Alliance?

"Would it be possible for us to sit down and talk?" Qi Keqing asked.

Her words immediately caused the eighty Nascent Soul Realm cultivators who had accompanied her to pause slightly in surprise.

Senior Sister Qi's initial idea was to seize this node, but she changed her mind when she got closer.

Clearly, this is all related to Ning Qi.

They all looked towards the Xuanzhen Domain army ahead.

The overall strength of the Xuanzhen Domain army has been revealed to them, and its numbers are naturally no match for the Fuyou Domain army.

Even if you were to compare them all individually, their strength would be far inferior to that of the people from the Fuyou Domain.

But what's strange is that when they come together, they can unleash a power that is no less than the overall strength of the Fuyou Domain army.

All the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators turned their attention to Ning Qi.

Previously, the cultivators of the Xuanzhen Domain were nothing more than a gathering of cultivators from two small domains, and were not considered anything special.

But now, everyone has put away their past arrogance.

Even Senior Sister Qi changed her attitude because of this young man, let alone them?

Sword Ancestor looked at Ning Qi, unsure of what to do. He knew he had to leave everything to Ning Qi to handle.

He supports either negotiation or war.

As for the Xuanzhen Domain army behind them, they naturally shared the same mindset as the Sword Ancestor.

Ning Qi looked ahead.

Qi Keqing and her group of Nascent Soul cultivators had arrived outside the sword wall drawn by the Sword Ancestor. She was also staring at Ning Qi, her gaze somewhat threatening.

Such a perspective is something only those who hold high positions and wield great power can possess.

Their gazes met in mid-air, and the void there seemed to twist slightly, like dough being kneaded.

The two cultivators immediately sensed that their formless and intangible Primordial Spirit power shot out through their gazes and collided in mid-air.

This can be seen as an unspoken confrontation between the two, and also as a way of getting to know each other!

The Nascent Soul cultivator following behind Qi Keqing exuded strong confidence.

Qi Keqing has an extremely strong will. She rose from a mortal to become a captain and elder of the Yao Guang Immortal Sect, and also promoted a large-scale peace movement in the mortal realm of the entire Fuyao Domain. There is no way she could lose to Ning Qi!

Seeing the two secretly exchanging blows, Sikong Lan was secretly overjoyed and kept thinking to himself, "Let them fight! Let them fight!"

He didn't care who won or lost; the fiercer the battle, the more the Qingxuan Immortal Sect could benefit.

As for the cultivators of the Xuanzhen Domain, they also had great confidence in Ning Qi.

Especially the Bee Queen Feng Baihua, who was just subdued by Ning Qi. She has the terrifying strength of a Limit Venerable and possesses a variety of Divine Ability, but she was subdued by Ning Qi with a single glance.

She refused to believe that Qi Keqing could defeat her master!

Although the confrontation between Ning Qi and Qi Keqing was not overt, everyone could judge who had the upper hand by observing the distortion of the void at the center.

At the beginning, Qi Keqing was very aggressive, and the distorted area in the void was clearly closer to Ning Qi's side, and it kept moving towards Ning Qi's side.

They observed Ning Qi and found that Ning Qi expression remained calm and his eyes were still.

The crowd chuckled to themselves; Ning Qi was putting on quite a convincing act.

Subsequently, Qi Keqing pushed that distorted void to a distance one-third closer to Ning Qi.

Just then, Qi Keqing seemed unable to advance even an inch further. Her eyes widened in surprise as she felt a surge of spiritual energy crashing down like a giant wave, forcing her Primordial Spirit power to retreat continuously.

The distorted void returned to the center line and flew towards Qi Keqing at an even faster speed.

Qi Keqing's face turned pale, and beads of sweat appeared on her nose.

Her eyes were deep and unfathomable, and more of her Primordial Spirit power surged forth, but it had no effect on Ning Qi's spiritual power.

The crowd behind Qi Keqing all changed color, not expecting to be proven wrong so quickly.

Finally, Ning Qi forced her mental energy down to a quarter of its maximum before quickly retreating.

Qi Keqing was completely taken aback by Ning Qi's ability to so easily sever the conflict between their Primordial Spirit. Her Primordial Spirit was like two people pushing each other; when the other retreated, she was caught off guard and stumbled forward.

The Primordial Spirit, connected to the physical body and including Qi Keqing's physical form, couldn't help but stagger forward slightly.

