Fortune's Blessing, The Old Ancestor's Manifestation!

Before the three had taken more than a few steps, a cultivator rushed up from behind, his expression one of utter panic.

"Great Elder, something terrible has happened!"

The Old Man immediately glared, displeased. "To be so flustered before an honored guest—what is the meaning of this? Speak slowly. The sky won't fall!"

The disciple paused, then took a deep breath.

"Oh, alright, Great Elder."

"So what happened?"

"The Ancestor Statue has cracked, and it's bleeding from all seven orifices."

The disciple answered calmly—truly calm!

The Old Man froze, turned around, and stared at the disciple in shock.

"Really?"

"Really."

Even Ye Xuan was dumbfounded!

"Something this major, and you're not even the least bit panicked? Are you truly a member of the Ye Family Holy Land or not?!"

This was even bigger than the sky falling!

"The Ancestor Statue has stood here for a thousand years—how could it possibly have problems?!"

The Old Man's face was full of dread as he hurriedly spoke. "You two, go ahead and enter the Holy Land to test your aptitudes on your own. This old man needs to deal with this trouble!"

With that, the Old Man turned and left without looking back!

If the Ancestor Statue cracked, even Her Majesty would be furious—they would be held accountable for this!

Both of them were taken aback.

Chu Ning was also puzzled.

"How did the statue just collapse? Could it be old age?"

Xiao Bing shook her head.

"No idea. That's the Holy Land's own problem. If they can't fix it and Her Majesty blames them, that's on them."

"Mister Chu, I know the way. I'll take you there."

"Alright."

The two continued inward, finally arriving at a Cave Mansion.

A massive stone platform appeared before them.

"Sir, just place your hand on it to test your aptitude. Xiao Bing has been here many times—I know all about it."

"Fine."

Aptitude—did he even need to test it?

He was just tagging along with Xiao Bing anyway. Since she'd already used the wingman card as leverage, he couldn't let her be caught off guard in front of his wife later.

But honestly, it really wasn't necessary...

Thinking this, Chu Ning placed his hand on the platform.

Instantly, countless lights flickered, and Xiao Bing's eyes went wide!

"Sir does have cultivation aptitude! I wonder what color it will be—purple is top-grade, orange is supreme-grade, red is heaven-grade!"

"If sir..."

The colors shifted faster and faster, cycling wildly through red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, as if the platform could barely contain the strain!

Xiao Bing's expression changed!

"Sir, get back!"

Outside the Holy Land, countless elders had gathered, their faces trembling with shock.

"This statue has stood here for a thousand years without a single change—not even a trace of wind or sand erosion—so how could it crack today?!"

"And bleeding from all seven orifices—what in the world..."

"Boom!"

Like an earthquake, a deafening roar erupted from within!

The direction—the Cave Mansion housing the Spirit Testing Platform!

Great Elder Ye Xuan's face changed!

"Damn it—our Holy Land's Spirit Testing Platform!"

Moments later, countless elders rushed to the Cave Mansion of the Spirit Testing Platform!

All they saw was a massive crack splitting the ground, while the precious Spirit Testing Platform itself lay shattered into pieces!

The old man's expression shifted, and despair flooded his face!

"The Spirit Testing Platform has been a sacred treasure of our Holy Land for a thousand years, and now it's shattered—what in the world happened..."

Xiao Bing immediately glared over: "What kind of nonsense is your Holy Land pulling? Mister Chu nearly got hurt just testing his aptitude. When Her Majesty holds you accountable, none of you will escape!"

"Do you even know who Mister Chu is to Her Majesty?"

Everyone's faces turned pale, but they stared at the Spirit Testing Platform, then at the two of them.

Impossible. A mortal and a Fourth Realm cultivator could never shatter the Spirit Testing Platform!

And with the Ancestor Statue destroyed as well, something must have set its sights on the Ye Family Holy Land to cause this!

"Palace Official, forgive us—in a thousand years, nothing like this has ever happened in the Holy Land..."

"We will go and beg Her Majesty's pardon ourselves..."

Xiao Bing snorted coldly: "It's only because Mister Chu has no injuries right now, or none of you would be left alive!"

"Since the aptitude test failed, I'll go with you to the palace to face Her Majesty!"

The crowd lowered their heads helplessly, confused, but now they could only enter the palace and await punishment...

