Chapter 198: You Are Blood Relatives
Lan Yiyi didn’t tell Qin Yun the truth about the Life-Sharing Gu because she still felt somewhat entangled inside and couldn’t confirm her own feelings. At this moment, when Ning Qi said that Qin Yun still had some residual consciousness back then, it immediately left her at a loss.
Doesn’t that mean that the words she instructed Ning Qi to say were completely known to Qin Yun?
Her pretty face flushed crimson.
Qin Yun was stunned.
Then, he took a deep breath and bowed deeply in a grand salute:
“Yiyi, I will remember your kindness for a lifetime. If there is anything you need, I dare not refuse!”
Lan Yiyi turned her head away and lightly snorted:
“Who wants your kindness! Didn’t you also save me? Consider it even.”
Qin Yun immediately smiled bitterly and waved his hand:
“Today it was all Little Nine’s merit. I didn’t do anything.”
The two finally snapped out of that slightly ambiguous atmosphere.
Lan Yiyi looked at Ning Qi, astonishment and gratitude rising in her eyes:
“Thank you!”
She never imagined that Ning Qi would be so strong. The Southern Border main forces were crushed into powder without any ability to resist. A group of Heavenly Human Realm Martial Artists were as weak as children in front of Ning Qi, unable to bring out any effect from their wondrous Gu Worms.
Ning Qi waved his hand and smiled:
“Just a small effort. Back then I said I owed you a favor, so naturally I had to repay it.”
Lan Yiyi smiled charmingly:
“Then I profited big time.”
Having escaped from that desperate situation between life and death, Lan Yiyi’s mood completely relaxed, but immediately she felt the world spinning, with dual exhaustion of spirit and body surging into her heart. Her body softened and she was about to collapse to the ground. Qin Yun saw this and hurriedly supported her.
Ning Qi pointed out a strand of vitality power, and Lan Yiyi’s aura immediately stabilized.
“Miss Lan, what are your plans next? If you have nowhere to go, how about coming back to True Martial Mountain with us?”
Lan Yiyi was slightly stunned.
She had grown up in Southern Border since childhood, but now there was no place for her there. The world was so vast, where could she call home? A sense of desolation inevitably surged in her heart.
Qin Yun comforted her:
“Yiyi, why not join our True Martial Sect? From now on, you’ll have someone to look after you.”
There was expectation in his eyes.
Lan Yiyi lowered her head without speaking, but her twisting hem exposed her mood. She had already tacitly agreed.
Ning Qi smiled.
“Alright then. After I finish handling things, we’ll go back together.”
Qin Yun asked:
“Little Nine, do you plan to go deal with the Gu God?”
On the way here, Ning Qi had also mentioned some of his grudges with Southern Border. The bloodbath at Snow Plum Villa back then was committed by people from the Qingzhou stronghold, but tracing to the root, it was because of the Blood Emperor Gu. Originally, Ning Qi had no time or energy for it, but now that he was already here, he couldn’t let such a thing that brings harm to the world continue to exist.
He planned to nip the source in the bud.
Moreover, the Blood Emperor Gu might even provide some help to him. For both sentiment and reason, he had to make the trip.
Hearing this.
Lan Yiyi’s pupils shook violently. Hatred appeared in the depths of her eyes. If not for this Gu God, how could the tribe she grew up in have been ruthlessly massacred?
“I can lead the way! But you must be extremely careful. The Gu God has already begun refining the Blood Emperor Gu. My role is to sacrifice all life essence to help him perfectly refine it. At that time, he will be able to achieve the flawless Martial Saint Realm!”
“It’s just that because my lifespan now is only half left, and my life essence is incomplete, I was able to survive until now.”
Ning Qi caught the key phrase among them.
“Flawless Martial Saint Realm?”
Lan Yiyi nodded affirmatively:
“That’s right. Only now do I know that if it’s just simply refining the Blood Emperor Gu, it’s like the Demonic Sect’s Saint Pill, achieving only a False Saint. But if the Gu God refines my life essence, he can become a true Martial Saint.”
Unknowingly, she had clenched her fists tight.
After learning of her destiny, she had always been filled with suffocation and pressure, never telling anyone else. Now she finally poured it out in front of Ning Qi and Qin Yun.
Ning Qi’s gaze gradually grew solemn.
This somewhat exceeded his expectations.
Achieving a true Martial Saint in the current environment of heaven and earth?
This was extremely difficult.
As far as he knew.
Now, probably only Great Yan Martial Saint, Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint, and Senior Mysterious Turtle were true Martial Saints, but the first two had used bloodline inheritance methods at great cost, and Senior Mysterious Turtle was unknown, but presumably not easy either.
Now Lan Yiyi was actually telling him that the Gu God intended to achieve a true Martial Saint?
