Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 958 Entering Tianli
The last man was someone Ning Fa had met before; he was Xiao Pengyuan, the elder council member who had visited Huayu Sect before.

This person is also an elder of the Heyi Sect, and is at the mid-Nascent Soul stage.

Ning Fa remembered that he was also ranked forty-first on the Xuan Ranking, indicating that his strength was not low.

"Fellow Daoist Xuyuan, the person we've been waiting for all this time is actually you!"

Ji Lianxing, who was known in the Demonic Alliance for her ever-changing, terrifying yet charming personality, looked astonished, her eyes filled with shock.

Looking at Ning Fa, who stood with his hands behind his back and a faint smile on his face, and feeling the unfathomable spiritual pressure emanating from him, her eyebrows furrowed deeply, and her eyes showed resentment.

She was dissatisfied when Ning Fa surpassed her in the Star Ranking, and even wanted to go to Ning Fa's place to compete with him. However, Ning Fa disappeared in the Ancient Immortal Island and was suspected of perishing, so she had to give up.

Unexpectedly, Ningfa has returned in triumph, not only successfully forming his Nascent Soul but also leaving her far behind.

It should be noted that although she was also on the Xuan Ranking at this time, she was only ranked in the thirties, which was a huge gap from Ning Fa, who was ranked third. Naturally, this made her, who was proud and arrogant, extremely unwilling.

"I never expected that Fellow Daoist Ji would be among them," Ning Fa said with a faint smile.

Then Ning Fa looked at Bai Yueqiu and said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Bai, it's been a long time."

Bai Yueqiu's clear black and white eyes were fixed on Ning Fa. She muttered something to herself, then greeted Ning Fa with a bright smile:
"I didn't expect Fellow Daoist Ning to lead the team this time. I was quite worried about this operation, but now I feel much more at ease, hehe."

Ning Fa smiled, but a strange thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

Bai Yueqiu also cultivates the Ancient Origin Thunder Scripture, although it is only a simplified version. However, she has now also advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, so her physical cultivation level must be extraordinary. She would be a good dual cultivation partner for me.

At this moment, Xiao Pengyuan of the Heyi Sect said to Ning Fa with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Ning, we meet again. Just as Fellow Daoist Bai said, I feel much more at ease with you leading the team this time."

Ning Fa also greeted him with a smile.

At this moment, Layman Xuyuan looked Ningfa up and down, his eyes revealing surprise.

It had only been a little over a year since he last met Ningfa, but he could clearly sense the changes in Ningfa.

Although Ning Fa's cultivation level remained unchanged, the aura he exuded was more profound and obscure, even giving Xu Yuan Jushi a deep sense of threat.

Xu Yuan Jushi naturally understood that Ning Fa had made great progress in his supernatural powers after obtaining Sang Wen's Wood Yang True Flame, which made him very gratified.

Immediately, Master Xuyuan said to Ji Lianxing and the others in a deep voice: "Fellow Daoists, this operation will be led by Fellow Daoist Ning. I'm sure you all have no doubt about his strength."

Therefore, this operation will be led by Fellow Daoist Ning. We hope everyone will cooperate sincerely to complete the mission.

"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Xuyuan, we will do our utmost," Xiao Pengyuan replied in a deep voice.

Although Ji Lianxing looked at Ning Fa with resentment, she nodded in agreement, and Bai Yueqiu also chuckled.

Master Xuyuan nodded, then looked at Ning Fa: "Fellow Daoist Ning, please come with me. I have some things I would like to discuss with you privately."

With that, it flew into the sky.

Ning Fachong and the others nodded in acknowledgment and followed.

High in the sky, Master Xuyuan casually cast a faint light barrier and smiled, "Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Ning, on your great progress in supernatural powers."

"Fellow Daoist, you flatter me. I have only made a minor breakthrough," Ning Fa replied modestly.

Master Xuyuan smiled, pointed his right hand in front of him, and instantly three things appeared in the radiance—

A jade slip, a storage ring, and an ancient silver talisman.

The talisman shimmered with a faint light, emitting powerful spatial fluctuations.

Ning Fa looked at the talisman, his expression moved.

Master Xuyuan explained, "This jade slip contains the detailed plan for this operation, and the storage ring contains some necessary array-setting tools."

This talisman is an extremely rare and top-grade teleportation talisman, capable of teleporting someone 30,000 miles away.

This is the only one left in our treasure vault, so we'll entrust it to you, fellow Daoist.

This infiltration into Tianli's rear will be fraught with danger. If you encounter a crisis that even Fellow Daoist Ning cannot withstand, then don't worry about others; use this talisman to escape."

Ning Fa's gaze sharpened as he stared intently at Layman Xu Yuan.

Master Xuyuan sighed, "To be honest, even if Fellow Daoist Ning were more suited to carry out this mission, I would not have agreed to let you go without this Great Teleportation Talisman."

It's no exaggeration to say that Fellow Daoist Ning is the future hope of Cangyuan. Therefore, it would be best if we could complete this mission, but if not, there's no need to force it. Your safety must be our top priority.

Ning Fa paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay."

After saying that, he put the three items away.

Soon after, the group stood in front of the teleportation array.

Ning Fa and the others took out a grayish-looking pill and swallowed it. Then, a faint spiritual light flashed around them, and their appearances slowly changed, even their body shapes changed slightly.

Ningfa stretched out his hand and looked at his dark, rough arm, then at the other people who were also dark-skinned and looked unremarkable, and couldn't help but marvel.

