Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 904 The Cangyuan Transformation (Part 2)

Sure enough, in Ruan Bingxin's subsequent narration, she briefly mentioned the casualties in the Cangyuan cultivation world, which were truly shocking.

Over the past few decades, the Cangyuan cultivation world has lost more than fifty Nascent Soul cultivators, thousands more Core Formation cultivators, and countless Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators. The losses can be described as extremely severe.

However, during the same period, many new high-level cultivators, such as those at the Core Formation and Nascent Soul stages, appeared one after another, much more frequently than usual, and even more Foundation Establishment cultivators appeared.

This is not because of any divine blessing upon the Cangyuan cultivation world.

Rather, it was because, faced with dire straits, all forces in Cangyuan, large and small, no longer held back, and released their treasured Foundation Establishment Pills, Crystal Condensation Pills, and other precious pills necessary for breaking through to Foundation Establishment and Core Formation in large quantities without any restrictions.

As long as you have battle merits, you can easily exchange them, which is why there are a large number of Foundation Establishment and Core Formation cultivators.

In addition, the Ling Shu Pavilion also played a huge role, providing a batch of extremely precious Nascent Soul spiritual items to those listed on the Star Ranking.

Those cultivators who can make it onto the Star Ranking are extraordinary in both potential and strength.

Therefore, many people advanced to the Nascent Soul stage with the help of the Ling Shu Pavilion, and these people were generally quite powerful, and later became an important fighting force against foreign enemies.

Therefore, despite the difficult situation and heavy casualties, the strength of high-level cultivators in the Cangyuan cultivation world has not been too weak.

Especially after more than ten years of precious rest and recuperation, it has recovered a lot of its vitality.

As a result, Ling Shu Pavilion enjoys a high reputation in the Cangyuan cultivation world. Under the leadership of Ling Shu Pavilion, the most outstanding Nascent Soul cultivators in Cangyuan were gathered to form the Supreme Elder Council, which unified the command of strategic matters.

Ning Fa calmed his agitated emotions and asked again, "Fellow Daoist Ruan, why are there sea race spies in your northern ice plains?"

Ruan Bingxin and the other two exchanged glances. Ruan Bingxin gently stroked her hair behind her ear and said casually, "This is also why we want to know. Yesterday, this sea creature spy suddenly appeared in a key location of our Ice Spirit Palace. Fortunately, we discovered him in time and chased him all the way here."

Ning Fa's eyes flickered slightly, realizing that Ruan Bingxin was hiding something. He didn't ask any further questions, but he secretly guessed that the Ice Phoenix Clan's ancestor, Ice Chen, might have a close relationship with the Ice Spirit Palace.

At this moment, Ning Fa seemed to remember something and hurriedly asked, "Fellow Daoist Ruan, what was the matter with the urgent military situation at the front that you mentioned earlier?"

Upon hearing this, Ruan Bingxin and the other two immediately turned serious. Ruan Bingxin slowly said, "Because recently, the Tianli army on the front line has been acting strangely."

According to intelligence reports from some of our spies, Tianli has begun to amass troops in large numbers, so we suspect that Tianli is likely preparing to launch a new round of large-scale war, and the peaceful period of the past ten years is about to end.

Therefore, we are now urgently mobilizing and preparing to go to provide support.

Fellow Daoist Ning can join us. Our Ice Spirit Palace happens to have a teleportation array that can directly transport us to Shenwu City in the southern part of the Martial Kingdom.”

Upon hearing this, Ning Fa couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Unexpectedly, his arrival was quite timely, just in time for Tianli to restart the war. This is good, as it allows him to make a contribution.

With his current strength, plus Black Feather, Blue Lightning, and Little Ice who is about to advance, they are definitely a force to be reckoned with.

This is equivalent to the Cangyuan cultivation world suddenly gaining a mid-level cultivator and two transformed spirit beasts. Especially with the bloodlines of Xiaobing and Landian, although they are only at the initial stage, they are probably comparable to mid-stage transformed demon beasts.

Of course, it would be best for Hei Yu not to make a move rashly. Ning Fa was still very wary of the mysterious and powerful Nine Immortals Society, and Bai Liming was naturally the same, especially since he didn't have much spiritual power left.

At this moment, Ning Fa suddenly noticed that Ye Xuanqing was staring intently at him. She saw that Ye Xuanqing's eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and she opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something to him, but in the end she did not speak.

Ning Fa's eyes flickered slightly as he recalled his encounter with Ye Xuanqing on the Ancient Immortal Island. Ye Xuanqing had taken a liking to Xiao Bing. Could it be that she wanted to ask about Xiao Bing now? With that thought in mind, Ning Fa pretended not to notice.

As they continued talking, a majestic snow-capped mountain soon came into view.

Starting from the mountainside, there are clusters of palaces, bathed in the glow of the setting sun, beautiful and magnificent, like a fairyland. This is Binghua Mountain, where the mountain gate of Bingling Palace is located.

Ruan Bingxin piloted the flying boat straight towards the summit of the snow mountain. Just as she was about to get close, a white streak of light flew out from in front of her.

Both sides slowed down immediately. The streak of light circled and landed on the flying boat, revealing an old man in white robes with white hair and a youthful face. He was a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, and his spiritual pressure was even stronger than that of Ruan Bingxin.

He looked at the group, lingering particularly on Ning Fa for a moment, and then asked, "Junior Sister Ruan, has that sea race spy been captured? And who is this unfamiliar fellow Daoist?"

Ruan Bingxin said in a deep voice, "Senior Brother Mu, that sea clan spy has many tricks up her sleeve. She almost escaped and we failed to capture her alive, but she has already been killed."

