Chapter 398 – Aurora Emerges
Chapter 398 – The Spiritual Light Emerges
Going back is for cultivation, in this sea cultivation world, the same can be cultivated.
There are more crises here, and in the deep, bottomless waters, the sea demon beasts tend to appear in groups.
Even if one was on a relatively safe sea island, there was still the risk of encountering the difficulty of a beast tide.
However, it was undeniable that the sea had sufficient spiritual qi, a greater number of high-level cultivators, and a more brilliant cultivation civilization!
In other words, this was a much broader world than the five northwestern sects, more suitable for cultivators to practice!
Xu Chuniang realized in her heart that the current her was too weak, and even if she found out the location of the Dead Sea and the five sects, her strength would not be enough to support her through the Dead Sea.
The only way to have that glimmer of possibility was to break through Jindan, or even become a YuanYing cultivator.
Now that her cultivation had reached Foundation Establishment Perfection, she even had Golden Elemental Dan and Pure Heart Lotus Seed in her hands.
Just waiting to sense the opportunity of Jindan, choose a good place, will be able to impact the Jindan Avenue.
The only trouble is that the technique she is practicing, “The Secret of Prosperity”, is the founding method of the Prosperity Sect, which only has two volumes, Qi Practicing and Foundation Establishment, and there is no subsequent technique for the Jindan stage.
Xu Chuniang pondered in her heart, perhaps she could only look for other techniques after she had attained her Jindan.
The Cheng Clan’s points, after Cheng Qingjia agreed to Zhan Luo’s request to join the family, climbed up at a terrifying rate.
If things continued like this, the Cheng Family would definitely be able to achieve a ranking better than in the past in this Hunting Competition.
The Cheng Family cultivators were half joyful and half sad.
Especially Cheng Qi, he really didn’t know how to explain to the family head after returning to the Cheng Family.
When he left the sea midway and returned to the cloud boat to recover, he saw Cheng Qingjia being blatantly brought up to the third level of the cloud boat by Zhan Luo, and the emotions in his heart were even more complicated and difficult to describe.
The others similarly saw this scene and whispered a few complaints.
“This hasn’t even crossed the threshold yet, Third Miss Zhan is too hasty!”
“Pity Qing Jia, sacrificing so much for the sake of the family.”
There are also people who don’t think so about this, “The Zhan family is powerful, it’s rare for Third Miss Zhan to take a fancy to Qingjia, this is actually a good thing for my Cheng family.”
“If that Miss Zhan’s favorite is me, where would I refuse, I would only obey tenfold and a hundredfold.”
Xu Chuniang did not hear the Cheng family’s argument. She went back to her room after boarding the cloud boat and began to meditate and store her thoughts.
A few days ago, when she was facing the enemy in the sea, she suddenly had a mysterious feeling, like she had unintentionally glimpsed a corner of the Great Dao in the midst of the obscurity and chaos.
Unfortunately, this feeling came suddenly and went even faster, and before she had time to react, this mysterious feeling was gone.
In the next few days, Xu Chuniang had wanted to find that mysterious feeling again, but since she had been following Zhan Luo’s footsteps to kill demons in the sea, she had no time to spare.
It wasn’t until this moment when she boarded the cloud boat that she had some peace.
Xu Chuniang sat in meditation and began to try her best to recall the situation at that time.
At that time, she happened to have killed a demonic beast, and suddenly had a feeling in her heart that there didn’t seem to be much difference between demonic beasts and human cultivators.
Human cultivators killed demons for survival, and demonic beasts ate people as well. The two races are very different, but born in a state of confrontation.
After Xu Chuniang had settled down, she had been trying to review her state of mind at that time, trying to enter that subtle state again.
However, after trying for a long time, she was never able to do so.
The chance of the Dao was like the first appearance of aurora, which could be encountered but not sought.
After realizing this, Xu Chuniang’s mind slowly calmed down.
She had once read in an ancient book that the path of cultivation emphasized the cultivation of the heart, and that one could not force one’s way through before one’s destiny came to pass.
Otherwise, desire would deepen into obsession, and when a truly great opportunity came, one would be stuck in the obsession and not be able to break through it.
Xu Chuniang thought of this, the heart adds a few more points of enlightenment, a sense of transparency. Since the cultivation to Foundation Establishment Perfection, originally a dark and blurred road ahead, vaguely seems to have a few outlines.
Just as Xu Chuniang settled into her contemplation, Cheng Qingjia, who had been brought into the third level of the cloud boat, was filled with humiliation.
He had already agreed to join the family, but the other party still pressed on, itching to organize the ceremony now.
He suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart and barely managed to keep his composure, ”Third Miss, this is not in line with the ritual. Let’s wait for the end of the Hunting Competition for the two of us.”
“There’s nothing unreasonable. You’ve already agreed, I’m merely advancing the ceremony.”
Underneath Zhan Luo’s bashful tone was an imperative determination.
If the other party hadn’t agreed to her request, she would have been able to wait a little longer for the time being.
But since she had already agreed, she didn’t want to wait a moment longer.
However, Cheng Qingjia was rarely stubborn and refused to agree to anything.
“I’m done with my words, is Miss Zhan trying to force things?”
Zhan Luo frowned, continuing to apply pressure would only make him resist even more.
“That’s just it, you can rest here first, I’ll come back for you later.”
After Zhan Luo left, he sunk his brows.
If it wasn’t for the fact that something like that could only be gotten to by Cheng Qingjia willingly offering it up, how would she have gone to such great lengths to say so much to him?
Originally, she thought that after she got the item, if he was good and pleasing, she would leave him alive.
Now it seems that there is no need for this.
Cheng Qingjia didn’t know that Zhan Luo had moved to kill himself, he originally thought that the other party would continue to pester him, but in the following days, Zhan Luo seemed to have forgotten about him as a person, and never came to look for him again.
The people rested on the cloud boat for a few days, and once again, they went deep into the sea to hunt the demonic beasts.
In Zhan Luo’s hands, there was an extremely detailed map of the distribution of the sea demonic beasts, and the cultivators she brought with her were the elite of the clan.
Plus, with Zhao Hucheng, a Jindan cultivator, even if they encountered two early Jindan demonic beasts at the same time, they would be able to kill them.
With her help, the Cheng Clan’s points climbed rapidly, reaching unprecedented heights.
The mentality of the Cheng Family’s cultivators gradually changed, from resisting Zhan Luo in the beginning, to gradually being attentive and pleasing later on.
As for Cheng Qingjia’s mood situation, other than Cheng Qi, who was closest to him, who cared more, the rest of them didn’t care.
Xu Chuniang watched all of this happen with cold eyes, the cultivation family looked honorable and decent, but in reality, it was still profit-oriented.
Sacrificing Cheng Qingjia alone, but benefiting the entire family, this was something that the vast majority of Cheng family members were happy to see.
It was just that she had observed all the way, that Zhan Luo was a person with a calculated and decisive mind, and possessed extremely strong execution power.
It gave the impression that she was not a person who would delay in her feelings.
But on the contrary, in order for Cheng Qingjia to join the family, she would force her to do so even if she had to resort to any means, so it was really puzzling.
Xu Chuniang could see the contradictions in this person’s character and did not think deeply even though she could not understand.
Perhaps it was because she didn’t understand feelings!
Due to Zhan Luo’s strong intervention, the hunting competition went exceptionally well, and as the March period was approaching, she led the crowd to board the cloud boat to embark on the return journey.
Before Xu Chuniang participated in the Hunting Competition, she had originally made sufficient preparations.
How did she know that all along the way, there weren’t many real opportunities to go back.
(End of chapter)