Chapter 717: Fragment Aura
"That's thoughtful of you. You can keep it for yourself." Lan Ran said as the reproachful expression on his face softened.
"I can't use this pill now." Qin Ziling said.
Upon hearing this, Lan Ran looked at Qin Ziling with some surprise, reached out to take the pill bottle, and then opened it.
As soon as the pill bottle was opened, Lan Ran's beautiful eyes suddenly widened, and her breasts rose and fell slightly under her blue robe.
After a long while, Lan Ran took a deep breath, covered the pill bottle, stared at Qin Ziling with his eyes like swords, and asked, "Where did you get this elixir?"
"I just went out and bought it." Qin Ziling replied.
"Purchased?" Lan Ran stared at Qin Ziling with increasingly fierce eyes.
Qin Ziling looked at Lan Ran without changing his expression.
"This pill is too precious, you should keep it!" After a while, Lan Ran's eyes gradually softened and he stuffed the pill bottle back to Qin Ziling.
"Once we enter the Dark Emperor Heaven, do you think it will be useful for me to keep this pill? But it's different for you, Master Lan Feng. Taking this pill can increase your strength to some extent." Qin Ziling said.
"If you have this pill in your hand, why do you have to enter the Dark Emperor Heaven?" Lan Ran said.
"How can this pill be compared with the opportunity in Dark Emperor Heaven? I want to try for something bigger." Qin Ziling replied calmly.
"Okay! I don't care where you got this elixir from, thank you anyway!" Seeing that Qin Ziling would never change his mind, Lan Ran took the elixir bottle again, bowed to Qin Ziling solemnly, and then turned to enter the secret room for practice.
Seeing the door closed, Qin Ziling smiled and returned to his own secret room for practice.
While Lan Ran and Qin Ziling were practicing in the rented palace, strong men from various forces arrived in Jinting City one after another.
Most of them arrived at Jinting City through the teleportation array.
But some came by crossing the vast ocean, and a few were escorted personally by Taoist immortals who tore through the void.
The few who were personally escorted by the Taoist Immortal were all very powerful, and were accompanied by sixth-rank True Immortals or even seventh-rank and eighth-rank True Immortals as guards.
On this day, outside Jinting City, the void twisted, and then suddenly split open, revealing a passage.
Sixteen people walked out of the passage.
Among the two men, one looked like a Confucian scholar, but with an arrogant look in his eyes, he was Hao Bing, the young leader of the Nanbo Sect.
Fighting side by side with Hao Bing was a man who looked very ordinary, without any powerful aura fluctuations. However, it was this man standing among the fifteen people that made the people around him all pale in comparison. It even gave people the feeling that he was the only one left in the entire world.
He is the sky, and the sky is him!
People in the distance, seeing the ordinary-looking man from afar, all turned pale and took a detour, no one dared to approach.
"Hao Bing, your father can only help you up to this point. Whether you can break through this life-and-death barrier and seize the great opportunity depends on your own ability and luck!" The ordinary man said to Hao Bing beside him.
It turned out that this man was none other than the Taoist master Hao Yuansong of the Nanbo Sect.
"Don't worry, father. I will not let you down!" Hao Bing replied proudly, his face full of confidence and pride.
"It's a good thing to be confident, but you must remember that there are many powerful people entering the Dark Emperor Heaven this time. Not only are there Ninth-Rank True Immortals whose realm is higher than yours, but there are also people whose means of preserving their lives are better than yours. You must be careful in everything and never be arrogant and underestimate the enemy." Hao Yuansong warned with a serious expression.
"Don't worry, father. I understand!" Upon hearing this, Hao Bing suppressed the arrogance on his face and bowed to his father.
Hao Yuansong nodded and turned his gaze to the other fourteen people.
There were fourteen people, eight men and six women.
Among them, seven were sixth-grade True Immortals, and there were seven others, two of whom were eighth-grade True Immortals, and five were seventh-grade True Immortals.
"Remember, your duty is to help the young master seize the opportunity and protect him. As long as he can seize the opportunity, you will not lose the opportunity. But if there is any mistake, or if you dare to disobey his orders, even if you escape, I will take your life!
Don't have unrealistic ideas, thinking that you can escape my pursuit by coming out of Dark Emperor Heaven and flying far away. I am a Taoist immortal, and I have merged a part of the Heavenly Dao. You have my mark on you, so it is impossible for you to escape my perception. "Hao Yuansong said lightly, but with an indescribable majesty.
