Even for a Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator, using a Spiritual Sense attack against Chu Ning, even if he couldn’t counter it, he could still greatly reduce the damage.
"What an extraordinary Innate Divine Technique!"
Chu Ning murmured to himself, then immediately recalled the secret technique of the Illusion God Needle that came with the Refining Spirit Technique.
"Now that I’m not familiar with this Illusion God Needle, doesn’t it mean I can learn this secret technique again?"
Chu Ning instinctively wanted to take out the Jade Scroll, but then decided against it.
As for cultivating this secret technique, it would be better to wait for a future opportunity.
Besides, Chu Ning was very cautious about using the secret technique of the Illusion God Needle.
At this moment, his Divine Sense was relatively strong, but only compared to cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage.
And against those in the Qi Refining Stage, he already had plenty of techniques and temporarily didn’t need this Spiritual Sense attack.
Regarding the Illusion God Needle, unless his Divine Sense was incredibly powerful, Chu Ning felt he wouldn’t easily attempt it.
Thinking this, Chu Ning prepared to withdraw his extended Divine Sense.
However, at this moment, Chu Ning suddenly paused, a trace of astonishment appearing on his face.
For at this moment, he suddenly discovered that, within his Divine Sense perception, a figure had appeared in the room next to Lu Miaoying’s.
Chu Ning hadn’t even had time to react before the black-clothed cultivator silently cast a spell that struck Lu Miaoying.
Lu Miaoying didn’t even have a chance to resist and was instantly pierced through by the spell.
Everything happened so quickly that even though Chu Ning noticed the cultivator, he didn’t have time to issue any warning.
The next moment, the person directly left Lu Miaoying’s room, and then surprisingly went straight to the courtyard of his own Spirit Plant Room, heading directly towards the Talisman Workshop.
And the restrictions between each courtyard presented no obstacles to this cultivator at all.
"Foundation Establishment Cultivator?"
Chu Ning suddenly thought of a possibility.
The different courtyards we resided in all had restrictions, though the level of these restrictions wasn’t high.
However, only Foundation Establishment cultivators could break through them so easily.
This realization left Chu Ning in utter shock.
Seeing the person heading straight for his courtyard, and recalling that Lu Miaoying and he were summoned by the sect together,
Chu Ning instantly understood many things, and his expression turned extremely grim.
Without time to think further, Chu Ning quickly retracted his Divine Sense.
The Qi Concealment effect of the Yin Wood Spirit Body was fully activated, and he unhesitatingly employed the Forbidden God Technique to shield against Divine Sense probing.
The next moment, Chu Ning sensed the other party’s Divine Sense sweep over.
However, under the concealment effect of the Forbidden God Technique, the person’s Divine Sense did not detect Chu Ning’s presence.
Although Chu Ning didn’t have his Divine Sense extended outward, his senses were still keen.
At this moment, he heard the cultivator muttering while walking in the courtyard.
"How can there be no one? Clearly, there was a Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer here."
The person’s voice was hoarse, tinged with a bit of confusion.
In the next moment, he suddenly turned his head towards a certain direction.
Chu Ning’s expression also suddenly changed, realizing something was wrong.
Ling Xiaobai.
The little fellow was still in the courtyard.
"Squeak!"
Sure enough, at that moment, Ling Xiaobai seemed to be startled.
After letting out a frightened sound, the little one instinctively rushed straight towards the room where Chu Ning was.
Ling Xiaobai was fast, and for a moment, even the Foundation Establishment cultivator couldn’t catch it.
However, the Foundation Establishment cultivator quickly chased after it.
This made Chu Ning secretly curse inwardly.
His hands swiftly retrieved a few Intermediate Middle Grade Defense Talismans from his Storage Bag, and in the next moment, Chu Ning had a thought.
His previously retracted Divine Sense instantly expanded outward.
It enveloped the Foundation Establishment cultivator.
At this moment, Chu Ning finally perceived the man through his Divine Sense.
It was a middle-aged man with a mole on his left cheek.
The middle-aged Foundation Establishment cultivator, who had been chasing Ling Xiaobai, suddenly halted as he sensed Chu Ning’s Divine Sense.
The next moment, his expression changed drastically.
"Foundation Establishment Cultivator!"
He muttered only this, and the next moment, the middle-aged Foundation Establishment cultivator turned abruptly and, without looking back, transformed into a black streak and flew away.
Until the middle-aged Foundation Establishment cultivator’s figure completely disappeared from Chu Ning’s Divine Sense range, and after about the time it takes an incense stick to burn, without anyone else appearing,
Only then did Chu Ning breathe a slight sigh of relief.
The previous scene was undeniably perilous.
Chu Ning saw that although the cultivator was clearly in the Foundation Establishment stage, he was sneaking around, which suggested that he didn’t want to alert others.
So, as an attempt, he released his Divine Sense.
As expected, the man hadn’t sensed Chu Ning initially, and later, upon suddenly sensing Chu Ning’s extended Divine Sense, he assumed there was a Foundation Establishment cultivator present.
So he decisively chose to leave.
"Luckily, my Refining Spirit Technique just broke through, and I blocked his detection from the start; my Divine Sense also increased significantly.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to sense him from such a far distance, let alone use Divine Sense to scare him away."
Thinking this, he looked at Ling Xiaobai squatting in front of him, and scolded via telepathy:
"You little thing, you almost got us killed! Get into the Spirit Beast Bag immediately."
Despite looking utterly aggrieved, Ling Xiaobai seemed to understand the earlier danger and Chu Ning’s current anger, and without a word, it directly burrowed into the Spirit Beast Bag.
At this moment, Chu Ning’s expression remained uncertain.
Lu Miaoying and he were merely two Middle Stage Qi Refining disciples, yet a Foundation Establishment cultivator came to kill them.
Chu Ning didn’t need to think too hard to realize this was definitely related to today’s sect summoning.
Recalling some information he acquired earlier, this person’s identity became conspicuous.
Yin Demon Sect!
And this sect summoning was certainly related to the secret mission in the restricted area.
As for selecting Lu Miaoying and himself, it was highly likely they wanted a Wood Attribute Cultivation disciple.
They even lowered the standard to the Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer.
Chu Ning quickly guessed the rough situation, and his expression was as grim as could be.