C38

White Ridge City, the Lan family's residence.

In the big hall, other than Lan Qingyun and Lan Ningwen, there were more than a dozen elite warriors of the Lan family who were guarding the city.

There were five people at the early Spirit Condensation stage, three at the mid Spirit Condensation stage, two at the late Spirit Condensation stage, and even a white-haired old man. Their auras were intimidating; they were all at the peak of the Spirit Condensation stage!

However, at this moment, the atmosphere in the hall was extremely solemn. Even Lan Ningke, the domineering second generation ancestor, did not speak. He only slumped on his chair with an absent-minded look on his face.

Lan Qingyun's face kept changing. He was fiddling with a palm-sized jade box in his hand. The box was filled with a faint aura of blood and vitality. It was the Blood Bodhi he had obtained from the auction.

"Qi Song, how have you been recently?"

After a long while, Lan Qingyun finally spoke. He looked at the white-haired old man.

Qi Song frowned slightly. In a low voice, he said, "Reporting to the Fourth Elder, the situation …" "Not optimistic."

The moment he said that, everyone in the hall looked towards him.

"The demons and demons of the Thousand Devil Cave are in turmoil more and more frequently. The number of Immortal Gate Mages in White Ridge City is also increasing, and …"

"And what?" Lan Qingyun's face turned ugly.

"In the past two days, there have been no less than ten powerful Spiritual Awareness that have unintentionally swept over the manor …" Chison laughed bitterly.

"You old bastards. Are you sure you want to bully my family?"

Lan Qingyun coldly snorted and heavily slapped down with his palm. The long table made of Purple Profound Stones in front of him immediately cracked and began to spread.

In the hall, the members of the Lan family all lowered their heads in silence. Lan Ningwen's disdainful voice suddenly rang out.

"So what? Our Lan family is one of the Four Great Families. And we won't secretly transport Blood Bodhi away? If we put it into our storage ring, with so many Lan Clan disciples, I don't believe that they will be able to stop all of us. "

"Brainless bastard!"

Lan Ningxia's voice had yet to fade when Lan Qingyun suddenly shouted. A terrifying aura burst out. Lan Ningxia's face instantly turned pale as beads of sweat the size of beans dripped from his forehead.

"The Lan family has been targeted. They already know everyone who goes in and out. Who can leave without anyone noticing?" Lan Qingyun didn't know what else to say. Blood Bodhi was a precious treasure. If it wasn't someone from the Lan Clan, how could outsiders trust him?

"Blood Bodhi can extend his life by ten years. These old bastards are about to die. Do you think they won't dare to do anything because they're afraid of the Lan family?"

"Rather than that, it would be better to call upon the experts of the Lan family. First, we can intimidate them, and secondly, we can wake up those old bastards. Our Lan family is not a kind people."

Lan Qingyun's voice was cold and his aura was getting stronger.

Seeing that Lan Ningxia was almost out of breath, the former coldly harrumphed and slowly withdrew his terrifying aura.

Lan Ningxia seemed to have received an amnesty. The moment his aura disappeared, he collapsed on the chair like mud. He panted heavily.

"Ning is progressing at lightning speed, reaching the threshold of the late stage of the Spirit Realm. Even the Ning Dao is about to break through to the Mage Realm …" How did the Lan family have such a useless trash like you? "

Lan Qingyun coldly said as he stared at Lan Ning.

"Fourth Elder, I …"

Being ruthlessly ridiculed in front of so many people, no matter how thick-skinned Lan Ning was, his face was flushed red and he opened his mouth to explain.

"You what? After being in the outside world for so many years, have you ever done anything that was beneficial to your family? "

Lan Qingyun sneered coldly. He looked like he was about to get angry again. Lan Ningshuai had no choice but to shrink back and shut his mouth.

Seeing him calm down, Lan Qingyun harrumphed and looked at the crowd, "Patriarch, you don't have much lifespan. You can't drag it on any longer. I have already informed the clan that four mages will be arriving tonight. We will set off tomorrow morning.

"Yes sir!"

Everyone's expression turned solemn as they stood up and answered.

Lan Qingyun waved for everyone to take their seats, but his face was still ugly. He looked at Qi Song and asked in a deep voice, "Is the ranking tournament about to start?"

"Activate in two months."

