madnovel 020 Jiaolong Forbidden Ruins
020 Jiaolong Forbidden Ruins
"Brother Ning, my younger brother is still young, and the grief of losing his father caused him to act impulsively. Please forgive him!"
Cao Asheng immediately knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly to Ning Kui. For someone who was not afraid of swords and blades, crushing the two brothers was no different than crushing an ant.
Before long, fine red marks appeared on his forehead from being rubbed by the fine sand on the dock.
The surrounding people chimed in, "Yes, yes, Shuiwa is still just a child."
"This child is usually very sensible; he must be extremely heartbroken today."
A group of people surrounded Ning Kui, as if he were the villain.
Ning Kui looked around and saw that everyone had a compassionate expression on their face, a double standard that was nauseating.
"I survived the assassination attempt today; it's my good fortune. Who else wants to plead for this evil brat? Step forward."
I'll stab you; if you survive, I'll listen to you again.
Cao Shuiwa stubbornly insisted, "I take full responsibility for my actions; it has nothing to do with anyone else!"
As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes involuntarily glanced at a burly man.
When the burly man heard Cao Shuiwa say this, his expression visibly relaxed, and a hint of covetousness flashed in his eyes as he looked at Cao Shuiwa's mother.
The surroundings were completely silent. It was fine to offer a few words of support, but it was unacceptable to actually take the knife for someone else.
Only Cao Asheng gritted his teeth and stood up: "Lord Ning, I am willing to take the punishment in place of Brother Shui. Please spare his life."
The thirteen-year-old boy's eyes were complex, filled with a variety of emotions, but there was no regret in them.
Ning Kui waved his hand, and the water flow immediately carried the sharp knife, hovering in front of Cao Asheng: "Do it yourself, so others won't say I'm bullying the weak."
"Yes, Ah Sheng thanks Brother Ning!"
Cao Asheng took the dagger with both hands, reversed the handle, and pressed the blade against his lower abdomen. His whole body trembled violently, and cold sweat poured down his face.
"Brother Asheng, don't worry about me, let him kill me!" Shuiwa suddenly stood up and tried to rush over.
A stream of water instantly transformed into a rope, binding his ankles and dragging him to the ground. Even his mouth, which he wanted to roar, was sealed shut by the water, preventing him from making a sound.
Cao Asheng was breathing rapidly, his hands trembling as if he were being shaken. After all, he was just a thirteen-year-old boy who had never experienced life and death and could not face it calmly.
He turned around and forced a smile at Shuiwa: "Shuidi, live well and take good care of my mother and aunt."
Don't think about revenge.
Also, you must read more books, and don't be so impulsive next time.
After he finished speaking, he closed his eyes tightly, and amidst the gasps of the onlookers, he suddenly raised the sharp knife high and stabbed it into his own abdomen.
The blade flashed a silver light, but it couldn't advance an inch against the thin layer of water.
Cao Asheng was breathing heavily. He looked up in surprise and saw Ning Kui carrying the Dragon Scale Halberd and walking towards Kunze Lake.
"You're not bad, kid. I find you quite pleasing to the eye."
"Discipline that brat named Shuiwa properly. If I see him behaving like this again, I'll drown him and feed him to the fish. No one can stop me!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than the tall figure leaped into the vast Kunze Lake.
Just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the water suddenly exploded, and a fist-sized lake rock flew out of the lake and smashed the head of the burly man with a regretful expression.
"What...what's going on?"
The onlookers discussed the matter in horror, but Cao Asheng's gaze shifted between the burly man's corpse and Cao Shuiwa, and he seemed to gradually understand something.
......
Ning Kui walked through the azure lake, his interest piqued by the dragon pearl that Cao Laoda had mentioned before his death, as well as the black dragon in the cave.
His intuition told him that the place was related to the Dragon King worshipped by the Ding family.
The current propelled him forward at high speed, and soon he arrived at the entrance to the dark cave at the bottom of the lake.
Crabs, fish, and shrimp gathered in the surrounding water plants, vying for the white bits of meat scattered in the mud and sand.
A chilling aura caused a thin layer of transparent ice to cover the area around the cave entrance.
Half a mutilated hand lay in the center of thin ice, and any fish or shrimp that tried to eat it were frozen solid and died in the cold air.
Ning Kui tentatively touched the ice with his finger, and the icy cold sensation instantly invaded his body.
His body's surging, furnace-like energy instinctively accelerated, dissolving the chilling power into nothingness.
"This chilling aura looks powerful, but its harm to martial artists is limited."
