Chapter 15 Adventurers

On the second day after Ji Ning arrived in the Suifeng Chaos World.

On a desolate star in the chaos, Ji Ning landed there.

"This star is ordinary. Among the vast chaos around, there are countless such unremarkable stars." Ji Ning nodded slightly. "Ordinary is good. I'll place the world prison here."

Ji Ning casually tossed it.

A stele fell into the bottomless canyon below, plummeting for tens of thousands of li before being carried by a hidden spring deep into the earth's depths.

He was roaming the Damo territory and might even leave it in the future... Danger could arise at any time, so he naturally had to leave a chance to turn things around! With this true body's clone left here, even if his true body died, the clone could cultivate back.

"But legends say there are some terrifying secret arts that can kill the true body and clones together." Ji Ning was secretly vigilant.

Like the lifeblood oath.

Once one violates the lifeblood oath, the true body, second soul, and clones all suffer backlash and die! The reason is that the true body and second soul have some special connection.

In the chaos, some terrifying beings possess special secret arts that achieve the same effect as the 'lifeblood oath,' able to kill all clones and second souls! No matter how many clones you have, it's useless... This was recorded by World God Northrest and told to Ji Ning, but such powerful secret arts are too difficult to cultivate and extremely rare. Among World-level cultivators, less than one in ten thousand knows them.

Among Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals, it's unheard of.

"Even with clones, I must remain vigilant." Ji Ning reminded himself.

Swoosh.

Then Ji Ning left. This place was quite far from the Suifeng Chaos World; Ji Ning had spent most of a day traveling through the chaos to get here.

...

Suifeng Chaos World, Dongning Mountain Range, Xuri Small Courtyard.

This was a quiet, ordinary square courtyard, Ji Ning's residence.

"Whoosh."

A streak of light flew from the distant horizon and landed in the small courtyard. It was Ji Ning, returning from that distant desolate star.

"General." A voice came from outside the courtyard.

Ji Ning looked toward the door and smiled. "Come in."

The door opened, and three soldiers in golden armor walked in. They were all gold-armored captains of the Wuyan Army. Leading them was the Shishan Ancestral God. Beside Shishan Ancestral God were a bewitching woman with a fluffy white tail and a cold, blue-haired man radiating chill.

"General, you left early yesterday, so they couldn't come to pay respects." Shishan Ancestral God smiled.

"These are the other two captains?" Ji Ning looked at them.

Shishan Ancestral God quickly said, "This is Flying Spirit Immortal."

"Greetings, General." The bewitching woman in golden armor with a fluffy white tail said, her voice naturally seductive.

"And this is Deep Tear Ancestral God." Shishan Ancestral God introduced the cold, blue-haired man beside him.

"Greetings, General." Deep Tear Ancestral God also said respectfully.

"The three hundred-plus Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals stationed in the Suifeng Chaos World are mainly in three teams. We three are the captains. Back then, the Star Lord ordered that I lead." Shishan Ancestral God said. "Now that the General has arrived, we naturally follow your orders."

Ji Ning nodded and smiled. "Flying Spirit, Deep Tear, this is our first meeting. We'll be fighting side by side for a long time. Sit down, let's chat."

Then the four of them sat around a wooden table in the small courtyard. Ji Ning waved his hand, and some fine wine appeared.

"I just arrived and don't know much about your clashes with the Black Lotus Chaos Kingdom. Tell me about it." Ji Ning asked.

"General." Flying Spirit Immortal's voice was pleasant. "Our side is the border. The closest to us on the Black Lotus Chaos Kingdom's side is the 'Qu Chong Chaos World.' Sometimes they ambush us, sometimes we ambush them... Usually, it's small-scale skirmishes. Large-scale battles with hundreds of Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals fighting are rare."

"Oh?" Ji Ning nodded slightly.

"But they ambush us more often." Feiling the Immortal shook her head. "Our Scented Wind Chaos World has the Scented Wind Ruins, which we control. Every foreign Ancestral God or Ancestral Immortal who wants to enter must pay a bottle of Chaos Liquid. Over one chaos cycle, we can collect nearly one fang of Chaos Liquid."

One fang meant a thousand bottles.

That was enough to make World-level cultivators envious.

"So the Black Lotus Chaos Kingdom desperately wants to seize the Scented Wind Chaos World. They naturally attack us time and again, but the entire Dongning Mountain Range is already heavily layered with formations and restrictions. The whole Scented Wind Chaos World is our territory. When they attack, they usually end up the losers," Feiling the Immortal said. "With over three hundred Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals united, even a World God would find it hard to break through. So far, the Black Lotus Chaos Kingdom hasn't been able to do anything to us."