Fortunately, Qi Keqing had amazing self-control and did not suffer a widespread defeat.

Upon seeing this, the Nascent Soul cultivators behind her were all shocked!

Qi Keqing actually lost in the battle of Primordial Spirit power. Is Ning Qi really that powerful?

Sikong Lan's expression also changed slightly. He knew from this that he was no match for Qi Keqing, and even Qi Keqing was no match for Ning Qi. What if it were him?

He glanced at Ning Qi discreetly and decided that it was best not to clash with Ning Qi for the time being, and even better if Ning Qi didn't even notice him!

The brief confrontation between Ning Qi and Qi Keqing has come to an end.

"Sword Ancestor, please remove the sword wall and let them in."

Upon hearing this, the Sword Ancestor formed a sword-finger gesture with his right hand, aimed at the wall of Sword-Ray he had released, and quickly folded it.

Instantly, the circular sword wall a kilometer away vanished without a trace, as if it had never existed.

This move secretly alarmed the people from the opposing Fuyou Domain.

Ning Qi flew five hundred meters before making a gesture of invitation and saying, "Please come in, everyone."

Qi Keqing gave her a deep look, then immediately said to the eighty Nascent Soul cultivators behind her, "You wait here, I'll be right back."

"Yes!"

Qi Keqing then flew towards Ning Qi.

Seeing Qi Keqing's upright character, Ning Qi nodded inwardly. Although she was a woman, she certainly had great courage.

The two landed on the ground below, Ning Qi took out two Meditation Cushions from his storage space. The two then sat down facing each other.

"Greetings, Senior Sister Qi of Yaoguang Ning Qi Sect!"

Ning Qi cupped his hands in a respectful gesture.

"Should I address you as the Sect Master of the Boundless Sword Sect, or the Domain Master of the Profound Truth Domain?" Qi Keqing asked.

Ning Qi smiled slightly, "There is no sect master of the Boundless Sword Sect here, nor is there a domain lord of the Profound Truth Domain, only an alliance leader trusted by the people of the Profound Truth Domain."

Qi Keqing narrowed her eyes slightly, "The Alliance Leader?"

Thinking back to the scene where the Xuanzhen Domain army, led by Ning Qi, slaughtered cultivators from the Haoran Realm and Boundary Sea Fierce Beasts.

Ning Qi's command of his troops was divine; to reach such a level, one truly needed the trust of all the sects in the Xuanzhen Domain.

She also bowed to Ning Qi, "Alliance Leader Ning, time is precious, so I will speak frankly."

"Please speak!"

Qi Keqing said, "Both of us have strong generals under our command. In this realm of war, why don't we join forces and form an alliance?"

Qi Keqing had come here for this strategic point, but after seeing Ning Qi and his large army, and after testing Ning Qi's strength, she changed her mind.

The Great War of the Spirit Realm has begun, and the most important task is to seize the nodes within the war zone.

However, to seize those key nodes, it's not a matter of deploying more troops rather than the better.

This is Battlefield where people are killed; the fewer people there are, the more isolated they are, and the smaller their chances of survival.

Therefore, as time went on, all the sects and spiritual realms realized that they had to unite!

You consider yourself strong and don't team up, but when you encounter equally strong people, you team up. Is the outcome even questionable?

Just like the people from the White Crane Immortal Sect and Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect that Ning Qi had encountered before, they thought they were powerful, so they used the method of dividing into teams to conquer the war zone, but they were all wiped out by Ning Qi.

If they hadn't split into teams and had instead stuck together from the start, Ning Qi wouldn't have been able to defeat them.

Therefore, Qi Keqing's invitation to Ning Qi to form an alliance can be seen as a preparation made in advance, as she foresaw the future development trend within the War Realm.

Ning Qi remained unmoved by Qi Keqing's suggestion and stated directly, "I refuse!"

Such a clean and decisive attitude naturally surprised Qi Keqing.

She stared at Ning Qi and said bluntly, "We are both commanders of large armies, and we should know that the future direction of the armies within the war zone will inevitably lean towards alliance. My Fuyou Domain army is no weaker than your Xuanzhen Domain army, so why are you unwilling?"

Ning Qi confidently stated, "Two tigers cannot share one mountain. Only if you grant me complete Commander the Fuyou Domain army will cooperation be possible."

