Tianyi Sect's Xue Xian

Shajia City is the largest city in the vicinity.

It covers an area of 6 square kilometers and has a permanent population of 54,000. The deity worshipped is called Jiamu Liu. The city's main businesses are gambling dens, Flower Street, wineries, and restaurants.

The city had a gate, but it had been eroded beyond recognition by wind and sand. The soldiers standing at the gate were less than 1.5 meters tall, leaning on a weapon that looked like a harpoon, and were dozing off intermittently.

But after Yang Ning walked over, he immediately raised his head again. "Ten coins for the city entrance fee!"

"Here you go!" Yang Ning handed over the money and then leisurely entered the city.

The city is still built with desert soil. To the left is a gambling den, and to the right is Flower Street. The girls here are much cleaner than those in the small village. They are all wearing long red and white dresses and standing barefoot on the second-floor railings, posing seductively.

No poems or songs are recited here; guests go straight to their rooms naked. The atmosphere here is ten levels more open than that of Seacloud City.

Yang Ning strolled into a flower shop, where a young woman, about 160 cm tall, with deep-set eyes, dark skin, and a somewhat exotic look, immediately greeted him, "Young master, is this your first time here?"

"I have something to do!" Yang Ning shoved the girl aside and rushed upstairs.

The young woman was taken aback and quickly cried out, "Young master, young master, you can't do this! You can't disturb the other guests."

"Boom!" Yang Ning kicked open a door. "Police raid on prostitution! Everyone, put your hands on your heads and squat down!"

The room was extremely cramped, but the bed was quite large. A man and a woman were lying on it. The woman screamed and covered her body with the blanket. The man reacted quickly, drew a bow, and shot an arrow.

Yang Ning grabbed the weak arrow and threw it back, hitting the man squarely in the shoulder.

The man's second arrow was interrupted before he could even fire it, and the arrow struck the Jianjing acupoint, instantly making it impossible for the young man to lift his shoulder, let alone shoot an arrow.

"You're really bad!" Yang Ning kicked him out of the room and onto the street, then chased after him, stomping heavily on the young man's chest. "Which sect are you from? Do you have any Purple Heart Stones on you?"

"I'm from the Tianjian Sect!" the young man hurriedly said. "I'm just here to make up the numbers, please spare me, brother! Here, take the Purple Heart Stone!"

"Just one?" Yang Ning asked, catching the Purple Heart Stone the young man tossed to him.

"Just one!" the young man said anxiously. "How could I possibly have the strength to snatch more? I haven't dared to leave since I came here; I've been lingering in this flower shop all day."

"How are you going to pass the test doing this?" Yang Ning asked. "You can collect ten Purple Heart Stones this way?"

"What's the point of collecting Purple Heart Stones!" The young man smiled dejectedly. "As long as I survive here for a year, the great formation will naturally send me out!"

"There's such a thing?" Yang Ning was taken aback and asked, "What kind of grand formation?"

"It's the trial formation set up by the Taiheng Sect and the Tianyi Sect when they formulated the Taiyi Agreement!" the young man said.

"What is the 'Taiyi Agreement'?"

"How would I know!" the young man said speechlessly. "I'm just a disciple of a small sect. How could I possibly know about the schemes of these big sects? Brother, you've already taken my Purple Heart Stone, so please spare me. Let's just leave each other alone."

Yang Ning released his foot; this guy was different from the previous ones.

Those people who backed down were either plotting a counterattack or trying to lower his guard; killing them wouldn't be a big deal.

But this guy really backed down.

There's no point in forcing a kill.

"Alright, you can continue!" Yang Ning waved his hand and headed towards the gambling den across the street.

Before long, another young man was kicked out.

Yang Ning discovered a pattern: one could determine a person's background simply by looking at their age.

The older he is, the later he entered the Ninth Level of Body Refinement, and the weaker his sect is.

On the contrary, Manla, those two brothers who used guns just now, looked to be only fourteen or fifteen years old, but they had both reached the Ninth Level of Body Refinement.

