Chapter 195: Chapter 195
After a whole day had passed, among the hundreds of children in the surrounding villages, only five were finally chosen.
Among them, except for An Ning, who had a fairly decent Triple Spirit Root, the rest were mostly like Chen Ping—mixed roots with no outstanding purity.
According to the two cultivators earlier, these kids were basically destined to be laborers for life.
However, the Chen Family Village suddenly became very lively today. The village chief, Chen Youcai, was grinning so broadly that he could barely close his mouth.
"Oh my, what wonderful news this is!"
"Those are immortals, you know? Usually, it might take ten or twenty years to produce one, but this time, three arrived at once, and one of them is the eldest son of our village."
"It's something one wouldn't even dare to dream of."
"See? I told you, Sister An Ning is definitely amazing. Father, you even tried to stop me earlier..."
At this moment, Chen Ping was proudly boasting to his own father.
The eldest daughter-in-law, who had an empty room, looked particularly sullen. "Mother, could there be some mistake? An Ning girl is one thing—she has always been extraordinary since childhood—but Pandi, that wretch..."
Before she could finish speaking, thinking of today's scene and under the stern gaze of her parents-in-law, the words were reluctantly swallowed back.
"Enough!" Old Lady Zhou impatiently tapped her cane.
"Who doesn't know your little schemes? You said before, no matter who it is, as long as they succeed, they become a noble of our Chen family. It was Dayong's legitimate cousin before, so be it, but now, what's the benefit of offending her to death?"
Not to mention that once they enter the immortal sect, they rarely return. Even if they never come back, as long as someone in the family has entered the sect, local bullies and even officials or constables would think twice before causing trouble.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that this is the family's protective charm for several generations.
This is the deterrent power of being an immortal.
Otherwise, with Ning girl’s terrifying aura earlier, the family wouldn’t have been able to treat her well and support her all these years.
Thinking this, Old Lady Zhou glared fiercely at the newcomer. "Hurry up and gather all the good things in the house. In a couple of days, the two girls will be going to the place where the immortal elders live. They must have at least two decent sets of clothes."
"Especially Pandi, look at her. How many years has it been since her clothes were last made?"
The eldest daughter-in-law of the Chen family hurriedly responded awkwardly.
Thinking of Pandi, she was truly nervous inside!
Ning girl was one thing—no one dared approach her from childhood—but Pandi, that girl, had been practically supported by her to do chores for several years. Also, with the second branch of the Chen family involved, she really did not want to see that person gloat.
Ignoring the scheming of the Chen family members, on the day of departure, aboard the swiftly flying ship, An Ning, as a healer, keenly noticed that Pandi beside her was already pale, obviously trying hard to endure something.
However, until the ship landed, Pandi did not make the slightest sound.
This endurance... recalling the recent period and Pandi’s especially cold attitude towards the Chen family, especially her biological father Chen Lao’er and his wife, An Ning narrowed her eyes.
As for Pandi, this cousin who was also a cultivator, the original memories also contained such a situation, but this cousin had always been a taciturn type. In the original’s previous lives, even though they were biological sisters, after entering the sect, they had little interaction.
The only news from the original’s previous two lives was that this cousin eventually became a sword cultivator, joined a mountain sect, and her abilities and opportunities seemed quite good.
It was just unknown what this cousin...
Leaning against the surging clouds and mist, An Ning’s eyes flickered. If it was as she imagined, then this world would be extremely interesting...
But soon, An Ning lost interest in thinking further.
No other reason, the Xuqing Sect had already arrived.
An Ning looked up and, yes... just as the original’s memory described, vast and ethereal, solemn and majestic.
Truly worthy of being one of the five great sects of the Xuanzhen Continent.
Watching as her host unlocked the medical scriptures within her spatial realm immediately after receiving the cultivation method and spiritual awareness training, then not leaving the room at all, Tongzi weakly raised a hand:
"Host, isn’t cultivation the most important thing right now? Improving strength and finding a powerful master for protection is the priority. Why are you still reading these?"
"At the very least, you should be thinking about what to do next!"
"By the way, Host, don’t you also find Chen Ping quite suspicious?" Tongzi suggested, hoping to verify something.
Still mumbling, carefully placing the scrolls inside the space, An Ning finally spoke slowly:
"A-Tong, have you ever wondered if there might be a problem with the original continuously being reborn three times?"
"Ah, what problem could that be? Isn’t that just bad luck?"
In the spiritual sea, the teacup dog froze in place.
"Then, Tongzi, what do you think you should first consider when you discover the first cockroach, and even a second one in your room?"
"Or, does it even matter whether the same person is behind all three assassination attempts on the original? Who is it?"
Facing her system’s confused gaze, unfortunately, An Ning had lost the will to explain.
The Xuqing Sect was large and prestigious. Even outer disciples like An Ning had a chance to visit the library, though limited to the lowest floor.
Each person had only one opportunity per month, and to get more chances, tasks had to be accepted and points exchanged.
On the second day after arriving, An Ning specifically checked the information. Fortunately, such common knowledge was not a secret in the library:
A pure Yin body can see ghosts even before cultivation. As the body ages, it easily attracts evil spirits but is perfectly compatible with all kinds of spiritual energy. It is considered one of the top-tier furnaces and cauldrons, with tremendous benefits when dual-cultivating with it...
A similar effect exists in the Heavenly Water Spirit Root.
This root is a water spirit root with exceptional purity, and if she guessed correctly, this body, though having three spirit roots, was not mixed; in fact, the water spirit root purity was extremely high.
Combined with the mutual generation and restriction among water, fire, and wood, this explained the cultivation speed comparable to dual spirit roots or even single spirit roots in the previous life.
With such almost fully stacked buffs, who the enemy is still important?
Unless no one notices for a lifetime, otherwise, in the entire cultivation world, where isn’t the enemy?
Not to mention whether some great power can see through the special physique at a glance, thinking about this evidently full-of-holes cultivation world, An Ning sighed deeply.
She could only say that the original’s deaths in these three lifetimes were truly not surprising at all!