This question also made Ji Ning fall into silence.
who is he.
He is a child who was exterminated, the master's apprentice, a disciple of Xiushan Taoist Temple, and at the same time, he is the heinous murderer who killed Jiang Chuan and was hunted down by Xantian Mansion.
"Actually, you should recognize me."
Ji Ning stared at Qi Lan calmly, and slowly tore off the disguise on his face, revealing his childish yet delicate facial features.
"I am Ji Ning."
he said.
Boom!
In the distant night sky, a red thunder seemed to fall, and the earth trembled.
Before Qi Lan could recover, he staggered, then stared at Ji Ning in astonishment and asked:
"Are you Ji Ning?!"
"That Ji Ning who was hunted down by the governor of Xantian Mansion who offered a huge reward for spiritual stones?!"
"Yes."
"Oh my God!"
Qi Lan's eyes widened, a look of disbelief on his stern face.
He had previously thought that Ji Ning would be like him, a descendant of a noble family, and came here because of the big event that was about to happen at Longtan Peak.
Unexpectedly, Ji Ning turned out to be Ji Ning, the fourteen-year-old murderer who was being hunted by the Xuntian Mansion!
"You...are you not a useless person?!"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Qi Lan immediately realized that he had made a mistake. He smiled dryly and waved his hands to explain:
"What I mean is that the wanted order issued by the Xuntian Mansion clearly states that you cannot practice cultivation. You have only had one practice in many years."
Hearing that familiar title, Ji Ning didn't mind and said with a slight smile:
"Yes, I only opened one hole, but that was before. Now I am a true practitioner."
Hearing this, Qi Lan looked at Ji Ning up and down again. He still couldn't believe the fact that the boy in front of him was the wanted criminal.
Yes, how is this possible?
The cripple who was unable to practice not long ago suddenly transformed in the blink of an eye, opening up the nine orifices and becoming a first-stage practitioner.
Although it was only in the willow bone realm, it had combat power comparable to that of an ordinary second-stage great demon, and even had some trump cards that he had never seen before, such as the mysterious humanoid body that the latter had just pulled out in a desperate situation...
Qi Lan's expression was solemn. Although he didn't know what the body was covered with starlight, the coercion that spread out at that moment almost made his Cang Gu Zhong escape spontaneously, not daring to cover up the starlight. Living is enough to explain the problem.
The Cang Ancient Bell is already a fifth-stage magic weapon. What is the thing that can make it fear from the bottom of its soul?
How big is the background of a person with such a trump card? Can this small place in Beijun accommodate him?
"I once thought that you would be a genius among the seven top forces, and you would be so powerful with the Willow Bone Realm combat power, but now you tell me that you are just an ordinary Taoist disciple, even in the The bone setting was just completed thirty days ago?!”
Qi Lan's expression was complicated, and his inner emotions were turbulent.
The seven major forces in the Northern Territory.
One palace, two halls, and four immortal sects, together control more than a thousand states and counties.
For example, this North County is just a small corner in the territory of Jiutian Immortal Palace, one of the four major immortal sects.
It can be said that all the monks in North County have the dream of joining the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace!
"I really don't know what you have been through these days to have such a transformation."
Qi Lan said with some envy. He couldn't even imagine that he could transform an ordinary disciple who had been unable to enlighten himself into a genius with terrifying combat power. What kind of huge opportunities did Ning get in this process?
Of course, no matter what kind of opportunity it is, he will not covet it, because he is not an ordinary casual cultivator at all.
"There's no chance. In fact, when I was at Taoist Temple, I could break through at any time, but I was just hiding my capabilities and biding my time."
Ji Ning explained calmly.
"I see."
Upon hearing this, Qi Lan nodded with some understanding.
Although, he still felt that Ji Ning must have experienced some incredible changes, but after thinking about it carefully, this explanation was the most reasonable.
He has accumulated so much knowledge that he has such a powerful body.
As for other opportunities, they are probably just smooth sailing!
"Anyway, you're really awesome."
Qi Lan clasped his fists at Ji Ning with a serious expression and saluted.
Ji Ning was startled:
"Brother Qi is joking. It was you who saved my life. You are the most powerful."
"No, no, no, I'm not as powerful as you." Qi Lan shook his head like a rattle, his serious expression still revealed a bit of humor, "If it were me, being hunted down by the Xantian Mansion with a heavy reward, it would be Wan Wan Never dare to reveal your identity to others."
Qi Lan's tone was sincere and his eyes were serious.
Ji Ning was slightly stunned when he heard this, then shook his head and smiled.
He actually didn't dare, but he was really curious about what was going to happen at Longtan Peak.
