Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 1091 The Highest Decision-Making Level
"Fellow Daoist Ning, thank you for your all-out effort in saving the lives of so many of our fellow human beings."

Inside a magnificent hall, an elderly man in black bowed to Ning Fa and thanked him.

Ning Fa dared not be negligent and immediately stood up, smiling modestly: "Senior Jizhao, you are too kind."

More than a month had passed since his battle with Ying Xiao, a Nascent Soul demon cultivator. Their retreating army had now traversed over a million miles and arrived in the eastern region of the Crimson Sea.

This is Zhenhai City, a formidable defensive city that the Tian Shu Alliance has been painstakingly building over the years.

As soon as Ning Fa arrived in Zhenhai City, Wen Yuchen immediately appeared and brought him to meet this old man in black, who was none other than the Grand Elder of the Taichu Sect—Master Jizhao.

At this moment, Wen Yuchen, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but ask, "Fellow Daoist Ning, was Ying Xiao... really killed by you?"

Upon hearing this, even the cloudiness in Master Jizhao's eyes vanished, replaced by a bright, focused gaze as he stared intently at Ningfa.

During the battle between Ning Fa and Ying Xiao, there were also people from the Tai Chu Sect nearby, and even a Nascent Soul cultivator secretly used a recording bead to capture the scene.

Although they had already confirmed the result, they still couldn't help but ask Ningfa to confirm it again.

After all, this kind of thing was too shocking, even for a veteran Nascent Soul cultivator like Master Jizhao who had lived for more than two thousand years, it was hard to believe.

Ning Fa thought for a moment, then nodded decisively: "That's right, Ying Xiao was indeed killed by me."

Upon hearing Ning Fa's confirmation, Wen Yuchen, a Nascent Soul cultivator, had an extremely interesting expression.

He knew Ying Xiao's power all too well; he had even participated in the ambush against this demon hundreds of years ago.

He had a vivid memory of the demon's ferocity and power.

The fact that such a powerful demon at the Nascent Soul stage could be killed one-on-one by Ning Fa, a mere Nascent Soul cultivator, was truly unbelievable and hard to accept.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Master Jizhao smiled with great satisfaction: "Our human race is facing such a critical moment, and the emergence of a person with powerful supernatural abilities like Fellow Daoist Ning is truly a blessing for our human race."

Then, with a look of anticipation, he asked, "Fellow Daoist Ning, according to the information we have received, the divine power you used at the end was extremely powerful. Could it also be used on other Nascent Soul demon cultivators or Nascent Soul sea races?"

Ning Fa smiled helplessly upon hearing this and said, "Senior Ji Zhao, you flatter me too much."

That special divine power comes at an extremely high price for me to use; I cannot use it again for a short period of time, otherwise I will pay a heavy price.

Ning Fa deliberately used vague language here.

He has no idea what Lei Mu's domineering divine power is, let alone how to use it again.

His words were deliberately meant to make these two Nascent Soul cultivators believe that he could use that supernatural power again if he wanted to.

In this way, once the news gets out, it will undoubtedly become a powerful deterrent to other Nascent Soul cultivators.

Upon hearing this, Master Jizhao and Wen Yuchen exchanged a glance, both revealing a hint of disappointment. However, Ning Fa also keenly observed that a sense of relief was faintly revealed in their eyes.

He couldn't help but chuckle to himself, thinking to himself, "Just as I thought."

Ying Xiao's death also put considerable pressure on their own Nascent Soul cultivators, which is why these two Nascent Soul cultivators showed such conflicting expressions after hearing his answer.

Master Jizhao then solemnly said:

"Regardless of the circumstances, Fellow Daoist Ning's strength is already comparable to that of us Nascent Soul cultivators, that is an undeniable fact."

Therefore, from this day forward, Fellow Daoist Ning no longer needs to address us as seniors; you may simply treat us as equals.

Furthermore, Fellow Daoist Ning will also be qualified to directly participate in the highest meeting of the Nascent Soul cultivators of our Human Alliance.

