fynovel Chapter 115 Invitation
Chapter 115 Invitation
Chapter 115 Invitation
The news that Chu Xuan was concurrently in charge of three beast gardens quickly spread, causing quite a stir not only in the Hundred Beast Garden but also attracting the attention of many in the outer sect.
Countless people envied Chu Xuan for his incredible luck.
Over the next few days, Chu Xuan's place was constantly filled with guests. The managers of the other beast gardens, as well as some unfamiliar outer disciples, all came to congratulate Chu Xuan, present gifts, and establish good relationships.
After Lu Xiaoshuang and the other two came out of seclusion, they also made a trip here.
They all gained a lot from this retreat.
Lin Chong and Lu Xiaoshuang broke through to the Transformation Realm.
Although Sun Nianxi did not break through, there was no sense of defeat on her face, clearly indicating that she was still very confident in breaking through to the Transformation Realm.
The group had a meal in Chu Xuan's courtyard to celebrate. During their conversation, they mentioned Jiang Yunfei, and Chu Xuan then learned that Jiang Yunfei had not returned since he left that time.
Chu Xuan didn't say much about it.
Everyone has their own destiny.
Chu Xuan tried inviting three people to help him manage the animal park. Although the contribution points were less than those for missions outside, it was safer.
To Chu Xuan's surprise, all three of them refused!
"Junior Brother Chu, you have your path, and we have ours!"
"Staying here might be much safer than outside, but it also means missing out on opportunities for growth! A towering tree can't grow in a greenhouse! Our path is different from yours—"
Lin Chong said this.
Lu Xiaoshuang and Sun Nianxi nodded in agreement.
If they were afraid of death, they wouldn't have needed to come to the Xuan Yang Sect at all!
Chu Xuan was both surprised and relieved after hearing this.
Everyone is growing, just in different ways and on different paths.
After the four of them got thoroughly drunk, they went their separate ways.
They're going on another mission in a few days, and this visit is also to say goodbye.
Ten days have passed in the blink of an eye.
Over the past ten days, Chu Xuan has also overseen the management of the three beast enclosures. He selected three senior disciples from among the outer disciples to manage each of the three enclosures.
He, however, continued to act as a hands-off manager.
Aside from slaying the strange beasts, he wasn't responsible for anything else.
This morning.
Chu Xuan put away his Two Elements Stance in the courtyard and was about to return to his room.
A voice suddenly came from outside the courtyard.
"Is Junior Brother Chu here?"
Immediately afterwards, a man in his thirties with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes walked in.
"That is me. May I ask what business you have with me, Senior Brother?" Chu Xuan said, cupping his hands in greeting.
"Hehe, Junior Brother Chu, congratulations on becoming the manager of the three beast gardens. I am Liu Chengzhi!" the young man said with a smile.
Liu Chengzhi?
Seventy-third on the popularity chart?
Chu Xuan was slightly startled.
This ranking may not seem high, but you should know that there are thousands of outer disciples, but the total number of rankings on the Wind and Cloud Ranking is only one hundred!
Those who can make it onto the Ranking List are almost all the most outstanding disciples of the outer sect!
Even if there are a hundred of them, no outer disciple would dare to underestimate them.
It is quite remarkable that Liu Chengzhi ranked seventy-third.
"Greetings, Senior Brother Liu! I've long admired your name! May I ask what brings you here?" Chu Xuan asked politely.
He and Liu Chengzhi didn't have much interaction.
Liu Chengzhi laughed and said, "Hehe, Junior Brother Chu is straightforward, so I won't beat around the bush either. I'm here today not on my own behalf, but on behalf of the Liu family I belong to. Junior Brother Chu may not know that I am from the Liu family of Lingxiao Prefecture."
Chu Xuan raised an eyebrow.
There are countless families, large and small, within Lingxiao Prefecture. Chu Xuan has been in Xuanyang Sect for quite some time now, and he has heard of them to some extent.
Although the Liu family is not one of the top seven families in Lingxiao Prefecture, they are among the top of the second-tier families!
Back in Qingshan City, Chu Xuan had met Ye Zhiyi's aunt, Shi Yourong, who was from the Dong family of Lingxiao Prefecture!
The scale of the event left a deep impression on Chu Xuan.
The Dong family was a second-rate family in Lingxiao Prefecture, but compared to the Liu family, they were worlds apart!
There's no other reason than that the Liu family has a powerful expert above the Gang Jin level in charge!
The strongest member of the Dong family was only at the Gang Jin level!
Liu Chengzhi continued, "Junior Brother Chu, the reason I've come is to invite you to become a retainer of my Liu family. My Liu family can provide you with ten Lesser Qi Cultivation Pills or Blood Coagulation Pills every month, three thousand taels of gold, and a three-courtyard mansion in the prefectural city."
He glanced around the animal enclosure and continued, "Of course, these benefits are of little significance to you, Junior Brother Chu, at best they are just icing on the cake."