Moreover, Qi Lan possesses a fifth-stage magic weapon, and he doesn't look like an ordinary person. He doesn't care about the "heavy reward" from the Xantian Mansion, so he dares to risk revealing his identity.
After all, they all have secrets from each other.
"If it were me, I wouldn't dare to expose the clock."
Ji Ning smiled faintly, and Qi Lan also smiled slightly and said nothing more.
"By the way, that Longtan Peak..."
"Look at my memory!"
Qi Lan slapped his forehead and looked around to make sure no one was eavesdropping, then he said to Ji Ning seriously in a low voice:
"Have you heard of Ye Jiu?"
"No."
"Have you never heard of Ye Jiu, the great swordsman with superb swordsmanship and the most lethal sword in southern Xinjiang?"
"No."
"Don't tell me you don't even know where Southern Xinjiang is!"
Qi Lan stared at Ji Ning in disbelief.
Ji Ning laughed dryly and scratched his head guiltily.
He really didn’t know where he was in Southern Xinjiang, let alone the great swordsman who was so lethal.
Since he could remember, he had never left Qingquan County and had lived in this mountain all his life. How could he know what Ye Jiu was?
"Is Southern Xinjiang in the Southern Territory?"
Ji Ning asked curiously.
The Daxia Dynasty was divided into ten regions.
The Southern Territory, as the name suggests, is an area in the south of the Great Xia Dynasty, just like the northern part.
However, whether it is the Southern Territory or other large territories, the overall strength is much stronger than their Northern Territory, because their Northern Territory is a bitter cold land, there are many monster mountains, the restricted area is vast, and it borders the Sui Dynasty.
Over the years, it has exhausted its people's strength and is naturally weaker than other places.
"Southern Xinjiang is not in the Southern Territory, not even in Daxia."
"You must know that in this continent of China, there is not only the Great Xia Dynasty, but also the Great Sui Dynasty, and the Thousand Miles of Demon Clan."
“The southern Xinjiang area is at the junction of the Great Sui Dynasty and the Yao Clan on both sides of the Yangtze River. Wars are going on all year round. Mountains of bones are piled up, and poisonous gas permeates the entire territory. Even snakes, rats, and poisonous insects cannot live there. They will die in just half a day. "
When Ji Ning heard this, he was stunned for a moment.
"How can people still live in such a dangerous area?"
"some."
Qi Lan said, with a look of admiration on his face:
"Compared with our Northern Territory, the Southern Territory is the real restricted area for the Monster Clan. Among the sects of the Great Sui Dynasty, there was a sect called Jiange, which was the ancestral court of sword cultivators in the world. Back then, the Jiange actually filled that area with The poisonous monster dangerous area was regarded as a battlefield to train oneself, and Juge moved to the southern Xinjiang area."
"In order to protect the people behind them from living and working in peace and contentment, the sword pavilion has opened its gates wide and welcomes talented people and strangers from all over the world to enter the pavilion to learn swordsmanship. However, the condition is that each generation of descendants of each disciple must have been stationed in southern Xinjiang for a hundred years. Leave.”
"In this way, the Jiange family, generation after generation, lives in the poisonous fog of southern Xinjiang."
"It is precisely because of their existence that the capital of the Great Sui Dynasty has never been breached by the demon clan. Even at its peak, those seniors with superb swordsmanship had already counterattacked across the long river of demon clan, but later..."
"What happened next?"
Ji Ning asked curiously.
Qi Lan sighed and said nothing more.
The world is divided into three parts, and the three pillars stand together.
Although humans and monsters have had an sworn hatred for generations, in some cases, hatred may not mean anything.
At least that's what the monarch of the Xia Dynasty did back then.
"In short, those sword cultivators failed to cross the thousand-mile river and break through the demon clan's imperial city."
"Then, because that battle was too bloody, the Southern Xinjiang Sword Cultivator lineage suffered heavy losses, and there was even a situation of inactivity. The strong ones secluded from the world, and their descendants were few and gradually withered away."
"This situation lasted until a hundred years ago, when a genius sword cultivator named Ye Jiu appeared. Ever since the great swordsman took hold of the sword hilt, he suppressed all the sword cultivators in the entire southern border!"
"And as time went by, Ye Jiu's swordsmanship became stronger and stronger. In the end, he was even able to cross the poisonous fog in southern Xinjiang alone, enter the thousand-mile long river, challenge the demon saints against the current, and kill the saints before returning. It was personally commended by the current Sui Emperor, and the people from all over the world came to the city cheering!"
"But not long after that, Ye Jiu died."
"The cause of death is not yet known."
