I just want to torture you to death, don't force me to beat you to death

In the main hall, as soon as the leader of the current sect said this, the expressions of several foundation building disciples present became serious.

However, no one answered immediately.

Those who can be accepted as disciples by the elders are not only talented, but also smart in mind.

Before you know the situation, you cannot express your opinion easily.

Xiang Zhaozheng looked at these foundation-building disciples and knew that these juniors would not express their stance until he revealed the specific matters.

Xiang Zhaozheng's eyes were a little gloomy. This was the difference between the Hundred Cities Sect and those sects that had been passed down for thousands of years.

The disciples of the Hundred Cities Sect have no sense of belonging and will not really fight for the sect. It is more of a combination of interests.

"This sect leader has decided to appoint a young sect leader. The young sect leader can enjoy elder-level treatment."

Uh-huh!

After he finished speaking, Xiang Zhaozheng felt the hot eyes of seven juniors, including his own disciples.

Even if he is an elder disciple, he cannot resist the temptation of being the young sect leader.

Status is secondary, and the most important thing is elder treatment.

The Wenjin Sect relies on the spiritual stones earned from the inner city of Wenjin City every year, and 30% is kept in the treasure house to reward many disciples. As the leader of the sect, he gets 20%, and the remaining 50% is divided among the elders.

Asking how many spiritual stones Jincheng produces in a year is a terrifying number.

Not to mention getting some precious materials and elixirs.

Among the elders and disciples present, except for Chu Ning and Gu Fanzhou, who were only direct disciples of the master, the remaining five all had senior disciples, but they were the most valued by the master among the fellow disciples.

Chu Ning's eyes were hot, and he was purely cooperating with the sect master. Otherwise, other people's eyes were scorching. If he was careless and uninterested, wouldn't he have ruined the sect master's interest?

When the sect leader proposed the young sect leader, he had already made up his mind not to participate.

What's good about being a young sect leader? The elder's treatment is not attractive to him. The master is just his apprentice. What's the master's is not his own.

If the salary doesn't attract him, he won't even care about the title.

"Are you interested in the position of this young sect leader? If so, this sect leader will discuss with your master to see how to select him."

Xiang Zhaozheng's words silenced the main hall.

Chu Ning glanced at the other people and knew why these people were silent.

It's not that these few people are not interested in the young sect leader, but they just caught wind of it from the sect leader's words. I'm afraid the sect leader didn't discuss this matter with their master.

If they said they were interested and the master objected, wouldn't they be standing on the opposite side of the master?

Although the sect leader is the biggest in the sect, it is their respective masters who have a vital interest in them.

"If you are not interested, then this matter will be dropped."

As soon as these words came out, two people couldn't sit still. These two were in the late stage of foundation building. They knew very well that to break through the golden elixir, it was not enough to just rely on the help of the master. If they could enjoy the resources of the elders, Then there is a chance to rush.

"As long as the sect master and the elders discuss this matter, we will have no objection."

Once one person spoke, several others followed suit. Anyway, as long as the sect leader and elders are determined, then we will obey.

"Very good. You are indeed the leader of the younger generation in this city. This sect leader will discuss this matter with all the elders."

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On the way back to the cave, Chu Ning thought about what the sect leader was going to do.

Want to build momentum for Gu Fanzhou and make him the leader of the young clan?

The young sect leader must have been selected during the foundation building period. It is said that Gu Fanzhou entered the late foundation building stage three years ago. However, there are several elders’ disciples who have been in the late foundation building stage for a long time. The two in the hall today have already I have been looking forward to it for twenty years after building the foundation.

Why does the sect leader think that Gu Fanzhou can take the position of young sect leader?

Is it manipulating the selection method?

Chu Ning couldn't figure it out, so he decided to leave this problem to his master to think about.

Xie Shouping narrowed his eyes as he listened to Chu Ning's story. Instead of explaining Chu Ning's confusion, he asked, "Do you have any thoughts on the position of this young sect leader?"

"Master, don't you know me yet? I don't deserve my name. I don't have any ideas at all. Besides, I'm only at the early stage of foundation building. I guess if I hadn't been your only disciple, the sect master wouldn't have called me I go."

Chu Ning pouted, but then his expression became serious: "Master, do you mean to support the sect having a young master?"

Having multiple young sect leaders is equivalent to taking some resources away from the elders.

Logically speaking, Master and the other elders should oppose it.

"You stay on the mountain all day, and occasionally go down the mountain without leaving the city, but you don't know what's going on outside the city."

