Chapter 426 Giant Rock Sect

Yunzhou, the northern border.

“Shua~~~”

Accompanied by the sound of falling leaves, a figure quickly disappeared into the forest. Soon after, the power of the restriction fluctuated, and a space covered by dense leaves and bushes disappeared, replaced by a cave that had been sealed for many years.

Ning Daoran was dressed in a green shirt, carrying a sword on his back, and walked into the cave gracefully.

Everything is exactly the same as it was arranged back then. The damaged ancient teleportation array is the same as before, with no fluctuations in array power and is temporarily abandoned.

Ning Daoran quickly cast dozens of bans to continue isolating this place from the outside world. Then he took out a newly refined teleportation column and some materials to repair the formation from his storage bag.

Next, he became busy around the ancient teleportation array, hammering and banging, constantly replacing and repairing the array. After three full days, the array was finally repaired.

"Almost."

He pondered for a moment, took out three mid-grade spirit stones and embedded them into the formation, then immediately cast a few spells!

"Boom~~~"

A powerful shock wave shot up from the formation into the sky, then slowly dissipated, and the formation became usable again.

Ning Daoran smiled slightly, raised his hand and threw out a Grade B paper figure, saying: "After I teleport, you will remove the teleportation stone in the southeast corner and hide it, so that others will not use this teleportation array to hold me responsible."

Paper figure B nodded heavily.

Ning Daoran turned around and took a look at the outside world, then turned and walked into the teleportation array, never looking back.

…

"boom--"

Amid a loud bang, Ning Daoran's body was enveloped in millions of rays of light and soared into the sky. After a very brief moment of dizziness, he felt as if his body was being pulled away inch by inch. After a few breaths, his body sank and landed in another extremely ancient teleportation array.

The other end of the ancient teleportation array was actually hidden in a completely enclosed cave. When Ning Daoran released his spiritual sense to investigate, he discovered that there was a river between the cave and the outside world, and that one had to pass through the river to reach the outside world.

It is quite secretive, no wonder it has not been discovered for so many years.

He quickly cast dozens of prohibitions to hide the teleportation array, then used water escape techniques to dive into the river. After dozens of breaths, he jumped out of the river, stepped on a dead tree and swam down the river.

"here……"

Ning Daoran frowned, not knowing where this place was in Sangyu Country.

Not long after, an old man fishing appeared by the river. The old man was very leisurely. While fishing, there was a cooking utensil beside him, and a pot of fragrant tea was brewing.

Ning Daoran understood everything at a glance. This old man was a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining. In the world of immortal cultivators, he was just an ant, but to ordinary people in the mundane world, he was a master with all-knowing abilities.

"This fellow Taoist."

Ning Daoran stepped on the dead tree, clasped his fists and smiled: "I am a wandering cultivator and am not familiar with this place. May I ask where this place is, fellow Taoist? Which state in Sangyu Country is it located in?"

"oh?"

The old man who was fishing didn't take it seriously at first, but after careful sensing, he realized that Ning Daoran actually had the aura of a golden elixir. Suddenly, the old man's expression froze, and he quickly put down his fishing rod and clasped his fists respectfully: "Senior, this place is Hunhua County, located in Qinzhou, the western border of Sangyu Country. I wonder if you have any other questions, and I will tell you everything I know."

"Thank you, that's all I want to ask."

Ning Daoran smiled happily and continued to steer the dead tree down the river.

The old man bowed and saluted, and did not resume fishing until Ning Daoran's figure disappeared. The moment he picked up the fishing rod, he was extremely excited and happy. He had actually talked to a Jindan-stage master in his life, and his life was not lived in vain! ...

On top of the dead tree, Ning Daoran took out the map he had prepared long ago. After confirming the location, he decided to go down the river to get to know the local customs first. He wanted to integrate into the Sangyu Kingdom as soon as possible to avoid revealing any flaws.

So, it floated on the dead tree for half a month.

Within half a month, he erected a Dragon Demon Stake on the dead tree and constantly honed his cultivation in the Dragon Demon Heart Sutra.

But he soon discovered that the twentieth level of the Dragon Demon Heart Sutra seemed to have reached a bottleneck. No matter how hard he tried to hone and temper his body, his progress on the Dragon Demon Heart Sutra was extremely small, almost to the point where it could be ignored.

This won’t do!

He frowned. The Dragon Demon Heart Sutra was the foundation of his martial arts. He had to reach the twenty-fifth level to at least catch up with Shen Luoyan.

But at this moment, wisps of green smoke emerged not far from the river, and there were sounds of crying.

"Um?"

Ning Daoran frowned, then lightly stepped on a dead tree and finally left the place where he had lived for half a month. He landed on the river bank and walked slowly forward. He saw a young man kneeling in front of a grave by the river, burning paper and crying sadly.

"Father, mother, I am incompetent. Back then, you spent all your wealth to send me to join the sect. Now, after more than ten years in the sect, I have not learned any skills..."

"My child is dull, those immortal methods... are like heavenly books, I can't understand them at all..."

He cried more and more sadly, and said, "Now I have also been infected with a strange disease. It won't be long before I will go to the underworld to accompany my father and mother. You should walk slowly and remember to wait for me..."

Ning Daoran swept his spiritual sense around and immediately saw everything clearly.

