One night passed. Ning Fan's figure flashed and appeared outside the Bamboo Imperial Palace. He slowly walked into the palace and went straight to the main hall.
Today, eleven Sixth Revolution Pill Masters and sixteen Fifth Revolution Pill Masters including him would enter the Small Chiliocosm where Zu Zhu was to diagnose his illness.
Below the stairs stood four Sixth Revolution Pill Masters and three Fifth Revolution Pill Masters. Ning Fan was the eighth pill master to arrive.
Not long after Ning Fan arrived, the other pill masters arrived one after another.
When all 27 pill masters arrived, a few rays of faint green light suddenly flashed in the main hall.
When the green light dispersed, the Bamboo Sovereign's figure appeared. The Sixth Elder and the Eighth Elder stood on his left and right respectively.
The Sixth Elder's Dao title was Ling Zhu. He was an old-fashioned cultivator from the Profound Sect. He had a cultivation base at the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm and cultivated the Dao of Tree God. He hated devil cultivators who killed people like scything flax the most. Because of that, he once disliked Ning Fan.
The Eighth Elder was King Bai Li. His cultivation base was already at the Unrivalled Origin Returning Realm.
Today, King Bai Li's expression was not as lifeless as before. His eyes were filled with domineering arrogance.
Ever since he appeared, he had only glanced at Ning Fan once. After that, he never looked at him again.
Ning Fan glanced at King Bai Li from the corner of his eyes and frowned slightly.
He had met King Bai Li face to face once and secretly spied on him a few times.
Each time he spied on King Bai Li, the latter's eyes were blank and numb. Today, however, his eyes were like a normal person and there was nothing unusual about them …
In this state, King Bai Li gave Ning Fan a faint sense of danger …
"I'm very grateful to all of you for coming all the way here to help me cure Zu Zhu! Today, I promise that as long as you can cure Zu Zhu's illness, I will certainly reward you handsomely! "
"Zu Zhu has been sealed in the Bamboo World by me. That is a small chiliocosm that exists in the sky above Jishui City. Everyone, please follow me to the Bamboo World and see Zu Zhu with your own eyes. Let's see if you can cure him!"
As soon as the Bamboo Sovereign finished speaking, he flicked his sleeve and a bright green light shone.
The green light engulfed everyone at the scene and turned into a ray of light, flying towards the sky above Jishui City.
The speed of the Bamboo Sovereign was extremely fast. It was far from what Ning Fan could compare with.
The light sped all the way up into the sky. The higher they flew, the stronger the heavenly winds in the sky, and the greater the resistance they had to face.
In the vast sky, the wind was like a blade that could easily kill Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators.
Such a height was not something an ordinary cultivator could fly up to.
The Bamboo Emperor's flight light passed through the Heavenly Wind layer and flew up for tens of millions of feet, entering the astral wind layer above the sky dome.
The power of the astral wind was very terrifying and could easily tear apart the body of a Soul Formation cultivator.
At this height, some Fifth Revolution Pill Refinement Masters who were only at the Divine Transformation Realm could no longer withstand the wind pressure.
If not for the protection of the Bamboo Emperor's green light, these Spirit Severing Pill Masters would have died in the astral winds.
The Bamboo Emperor flew all the way to the peak of the sky and flew for a full two hours.
The astral wind in this place had completely disappeared, turning into a black void wind … void wind!
The might of the void wind was enough to tear the body of an ordinary Void Glimpse Stage cultivator apart.
If the void wind turns into a storm of a large enough scale, even a Void Pierce Stage or Absolute Void Stage cultivator might not be able to escape unscathed.
All the Sixth Revolution Pill Refinement Masters on the scene were Void Refinement Realm cultivators. They were not afraid of the heavenly wind and astral wind but they could not help but be wary of the void wind.
Even the High Grade Sixth Revolution Pill Refinement Masters like the Vast Sea Tree Lord and Zhu Hong who had seen great scenes before wore solemn expressions.
Sun Yu, on the other hand, looked extraordinarily calm. No, rather than saying he was calm, it would be better to say that his expression today was a little numb. There was no smile nor fear.
