Chapter 585: The Families of the Immortal Realm |
"Alright, I also feel this bronze mirror is problematic."
Upon hearing his words, Pill Spirit followed up.
His brows furrowed, clearly having held opinions about this bronze mirror for a while.
Ning Qi then searched around here and finally found an uninhabited spot, where he carved out a cave dwelling.
He then directly entered the cave dwelling.
He immediately opened his pocket dimension and, after entering, directly took out the bronze mirror.
Looking at the bronze mirror before him, Ning Qi furrowed his brows, and finally placed the bronze mirror directly in front of him.
He then reminded Pill Spirit, saying, "Pay attention. My soul is going to enter to investigate thoroughly. If in the real world, I show no movement for more than two hours, you use my Chaos Sword to directly sever this bronze mirror!"
"Understood, Master. You can enter with peace of mind!"
"Good!"
Ning Qi nodded, then directly sat cross-legged. After concentrating his spiritual sense, he directly merged it into the bronze mirror.
"Whoosh!"
After a gust of wind, Ning Qi completely arrived inside this bronze mirror.
To his surprise, upon entering the bronze mirror, it wasn't the scene of just a copper wall as he had imagined.
Here, there were clear mountains, green waters, birds singing, and flowers fragrant everywhere.
It was exactly like the real world, with no feeling at all that this was a world inside a bronze mirror.
Ning Qi looked at the environment here, then shifted his attention forward.
Ahead, he distinctly noticed fluctuations of spiritual energy.
"Here?"
After focusing his attention forward, Ning Qi suddenly soared into the air and directly rushed forward.
Along the way, Ning Qi continuously spread out his spiritual sense, exploring ahead.
But what was strange to him was that here, the range he could explore was limited.
Only a radius of a few hundred meters, completely incomparable to the outside world.
Outside, he could at least use his spiritual sense to explore a distance of at least several thousand zhang.
"Spiritual sense is restricted here."
Ning Qi sighed, then shifted his attention forward again.
Ahead, a flickering light could already be seen.
It seemed like the main hall of a sect; this was clearly the dome of a sect's main hall.
Ning Qi was puzzled, but still rushed towards it.
Only after getting close did he realize what kind of place this was.
Turns out, he wasn't mistaken; this was a sect.
However, it had long been dilapidated. The main hall here was the only building of this sect that remained relatively intact.
Looking ahead, he distinctly saw this place had been horizontally sliced open by the sword energy of a blade.
Under the crisscrossing sword energy, a gully thousands of zhang long and a hundred zhang deep had been cleaved open.
"What kind of person possesses such formidable strength?"
"This... this is at least at the Celestial Immortal level of power. If it were me, I definitely couldn't achieve such destructive force!"
Looking at the scene before him, Ning Qi couldn't help but speak to himself, "Then, when will I be able to reach this level of strength?"
Thinking this in his heart, he soared into the air again, quickly reaching the sky above the mountain gate to observe the situation here.
Here, there were remnants everywhere—of spirit beasts and of people.
Without exception, all were slain in that final battle.
Among them were also garments different from the clothes of the disciples here.
Clearly, they belonged to their enemies. The corpses of these people were just as numerous.
Thus, it was obvious that both sides in that initial battle had it tough, but in the end, they still lost.
"Probably lost because of the destructive power of this sword strike."
Ning Qi looked at everything before him, then finally refocused his attention on the sword energy before him. "If this were in the Realm Sea, this sword strike could probably directly sever the Black Water Region of the Realm Sea."
He examined the sword energy, then snapped back to reality and continued forward.
Then, after searching around here some more, he finally landed before the main hall here.
On the square, there was still a figure standing erect.
Unfortunately, it was already a dried skeleton. Even so, it still stood tall and straight here.
Standing unyielding for so many years had caught Ning Qi's attention.
After approaching, he looked at this dried skeleton again.
From this skeleton, one could still sense the desolation of perishing with one's Dao from back then.
After a glance, Ning Qi had no intention of disturbing it. Instead, he focused all his attention on the main hall ahead.
