Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 969 Zhuo Qing's True Identity

"Zhuo Qing, thank you so much. You've helped me a lot again."

Ning Fa put away the precious Ten Thousand Year Soul Grass and thanked Zhuo Qing with a complicated expression.

Zhuo Qing stared at Ning Fa with her purple eyes, a slight smile playing on her lips on her noble and aloof face.

"Brother Ning, we are friends after all, so there's no need to be so formal."

Besides, to be honest, I'm seeing you this time because I need your help.

Ning Fa's expression shifted slightly, clearly noticing that Zhuo Qing had undergone a significant change.

The former Zhuo Qingqing was gentle and charming, but now she is extremely oppressive, even giving him a feeling of coldness and ruthlessness.

As for what Zhuo Qing was asking for, he had a vague guess in his heart.

Sure enough, Zhuo Qing continued, "You shouldn't have forgotten that you placed a soul restriction on me before, right?"

Although I was incomplete back then, it still has some influence on me now.

I hope Brother Ning can use magic to remove this restriction.

After speaking, Zhuo Qing stared intently at Ning Fa with her purple eyes.

Ning Fa thought to himself, "So that's what it is."

He could indeed sense a faint connection to Zhuo Qing's soul, which was clearly a restriction he had placed earlier, but it was very weak.

Ning Fa felt that even if this restriction was activated, it shouldn't have much of an impact on Zhuo Qing at this moment.

After all, his cultivation level was still shallow back then, and he had not yet visualized the heart of the moon goddess.

“Sure,” Ning Fa said readily.

Zhuo Qing saved him once before, and this time she gave him this Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Grass, so it was only right that he remove the restriction on her.

"Alright, then I'll trouble you, Brother Ning." Zhuo Qing also smiled faintly.

"There's no time to lose, I'll cast the spell immediately."

Ningfa nodded, then formed a hand seal.

A moon-white light emanated from his hands, gradually forming white runes that flew toward Zhuo Qing's smooth forehead.

Zhuo Qing also kept her eyes closed, allowing Ning Fa to cast his spell.

Not long after, Ning Fa clenched his right hand, and a faint rustling sound rang out. A slender, moon-white chain flew out from Zhuo Qing's forehead and then disappeared into Ning Fa's palm.

Zhuo Qing opened her eyes, a smile spreading across her face.

Ning Fa looked at her and finally couldn't help but ask, "Zhuo Qing, what... exactly is going on?"

"Even if Brother Ning didn't ask, I would still explain this clearly. After all, I still have a deal to discuss with Brother Ning—do you know my background?"

Zhuo Qing said solemnly.

Before Ning Fa could answer, she sighed and said to herself, "Actually, my real name is not Zhuo Qing, but Huangfu Qing."

"And I am not a Cangyuan cultivator, but rather from the cultivation world of the Nine Dragons Sea, and even a descendant of the former ruling power of the Nine Dragons Sea—the Ziyin Immortal Dynasty."

"What? Nine Dragon Sea? Descendants of the Ziyin Immortal Dynasty?" Ning Fa was extremely surprised upon hearing this.

After all, he had just returned from Kowloon Sea, and had dealt with Yun Jin, who was also a descendant of the Ziyin Immortal Dynasty, several times before. He did not expect that Zhuo Qing was also a descendant of the Ziyin Immortal Dynasty.

At this moment, Zhuo Qing also seemed to be lost in memories, and continued:
"That was more than 10,000 years ago, when our Ziyin Immortal Dynasty was already at its end and on the verge of destruction."

Therefore, the Emperor secretly sent many members of the Ziyin clan to other cultivation worlds to preserve their lineage.

That's how I came to the Cangyuan Immortal Cultivation World and joined the Blood Heaven Sect.

It was around that time that I met Jiang Chun, Xiao Han, and others.

However, Cangyuan was not peaceful either, and soon after, the Demon Calamity also broke out.

After surviving this calamity, the two great cultivation worlds of Cangyuan and Tianli clashed again.

Later, the Seven Saints Sect, including the Blood Heaven Sect, was betrayed by other forces in Cangyuan and, together with Tianli, destroyed the Seven Saints Sect.

At that time, the Great Elder of the Blood Heaven Sect had a crazy plan to take revenge on Cang Yuan and Tian Li, and the key to this plan was me.

Because we, the Ziyin clan, actually possess some demonic blood.

Hearing this, Ning Fa was even more surprised.

Back in Kowloon Sea, he had vaguely seen related records in some ancient books, saying that the Ziyin clan had an extraordinary bloodline, which was not just inherited from powerful heaven and earth spirit beasts. According to Zhuo Qing, they actually had the bloodline of the demon race.

This was something Ning Fa never expected, and it left him puzzled.

If that's the case, why did a demon army cross over and engage in fierce battle with the Ziyin Immortal Dynasty when the Nine Dragons Sea was still under the rule of the Ziyin Immortal Dynasty?

This resulted in the Ziyin Immortal Dynasty suffering a severe blow, and it was later overthrown by the Tian Shu Alliance and other forces.

Ning Fa stared intently at Zhuo Qing. He had a premonition that Zhuo Qing's detailed explanation was probably related to the deal she had mentioned.

Zhuo Qing, with her flawless jade-like face and phoenix eyes lowered, continued, "During the demonic calamity that ravaged Cangyuan, the Seven Saints Sect, led by the Blood Heaven Sect, was the main force against the demonic cultivators."