Ning Fan glanced at Sun Yu from the corner of his eyes and felt a little strange.
During the palace banquet last night, Sun Yu was still chatting happily with him and they were very close.
However, after they met today, Sun Yu did not even greet him. His attitude was extremely cold.
It had only been one night and Sun Yu's attitude towards him had actually changed so drastically. It was really strange …
While Ning Fan was still thinking, the Bamboo Emperor's voice entered everyone's ears.
"The realm gate that leads to the Bamboo World is at the peak of the sky above Ji Shui. It is in the 'void wind eye'!" The Bamboo Emperor said indifferently.
"What?! The void wind eye?! "
As soon as they heard that the realm gate that leads to the Bamboo World was actually located in the void wind eye, other than Ning Fan, Sun Yu and the two elders of the Bamboo Palace, all the pill refinement masters' expressions changed drastically.
The void wind eye was a vortex of wind that was naturally formed at the place where the void wind was the strongest. The scale of the void wind in the wind eye was far beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Even ordinary Void Fragmentation Realm cultivators would not dare to enter the wind eye easily!
The Bamboo Palace hid the Ancestral Bamboo in the Bamboo World while the realm gate that leads to the Bamboo World was hidden in the void wind eye at the peak of the sky.
If ordinary people want to sneak into the Bamboo World, they would have to face two problems.
Firstly, they must have the confidence to pass through the void wind eye. Secondly, they must have the token to open the realm gate.
Only with these two prerequisites, outsiders could enter the Bamboo World.
Behind the Bamboo World, there was still the Ancestral Bamboo. Within the Ancestral Bamboo, there was even a tree spirit at the Third Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm.
Even if ordinary people managed to sneak into the Bamboo World, they would not be able to do anything to the Ancestral Bamboo because of the existence of the tree spirit.
The Bamboo Palace hid the Ancestral Bamboo in this place. It was very safe.
The travelling light of the Tree Sovereign flew all the way to the peak of the sky!
This place was the highest place that the cultivators of the lower worlds could fly to. Any higher than that would be blocked by countless rays of Realm Breaking Light.
If one breaks through this layer of Realm Breaking Light, he or she would be able to leave the Tree World and ascend to the Four Heavens Immortal World which was a higher plane.
Unfortunately, the destructive power of the Realm Breaking Light was extremely terrifying. Even a Rogue Immortal who was well-prepared would not be able to pass through it.
Ning Fan's Wind Mist Finger was no doubt powerful. However, his comprehension of samsara had stagnated and his cultivation base was still far from the level of a Rogue Immortal. Even if he uses the Wind Mist Finger, it would be very difficult for him to break through the Realm Breaking Light …
Ning Fan withdrew his gaze and no longer looked at the Realm Breaking Light. This light was too dazzling. If he looks at it for a long time, it would even cause his Sea of Consciousness to feel intense pain.
He lowered his head and looked at the black wind eye which was as massive as an ocean.
The black wind in the wind eye twisted. A gigantic Void Refinement Realm bird that was growing in the sky was sucked into the wind eye from afar.
It was unknown what kind of demon it was. Its qi was as powerful as a Void Pierce Stage cultivator. When it spread its wings, it was six thousand zhang * (3.33m per zhang) in size.
However, as soon as it was sucked into the wind eye, it immediately let out a blood-curdling shriek. Its extremely powerful demon body was torn into countless pieces by the void wind …
"Even a Void Pierce Stage ferocious beast will definitely die after entering the wind eye …" Each of the pill refinement masters could not help but swallow their saliva.
"Masters, please follow behind me carefully. Don't stray too far away from me! With the protection of my abilities, you won't be in any danger when you enter the wind eye of the void! If anyone leaves my side and dies in the wind eye, I'm afraid I won't be able to save them in time even if I want to … "
As soon as the Bamboo Sovereign finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves again. Countless rays of green light rolled up and carried everyone into the wind eye of the void.
A long tunnel was formed in the wind eye which led straight to the other side of the void.