Xie Shouping knew that his disciple was not stupid, but was limited by the information blockade and did not know what was going on outside the city. Naturally, he could not guess why Xiang Zhaozheng wanted to appoint a young sect leader.

"Master, what you mean is that the sect leader's appointment of a young sect leader has something to do with things outside the city?"

"The city lord of Shanyang City who is on the left side of Wenjin City failed to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm. He only has a few dozen years left in his life. The city lord of Shanyang City is different from our Wenjin Sect. He relied on the late Jindan cultivation to break through. Nascent Soul is hopeful and has not let other golden elixir powerhouses enter the city. There are only two golden elixir powerhouses in the entire Shanyang City besides him."

Chu Ning's eyes narrowed and she guessed the meaning of her master's words.

"Does the sect leader want to attack Shanyang City?"

"Our sect master is not the only one who is staring at Shanyang City."

Xie Shouping stroked his beard and smiled. The city lord of Shanyang City had already reached the late stage of Jindan two hundred years ago. He thought that it was very possible to break through to Nascent Soul, so he occupied Shanyang City.

Although other Jindan monks coveted Shanyang City, they all chose to be patient in the end considering the talent of the city lord.

It is very difficult to kill a strong person in the late stage of Jindan unless it is Nascent Soul. If he really wants to attack Shanyang City and let the city lord escape, if the other party really breaks through to Nascent Soul in the future, it will be a disaster for himself and his family. It will bring disaster to future generations.

Don't bully young people into poverty.

This statement is equally applicable in the circle of monks.

Especially when there is a talented and powerful person who cannot be wiped out in the cradle, everyone will choose to give in three points.

If the city lord of Shanyang City really breaks through to the Nascent Soul realm, it won't be a big deal, and the surrounding forces will even take the initiative to join him. But now that he has failed to break through to the Nascent Soul realm, there will be a backlash.

The forces in several cities around Shanyang City are all watching with eager eyes at this moment, waiting for the moment when the city lord of Shanyang City gets old, or the energy and blood completely declines and the cultivation level declines.

The reason why people compete with others on the journey of cultivating immortality is because the further you go, the more massive resources you need, and resources need to be supported by territory.

If everyone could cultivate step by step by hiding quietly in a place with abundant spiritual energy, then there would be no need for so many sects and forces.

"Of the four major cities around Shanyang City, Jin City has the most powerful people in terms of Jindan. When it comes to the choice, the sect leader is quite generous and is willing to give resources to the elders. However, compared to the other three major cities, we asked when Jin Sect was founded. The shortest, the heart is naturally the most uneven."

When Chu Ning heard her master's words, she completely understood the sect master's intention.

Throwing out the position of Young Sect Master was used to gather the hearts of the disciples of Wenjin Sect in order to prepare for the future war to compete for territory.

What about your master's attitude?

The sect leader called these disciples to test the attitude of the master and the elders?

I'm afraid it's not that simple.

"Some things cannot be discussed on the table for the time being. The sect master uses this method to test the attitude of Master and others. If Master and others are willing, the selection of the young sect leader will be put on the agenda." Xie Shouping Seeing his disciple's confusion, he explained.

This willingness, Chu Ning knew in her heart, did not refer to setting up a young sect leader, but to support the sect leader's plans for Shanyang City.

"What do you mean, master?"

"The resources of Shanyang City are more abundant than those of Wenjin City."

Chu Ning understood that the master supported the sect leader's idea of ​​building Shanyang City. Even the master, an alchemist, supported it, and presumably several other elders also supported it.

"This is the Zengquan Pill. It should be enough for you to reach the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. Disciple, you don't have to worry about this matter. You can concentrate on breaking through to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment first."

Xie Shouping did not continue this topic, but threw several bottles of pills to Chu Ning.

"Thank you, Master."

Chu Ning has already thought about it, and he will run away when the time comes.

The city lord of Shanyang City has a process of gradual decline of Qi and blood. When the time comes for the war to begin, he will go find Tang Xiaoniu and stay in Riyue Mountain for decades.

One month later.

The sect leader gave an order to Zhao Zheng and asked the current sect to select a young sect leader.

If you ask the disciples of this sect, regardless of whether they are inner or outer sects, anyone under 200 years old and in the foundation building period can sign up.

The lifespan of a monk in the foundation-building stage is only over 200 years old. With this age limit, it is natural that he cannot select a young sect leader, and he will die within a few years.