This means that the sects behind them are very powerful, have abundant resources, and are also very capable in educating others, which is why their disciples can reach the Ninth Level of Body Refinement so early.

If you were to see a twelve or thirteen-year-old with Ninth Level of Body Refinement, that would be even more extraordinary.

This person not only belongs to a powerful sect, but also has an equally strong background and potential, because normal cultivation cannot be this fast; it can only be achieved by consuming divine pills!

Of course, Yang Ning is an exception. He possesses the Spirit Realm, which allows him to strengthen his physical body at the cellular level. This is an even more powerful cheat than divine pills.

In less than half an hour, Yang Ning found the five disciples in Shajia City who had participated in the test.

Those who were content to enjoy life in the city were naturally not good fighters, so even though Yang Ning defeated five people, he only obtained five Purple Heart Stones.

"I got seven on the first day, 11 yesterday, and five more today. That's a total of 24 over six days, averaging four per day? That's a bit slow!"

He counted the four days he wasted studying the red-tailed heartworm in the village.

According to the disciples of the Tianjian Sect, they can only stay here for a maximum of one year.

Even if you collect four stones a day for 365 days, you can only obtain 1460 Purple Heart Stones in a year.

If we don't count the four wasted days, it's equivalent to him getting 24 stones in three days, 8 stones per day.

This efficiency is also very low.

"The main problem is that the map is too big and the circle doesn't shrink, so you don't encounter that many! I thought I would encounter a lot in the city, but it turns out that the city is full of useless people?"

Yang Ning felt that they couldn't continue searching aimlessly; it was too inefficient.

Finding a shady spot to sit down, Yang Ning took out a Purple Heart Stone.

"Deep Blue, Projection!"

The next moment, a Purple Heart Stone appeared in the Spirit Realm.

With a thought from Yang Ning, the Purple Heart Stone was separated into two parts: a red bead and a purple Water Droplet.

"The red part is aluminum oxide, and the color comes from chromium, with a content between 0.1% and 3%!" Deep Blue said. "As for the purple Water Droplet part, its main components are calcium, aluminum, silicon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, potassium, and copper, but some of its crystal lattices have cavities, which are suspected to be Spirit Materials, so they cannot be projected in!"

Yang Ning knew, of course, that the Purple Heart Stone was Spirit Materials and that it was impossible to project it all into the Spirit Realm, but a portion of it would be enough.

"This material is composed of Tanzanite?" Yang Ning asked.

Tanzanite is a purple gemstone, named after its discovery in Tanzania.

"No, Tanzanite doesn't contain copper or potassium ions, and the proportions of other elements are quite different from those in Tanzanite!" Deep Blue said, "It's more like a drop of blood than a stone!"

Deep Blue compared the blood composition chart with the composition of the Purple Heart Stone Water Droplet, and it was indeed the case.

The composition of the purple Water Droplets is very similar to that of human blood. In particular, after removing calcium and silicon, the similarity between the composition of the purple Water Droplets and human blood is as high as 94%!

"Blood fossils?!" Yang Ning asked.

"Yes!" Deep Blue said, "These should be fossils made from the blood of ancient creatures. It's a pity we don't have carbon-14 dating equipment here, otherwise we could determine how old these fossils are!"

"It should be 300,000 years old!" Yang Ning said. "And the blood inside might be dragon blood!"

It's a very simple principle: under natural conditions, life forms on Tai Heng Star only have two blood colors: red and blue.

And creatures with blue blood are only found in the deep sea.

If you want your blood to have a different color, you need to cultivate yourself and use Spiritual Qi to change its color.

But even though the blood has turned into fossils and its Spiritual Qi has long since dissipated, the fact that it still appears purple can only mean that the blood was originally purple.

That could only be from the dragon race, because the dragon race has inscribed their Divine Ability into their heritage, and their descendants are born with blood of a different color.

For example, the blood of the Purple Gold Coiling Dragon is purple-gold, the blood of the Nether Dragon is gray, the blood of the White Dragon is silver, and the blood of the Emperor Dragon is gold.

It's quite normal for dragons to have purple blood; maybe they're related to the Purple Gold Coiling Dragon or something.