At the end of the void tunnel stood a gigantic door of void light. This door was actually made of the Realm Breaking Light. Without a token, no one could enter the light door.
The Bamboo Sovereign took out a green bamboo token and waved it at the door. The door trembled and shone brightly.
Countless rays of light shot out and engulfed everyone at the scene. At the next moment, everyone entered the world inside the light door.
It was a world of bamboo that stretched as far as the eye could see. At the center of this world, there was a gigantic ancestral bamboo that towered into the sky.
Countless layers of seals were placed on the ancestral bamboo. Even so, it was rumored that the ancestral bamboo still had an extremely heavy ferocious qi.
The sky was filled with emerald green bamboo leaves. Even the clouds were green in color and carried the fragrance of bamboo.
Ning Fan spread his spirit sense. The wood spiritual qi in this world was extremely dense. It was the best place to cultivate wood elemental cultivation methods.
After entering this world, he felt a sense of comfort in his body and blood.
The reason why his body felt so comfortable was because there was an ancestral bamboo growing in this place!
Ning Fan's Minor Five Elements Physique had improved a lot after he devoured the Barbaric Dragon Tree previously.
The ancestral bamboo that grew in this place contained countless times more wood spiritual qi than the Barbaric Dragon Tree.
If it wasn't because of the Bamboo Sovereign's supervision, he almost wanted to snatch the ancestral bamboo away and devour it to improve the wood elemental constitution of his Minor Five Elements Physique.
At the same time, it could also improve his rain intent to an extremely terrifying level. It's not difficult to attain the First Grade …
"Should I snatch the ancestral bamboo away …?" The thought of snatching the ancestral bamboo rose in Ning Fan's mind. However, he dismissed it at the next moment.
The Bamboo Sovereign was watching this place and there was also a Third Heavenly Layer Void Fragmentation Realm Tree Spirit inside the ancestral bamboo. If Ning Fan wants to snatch the ancestral bamboo, he would first have to fight the Bamboo Sovereign and the tree spirit. His chances of winning would be slim …
Moreover, Ning Fan had received a favor from You Huang before. You Huang's identity was the former Bamboo Sovereign.
With this relationship, Ning Fan could not do something like snatching the treasures from the bamboo palace.
The reason why his bloodline felt so comfortable was because he possessed the Fu Li Demon Blood.
According to what Ning Fan knew, this ancestral bamboo was planted by a certain Bamboo Sovereign. The ferocious beast Nie Li was suppressed beneath it.
Nie Li was once a Fu Li but he was no longer a Fu Li. He had lost all of his bloodline.
The members of the Nie Li Clan were the slaves of the Fu Li Clan for generations. Unless they break the seal of sin, their status as slaves would never disappear!
Standing in the bamboo world, Ning Fan felt as if he could hear the Nie Li that was suppressed beneath this land calling him …
"This place is the bamboo world. That towering tree is the ancestral bamboo. I've set countless seals on the ancestral bamboo. The tree spirit inside cannot escape and it won't harm any grandmasters. Grandmasters, please get close to the ancestral bamboo and use your spirit sense and medicine soul to diagnose its illness … Hmm? "
The Bamboo Sovereign suddenly paused halfway through his words.
His words were interrupted by the urgent ringing of the sound transmission jade in his storage pouch.
The Bamboo Sovereign took out the sound transmission jade. As soon as he heard the voice transmission from it, his expression remained unchanged but his eyes were filled with astonishment.
He turned his head and gave a few instructions to the Sixth Elder and King Bai Li. After that, he apologized to all the pill refinement masters including Ning Fan.
"I'm sorry. Some unforeseen events have happened in Jishui City. The palace lord and the elders don't know how to deal with it so they ordered me to return to handle it."
"I'll leave the bamboo world for now. There are two elders here who will be responsible for protecting all the grandmasters. After I'm done with the mundane affairs in the city, I'll return here to fetch all of you back to the bamboo palace. During this period of time, I hope that all of you can work together to diagnose the cause of the illness of the ancestral bamboo and come up with a solution to cure it … "
As soon as the Bamboo Sovereign finished speaking, he did not say anything else to the others. In a flash, he returned to where he came from and vanished without a trace.