After saying that, she pointed to Ning Fa and said with a smile, "This is Fellow Daoist Ning Fa of Huayu Sect. It was Fellow Daoist Ning who happened to be there and killed that sea creature."

After speaking, she introduced Ning Fa, "Fellow Daoist Ning, this is Mu Nianfeng, the Vice Palace Master of our Ice Spirit Palace." "Fellow Daoist Mu," Ning Fa greeted her with a smile.

Mu Nianfeng was surprised. He hadn't expected that it was this stranger who had killed the sea creature, especially since this person was only a Nascent Soul cultivator in the early stage.

He then looked at Ningfa with a puzzled expression, as if he had remembered something.

At this moment, Li Junrui reminded him, "Senior Brother Mu, this is Fellow Daoist Ning Faning, who mysteriously disappeared more than fifty years ago."

Upon hearing this, Mu Nianfeng's expression changed immediately. He finally remembered and looked at Ning Fa with surprise.

"I never expected that Fellow Daoist Ning would not only survive, but has also advanced to the Nascent Soul stage. This is truly a cause for celebration."

Mu Nianfeng then inquired about Ning Fa's experiences out of curiosity, but Ning Fa simply brushed it off.

At this moment, Mu Nianfeng looked at Ruan Bingxin and said, "Junior Sister Ruan, you should be going to report this matter to the Palace Master, right? There's no need to go. The Palace Master just left a few hours ago because the Ling Shu Pavilion urgently invited several great cultivators to a gathering. It seems there is something important going on, so let's just teleport directly to the Wu Kingdom."

Ruan Bingxin was slightly surprised at first, but then agreed. The flying boat then changed direction and flew towards a certain place.

Ning Fa's expression shifted immediately, and he suddenly asked, "How many Grand Cultivators does our Cangyuan have now?"

Ning Fa was curious about this question because, given that Nascent Soul cultivators are rarely seen in the world, Great Cultivators are the pinnacle of combat power in this realm and naturally have a significant impact on the battle situation.

Before Ning Fa left, as far as he knew, Cang Yuan had a total of four great cultivators, one each from the two major alliances of righteousness and demonism, the Yunhuang Alliance, and the Bingyuan Alliance.

A great cultivator shouldn't perish so easily. I wonder if any new great cultivators have advanced in the past fifty years.

Logically, the probability of this happening in such a short time is very low, but given the current special circumstances, things might change, especially with the mysterious Ling Shu Pavilion providing assistance.

Although Ning Fa had anticipated that the number of great cultivators in Cangyuan would increase, Ruan Bingxin's next words still surprised him greatly.

She said in a deep voice, "Currently, there are a total of eight Grand Cultivators in Cangyuan. In addition to the original four Grand Cultivators, including our Palace Master, three more Grand Cultivators have emerged in the past fifty years. Two of them are in the Righteous and Demonic Alliance, and the other is the Pei family patriarch."

These three newly promoted Grand Cultivators were all thanks to the help of the Spirit Pivot Pavilion, and perhaps because our Cangyuan's fortune has not yet run out, they have successively advanced.

As for the last person, he was not a newly advanced great cultivator, but he had remained unknown to others. He was the Pavilion Master of the Spirit Pivot Pavilion, and it is believed that Fellow Daoist Ning will meet them in the future.

Oh, right, besides that, there's also Sword Master Xu Yi from the Heavenly Sword Sect of your Cloud Wilderness Alliance.

Although he is still at the mid-Nascent Soul stage, he has already comprehended the third level of sword intent, making his strength comparable to a true Grand Cultivator. Therefore, we in Cangyuan can now be considered to have nine Grand Cultivators.”

After Ruan Bingxin finished speaking, Ning Fa couldn't help but look surprised. Although he had thought that there might be a lot of great cultivators in Cangyuan, he did not expect there to be so many. This was really beyond his expectations.

It seems that the Ling Shu Pavilion is indeed extremely crucial, directly helping many Core Formation cultivators break through to the Nascent Soul stage, and even to the Great Cultivator stage. This makes him very curious about who founded this force.

Ning Fa couldn't help but think of his son, Ning An. With Ning An's talent and the nurturing he received from the Ling Shu Pavilion, it wouldn't be impossible for him to reach the Core Formation stage after all these years.

Thinking of this, Ningfa's longing for home intensified.

Ning Fa was taken aback again. Cang Yuan had so many powerful cultivators, yet it was still suffering repeated defeats on the main battlefield. What about the strength of the Tian Li cultivation world?
At this moment, Mu Nianfeng also smiled wryly and said, "Fellow Daoist Ning, don't be fooled by the fact that we in Cangyuan have quite a few great cultivators, but Tianli has even more great cultivators."

There are already twelve confirmed cases, and it's certain that Tianli has more than that many great cultivators. The sea race also has four great cultivators, who are even more powerful than ordinary great cultivators.

Therefore, in terms of the number of great cultivators, Cangyuan is still at a great disadvantage.

Moreover, although the number of Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators in Cangyuan is roughly the same as that in Tianli, not by much, the strength of both Tianli and the Sea Clan cultivators is superior to that of their peers in Cangyuan.

Therefore, on the main battlefield, we can only adopt a defensive posture, relying on fortified cities and strong defenses to resist.

Ning Fa frowned upon hearing this. Although he knew that Tian Li was very strong, he did not expect it to be so exaggerated, with so many powerful cultivators.

Judging from this, it seems that Tianli definitely has high-level cultivators, and it's not impossible that they are even top-tier cultivators.

Ningfa sighed inwardly; it seemed this war would be even more arduous than he had imagined.

(End of this chapter)