"Nong Zidao has disappeared?" Ji Ning's eyebrows furrowed.

  The other five Zifu disciples were terrified, while Ji Ning, who had a large array of blessings, had the power of a True Person of Myriad Realms, and they could not even form a combined array.

  "Ji Ning, spare our lives."

  "I'll offer up all the magical treasures on me, and my tribe will also offer up magical treasures in exchange for my life."

  "Ji Ning..."

  ……

  The five of them all begged for mercy, they didn't even have a bit of dignity left.

  Ji Ning's gaze swept across these five people.

  "Ji Ning." A voice suddenly sounded in his ear, "We've killed these two batches of Zi Fu cultivators, but the Tian Shi of the Da Xia Empire will arrive in about two days... In these two days, it's possible that the Snow Dragon Mountain disciples will also arrive. We don't have the heart to guard these people, let's just kill them all! As for those two big Zi Fu demons, if we can tame them then we'll tame them, if not then we'll kill them!"

  Ji Ning nodded.

  The clan leader is right.

  "You will all die." Ji Ning said calmly as he looked at these five people.

  A strand of sword aura condensed in front of him immediately turned into a splash of rainwater, flying towards them, and then another strand of sword aura.

  All of them were just at the eighth level of the Small Thousand Swords Formation!

  "Ji Ning, Snow Dragon Mountain will definitely avenge us."

  "Ji Ning, you won't die a good death."

  These five people suddenly went crazy, each wanting to fight to the death, but they couldn't form an array. Even some powerful talismans... exploded with a loud noise as soon as they touched the water wall, and they couldn't touch Ji Ning at all.

  Several breaths later, all five of them were dead.

  "Are you two spirit beasts willing to submit?" Ji Ning's gaze swept towards the living earth dragon and celestial crane by her side.

  That earth dragon and celestial crane looked at each other, then the earth dragon transformed into a green-armored big man, and the celestial crane transformed into a white-clothed maiden. The green-armored big man and the white-clothed maiden both knelt down: "We wish to surrender!"

  Although the purple mansion's great demon was extremely arrogant and difficult to subdue.

  But when faced with 'death and submission' only two options... especially when the other side's strength is overwhelming, it will generally submit.

  "Follow me." Ji Ning's gaze swept across. The rainwater disappeared. Immediately afterwards, a raging inferno blazed forth, incinerating the five corpses of the Violet Mansion cultivators into nothing but ashes, leaving behind only their magical treasures and such. Ji Ning easily collected them all.

  "Yes." Di Long and Xian He followed Ji Ning.

  Soon, after passing through the thick black fog, he saw Ji Jiu Huo.

  "Huh?" Ji Ning was surprised. In front of her, apart from the clan leader and her father, even Ji Liuzhen, Shadow Granny, and old servant Ah Xing had arrived.

  "It was I who let them come." Jiufei Huo said with a smile, "Both batches of Zifu cultivators were killed, and for the time being, we also had no opponents, so I let them all come over."

  "Ji Ning, you're amazing!" Ji Liuzhen's eyes sparkled.

  "Great, great!" Old servant Awu also had a joyful expression on his face.

  The old woman also smiled and nodded.

  Everyone is happy.

  Because of the short time, Snow Dragon Mountain can only invite some Purple Mansion cultivators from the surrounding area... As for the Snow Dragon Mountain sect, it's too far away. In just two or three days, it's impossible to arrive. Now, eighteen Purple Mansion cultivators have been killed and two Purple Mansion spirit beasts have been subdued, so the next threat should be much smaller.

  "What a pity that Nong Zidao escaped." Tribe leader Jiufei shook his head.

  "Tribe leader, how did he escape? How could he suddenly disappear?" Ji Ning asked in a row, and the others including Shadow Grandma also looked at the tribe leader, they just gathered and didn't have time to ask in detail.

  Jiǔ Huǒ shook his head: "I don't know either. He disappeared directly, and the entire large formation didn't have his shadow. However, ask his spiritual beast. It should be clear then."

