Chapter 554: This girl has a powerful background! |
"It doesn't matter."
Ning Qi said dismissively, "Let these good-for-nothings be."
"One more doesn't make a difference, one less doesn't matter either."
"Whoosh."
With just a sigh, Ning Qi closed the door.
He knew the commander would naturally handle the rest.
"Ning Qi, the people of the Myriad Swords Sect are not easy to deal with!"
At this moment, Li Xiangrou, who had already recovered, also came out.
Now that her strength had increased, her entire presence gave off an ethereal, immortal energy.
"Not bad, the strength of a Half-Step True Immortal."
Looking at Li Xiangrou before him, Ning Qi couldn't help but smile and say, "From now on, you are a true expert."
"Mhm, it's all thanks to you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be where I am today."
Li Xiangrou nodded slightly, a look of gratitude appearing on her pretty face.
She understood very clearly in her heart that this matter was all Ning Qi's credit.
If it were up to her alone, she probably would never have had this opportunity in her lifetime.
"It was just a small effort, you don't need to take it to heart."
Ning Qi smiled, then looked at the sky, "It's getting late, get some good rest."
"Tomorrow, we continue our journey!"
"Once your problem is resolved early, I'll have seen the Buddha all the way to the Western Paradise."
"Alright!"
Li Xiangrou still wanted to say something.
However, seeing Ning Qi had already headed back to one of the chambers, the words at the tip of her tongue were swallowed back in the end.
She also returned to her chamber to rest.
"Master, does that girl like you?"
After Pill Spirit and Ning Qi returned to the chamber, he couldn't help but ask with a smile.
"That's her problem. We're just here to say goodbye to Xu Qingqiu!"
"Once the matter is done, we'll head back first!"
"We've been out for so long, our True Martial Spirit Realm must have undergone great changes!"
Ning Qi shook his head, then lay down on the bed, "Stop the nonsense, time to rest."
"Alright."
Pill Spirit didn't say anything more either. After agreeing, he also lay down on the bed and rested together.
The night began to fly by.
By the time morning arrived, Ning Qi also awoke from his sleep.
"Hah!"
He came to the courtyard and saw Li Xiangrou eating breakfast in the yard.
"Ning Qi, this was sent over by the shop assistant. Try it."
She also saw Ning Qi come out of the chamber and waved to him with a smile.
"Alright!"
After Ning Qi agreed, he sat down together with her.
He picked up a piece of mung bean cake and began to taste it.
"How is it, tastes pretty good, right?"
Seeing him eating with such relish, Li Xiangrou asked with a smile.
"Not bad."
Ning Qi nodded in satisfaction, then took two more pieces and continued tasting them.
"Ning Qi, I remember you said you're not from this realm?"
"Is... is that true?"
Li Xiangrou looked at Ning Qi curiously and inquired.
"Yes, I'm from the True Martial Spirit Realm at the edge of the fifteenth zone."
"This place is not my Lower Realm."
Ning Qi nodded, then looked at her and said, "In my True Martial Spirit Realm, it has already been unified."
"Everyone submits to me. It's not like here where the forces are complex and tangled."
"Oh, I see, so we are both people of the fifteenth zone."
After hearing his explanation, Li Xiangrou then said, "I thought you were from another zone... or even an immortal."
"Immortal?"
Hearing her words, Ning Qi smiled and said, "You could say I am, but actually I'm not."
"How so?"
Hearing his words, Li Xiangrou became even more curious instead.
Her eyes blinked as she looked at Ning Qi before her and asked,
"Because, I possess the Bloodline Power of the Immortal Race's ancestors."
"And what I cultivate is not an orthodox system."
Ning Qi was completely unabashed, "I refine Immortal-Demonic Power, but at the same time, I possess the purest ancestral inheritance of the Immortal Race in the world within my body."
"No wonder when you were helping me, I could feel a trace of fear."
"So you have... demonic power inside you."
Li Xiangrou showed a serious expression, "But, won't that make you go berserk? Won't it turn you into a creature like the Distorted Monsters?"
"No, I have a special constitution. It doesn't affect me in the slightest!"
Ning Qi shook his head, then continued, "If you want to cultivate, I can teach you too."
"No, there are too many forces in our realm."
"If someone knew I was cultivating Immortal-Demonic Power."