He turned and entered the main hall. Although this hall no longer possessed its former glory, the imposing architecture and the luxurious layout inside could still reflect the prosperity of this place in its heyday.
Further ahead was a chair.
After walking up to it, he looked at the chair before him and reached out to touch it.
A layer of dust came off.
"What a pity."
Ning Qi looked around here, then continued, "Then, where did the people I put in go?"
"Could it be they were devoured by someone here?"
After muttering to himself, he left the main hall again.
Then he walked towards the back mountain of this mountain gate.
Everything here gave him a chilling feeling, but he didn't retreat. Instead, he focused his attention on the back mountain area.
After descending the mountain, he reached the back mountain. Here, he saw many human corpses.
These corpses here were still preserved intact. After so many years, they showed no signs of decay.
"What a shame. These were all experts with True Immortal strength."
"Just died like this."
Ning Qi sighed, shifting his attention forward.
Ahead of him was a thatched hut. Here, there were waves of fluctuations that attracted Ning Qi's attention.
So he headed there first.
After walking up, he pushed open the door sealed by dust for years and looked inside.
He saw it was clean and tidy inside, as if someone lived here.
"Stop hiding. Come out."
After coming out from here, Ning Qi glanced around, then said in a deep voice.
However, after his words, nothing here stirred.
As if he had misheard.
"Hmph."
Ning Qi snorted coldly, then shifted his attention forward again. "You've been following me since I entered."
"Do you really think my strength is insufficient to detect your traces?"
"If that's the case, then I won't be polite."
"Whoosh!"
After his words, a fierce gust of wind suddenly erupted here.
Then, within the fierce wind, a human figure slowly materialized.
After this figure appeared, it let out a long sigh.
"You still discovered me."
That person smiled helplessly, then continued, "However, do you think this means you can do anything to me?"
"I'm just asking you one question. What happened to the people I put in? Were they killed by you, or what?"
Ning Qi looked at this person and asked in a deep voice.
"They were devoured by me."
"These fresh lives are great nourishment for me."
"Anyway, since you brought them in, you were going to kill them. Might as well give them to me!"
That person, upon hearing Ning Qi's words, said with a smile, "In the future, when I recover my strength, I will repay you."
"Oh? So it seems I should thank you instead."
Ning Qi smiled, then continued, "Then, who are you?"
"I am the Sect Master here. It's just a pity that times have changed."
That person sighed, then continued, "The third great family of the Immortal Realm, the Shi Family. Shi Xiaokun."
"Oh? What's the deal with this bronze mirror?"
Ning Qi looked at this person and asked seriously.
"The bronze mirror is the mountain gate of our entire family, forcibly sealed here by someone."
Shi Xiaokun looked at Ning Qi, then continued, "Back then, after we were annihilated here, we were sealed here by the demon race."
"The purpose was to conceal the fact of our annihilation, then continue ambushing other families."
"Oh, so it seems they succeeded."
Ning Qi immediately became interested.
Rarely encountering someone from tens of thousands of years ago, he needed to ask clearly.
"No, they were stopped by Di Xi."
"A wisp of my remnant soul went to report to him."
Shi Xiaokun shook his head, then let out a long sigh. "I never expected that after so many years, someone could still enter and not be deceived by my illusion."
"Then, if my sensing isn't wrong, you are Di Xi's successor."
"Only his bloodline power can resist my illusion."
"Correct!"
Ning Qi also frankly admitted.
Only at this moment did he realize that all of this was predestined in the unseen workings of fate.
So that's how it is.
"Oh? That old fellow, is he still alive now?"
Upon hearing his confirmation, Shi Xiaokun couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Don't know. I've only seen his doppelganger."
Ning Qi shook his head, then continued, "As for whether he's alive or not, that requires finding another answer."
"He should still be alive. In this world, people stronger than him, whether from the demon race or the demon race of the Realm Sea, you can't count two."
"That guy is also very cautious, with countless doppelgangers."