The Illusionary Spirit Pill prepared by Master Xuyuan is truly wondrous; its disguise effect is the best he has ever seen.

They even concealed their cultivation levels, and now they are all at varying stages, from the early to the late Core Formation stage.

Even with his divine sense, it would be difficult to detect anything unusual about the group unless he used his full power.

"I wish all fellow Daoists the best of luck," said Layman Xuyuan solemnly.

The group nodded solemnly to him and stepped onto the teleportation array. With a loud buzzing sound, the teleportation array emitted a bright white light, and the group's figures quickly disappeared.

……

After a moment of dizziness, Ningfa slowly opened his eyes.

Soon, he relaxed after being on high alert.

This is a seemingly ordinary cave; apart from the teleportation array at our feet, there is nothing unusual about it.

Ningfa scanned the outside with his divine sense and found no danger.

Then he looked into the distance, where there was a stone platform with a jade slip, a black ring, and a spirit beast bracelet on it.

Ningfa inspected them once, then with a flick of his wrist, the three items flew into his hand.

He scanned the jade slip with his divine sense, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

At this moment, the others recovered from the dizziness of the long-distance teleportation and carefully looked around before turning to Ning Fa.

"Captain, what should we do next?"

At this moment, Ji Lianxing, whose skin had darkened and whose face was ordinary, asked Ning Fa a question. Although she was polite, her deliberate teasing tone was quite obvious.

"Oh right, Captain, we've already arrived in Tianli, shouldn't you tell us about the operation plan?"

At this moment, Bai Yueqiu, who had transformed into the appearance of a woman in her thirties, also chuckled.

Ning Fa glanced at Sang Wen, who looked calm and seemed somewhat lost in thought, and said in a deep voice, "Everyone should be very clear about the objective of this operation."

According to the information I received from Fellow Daoist Xuyuan, although the Tianli people used that ancient formation to seal off the Wanling Mountains.

However, it is divided into two layers of restrictions, an inner and an outer one, and beasts of the third rank and below may still escape from the inner layer of restrictions.

This was also done intentionally by the Tianli people.

One reason is that this method is deliberately used to encourage people to hunt these savage beasts, thereby reducing the number of savage beasts in the Wanling Mountains.

On the other hand, it is also because high-level savage beasts are very valuable, and the main ingredient of many high-level pills made by the Tianli people is the inner core of these savage beasts.

So although the main force of the Tianli people were fighting against our Cangyuan on the front lines, there were still quite a few people in the rear hunting wild beasts in some areas where they were rampant.

The Wanling Mountains are one of them, and also the place with the largest number of people gathered there, including not only the Tianli government personnel but also a large number of independent cultivators.

Near the Wanling Mountains lies a city called Aisa, where a large number of beast hunters gather, and there is a teleportation array that leads to the outer perimeter of the Wanling Mountains.

Our plan is to go to the city of Aisa, then disguise ourselves as orc hunters and teleport into the mountains, where we'll seize the opportunity to break the inner layer of the barrier.

After speaking, Ning Fa glanced at the group and asked calmly, "Does anyone have any further questions?"

The group nodded, and Xiao Pengyuan asked, "Fellow Daoist Ning, where are we now, and how far are we from the city of Aisa?"

Ning Fa replied: "We should now be deep in a mountain range called Qige in the southern part of Tianli, a place that Fellow Daoist Xuyuan specifically chose."

Because it is said that a powerful celestial phenomenon frequently occurs here, it is one of the weakest points of surveillance by the Tianli Temple, and this place is still more than twenty days' journey from the city of Naisa.

"It's only a journey of about twenty days, thank goodness."

Xiao Pengyuan and the other girls all breathed a sigh of relief.

Without further hesitation, the group got up and left through a winding, upward-facing passage.

Before long, the group arrived outside, where they found themselves in an inconspicuous cave at the bottom of a mountain thousands of feet high, where a strong wind was howling.

Furthermore, the entrance to the cave was not sealed with an array, but rather blocked by ordinary boulders, making it extremely difficult to discover.

Just as Ji Lianxing was about to use her escape light to fly upwards, Ning Fa reached out and stopped her.

He had already put on the black ring on his left index finger, and then gently shook it at the spirit beast bracelet on his hand.

Suddenly, in a burst of black light, a giant black bird with wingspans of over ten zhang appeared in front of them.

It had two heads, a mouth full of fangs, and its body was covered in black feathers like iron plates. It looked extremely ferocious and was at the mid-stage of the third rank.

The bird looked at the group, a fierce glint flashing in its eyes. It opened its massive beak, and crimson flames gathered, ready to attack.

However, the black ring on Ning Fa's left hand flashed with spiritual light, and the giant black bird immediately screamed as if it had been stabbed in pain, its wings flapping wildly.

A short while later, Ningfa snorted coldly and put down the ring.

The bird also let out a low cry, glanced at Ning Fa with some fear, and obediently lowered its head.

The others were startled and looked at Ning Fa with some confusion.

Ning Fa laughed and said, "This bird is called the Two-Headed Rending Barbarian Bird. It is a high-level flying beast unique to Tianli and was prepared for us by our informant from the Beast Barbarian Tribe."

Having this beast for transportation will also help conceal our identities.

The group suddenly realized, and then smiled. It has to be said that the inside man had considered everything very thoroughly.

Then the group flew onto the back of the two-headed, split-winged bird, spread its giant wings, and flew into the sky.

Ningfa looked up at the cloudless, clear blue sky, his eyes showing a hint of seriousness, and did not let the savage bird fly too high.

(End of this chapter)