The Turtle-Serpent Revelation

Within the Brightmoon Landscape Painting World.

“Junior apprentice-brother.” Yu Wei’s emotions surged beyond her control.

“Senior apprentice-sister, the battle you just fought was quite loud, and it went on for a while. There are definitely others lurking nearby now, and more might be rushing over.” Ji Ning didn’t have time to say more. He waved his hand, collecting the storage treasures left behind by the silver-haired woman and the black-robed, long-haired man. The token talismans were inside those storage treasures—how could he leave them behind?

Swoosh.

A treasure ship appeared before Ji Ning and Yu Wei.

“Senior apprentice-sister, let’s go.” Ji Ning grabbed Yu Wei’s hand and leaped aboard in one motion. The two entered the ship, which immediately transformed into a streak of light and fled. As they escaped, Ji Ning released his divine sense to sweep the surroundings. As he had expected, there were indeed quite a few people in the area.

“Who is that black-robed youth? How is he so strong?”

“With strength like that, he should be able to rank in the top hundred of this Immortal Fortunes Assembly. He looks a lot like that Ji Ning from the Heavenly Treasures Mountain intelligence—dual swords, strong in close combat, skilled in lotus spells, and with power at this level. It should be Ji Ning. But Ji Ning has always worn beast-hide all these years; that youth just now was in black. It seems even Ji Ning doesn’t dare to be too conspicuous.”

“Mm. If he wore beast-hide, we could recognize him at a glance. In black robes… you have to look carefully.”

“Strength worthy of the top hundred in the Immortal Fortunes Assembly is truly astonishing. If it’s one-on-one, with all those divine abilities erupting and his close combat… I’m afraid one exchange would be enough to kill us.”

“We need to be cautious.”

One by one, the observers retreated quietly. Ji Ning had fled fast, and without enough people to form a team, they didn’t dare provoke him.

Whoosh.

The treasure ship whistled through the air for several thousand li before hiding inside a large mountain. After putting away the ship, Ji Ning and Yu Wei both let out a sigh of relief.

Ji Ning smiled. “Senior apprentice-sister, there were eight people watching within ten li of the battlefield, and nearly two hundred approaching within a thousand li. In this Brightmoon Landscape World, you can’t fight for too long; otherwise, the commotion will definitely draw others. You have to end it quickly.”

“Of course I wanted to end it quickly, but I was trapped by them earlier—I couldn’t even escape.” Yu Wei said helplessly. “I was just about to use a Dao talisman and give up.”

Her bearing and looks were top-notch—truly a peerless beauty. The helpless expression on her face made Ji Ning’s mind waver for a moment, but he quickly steadied his Dao-heart.

“Senior apprentice-sister, the ice phoenix and fire phoenix you used earlier…” Ji Ning said emotionally. “I haven’t even congratulated you on mastering another complete Dao.”

Three years ago, Senior Apprentice-Sister had mastered the Dao of Cold. That was only a single Dao.

“Aren’t you all calling me the Fire Rainbow Immortal?” Yu Wei smiled lightly. “I was always better at fire. The Dao of Cold was mastered thanks to an opportunity. The Dao of Blazing Fire was merely a step behind.”

Ji Ning nodded.

He himself felt that he was on the verge of a breakthrough in the Dao of Blazing Fire, but he was always missing that little bit.

“When the time comes, Senior Apprentice-Sister, I’ll need your guidance on the Dao of Blazing Fire,” Ji Ning said.

“No trouble at all.” Yu Wei naturally enjoyed teaching Ji Ning.

“Right, Senior Apprentice-Sister, this is the silver-haired woman’s storage treasure. Please refine it. I’ll refine the other one. The token talismans are inside.” Ji Ning handed a bracelet to Yu Wei.

“You refine it slowly.” Yu Wei looked at him. “If I refine it, you definitely won’t take the token talismans inside. Don’t try to fool me.”

Ji Ning was stunned.

Yu Wei was very careful and clever. Ji Ning considered himself intelligent, but compared to Senior Apprentice-Sister, he was still lacking. Just now, he had only asked her to refine the storage bracelet, and she immediately realized he intended to give her the token talismans inside.

“You killed those two, so the token talismans should be yours. How about we split them evenly?” Ji Ning said.

“You saved my life. And when I killed them, they were in a daze.” Yu Wei shook her head. “Alright, we still have to explore this Brightmoon Landscape World together. From now on, whoever kills someone gets the token talismans. But this time, you saved my life—the token talismans should all go to you.”

Ji Ning could only nod.

Seeing him like this, Yu Wei felt a quiet joy in her heart, and the corners of her mouth involuntarily lifted.

“Let’s go. After that battle, you need to recover your Ki. Consider it taking a breather.” Ji Ning immediately led Yu Wei to quickly find a cave to hide in.

Time flowed by, day after day.

With the two of them working together, their strength indeed increased greatly. Yu Wei had mastered two Daos, combining water and fire. Her ice phoenix and fire phoenix techniques were truly powerful. In terms of pure defense, the ice phoenix was on par with Ji Ning’s Water-Fire Lotus. That was why the three who had surrounded Yu Wei earlier had been unable to break through for so long. In terms of offense, the fire phoenix was equally astonishing.

With mutual support, they could even take on a dozen or more attackers.

“Yu Wei is truly extraordinary. She has comprehended two complete Daos.” Wufeng Immortal was very proud of his Black-White College’s two disciples. He often bragged to others from Anchan Commandery. “And Ji Ning is even more impressive. That spot in the ninety-six is definitely reserved for our Black-White College. And our third-generation senior apprentice-brother, that little messy one, hasn’t even shown his real power yet.”

