BW Chapter 157
Fuluo (9)
Wanxuan Academy.
Ning Xiu held a bright, shiny round orb, trying to bite it, but was stopped by Chu Jun’s two fingers pressed against his chin. The little one dejectedly rested his head on his hand and protested, “Xiao Shan~ just~ want to taste it~”
“This thing doesn’t taste good.” Hao Zheng looked at him with a chuckle, using another ball of yarn to swap away the glowing orb from his hands.
“Da~” Ning Xiu looked up at Chu Jun unhappily, “Mother~”
It’s shiny~ want it~
“No.” Chu Jun gently refused him with a warm voice.
Ning Xiu hugged his little ball of yarn and thought for a moment, then said softly, “Then~ play~ a little~ bit~ okay?”
Can I play with it for just a little bit more time?
Chu Jun shook his head.
“Da~” Ning Xiu looked longingly at the orb in Hao Zheng’s hand once more, reached out to touch his own little ball of yarn, and said obediently, “Xiao Shan’s~ is also very fun~ to play with~”
Then he lowered his head and began playing with the small ball in his hands.
Hao Zheng placed the orb that had absorbed Ning Xiu’s spiritual power into the recessed slot in the center of the great hall. Various colored lights refracted from inside the orb and fell into a small cauldron in front of them.
“Your guess was correct. The spiritual power in Ning Xiu’s body now far exceeds what a Golden Core cultivator can bear, and it’s chaotic and disorganized, as if someone forcibly infused it into him.” Hao Zheng’s expression was grave. “But without this kind of testing, it would be impossible to discover. How did you notice?”
Chu Jun withdrew his gaze from Ning Xiu. “Previously, I had Ning Xiu help me with something, and I felt his spiritual power was abnormally strong. But Chengfeng was always nearby, so I couldn’t find an opportunity to come here.”
Hao Zheng asked puzzledly, “What kind of favor could Ning Xiu help you with?”
Chu Jun fell silent for a moment.
“Ning Chengfeng doesn’t know, does he?” Hao Zheng covered the small cauldron with its lid.
“Mm, mainly I’m keeping it from him.” Chu Jun said.
“You still dare to hide things from him, aren’t you afraid this ancestor won’t make a fuss?” Hao Zheng was surprised.
Chu Jun said calmly, “If I told him, he would definitely stop me.”
“You really are… forget it, I’m too lazy to lecture you.” Hao Zheng shook his head and looked at Ning Xiu. “Ning Xiu has naturally exceptional Golden Core qualifications, but he’s too young and doesn’t understand anything. Having him regulate his spiritual power himself simply won’t work. If this continues, his Golden Core will eventually be unable to bear so much spiritual power. What do you plan to do?”
“He often plays in my sea of consciousness. I can guide him to leave the excess spiritual power inside, but I need someone outside as a dharma guardian. If an accident occurs, they can help pull Ning Xiu’s spiritual consciousness out.” Chu Jun said.
“This method is feasible.” Hao Zheng nodded. “But the dharma guardian is very important. Do you have a suitable candidate?”
Chu Jun stared at him silently.
Hao Zheng looked left and right, confirming there was no one else nearby, and said quietly, “Isn’t your Ning Chengfeng more suitable than me?”
“If he asks about the reason, it would be hard to explain.” Chu Jun said calmly, “I don’t want to lie to him.”
Hao Zheng: “…Then what if something happens to you and Ning Xiu? Won’t he tear me apart?”
Chu Jun nodded. “Thank you for your trouble.”
Hao Zheng: “…………”
Ning Xiu hugged his little ball and toddled over to Hao Zheng, wrapping his arms around his leg and asking in his sweet, childish voice, “Uncle~ can~ Xiao Shan~ play~ with the shiny one?”
Hao Zheng took out the small orb used for testing earlier, sealed the formation inside it, bent down and handed it to him. “You can only play with it for a little while.”
Ning Xiu’s eyes lit up and he nodded happily. “Thank you~ Uncle~”
Hao Zheng looked at Chu Jun. “Since when did you start daring to take such risks?”
“Since I gave up using Ning Chengfeng to overcome my fate tribulation.”
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“…This matter is somewhat complex to explain. In ancient times, when the cultivation realm and mortal realm were first separated, there was no entrance. Later, cultivators forcibly broke open an entrance. The place that entrance occupied was not small, so it became a blessed land, equivalent to a large secret realm that has been wandering around ever since.
This wandering secret realm is actually the predecessor of the Dark Domain and Floating Sky Realm.
Until thirty thousand years ago, the Dark Domain and Floating Sky Realm were still one place. Later, they split into two because of Di Huai’s rebellion.” Big Yellow sat cross-legged on the Suzaku knife, looking at the boiling lava below while stroking his stubbled chin.
“What does this have to do with Xiao Shan?” Jiang Yizheng asked, puzzled.
“There are many problems.” Big Yellow sighed deeply and explained in detail, “First, the Dark Domain and Floating Sky Realm are essentially one place. Their restrictions share the same origin, and their spiritual power was initially similar. It’s just that one is in the sky and one is underground.
Ning Xiu was born from the Linglong Bone, so for him, the spiritual power of the Dark Domain and Floating Sky Realm is like a gift from his parents. But the problem is that the Dark Domain’s spiritual power is chaotic and mixed, and there are these strange black vortexes, far inferior to the pure spiritual power of the Floating Sky Realm. Now that the restrictions are broken, all the chaotic spiritual power absorbed by these black vortexes will probably flood into his body. He’s just a small child – how long can he endure?”
Jiang Yizheng frowned. “Why would spiritual power flow into the Linglong Bone when the Dark Domain’s restrictions are broken?”
