Chapter 64: Relinquishing the Position of Peak Master

Xu Guangwen hovered in midair and reached out to Su Yuan: “You go first!” Su Yuan smiled: “Then I won’t hold back!” Nine flying swords shot out from Su Yuan’s sleeve. Then Su Yuan channeled a higher-level true essence from near the nine golden sands in his dantian into the flying swords, causing them to unleash even greater power! “Big Dipper Seven Stars Sword Formation, Seven Stars Fall!” The nine flying swords immediately rose into the sky, intertwining to form a grand Big Dipper Seven Stars Formation. Among them, two flying swords hid within the formation, showing only seven flying swords. As the seven flying swords descended, the metal-attributed spiritual energy of heaven and earth was drawn by the golden realm, converging on the surface of the swords, coating them with a dazzling golden light! “Realm!” Xu Guangwen instantly recognized the significance of this display of heavenly spiritual energy. The power of heaven and earth only brought oppression, but the realm itself could not only amplify power but also mobilize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, doubling the enhancement! Facing an early Golden Core cultivator who had already comprehended the realm—what a remarkable talent! Xu Guangwen suddenly realized he had been too hasty;such talent justified becoming peak master. However, the fight had already begun, so naturally, it had to continue! Xu Guangwen flicked his finger, and a wisp of flame appeared at his fingertip, quickly expanding into a vivid fiery bird. It flapped its wings and soared into the sky. The fiery bird collided with the Big Dipper Seven Stars Sword Formation midair, causing a violent tremor. The brilliant golden light and dazzling firelight dispersed each other upon impact. In the end, the nine flying swords flew backward, and the spiritual awareness within the swords conveyed a trace of discomfort to Su Yuan. On the other hand, although the fiery bird dissipated on Xu Guangwen’s side, it seemed the outcome was already within his expectations, possibly even precisely controlled by him. Xu Guangwen’s peak Golden Core cultivation was pure strength, unrivaled within Hidden Peak, so it was no wonder he had always wanted to become peak master. “My turn!” From Xu Guangwen’s sleeve flew out a flaming red flying sword, emanating a powerful aura. It was evidently a treasure weapon! Magic tools, spiritual tools, treasure weapons—treasure weapons were items used by Golden Core cultivators. The word “treasure” implied preciousness;each treasure weapon was extremely valuable and cherished. Some Nascent Soul cultivators also used treasure weapons, illustrating their rarity. “Go!” The flying sword blazed with flames and shot forward instantly, unleashing a terrifying power! Su Yuan remained calm. When the flying sword approached him, he immediately activated the jade pot in his hand. An invisible suppressive force instantly enveloped Xu Guangwen and the fiery red flying sword before him. At that moment, the fiery red flying sword seemed as if a giant dragon had seized its vital point, freezing midair. The terrifying flame energy could not be unleashed. The spiritual awareness within the treasure weapon had reached an extremely high level, and at this moment, it emitted feelings of fear, helplessness, and extreme panic toward Xu Guangwen. However, Xu Guangwen himself felt the same. He sensed a force suddenly descending upon him, directly affecting his body, sealing his consciousness sea and dantian! His internal Golden Core felt as if all lifelines had been locked, losing all power instantly! He felt the entire world radiating intense hostility toward him—a life-or-death crisis with no escape, which made his heart tremble and his pupils contract sharply! He could not even maintain his suspension in midair, yet the suppressive force held him there, preventing him from falling! Suddenly, the suppressive sensation vanished! Xu Guangwen returned to normal. Then he saw his fiery red treasure sword, “carrying immense momentum,” crash directly into Su Yuan. Even Su Yuan’s peak master-grade robes dimmed by thirty percent, and he could not withstand the impact, flying backward and crashing into the forest below. “Wait!” Xu Guangwen widened his eyes. He tried to recall his flying sword, which obediently flew back this time. The spiritual awareness within conveyed a grateful feeling of having survived a disaster. He realized the previous experience was not an illusion—he had indeed been attacked by some technique of Su Yuan’s without any ability to resist. If someone had simply flicked a sword finger then, he would have died. He could not even activate the defense of his robes! At that moment, Su Yuan, covered with leaves and broken branches, flew up looking a little disheveled. He cupped his hands and said, “Xu Guangwen, I lost. Your strength far surpasses mine. I am willing to hand over the position of peak master!” He waved his hand, producing the peak master’s token and a brand-new set of peak master robes. Su Yuan immediately lifted his recognition of the position and then tossed them to Xu Guangwen. While Xu Guangwen was stunned, Su Yuan added, “From now on, I am just an ordinary elder of Three Peaks. I hope Peak Master Xu will look after me and not assign me any tasks!” After saying this, he bowed again and then fled swiftly