Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 879 Ancient Secrets
Another day passed, and Ning Fa met with the six Nascent Soul elders of the Fuling Hall and a group of Core Formation disciples.

At this moment, only Ning Fa and Murong Zhaoxue remained in the main hall, which belonged exclusively to the hall master.

Murong Zhaoxue looked at Ning Fa with a joyful expression, while Ning Fa pondered and his eyes flickered slightly.

After a detailed discussion, he now had a general understanding of the situation at the Fuling Hall.

It can be said that despite the great calamity suffered by the Fuling Palace, its foundation and strength are still very strong.

As far as he knew, of the six Nascent Soul cultivators in the hall, five were lightning cultivators, two of whom were dual cultivators of both physical and magical bodies, and three possessed lightning-attribute spiritual bodies.

It's no exaggeration to say that one of them might be equivalent to two or three ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.

It can be said that if this were the Five Spirits Sea, the Fuling Palace would definitely be ranked second in strength right now.

At this moment, Ning Fa looked at Murong Zhaoxue and smiled, "Now that the leaders of the Punishment Hall and the Nether Hall are undecided, Zhaoxue, which hall do you want to be the leader of?"

Given the relationship between Ning Fa and Murong Zhaoxue, it was natural to appoint Murong Zhaoxue as one of the palace masters.

Upon hearing this, Murong Zhaoxue was not surprised. Her beautiful face blossomed into a smile as she said, "I will remain the Hall Master of the Punishment Hall."

Ning Fa nodded and then asked, "So, who do you think is most suitable to be the Palace Master of the Netherworld?"

Murong Zhaoxue looked thoughtful and slowly said, "I think Senior Brother Tie is more suitable to take on this role."

Ning Fa was slightly surprised to hear this. The senior brother Tie that Murong Zhaoxue mentioned was none other than Tie Hengye, the elder of the Youdian Palace, who was also the dark-faced man in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm who cultivated both physical and magical abilities.

Based on Ning Fa's previous slight perception, he should be the strongest among the six elders, and his strength should be much greater than Gu Huai's.

Of course, if Murong Zhaoxue also advances to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, then with her spiritual body advantage, she should be stronger than this person.

“I thought you would recommend Gu Huai,” Ning Fa couldn’t help but laugh.

After all, as far as he knew, Murong Zhaoxue and Gu Huai had a very good relationship and had always been in the same faction.

Murong Zhaoxue said with a charming smile, "Changning, you don't know this, but Senior Brother Tie has a very high reputation in the palace."

Moreover, since Senior Brother Gu and I were from the same faction, if we were to take over the positions of both hall masters, many disciples might feel resentful, leading to unnecessary internal strife.

Moreover, Senior Brother Tie is a man who has always been impartial and selfless, and utterly loyal to the palace.

Ning Fa nodded. Based on his previous interactions with Tie Hengye, he had a good impression of the man.

What pleased him was that Murong Zhaoxue considered the issue entirely from his perspective and did not show favoritism.

Then, his expression turned serious, and he said, "Zhaoxue, I will likely be traveling for a while, and there is something I need you to do for me personally."

As he spoke, he flipped his right hand and took out a jade slip and a storage ring, handing them to Murong Zhaoxue.

"This jade slip contains a batch of spiritual materials that I need, most of which are rare and hard to come by even for Nascent Soul cultivators."

I hope that you, Zhaoxue, will mobilize the resources within the palace to search for me. Of course, I don't expect you to find everything, just as much as you can. Even if you don't find it, it would be good to know some relevant clues.

Moreover, I know that the palace is currently in a period of recuperation and development. Although it still has a lot of resources, it cannot all be used to find these spiritual items for me.

Therefore, this storage ring contains a large sum of spirit stones that I left behind, as well as a batch of precious spiritual items, which should last for a while.

The spiritual materials listed in Ningfa's jade slip are basically those that can help open up the Thunder Sea Divine Treasury, the spiritual materials needed to forge the remaining parts of the Divine Firmament Thunder Armor, and spiritual items that can help cultivate the Divine Firmament Dharma Image and the Heart of the Moon God.

Ning Fa didn't expect Murong Zhaoxue to find much, but even finding one or two percent would be a great help to him.

He also left behind tens of millions of spirit stones and resources of roughly the same value.

Murong Zhaoxue was initially surprised upon hearing this, but after scanning the contents of the jade slip with her divine sense, she wore a wry smile, yet replied without hesitation:
"Changning, don't worry, I will definitely do my best to handle this matter."

Ning Fa smiled and nodded.

At this moment, Murong Zhaoxue suddenly licked her rosy lips, her starry eyes misty with rain, looking at him with seductive charm.

"Changning, it's been so long since we've been intimate..."

As she spoke, she took off her clothes and snuggled into Ning Fa's arms.

Ning Fa was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled and picked her up by the waist, carrying her towards the jade bed behind him.

After a long while, Murong Zhaoxue left the place with somewhat unsteady steps.

Ning Fa sat down at the table and solemnly took out the long white box.

This is the handwritten letter left by the old ancestor Jue Lei.

Ningfa gently touched the object, unsure how to open the box.

But he remembered what the hermit Wuxin had said: only those with the Five Elements Thunder Body could open it.

Thinking of this, Ning Fa had a thought, and the Five Elements Thunder Pattern, which symbolized the Five Elements Thunder Body, appeared in his dantian.