“Ji Ning is impressive, but I don’t see anything special about your Black-White College’s Messy Daoist.” A white-haired Loose Immortal from the Heavensplitter Sword Sect shook his head with a cold laugh, obviously unhappy seeing Wufeng Immortal so smug.

“You’re just jealous!” Wufeng Immortal glared.

The Immortal Fortunes Assembly had been going on for over a month now.

The Messy Daoist was lying leisurely in a cave, with a pool of clear water nearby, cool and comfortable.

“The first three months are the most chaotic. I’ll rest for three months first. By then, the survivors will all be fearsome characters, and they’ll probably have lots of token talismans on them. That’s when the real slaughter begins.” The Messy Daoist lay there, a large bone appearing in his hand as he gnawed on it, his mouth covered in grease.

Suddenly—

Whoosh!

A gust of wind swept past, and eight figures appeared in the cave. A burly man among them laughed, “Big brother, let’s rest here for a while. Refine the storage treasures and hope there are token talismans inside—” Suddenly the burly man’s eyes went wide.

The other seven were also stunned, staring at the slovenly fat man lying there gnawing on a bone.

The Brightmoon Landscape World was enormous. The probability of randomly choosing a cave and finding someone else inside was very, very low. Although the Messy Daoist often hid in caves, this was the first time he had encountered people so coincidentally.

“If you walk by the river long enough, your shoes are bound to get wet.” The Messy Daoist sighed helplessly, stood up, and muttered softly. Then, with a grin, he said, “Gentlemen, this is my resting place. Would you mind leaving? Or should I leave?”

“Messy kid, are you pretending to be stupid or really stupid?” A triangular-eyed youth said coldly. “Hand over all your token talismans, and we’ll spare your life. Otherwise, don’t blame us for being ruthless.”

“No can do.” The Messy Daoist shook his head.

“Don’t waste words with him. Kill!” The leading youth, who held a feathered fan, smiled coldly. With a wave of his hand, the fan released hundreds of feathers, which instantly formed a massive crane. The crane screeched and clawed at the Messy Daoist. The cave walls shook and collapsed under the impact.

“Die!” The burly man roared, his body swelling to a height of twelve zhang. Forced to stoop and lower his head due to the cave’s height, he also manifested three heads and six arms, each hand gripping a battle-axe.

He charged forward like thunder.

All eight attacked simultaneously. Three were Fiendgod Body Refiners, while the others were Ki Refiners, each with their own secret arts. The leading youth’s “Crane Soaring Nine Heavens” secret art was comparable to the Lesser Thousand Sword Formation, but the power of such arts ultimately depended on the user. Currently, the Lesser Thousand Sword Formation in Ji Ning’s hands was even more dazzling than when the Thousand Sword Immortal had used it at the peak of the Wanxiang stage.

These eight were from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, a super-sized sect based in the Eastern Seas. It ranked among the top sects of the Grand Xia Dynasty, several levels above the Black-White College. It had hundreds of Loose Immortals and Earth Immortals. Naturally, these eight were extremely powerful.

“Boom—” A fierce battle erupted. The mountain collapsed, and the entire peak began to topple.

“Roar!”

From the collapsing mountain, a massive phantom of a tortoise and serpent appeared. An aura of overwhelming terror spread. The fat youth, now with tortoise-shell-like patterns on his skin and eyes like those of a serpent, fought barehanded. He sent a blood-red great seal flying with a single punch, then with a slap, turned a terrified white-robed youth into ashes.

His hand transformed into a bird-beak shape, piercing directly through the head of a Fiendgod Body Refiner. Then, with a downward slash, he ripped the Fiendgod’s body apart.

“Whoosh—” The giant tortoise-serpent phantom madly ravaged the shattered Fiendgod body, quickly reducing it to ashes.

“Run!”

“Heavens! How can he be so strong?! The strong ones listed in the Heavenly Treasures Mountain intelligence—this Messy Fatso wasn’t even on it!”

The genius disciples of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect were completely broken. One by one, they threw out their token talismans, but the rampaging fat youth slew six of them, with only two barely escaping.

“Pant.” The Messy Daoist stood atop the rubble-covered mountain, sweeping up all the treasures and token talismans. He had returned to normal, no longer bearing that terrifying aura.

“I wanted to avoid fighting in the first three months, but they forced me to use the great divine ability.” The Messy Daoist shook his head. “The Immortal Fortunes Assembly truly is extraordinary. Just eight people were enough to force me to use that divine ability. More people will probably be coming soon. Time to leave.”

Whoosh.

With a single step, the Messy Daoist vanished like the wind.

Inside the main hall of the Tianmang Hall.

The Xia Emperor, Lü Dongbin, the Northern Dipper Immortal Elder, and six others all changed expression. Though they had seemed not to pay much attention to the Brightmoon Landscape World earlier, as Pure Yang True Immortals, every scene in the painting was under their observation.

“That is the Black Tortoise Divine Ability.”

“Black Tortoise Grand Emperor!”

“To think it’s the Black Tortoise Grand Emperor’s successor. I wonder if he’s a personal disciple or a nominal one.”

Each of them spoke gravely.

The Black Tortoise Grand Emperor was a major power in the Three Realms, incredibly fearsome.

“The Black Tortoise Divine Ability is ranked among the top hundred of all divine abilities since Pangu split Heaven and Earth.” Lü Dongbin said solemnly. “I didn’t expect to see a divine ability of this caliber—among the elite of the Three Realms—appear at your Great Xia’s Immortal Fortunes Assembly.”