Chapter 333: They All Want Me As A Disciple?
Ning Qi heard the news and immediately felt a stir in his heart.
He instantly discerned many layers of information from the Mountain Sea Realm Will’s words.
First, Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor should have ways to detect the situation within the War Domain and understand his experiences there, which made Ning Qi secretly vigilant.
Because under normal circumstances, the War Domain was formed by the Two Realms Wills, and only the Two Realms Wills should be able to detect the situation inside.
Just like in the True Martial Realm, only Ning Qi, as the World Lord, could freely probe the situation in every place, while other beings in the True Martial Realm absolutely did not have this ability!
Yet Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor, as Realm Cultivators, could detect the situation outside the realm, which meant either their cultivation was terrifyingly powerful, or their relationship with the Mountain Sea Realm Will was extremely special, or both.
No matter which case it was, it was not good news for Ning Qi.
Second, Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor actually wanted to take him as a disciple, which meant they not only knew his situation in the War Domain but also everything about his life in the Mountain Sea Realm.
The two ancestors shook the ancient and modern times; it had been unknown how many years since they last took disciples.
Such a major event as taking a disciple—how could they do it without fully understanding the disciple?
Ning Qi had advanced to Integration Perfection in less than two hundred years, and no one else in the entire Mountain Sea Realm could compare; Ning Qi wondered if the two ancestors would suspect his rapid advancement?
Moreover, did they really want to take him as a disciple, or did they have other plans? These were all unknowns.
Third, since the Mountain Sea Realm’s two ancestors could detect his situation, did that not mean the Saint Ancestor of the Haoran Realm could also learn about his situation in the War Domain?
This was another threat to Ning Qi, and it also reminded him—would the Saint Ancestor take some measures against him?
Ning Qi pretended to show joy on his face and said to the Mountain Sea Realm Will, “World Venerable, did Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor really say that?”
The Mountain Sea Realm Will said, “This Venerable personally came to convey this intent—do you think it’s fake?”
Ning Qi said, “That’s not it; it’s just that this news came too suddenly. I really didn’t expect to be noticed by the two ancestors. Was it World Venerable who informed them of my situation?”
He asked this to probe the two ancestors’ abilities.
The Mountain Sea Realm Will manifested an illusory and indistinct human figure, completely indistinct in appearance.
It appeared in front of Ning Qi, seemingly gazing at him.
“It is indeed true, but even if I didn’t inform them, they could still check your situation.”
The Mountain Sea Realm Will rarely explained.
Ning Qi immediately understood.
Good grief—it seemed Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor’s strength was indeed extraordinary; could they view the War Domain’s situation without going through the Mountain Sea Realm Will?
Ning Qi was very curious about the exact relationship between the two ancestors and the Mountain Sea Realm Will.
Generally speaking, even if the two ancestors’ strength was at the peak in the Mountain Sea Realm, they should submit to the Mountain Sea Realm Will.
But the two were not like Ning Qi, who had completely eradicated the original True Martial Realm Will and become the True Martial Realm’s World Lord himself.
“World Venerable, both old ancestors want to take me as a disciple, so I definitely can’t choose both. Since World Venerable is conveying the message, could World Venerable tell me which old ancestor I should agree to?”
The Mountain Sea Realm Will coughed and then said, “I advise you to choose Sea Ancestor as your teacher. She said that if she can’t have you, she will destroy you and absolutely won’t let anyone else have you!”
Ning Qi’s brows involuntarily furrowed.
What kind of ferocious words were these? Was Sea Ancestor some kind of madwoman?
After a brief thought, Ning Qi said again, “World Venerable, I am the Domain Lord of Xuanzhen Domain, so by rights I fall under Mountain Ancestor’s jurisdiction. If I choose Sea Ancestor, will Mountain Ancestor…”
The Mountain Sea Realm Will laughed, “You think things through quite thoroughly. Mountain Ancestor has always been domineering—what do you think he would do if he saw you choose Sea Ancestor?”
Ning Qi was speechless.
What else could he do—probably wipe out Xuanzhen Domain?
He immediately said, “Then forget it. Could World Venerable help me explain the situation to the two old ancestors? I am honored by their regard, but my fate is shallow; I am merely an Integration Cultivator and truly cannot become the disciple of the two old ancestors.”
Ning Qi had no desire to be caught between Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor, becoming their object of contention.
If he wasn’t careful, the two ancestors might detect his goal of reincarnating into the Mountain Sea Realm, which would ruin everything.
Moreover, who knew what the two ancestors were thinking, and plus Ning Qi was a true man born between heaven and earth—how could he submit to others?
Perhaps in the two ancestors’ view, they were granting him grace, but Ning Qi planned to take down both the Mountain Sea Realm and the Haoran Realm—what were the two ancestors in comparison?
