Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 1074 The Ice Phoenix Young Master
Huangfu Ziyue glanced at Huangfu Jin with some surprise.

It should be noted that Huangfu Jin had been somewhat resistant to her and Zhuo Qing's suggestion before this.

Because he could never quite accept the possibility that an outsider might one day take over the Ziyin clan.

But now that he has witnessed Ningfa's potential firsthand and seen Lord Shenmu's inexplicable favor towards Ningfa, he has clearly changed his stance and taken the initiative to say these words.

Huangfu Ziyue also looked at Ning Fa and said in a deep voice, "Brother Ning, we also communicated with Lord Shenmu when he was summoned before."

He also sympathized with the current plight of our people and promised that he would not, as before, only accept our sacrificial summons after very long intervals.

Instead, she could see him once every twenty years thereafter.

Furthermore, in exchange for the spiritual objects he bestows, the required offerings can be significantly reduced.

With Lord Shenmu's assistance, Brother Ning, you will easily obtain some precious spiritual items that are even extinct in our world, which will definitely be of great help to you.

Upon hearing this, Ning Fa's expression shifted slightly.

What Huangfu Ziyue said really appealed to him.

But this time, Huangfu Ziyue and the others deceived him, and he was still angry, making it difficult for him to trust what they said.

Moreover, to think that one can bind oneself to their clan's war chariot and force oneself to compromise based solely on this point is far too simplistic, especially since one is still unaware of the extent of the changes that have occurred to one's innate Wood Divine Lightning.

"I'll say it again, I'm not a member of your Ziyin clan. Now let me leave."

Ning Fa said coldly.

Seeing that Ning Fa still maintained this attitude, Huangfu Ziyue and the others couldn't help but look at each other in bewilderment.

Zhuo Qing also stepped forward, trying to dissuade him again: "Brother Ning, actually..."

She had barely opened her mouth when Ning Fa reached out and interrupted her.

"If you still don't let us through, I'll assume you still have malicious intentions towards me, and don't blame me for resorting to violence."

Even though Huangfu Jin has now advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, Ning Fa, whose Innate Wood Divine Thunder has now advanced to the fourth-grade superior level, has become much more confident and is much more at ease when facing Nascent Soul cultivators.

Moreover, he has Tianbao Xianshang as his bodyguard. If a fight really breaks out, even though the other side has more people, it's hard to say who will win or lose.

"You!" Huangfu Jin was furious.

Given his arrogant personality, his previous statement was already a huge concession, yet Ning Fa remained unmoved.

But then Huangfu Ziyue shook her head at him and sighed, saying, "Grand Uncle, let Brother Ning leave first. After all, we are the ones who wronged him first."

Huangfu Jin's expression shifted between light and dark. Finally, he let out a cold snort, flicked his sleeve, and flew away.

"Brother Ning, then come with me."

Huangfu Ziyue looked at Ning Fa and smiled bitterly.

Ning Fa was somewhat surprised that Huangfu Ziyue compromised so easily, but it saved him the trouble of doing it himself, so he left with her.

Not long after, on that deserted island, above the small lake in the center, a flash of light appeared, and several figures suddenly appeared. They were Ning Fa, Tianbao Xianshang, Luo Feixuan, and Huangfu Ziyue.

"Brother Ning, I'm sorry about this, but you can think about it again. We welcome you back anytime."

Huangfu Ziyue said to Ning Fa with a sincere expression.

Ning Fa glanced at her expressionlessly, then soared into the sky without a word, followed closely by Tianbao Xianshang and Luo Feixuan.

Soon, two more beams of light flashed, and Huangfu Jin and Zhuo Qing appeared.

They looked in the direction where Ning Fa had disappeared, and saw Zhuo Qing with a regretful expression, while Huangfu Jin frowned deeply.

"Are we really just going to let Ning leave like this?"
We offered twice as many sacrifices for him before.

Moreover, it's clear that Lord Shenmu favors him greatly. With him around, summoning Lord Shenmu for sacrifices might be easier in the future, and he might even be able to obtain some more precious treasures.

Huangfu Ziyue shook her head and smiled: "Just as you said before, Uncle, what's done is done. Brother Ning is undoubtedly a member of our Ziyin clan. This cannot be erased just because he doesn't acknowledge it."

"Don't worry, I will naturally find a way to make him willingly return to our Ziyin clan in the future."

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Dark Star Island, a fourth-tier island in the Black Star Islands, was originally owned by the Reverse Fire Sect, the largest power in the Black Star Islands, but now it has become the location of the Fuling Palace's mountain gate.

In fact, of the hundreds of spirit islands, large and small, in the entire Black Star Archipelago, except for a small number that were assigned to the Moon Gazing Sect, all the other islands were under the rule of the Spirit Subduing Hall.

At the top of a spiritual peak in the center of Dark Star Island, there are several magnificent palaces. In the main hall of one of them, Ning Fa once again met with Murong Zhaoxue, Liang Jun, and Tie Hengye, the three elders of the Fuling Palace.

