After a small disturbance, Ling Xiao finally saw Mu Huai under the guidance of other disciples.
Mu Huai saw that Ling Xiao's clothes were torn and there were many wounds on him. Blood was still flowing, so he nervously asked Ling Xiao what was going on.
Ling Xiao truthfully told Mu Huai the cause and effect of the matter, and wanted to see what his cheap master's attitude was.
"Outrageous! As a senior brother, Lao Fanren openly committed murder in the peak and went against the sect's decree. Looks like he needs to be properly punished!" Mu Huai's eyes revealed a displeased expression, and he slammed the table heavily as he shouted angrily.
Ling Xiao was a good disciple that he had painstakingly gotten. On the first day he came to the peak, he was almost killed by Lao Fanren. He wanted to immediately strangle Lao Fanren to death.
Although Lao Fanren was also one of his beloved disciples, in front of Ling Xiao's 100% pure wood attribute, he was a little unsightly. Moreover, he did not feel satisfied with any of the disciples in the sect. Now, there was one that he was satisfied with, but he was almost killed. It would be strange if he was not angry.
Ling Xiao was satisfied with Mu Huai's attitude, so he reluctantly recognized him as a cheap master.
"Actually, this can't be blamed on Senior Brother Lao. I believe that he was also instigated by someone to be so biased against disciples," Ling Xiao said to Mu Huai vaguely.
Mu Huai looked at Ling Xiao with satisfaction and said, "It would be great if your Senior Brother Lao was as broad-minded as you are. Don't worry, I will make the decision for you. Those outer disciples will have all their Xuan Qi destroyed and be expelled from the sect. As for your Senior Brother Lao, he will be punished to face the wall for three years."
Lao Fanren was his disciple after all, and he was also an inner sect disciple. He was still useful to Wood Flag Peak, and he had to give some face to the Lao family.
Furthermore, Ling Xiao's words had given him a way out of this embarrassing situation. He was even more satisfied with Ling Xiao, and he thought to himself, "This kid knows how to conduct himself. It looks like my Wooden Flag Peak is going to prosper soon."
After Mu Huai ordered the warden to give his order, he personally brought Ling Xiao to arrange his residence.
With Mu Huai's status, there was naturally no need for him to personally bring Ling Xiao there. However, he still had matters to discuss with Ling Xiao in detail, so he brought him along on the way.
When they arrived at Ling Xiao's residence, Mu Huai let him go in and change into a set of Wood Flag Peak's martial robes before lecturing him.
"Ling Xiao, under our Wood Flag Peak, there are a total of sixty-five inner sect disciples. Compared to the other peaks, the number of inner sect disciples is below average. Every two years, the sect will hold a little competition among the inner sect disciples to determine the difference between the peaks. The overall strength of our Wood Flag Peak's disciples is not as good as the other peaks, which is why I am so eager for you to join my Wood Flag Peak. With your talent and my careful training, you will definitely be able to break through to the Spirit Master level within two to three years. Within fifteen years, there is hope for you to become a King. The future of my Wood Flag Peak rests on you." Mu Huai patted Ling Xiao's shoulder as he spoke. His eyes revealed a kind and yearning expression.
After breaking through to the Spirit Master level in two to three years, Ling Xiao would only be in his early twenties. Within fifteen years, he would be able to become a King, which would be in his thirties.
In the entire northwest region, those who could break through to the King level in their thirties were practically existences that were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.
Within the Purple Sky Sect, almost every King Level expert was already a hundred years old. Only the Sect Master's daughter, Yun Mengqi, was able to reach her current strength of half a step into the King Level because she had obtained an Earth Emperor Level inheritance. Moreover, Yun Mengqi's Tenbin was also extremely high. It was believed that it wouldn't be long before she would become a super genius who would break through to the King Level before the age of twenty-five.
A fortuitous encounter like Yun Mengqi's was not something that just anyone could obtain.