"If that's the case, will the Purple Heart Stone react in any special way when I activate the Purple Gold Coiling Dragon Body?"

Without hesitation, Yang Ning opened his eyes, gripped the Purple Heart Stone tightly, and began reciting the Daoist inscription for the <Purple Gold Coiling Dragon Body>.

Suddenly, his Qi and Blood began to circulate along a mysterious trajectory, and his body gradually changed from white to purple, with a strange aura emanating from him.

This is an externalized Qi and Blood field, but it is much stronger than an ordinary Qi and Blood Field, and it can even block armor-piercing bullets!

"Inhale, exhale!"

"Inhale, exhale!"

I felt it!

As soon as Yang Ning activated the <Purple Gold Coiling Dragon Body>, he felt that the Purple Heart Stone in his hand seemed to be alive, breathing rhythmically!

"This!" Yang Ning cursed inwardly. The main reason was that he had a deep-rooted concept of the Purple Heart Stone as Spirit Materials. In addition, the enemies he encountered along the way were too weak. Furthermore, he was used to hiding his strengths. He had never even thought of activating the <Purple Gold Coiling Dragon Body> to try it out!

Otherwise, he would have discovered the special features of this stone long ago!

Yang Ning observed the Purple Heart Stone's breathing until half an hour later, when its Qi and Blood Field weakened, the <Purple Gold Coiling Dragon Body> could no longer maintain itself, and it dissipated on its own before he stopped.

After recovering his strength using the White Dragon Swallowing Absorption Technique, Yang Ning adjusted the breathing rhythm of the Black Tortoise Breath Concealment Technique and began to operate according to the breathing rhythm of the Purple Heart Stone.

Breathing Techniques are a product of humankind learning from nature, and the breathing rhythm of the Purple Heart Stone can also be seen as a Breathing Technique, which can naturally be imitated.

Having practiced the <Black Tortoise Breath Concealment Technique> for so long, it had long since become second nature to him. However, Yang Ning used his Spirit Realm to control his body's breathing, and changing the rhythm of his breathing was effortless. In no time, he jumped from the rhythm of the <Seven-Day Breathing Technique> to the <Purple Heart Stone Breathing Method>!

This one breath made Yang Ning feel instantly much clearer and more refreshed.

A strange aura was being inhaled into my body through the Breathing Technique, lingering briefly before being expelled again.

However, this brief stay had already caused an indescribable change in his body.

"The Amber Breathing Technique can stimulate the Primordial Chaos Qi, and ordinary Breathing Techniques can also attract Spiritual Qi. What kind of Spiritual Qi does the Purple Heart Stone Breathing Method attract? What changes have occurred in me?" Yang Ning desperately sensed the changes in himself and tested himself in the Spirit Realm for a long time.

In the end, nothing was found!

"This doesn't make sense!" Yang Ning was speechless. He clearly felt that he had changed, but he couldn't observe anything in the data.

"No, it's not that there's nothing there!" Yang Ning looked at the Purple Heart Stone in his hand again and found that there seemed to be a mysterious connection between him and the Purple Heart Stone.

Previously, he had to activate his <Purple Gold Coiling Dragon Body> to perceive the special features of the Purple Heart Stone, but now he doesn't need to anymore. He can even sense the Purple Heart Stone in front of him without opening his eyes.

"In that case!" With a thought, Yang Ning's spirit, imbued with Electromagnetic Waves, surged in all directions!

"As expected!" Spiritual Manifestation is an extension of the five senses. Since it can sense the Purple Heart Stone, it will naturally be scanned by Spiritual Manifestation as well!

This is equivalent to Yang Ning having a Purple Heart Stone radar with a diameter of 60 kilometers (and there has been further improvement in recent days) and a straight-line range of 500 kilometers!

"There aren't any in the city, but there are nine 50 kilometers outside the city gates, and they're still getting closer?" Yang Ning understood; someone carrying the Purple Heart Stone was rapidly approaching.

He managed to get 9 Purple Heart Stones, and his movement speed is so fast.

Clearly, this is a formidable opponent!

Yang Ning suddenly stood up and flew in that direction.

