Chapter 117: Battle (asking for monthly ticket)

After Chu Ning appeared, his eyes fell on the front.

A hundred meters away, a ten-foot-long palm-leaf fan was floating above the ground.

The cattail leaf fan is a flying spiritual device, with five people sitting on it.

Two of the old men were foundation-building cultivators, while the remaining three were in the late Qi Condensation stage.

"Everyone, we are from the floating city. We would like to pass through here. We hope you can give us some convenience." The old man standing on the palm-leaf fan said loudly.

"No matter where you come from, you must be inspected before passing. Fellow Taoists, please come down first."

Chen Kui looked at the old man. The other party was also in the late stage of foundation building, which made him speak more politely.

"good."

The palm-leaf fan slowly fell down, and the five old men got down from it. Then, with a wave of the old man's hand, the fan became smaller, became the size of a palm, and fell back into the old man's hand.

This scene made Chen Kui and the other two feel relieved. The other party even put away his flying spiritual weapon, so there should be nothing fishy going on.

"Please forgive me, we are just doing our duty. What should I call you?"

"I am Zhang Qiao, and I have been checked several times along the way. I can understand."

There was no anger on the faces of the two old men. Instead, the three young Qi Condensation cultivators behind them looked a little depressed.

Chen Kui and the other two focused their attention on the two female cultivators. The daughter of the Lord of Shanyang City was a girl, and although it was possible that she was disguised as a man, Chen Kui and the others did not find any flaws in the three male cultivators.

"The floating city is quite far away. Where are you going, Fellow Daoist Zhang?"

"Go to Fengming City and take the disciples to see Fengming City's Nirvana Festival."

"Nirvana Festival? If you hadn't mentioned it to me, I would have forgotten that Fengming City's Nirvana Festival, which takes place once every 100 years, will be held in a few years."

"Yes, I can probably only attend such a grand event twice in my lifetime. This will be the last time I go."

Zhang Qiao had a gloomy expression, and Chen Kui felt the same way. He also sensed a sense of old age from the other person. Like himself, he was also a cultivator whose life was coming to an end.

"I'm sorry to have delayed Fellow Daoist Zhang's time. Please go in."

Chen Kui himself didn't notice anything wrong, so he looked at Chu Ning and the other two. After making sure that they didn't notice anything either, he made way.

"It's alright, fellow Taoists, this is also your duty."

Zhang Qiao summoned the palm-leaf fan again, and several people got on it. The fan slowly rose into the air and was about to leave.

Chu Ning narrowed his eyes and looked at the palm leaf fan. Chen Kui saw this and asked, "Brother Chu, do you think there is something wrong with these people?"

"without."

Chu Ning retracted his gaze and shook his head. Since he had chosen to let the other party go, he naturally would not create any more trouble at this time.

Yes, he discovered the problems with these five people.

There were no flaws in the words, deeds or appearance of these five people, but Chu Ning subconsciously used the Secret Mirror, and then wow... really wow.

Among the five people, three are in the late Foundation Establishment stage, and only two are truly in the late Qi Condensation stage.

The two old men were in the late Foundation Establishment stage, while one of the three late Qi Condensation stage female cultivators was in the late Foundation Establishment stage. She just used some special means to successfully disguise herself as being in the late Qi Condensation stage.

This disguise was so powerful that it fooled everyone present.

Chu Ning focused on the female cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage who was pretending to be in the late Qi Condensation stage, because her realm was higher than his. The Secret Mirror did not show much information, but from the few contents that were available, Chu Ning was sure that this woman was Zheng Qingmin, the daughter of the Lord of Shanyang City.

Chu Ning compared the strength of the three who were in the late stage of foundation building, and then chose to keep silent and let the other party pass.

Moreover, he did not intend to expose the other party's identity now. Once he did, he would not be able to explain why he saw the flaw and let the other party go, nor how he saw the flaw.

Chu Ning's plan was to send a message to his master now. A cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage could send messages over short distances, so he could let his master handle it.

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"Stop for now."

Zheng Qingmin, who was wearing a white dress, suddenly spoke on the palm-leaf fan that was already dozens of miles away.

"Miss?"

The two old men were a little puzzled, but still stopped fanning themselves with the palm-leaf fans.

