"How long has your junior brother been practicing until now?" asked Yin Yue.

  "More than thirty years." Ji Ning spoke up.

  Yin Yue burst out laughing: "No wonder, I said so, it turns out that my junior brother has only been cultivating for over thirty years, and with such a short cultivation time, he can defeat this fourth-grade puppet. I believe that in the future, on Fangcun Mountain, my junior brother's progress will be truly astonishing."

  Ji Ning smiled: "I accept your auspicious words, Big Brother."

  ……

  Under the gaze of many human tribes, demon tribes and gods, Ji Ning and Yin Yue entered the fourth layer of the Immortal Mansion together. The swordsmanship books in this fourth layer were extremely profound, and any one of them was no less than the "Three Feet Sword" all nine styles!

  "This is indeed a sacred place for learning the Way." Ji Ning flipped through these sword techniques, and his eyebrows danced with excitement as he saw that there were already some parts at the very front. "With so many sword techniques, containing the understanding of countless sword immortals from the Three Realms, I can absorb the insights of countless sword immortals and surely increase my sword skills greatly."

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  Ji Ning also started his day of studying Taoism on Fangcun Mountain.

  To leave the sect, at the very least, one must defeat the 9th level puppet and obtain the 9th layer's law of the Divine Palace. Only then can they go to the 'Three Realms Palace'. This is the prerequisite for 'leaving the sect'. Being treated as a direct disciple and entering the Three Realms Palace to learn the true great divine abilities and secrets, this is the most basic requirement that Bodhi Ancestor has for his disciple Ji Ning. Ji Ning himself is also very clear about this.

  In addition, he had an appointment with Yu Wei and was going to reunite with Da Xia.

  So...

  Must enter the Three Realms Palace as soon as possible! Ji Ning didn't want to drag on for hundreds or thousands of years on Fangcun Mountain. If he really spent thousands of years on Fangcun Mountain, it was hard to imagine what his loved ones 'Yu Wei', 'Autumn Leaf', 'Muzi Shuo' and 'Wei Chi Xi Yue' would be like.

  "I must defeat the Ninth-Stage Puppet as soon as possible, preferably within a few decades." Ji Ning set a requirement for himself, but he also knew how difficult this requirement was. "In the next few days in Fangcun Mountain, I cannot be distracted in the slightest. The Lotus Flower Technique, the Divine Soul Secret Art, and so on will all be put aside. In the Immortal Palace, I will only choose swordsmanship secret books!"

  Specializing in swordsmanship!

  This is Ji Ning's decision!

  ……

  Time flies.

  Ji Ning, Bai Shuizhe and Xiao Qing were all cultivating in seclusion on Fangcun Mountain.

  Bai Shuizhe and Xiao Qing were actually more excited than Ji Ning!

  "What can we do? The third-stage puppet will easily defeat us." Little Qing said helplessly.

  "It seems now that even if we were to fight against a second-rate puppet, we wouldn't have the upper hand." Shirahama Kusaka also sighed in dismay.

  Fangcun Mountain's lineage of disciples, mostly three realms' peerless demonic prodigies.

  Or they are the spiritual beasts of the heavenly fairies, who have been cultivating for a long time. Bai Shuizhe and Xiao Qing, on the other hand, have cultivated for a relatively short period of time.

  "No choice, I'll just have to do some odd jobs." said Shirakawa.

  "All I can do is odd jobs now." Xiao Qing nodded.

  They both went to receive the "miscellaneous tasks" and spent nearly a month manually pulling out weeds within a hundred miles, only then could they choose the third layer of the Immortal Palace's Fa Men.

  This is a third-level divine palace technique. Even if it were placed in the Black and White Academy, it would be considered a treasure of the academy!

  "Haha, I can actually get such a method." Xiao Qing held a "Qian Kun Sword Classic", extremely excited. "I finally can truly comprehend the 'Taiji Grand Way'."

  "Is this a casual note on the Tian Xian's formation?" Bai Shuizhe was also holding a book of formations, extremely excited.

  Bai Shu and Xiao Qing actually have very high innate talents.

  Bai Shu is 'White Water Marsh', although it's a divine beast, in other aspects it's ordinary, but there's one thing... Innately clever!

