"Kill me."

  "Even as a ghost, I wont let you off."

  "Ah."

  "No, no, no."

  Standing in the endless black fog, I vaguely heard various voices, as if many people were suffering from terrible torture. Ji Ning was secretly shocked: "They frantically bought a large number of slaves and even controlled some tribal leaders to start some tribal wars to get slaves. What do they want to do?"

  "No matter what, I have to get out of here first." Ji Ning gazed around solemnly, then suddenly darted forward, sprinting over a mile. Afterwards, he turned and ran, retreated, and leapt... In this vast expanse of dark fog, Ji Ning moved quickly for a good while, but no matter where he went, his surroundings were still shrouded in dark fog with an eerie aura.

  "Its not good." Ji Nings expression changed slightly, "This is no ordinary maze, Ive been trying to get out quickly but it keeps changing direction, yet the formation remains stable as ever. The one controlling this formation is probably not a innate spiritual being."

  Ji Ning has been tracking for nearly a month and has also gained insight into the "Nine Volumes of Array Methods". Although he cannot easily break through the array in front of him, he can still distinguish that... this is far from being a simple array method like the Yin-Yang Two Qi Array, but rather a profound and mysterious one. The flag treasure that carries such an array method can be considered a mid-grade treasure.

  Entering the stage of refining the treasure, the innate spiritual essence cannot be refined and transformed.

  "Wanxiang Zhenrens existence is on a different level, and doing things in Yanshan wont be petty. It must be... The one who set up this formation should be a Purple Mansion cultivator, and it should be a Purple Mansion cultivator skilled in using poison." Ji Ning made a judgment based on the previous encounter.

  ……

  "Human doll, Im coming for you." The piercing laughter echoed through the endless black fog.

  Ji Ning stood still, but around his body appeared three water lotus leaves and three fire lotus leaves. The two layers of lotus leaves began to slowly revolve around Ji Ning in opposite directions...

  "Hahaha!" The sinister laughter echoed.

  Splash!

  A dark shadow suddenly emerged from the black fog, rushing straight at Ji Ning. However, when that shadow saw Ji Ning under the protection of the Water and Fire Lotus Leaves, it also hesitated for a moment.

  "Hmph." Jin Nings eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he immediately pounced forward. His Northern Ocean Sword transformed into a flash of firelight as he executed "Electric Light Flints," directly cutting the shadow in two.

  Wow~~~~

  The shadow suddenly turned into mist and flew backwards, condensing into a strange beast. The strange beast was hidden in the dark fog, and it was impossible to see it clearly.

  "This is not a human doll, but a human innate spiritual being who has cultivated for unknown years!" The piercing voice came from the fog and spread far away. "This human is likely to have broken through as an innate in his youth, so he looks so young, and he has a protective lotus flower, which may be a treasure."

  From another distant place, a cold voice also echoed: "Its either the Purple Mansion cultivator or nothing at all, just kill him."

  "Hand it over." The mysterious beast in front of him said directly.

  Ji Nings face changed slightly as he listened.

  Its either the Purple Mansion cultivator or a small matter, daring to say this, Im afraid this great array is indeed set up by the Purple Mansion cultivator! And just now, only one demon beast took action, estimated to be a spiritual beast under that Purple Mansion cultivator.

  "My master said." The misty monster slowly changed its position, appearing here and there, "When venturing out, the smaller the human figure, the more they are not to be trifled with. It seems this saying is true... unfortunately, you ran into me!"

  Ji Ning stood quietly.

  Once a congenital spiritual being, he is no longer an ordinary person, and his appearance has hardly changed. Only when approaching the end of life will he suddenly become old, so most elderly congenital spiritual beings are over 100 years old. Like Ji Yichuan, who was once famous in Yanshan, went out to adventure for many years, and then returned with his wife. Now they are almost fifty but still as young as in their youth. If a congenital spiritual being is like a child, it can only be said that he became a congenital spiritual being in childhood.

  The smaller it looks, the more unprovoking it is.

  Some immortals may just look like children.

  "Hiss!" "Hiss!" "Hiss!"

  Three dark lights shot towards Ji Ning, but when they hit the rotating Water Fire Lotus leaves that protected Ji Ning, they barely penetrated the first layer of lotus leaves and were blocked by the second layer.

  A huge black shadow also rushed out of the fog, and a huge claw reached out towards Ji Nings head!

  "Clang!" Ji Nings sword flashed and blocked the claw, and he dodged to the side.

  "Hmm?" Ji Ning furrowed his brow and looked over, this was a beast that resembled a leopard, but Ji Ning couldnt recognize what kind of beast it was for a moment. This was mainly because the bloodlines of many beasts were mixed together, often producing strange variants. The beast in front of him could only be said to resemble a Qilin, but its body was even more slender. The beast stared at Ji Ning, its tail swishing back and forth, with ring after ring of black bony spines on its tail that would not be inferior to a treasure whip if they were to lash out at someone.

