Chapter 23: Gold-Thread Wooden Plaque
So this Hongyun Sword is this important?
This thought popped up in Ning Ke’s brain. In the next moment, his heart skipped a beat, and he looked at Lou Yunxiao beside him.
Found the other party was also looking at him.
Obviously, Lou Yunxiao sensed it too.
These two swords were… Twin Swords.
The higher the level of the magical artifact, the higher its spirituality.
After Twin Swords were forged, an extremely strong connection would be generated between them.
One Yin and one Yang, complementing each other.
Once recognized by blood, if something happened to the owner of either sword, the other would sense it.
Screw it…
Ning Ke felt this thing was definitely another dangerous element for blowing his cover.
But he couldn’t refuse to acknowledge it.
After all, this was an important mission item!
“That’s great.” Unlike his entanglement, Lou Yunxiao’s attitude was different.
The boy rarely smiled so happily.
Corners of his lips raised, he said to Ning Ke: “This way, if Junior Brother encounters any danger in the future, I can sense it immediately and rush over to protect you.”
Ning Ke’s fox eyes widened slightly. After a long while, he said: “My strength is not worse than yours, I don’t need Senior Brother to protect me! If you have that free time, just protect other junior brothers and sisters!”
Lou Yunxiao neither nodded nor shook his head.
Just smiling, he cut his finger and let Cangyin recognize its master.
Seeing this, Ning Ke followed suit.
When the two came out of the Sword Mound, they met Gao Ze’s slightly solemn expression.
Among the Sect Masters of their major sects, an oral decree from the Heavenly Dao had been circulating.
When Cangyin and Hongyun appeared simultaneously, it meant the seal the Heavenly Dao placed on the Great Demons ten thousand years ago had loosened.
Peaceful days wouldn’t last much longer.
It was necessary for him to discuss this matter with other Sect Masters before making plans.
For now, he wouldn’t tell the children first.
After all, even if the sky fell, there were still them, the old guys, to hold it up.
Gao Ze adjusted his expression and said: “Alright, children, congratulations to all of you for finding your own swords. In a few days, it will be the New Year holiday. Those willing to go home can prepare; those not going home can also stay in the sect, we will make dumplings together then!”
“Okay!”
The disciples responded in unison. Ning Ke turned his head to find Ning Xiaoxiao still lecturing the Jinglan Sword, shaking his head helplessly.
He asked the little girl: “Xiaoxiao, where are you going back for New Year?”
“I’m going back to Ning Family Village, bring delicious food and drinks to my adoptive parents!” Xiaoxiao slapped away the clingy Jinglan Sword, saying proudly: “They will be definitely happy seeing me become so powerful!”
“Mm, our Xiaoxiao is filial.” Ning Ke thought for a moment and asked her: “Then do you mind bringing two more people to go to your house together?”
Lou Yunxiao, who heard them talking beside, suddenly turned to “look” at Ning Ke.
He could actually see Ning Ke’s doting on the Little Junior Sister, and also thought that for this New Year, the two of them might go back to one home.
He had already prepared himself to stay in the sect alone.
So he didn’t expect Ning Ke would include him.
“You and Eldest Senior Brother are also going to my house?”
“Yes.”
“Welcome! Warmly welcome! My adoptive mother likes liveliness the most!”
On the day of descending the mountain, Ning Ke pulled a flying boat directly from his space, which was also equipped with a constant temperature warming array inside.
Even in such cold weather, it was warm as spring inside.
Ning Ke shrank inside the cabin, wrapped himself into a ball, and sighed comfortably.
Ah, this is the power of money.
Awesome!
Lou Yunxiao sat cross-legged on the other side, not wasting even this bit of time.
Still cultivating.
Ning Xiaoxiao had played enough on the deck and came in with a head full of snowflakes.
Ning Ke cast a cleaning spell on the little girl, pointing at the hot tea and snacks on the table, nagging like an old mother: “Drink some water, and don’t go out for now.”
