Full level of enlightenment: I achieved Daozu by ascending to the lower realm

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Qingqiu immediately became interested: "It's actually true."

"Yes, that old guy wasn't lying to us."

Yao Ling echoed, her eyes full of mockery: "I wonder what he would think if he knew that everything in here was real."

"I heard that back then, the remains of a divine beast sold for a high price of 10 billion spirit marrow."

“You have at least four of these, so… this one is priceless.”

Xu Qingqiu exclaimed in amazement, "Ning Qi, you've really struck gold this time!"

"Yes, we're just lucky."

Upon hearing this, Ning Qi smiled and said, "It's mainly because of you. If you hadn't brought us here, we wouldn't have encountered this treasure."

"Then everyone who sees it gets a share."

Xu Qingqiu made a joke.

"Okay, whatever you want, I'll give it to you!"

Ning Qi was equally generous: "Spiritual marrow? Name your price."

"Haha, no way, I was just kidding!"

Seeing his serious expression, Xu Qingqiu smiled and said.

"Miss Xu, please feel free to speak. Don't be shy. My master won't mind!"

Yao Ling echoed.

"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore, let's go!"

Xu Qingqiu suddenly said in a deep voice, "Let's go take a look at our branch today."

"A branch headquarters?"

Ning Qi immediately became interested upon hearing her words: "You have a branch here, so aren't we opening these rooms too early?"

"No, our branch isn't here."

"It's still quite a distance from here!"

Xu Qingqiu shook his head and continued, "It's all for the purpose of controlling our territory."

"Oh, I see. I thought it was here."

Ning Qi sighed after hearing her words: "It seems I was overthinking it."

"No sect is allowed to establish a branch here."

"Otherwise, do you think we don't want to?"

Xu Qingqiu shook his head and sighed: "We gave this place to them, and this is their condition."

"They've already given it to them, and now they're making this condition? Isn't that going too far?"

Yao Ling asked in surprise after hearing her words.

"There's nothing we can do about it; they're from the celestial realm, after all."

Xu Qingqiu sighed softly, then looked in the direction of the door: "Ning Qi, let's go, we can talk on the way."

"it is good."

Ning Qi didn't hesitate, agreeing and then following them outside: "Let's go."

"Let's go!"

Yao Ling hurriedly followed.

The nine-tailed cat shrank to the size of a palm and landed on Xu Qingqiu's shoulder.

They left the inn easily and came out onto the street.

"let's go."

"Let's leave the city in this direction!"

Xu Qingqiu pointed in a direction and then began to lead the way out.

Ning Qi nodded and simply followed her out.

After they reached the city gate, they continued outwards, unaware that someone had spotted them in a corner.

Upon seeing them appear, he immediately activated his communication jade pendant and spoke to them.

After realizing that the two people hadn't noticed him, he secretly continued to follow them.

After leaving the city gate, Ning Qi and Xu Qingqiu arrived at the official road.

"Gentlemen, would you like to take a carriage ride?"

Just then, another waiter came over to ask the two of them questions.

"unnecessary."

Xu Qingqiu answered very decisively.

The guy was completely confused, thinking he had offended someone.

Ning Qi didn't pay much attention to it and continued on his way with Xu Qingqiu.

They quickly left the city gate and entered the heart of the main road.

Upon arriving here, people gradually quickened their pace and hurried on their way.

When they reached the foot of another mountain, Xu Qingqiu stopped.

"Once we get here, we should be able to fly, right?"

She looked back and saw some people flying through the air.

"Hmm, where is this branch you mentioned located?"

Upon hearing her say this, Ning Qi couldn't help but ask.

"Let's go, let's take a flying boat."

Xu Qingqiu agreed and then waved his hand.

They took their flying boat out of their storage bag.

After the two of them went up together, they continued on their way.

This time, they sped northwards.

Below their airship, there were still endless mountain ranges.

During their flight, several people were watching them from the mountains below.

"Inform my senior brother that they have already gone this way."

One of them said to the other.

"I have already sent a telepathic message."

The man agreed and put away the jade pendant in his hand.

