Chapter 396 Promise

After settling Lin Man in Qingzhu Peak, Ning Daoran knew that she would need to stabilize Chi Shan's shaky soul in a short period of time, so he did not disturb her too much and began to retreat, focusing on studying the inheritance of the fourth-grade lower-grade Ten Directions Forbidden Array.

This fourth-order formation possesses the attributes of space and strange force. Once activated, it can not only cause powerful spiritual pressure on the target, but also block space, making it impossible for the opponent to escape. This is extremely effective against Nascent Soul cultivators.

If Ning Daoran and True Lord Du'e had been able to set up such a formation when they joined forces to attack True Lord Wuwei, then True Lord Wuwei's Nascent Soul would not have had the chance to teleport and escape! ...

Thus, this retreat lasted for nearly half a year.

“Patta~Patta~~”

A fluorescent sound transmission talisman flew into the cave. Ning Daoran raised his hand and pinched it. Lin Man's rather resentful voice came from it: "Now I am less than ten miles away from you. Good fellow, if I don't go to see you, you don't even know to take the initiative to see me? Today, my senior sister and I will come out of retreat. I will set up a few small dishes for lunch. How about treating you to a drink?"

"Yes, I will definitely visit you on time."

After Ning Daoran replied, he continued to ponder the mysteries of the formation.

So, when it was almost noon, he flicked his sleeves lightly and cast a dust-removing spell to sweep away all the dust on his body. Then he put on a green shirt, floated out of the cave, and headed straight for the green cottage on the Qingzhu Peak.

"Master Ning."

In the hut, Chi Shan, who looked a little haggard, came out and said with a smile: "My junior sister is cooking, Master Ning Zhen, please wait for a moment."

"Okay, thank you, Senior Sister Chi."

After Ning Daoran landed, he stretched his neck to look in the direction of the kitchen in the backyard and asked, "Lin Man is cooking...does she know how to cook?"

“I don’t know…”

Chi Shan chuckled and said, "You're going to help? That's just right. I'm going to go to the bamboo forest to be quiet."

"good."

Ning Daoran went straight to the kitchen and saw a scene of smoke and fire. Master Lin Fu, who was missed by everyone in Bailong Fairy City, was carrying a big pot and frying food with a "clang, clang, clang" sound. The flames jumped three feet high, which was really scary. If this small green bamboo building had not been protected by a formation, it would have been burned down long ago.

"Lin Man."

Ning Daoran walked forward, tilted his head and took a look: "Should I do it?"

"Okay, here you go."

Lin Man put the wok down, then widened her beautiful eyes and looked at Ning Daoran with her arms folded, her eyes full of an expression that said, "If you have the guts, try to take over."

“Ahem…”

Ning Daoran was hesitant: "Actually, you cooked it pretty well, just put less salt."

"good."

Lin Man cooked again.

Ning Daoran was afraid that she would lose her concentration and add the wrong seasonings to poison the man and the ghost, so he didn't dare to say a word. He just watched quietly from the side. The atmosphere only eased a little when Lin Man started to stew a pot of old turtle soup.

"Senior Sister went to the bamboo forest?"

"Yeah, that's right."

Ning Daoran said, "The bamboo forest in the backyard never sees sunlight all year round, and the yin energy is strong, which is indeed suitable for her to nourish her soul."

As he spoke, he frowned: "Where have you been all these years? Although you didn't say it, it seems like you got into a lot of trouble. My hunch should be right, right?"

"You just worry about too many things."

Lin Man walked forward, took his hand, and revealed a guilty look: "In the spare time of these years of cultivation, I have been busy with the task of nurturing the soul of Senior Sister. It is against the will of heaven to keep the soul of a dead person in the human world for a long time. It requires the consumption of many rare treasures. In these years, I have inevitably done some things against my will."

She frowned slightly, "But I can swear to heaven that when I was traveling, I only set fires and never killed anyone. I have never done anything that is against the will of heaven and earth, and I have always been a chaste woman. Even when I was threatened by a Yuanying stage, I never gave in."

She looked at Ning Daoran, pursed her red lips and said, "I, Lin Man, can only have room for one man in my heart, and that's you, Ning Daoran. But you've become the island owner here, and even taken in two maids."

Ning Daoran was slightly stunned: "Don't talk nonsense, I'm just a maid, not a concubine. There is absolutely no relationship between Sui Zhuyue and Huang Yiyi in that regard."

Lin Man chuckled and said, "You still have some conscience, but..."

Her eyes turned red, and she said, "Last time, what I said when I said goodbye to you may not count anymore. I thought that by the time we met again, my sister's body would have been rebuilt, but everything was not going smoothly. You can see that my sister's soul was unstable, and she was imprisoned in the hydrangea for a period of time, which caused a lot of damage."

"Don't worry too much."

Ning Daoran said: "I am by your side now, just go and do what you have planned, as for the rest, I will take care of everything."

Lin Man nodded slightly, but her eyes became even redder.

…

At noon, Ning Daoran wanted to die after eating a meal at Qingzhu Peak. Lin Man’s cooking skills... really could not be compared with her talent in cultivation. She could easily go from Jindan to the late Jindan stage within a hundred years, but she could not cook a decent dish.

Maybe I chose the wrong skill tree.

"You guys chat, I'm going to go and warm up my soul first."

Chi Shan stood up and floated into the inner room.

Ning Daoran brewed a pot of tea and sat opposite Lin Man on the balcony. He said, "What are your plans next? If possible, please tell me a little. If you don't say anything, I won't be able to plan for you in advance."

"Um."