“Good question.” Big Yellow clapped his hands and pointed to the crimson runes on his face. “See this?”
Jiang Yizheng nodded. “It looks good.”
“…These are restrictions connected to the Dark Domain. Logically, with these restrictions in place, I shouldn’t be able to transform into human form. But now that someone has broken the Dark Domain’s restrictions, I’m no longer affected by them.” Big Yellow said, “Back then, when the cultivation realm and mortal realm were forcibly separated by restrictions, I, as a divine beast, was sealed inside along with them. What I was guarding was the divine object that could separate the two realms – the Linglong Bone.”
Jiang Yizheng was too shocked to speak.
“But those cultivators who didn’t know their limits insisted on opening an entrance, so they split me and the Linglong Bone out from the restrictions. And they damn well struck my skull with a sword, causing me to sleep for a long time.” Big Yellow said, “When I woke up, the place where the Linglong Bone and I had been was already split in two, and the damn Linglong Bone was reduced to just a tiny piece the size of a finger—
I had just followed the scent to find the entrance to the mortal realm when that bastard Ning Xingyuan forcibly brought me back to the Ning family.”
Big Yellow spread his hands. “Do you understand now?”
Jiang Yizheng nodded, then shook her head frantically.
Ning Buwei, who had been silently listening, suddenly spoke, “Why didn’t you say this earlier?”
“I just remembered!” Big Yellow collapsed and grabbed his messy hair. “That damn entrance split open my skull, and not long after I woke up, that surnamed Chu pounded my head again. When you were little, you were always pulling my head, and your son likes to bite my head whenever he gets the chance. Could you remember anything in my situation?!”
“…………” Ning Buwei fell into silence.
Big Yellow tugged at his hair. “If it weren’t for so many restrictions being broken that I could suddenly transform into human form, I wouldn’t have remembered even after another thirty thousand years with that dog brain!”
Ning Buwei pondered for a moment. “So you’re saying the Linglong Bone was originally a divine object that separated the mortal realm and cultivation realm. Previously, with restrictions in place, it was still safe, but now someone has broken the restrictions, so a large amount of chaotic spiritual power from the cultivation realm will flood into his body?”
“That seems to be the case for now.” Big Yellow’s expression was grave. “If the restrictions separating the mortal realm and cultivation realm are completely broken, then countless amounts of spiritual power from the cultivation realm will flood into the mortal realm all at once. At that time, the only medium will be the Linglong Bone. Even though the spiritual power in the Seventeen States is now sparse, when it all gathers in one place, it’s like a lake with a broken dam. Not to mention Ning Xiu only has a small piece of Linglong Bone in his body – even if the entire Linglong Bone still existed, I’m afraid both form and soul would be destroyed.”
Ning Buwei’s heart sank heavily.
Big Yellow took a deep breath. “If those ancient cultivators broke the restrictions between the cultivation realm and mortal realm to build an entrance, and at that time the Linglong Bone was intact and restrictions were still in place, spiritual power would only slowly flow into the mortal realm, maintaining balance for millions of years without problem.
But unfortunately, thirty thousand years ago, Di Huai used the Linglong Bone to activate a blood formation, and the entire cultivation realm nearly collapsed. Sang Panfeng and Cui Sheng found a way to create the Eight Trigrams Great Formation to counter the blood formation, barely maintaining the spiritual power balance. The spiritual power loss was only slightly faster than before, so the Seventeen States got through safely.
But the problem came five hundred years ago with the Xun Prefecture rebellion. The Eight Trigrams Great Formation’s spiritual power circulation lost this trigram, so spiritual power naturally poured out rapidly. The Seventeen States’ spiritual power gradually became sparse, but the restrictions remained….With perfect timing, geography, and human harmony, all sides maintained a delicate balance. Ning Xiu’s ability to transform into human form using the Linglong Bone was truly a great fortune. But now that most of the restrictions have been broken, it’s really dangerous for Ning Xiu to stay in the Seventeen States. If he goes to the mortal realm now, perhaps he could delay things for a while.”
“Then who exactly broke the restrictions?” Jiang Yizheng tried hard to clear her mind, but found she still couldn’t sort it out, so she asked a question she could understand.
“Pei Heguang.” Ning Buwei said coldly.
Big Yellow nodded in agreement. “This Pei Heguang’s cultivation is unfathomably deep, even far above Chu Jun’s. He’s completely capable of unlocking the restrictions.”
“But didn’t he want to deal with Father and nearly dig out Father’s spiritual root?” Jiang Yizheng was puzzled. “What benefit would unlocking the restrictions bring him?”
“Perhaps… his target was the Linglong Bone from the beginning?” Big Yellow pondered. “Dealing with your father was just to mislead people.”
Jiang Yizheng painfully held her head. “I can’t sort this out anymore.”
“You don’t need to sort it out. You just need to know that if we don’t hurry out and stop Pei Heguang from completely breaking the restrictions, your little brother Xiao Shan will be finished immediately.” Big Yellow patted her head.
Ning Buwei asked, “Is there still a way to restore the restrictions?”
Big Yellow pointed to the runes on his face. “Although I don’t know how to unlock them, I remember every rune on the restrictions clearly.”
Ning Buwei nodded and looked at the countless black vortexes under the lava. “You said these things came from the Dark Domain?”
“That’s right. The Dark Domain is different from the Floating Sky Realm. Inside, spiritual power and various energies are all mixed together, and these vortexes specialize in absorbing spiritual power. Ordinary cultivators who enter will immediately lose their spiritual power and die without a burial place.” Big Yellow looked somewhat worried. “My teleportation space can’t be used here at all.”
Before he finished speaking, Ning Buwei directly grabbed them and jumped into the nearest vortex.
Immediately, a series of screams came from inside.