He was not worried that the group of pill refinement masters would plot against the ancestral bamboo. He was also not worried that the ancestral bamboo would hurt them.
The countless seals that he had personally planted were enough to seal the ancestral bamboo's tree spirit, preventing it from harming the pill refinement masters here.
He left the Sixth Elder and King Bai Li behind to keep an eye on the pill refinement masters. Even though there were people from other parts of the Tree Ocean, they were all Void Refinement Realm and Divine Transformation Realm cultivators. Thus, they could not play any tricks under the eyes of the two elders.
The Bamboo Sovereign … had left!
The moment the Bamboo Sovereign left, the uneasiness that had been lingering in Ning Fan's heart reached its peak!
At this moment, Jishui City was in an unprecedented and strange turmoil.
At the same time, there was also a huge change in the bamboo world!
"Die!"
King Bai Li's eyes suddenly turned blood-red. He raised his right palm and it turned into a blood-red tiger claw. He launched a surprise attack at the Sixth Elder's back!
The strength of that claw was comparable to a Void Fragmentation Realm attack!
Under the sneak attack, the Sixth Elder, Ling Zhu, was caught off guard. He was directly struck by King Bai Li's claw and suffered severe injuries. Like a kite with a broken string, he fell from the sky.
After stabilizing his body with great difficulty, Ling Zhu swallowed the sweet blood in his throat and glared at King Bai Li with extreme shock and anger.
"Eighth Elder, what do you mean by this?!"
Not long after the Bamboo Sovereign left, King Bai Li suddenly attacked and severely injured the Sixth Elder. His attack seemed to be well-prepared. It was as if he already knew that the Bamboo Sovereign would leave due to some matters and gave him a chance to launch a sneak attack on the Sixth Elder …
Ning Fan's eyes flashed with surprise. All along, he had always thought that King Bai Li was only plotting against him. That was why he did all those strange things.
At the moment when the Bamboo Sovereign left, he had been keeping his guard up against King Bai Li. He was afraid that King Bai Li would join forces with the Sixth Elder to attack him.
However, he did not expect that King Bai Li's first target was not him but Ling Zhu who was also an elder of the Tree Ocean!
Ning Fan was not the only one who could not figure out King Bai Li's motive. Even Ling Zhu who was the victim of the sneak attack was shocked and dumbfounded.
Ling Zhu could not figure out why King Bai Li would attack him. He did not have any grudges with King Bai Li!
Moreover, if King Bai Li attacks Ning Fan, it would only be considered as a personal grudge. Even if King Bai Li kills Ning Fan, the Bamboo Sovereign would only reprimand King Bai Li.
However, if King Bai Li attacks Ning Fan who was the Eighth Elder, the nature of the matter would be different.
No matter what, the Bamboo Sovereign would not forgive King Bai Li for harming his colleague in the Bamboo Palace!
"Why did you sneak attack me? Give me a reason!" Ling Zhu questioned furiously.
While they were talking, Ling Zhu secretly swallowed a healing pill to heal the injuries in his body. He was also on guard against King Bai Li's next attack.
"As for the reason … I was ordered by my master to kill all the cultivators in this world, unseal the spirit of the Ancestral Bamboo, release the ferocious beasts of the Evil Fire Tribe, overturn the Eastern Bamboo and annihilate the Bamboo Palace! This is the reason why I attacked you. You can die now! "
Killing intent rose in King Bai Li's eyes. He sneered like a cold-blooded killer.
However, in the deepest part of his eyes, there was a trace of struggle and pain. He didn't want to hurt anyone in the Bamboo Palace. He didn't want to betray the Bamboo Palace. He didn't want to bring shame to Bai Li, but he couldn't control his body!
His body obeyed his master's order to kill everyone in this world. His heart couldn't resist!
He was like a puppet that was being controlled by someone. All his words and actions were under the surveillance of his master.
