Nine Evolutions of the True Spirit Chapter 146 – Made Difficult

Lu Ping was speechless listening to Xuan Ling Sect’s propaganda. As someone who had taken part in the battle, Lu Ping was naturally clear about what really happened.

Xuan Ling Sect, Xi Ling Island, and the Ocean Overturning Gang were the human forces present in the battle. But even they only had less than 80 cultivators who escaped from the siege, not to mention all those who escaped the siege but died later on in the chase. This alone showed how terribly the humans were defeated in that battle.

Moreover, Han Wei-Yun and the Xuan Ling Sect disciples formed a Dao army formation and abandoned the rest of the North Ocean cultivators that followed them there. Just this incident would be more than enough to make him lose his reputation in the North Ocean.

However, Xuan Ling Sect’s propaganda was clearly a preemptive move. After all, even though Han Wei-Yun’s decision was terrible, he did lead his sect’s disciples out of the siege and avoided total annihilation.

But Lu Ping also smelled a conspiracy from this.

This was because after the battle, Xi Ling Island’s Ai Bo-Tao, who was also one of North Ocean 18 Warriors, didn’t come forward to clarify the facts.

Instead, when Xuan Ling Sect promoted Han Wei-Yun’s meritorious deeds, the sect also complimented Ai Bo-Tao as well, which increased Ai Bo-Tao’s fame.

As for the few rogue cultivators who followed Ai Bo-Tao’s footsteps, even if they didn’t die in the battle, they would naturally keep their mouths shut. After all, be it Xuan Ling Sect or Xi Ling Island’s Ai Clan, both were behemoths that rogue cultivators couldn’t afford to mess with. So, Lu Ping wasn’t surprised that these rogue cultivators weren’t making any noise.

After bidding farewell to Second Senior Martial Sister, Li Xuan-Ru, Lu Ping came to the Pavilion of Alchemy in Zhen Ling Sect under her suggestion.

The Pavilion of Alchemy was located on a mountain peak called Dan Ding Mountain on the east side of Tian Ling Mountain. This mountain peak was directly connected to the spirit vein by Zhen Ling Sect’s predecess

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