Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 909 Targeted Attack from a High-Ranking Cultivator
Ning Fa frowned and said, "What's there to hide from me? Is someone targeting the Huayu Sect?"

As he said this, a sharp, cold glint flashed in Ning Fa's eyes.

At this moment, Qiu Zheng spoke up: "That's right, Senior Brother Ouyang, what's there to be ashamed of about Uncle Ning? I've had enough too!"

At this point, Qiu Zheng was already furious.

Then he shouted loudly, "Uncle-Master is right, someone is targeting our Huayu Sect!"
Since the Supreme Elder Council issued this regulation, in addition to regular missions, our sect's name has often appeared on the list of those carrying out high-difficulty missions.

Therefore, despite the great sacrifices our sect made, the mission was not completed as well as expected, resulting in fewer battle merits compared to other sects, which led to our current situation.

Therefore, in order to preserve this sacred mountain, even though most of our sect's Core Formation elders are injured, Uncle-Master Cang Lei still has to lead the team to complete the mission, hoping to gain even greater merit.

Upon hearing this, Ning Fa was furious. A terrifying spiritual pressure emanated from him, instantly turning the hall into an abyss.

The group of Core Formation elders immediately turned pale and even felt difficulty breathing.

But they couldn't help but look at Ning Fa with secret delight, because this was enough to show Ning Fa's astonishing strength.

Ning Fa took a deep breath, suppressing the turmoil in his heart, but still asked angrily, "Why is the Supreme Elder Council targeting our Huayu Sect? And is Senior Brother Cang Lei going to sit idly by and do nothing about this? Didn't he go to the Ling Shu Pavilion to appeal?"

Ouyang Zhenhua sighed and said, "After our Huayu Sect received several high-difficulty missions in succession, Uncle Cang Lei finally couldn't hold back and went to the Elders' Council to demand an explanation."

However, the elders said that, for the sake of fairness, the assignment of such difficult tasks was done by lottery.

So it's just bad luck that our sect kept drawing the same lot, we can't blame anyone else. In fact, we can even let Uncle Cang Lei watch the next draw.

As a result, in the subsequent draws, Uncle Cang Lei was present to watch, but he did not notice anything unusual and was still drawn in most cases.

Uncle Cang Lei was speechless, but we all knew that there must be something fishy going on, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence?

Later, we sought help from Senior Sang Wen of Ling Shu Pavilion. She has now successfully formed her Nascent Soul, and she had agreed to step in and coordinate.

In the years that followed, the tasks our sect received did become more regular.

But this didn't last long; the number of increasingly difficult missions gradually increased, and by then we had lost contact with Senior Sang.

At this moment, Cheng Susu said worriedly, "Husband, it was from that time that I never saw Xiao An again."

Upon hearing this, Ning Fa's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and the aura emanating from his body was extremely terrifying, making the others feel a sense of dread.

Ning Fa then slowly withdrew his aura and said expressionlessly, "I believe that not all the elders in the Elder Council are targeting our sect. It should only be one or two of them, and they seem to be of very high status."

"You should have some leads by now, tell me who it is?"

There was a moment of silence, then Qiu Zheng said in a deep voice, "Based on our guess, it should be two people."

Pei Nanshu, the patriarch of the Pei family, and the Grand Elder of the Jade Void Sect of the Righteous Path Alliance—True Monarch Jade Cicada.

Ning Fa's eyebrows shot up, his face showing surprise.

He never expected it to be these two people.

These two are no ordinary people; they are two of the three newly promoted great cultivators in Cangyuan over the past fifty years.

If these two were the ones causing the trouble, then it's not hard to understand why this situation would occur.

After all, these are two great cultivators, and there are only nine in the entire Cangyuan. Moreover, two of them are still fighting on the western front against the sea race.

No wonder Wu Hong and Cao Xian had such hesitant expressions before, because they really didn't dare to say anything recklessly when it involved a great cultivator.

But the question is, why would these two great cultivators target the Huayu Sect?
Moreover, since their cultivation has reached the level of a great cultivator, why would they target the Huayu Sect, an ordinary Nascent Soul sect?

Could it be because of me?
But I had never met them before.

At this moment, Qiu Zheng continued, "As for why that Jade Cicada True Monarch would target our sect, we have some idea. It's because of one person."

This person's name is Shi Shaoyang; I wonder if my martial uncle still remembers him.

Ning Fa was taken aback upon hearing this.

Shi Shaoyang...

Suddenly, some distant memories surfaced in his mind.

Back at Thousand Waves Lake, before he left the Ning family, Shi Shaoyang was the young master of the Changkong Alliance, a loose cultivator alliance, and was madly infatuated with Meng Ruoqi.

Later, because he helped the Meng family, Shi Shaoyang's master died tragically.

Later, Meng Ruoqi chose to stay in the Ning family. Ning Fa originally wanted to kill Shi Shaoyang directly to eliminate future troubles, but Meng Ruoqi begged him to let him go. Unexpectedly, this person has now appeared.

Ning Fa's face immediately darkened as he asked, "I remember this Shi Shaoyang. What is his relationship with True Monarch Yu Chan?"

Qiu Zheng said in a deep voice, "It has a significant connection, because Shi Shaoyang is the husband of Yu Chan Zhenjun's daughter."

Legend has it that when Yu Chan Zhenjun's only daughter encountered danger while traveling, she was saved by Shi Shaoyang at great personal risk, which is why Yu Chan Zhenjun valued her highly.