On the other side, a boy, or rather a child, lightly treads on the gravel, as if riding on waves, moving nimbly across the desert.

He was dressed in a light blue brocade robe, only 1.4 meters tall, and looked to be about 12 or 13 years old.

Despite walking in the desert, there wasn't a speck of dust on him.

Strolling leisurely, moving with the grace of a startled dragon, drifting like a cloud—that's probably what it means!

"There should be some disciples participating in the trial in Shajia City. If I can get the Purple Heart Stones from them, I should be able to get 20 stones!"

"If I give these stones to Miss Xue Xian, she will definitely look at me in a new light!"

"This is merely a trial. Whether it's the Taiyin and Taiyang Alliance, the Myriad Saints Alliance, the Demon Alliance, or the Yiyuan Pill Cauldron Sect, none of them are my match!"

As for Taiheng? Taiheng's students won't graduate from the Immortal Ascension Academy for another six months, so there shouldn't be any Taiheng disciples participating in the trials at that time.

But it doesn't matter if they exist, they're destined to be my defeated opponents!

"Huh?" The child suddenly looked up and saw a boy in a white robe and glasses flying towards him through the air.

"Whose disciple is this? He's got the skill, but not much brains. How dare he waste his energy like this in this environment?" The young man sneered and stood still.

But then the boy in the sky raised his hand and waved it, his entire arm turning pitch black, and then he crashed down on him like a shooting star.

"Great Black Wind Blade!" The young man remained calm and unhurried, raising his hand to trace a strange trajectory in the air. Accompanied by the rhythm of his Qi and Blood Field, a black stream of energy emerged from his hand and flew towards the sky. Moreover, it grew longer as it faced the wind, and in the blink of an eye, it became a huge Wind Blade that was three meters long and two meters wide.

"Holy crap?" Yang Ning hurriedly took a few steps in the air to dodge the black wind blades slashing towards him, but his offensive momentum was also blocked, and he could only helplessly fall heavily to the ground!

"Are you cheating? Can Body Refinement Realm use such a move? Or is it..."

Do you have superpowers too?

"Hmph, people from a small sect, they're just making a fuss over nothing!" The child raised his right hand, hooked three fingers in the air, and three more black Wind Blades drew three arcs in the air, flying towards Yang Ning.

"No, this isn't cheating, this is Peerless Divine Abilities under the Great Celestial Phenomenon Art, the <Great Wind Impermanence Art>? This Peerless Divine Abilities can be cultivated even in the Body Refinement Realm?"

Yang Ning was somewhat surprised. The Eight Gates Peerless Divine Abilities of the Great Destiny Technique could only be cultivated at the Qi Refining Realm, while the Great Dragon Physiognomy had four peerless Peerless Divine Abilities that could be cultivated at the Body Refinement Realm.

I never imagined that the Great Celestial Phenomenon Art also contained Divine Abilities that could be cultivated within the Body Refinement Realm!

"Hmph, I didn't expect you'd even heard of the <Great Wind Impermanence Art>!" The child sneered. "But you're mistaken. I don't cultivate the Peerless Divine Abilities <Great Wind Impermanence Art>, but rather the Earth-grade Divine Ability <Great Black Wind Blade>!"

"You're not cultivating Peerless Divine Abilities, yet you're so proud of it?" Yang Ning chuckled. "Earth-level is lower than peerless, isn't it!"

"What do you know!" the child said coldly. "Peerless Divine Abilities are beyond the reach of those in the Body Refinement Realm. On the contrary, our elders broke down a portion of the Peerless Divine Abilities into a <Earth-grade Divine Ability>, which not only allows those in the Body Refinement Realm to use it, but also enables them to fully unleash its power!"

"So that's how it is!" Yang Ning nodded. He had to admit that the boy's words were absolutely correct, and the Tianyi Sect elders' thinking was indeed very scientific.

"But by using this move, you've essentially exposed your identity!" Yang Ning drew his Soul Chasing Spear and deflected the three Wind Blades. If he didn't have Supreme-grade Mortal Artifact, these three Wind Blades would have been quite difficult to deal with.