Despite heavy casualties, they unexpectedly captured a special demon. This person held a high position among the demons, being one of the commanders of that demon army, and possessed extraordinary bloodline.

Because she cultivated a special technique that made her extremely difficult to kill, the Blood Heaven Sect imprisoned her with a special restriction, attempting to slowly erode her original spirit.

Later, when the Blood Heaven Sect was about to perish, the Grand Elder thought of releasing this demon and having me take over her body.

After all, I also have demon blood, and the demon blood of our Ziyin clan is very special. If I merge with this demon body, I may even reach a stronger level than her original strength.

In particular, the Seven Saints Sect was the main force in fighting against the Demonic Calamity, and the Blood Heaven Sect personally sealed off many ancient demon altars.

In this way, I can infiltrate these sealed demon lands and try to reactivate these ancient demon altars. This might allow me to communicate with the demon realm, release the true demon energy, and once again trigger a great demonic calamity in Cangyuan and Tianli.

However, things went wrong later, and the plan failed.

Even my soul was split in two, one half in that demon's body, and the other half sealed in the Blood Heaven Token you obtained back then.

It was also in Moon Reflection Valley that my soul finally merged completely.

Upon hearing this, Ning Fa's eyes lit up with realization, and many of his previous questions were finally answered.

So that's why the Blood Heaven Sect placed that demonic body in the underground palace of the Ancient City of Dusk.

He finally understood why Ning Daozhen had needed that ancient demon before.

That was when Ning Fa was on the verge of breaking through to the Core Formation stage and needed a special spiritual object. At that time, he had a clue about the Xuanhuang Qi, so he went to the Moyang Mountains and met Ning Daozhen there.

He then learned that the Xuanhuang Qi was used to suppress the ancient demon that had been sealed away. The two of them joined forces to capture the ancient demon, which was then taken away by Ning Daozhen.

Looking back now, it was all for the purpose of restoring that demonic body.

At this moment, Zhuo Qing also said quietly, "Yingyue Valley was a place where demons were sealed back then. So when that top-level spiritual treasure self-destructed, I was able to escape through the ancient demon altar and come to this Wanling Mountain Range."

Because there is also an ancient demon altar here, and a lot of true demonic energy remains in it.

So over the years, I've been slowly recovering through this demonic energy, and I've also used the demonic energy here to develop some subordinates.

"I see," Ning Fa realized.

He then asked, "So, when you launched the savage beast attack in the Wanling Mountains, was it to retaliate against the two great cultivation worlds, just as the Blood Heaven Sect's Grand Elder had said?"

"Of course not. I'm not the puppet of the Blood Heaven Sect's Grand Elder. How could I possibly do such a pointless thing according to his orders?"

Although that old guy did some things to my body, he still underestimated my demonic body; those methods couldn't restrain me at all.

Previously, I launched the Wanling Mountain range monsters to attack Tianli, partly because I didn't want Tianli to defeat Cangyuan so easily.

On the other hand, I also want to further improve the strength of my subordinates, because there is an important matter waiting for me to do next.

However, at first, I did intend to use this ancient demon altar in the Wanling Mountains to communicate with the demon realm and obtain more true demonic energy.

This would have allowed me to recover my strength faster, but I couldn't succeed.

It seems the binding force of this realm has greatly increased, making communication with the Ancient Demon Realm completely impossible.

After hearing Zhuo Qing finish speaking, Ning Fa raised his eyebrows and asked thoughtfully, "Are you telling me all this because you need my help with something else?"

Zhuo Qing stared intently at him with her purple eyes and nodded, saying, "Not bad."

Before this, I had sensed the call of another ancient demon altar through the ancient demon altar in the Wanling Mountains, and it was located in a place called the Demon Space in the Nine Dragons Sea.

The ancient demon altar in the Demon Realm is also the highest-level altar in the entire human realm.

As far as I know, the remaining descendants of the Ziyin Immortal Dynasty have also entered this Demonic Space, so I want to go there and join them.

Ningfa was surprised once again.

He was also familiar with the Moro Space.

That was right after he finished his trip to Tianronghuoze, and he had just taken office as the Palace Master of Fuling Palace.

During the conversation with Wuxin Jushi of Tianyan Sect, Wuxin Jushi suddenly left in a hurry because of the strange movement in the Demon Luo Space.

According to him, the Demon Realm not only contains a sealed ancient demon altar, but also the remnants of the Zi Yin clan.

I didn't expect Zhuo Qing to want to go to that place, but after hearing her reasons, they were quite reasonable.

"You mean you can't go there right now, but I can help?" Ningfa asked, somewhat understanding.

Zhuo Qing's rosy lips curled up slightly: "That's right, exactly."

Brother Ning, if I'm not mistaken, you should possess a special demonic artifact.

When I was with you, I had a vague feeling about that thing.

This item should be able to help me, allowing me to teleport to the Moro space through this ancient demon altar.

Of course, don't worry, I won't take this from you for nothing.

Although I had previously learned that you had disappeared from Cangyuan for a long time, I believe that with your profound destiny, you will reappear sooner or later.

So over the years, I've prepared generous gifts for you in exchange for that thing you have.

As Zhuo Qing spoke, he tossed a storage ring toward Ning Fa, which floated in front of him.

(End of this chapter)