As for Ling Xiao, he was a pure wood attribute cultivator, so there definitely wouldn't be too many obstructions in cultivating the wood attribute. As long as he accumulated to a certain extent, he would naturally be able to break through.
That was why Mu Huai was so confident in saying such words.
"Ling Xiao will definitely not disappoint Master's expectations and wholeheartedly cultivate. In the future, I will spread the name of my Wood Flag Peak," Ling Xiao said solemnly.
"Good … good. How good would it be if you only belonged to my Wood Flag Peak? Your cultivation speed would definitely be doubled," Mu Huai said with emotion.
He had always wanted to induce Ling Xiao to give up learning alchemy and only join his Wood Flag Peak. This would be even more perfect.
"Master, you don't have to worry. In the future, not only will I become a high-grade alchemist, I will also become a powerful martial artist. In this way, I can spread the name of my Wood Flag Peak, and I can also refine medicinal pills for the disciples under the peak. This will benefit our peak, so what's wrong with that?" Ling Xiao tried to persuade Mu Huai instead.
Mu Huai pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "Alright, it's good that you can think like this. Now that you've joined my peak, I will pass on a set of mysterious techniques to you for you to cultivate. I will pass on the chant to you now, so remember it well."
Mu Huai sat down cross-legged and began to recite the chant.
Ling Xiao restrained his thoughts, sat down cross-legged as well, and began to silently memorize the chant.
When Ling Xiao repeatedly imprinted the chant in his mind, when he opened his eyes again, he found that Mu Huai was no longer there.
"Invisible Wood Technique, Illusory Seven Kills. It sounds quite domineering, but I don't know how powerful it is," Ling Xiao muttered.
The mysterious technique that Mu Huai had just passed on to him was called "Invisible Wood Technique", and it also had the accompanying mysterious technique, "Illusory Seven Kills."
This technique was the highest rank technique of Wood Flag Peak, and it was a top-grade green rank technique.
At the foot of Wood Flag Peak, there were only a few disciples who could obtain this set of Invisible Wood Technique that Mu Huai had personally passed on.
It was clear that Mu Huai attached great importance to Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao originally cultivated at Wood Flag Peak. After Mu Huai passed on the Invisible Wood Technique to him, he began to cultivate in seclusion.
For seven consecutive days, Ling Xiao did not step out of his residence.
After seven days of comprehension, he already understood how to cultivate the Invisible Wood Technique, and he also knew the true essence of the Invisible Wood Technique.
The so-called Wood Concealment Technique was just like its name. When one cultivated to the highest realm of the Wood Concealment Technique, one would be able to transform into a tree and conceal within the bushes of trees without being noticed by others. Coupled with the Profound Skill Illusion Seven Slaughter, one would absolutely be able to defeat and assassinate one's enemies by surprise.
However, why did Ling Xiao feel that this seemed to be a kind of assassination technique? He always felt that this technique was somewhat lacking, as if it was just and honorable.
After Ling Xiao's comprehension, he came to the conclusion that cultivating the Invisible Wood Technique had two great benefits. First, wood attribute techniques possessed some healing functions. Although it was not as obvious as the water attribute and light attribute, it did indeed exist. Second, it allowed one to be concealed in the bushes at any place. When he thought of a beautiful woman bathing in the middle of a lake, he could hide in the bushes nearby and peep without being discovered by others. Wouldn't that be great!
If Mu Huai knew that Ling Xiao actually cultivated this mysterious technique that he was so proud of, in order to peep at a beautiful woman bathing, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood on the spot.
Thinking of this, Ling Xiao had the motivation to cultivate.
Next, he operated his Xuan Energy according to the cultivation formula and began to cultivate the Invisible Wood Technique.
Just like that, a few days passed. These days, Ling Xiao was intoxicated by the pleasure of cultivating the Invisible Wood Technique. He felt that this Invisible Wood Technique was really easy to cultivate. He had only cultivated for a few days, but the Xuan Energy in his body had an obvious growth. This speed was a little too fast.