"You've exposed yourself by taking out this weapon; you're from the Myriad Saints Alliance!" The child's expression suddenly brightened, as if he had met a friend.

"Aren't the Tianyi Sect and the Myriad Saints Alliance at odds?" Just as this thought crossed Yang Ning's mind, the child continued, "The Myriad Saints Alliance is quite powerful. You must have collected quite a few Purple Heart Stones by now. Give them to me, then submit to me and search for Purple Heart Stones for me, and I might spare your life!"

Yang Ning shook his head. "Sorry, no!"

"Fine, if you won't give it to me, then I'll just have to take it!" The child stretched out his hand again, tracing the path.

"This <Great Black Wind Blade> is pretty cool!" It can summon Wind Blades with just a tap of its finger, making it as stylish as one-tenth of his wind control superpower.

However, Yang Ning didn't plan to use it. It was his business if the child's identity was exposed. Anyway, Yun Lang had told him not to reveal his identity, and there must be a reason for that.

She has no grudge against me, so there's no reason for her to harm herself.

Moreover, the mere <Great Black Wind Blade> couldn't force Yang Ning to reveal his true strength.

"Behold my Life-Taking Soul Chasing Spear!"

A flash of cold light appeared first, followed by a spear thrust like a dragon. Before the child could even finish the trajectory in his hand, the cold light on the spear tip had already touched his face!

He was startled and hurriedly scrambled to avoid the attack, but Yang Ning fired shot after shot, leaving him no time to unleash his full power while he dodged!

Moreover, it's not just about the tip of the spear; the spearhead flickers and darts like a snake's tongue, its length and distance constantly shifting. The child has no way of knowing whether the attack will actually hit him, so he can only dodge desperately.

"This level of 'Life-Taking Soul Chasing Spear'... are you the Saint Child of the Soul Chasing Lineage?" the child shouted as he ran. "Have you also practiced the Soul Chasing Steps?"

The Great Black Wind Blade not only possesses offensive Technique Method, but also footwork and movement Movement Method.

My child has been using it, but we just can't seem to create a proper distance between them. Is that reasonable?

Yang Ning chuckled. The Life-Taking Soul Chasing Spear in his hand was a newly acquired manual, and he had only practiced it for less than two days.

As for his skill level, he has already surpassed the author of this spear technique.

Moreover, his basic qualities are high; his strength, speed, and endurance far surpass those of ordinary ninth- Body Refinement Realm disciples, in addition to the combat assistance system of the Spirit Realm.

The level he displayed at this moment was indeed worthy of being called the Saint Child of the Soul Chasing Lineage. In fact, even if a true Saint Child came, he might not be as strong as him!

Yang Ning twirled his spear, unleashing an Arc Moon Soul Chasing, and a blade of energy shot out.

The child sensed that Yang Ning could shoot out a blade of energy, but Yang Ning had never used this move before, so he wasn't on guard. Caught off guard, the child was caught off guard and the blade struck his leg.

With his calf injured, the child's speed was greatly reduced, and in just two seconds, two more bloody gashes appeared on his body!

"Wait, you can't kill me!" the child shouted.

"Why can't I kill you?" Yang Ning said coldly.

"I am a disciple of the Tianyi Sect!"

"Then I should kill him even more!" Taiheng and Tianyi had a grudge, but their strengths were about the same, so they both had reservations and could barely maintain peace.

However, the strength of the Northern Myriad Saints Alliance was inferior to that of the Tianyi Sect, so the Tianyi Sect's bullying of the Myriad Saints Alliance was extremely blatant.

The members of the Myriad Saints Alliance can simply kill anyone from the Tianyi Sect they see; they will only be rewarded upon returning, never punished.

"I am Shi Youguang, a guard of Xue Xian!" the child hurriedly shouted again. "There are nine of us in total. If you dare to kill me, you will be making an enemy of Xue Xian, and the other eight will definitely avenge me!"

"Who is Xue Xian? Never heard of her! Is she that powerful?" Yang Ning shook his head. "I'm new to this industry, I really don't know anything about Shi Youguang or Xue Xian!"