This was his first visit to the Black Star Islands in twenty years, so he naturally wanted to learn about the development of the Fuling Palace over the years.

Murong Zhaoxue and the other two also reported to him separately.

Overall, the Fuling Temple has developed quite well over the years.

Although the Black Star Islands have a harsher surrounding environment, they are quite large, almost half the size of the Cloud Wilderness Alliance.

If the sea area is taken into account, it is even much larger, so the cultivation resources are not bad.

In addition to the abundant resources left by Ning Fa, the Fuling Palace has recovered quite a bit of its vitality in the past twenty years, with a significant increase in the number of mid-to-high-level cultivators, and even three more Nascent Soul cultivators.

One of them was a late-stage Core Formation elder from the Fuling Hall who broke through a bottleneck, while the other two were Nascent Soul cultivators from the local forces of the Black Star Islands.

One is at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and the other is at the peak of the early-stage Nascent Soul realm; their strength is not weak among cultivators of the same level.

The reason why Murong Zhaoxue and the others invited them to join was because these two were once well-known rogue cultivators in the Nine Dragons Sea.

Moreover, he had considerable grudges with the Nascent Soul elders of the Heavenly Pivot Alliance and the Demon Sea Alliance, which is why he hid in the Black Star Islands, and this is also the most important reason for inviting them to join.

As a result, the strength of the Fuling Palace was restored to a considerable extent.

In addition, the Wangyue Sect has already moved here in its entirety, as has its affiliated Wangyuan Trading Company.

The Fuling Palace, a trading company, also invested in this business. Now it has spread throughout the entire Black Star Islands and is expanding into the surrounding Haoqiong Sea and Wuye Sea. Over the years, it has earned a lot of resources and spirit stones.

After listening, Ning Fa showed a thoughtful expression.

Besides reporting on the development of the Fuling Palace over the years, the three of them also focused on the important intelligence of the Nine Dragons Sea over the past twenty years, the most important of which was the situation between the human race and the sea race and the demon race.

Although there have been constant minor frictions between the two sides over the past two decades, no major war has broken out.

What caught Ningfa's attention was that, for some reason, in recent years, the sea race had changed its aggressive stance and suddenly retreated across the board, adopting a defensive posture, and the demon race had followed suit.

Although it seemed like a good thing, Ningfa, after his previous conversations with the Demon Lord and Fairy of the Distant Star, felt that this unusual situation might be the harbinger of an impending storm.

At this moment, Murong Zhaoxue said, "Palace Master, if you're not in a hurry, why don't you take some time to meet the newly promoted elders in the palace? They're all eagerly awaiting your arrival."

"it is good!"

Ning Fa smiled, put his mind at ease, and left with the three of them.

He first met with the three Nascent Soul elders and spoke with them one by one. The three elders were all very respectful and there was nothing wrong with them.

Then Ning Fa met the dozen or so Core Formation cultivators. These people stood in two rows, their attitude even more respectful. Ning Fa looked at these Core Formation elders with a faint smile, when suddenly his gaze sharpened and stopped on a beautiful mid-Core Formation woman in a white dress.

Murong Zhaoxue was about to introduce him when Ning Fa sneered, "What kind of monster dares to infiltrate my Fuling Palace!"

As he spoke, Ning Fa reached out with his right hand, and blinding lightning flashed throughout the hall.

The woman in the white dress, who had initially appeared delicate, was startled upon seeing this, and a sharp glint flashed in her eyes.

Suddenly, a powerful spiritual pressure erupted from her body, reaching the level of Nascent Soul cultivators.

Murong Zhaoxue and the other Nascent Soul cultivators were immediately shocked. Before this, they had no idea that this Core Formation female cultivator named Xia Fenlan was actually a Nascent Soul cultivator.

She concealed this fact when she joined the Fuling Palace, clearly with ulterior motives.

At this moment, the woman in the white dress had already transformed into dozens of ice needles in the intense white light, flying away in all directions.

Ning Fa's expression remained unchanged. He suddenly clenched his right hand, and an immense force enveloped the entire hall.

The dozens of ice needles retreated even faster than they had flown away, then coalesced into the figure of the woman in the white dress.

Her face was filled with terror. She had just taken out a magical artifact shaped like a Ruyi in her right hand when a bolt of lightning struck her body. In an instant, a restriction was placed on her body, and she collapsed to the ground.

In just two breaths, the Nascent Soul cultivator was captured.

Murong Zhaoxue and the other two former elders of the Fuling Hall were fine, but the other three Nascent Soul elders were looking at Ning Fa with astonishment, while the Core Formation elders in the hall were filled with admiration.

Ning Fa walked up to the woman in the white dress without changing his expression, ready to use his soul-searching technique on her. He wanted to see which force had sent this person.

Just then, a white bead the size of a thumb flew up from the woman's arms, and with a flash of white light, a clear, cold voice rang out.