"Disciples will follow the sect master's orders!" The fourteen people were awed when they heard the words, and they all knelt in the air to receive the orders.
"This is Jinting City. Thirty thousand miles to the east is Heimo Island. You can stop in Jinting City for a while to see if there is anything you need to buy or exchange with others, and then rush to Heimo Island.
Remember, Jinting City is an important place for the Great Hidden Sect to transmit. No one is allowed to fight inside. Don't cause trouble inside. If you really have any grudges, you will have 20 years to settle them slowly inside the Dark Emperor Heaven!" Hao Yuansong looked at Hao Bing and explained.
Obviously he was well aware of his son's character.
However, among practitioners, how many of them are not arrogant and sharp?
If not, how could one dare to go against the will of Heaven and fight for life?
Some are introverted and deeply hidden, while others are extremely extroverted and unscrupulous.
And his son belongs to the latter!
Therefore, Hao Yuansong did not think there was anything wrong with this. He was a Taoist immortal, and his son was already an eighth-rank true immortal at a young age with amazing strength. So what if he was a little arrogant?
Even if he entered Dark Emperor Heaven this time, Hao Yuansong was not too worried.
He had only one son, Hao Bing, who had already started planning the affairs of the Dark Emperor Heaven thousands of years ago and had carefully cultivated a group of disciples.
This time, there were two eighth-grade True Immortals, five seventh-grade True Immortals and seven sixth-grade True Immortals accompanying his son. All of them were incredibly powerful. Combined with Hao Bing's own combat power and the life-saving items he prepared for him, they would be able to fight off even a ninth-grade True Immortal.
In the Dark Emperor Heaven, the most powerful surviving species of divine beasts is only equivalent to a ninth-rank True Immortal. The most powerful people from the outside world who can enter are only ninth-rank True Immortals, and there are very few of them, so special means or magic weapons are needed to conceal the fluctuations of their aura.
Therefore, for someone like his son, as long as he is not too unlucky and does not actively provoke the few ninth-rank true immortals, he can still save his life.
In fact, every time the Dark Emperor Heaven was opened, many of the Ninth-Rank True Immortals who entered were able to come out alive.
"I understand, son!" Hao Bing nodded.
"Well, your father will be waiting for you to return with great success in twenty years!" Hao Yuansong patted Hao Bing on the shoulder, then turned around, tore open the void, stepped into it, and soon the torn void closed, and Hao Yuansong disappeared.
…
Half a year later, the door of the secret practice room was opened.
Lan Ran walked out from inside.
Almost at the same time, Qin Ziling also opened the door of the secret practice room and walked out.
"Master Lan Feng, are we leaving for Heimo Island now?" Qin Ziling asked.
"Yes." Lan Ran nodded, then waved his hand, and water elemental power gathered from all directions to form a blue auspicious cloud.
"Let's go!" Lan Ran stepped onto the auspicious cloud and waved to Qin Ziling again.
"Okay!" Qin Ziling stepped onto the auspicious cloud and stood shoulder to shoulder with Lan Ran.
Lan Ran's expression changed slightly, but he regained his composure in an instant and said nothing.
Auspicious clouds flew out of the palace, then out of Jinting City, and headed all the way to Heimo Island.
…
Hemo Island is a desolate island with almost no other colors except black.
The whole island was filled with howling cold winds, which were like knife blades, sweeping across the earth and leaving scratches.
Normally, not to mention humans, even birds would fly around an island like this.
But now a large number of people and horses have gathered on this island, and on the desolate black land are located palaces that are either luxurious or quaint.
When Lan Ran and Qin Ziling flew to Heimo Island, people kept flying from afar and landing on Heimo Island.
Looking at the palaces located on the black land, powerful auras emanated from the palaces, spreading between heaven and earth, causing the wind and clouds to change over the entire Heimo Island. Not to mention Lan Ran, even Qin Ziling felt his scalp tingling.
Just when Qin Ziling felt his scalp tingling, nine dragons appeared in the distant sky, pulling a luxurious chariot, puffing out clouds and mist.
Sitting in the carriage was a man with a high nose, a broad forehead, wearing a royal robe and a tall crown, and exuding an air of looking down on the world.
The man's aura was extremely powerful, and he was actually a ninth-grade True Immortal.