Ning Qi frowned and asked:
“Miss Lan, it’s not that I’m looking down on you, but achieving a true Martial Saint is no easy matter. In the current environment of heaven and earth, it’s almost impossible. Although you are a Heavenly Human Realm Martial Artist, your single person’s life essence probably can’t support the Gu God to complete such a great metamorphosis.”
Lan Yiyi shook her head:
“I’m not just a Heavenly Human Realm Martial Artist. When I first became the Southern Border Saintess, the Gu God had already implanted some kind of power into me. After that, he made me diligently cultivate secret techniques day and night. Even now, I don’t know what it is, but I guess that this is the key, and it should have already merged with my life essence as one.”
Ning Qi’s eyes sharpened:
“May I take a few drops of your blood to examine?”
Lan Yiyi naturally agreed.
“Pardon the offense.”
He pointed with a finger, and a few drops of blood condensed from Lan Yiyi’s wrist. Golden Light flickered in Ning Qi’s eyes. The peculiar power within made Qin Yun and Lan Yiyi both tremble in their hearts. Even though Ning Qi wasn’t looking at them, they felt completely seen through.
Ning Qi examined it carefully.
Moments later.
He frowned in thought.
He surprisingly couldn’t see anything special at all.
He then had Lan Yiyi recite the secret technique she had cultivated for so many years. After careful deduction, he found that it seemed to be a secret technique involving the cultivation of life essence, but its core essence already involved the secrets of bloodline inheritance.
In an instant, his interest surged.
Originally, he thought this trip was just to conveniently deal with that so-called Gu God, but now it seemed that behind this Gu God, there might be a big secret hidden.
“Little Nine, how is it? Did you see anything?” Seeing Ning Qi return to normal, Qin Yun asked. He was worried that this unknown thing posed harm to Lan Yiyi.
Ning Qi slowly shook his head:
“Can’t see for now, just have some guesses.”
He looked at Lan Yiyi and asked:
“Miss Lan, have you ever seen this Gu God?”
Lan Yiyi shook her head:
“Never seen him. Although he tests my secret technique progress every once in a while, he never shows his true appearance. Do you have some guess?”
For some reason, she suddenly felt nervous.
Ning Qi slowly said:
“If I’m not mistaken, the Gu God might be your blood relative.”
Lan Yiyi was stunned like a wooden chicken, a bolt of thunder from a clear sky resounding in her mind.
“How is that possible?!” She kept shaking her head, her voice somewhat shrill.
Qin Yun also widened his eyes.
Lan Yiyi’s figure staggered slightly:
“My parents died in the mouths of beasts not long after I was born. How could the Gu God have a blood relation with me? Did you get it wrong?”
Ning Qi shook his head slightly:
“It’s just my guess for now. The exact truth will only be known when we meet the Gu God.”
Lan Yiyi was at a complete loss.
Her worldview was impacted.
Qin Yun supported her and comforted her in a low voice.
If Ning Qi’s guess was true, the fact would be somewhat cruel for Lan Yiyi. It was almost saying that she was born as a tool, and her previous life was full of deception and falsehood.
“Let’s go meet this Gu God.” Ning Qi gradually raised his vigilance.
Although his strength was powerful, he wouldn’t underestimate anyone, especially now that this Gu God was clearly not simple. He naturally had to be more careful. Fortunately, after obtaining the Great Sun Compass, his combat power had advanced further. As long as he didn’t encounter powerhouses of the Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint level, he could at least retreat safely.
Ning Qi carried the two and flew rapidly across the sky.
Lan Yiyi pointed the direction.
She had fled for a long time before escaping to this place, but for Ning Qi, it was very fast.
Strands of highly toxic miasma made Qin Yun change color, but under the protection of the White True Dragon, it was steady as Mount Tai.
Lan Yiyi had already adjusted a lot.
But the closer she got to the Southern Border Ancestral Land, the more complex her emotions became. She so hoped that Ning Qi’s guess was wrong. She would rather the Gu God be just a stranger.
The ancestral land was in sight.
Golden Light rose in Ning Qi’s eyes. He had already seen those houses on stilts in various styles, especially the ancestral hall in the very center, where a powerful aura seemed to be dormant. Fortunately, it was still within his coping range.
He didn’t rush over, but instead stopped in the void under the astonished gazes of Qin Yun and Lan Yiyi.
Since the enemy below was dormant.
Then it was better to prepare.
With a thought, jade stones exuding peculiar auras immediately flew out from the King Yu Bead. Then, strands of spiritual power infused into them, making the jade stones shine even more brilliantly, with runes manifesting on them.
Ning Qi waved his hand.
A total of eighty-one jade stone runes spun nimbly. Under the astonished gazes of Qin Yun and the others, they dispersed and flew out, landing around the ancestral land in special positions.
