Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh-Chapter 171 - 119: Blue Moon Cave, Strife Among Fellow Disciples (Part 2)
The spider’s claws were as thick as chopsticks.
At this moment, the Cyan Fire Spider was continuously spinning its web, unlike ordinary spiders; its web was tinged with a crimson color.
Chu Ning had learned about this demon beast before; although it looked somewhat terrifying, its strength was not high.
It was merely a Tier One Intermediate Demon Beast, roughly equivalent to the Fifth or Sixth Layers of Qi Refining.
What surprised Chu Ning slightly was the Qi Refining Disciple fighting the beast.
An ordinary-looking fellow disciple with thick eyebrows and large eyes was actually at the Late Stage of Qi Refining, reaching the Seventh Layer.
Apparently, this person must have been part of the group that entered one day before them.
"This Blue Moon Cave is already quite on the periphery, so how is it that someone who entered early is still here?
Moreover, this person clearly at the Qi Refining Seventh Layer shouldn’t have difficulty killing a Tier One Intermediate Demon Beast like this.
Yet they seem not to be using their full strength, which is rather odd."
With these thoughts in mind, Chu Ning naturally slowed his steps.
He stayed in place, using a large rock to conceal his presence, while continuing to observe through the magic mirror in his hand and the puppet bird in the sky.
At this moment, the thick-browed, large-eyed Qi Refining Seventh Layer disciple seemed to handle the Red Fire Spider’s attacks with ease.
The Red Fire Spider tried several times to approach him using its web, all to no avail.
The Red Fire Spider couldn’t form a larger web either because the man held a fan-like magical artifact.
Whenever he swung it, it emitted several white magic blades, easily slicing through the webs.
But those magic blades never targeted the spider itself, resulting in a stalemate between man and beast.
"Could it be that he is collecting spider webs?"
This thought flashed through Chu Ning’s mind, considering that if the other continued like this, he would just bypass them and move on.
Although the Sect Elders had suggested traveling together, Chu Ning felt that being on his own would be more convenient.
Just then, a figure appeared within the magic mirror’s range.
Short and slightly emaciated, Chu Ning recognized him at once as a Qi Refining Sixth Layer disciple who had entered with him.
They had stood somewhat close to each other before, so he had a bit of an impression.
"Junior Brother!"
The thick-browed Qi Refining Seventh Layer disciple shouted joyfully when he saw the thin man appear.
"Quick, lend a hand! This demon beast is extremely tough."
The thin man seemed surprised at first but moved quickly to the thick-browed disciple’s side.
He raised a hook-like magical artifact and attacked the Red Fire Spider.
A flash of golden light followed, as the magic from the hook struck the Red Fire Spider.
The Red Fire Spider was already somewhat exhausted from battling the thick-browed disciple, and being struck now by this gold-element spell,
it was directly heavily injured and collapsed on the ground, unable to move.
Seeing this, the thin man looked slightly puzzled.
"Senior Brother, this demon beast isn’t that difficult to deal with..."
He abruptly stopped mid-sentence.
At that moment, several white magic blades shot from the thick-browed disciple’s fan, striking the thin man.
With the two being so close, and with the thin man’s full attention on the Red Fire Spider, he had no defense.
The white blades hit him directly.
His pupils widened in shock as he looked at the thick-browed man, unable to utter a word before collapsing to the ground.
Chu Ning watched this unfold through the magic mirror, equally shocked.
Although he found it strange when the thick-browed man called the thin man forward,
he had not anticipated the sudden and ruthless attack on a lower-level fellow disciple.
The next moment, a slightly smug laughter came from the thick-browed man.
"Looks like I was right to wait here, after all. A poor fool really did show up, making all this play with the Red Fire Spider worthwhile." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
Saying this, the thick-browed man killed the injured Red Fire Spider with a spell and stored it in his storage bag.
Then he squatted down, took the hook magical artifact from the thin man’s hand,
and snatched the storage bag from him before standing up and leaving.
Watching this, Chu Ning sighed inwardly.
He hadn’t expected to encounter such heartless slaughter and robbery between fellow disciples so soon after entering the Spirit Realm.
Although Cheng Ning had considered that once in the Spirit Realm, without the Sect’s constraints and with such varying strength among individuals,
some ill-intentioned people might resort to such actions.
Even the reminders from the Golden Core Elders to complete the task together before leaving the Spirit Realm weren’t absolute constraints.
What surprised Chu Ning was how quickly this unfolded.
Being a hundred zhang away, he had been too late to stop it and had no intention of getting involved.
For him, surviving the Spirit Realm, safely completing the Exorcism Array task, and then leaving was the most important thing.
After the thick-browed youth left for some time, Chu Ning continued his path using the puppet bird for guidance.
Passing the corpse of the thin man, Chu Ning casually used several Fireball Techniques to dispose of the body.
Turning it to ash was better than leaving it exposed and eaten by demon beasts.
After walking several more li, Chu Ning suddenly stopped, sighing slightly as he looked to his side.
From that direction, a thick-browed youth was emerging from behind a large rock.
The other had hidden so well that Chu Ning had not noticed, even with the puppet bird’s view.
Yet after all, Chu Ning’s Divine Sense was strong; he detected movement as soon as there was any.
"The puppet bird only provides a view within a certain forward range and can’t see through obstructions; it’s still not as convenient as Divine Sense."
Chu Ning mused while turning towards the smiling thick-browed disciple approaching him.
"Junior Brother! Finally, someone! Ah, so glad to meet someone here."
The thick-browed disciple showed a delighted expression.
"I lost my Guiding Needle during the teleportation. I’ve been waiting here for a day, and finally, Junior Brother, you’ve passed by.
Let’s go together."
"Sure! It’s much safer with you, Senior Brother."
Chu Ning replied with a smile and then, appearing surprised, pointed behind the other.
"Oh, aren’t you with someone, Senior Brother?"
"Huh?" The thick-browed disciple turned his head in confusion at Chu Ning’s words.
The space behind was empty, with no one around.
"You must be seeing things..." The thick-browed disciple said while turning back.
His vision was filled with a golden light.
Before he could fully react, he felt a chill at his neck.
Instinctively wanting to lower his head, the next moment, his head fell to the ground.
Perhaps he would never understand what had happened even until his death.
Using just one Geng Metal Sword Talisman transformed into a True Talisman Technique, Chu Ning killed the Qi Refining Seventh Layer disciple without any change in expression.
Clearly, the thick-browed disciple hadn’t realized that someone had seen his previous actions, thus striking confidently.
Otherwise, had he been slightly more alert, Chu Ning wouldn’t have succeeded so easily.
Standing over the corpse, Chu Ning impolitely took the storage bag.
He also took the storage bag of the thin man.
After casually checking the thick-browed man’s storage bag, Chu Ning frowned slightly, feeling puzzled.
He had assumed the thick-browed man’s looting indicated his ties to the Yin Demon Sect.
He suspected some Yin Demon Sect disciples had ways to elude Elder Mu’s Spiritual Sense Secret Technique.
Yet to his mild surprise, nothing incriminating was found in the thick-browed man’s storage bag.
Chu Ning searched the thick-browed man’s body, even stripping him bare and checking thoroughly.
Finding nothing noteworthy apart from an unsightly small worm.
"Someone once said people with thick eyebrows were skilled, but it doesn’t seem so."
Chu Ning muttered, casting another Fireball Technique.
"It seems this man was merely devious, not a Yin Demon Sect disciple; maybe I overthought it."
Shaking his head internally, Chu Ning continued on his way.