The entire Wenjin Sect and even Wenjin City were in a state of shock because of this news. The young sect leader's status was equal to that of an elder, and he had the same treatment as an elder. This alone made many monks in the foundation building period go crazy.

The selection period for the Young Sect Master lasts for ten years. Each elder can recommend a disciple to be directly shortlisted for the finals, and the remaining disciples must reach the sect's contribution points.

You can get it by donating points and completing sect tasks. In order for the disciples to get more points, the sect's senior leaders also issued a variety of tasks at once.

You will be rewarded with points for completing these tasks, and you will also be rewarded with points for breaking through to the next level and improving your strength.

Originally, you might only get fifty points for completing a sect mission, but within this ten-year period, you can get one hundred points.

Even if you don't get the position of Young Sect Master in the end, these points can be exchanged for the required training items in the sect's treasure house, but the exchange price has not increased.

Reinforce your troops and prepare for war.

Sensing the atmosphere at Wen Jinfeng, Chu Ning thought of these two words.

With the tips from his master, he knew the purpose of the sect leader's doing this, which was to stimulate the foundation-building monks in the sect to improve their strength in order to prepare for the coming battle for territory in the future.

According to what the master said, when it comes time to fight for the territory of Shanyang City, the battle between the golden elixir masters is at the golden elixir stage. The most important thing this time is not a battle between two forces, but a battle between four major forces.

No one dares to say that he can stabilize the other three parties. Everyone is just fighting for new territory and not defending their own territory. As long as their own interests are not harmed, in this case, the strong Jindan is more of a symbol. Instead, the foundation-building monks can come in handy.

Competing for external interests does not involve infringement of local interests, and no one will be the first to use nuclear force of mass destruction.

This is Chu Ning's understanding. Once the Jindan strongmen also join the battle, the battle situation will expand. This is something Wen Jinzong and the Jindan strongmen in other major cities do not want to see.

All the foundation-building monks in Wenjin City are busy, and those outer disciples in the late stage of Qi Condensation are also fighting for foundation-building.

These ten years of struggle are worth twenty or even thirty years in ordinary life. No monk would waste such a good opportunity.

Except Chu Ning.

In the cave.

As before, Chu Ning took the elixir given by her master every day and made a breakthrough towards the middle stage of foundation building.

In terms of overall combat power, Chu Ning has already surpassed the middle stage of foundation building. Whether it is the amount of spiritual liquid or the distance of spiritual consciousness, the general middle stage of foundation building cannot compare with him.

However, his external realm showed that he was still in the early stage of foundation building. It was not that Chu Ning had hidden his realm, but that Chu Ning's Dantian had not yet opened up a second spiritual spring.

The liquefaction of spiritual energy is a sign of entering the foundation building, and these spiritual liquids gather in the Dantian to form a small spiritual spring.

If the spiritual liquid in the spiritual spring is used up, it will be slowly replenished by taking some recovery pills or absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but generally spiritual springs have limits.

One spiritual spring can only store two hundred drops of spiritual liquid, and then a second spiritual spring will be opened to store more spiritual liquid.

Opening up the second spiritual spring is a sign of entering the middle stage of foundation building.

There is only one spiritual spring in Chu Ning's dantian, but the spiritual liquid has already exceeded two hundred drops, and it still has not been filled up.

The Zengquan Pill he took had the effect of opening up a spiritual spring. Unfortunately, after eating half a bottle of the pill, there was no trace of the second spiritual spring appearing.

Chu Ning is not in a hurry. As long as the spiritual liquid is growing, his strength will be rising even if he does not open a second spiritual spring.

…

Although he was not interested in the position of young sect leader, Chu Ning could not be too passive. He made two batches of elixirs and exchanged some contribution points.

Spring passes and autumn comes.

Seven years passed like this.

Chu Ningli lived for twenty years.

On this day, Chu Ning stood in the lake pavilion, and the spiritual energy of the surrounding world rushed toward him crazily.

Chu Ning's body seemed to be a bottomless pit, constantly absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. However, the speed of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth coming in could not keep up with the speed of his absorption.

"not enough!"

Looking inside his Dantian, Chu Ning saw that the second spiritual spring had just appeared, but then it dried up immediately because there was not enough spiritual liquid.

With a raise of his right hand, the caps of several bottles of elixirs on the pavilion table were all opened, and several elixirs were swallowed by Chu Ning.

After the elixir entered the body, the energy was quickly absorbed by the mountain peak.

