Chapter 820

Ning Wan sat quietly on the emerald jade seat, seemingly unimpressed by Yuan Xiu's words. This matter could not end just because the old man said it was not in his hands. The 【Xinyou Luze Seal】 was an especially precious magic treasure, a famous item even in ancient times, enough to make a Early Zifu put down their reserve. She only glanced at the old man's hand resting on the jade seat and said softly: "At that time, the 【Xinyou Luze Seal】 fell into the hands of the seniors. It was very convenient to calculate against others, and it also earned enough benefits. No matter what, this thing is Mount Qingchi's magic treasure. As a dignified Sun lineage, even if the owner is temporarily away, it shouldn't be taken away."

Ning Wan clearly did not believe it. Yuan Xiu hunched his back and replied:

"Ordinary people wouldn't dare, which only shows that the one who took it was not an ordinary person. The element's things, if they are his, they are his. I will not hide them."

His words instead made Ning Wan ponder slightly, and her heart was indeed hesitant. She asked: "Senior refuses to say, but has it really reached the point where it cannot be said? Why take it today? If it is because the adult is in the sky, why didn't the adult put it away early?"

Yuan Xiu stood on the seat like an old tree and said in a low voice:

"【Xinyou Luze Seal】 is the seal of the Feathered Snake. The Feathered Snake is the ancestor of the Lu Water. This thing is more useful than you think. The reason it was in Ning Ning Tiaoxiao's hands was because the adult nodded. Once he dies, the thing will naturally be lost."

"The adult alone did not think of one point: even if True Person Donghua Li Li Jiangqun left treasures for Ning Ning Tiaoxiao's reincarnation in the 【Xinyou Luze Seal】, he would not use them even if he died. He is such a person; even if he gritted his teeth and swallowed blood to die, he would not nourish his enemy."

Ning Wan's expression gradually changed, listening to the old man in front of her say calmly:

"When Ning Ning Tiaoxiao died, Senior Zipei thought I was greedy and wanted to take this thing from the Ning family, insisting on handing it over to Ning Ning Heyuan... She underestimated me. As long as this thing is in the hands of the Ning family, if my gaze moves away for a moment, it will immediately be calculated by others... I am a Great True Person of Mount Qingchi. They don't know if they have the adult's instruction, but Ning Ning Heyuan is different. This is a death warrant."

"If he had been sensible at the time, he might not have died."

Ning Wan wanted to speak but stopped. Yuan Xiu continued:

"This cannot be blamed on her either. How can such things be told to people outside the lineage? She is very protective of the element in her heart. If I insisted on taking it, she would definitely have to fight me. I could only leave. When I left, I saw Puyi calculating. His Penglai lineage is brilliant; perhaps he had already guessed it."

Ning Wan listened in silence. The old man said: "I watched you grow up too. For the sake of the friendship between the two families, I advise you: 【Xinyou Luze Seal】 is not something you can touch. When I die and you sit on this Lukui Pool alone, you will know how much trouble it is."

He laughed hoarsely for a while and replied:

"By that time, you will no longer be the master of the Ning family; you will be the master of Mount Qingchi! Whether you want to or not, it will no longer be the Ning family of Mount Qingchi, but the Mount Qingchi of the Ning family."

Ning Wan's expression was complex. A sect cultivator like her, bearing the Qingsong Sun lineage and growing up and cultivating in Mount Qingchi, had long been marked by Mount Qingchi. With Luyu Heaven above, she couldn't leave even if she wanted to! At most, she could imitate Chi Chi Buzi, using the name of traveling to abandon the clan and go out. She absolutely did not have the power of a noble family to break away and stand on her own.

'That madman Chi Chi Buzi, who is indifferent by nature and has no father or mother...'

Her expression sank slightly, but Yuan Xiu pondered and spoke. This old man's lifespan was coming to an end, and there were more emotional fluctuations on his usually rigid and serious face. He said leisurely: "'Cold Qi' divine power 'Ruqingting'. In order to choose this good cultivation method for you back then, Element did not hesitate to join hands with Tianwan. Tianwan had already cultivated it decades ago, and now you have also refined this life divine power. You need to go to the North."

Seeing Ning Wan frown, Yuan Xiu casually explained the context of the matter and smiled:

"You don't know yet... The Li family is now a Early Zifu Immortal Clan; that is the Wangyue Immortal Clan! If you pass through that territory, you can also ask after them."

Ning Wan's expression was suspicious, and she asked: "Early Zifu Immortal Clan... isn't it Li Li Xizhi?"