This young man is at the fourth level of Qi Refining, which is indeed dull considering his age. Moreover, his arms and half of his face are covered with a kind of fish-scale skin, which is extremely hard, like stone.

It is indeed a strange disease!

Ning Daoran suddenly had an idea, so he floated out and kept his breath at the seventh level of Qi Refining, which happened to be the late stage of Qi Refining. He instantly changed his appearance into that of a young boy and said, "My fellow Taoist, I didn't mean to eavesdrop on you. I just happened to pass by. Can you let me take a look at your strange disease?"

"ah?"

The young man was slightly startled, but soon discovered that Ning Daoran's realm was higher than his, and he was actually in the late stage of Qi Refining, so he gritted his teeth and said: "This fellow Daoist...you are..."

"My name is Ning Qiuhan. I am a casual cultivator. I have been following my master in cultivating the Dao and studying medicine for many years. I have a very superficial understanding of medicine. I am quite interested in your strange illness. I wonder if I can help you take a look at it?"

"It turns out to be Fellow Daoist Ning!"

The young man showed an excited expression and said, "My name is Zheng Ting, and I am a disciple of the Giant Rock Sect nearby. Can you really cure this stone scale disease? Not only me, many of my brothers and sisters have also been infected with this strange disease and are in great pain."

"I'll take a look first. I can't say if it can be cured."

"good!"

Perhaps because they were of the same age, Zheng Ting quickly rolled up his sleeves, revealing half of his arm covered in fish-scale stone skin. He grinned and said, "The skin infected by the strange disease has lost its feeling, but sometimes it feels a little itchy. I want to peel off the skin on my entire arm, but I can't bear to give up my hand, otherwise I would really peel it off."

Ning Daoran smiled slightly.

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

He raised a finger and placed it on the stone skin, and immediately felt a ray of evil power rushing into his finger. He frowned, silently practicing the Changqing Jue, quickly crushing the evil power, and then used the Changqing Jue in conjunction with the Jindan spiritual sense to detect the lesions in the skin.

After a long time, he pondered and came to some preliminary conclusions.

It seems that this young man has really encountered an evil spirit. This stone scale disease is not a strange disease at all, but a kind of evil spirit attached to the human body, constantly sucking the young man's vitality and blood and essence. It may take ten to twenty years at most, or three to five years at least. The young man's vitality will definitely be sucked dry.

Judging from what he said, there are many disciples in the Giant Rock Sect who also suffer from stone scale disease, which means that the evil spirit is most likely hiding in the Giant Rock Sect, or at least nearby.

"Friend Zheng Daoyou."

Ning Daoran frowned and said, "I can't tell the real cause of this disease for the time being. Maybe it has something to do with the water you drink and the food you eat, or the environment you live in. I wonder if I can go up the mountain with you to investigate your sect. Maybe this stone scale disease can really be cured."

"real?"

Zheng Ting was overjoyed: "If you can really cure the stone scale disease, it will be a great boon to our Giant Rock Sect. I will take you back to the sect right away!"

"good!"

Ning Daoran nodded and smiled.

I had just arrived, so I went to the Giant Rock Sect. First, to familiarize myself with the local customs of the immortal cultivation community. Second, to slay the evil spirits and accumulate merits. Third, to collect some materials. These evil spirits were basically old monsters, and were excellent materials.

…

So, half a day later.

In the evening, an ancient mountain gate appeared before our eyes.

It was not very majestic and was obviously a second-rate sect at first glance. The one guarding the mountain gate was a ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator. Zheng Ting tried his best to persuade Ning Daoran and finally stuffed a spirit stone into his pocket, and Ning Daoran was able to enter the mountain gate.

Afterwards, Zheng Ting arranged meals.

It was extremely simple, with just a pot of steamed rice and a two-pound carp roasted. However, Zheng Ting was very hospitable and specially grabbed a handful of spiritual rice and threw it into the ordinary rice. Ning Daoran naturally noticed these details.

After the meal, he was treated for his stone scales by using the Changqing Jue to dispel the evil power and restore his vitality. After a few hours, Zheng Ting's stone scales showed signs of improvement!

"Fellow Daoist Ning!"

He was very excited: "My strange illness seems to be getting better, I will go tell the master now!"

Ning Daoran nodded happily.

…

Early in the morning, when the sky was just getting light.

When Ning Daoran was meditating under Zheng Ting's dilapidated house, he heard Zheng Ting's voice from afar: "Sect Master, Brother Ning is really a miracle worker. He cured my stone scale disease with just a touch of his hand!"

"Um."

A rather old voice came: "Zheng Ting, don't worry, if he really has the ability to cure stone scales, we in the Giant Rock Sect will never treat him unfairly!"

"Yes, that's great!"

Zheng Ting is a kind-hearted person and is happy for Brother Ning.

However, just after he pushed the door open, the sect leader raised his hand, and a golden rope suddenly flew out like a spirit snake, instantly tying up Ning Daoran under the eaves! "Who dares to come to my Juyan Sect to cheat!"

The sect master, who was in the late stage of foundation building, lifted Ning Daoran up and said in a cold voice, "I will hand you over to Elder Shi for disposal!"

"ah!?"

Zheng Ting was horrified and quickly knelt down and kowtowed to beg for mercy.

Ning Daoran was in the air, speechless. Everything seemed to be exactly as he had guessed.

(End of this chapter)