Chapter 414: Chapter 414: Return to Ninefold Peak!

"Lu Chen, move aside, I’m going to refine artifacts here!"

Lu Chen had just reined in his mind when he heard Zhu Chongjiu’s voice.

"Master, I want to practice here as well!"

Lu Chen rolled his eyes but still got up reluctantly, making some room.

Ning Changzhong might not miss this one tea seat, but it was their pretext for visiting the Eighth Peak.

Although he was reluctant to leave the fire at the edge of the pit, Lu Chen still knew how to prioritize.

Without the Fire Essence, Lu Chen found the Fire Spiritual Power by the pit to be extremely active, aiding his practice tremendously.

The Spiritual Fire under his Dao platform was absorbing the Spiritual Power from his Dantian for its own use; he certainly needed to replenish his Spiritual Power.

But once Zhu Chongjiu began refining artifacts, it would be inconvenient for Lu Chen.

"By the way, Master, can I still go to Ninefold Peak?"

Suddenly, Lu Chen remembered something and hurriedly asked.

At the time, Danyang Zi merely mentioned appointing Zhu Chongjiu as the Seventh Elder to inherit Zhaixing Peak.

But no arrangements were made for the Ninth Peak.

Zhu Chongjiu hadn’t gone back to pack his belongings either, simply because there was nothing to pack.

"You can go, why not?"

Zhu Chongjiu paused, then said, "Master hasn’t made any arrangements, so naturally, you can go. However, if a new Ninth Elder is appointed, then you can’t just go there as you please."

"I understand," Lu Chen smiled and pulled out a wooden talisman from his robes, "You need the corresponding Peak’s wooden talisman to go there, right?"

"As long as you know. Now get lost, I need to refine artifacts!"

Zhu Chongjiu waved him away, none too pleasantly, thinking that Lu Chen was deliberately teasing him.

It was hard to tell who was the master and who was the disciple...

Lu Chen left the cave abode and gazed down the mountain.

Ninefold Peak and Zhaixing Peak were worlds apart.

He wondered if it was due to the Peak Masters and Elders, or if there was some inherent difference in the peaks themselves. After thinking it over, he turned his gaze to the other peaks.

With his Pupil Skill-enhanced vision, Lu Chen could easily see through the clouds to the intermittently visible peaks and even make out the people on them.

"Those must be the disciples of the Elders, right?"

Lu Chen muttered to himself, and almost on a whim wanting to see what they were doing, his heart stirred, and he surged Spiritual Power into his pupils, using the Hateful Heaven Pupil Technique!

In an instant, Lu Chen saw that atop these peaks, there were streaks of fiery red power!

This fire power, hidden within the clouds and winding through them, seemed unstable, but he could discern through the brilliant color that it contained extremely potent force.

If it were to erupt...

It could very likely obliterate an entire peak!

"Hasn’t Casting Gear Pavilion noticed?"

Lu Chen was puzzled. Generally, a sect’s location should be chosen for its abundant Spiritual Energy, which aids cultivation.

Underneath, though, a safer spot was also needed, and clearly, this fire power looked incredibly unstable, a massive hidden danger.

"If the Elders can’t see it, could it be that even a Nascent Soul like the sect master can’t see it? Even if Ji Pavilion thrives upon a vein of fire, after all..."

Lu Chen shook his head, initially wondering if it could be Fire Essence.

But then he looked at Zhaixing Peak and then at the distant Ninefold Peak; there was fiery power in the sky above all the peaks, which made him dismiss the idea.

"It seems it’s not the Fire Essence, then... what could it be? Right now, these fire clouds haven’t joined together yet, but who knows what will happen when they do!"

Lu Chen felt a vague unease, but had no solution. After some thought, he decided to wait until he returned from the Haotian Secret Realm!

By then, he would surely have gained something, and his position within the sect would have risen considerably.

If he could also break through to the next realm, perhaps he might even become an Elder. Then, with a say in the Ji Pavilion, he could find excuses for some secrets that shouldn’t be spoken of!

"I’ll head to Ninefold Peak first."

The distance from Zhaixing Peak to Ninefold Peak was significant, and with the sect rules being what they were, Lu Chen couldn’t fly with Artifact Control; he had to walk down the mountain.

But no sooner had he left Ninefold Peak than a majestic aura swiftly approached!

Immediately following, a figure stood before him!

It was a Core Formation Stage!

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