Behind them, Chu Ning seemed to sense something.

Damn, was it because of him?

This thing's grade was too low—it couldn't possibly measure his aptitude, so it exploded?

And that statue outside...

Chu Ning hesitated, then split off a clone and concealed himself.

He returned to the statue outside the Holy Land.

At the moment, countless disciples were gathered around watching.

Chu Ning thought for a moment. He needed to confirm.

Then, he cupped his hands and bowed...

The statue exploded on the spot, turning to dust!

Chu Ning jolted in shock!

Shit, he forgot—he was at the Immortal Emperor level. In this world, the Great Emperor realm was already the peak.

And a Great Emperor's existence had an extremely high status; anything spoken was known, a level of omniscience and omnipotence. But Chu Ning was even higher!

This cultivator, before ascending, was only at the Heavenly Phenomenon realm. At most, he was a Great Emperor now.

A Great Emperor couldn't withstand a single bow from him!

Meanwhile, in the Upper Realm, Ye Wuji coughed up another mouthful of blood on the spot, his realm plummeting!

This time, he felt it!

Some kind of offering power had come upon him, but his cultivation was too low—he simply couldn't bear it!

What great power would offer to him!

Ye Wuji grimaced, kneeling and begging for mercy.

"Senior, please stop toying with me. I'm just a Heavenly Phenomenon cultivator—I can't withstand your Offering Qi. If you keep this up, I'll die!"

At this moment, the Ye Family Holy Land was in chaos!

The Ancestor Statue had shattered for no reason—this time, it was completely destroyed!

The Holy Land was in turmoil, and no one knew what had happened.

Xiao Bing and many elders came out. At the head, Ye Xuan saw this scene and fell to his knees with a thud!

"Old Ancestor, what's going on? The Holy Land has been plagued by strange occurrences all day!"

"And you're gone too, Old Ancestor!"

Two Chu Nings—one silent, following behind Xiao Bing, and the clone quietly watching the shattered statue before him.

Forget it...

He raised a hand, releasing a trace of miracle, reshaping Ye Wuji's statue, while also releasing a faint wisp of opportunity.

Since he'd done something wrong, he ought to make up for it...

This Ye Family Old Ancestor's status was too low, so he'd give him some fortune and protection.

At that moment, within the Ye Family Holy Land, an inexplicable fortune surged upward, a Purple Aura piercing the heavens!

Countless people seemed to feel a slight rise in their cultivation. Ye Qinglian, also a member of the Ye Family Holy Land, felt it too.

Her cultivation had increased a bit, and it seemed some kind of fortune had settled over her?

And now, Ye Wuji's statue was reshaped, a Golden Qi spreading over its surface!

The crowd was stunned at the sight!

"This old man understands! Our Ye Family Old Ancestor has broken through to a higher realm in the Upper Realm and is dissatisfied with the incense-body left behind in Tianxuan Continent—he's reshaping it himself!"

"The fortune upon us is the blessing of the Old Ancestor, the Old Ancestor's blessing!"

"The Old Ancestor protects us, heaven sends down great luck!"

In the Upper Realm, Ye Wuji suddenly sensed a certain augmentation of fortune.

His cultivation base slowly recovered, and at one point it even seemed poised to break through to Heavenly Phenomenon Peak!

He had cultivated for a thousand years without ever shattering that sliver of obstruction, yet now he faintly saw an opportunity!

It must be compensation from that Senior!

"Ye Family Junior kneels in gratitude to Senior!!"

"Hahaha, this is this old man's chance, his chance indeed!"

At that moment, Chu Ning's clone vanished.

Once I enter seclusion, there will naturally be a Great Confucian to debate the scriptures for me.

Saves me the trouble of explaining...

Xiao Bing also stared blankly at everything before her.

Could something like this really happen?

Chu Ning sighed.

"We've tested it already. Though nothing came of it, let's head back."

"We'll have to do that. Let's report today's events to Your Majesty."

But before leaving, Chu Ning was moved by a pang of compassion.

The Spirit Testing Platform was probably broken by him too.

Chu Ning casually restored it and infused it with a wisp of his aura.

Consider it compensation.

And this is supposed to be a Sacred Ground? Even bowing to the Ancestor Founder's statue made it crack—how boring!

Might as well go back and sleep!