Sitting next to the man was a beautiful woman wearing a phoenix crown and splendid clothes. She was an eighth-grade true immortal.
Not only that, there were actually five eighth-rank true immortals and fifteen seventh-rank true immortals following the chariot in front, behind, left and right.
"Tsk!" Qin Ziling couldn't help but take a breath when he saw this.
"This is too much, so shameless! He is already a ninth-grade True Immortal, but he is accompanied by six eighth-grade True Immortals and fifteen seventh-grade True Immortals. How can others compete with him for opportunities!" After taking a deep breath, Qin Ziling muttered with disdain in his heart.
"Tian Yuanmao, the third prince of the ancient Qi State in the Great Wasteland, is here too!"
"It is indeed the third prince of the ancient Qi Kingdom!"
Qin Ziling soon heard faint exclamations coming from afar.
"Tian Yuanmao, the third prince of the ancient Qi Kingdom in the Great Wasteland?" Qin Ziling frowned slightly, and then asked Lan Ran beside him: "Master Lan Feng, do you know this person?"
"I don't know. The Great Wilderness is too far away from our Jiuxuan Mountain, and I'm only a seventh-rank True Immortal. My range of activities rarely leaves the range of 200 to 300 million miles around our Jiuxuan Mountain. Not to mention Tian Yuanmao, even the ancient Qi State has never heard of him." Lan Ran replied.
"Only by knowing both ourselves and the enemy can we win every battle. It seems we have to find out more about the personnel of various forces entering the Dark Emperor Heaven this time." Qin Ziling frowned again when he saw that Lan Ran had never heard of Tian Yuanmao, and said thoughtfully.
Lan Ran looked at Qin Ziling in surprise and blurted out, "Is this necessary?"
"Master Lan Feng, what you said is wrong! We must not be careless at any time, and we must make thorough preparations in advance, so that we can respond to all changes with the same attitude." Qin Ziling said with a serious face.
When Lan Ran saw Qin Ziling actually teaching her a lesson, her beautiful eyes suddenly widened and her chest rose and fell, but she still took a breath and said, "I know this, but with our strength, there is really no need for this. If we encounter any force here in Dark Emperor Heaven, we must stay away from them."
"What if there is nowhere to hide? Master Lan Feng, we enter the Dark Emperor Heaven to give it a try. We are determined to fight to the death, but this does not mean that we are going to die! In this case, no matter how strong we are, we must make thorough preparations in advance. You now have the courage to face death, but you do not have the belief to seize the opportunity. If you don't even have the belief to seize the opportunity, what are we doing in there? Are we really going to die?" Qin Ziling said again with a serious face.
Lan Ran's eyes widened wider as Qin Ziling scolded her, and her rosy little mouth opened slightly, but her surprised expression quickly turned serious, and there was a different look in her eyes when she looked at Qin Ziling, as if she had just met him for the first day.
"You're right! I was wrong!" Lan Ran straightened his back and said solemnly.
At this moment, in Qin Ziling's Niwan Palace, the fire dragon poked out its one-eyed head from the floating debris, with a look of surprise in its eyes.
"Zi Ling, I sensed the aura of the fragment. It's the man sitting in the chariot pulled by nine dragons!"
"What?" Qin Ziling's face changed slightly.
"I say you are right and I was wrong!" Seeing this, Lan Ran glared at Qin Ziling with some embarrassment, but finally bit her sexy red lips and spoke word by word.
“Ahem!” Qin Ziling saw that Lan Ran had misunderstood him, and hurriedly said awkwardly: “It’s good to know, ahem, what I mean is, in fact, I can only talk about it. You are the peak master, you must know more than me.”
"Alright! Right is right, wrong is wrong. Although your cultivation strength is not as good as mine, what you said just now is indeed right. It is right that I am not timid and not afraid of death when entering the Dark Emperor Heaven, but it is completely wrong for me to have the mentality that I will definitely fail." Lan Ran waved his hand and said, his expression obviously softened.
She had already admitted her mistake just now, but Qin Ziling still looked at her in a bad light and continued to question her, as if he was her elder or a superior. This really made her feel embarrassed and annoyed.
"Then Master Lan Feng, please rest here for a while. I will go and ask someone about it." Qin Ziling said, secretly relieved when he saw this.
"I'll go too!" said Lan Ran.