He paused for a moment, then said in a slightly deep voice, "In recent days, there have been many riots in the Myriad Demons Cave. Nearly half of the clan's experts have been drawn out by the Celestial Sect of Wonders, and with the addition of the fact that the clan leader's lifespan is nearing its end.

"Those old geezers from the ancient monument sect have long coveted our Lan Clan's position, especially the auction a few days ago. Tang Ji even dared to compete with us for Xue Buti. In recent years, they have focused all their resources and resources on cultivating, and a few geniuses have risen quickly as well.

"There is also the Zhou family. Although they are related by marriage, after Zhou Qing's arrival, the Zhou family will no longer be peaceful, and their thoughts will be very difficult to guess."

"Moreover, under the influence of the Ten Thousand Demonic Hole, the Demonic Cultivator's side is going to establish the Demon League. They are going to take this opportunity to contend with our Sect."

"The chaos in the continent is right in front of us. All the major powers have put their lives on the line to obtain even more cultivation resources. I'm afraid that in this ranking tournament …"

Qi Song's words caused everyone's faces to change yet again.

Aside from the three great powers, the Mysterious Sky Sect, the Myriad An Chamber of Commerce, and the Red Dust Sect, whose status remained unchanged for ten thousand years, the positions of the four great families and the hundred sects weren't fixed at all.

Every five years, the Mysterious Sky Sect would take the lead to organize a ranking competition. The four great clans and the hundreds of immortal sects would participate and compete for the positions.

As long as there was an immortal sect that could suppress one of the Four Great Clans in the ranking tournament, their position could be replaced!

The strength of the Ancient Tablet Gate was only second to that of the Four Great Clans. But in the recent days, as the ranking competition drew nearer and nearer, the Ancient Tablet Sect also began to stir.

In terms of strength and heritage, the Lan Clan was the last of the four great clans. The Lan Clan was the most likely to be dragged into the water once the Ancient Tablet Gate erupted.

The hall fell silent once more. It was only after a long time that Lan Qingyun's voice rang out.

"Patriarch, if we can extend our lifespan by ten years, the chances of breaking through to the Mortal Realm will be extremely high …"

"If the clan had an expert leading it, the distribution of resources would surely skyrocket. By then, the ancient monument and the Zhou Clan would be nothing to be afraid of!"

"Because of this, Blood Bodhi's matter is extremely serious. Even at the risk of his life, we have to safely send him back to our clan! Do you understand? "

"Yes sir!"

North of White Ridge City, Qing He Forest.

Qing He was the second largest river in White Ridge City that was second only to Wu Shui. Qing He traversed a lush and verdant forest to the north of White Ridge City. This forest was known as Green River Forest.

Deep within the ancient forest, there was a slender figure quietly standing by the banks of the green river. It was Zhou Qing.

After the Cursed Spirit possessed Zhou Qing and Gu Canghai, he entered the Green River Forest and proceeded deeper.

After his battle with the Gu Canghai couple, although he had achieved a complete victory, Zhou Qing had once again realised his own lack of strength.

Because of this, for the past ten days, he had been training in the Green River Forest, wanting to improve further.

However, his meridians were currently weak, and he could no longer train without thinking of the consequences like before. After ten days, besides purifying his spiritual energy by a lot, his realm was stagnant.

It was difficult to advance his cultivation level, and the Cursed Spirit was also in a weak state, unable to possess his body for a short period of time. If Zhou Qing wanted to increase her combat strength, she could only place her hopes on Corpse Ghost, martial arts, and the Body Movement Technique.

Of the Corpse Ghosts he controlled, the strongest was only at the peak of the Spirit Opening Realm. If he could convert all of them into Soul Condensation Corpse Ghosts, his combat power would increase by a lot.

However, Corpse Ghosts could only be obtained by going to Witch Water or in the Ten Thousand Devil Cave. Recently, there had been a lot of riots in the Ghost Cave. There were even people coming to suppress them, so Zhou Qing didn't dare to rashly go there.

Not to mention that a real person might find out about his identity, but controlling a corpse ghost was a demonic method. If he was treated as a demonic cultivator and feared death, he wouldn't even have the time to cry out injustice.

Therefore, capturing Corpse Spirits to raise one's combat prowess was temporarily out of the question. Zhou Qing could only place all his hopes on martial arts and movement techniques.