Upon hearing this, Qi Keqing's brows almost furrowed together.

Ning Qi wasn't unwilling to join forces, but he knew she wouldn't relinquish power.

She acknowledged that Ning Qi was indeed formidable, but Qi Keqing would never accept relinquishing her authority and handing over Commander of the Fuyou Domain army to Ning Qi; she had her own dignity.

At least, she believed that her ability to Commander a large army was no weaker than Ning Qi's.

Moreover, once the war zone is stabilized, those at the Dao Integration Realm will also participate in the war.

Qi Keqing does not represent herself alone, but also the Yao Guang Immortal Sect.

In the future, she will have to hand over the Fuyou Domain army to the Dao Integration Realm ancestor within the sect for Commander, so how could she possibly hand it over to Ning Qi now?

As for Ning Qi, he naturally could not accept Qi Keqing's leadership.

It took Ning Qi decades to build up the Xuanzhen Domain army under his command to achieve its current unified state.

Overall, Ning Qi's Xuanzhen Domain army was like a sect, but one without any internal strife, only slightly weaker than his control over the people of the True Martial Realm.

Therefore, if they were to join forces with Qi Keqing's army, and were unable to Commander the enemy's army, it would disrupt their own rhythm.

Why should Ning Qi waste his time? He wouldn't compromise with others, nor did he have the time to waste.

Of course, it would be impossible to say that Ning Qi hadn't won over the enemy army's hearts.

However, Qi Keqing is still quite proud and will not agree to his request at the moment. It will not be too late to agree after a while, when she has been beaten into submission by the cultivators of the Vast Realm.

Qi Keqing stood up and said, "It seems we can't reach an agreement yet, so I won't waste any more time and will take my leave now!"

Ning Qi nodded slightly.

His spiritual consciousness had already ordered the Xuanzhen Domain army to continue summoning the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Now that the Celestial Star has been formed and the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm is half present, Ning Qi is not worried at all about the other side trying to seize the node.

If the other party is truly unable to accept this, the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm will naturally intervene.

Moreover, both armies are at this juncture, and even if there are cultivators from the Vast Realm nearby, they would never dare to come.

Qi Keqing flew back to her team.

Sikong Lan asked, "Senior Sister Qi, did your negotiations with Ning Qi break down?"

Qi Keqing glanced at him. "Do you even know what we talked about?"

Sikong Lan smiled, "Senior Sister Qi underestimates us. Even if we were guessing, we guessed what you were thinking. Fellow cultivators, don't you agree?"

A few voices of agreement rang out from the crowd, mostly from his former subordinates.

Few members of Qi Keqing's troops responded to Sikong Lan.

Seeing this, Sikong Lan's expression remained unchanged, but she had already made some plans in her heart.

One of Qi Keqing's subordinates said, "Senior Sister Qi, you must have proposed an alliance with Ning Qi, but he refused, right?"

Qi Keqing nodded slightly and replied, "He wants me to relinquish command before he will agree."

"What?"

Upon hearing this, everyone was enraged.

"This child is so ungrateful!"

"My Fuyou Domain army outnumbers them and is stronger. The merger of the two armies is a great thing for their Xuanzhen Domain. How dare Ning Qi not be grateful and even want to gain control?"

"This kid needs to be taught a lesson!"

Qi Keqing was also in a bad mood, but she still cheered herself up and said to everyone:

"Alright, it's common for the terms not to be agreed upon. Let's focus on finding a key point first."

Hearing this, Sikong Lan felt extremely uncomfortable.

Damn it, when he led the Qingxuan Immortal Sect army to join Qi Keqing's forces, Qi Keqing was so domineering that she insisted he disband his army and merge into her ranks.

But now, facing Ning Qi, Qi Keqing was so cowardly that Sikong Lan suddenly considered leaving Qi Keqing's army.

After all, if things continue like this, it seems there's no chance he can use Qi Keqing as a tool against Ning Qi again.

He, Sikong Lan, had previously Commander 30% of the people in the Fuyou Domain. If he didn't break away from Qi Keqing, how much of the spoils from the subsequent conquests would he be able to get?

With this in mind, Sikong Lan immediately decided that once he was out of the range that Ning Qi could sense, he would immediately lead his men away.

Firstly, if he captures the key points, he can gain more benefits.

