Nine Nether Dragon Emperor-Chapter 102: Nine Orifices Stone Spirit, The World as Enemy!
"Why are you staring at me like that? I’m only three years older than you, you know. Are you curious about Wawa? No need to be, because she was born three years ago."
Upon seeing Ning Xuan’s expression, Wu Pianpian knew exactly what he was thinking and proceeded to say something that left him speechless.
"Senior Sister Wawa was born three years ago?"
Ning Xuan was stupefied. Instead of answering, Wu Pianpian countered with a question of her own. "Do you know why the Stele Forest has such a low profile in The Capital?"
Ning Xuan shook his head. He was actually quite curious about that as well.
"Because the Stele Forest only manifested in Dong Cang three years ago. Do you know why it appeared here?"
"Because of Senior Sister Wawa?"
"Smart. The truth is, Wawa isn’t human at all."
"Not human? Then what is she? A celestial fairy come down to the mortal world?"
Wu Pianpian paused for a moment. "That mouth of yours... I’m starting to see why Wawa is so fond of you. Have you ever heard of the Nine Orifices Stone Spirit?"
Ning Xuan shook his head as a matter of course. Having been born in Wuling City, there was no shame in his ignorance.
"A Stone Spirit, as the name suggests, is a spiritual being gestated within a stone."
Ning Xuan was instantly shocked. "Holy crap! Does that mean she and the Great Saint share a mother?"
"You know of a Great Saint?!" Wu Pianpian asked in surprise. "A Great Saint is a supreme existence that transcends all known cultivation Realms!"
Ning Xuan shook his head and quickly pulled the conversation back on topic. "I was talking about a character named the Great Saint. So, what’s the deal with this Nine Orifices Stone Spirit?"
"The Nine Orifices Stone Spirit is a being gestated within stone, born with a Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart. The heart allows her to discern right from wrong and good from evil. Anything she wishes to understand, she can master in an instant."
A wave of realization washed over Ning Xuan. He finally understood why Senior Sister Wawa was so heaven-defying!
Wu Pianpian seemed to recall something and warned, "Right, about your fiancée’s senior sister—you’d better not let her venture too deep into the Stele Forest."
Ning Xuan blinked. "Why?"
"Three years ago, not long after Wawa was born, a fellow named Yu Zhonglou was stunned by her appearance and developed wicked intentions. He ended up dying a miserable death. That senior sister has an aura extremely similar to Yu Zhonglou’s. I’m afraid they both hail from the Yin Yang Sect."
Ning Xuan nodded. "They do!"
At the same time, a question he had was finally answered. He had seen Yu Zhonglou’s stele in the Stele Forest before and had even asked who that person was. No wonder Senior Sister Wawa said she didn’t like Zhongli Ruoruo’s aura. So that’s what it was all about.
As for Senior Sister Wawa attacking Zhongli Ruoruo, he wasn’t worried in the slightest. He had already witnessed the power of the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart. If Senior Sister Wawa truly made a move against Zhongli Ruoruo, it would only be because the latter harbored malicious intent.
"By the way, Senior Sister Wawa said you had something important. What is it?"
Wu Pianpian again responded with a question instead of an answer. "Do you know why I’m telling you all this?"
Ning Xuan shook his head.
"Because the old man has left. The moment you ascended the Destiny List and shattered the phantom of Ningyang’s Dao Body with a single punch, he departed from this world. At the same time, the fact that Wawa possesses a Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart can no longer be hidden!"
Ning Xuan’s eyes narrowed sharply.
The void twisted and the old man’s figure appeared, asking Ning Xuan with a smile, "Ning Xuan, I taught you a punch. In return, you will guard someone for me. Can you do it?"
"I can!" Ning Xuan replied without the slightest hesitation.
Putting everything else aside, just the fact that Senior Sister Wawa had healed his damaged Primordial Source and cured Si Lanyi was enough to make this his bounden duty!
"Very good. From now on, the Stele Forest of this Lower Realm is yours to command."
After the old man finished speaking, the Stone Command appeared before Ning Xuan. The old man pointed a finger, and it was as if he were parting the heavens from the earth. Ning Xuan watched as the entire, vast Stele Forest from The Capital flowed into the Stone Command.
