In the end, he decided to bring Little Dugu along.
With the Xia Emperor accompanying him on this trip, there would be no danger at all.
Emperor Xia had entered the secret grounds of the Xia Kingdom by himself countless times, and the greatest danger was only enough to kill an ordinary Life Immortal.
To the Xia Emperor, there was no danger at all.
When Ling Huang heard that Ning Fan and Dugu wanted to go to the secret place of Xia Country, he naturally dissuaded them with a stern voice.
However, when Emperor Xia revealed a trace of his strength in front of Emperor Ling, Emperor Ling was shocked and no longer had any doubts.
Ling Huang had never known that the last Emperor of Xia Country had actually lived for more than six million years.
Emperor Xia's strength was too unfathomable. With him accompanying them, Emperor Ling felt at ease.
"Let's go."
The Xia Emperor took a single step forward, and a series of ripples appeared beneath his feet.
The ripples reverberated beneath Ning Fans and Dugu's feet. Immediately, the two of them felt as if they had merged with heaven and earth.
In just a breath's time, Emperor Xia had already brought Ning Fan and Dugu from the Snow Border to the Heaven Border.
"What a mysterious speed!" Ning Fan's eyes were filled with amazement.
"This is a technique known as Distance Contraction. Only a very small number of True Immortals can comprehend it. Take this jade slip, it contains this old man's understanding of this technique. If you break through to the True Immortal Realm one day, you can carefully study this technique. You will definitely gain something. "
Emperor Xia casually tossed a jade slip to Ning Fan without even turning his head.
His eyes were filled with pain as he looked at the bottomless abyss in front of him.
This abyss was the entrance to the secret land of China.
Ning Fan kept the jade slip. After taking a glance at it, he sighed with emotion and kept the jade slip.
The jade slip recorded all of Emperor Xia's experiences in comprehending the Earth Shrinking Technique. However, the current Ning Fan was still unable to comprehend all of them.
Looking at the bottomless abyss, Little Dugu did not know why, but her heart ached slightly.
She frowned and her face was slightly pale.
Ning Fan grabbed Little Dugu's soft hand and frowned. Little Dugu's hands are so cold …
As he channeled his mana into Little Dugu's body, the latter's complexion gradually improved.
"Don't go if you don't feel well." Ning Fan said with concern.
"No, I'm going. But, can you let go of my hand … "
Little Dugu's face turned slightly red. She wanted to pull her hand out, but her palm was held tightly by Ning Fan.
This was her first time holding hands with Ning Fans.
She could clearly feel the warmth of Ning Fan's palm. The warmth and safety made her feel a little nostalgic.
"Just like this, I'll hold your hand, and you'll follow me. After entering the secret zone, no matter what dangers there are, don't be afraid, I'm here! "
Even though Emperor Xia was following him, Ning Fan still maintained his full vigilance.
One could not be careless at any time.
"Follow behind me. Don't take a single step."
The Xia Emperor reminded him, then leapt into the depths of the earth.
Ning Fan temporarily let go of Little Dugu's palm. Little Dugu could not help but feel a little disappointed.
All of a sudden, Little Dugu felt her soft waist being embraced by a strong arm.
Ning Fan carried Little Dugu and leaped straight to the bottom of the abyss. The Earth Abyss was ten million zhang * (3.33m per zhang) deep. Emperor Xia was waiting for them at the bottom of the abyss.
He let go of Little Dugu's waist and held her hand again. Then, he began to study the environment at the bottom of the abyss.
This was an ancient ruin. There was a man-made crystal sun in the sky, making the underground as bright as day.
The soil under their feet was very soft and full of weeds. There was a fragrance of grass in the air which was mixed with a little smell of blood.
It was very faint but Ning Fan's perception towards the smell of blood was very sharp.
Among the grass, collapsed ancient tablets could be seen from time to time. Each of the tablets only had two words written in divine seal script …
Abandon Sword!
The words were carved with a sword. Although it was beautiful, it contained a hidden sharpness. It seemed like it was carved by a woman.