Secondly, he still wanted to find an opportunity to use someone else to get rid of Ning Qi.

If we can't find Qi Keqing here, aren't there still cultivators from the Langya Domain? And even if the Langya Domain isn't an option, aren't there still cultivators from the Haoran Realm?

Sikong Lan refused to believe that he couldn't find a way to kill Ning Qi.

Ning Qi is growing too fast. If Ning Qi continues to grow, he doesn't know if he'll still be able to cause trouble for Ning Qi after the ancestor comes in!

Just as Qi Keqing's advance troops were joining up with the main army behind them.

Ning Qi felt a fluctuation emanating from the communication Jade Slip he was carrying.

He immediately took it out, looked through the messages, and found two in total.

One of them reads, "Little Nine, I've finally met you in the Realm of Mountains and Seas!"

Signed as Daoist Longshan.

One message read, "Junior brother, Master and I are in the army of the Fuyou Domain. When are we going to meet? Don't forget the wine you promised me last time!"

Signed Ye Qinghe.

Upon seeing the two messages from old friends, Ning Qi couldn't help but smile.

He looked toward the location of the Fuyou Domain army, and simultaneously released his spiritual sense to search within the army. In just a moment, he quickly found the two figures.

At this moment, the two seemed to be scanning Ning Qi with their spiritual senses.

As their senses intersected, a surge of emotion welled up in their hearts as they reunited in a foreign land.

The three of them remained expressionless, unwilling to let others see anything amiss.

Ning Qi replied to each of them.

"Master, you've become so handsome! In a few days, I'll bring Daoist Baishan and Zhuang Chen to visit you."

"Senior sister, the day we meet won't be long. I've already prepared everything for you."

Upon receiving Ning Qi's reply, Daoist Longshan and Ye Qinghe exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with excitement.

Ning Qi never boasts; if he says they'll meet soon, then they'll meet soon.

They replied again.

"Little Nine, the Qingxuan Immortal Sect seems to be targeting you. I know you don't take them seriously, but I'll keep an eye on them for you."

"Junior Brother Ning, you're so kind. Next time we meet, my master and I will lead the people of the Xuan Nu Sect to pledge allegiance to you. Would that count as abandoning darkness for light?"

The three exchanged countless messages, which brought back memories of the joy they had in the True Martial Realm.

The Xuanzhen Domain army has reached the final stage in summoning the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

The celestial and terrestrial stars, in their opposition, have suppressed other energies in this area to a point of yin-yang conflict.

This time, Ning Qi didn't intervene; they completed the follow-up work entirely on their own.

Suddenly, the will of the Mountain and Sea Realm descended and distributed the rewards once again.

They managed to seize this medium-sized node from the hands of the cultivators of the Vast Realm, in addition to annihilating so many of them.

The will of the Mountain and Sea Realm bestows more gifts than is normal.

Thirteen medium-sized rule fragments and thirty-nine micro-sized rule fragments.

At the same time, he secretly gave Ning Qi, the domain lord, twenty strands of realm power.

With the various resources seized from the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect, the Xuanzhen Domain army made another fortune.

Once everything was complete, Ning Qi took out the Solingcha Disc and led the army to the next node.

The next node is located to the northeast of this location, thousands of miles away.

Ning Qi took the lead, carefully analyzing the data from the previous node, and then slightly modified the Solingcha node disc to make it more accurate.

Now, Ning Qi has data on small nodes, medium nodes, and semi-enemy realms. He summarizes and integrates this data and sends it into the Solingcha Node Disk.

Therefore, the Solingcha disk can also detect whether the detected nodes are small or medium-sized nodes.

Once another large node is found, Ning Qi will be able to truly perfect the functionality of the Solingcha node disk.

He infused it with Spiritual Qi again, and the pointer on the Solingcha compass jumped, eventually pointing to the northeast.

This time is different from the last time. Last time, when the pointer pointed to the northeast, it was still a bit shaky and the direction was uncertain. This time, it has become completely accurate.

Ning Qi glanced at the Compass and found that the newly added function to detect node size was not displayed.

In other words, the new node it points to must be a large node, and it is only the large node that it has not absorbed data from.

"All troops accelerate! The next node is a large node!"

Upon hearing this, all the cultivators in the Xuanzhen Domain were shocked, and their speed immediately increased by 30%.