"it is good."

The other person nodded in agreement, then continued looking ahead: "I wonder if the senior brothers have finished packing yet."

"It should be fine, we've been cleaning for a whole day!"

The man who had looked ahead also looked in that direction and then spoke.

At this moment, Ning Qi and Xu Qingqiu were gazing into the distance on the flying boat.

"How's it going? Are we almost there?"

Ning Qi glanced ahead and couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, we're almost there."

Xu Qingqiu agreed, and then continued, "Next, we'll go and check on the situation."

"Ah That's good."

Ning Qi nodded, then stood up directly from the deck.

A pair of eyes were fixed on the mountain range in front of them.

There are several small towns here, as well as some mountain villages.

Outside a relatively large town, at the foot of the mountain, there is a mountain gate.

Above the mountain gate is the mountain path leading to the mountainside, where there is a large hall halfway up the mountain.

There were some side rooms and an altar all around.

"This is our branch headquarters!"

"Dozens of our disciples live here year-round, along with one branch leader and two sub-branch leaders."

"There are a few stewards, and the rest are just ordinary inner disciples."

"There will also be dozens of menial servants from the outer gate."

Xu Qingqiu began to introduce them to Ning Qi, her eyes looking ahead with a hint of anticipation: "I wonder how they are doing here."

"Oh? You've never been to these places before?"

Hearing her say that, Ning Qi couldn't help but become curious.

"Yes, we are all direct disciples, they wouldn't send us here!"

"We either participate in the trials, or we enjoy the best resources and treatment within the sect."

"Only they are sent out on missions; we take on all our missions voluntarily."

"Their missions are mostly assigned by the sects. Only when they become very strong will they have the right to choose their own missions."

Upon hearing his question, Xu Qingqiu patiently responded.

"I see."

Ning Qi nodded and continued looking ahead, "We're almost there."

"Ok!"

Xu Qingqiu nodded, then continued looking ahead.

Then, when the flying boat arrived at the mountain gate, they suddenly retracted it.

They landed in front of their mountain gate together with Ning Qi.

"call!"

After they landed, a cold wind blew by, making Ning Qi realize that something was wrong.

"what happened?"

Xu Qingqiu glanced ahead, and her brows furrowed involuntarily.

"What's wrong?"

Hearing her say that, Ning Qi couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Logically speaking, our branch mountain gates should all be guarded."

Why is there no one here?

Xu Qingqiu continued walking forward with a furrowed brow.

We soon arrived at the mountain gate.

"Buzz!"

Before she could move forward, a screen of light appeared.

"Watch out, the mountain-protecting formation!"

Seeing this, Ning Qi quickly stepped forward and pulled her back.

They did not allow her to continue walking towards the mountain gate.

"The mountain-protecting formation has been activated?"

When Xu Qingqiu arrived, he immediately sensed something was wrong: "This mountain-protecting formation is not easily activated, what's going on?"

"Hey, is anyone there?!"

Ning Qi ignored all of that and shouted at the top of his lungs towards the mountain gate.

However, no one responded to him this time.

"Junior brother!"

Xu Qingqiu then started shouting directly.

However, after she called out, there was still no response.

"What's going on? Let's go up and check!"

Ning Qi frowned, then walked straight up.

While he was blocked by the mountain-protecting formation, he immediately activated the water ripple effect to block the light barrier.

"Miss Xu, let's go up and check the situation."

Yao Ling turned her head and called out to Xu Qingqiu.

"it is good!"

After Xu Qingqiu agreed, she followed him upstairs.

They soon arrived at the main hall of the mountain gate.

Here, there are corpses everywhere.

"They're all dead."

Xu Qingqiu frowned as he looked at his fellow disciples' junior brothers.

I never imagined that so many people would be killed.

"Who did this?"

Yao Ling looked at the corpses in front of her and said, "Isn't the Myriad Swords Sect the strongest here? Is there anyone who dares to oppose you?"

No, you're wrong.

"There are still people here who have been corrupted by the twisted monsters."

