Chapter 416

At this time, another Dharma body retreated after a long battle and revealed its form.

This person had a broad forehead, black hair like ink, and tied his hair with a simple cloth towel.

He had a slender figure, a calm gait, wore a plain robe, and hung a green medicine bag and a simple bamboo flute on his belt.

He held a tumor-headed wooden staff in one hand and a notebook in the other.

On the notebook was the title—"Xu Xing Ji" (Travels of Xu Xing).

This was still a famous historical figure, and his image was quite classic in various records. Therefore, as soon as everyone saw him, they knew his identity.

Xu Xing!

This person was a famous traveler who had traveled all over the famous mountains and rivers, browsed the five lakes, indulged in the four seas, explored dangerous secret realms many times, and the travel records he left behind, named "Xu Xing Ji," were snatched up by later generations.

There are sixteen volumes of "Xu Xing Ji," and since Xu Xing passed away, they have never been collected together. Many volumes were firmly controlled by major forces because they recorded the exploration and entry/exit methods of secret realms, and were forbidden from being spread.

Xu Xing was also quite fond of excellent juniors like Ning Zhuo and took the lead in explaining: "This brings us to the limits of the Linlang Reflection Wall and the causes of the dynasties."

"The Linlang Reflection Wall was formed in the Martial Emperor era, when heaven and earth had not yet digested the ways of monsters and demons, and the Linlang Reflection Wall was limited to the original principles of heaven and earth."

"Therefore, the way of the five elements can be reflected, the way of heaven and earth can be reflected, the way of yin and yang, the four images, and the eight trigrams can be reflected, but the way of monsters and demons cannot."

Ning Zhuo immediately had a realization.

Xu Xing continued: "This world has three great dynasties, which are essentially all risen from external paths, breaking the old pattern."

"For example, the Blood Slaughter Dynasty, where the ways of monsters and demons were captured by the world, and from then on, there were monsters and demons in this world."

"After the Forbidden Dynasty, heaven and earth had gods and Buddhas."

"After the Night Rain Dynasty, ghosts and monsters appeared in the world."

"The external paths that can brew dynasties are all very strong, which can trigger the upheaval of heaven and earth and the reshuffling of forces."

"But for these external paths, the Linlang Reflection Wall is quite fragile and cannot reflect them. Only after heaven and earth adapt and digest them can the Reflection Wall benefit and involve various aspects of these external paths."

The Five Elements God Lord interjected: "Earlier, the purple blade mark you performed, Ning Zhuo, originated from the Night Rain Dynasty and is the presentation of the external path of ghosts and monsters."

"The Linlang Reflection Wall could not digest it and could not reflect it. Although the damage was minimal, the essence could not be eliminated, and in the end, it could only be excluded."

Ning Zhuo suddenly realized.

The period when the Linlang Reflection Wall was refined was too ancient, and it had an upper limit from the beginning, unable to adapt to carrying external paths.

The Night Rain Dynasty has passed for so many years, and it still cannot adapt to the way of ghosts and monsters, and can only be treated by exclusion.

Therefore, once a brand-new dynasty appears, it must be that an extremely strong external path has been absorbed by the world. During this period, the heroes and experts who emerge are all leaders who have mastered the external path.

For these people, the Linlang Reflection Wall cannot reflect them, and they are quite threatening to the Linlang Reflection Wall.

Therefore, every time a dynasty comes, the Linlang Reflection Wall sinks into the center of the earth and avoids the world.

This also explains why the Five Elements God Lord was so surprised to see the purple blade mark earlier.

According to common sense, the Linlang Reflection Wall absorbs the Dharma bodies of later generations, and the Five Elements God Lord belongs to the veterans here and should have seen it long ago.

But after seeing the purple blade mark, he was quite surprised, his expression shaken.

The Linlang Reflection Wall avoided the world during the Forbidden Dynasty and the Night Rain Dynasty, missing the great era. Although it missed many wonderful things, it was precisely this measure that allowed it to survive to this day!

Lady Jingyu Immortal Concubine took the initiative to talk to everyone about cooperation.

