realm was the condensation of this divinity in one’s body.
Once one condensed a divinity and nurtured it to a sufficiently powerful state, he could advance to the Golden Bridge realm.
Once one’s cultivation reached the Golden Bridge realm, one could be considered one of the few top experts in the Skyfire Sect.
It was not an easy task to condense a divinity.
This had nothing to do with talent. It all depended on comprehension and epiphanies. This was not something that others could help with.
This was also the reason why this trial stumped countless heroic elites.
And at this time, a cultivation technique appeared in Jiang Chen’s mind, a cultivation technique that could condense divinity.
“Since a high-level earth-grade cultivation technique can already form an illusionary ‘divinity’, then a heaven-grade divine cultivation technique should also have this function.”
Jiang Chen quickly realized that the heaven-grade divine cultivation technique passed down in the sect had always been passed down in the sect master’s faction. The other factions had probably never seen the true face of this cultivation technique.
Thus, as long as the sect master’s bloodline firmly grasped this secret, then naturally no one would be able to seize control of the sect from them.
He originally wanted to advance to the Golden Bridge realm, but he didn’t know when he would be able to have that critical comprehension.
However, now that he had obtained the Divine Convergence Technique, as long as he followed the prescribed order and worked hard, it wouldn’t take long for him to advance to the Golden Bridge realm and become a high-level cultivator.
By now, the various essential and key points of the Divine Convergence Technique were all laid out in Jiang Chen’s mind.
Due to the system’s infusion, he directly mastered the first level.
At this moment, the illusionary image of the sun that seemed eternal above his spirit sea also underwent a strange change as a wisp of divine intent poured into it.
It seemed to have become a little more solid than before. The most direct manifestation of this was that the power of the Authentic Solar Fire, which was radiating down and illuminating his spirit sea, had become even more dazzling.
Within his spirit sea, the thick golden-red magic power started to turn golden and lose its redness under the illumination of the Authentic Solar Fire.
Inside Jiang Chen’s body, his divinity began to slowly strengthen.