You also have the right to vote on major strategic decisions, and I imagine the other fellow cultivators will not object to this.

Ning Fa's expression shifted slightly. This was good news; he had essentially gained direct access to the highest decision-making level of the human race.

Of course, Ning Fa also understood that, in addition to the strength he himself had demonstrated, the key factor was also the Heavenly Treasure Immortal Merchant behind him.

"From now on, Zhenhai City will be the most important stronghold for our human race to resist the sea demons and monsters. We will inevitably face the enemy's fierce offensive. In the future, we will need to rely on Fellow Daoist Ning and Fellow Daoist Tianbao for help."

Master Jizhao then spoke earnestly.

Ning Fa said in a deep voice, "It is the duty of high-level cultivators of our human race to resist the invasion of alien races. I, Ning, will naturally not back down."

Upon hearing this, both Master Jizhao and Wen Yuchen smiled with delight.

After a long discussion, Ning Fa learned from the two that many high-level cultivators from Da Qin and Tian Wu had come to Zhenhai City, including some from the Qian Yuan Merchant Alliance.

He was overjoyed and quickly got up to take his leave.

After Ningfa left, the main hall fell silent.

Wen Yuchen's eyes flashed, and he said, "Senior brother, what do you think? Is it really true that Fellow Daoist Ning's domineering divine power can only be used once?"

Master Jizhao slowly said, "I believe that even if Fellow Daoist Ning's words are slightly different, they should be roughly correct."

Such domineering supernatural power cannot be used without limit; there must be considerable limitations.

But what I'm more concerned about is the divine tree totem he displayed. After all, judging from the recording bead, that supernatural power originated from his divine tree totem. Could he really be a hidden member of the Ziyin clan?

At this point, both Master Jizhao and Wen Yuchen's expressions became somewhat grave.

After a long while, Master Jizhao looked at the white clouds outside the window and slowly said, "No matter what, the sea tribe is our greatest enemy now, and everything else should be put aside for the time being."

……

At this moment, Ning Fa had already left the spiritual mountain, which was over a thousand feet high, where the palace was located. Tianbao Immortal Merchant was right behind him, following at a leisurely pace.

Ning Fa surveyed his surroundings, his divine sense spreading outwards, and a look of amazement appeared in his eyes.

Zhenhai City was indeed quite large, the largest city he had ever seen in his life, stretching over 800 li from north to south and nearly 2,000 li from east to west.

Moreover, at this very moment, a large number of cultivators are engaged in large-scale construction in the city, building defensive facilities or setting up formations.

The city is also omnipresent with defensive restrictions. Each area is covered by at least ten different defensive restrictions, and all of them are at least fourth-order restrictions.

The most impressive feature is the towering tree planted every few dozen miles in the city.

These giant trees vary in height, with the shortest being over two hundred feet tall and the tallest over a thousand feet tall. They are entirely emerald green and as lustrous as jade.

From a high altitude, the entire Zhenhai City looks like it's built in a dense forest.

The surface of the giant tree has mysterious patterns, whether natural or artificially created, with streams of light flowing through them and converging on the branches and leaves.

As the green leaves swayed gently, streaks of green light emanated from the giant tree, connecting with the light from other giant trees to spread to infinity.

The area within a thousand miles centered on Zhenhai City was enveloped in this pale green glow.

Ning Fa sensed an absolute suppressive force from the green light.

Although he can now sense the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy), it seems as if there are thousands of mountains and rivers between them, making it impossible for him to utilize it.

Ningfa looked up and through the green light, he saw nine enormous objects, like mountain peaks, suspended more than two thousand feet above the ground, like nine stars.

Even before it was activated, it already exuded terrifying spiritual energy fluctuations, which made Ning Fa feel a chill even from such a distance.

"Ten Thousand Trees, Nine Palaces Star Array".

Ning Fa murmured the two names, a solemn expression on his face.