"My death wouldn't matter, but my people would suffer along with me!"
Li Xiangrou gently shook her head, "I really want to go with you to the True Martial Spirit Realm you mentioned."
"It's a pity, I still have heavy responsibilities to bear here. I won't let my eldest sister, someone with such a venomous heart, monopolize power."
"It's fine, everyone has their own aspirations."
"However, if one day you change your mind, you can come anytime!"
Ning Qi nodded, then suddenly thought of something and added, "This time when you return, you'll inherit the throne, so maybe you won't have the chance later."
"That's not necessarily true. If I have a successor, then it's easy to say!"
Li Xiangrou looked at Ning Qi, revealing a faint smile, "It's a pity, I don't have one for now."
"Successor?"
Hearing her words, Ning Qi murmured, "You mean descendants, right."
"That's right. Unfortunately, with my status, if I were to find someone, it would have to be among princes, marquises, generals, or ministers."
"This probably would take a few hundred years!"
Li Xiangrou nodded, then sighed lightly, "By that time, with your strength, you probably would have already fought your way to the core region of the Realm Sea and left the fifteenth zone long ago."
"Even if I wanted to find you, it would be impossible."
"That's easy to handle."
As Ning Qi spoke, he took out a jade pendant and forced out a drop of his Soul Blood.
"Hah!"
This drop of Soul Blood directly surged into his jade pendant.
As the Soul Blood merged, the jade pendant began to change.
From an ordinary jade pendant, it instantly transformed into a blood-red jade pendant.
Within it, waves of heart-palpitating fluctuations continuously surged.
"Hah!"
Ning Qi took a deep breath and then infused a wisp of Immortal Power into it.
After everything was done, he handed it to Li Xiangrou.
"This, take it. In the future, if you have the chance and want to find me, you can sense my location through it in the first moment."
"It will guide you to find me!"
Ning Qi smiled, then continued, "At that time, I can help you improve your strength further."
"However, if your strength advances by leaps and bounds by then and surpasses mine, that's another matter."
"Ning Qi, don't joke with me."
"My own talent, I'm very clear about."
"I absolutely cannot surpass your strength!"
Li Xiangrou shook her head, solemnly receiving the jade pendant he handed over with both hands, "I will keep it safe."
"This has the strength of my full Celestial Immortal level attack."
"However, each time you use it, it needs a year to recover."
Ning Qi warned again, "So, unless it's a critical moment, don't use it randomly."
"Understood, don't worry, I will cherish it!"
Li Xiangrou nodded, then carefully put it away.
"Ah."
At this moment, the gate of their Sumeru Courtyard was opened by someone.
The commander stood at the door.
"Young Miss, Young Master Ning, we can set off!"
He said respectfully to the two of them.
"Alright, let's go!"
Ning Qi stood up first.
"Mhm."
Li Xiangrou also stood up together.
The two of them set off together simultaneously.
Heading towards outside the courtyard.
"How were the people from last night handled?"
As he walked like this, Ning Qi suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but ask curiously.
"She indeed is from the Myriad Swords Sect. I didn't make things difficult for her."
"I just warned her not to cause trouble anymore."
"Then the shop assistants in the store have already had their shopkeeper handle it!"
Hearing Ning Qi's words, the commander responded in a deep voice.
"Good, let's go."
After Ning Qi agreed, he followed downstairs.
Their carriage convoy was already waiting outside the inn.
Everyone boarded the carriages, and the procession set off again in a grand manner.
The same scene, after so long.
Ning Qi was once again setting off with their team.
It made him quite emotional.
Time passed swiftly, things were no longer what they used to be.
From the initial misunderstanding between the two to now completely resolving the misunderstanding.
Many things had happened in between.
The team unknowingly had already left Cloud City, heading in the opposite direction of the Myriad Swords Sect.
"Master, the scenery here is so beautiful!"
Pill Spirit was on his shoulder, looking at the beautiful scenery here.
"Yeah, the scenery is really nice!"
Ning Qi also chimed in.
Here, the mountains were clear and waters beautiful, with immortal energy everywhere.
It gave people a feeling of refreshment and joy.
The mountains were also filled with various Immortal Herbs and Exotic Flowers.
Compared to their True Martial Spirit Realm, it was countless times better.