"This time, it should be possible."

In the past seven years, this is not the first time that Chu Ning has attacked the middle stage of foundation building. He had already started to attack the middle stage of foundation building five years ago. Unfortunately, he failed in the previous two times. This is the third time.

The reason for the first two failures was that there was not enough spiritual fluid to stabilize the newly opened spiritual spring.

He was fully prepared for this time.

Top-grade Qingling Pill, top-grade Zengquan Pill, top-grade Hualing Pill...

Six kinds of top-grade elixirs.

Not to mention the tens of thousands of spiritual stones in the outside world, it is not necessarily possible to collect these elixirs.

In other initial stages of foundation building, even if you take one of the elixirs, you can open a second spiritual spring as long as there is enough spiritual liquid. But this time, Chu Ning took all six at the same time to be on the safe side.

The end is extremely luxurious.

That is to say, he has a third-grade alchemy master, and he has only one disciple, so he can do this.

After the energy of the elixir was absorbed by the mountain peak in Dantian, the waterfall in the mountain peak was no longer a drop of spiritual liquid falling down the mountain stream. The majestic waterfall water washed directly towards his Dantian.

Boom!

In Chu Ning's mind, there was the sound of a waterfall hitting boulders, and with this sound, a hole was made directly in his Dantian.

The water overflowed and flowed from Dantian to the whole body, and the black snake was lying on the edge of the spiritual spring, stretching out its snake letter and sucking the falling water from the waterfall.

One breath, two breaths...

Chu Ning felt that his body was being washed and washed by the spiritual liquid, and the strength of both his skin and bones had improved a lot.

After reaching the foundation-building realm, few monks continue to cultivate the physical body, because the realm is not improved much, and everyone relies on spiritual consciousness and spells to fight. The more spiritual liquid, the stronger the spells performed.

"Is this the energy of the longevity fruit or the energy of this green mountain?"

Chu Ning was a little confused now. After the energy of the longevity fruit turned into a waterfall hanging on the mountain peak, he could no longer distinguish it.

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The cycle goes back and forth.

one year later.

The entire Foundation Establishment monks of Wenjin Sect were once again shocked by the news.

Chu Ning has broken through to the middle stage of foundation building.

In eight years, from the early to the mid-term, this breakthrough speed made many foundation-building monks envious, but when they thought that Chu Ning's master was the fifth elder, they took it for granted.

Under the fifth elder's training at all costs, this time is not particularly outstanding. As for why the fifth elder would let Chu Ning break through quickly regardless of the cost, in the minds of many disciples, it is probably because of the position of the young sect leader.

However, it seems that the middle stage of foundation building is still a bit behind. There are only the last two years left before the selection of the young sect leader.

The reason why these foundation-building monks from Jinzong knew that Chu Ning had broken through to the middle stage of foundation-building was because they received the invitation.

Foundation building thank you banquet.

The foundation-building monks who attended Chu Ning's foundation-building banquet all received invitations from Chu Ning.

[On the day the foundation was built, senior brother went to the banquet. It was a great honor. Today we have a breakthrough. Junior brother prepared a banquet to thank senior brother and hope that he would take the time to come. 】

The invitation was sincere, and the general idea was that when I, Chu Ning, was building the foundation, I, Chu Ning, was very grateful to all the senior brothers for showing me the favor.

Now that we have broken through to the middle stage of foundation building, we specially held a banquet to thank all the senior brothers for their favor and help back then.

Xie Shouping looked at his disciple's invitation with a strange expression. At the Foundation Establishment Banquet, he collected a wave of wool from those Foundation Establishment monks. Was he going to collect another wave?

It is said to be a thank you banquet, but will those Foundation Establishment monks attending the banquet come empty-handed?

"Master, this disciple is already in the middle stage of foundation building and is going to Riyue Mountain. Why don't we get together with all the senior brothers before leaving?"

Seeing the strange expression on his master's face, Chu Ning didn't feel any shame at all and spoke in a high-sounding tone.

What does this mean? When I first became an agent, I would hold a 100-day banquet as an agent and a first-anniversary banquet as an agent.

That is to say, he is afraid that he will look too ugly, otherwise he will hold a foundation-building appreciation banquet once a year.

Xie Shouping was silent, and after a while he took out something from his storage bag.

"This is a thank-you banquet gift from my teacher. It's just this one time. If there is another thank-you banquet in the later stage of foundation building, my teacher will probably not be able to help but clean up the house."

