Chapter Twenty-Five: Return of the Qigong Master

  "How could this be?" Kong Fang looked at Qian Xing Zhen Ying in shock as she quickly disappeared from the Purple Mansion, for a moment he had no idea what had happened.

  Kong Fang suddenly felt a little uneasy in his heart, "Could it be that I've been calculated by the master of the secret mansion again?"

  In the secret mansion, everyone was calculated by the master of the secret mansion. Although Kong Fang finally survived and got a great benefit, Kong Fang always maintained a sense of vigilance towards the master of the secret mansion. Now that such a strange thing has appeared again, the first thought that occurred to Kong Fang's mind was that he had been calculated again.

  "It's just... I've never heard of the Starlight Shadow in the Purple Mansion collapsing or even directly disappearing. The Soul Refining Technique is the foundation of a cultivator, without it, one cannot cultivate at all. If the Starlight Shadow in the Purple Mansion were to disappear, this would have been known by everyone long ago, and I wouldn't be able to not hear any rumors about it. Moreover, even if the Thousand Star Shadow that the Secret Pavilion Master imprinted on my Purple Mansion had disappeared, I didn't feel any discomfort, which is completely insufficient to prove that the Secret Pavilion Master was plotting against me."

  Kong Fang thought for a moment and ruled out the possibility that the master of the secret mansion was plotting against him. If the master wanted to plot against him, he wouldn't have gone through so much trouble. It's impossible that he would give him all sorts of rewards, teach him various Daoist techniques and legacies, and then send him back to the vicinity of Qizong, it's simply not necessary to go through so much trouble.

  Ruling out the possibility of the Secret Mansion's master's calculation, Kong Fang shifted his attention to the Purple Mansion. Upon careful observation, Kong Fang discovered a problem - the starlight from the infinite stars at the highest point of the Purple Mansion was shining down on the Thousand Star True Shadow. Previously, the starlight from the infinite stars had always fallen on the Earthly Soul, condensing and nourishing it, allowing the Earthly Soul to gradually grow stronger.

  But now some of the starlight is falling directly on Senkō no Shiro, and the more starlight there is in a place, the faster Senkō no Shiro collapses.

  "Is it impossible to have two soul-refining methods in a single Purple Mansion? No, that's not right." Kong Fang shook his head and quickly denied the possibility. "If a Purple Mansion can't have two soul-refining methods at the same time, the Secret Chamber Master wouldn't say that after I pass the second part of the test, he'll give me an even higher-level soul-refining method. Moreover, in the Instrument Sect, soul-refining methods are upgraded layer by layer, and it's impossible to say that the first time you imprint a Star True Shadow, you can't imprint a second one afterwards. If that were the case, then after Inner Chamber disciple Sun Hao refined the Lower-grade Tianling Treasure, Elder Qingfan wouldn't be able to imprint a third Star True Shadow to upgrade his soul-refining method."

  Kong Fang was thoroughly bewildered and couldn't figure out why such a strange thing had happened to him.

  After a while, Kong Fang sighed and temporarily put down this question. "With my current state, I fundamentally can't understand the subtleties of this matter. Since Qian Xing Zhen Ying's collapse has no impact on me, I'll leave it for later consideration."

  Anyway, it's still unclear now, and even if I think about it again, it's just a waste of time. Kung Fang suppressed this question in his heart.

  Then, Kong Fang judged the location where he was based on the surrounding terrain and found that he was near the road leading to Sanxing Mountain from Qizong. Starting from here, it would take at most ten or twenty minutes for him to return to the broken wooden house in the mountain valley.

  Just as he was about to leave, Kong Fang suddenly discovered that he still had the Boundary Heart in his hand. This shocked Kong Fang, as the Boundary Heart was an extraordinary treasure even more precious than a Storage Treasure. If someone were to discover it, it would be disastrous. Moreover, the Boundary Heart contained various rewards from the Master of the Secret Pavilion, all of which were extremely valuable. If they were to be stolen, Kong Fang would regret it until his death.

  "Luckily, the master of the secret mansion gave me a more precious boundary heart instead of an ordinary storage treasure. If it were an ordinary storage treasure, I wouldn't even have a suitable place to hide it." Kong Fang smiled lightly, and then saw the boundary heart in his hand directly merge into his palm.

  Kong Fang adjusted his somewhat excited expression, making himself look a bit downcast, before taking steps towards the direction of Qi Zong.

  Unconscious of the fundamental change in the Purple Mansion, the endless stars within it suddenly underwent a subtle transformation. A layer of hazy starlight abruptly appeared in the Purple Mansion, and then these starlights rapidly expanded in all directions before slowly disappearing into the Purple Mansion.

  If a strong person were to investigate Kong Fang at this time, they would discover that Kong Fang had not opened up his Purple Mansion after all; these starlights had actually directly hidden away Kong Fang's Purple Mansion.

  At the same time,

  In the back of the mound in front of Kong Fang's wooden house, Zhao Yong's third follower, Yan Guang, sneaked up. He was originally here to meet Qian Ziguo, but unexpectedly, after he arrived, not only did he not see Qian Ziguo, but also had no idea where Wang Hua had run off to.

  Yan Guang was shocked at first, and then his face changed, turning somewhat dark. "These two bastards actually wanted to monopolize the credit, Kong Fang escaped and neither of them informed me, those two damned bastards." Yan Guang was extremely angry in his heart, originally the credit should have been divided equally among the three of them, but now he wouldn't get any credit at all. This made Yan Guang's hatred for Qian Ziguo and Wang Hao rise sharply.

  Yan Guang no longer hid carefully, and directly walked out from behind the mound. He took a glance at Kong Fang's dilapidated wooden house, spat in disgust, then turned around and quickly left.

  About a dozen minutes later, Kong Fang came back with a disappointed look on his face. If someone saw Kong Fang like this, they would definitely think that he didn't find any refining materials in San Xing Mountain and wouldn't think of anything else. After all, many people have been rushing to San Xing Mountain during this period, as long as they can find a good piece of refining material, they might be able to refine a decent weapon, and thus have the opportunity to enter various halls and become an inner disciple with a noble status.

  After glancing behind the mound and finding no one watching him, Kong Fang's expression instantly returned to normal. "Zhao Yong is really confident, thinking that with just those two followers he can kill me? Hmph." Kong Fang sneered, "I hope when he can't find those two followers, he won't get a fever and come question me directly. But if he dares to come find me, it's not bad either. Although I don't dare make a move in the Qizong, leaving from here isn't far from the Qizong. With my current body, taking him with me wouldn't take long, and besides, I still have Hei Wei."

  Kong Fang suddenly had some expectation of Zhao Yong coming to find him, then he could directly eliminate this disaster.

  However, there is one thing that Kong Fang doesn't know: Qian Ziguang and Wang Hao didn't inform Zhao Yong about his plan to 'escape' in order to take all the credit for themselves.

  Entering the house, Kong Fang sat cross-legged on the wooden bed and began to carefully examine this time's harvest.

  ……

  Changsheng returned to Huoyun Hall with his head slightly lowered after searching for several days. For several days, he had been inquiring about the low-key senior brother who had refined a second-grade weapon, but despite spending so much time, he still couldn't find that senior brother, which made Changsheng feel somewhat disheartened.

  Changsheng originally wanted to continue searching, but starting from today, the inner disciples and elders would begin evaluating the various weapons and armor submitted, he had to stay at Huoyun Hall to help.

  Although there are still three days before the final assessment date, after all, there are nearly a thousand new disciples, and it will take some time to evaluate them one by one.

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