The three had barely taken a few steps when a cultivator hurried up behind them, looking utterly panicked!
"Great Elder, something terrible has happened!"
The old man glared at him in displeasure. "How can you act so flustered in front of our honored guest? What's the matter? Take your time. The sky isn't falling!"
The disciple paused, then took a deep breath.
"Oh, all right, Great Elder."
"So, what happened?"
"The Ancestor Founder's statue cracked, and it's bleeding from all seven orifices."
The disciple answered calmly. Very calmly!
The old man froze, then turned around and stared at the disciple in shock.
"Is that true?"
"It is."
Ye Xuan was dumbfounded!
"This is such a huge matter, and you're not even panicking? Are you really one of the people of Ye Family Holy Land?"
This was even worse than the sky falling!
"The Ancestor Founder's statue has stood here for a thousand years. How could anything have happened to it?"
The old man looked utterly alarmed and hurriedly said, "You two, go on into the Holy Land and have your aptitude tested. I need to deal with this mess!"
With that, he left without looking back!
The Ancestor Founder's statue had crumbled. Even Your Majesty would be furious. They would all be held responsible!
The two were stunned.
Chu Ning also looked puzzled.
"How did the statue just crumble? Could it be because it's old?"
Xiao Bing shook her head.
"I don't know. That's the Holy Land's problem. If they can't repair it and Your Majesty blames them, that's on them."
"Mister Chu, I know the way. I'll take you there."
"All right!"
The two continued inside and finally arrived at a Cave Mansion.
A huge stone platform stood before them.
"You just need to put your hand on it to have your aptitude tested. Xiao Bing has been here lots of times, so she knows how it works."
"Fine."
Was there any need to test his aptitude?
He was only accompanying Xiao Bing for a look around. After all, she'd already used her status as a wingwoman to threaten him. If he ever needed her to play matchmaker, he couldn't leave her with nothing to tell his wife.
But honestly, there was no need...
Thinking this, Chu Ning placed his hand on the platform.
In an instant, countless rays of light flickered. Xiao Bing's eyes widened.
"Mister, you have the aptitude to cultivate. We just don't know what color it'll be. Purple is high-grade, orange is top-grade, and red is heavenly-grade!"
"If Mister..."
The colors shifted faster and faster, flashing wildly through red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple. They moved faster and faster, as if the platform could no longer withstand them!
Xiao Bing's expression changed!
"Mister, get away!"
Outside the Holy Land, countless elders had gathered, all deeply shaken.
"This statue has stood here for a thousand years without changing at all. There isn't even a trace of damage from wind or sand. How could it have cracked today?"
"And it's bleeding from all seven orifices, too. What on earth..."
BOOM!
A tremendous rumble came from inside, like an earthquake!
It was coming from the Cave Mansion where the Spirit Testing Platform was!
Great Elder Ye Xuan's expression changed!
"This is bad! The Spirit Testing Platform!"
A short while later, countless elders rushed to the Cave Mansion where the Spirit Testing Platform was.
They saw a huge crack in the floor, and the treasured Spirit Testing Platform had been completely smashed to pieces!
The old man's face changed, and his expression instantly turned to despair.
"The Spirit Testing Platform has been a treasured heirloom of our Holy Land for a thousand years. How could it have shattered? What happened...?"
Xiao Bing glared at them. "What on earth is going on with your Holy Land? Mister Chu was only testing his aptitude, and he was nearly hurt! When Your Majesty finds out, none of you will get away with it!"
"Do you even know who Mister Chu is to Your Majesty?"
Everyone's faces went pale. They looked at the Spirit Testing Platform, then at the two of them.
Impossible. There was no way a mortal and a Fourth Realm cultivator could have smashed the Spirit Testing Platform!
And with the Ancestor Founder's statue destroyed, some powerful being must have set their sights on Ye Family Holy Land!
"Your Majesty, please forgive us. Nothing like this has happened in the Holy Land for a thousand years..."
"We will go to Your Majesty and accept our punishment..."
Xiao Bing snorted. "Mister Chu hasn't been hurt, and that's the only reason any of you are still alive!"
"His aptitude wasn't even tested. I'll go with you to the palace and face Your Majesty!"
The crowd lowered their heads helplessly. They were just as confused, but now they had no choice but to go to the palace and face punishment...