into the distance. Because of his speed, the leaves and branches on his body kept falling off. Sharp-eyed cultivators noticed that Su Yuan showed no injuries, and even his clothes had no wrinkles. Xu Guangwen was still in a daze. Nearby, a Golden Core True Immortal approached. “Congratulations! Congratulations!” “Congratulations to Peak Master Xu on his promotion!” “Peak Master, from now on, we must follow your lead!” “The name ‘Three Peaks’ is too casual. Shouldn’t the Peak Master apply to change it?” The voices of the surrounding Golden Core elders awakened Xu Guangwen. He frowned at the token in his hand and glanced at another group of Golden Core elders. They did not immediately come forward to congratulate him but wore strange expressions, as if wanting to say something but hesitating. Xu Guangwen looked at the peak master token and eventually suppressed the urge to return it. ‘What just happened? I should have already been defeated. So Su Yuan deliberately lost to me? Why? He just became peak master and hasn’t contributed much. Wouldn’t he want the resources of the peak master position?’ Xu Guangwen wondered. At this moment. Somewhere in the secret realm of the Seven Absolute Realms. The Nascent Soul Elder Council members were reviewing the recent battle. One Nascent Soul elder couldn’t help but ask, “What kind of technique was that? I don’t understand it.” “It seems like a method of manipulating heaven and earth, but how can it control a peak Golden Core cultivator?” Many Nascent Soul elders looked toward the several Transformation Spirit elders in the main seats, especially at Nangong Xianweng. He was the Transformation Spirit elder most familiar with Su Yuan. Nangong Xianweng frowned and shook his head: “This should be a suppressive technique, triggered by Su Yuan using some treasure, but it’s not a one-time-use treasure or talisman. It’s truly his own power.” After speaking, he exchanged glances with several Transformation Spirit elders, who all nodded. The dozens of Nascent Soul elders showed varied expressions. “I propose raising Su Yuan’s resource supply to the highest level. Agree or disagree?” Nangong Xianweng said. The dozens of elders began voting;each Nascent Soul elder had one vote, each Transformation Spirit elder counted as ten votes, and the sect leader had ten votes. Nangong Xianweng confirmed the vote count: “One hundred twenty-eight votes in favor, thirty-two abstentions. The proposal passes.” Thus, the high-level meeting concluded. Meanwhile, Su Yuan, watching remotely, smiled faintly. Peak master? Whoever wants the position can take it. As long as his resources are in place, that’s enough. At the meeting, Gu Qingzhu frowned: “Is the position of Three Peaks Peak Master really transferred just like that? Isn’t that too frivolous?” Obviously, he wanted to help Su Yuan reclaim the peak master position. Su Yuan saw this remotely and spat blood in frustration: Sect Leader Gu, I really thank you! The Nascent Soul elders began discussing. Nangong Xianweng was unconcerned: “It’s nothing. Originally, the opening vein founder becoming peak master was only symbolic. He has already served. After leaving behind a legacy, he will soon go out to train, and the peak will quickly have a successor. This doesn’t affect anything. Didn’t you see Su Yuan doesn’t want to be peak master himself?” Gu Qingzhu heard this and stopped mentioning it. Seeing this, Su Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and muttered: “Looks like I can relax and lie low now. Besides, I won’t go out to train. I’ll wait until I truly hit a bottleneck.” Su Yuan soared over Three Peaks and soon arrived at a brand-new cave dwelling. This was one of the rare fourth-tier cave dwellings within Three Peaks, which he had previously secured as his future residence with the peak master token. Looking down from midair, it was a small, exquisite hill about seven hundred meters tall. The mountain had waterfalls, valleys, gorges, high cliffs, forests, rivers, and grasslands—all perfectly complete. The entire hill was his cave dwelling, surrounded by a fourth-tier formation. Su Yuan placed his token on the formation, officially claiming this cave dwelling. Crossing the formation and entering the mountain, he immediately felt the thick spiritual energy rushing toward him. As expected of a fourth-tier cave dwelling, the spiritual energy density was astonishing, enough to satisfy the training needs of Nascent Soul cultivators. Buildings were already constructed throughout the mountain. Su Yuan went directly to the summit, where he immediately saw a large area of spiritual fields filled with dense, pure spiritual energy, currently empty. “This is such a waste. Such high-grade spiritual fields and yet no spiritual plants are grown here. Isn’t this pure waste?” Su Yuan lamented deeply. There were ten acres of fourth-tier spiritual fields, three hundred acres of third-tier spiritual fields, even more second-tier spiritual fields, but he couldn’t see any first-tier spiritual fields. Such resources were simply wasted here. Previously, on Mystic Peak, when he saw those two acres of first-tier spiritual fields, he had wanted to plant spiritual plants but sensed he wouldn’t stay there long, so he didn’t. Now, he estimated he would stay in this cave dwelling for a long time, so the urge to farm was becoming harder and harder to suppress.