"Xue Xian possesses the Snow Jade Glazed Body, a born snow lord, destined to become a powerful figure in the Spiritual Law Realm!" Shi Youguang spoke rapidly, "She is also the future Holy Maiden of our Tianyi Sect. Let alone your mere Saint Child of the Soul Chasing Lineage, even the child of your Myriad Saints Alliance leader is not worthy to carry Xue Xian's shoes!"

"Snow Jade Glazed Body!" Yang Ning was stunned.

This world does have Innate Dao Bodies and golden jade immortal bodies, but they are extremely rare; you might not encounter one every few thousand years.

I never expected Tianyi Sect to accept one?

The Snow Jade Glazed Body has an innate Cultivation Method, and the power of ice and snow-based Technique Method released will be multiplied. Combined with the ice and snow part of the <Great Celestial Phenomenon Art>, it is no exaggeration to say that it is Born Snow Master.

So what? I practice the "Great Dragon Physiognomy," have I gone around bragging about it?

But Yang Ning also has a problem.

"Why would someone as powerful as Xue Xian need to participate in such a trial?" Yang Ning asked. "She shouldn't lack Dao artifacts, should she?"

The child opened his mouth, but didn't want to speak.

So Yang Ning lowered the tip of his spear, pointing it at him.

"I know you might not be afraid of death, but if I cut you up, you're so young, wouldn't you understand?" Yang Ning asked.

"No, no, no, I'll tell you!" How could a child not understand? He might look young, but he was actually fifteen years old.

Moreover, he had lost his virginity two years ago, so of course he knew what it felt like to be intimate with a man.

If this thing is gone, what's the point of cultivating immortality?

"Yes, speed!" Yang Ning said.

"It's a long story!"

"Then let's get to the point!"

Helpless, the child could only briefly summarize the matter, saying, "This matter is related to a legend in Jiang Yun Nation. It is said that Jiang Yun Nation obtained a Supreme Dao Arts back then, which is why it was able to quickly unify Jiang Yun Continent and rise to power at such a rapid pace!"

"But Jiang Yun was wiped out, and the entire Imperial Family was slaughtered, yet that Supreme Dao Arts was never found!"

"Some powerful figures speculate that this Supreme Dao Arts has been hidden, and the secret lies within this Purple Heart Stone. However, countless people have studied it for many years without being able to grasp its essence. Later, Taiheng and Tianyi Sect signed the <Tianheng Agreement>."

"It's the Taiyi Agreement!"

"Alright, it's all the same thing! You call it the Taiyi Agreement, and we call it the Tianheng Agreement!" the child said. "They distributed all the Purple Heart Stones to each sect, and then they set up an entrance trial, saying that disciples who haven't entered the sect might be able to decipher the secrets of the Purple Heart Stones!"

"Has Xue Xian seen through it?" Yang Ning asked.

"No!" the child shook his head. "But Miss Xue Xian Born Snow Master, with amazing luck. Perhaps the secret of the Purple Heart Stone is waiting for her to solve!"

"You wish!" Yang Ning chuckled. Unless you possess the <Purple Gold Coiling Dragon Body>, it's impossible to unlock the secrets of the Purple Heart Stone.

Wait a minute, is this the only Divine Ability in the world related to the Purple Gold Coiling Dragon? Otherwise, what if there are others? Wouldn't they be able to unlock the secrets just the same?

The boy was indignant that Yang Ning had insulted his goddess, but with the gun pointed at his little brother, he didn't dare to do anything rash. He could only twitch his face and force a smile.

"Fine, hand over all the Purple Heart Stones you have!" Yang Ning said coldly.

The child was extremely unwilling. "If I give you the stone, what will the goddess think of me?"

But on one side is a goddess, and on the other is a little brother. If the little brother is gone, what's the point of having a goddess?

He reluctantly pulled out his Storage Bag, but suddenly his hand speed increased.

"Buzz!" The spear's light flickered, Shi Youguang vanished in an instant.

"You dare to plot against me? I can read minds, you think I can't see your excited brainwaves?"