Yuan Xiu's gaze was complex, and he replied: "It is Li Li Xizhi's younger brother, called Li Li Ximing. He was originally an unknown character. I didn't expect him to hide his talent, work hard, and become the Mingyang divine power, called Can Zhaojing. He is also an alchemist. I don't know how the quality is."

"Looking at his appearance, Mingyang is not good at alchemy either. He cannot compare with Qing Qing Tangyin. I reckon he is a figure of the Hengxing level."

Ning Wan raised her willow eyebrows upon hearing this, revealing some joy. The Li clan was a good friend of Mount Qingchi in terms of geography. Not to mention that the Li clan and the Ning clan had always had a good relationship, with the fate of predecessors before and the marriage of marriage after. How could Ning Wan not be happy? Ning Wan had helped Li Li Chijing and let go of Li Li Xuanfeng back then. These were all good fates! She thought: 'Except for that madman Ning Ning Hejing, the relationship between my Ning clan and the Li clan is not bad. Li Li Yuanqin is also the pusher of the Chi family's defeat. It couldn't be better.'

She thought about it, but didn't know if his personality was suitable to be an ally. After all, there were always many people with strange temperaments in the world, so she couldn't help but ask:

"This True Person Can Zhaojing, what is his temperament like?"

Yuan Xiu narrowed his eyes and said: "Pure and kind, gentle and not holding grudges. Mingyang cultivates self-reflection and is not violent. He is close to the ancient cultivators of the Cui clan. He is soft-hearted and kind, and he puts the last wishes of the ancestors of the clan first."

Ning Wan nodded repeatedly. Yuan Xiu didn't have many days left, so there was no need to deceive her in such matters. This True Person's eye for people had always been very vicious and had great reference significance. She replied: "Such a Early Zifu is truly a blessing for Mount Qingchi."

Yuan Xiu snorted and sneered: "Without Chi Wei, Mount Qingchi would have many more blessings..."

"My lifespan is not long. I once harmed Li Li Xuanfeng by swallowing the pill, cutting off his Early Zifu path. Li Li Ximing also doesn't believe me. You are much more suitable than me to take charge of Mount Qingchi. The one currently in power in the sect is the descendant of Senior Yuan Dao—the Dantai clan of Mount Jiuqiu. Mount Qingchi will not lack Early Zifu in the future. I will let you take the lead."

Ning Wan knew deeply that she couldn't jump out of Mount Qingchi's circle, but being a leader of the Sun lineage Mount Qingchi was also an identity extremely beneficial to the lineage. Now that her identity had changed, her angle of thinking had also changed. She said:

"Senior Senior Yuan Dao? It is also fate... Although Mount Jiuqiu is the Taiyin lineage, it is of the same origin as Mount Qingchi. Senior Senior Yuan Dao studied in Mount Qingchi back then, and now there is a Dantai clan in Mount Qingchi, which can be considered the best of both worlds."

Speaking of Senior Yuan Dao, Yuan Xiu's emotions were complex. He lowered his head and said: "Have you asked? Qing Qing Tangyin... has he really reincarnated!"

Ning Wan nodded silently. Yuan Xiu's gaze grew cold, and he replied:

"Zhang Zhang Tianyuan has also fallen. He was a small character that no one wanted to look at back then, only bullying clan cultivators. Element didn't remember him either."

Ning Wan didn't want to get involved in their grievances. This generation of Early Zifu had advanced uniformly because of the Immortal Mansion's successor, and they were all familiar with each other. The grievances and hatreds between them were also complex. She just stood up from her seat and said goodbye: "I will go to supervise the matters in the North."

Si Si Boxiu said:

"I am breaking through at Shitang."

She turned into frost and snow, condensing in front of the gate of the cave mansion. Her white clothes fluttered, and she was about to leave, but she felt that the other party's words were not quite right. Listening to the rumbling and clattering wind coming from behind, it sounded muffled:

"Clatter!"

The rustling sound of trees came from behind. Ning Wan's figure paused, and she looked sideways slightly.

The moist breath of the forest rushed toward her face. The rustling sound of crickets became louder and louder. She saw the old man on the seat standing up with difficulty. His two hands were tightly clutching the armrests of the throne, his chest arching forward with all his might. Behind him, it seemed as if endless violent winds were surging, blowing him outward.

Ning Wan, however, could not feel half a wind.

"Chirp chirp..."

