Nine Nether Dragon Emperor-Chapter 384: How Old Are You, Do You Understand Cultivation?
Tianyang Realm, Heaven Sacrificial Peak.
"First Brother, he was only supposed to catch a Ran Yi Fish! That kid took seven whole days and still isn’t back. We can’t count on him anymore!"
"Exactly, First Brother. The temperature keeps rising. At this rate, forget them—even the seven of us old geezers will be dried into husks!"
"The strangeness underground is becoming more and more unpredictable. We can barely suppress it! First Brother, we really need to think of another way!"
"The Ran Yi Fish specializes in Divine Soul Attacks. That little guy didn’t underestimate his enemy and fail spectacularly at a simple task, did he?"
"It’s very likely! First Brother, I’ll go take a look."
"If you ask me, he probably bolted!"
The other six of the Seven Saints of the Hundred Families all spoke up.
"Who says I ran away?"
Ning Xuan’s voice suddenly rang out.
Following the sound, the Seven Saints saw Ning Xuan appear, standing tall with his chest out and a triumphant look on his face.
Seeing him looking so smug, one of the elders couldn’t stand it and scoffed, "It took you seven days to catch one Ran Yi Fish, and you still have the gall to show off? Do you have any shame?"
"Ahem. Fourth Brother, that’s enough. What matters is that he caught it. Ning Xuan, quickly give us the Ran Yi Fish. You need to hurry and leave to catch the other exotic beasts. There are still eleven... one..."
He couldn’t finish his sentence, trailing off on the word "one."
With a wave of Ning Xuan’s hand, a mountain of exotic beasts appeared!
The twelve types of exotic beasts they needed were all there. Not a single one was missing, and there were even extras of each! What shocked them even more was that there were live specimens of all twelve types!
The Seven Saints of the Hundred Families, including their leader, were all utterly dumbfounded.
They stared at Ning Xuan as if he were an immortal.
Seven days. Ning Xuan had actually gathered all the exotic beasts they needed in just seven days!
They knew from experience what a feat this was. Previously, all of the Hundred Families had dispatched their finest experts to round up the twelve exotic beasts. Even combining their full strength, the task had taken them over a month, and casualties had exceeded fifty percent.
Yet this kid managed to do it in just seven days, even after the beasts had already been spooked!
Does he have to be this absurd?! 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
The Seven Saints of the Hundred Families stared blankly at Ning Xuan, unable to regain their composure for a long time.
"Hey, show them some respect. They all possess unique Divine Skills. Even though I’ve sealed their abilities, you could at least go through the motions," Ning Xuan’s voice snapped them back to their senses.
They immediately looked at the beasts before them, all of which had their eyes wide, staring at them with pure hatred.
"Ning... Ning Xuan, how did you do it?!"
No one paid any mind to the exotic beasts; their gazes were all fixed on Ning Xuan, their faces filled with anticipation.
Ning Xuan looked astonished. "I just followed your instructions. I went to the locations and caught them. It wasn’t hard. Why are you all giving me that look?"
The corners of the Seven Saints’ mouths twitched.
Listen to him. Is that something a human would say?!
"You’re lucky they aren’t here. If they heard you, they’d definitely want to beat you up!" one of the elders said, waving his hand dismissively.
The crowd of exotic beasts blinked their eyes, all wanting to lodge a complaint against Ning Xuan.
This guy doesn’t play fair! His tricks and schemes are endless. If not for that, how could we possibly have ended up in this state!
Unfortunately for them, Ning Xuan had sealed their abilities, leaving them unable to do anything but fret anxiously.
"By the way, Elder, why did you stop me the moment you heard my surname was Ning?" Ning Xuan asked, cleverly changing the subject.
This question also piqued the curiosity of the other elders. They had asked the same question during the past seven days, but their leader had always evaded it.
"Why? Because I needed to plant a psychological suggestion, to make you believe you were the chosen one. Otherwise, how could you have finished the task in seven days!" the elder declared righteously.
"That’s it?"
"What else? But you really might be the chosen one! So I’ve decided to entrust you with..."
"Stop! Thanks, but no thanks! I’m just a passerby, not some damn chosen one." Ning Xuan didn’t give the elder a chance to continue, refusing him outright. He had no desire to be their free laborer.
Seeing the elder was about to speak again, Ning Xuan cut him off. "Now that the offerings are here, you should hurry up and prepare the sacrifice."
Ning Xuan still remembered the exquisite taste of the fresh blood in the Heavenly Sacrifice Cauldron. When he had left last time, the energy contained within the blood had been released, allowing him to advance by an entire layer in his cultivation!
This was already astonishing. One had to understand that he was currently in the Venerable Realm, and the energy needed to advance by one layer was truly immense.
If he wasn’t mistaken, these elders must possess some kind of Secret Technique. This piqued Ning Xuan’s interest; he wanted to learn it.
"Right, right! First Brother, we need to hurry!"
"I’ll take care of them!"
The Seven Saints of the Hundred Families immediately got busy, paying no mind to Ning Xuan.
Ning Xuan’s guess was correct; they did possess a Secret Technique. However, they weren’t at all worried he might secretly learn it. This was because the Secret Technique required seven people with interconnected minds to perform it successfully. It also had a unique Dharma. Even with his heaven-defying talent, it would be impossible for the kid to learn it.
Ning Xuan remained silent, his eyes shining with unprecedented brilliance.
Just as the Seven Saints completed their final movements and placed the flesh and blood of the beasts into the great cauldron, Ning Xuan suddenly spoke. "You should channel your energy through the Spiritual Platform, pass through the Yu Mansion, proceed via the Shenzang, and enter the Juque..."
The Seven Saints all snapped their heads up to look at Ning Xuan, each wearing an expression as if they had just seen a ghost.
Ning Xuan continued, "If you follow your current method, you will eventually devolve into emotionless beasts!"
"Kid, I don’t know how you saw through our energy circulation path, but how old are you? What do you know about cultivation? How dare you criticize us!" one of the elders snorted coldly.
The others, aside from the leader, also looked displeased.
"The only reason your bodies haven’t had any problems is that the earth has been absorbing your malice. The strangeness beneath the ground... you yourselves are the true culprits. Once you reach a critical point, the ground will crack, and the consequences..."
"Enough!"
Just as Ning Xuan was about to say more, the leader of the Seven Saints sharply cut him off.
The next moment, he seized Ning Xuan. With a few leaps, he vanished from the sight of the other six saints.
"That kid is done for. I’ve never seen First Brother so furious!"
"He deserves it! How dare he spout such nonsense in front of us!"
Gloating, they could never have imagined what their most respected leader was about to do.
In a secluded place, Ning Xuan felt uncomfortable all over under the man’s intense stare and decided to feign submission for the time being. He already knew the true cause of the Tianyang anomaly. If they were going to be stubborn, he would just have to find another way. "Senior, I was just babbling. Please don’t take it to heart..."
He never expected what would happen next.
Before Ning Xuan could even finish his sentence...
THUD!
The elder actually knelt down right in front of him.
