Li Fire Sect Ancestor?

"Aren't you looking for this?"

Li Fan said.

"Yes, thank you, senior, thank you, senior!"

At this moment, Mu Qianning was so excited she didn't know what to say, only able to take the Divine Water Stone with trembling hands!

Li Fan shook his head. Women, always getting excited over gems.

So materialistic, so vulgar!

Li Fan muttered to himself, tied up the firewood, and said, "Let's go."

Mu Qianning hurriedly followed Li Fan out of Red Leaf Valley.

Ren Hong was worried, and when he saw Mu Qianning emerge unharmed, they were all shocked.

This senior actually brought the Saintess back…

"Saintess, did you find the item?"

Ren Hong asked.

Mu Qianning nodded, looking gratefully at Li Fan, and said, "Everything is thanks to the generosity of this senior!"

Li Fan was speechless. It's just a stone, is it that big of a deal?

"Alright, I'm heading back to the village. Goodbye."

Li Fan turned and left.

Mu Qianning wanted to say more, but Li Fan was already gone. She felt uneasy and didn't dare to bother the senior further.

Afterward, Mu Qianning, along with Ren Hong and the others, quickly rushed back to the sect.

Lihuo Sect was far from here, but once they left this dangerous mountain range, they could use Flying.

Flying through countless clouds, they landed on a magnificent mountain peak.

Buildings covered the mountain, which was clearly the location of Lihuo Sect.

"Saintess, you're finally back! People from Lie Yan Mountain are here again!"

As soon as she arrived at the sect, Mu Qianning received news.

Her face filled with worry, she hurried towards the Main Hall.

Inside the Lihuo Sect's Main Hall, two groups of people were confronting each other, the atmosphere tense.

"Wei Yushan, your Lihuo Sect is in decline. You're the only one left in the Nascent Soul Realm, and you're about to fall to being a One-Star Sect. Why don't you surrender to us?!"

An old man spoke sinisterly.

He was an elder from Lie Yan Mountain, Gongsun Qi.

On the opposite side, Lihuo Sect Master Wei Yushan's face was grim. "You want to annex Lihuo Sect? Don't even think about it, Lie Yan Mountain!"

"Heh heh,"

Gongsun Qi sneered. "If your Old Ancestor were still alive, I'd turn around and leave. Your Old Ancestor has been dead for so many years, what confidence do you have to say that?"

"I know you have a half-dead Former Sect Master in the back mountains, but even if he came, it wouldn't help!"

He slammed his chair. Immediately, two old men beside him stood up with him, releasing powerful auras.

Three Nascent Soul Experts!

Wei Yushan's face turned extremely grim!

How can I fight three at once?!

"Wait!"

Just then, a sharp, clear voice came from outside.

Everyone turned their heads.

Mu Qianning walked in resolutely from outside, gritting her teeth. "Reporting to the Sect Master, the sect's supreme treasure has been recovered!"

She held the Divine Water Stone with both hands.

At this moment, everyone in the hall changed their expressions!

"What? The Divine Water Stone of Lihuo Sect has reappeared?!"

"Didn't this sect's treasure disappear completely when the Lihuo Sect's Old Ancestor took it into the Forbidden Land?"

"The Divine Water Stone can increase a cultivator's strength severalfold!"

Gongsun Qi and the others' faces were extremely ugly.

Wei Yushan, on the other hand, beamed with joy!

He transformed into a beam of light and appeared before Mu Qianning the next moment. Taking the Divine Water Stone, he was extremely excited!

"With this gem, my Lihuo Sect will not perish!"

He burst into laughter!

"Mu Qianning, where did you find this bead?!"

Gongsun Qi's face darkened as he looked at Mu Qianning.

This bead had clearly been lost in the Forbidden Land. How could it be...? Could Mu Qianning have entered that Forbidden Land?

Impossible!

Even their Lie Yan Mountain's Mountain Lord had gone to investigate and didn't dare to get close!