Previously, she revealed to Lin Bufan through the Grass Saint, asking him to try his best to perform martial arts in the Myriad Medicine Valley to attract excellent juniors, so that the jade wall could reflect them.

But Lin Bufan could only attract Foundation Establishment and Golden Core levels.

This was quite insufficient for the Linlang Reflection Wall.

Now, Ning Zhuo representing the Ning family and Zhu Xuanji representing the Nandou royal family gave Lady Jingyu Immortal Concubine more choices.

Lady Jingyu Immortal Concubine hoped that Ning Zhuo, Zhu Xuanji, and others could attract excellent junior cultivators for the Linlang Reflection Wall, the stronger and more talented, the better.

Lady Jingyu Immortal Concubine was preventing the appearance of a dynasty hundreds of years later, which would cause the Linlang Reflection Wall to avoid the world for many years, the monster nest in the wall to evolve, and the old Dharma bodies to be difficult to curb the counterattack of monsters, eventually leading to the failure of suppression and sealing.

Therefore, taking advantage of this juncture before the great struggle, Lady Jingyu Immortal Concubine needed to absorb more combat power.

For example, the Linlang Reflection Wall is like a giant whale, coming to the surface to swallow air before sinking into the deep sea for long-term diving.

At this time, the more air it needs to swallow, the better, and the higher the quality, the better.

But Lady Jingyu Immortal Concubine did not want to make a big splash.

The Linlang Reflection Wall is a quasi-immortal artifact after all, with huge value. If it attracts contemporary major forces or high-level cultivators, leading them to take action and take the Reflection Wall as their own, that would not be good.

What is even more worrying is encountering some cultivators with ulterior motives or falling into the vortex of power struggles, where the sealing and suppression of the Linlang Reflection Wall are interfered with and destroyed, which would greatly violate the original intention of creating the Reflection Wall!

Facing the cooperation proposed by Lady Jingyu Immortal Concubine, Lin Bufan's expression was complex, while the Zhu and Ning sides readily agreed.

Are you kidding!

Whoever doesn't agree is a peerless fool!!

The monster nest represents an endless source of materials and wealth.

Countless sages' Dharma bodies represent countless excellent inheritances.

If used properly, the Linlang Reflection Wall will become the best place for martial arts and training.

The Myriad Medicine Sect, the Ning family, the Zhu family, and even the national strength of Nandou will be improved because of this cooperation!

The negotiations regarding this cooperation lasted for three days and three nights.

After the negotiations had results, Ning Zhuo fell asleep with deep dark circles under his eyes.

When he woke up the next day, he still felt exhausted and listless, as he had truly gone all out in the negotiations.

But there was no other way!

The huge interests involved required him to strive for the maximum. Striving for one more part at this time would cause the development speed of the entire Ning branch family to skyrocket several times, even more than ten times! Their future strength would also expand several times, even more than ten times.

Ning Zhuo and Ning Jiufan were like one, borrowing power from the Zhu family, squeezing out the Myriad Medicine Sect, arguing with Lady Jingyu Immortal Concubine, pulling in Linghu Jiu, borrowing the relationship of the Five Elements God Lord and the Lonely Sword Monarch, and constantly pestering them. It left Linghu Jiu dumbfounded and Lin Shanshan gritting her teeth.

The final result was that Ning Zhuo bit off a huge piece of fat.

As long as the cooperation continues, in the nearly five hundred years, Ning Zhuo and the entire Ning clan will benefit extraordinarily, and the development speed of the entire branch family will be boosted again, skyrocketing by a large margin!

Myriad Medicine Valley.

In the highest-level medicine field array, Ning Zhuo bowed: "Miss Lin."

Lin Shanshan rolled her eyes at him, then bowed to Ning Jiufan who came with him: "Senior Ning, Young Master Ning, please follow me this way."

In the previous negotiations, Ning Zhuo had torn off his mask, quarreled with Lin Bufan many times until their faces were red and necks were thick, offending this sect master's daughter deeply again.

The relationship between the two sides had eased slightly before, but this time it dropped to freezing point again.

So much so that Ning Zhuo tried to find topics to talk to Lin Shanshan, but got no response.

