Peerless Divine Eyes
Chapter 426: Distraught Zhu Chongjiu!

Chapter 426: Chapter 426: Distraught Zhu Chongjiu!

Zhu Chongjiu was still in a daze when he heard Lu Chen say, "Master, where is Elder Ning?"

"He, he said he went to cultivate in the back mountain."

Zhu Chongjiu quickly replied.

"Back mountain?"

Lu Chen found it strange. Was there something that couldn’t be done here and required going to the back mountain?

He looked at the small bell in his hand, and beneath his pupils, he immediately discerned that this bell was different from the small bell Ning Changzhong had given him.

The patterns on this bell took a distinctly different course.

"Master, let’s first return and talk."

He had already been cautious of Ning Changzhong, and now that he had devoured the Fire Essence here, Lu Chen’s goal had been achieved; there was no need to stay any longer.

"Ah, leave? Yes, leave, let’s go back first!"

Zhu Chongjiu turned and walked towards the outside of the cave dwelling, while Lu Chen watched his back, lost in thought.

"Although Master usually isn’t very shrewd and is carefree without much consideration, he wouldn’t normally be so easily distracted. What could have gone wrong?"

Lu Chen scratched his head and reflected in silence for a moment before following closely out of the cave dwelling.

"Master, you should carry me back since I don’t know how to fly yet."

Lu Chen casually threw the mind-stabilizing bell into his storage bag and spoke to Zhu Chongjiu.

"Ah, oh, alright."

Zhu Chongjiu, still somewhat absent-minded, finally began to move after receiving Lu Chen’s clear instruction, taking him aloft and stepping into the void.

Meanwhile, within the back mountain, a large bell, tall enough for two people and too wide for ten to embrace, began to stir without any wind, its base slowly lifting.

Ning Changzhong walked out from underneath, his brow also furrowed.

"Strange, the mother bell can no longer sense the child bell... could it be that Zhu Chongjiu took it off and placed it into his storage bag?"

Although a storage bag was not a mystifying Magic Artifact, it contained a separate space and naturally isolated the connection between such artifacts.

Only a profound Magic Artifact would leave some traces of its presence on a storage bag.

To ensure that the child bell could be used, Ning Changzhong had refined it to suppress the bell’s aura as much as possible while also disguising its function to stabilize the mind during cultivation.

Thus, after Lu Chen had thrown it into the storage bag, Ning Changzhong failed to notice it at all.

"Let’s not worry about it for now. After all, Lu Chen is leaving, and Zhu Chongjiu will only stay within the sect. Where could he go?"

Ning Changzhong sneered to himself, returning to his own cave dwelling. After confirming that the two were indeed gone, he decided to bide his time and wait for Lu Chen to go to the Haotian Secret Realm!

...

At Zhaixing Peak, Zhu Chongjiu’s eyes were somewhat foggy; had it not been for Lu Chen telling him that he had become the Seventh Elder, Master of Star Picking Peak, he might have almost returned to Ninefold Peak.

This made Lu Chen even more certain that Ning Changzhong had definitely used some Spell on Zhu Chongjiu secretly!

Both being in the Core Formation Stage and not especially adept at cultivating other Great Paths, Zhu Chongjiu shouldn’t have been easily fooled, right?

Unknown to him, Zhu Chongjiu had been exploited precisely because of his excessive concern for Lu Chen.

If Lu Chen hadn’t come out in time, perhaps after a few more hours, Zhu Chongjiu’s soul would have been damaged, leaving him at the mercy of Ning Changzhong!

"I remember now; it seems it was Master who told me to become the Peak Master of Star Picking Peak."

Zhu Chongjiu said to Lu Chen, finally recalling the past.

Lu Chen said with a smile, "Master, do you also remember why you went to the eighth peak?"

"Isn’t it to wait for you to leave seclusion?"

About this, Zhu Chongjiu wouldn’t forget since his mind was full of Lu Chen.

Lu Chen’s face bore a smile, but the brighter his smile, the more uneasy he felt inside.

"Master, you must be tired, so tired that you can’t remember things. Why don’t you enter seclusion to recover?"

Lu Chen nodded toward a part of the cave wall.

"Seclude? That’s a good idea; I always feel restless."

When the matter was mentioned, Zhu Chongjiu touched his chest again, but it was empty and without anything.

"Did I lose something?"

He vaguely remembered something, but he wasn’t quite sure.

"What could you lose," Lu Chen carefully concealed the child bell necklace, saying with a smile, "You’re just tired, Master. Rest a bit. Shall I go to the sect and ask for a Nourishing Spirit Pill for you?"

"That would be good," Zhu Chongjiu replied, "The Third Senior Brother knows Alchemy, see if you can procure one for me."

Lu Chen nodded with a smile, acknowledging that he understood. As Zhu Chongjiu’s figure disappeared, Lu Chen’s expression darkened.