"Hmm." Ji Ning understood.

The Black Lotus Chaos Kingdom coveted the Scented Wind Chaos World, but to seize it would require a World God to act. Once a World God-level battle began, the war would escalate to a higher level.

Wuyan Star had a long history and deep foundations, with even more World Gods.

The Black Lotus Chaos Kingdom dared not easily start a major war, so they usually engaged in skirmishes between Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals. Such clashes were more about tempering their subordinates; through life-and-death battles, Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals could more easily grow. The three hundred-plus stationed here had almost all trained for less than a chaos cycle. Perhaps the Black Lotus Chaos Kingdom also harbored hope that one of their repeated ambushes might succeed in capturing the Scented Wind Chaos World.

...

Ji Ning chatted with the three squad leaders and, through simple interactions, learned their personalities.

Shishan the Ancestral God seemed rough and fierce but was actually steady. This was probably why Wuyan Star Lord had ordered the three hundred-plus Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals to obey Shishan the Ancestral God.

Feiling the Immortal was cheerful, and her eyes lit up at the mention of battle—she was clearly very combative.

Yuanlei the Ancestral God was taciturn.

...

Time passed.

In the blink of an eye, Ji Ning had been in the Scented Wind Chaos World for over a hundred years.

"What business do you have in our Scented Wind World?" The black-robed Ancestral Immortal tore through the void and appeared, looking at a golden-robed man sitting in a large ship before him.

"Nonsense, I'm here to explore the ruins," the golden-robed man said lazily. "Here's a bottle of Chaos Liquid."

He tossed a bottle of Chaos Liquid over. The black-robed Ancestral Immortal caught it, frowned slightly, but said nothing. These immortals and demons offered Chaos Liquid only because they didn't want to offend Wuyan Star, not necessarily out of respect for him.

Whoosh.

Ripples of space spread, and Ji Ning appeared.

"Hmm?" Ji Ning looked at the golden-robed man on the large ship.

"Reporting to the patrol guard, this one is here to explore the ruins," the black-robed Ancestral Immortal quickly said.

"Oh." Ji Ning nodded. In the hundred-plus years since arriving in the Scented Wind Chaos World, this was the first time he had encountered an outsider.

The golden-robed man on the large ship glanced at Ji Ning and muttered softly, "Patrol guard? Hmph." He waved his hand, and a bustling crowd of immortals and demons appeared beside him, each radiating the aura of an Ancestral God or Ancestral Immortal, over a hundred in number, all bowing respectfully and addressing the golden-robed man as "Master."

"Let's go." The golden-robed man was quite dashing.

The large ship sailed majestically toward the Scented Wind Ruins.

"He has so many followers," Ji Ning said in surprise.

"He's quite famous among the many Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals who often take risks. He's called Tiannan the Ancestral God, and his strength is probably at the peak Ancestral God level. But after one adventure, he obtained many treasures and directly bought over a hundred Ancestral Gods and some Ancestral Immortals as servants," the black-robed Ancestral Immortal quickly explained. "With so many Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals as servants, and having also bought an Ancestral God formation, with the formation's coordination, even if he encounters a World God, his servants can hold them off for a while. So he's naturally quite arrogant."

Ji Ning nodded.

Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals had long lifespans. If they couldn't become World Gods within one chaos cycle, they had little hope of further improvement in strength. With no hope of advancing, many Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals became obsessed with 'adventure.'

The ruins left by ancient mighty figures...

They enjoyed walking the edge of life and death, savoring the thrill of adventure. One success could bring immense rewards. Tiannan the Ancestral God, for instance, had used the enormous gains from one such success to buy over a hundred Ancestral Gods and an Ancestral God formation, becoming a legend among the many Ancestral God and Ancestral Immortal adventurers.

"It's time to enter the Scented Wind Ruins," Ji Ning thought to himself. On his first day in this Chaos World, he had obtained detailed information about the Scented Wind Ruins from the black-robed Ancestral Immortal and the others. In the Three Realms, there had been few opportunities, but in the Damo Territory, there were many ruins left by ancient mighty figures.

After so long, they remained unexplored, and even several World Gods had died inside. Clearly, the ancient mighty figure who left the ruins was a being beyond the World God level.

With such a treasure trove, and with a clone left outside, he naturally had to explore it.