The old man's clothes were pulled in front of him because of the violent wind behind him. The loose clothes revealed Si Si Boxiu's thin and withered body. His two knees moved inward, coming together. These skin and flesh took root and sprouted, tightly fusing his two legs together, while the soles of his feet extended excessively, constantly climbing on the ground.

He raised his head suddenly, and a gurgling sound came from his throat. Ning Wan finally realized something was wrong.

A cricket, black-brown and oily, was stopping in Si Si Boxiu's pupils.

Those two black-and-green antennae stretched out of the eye sockets, shaking leisurely. Si Si Boxiu didn't seem to notice the insect in his eyes. He was focused, tightly pursing his lips, and the limbs of foreign objects constantly stretched out between his two lips, only to shrink back as if in pain.

Ning Wan's pupils dilated slightly.

The one normal eye of Si Si Boxiu noticed Ning Wan's gaze and actually raised a color of hope. His left hand's branches and leaves forked more and more, tightly holding the armrest, while his right hand suddenly loosened.

With this loosening, most of his body floated into the air, as if an old tree with only a few residual roots locking the mud in a storm, floating powerlessly. The other hand finally freed up and waved at Ning Wan.

Ning Wan still couldn't feel half a wind. Whether it was spiritual sense or divine power, she only felt that the atmosphere in the cave mansion was calm, and the water pool below had no waves. Si Si Boxiu, however, was exhausted, and that freed hand had returned to its normal appearance, full of wrinkles and showing his old age.

He signaled to Ning Wan, curling all four fingers, leaving only the index finger, and made a one. Immediately after, the old man suddenly opened his mouth, and in an instant, endless emerald insects flew out in all directions, flapping their wings and soaring. Ning Wan saw clearly that his mouth was full of wood grain, which seemed extremely stiff.

But he revealed his snow-white teeth, like a tiger or leopard pouncing on food, and took the opportunity to bite off his index finger fiercely and mercilessly.

"Boom!"

The divine power of the 'Zhengmu' path was solid. This strike was like a thunderclap, sparks flying everywhere, purple electricity surging. The old man raised his head, that one normal palm still facing him, but that index finger had already disappeared.

Even though Ning Wan was calm, she couldn't help but take two steps back, watching Si Si Boxiu reveal a meaningful smile. The old man still had that index finger in his mouth, but his left hand loosened bit by bit.

"Ah?"

Ning Wan finally felt the wind. The rumbling sound was even louder than the previous thunder. Her clothes fluttered, and the old man flew out of the cave mansion like a light bird with a "whoosh".

Ning Wan didn't even react. She turned her head blankly, watching Si Si Boxiu rush into the sky.

Si Si Boxiu flew higher and higher. His flight was not straight to the South, but circling like a flexible bird, flying obliquely to the South.

The old man didn't use magic power or divine power, only placing his two arms flat on both sides, carefully maintaining balance, gradually turning into a black dot on the horizon.

Emerald rain fell from the sky.

Ning Wan stood in the swaying wind and rain, her dress fluttering. She stretched out a hand, palm upward, and caught the emerald rain. Her pupils still retained fear, but a thicker and thicker look of doubt rose on her face.

The rain quickly gathered into a small puddle of green water in her palm. The woman looked blankly and muttered:

"'Lu Water'... how is it possible... this is the Qingxi Rain, why is it raining... why is it raining the Qingxi Rain?"

"This is 'Zhengmu'!"

But she didn't have time to doubt. Si Si Boxiu, the Great True Person of the Mount Qingchi Sect, the master of the 'Zhengmu' path in this world, and the number one talisman master in Jiangnan—is seeking the fruit position today! She raised her hand, flicked her finger, and the big bell on the side immediately shook.

"Clang clang clang..."

The urgent bell rang throughout the entire Mount Qingchi mountain range. The sound of panicked footsteps grew closer. Ning Wan still stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the emerald rain swaying down. The Sect Master Dantai Jin almost crawled to her feet. Without any hesitation and without any doubt, he said in panic: "Greetings, True Person!"

Ning Wan lowered her eyebrows and looked, instructing: "You are the Sect Master. Whether it is to send the senior off or to increase your knowledge, you should go with me."

South Sea, North Dan.

Ten thousand miles of Shitang, waves surging. When Ning Wan broke through the Great Void and landed here, the wind and clouds in the sky were surging, and dark clouds were dense.

She looked up and could see the black dots circling in the sky. One after another, cultivators stood in the air, looking at the top of the sky with awe and panic.