"Fellow Daoist Ning, there's no need to be so angry. I just want to see you. I'll be waiting for you on the northwest edge of Dark Star Island."

"It was actually her who came to see me."

Ning Fa frowned slightly; he already knew who it was from the voice.

He turned to Murong Zhaoxue and the others who looked worried and said with a smile, "It's alright, I'll be right back."

With that, he left the hall and flew northwest towards Dark Star Island together with Tianbao Immortal Merchant, who was waiting outside.

Soon, Ning and Fa arrived at the top of a small hill on the island near the sea.

A woman in a silver-white dress, with a graceful figure and beautiful features, was already waiting here.

Her long, exceptionally rare, satin-silver hair accentuated her snow-white skin, yet she wore a cold and aloof expression.

Ning Fa was no stranger to this woman; she was none other than Bing Ning, the young master of the Ice Phoenix Clan.

When Ning Fa was teleported back to Cangyuan from the teleportation array in the Ice Sea, he had a brief encounter with her and another high-level transformed demon beast.

This woman is a late-stage transformed demon beast, and her true form is a celestial spirit beast—the Ice Phoenix. Her strength is far beyond that of ordinary great cultivators. Ning Fa was no match for her back then.

However, judging from the current situation, although this woman's magical power is somewhat greater than before, Ning Fa is confident that he can defeat her with certainty.

"Fellow Daoist Bing Ning, you have come to our Fuling Palace territory, and even secretly sent a Nascent Soul cultivator to infiltrate our Fuling Palace. What is your intention?" Ning Fa asked expressionlessly.

Bing Ning looked him up and down, her delicate eyebrows furrowing deeply, and an expression of disbelief appearing on her pretty face.

At this point, only a few decades had passed since their last meeting.

This amount of time is but a fleeting moment for these ancient and powerful spirit beasts.

During this time, Ning Fa not only advanced to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, but his powerful aura also gave her a sense of unfathomable depth, putting immense pressure on her.

This was naturally unacceptable to her, who was always proud and arrogant and did not take her peers, especially human cultivators, seriously.

She glanced again at Tianbao Immortal Merchant beside Ning Fa, who looked indifferent, her eyes filled with even more apprehension.

It can be said that if it weren't for the existence of Tianbao Immortal Merchant, it wouldn't be her who came now, but their clan's Nascent Soul Ancestor.

"Hmph, our Ice Phoenix Clan naturally has something to ask you. If you hadn't been such a coward all these years, why would I need to resort to such methods!"

Bing Ning crossed her arms, raised her chin, and said with a cold and arrogant expression, her attitude extremely impolite.

Ning Fa couldn't help but laugh. This woman seemed not to understand the situation and still thought it was the same as before.

"Let me see if you're strong enough to talk to me like that."

Ning Fa said with a faint smile, then suddenly slapped his right hand forward.

Suddenly, a thunderous roar resounded, and the wind and clouds changed color.

As lightning flickered, a giant purple lightning hand, over ten feet in size, appeared in the air and slammed towards Bing Ning.

Upon seeing Ning Fa suddenly make a move, Bing Ning was initially furious, but she also sensed the terrifying power contained in the thunderous hand, and her expression immediately changed, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

With a sudden flick of her wrist, an ice sword appeared. All her magical power surged towards it, and the ice sword was thrust forward, unleashing a burst of sword energy that instantly transformed into a phantom of an ice phoenix, radiating extreme icy power.

A series of cracking sounds rang out, and the mountaintop was instantly frozen solid.

With a deafening roar, the illusory ice phoenix only lasted for less than a breath before being shattered by the thunderous hand, which then slammed down on Bing Ning with the force of Mount Tai.

Suddenly, a burst of purple lightning erupted, followed by a white beam that shot out and stopped dozens of feet away, revealing Bing Ning's figure once again.

At this moment, her long silver hair and palace dress were slightly disheveled, and she was clearly in a sorry state.

She took a deep breath, clenched her teeth, and stared intently at Ning Fa, her heart churning with turmoil.

After their exchange, she realized that she was no match for Ning Fa, who was only at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

This shocked her and made her unable to accept it.

Ning Fa did not make another move. His attack was partly to teach Bing Ning a lesson, and partly to test his current strength. He was quite satisfied with the result.

Although Bing Ning did not use her most powerful Ice Phoenix form, she also did not activate her Divine Firmament Dharma Form.

"What did you just say, fellow Daoist? I didn't hear you clearly. May I repeat it?"

Ning Fa stood with his hands behind his back and smiled faintly.

Bing Ning gritted her teeth, clenched her fists, and felt extremely angry.

In thousands of years, when has she ever suffered such humiliation?

But since he was less skilled and needed a favor, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and bear it.

"I've come to see you today because I have something to discuss with you, about your spirit pet."

Bing Ning suppressed her anger and said.

Ning Fa thought to himself, "Just as I thought," but his expression remained unchanged as he said, "I don't think we have anything to talk about. You're not just fantasizing about taking my spirit pet away, are you?"

(End of this chapter)