After all, her heart was not at peace, so Zhao Ning returned to Qingxiao Sect.
Hong Jie has been in charge of the affairs of the Qingxiao Sect for more than twenty years, and he can be considered very comfortable; while Ji Xiu usually just wanders around in his spare time if there is nothing important.
When he saw Zhao Ning coming, he came up to her with a smile. The smile was just like before, with a carefree and carefree smile.
"What's wrong? We've recruited Little Fairy Ning, who has never been very emotional. Why did I feel you were a little depressed when I saw you today?"
Zhao Ning didn't know why she was depressed. She clearly had no feelings about Yu Jingjue's matter, but she still felt oppressed by something.
She didn't want to say anything more, so she changed the subject.
"What does Shi Lei think of the Jiuzhou Cultivation Technique?"
Ji Xiu tapped the folding fan on his chest and walked to Zhao Ning's side. "I'm afraid it will be a little later. Shi Lei is not in the sect. We only found out that this guy left the sect as soon as the order to recruit immortals was over."
Zhao Ning was slightly suspicious but then thought about it, "Are you looking for Ting Lan?"
"Oh, you also know this." Ji Xiu covered his mouth with a folding fan and snickered, "Although Shi Lei is liked by many senior sisters, he is also devoted to Ting Lan. I don't know who reminded him that this double cultivator in Yangzhou is a common practice , as soon as he finished handling the matter, he ran to Yangzhou, haha."
Zhao Ning turned her head and looked at him silently.
Ji Xiu was stunned and blinked, "Zhao Ning, you must have told me."
Zhao Ning didn't say much and walked straight to the Qingxiao Sect's main hall.
Ji Xiu followed behind and smiled, "Zhao Ning, I didn't realize that you still have the ability to pull the red thread. I will give you one, Master Ji, when I can."
Seeing that Zhao Ning was too lazy to pay attention to him, he pretended to cough.
"Are you looking for Hong Jie? He has been very busy recently. The new disciples are going to start preaching, and the old immortal sects such as Luoxia Sect and Fentian Sect are interested in visiting. I advise you not to bother him. Be careful to kick you out too."
As soon as he said this, he knew that the idle elder Ji had been kicked out.
"Ji Xiu, what are you saying bad things about me behind my back?" But as soon as Ji Xiu's voice fell, Hong Jie's pretending to be angry came from not far away.
He glared at Ji Xiu, then bowed his hand to Zhao Ning, "Master Shen, are you looking for me for something?"
I don’t know why Hong Jie and others treated Zhao Ning so politely.
Zhao Ning bowed and the three of them talked while walking.
"In the previous competition between Kunxu Sect and Qingxiao Sect, I wonder if all the secret realm tokens were obtained back?"
"When I think about this, I want to overthrow the Yuhua Sect." Ji Xiu said, "When we went to participate in the Kunxu Sect Competition, although our Qingxiao Sect was late, we came from behind and came out on top. After winning five secret realm tokens, everyone was originally in peace and harmony, but unexpectedly, Gong Ying from the Yuhua Sect suddenly appeared. He said that our Qingxiao Sect should not participate according to the rules, and he said that he was grateful for the restoration of the Qingxiao Sect. It’s really unreasonable to only get back half of the secret realm tokens.”
Hong Jie also said, "Later, many sects lobbied on our behalf, but the situation in Kunxu had not completely changed at that time. The shadow of fifty years of chaos was still there, and Yuhua Sect was still the sect that Kunxu said was unquestionable. , coupled with the release of his Nascent Soul’s coercion, most of the people who spoke also stopped talking, thinking that it would be better to do less than to do more.”
"You haven't come back yet?"
"That's not true." Hong Jie said, "In the past twenty years, we have had some dealings with the Yuhua Sect, and we got another secret realm token in exchange."
Zhao Ning was slightly silent after hearing the words.
The two looked at each other, a little confused as to why Zhao Ning suddenly asked this.
"Back then, the Yuhua Sect took advantage of the civil strife in our Qingxiao Sect and took away most of the secret realms. Now we are trying to take them back in an honest and fair way, but they are still blocking them."
Zhao Ning murmured, some of the words were dissatisfaction in her heart, but for some reason, after the fight with Gong Ying, Zhao Ning always felt that there was some invisible force pressing on her body, which made her blurt out for a moment.
The two seemed to realize something.
"Zhao Ning, you mean...but Gong Yingke has always been in the Yuhua Sect..."
Zhao Ning said, "Gong Jing is no longer in the Yuhua Sect. He was sent to the Fallen Immortal Realm."
