"This is easy."

Bai Wushuang, who can also be called Dongfang Bubai now, said:

"I don’t care about false reputations. My fundamental goal is to enhance my strength and pursue the exploration of the Martial Dao."

She glanced at Yang Lianting:

"Leave this matter to you. Get it done as quickly as possible."

"Please rest assured, Sect Leader, your orders are something I will follow to the death!"

Yang Lianting knelt on the ground and said in a loud voice.

"Apart from that, what else do you want me to do?"

Dongfang Bubai asked Ding Ling, while looking at him.

She had two Achievement Medals on her.

This showed that other players hadn’t started to farm Achievement Medals from her.

After Ding Ling realized this, he knew she probably wasn’t lying and could indeed have been staying inside the Sun and Moon Divine Sect all along.

And why stay here?

Thinking about how training required a vast amount of medicinal resources clarified things for Ding Ling.

Dedicated resources of the entire Sun and Moon Divine Sect were used to nurture Dongfang Bubai.

Her rapid progress in training was quite normal. Of course, even when most people have sufficient training resources, it is difficult for them to advance as rapidly as Dongfang Bubai without any barriers or setbacks. Most people stagnate once they reach a certain level.

Thinking this through,

Ding Ling didn’t want to disrupt Dongfang Bubai’s martial arts progress and said:

"When you shatter the void and move on to the Upper Realm, I hope you will hand over the Sun and Moon Divine Sect to Miss Ren for management."

She owed more people to Ren Yingying.

Of course, she wanted to repay this debt as much as possible.

After repaying,

he could face Ren Yingying more calmly. Otherwise, feeling indebted to her unsettled Ding Ling.

Ren Yingying seemed to have noticed this as well, and recently her mood had been rather gloomy. Although she didn’t want to ask Ding Ling, her father was now severely injured, and Xiaang Wentian had no power to fight Dongfang Bubai.

She could only turn to Ding Ling for help.

Yet, overusing favors drains them, and using them too often would mean that any meaningful relationship or entanglement with Ding Ling might be more difficult in the future.

Thinking of this,

Ren Yingying couldn’t help but feel a tumult of emotions, unable to calm down for a long time.

"That’s easy to say."

Dongfang Bubai, without much hesitation, responded graciously:

"If I break the boundaries and travel to another world, whether the Sun and Moon Divine Sect disbands or is run by others, it makes no difference to me."

"Thank you."

Ding Ling understood that Dongfang Bubai was speaking the truth.

Her current role as the leader of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect was definitely for the training resources.

After all, finding resources alone outside is incredibly difficult, as Ding Ling experienced in the Three Kingdoms World.

This world has even more martial artists.

Resources are equally challenging to find!

If they hadn’t defeated the Mount Songh Sect and gathered a large number of resources, Q u Feiyan, Zhang Hex, and Consort Yhu would likely face difficulties in the next stages of their training.

Fortunately, they had no worries in the short term.

"You’re welcome."

Dongfang Bubai glanced at Ren Woxing and the others:

"If there’s nothing else, we shall take our leave."

...

...

Ren Woxing walked out of Black Wood Cliff in a daze.

Accompanying him was Elder Tong Baixiong.

Dongfang Bubai was dead.

He had no reason to stay on the Black Wood Cliff.

Plus, he had grudges with Yang Lianting already, making it unsafe for him to linger on the Black Wood Cliff any longer.

As the new Dongfang Bubai, the Sect Leader clearly valued and trusted Yang Lianting more, and if Tong Baixiong went against Yang Lianting, it was very likely he’d end up dead.

Therefore,

Tong Baixiong was more disoriented and at a loss than Ren Woxing.

He had dedicated his life to the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, and suddenly stepping away, he was momentarily clueless about his next steps.

Ren Woxing was slightly better off; he was just somewhat dispirited, having been beaten and imprisoned for over a decade in the West Lake dungeon by the previous Dongfang Bubai.

He was easily defeated by the new Dongfang Bubai and humiliated several times, helplessly so.

Yet this Dongfang Bubai.

Held Ding Ling in high regard and treated him kindly, even claiming that after her ascension, the Sun and Moon Divine Sect could be handed over to Ren Yingying.

Ding Ling’s words held such sway!

This stark contrast and disconnect left Ren Woxing feeling lost, with a sense of being outdated and a relic of another era, something no longer part of his times.

The fiery blood in his heart cooled a lot.

He became like a slow-moving old man.

Ren Yingying noticed it and couldn’t help but say:

"Father, why don’t we retire to Huashan and never concern ourselves with the Sun and Moon Divine Sect matters again? How does that sound?"

"No way."

Ren Woxing instinctively retorted. This was the culmination of his life’s efforts, his dedication, and it couldn’t just be abandoned.

Ren Yingying fell silent.

Ding Ling didn’t say much regarding this.

He now just needed to hurry back to Huashan and quietly wait for the news of him defeating Dongfang Bubai to spread across the land.

Then surely his mission progress would advance dramatically!

By then.

It would be time for him to leave this world.

Thinking about his imminent departure,

Ding Ling spared no effort in instructing Zhang Hex, Taishi Ci, Qu Feiyan, and Consort Yhu along the way.

Fan Kuai shamelessly followed Ding Ling, pretending not to notice, feigning ignorance, and insisted on tagging along; Ding Ling let him be.

As long as it didn’t harm his own people.

He fully leveled his Observing People Skill, and during this time with Fan Kuai, he realized this man had a tenacious character; although straightforward and crude, he was also very bold and generous.

But just that alone wasn’t enough to earn him the transmission of skills from Ding Ling.

Fan Kuai didn’t get angry, he was just enviously watching Zhang Hex and others practicing Inner Power and consuming Great Medicine every day.

Zhang Hex, Taishi Ci, and others often felt warm under his gaze, and more than once they expressed gratitude for choosing the right person. Otherwise, they might have ended up like Fan Kuai, standing aside only to envy.

...

Upon arriving at Huashan,

Ding Ling continued to engage in teaching and guiding others.

In the meantime,

Ding Ling returned the Exorcism Sword Manual to Lin Pingzhi.

Initially, Lin Pingzhi was quite excited, but after thoroughly reviewing it and discovering that the Exorcism Sword Manual required him to castrate himself, he instinctively recoiled as if he had encountered a snake or scorpion and had the urge to tear it apart.

At that moment, he suddenly understood why his ancestor, Lin Yuantu, discouraged descendants from practicing this Technique.

It was a technique that would end his bloodline!

Who would dare to practice it?

Lin Pingzhi decisively destroyed this Technique. He had top-notch Breathing Technique and Pure Yang True Skill internal skills to practice, and various Supreme Skills to choose from at will.

Even if he had lost his mind, he wouldn’t practice such self-destructive Techniques.

Little did he know, in the original path, he was indeed such a ruthless person.

Of course,

Ding Ling wouldn’t tell him that.

He spent nearly a month at Huashan again.

During this one-month period,

Ding Ling exchanged Pure Yang True Skill, Breathing Technique, and Moon Shadow Swordsmanship with Yue Buqun and his wife for Purple Mist Divine Skill and Jade Maiden Swordsmanship.

Ding Ling merely skimmed through these two Secret Manuals.

The manuals leveled to full level.

The full-level Purple Mist Divine Skill produced a strand of Vigorous Qi which automatically merged into the True Qi of Pure Yang True Skill, enhancing its core.