Qi Lan finished speaking regretfully, then shook his head and looked at Yue in melancholy silence.
He has grown up listening to Ye Jiu's stories since he was a child.
If that senior was still alive, with his talent, there might be no demon clan left in the world today.
After Ji Ning listened to Ye Jiu's story, he was also silent for a long time.
In the southern border, the Jiange lineage, the demon clan, and the long river are thousands of miles long.
After getting to know Ye Yu and Qi Lan, he found that his horizons were refreshed again and again. He had never heard of these so-called common senses spoken by the other parties.
It’s not too late to know now.
"So, what does Ye Jiu's story have to do with Longtan Peak?"
After hesitating for a moment, Ji Ning asked cautiously.
He understood that the reason why Qi Lan said this must not be nonsense, and it must be related to what was going to happen at Longtan Peak, but what exactly it was, he couldn't guess, and he wanted to know very much.
Qi Lan did not hesitate, sighed and said:
"Because it is said that Longtan Peak is the burial place of Ye Jiu."
"What!"
Ji Ning looked shocked when he heard this.
Ye Jiu, the legendary Great Sword Immortal of Southern Xinjiang, was buried in the Xiushan Forbidden Zone in the Northern Territory tens of thousands of miles away from Southern Xinjiang?
"Back then, I don't know who first spread the news. It seemed to be one of his friends. He was also a swordsman who looked down on the world, but I forgot his name."
"It was Ye Jiu. Before he died, he personally swept five restricted areas with his sword, including the deepest part of our Daxia Xiushan."
"The swordsman said that Ye Jiu left his sword and sword manual inheritance in the forbidden area before his death, but he didn't know where. Moreover, Ye Jiu was still in the process of sweeping away the forbidden areas in the world. Keys to the inheritance of his tomb have been left everywhere.”
"The key was made from the skull of the great holy demon that he killed thousands of miles away from the demon clan. It was divided into nine pieces. It was scattered all over the world and sealed in the earth, waiting for someone who is destined to find it. have to."
"As long as all nine key fragments are released, everyone who holds the skull fragments will naturally know the specific location of the tomb. However, if you want to obtain the inheritance, you must gather all the skulls together to enter."
"Over the years, whether it is the Great Xia Dynasty, the Great Sui Dynasty, or even the demon clan, they have never stopped looking for the holy demon skull left by Ye Jiu, hoping to obtain the inheritance of the great sword immortal."
"Among them, there are many forces fishing in troubled waters, spreading false news, gaining benefits from it, and wasting many people's time. But just when people in the world thought that the news was false, a force in the Sui Dynasty... Suddenly he announced that he had found two skulls of a holy demon, and invited monks from all over the world to observe them."
"After the observation, there was an immediate uproar in the practice world! Because what they took out was indeed the skull of the king-level demon that Ye Jiu killed! But it had already been made into dominoes of different shapes!"
"The demon tribe was furious and wanted to take it back, but was rejected."
"After this incident, everyone in the world completely believes that Ye Jiu's inherited tomb really exists!"
"So, in the past hundred years, every time the fragment of the holy skull key appears, it will cause huge waves in the world."
"So far, eight of the nine skull fragments have been found, and they are controlled by different top forces from the two dynasties. There are also two pieces from the demon clan."
"But the last piece has not been released yet!"
"Until not long ago, two sects from the Budu Sea in Zhongzhou fought at the edge of the restricted area over the division of resources, and the last skull key was discovered. It is said that the Budu Seaside at that time was full of roiling fish, and there were signs of strange things happening in the sea. Boiling, countless big monsters from the sea rushed to the land, only to be killed by a sword energy that spanned the world."
"That sword energy is exactly the sword energy that Ye Jiu sealed in the dominoes!"
"After that, the domino turned into a ray of light and escaped. The monks from the two sects went crazy to chase. In the process, the news was leaked, so several nearby large domain forces were involved. , blood flowed into rivers, and there were countless casualties."
"However, in the end, the dominoes were in the chaos. I don't know who got them and where they were taken."
"Since then, there have been countless more dominoes in the world. There are lucky people who are creating them behind the scenes and trying to deceive them. Although the means are crude, many people have been fooled because they are really realistic."
"So, some people joked that after this incident, if there was a real holy demon skull in front of them, they wouldn't be able to tell it apart."
Qi Lan said with emotion, suddenly looking into the distance.
There is the depth of Xiushan.
"Remember what I said, after the birth of the nine skulls, the place of Ye Jiu's inheritance will be revealed."
"And that place is one of our forbidden areas in Daxia, Beijun Xiushan and Longtan Peak!"
