Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 66 The Elders Gather

Liu Qinghui blushed, feeling embarrassed and angry, and said, "Ningfa, don't talk nonsense. When did I..."

Having said this, Liu Qinghui suddenly stopped talking.

She suddenly remembered that she had taken the osmanthus cake to find Ning Fa to find out the whereabouts of the half jade pendant, and was seen by others.

Ning Fa told the story with both true and false stories, and she was speechless.

Ning Ruiming suddenly felt the blood rushing to his head and his ears buzzing.

His face was almost turning the color of liver, and he only felt that his hair was green.

He immediately remembered the rumors he had heard from his uncle, so he subconsciously felt that what Ning Fa said was true.

Ning Ruiming looked at Liu Qinghui in disbelief, and roared with a ferocious look on his face: "Qinghui! Is what this kid said true? Are you really helping him like this!?"

After hearing Ning Ruiming's angry questioning, Liu Qinghui calmed down from her shame and anger.

She frowned and said in a somewhat cold voice: "I didn't do that, but even if I did, it's my own business, you don't have to worry about me."

Although Liu Qinghui's tone was not good, Ning Ruiming felt as if he had come back to life when he heard her deny it in person.

He first smiled apologetically at Liu Qinghui, then glared at Ning Fa fiercely.

Ningfa shrugged at him with a wicked smile, as if to say, "It's up to you whether you believe it or not," and then found a random seat to sit down.

He noticed that Ning Jiden was looking at him in surprise and suspicion.

After noticing Ning Fa looking at him, Ning Jiden forced a smile at him, but his expression looked a little ugly.

Both of them are new to the Dan Hall, so naturally they are competitors with each other.

He had also long heard of Ning Fa's terrible skills in refining the Zeng Yuan Pill.

It was just that because Ning Fa had incomplete spiritual roots and no potential for advancement, he did not take Ning Fa seriously.

Now that Ning Fa has really advanced to the middle stage of Qi training, he suddenly feels tremendous pressure.

"Xiao Fa, congratulations. I was wrong about you before. I thought you were a useless person, but I didn't expect you to be a late bloomer. I wish you to be promoted to a mid-level alchemist as soon as possible."

The kind-looking Ning Shumou congratulated Ning Fa with a somewhat emotional tone in his voice.

Ning Fa did not boast, and said politely: "I will never forget the teachings of Uncle Mou Bogong."

This uncle used to often teach Ning Fa's predecessor how to make elixirs. If it weren't for him, his predecessor might have found it difficult to even make the Zeng Yuan Dan.

Ning Shumou smiled at him kindly and then continued to doze off.

The other eight alchemy apprentices looked at Ning Fa with different expressions, but no one dared to congratulate him.

They are not stupid and know the bad relationship between Ning Ruiming and Ning Fa.

After all, Ning Ruiming is the most powerful at this time. If they dare to congratulate him, Ning Ruiming may remember it, and then they will be in trouble.

At this moment, Wei Chengzong's expression changed, and he said solemnly: "The third elder is here."

As soon as he finished speaking, three people walked into the auditorium.

The middle-aged man in the lead was dressed in black. He was not very tall, but he walked with the gait of a dragon and a tiger, and looked very heroic.

His face was pale gold, and his features were as clear as if they were carved by a knife.

A pair of thick sword-like eyebrows slanted into his temples, and his eyes were like torches.

At a glance, the gaze seemed to be real, carrying a strong oppressive force that made people dare not look at it.

This man has his hands behind his back, and he has an aura of majesty and dominance.

Although his expression was dull, he emanated a strong sense of confidence and dominance, and his aura was extremely powerful.

On the left side of this person is another younger man.

He doesn't look so sharp and oppressive. He is thin, with a gentle smile on his handsome face, like a spring breeze, which makes people like him easily.

Although the spiritual pressure of the handsome man is slightly lower than that of the man in black clothes, the spiritual pressure emitted by both of them has completely surpassed the Qi training realm.

They were all foundation-building cultivators.

Next to the two men was a slim woman wearing an apricot-yellow Taoist robe.

Clear, bright and beautiful, with elegant posture.

It was the ninth elder of the family, Ning Shaohong.

Seeing the three people, Wei Chengzong's eyes flashed with surprise, and he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, saying: "Alchemy Hall Deputy Hall Master Wei Chengzong greets the Third Elder, the Fourth Elder, and the Ninth Elder."

The other people in the Dan Hall did not dare to be negligent and immediately stood up and saluted.

Although Ning Fa had a respectful expression on his face, he thought to himself that he had not seen the Third Elder for a long time and that he looked even more powerful than before.

Although the Fourth Elder was at the same initial stage of foundation building as him, he seemed to have no sense of existence in front of the Third Elder.

He was also a little puzzled.

It would have been fine if Ning Shaohong came with the third elder, but why did the fourth elder of the family come here as well?

Speaking of which, the fourth elder is a legendary figure in the family.

His father was an outsider cultivator who married into the Ning family, and his mother was just an ordinary mortal of the Ning family, not even from one of the many branches.

Therefore, he came from an ordinary background and had no support from any branch clan.

His spiritual roots were only of middle grade, but he had smooth sailing all the way and reached the foundation-building stage before he was forty years old.

He has become an idol for many children of similar backgrounds in the family, and they hope to be like him.

The fourth elder has a rather carefree personality and does not like to fight for power.

Although he is a foundation-building cultivator, he basically doesn't care about family affairs and spends most of his time in the family's internal market on Jinchang Island.

Moreover, he has a humble character and is fair in his dealings, so he has a very good reputation in the family.

The third elder Ning Zhongjiu nodded lightly to Wei Chengzong and Ning Ruiming who came forward to salute, then quickly fixed his gaze on Ning Fa. The other two elders did the same.

Ning Zhongjiu's eyes were as sharp as lightning. Ning Fa felt as if his whole body was seen through. This feeling made him horrified.

But he tried to remain calm and kept a respectful look on his face.

"Good, very good, you have indeed advanced to the fourth level of Qi training, and it seems that you have accumulated a lot of experience and your magic power is even stronger than that of an average cultivator in the middle stage of Qi training."

Ning Zhongjiu's eyes softened and he smiled faintly.

Fourth Elder Ning Weize's eyes also flashed with surprise, and he smiled gently:

"Xiao Fa, back then Donggu Sanren asserted that it would be difficult for you to advance to the middle stage of Qi training. Now you have done it. I hope you can surprise us again."

Ning Shaohong looked at Ning Fa with a smile on his face without saying anything.

Ning Fa then realized that Ning Shaohong had already informed him of his advancement in advance. It seemed that the Fourth Elder had come most likely because of him.

He immediately bowed to the three elders and said respectfully, "I will work hard on my own."

Seeing how the two foundation-building elders in the family valued Ning Fa's advancement so much, everyone in the Alchemy Hall had different expressions, and Ning Ruiming's face became even uglier.

Afterwards, the three elders took their seats on the high chairs on the stage.

Wei Chengzong stepped forward and opened the elixir bottles on the stage one by one.

"Three elders, this is a first-class, superior-grade elixir for improving cultivation, the Cloud Heart Pill. Last year, our Alchemy Hall obtained 49 pieces of this elixir's spiritual material and refined a total of 59 pills. The overall success rate is 30%, which is nearly half a percent higher than last year."

Wei Chengzong first opened the first pill bottle on the stage, and saw five milky white, round pills with cloud patterns shining in the air.

(End of this chapter)