Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 955 Sword Source Pearl

At this moment, Ning Fa looked at the girl in the blue dress who had also breathed a sigh of relief.

"you know me?"

The girl in the blue dress immediately smiled charmingly and said, "Now, who doesn't know Senior Ning's name?"

Ning Fa smiled, ignored the two, and walked straight into the Sword Training Valley.

Although he never forgot about taking revenge on the Pei family.

However, we are currently at the gate of Ling Shu Pavilion, and Pei Ruiqing is a core disciple of Ling Shu Pavilion.

Even if he doesn't care about the monk, he should at least consider the Buddha's sake. If he were to take action against Pei Ruiqing, it would indeed be difficult to explain to Ling Shu Pavilion and Layman Xu Yuan, especially since he had received considerable favors from Ling Shu Pavilion.

Pei Ruiqing felt as if he had been granted a pardon, and quickly set off on his escape route.

Soon, Ning Fa used the elder's token that Sang Wen had given him to bypass the restrictions outside the Sword Training Valley and enter.

Looking around, a faint gray mist filled the valley, obscuring the view of its interior. A winding blue stone path could be vaguely seen extending into the depths of the valley.

On the valley walls on both sides of the road, only some openings were carved out, from which the faint sound of sharp sword cries could be heard.

At this moment, Ning Fa's expression changed. He sensed a slight disturbance in his sword soul bead, and it seemed to be drawn from deep within the valley.

Just as Ning Fa stepped forward, a gray-robed cultivator approached him with apparent slowness but actually urgency, and respectfully bowed, saying, "Greetings, Senior Ning."

This person was slightly hunched over with gray hair, and was at the peak of the late stage of Core Formation.

What's unusual is that this person covered their eyes with a layer of gray cloth, it's unclear whether it was due to an eye ailment or some other special circumstance.

"Who are you?" Ning Fa asked, his expression unchanged.

"I am Ni Yan, the guardian of this Sword Training Valley."

Elder Sang had previously informed me that Senior Ning was very likely to come here, and asked me to prepare for his arrival. Now, Senior Ning has indeed come.

Ni Yan said respectfully.

“I am indeed very interested in this Sword Training Valley. I would be grateful if you could give me a brief introduction.” Ning Fa smiled faintly.

“Of course.” Ni Yan gestured for them to proceed and led the way forward.

"Senior Ning, there are nine sword valleys in our Sword Training Valley, divided into three levels: Heaven, Earth, and Human. Each level has three sword valleys."

These sword valleys each possess unique methods for honing swordsmanship, designed to refine the minds and swordsmanship of their disciples.

As Ni Yan led Ning Fa forward, he introduced the various sword valleys on both sides of the road.

Before long, the two reached the end of the Sword Training Valley, having already passed all nine Sword Valleys.

Ni Yan respectfully asked, "I wonder which Sword Valley Senior Ning intends to visit?"

Ning Fa pondered for a moment. He could sense that the thing that caused the Sword Soul Pearl to move was not in one of the nine Sword Valleys.

Thinking of this, he immediately released his divine sense and probed into the depths of the valley.

Then his eyes brightened slightly as he looked ahead and said, "I see another Sword Valley a few hundred feet ahead. What is that place?"

"Senior Ning is indeed incredibly powerful. That Sword Valley was sealed off by our sect with a special restriction, but I didn't expect it to still be discovered by you," Ni Yan said in surprise.

"Sealed off? Why is that?" Ning Fa asked, somewhat puzzled.

"The main reason is that the Sword Valley is too fierce, and not ordinary cultivators can withstand the sword intent within it."

Previously, there had been several incidents where our disciples entered this place to hone their swordsmanship, only to be devoured and killed by the violent sword intent. This included even a Nascent Soul elder. Therefore, the Pavilion Master later ordered the sealing off of this Sword Valley.

Ni Yan answered honestly.

"Oh, I see. But I am very interested in this Sword Valley. May I go in and take a look?" Ning Fa asked, his eyes flashing slightly.

Ni Yan hesitated only slightly before nodding and saying, "Since Senior Ning has spoken, then of course it is possible."

As he spoke, the man continued to lead the way forward.

Before long, the two arrived at what appeared to be an ordinary valley wall.

As Ni Yan cast several spells, the valley wall in front of him shimmered with spiritual light, revealing a blood-red gate several meters high.

With a creak, the blood-red gate slowly opened.

"Senior Ning, be careful!" Ni Yan shouted immediately, and he also summoned a black shield-like magic weapon to block in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, a fierce sword aura, seemingly tangible, rushed towards us.

Ning Fa stood with his hands behind his back, making no defensive movements, but the fierce sword energy shattered before it even got close to him.

Ni Yan glanced at Ning Fa, noticing his surprise, and then led the way inside.

This sword valley was only a few hundred feet in size, but the walls around it were covered with deep sword marks, which now seemed to breathe, emitting bursts of blood-red sword light.

Just one glance at these sword marks made Ning Fa feel a slight stinging pain in his eyes, which made him shudder.

The person who left these sword marks must have had an extremely high level of swordsmanship.

At this moment, his sword soul bead was shining brightly in his storage ring, with sword shadows rapidly moving across its surface, clearly indicating that what attracted it was here.

Ni Yan had already lowered his head deeply, seemingly unable to bear looking at the sword marks.

"Who left these sword marks?" Ning Fa asked, his eyes narrowing slightly.

“I wonder if Senior Ning has heard of the Sword Demon? After all, he was originally from the Jiang Kingdom, and these sword marks were left by him.” Ni Yan’s answer greatly surprised Ning Fa.

