Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 1099 Xiao Bing's Decision to Reject the Ancient Venerable
As the meeting drew to a close, a Nascent Soul cultivator with a burly face and a butcher-like appearance stood up and asked an unrelated question.

"Fellow Daoists Gu Zun and Yuan Zun, you were right to promise us that you could help us study the Ancient Star Stele later, were you?

Upon hearing this, many Nascent Soul cultivators who had been silent in the hall immediately sat up straight, their eyes fixed intently on the two people at the head of the table.

Ning Fa's heart skipped a beat; he knew what was going on.

During the last Nascent Soul meeting, when discussing whether to launch a proactive attack before the sea race's interdimensional passage was opened, a newly arrived Nascent Soul cultivator suggested that he wanted to observe the ancient star stele.

It was then that Ning Fa learned that the matter of the Ancient Star Stone Tablet had been leaked.

Although Ning Fa was talking nonsense, in the eyes of the Nascent Soul cultivators, the mysterious ancient star stele was related to ascending to the upper realm.

This naturally made the Nascent Soul cultivators extremely eager, and even the newly arrived Nascent Soul rogue cultivators came specifically for this ancient star stele, rather than for any sense of racial righteousness.

Back then, Venerable Jizhao discussed it with several leading Nascent Soul cultivators from Daqin and Tianwu, and verbally agreed.

And in the time that followed, they used this as a condition to invite those old monsters who had gone into seclusion and were in the Nascent Soul stage.

This is also a major reason why so many human deities have gathered in the hall today.

At this moment, Yuan Zun, the president of the Nine Immortals Society who had been mostly silent, chuckled and said, "What we say is as good as gold. With this Tai Cang Contract signed, I'm sure you can all feel more at ease."

As he spoke, Yuan Zun flicked his right hand, and a pale golden scroll appeared in the air.

The other Nascent Soul cultivators outside the three major cultivation worlds relaxed their expressions, and soon all the Nascent Soul cultivators signed their names on it, and the atmosphere became much more harmonious.

A strange look flashed in Ning Fa's eyes. If these Nascent Soul cultivators knew that the matter of the Ancient Star Stone Tablet was just a fabrication on his part, would they all hunt him down?

He never expected that the ancient star stone tablet he had taken out back then would now become a powerful tool to unite a group of human gods.

The meeting soon ended, and Ningfa walked out of the main hall with the crowd.

At that moment, he suddenly heard a voice transmission in his ear.

Ning Fa frowned slightly, then his expression returned to normal.

Before long, Ning Fa and Tianbao Xianshang arrived at the top of a spiritual mountain several hundred feet high in the southwest of Zhenhai City.

There is a pavilion here, where a tall, handsome, and extremely charming middle-aged cultivator is sitting leisurely. This person is none other than Gu Zun of the Qian Yuan Merchant Alliance.

"Fellow Daoist Ning, Fellow Daoist Tianbao, please have a seat."

The ancient sage smiled and gestured for him to enter.

Ning Fa sat down opposite him without any ceremony, while Tianbao Xianshang acted as if he hadn't heard anything and sat cross-legged in mid-air to the side.

The ancient venerable one did not take it to heart, but instead carefully looked Ning Fa up and down, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

His seemingly indifferent glance, however, put immense pressure on Ning Fa.

Ningfa immediately realized that this person's spiritual strength was a notch higher than his own.

This also suggests that this ancient venerable one may have cultivated a high-level soul cultivation technique, since his current soul strength should theoretically exceed that of an ordinary mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

Ning Fa immediately activated the Moon God Technique with all his might, and soon the discomfort disappeared, which also made Ning Fa feel a little relieved. It seems that the soul strength of this ancient venerable is not much higher than his own.

At this moment, Gu Zun could no longer hide his surprise. His eyes returned to normal, and he sighed, "Only after seeing it with my own eyes did I realize that the outside world's evaluation of Fellow Daoist Ning was not false at all, and was even somewhat conservative."

What surprised me even more was that your body refinement level was astonishingly high.