The water in the entire sea area was surging, and one wave after another rotated on the sea surface. The sky was gloomy, and the magic wind became more and more difficult to control. Cultivators kept falling, and all colors became more and more dim. Only one bright divine power light after another shuttled out of the Great Void, hanging in mid-air.

Ning Wan stood in place, the violent wind swept over, and Dantai Jin beside her expression was shocked. He looked at the black dots circling in the sky, his mind blank: 'Senior Yuan Xiu? Is he going to prove the Dao?'

'Why so fast!'

But he didn't have time to think too much. The snow clouds under his feet had gradually risen. There was thunder in the sky. Dantai Jin looked from afar. In the violent wind and dark clouds, colorful lights were rising, and there were dozens of Early Zifu surrounding this sea of Shitang, driving side by side, rising together to the high sky.

Fine and dense sounds began to rise in his ears, extremely noisy. Dantai Jin found that emerald rain was falling in the sky. At this moment, he had already risen to a very high place, about to approach the top of the sky, and only then did he see the old man flying in circles in the sky.

'This... old senior...'

The Yuan Xiu that Dantai Jin had seen had always been meticulous. Now he was hunched over, opening his hands and soaring in the sky. Those eyes were terribly big, and several black crickets were crawling in his pupils, and his body was covered with branches and leaves, which was frightening to look at.

"Senior Yuan Xiu!"

Dantai Jin watched silently.

He, Dantai Jin, was not sent temporarily. Yuan Xiu and Senior Yuan Dao had discussed it early on. When Dantai Jin was six years old, there had been arrangements, and he had worshipped Yuan Xiu as his teacher. He respected this old man more than his father who had been in seclusion for many years.

But the old man who had picked him up from a group of Dantai children seemed to have disappeared long ago.

Dantai Jin looked at the shadows of divine powers all over the sky, dizzy. Ning Wan suddenly raised her head and looked nearby. Two figures, one after another, landed on the clouds, blurred.

Ning Wan knew that the people from the Underworld had come. Si Si Boxiu's state was wrong, so naturally no one greeted these two. But these two didn't care at all, looking at the circling Si Si Boxiu from afar, one said:

"What great courage!"

The other sighed, his voice sharp:

"It is truly Heaven that achieved him. Who dares to borrow the position of the Lu Water from Master Du like this? It is only because several adults are in the sky and have no time to take care of it that he borrowed the power of the Lu Water."

"If not for this, how can one say he has good courage? It is just good courage."

Ning Wan listened quietly, but heard a gentle voice from the other side:

"He is also at the end of his rope. If not for this, how can he seek the Dao?"

"Hmm?"

Ning Wan was shocked. She was now a dignified Early Zifu; how could she not know if someone had touched her side? Her figure immediately turned into ice and snow and dissipated. After pausing for a moment, she condensed back in place. She said somewhat awkwardly: "Greetings, Grand Uncle-Master."

The man in green robes with gold tassels on the side turned his face to her, looking elegant and dusty, his pupils carrying a faint green-blue light, looking more evil than immortal. He smiled slightly and replied:

"'Chou Gui Cang'."

This person Ning Wan had seen when she was young. It was Chi Chi Buzi who had been missing for many years!

Ning Wan nodded awkwardly. Chi Chi Buzi was clearly answering how he suddenly appeared by her side. He was a Great True Person now. Except for respectfully waiting by his side, Ning Wan really couldn't do anything.

'The entire Chi family was exterminated, and Chi Chi Zhiyun's cave mansion was excavated and harmed, none of which could move this Great True Person. Only Senior Si's breakthrough, without any hints beforehand, had already been waiting in the South Sea.'

Chi Chi Buzi didn't give a look to the two Underworld envoys next to him at all, directly leaving these two as air, and said in a secluded voice: "Ning Wan... not bad, you have also become a Early Zifu. It seems that Senior Element's spiritual resources are very rich, and they can benefit you."

Ning Wan's hair stood on end when she heard this, and she almost turned around and ran away, but she saw Chi Chi Buzi laugh twice. This man's Dao was ruthless, indifferent and cruel, but his laughter was very pleasant, saying: "You don't have to be afraid. I don't covet this little thing of the senior."

"'Zhengmu' path, do you know what it is called?"

Ning Wan naturally didn't dare to leave. She couldn't figure out the other party's intention and shook her head hesitantly. Chi Chi Buzi had a smile on his face and replied: "'Dui Metal' is the correct position of Shen-You Metal, and 'Zhengmu' is the correct position of Jia-Yi Wood. Just listening to this name, you know it is upright. If you seek this position, you want to use the side door to make up for it? It can only be a pipe dream."

