Sheng Ning didn't rest for long before heading back to the Void Swamp with his fellow disciples.
Just before leaving the crater, after Sheng Ning stuffed Ye Si into her fire-elemental spiritual root, she felt something moving in her arms.
Looking down along her clothes, she saw a small black creature with horns on its head peeking out from her bosom.
"Piglet worm?"
Reaching out, Sheng Ning pulled the pig-like insect from her arms. Upon seeing its size, she exclaimed in surprise, "You've grown up?!"
"Mommy!!! Your good son has grown up and can protect you now!!!"
Unexpectedly, the pig-worm grew quite a bit bigger because of last night's lightning tribulation, and even its scales changed somewhat.
Looking in the light, you can vaguely see some dark green, but you can't see it at all without looking closely.
As the worms grew, another person popped into Sheng Ning's mind.
She let the worms wrap around her arm, and then took out a palm-sized turtle from her spiritual space.
Sure enough, ever since she photographed Xuanwu, the Xuanwu tortoise, which had barely woken up, was now lying energetically in her palm.
Seeing that she had brought him out, Xuanwu spoke up with a smile.
"The little girl has made progress! Congratulations!"
Sheng Ning had read many books and knew that a spirit beast's level might increase along with its master's level.
Regardless of whether the pig-like insect she had a contract with was a dragon, this Xuanwu was already a divine beast, and she thought that her advancement would be of no use to divine beasts.
Unexpectedly, this advancement awakened Xuanwu.
Overjoyed by the unexpected surprise, Sheng Ning said, "Senior Xuanwu, it's good that you're awake."
Xuanwu, having gained new energy, did not answer. He looked at Sheng Ning and, after a long while, asked her in a voice that the two of them could hear.
"Little girl, you've leveled up, but what's in your consciousness space?"
Last night, Xuanwu sensed that Sheng Ning was about to advance in rank. After forcing himself to wake up, he originally intended to use his own armor to shield her from the lightning tribulation.
However, he had been asleep for too long and woke up too late. Before he could make a move, he saw Sheng Ning being struck by lightning.
Fortunately, the purple lightning did not kill her, but instead sent her to a higher level, allowing her spiritual roots to expand and become more abundant.
Xuanwu was genuinely happy for Sheng Ning.
But there were also things that puzzled him.
Last night, after Sheng Ning advanced to the next level, a huge room suddenly appeared in the spiritual space where he and the white tiger python were.
He tried to enter, but was blocked by the barrier.
Frowning as he looked at the girl in front of him, Xuanwu had a vague answer in his heart, but since Sheng Ning hadn't said it out loud, he was still unsure.
When Sheng Ning realized that her little secret had been discovered, a charming smile immediately appeared on her face.
In broad daylight, she was already quite beautiful in the darkness last night, but now her smile is even more dazzling.
Even though Xuanwu had lived for hundreds of thousands or millions of years, the smile on her face still dazzled her.
"Senior, I'm only telling you this, please don't tell my senior brothers, or they'll go crazy."
"That's my armory. With the armory..."
Sheng Ning didn't continue speaking after that.
She herself never expected that the purple lightning tribulation brought about by the transformation from Golden Core to Nascent Soul would bring her such a big surprise.
Before she died, she had her own armory, which, strictly speaking, belonged to the state.
However, all the weapons inside were designed by Sheng Ning and were put into use after being tested.
Although the quantity is not large, there are quite a few heavy weapons among them. When she and her fellow disciples encounter any danger again, they will not be as short of supplies as before.
Sheng Ning thought to herself with a smile.
Everything is great in the cultivation world, except that you have to prepare the materials for refining weapons yourself.
Although she had learned how to forge weapons, there were many things that couldn't be solved simply by forging weapons.
This advancement brought over the armory she used to manage, so from now on she and her senior brothers will be able to roam freely in the northern region of the continent!
Thinking of this, Sheng Ning grinned from ear to ear.
When Lu Qingan walked up to her, he saw her smiling face.
He reached out and took out a handkerchief to cover her face. Just as Sheng Ning was wondering what was going on, he coughed lightly and said, "Junior Sister, try to smile less in front of others in the future."
It's so alluring.
My junior sister is still so young, what if she encounters those shameless scoundrels...?
The moment Lu Qing'an thought about how his junior sister might be kidnapped in the future, and how a beautiful flower might end up stuck in cow dung, his expression immediately became extremely serious.
"With Master and Senior Brother absent, it is Second Senior Brother's responsibility to educate Junior Sister."
"Junior sister, remember this: you are wonderful, and no man in this world is worthy of you."
"If Junior Sister is short of rare and precious treasures or spirit stones, she can ask her senior brothers for them, and they will give them to her."
Lu Qing'an suddenly felt that raising his junior sister was just like how the uncle next door raised his daughter.
As long as they give their junior sister enough and good enough treasures, she won't run away with a male cultivator for some petty gains in the future.
She felt increasingly fortunate that from the very beginning, when her junior sister entered the sect, they had given her the best.
Otherwise, if his junior sister were to be taken away by anyone in the future, he believed that his fellow disciples, and even his master, would be so angry that they would vomit blood.
Sheng Ning was initially puzzled as to why her second senior brother was covering his face with a handkerchief.
Upon hearing his words, a smile even brighter than before appeared on her face.
Sheng Ning removed the veil from her face and obediently nodded in agreement.
Lu Qingan was still somewhat uneasy.
Next, they will return to the Void Swamp.
The thought of seeing that idiot Xie Wenxuan again soon made him feel uneasy.
Even if they are uneasy, they still have to get their hands on the totem.
When Xuanwu woke up, he offered to take them to the Void Swamp, but Sheng Ning refused.
"Firstly, it's not appropriate for you, senior, to take us juniors with you. Besides, we are capable of doing anything, and returning to the Void Swamp won't be difficult for us."
"Secondly, senior, your identity is special. We entered the Northern Secret Realm early, so we don't know what the temperaments of the cultivators who entered later are like."
“You’re driving us there so casually; it could very well cause danger. The first rule of conduct is to be a decent human being.”
"To get rich, first survive!"
Upon hearing Sheng Ning's words, Xuanwu immediately burst into laughter.
He looked at Sheng Ning's small face and became more and more satisfied.
After Sheng Ning sent Xuanwu back to her spiritual space, she summoned the Eight-Star Kunwu Sword and, using the same method she had used to get to the volcano, led several of her senior brothers to the Void Swamp.
At this very moment, a battle for supremacy is taking place between disciples of various sects in the Void Swamp.
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