A Loving Family Peak.
Chu Xingchen slowly stretched in the courtyard, leisurely working through a round of tai chi as well. His recovery over the past two months had been excellent.
His depleted origin had been replenished, his dispersed Dao resonance had fully recovered, and his cultivation was climbing too. He had now gone from the early Nascent Soul stage to somewhere around the middle stage.
At this rate, it would not be long before he could consider returning to the Spirit Transformation stage.
Before cultivating, he had only thought his own disciples were reasonably impressive. Only once he actually cultivated did he realize just how heaven-defying this bunch of disciples was.
His cultivation shot upward in leaps and bounds.
Lately, Chu Xingchen had also made numerous arrangements, though he had only looked into the arrangements following the conclusion of the Western Ox-He Continent affair.
In the end, the Buddhist Sect had not joined forces with the demons to strike. It could even be said to have intervened to protect Chu Xingchen.
Simply expelling them from the ranks of humanity was naturally unrealistic.
Of course, the Buddhist Sect could not go without giving an accounting for a Heavenly Demon emerging from its ranks.
But the process of obtaining that accounting would naturally not be smooth sailing, even if Ru Nan was willing to cooperate fully.
The process would naturally involve investigating the Buddhist Sect's Mundane Buddhas, which would undoubtedly shake its very foundations.
Moreover, Ru Nan's position was far from clear. He seemed to want a thorough investigation while also resisting outside pressure.
For now, the Buddhist Sect had merely promised to conduct an internal investigation first, allowing a few immortal sects to participate as observers, before issuing the findings of its internal investigation.
This matter probably would not yield