Volume 9 Chapter 30 Nine Years Passed in the Blink of an Eye

  Wingsnake above the lake.

  A tall woman wearing silver-white armor appeared driving a giant sword.

  "Ji Ning!" The silver-white armored woman shouted loudly.

  Whoosh!

  A gust of wind whizzed by from Ming Xin Island and suddenly appeared in mid-air, it was Ji Ning.

  "Who are you?" Ji Ning looked at this silver-white armored woman.

  "The master of my house is your Ninth Lotus Martial Aunt. I have come to inform you on her orders." The woman in silver-white armor said directly.

  Ji Ning saw that the woman also guessed it should be related to Jiulian.

  "My master said that for now, within the tribe, you cannot come out for a short period of time. Let you wait patiently." The silver-white armored woman said coldly and concisely, "Master also said that taking advantage of this temporary separation, he also hopes to think with you, Ji Ning... whether determining the dao partner was too hasty back then."

  Ji Ning furrowed his brow.

  Jiulian can't come out within the tribe? Is she still considering whether to hastily acknowledge a dao companion?

  What does it mean?

  "The words have been delivered." The silver-armored woman said as she directly mounted the giant sword, swiftly breaking through the air and disappearing into the distant horizon.

  ……

  Ji Ning returned to Ming Xin Island with a puzzled mind, and Autumn Leaf was quietly waiting by the shore.

  "What's wrong, young master?" Akira asked, seeing that Kinokuni was restless.

  "That person just now was a servant of Ninth Sister Lotus." Ji Ning furrowed his brow and said, "He came to deliver a message on behalf of Ninth Sister Lotus, saying that she can't leave the clan for a short time. She also told me to calm down and think carefully about whether I was too hasty in choosing my Dao partner. What does this mean? Since I've already chosen my Dao partner, what's meant by 'hasty'?"

  Whether it was her past life or this life, Jin Ning was indeed a blank sheet when it came to relationships between men and women.

  "Master." Akane continued, "I don't think this is necessarily what Kurenai-sama said. Kurenai-sama treats you with sincerity, she wouldn't say something like that. It's possible that the higher-ups of the Touka clan secretly instructed her to add that one sentence, to make you feel uneasy. If you give up on your own, then they will have successfully separated you two."

  "Right." Ji Ning's eyes lit up, "What you said is right, it's probably their plan, this Dong Yan family doesn't seem to want to see Jiu Lian and me together."

  Qiu Ye saw Ji Ning's fighting spirit rise again and couldn't help but smile.

  As long as Ji Ning is happy, she will be happy too.

  There were no nine lotus days, and Ji Ning still lived in Winged Snake Lake. He was convinced that the words of Jiulian's life were from Dongyan's provocation! So Ji Ning didn't suspect Jiulian's idea at all, and Ji Ning was also holding a breath of anger, wanting to make that dog-eyed Dongyan take a big surprise.

  Ji Ning's days at Winged Snake Lake were also very diligent.

  Often alone pondering the way of the sword...

  Occasionally go to Yinglong Wei branch to receive some tasks, go to hunt down wanted criminals, hunt down some big demons that cause trouble...

  Occasionally, every two or three years, he would enter the Water Palace once more and go to the Starry Sky Hall to comprehend the Way...

  He also often lies in a small boat, drifting on the Winged Snake Lake, and it is his most peaceful moment...

  ……

  It's been nearly nine years in the blink of an eye.

  Jin Ning, who had slain many powerful culprits, was now even more famous.

  "It's New Year's." Ji Ning stood on the corridor, where red lanterns hung, reflecting the snow that was still falling in the dark night outside.

  "Master, dinner is ready." Akira walked over.

  Ji Ning looked at the autumn leaves beside him, although it had been nearly nine years, the appearance of the autumn leaves was still the same as before. However, due to her innate talent, despite Ji Ning's provision of spiritual elixirs and medicines, she was still stuck in the Pre-Heavenly realm and had not broken through to the Violet Palace. Mainly because there were some deficiencies in her Dao realm, so Ji Ning often personally guided her.

  You Ji Ning pointed out that Qiu Ye's progress was not small either. He might have a chance to enter the Purple Mansion in a few more years.

  "It's just that Qing Shi's qualifications are far inferior to those of Autumn Leaf." Ji Ning sighed silently, Qing Shi was the younger brother of Chun Cao, and she had vowed to teach him well in front of Chun Cao's grave. She had done her best, but Qing Shi had only barely managed to enter the Innate Spiritual Root realm, however his comprehension and progress on the path were too slow.

  Qing Shi knew that his hopes were slim, so he instead asked Ji Ning to take him to 'An Cheng City', because he had been in the Winged Snake Lake since childhood and had seen too little, yearning to see the legendary An Cheng City.

  Ji Ning took advantage of a mission to escort Long Wei and sent Qing Shi to Beishan Baiwei in Ancheng City, asking Beishan Baiwei to help take care of him.

  "Let's go." Ji Ning and Akira walked together.

  "The tribe has sent another twelve young men, adding to the five from five years ago and the earliest batch. In total, twenty-eight tribal youths have come." Akira said in a low voice, "I think the tribe is being too much, sir. Your cultivation also requires a lot of time, where do you have the time to teach those youngsters?"

  Ji Ning smiled: "Those young men are still very weak, your swordsmanship is already quite high now, follow my guidance and go guide them."

  "Me?" Akira exclaimed in surprise.

  "Don't underestimate yourself." Ji Ning instructed, "Wait for whoever breaks through the First Heaven first to come and see me. Let's go, we'll have dinner together, it's New Year's Eve today."

  ……

  New Year's Eve is the happiest day of the year.