"Master, if our True Martial Spirit Realm could also be this strong, that would be great!"
"We could even establish ourselves here."
Looking at this place, Pill Spirit couldn't help but say with emotion.
"Mhm, it really is nice."
"It's a pity, we still need to work hard!"
Ning Qi nodded, then looked at the environment here, "I wonder which sect is the strongest here."
"Or who the strongest individual here is."
"That I don't know, but it has nothing to do with us anyway!"
"We're just passing through!"
Pill Spirit thought for a moment, then still shook his head and said, "Master, one day we will succeed too!"
"Mhm, once we resolve matters here, I'm going back."
"I imagine Sea Ancestor and the others miss us too."
Ning Qi nodded, then looked ahead, "I wonder if they've encountered any trouble!"
"Probably not, your jade pendant hasn't shown any movement."
Pill Spirit continued, "Besides, didn't they look for us? They should be fine."
"Mhm, hopefully that's the case!"
Ning Qi nodded, then looked ahead again.
The official road here led deep into the mountain range.
"Once we go out from here, it's our dynasty!"
At this moment, Li Xiangrou also came out of the carriage.
She deliberately lifted the carriage curtain.
Breathing in the fresh outside air.
"Your dynasty, being at the foot of the Fang Sword Sect, should not be weak either!"
Only now did Ning Qi think of a question.
If they were too weak, they wouldn't have the opportunity to establish themselves here either.
"Yes, many people from our dynasty are in the Fang Sword Sect!"
Li Xiangrou nodded, then said, "Among the ten great elders of the Myriad Swords Sect, at least four are from our dynasty!"
"Oh? No wonder last night after Commander Li went out, he dismissed that bratty girl so easily!"
Only now did Ning Qi understand what was going on.
And this morning before setting off, when he asked Commander Li.
His answer about the matter was so relaxed.
He simply didn't take those two, Qianqian, seriously at all.
"Yes, but they don't concern themselves with worldly affairs."
"They only appear when our dynasty is in danger!"
Li Xiangrou nodded gently, then continued, "As long as we're not about to be exterminated, even if we fight until heads are broken and blood flows, they won't interfere."
"After all, it's internal strife among us. But if outsiders want to bully us, they absolutely won't stand by with folded arms!"
"The people of our dynasty are all their descendants."
"Exterminating us would be cutting off their lineage, so naturally they wouldn't agree."
"So that's how it is."
Only now did Pill Spirit finally understand what was going on.
"You really keep a low profile."
After hearing her explanation, Ning Qi then said, "But, since that's the case, then after I go, I can't go all out with killing either."
"Otherwise, if I alarm that old ancestor of your dynasty and he comes to cause trouble for me, then it wouldn't be worth it for me!"
"Ning Qi, don't worry. If you're helping me, then you don't need to worry!"
"They can find people to kill me. Me finding people to deal with them is also perfectly justified!"
"The old ancestor won't blame us!"
Li Xiangrou shook her head, looking at Ning Qi and said, "As long as what I do isn't excessive, no one will interfere!"
"That's good."
Only after hearing her words did Ning Qi feel relieved.
"Master, I never expected the girl you met to have such a powerful background."
"If we had known earlier, we could have just followed her all the way here."
"We wouldn't have been targeted either."
Pill Spirit spread his hands, saying regretfully, "If they had said so earlier, we wouldn't have had to go through all this."
"Yeah, but it doesn't matter. At least our strength improved!"
"And we got quite a few treasures. That's not bad either!"
Ning Qi smiled, then turned his gaze to the front.
As they spoke, unknowingly, they had already reached the heart of this official road.
Here, dense forests were everywhere, blocking out the sunlight.
"Everyone, be careful."
"We are at Black Wind Ridge. There might be bandits here!"
At this moment, Commander Li came over to remind everyone, "Prepare your weapons, guard against ambushes!"
"Yes!"
"Understood!"
"..."
After his instructions, the guards all agreed one after another.
Each tightly gripped their own weapons.
Already prepared for battle.
Clearly, the bandits and mountain thieves here were no joke.
"Your dynasty has the Fang Sword Sect guarding here. How can there be rampant bandits?"
Seeing everyone looking ready for battle, Ning Qi asked curiously.