novelraw Chapter 798: 403. The Mystery of Rank, Twelve Families of Yaoyue (Seeking Subscriptions)_2
Chapter 798: 403. The Mystery of Rank, Twelve Families of Yaoyue (Seeking Subscriptions)_2
"In the Lingxiao Immortal Court, you will always be my servant..."
The Five-breath Screen came to an end.
"Back then, I felt terrified by the pressure of those two. But today, looking back, they were merely Free Immortals," the Ding Family Ancestor said with a faint smile, a hint of self-satisfaction in his words.
Even for the Twelve Great Chambers of Yaoyue, only a few descendants managed to reach the Free Immortal Realm every one hundred thousand years.
He came to Great Cang and established the Jing'an Ding Family. Not only did he become a Free Immortal himself, but he also "cultivated" Xu Xing, a member of the younger generation, into the Free Immortal Realm. This achievement was rare even in the Yaoyue Ding family.
"This is the identity token of the Yaoyue Ding family. Go to the Yaoyue Ding family; many people should have witnessed that battle..."
"I believe the Void Immortal Powers of the Yaoyue Ding family should know the location of the Lingxiao Immortal Court."
The Ding Family Ancestor handed Xu Xing a token similar in style to that of the Jing'an Ding Family.
It read "Ding Chang" in large characters.
Xu Xing took the token. This must be the Ding Family Ancestor's identity token for the Yaoyue Ding family.
The Jade Sky Immortal Court... The Lingxiao Immortal Court... Could there be some connection between them? Xu Xing pondered.
Immortal Courts were the top powers in the Immortal World. Some Immortal Courts operated openly, such as the Upper Propagation Immortal Court which ruled over Immortal Nations like the Ten Thousand Universe Fairy Nation.
However, other Immortal Courts were hidden in subsidiary worlds of the Immortal World, or various Cave Heavens and Blessed Lands, unknown to the wider world.
This was the case with the Jade Sky Immortal Court in the Cold Frost Immortal World.
The Lingxiao Immortal Court in the Evergreen Immortal World was another such example.
Otherwise, given the extensive records at Mount Wanshou, Xu Xing wouldn't be hearing of this major power called the "Lingxiao Immortal Court" for the first time.
"Thank you, Ancestor," Xu Xing said gratefully. With a flick of his sleeve, he left Jing'an County and headed for the Yaoyue Immortal Kingdom.
He had sought out the Ding Family Ancestor regarding the "Fortune Virtue Immortal" for two reasons. Firstly, the Ding Family Ancestor had once mentioned seeing a Fortune Virtue Immortal. Secondly, Xu Xing did not yet want Mount Wanshou to know that he himself had attained the status of a Fortune Virtue Immortal.
Above Mount Wanshou was the Upper Propagation Immortal Court.
If I reveal that I am a Fortune Virtue Immortal, the consequences will be unpredictable. The best outcome would be joining the Upper Propagation Immortal Court and receiving their cultivation resources. The worst outcome would be that the Upper Propagation Immortal Court also desires the secrets of the Fortune Virtue Immortal, leading them to perform Soul Searching on me and seize my spirit to uncover them.
However, there was no such concern with the Ding Family Ancestor. In this life, Xu Xing was a bloodline descendant of the Ding Family Ancestor, and their strengths were comparable. The Ding Family Ancestor would never reveal that Xu Xing had become a Fortune Virtue Immortal.
If word leaked, the Ding Family Ancestor and the Jing'an Ding Family could also be implicated.
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Several Immortal Nations lay between the Yaoyue Immortal Kingdom and the Ten Thousand Universe Fairy Nation, each one vast and boundless.
Even though Xu Xing had reached the Free Immortal Realm, it still took him a year and a half to reach the Yaoyue Immortal Kingdom.
「Soon.」
Yaoyue Ding family Residence.
Xu Xing presented the Ding Family Ancestor's identity token upon his visit.
"Ding Chang?" The managing elder of the Yaoyue Ding family glanced at the identity token in Xu Xing's hand and frowned.
"This token is indeed from my Yaoyue Ding family, but Ding Chang... We have no such person in our Yaoyue Ding family..." the managing elder said, shaking his head.
Xu Xing's brow furrowed slightly. After a moment's thought, he released his pressure as a Free Immortal.
On the way, he had surmised that the Ding Family Ancestor must have had an undisclosed reason for leaving the Yaoyue Immortal Kingdom and traveling to Cang Country in Great Cang to establish a family branch.
If the Yaoyue Ding family had dispatched the Ding Family Ancestor to Cang Country to establish another branch, it's unlikely there would have been no contact with the Jing'an Ding Family for thousands of years. If there had been contact, I, as the Second Ancestor of the Jing'an Ding Family, would surely know.
As soon as the Free Immortal's pressure was released, the expressions of the many Ding family elders present changed. They hastily erected Magical Protective Barriers to resist Xu Xing's might.