  Ji Ning and others all lit up their eyes, asking about the Spiritual Beast.

  "Immortal Crane." Jiǔ Huǒ looked at the white-clothed girl, "How did Nóng Zǐ Dào escape?"

  The white-clothed girl respectfully said: "My previous master was skilled in array techniques, and was highly valued by his master. He received a 'Small Teleportation Talisman' as a gift. Once this Small Teleportation Talisman is activated, one can instantly teleport to any location within ten thousand miles."

  "What's going on with the teleportation spell?" Ji Ning and the others looked at each other.

  Ji Ning silently memorized this name, it seemed that the Small Unseen Movement Symbol was his own Wanli Wuzong Symbol. This Wanli Wuzong Symbol was obtained by the ancestors of the Ji family's Western Manor through a combination of cleverness and coincidence, using up two copies leaving only one remaining. Because it could move undetected within ten thousand li, it was named the Wanli Wuzong Symbol.

  "Tribe leader, what should be done with these two spiritual beasts?" Ji Ning looked at Ji Jiu Huo, and the five of them exchanged glances.

  "Ji Ning, are you willing to accept them?" Ji Jiu Huo asked Ji Ning.

  Ji Ning gazed at the Earth Dragon and the Celestial Crane. The Purple Mansion's spiritual beasts were extremely precious, and ordinary Purple Mansion cultivators couldn't even get their hands on them. But to be honest... Ji Ning didn't care about these two Purple Mansion spiritual beasts. His own epiphany this time would take no more than a short period of time, or at most a few days, before he could break through to the seventh level of the Divine Demon's Body Refining Technique.

  In just a few years, I can reach the ninth level of the Divine Demon's Body Refining! The Purple Mansion Spirit Beast is really useless to me and will only hold me back.

  "I don't need it." Ji Ning shook his head.

  "In that case." Jiǔ Huǒ nodded, "I'll take it for now. We can sort out the distribution after we get through this disaster."

  "Good."

  "That's it."

  Ji Liu Zhen, Ying Po Po, Ji Yi Chuan and others all nodded in agreement. It's still too early to discuss the ownership of the spiritual beast now. No one knows whether they can survive this disaster or not.

  "These are the magical treasures left behind by Tong Yu and others." Ji Ning waved his hand, and a large number of magical treasures immediately appeared on the ground. "Everyone take a look, those that are useful. If you find a flying sword... please help me refine it, seniors. I need to find a place to cultivate for a while. I gained some insights from the battle just now."

  "Alright, leave it to us." Jiufei Huo and others did not decline at all.

  "Hmm." Ji Ning immediately flashed his body and swiftly flew away.

  The green-armored warrior and the white-robed maiden, who were transformed from the earth dragon and the immortal crane, felt somewhat disappointed. They actually wanted to become Ji Ning's spiritual beasts... Firstly, they didn't hate Ji Ning; for example, the earth dragon was forcibly taken by Tong Yu due to his superior strength back then. As for the immortal crane, although she had feelings for Nong Zidao, since he abandoned her and escaped with his life, this fate could be considered exhausted. Secondly, Ji Ning was only sixteen years old yet so incredibly talented; his future prospects were boundless. By following such a master, they would also have a brighter future.

  Unfortunately, Ji Ning was unwilling to accept them.

  ……

  A misty forest. Ji Ning sat cross-legged.

  "Yin and Yang transform, endless birth." Ji Ning murmured to himself, then closed his eyes to ponder and comprehend. When he previously studied the Minor Thousand Swords Formation, he had grasped this principle. The great Dao of this world... is all interconnected, whether it's formations, sword techniques, spells, or divine abilities... all contain the 'Dao'.

  The way is the same, but the roads are different.

  Ji Ning understood this principle... wanting to break through from the sixth level of the Vermilion Bird Nine Heavens Diagram to the seventh level would naturally be much easier.