Xu Qingqiu shook his head, then continued, "They willingly degenerate, becoming their puppets and subject to their control!"

"Huh? Is that so?"

Upon hearing this, Yao Ling frowned: "This kind of person is a traitor."

"Yes, so we've been fighting against them all along, and they've been constantly infiltrating us."

Xu Qingqiu nodded, then continued, "I need to report the situation to the sect; there's a problem here."

"You're afraid you won't be able to get the message out."

Just then, a chilling voice rang out.

Ning Qi and she looked in this direction at the same time.

Then they saw a middle-aged man shrouded in black mist walking towards them from a distance.

Many men in black gradually appeared around him, each one shrouded in black mist.

Behind them were a few other people, and Xu Qingqiu recognized them at a glance.

He was none other than Gao Yunze, along with several of his fellow disciples.

The group of people appeared to be bound, indicating that they had been tied up for some time.

Moreover, his body was covered in wounds, so he must have been taught a lesson by them before.

"Junior sister, save me!"

Gao Yunze saw Xu Qingqiu and quickly called for help.

His face was filled with panic.

At this moment, his entire body was covered in black soot and covered in wounds.

"He has been invaded by evil spirits."

Ning Qi glanced at it and shook his head: "Even if we save them, it probably won't be of much use."

How did you get here?

Xu Qingqiu looked at him and couldn't help but frown.

To her utter surprise, he arrived here before her.

"Junior sister, I was worried about you going out on a mission, so I wanted to investigate for you in advance."

Gao Yunze quickly offered an explanation.

His face remained etched with panic; clearly, he never imagined such a day would come.

"If you want to save him, you'd better surrender."

"I can make you a pair of lovebirds."

The middle-aged man clearly already knew what was going on, and threatened, "If you don't agree, then I won't be polite."

"Alright, release these idiots and I'll go with you."

Ning Qi looked at the group of people in front of him and said with a smile, "One of me is worth several of them."

As he spoke, he unleashed his full power, though he still maintained some control.

He only unleashed 30% of his strength, but even that was already at the peak of the True Immortal realm.

"Oh, there's also a half-step Celestial Immortal expert."

"Trading you for a few useless people is acceptable."

After seeing Ning Qi's strength, the middle-aged man smiled and said, "In that case, you should take this pill first, and then we'll put it in."

"Oh? If I eat them, you can let them go?"

Ning Qi looked at the pill in his hand, which was shrouded in black mist, and asked with a smile.

There was an evil aura swirling around this pill, which was clearly capable of corroding the human body.

"Fine, I can let them go, but whether they can leave is up to their own fate!"

The middle-aged man nodded, then looked at Ning Qi and asked, "So, are you willing to make an exchange with us?"

"What's there to be afraid of? Put it in now."

Ning Qi nodded, speaking nonchalantly.

"Ning Qi, stop!"

Xu Qingqiu quickly stopped her, saying, "It's not worth it for him. He brought this on himself."

"Junior sister, you can't abandon me! I'm doing this all for your own good!"

Gao Yunze quickly called for help.

His eyes were filled with panic.

He was afraid that Xu Qingqiu would give up on him.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Ning Qi smiled, then stepped forward and held out his hand: "Give me the pill!"

"it is good!"

Seeing this, the middle-aged man nodded in agreement.

Then, with a wave of his hand, he tossed the pill directly to him.

Ning Qi reached out and caught the pill, then swallowed it without hesitation.

"call!"

Then, black mist began to shroud his entire body, and the next moment his eyes turned scarlet.

"Ning Qi!"

Xu Qingqiu wanted to stop it, but it was too late.

When she saw Ning Qi's condition, she immediately became anxious.

"Can we put it in now?"

Ning Qi looked at the crowd in front of him and pretended to be cheerful.

"Heh heh, kid, you're new here, don't you know not to trust strangers?"

The middle-aged man listened to his words and then said with a smile, "Now, you're one of us too. In a few days, you'll be corrupted by demons."

"Oh? So you were lying to me?"

Ning Qi wasn't surprised; instead, he wore an amused expression. (End of Chapter)