All the Elders in My Sect Are My Avatars!

Chapter 68 – Defect of the Enlightened Mind

Tian Zhu, the sect leader, intensely examined a map on the table.

After scrutinizing it thoroughly and failing to find what he was looking for, he simply closed it gently, maintaining an indifferent expression.

'As expected, nothing. I already suspected we weren't close when I asked Rihai if she had ever heard of a declining Golden Core Sect called Tianzhen, and she said she had never heard of it. Golden Core Sects aren't forgotten so easily.'

Aotian reflected, recalling the ruins of the Golden Core Sect he had found when he summoned his avatars there. Then, another thought occurred to him.

'The Ascending Flame technique was also a clue. Such a basic technique, available in a branch of a major pavilion like Longbao—which can easily establish itself on the mountain of a Foundation Establishment—should be widely accessible. If it's widely available, its dissemination should be immense, either through the pavilion itself or by cultivators reselling it. But the man from the Qianbao Pavilion had clearly never heard of it and yet paid a large number of spirit stones for this technique.'

He pondered and thought of the last clue.

'None of the maps I've found so far—including this one, belonging to the Shi family, an ancient lineage that once had multiple Foundation Establishment cultivators—mention any city named Crystal Mine, of Founder-Tier, or Azure Cloud City, of Refiner-Tier, let alone a mortal city called Red Tiger. I still need to verify the other information in the Shi library, but everything indicates that…'

Tian Zhu slowly stored the map in his storage pouch. Then, he turned to the window, gazing indifferently at the horizon with his hands behind his back.

'...My avatars and I are in different continents.'

…

Aotian walked alongside Rihai, reflecting on these matters.

'The system has already confirmed that we are in the same world, just in different locations. So, it can only be different continents. Later, I'll ask Rihai about the various continents, but before that, we have six months of travel ahead to worry about first.'

He thought bitterly while counting the resources in his storage pouch.

Previously, he had bought ingredients just for fun and to accelerate cultivation. Since he could go back and forth as many times as he wanted to acquire more, he never worried about running out or not having high-quality ones. He could just buy more and discard the bad ones.

But due to recent incidents, he and Rihai would be without the support of a spiritual vein for six months. Thus, pills would be the solution for their cultivation since spirit stones weren't as effective for it.

He hadn't even selected the ingredients personally—he had simply let the shopkeeper bring what he claimed were the best materials in the store.

If he had known beforehand, he would have conducted a thorough

"But speaking of your talent, you did very well back in Blue Cloud City. I don't even know what cultivation level you're at now, and your techniques don't seem simple. Your secrets are truly greater than I thought, mister super genius."

Rihai shook her head and then looked at Aotian with curiosity, speaking playfully.

Aotian simply smiled at her and winked, amused.

"I hope you're not ignoring the most important thing. The Calm Spirit Pill I gave you… I made it myself. That means I won the bet."

He said with a mischievous grin, almost drooling as he remembered the wager.

Rihai's eyes widened, and she turned extremely red upon recalling it as well.

"I-I didn't see it, so it doesn't count!" Rihai quickly found an excuse.

But Aotian wasn't going to give up so easily.

"Don't worry, I still have materials. You'll have plenty of opportunities to see my alchemy with your own eyes."

He said, grinning slyly at her, making it clear she had nowhere to run.

And so, with Rihai's flushed face and Aotian's laughter, their journey began with a lighthearted atmosphere, filled with flirting.