“Look at your Eldest Senior Brother still cultivating; can’t you also put in some effort?”
“Brother, you talk about me, aren’t you lying down too?” Ning Xiaoxiao stuck out her tongue at him.
Ning Ke bragged without a guilty conscience: “Your brother is already strong enough, no need to work hard anymore.”
“So strong, yet lost to Eldest Senior Brother a few days ago.”
“…” Mentioning this made Ning Ke angry.
Back in the Demon Abyss, he beat Lou Yunxiao easily, but now that this tail’s cultivation was the same as Lou Yunxiao’s, he lost to Lou Yunxiao frequently instead.
This dealt a considerable blow to his confidence.
“Don’t always bring up your Eldest Senior Brother. My losing to him isn’t because I’m not powerful, it’s because he is too excellent, do you understand?”
Regardless of whether Lou Yunxiao could hear, as a bootlicker, rainbow farts must be in place at all times.
After speaking, Ning Ke waved to Ning Xiaoxiao. The little girl swallowed a snack and went over.
“Is the stuff in that gold-thread wooden plaque helpful for your cultivation?”
Ning Xiaoxiao held up that plaque, speaking honestly: “Brother, inside seems to be all knowledge about talismans and arrays. I haven’t been exposed to it, hard to understand.”
Ning Ke thought for a moment, spreading his hand: “Give it to me, let me see.”
He originally wanted Ning Xiaoxiao to comprehend it herself, but seeing this little girl’s unenterprising happy-go-lucky look, he felt it was more reliable for him to learn it first and then teach it to Ning Xiaoxiao.
Ning Xiaoxiao obediently handed over the plaque, then went back to eat snacks.
Ning Ke invaded the wooden plaque with his divine sense.
In the next instant, he was standing in darkness.
Two seconds later, as if a switch was flipped, a talisman lit up from the left, then two, four, one circle, two circles…
And on the right, an array lit up, two, four, one row, two rows…
Even though Ning Ke’s divine sense was powerful, looking over like this, he felt dazzled.
Let alone Ning Xiaoxiao whose cultivation was lower than his.
Steadying his mind, Ning Ke no longer attempted to see all the talismans and arrays, but focused on a specific one.
At the same time, his right hand hovered in mid-air, slender fingers beginning to draw imitating that pattern.
Completed in one go, the talisman pattern formed. Changing finger to palm, pushing forward, an explosion sound came from the void!
It was an Explosion Talisman.
Drawing another, talisman formed, following the same pattern.
A gust of whirlwind blew.
Hurricane Talisman.
Drawing again, using again.
A Vajra Shield emerged.
Vajra Talisman.
Just like this, Ning Ke learned one by one, drew one by one.
Gradually indulging in it.
Until finishing drawing the last talisman, with a Boom—.
Those talisman patterns actually all turned into golden light and dissipated into light spots. When condensed again, they became an extremely complex talisman.
Full five meters high, standing erect in front of Ning Ke, like a stone stele before a tomb!
And at this time, something was stirring in the darkness suppressed by that stone stele, making the stone stele shake gently along with it.
Ning Ke narrowed his eyes. Just as he wanted to examine carefully, he suddenly felt a needle-pricking pain in his head.
In the next moment, a trace of coolness invaded his sea of consciousness, making him sober up instantly.
Surrounding sounds also entered his ears.
“Brother?”
“Junior Brother, wake up.”
Recognizing it was Lou Yunxiao’s voice, Ning Ke opened his eyes instantly, almost subconsciously slapping away the other’s hand.
After all, he was afraid that if the other probed his sea of consciousness, his cover would be blown directly…
Lou Yunxiao froze. The fingers extended in mid-air curled up, paused for a while, before retracting.
He said: “Junior Brother, your consciousness entered that wooden plaque for too long, it will be harmful to the body. Need to control the time next time.”
After speaking, he got up, back facing Ning Ke.
“Junior Sister said we arrived at Ning Family Village. I’ll wait for you outside.”
“Come out after you pack up.”
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