Chapter 269: Golden Qi Tree

Chapter 269: Golden Qi Tree

Sitting down before his small lotus forest, Hui closed his eyes and began to circulate his qi, quietly settling his cultivation back to normal after the sudden influx of life qi. His body shrank down from ten meters to five, then back to his usual height, and the last of the heat dissipated. As he settled his qi, the dark clouds overhead faded, though somewhat reluctantly.

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He called it back into his mind. The golden tree resonated with the life qi in his body, and his body began to grow once more. Immediately, Hui dismissed it, suppressing his life qi. The gold tree faded, and so did the surging life qi.

This time, Hui carefully circulated his qi. He completely regulated even the slightest bit of motion, allowing neither stray fluctuations nor surges. Carefully, he recalled the gold tree again.

His body twitched, but he suppressed it. The technique flowed through his mind. In the technique, an image of Hui sat cross-legged on the ground, circulating his qi through the gold tree. The images body suddenly grew, and as it grew, it became tree-like. Branches sprouted, then leaves. Bark covered his body. The image became a tree entirely.

What do I need a tree technique for! A technique to turn into a tree? Why?

Wait, this is a great escape technique! Who would suspect a tree? Now I just need to see the other half of the technique, where the image turns back into a person! Hui watched in anticipation, eager suddenly.

Nothing happened. The tree continued to be a tree.

Hui licked his lips, then glanced at the tree suspiciously. Senior Mu did you, er, were you trying to turn me into a new body for yourself?

As night fell over the peak, Hui looked out at the sect. No lights glowed from the other peaks, nor did any cultivators flash about on swords. Everything laid still and silent. Even the All-Heavens disciples were nowhere to be seen. Without anything to light the sects various buildings, they faded away in the darkness, vanishing into the night. It was as if the mountains had returned to their primal state, untouched by human hands.

Loneliness settled over Hui, along with the incredible weight of the burden he carried, the burden of the entire sect.

I should leave soon. Staying here is no good. If the All-Heavens cultivators find me, Ill end up in the exact situation I didnt want to be in: trapped on Masters peak. If Im stuck here, I wont be able to save anyone.

Its less of a gamble than it was before, but only because they assume Im dead, and didnt send anyone with an excessively high realm to guard the sect. If they posted someone like Gui Delun here, and that person had enough time to set up all the spell formations, barriers, and traps they wanted all the death-faking in the world wouldnt let me escape their clutches.

Hmm I really need more advanced techniques. Techniques that allow me to fake my death and escape even if my current body is completely entrapped. I cultivate my soul, after all but there are also soul-capture arrays. Hmm, techniques to escape even body and soul capture

I suppose Ill simply have to continue seeking enlightenment. The path of death-faking is deep, indeed!

Satisfied, Hui nodded to himself. Looking over the peak, he could think of nothing else to accomplish. Ive filled up on life qi from Mount Mu, and even acquired a secret inheritance. Ive planted a dozen lotus seeds, which will bloom and eventually escape from here. My true body is in the safest place it can beon Masters peak, bathing in Mount Mus life qi and slowly congealing back together. By storing my body here, I wont have to worry about anyone stealing my storage ring, and I have absolute faith in Masters barrier. If someone wants my body so bad that they break through Masters barrier to get it, theyre probably on a level where all the death-faking, body-swapping, and survival tactics in the world wont help me!

He summoned Gu Tians sword and stepped atop it. Gu Tian, lets fly away as quietly as possible, understand?

Gu Tian hummed under his feet. Slowly but stealthily, they crept off Unrivaled Peak.