This is the foundation of the Tian Shu Alliance, and it can be called the most advanced defensive measure in this world. Its strongest ability is to restrict the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a certain area.

In this way, the opposing Nascent Soul cultivators can be prevented from using their powerful innate divine abilities to attack the city. While our own Nascent Soul cultivators will also be restricted, the degree of restriction will be much less, thus negating too much of the advantages of the opposing Nascent Soul cultivators.

Ning Fa sighed inwardly. The Tian Shu Alliance truly lived up to its reputation as a powerful force that had ruled the Nine Dragons Sea for ten thousand years. Its profound foundation gave him more confidence.

Then Ningfa determined the direction and flew slowly towards the northwest.

From my conversation with Wen Yuchen, I learned that the cultivators from Da Qin and Tian Wu were assigned to accommodations in the northwest of this city.

He planned to contact the people from the Qian Yuan Business Alliance first to ask about the current status of the Xi Yuan Divine Soil.

During the journey, Ning Fa took out a small white magic disc, intending to ask Ning An about his situation.

Previously, Ning An and Ning Huarong had gone with the people of Fuling Hall to support the front line.

However, with the unexpected fall of Tianque City, the Tian Shu Alliance abandoned the two major sea areas of Wuling Sea and Leiming Sea, so they retreated to Zhenhai City even earlier than Ning Fa.

Ning Fagang sent a message, and Ning An's anxious voice came from the magic disc: "Father, you've come to Zhenhai City too? That's wonderful! Aunt Rong is in danger; she's been captured!"

Upon hearing this, Ning Fa's eyebrows shot up, a murderous aura emanating from them. A flash of lightning appeared around him, and he vanished instantly.

More than a hundred miles away, on a wide street in Zhenhai City, a middle-aged man with a sallow complexion was pacing back and forth anxiously.

At that moment, a flash of lightning appeared in front of him, and a figure suddenly appeared—Ning Fa.

"Xiao An?" Ning Fa frowned immediately.

Upon seeing Ning Fa arrive, the sallow-faced man was overjoyed: "Father!"

Before he finished speaking, he reached out and wiped his face. In a flash of light, his face transformed into another handsome young man's face, which was none other than Ning An.

What is striking is that Ning An still has bruises on her face that have not yet faded, making her look injured.

Ning Fa glanced up and discovered several more serious injuries on Ning An's chest and back.

Ning Fa's brows furrowed in gloom. Ning An had high-level recovery pills on him, yet he was still in this state, indicating that his injuries were quite severe.

"Xiao An, what's going on?" Ning Fa's voice remained calm, but anger was rising in his eyes.

"A few days ago, Aunt Rong and I had a conflict with a Nascent Soul female cultivator at the Seven Wonders Pavilion in the city."

She took a liking to a fourth-tier spiritual herb that Aunt Rong had just bought and tried to forcibly buy it from her, behaving extremely arrogantly.

As a result, Aunt Rong and she got into a fight, and both of them suffered losses. In the end, she didn't get to give up the spiritual herb.

However, that Nascent Soul female cultivator has an extraordinary background, so I've been advising Aunt Rong to stay at the inn for the past few days and wait for Senior Murong and the others to return from their mission on Ling'an Island before making any further plans.

But a day ago, we were tricked.

Someone contacted Aunt Rong, saying that they had another kind of spiritual herb that she urgently needed.

I was a little worried at first, but the place the man said to be the place of the transaction was a shop directly operated by Taichu Sect, so I went there with Aunt Rong.

It turned out to be a trap; several high-level cultivators were lying in ambush there. Aunt Rong was captured, but I escaped using the flying shuttle my father had given me.

Ning An said quickly.

Upon hearing this, Ning Fajian's eyebrows furrowed, and his eyes flashed with even more murderous intent.

The other party is really audacious, daring to ambush others in Zhenhai City!

He also understood why Ning An had disguised himself and why he hadn't informed the Zhenhai City Guard.