His situation was even worse than a puppet. A puppet didn't have memories and couldn't feel sorrow.
He had memories and consciousness!
He was once controlled by someone like a puppet, killing all his clansmen and turning them into living puppets. At that moment, he was in so much pain that he wished he was dead!
He was ordered by his master to send assassins to assassinate Ning Fan.
However, he still retained some consciousness and didn't completely carry out his master's order. The assassins he sent didn't have the strength to kill Ning Fan.
The assassins he sent were just people who were going to die.
Those assassins were all living puppets. They were all his clansmen. Just like him, they were being controlled by someone who was neither dead nor alive!
There was only one motive for him to send his clansmen to their deaths. It was to let his clansmen who had become living puppets obtain freedom after death!
Bai Li King looked at Ning Fan again. His eyes were filled with a trace of pleading.
He wanted Ning Fan to kill him and free him. However, this sentence went against his master's will. Thus, he couldn't say it out loud.
He had sent out battle invitations several times, hinting Ning Fan to kill his clansmen and himself …
At this moment, what Bai Li King wanted was to die in Ning Fan's hands and escape from the fate of being a living puppet.
However, his body didn't listen to his command. It rushed towards Ling Zhu. He raised his hand and took out a gigantic millstone magic treasure, swearing to kill Ling Zhu on the spot!
"You're courting death! Bai Li! Even though you have the Unrivalled Origin Returning Realm cultivation base, it's still wishful thinking to kill a Void Fragmentation Realm expert like me! "
Ling Zhu was so angry that he laughed. He raised his hand and took out a golden horsetail whisk, preparing to counterattack Bai Li King.
Each of the pill refinement masters didn't even dare to breathe loudly. All of them retreated thousands of li * (500m per li) away from the battle between the two of them.
The feeling of uneasiness in Ning Fan's heart became stronger.
At the moment when Ling Zhu took out the golden horsetail whisk, Sun Yu who had been staying still all this while suddenly rushed towards Ling Zhu's back.
He held a silver jade slip in his hand and smashed it.
At the next moment, an illusory silhouette of a silver-haired old man flew out from the silver jade slip.
The moment the silver-haired old man appeared, Ning Fan's alarm reached its peak!
The silver-haired old man didn't even look at Ning Fan. Perhaps, in his opinion, the person who needed to be killed the most was not Ning Fan but Ling Zhu.
"Mourning Technique, Birth Centipede!"
The silver-haired old man pointed his finger at Ling Zhu's back. His appearance was out of Ling Zhu's expectation!
The power of the silver-haired old man's finger turned into countless silver threads and pierced into the flesh on Ling Zhu's back!
At the moment when the threads pierced into Ling Zhu's back, those threads seemed to have turned into blood-sucking leeches, sucking away half of his primordial spirit power!
Ling Zhu was already severely injured. After losing half of his primordial spirit power, his qi immediately weakened.
He painfully activated his horsetail whisk magic treasure to repel Bai Li King's millstone. Then, he turned around and glared at the silver-haired old man!
"Wan Changkong … It's you … I wonder which part of your primordial spirit is here today …"
"You don't need to know!"
The silver-haired old man suddenly pulled the silver threads, sucking away all of Ling Zhu's primordial spirit power.
At the next moment, Ling Zhu's eyes turned hollow. He turned into a puppet that looked like a walking corpse and knelt before the silver-haired old man in the sky.
Ling Zhu was unwilling. There was a strong sense of unwillingness in the depths of his soul. He was unwilling to kneel before Wan Changkong!
However, his will could not be transmitted to his body. The moment he turned into a puppet, he had already become Wan Changkong's puppet. He no longer had the ability to resist …
"He … He's Wan Changkong! He's the 'Puppet Sovereign' of the West Tree Sea, Wan Changkong! He has twelve Void Fragmentation Realm clones! "The Azure Life Tree Lord was shocked.
"Puppet Sovereign … It's such a long time ago. I didn't expect someone in the Tree World to still remember it."
The silver-haired old man smiled coldly. He activated the countless thin puppet threads between his fingers.