It was not hard to imagine that this place was the secret zone of the Sword Ancestor. The words were naturally carved by the Sword Ancestor.
However, why did the Sword Ancestor carve the words' Abandon Sword 'and so many of them?
Could it be that the words' Abandon Sword 'contained some profound sword theory?
"My sword intent was comprehended in this secret zone. Therefore, it carried a trace of the Sword Ancestor's sword intent."
"After this grassland, there will be a barren forest. That is where the immortal formation is located. The people you sent died there."
As soon as Emperor Xia finished speaking, he walked forward.
Ning Fan took a deep look at the ancient tablet and left with Little Dugu.
Little Dugu looked at the ancient tablet with a blank expression.
"Abandon Sword. Abandon Sword …"
She murmured these two words, and her heart ached again.
She did not know why she had such a feeling. She just felt that the woman who carved the two words must be feeling a lot of pain in her heart.
She did not know why she had such a feeling.
After walking forward for ten li * (500m per li), a huge barren forest appeared in front of them.
In the barren forest, each of the giant trees was one hundred thousand zhang * (3.33m per zhang) tall. They had withered branches and no leaves.
On the ground, skeletons that had fallen for many years could be seen everywhere. There were also some newly arrived corpses.
The owners of these corpses were all experts of the Heaven Palace.
Ning Fan stared at each of the giant trees with a solemn expression. He could tell that one of the tens of giant trees contained a trace of the Sword Ancestor's sword qi which could instantly kill a cultivator.
Tens of thousands of giant trees lined up according to the formation, forming an immortal-grade sword formation with terrifying power!
The reason why it was an immortal-grade sword formation was because the power of the sword qi would weaken due to the erosion of time.
Of course, this formation was set up by the Sword Ancestor. If this formation was at its peak, any True Immortal who intrudes into this formation would only face death!
Ning Fan naturally would not feel sad when he saw the countless corpses of the experts of the Heaven Palace. The Heaven Palace was originally his enemy. They were just forcefully taken as slaves by him. So what if they died?
When Emperor Xia saw the skeletons that had fallen for many years, his eyes were filled with sorrow and guilt.
Those people were all the experts of Xia Country six million years ago. Due to a moment of confusion, Emperor Xia had fallen here.
* Chi * * Chi *
As Ning Fan and the others went deeper into the barren forest, the sword formation on all four sides suddenly reacted. Hundreds and thousands of traces of the Sword Ancestor's sword qi broke out of the formation and charged at Ning Fan and the others.
Without saying anything, Ning Fan pulled Little Dugu behind him, looking like he was ready to attack at any time.
His eyes were extremely solemn. There were at least one thousand and two hundred traces of the Sword Ancestor's sword qi in this place!
Each of them could instantly kill a cultivator. If one is attacked by one thousand and two hundred traces of sword qi at the same time, even an ordinary Life Immortal Realm cultivator would be severely injured!
"Collect!"
Emperor Xia made a grabbing motion and all one thousand and two hundred traces of sword qi were absorbed into his palm.
He condensed his magic power and all the sword qi merged into one, forming a golden sword light.
When it condensed again, the golden sword light turned into a small golden sword.
"This item can be used for self-defense."
Emperor Xia passed the small golden sword to Ning Fan and continued advancing without saying anything else.
Ning Fan received the small golden sword. When he sensed the vast sword qi contained in it, his expression changed.
This small sword was condensed from sword qi. Once it is used, it could turn into one thousand and two hundred traces of the Sword Ancestor's sword qi and deal a heavy blow to a Life Immortal Realm cultivator!
After keeping the small golden sword, Ning Fan held Little Dugu's hand and followed closely behind Emperor Xia.
Emperor Xia stopped in front of the largest tree in the barren forest and pointed his finger at it.
A golden light flashed. All of a sudden, the giant tree in front of him turned into ashes and dissipated.
At the next moment, all the trees in the entire barren forest turned into ashes and disappeared.
After doing all this, Emperor Xia raised his hand and clawed at the ground. A sword-shaped golden stone was pulled out from the ground and he gave it to Little Dugu.