The fact that the female cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage had set up an ambush in one of the Tai Chu Sect's directly operated shops is enough to show that she had a close relationship with the Tai Chu Sect.

Moreover, he had previously bestowed upon Ning An and Ning Huarong many life-saving trump cards, so they should have been able to escape easily even when facing a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. However, their current state clearly indicates that the Nascent Soul female cultivator has an extraordinary background.

But whoever dares to harm those around him should be prepared to suffer double the consequences.

"Xiao An, do you know where Hua Rong is right now?" he asked immediately.

"When Aunt Rong helped me escape, she gave me one of her magical artifacts. Judging from the sensations emanating from this artifact, Aunt Rong should be in Fuling Garden in the city right now."

As Ning An spoke, he immediately took out a small red dagger-shaped magical artifact, which shimmered with spiritual light and pointed towards the northwest.

"Okay, wait for me here."

Ning Fa said something, then took out the Star Transmission Disc that Wen Yuchen had given him earlier, quickly sent a message, and his figure disappeared in a flash of lightning.

Meanwhile, on the northwestern edge of Zhenhai City, there is a mountain range stretching for hundreds of miles, with beautiful scenery and extremely high spiritual energy concentration, at least mid-grade fourth rank.

Every certain distance, there are cave dwellings or palaces and pavilions, like a fairyland.

This is the location of Fuling Garden in Zhenhai City, a residence specifically provided for high-level cultivators.

At that moment, a series of banging sounds came from one of the courtyards nestled against the mountain and beside the water.

A woman dressed in black with purple hair was seen bound hand and foot and forced to kneel on the ground.

Her entire body was bound by a pale yellow spiritual rope. With a flash of spiritual light, the rope had penetrated deep into her flesh and was sizzling with white smoke, as if it were burning her flesh.

Standing in front of her was a burly woman, about ten feet tall, with a face full of scars.

The woman's aura was extremely powerful, even causing the surrounding void to become hazy and distorted. She was a rare fourth-order body cultivator.

She brandished a long, black whip covered in barbs, lashing it repeatedly across the woman's body.

Amidst the piercing sound of wind being torn apart, the woman's body was covered with deep whip marks, her clothes were tattered and torn, and her exposed skin was a bloody mess, a truly gruesome sight.

But her blood-stained face couldn't hide her arrogance. She seemed oblivious to the excruciating pain of the whipping, instead laughing wildly, "Have you not eaten enough? With that little strength, you can't even tickle an itch!"

This woman was none other than Ning Huarong.

The burly woman was immediately enraged, wielding her long whip with lightning speed and striking even harder. Ning Huarong, however, remained unfazed, continuing to mock and curse.

Amid the sound of whipping, several people on the other side of the courtyard watched indifferently.

Leading the group was a beautiful young woman in a green dress. She had a graceful figure, jade-like skin, and a fox-like face. Her beauty was unparalleled in the world.

She sat in a wicker chair, her right hand gracefully picking up glistening grapes from a fruit bowl on the table beside her and putting them into her mouth, a faint smile on her face, as if she were admiring the beautiful scenery.

This woman was actually at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

Beside her, a maid-like girl was holding a white fan and gently fanning her.

The maid looked at Ning Huarong, who was almost unrecognizable, and a look of worry appeared on her face. She whispered:
"Miss, isn't that enough? If we keep hitting her, Ning Huarong might really die."

That might backfire, turning you into a mortal enemy of that person.

Before the maid could finish speaking, the beautiful woman glared at her, and the maid immediately shut up.

The woman in the green dress scoffed, "So what if that person comes looking for me? Does he dare to lay a hand on me?"

As she spoke, she looked at Ning Huarong, a murderous glint in her eyes.

She flicked her finger, and a ball of spiritual light flew to the burly woman, revealing a pale blue pill with a rich medicinal fragrance—a fourth-grade healing pill, the Spring Grass Pill.

"Give her this pill, then continue the attack."

The woman in the green dress chuckled lightly, but the words she spoke were extremely vicious.

(End of this chapter)