Gu also practices body cultivation, and his body refinement has reached the peak of the fourth level, but he seems to be a notch below you, Fellow Daoist Ning. Fellow Daoist Ning's opportunities are indeed astonishing.

Hearing this, Ning Fa smiled inwardly.

He hadn't wasted these five years; he had already refined most of the vast essence he received from Ying Xiao, which had greatly advanced his body refinement realm, bringing him close to the fourth-order perfect body refinement realm.

Moreover, his current level is based on the high standards of the Ancient Origin Thunder Scripture. His physical strength is actually much stronger than that of those fourth-order peak demon cultivators with more ordinary bloodlines.

"I wonder what brings the Ancient Venerable to me?" Ning Fa asked bluntly.

Gu Zun smiled slightly: "Fellow Daoist Ning should know the purpose of my visit."

"I have come here for my good-for-nothing great-grandson, wishing to establish a marriage alliance with Fellow Daoist Ning. I humbly request that Fellow Daoist Ning marry his beloved daughter to Gu Ying."

As he spoke, the Ancient Venerable looked at Ning Fa with a sincere expression.

Ning Fa frowned slightly; it was indeed because of this.

In fact, during those five years, Gu Ying had visited him several times, but he always turned him away and refused to see him.

Unexpectedly, the Ancient Venerable himself came to him about this matter.

“I’m sorry, I cannot agree to this,” Ning Fa replied calmly.

His extremely decisive refusal caused Gu Zun, who had been smiling all along, to freeze in his smile and look at Ning Fa with a deep frown.

"Fellow Daoist Ning, are you really not going to reconsider?" he asked again.

"If it's just about this matter, then I think there's nothing more to discuss. I'll take my leave now."

With that, Ningfa bowed to him and then drifted away.

The figure of the Heavenly Treasure Immortal Merchant beside him blurred slightly and then disappeared.

As Gu Zun watched Ning Fa leave, his thick eyebrows furrowed deeply.

Not long after, a handsome young man dressed in a white robe walked out from behind him.

The man bowed deeply respectfully, then asked expectantly, "Ancestor, has he agreed?"

At this moment, the ancient venerable one's expression had returned to calm, but his eyes were like the surface of a sea about to be stormed. He said calmly, "He refused very decisively. It seems that it will be difficult to change his mind."

The young man's face immediately showed disappointment.

But the ancient master gently stroked the teacup in his hand and said calmly, "Don't worry, this matter is not up to him. Just wait patiently for a while longer."

As he spoke, the ancient venerable one revealed a smile of enigmatic meaning and vanished into thin air in an instant.

Meanwhile, Ningfa had already returned to his residence.

He knew that directly refusing Gu Zun this time might lead to unforeseen consequences, but since it concerned his daughter, he certainly wouldn't compromise.

After thinking for a moment, he went to a secret room.

The arrival of the second wave of reinforcements from the Sea Clan, along with the existence of the Ancient Venerable, led him to make a decision.

Inside the secret chamber, a handsome young man dressed in a black and gold robe, with an arrogant expression, was tightly bound by several lightning chains.

Upon seeing Ning Fa arrive, the man glared at Ning Fa with gritted teeth, looking as if he wished he could devour him alive.

Ning Fa smiled, for this young man was none other than Ying Xiao, the Nascent Soul demon cultivator.

Although only five years have passed, with Ning Fa supplying high-level pills at any cost, this demon has already recovered to the mid-stage of the Transformation Realm.

This is mainly because there is no need to undergo the Heavenly Tribulation again during this process.

This gave Ningfa confidence that he could restore Ying Xiao to the Nascent Soul realm in a relatively short period of time, but the prerequisite was that he had to first use Thunder Control on the demon and turn it into his own spirit beast.

Ning Fa was initially hesitant, since once Lei Yu was used, it would be quite troublesome to switch back.

But the impending great battle also made Ningfa determined.

Ying Xiao, who was still roaring angrily at Ning Fa, felt a chill run down his spine when he saw the strange smile on Ning Fa's face: "Kid, what are you trying to do?!"