HUM!
The Stone Command then vanished, reappearing inside his sea of consciousness.
Well, looks like I won’t be needing Storage Rings anymore. The space inside this Stone Command is greater than all of my other Storage Rings combined! That includes the one Yuan Yurong gave me! Damn! I really got the short end of the stick trading Storage Rings with her. Maybe I should just kill her?
Yuan Yurong: "..."
"Hurry back and get ready," Wu Pianpian added, a hint of schadenfreude in her voice. "You’re probably about to have the entire world as your enemy."
Ning Xuan didn’t say much more and simply vanished from the spot.
"Jiji, get your ass over here!" Wu Pianpian yelled, grabbing something nearby.
Mo Ji, the steward of Bi Luo Palace, appeared in a flash.
"Martial Aunt," Mo Ji began to protest quietly as soon as he arrived, "in light of the fact that I notified you with a timely letter, could you please refrain from calling me that in the future?"
Wu Pianpian nodded. "Alright, Jiji."
Mo Ji: "..."
"I called you here to remind you of something," Wu Pianpian said. "From now on, when Ning Xuan comes to the Bi Luo Palace, he gets no special privileges or preferential treatment. Treat him like any other guest!"
"Ah! Martial Aunt, this..."
"What, is there a problem?"
"No problem, absolutely no problem! I’ll give the instructions right away."
Mo Ji wiped a bead of sweat from his brow and scurried away.
"You old coot," Wu Pianpian muttered, staring at the spot where the old man had materialized. "All those years I worked so hard, and I still couldn’t compare to the few days he spent. So you thought you could scheme against me? Well, you got your wish!"
Deep within her beautiful eyes, however, behind her indignation lay a look of endless anticipation.
Meanwhile, Ning Xuan raced back to the original location of the Stele Forest at top speed, only to find a desolate wasteland. The Stele Forest had entered the Stone Command, so its absence was expected. But when he scanned the area, he couldn’t find a trace of the three women.
"Woof woof..."
Xiao Bai’s bark suddenly came from the underbrush.
Ning Xuan followed the sound and quickly found Xiao Bai, covered in blood.
Upon seeing Ning Xuan, Xiao Bai’s fur immediately turned black, and it started spinning on the spot. Ning Xuan instantly understood. This little guy had been playing dead!
"Where are they?"
Xiao Bai took off, sprinting in a particular direction.
WHOOSH!
Ning Xuan scooped it up. "You’re too slow. Just point the way!"
Poor Xiao Bai was lifted by the scruff of its neck, its face instantly distorted by the wind like a pig in a storm.
Ning Xuan activated the Kunpeng Technique and departed from The Capital. After chasing frantically for dozens of kilometers, he finally heard the sounds of fighting.
SWISH!
A flash of sword light streaked through the air, and several heads flew off their shoulders at once. At the same time, he spotted Si Lanyi and Zhongli Ruoruo.
"Don’t worry about us! We can handle the rest. Hurry and find Senior Sister!" Si Lanyi shouted.
"She went that way!" Zhongli Ruoruo added.
Ning Xuan didn’t linger. He changed direction and continued his frantic pursuit.
Every so often, he would come across more corpses. Sometimes it was a single body, other times there were several. Not a single one was weak; the lowest among them had a cultivation at the Heavenly Realm. Yet, the farther he traveled, the fewer corpses he saw, and the higher their cultivation became. In the end, every person Wawa had slain possessed a cultivation of at least the King Realm!
Ning Xuan’s mouth twitched.
By a conservative estimate, I’ve seen at least thirty King Realm corpses! Did every single King Realm expert in the entire Capital mobilize for this? This mission the old man gave me is a truly heavy one! With my current strength, I can handle a newly ascended King Realm expert, but against anyone stronger, I’d just be serving myself up on a platter!
At the foot of a large mountain, Ning Xuan finally saw Wawa.
Unexpectedly, only one person remained standing before her.
The man had his back to Ning Xuan, but he turned around upon sensing his arrival.
Ning Xuan’s eyes narrowed sharply. "It’s you!"