It was just that he couldn’t gauge the two ancestors’ strength yet. Even with a hundred Daos gathered in the True Martial Realm, it was still insufficient before the Two Spirit Realms, so Ning Qi still needed to build high walls, accumulate vast grain, and bide his time before claiming the throne.
The Mountain Sea Realm Will was surprised upon hearing Ning Qi’s words.
The opportunity to be taken as a disciple by an old ancestor—no cultivator in the Mountain Sea Realm would possibly give it up, yet Ning Qi wanted him to refuse both.
The Mountain Sea Realm Will couldn’t help but think more highly of Ning Qi.
It suddenly said, “Your resolve in refusing the two ancestors is rare in the world. How about becoming my disciple instead?”
“Hm?”
Ning Qi was stunned.
His thoughts raced, unable to figure out the current situation—why did this Mountain Sea Realm Will also want to take him as a disciple?
“This…” Ning Qi hesitated, “If World Venerable is willing to take me as a disciple, I am naturally willing, but what about Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor?”
The illusory figure ahead stroked its chin and said, “With your talent, as long as you follow me, why couldn’t you become the next Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor in the future?”
Ning Qi gazed at it, inwardly exclaiming good grief.
The tone of this Mountain Sea Realm Will—why did it sound somewhat discordant with Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor to him?
He grew even more curious about the relationship between the Mountain Sea Realm Will and the two ancestors.
Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor had long been at odds with each other, with mutual rifts. Now the Mountain Sea Realm Will also wanted to cultivate him and even said he could become the next Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor.
Could it be that it wanted to cultivate him to contend against Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor?
However, that they all wanted to take him as a disciple was something Ning Qi hadn’t anticipated.
Ning Qi slightly bowed and cupped his hands, asking, “World Venerable, does that mean Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor were both cultivated by you?”
The Mountain Sea Realm Will replied, “Of course. This Venerable is the entire Mountain Sea Realm; all beings within it were born because of me. My existence and demise concern the lives of all beings in the Mountain Sea Realm. All beings can cultivate because I grant them all resources; all cultivators can be considered as cultivated by me.”
Strictly speaking, this was not false, but it was a chicken-or-egg question—who could say for sure?
Ning Qi’s thoughts drifted for a moment, involuntarily thinking about the origin of the Spirit Realm and associating it with the True Martial Realm’s situation.
He had erased the True Martial Realm’s original will and become the True Martial Realm himself—so how should that be described?
In the end, the biggest fist decided; strength reigned supreme!
Ning Qi suppressed his thoughts and cupped his hands to the Mountain Sea Realm Will, saying, “I am honored by World Venerable’s regard, but I have always understood one reason: whether becoming World Venerable’s disciple or Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor’s disciple, there should be conditions, right?”
The Mountain Sea Realm Will responded, “You are quite mature for a youth and very pragmatic. Indeed, you must survive in the War Domain and capture enough War Domains for us!”
“I wonder how many counts as enough?”
“Nine Great War Domains—at least thoroughly take down one, then you will qualify to become our disciple!”
Ning Qi pondered for a moment and said, “Then I will work harder from now on.”
Suddenly, the entire ground shook.
Ning Qi hovered in the air, gazing around; endless radiance rose in the War Domain, with spiritual energy like mist permeating the entire area, too vast to see the end.
Sensing something, he immediately took out the Soul Seeking Node Disc and looked down.
As expected, all nodes in this War Domain had been captured by the three armies under his command.
“World Venerable, is this change the result of completely capturing the nodes?”
However, Ning Qi still asked the Mountain Sea Realm Will before him.
The Mountain Sea Realm Will seemed to show some delight and said, “Exactly so.”
It gazed at Ning Qi, and Ning Qi clearly felt it pay special attention to the Soul Seeking Node Disc in his hand.
Ning Qi proactively said, “World Venerable, while capturing various nodes, I invented this item. Please take a look, World Venerable.”
He handed the compass to the Mountain Sea Realm Will.
At this moment, perhaps due to the changes here, the Mountain Sea Realm Will’s illusory will figure became slightly more solid.
With its formless body, it actually grasped the compass Ning Qi handed over and instantly discerned its uses.
The Mountain Sea Realm Will said joyfully:
“You are excellent—you actually invented this item! No wonder among the twenty-seven domains of the Nine Great War Domains, only the army you lead captured a domain so quickly.”
Ning Qi took out a jade slip and handed it to the Mountain Sea Realm Will.
“Since World Venerable approves of this item, I will also give World Venerable the manufacturing method for it.”
The Mountain Sea Realm Will immediately accepted it.
“Very good, very good. This way, once this item is promoted, the Spirit Realm War can end at a faster speed!”
