Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 1123 The Whereabouts of Relatives, The Dual Cultivation Ceremony

At this moment, within Ningfa's sea of ​​consciousness, the tiny hand of the nascent Taiyin Jade Infant radiated spiritual light as it formed a hand seal.

At the same time, Ning Fa's eyes turned into strange crescent shapes. His gaze pierced through layers of void, following the array patterns, and explored all the way to the underground of an island six hundred miles away.

There was a large hall filled with array patterns, and in the center of it was a circular platform, which was clearly the central point of this warning array.

On this high platform, two Nascent Soul cultivators were sitting cross-legged with their eyes closed, seemingly cultivating.

A chill ran through Ning Fa's heart.

Someone is using this formation to monitor Xuan Ning Island!

Or to be more precise, it's monitoring who wants to enter the island.

The target is self-evident; it is clearly oneself.

It goes without saying who did this; it must be one of the three parties: the Qian Yuan Business Alliance, the Tian Shu Alliance, or the Jiu Xian Society, with the Qian Yuan Business Alliance being the most likely candidate.

What worries Ning Fa is that this undoubtedly means that Xuan Ning Island has been exposed.

Ning Fa suppressed the turmoil in his heart and had the nascent Taiyin Jade Infant form make another hand seal.

Suddenly, a wave of spiritual light, like ripples on water, appeared in the hidden hall six hundred miles away.

The two cultivators were originally meditating cross-legged.

An elderly Taoist priest in the mid-Nascent Soul stage and a burly man with a pockmarked face in the early Nascent Soul stage were immediately alarmed.

"Not good! Enemy attack!"

The old Taoist priest was greatly surprised, but reacted very quickly. With a flick of his sleeve, a jade ruyi scepter that shimmered with spiritual light flew in front of him, spinning rapidly and releasing a layer of spiritual light to protect him.

But the next moment, a moon-white spiritual light ignored the protective shield and pierced through it, disappearing into his forehead.

The old man in the Taoist robe froze for a moment, then fell to the ground with a thud and fainted.

The pockmarked man met the same fate.

They weren't dead, but were temporarily knocked unconscious by Ning Fa. He'll be searching their souls later, and he'll probably find out more information then.

The fact that he could easily capture two Nascent Soul cultivators from six hundred miles away using a secret technique would shock even a Deity Transformation cultivator if word got out.

However, Ning Fa was no ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator, and this was also the strength of cultivating the Moon God Technique to the Taiyin Jade Infant stage.

Although it is still in its rudimentary stage and has not yet reached its full potential, its methods of attacking the soul are already unpredictable and beyond human comprehension.

However, although the two guards were subdued, just to be on the safe side, Ning Fa still had the Taiyin Jade Infant nascent form make another hand seal, and his figure became illusory, directly ignoring the barrier and restriction, and broke into it.

Upon reaching that specific location, his vision blurred, and he found himself in another place.

On the azure sea ahead lies a sizable island, within which stands a majestic sacred mountain—this is Xuan Ning Island.

Ning Fa swept his divine sense across the entire island, but there was no one left on it.

Although he had expected it, this still made Ning Fa's heart sink.

He flew to Mount Ling unwillingly, searched it thoroughly, and finally stopped above the palace where he used to live on the mountaintop, his face as cold and stern as ice.

His relatives are indeed all gone.

Were they really all captured by the Qian Yuan Business Alliance?
From his observation, there was no sign of fighting on Xuan Ning Island. Even if a Nascent Soul cultivator had arrived, it would have been impossible for the island's inhabitants to offer no resistance.

Ning Fa decided to immediately return and search the souls of the two Nascent Soul cultivators to see what was going on.

Just then, Ningfa seemed to have noticed something and suddenly turned his head to look to the side.

That was the entrance to the main hall, where some tall trees, about ten feet high and pure gold in color, grew.

This is a fourth-order spirit wood called "Gold-Swallowing Wood," a high-level metal-attribute spirit wood that can be used as the main material for metal-attribute magic weapons. It has been planted on the mountain for a long time, and although it is of little use to Ning Fa, it has been kept all along.

In the direction Ningfa was looking, a golden leaf on one of the gold-swallowing trees suddenly emitted a purple glow, flickering slightly.