  Ji Nings pupils contracted and he transformed into a phantom image.

  Wind Wing Escape Technique!

  Whoosh!

  As swift as lightning, it pounced on the alien beast, and the alien beasts two claws were grasping towards Ji Ning.

  "A drop of water can pierce a stone!" A sword-like gleam flashed by, and the strange beasts body crashed to the ground with a loud thud, rolling several times before coming to a complete stop. Its head had a large hole in it, with blood and brain matter flowing out.

  Ji Ning landed quietly, still holding his twin swords and cautiously looking around, but only glanced at the demon beast: "Just a first-rank late-stage demon!"

  "Black needle!"

  "Black Needle!" A clear and cold voice shouted from afar, "Has that human been killed? Black Needle, Black—"

  That cold voice soon fell silent.

  "I killed the strange beast and he didnt even know, it seems that this strange beast is not his spiritual beast." Ji Ning understood that in this vast mountain range, he was not just a simple Zifu Cultivator, but possibly a hidden power! However, setting up and controlling this formation would require at least a Zifu Cultivator.

  "Trouble is big." Ji Ning did not think that in the vast land of Yanshan, at the intersection of the Ji and Tiemu clans, there was still such a force lurking.

  ……

  Ji Ning was in the grand array, surrounded by a rotating water and fire lotus flower, while his mind was constantly comprehending the formation. Although "The Nine Volumes of Array Formations" was profound, especially some diagrams were difficult to memorize, Ji Ning still managed to forcibly memorize the content of the first volume, and at this moment, he was devoting more than half of his energy to deducing it.

  "We must break through, trapped in this, I can only let the other side exert their means." Ji Ning buried his head and delayed, with waves of miserable cries and mournful curses still echoing in his ears, as if a hell was hidden in the depths of the mountain.

  ******

  Jis Western Mansion City, Floating Snow Pavilion.

  Ji Youyang sat high up in the grand hall, while Ji Yichuan and Ji Lie took their seats one by one, each with a solemn expression.

  "For the past ten days." Ji Youyangs voice was slightly hoarse, and his eyes were also somewhat red, "In my Ji clans five-manor territory, many congenital spiritual beings have gone missing! They are neither seen alive nor found dead!"

  "Prefect, who exactly is causing trouble within our Ji familys territory?"

  "Dig out and remove."

  "These days Im going crazy, my good brother, I must find him and bring him back."

  Someone from the Ji clan below couldnt help but shout out.

  On the side, Ji Lie glared and shouted: "My son is also missing, I must find him out, I must!" Then he looked up at the master of the mansion in the great hall, "Big brother, how many congenital spirits have gone missing until today? And who exactly is behind the scenes against our Ji family, has the culprit been found?"

  "According to the news that just came from the Zong Fu, as of today, a total of 23 congenital spirits have gone missing." Ji Youyang shook his head, "Moreover, most of them are relatively powerful and well-known congenital spirits! Five leaders of the Ji Clans five branches who were outside have gone missing, and there is no trace of them at all."

  "This is provoking me, the Ji family, and looking down on me, the Ji family." Ji Lie roared.

  Ji Youyangs eyes turned red with rage: "Those who have gone missing are all extremely formidable, at the very least they are in the Innate Spiritual Soul stage, and some are even in the later stages of Innate Spiritual Soul or have already reached the peak of Innate Spiritual Soul! This is a slap in the face to my Ji clan, and an insult to our dignity! We must find out who is behind this and eliminate them, no matter the cost!"

  Ji Yichuan sat aside and said: "It should be destroyed, but according to my experience, there should be a Zifu Cultivator sitting in this force."

  "Huh?" Everyone looked at Kiichiro.

  Ji Yichuan has been wandering outside after all, and has even gone to the North Sea, so his horizons are not the same.

  Ji Yichuan continued: "There are two possibilities, the first is that its a certain tribe that has been exiled, this tribe lost its own city and foundation, was forced to flee... But this tribe still has relatively strong residual strength, so they want to start a war in our Yan Mountain, wanting to obtain a city."

  There is a city, there is territory, and the clan has a foundation!

  "The second possibility is that some fleeing cultivators, especially those from evil sects, use souls and corpses to cultivate evil spells. They capture the pre-heavenly spirits because their souls are stronger and more beneficial for cultivating certain spells." said Ji Yichuan.

  "And this time, the congenital spirits have gone missing." Ji Yichuan said, "According to my Ji familys intelligence, not only is it our Ji family, but also the neighboring Tie Mu family and Bian He family, all of whom have had congenital spirits go missing. Its just that we dont know how many congenital spirits theyve lost. This force that has come to our Yan Mountain is not weak, so we must avenge this grudge and rescue the missing congenital spirits. We cant be rash, we need to investigate their strengths and weaknesses first, then make a plan, and wipe them out in one fell swoop!"

  Everyone in the great hall fell silent.