Ning Fa ignored him completely, pointed his right hand in front of him, and a mysterious five-colored lightning pattern appeared in a burst of lightning, which was the symbol of his Five Elements Lightning Body.

As Ning Fa's mind stirred, the innate divine power rune representing Lei Yu above him was immediately lit up, and a beam of light shot out, suddenly enlarging and directly enveloping Ying Xiao.

Ying Xiao struggled frantically in terror, but to no avail. Before long, a miniature blue spirit bird appeared on the surface of the rune.

At the same time, a strange spiritual connection appeared in Ning Fa's sea of ​​consciousness. This feeling was very strange, somewhat similar to his spiritual connection with Xiao Bing and Lan Dian, but completely different.

"Kneel down."

Ning Fa's eyes flashed, and he spoke to Ying Xiao.

At this moment, Ying Xiao was panting heavily. Upon hearing Ning Fa's command, he knelt down on both knees without hesitation.

After kneeling, he looked completely bewildered, his expression both respectful and filled with rage as he asked through gritted teeth, "What...what did you do to me?!"

Seeing this, Ning Fa smiled slightly, realizing that he had gained another powerful helper.

"Remember, I possess the Five Elements Thunder Body. It's not an insult for you to follow me. In the future, I can even take you to the Spirit Realm. A wider world awaits you, so why not be happy?"

Ning Fa smiled leisurely and put it into his spirit beast bag.

In the future, he can invest more resources to help him recover to the Nascent Soul stage as soon as possible.

Just as Ning Fa was about to return to his meditation room, he suddenly heard Xiao Bing's voice: "Master, Xiao Bing has something to tell you."

Ning Fa frowned slightly, and soon a flash of ice light appeared in front of him, revealing a handsome young man in white armor with messy hair, who was none other than Xiao Bing.

Years have passed, and Xiao Bing has now advanced to the mid-stage of the Transformation Realm.

Xiao Bing, who is usually quite unserious, looked unusually serious, even somewhat anxious.

"Xiao Bing, what's wrong?" Ning Fa asked.

Xiao Bing took a deep breath and said, "Master, the Ice Phoenix Clan seems to be in trouble, in deep trouble."

"How did you know?" Ning Fa asked, frowning.

Xiao Bing scratched his head: "I can't really explain it. Just before Master went to attend that Nascent Soul meeting, I inexplicably saw some blurry images."

"Well, Master, why don't you just look at it directly? I'll share this scene with you."

After Xiao Bing finished speaking, a new image appeared in Ning Fa's sea of ​​consciousness.

The scene appears to be in an ice valley, with a lifelike sculpture of an ice phoenix several meters in size directly in front of it.

In front of the sculpture, dozens of people were kneeling, dressed in long robes with phoenix patterns, most of them stunningly beautiful women.

At the front of the crowd stood a woman with a cold and beautiful appearance. Ning Fa recognized her; she was Bing Ning, the young master of the Ice Phoenix Clan, whom he had met twice before.

Bing Ning was second in line ahead of the crowd. In front of her was a middle-aged beauty with long hair piled high and phoenix eyes that held a murderous glint.

These people were clearly members of the Ice Phoenix Clan, and the middle-aged beauty at the front should be the Ice Phoenix Clan's Nascent Soul Ancestor.

At this moment, all the ordinary tribesmen looked distressed, and many of them couldn't help but sob.

Even the middle-aged beauty, who was a Nascent Soul Ancestor, looked at the statue in front of her with a deathly pale face.

Ningfa quickly noticed something was wrong. He saw that the surface of the ice phoenix statue had been covered with many gray spots, almost completely covering the statue, with only the head part remaining normal.

The scene ended there, and Ning Fa frowned deeply. Could this be the trouble caused by the Ice Phoenix Clan?

"Xiao Bing, what's going on?"

Xiao Bing tilted her head: "Judging from the information passed down to me by Ancestor Bingchen, the statue in the picture should be the sacred image of the Ice Phoenix Clan."

It plays a vital role for the Ice Phoenix Clan, and is even related to the survival of the Ice Phoenix Clan.

Now it seems there's something wrong with that icon.