"Our identities should be exposed."

"Why do you say that, Miss?"

Zhang Yan looked at his young lady. They had hidden very well along the way and their identities were not discovered at any point.

"Intuition, I just had a feeling that someone had discovered my secret. I'm afraid there is something on the other party that can see through the disguise."

Zheng Qingmin frowned. She had been stopped and checked many times along the way, but she had never felt like she was being spied on in the previous rounds of inspections. This time, however, she did. She didn't want to take any chances.

"Miss, if the other party has figured out our identities and origins, why don't they send a signal?"

"Maybe they are not as strong as us, so they plan to let us go and then call for help to surround us."

Zheng Qingmin is a very cautious person, because she knows that this matter concerns the life and death of her entire Zheng family, and she cannot take any risks.

If my identity was really revealed, then continuing forward would be like walking into a trap.

"Go back. No matter whether these people have seen through our identities or not, kill them quickly and then change the route."

Zheng Qingmin made a decision quickly, and the other four were all loyal subordinates of the Zheng family, so they naturally would not go against Zheng Qingmin's words.

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Chu Ning and the other three were also gathered together at this moment. Except for Chu Ning who was still thinking about something, Chen Kui and the other two looked very relaxed.

However, the next moment, Chu Ning's whole body suddenly felt hair stand on end.

"careful!"

In an instant, Chu Ning shouted loudly, and at the same time, he left a shadow on the spot, and when he reappeared, he was already a hundred meters away.

Chen Kui was the first to react to Chu Ning's shout. He spread out a flag in his hand and protected himself with it.

This is the benefit of practicing for many years. Although I don’t know what happened, the first thing I did was to protect myself.

At the moment when Chen Kui waved the flag in his hand, three terrifying rays of light fell.

Puff! Chen Kui's face darkened, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. The flag that wrapped around him shattered instantly, but at least it blocked the sudden attack.

The other two were not so lucky. They didn't even have time to react before they were split in half by two sword lights.

"There really is a problem."

The figures of Zheng Qingmin and the other two appeared, and Zheng Qingmin's eyes immediately fell on Chu Ning. Even a cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage might not be able to react to their sneak attack just now, but the cultivator in the middle Foundation Establishment stage in front of him was able to predict it in advance and dodge it. This person is extraordinary.

Chu Ning looked at the three people who surrounded him in a triangle shape, and without any hesitation, he crushed a jade slip in his hand at the first moment.

The jade slip shattered, and a bird flew out and flew towards the sky.

This is the messenger bird given by the sect. Once the bird takes off, all the monks of the Wenjin Sect within hundreds of miles will rush over here.

But the bird only flew to a height of less than 20 meters before it seemed to hit an invisible barrier and fell to the ground.

"Want to report a message?"

There was a look of disdain on Zheng Qingmin's face. In her right hand, a copper bowl appeared, with the lid facing down, and was spinning continuously.

"Get started!"

Zheng Qingmin gave an order, and Zhang Yan and another person in the late foundation building stage formed seals with their hands, and several rays of light shot towards Chu Ning and Chen Kui.

"Brother Chu, be careful!"

Although Chen Kui was injured, he was still able to fight. He raised his sleeves and three scarlet flying swords shot out.

The three scarlet flying swords shone with a gorgeous red light, and their speed was several points faster than those rays of light.

When Zhang Yan and another old man saw the three scarlet flying swords, they also had a look of fear on their faces.

The two men did not fight head-on, but chose to dodge. At the same time, Zhang Yan spit out a purple flying sword, and an iron ruler flew out from the sleeve of another old man beside him.

The iron ruler suddenly grew to a length of three feet in the air, and hit Chu Ning with the force of a mountain pressing down on his head.

"Fuck you, I let you go, but you're coming back to kill me."

Chu Ning was also angry. He reached into his storage bag and started piling spiritual weapons onto his body. In the blink of an eye, he had put on more than a dozen pieces of armor-type spiritual weapons alone, and he looked extremely bloated.

But Chu Ning didn't stop. He reached his left hand into the storage bag on his left waist and took out thirty flying swords in a row.

These flying swords formed a sword formation and flew towards the monk who controlled the iron ruler.