  However, the 'Kou family', one of the six major forces in Yanshan territory, couldn't laugh at all.

  The newly appointed head of the clan, Kou Huai, stroked the ancient wall, gazing at each brick and tile, looking at the weeds in the courtyard.

  "This is my Kou family's home." Kou Huai stroked the wall, his voice hoarse as he spoke, his eyes reddening.

  A girl beside him, with tears in her eyes: "Father, we will fight the Ji family to the end. This is our foundation, the foundation of our clan. If they want to cut off my Kou family's foundation, we will fight them to the death. At worst, both sides will perish together."

  "You don't understand." Kou Hui shook his head, looking up at the empty snowflakes. He only felt that the snowflakes were icy cold. "We're going to compete with the Ji family? What can we use to compete? Not to mention Ji Ning, who is the strongest among them, just the two million-year-old demons under Ji Ning's command are already not something that any of our forces in Yanshan can withstand. Those two demons are both divine beasts with a complete million-year-old aura, and they're even stronger than ordinary million-year-old true immortals. Especially Ji Ning... he's truly terrifying."

  "Ji Ning." The girl gritted her teeth, "I must make the Ji family regret this."

  "Don't think about going to find trouble with the Ji family." Kou Hui shook his head, "Some of those extremely evil and terrifying cultivators and great demons that roam Anping County have died at Ji Ning's hands. Especially one evil cultivator, 'Du Que True Person' Que Qifan, who was able to fight against a Yuan Shen Dao person and escape with his life, yet still ended up dying at Ji Ning's hands. It's likely that it won't be long before Ji Ning becomes a Yuan Shen Dao person himself."

  "With such a powerful tribe, occupying the entire Yan Mountain is nothing. Our Kou clan is so weak and small, if we don't migrate now, we will only be squeezed by the Ji clan until we are destroyed. But if we migrate now, we can still survive and thrive in other places."

  "What's more!"

  "Ji's family is quite kind. At least they haven't really started a massacre, and let us continue to live here." Kou Hua sighed.

  Although forced to hand over the Minister's Order, giving up the foundation of their tribe to the Ji clan, Kou Huaixin didn't have any hatred in his heart. Because after a strong person is born in a tribe... they will inevitably occupy a larger territory, the Ji clan has Ji Ning, Bai Shuizhe and Kong Qingshe, fully possessing the strength to sweep across.

  Ke Ji did not sweep away, but instead used 'conciliation' to make other forces bow their heads one after another, choosing to relocate. Ke Ji also gave them enough buffer time, ranging from three years to ten years. However, after ten years, they had to move out of Yan Mountain.

  "Tomorrow, tomorrow we have to leave." Kou Hua stroked the wall, "Remember, kid, if you're weak, you have to lower your head. It's not anyone else's fault, it's just that we're not strong enough."

  The girl nodded: "I'll go to Senkawa tomorrow, Father. I will definitely work hard to make the Kō family rise."

  "Hmm." Kou Hua looked at his daughter with an expectant gaze.

  His daughter is his greatest pride.

  But compared to that demon-like Ji Ning, it's far inferior. If his own daughter could become the True Person of the Myriad Illusions, the entire Kou clan would probably cheer.

  ……

  New Year's Eve, inside Wan Jian City.

  Ji Kui has already stepped down, and the current head of the Ji family is the younger Ji Liuren!

  "Kou and Heiho will leave their castles within these three days." Kiroku laughed, "Once they move out, the power of my Kiroku clan will expand once again."

  "They all count as obedient and did not resist." Ji Jiu Huo smiled.

  "The difference in strength is too great, and there's no will to resist." Shadow Grandma was also full of joy, "Lu Zhen, after the Kou clan and the Black Fire Sect move out of the city, our Ji clan occupies it. Then the entire Yan Mountain... isn't it just left with the Great Xia Dynasty garrison and the Snow Dragon Mountain Yan Mountain branch?"

  Jiliu nodded in agreement.

  The Xia Dynasty had stationed troops there, this is certain.

  Xuelong Mountain Yanshan Branch?

  Although Dongzi Qi and others died that year, Xuelong Mountain quickly dispatched Zifu disciples to enter Yanshan, making the Yanshan branch strong again!

  "Behind the Yanshan branch, there is the Snow Dragon Mountain sect. Although they don't want to offend me, the Ji family, they're not afraid of us to the point where they'd hand over their territory." Ji Liuzhen sighed, "What a hassle, it seems we really have to deal with the Yanshan branch of Snow Dragon Mountain. I'm afraid Snow Dragon Mountain will dispatch some Wanxiang True People over here."

  Xue Long Shan was unwilling to go and offend Ji Ning, whose future prospects were boundless.

  But they didn't fear Ji Ning! They didn't expand their territory in Yanshan, but consolidated the original territory. They didn't take the initiative to attack, but if the Ji family dared to invade, they wouldn't show any mercy either.

  "As soon as we invaded, the Yanshan branch of Xuedragon Mountain immediately counterattacked. The leader of the Yanshan branch, 'Xu Kezhenren', had already said that if my Ji family dared to take action, they would dare to kill." Ji Liuzhen said, "Although after nearly nine years of digestion, my Ji family's strength has greatly increased in the innate spiritual realm. However, it's really not worth hard fighting with the Yanshan branch of Xuedragon Mountain, their foundation is deeper than ours. As for the top strongmen, behind Xuedragon Mountain there are people from Yuanshen Island."

  "Don't rush into action." Jiufei shook his head, "Let's go ask Jining about this matter."

  Yan Shan branch is a hard nut to crack.

  It was also the last obstacle for the Ji clan to occupy the entire Yanshan.

  ……

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