"But... the 'Zhengmu' path has not been passed down much. Let alone five paths, it is very difficult to gather three paths... The path of the Sima family has been held in their hands for so many years, but no one has ever proven the fruit position."

"So Senior Yuan Xiu can only seek the leap. Although I don't know where he got the Lu Water, he wants to reconcile with the 'Lu Water' to seek a certain Wood Virtue."

He then raised his eyebrows, his expression filled with melancholy, and said in a low voice: "Without certainty, and without the Golden Seeking Method, relying only on a thread of speculation, he can only fill this path with his body."

Ning Wan lowered her head silently. The storm brought by the old man in the sky became more and more terrible. He raised his head, his two eyes bulging, looking straight at the sky.

His lips moved, and he finally spat out that index finger.

This index finger flew out of his mouth, immediately turning into an infant, in an instant becoming a teenager, and in another instant becoming a heroic young man. His appearance was 70% similar to Si Si Boxiu's. It was most likely him when he was young. The two moved their divine powers and sat opposite each other. The wood and water in the sky intersected, shaking endlessly.

After a while, the blurred figure on the side finally moved his gaze away, shook his head in disappointment, and took out an object, which seemed to be some kind of net-like thing, hiding it in his hand, only saying: "Pity, he didn't know that thing had to be formed before it could be spat out."

The other person watched coldly and replied: "How could he know? He is not Master Du. How many people like this are there? Master Du was able to achieve it because he learned the methods of his predecessors. He has no Daoist inheritance, only borrowing the power of the Lu Water, which is considered powerful."

"Even if he knows, what can he do? He has no ability to spit it out after achievement. If he really had this ability, he wouldn't even be able to say hello to us."

He grabbed something out of thin air with one hand, and took it with the other hand to scatter it outside. Ning Wan was still unaware, but Chi Chi Buzi had already stepped back, looking at the seeker in mid-air with a complex expression.

Si Si Boxiu had withered rapidly. His hunched body shrank into a black ball like a woodlouse. The high-quality magic clothes were rolled into it, torn into pieces. The young man on the other side, however, became more and more tall and strong. A proud smile appeared on his face, and he stretched out his fair hand, snapping his fingers out of thin air: "Snap!"

The wind, wood, and water between heaven and earth all surged into his body.

His clothes became more and more gorgeous and noble, and black veins appeared on his face, and his height constantly increased, gradually becoming unlike his original appearance.

This man looked around, suddenly reached out, picked up Si Si Boxiu who was gasping for breath on the other side, and smiled: "Since you follow the special position, why seek the leap?"

The cricket in Si Si Boxiu's pupils finally broke out of its shell, crawling down his cheeks. His lips opened and closed, whispering silently, and that last bit of vitality finally flowed from his body into the other party's body.

"Hahahahahahahaha!"

This man was gorgeous and noble in appearance, but a sharp and terrible laughter erupted from his throat. The Early Zifu who were close by all took a step back. The two blurred figures disappeared immediately, and the last ray of sunlight between heaven and earth also dissipated.

"Monster!"

"Boom!"

Thunder roared between heaven and earth, violent winds swept, and one flash of lightning after another illuminated the sky. In the light piercing the darkness, a figure could be vaguely seen standing in the East.

This person was a young man, very tall, with an exotic appearance, slightly red pupils, wearing a black robe, with a white-green silk ribbon tied around his waist, and long black hair tied behind his head.

"Boom!"

When the next thunder light lit up, this man had disappeared, and all the colorful lights of divine powers on the surging ocean disappeared at the same time, leaving only endless darkness and the man laughing wildly in mid-air.

Characters appearing in this chapter

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Dantai Jin 【Late Foundation Establishment】 【Dantai Clan】 【Dantai Mount Jiuqiu Lineage】

Chi Chi Buzi 【Late Early Zifu】 【Lu Chi Buzi】

Ning Wan 【Early Early Zifu】 【Ning Family Direct Line】

Yuan Xiu 【Peak Early Zifu】 【Si Family Direct Line】

Yuan Dao 【Peak Early Zifu】 【Master of Taiqiu Lineage】 【Dantai Mount Jiuqiu Lineage】 【Early Zifu Alchemist】 【Dantai Clan】

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Yuan Xiu's breakthrough is a very critical plot. Yesterday, considering that writing to the critical moment might break, I changed the perspective. Today, I have gathered the pure version for everyone^