As luck would have it, Qi Keqing's army from the Fuyou Domain was also heading northeast.

Upon seeing Ning Qi and his group chasing after them, Qi Keqing and the others immediately stopped.

Many of them thought that Ning Qi regretted rejecting Qi Keqing's proposal and had come to renegotiate it.

But after a short while, Ning Qi approached them, ignoring them completely.

Then, they watched helplessly as Ning Qi led the Xuanzhen Domain army to fly confidently in a certain direction from not far from their side!

Many people were dissatisfied, but even more people noticed the hidden message.

"Senior Sister Qi, Ning Qi seems to have Compass that can detect the location of nodes," someone said.

One of those Ning Qi with Ning Qi said, "Are you sure Ning Qi isn't just putting on an act and deliberately misleading us?"

Some also questioned, "Within this war zone, the three energies are mixed and chaotic, varying from place to place. Can Compass really detect this?"

Sikong Lan didn't say anything, but she made a mental note of it.

If Ning Qi's Compass can truly detect nodes, could he use it to set up a trap and launch an operation specifically targeting Ning Qi?

Qi Keqing frowned slightly as she looked at the Xuanzhen Domain army's resolute forward flight speed.

"To find out if it's true or false, why don't we just follow them?"

Upon hearing this, many people nodded in agreement, while others felt that following Ning Qi was a waste of time.

Qi Keqing said, "We must find out if the Compass he has can detect nodes. Even if it takes some time, it's worth it. If it is true, we must buy one from Ning Qi no matter what!"

This time, no one objected; everyone agreed with Qi Keqing's words.

So they followed behind the Xuanzhen Domain's army, determined to get to the bottom of things.

Sikong Lan originally wanted to leave Qi Keqing's group, but at this moment she was no longer in a hurry and decided to find out more information first.

Their actions naturally attracted the attention of Ning Qi and others.

Sword Ancestor asked, "Boy, what are they trying to do, following us?"

Ning Qi received a message from Daoist Longshan and learned of Qi Keqing's thoughts, so he said, "Qi Keqing saw the Compass in my hand and wants to clarify some things."

Sword Ancestor and the people of Xuanzhen Domain immediately understood.

Sword Ancestor chuckled, "Then let them act as bodyguards in the back. If we encounter any cultivators from the Vast Realm along the way, we can borrow their power. When they want your Compass, we can sell them one at a high price. I think they should be willing to buy it."

The others also burst out laughing.

Ning Qi didn't care about Qi Keqing's presence; in fact, if she had asked him directly, he would have been willing to explain.

But since the other party didn't ask, they probably don't trust him much and insist on seeing it for themselves.

Ning Qi led his army and accelerated once more.

Ten thousand miles is not a long distance for cultivators. Even if the War Realm suppresses their strength, they can reach ten thousand miles in a few minutes at most.

A few minutes later.

Qi Keqing's army from the Fuyou Domain suddenly noticed that Ning Qi and his group had stopped.

Along the way, she had the most skilled cultivators in Formation within the Yaoguang Immortal Sect analyze the Xuanzhen Domain army led by Ning Qi.

It wouldn't have mattered if she hadn't analyzed it, but once she did, the monk gave her a terrifying answer.

"Senior Sister Qi, the cultivators from the Xuanzhen Domain are arrayed in perfect formation. I can only make out the general outline of their grand formation. There are many Formation among them that I have learned, but once they are combined, I can't understand them."

Qi Keqing was taken aback.

"Is their formation really that good?"

The man stared intently at the Xuanzhen Domain army, his eyes gleaming, and said:

"It's beyond just being good! The person who set up the formation is simply a genius. He considered the cooperation of everyone under his command, every aspect of the environment within the war zone, and everything that would happen when encountering the enemy."

"I dare say that even the Dao Integration Ancestor of our Yao Guang Immortal Sect, who is skilled in Formation, along with all the formation cultivators in the Fuyou Domain, could not unleash three-fifths of Formation power of their formation!"

Hearing him exaggerate the Formation of the Xuanzhen Domain army, many people looked at the other formation cultivators within the army.

But the final answers were exactly the same.

Everyone was startled once again.

They looked ahead, only to suddenly discover that Ning Qi's army had completely vanished into thin air, disappearing right before their eyes!

Upon seeing this, everyone felt uneasy, finally realizing that what the array cultivator in their group had said was true!