Six people looked at each other.

  The misty air surrounded him, and Ji Ning was observing his five elders, whether it was the clan leader or his own father, each of them was very calm, apparently having made a decision in an instant.

  "I am the patriarch." Ji Jiu Huo said calmly, "For the sake of my Ji clan people, for the sake of my Ji clan's reputation! I will stand up and fight against Snow Dragon Mountain!"

  Ying Po Po said in a hoarse voice: "Having lived for nearly four hundred years, how could I let my clan members fall into danger again? Moreover, being able to go through life and death with Big Brother is truly delightful."

  "Where the master is, I am." The old servant Awaken rarely spoke up.

  "Let's just talk about us three old men." Ji Jiu Huo smiled.

  "Ancestor!" Ji Liuzhen spoke up, "I know my own talent, in the generations of Purple Mansion cultivators of the Ji clan I can only be considered average, becoming a Wanxiang True Person is almost impossible! This battle... is the key to the fate of the Ji clan, I will not retreat."

  "Ji... then smiled and said: 'My situation is known to the clan leader, my immortal path has been cut off, I don't want to die silently, this battle I must participate in.'"

  "You're biased..." Jiufei shook his head.

  Ji Ning was taken aback.

  The path of immortality is cut off?

  Father didn't say to pursue the path of immortality with one heart? How did it change?

  "Father, your immortal path has been severed?" Ji Ning looked at his father in disbelief.

  Looking at his son, his expression was somewhat complicated: "Actually, I had already broken through to the Purple Mansion Cultivator when I was wandering in the North Sea. Later, when your mother became pregnant, I was already in the Purple Mansion stage. I took your mother and wanted to return to Yan Mountain. Your uncle was worried, so he escorted us together."

  Ji Ning listened carefully.

  He knew he had encountered a disaster on his way back.

  "Later, a disaster occurred." Ji... said, "After your mother was injured, she escaped with your Uncle Bai. I and your uncle used forbidden techniques to desperately hold off the enemy! In that battle, your uncle died on the spot, and I was severely injured. Because of using forbidden techniques for too long, it caused great damage to my Purple Mansion, and the internal Purple Mansion shrunk even more, unable to expand in the slightest again. That is to say, I will never be able to advance again, forever stuck at the Purple Mansion stage."

  "Because of the withering of Zifu, even the yuan force within Zifu, I can only mobilize a thread. " Ji... shook his head, "Such a thin thread of yuan force is fundamentally unable to control the magic treasure! So I use sword techniques, taking this thread of yuan force as the foundation, and using the power of heaven and earth to display a series of sword lights."

  "Of course." Ji... said in a low voice, "I can still use the forbidden technique to forcibly summon a large amount of yuan power from the Zi Fu. However, the Zi Fu is already withered and cannot withstand the burden. Once I use the forbidden technique again, I'm afraid it will only last for half an hour before the Zi Fu shatters. I will become a useless person. In other words... your father can only be a Zi Fu cultivator one more time, and after that, he will be a useless person."

  Ji Ning was stunned.

  No wonder Father's swordsmanship is so powerful! No wonder Father has never used a low-grade treasure before!

  "My immortal path has been severed, and I only have one chance to use the forbidden technique." Ji... looked at his son, "Before, I left this opportunity for you, wanting to protect you. Let you hold my jade sword, and if you encounter danger, just crush the jade sword, and I will rush over immediately. Even if you meet a Zifu Cultivator, I will do my best to save you. It's all worth it for my son."

  Ji Ning's heart trembled.

  It turns out...

  It turned out that Father had been determined from the start.

  "But you don't need my protection anymore." Ji... smiled, "Your mother is dead, my immortal path is cut off, and you've grown up. I have nothing to hold on to now, this time I won't retreat, this is the last battle of my life, and also the most dazzling one. If I die, I'd rather die in this battle, for the sake of the Ji family!"