"I can handle this kind of thing, why would I bother Master Lan Feng?" Qin Ziling said.
"What peak master? I'm just an ordinary member here." Lan Ran stroked his hair and said with a wry smile.
"His strength is average, but the peak master's appearance and temperament are very outstanding. If you go to inquire, it will be easy to cause trouble. It's better for me to go. His strength is poor and his appearance is also ordinary." Qin Ziling said.
Lan Ran couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth when he heard that, but he immediately seemed to realize that it was wrong, and straightened it down again, saying, "Then you should be careful."
"Don't worry, this is the place connected to the Dark Emperor Sky. Strong men gather here and no one dares to act rashly." Qin Ziling said, then took out a magic weapon and threw it into the air. It turned into a tent surrounded by rosy clouds and fell to the ground.
This tent must be much shabby compared with those palaces that are radiant with rosy clouds, surrounded by fairy air, and even have sixth-rank true immortal guards patrolling the door.
After all, putting aside the Qiankun Ring and the fragments of the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Hood, if we really talk about wealth, Qin Ziling, a young rising star who started from scratch, certainly cannot be compared with those talented youngsters from "wealthy families".
Lan Ran glanced at the tent surrounded by the glow of the sunset and said nothing.
Compared with the people here, her wealth can only be considered lower class. Now she has a tent as a temporary resting place, so there is nothing to despise or complain about.
"Your Highness, look over there. A mere seventh-rank true immortal and a fifth-rank true immortal actually want to enter the Dark Emperor Heaven to seize opportunities. It's really a foolish dream. It's ridiculous." In the luxurious carriage, the woman with a phoenix crown sitting next to Tian Yuanmao pointed at Qin Ziling condescendingly, her eyes full of contempt and ridicule.
"Haha!" Tian Yuanmao embraced the woman's snake-like waist and said with a smile: "The Dark Emperor Forbidden Heaven is said to be a small world, but in fact it is vast, and the space is disordered and filled with strange power. Our immortal consciousness can only scan it from a close distance.
Even if we fly in there for twenty years, the places we can explore are very limited. Wouldn't it be better to have more people like this to help us explore the way? But that woman is quite pretty and has a good temperament, what a pity! "When he said the last sentence, Tian Yuanmao's eyes fell on Lan Ran.
"Why, is the prince feeling sympathetic towards this beautiful woman?" the woman next to him said, giving Tian Yuanmao a seductive look.
"Haha! I was just talking. The most important thing now is to enter the Dark Emperor Heaven and seize the opportunity. As long as I can find the legendary Heavenly Dao Creation Fruit, I will have hope of becoming an immortal. What will a mere seventh-rank True Immortal beauty do to me then? Moreover, in order to avoid accidents happening to their children before they enter the Dark Emperor Heaven, all forces have already reached an agreement that fighting is not allowed on this Heimo Island." Tian Yuanmao said.
As he spoke, Tian Yuanmao still looked at Lan Ran from afar unscrupulously.
Lan Ran soon noticed the impudent gazes from above and was extremely annoyed, but there was nothing he could do but quickly get into the tent.
Outside the tent, Qin Ziling looked up at the luxurious chariot that was slowly flying towards Heimo Island, and then walked slowly towards the crowded area of Heimo Island.
"Senior, are you sure that person has the fragments on him?" Qin Ziling asked Huolong while walking in the air.
"How can there be anything wrong with something like this!" said the one-eyed fire dragon with excitement in his eyes.
"Don't you think this is too difficult?" Qin Ziling asked with a wry smile.
A ninth-grade True Immortal is only one step away from becoming a Taoist Immortal, and his strength is already extremely powerful.
As for the ninth-grade true immortals who are qualified to enter the Dark Emperor Heaven, they all have extraordinary means, and almost all of them come from very powerful forces. They must have Taoist treasures and other life-saving treasures on hand. Not to mention killing and robbing, even if they face off head-on, Qin Ziling may not be able to win even if he uses all his means.
What's more, each of these ninth-grade true immortals is accompanied by subordinates.
For example, Tian Yuanmao, the third prince of the ancient Qi State, is accompanied by six eighth-grade true immortals and fifteen seventh-grade true immortals. When these entourages join forces, they can definitely compete with a ninth-grade true immortal.
Facing such an opponent, Qin Ziling's greatest advantage is probably to show weakness to the enemy and catch them by surprise!
