Chapter 54

"Go quickly!"

A small group of people headed straight for the Immortal Trapping Cliff on an inconspicuous path within the Sword Sect.

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The method Dan Yao mentioned was to smear her spiritual blood on the robes of the elders of each sect, so that the barrier of the forbidden area could sense her presence and allow others to pass through.

Everyone passed through the forbidden area barrier.

When Dan Yao and the others arrived at the cliff top of Kunxian Cliff, they immediately saw Ying Ning meditating within the barrier.

"You fiend, how could you live so comfortably on the Immortal-Trapping Cliff!" Elder Sun already had a problem with Ying Ning, and seeing this scene today, he couldn't hold back any longer.

Upon hearing this, Ying Ning looked at the group, and the person in the lead was none other than Dan Yao.

It seems that Dan Yao knows that Li Ziqing has left the Sword Sect.

"Elder Sun, it seems I didn't say enough yesterday." Her phoenix eyes flashed with a cold light as she pointed directly at Elder Sun.

"Feng Yingning, this elder advises you to immediately confess your crimes!"

"You've slaughtered so many sect disciples, do you really expect us to let you off the hook today?"

“My master said yesterday that this matter has not yet been settled. You all came here today, and all you do is ask me to confess my sins. Are you trying to oppose my master?” Ying Ning said quietly.

The elder of Tianyin Sect, standing at the edge, spoke up: "The Immortal Venerable has always taken the lives of all beings in the Immortal Realm as his own responsibility. Yesterday's events were merely a temporary consideration for the master-disciple relationship between you."

"If your wicked nature is discovered in the future, Feng Yingning, you will not escape death!"

"Oh, this elder seems to be convinced that I was the one who did it."

The elder of Tianyin Sect pointed at Ying Ning within the barrier, "Your junior sister has already testified, and now there is also the testimony of Wen Chaosheng from Tianjian Cliff. Feng Ying Ning, how dare you still try to deny it!"

"What if the murderer is someone else?"

"Then my Tianyin Sect will definitely kill that person and bring her head to you." The Tianyin Sect elder casually made this boast.

Upon hearing the words of the Tianyin Sect elder, Dan Yao instantly felt a chill run down her spine and felt a wave of fear. She then cut straight to the point:

"Elders, Feng Yingning won't admit defeat until she sees the coffin. Let's make our move!"

As soon as she spoke, all the elders revealed their magical weapons and attacked the barrier directly!

The elder of Tianyin Sect played the bamboo flute.

Longhushan threw out a meteor hammer, which smashed into the barrier.

The Beast Taming Sect was a three-headed coiled snake. It flashed past in a blur and arrived beside the barrier.

The spirit cave was adorned with a hundred-jade beast, which lashed out with its ferocious claws.

......

With a loud clang, countless rays of light were blocked by the barrier.

When the elders looked, the barrier was completely unharmed!

This is...

A Celestial Venerable's barrier?!

Elder Sun spat out a curse: "I didn't expect the Immortal Venerable to have left behind a barrier."

"Feng Yingning, if you're so capable, then don't hide inside the barrier."

Yingning rolled her eyes at him. "Does everyone intend to kill me today?"

"We simply intend to give them a taste of their own medicine!" said an elder from Longhu Mountain.

Does the same thing happen to someone?

That would mean destroying her phoenix soul.

The phoenix's soul is like the immortal soul of a celestial being; once it is taken, the person almost immediately perishes.

"You all have quite the appetite. You think you can take my Phoenix Soul based on just a few words from the two of you?" The woman inside the barrier sneered.

Her Phoenix Soul is not something just anyone can obtain.

"Feng Yingning, do you really think we can't do anything to you?!" The Wuji Palace elder glared at her fiercely.

"Then everyone, let's first figure out how to break my master's barrier."

Yingning sat down again, her fair hand supporting her chin, and looked at the group of people with great interest.

Enraged by her attitude, they immediately unleashed their magical artifacts and spirit beasts once again.

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Two days and nights later.

The elders of various sects in the Immortal Realm were all panting heavily, looking helplessly at the barrier.

Who would have thought that after two days of effort, these few people still couldn't break through Li Ziqing's barrier!

The title of the number one person in the immortal realm is indeed well-deserved.

Dan Yao watched anxiously from the sidelines, never expecting that with so many people, they still couldn't touch Feng Yingning!

The thought that her master had prepared to set up a barrier for her before leaving the sect filled her with envy and jealousy.

Why does Feng Yingning deserve such special treatment from her master?

"Elder Sun, elders, is there really no other way?" Dan Yao asked worriedly.

She didn't know when her master would return, and she was truly unwilling to let this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity slip away.

Elder Sun was also feeling melancholy, but it was another elder from the Wuji Sect who spoke up.

"We simply cannot break through the barrier set up by this immortal."

"I'm afraid the Immortal Venerable has set up a magical barrier that only his aura can break." The elder shook his head.

Is it only the master's aura that can break the barrier?

Suddenly, Dan Yao thought of something and immediately conjured a spirit sword with a phoenix blood stone in her hand.

She obtained this Phoenix Feather Sword from the palace's storeroom after she moved it into the Qiwu Palace.

The sword is light and exquisite, yet possesses a remarkable spiritual energy. The phoenix blood stone at the hilt is also a rare treasure; if a member of the phoenix clan were to wear it year-round, it would greatly aid their cultivation journey.

Although Dan Yao's true form was just a Jingwei bird, she belonged to the same category of flying spirit beasts as the phoenix, and she also gained a lot of cultivation benefits from the phoenix blood stone in the hilt of this sword.

The reason she was wary of Feng Yingning's return was because many years ago, she discovered a secret in the Phoenix Blood Stone.

Master released a burst of his divine power into the Phoenix Blood Stone.

If the owner of this sword were to encounter mortal danger, then this divine power could protect her life, and could even allow Li Ziqing to directly sense her location.

When Dan Yao discovered this, she was jealous.

The Fifth Senior Sister, who fell into the Demon Cave, actually held such a high position in the eyes of the Immortal Venerable.

After she arrived at the Sword Sect, she inquired about many things concerning Li Ziqing's disciples.

The first four disciples were almost all around the same age as Li Ziqing. They were Li Ziqing's former master, Qingjian Daoren, who claimed to be too old and declined to accept any more disciples. He also said that his disciple Li Ziqing's future path to immortality was much broader than his own, so he made all the disciples that various races wanted to send into Li Ziqing's fold.

After Li Ziqing turned 100, he had four apprentices who were about the same age as him.

Later, almost all four disciples returned to their own tribes, with only Qilian occasionally staying at Qiyang Palace for a few days.

However, Feng Yingning was different. After the great war, she was the only one left in the Phoenix Clan. The leaders of all the sects in the Immortal Realm gathered together to discuss how to raise the young Phoenix Clan princess, who was still in her infancy, and teach her the path of cultivation.

It was Li Ziqing who spoke up on the spot.