"The immortal-grade sword formation has been destroyed. This is a sword stone that was condensed from the power of the sword formation. It can greatly increase a sword cultivator's cultivation base. A piece of sword stone is enough for you to directly break through to the Void Glimpse Stage. "
Little Dugu looked at Ning Fan. When she saw Ning Fan nod, she kept the sword stone.
"After we pass the barren forest, it will be very dangerous. Of course, the danger is only for you guys. Follow me closely. Don't leave me by even half a step! "
After passing through the barren forest, there were many ancient tombs.
The air was filled with a gloomy mist. Within the mist, the sound of bells could be heard from afar.
An extremely dangerous feeling immediately rose in Ning Fan's heart.
Little Dugu, on the other hand, was absent-minded. She did not notice the danger in this place.
She quietly looked at the large barren graves without saying a word.
Her heart felt a slight pain again …
In her mind, scenes of flesh and blood flying everywhere unconsciously appeared.
"It hurts …"
She held her head with one of her hands and bit her lips with her pearly white teeth. Her eyes were filled with pain and she almost fell.
Ning Fan did not care about the strange ringing of the bells. He hurriedly held Little Dugu and continuously transferred traces of magic power into her body.
"What's wrong?!" Ning Fan's face was filled with worry.
"It's nothing … It's just a little uncomfortable … I feel much better now." With Ning Fan's help, Little Dugu's complexion gradually improved.
The ringing of the bells in the surroundings was getting closer and closer.
In the gloomy mist, four giant ghosts with Eighth Break realm cultivation base were carrying a huge iron palanquin that was covered with chains. They were walking towards them with dense killing intent.
On the gigantic iron palanquin, there was a ghost with a green face and fangs. He was wearing a bright red robe and his cultivation base was at the Rogue Immortal Realm. However, the strength of his physical body was comparable to a Life Immortal Realm expert!
Gradually, the second, third and fourth iron palanquin appeared in the thick mist.
There were four iron palanquins, sixteen giant ghosts with Eighth Break realm cultivation base and four ghosts with immortal bodies!
Ning Fan's eyes widened. The Eighth Break realm giant ghosts were still manageable, but four ghosts with immortal bodies were definitely not something he could defeat!
The strength of a single punch from these four ghosts was comparable to a strike from a Life Immortal Realm expert!
* Roar *
The iron palanquin landed on the ground. Sixteen giant ghosts with Eighth Break realm cultivation base strode towards them. Every step they took made the ground shake.
The eyes of the four ghosts with immortal bodies were blank. Two of them raised their fingers and pressed down. Two rays of sword light shot out from their fingers and attacked Emperor Xia.
The other two ghosts vanished without a trace. In the next moment, they appeared on the left and right of Ning Fan and Little Dugu. Their ghost claws directly grabbed at Ning Fan and Little Dugu.
The strength of a casual grab was enough to easily tear a Rogue Immortal Realm expert into pieces!
"Get lost!"
Emperor Xia's eyes turned cold. He shouted and his voice immediately turned into invisible sword light, slashing at the twenty ghosts.
In just an instant, all sixteen giant ghosts were dismembered into thousands of pieces.
As for the four ghosts with immortal bodies, they were directly killed by the sound wave swords.
"Sword Word Technique!" Ning Fan's eyes widened. He did not expect that the Sword Word Technique really existed.
It seemed like Teng Xianrou was very interested in the Sword Word Technique. If he could obtain this technique and give it to her, it would be a wonderful thing.
Ning Fan then looked at the twenty ghosts that were instantly killed by Emperor Xia. As soon as they fell to the ground, they immediately turned into broken ancient swords. Their spiritual light dimmed and their sword intent dissipated.
"These are Sword Ghosts. When the sword master dies, the sword spirit dies. When the sword spirit becomes a ghost, it becomes a Sword Ghost. When I was young, I almost died in the hands of the Sword Ghosts in this place … "
As soon as he finished speaking, Emperor Xia took out a jade slip from his storage pouch and gave it to Ning Fan.