"Our Liu family's sincerity doesn't stop there! There's one last thing: after Junior Brother Chu completes his three years in the outer sect, our Liu family is willing to do everything in our power to help you complete the inner sect assessment."
"Is the inner sect assessment task difficult?" Chu Xuan asked.
"It's more than just difficult!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Chengzhi gave a wry smile. "Junior Brother Chu, you should know that there are several thousand outer disciples in the Xuan Yang Sect, but the number of inner disciples is less than one-tenth of that of the outer disciples! Most of them are stuck on the assessment tasks."
Take me, for example. I've been an apprentice for two years, and I'm only one step away from reaching the Gang Jin realm! I'm confident I can reach Gang Jin within a year. But the assessment task—without the family's help, I have absolutely no chance!
The other disciples are in a similar situation to me; unless they are in the top fifty of the Ranking, it is almost impossible for them to complete the assessment task on their own!
Of course, there is another way to enter the inner sect: accumulate ten times the contribution points. In this way, the sect will make an exception and allow them to enter the inner sect in recognition of their hard work and great contributions.
But choosing this path basically ruins one's future. The peak masters and elders of the five main peaks would almost never accept someone like that as a disciple!
The end result is that after spending a few years in the inner sect and finding it unbearable, one comes to the outer sect as a steward!
Chu Xuan was speechless upon hearing this.
He really didn't know these things.
The Xuan Yang Sect really doesn't hold back at all; they're not satisfied until they've squeezed the value out of their outer disciples to the extreme!
"How about it, Junior Brother Chu? My Liu family is quite sincere, isn't it?" Liu Chengzhi said with a smile.
After a moment's thought, Chu Xuan asked, "Then what does the Liu family need me to do?"
"Hehe, Junior Brother Chu, you can rest assured."
Liu Chengzhi laughed and said, "To be honest, with your current strength, Junior Brother Chu, you can't help my Liu family much."
Even if you, Junior Brother Chu, were to reach the Transformation Realm or even the Gang Realm, you would be of little help to the Liu family. Junior Brother Chu simply needs to continue cultivating as before and strive to break through to the Gang Realm within three years.
"At that time, my Liu family will naturally assist Junior Brother Chu in completing the inner sect assessment."
Logically speaking, given Chu Xuan's demonstrated qualifications, he shouldn't be worthy of the Liu family's initiative to recruit him, let alone offer such generous terms.
But since Chu Xuan knew Tong Hao, an inner disciple, he was now personally appointed by Tong Hao to be the manager of the three beast gardens.
Then his value needs to be reassessed.
"Of course, my Liu family also has a small condition."
Liu Chengzhi changed the subject.
Chu Xuan asked, "What are the conditions?"
"Junior Brother Chu is probably not married yet, right? My Liu family's conditions are very simple: Junior Brother Chu, you must marry a woman of marriageable age from my Liu family."
"Of course, we don't require Junior Brother Chu to marry into the family, and he can choose anyone except the legitimate daughter," Liu Chengzhi said.
A marriage alliance?
Chu Xuan suddenly realized.
No wonder the Liu family offered such generous terms.
This is an attempt to bind oneself through marriage, so as to prevent the efforts of one's family over the years from going to waste.
But thinking about it, it's understandable.
The Liu family's conditions were not excessive.
Unfortunately, what the Liu family could offer, including the inner sect assessment, might be tempting to other disciples, but it meant little to him.
With the martial arts panel at his disposal, if he can't even pass the inner sect assessment, he might as well go home and farm.
He has no plans to get married right now, nor does he want to be tied down.
"Senior Brother Liu, I am deeply grateful for the kindness of the Liu family and you, and the very generous terms you have offered. However, I am truly sorry, but I have no plans to get married at the moment," Chu Xuan stated his thoughts.
If the Liu family didn't ask for a marriage alliance, he could agree.
But the Liu family clearly refused!
"Why----"
Liu Chengzhi sighed, but did not respond with harsh words.
Those who can enter the Xuan Yang Sect are almost all the geniuses of their respective cities!
Which genius is without pride?
He was the same.
"Junior brother, it seems you still don't understand the cruelty of the Xuan Yang Sect. Here, it's very difficult to grow without anyone supporting you! Not to mention you, even the top-ranked geniuses on the Wind and Cloud Ranking almost all have family support behind them!" Liu Chengzhi shook his head and said.
"My mind is made up, I'm sorry to disappoint you, senior brother," Chu Xuan said apologetically.
"It's alright!"
Liu Chengzhi waved his hand, "I came to see my junior brother today to get acquainted with him. If you change your mind someday, you can come find me."
After saying this, he bowed and took his leave.
Another three days passed in a blink of an eye.
That evening, after killing two second-tier exotic beasts, the Flame Horned Rhinoceros, Chu Xuan returned to his room.
The next moment, he opened the panel.
[Slayed a second-tier alien beast, the Flame Horned Rhinoceros, and gained 156 essence points.]
[Slayed a second-tier alien beast, the Flame Horned Rhinoceros, and gained 163 essence points.]