With a flash of lightning, Ning Fa instantly appeared before him. He gently plucked the golden leaf and carefully examined it with his divine sense, discovering that there seemed to be a mysterious power inside the leaf, more like a special sealing technique.

Even Ningfa found it difficult to break the seal in a short time.

Ningfa hesitated. With his power, he could easily destroy the seal, but then he would lose the thing sealed in the leaf, which was very likely left to him by the people on the island.

What Ningfa found strange was that the aura of power emanating from the leaves felt somewhat familiar to him.

He thought for a moment and then remembered: this was Huangfu Ziyue's magical aura.

After all, he had cultivated with her many times and was very familiar with her magical aura.

Thinking of this, Ning Fa immediately had a thought. A blue light flashed behind him, and a blue thunderwood appeared, with purple tree patterns on its surface.

Immediately, one of the purple lines lit up, shooting out a beam of purple light that enveloped the leaf.

Immediately afterwards, the leaves peeled away layer by layer, revealing a purple ball of light the size of a grain of rice. Then, a melodious female voice rang in Ning Fa's ears:

"Brother Ning, Fairy Yuanxing's power has been exhausted and she can no longer protect Xuanning Island. I have taken your family away, and we are now in a safe place."

You can come to this place to find us during the Yin month and Yin hour of each year.

That's Huangfu Ziyue's voice.

Ningfa was immediately overjoyed. It turned out that his relatives on the island had been protected by Fairy Yuanxing and had now been taken away by Huangfu Ziyue.

The place Huangfu Ziyue mentioned is very likely the ancestral home of the Ziyin clan, which he had visited before.

That place was indeed very mysterious; even a Nascent Soul cultivator would find it difficult to locate easily.

With this, Ning Fa felt a great weight lifted from his heart, and a surge of gratitude welled up within him for Fairy Yuanxing and the Ziyin Clan.

If it weren't for Huangfu Jin sacrificing himself to save him, and the help of Fairy Yuanxing, he would have certainly died in that mission.

He had already decided to help the Ziyin clan rebuild the Immortal Dynasty as a way of repaying their kindness.

However, Ning Fa was not entirely at ease, after all, the enemy was one of the three top human forces, and it was unknown how much time had passed since Huangfu Ziyue left her message.

With this in mind, Ning Fa immediately left Xuan Ning Island and soon arrived at the hidden hall six hundred miles away.

Ning Fa glanced around briefly and saw that the old man in the Taoist robe and the pockmarked man were still unconscious on the ground.

Ning Fa snorted coldly, reached out with his right hand, and immediately grabbed the head of the old man in the Taoist robe, unceremoniously using the Soul Searching Technique.

Just then, a mysterious black talisman suddenly emerged from the depths of the old Taoist's sea of ​​consciousness, flashing wildly with black light, about to explode.

This was clearly a tactic employed by those behind them to prevent their subordinates from falling into enemy hands or having their secrets exposed through soul-searching.

If it were anyone else, even a Nascent Soul cultivator, it would be difficult to stop the eruption of these black runes, but for Ning Fa in his current state, it was nothing.

The divine soul power that invaded the old Taoist's sea of ​​consciousness suddenly transformed into a cloud of white mist, directly enveloping the black talisman. In a flash of inspiration, it turned into a piece of white ice, freezing the black talisman that was about to erupt.

To avoid alerting the enemy, Ning Fa did not destroy the talisman, and then began to search the old Taoist's soul.

Fifteen minutes later, Ning Fa grabbed the pockmarked man again and did the same thing.

After searching the souls of the two men, Ning Fa's face turned ashen.

These two were indeed cultivators from the Qian Yuan Merchant Alliance, or more accurately, they were loyal only to the Gu family and were retainers of the Gu family.

Fifty years ago, the two of them were sent here by the Ancient Venerable to guard this warning array, in order to prevent him from suddenly returning to Xuanning Island after disappearing for a long time, so that the Ancient Venerable could know immediately.

Moreover, Xuan Ning Island was exposed fifty years ago.

According to the information obtained from Ning Fa's soul search, 110 years ago, when Ning Fa disappeared, the Ancient Venerable somehow confirmed that Ning Fa had not died in the Six Paths Meteorite Array.

After dealing with the fierce counterattack of the two sea monster clans, he began to search for Ning Fa's whereabouts like a madman.

