165: Chapter 165 Juechenzi Goes Missing

Although Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao's Divine Thought coverage was not as exaggerated as the Old Turtle's, it still spanned tens of millions of miles.

Thus, after traveling for another six months, Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao sensed other Flying Boats beginning to appear on the sea, along with some scattered small islands.

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao heaved a sigh of relief. Although they had encountered dangers on this trip, fortunately, they had successfully arrived. She hurriedly took out her communication token to contact Jue Chenzi.

"Chen'er, we are about to arrive."

In the first four months of seclusion, Lin Qing had already successfully cultivated all the skills he had mastered to the eighth-Rank Perfection level. For the following two months, he continued to hone his ninth-Rank Formation skills; now, his progress as a ninth-Rank Formation Master was more than halfway complete.

As for his Will, there had been no additional improvement during this time; after all, improving one's Will had certain requirements regarding the environment.

After practicing the arrangement of a Formation once more, a light knock came from outside the room. Lin Qing spread out his Divine Thought and found it was Ling Shu.

"What is it?"

Lin Qing opened the door and asked Ling Shu, who was standing outside.

There was a trace of excitement on Ling Shu's face.

"Senior Brother Lin Qing, Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao says we are almost there."

Lin Qing spread out his Divine Thought, and the scene within a radius of five million miles immediately appeared in his mind.

Above the surrounding sea, a Flying Boat appeared almost every few hundred thousand miles. These Flying Boats varied in shape, size, and Rank.

Ling Shu was right; it seemed they were indeed arriving. Just two days later, a massive coastal city appeared in everyone's line of sight.

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao docked the Flying Boat on the sea and then sent a voice transmission to the Disciples of the three Sects on board, her tone carrying a hint of seriousness.

"Everyone, do not leave the Flying Boat for now."

Then, she sent a separate voice transmission to Lin Qing. "Lin Qing, go handle the docking matters, then come find me."

"Yes."

Although the path of cultivation in the Central Continent was more prosperous than in Dongxuan, it had not reached the point where God Realm experts were everywhere. Even a random Disciple from the Flying Boat could be considered a Revered Master in this place, let alone Lin Qing.

Lin Qing calmly handled the matters of docking the Flying Boat and then arrived at the top floor of the Flying Boat, in Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao's room.

"Grand-Masters Aunt, has something happened?"

The two had not officially met for half a year, so upon seeing Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao, Lin Qing first respectfully bowed to her before asking, having clearly sensed the seriousness in her tone earlier.

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao did not answer the question immediately, but instead said, "See if you can contact your Revered Master!"

Hearing Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao's words, Lin Qing immediately became nervous. Without asking for the reason, he promptly took out his communication token and began to contact Jue Chenzi.

An incense stick's time later, Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao shook her head.

"It seems something has indeed happened!"

With an anxious look on his face, Lin Qing hurriedly shouted, "Grand-Masters Aunt!"

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao knew what Lin Qing meant and began to explain.

"A few days ago, I realized we were about to arrive in the Central Continent, so I contacted Chen'er."

"At that time, there was no response from the communication token. I thought he was busy with his own affairs, so I didn't think much of it."

"Yesterday, I tried to contact him again, but still received no response."

"I knew something might have happened, so I contacted the Sect and had them check Chen'er's Soul Lamp."

"Since Chen'er finished his last seclusion, his Soul Lamp had been one of the brightest in the Sect. But they told me that Jue Chenzi's Soul Lamp has dimmed significantly, almost to the level of only a ninth-Rank Cultivator."

"That was when I realized Chen'er had encountered trouble. Although he has not fallen, his condition is extremely poor."

Jue Chenzi and Lin Qing had met in person very few times, and he had almost never taught Lin Qing anything regarding Realm cultivation.

Yet, the help he had given Lin Qing was genuine. Upon accepting him as a Disciple, he gave him a Storage Ring to help him hide his aura, and later provided him with large amounts of Spirit Stone so he wouldn't have to worry about cultivation resources. Later, when facing attacks from God Realm experts multiple times, it was entirely thanks to Jue Chenzi that he was able to survive.

Hearing that Jue Chenzi had met with trouble, Lin Qing immediately became anxious and hurriedly asked, "Grand-Masters Aunt, what exactly did Revered Master come to the Central Continent to do?"

Previously, Jue Chenzi's explanation to Lin Qing was that he came to handle old affairs, or to put it bluntly, to resolve grudges from his youth.

Jue Chenzi's seclusion this time lasted for several hundred years, and the opponents he faced in his youth were nothing more than that group of people around Ming Jin.

Perhaps Ming Jin, limited by his talent, stopped at the ninth Rank, but those people were nothing more than tenth-Rank. It made no sense that Jue Chenzi could retreat unscathed in his youth, yet after his cultivation surged, he would instead get stuck there.

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao sighed and asked, "Do you know how Cultivation Technique originated?"

Although Lin Qing had always been cultivating other people's Cultivation Technique, any Cultivator would know such a question. "Of course, it was created by people!"

"Correct!" Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao nodded affirmatively before slowly recounting the matter.

"However, low-Rank Cultivators cannot create high-Rank Cultivation Technique, and the creation of Cultivation Technique is not an overnight process. The birth of God Realm Cultivation Technique requires passing through long, arduous years, being constantly perfected by generation after generation."

"The Cultivation Technique of our Chuyun Immortal Sect is the same. After tens of thousands of years, although we still only have one God Realm Cultivation Technique, the ninth and tenth-Rank parts are quite complete. But the eleventh Rank is different."

"Although our Sect still has a few eleventh-Rank Seniors, they are already very old. Even if they have the eleventh-Rank Cultivation Technique, they are destined to be unable to enter a higher level, so they all live in seclusion deep within the Sect, continuing to perfect our eleventh-Rank Cultivation Technique."

"But Chen'er's talent is truly outstanding; he broke through to the eleventh Rank in just over five hundred years. If he had a complete eleventh-Rank Cultivation Technique, it is very possible for him to advance further in the future."

"He cannot wait for those Seniors to perfect the eleventh-Rank Cultivation Technique, and those Seniors would not allow him to start participating in the creation of Cultivation Technique at such a young age, wasting precious cultivation time."

"Thus, he came to the Central Continent!"

Lin Qing finally understood. Although Jue Chenzi belonged to the older generation as far as he was concerned, the older generation also had their own path of cultivation to walk, and their own Jianghu to traverse.

And this incident was also clear; it was nothing more than Jue Chenzi encountering new enemies while seeking Cultivation Technique. Since his life was currently not in danger, there was a high probability that he had been imprisoned by someone, or trapped in some Forbidden Ground.

"Then what do we do now?" Lin Qing asked. Clearly, the matter of the Secret Realm had been thrown to the back of his mind; finding Jue Chenzi was currently the top priority.

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao saw Lin Qing's thoughts but still shook her head and said, "You are still going to the Secret Realm for training next!"

"Grand-Masters Aunt!"

Facing Lin Qing's urgency, Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao raised her hand to press down, continuing to explain, "Calm down first."

"At Chen'er's level, as long as he hasn't been killed, whether he is imprisoned or trapped somewhere, he can hold on for decades or even a hundred years."

"Your current level is still too low; you simply cannot help."

"What you need to do is to break through to a higher level in a shorter amount of time. In the future, whether it is to save him or take revenge, you will then have the opportunity to make your move."