The moment it appeared, the long white box in Ningfa's hand seemed to be stimulated; the mysterious patterns on its surface suddenly lit up, and after a brief exchange, the lid opened automatically. Inside was a parchment scroll covered with dense writing.

Ning Fa's gaze sharpened, and after briefly scanning with his divine sense, he eagerly began to peruse the text.

This took several hours to complete.

Finally, Ningfa put down the parchment scroll, his expression shifting, his eyes filled with shock and excitement.

This handwritten book does indeed focus on how Ancestor Jue Lei opened up the Thunder Sea Divine Treasury within his body after forming his Nascent Soul, such as what kind of spiritual objects he used and how he obtained these spiritual objects.

However, Ning Fa couldn't help but smile bitterly after reading it, because the time when Ancestor Jue Lei lived was 100,000 years ago. At that time, the abundance of spiritual resources in the cultivation world, although not comparable to that of ancient times, was still much better than it is now.

Even so, it can be said that the Ancestor Jue Lei relied mostly on luck and opportunity to obtain these spiritual items used to condense innate thunder seeds, so they were simply difficult for him to replicate.

However, it cannot be said that there were no gains; on the contrary, Ning benefited greatly.

Because the Ancestor Jue Lei had also listed some places where one might obtain spiritual objects that could condense innate thunder seeds. Some of these were places he had originally planned to go to, but he didn't go because he accidentally condensed an innate thunder seed.

These places are all extremely dangerous, so it is very likely that those spiritual creatures still exist even today.

This was of great help to Ningfa, at least giving him some direction.

At the same time, the Old Ancestor Jue Lei also recorded his experience and insights in the process of opening up the deep thunder sea in his body, as well as some detours he took.

He even possessed some special divine abilities that he comprehended after advancing to the Nascent Soul stage, which were specifically used through the Five Elements Divine Thunder and were extremely powerful.

These records were naturally of great help to Ningfa as well.

Besides these, there is another document in this scroll, which is about the final whereabouts of Ancestor Jue Lei.

This part of the record greatly shocked Ningfa.

When Ancestor Jue Lei advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, he already felt the constraints of heaven and earth. Even with his Five Elements Thunder Body, he could only barely advance to the mid-Nascent Soul stage and could hardly make any further progress.

Naturally, Ancestor Jue Lei was unwilling to be trapped and die here, so he traveled all over the human realm in search of a way to ascend to immortality.

During this process, through some special opportunities, he discovered a shocking secret!

That's why the human realm they currently inhabit is experiencing a major change in the primordial energy of heaven and earth.

According to Ancestor Jue Lei, about a million years ago, a person from the spirit realm came to their lower realm with an unimaginable treasure.

This treasure is of a much higher grade than ordinary Heavenly Treasures.

The human realm did not lose contact with the spirit realm at that time, and soon the human race, demon race, sea race, giant spirit race and other races in the spirit realm also learned of this news.

They all spared no expense in sending their men down to inspect and compete for the treasure.

Somehow, news of this matter even reached the Ancient Demon Realm, so the Ancient Demon Realm also sent many demon cultivators to break through the boundary and come to the human realm to compete for this treasure.

Therefore, during that period, the entire human world was filled with bloodshed and constant fighting.

According to Ancestor Jue Lei's deduction, at that time, there were likely even more terrifying beings in the lower realm, such as cultivators who had reached the Void Refinement stage.

The Thunder Ancestor didn't know how long this battle lasted. Later, by chance, he obtained the will of a master from the lower realm, who was none other than the Heavenly Evolution Daoist mentioned by the Hermit of Enlightenment.

The Thunder God Ancestor received a shocking piece of news from the last letter of the Heavenly Evolution Daoist:

It turns out that the treasure was actually the legendary Xuan Tian Ling Bao!

It's not complete; it seems to be only a part of it.

Even so, upon receiving this news, the major races in the Spirit Realm went mad with excitement, and thus spent a great deal of resources to send numerous experts down to the mortal realm in an attempt to seize this Xuan Tian treasure.

Even in the vast Spirit Realm, the Xuan Tian Ling Bao is a top-tier treasure, possessed only by the most powerful clans. It is unexpected that it would fall into the human realm by chance.

According to Tianyan Daoren's deduction, it is very likely that a mysterious race in the Spirit Realm possessed this Xuan Tian Treasure, but this race suffered a great calamity, causing some of its members to bring part of this Xuan Tian Treasure to their human realm.

The members of that mysterious race, under the siege of numerous experts from the lower realms, finally activated that profound treasure.

Instead of directly eliminating those experts from the lower realms, they severed the connection between the human realm and the spirit realm, preventing the races of the spirit realm from sending reinforcements down.

Therefore, this is the fundamental reason for the great change in the spiritual energy of this world. Since this world is an auxiliary realm of the spirit world, after losing contact with the spirit world, it is like water without a source, and naturally the spiritual energy declines day by day.

Meanwhile, the top experts from the lower realms joined forces and, taking advantage of the fact that the Xuan Tian Treasure could not be used again for a short period of time, engaged in a final battle with the mysterious race in a place called Mi Tian Valley.

As for what happened afterward, even the Heavenly Daoist didn't know.

Because he cultivated a special soul-splitting technique, his main body entered Mitian Valley, while his split soul remained outside.

However, his main body suffered some terrible attack, and his external split soul was also severely injured.

Knowing his days were numbered, he left behind this will and his lineage of teachings for those who would be destined to follow.

(End of this chapter)