Moreover, it wasn't just the Qian Yuan Merchant Alliance; the Tian Shu Alliance and the Nine Immortals Society were in the same predicament. The high-level divination powers of these three top forces were mobilized at full strength, yet they still couldn't find Ning Fa's whereabouts. Seeing no effect, the Ancient Venerable immediately went to the Cang Yuan cultivation world, taking control of many Ning family members and almost completely slaughtering those with spiritual roots to refine Bloodline Pearls, hoping to locate Ning Fa, but to no avail.

As the war with the human race and the sea monster race intensified, the Tian Shu Alliance and the Nine Immortals Society gradually gave up their pursuit of Ning Fa.

But the Ancient Venerable never gave up, because besides Ning Fa, there was also Ning Fa's daughter, Ning Le'er.

Because these two Nascent Soul cultivators were retainers of the Gu family, they knew some secret information.

Previously, the Ancient Venerable had repeatedly used the Heavenly Treasure "Mysterious Obscure Spirit Plate" at the cost of consuming its spiritual power, in an attempt to locate the two individuals.

As a result, fifty years ago, this extraordinary treasure discovered the location of Ning Fa's daughter, Ning Le'er, which was none other than Xuan Ning Island.

The ancient venerable one immediately rushed over, but by the time he arrived, Xuan Ning Island seemed to have received advance notice and was already deserted.

After that, the Xuanhui Fengling Plate could no longer find any trace of Ning Le'er.

Unwilling to give up, the Ancient Venerable set up this guard barrier, hoping to catch Ning Fa, this big fish, and left the two of them here to guard.

For some reason, the Ancient Venerable was certain that Ningfa would return here.

"Fifty years have already passed..."

Ningfa murmured.

He hadn't expected that after losing the protection of the Far Star Fairy, Huangfu Ziyue and the others could still shield themselves from the pursuit of that Heavenly Treasure, and he wondered what methods they used.

But in any case, it's good that his loved ones are safe; the situation is much better than he had originally expected.

This time, he owed a great debt to Fairy Yuanxing and the Ziyin Clan.

But it's not all good news.

Although the people on Xuan Ning Island did not fall into enemy hands, Ning Fa's son, Ning An, was immediately taken into custody by the Tian Shu Alliance and then handed over to the Qian Yuan Merchant Alliance.

The surviving members of the Ning family were all transferred by the Qian Yuan Merchant Alliance to the territory of the Great Qin Immortal Cultivation World.

The reason they weren't killed was because Ning Fa had been missing without a trace. The Ancient Venerable was thinking that if Ning Fa reappeared in the future, he could use Ning Fa's relatives as bargaining chips.

However, given the status of these two Nascent Soul cultivators, they naturally did not know where these Ning family members were being held.

A fierce killing intent flashed in Ning Fa's eyes, and it took him a while to suppress the surging emotions in his heart.

In any case, Ning An is still alive, and some members of the Ning family have survived, such as the First Elder Ning Zhongyuan, Ning Zhongjiu, and even his third uncle Ning Hongye.

The ancient venerable deliberately preserved these Ning family members of the highest status, intending to use them to blackmail Ning Fa in the future.

Regardless, this is good news. He must rescue them no matter what, and he must act immediately.

In addition, Ningfa also received another important piece of information from the two.

First of all, Gu Zun has also entered Mitian Valley. Moreover, not only him, but also Yuan Zun, Xuan Yi Shen Jun, and other mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, as well as some powerful early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, have all entered Mitian Valley.

The same was true for the sea tribes; the number of Nascent Soul cultivators from both sides entering Mitian Valley was roughly the same, suggesting that they had reached some kind of agreement.

However, just as Su Wanwan had said, something unexpected happened in Mitian Valley, making it impossible to enter or leave. Those Nascent Soul experts were trapped inside for decades.

The reason they were said to be trapped was that the primordial spirit lamps of many Nascent Soul cultivators who entered the area had not been extinguished.

Secondly, there is another important piece of news.

Gu Zun's great-grandson, Gu Ying, will soon be getting married. His Daoist partner is a disciple of a human cultivator who has reached the Nascent Soul stage, and is said to possess a very superior innate spiritual body.

The Qian Yuan Business Alliance attaches great importance to this and began preparing for the dual cultivation ceremony for the two several years ago. It will be officially held in less than a month.

Although the Ancient Venerable is still trapped in Mitian Valley, one of his clones remains and will preside over the wedding.