Ning Fan took a look at the jade slip and found out that it actually recorded the cultivation method of the Sword Word Technique.
"The power of the Sword Word Technique isn't strong. However, it contains a trace of the great ability of 'Word Compliance Law' … The three great realms of the True Immortal Realm are Du Zhen, Shedding Void and Thought Breaking Realm. The two realms of Thoughts Fragmentation are the Speech Realm and the Thought Realm … Words are the law enforcement realm and the Dao is born with a thought. This is the key to breaking through the Thoughts Fragmentation realm … This technique isn't strong, but it might help you comprehend the law enforcement realm earlier. "
As soon as Emperor Xia finished speaking, he moved forward again.
Ning Fan let out a soft sigh. Along the way, Emperor Xia had been continuously giving him opportunities. All he wanted was for his help.
After keeping the jade slip, Ning Fan held Dugu's hand and followed behind Emperor Xia. Inwardly, he had already made up his mind to help Emperor Xia find Meng Bingyun's remains.
Each of the traps and formations was easily broken by Emperor Xia.
Each of the powerful Sword Ghosts was destroyed by Emperor Xia's finger.
He had been to this place many times. Ever since Meng Bingyun passed away, he had forced his way into the forbidden place time and time again.
In the beginning, his cultivation base was insufficient and he was no match for the Sword Ghosts. Every time he came, he would return in failure.
Later on, he thoroughly comprehended life and death and became strong enough to fight against the Sword Ghosts. However, he could no longer enter the Sword Lake.
Six million years had passed and his strength was already comparable to a True Immortal Realm expert.
He could easily kill some living beings and undead things in this place but he could not enter the Sword Lake.
The lake water seemed to be mocking him. Once you lose something, you can never get it back.
"We're here …"
After crossing a tall mountain, there was a calm lake behind it. The lake was surrounded by a circle of strange stones. Each of the stones had an ancient sword inserted into them.
The lake water was rippling and entering the lake. It seemed ordinary but Ning Fan sensed a trace of danger from it.
Ning Fan's eyes flashed. He casually picked up a fallen leaf from the ground and threw it into the lake.
The fallen leaf sank into the lake and turned into ice …
"Even a fallen leaf can't float …" Ning Fan frowned.
With his Minor Five Elements Physique, it was not difficult for him to defend against the ice power of the lake.
However, with his current cultivation base, if he enters the lake, he would probably sink forever like a fallen leaf and would never be able to float to the surface again.
Perhaps only Life Immortal Realm experts could move freely in this lake.
Of course, every Life Immortal Realm expert only had one chance to enter the lake. If the rules of the lake did not allow them to enter the lake for the second time, they would certainly die.
"This is the Sword Lake, also known as the Heart Seeking Sword Lake. It is said that the water of this lake can reflect the reflection of one's previous life … However, that reflection can only be seen by oneself. Others can't see it."
As soon as Emperor Xia finished speaking, Ning Fan and Little Dugu approached the lake curiously and lowered their heads to look at the reflection in the lake.
Ning Fan's reflection in the lake was a butterfly. However, it was not just one but hundreds and thousands of butterflies.
He had reincarnated countless times and each of his lives was a butterfly.
He used the life of a butterfly to exchange for the life of a human in this life.
"Can you see your previous life …?" Ning Fan shifted his gaze and looked at Little Dugu.
At this moment, Little Dugu was looking at the reflection in the lake and tears kept flowing down her cheeks.
What did she see? Ning Fan did not know. Only Little Dugu knew.
"Don't cry … I'm here."
Ning Fan did not know what Little Dugu saw but he did not ask. He just hugged Little Dugu's slightly trembling body tightly in his arms, trying to warm her heart with his body heat.
"Little Devil Ning, you were a butterfly in your previous life, right …?" Little Dugu asked in a low voice.
"Yes."
"I see … I abandoned my sword and gave up my life of slaughter in exchange for reuniting with you in this life. It's worth it …" She did not say much but said something that Ning Fan could not understand.
Although he could not understand it, Ning Fan's heart was touched for no reason.
He faintly felt that he owed Little Dugu too much.