“Formation activate!” Ning Qi shouted in his heart.
In an instant.
The two widened their eyes.
They saw white mist rising amid the miasma around the ancestral land. It started sparse but in a blink became extremely dense. Qin Yun tried to probe with divine intent but found he couldn’t penetrate it at all.
“This… this is…” Qin Yun had heard Ye Qinghe and others mention the True Martial Inheritance matter, and immediately reacted.
Ning Qi smiled:
“Just a sudden insight.”
That day, he had gained some enlightenment from the white mist power in the True Martial Hall, realizing the wondrous changes of combining Mysterious Gate Array Formation with spiritual power. After returning, he spent time comprehending it and barely replicated the white mist of that inheritance ground.
This was a good start.
Deploying it now immediately astonished the two.
Ning Qi’s idea was simple.
It could trap the enemy if advancing, or delay if retreating. Regardless of advantage or disadvantage, he was already in an invincible position innately. Why not?
At this time.
In the ancestral land, Heavenly Human Realm Experts were gradually sensing something wrong.
The dense white mist around them exuded strangeness and was even gradually invading inward. They had been on high alert guarding the ancestral land, waiting for Hong Yan and others to bring back good news, but unexpectedly faced this change.
“Who is it?!”
Roars rang out.
Southern Border experts shot into the sky, unleashing their auras without restraint. They vaguely saw three figures but couldn’t perceive them clearly. This eerie scene made their hearts tighten.
Ning Qi said nothing.
He stared at the central ancestral hall of the ancestral land and waved his hand. Heavenly Swords condensed one after another. Under the reflection of the white mist, the Heavenly Swords dotted like stars, beautiful yet full of killing intent.
The next instant.
The vast Heavenly Swords boomed down.
Boom!
All Southern Border experts widened their eyes, watching the Heavenly Swords fall like rain. The frightening sharpness auras intertwined, with derived sword qi filling the ancestral land.
Everything was chopped into powder.
Heavenly Human Realm was like ants under such Heavenly Swords, let alone the others.
Screams abruptly stopped.
Drum towers instantly shattered.
Various peculiar Gu Worms appeared like ephemerals, manifesting power only to be annihilated.
Ning Qi’s expression was calm.
Since he made a move, he would root them out completely.
Qin Yun and Lan Yiyi watched this scene, gasping coldly in their hearts. This aura was too astonishing.
But this was merely part of the Heavenly Swords.
Ning Qi formed sword art with his hand, and the remaining Heavenly Swords instantly turned into a gigantic Heavenly Sword.
Rumble!
The gigantic Heavenly Sword shuttled through space, suppressing down like a mountain, with a heart-palpitating humming sound. The target was straight at that still intact ancestral hall.
The previous ones were just incidental.
This strike was the key.
Facing this unknown opponent, Ning Qi didn’t hold back from the start.
“No!!” A survivor roared shrilly.
The Gu God was their faith.
Under the tense gazes of Qin Yun and Lan Yiyi, the gigantic Heavenly Sword fell.
Boom!
The violent tremor resounded through the sky. Almost instantly, the ancestral hall turned to powder. Terrifying ripples spread in all directions. The few lucky remnants from the previous Heavenly Sword rain also turned to blood mist in the aftershocks.
The Southern Border Ancestral Land had become a ruin.
“Did the Gu God die?” Qin Yun couldn’t help muttering.
Having witnessed Ning Qi’s such terrifying strength with his own eyes, he was full of admiration.
Smoke and dust filled the sky.
But Ning Qi’s brows lightly furrowed. In his perception, that powerful aura had weakened but was clearly still there.
“Some tricks.”
He originally wanted to land a big blow while the opponent was dormant, but now it seemed it hadn’t had a good effect. Clearly, the opponent had made some preparations before dormancy.
Lan Yiyi’s breathing suddenly quickened, her body trembling slightly.
She saw.
Amid the smoke and dust, a brilliant golden light was rising. Then, the golden light gradually converged into a golden human figure. The figure strolled slowly in the smoke and dust, very slowly, but a special bloodline resonance throbbed unceasingly. Lan Yiyi felt her heart beating very fast, faster than ever.
Pain appeared on her face, somewhat distorted.
Until that golden figure finally walked out of the smoke and dust.
Qin Yun’s pupils contracted sharply.
The faint golden light on this figure seemed to emanate from within his body, making him appear somewhat divine.
This was a handsome middle-aged man. Looking closely, his eyebrows and eyes resembled Lan Yiyi’s by at least sixty to seventy percent.
The middle-aged man looked at Ning Qi and the other two, finally resting his gaze on Lan Yiyi. He smiled, a brilliant smile:
“You truly are my good daughter. Knowing that Father is just one step away, you proactively came. It wasn’t in vain that I painstakingly raised you.”