Boom! The iron bar fell, and many of Chu Ning's spiritual weapons shattered. After all, it was a full-strength attack from a cultivator in the late stage of Qi Condensation. Most of the defensive spiritual armor on his body were only in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, and a few were in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.

However, having a large number also has its advantages. After twelve pieces of spiritual armor were shattered in a row, the power of the iron ruler was offset. Chu Ning groaned and suppressed the surging blood in his body.

Seeing this scene, Zheng Qingmin and the other two’s eyes widened.

A mid-stage foundation-building expert actually has so many spiritual weapons? Even Zheng Qingmin, the daughter of the mayor of Shanyang City, found it a little unbelievable.

At this moment, Chu Ning's more than thirty flying swords also came over.

"Uncle Qi, be careful."

Zheng Qingmin gave a reminder, but Zheng Qiao, the old man who had previously used the alias Zhang Qiao, had a look of disdain on his face. Although there were many flying swords, they were only of the power at the initial stage of foundation building and could not cause much damage to him.

Zheng Qiao formed seals with his hands and a light shield appeared on his body. Many flying swords pierced the light shield, making metallic collision sounds, but they could not move forward any further and fell to the ground one after another.

"No matter how many spiritual weapons you have, they will be useless if they are not powerful enough."

Just as Zheng Qiao was about to activate the iron ruler again, one of the many flying swords suddenly burst into light, pierced through the light shield like a tornado, turned into a stream of light, and pierced directly into Zheng Qiao's chest.

At the moment when the flying sword pierced Zheng Qiao's chest, Chu Ning's face showed a resolute look. He formed seals with his hands, and the flying sword exploded with a bang.

Chu Ning destroyed a flying sword that could threaten a person in the late stage of foundation building without any hesitation.

Because Chu Ning knew clearly that if the spiritual weapon was lost, it could be found again, but if one's life was lost, it would be gone for real.

The daughter of the Lord of Shanyang City is now trying to seal off this area, controlling the special spiritual weapon and has no time to spare. The other three are in the late foundation building stage, so killing one of them first will reduce some of the pressure.

This flying sword came from the Wushuang Sect and was nurtured by Chu Ning for several years using the spiritual energy of other flying swords. It exploded at this moment, and inside the chest. Even though Zheng Qiao was a powerful warrior in the late foundation building stage, he could not withstand the force of the explosion.

The terrifying spiritual energy of the flying sword directly cut Zheng Qiao's body in half at this moment.

Bang! Zheng Qiao's body was blown into thousands of pieces, splattering all over the ground.

A cultivator in the late foundation building stage died.

"Seventh Uncle!"

There was hatred on Zheng Qingmin's face, and Chen Kui, who was fighting with Zhang Yan at the moment, saw this scene and his eyes lit up. He did not expect that Junior Brother Chu could actually kill a cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage, turning the originally fatal situation into a turning point.

However, Chen Kui also knew that Junior Brother Chu was able to kill the late Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Zheng family because of luck. Now he has guessed that the female cultivator in the white dress is the eldest daughter of the Zheng family.

"Junior Brother Chu, don't forget your promise to me."

Chen Kui had made up his mind at this moment. Facing three cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage, the possibility of survival was slim. But now there were only two. If he could hold them back, there was still a chance that Junior Brother Chu would survive.

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Chu Ning looked at Chen Kui, as if he had guessed what Chen Kui was going to do. He did not answer, but just nodded heavily.

After getting a definite answer, Chen Kui suddenly shouted loudly, and the next moment his entire body skin aged rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It was like a ball that suddenly deflated, but the three red flying swords suddenly shone brightly and even made astonishing sword sounds.

"This guy is burning his lifespan!"

Zheng Qingmin and Zhang Yan saw at a glance what Chen Kui was going to do, which was to burn up all of his remaining life span.

"Take care, young lady!"

Zhang Yan turned around and growled at Zheng Qingmin. Facing the three whistling flying swords, he no longer dodged. The purple flying sword above his head also shone brightly.

They were both in the late stage of foundation building. If the opponent fought desperately, he could only fight desperately too.

Don't give the other party a chance to escape.