Behind them, Chu Ning seemed to realize something.
Damn, could this be because of me...
The thing was too low-grade. It couldn't possibly measure his aptitude, so it blew up?
And the statue outside...
Chu Ning hesitated, then sent out a clone and concealed it.
He returned to the statue outside the Holy Land.
Countless disciples were gathered around it.
Chu Ning thought for a moment. He needed to make sure.
Then he cupped his hands and bowed...
The statue exploded on the spot, turning to dust!
Chu Ning was startled.
Shit, I forgot. He was an Immortal Emperor. In this world, the Great Emperor realm was already the peak.
And Great Emperors had an exceedingly high status. Whatever they said was known, and they were practically omniscient and omnipotent. Chu Ning was even more powerful!
Before ascending, this cultivator had only been at the Heavenly Phenomenon realm. At most, he could be a Great Emperor now.
A Great Emperor couldn't withstand a single bow from him!
At the same time, in the Upper Realm, Ye Wuji suddenly spat out another mouthful of blood and fell straight down a realm!
This time, he felt it!
Some kind of power of worship had come to rest upon him, but his cultivation was too low. He couldn't bear it!
What powerful being would worship him?
Ye Wuji grimaced and knelt, begging for mercy.
"Senior, please stop messing with me! I'm only a Heavenly Phenomenon cultivator. I can't bear your Offering Qi! If you keep worshipping me, I'll die!"
By then, Ye Family Holy Land had descended into chaos!
The Ancestor Founder's statue had shattered without warning—and this time it had completely fallen apart!
The Holy Land was in an uproar, and nobody knew what had happened.
Xiao Bing and the elders came out as well. Seeing the scene, Ye Xuan, who was at the front, dropped to his knees with a thud!
"Ancestor, what happened? Strange things have been happening one after another in the Holy Land today!"
"Why have you disappeared too, Ancestor?"
One Chu Ning followed silently behind Xiao Bing, while the other, his clone, stood quietly before the shattered statue.
Never mind...
He raised a hand and released a trace of his power, reshaping Ye Wuji's statue. At the same time, he released a faint trace of his aura.
He had made a mess, so he should make up for it...
The Old Ancestor of the Ye Family had too low a status. In that case, he'd give him a little fortune to protect him.
At that moment, an inexplicable fortune surged through Ye Family Holy Land. Purple Aura pierced the heavens!
Countless people seemed to feel their cultivation rise a little. Ye Qinglian, who was also part of Ye Family Holy Land, felt it too.
Her cultivation had improved a little, and it felt as if some kind of fortune now enveloped her.
Meanwhile, Ye Wuji's statue was restored, and Golden Qi shimmered across it!
Everyone was shocked!
"I understand! Our Ye Family's Ancestor Founder has advanced to a higher level in the Upper Realm. He was dissatisfied with the incense offering to his incarnation on Tianxuan Continent, so he reshaped it himself!"
"The fortune surrounding us is the Old Ancestor protecting us! The Old Ancestor is protecting us!"
"The Old Ancestor watches over us! A great fortune has descended from the heavens!"
In the Upper Realm, Ye Wuji suddenly felt a certain fortune bolster him.
His cultivation slowly recovered, and he even seemed on the verge of breaking through the Heavenly Phenomenon Peak!
He had cultivated for a thousand years without breaking through that final barrier, but now he finally had a chance!
It seemed that powerful being had given him compensation!
"Ye Family Junior, get on your knees and thank Senior!!"
"Hahaha! This is my good fortune, my chance!"
At that moment, Chu Ning's clone vanished.
Once I enter seclusion, a Great Confucian will naturally debate the scriptures on my behalf.
That saved him the trouble of explaining...
Xiao Bing stared blankly at everything before her.
Could something like this really happen?
Chu Ning sighed.
"We've tested it, even if we didn't find anything. Let's head back."
"We can only do that. We should still report what happened today to Your Majesty."
But before leaving, Chu Ning couldn't help feeling a little sympathy for them.
He'd probably broken the Spirit Testing Platform, too.
Chu Ning restored it with a casual wave and infused it with a trace of his aura.
Call it compensation.
And this was supposed to be a Holy Land? Even bowing to the Ancestor Founder's statue made it crack. What a joke!
He might as well go home and sleep!
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