  Ji Ning looked at her father's smile, her father rarely showed a smile, but at this moment his smile was very relaxed. Ji Ning felt heartache but didn't persuade him again.

  Six people, five of whom were elders, were about to go into battle.

  "I..." Ji Ning started to say.

  "Let us all go to our deaths, but you, Ji Ning! You are the hope of my Ji family! Your talent is something that has never been seen since the birth of our Ji clan! You must live on!"

  "Tribe leader, I understand what you mean." Ji Ning shook her head, "But I don't want to hide in the dark and watch you guys fight to the death, unwillingly!"

  "You..." Jiufei said in anger.

  "But don't worry, elder. I'm not a reckless person. If things can't be done, I'll leave and preserve my life." Ji Ning looked at the elder, "I have a Wanli Wuyin symbol, I suppose you know the power of this Wanli Wuyin symbol. Once I activate it, I can instantly travel to a place thousands of miles away." Since his mother's death, his father had already given him that Wanli Wuyin symbol.

  Suddenly felt a burst of fire in his heart.

  Wanli Wuzong symbol? He certainly knew about this treasure in the Western Mansion of the Ji family, and he had been tempted before. However, the Ji family had a clan rule that no one could violate.

  "Alright then." Jiǔ Huǒ nodded, "Fine, you can come with us. But if things become unbearable, you must leave."

  In this vast wilderness and mountain forest, in this maze filled with misty aura, the six members of the Ji family made a decision to face Snow Dragon Mountain together.

  "We are only six people." Ji Jiu Huo was filled with endless battle intent, "And after the great loss of Xue Long Shan's Yan Shan branch this time, they will definitely invite some fellow disciples from surrounding branches to come and avenge them. When that happens, a group of Zi Fu cultivators will come and kill us, and maybe even Wan Xiang Zhen Ren will come! We can't just hard-headedly fight back, that would be the most foolish thing to do. What we need is to delay time, so we must set up a powerful array."

  "Right, array. The clan leader is indeed skilled in array methods." Ji Liuzhen was also full of expectation. "I will set up a large-scale array." Ji Jiu Huo looked at the five people, "Leave the array to me, you should also think of ways to improve your own skills, such as some town-protecting treasures within each mansion..."

  Everyone nodded.

  "Again!"

  Jiǔ Huǒ lowered his head to gaze at the ground, "A gigantic yuan stone vein is hidden beneath the surface of this vast wilderness spanning thousands of miles! However, it's strange that no one has ever discovered it before. Such a shallow vein was not detected previously, and yet there were those intense fluctuations in the heavenly yuan energy."

  "Hmm." Ji Ning also nodded.

  Yes, the previous fluctuations of the heavenly and earthly yuanqi were quite strange.

  "Perhaps a heavenly treasure has been born." Jiǔ Huǒ Dào said, "The previous fluctuations in the Heavenly Energy were caused by the birth of this treasure, and it has also formed a vein of yuan stones around it."

  "Perhaps there are immortals cultivating here. Immortals cultivate by absorbing the primordial energy of heaven and earth, which is a vast amount." Ji Jiu Huo sighed with emotion, "Long-term cultivation may also form a vein of yuan stone."

  "Big brother, what do you mean?"

  Ji Ning and others were all staring at Ji Jiu Huo.

  "I'm guessing." Jiǔ Huǒ's eyes gleamed with desire, "This yuan stone vein is quite unusual, I'm afraid there are some secrets. Perhaps there are treasures or relics left behind by immortals! Even if an immortal were to casually leave behind a few treasures... it would be enough to greatly increase the power of my Ji family."

  "Tribe leader, what are you saying?" Ji Liuzhen was also excited.

  "Treasure?" Ji... They all looked down at the ground.

  Jiǔ Huǒ nodded: "We'll dig into the ground and investigate carefully, maybe we'll find something."

  "Right."

  "Go."