The only one who can open the Fallen Immortal Realm here is Zhao Ning.
Ji Xiu frowned, "Are they going to stop you again?! Damn Yuhua Sect, damn Gong Ying, are you okay, Zhao Ning?"
"I'm fine."
Zhao Ning didn't plan to say too much about the plot, nor did he want to mention Bi Lingyan and Yu Jingjue.
He just said, "Since Gong Ying is not here, why don't we visit the Yuhua Sect in person."
"In his own way..."
Ji Xiu chuckled, "Give him back his body."
Ji Xiu regained his energy in an instant. The three of them called Ai Bai. They only exchanged a look and immediately went to the Yuhua Sect.
When I first arrived at the Yuhua Sect, I saw the noise in the Yuhua Sect. It turned out that the few Jindan masters who had followed Gong Ying and others to surround Zhao Ning had returned, and they were arguing outside the main hall without paying attention.
When they saw Zhao Ning and others, their quarrel immediately stopped with a bit of hesitation and fear.
"What...what are you doing here?"
They can't enter the Yuhua Sect if they want to, but the civil strife in the Yuhua Sect has not stopped at this time. Many disciples have left their posts without permission, and there is no Master Yuanying guarding the sect. The four Jindan Masters can come in if they want. It becomes incredibly easy.
Hong Jie said, "It's nothing. I heard that Elder Gong Yinggong disappeared recently, so we specially came to pay a visit."
Ji Xiu also laughed, "Your sect doesn't seem to welcome us. But it doesn't matter. Look at your situation. I wonder if you regret taking advantage of our sect's chaos and taking away my sect's secret realm order." It’s about the cards.”
Several Jindan masters instantly understood the intention of their trip.
One of them shouted, "Okay, what do I think you are here for? Take advantage of the opportunity! Your Qingxiao Sect doesn't claim to be a great Taoist, it seems like this!"
"Qingxiao Sect is just a small sect, and this elder doesn't need to make it too mythical." Zhao Ning said indifferently, "But we are too lazy to do things that take advantage of the situation and only look at the disciples. Abandoning the sect makes people irritated. We have only one purpose for this trip, which is to get back the secret realm token that belongs to our Qingxiao Sect."
She lowered her eyes lightly, "I wonder if you guys would be more relaxed?"
These Jindan masters had seen Zhao Ning use a secret method to create a black hole and swallow Gong Jing directly. The overly intuitive feeling made them feel a little afraid of Zhao Ning. For a while, no one dared to answer Zhao Ning's words.
Ai Bai snorted, "It seems that the Yuhua Sect still wants to keep it private at this stage."
Ji Xiu said, "Oh, then in order to get back what belongs to us, if this method is more straightforward, we won't be criticized."
As soon as he finished speaking, the fan sword in his hand was already unsheathed.
And Zhao Ning didn't hesitate at all. With one hand behind his back and the other outstretched, he saw that the light in the heart of his palm was haloed, and the ancient thunder pattern gradually formed into the shape of the word "broken".
Although Master Jindan doesn't know the ancient thunder pattern, he clearly knows that this weird character pattern is something that even Master Yuanying can't do anything about.
The next moment, when Zhao Ning was about to type the word "break" in his palm, someone suddenly shouted, "Wait!"
But I heard him say, "We...we are willing to pay you back."
The three of them looked at each other, said nothing more, and waited for them to get the secret realm token.
After Hong Jie checked that there was indeed no problem, he handed it over to Ji Xiu.
The other party was polite and they would not do anything else. Hong Jie bowed his hands to the real people of the Yuhua Sect.
"Now that the chaos in Kunxu has just stopped, we don't want to cause disputes. It seems like this to everyone."
"Please practice in the future, pay attention to your mind, and don't do anything that takes advantage of others."
"If you have the ability, the sects will compete and compete reasonably. By then, we will no longer have any complaints about who will get the secret realm token."
After saying this, he signaled to Zhao Ning and others, and then left the Yuhua Sect together.
The masters of the Yuhua Sect finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked at each other. Suddenly, they didn't know what to say. Even the topic of the previous quarrel became ridiculous in an instant.
The last few people looked at each other bored, threw up their sleeves and left.
The Yuhua Sect and other disciples saw this scene, and after relaxing, they were even more incredible.
"They actually took the token back and left. I thought they wanted to annex our Yuhua Sect directly. After all, just now several elders clamored to split the sect directly."
"That's the Qingxiao Sect, the new Qingxiao Sect. The Qingxiao Sect now only recruits disciples with good intentions. Look at the Qingxiao Sect's Immortal Recruitment Order in the past few days. How many people have gone and how many people have been removed? It’s not an exaggeration to say “one in a million.”