In terms of martial arts, there were many tyrannical martial arts techniques that were left behind by the Divine Corpse Ancestor. There were even a few that were as powerful as the Thunderclap Sword Technique.

However, the Divine Corpse Ancestor was a demonic cultivator, and the martial arts he had left behind were all demonic methods. He needed to absorb demonic energy and the aura of death to cultivate. Zhou Qing currently did not have this condition.

The only way was to comprehend the second stage as soon as possible!

The first stage of the Instantaneous Steps was called the "Rushing Thunder Steps". After mastering it, one's speed would instantly double. It was as fast as rushing thunder and unstoppable.

The second stage of Teleportation was called "Gale Steps", which allowed one to explode with twice the speed of light. The biggest characteristic of it was being as elegant as the wind, but also being as soundless as a ghost.

Staring at the rapidly flowing river, Zhou Qing held his breath and concentrated. Suddenly, he burst forth with extreme speed, rushing forward like a bolt of lightning.

He had long since mastered the Lightning Blitz Steps, so it was not difficult for him to cross the river at double the speed of lightning.

However, if he could cross it at the same time, then increase his extreme speed by two times and tread on water without leaving a trace. Only then could he barely enter the second level of the Gale Steps.

The instant Zhou Qing dashed out, his figure began to sway erratically, and his speed also instantly increased by a notch.

Stepping onto Qing He, his feet didn't even splash water. In the blink of an eye, he appeared in the center of Qing He.

However, as he took the next step, the circulation of the spirit energy around Zhou Qing's legs suddenly became disorderly. As his steps became disorderly, he fell into the turbulent waters of the river with a 'putong' sound.

After breaking out of the water, Zhou Qing was drenched and battered like a drowned chicken.

"Difficult, too difficult. When will I be able to cultivate it?"

Zhou Qing furrowed his brows as he muttered to himself. The Curse Spirit also began to laugh in a gloating manner.

"Little brat Zhou, a second level is not comparable to a first level. Even if you were to fall into the water a hundred or a thousand times, it would be difficult for you to learn without increasing your control over the spirit energy in your legs."

"Spiritual energy control …"

Zhou Qing ignored the mockery of the Cursed Spirit. Closing his eyes, he began to silently practice in his heart.

A moment later, when his eyes were wide open, he once again dashed towards Qing He.

"Too stupid. "This sovereign told you before, even if …"

The Curse Spirit sneered. Just as it was about to attack Zhou Qing, its voice suddenly stopped.

Because this time, the latter ran five steps longer before falling into the water!

In terms of understanding of instant movement, the Curse Spirit far surpasses Zhou Weiqing. It was also because of this that he knew how difficult this movement technique was.

But in just ten days, Zhou Qing had faintly touched upon the threshold of the second stage of the Gale Secret Steps. Even if the Curse Spirit was even more sinister than it was, it couldn't help but be shocked by its terrifying perception and talent!

Once again leaping out from the green river, a smile appeared on Zhou Qing's face.

He could clearly feel that as he practiced, his control over his spiritual power also rapidly increased.

At this rate of improvement, in another half a month, he would probably be able to step into the second level of the Hidden Wind Steps!

Overjoyed, Zhou Qing did not hesitate as he once again immersed himself wholeheartedly into training.

However, he was fully immersed in his instant cultivation and did not notice that there was a skinny figure hibernating on an ancient tree in the vast ancient forest behind him.

"There is no aura of powerful mages nearby …" Could it be that this guy really has a top secret skill that can instantly increase his cultivation to the Spirit Realm?! "

The black shadow muttered and a fiery passion stealthily appeared within his sinister eyes.

After pondering for a moment, the black shadow flipped his palm and took out a message talisman. Using his fingertip as a brush and spirit energy as ink, he quickly wrote a string of small words.

"I can't master this. Green River Forest, Lord Feng, come quickly!"

At the same time that the message talisman shattered and turned into dust, the skinny black shadow also turned around and quickly left.

"Hmm?"

The instant the message talisman shattered, Zhou Qing, who was currently treading on water, froze.

As a result of his caution, he had been releasing his psychic awareness to cover a three hundred meter radius.

However, just now, there was a fluctuation of Spiritual Energy coming from somewhere in the forest!

With a stamp of his feet on the surface of the river, he used the Rushing Thunder Steps at will.