They hadn't expected that the youthful-looking Xu Xing was actually a powerful Free Immortal.
However, no matter how desperately they resisted, their God Transformation cultivation was insufficient to withstand the pressure from a powerful Free Immortal. In just a few breaths, their Dao Bodies were all painfully shaken.
Xu Xing, standing to the side, saw that the elders in the hall were on the verge of collapse and about to be sent flying. He timed it perfectly and withdrew his pressure.
"Since this Ding family token is genuine, the Jing'an Ding Family Ancestor must also be a cultivator from the Yaoyue Ding family," Xu Xing stated. "If the Yaoyue Ding family does not welcome me, then I shall depart."
A collateral branch has two Free Immortals... If the main Yaoyue Ding family has any sense, they won't let me leave now...
Hearing this, the many elders of the Yaoyue Ding family in the hall exchanged glances. One said, "Please... Sir, wait a moment. We will go and consult the Immortals in our family regarding this..."
Allowing Free Immortals from the family to depart was an intolerable prospect for any clan.
A short time later, a white-haired and bearded Ding Family Free Immortal teleported into the hall. He glanced at Xu Xing, his eyebrows raised slightly. "You are a descendant of Ding Chang?"
"Daoist friend, you know my Ancestor's name?" Xu Xing countered, not answering directly.
In the eyes of cultivators at the Free Immortal level, mortal family members below them were kinsmen, yet not entirely. They were often seen merely as clan members who handled mundane affairs. Only fellow Immortals within the clan were considered true blood relatives, each one indispensable. This was why Xu Xing had dared to be "disrespectful" to those managing elders earlier.
"Ding Chang..." The white-haired Ding Family Free Immortal shook his head with a bitter smile. "Ding Chang was once my grandson. How could I not know him?"
Hearing this, Xu Xing immediately dropped his previous "hostility," bowed respectfully to the Ding Family Free Immortal, and addressed him as "Ancestor."
"Good! Good! Good!" the Ding Family Free Immortal exclaimed, his face beaming with joy. "A fine young man of my Ding family!" He continuously sized up Xu Xing, who was at the same cultivation realm.
He could tell that Xu Xing was not yet ten thousand years old, yet his cultivation was already on par with his own. Such youthful attainment in the Free Immortal Realm signified a high probability of breaking through to the Void Immortal Realm, and perhaps even the True Immortal Realm in the future.
Based on this point alone, even if he held no particular fondness for Ding Chang, he had to feel favorable towards Xu Xing, this "Qilin Child."
"Ding Chang hasn't contacted the family for hundreds of thousands of years..."
"This time, he sent you with this token to the Yaoyue Ding family, presumably because there's an important matter he needs our Yaoyue Ding family to assist you with." The Ding Family Free Immortal was astute and quickly deduced Xu Xing's purpose in coming to the Yaoyue Ding family.
Hearing this, Xu Xing pondered for a moment before saying, "To be honest, Ancestor, my visit to the Yaoyue Ding family concerns... the Fortune Virtue Immortal..." At this point, Xu Xing transmitted his words to the Ding Family Free Immortal using his divine sense.
"Fortune Virtue Immortal?" Hearing these words, the Ding Family Free Immortal's gaze towards Xu Xing shifted subtly.
"Come with me," the Ding Family Free Immortal said, flicking his sleeve robe before turning to leave.
Xu Xing complied, following the Ding Family Free Immortal's aura.
「A short while later.」
The two arrived in a secluded mountain forest.
"I've set up a boundary array here. Our conversation will remain private," the Ding Family Free Immortal stated.
"Now that we're here, ask what you will. I'll tell you everything I know," he added.
"It's about the Lingxiao Immortal Court and the Fortune Virtue Immortal," Xu Xing stated directly.
"Just as I thought," the Ding Family Free Immortal said, shaking his head as if he had anticipated this. "You came to the Yaoyue Immortal Kingdom for this very reason."
He didn't know that Xu Xing was already a Fortune Virtue Immortal. He mistakenly assumed Xu Xing had come to the Yaoyue Immortal Kingdom under orders from the Ding Family Ancestor, seeking the method to become a Fortune Virtue Immortal in order to achieve a breakthrough and enhance his cultivation.
"Back then, Ding Chang went to the Dimming Pool to collect Spirit Materials and stumbled upon a battle between Free Immortals. Afterwards... our Twelve Families of Yaoyue dispatched several Void Immortal Powers to intercept those two. We questioned them about the location of the Lingxiao Immortal Court and the method to become a Fortune Virtue Immortal..." Here, the Ding Family Free Immortal paused and sighed.
"Those two refused to comply. Our twelve families had no choice but to join forces, eliminate them, and perform Soul Searching to find the location of the Lingxiao Immortal Court and the method of becoming a Fortune Virtue Immortal."
"Our Soul Searching failed to uncover the latter, but we did obtain some general information about the former," the Ding Family Free Immortal said slowly.