  Everyone thinks that the clan leader's words make sense, and the previous fluctuations in the heavenly energy were indeed strange. This yuan stone vein has never been discovered by anyone before, which is also very unusual. Maybe it's hiding some kind of treasure.

  "Ji Ning."

  Ji Jiu Huo looked at Ji Ning and said, "Your Protective Lotus Flower Technique is quite fast, it's up to you now, we'll follow you."

  Ji Ning nodded: "Okay, I'll start then."

  Wow wow wow~~~~~

  Ji Ning manipulated the Water and Fire Lotus, rotating it to continuously drill into the ground. The yuan stone mines were easily opened up with a passage, and Ji Ning swiftly advanced forward, continuously drilling deeper into the ground. Behind him followed Ji Jiu Huo and five others.

  "Too fast!" Kiryu exclaimed from behind.

  "We were able to dig into the ground quickly at first, but soon our energy consumption became too great and we had to slow down. But Ji Ning was completely using the power of heaven and earth." Ji Jiu Huo could see that Ji Ning's Water Fire Lotus was formed by the power of heaven and earth.

  Deeper and deeper down.

  "Ji Ning, where the quality of the yuan stone mine is good, that's where we'll drill." Ji Jiu Huo said, "If there are treasures, they will probably be in the place with the most concentrated heavenly and earthly yuan energy."

  Ji Ning nodded.

  He also discovered that... the quality of yuan stone varies from place to place. Some places have mostly low-grade yuan stones, while others have plenty of high-grade yuan stones.

  "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~~" The water and fire lotus flower drilled into the ground, as if a swimming dragon was moving along the original stone vein, constantly approaching the place with the best quality of the original beginning vein.

  About half an hour later.

  "Most of the stones here are high-quality yuan stone, just need a little screening."

  "Treasure land."

  "Such high-quality yuan stones."

  Although they had long known it was a rich mine, they didn't expect this vein of ore to have such a convergence of top-grade yuan stones.

  "Boom!" Suddenly there was a loud explosion.

  Ji Ning suddenly stopped, causing Ji Jiu Huo and others behind him to be caught off guard and stop as well.

  "What's wrong?" Ji Jiu Huo asked repeatedly.

  "There's a very hard rock ahead, and my Water Fire Lotus couldn't even penetrate it." Ji Ning said in puzzlement. His Water Fire Lotus was now extremely powerful, capable of shattering even well-crafted weapons, let alone some rocks. "This is strange indeed."

  Wow wow wow~~~~~

  The water-fire lotus flower quickly swept away the surrounding rocks, allowing Ji Ning to clearly see that in front of him was a very flat stone surface.

  "What's this?" Ji Ning wondered, and behind him, Ji Jiu Huo, Ji... and five others also looked puzzled.

  Ji Ning continued to manipulate the large amount of yuan stone mines around the Water Fire Lotus Award, sweeping them open... Soon, what appeared before his eyes was a part of a huge stone chamber, and there was a door.

  "This, this..."

  "It's a stone chamber! It's man-made! Even the Water Fire Lotus of Jian Ning can't break through, it's not an ordinary stone chamber, it must be left by an immortal!"

  The people of the Ji clan all showed ecstatic expressions.

  In a depth of over 100 li from the ground, in the core of the yuan stone vein, such a stone chamber appeared, who would believe it was an ordinary object?

  "Ji Ning, don't get close, be careful there are some restrictions." Ji Jiu Huo said, "Use the remote control method to push open the stone gate from a distance with the treasure."

  "Mm." Ji Ning nodded.

  A group of people retreated one after another, and then Ji Ning directly controlled a sword-shaped magic treasure to fly over, pushing the stone gate. The stone gate slowly rotated, revealing an entrance. Suddenly, a thick aura of heaven and earth burst out from the stone gate, making Ji Ning and the six others feel comfortable all over their bodies.

  "There must be an immortal treasure." Ji Jiu Huo shouted again.