“Now this domain has been thoroughly occupied by this Venerable, and you have produced this item—you have great merit. This Venerable will reward you handsomely!”
As soon as it finished speaking, the surrounding void seemed to open like a treasure pouch, from which many items flew out.
“Take them. With this item, I won’t stay longer; I must promote it to all War Domains as soon as possible!”
Ning Qi cupped his hands and said, “I respectfully see off World Venerable!”
The illusory figure before him vanished instantly. Ning Qi carefully perceived but could no longer sense the Mountain Sea Realm Will.
He looked at the rewards piled on the ground ahead, his eyes gleaming slightly.
The rewards from the Mountain Sea Realm Will this time were extremely generous.
Rule Fragments the size of water buckets, carefully counted, totaled a hundred!
These Rule Fragments could no longer be compared to the previous rewards from the Mountain Sea Realm Will.
The previous rewards granted to him had only micro, small, medium, and large Rule Fragments.
Even the large Rule Fragments were only the size of a human head, but the current Rule Fragments were like farm water buckets—truly extra-large.
Ning Qi reached out and picked up one, gazing at it with both eyes.
He saw within it what seemed like a starry river hidden, flickering with countless starlights, each starlight a rule.
This extra-large Rule Fragment was much larger than the previous ones, containing far more rules!
Probably just this one could increase the cultivation of everyone in the Xuanzhen Domain Army by a bit.
Ning Qi looked to the other side.
On the other side of the void, a hundred strands of Mountain Sea Realm Power twisted like light threads, each a meter long.
This was what the Mountain Sea Realm Will granted to him as Domain Lord. After becoming Domain Lord, the Mountain Sea Realm Will had said that they Domain Lords could obtain ten threads of realm power from it each year.
These hundred strands equaled ten years’ worth for a Domain Lord!
Ning Qi casually stored all the gains into his space, a slight smile on his lips.
The Soul Seeking Node Disc he had just given to the Mountain Sea Realm Will was not the complete version—only a basic one with a map and the ability to detect a nearby node.
To fully map all nodes in a War Domain, one had to explore all nodes first.
The reason Ning Qi gave the manufacturing method of the compass to the Mountain Sea Realm Will was naturally to make the battles between the Two Realms Cultivators more frequent, thereby hastening the Two Realms War and bringing the Dao Integration faster into play.
He just didn’t know if, after getting this compass, the Mountain Sea Realm Will could decipher and produce a higher-order compass.
Ning Qi had held back; presumably, as long as Mountain Ancestor and Sea Ancestor didn’t enter the War Domain, no one could do it.
The greatest advantage naturally had to be held by him and his Xuanzhen Domain Army.
Additionally, Ning Qi also planned to “accidentally” let Haoran Realm cultivators obtain this compass.
If only Mountain Sea Realm cultivators got it, wouldn’t the Two Realms War benefit the Mountain Sea Realm Will?
The sooner the Two Realms Dao Integration entered the fray, and the more intense the Two Realms War became, the more development opportunities his True Martial Realm would have.
The next second, Ning Qi took out his original compass, glanced at the positions of the three armies above, directly tore space, and stepped into it.
In an instant, Ning Qi appeared beside Sword Ancestor of the Xuanzhen Domain Army.
Seeing Ning Qi appear, the congregation had already accepted his sudden appearances.
“Sect Leader Senior Brother!”
“Domain Lord!”
The cultivators hurriedly greeted him, cheers thundering.
Sword Ancestor laughed, “Kid, we’ve thoroughly captured this War Domain. For every node we captured, Mountain Sea Realm granted us quite a few fragments—why don’t you take them?”
Ning Qi waved his hand, looked at the congregation, and smiled:
“You are all my own people. Since you follow me, I won’t collect what you’ve gained—consider it a benefit from me.”
Hearing this, joy nearly overflowed on everyone’s faces.
However, Sword Ancestor still said, “You are the sect leader of our Boundless Sword Sect and the alliance leader of Xuanzhen Domain. We are now like a great sect; accepting what the sect leader alliance leader grants is fine, it’s just…”
He paused, then said, “Now we all understand that we achieved this accomplishment thanks to your strength. I think you should still take them to elevate your strength as quickly as possible. Don’t forget, Dao Integration Realm experts will eventually appear in the War Domain!”
Sword Ancestor always considered Ning Qi’s interests, which moved Ning Qi deeply.
Ning Qi secretly sent a telepathic message, “Sword Ancestor, no need. After capturing the entire War Domain, the Mountain Sea Realm Will also gave me special rewards as Domain Lord—I have what I should have!”
“You kid, why didn’t you say so earlier!” Sword Ancestor helplessly replied via telepathic communication, “Aren’t I going against the congregation’s interests now?”
“Don’t worry, I’ll make it up to you!”