Mu Qianning said word by word, "A senior asked me to bring it back!"

Upon hearing this, Gongsun Qi and the others' faces changed drastically!

"Your Sect's Old Ancestor... is not dead?!"

Gongsun Qi's face was filled with disbelief.

He subconsciously thought that the senior Mu Qianning mentioned must be the Old Ancestor of the Lihuo Sect.

That was an extraordinary figure.

If he was still alive, it would be troublesome.

Mu Qianning said proudly, "You are not worthy of inquiring!"

Although she didn't know the true strength of that senior, Mu Qianning believed that Gongsun Qi and the others were not even qualified to carry his shoes!

"Heh heh, I guess your Old Ancestor, even if he's not dead, is crippled, right?!"

At this moment, another elder from Lie Yan Mountain spoke coldly, "Otherwise, why would he have you send this bead back? Why didn't he come himself?"

His question made everyone tremble.

It was highly likely.

Mu Qianning's expression remained unchanged, and she released her cultivation.

"Golden Core Ninth Layer?! How is that possible? According to the intelligence, you were only at the Golden Core Second Layer!"

Gongsun Qi was shocked.

"At such a young age... the Lihuo Sect has produced an unparalleled genius?!"

Everyone from Lie Yan Mountain was shocked.

"Qianning, you..."

Even Wei Yushan was incredulous.

"That senior merely offered a little guidance."

Mu Qianning said calmly.

Everyone was shocked.

At this moment, the people from Lie Yan Mountain became uneasy.

Behind Mu Qianning, what kind of person was there? Mu Qianning had only been gone for a day, and under that senior's guidance, she could reach Golden Core perfection?!

Gongsun Qi felt that this matter had escalated greatly!

"Hmph, don't think you can scare us with this. Sooner or later, you will all belong to our Lie Yan Mountain!"

With that, he turned into a rainbow and left.

With this situation occurring, he had to report it to the Mountain Lord immediately.

As they left, everyone in the Lihuo Sect breathed a long sigh of relief!

"Qianning, what exactly happened?!"

Wei Yushan hurriedly asked.

"We encountered a senior..."

Mu Qianning recounted her encounter with Li Fan.

Wei Yushan was shocked upon hearing this.

Entering the Forbidden Land as if walking on flat ground?

Chopping Mystic Fire Wood with an axe?

Not even caring about the Divine Water Stone? Giving it to Mu Qianning casually?

He was stunned.

What kind of terrifying existence could this be?

"How is this possible... I must go and report this to the Former Sect Master!"

-- In the Lihuo Sect, the former Sect Master was still alive, but due to his limited lifespan and being almost at the end of his strength, he had been in seclusion.

Not long after, an old man, skin and bones, walked over with Wei Yushan.

This person was Wei Yushan's master, the former Sect Master of the Lihuo Sect, Yu Qishui.

The Former Sect Master, Yu Qishui, said excitedly, "That person might be our Lihuo Sect's Old Ancestor!"

Mu Qianning was shocked upon hearing this.

"But, that senior was very young..."

Yu Qishui shook his head repeatedly and said, "You don't understand. The Old Ancestor might have undergone Nirvana in a desperate situation."

"Otherwise, the Divine Water Stone wouldn't have recognized him, nor would he have given the Divine Water Stone to you."

"Go, take us to see the Old Ancestor now!"

Meanwhile.

Lie Yan Mountain.

"Mountain Lord, this incident is strange. We didn't dare to act rashly, so we've returned to report!"

Gongsun Qi reported while standing outside an ancient hall.

A faint voice echoed from within the great hall:

"It matters not. Even if the Lihuo Sect's Old Ancestor is truly alive, he wouldn't be beyond the Spirit Severing Stage. I want to see how capable he is!"

After speaking, a red light flashed through the great hall, and in an instant, it left Lie Yan Mountain!