  "Yin and Yang are mutually transformed!" Ji Ning closed his eyes to meditate, mobilizing the divine power within his body.

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  About a thousand miles away from Xue Long City, in mid-air, ripples appeared in space, and a figure suddenly emerged out of thin air. It was Nong Zidao, wearing animal hide.

  The farmer's eyes had a sorrowful look.

  "It's easy to get in, but hard to get out." Nongzi sighed softly, "This is the simplest principle, yet many of my disciples at Xue Long Shan have forgotten it."

  It's unwise to enter recklessly, something cultivators are all aware of.

  Because the formation is mysterious... nobody knows what's inside the formation. Once you enter, you can't escape even if you want to! Like Wanxiang True Person 'Muxiao True Person', he clearly knew that Bozi Shan was hiding there, but because Bozi Shan set up a large formation, Muxiao True Person would rather wait slowly outside and didn't enter the formation.

  But this time, many of Snow Dragon Mountain's disciples were too careless.

  Although they knew that the formation was not to be underestimated, no one took the Ji clan seriously. The Ji clan was just a local ethnic group, and everyone knew their strength. They didn't think the Ji clan could come up with any formidable formations. Moreover, there were still 'Tong Yu Shixiong' and the formation expert 'Nong Zidao Shixiong', as well as nearly twenty fellow disciples...

  Too powerful.

  They thought they could completely crush and sweep away that small tribe, but because they were too confident and underestimated the enemy, they fell into a big array and couldn't even escape!

  Like Tong Yu, even if Ji Ning had the support of the Dragon Sealing Heaven Array, his strength was only comparable to Tong Yu's. Tong Yu was only able to die after exhausting all his divine power and being unable to use his divine abilities. If they were outside the great array, as soon as they saw that things were not going well, they could completely run away. But inside the great array, there was no place to escape!

  "It's not easy to enter the array, but if we don't go in, are we going to let the Ji family drag things out like this? Are we just going to sit back and watch as the messenger from the Great Xia Dynasty arrives?" Nongzi Dao shook his head with a sigh.

  "Formation... Ji Ning..."

  "Minglong Locks the Heavenly Array, a 16-year-old prodigy who has grasped the boundaries of the Tao, yet I can meet him in a small indigenous tribe. Losing to him is not unjust, not unjust at all!" Nongzi Dao immediately had a boat appear under his feet, and the boat tore through the air, ripping apart the sky, swiftly flying towards Xuedragon City.

  "In any case, I'm afraid there are still other fellow disciples rushing over, and I need to warn them as well." Nong Zi said in a low voice.

  A group of Zi Fu monks before, only he Nongzi Dao alone survived.

  If he doesn't go remind the later generations, in the future when the sect asks about it, Nong Zidao will also be blamed.

  ……

  A moment later.

  A city in the distance has already appeared in view.

  "Huh?" Nong Zi Dao looked up and saw someone in mid-air above the city in the distance.

  He stepped on the flowing light and flew swiftly over.

  "What's left in the cave?" Nong Zi asked, recognizing the old man at a glance.

  "Brother Zi Dao." Dong Fan Yu saw Zi Dao and hastily asked, "I heard that Brother Zi Dao and Tong Yu and others went to Niujiao Mountain. How did you appear here? And... many of our fellow disciples who went to Niujiao Mountain were killed or injured, even our sect leader Dong Ziqi was also killed. What exactly happened at Niujiao Mountain?"

  Nong Zidao shook his head and said: "Alas, this time when many fellow disciples went to Niujiao Mountain, except for me, all the others died."

  "What! All dead?" Dong Fan Yu was shocked, "So many fellow disciples all... "

  "Except for me, they all died." Nong Zidao sighed, "I came here to tell you that Niujiao Mountain is very dangerous and must not be entered lightly, lest the fellow disciples who come later suffer losses again."

  "Can't enter lightly? Just now, Wanxiang Zhenren and Xuli Zhenren personally led a group of Purple Mansion cultivators to Niujiao Mountain!"

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