The three red flying swords collided with the purple flying sword in the air. The terrifying energy spread in all directions, and the trees within a hundred meters around collapsed and turned into powder.

Chen Kui and Zhang Yan were also hit by this energy. Chen Kui flew away like a kite with a broken string. Zhang Yan was better off and did not fly away, but his body kept exploding.

Zheng Qingmin's face turned pale. The self-destructive energy of the two foundation-building monks made it impossible for her to maintain the seal.

As the copper bowl was put away, Zheng Qingmin disappeared from the spot, and when he reappeared, he was already in front of Chu Ning.

The seal is useless, she must kill Chu Ning as soon as possible.

However, Chu Ning's movements were not slow either. Almost at the moment when Chen Kui and Zhang Yan self-destructed, he already grasped the underground boat in his hands.

Swoosh! Chu Ning's figure disappeared into the boat, and the underground boat flashed and sank into the earth.

Just as the underground boat disappeared into the earth, a sword net suddenly appeared in the sky above where Chu Ning had originally stood, strangling everything.

Zheng Qingmin had already noticed the flying boat in Chu Ning's hand, so the frontal attack was fake, and the sword net in the sky was her trump card.

However, Zheng Qingmin's trump card failed.

Or she could never have imagined that the flying boat in Chu Ning's hand could escape underground.

However, Zheng Qingmin's expression changed slightly and then he regained his composure. He stood still and locked his spiritual sense on the surrounding ground.

Although she had never seen a flying spiritual device that could burrow underground, she knew one thing: if one wanted to burrow underground, one must have spiritual energy to clear the way. In other words, as long as the other party moved, her spiritual sense would be able to detect it.

Now she couldn't detect it with her spiritual sense, which meant that the other party was in this area underground and didn't move.

Moreover, it is impossible to transmit information to the outside while staying in such a closed flying boat, so she doesn't have to worry about the other party hiding underground and secretly transmitting signals to the outside.

Looking at the bodies of Zhang Yan and Seventh Uncle, who were loyal to their family, especially Seventh Uncle, who was a member of their Zheng family, Zheng Qingmin's cold face was filled with murderous intent.

If it weren't for their father's failure in breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, not to mention the cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage, even the powerful Golden Core Realm cultivators would not dare to attack them, the disciples of the Zheng family.

"Just wait. I won't come out. This woman doesn't dare to make too much noise and turn up the ground around here. Now that the strange spiritual weapon is gone, too much noise will attract the attention of other patrols."

Chu Ning was hiding in the underground boat and could feel Zheng Qingmin's murderous intent. He had already made up his mind to just stay here and not move.

Zheng Qingmin really couldn't afford to waste time, so at this moment her eyes fell on Chen Kui's body not far away. She raised her right hand, and Chen Kui's body slowly floated up.

With a flick of his right finger, a ray of light shot towards Chen Kui's right hand, and that right hand exploded in the air, with broken flesh falling all over the ground.

"This is your savior. How can you just watch him die without even a complete body?"

Zheng Qingmin spoke lightly, she was trying to provoke Chu Ning.

Although Chu Ning's background is unknown, from Chen Kui's actions and final words, it is obvious that he was trying to protect this person and allow him to escape.

Therefore, this old man who chose to burn his lifespan can be regarded as the savior of the guy hiding underground.

Moreover, seeing that the other party was able to take out so many spiritual weapons, and was also in the middle stage of foundation building, Zheng Qingmin was able to lock down this person's identity.

"Chun Ning, maybe we can come out and talk."

After a few breaths, there was no response, so Zheng Qingmin thrust out his finger again, and this time it was Chen Kui's left leg that was blown off.

"This woman, does she think she can force me out like this?"

Chu Ning's expression was cold. He had never wanted to kill a woman so much before. Zheng Qingmin was the only one.

He would not go out at this time. Senior Brother Chen was fighting desperately with the opponent at the cost of burning his life span just to give himself a chance to escape and survive.

I went out myself and was fooled by this woman.

"Is Chu Ning so tolerant?"

Zheng Qingmin did not get a response and his face darkened. The Zheng family collected some young talents from several surrounding cities, and also had a detailed introduction to Chu Ning. Chu Ning had only been practicing for fifty years. Logically speaking, a cultivator of this age would have great emotional fluctuations.