At the same time, he was comprehending the Illusory Seven Kills sword technique.
This Illusory Seven Kills had to be matched with the Invisible Wood Technique in order to display its extraordinary power.
However, Ling Xiao felt that this Illusory Seven Kills could be used for assassination. For a real frontal attack, it was really not as good as his Three Moves of Sword Tyrant and Six Secrets of Unyielding Snow.
Now, Ling Xiao had stayed on Wooden Flag Peak for almost half a month.
Apart from cultivating from day to night, he basically had very little contact with the outside world.
Another night, he sat cross-legged outside the house and operated his Xuan Energy to cultivate the Invisible Wood Technique.
The Xuan Energy in his body flowed along a certain path between his meridians.
At this time, in Ling Xiao's sea of consciousness, a small tree was emitting an emerald green light.
"This little guy is beginning to understand how to use my origin attribute. This is great!" Lu Weng, who was in the small tree, said to himself excitedly. Then, he closed his old eyes and began to recover his vitality.
Under his roots, he continuously absorbed the Xuan Energy that Ling Xiao had transformed into the wood attribute.
Ling Xiao did not know that the Xuan Energy that he had painstakingly strengthened had been split into two, and half of it had been absorbed by Lu Weng in his sea of consciousness.
After cultivating at Wooden Flag Peak for half a month, Ling Xiao was preparing to leave for Herb Peak when Mu Huai appeared.
"Disciple greets Master!" Ling Xiao greeted Mu Huai.
"Forget it!" Mu Huai said, then asked, "How is your comprehension of the Invisible Wood Technique?
If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask Master now. "
"Master, I've finished comprehending the Invisible Wood Technique. Disciple has already begun to cultivate it!" Ling Xiao replied.
"You've already cultivated it?" Mu Huai asked in surprise.
"Yes!" Ling Xiao replied with a nod.
"Let me see!" Mu Huai said, then immediately grabbed Ling Xiao's hand and began to examine the Xuan Energy in Ling Xiao's body.
"Good, good, I didn't expect your comprehension to be so good. You can go back. Remember not to forget to cultivate the Invisible Wood Technique when you return to Herb Peak, okay?" Mu Huai happily instructed.
Ling Xiao bowed towards Mu Huai, then went down the mountain.
Mu Huai looked at Ling Xiao's young figure, stroked his beard, and said to himself, "This kid is even more outstanding than I imagined. There's hope for our peak to rise."
When Ling Xiao returned to Herb Peak, he first went to greet his master, Nangong Changle, before returning to the bamboo forest.
When he returned to the bamboo forest, he couldn't help but nag with Hua Xiaogui again.
After half a month of hard work, Hua Xiaogui's "Cloud Dispersing Force" profound strength had an obvious increase, and he had reached the middle stage of a middle stage profound practitioner. It seemed that it wouldn't be long before he could break through to a high stage profound practitioner.
For this, Ling Xiao felt happy for him. This kid was actually willing to calm down and cultivate.
When Ling Xiao returned to his residence, he first took a bath and then had a good night's sleep. After that, he began to adjust his state of mind to refine the Bone Replenishing Pill.
Before Ling Xiao went to refine the pill, he specifically told Hua Xiaogui not to disturb him. Only then did he feel at ease to refine the pill.
From Ji Tu, Ling Xiao had obtained two rank 3 water attribute Beast Dans, as well as Yellow Marrow Grass and some other auxiliary Spirit Grasses. These were the two sets of Bone Forming Pills that Ji Tu had prepared beforehand. Furthermore, he had the Ox Tendon Vine and some other auxiliary Spirit Grasses. Refining the upgraded version of the Bone Forming Pill, the Muscle and Bone Forming Pill, was no longer a problem.
Whether Li Kuang and Ji Beixin's legs could recover depended on Ling Xiao's actions.