Lin Shanshan led Ning Zhuo into the array within an array.

Here, he saw Lin Bufan again, as well as the Spirit-Hidden Willow.

The Spirit-Hidden Willow was now showing green, and the originally withered branches were at least half full, much better than before when it was withered.

Ning Jiufan stroked his beard and immediately praised: "Kid, I said that handing this spiritual plant to Sect Master Lin would definitely not be wrong."

Ning Zhuo was quite happy, circled the tree three times, and patted the trunk: "Old Willow, I went through all kinds of hardships to finally save you, that's great."

The willow branches brushed lightly, as if wanting to brush Ning Zhuo's face, but only trembled slightly and stopped halfway, looking like a patient who had just recovered from a serious illness failing to raise their hand, without much strength.

Lin Bufan:...

He was quite speechless and immediately stated that in order to save this Spirit-Hidden Willow, he had used various resources, all of which were rare items. He had gone all out and mobilized the elders in the Myriad Medicine Sect to work together, spending all his efforts to achieve this result.

The implication was, how did it become your credit in Ning Zhuo's mouth?

Ning Zhuo waved his hand: "Oh, Sect Master Lin, our alliance has already been signed, and we are already our own people. Isn't your credit my credit? Why distinguish so clearly?"

Lin Bufan was laughed at by anger.

Lin Shanshan glared at Ning Zhuo, and Ning Zhuo even giggled at her, making her grit her teeth in anger, but she couldn't do anything about Ning Zhuo.

Lin Bufan quickly restrained his emotions.

Since the last negotiation, he had already learned about Ning Zhuo's shamelessness and thick skin. The latter was extremely good at using his status as a junior, and Lin Bufan wanted to deal with him, but many times, due to his status as an elder, he really couldn't make a move and couldn't afford to lose face.

"The spirit spring is here, it depends on you two," Lin Bufan pointed.

Ning Zhuo nodded repeatedly: "Sect Master Lin, don't worry, since the alliance is signed, the matter of renting the ten-thousand-year water essence is set in stone, and I will definitely not go back on my word."

Saying that, he took out the two ten-thousand-year water essences from the mechanical swimming dragon on his waist and put them into the spirit spring eye.

This ten-thousand-year water essence was naturally given by Lady Jingyu Immortal Concubine after leaving the Linlang Reflection Wall.

One for Ning Zhuo, one for Sun Lingtong.

But Sun Lao took the ten-thousand-year water essence and felt it was useless. Ning Zhuo wanted to borrow it, so he lent it to Ning Zhuo very simply.

Ning Zhuo relied on the two ten-thousand-year water essences to move Lin Bufan as a condition during the negotiations.

Because putting ten-thousand-year water essence into any water body would have a huge boost.

Seeing the ten-thousand-year water essence put in, Lin Bufan confirmed it, then mobilized the array to cover the spirit spring heavily.

"Why wasn't Brother Linghu's one put in?" Ning Zhuo felt puzzled and asked casually.

Lin Bufan snorted coldly and did not answer.

Lin Shanshan rolled her eyes at Ning Zhuo and did not respond either.

Ning Zhuo stopped asking, walked to Lin Bufan, and stretched out his hand: "Sect Master Lin?"

The next moment, Lin Bufan took out the Fetal Breath Spirit Boat: "This boat is the inheritance treasure of my Myriad Medicine Sect, I hope Young Master Ning Zhuo will keep it carefully."

Ning Zhuo then said: "Don't worry, don't worry, Sect Master Lin. My inheritance treasure is also with you."

He pointed to the Spirit-Hidden Willow.

Then, stroking the small boat in his palm, he sighed: "Alas, as the head of this branch family, I have also broken my heart for the clansmen."

"I hope the Fetal Breath Spirit Boat will be of some help to them."

After speaking, he tucked the Fetal Breath Spirit Boat into his arms.

While saying this, Ning Zhuo was planning to burn this spirit boat as soon as possible to exchange for his mother's spirituality.

"The key is that this spirit boat is only borrowed. If I cremate it nearby, it will definitely be sensed by Lin Bufan."

"Better to run further away before doing this!"