Zheng Qingmin never expected Chu Ning to come out. No fool would come out at this time. The purpose of her doing this was to anger Chu Ning.

Seeing her savior's body being destroyed, Chu Ning certainly couldn't bear to see this scene. The best choice was to leave, and as long as the flying boat started moving, she could lock onto the other party in an instant.

After several attempts, Zheng Qingmin was sure that Chu Ning would not move. His face turned cold, and the next moment Chen Kui's entire body exploded, leaving a pool of blood and flesh.

Zheng Qingmin's figure disappeared from the spot. Knowing that Chu Ning would not come out, he chose to leave.

"Lao Hei, think about whether there is any way to kill this woman?" Chu Ning asked in a deep voice in the underground boat.

"It's difficult. This woman is in the late stage of foundation building, and as the daughter of the Lord of Shanyang City, she must have a lot of treasures on her. The best way is to hide here and wait for other patrols to find something wrong and come over before showing up again."

Lao Hei analyzed the situation rationally to Chu Ning. The two of them had a life contract, so he knew the extent of Chu Ning's anger at the moment.

It's far from being as peaceful as it seems.

"What if I attract fire from the front and you hide on the side and attack from the side?"

"There's a fifty percent chance."

Lao Hei pondered for a while and made a judgment.

"What if erysipelas is added?"

“Seventy percent!”

Chu Ning's eyes flickered, and after a while he said, "Let's do it!"

"What about the escape route?"

"We still have a flying boat."

"Now that you have thought it through, let's do it."

A quarter of an hour later, Chu Ning controlled the underground boat to move, and just when the underground boat had moved a hundred meters, a terrifying energy smashed down from the ground.

The underground boat trembled, and Chu Ning's figure fell to the ground.

Zheng Qingmin appeared in front of Chu Ning at some point.

"I couldn't help but come out. If you hide for a while longer, I might really leave."

Looking at the smug expression of the woman in front of him, Chu Ning just frowned.

"You killed a person in the late Foundation Establishment stage with a person in the middle Foundation Establishment stage. I have to admit that Chu Ning, you are indeed a genius. You also have a talent for alchemy that far exceeds that of ordinary people, but you shouldn't have killed my Zheng family."

"Don't even mention killing your Zheng family. I'm going to kill you, an old woman, too."

Chu Ning raised his hand, and a bottle of pills appeared in his hand. Without any hesitation, he poured the dozen pills in the bottle into his mouth.

Perhaps he was too anxious, or perhaps he was afraid that Zheng Qingmin would stop him, so Chu Ning moved too quickly and two pills accidentally fell to the ground.

"Death struggle."

There was disdain in Zheng Qingmin's eyes. No matter how many pills he took, he would still be in the middle stage of foundation building. It was impossible for him to be in the late stage of foundation building. Moreover, he was not an ordinary late stage of foundation building.

With a raise of his right hand, a black needle shot out from Zheng Qingmin's hand. The black needle exploded several times in the air and hit Chu Ning with terrifying power.

Boom! A small bronze tripod appeared in Chu Ning's hand. The tripod was thrown out and floated above Chu Ning's head. A light shield fell down and enveloped him.

The black needle hit the small tripod with a loud bang, and the small tripod shattered in an instant, but Chu Ning took advantage of the time when the small tripod was blocking him and escaped a hundred meters away.

"You have so many defensive spiritual weapons on you."

Zheng Qingmin had an ugly expression on his face and retracted the black needle. The noise just now was a bit loud and might easily attract the attention of other patrolling monks.

"You can't get away."

A three-foot-long green flying sword appeared in Zheng Qingmin's hand, and he chased after Chu Ning with the sword.

Coincidentally, the pursuit route was the place where Chu Ning had just appeared to take medicine.

In just two breaths, Zheng Qingmin caught up with Chu Ning, and the flying sword in his hand turned into a stream of light and shot towards Chu Ning.

This time the flying sword was very fast, and flames suddenly appeared all over Chu Ning's body, layer upon layer, and the whole person turned into a body of fire.

At the moment when Zheng Qingmin shot out his flying sword, a black light shot out from the ground behind him, and the black snake made its move.

(End of this chapter)