Chapter 1041 - Hundred-Year Cultivation in Private (2/2)

“Enough of that. Sparring with that old fool was actually quite rewarding. I felt like there was a furnace within me that was rebuilding me, forging me to help me become stronger. I now know a lot of things I didn’t know about before.”

Gu Jingman smiled lightly. She had fought against Old Man Xuan You as if her life depended on it, as if she did not care for her life, but it was not without purpose. She knew, deep down, that she had to experience such battles a few times or she could only be a weak person, no matter how high her cultivation was.

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The battle in Intentionless City came to a close. Too much had changed in a day, but it was a good thing they managed to escape danger. The crisis that Intentionless City had faced had become non-existent because of Nie Wuxin’s intervention.

The people in Intentionless City and the disciples of the Ming Palace let out heavy sighs of relief. Now that their pace of life was not as tense, they could afford to relax a little.

There were also a lot of changes in the Ming Palace. After they survived the disaster, they had to deal with a lot of issues they did not have the time to deal with before. Even Wang Yinru had been saddled with work all of a sudden, and Pei Wufei stayed behind in the Ming Palace for unknown reasons to help Wang Yinru settle some things.

The crisis revitalized the community. After going through so much, the people of the Ming Palace banded together firmly. At the same time, all the people who had been disloyal to the Ming Palace or had harbored evil intentions towards them had been gotten rid of. As for whether they would be dealt with in the future, that would depend on how the Ming Palace was feeling.

The Ink Scaled King and the Jade Xiu King sustained rather serious injuries themselves and they returned to the Junior Master’s Pagoda. The aloof Mo Yuqing spoke to nobody and was not willing to interact with anyone. So, she had no friends, and she retired to the Junior Master’s Pagoda alone as well, quietly cultivating in privacy.

Nie Wuxin did not leave the Intentionless Mountain after she headed in, and the entire perimeter of the mountain had been listed as forbidden grounds by Mo Wen, so no one was able to go in.

In the secret chamber, Mo Wen watched quietly as Gu Jingman healed her wounds, and the tension finally left from his face.

This was now the sixth day since the great battle of Intentionless City. That day, when they returned to the secret chamber, he had personally checked over Gu Jingman himself and he discovered that her injuries were much more severe than he had imagined. They were severe enough that they were almost fatal and she was on the brink of death.

That scared Mo Wen completely. If not for Nie Wuxin’s appearance, Gu Jingman would likely have died in the battle. Although the Illusionary Red Lotus was frightening, it took too much of a toll on her, and Gu Jingman had not yet fully escaped from the clutches of death back then.

But Gu Jingman was rather calm about it. She looked as if she thought that was just a small issue. It was as if she was not aware that she could almost have died.

It was a good thing Gu Jingman was indeed different from the rest. Just as the vitality in her body seemed like it was about to cut off, it started flowing again like spring water, not stopping at all.

And in a few days, she had become much more energized, and her serious wound had undergone a huge change in a mere few days.

Mo Wen was speechless. It made sense that the Jade Xiu King and the Ink Scaled King were basically indestructible like cockroaches, given their bloodline and hundred-thousand-year history. How was it that a regular human being was equally unusual—more, even?

If the Jade Xiu King and the Ink Scaled King had been injured to this extent, it was unlikely that they would undergo such a huge change in a mere few days.

Gu Jingman, who had her eyes closed as her wounds healed, was rather silent. Her face, which looked like a painting, was draped in a holy light.

Some time elapsed before Gu Jingman opened her eyes slowly to see Mo Wen staring at her. She smiled sweetly as she said, “Are you paying special attention to me, little brother? Are you afraid that something will happen to me?”

Mo Wen’s expressionless face twitched a little at the sight of Gu Jingman’s narcissistic self. “Haha…”

“You’re so boring.” Gu Jingman rolled her eyes. How dare he?

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The entire Green Ancient Mystery Dimension plunged into peace and tranquility and there were no more storms to brave. It was as if the worst of it had already passed.

But the Peng Lai Immortal Realm was a riot because a lot of its sects cursed loudly.

“What? Nie Wuxin appeared in the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension and she wants to cultivate in privacy there? Who’s making up these lies? I’ll have your head for saying dumb sh*t like this.”

“Is it actually true? It’s not, right? Why would Nie Wuxin cultivate in that godforsaken place? And she’s spending a whole century there.”

The Petrification Cult

The Shattering Cloud Sect

The Sword Valley

The Earth Mountain Sect

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All of the sects were discussing the issue, and even some of the sects who were not directly involved were joining in the discussions. After all, Nie Wuxin’s position was extremely high so anything related to her was important news. Not to mention that privately cultivating in the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension was such an abnormal way of doing things. The first thing most people would think would be this: just what was it about the measly Green Ancient Mystery Dimension that had captured Nie Wu Xin’s heart? Was there an undiscovered treasure ground there?

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