Many high-ranking cultivators on the human side have already received invitations, and the Qian Yuan Merchant Alliance also plans to hold a grand auction in conjunction with Gu Ying's wedding.

These two retainers of the Gu family were also deeply regretful that they could not attend Gu Ying's wedding in person, because the Gu family would be giving out generous rewards on that day.

"The Dual Cultivation Ceremony... Ah, what a coincidence."

Ning Fa uttered a sentence softly, but his eyes flashed with a chilling light like that of ten thousand years of ice.

"This is just in time. I will make this grand wedding completely stained with blood, and make the Gu family, along with the Qian Yuan Business Alliance, disappear from the world."

Ning Fa looked at the two unconscious men lying on the ground, his eyes flashing with murderous intent.

But before he could unleash his killing spree, he had to rescue Ning An and the rest of the Ning family so that he would have no worries about the future.

As for how to rescue him, Ning Fa thought for a moment and came up with an idea.

His hands suddenly emitted a white light, enveloping the heads of the two Gu family retainers.

After several breaths, Ningfa stopped casting the spell, and the two people slowly stood up.

They looked bewildered at first, then bowed respectfully to Ning Fa and said, "Greetings, Your Excellency."

At this point, the two men were completely under Ning Fa's control.

Ning Fa smiled slightly, then a series of crackling sounds came from his body, his figure shrank by three inches, and after a burst of spiritual light on his face, he also changed his appearance.

He looked to be only twenty-four or twenty-five years old, with a handsome appearance, somewhat resembling his original face, and even more like his son Ning An.

At the same time, Ning Fa's aura also dropped, quickly falling to the early stage of Core Formation, making him look like he had just formed his core not long ago.

"Master Lu, let's go."

Ning Fa smiled at the old man in the Taoist robe.

"Okay, my lord."

The old man in the Taoist robe bowed slightly and led the way toward the exit.

Several days later, a magnificent crane carrying an old man in a Taoist robe and Ning Fa in disguise arrived in Zhenhai City.

After the Taoist elder took out the token of the Qian Yuan Merchant Alliance, the two traveled without hindrance and arrived directly at the inner city of Zhenhai City. They then went to the top of a spiritual mountain over a thousand feet high in the west of the city.

This place boasts a continuous cluster of palaces and an extremely high concentration of spiritual veins. It is the core area of ​​the Great Qin cultivation world within Zhenhai City, and the ultra-long-distance teleportation array leading to the Great Qin cultivation world is also located here.

Soon, the two arrived in front of a magnificent white hall, which was enveloped by a crystal-clear tri-colored light shield.

This time, the Taoist elder's token, which had considerable authority, was useless, and the two could only wait patiently in front of him.

Before long, the light barrier in front of them rippled like water, and a tall figure walked out.

This person was dressed in heavy yellow armor, had a full beard, and possessed extremely powerful spiritual pressure, indicating that his cultivation had reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

He looked at the old man in the Taoist robe and couldn't help but show surprise: "You old Taoist, I remember you went to carry out a secret mission, why are you suddenly here? And who is this Core Formation kid you brought with you?"

As he spoke, he looked at Ning Fa. Without making any move, the bamboo hat on Ning Fa's head, which could easily shield others from divine sense detection, was thrown backward, revealing Ning Fa's face.

Ning Fa's face was pale, and besides his anger, his eyes also showed undisguised fear and frustration.

"Huh, this person..." Upon seeing Ning Fa in disguise, this late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator seemed to remember something and stared intently at Ning Fa, scrutinizing him closely.

At this moment, the old man in the Taoist robe stroked his beard and smiled, a hint of pride on his face. He moved his lips slightly and transmitted his voice:

"Commander Wen, you should have noticed, right? This kid looks very similar to that person."

Hehe, because he is Ning An's long-lost bloodline, that is, Ning Fa's grandson, named Ning Zhuo.

He had been living in seclusion, having just reached the Core Formation stage a few years ago. He assumed that after so much time, they would have given up on Xuanning Island, so he secretly came here, hoping to obtain a treasure hidden in a secret treasure trove on the island.

As a result, my friend Ma and I discovered it, caught it red-handed, and even followed the clues to find the secret treasure.

"Tsk tsk, the magical creatures inside are truly tempting. No wonder this kid risked coming even knowing the danger."

(End of this chapter)