Chapter 70

Everyone, Happy New Year! Today is the first day of the New Year, and I wish all of you a prosperous year.

After seeing off Elder Yuan, Ding Qi returned to the medicinal garden from the Tongfu Inn. Standing in the room, he recalled what had happened and smiled with a carefree expression: "With this connection, I should be able to pave the way for Uncle Er's promotion, right?"

Today in the forest, Ding Qi encountered a battle between the Qingyun Sect and the Tianquan Sect. By his nature, he would never have meddled in such affairs. At most, after understanding the situation, he would have just watched from the sidelines. Whether the Tianquan Sect or the Qingyun Sect won the battle had nothing to do with him.

However, when he learned that the person being pursued by the two Tianquan Sect members was actually an elder of the Qingyun Sect, Ding Qi's thoughts changed. Later, he unexpectedly saw the 'Patriarch's Token' hanging from Elder Yuan's waist, which made his resolve even stronger.

Ding Qi had heard about the 'Patriarch's Token' from Old Bai when he was still in the Seven Heroes Town. The 'Patriarch's Token' of the Qingyun Sect is a symbol of the sect leader's identity. Whoever holds the 'Patriarch's Token' can act on behalf of the sect leader and command all members inside and outside the sect.

The holder of the 'Patriarch's Token' is equivalent to the sect leader himself outside the sect, making it an extremely important item for the Qingyun Sect. However, not just anyone has the资格 to hold such an important item. Only a few people within the sect, such as the elders and the deputy sect leader, have the资格 to apply for it when handling extremely important tasks outside the sect.

Elder Yuan was undoubtedly in such a situation.

"Although I don't know what kind of task Elder Yuan was handling this time, it must be extremely important to the Qingyun Sect. Otherwise, he wouldn't have the 'Patriarch's Token.' By saving Elder Yuan and ensuring the successful completion of this important task, the Qingyun Sect will likely show some gratitude. Plus, Elder Yuan himself owes me a favor... So..."

Ding Qi chose to save Elder Yuan to make the powerful Elder Yuan owe him a significant favor. For Ding Qi, who had already mastered the three techniques and no longer cared about the so-called martial arts world, this favor was not particularly valuable. However, for others, it was clearly not the case.

Ding Qi saved Elder Yuan not for himself but for his Uncle Er, Ding Shan. After Ding Shan was demoted to Liangcheng and reassigned to oversee a few shops, he was never promoted again. Ding Qi knew that given Ding Shan's current situation, it was impossible for him to rise again in the Qingyun Sect after his mistake seven years ago.

Ding Shan was well aware of his situation and had been frowning for years. Ding Qi had seen his uncle several times, and each time, he only managed to force a smile, unable to hide his sorrow and disappointment.

Ding Qi's uncle had brought him out from that peaceful little village and introduced him to the outside world. Eventually, through various coincidences, he obtained the cultivation method of the先天功 and the brocade.

By saving Elder Yuan and helping the Qingyun Sect complete this important task, Ding Qi hoped to help Ding Shan open up new opportunities for promotion within the Qingyun Sect. This was the reason why, when he learned that the white-bearded old man being pursued was actually an elder of the Qingyun Sect and was carrying the 'Patriarch's Token' on an extremely important mission, he decided to intervene.

Thinking about what happened today, Ding Qi couldn't help but shake his head and find it quite amusing. Elder Yuan thought he had escaped because the two Tianquan Sect members made a mistake in their sword techniques, allowing him to succeed. He had no idea that everything was due to Ding Qi's covert actions.

Ding Qi was the true mastermind behind everything.

"This time, things went even more smoothly than I expected!" Thinking about this, Ding Qi shook his head again.

At the time, when Ding Qi used two flying leaves to create an opening for the two Tianquan Sect members, he had already planned to reveal some of his skills and directly kill them if Elder Yuan didn't seize the opportunity. However, doing so would inevitably bring the Tianquan Sect's trouble upon him.

Fortunately, Elder Yuan, being an elder, did not miss the rare opportunity. In the instant when the two men exposed their weaknesses, he risked the backlash of the Yin Palm's internal energy and used all his strength to kill them instantly.

Now, everyone believes that Elder Yuan killed the two Tianquan Sect members, so all the trouble naturally falls on his head. This way, the trouble is no longer his concern.

In fact, even if the Tianquan Sect did bring trouble to him, it would no longer be a concern for the current Ding Qi. The current Ding Qi is far different from four years ago.

Four years ago, although Ding Qi had also mastered the three techniques, the amount of先天功 in his body was far from sufficient. Once the three techniques were truly activated, the internal energy would be quickly consumed, unable to sustain the operation of the three techniques.

In such a situation, dealing with a large sect like the Tianquan Sect, which has many members, was still somewhat inadequate.

However, over the past four years, Ding Qi continuously refined medicinal herbs into pills and ingested them, making his cultivation far more profound than before.

In fact, just one year after obtaining the medicinal herbs, with the continuous refinement of the pills to increase his cultivation, Ding Qi could already use the three techniques at will without worrying about energy consumption.

Now, although he has not yet reached the eleventh level of the先天功, his cultivation depth is already four times what it was four years ago.

Given his current situation, Ding Qi no longer needs to take the Tianquan Sect, a secular force, seriously.

However, as he has cultivated the先天功 to this point, he also understands that the higher the level, the more difficult it is to cultivate. To achieve the eleventh level or even higher levels of the先天功, he needs a large amount of precious pills to assist him.

Thinking about these matters, Ding Qi took out a brocade box from his pocket and removed a white pill from it. This was one of the two聚灵丹 he had refined recently.

Looking closely at the pill, Ding Qi couldn't help but recall the strange dense forest he visited today and sighed: "It seems I must quickly and thoroughly investigate the true situation in that strange dense forest. Not to mention that the dense forest may be related to the origin of the先天功 I am cultivating, the large amount of hundred-year-old medicinal herbs in the dense forest alone makes it necessary for me to fully control it."

Subsequently, Ding Qi swallowed the pill in his hand.

Soon, Ding Qi sat cross-legged on the bed and entered the cultivation of the先天功.

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