"What did you see …?" Ning Fan asked in a tender tone.
"Don't ask, never know …" Little Dugu raised her tear-stained smiling face.
Ning Fan wanted to use the Mind Reading Technique to see what Little Dugu saw.
He owed Little Dugu in his previous life, right?
He wanted to see it clearly. Unfortunately, there was an exceedingly powerful force inside Dugu's body that was protecting her, causing him to be unable to see through her thoughts.
Don't ask, never know …
That's good …
Little Dugu reached out her hand and gently stroked the contours of Ning Fan's face with gratitude and satisfaction.
This was the first time she took the initiative to touch Ning Fan.
There seemed to be something else in her eyes … It was nostalgia.
Ning Fan felt a sudden pain in his heart and hugged Little Dugu tightly in his arms.
Damn it! What did this woman see … Why did she cry …?
There was no answer. If she did not say it, she would not say it for the rest of her life.
Perhaps, Ning Fan could only find the answer himself. Perhaps, he would not find it in his entire life.
* Cough * Cough * Emperor Xia coughed awkwardly.
He was still here and this young couple was hugging each other. How could they forget themselves?
Little Dugu blushed and wiped her tears on Ning Fan's chest without caring about her image. She gently pushed Ning Fan away and tidied her hair. "It's time for you to help Senior Xia."
"You're right, Madam. Your husband has forgotten that I still have important matters to attend to."
Ning Fan teased. Looking at Little Dugu's angry expression, his heart gradually calmed down.
He would naturally know the answer when his cultivation base was strong enough in the future.
The mysteries of Samsara encompassed all living beings. Naturally, he could peek into the past and present lives.
"Senior, are you going to transfer the power of your primordial spirit to me now?" Ning Fan asked.
With his cultivation base, it was easy for him to enter the Sword Lake but it was impossible for him to get out.
Only when Emperor Xia used all his strength to help him temporarily attain the Life Immortal Realm would he have the confidence to go back and forth.
"Alright. I will draw out the power of my primordial spirit and lend it to you temporarily. Come closer. "
Emperor Xia raised his hand and pointed at the top of Ning Fan's head. He closed his eyes and transferred the power of his primordial spirit into Ning Fan's body.
His qi rapidly weakened. Even though he was still a rogue immortal, he was not as strong as before.
On the other hand, Ning Fan's qi continued to rise. Seventh Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm, Eighth Heavenly Layer, Ninth Heavenly Layer … Peak Life Immortal Realm!
Life Immortal Realm was divided into Human Profound Ghost Realm and Profound Ghost Realm.
Ning Fan's current cultivation base was an Early Human Profound Life Immortal Realm!
Feeling the vast magic power in his body, Ning Fan's eyes flashed but he was not too shocked.
He was also able to control the magic power in his body that had skyrocketed without any discomfort.
He had temporarily possessed the magic power of an Immortal Emperor, so a Life Immortal was naturally not worth mentioning.
"Oh? Little Friend, you can actually control the magic power of a Life Immortal Realm expert so easily? "Emperor Xia's face was as pale as a piece of paper. His eyes were slightly shocked.
Ning Fan's capabilities were much greater than what he had expected.
Currently, Emperor Xia had lent all the power of his primordial spirit to Ning Fan. His body was extremely weak. Perhaps even an Eight Break Realm cultivator might not be able to defeat him.
Ning Fan sighed. He turned around and walked towards the Sword Lake. Just as he was about to jump into the lake, Little Dugu pulled his arm.
"Bring me with you!"
"Listen to me. The Sword Lake is extremely dangerous. If anything goes wrong …"
Before Ning Fan could finish his words, he was interrupted by Dugu Jiran.
"Trust me. I will be fine. I can even help you. Trust me. "
Trust me. I can come and go freely in this Sword Lake. I can protect you …
Trust me. Trust me …
Ning Fan remained silent for a while. Then, he held Little Dugu's arm and jumped into the lake.
He had decided to trust her!
If she is really in danger, he would protect her even if he has to risk his life! (To be continued.)
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