"The Qingxiao Sect now is really different from before."
Someone murmured, "If I had known earlier, I would not have left the Qingxiao Sect in the first place, and I would have endured it any longer."
The two disciples who were talking at first heard the voices following them. They looked at each other and glanced behind, only to see a steward at the peak of Foundation Establishment. He looked like he was the first batch of disciples from the Qing Dynasty when the Qing Xiao Sect fell apart. Xiao Zong escaped.
The two disciples, whose cultivation level was not as high as his, didn't say anything, but turned their backs and rolled their eyes.
If I had known today, why would I have to do it in the first place, haha.
Zhao Ning and others returned to Qingxiao Sect, and Ji Xiu played with a few secret realm tokens in his hands. This feeling of regaining what was lost really made him tremble.
"I didn't expect that I could come back now. I thought our Qingxiao Sect would have to wait another hundred years for the sect competition."
Although Hong Jie was also emotional, his mind was sharp and he was concerned about another thing, "What does Gong Jing want from you?"
Zhao Ning said, "For the sake of the secret realm of Qianren Mountain Range. By the way, did you ask the disciples who went to the secret realm later, if there are any other abnormalities in this secret realm besides ruins and ancient giant beasts?"
"A disciple actually told me about this." Hong Jie said, "It is said that there are many overlapping areas inside, and there may be more than one layer."
Hong Jie looked at Zhao Ning and saw her thinking, and then said, "When you ask about this, do you want to go in and take a look?"
"Zhao Ning, I still have to advise you on this matter. The ancient secret realm is very weird, and the formation of the Qianren Mountain Range itself is too dangerous. Unless you reach the Nascent Soul realm or wait until the first one comes back, you can explore it again. .”
Zhao Ning knew this and nodded.
After being quiet for a while, Zhao Ning asked again, "I wonder if the books in the library can be filled?"
Ai Bai smiled and said, "Of course, other things may be missing, but 80% of them are in this library. Tang Hong is a rough man and doesn't care about these travel books. Naturally, he doesn't know the value of these books. If you want Go read it, you can go anytime.”
Zhao Ning responded.
When they returned to Qingxiao Sect, they separated.
Zhao Ning went straight to the inner gate library.
She looked at the neatly arranged books in the library. She really felt like entering the inner gate of Qingxiao Sect for the first time. She spiraled up the stairs attached to the wall. Zhao Ning looked at the names of these books all the way, looking for what she wanted to know. stuff, and soon discovered a collection of ancient trees.
Desperate for peace, Zhao Ning went straight to the top floor, sat behind the desk, and unfolded a book containing a collection of ancient trees.
The scrolls record many magical tree spirits from ancient times and ancient times, such as Jianmu and laurel trees, etc. They are also recorded in the scrolls, but the descriptions are very vague.
On the contrary, there are some magical trees that exist now, including many kinds of spiritual trees that are used as materials for refining weapons, and there is also one called Zhuzhou Sangming.
It is said that Zhuzhou Sangming is a strange tree. When it grows for thousands of years, the sky and the ground will be covered with red clouds. The red clouds flow like yarn between the branches, which is very beautiful.
After Zhao Ning finished flipping through this book, she took a lot more from the library. She flipped through it for a long time. All the books dedicated to explaining spiritual trees and sacred trees were rummaged through by Zhao Ning, but she couldn't find any information that Zhao Ning wanted. , later, Zhao Ning began to read some travel notes.
The writings in these travel notes are very complicated, but occasionally the owner of the travel notes will find some strange things, such as hearing the legend of a strange sacred tree.
In a travel note, he wrote -
I traveled through the clouds and saw a tree looming in the sky. It was huge and unusually large. It covered the sky and the moon. It seemed to be entering the universe and melting into the galaxy. It was dotted with stars and embraced by the Milky Way. An old man said that whenever the sky is clear, you can see the gods. The reflection of the tree is therefore called the shadow of the starry sky. I also find it magical. Practicing under the shadow, the purity of my spiritual power is unparalleled anywhere in the world. It can even faintly restore the danger of my physical body. Unfortunately, the sky is dark again, and the starry sky is The shadow disappears and I can't go any further...
Zhao Ning initially thought that what was described was the Star Spirit Divine Tree, but upon closer inspection, it didn’t look like it. The Star Spirit Divine Tree connected the sky with the sun, its crown grew in the clouds, and the Star Spirit Fruit looked like a star but not a star. In this travel note, The shadow of the starry sky seems to say that the fruit is the stars.