"It's actually the Sword Demon!"

This Sword Demon Ning Fa is very familiar to them. He is indeed from their Jiang Kingdom and has extremely high talent in swordsmanship.

Driven by revenge for the annihilation of his clan, he slaughtered countless people in the Jiang Kingdom, attracting a joint attack from the five major Nascent Soul sects of the Jiang Kingdom, and ultimately disappeared without a trace.

There are even rumors that the Nascent Soul Elder of the Giant Sword Sect cherished his sword talent and secretly hid him away, which led to the other four major sects joining forces to interrogate him.

Ning Fa's connection with the Sword Demon is not insignificant either, after all, the Myriad Swords Diagram he obtained before came from this Sword Demon.

Later, by chance, he obtained another Ten Thousand Swords Diagram in Kowloon Sea. The two were merged together and eventually traced back to their origin to become this Sword Soul Pearl.

Unexpectedly, the Sword Soul Bead has been touched again by the sword mark left by the Sword Demon.

Ning Fa did not immediately inquire about the reason, but instead asked, "Why would the Sword Demon appear in your Ling Shu Pavilion?"

Ni Yan replied: "Actually, I'm not entirely clear on the reasons behind this."

About two hundred years ago, Elder Li of our pavilion brought back a person, and this person was none other than the Sword Demon.

Although he was also at the Nascent Soul stage at the time, he was severely injured and even went insane.

However, Elder Li valued his talent in swordsmanship, so he still wanted to try to save him.

Later, it was discovered that the special sword energy in this Sword Training Valley helped suppress his madness, so a Sword Valley was established here to imprison him.

But a year later, the sword demon suddenly and mysteriously disappeared, leaving only these sword marks.

Initially, the sword energy emanating from these sword marks wasn't so fierce, which is why the sect leader ordered them to be opened to ordinary disciples. However, for some reason, the sword energy here became increasingly fierce later on.

The sect leader originally intended to destroy this place outright, but ultimately, perhaps due to other considerations, decided to seal it off instead.

Upon hearing this, Ning Fa's eyes flickered slightly.

This sword demon definitely has a secret, and it's even very possible that he once went to Kowloon Sea, otherwise how could he have obtained that Myriad Swords Diagram?
"I understand. Fellow Daoist, please go out first. I intend to observe from here for a while," Ning Fa said, his expression unchanged.

Ni Yan reminded him, "Senior Ning, be careful."

With that, he left, and the blood-red door closed again.

The dense crimson sword light surrounding him surged toward Ning Fa like ferocious fish that had smelled blood.

However, Ning Fa was surrounded by golden lightning, which easily shattered these blood-red sword lights.

At this moment, Ning Fa waved his hand in front of him, and a white, round bead appeared in a ball of light, which was the Sword Soul Bead.

The sword soul bead emitted a bright white light and began to fly around the cave with a "whoosh," which Ning Fa stared at intently.

Not long after, the Sword Soul Bead suddenly stopped in front of a sword mark. Its white light flashed, and the sword mark also lit up with a dazzling blood-red sword light, as if reflecting its light.

Immediately afterwards, something flew out from the sword mark; it was a black iron piece about the size of a finger.

Before Ning Fa could examine the black iron piece closely, it instantly flew into the Sword Soul Pearl and disappeared.

At the same time, the white sword shadows on the surface of the Sword Soul Pearl flickered wildly as if boiling.

Seeing this, Ning Fa merely frowned slightly and made no other move.

After a while, the area around the sword spirit bead returned to calm. At the same time, Ning Fa immediately felt that the fierce sword energy in the cave had greatly weakened.

Ning Fa narrowed his eyes slightly, then with a wave of his hand, the sword soul bead flew back to him.

Despite Ningfa's careful observation, he could not see any difference between it and the original.

Just then, he suddenly raised an eyebrow, because the Heavenly Book of Crossing Origin in his sea of ​​consciousness also stirred.

A glint of light flashed in Ning Fa's eyes. With a thought, the Heavenly Book of Crossing Origins slowly appeared before him. A burst of white light flashed on its surface, revealing the pattern of the Sword Soul Pearl.

Then a burst of white light extended, and another seemingly identical white bead pattern appeared below.

A mysterious message then appeared in Ningfa's sea of ​​consciousness:

"A beginner-level sword source bead can be traced using one fourth-level source point or three hundred third-level source points."

"Sword Source Pearl?..."

Ning Fa looked at the Heavenly Book of Crossing Origins before him and couldn't help but be somewhat taken aback.

Unexpectedly, the original Sword Soul Bead, after being integrated into that black iron piece, could actually trace its origin again, and it even required a fourth-tier source point, which is enough to show that this Sword Soul Bead is extraordinary.

Ningfa's expression was solemn, his eyes deep in thought.

He now has a vague feeling that this sword demon is probably closely related to the already destroyed Lingxu Sword Pavilion.

That black, iron-like object is very likely an item from the Lingxu Sword Pavilion.

Moreover, it must be very special, which is why the Sword Soul Pearl can be upgraded into a higher-level spiritual object—the Sword Source Pearl—after being integrated into it.

So, this Sword Source Bead is very likely also used to hone sword intent, and judging from the fact that it requires such a high source point to trace its origin, the effect of the Sword Source Bead is probably incomparable to that of the Sword Soul Bead.

Thinking of this, Ning Fa couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.

After all, the Heavenly Book of Crossing Origins now contains a little bit of fourth-order Origin Points and several hundred third-order Origin Points, which can be used to trace the origin.

(End of this chapter)