Seeing that he could resist, Ning Kui had no more worries and quickly sneaked into the cave.
When we first entered, the outside light could still faintly shine in, but after walking a few steps and turning a corner, we were plunged into endless darkness.
He seemed to be moving through ink, so dark that you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.
"Where did the Cao brothers get the guts to sneak in...?"
Ning Kui pushed his palm forward, intercepting a thin layer of water in front of him, which slid forward along the cave wall.
He used this as a clue; if the water flow ten feet away encountered anything strange, he would retreat without hesitation.
After walking about three hundred steps, the tactile sensation transmitted back by the water mirror came to an end.
There was nothing in front of them except for the cold stone walls.
"How is this possible? Where are the Dragon Balls? Where is the Black Dragon?"
Ning Kui's heart sank. "Could it be that I've taken the wrong path?"
He carefully recalled the route he had just taken and confirmed that the water flow did not sense the presence of the fork in the road, so he could only try to find his way to the end first.
The distance of ten zhang was covered in the blink of an eye.
The water flowed like a sonic boom, spreading in all directions.
The message that came back was that this was indeed a sealed cave.
"Damn it, did Boss Cao trick me?"
Ning Kui was furious. A man on the verge of death was having a brief moment of lucidity before death. Why wasn't he making a good last will and testament? Was he just playing around with him?
He couldn't help but punch the stone wall hard, and his entire arm went in without any hindrance!
He had experienced this eerie feeling before.
In the Zhu Family's Broken Rain Pavilion, the moment one enters or leaves the Forbidden Ruins of the Pig God, there is also a similar feeling of spatial disorientation.
Ning Kui quickly withdrew his arm. He understood that the forbidden ruins of the Flood Dragon King were on the other side of the stone wall.
Or perhaps, it is that beast's crystal palace.
The two Cao brothers, being mere mortals, were unaware of the stone wall disguised in the darkness and, driven by sheer recklessness, charged straight through.
As a result, he ended up in front of the demonic beast guarding the forbidden ruins, and was thus hunted down and killed.
Cao's takeout is truly excellent—both good and fast!
......
At the entrance to the Dragon Palace Forbidden Ruins, a gigantic black python, nine zhang long, wriggled and stood upright.
The small, palm-sized snake scales rubbed together, producing a clanging sound like metal striking metal.
A look of suspicion flickered in its amber snake-like eyes.
Just now, it seemed to sense a fluctuation in the forbidden area for a moment.
When I opened my eyes, there was nothing there.
A deep blue bead, about the size of a human head, floated above its head, constantly absorbing and releasing the essence of water.
The air is filled with a chilling aura; it can only be admired from afar and not touched.
Just as it was about to continue its cultivation, a strange fluctuation came again.
The black python couldn't resist opening its mouth and swallowing the inner core. It then swam out of the forbidden area to investigate. It wanted to see which fearless creature was jumping around at the entrance of the forbidden area!
The moment the serpent's body, as solid as iron, appeared, a chilling aura quickly spread out.
Fine ice erosions covered the stone walls, as if the cave had been covered with a layer of ice armor.
A giant, strange fish frantically swung its tail and fled, using the fleshy tentacles on its tail, resembling human hands, to pick up stones and throw them at the black python.
"hiss!!!"
The black python was furious. Who was this brat who dared to mess with the Grand Duke Jupiter?
It swam swiftly, its scales scraping against the hard stone wall, sparking flashes of light that quickly disappeared into the lake.
"Click," "Click."
After the black python disappeared, a crack suddenly appeared in the ground covered with a thin layer of ice, and Ning Kui climbed out of the pit, rubbing his body vigorously.
A surge of vital energy erupted, expelling the cold, yin energy that had seeped into the body.
Within the realm of Xiangdi, the cultivation of evil spirits is also divided into four stages.
In summary, like humans, it is a process of shedding the mortal body and transcending the acquired.
These are respectively: the "Qi Absorption Realm" where one begins to learn to absorb and exhale spiritual energy; the "Dao Building Realm" where one comprehends the principles and laws; the "Inner Core Realm" where one purifies one's own bloodline; and the "Origin Tracing Realm" where one's physical body reverses its innate nature and gives birth to a trace of the bloodline of ancient ancestors.
"Although this black python is not at the Elephant Realm, it is not far off."
I can't beat him.
Luckily, I brought two white-spotted ghost fish; I can leave one behind to lure them away when I come back.
Ning Kui patted the gourd hanging from his waist with relief. A dull "thump" sound came from inside, and a white-spotted ghost fish was trembling.