[Energy Value: 3716/5000]
【Indestructible Vajra - Tendon Training (6352/100000)】
"Finally, I can break through!"
A flicker of excitement flashed in Chu Xuan's eyes.
Without hesitation, he directly added his essence value to the Vajra Indestructible.
next moment.
His blood and energy surged and boiled, like a furnace or a sleeping beast suddenly awakening.
Instantly, scalding hot blood and qi, like ten thousand steel needles, rushed along the meridians and struck the limbs and bones, beginning to wreak havoc!
There were no visible wounds on his body, but the fascia inside his body was breaking inch by inch, like an old, withered vine being torn apart by brute force, and the excruciating pain went straight to his bone marrow.
"Hmm~"
Chu Xuan's knuckles turned white from clenching his fists, his teeth were clenched, and he let out muffled groans.
A sweet, metallic taste shot straight into his throat, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
His entire body was trembling violently, and his skin turned crimson red, like a red-hot iron.
The pain was far more intense than the pain caused by the improvement of his physical constitution when he broke through the Spirit Turtle Breathing Technique. Chu Xuan gritted his teeth to prevent himself from fainting.
The destruction continues.
It took a full half hour for the collapse to completely stop, after which reconstruction began!
Chu Xuan's blood and qi surged once more, gleaming with a pale golden luster.
The Vajra Qi that he absorbed and integrated into his blood and qi began to repeatedly cleanse the broken tendons and ligaments. The originally loose and dull fascia began to regenerate at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye under the nourishment of the Vajra Qi.
First, fine, silvery tendons are drawn out, then they are wrapped layer by layer, the color changing from light red to dark gold, and finally gleaming with an almost glassy luster.
The muscles in his shoulders, neck, back, arms, and knees writhed wildly, as if rats were scurrying under his skin. The loose skin was forcibly stretched, shedding excess impurities and becoming firm, full of explosive tension.
Beneath the skin and flesh, the sound of bones and muscles transforming could be clearly heard!
Like the muffled thud of a taut bowstring, it caused a slight hum in the surrounding air.
Two hours later, it was pitch black outside.
The transformation has completely stopped!
Chu Xuan slowly stood up, feeling light as a feather, yet as heavy as black iron.
He had grown half an inch taller, not in terms of height, but because his muscles and bones had fully expanded. His originally slightly thin body no longer appeared bulky, but instead exuded a sense of weight and solidity, like black iron.
The fascia throughout the body is taut like a bowstring, and every movement has the force of a thousand pounds. The skin and flesh are tightly attached to the tendons and bones, and there is endless resilience hidden in the fierceness.
"Cool!"
Chu Xuan couldn't help but gasp softly.
It was a feeling I had never experienced before.
As if shedding one's mortal form, the original heaviness completely disappeared, replaced by a feeling of exhilaration, with muscles and bones resonating and blood and qi surging like a torrent.
He looked down at his hands.
The skin remained normal, but every muscle beneath it was taut, like thousands of tightly twisted iron chains, ready to unleash tremendous power with the slightest tension.
He tentatively clenched his fist, and the air in his palm exploded as his knuckles exerted force.
A violent force, so intense it startled even him, surged up his arms, through his shoulders, neck, back, and legs, coursing through his entire body.
"Is this the power of the Seven Bears and Five Tigers?"
Chu Xuan loosened his clenched fist, feeling an unprecedented shock.
At this moment, he felt a sense of utter despair, as if he had nothing to hold him back. He wished he could go find that old bastard Zhao Qianyang right now and give him a good beating.
Of course, it's just a thought!
Gang Jin is always Gang Jin!
Although his strength has increased dramatically, he is still far behind the experts of the Gang Jin realm.
However, if he were to encounter that masked man from the Blood God Cult again, Chu Xuan felt that the odds would be at least even.
Then, Chu Xuan looked at the panel again.
[Energy Value: 68/50000]
【Two Elements Stance - Perfected (23659/50000)】
【Bajiquan - Perfection (21749/50000)】
【Indestructible Vajra - Bone Forging (0/10000)】
"Still ten thousand?"
When Chu Xuan saw the progress bar for the Indestructible Vajra, he immediately showed a look of surprise.
Surprisingly, prices didn't rise.
This is naturally a good thing for Chu Xuan.
"Unfortunately, I'll have to start accumulating essence points all over again."
However, now that he holds the positions of supervisor of three beast gardens, he is acquiring essence points much faster than before, so there is no need to worry.
But a new problem has arisen: the blood-clotting pills are all gone!
There are only two options left: either use contribution points to exchange for Lesser Qi Cultivation Pills, or go to Wanbaolou to buy Blood Clotting Pills!
Without the supply of pills, not only will the growth of Qi and blood value slow down, but the cultivation speed will also slow down.
"It seems I'll have to go to Wanbaolou again."
He still has several thousand taels of gold notes in his hands; it would be a waste to leave them unused.
Moreover, Wanbaolou's Blood Clotting Pill is much cheaper than Xiaopeiyuan Pill.
Save where you should, spend where you should!