Later, Shi Shaoyang married his daughter and became her Daoist partner. Shi Shaoyang was also accepted as a personal disciple by Yu Chan Zhenjun.

Therefore, because of Jade Cicada True Monarch, Shi Shaoyang now holds a very high position, and even ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators have to give him face.

"And Shi Shaoyang is this person..." Qiu Zheng hesitated before speaking, but Ning Fa already knew the answer.

If it is Shi Shaoyang, then he has a perfectly good motive to cause trouble for the Huayu Sect or the Ning family.

But Ningfa still couldn't contain his anger.

As for Shi Shaoyang, well, I stole his beloved back then, so it's normal for him to retaliate now that he's in power. Anyway, now that I'm back, I'll definitely retaliate in kind.

The problem is that True Monarch Yu Chan actually disregarded the dignity of a great cultivator and was influenced by his son-in-law to target a Nascent Soul sect, especially when it was during the fight against foreign enemies.

At this moment, Ning Fa's expression suddenly changed as he thought of Meng Ruoqi.

After all, the root of Shi Shaoyang's hatred lies with Meng Ruoqi. Now that he has gained power, he is very likely to take revenge on Meng Ruoqi first.

At this moment, Cheng Susu looked at him worriedly and quickly said, "Husband, you don't need to worry, Ruoqi is fine."

Indeed, a mysterious cultivator appeared and tried to kidnap Ruoqi, but fortunately, Uncle Canglei discovered the attempt and scared the man away.

Later, we learned about Shi Shaoyang's situation, so we kept Ruoqi in the sect's important area. She's on the mountain now, and my husband will see her soon.

Hearing this, Ningfa felt relieved.

He clenched his fists, his heart filled with rage. How dare they come to his door to kidnap him? He wanted nothing more than to rush over and kill them right now.

He suppressed his emotions and asked again, "Then what about this Pei family patriarch, Pei Nanshu?"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Ouyang Zhenhua hesitated slightly and said, "To this day, we still don't understand why this patriarch of the Pei family is targeting our Huayu Sect."

In fact, this person's hostility towards our Huayu Sect and the Ning family is even greater than that of Jade Cicada True Monarch.

Compared to this person, Jade Cicada True Lord can only be considered an accomplice, while he is the mastermind.

Back then, even the Nascent Soul elders like Miaoyin, Yunjing, and Tianfu couldn't stand it anymore and jointly made a request to the Elders Council.

They hoped that, given that our Huayu Sect had been undertaking a series of high-difficulty missions, we could be given some easier missions to allow us to rest and recuperate, but these requests were directly rejected by the Pei family patriarch.

We even heard that the sect leader of another major righteous sect, the Jingming Sect, also pleaded for leniency, but Pei Nanshu directly refused.

Upon hearing this, Ning Fa momentarily forgot his anger and felt extremely puzzled.

How is this going?

I had never even heard of this Pei family patriarch before, so why would he have such great hostility towards the Huayu Sect and the Ning family?
Moreover, the fact that it targets both the Huayu Sect and the Ning family suggests that it might also be related to me.

At this moment, Cheng Ziyi said with a worried look, "Xiao Fa, you need to calm down. You may not know these two, but they are newly promoted great cultivators in recent years."

So don't act impulsively. Now that you're back, I believe those two won't go too far in the future.

Cheng Susu also said with concern, "Yes, my husband, you must calm down."

Others also offered their advice, after all, no matter how much they had faith in Ning Fa, the opponents were two great cultivators, and the thought of it was enough to make them despair.

Ning Fa's eyes flashed with a cold light.

They were just two newly advanced Grand Cultivators, their strength at most that of Lower-level Grand Cultivators. It was very likely that even if the two of them joined forces, they would not be a match for him.

They actually dared to mess with me, and now that I'm back, they can expect to be dealt with.

If you anger him, he won't care about the big picture or the overall situation. If he doesn't give you a satisfactory explanation, he'll kill both of them without hesitation!

The sharp aura emanating from Ning Fa startled everyone. Just as they were about to offer further advice, Ning Fa suddenly returned to normal and asked curiously:

"What's going on with Kongli Zhenjun of our Yunhuang Alliance, and that Sword Lord Xu Yi?"

"Aren't they going to do anything about their own alliance being bullied like this by other powerful cultivators?"

Upon hearing this, everyone exchanged glances, their faces showing unease, as if they didn't know how to speak.

Ning Fa frowned, then suddenly realized something and slowly said, "Could it be related to me?"

Ouyang Zhenhua nodded with a wry smile: "That's right. For some reason, both Kongli Zhenjun and Jianjun seem to dislike our martial uncle very much. So even though they didn't come out to cause us any trouble, they didn't help us either."

Ning Fajian frowned, then his mind raced, and suddenly a possibility came to mind.

Could it be because of the goddess Zhu Lingyun?

Did Kongli Zhenjun and Xu Yi find out about what happened between her and me?
But Ningfa still found it hard to understand.

He didn't believe Zhu Lingyun would tell such a private matter to others, especially Xu Yi.

At this moment, Ning Fa recalled the strange look on Wu Hong's face when he inquired about Zhu Lingyun's recent situation, and the fact that Zhu Lingyun had been in seclusion for many years.

At this moment, Ning Fa had a vague feeling that Zhu Lingyun's seclusion was probably not so simple.

Something must have happened, and it's very likely related to me, which is why Kong Li and Xu Yi both dislike me so much.

So what is going on?

(End of this chapter)