Beside him stood the three puppets of Bai Li King, Sun Yu and Ling Zhu!
As for Zhu Hong who was standing with the other pill refinement masters, he let out a loud laugh and flew to the back of the silver-haired old man.
"Elder Wan, you still need to borrow the power of my medicine soul to unseal the ferocious beast Nie Li. Now, you need to protect me well. I don't need to do anything about the matter of killing the pill refinement masters here, right? "Zhu Hong asked with a smile.
"You don't need to do anything. With one of my fragmented primordial spirit clones guarding this place, it's enough to sweep through all of them!"
The silver-haired old man's eyes suddenly shifted to Ning Fan and said with a cold smile.
"You are Lu Bei? Teng Xianrou was captured by you? I'm very curious. With your mere Void Refinement Realm cultivation base, how did you manage to capture Teng Xianrou who is at the Void Fragmentation Realm? Your strength shouldn't be weak, right … Hehe … "
* Chi * * Chi * * Chi *
At the moment when Wan Changkong sneered, countless silver threads suddenly appeared beneath the feet of all the pill refinement masters.
Each of the Fifth Revolution and Sixth Revolution Pill Refinement Masters did not even have a chance to resist. All of them were pierced by the threads.
In just an instant, all the pill refinement masters except Ning Fan had their primordial spirits and demon souls destroyed by Wan Changkong, turning them into living puppets that were neither dead nor alive!
Ning Fan was the only one who seemed to have sensed the appearance of the threads the moment they appeared. He quickly retreated.
At the same time, black devil flames wrapped around his body, burning all the threads that got close to him into ashes, preventing him from being turned into a puppet by Wan Changkong.
Even though he managed to escape the attack, Ning Fan's heart was still filled with astonishment.
If he had been a little slower in retreating just now, he would have been turned into a living puppet by Wan Changkong just like the other pill refinement masters!
He stared at the silver-haired old man coldly. His eyes were unprecedentedly solemn.
This person was Wan Changkong, the mad devil who massacred the Nether Luo Clan ten thousand years ago …
From the words of the Vast Sea Tree Lord, Ning Fan learned that Wan Changkong had twelve Void Fragmentation Realm clones and the one in front of him was one of them …
This Wan Changkong's ability is really terrifying. What kind of ability is it exactly?!
"Oh? You actually managed to block a strike from me? Interesting. However, I wonder if you can block a strike from it … "
Wan Changkong sneered and moved the threads between his fingers. Then, he took out a Purifying Bottle magic treasure and held it in the air.
At the next moment, a ferocious and bloodthirsty roar suddenly resounded from the ancestral bamboo in the distance.
A drop of fiery red liquid was placed in the Purifying Bottle magic treasure.
As the bottle was tilted, the fiery red liquid dripped onto the gigantic ancestral bamboo. The seals on the entire ancestral bamboo suddenly burned and were all destroyed!
At this moment, the insane tree spirit that was sealed in the ancestral bamboo … was freed!
On the entire ancestral bamboo, countless branches turned into devil hands and devil eyes grew on countless bamboo leaves.
The ancestral bamboo rose from the ground and turned into a gigantic tree devil with a Third Heavenly Layer Void Fragmentation Realm cultivation base!
At the moment when it turned into a devil, it suddenly knelt down in Wan Changkong's direction!
He was also Wan Changkong's biological puppet!
Ten thousand years ago, the tree spirit of the ancestral bamboo went crazy. However, it was not because he had gone mad but because he was turned into a puppet by Wan Changkong!
"Zhu Hong, Ling Zhu, Bai Li, Sun Yu, go and unseal the four ferocious beasts under the Bamboo World! I want to bring this tree devil who is at the Third Fragmentation Realm and exchange a few blows with Little Friend Lu Bei! Kill him slowly! "
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At this moment, Jishui City was in a state of chaos!
Countless cultivators were killing each other. Blood flowed like a river!
Eleven silver-haired old men who looked exactly the same were hiding in different places of Muye Country, coldly watching the battle between the cultivators. (To be continued.)
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