"His doppelgangers even reincarnate independently. No one knows exactly where he is."
Shi Xiaokun looked into the distance. "That old fellow actually took on a successor. Truly rare."
"Let's not talk about him for now. What about you?"
"The people I put in, I had questions to ask them. And a few others came to help friends."
"You devoured them all for me. What am I supposed to do in the future?"
Ning Qi looked at him and said displeasedly.
"You could have told me in advance."
Shi Xiaokun looked at Ning Qi. "If you capture evil people, don't kill them directly. Bring them in for me to devour."
"As long as I devour enough people, I can reform a physical body."
"Aren't you from the Immortal Race? Why can you do things that only the demon race would do?"
Upon hearing him say this, Ning Qi immediately became interested and looked at him curiously as he asked.
"Because I have already obtained demon race cultivation techniques."
"I can cultivate both immortal power and demonic power simultaneously!"
"Immortal power cannot achieve fleshly body reconstruction. Only the demon race can do that!"
Shi Xiaokun showed a solemn expression. "If you need it, I can give you the techniques. Let's make an exchange!"
"You deliver people to me. In the future, if I return to my peak strength, I will definitely repay you."
"Evil people... What about Distorted Monsters, or people from the demon race?"
Upon hearing his words, Ning Qi couldn't help but ask curiously.
If that were the case, when going to the Realm Sea Battlefield, it would be useful.
Then he could capture all these people and bring them in for him to devour.
If his strength increases after devouring them, he would be a major combat force in the True Martial Spirit Realm in the future.
With a clan leader of the Immortal Race stationed there, even if people from the Immortal Realm came, they would have to be respectful and reverent.
"Possible. That would actually be great nourishment. It would be best if you could find such people."
Upon hearing Ning Qi's words, Shi Xiaokun excitedly clapped his hands. "Can you find them?"
"Of course."
Ning Qi nodded.
"Then, aren't you afraid of being corrupted by them?"
Shi Xiaokun paused, then continued, "My techniques can be given to you to cultivate. That way, you won't have to worry about being corrupted by them."
"Not needed."
Ning Qi smiled, then continued, "Because we are the same kind of people."
As he spoke, he simultaneously circulated the immortal-demonic power within his body.
"Whoosh!"
Following his words, his entire aura suddenly surged, then continuously poured out.
Immortal-demonic power simultaneously surged and swirled around his body.
Shi Xiaokun looked at Ning Qi's appearance, his eyes wide with disbelief.
"How about it?"
Ning Qi smiled and asked.
"No wonder Di Xi took a liking to you. So you possess such talent!"
Only then did Shi Xiaokun understand what was going on. "That old thing, I think he did it on purpose."
"I have some questions to ask you!"
Ning Qi changed the topic, continuing, "Do you know about Mount Buzhou? How was it shattered? How can one find its remnants?"
"Mount Buzhou? Finding its remnants depends on fate."
"If it's not activated, it's very difficult to find."
Upon hearing his words, Shi Xiaokun said seriously, "I don't know this either. It depends on its original master."
"If you are its inheritor, you can sense it."
"I am the inheritor of Mount Buzhou, but I still don't have the ability to sense the remnants of Mount Buzhou."
Ning Qi sighed, then continued, "I wonder, do you have any methods?"
"No. This isn't something we can come into contact with."
Shi Xiaokun shook his head. "However, having my bronze mirror isn't bad either. It can be used as a pocket dimension."
"If you encounter danger, you can hide inside."
"But the bronze mirror is still outside. Wouldn't it be easily found by others?"
Ning Qi thought for a moment and countered.
"You merge the bronze mirror into your pocket dimension, wouldn't that solve it?"
Shi Xiaokun said seriously, "That way, no one would be able to find it again."
"Hey, are you deliberately trying to lure me into a trap?"
Ning Qi suddenly thought of something, looking at him warily with both eyes.
"Impossible. We are grasshoppers on the same rope."
Shi Xiaokun hurriedly waved his hands.
"Then, how to prove it?"
Ning Qi said in a deep voice.