“Xiao Bing, what are you thinking now…” Ning Fa frowned slightly as he looked at him.

Xiao Bing sighed: "Master, I want to go back and help them."

The legacy left to me by Ancestor Bingchen seems to offer a way to help them solve, or at least alleviate, this problem.

As you know, Master, although Ancestor Bingchen harbors considerable resentment towards the Ice Phoenix Clan, he has not relinquished his identity as a member of the Ice Phoenix Clan.

The final message left behind also instructed the later successors to lend a helping hand when the Ice Phoenix Clan encountered danger.

Moreover, I intuitively felt that I could benefit from this, because that important inheritance requires a holy image to be truly activated, which is crucial for my future advancement to the Nascent Soul stage.

Upon hearing this, Ning Fa immediately recalled the last time Bing Ning approached him for negotiations, wanting to take Xiao Bing away and offering a hefty price.

It seems that, just as Xiao Bing said, the Ice Phoenix Clan wants Xiao Bing to solve the problem of their sacred statue.

Ning Fa hesitated. His original plan was to wait until Lan Dian advanced to the Nascent Soul stage before joining forces with Tianbao Immortal Merchant to venture into the Ice Phoenix Clan's territory.

At this moment, Xiao Bing said again, "Master, haven't you always wanted the Taiyin True Fire to truly advance?"

I'm confident I can persuade the Ice Phoenix Clan's Nascent Soul Ancestor to agree to use her natal frost flame to help you, Master. But I also hope you'll allow me to return with her and lend the Ice Phoenix Clan a hand."

As she spoke, Xiao Bing looked at Ning Fa with a sincere expression.

Upon hearing this, Ning Fa fell silent, then nodded.

Xiao Bing was overjoyed. She reached behind her and pulled out an ice-blue feather. She threw the feather in front of her and disappeared in a streak of light.

Three days later, while Zhenhai City was in a tense standoff preparing for war, Ning Fa and Tianbao Immortal Merchant quietly arrived at a deserted island nearly ten thousand miles north of Zhenhai City.

On one of the high mountains, two women were already waiting. One of them, a cold and beautiful young girl, was none other than Bing Ning, the young master of the Ice Phoenix Clan, and the other was the middle-aged beauty that Ning Fa had seen in that scene.

At this moment, Ning Fa could clearly feel the powerful spiritual pressure of this woman, who was at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

However, Ningfa clearly sensed that this woman, like Master Jizhao, exuded an air of old age, indicating that her time was drawing near.

Both of them couldn't hide their joy when they saw Ning Fa.

The middle-aged beauty smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Ning, you've finally arrived. Let me introduce myself, I am Bingyi."

"Greetings, fellow Daoist." Ning Fa also cupped his hands in greeting. Then, a flash of white light appeared in front of him, and Xiao Bing appeared.

Upon seeing Xiao Bing, Bing Yi and Bing Ning were immediately filled with excitement.

"This aura... it's definitely the descendant of the ancestor! The statue can be saved!" Bingyi murmured, staring intently at Xiaobing.

Xiao Bing calmly replied, "I can go back with you and do my best to help you solve the problem of the holy statue."

But let me make this clear first: after this, I will return to my master's side, and you will need to use your innate Frost Flame to help my master's Yin True Fire advance to the next level.

The two women didn't react much to the first half of the sentence, but they were shocked when they heard the second half.

"What? You actually possess the Taiyin True Fire?" Bing Ning couldn't help but exclaim.

Without saying a word, Ning Fa made a single gesture, and a small purple firebird flew out from his palm, spitting out a mouthful of icy white flame, causing ice crystals to form in the void.

The two women stared intently at the firebird, unable to hide their envy.

The Taiyin True Fire provides an unimaginable boost to the Ice Phoenix Clan, but at this critical juncture for the survival of their race, the Taiyin True Fire is no longer of any importance.

“Alright, I’ll help you once the issue with the holy statue is resolved,” Bingyi said in a deep voice.

"No, you must make your move now."

"I will return with you only when Master's Yin True Fire truly advances."

Xiao Bing looked at her and said, word by word.

(End of this chapter)