Xie Shouping left, and if he didn't leave, he was afraid that he would really have to clean up the house. The main reason was that he felt that he couldn't afford to lose this person.

You are a dignified third-grade alchemist, the only disciple of a strong middle-stage golden elixir, and you have been thinking about what the things in the pockets of those foundation-building monks are doing all day long.

"Master is still thin-skinned, so what does it matter? If we don't hold a late-stage Foundation Establishment Appreciation Banquet, then we can just hold a Golden Core Sprint Banquet."

Chu Ning shook his head. The master is already in the Golden Core Realm. Don’t you still understand the principle of being shameless?

As for the items in the Foundation Establishment Monk's pockets, don't underestimate the Foundation Establishment Monk. Although they don't have as many good things as the Golden Core Master, they still have some precious things.

Besides, is it because he doesn’t care about the golden elixir powerhouse? He doesn’t care about it.

"What kind of spiritual weapon is this?"

After retracting his thoughts, Chu Ning looked at the object in his hand. It looked a bit like a flying boat, but upon closer inspection, it was different. When he immersed himself in it with his spiritual consciousness, after a while, Chu Ning's eyes lit up.

This is a piece of flying... oh no, it's an earth escape craft.

Did you really ask the master to get it?

This Earth-Escape Boat can travel underground, and as long as there are enough spirit stones, the Earth-Escape Boat can reach the fastest speed, which is comparable to the speed in the later stages of Foundation Establishment.

But this is not the most attractive thing about Chu Ning. What satisfies Chu Ning the most is that this Earth-evading boat can block the prying eyes of spiritual consciousness.

As long as he doesn't move, unless he is a strong person with golden elixir, it is impossible to find the underground escape boat.

This is simply an artifact for home travel.

At that time, there was a flying boat flying in the sky, but in fact he was underground. If someone attacked the flying boat, he could kill him.

Well, when the consciousness reaches 500 meters, you can do this when traveling in the future.

One month later, Chu Ning's mid-term foundation-building thank you banquet was held as scheduled, and all the foundation-building monks from the current sect arrived.

After the banquet, these foundation-building monks left one after another.

"Senior Brother Gu, is there something wrong?"

Looking at Gu Fanzhou who was still in the yard, Chu Ning asked with some confusion.

"Junior Brother Chu, Senior Brother thinks that when I ask about the position of the Young Master of this sect, Junior Brother Chu, you are the most suitable one."

Gu Fanzhou's eyes were a little complicated. From today's banquet, it can be seen how popular Junior Brother Chu is in the sect.

Everyone who was in the city came, and some who were in retreat or who were outside the city and couldn't make it, also sent congratulatory gifts.

"Don't!"

Chu Ning's heart skipped a beat. If he wanted to be the young sect leader, he would run away to Riyue Mountain to find Tang Xiaoniu.

"Senior brother is joking. Junior brother is only in the middle stage of foundation building. How can he be the leader of this young sect."

"If junior brother is willing, I can advise the master, and together with the fifth elder, I can serve as the young sect leader based on junior brother's popularity. There won't be many people who will object."

Chu Ning squinted her eyes and looked at Gu Fanzhou. Is this Senior Brother Gu testing him?

You must know that the young sect leader who has the loudest voice now is Gu Fanzhou. He is a direct disciple of the sect leader. He is in the late stage of foundation building and has a good reputation within the sect.

"Senior Brother Gu, I am only interested in alchemy and have no idea about the position of the young sect leader. Senior Brother Gu should not put my junior brother on a volcano to roast him."

Gu Fanzhou was also observing Chu Ning's expression and confirmed that Chu Ning was telling the truth, with a hint of disappointment in his eyes.

He was not testing Junior Brother Chu, but he really felt that Junior Brother Chu was suitable.

Like his master, he wanted to carry forward the Wenjin Sect and become a real sect.

"In that case, senior brother won't force it."

When Gu Fanzhou left, Chu Ning also muttered in her heart, No, I have to leave early and can't stay any longer.

The next day.

Chu Ning went down the mountain, went to Miaoyin Pavilion, and finally learned the art of alchemy.

Under his guidance, the three female cultivators all refined the Foundation Establishment Pill and were considered masters.

The three girls held an exclusive teacher-appreciation banquet for Chu Ning, thanking Chu Ning for all his teachings over the years.

Three days later, Chu Ning put all the good things in the cave into a storage bag and prepared to run away to find the master, oh no... to Riyue Mountain to propose marriage.