Lin Man said softly, "I plan to borrow the fourth-order spiritual energy of Qingzhu Peak to condense my infant in the valley beside Qingzhu Peak. At the same time, I will use the opportunity of condensing my infant to do another thing. In short, when I condense my infant, please protect me, Lord Ning. Don't make any mistakes, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."

"Are you going to condense your baby?"

Ning Daoran was stunned, his face full of disbelief.

He himself hadn't even reached the late Jindan stage, but Lin Man was about to reach the Nascent Soul stage. Was there still justice? Was there still law? Was this the difference between an ordinary genius and a top genius? "Hmm."

Lin Man said: "I have been running around outside for these years, and I have been preparing for the Nascent Soul Condensation. After all, before the Nascent Soul Condensation, the combat power is too low, and there are many things I want to do that I cannot do."

Ning Daoran sent a voice message: "For example, kill Yunmeng Sect and destroy that vicious woman?"

Lin Man smiled: "You guessed it again?"

"Anyway..."

Ning Daoran said, "We shouldn't rush this matter. Yunmeng Sect is one of the ten great sects after all, and it has a profound foundation. Even if you have achieved Nascent Soul, you may not be a match for the poisonous woman. Why not wait a little while? I will try my best. When I achieve Nascent Soul, I will lend you a helping hand. By then, the chances of success will be higher."

"good!"

Lin Man smiled and said, "Then it's a deal!"

At this moment, Chi Shan's soul in the inner room suddenly trembled violently, followed by a violent coughing sound.

Ning Daoran frowned. In the way of the soul, he had the soul-searching technique and the soul-calming book, and he should be very proficient in them, but these two methods tended towards killing and were useless for saving people.

“Senior Sister…”

Lin Man suddenly stood up, rushed to the door and took a look at Chi Shan's condition, then quickly turned back, hugged Ning Daoran tightly, and said softly: "I want to use my magic power to stabilize my sister's soul. You go back first, and I will go to the main peak to find you when I am free."

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"good."

Ning Daoran stood up and left, riding on a beam of light and floating away. He looked back at the small house in the bamboo forest and couldn't help but frown. Chi Shan's life was too miserable, and Lin Man had been involved in it and could not get out.

He sighed. There was no way to have the best of both worlds. Ning Daoran had been cultivating immortality for hundreds of years, but he was the only one who looked up to Lin Man. Perhaps it was because of her love for Chi Shan.

…

Return to the main peak and continue practicing.

A few months later.

The research on the Ten Directions Forbidden Array was progressing very slowly. After all, it was a fourth-level array, and a year or two would at most allow one to comprehend the surface. However, it would take a great deal of time to immerse oneself in the profound aspects of the array regarding the spatial attributes.

“Pah~~”

From the outside world, a sound transmission talisman flew in, which contained the aura of Lin Man's magic power: "Senior sister's soul has stabilized a little, I'll come to accompany you, do you have a private cave?"

"have."

Ning Daoran walked out of Lingpu Cave and saw Lin Man standing outside the cave in the autumn wind, her skirt and short hair fluttering gently, she was so beautiful.

"This island owner's cave has a mezzanine, and there are two small caves on the left and right sides, which are also at the level of fourth-order lower-grade spiritual veins."

Ning Daoran raised his hand and cast a spell, activating one of them.

"good."

Lin Man walked in with a smile. There was indeed a different world inside. The space was extremely large, with a main hall, pavilion, bamboo forest, lotus pond, etc.

She stepped into the pavilion, took out the cooking utensils, and began to brew spiritual tea.

Ning Daoran sat down opposite and asked, "How is Senior Sister Chi's soul?"

“It’s a little more stable, but it’s still not optimistic.”

Lin Man pursed her red lips, and her beautiful eyes looked at the ripples in the lotus pond. She seemed to recall some bad memories and said, "During the period of time in Sangyu Country, I took my senior sister to seek elixirs to stabilize her soul, but we were chased by a Yuanying early stage cultivator. She was even blown by the Xinjin Wind he sacrificed for a whole day and night. My senior sister suffered a serious loss of soul, which affected all my plans."

Ning Daoran frowned: "It's actually so dangerous..."

"Um."

Lin Man stood up and walked closer, leaning on his shoulder, and said with a smile: "But everything is over. Only when I am with you do I feel at peace."

Her pretty face showed a little fatigue. "I'm really tired of running around all these years. It would be great if I could stay by your side and be the arrogant wife of the island owner who bullies the kind people everywhere..."

Ning Daoran couldn't help but laugh.

Lin Man also smiled: "What a pity, I am destined to be a wanderer. I won't be able to stay on Liuhua Island for too long. My senior sister's soul can't wait. I'm sorry..."

"fine."

Ning Daoran said: "I always believe that our fate will not end here."

“…”

Lin Man said softly, "Mr. Ning, after you achieve Infant Condensation and Spirit Transformation, you will also ascend to the Earthly Immortal Realm, right?"

"Um."

Ning Daoran nodded: "Although my cultivation speed is a little slow, I am taking each step very steadily. In the future, I will definitely reach the Nascent Soul and Spiritualization stage. However, I can no longer cultivate in the human world during the Spiritualization stage. I will never be willing to die of old age in the human world. There is only one way, and that is to find a way to ascend to the Earthly Immortal Realm."

"good."

Lin Man smiled and nodded: "Although I don't know how long this will take, I will definitely wait for you in the Earthly Immortal Realm. After entering the Earthly Immortal Realm, Senior Sister will officially embark on the path of ghost cultivation, and I can stay by your side forever."

"That's right."

Ning Daoran suddenly remembered something extremely important and asked, "Has your talisman path been promoted to the fourth level?"

"ah?!"

Lin Man's pretty face turned slightly pale, and she had a bad feeling.

(End of this chapter)