  Xiao Qing was even more gifted on the 'Great Dao of Heaven and Earth'. At the time of his birth, he could already teleport through space (space displacement), although at that time Xiao Qing had not fully grasped the subtleties of space displacement. As a divine beast, this was an innate gift, and he only needed to sense a hint of it to be able to use it. No need to fully grasp, just a slight touch would do!

  They just haven't met a truly good master! Ji Ning still has the guidance of 'Shui Fu Xing Chen Temple' and the guidance of Dian Cai Xianren, but Bai Shu and Xiao Qing are both self-taught!

  It's different when you come to Fangcun Mountain!

  They can communicate with those ethnic groups, demon tribes, and gods. Especially those returned Void Gods, who have a long lifespan and are not inferior to the Temple's Immortal in terms of experience. These disciples will also often give pointers to Xiao Qing and Bai Shui Ze for Ji Ning's sake.

  They occasionally receive guidance from people like 'Silver Moon Old Devil' and 'White Robed Jiang Jun'.

  The most important thing is...

  Buddha Lao Zu has spoken!

  Buddha Laozu rarely preached, sometimes it was difficult to preach once in ten thousand years. However, after accepting Ji Ning as his disciple, Buddha Laozu's preaching frequency immediately increased, and he almost preached once a month! This is also the habit of Buddha Laozu. Generally, after accepting disciples, he would preach more frequently. If he didn't accept disciples, he would occasionally preach when he was in the mood.

  After all, only personally taught disciples will be valued by the old ancestor.

  As for other disciples, they generally don't even have the opportunity to talk with Lao Zu.

  So all the disciples of the Fangcun Mountain sect were excited, and even a few true immortals and heavenly gods on the mountain occasionally came to listen.

  "It's indeed the Dao Ancestor." Bai Shuizhe was extremely excited, "Listening to the Dao Ancestor's lecture once is far superior to my hundred years of diligent cultivation. My numerous doubts have been resolved one by one, and I've also grasped a Dao!"

  "The founder of Taoism must have grasped the great way of Qiankun, and with just one sentence, I understood a lot. Now it's just a matter of sealing off space, and I can also move through space." Xia Qing was also excited.

  ……

  A year has passed.

  The two of them did odd jobs for half a year and obtained the fourth layer's law of the Immortal Palace.

  Chores are just physical labor, they only need to spare a little thought, they can continue to enlighten and cultivate while doing chores!

  Then he did odd jobs for three more years and obtained the fifth-level magic of the Immortal Palace.

  After doing odd jobs for twenty years, I finally obtained the sixth-level magic of the Divine Palace!

  This sixth-level Dharma is already considered top-notch in the Great Xia Dynasty! Almost all of them were written by heavenly immortals, and some were even written by pure yang true immortals.

  In the twenty-sixth year of Fangcun Mountain.

  "Haha, I'm invincible! Invincible!" In the midst of a torrential downpour, Xiao Qing was running around the perimeter of Ji Ning's immortal mansion with unparalleled excitement, her figure flashing by in a blur as she executed her spatial displacement technique with incredible speed.

  "Little green, little green."

  Ji Ning stood at the entrance of the immortal mansion, standing there as if he were a heavenly sword, involuntarily evoking a submissive impulse in others.

  "How did you become invincible? And with this heavy rain, you're still running around wildly." Ji Ning said with a smile.

  "Xiao Qing." Bai Shuizhe also spoke in a human voice, "What's wrong with you? Why are you so agitated?"

  "Hahaha..." Along with the laughter, Xiao Qing suddenly appeared in front of Ji Ning.

  "Master, Master!" Xiao Qing's eyes were filled with excitement. "I can finally use the Great Teleportation Technique! I can finally use the Great Teleportation Technique!"

  "What? The Great Shift?" Ji Ning's face showed a look of surprise.

  When I first killed Shao Yan Nong, I obtained a large teleportation talisman. The life-saving item I got from the 'Water Mansion' was also a large teleportation talisman. Ordinary void shuttling and space teleportation... those are all 'small teleports', which can only be used to teleport within a single space, with the farthest distance being the only difference.

  As insight into space continues to deepen, the distance of teleportation grows increasingly farther, even spatial seals can't suppress it.

  However, when the 'Taiji Grand Way' is fully comprehended and grasped, one can deploy the 'Great Teleportation'. This Great Teleportation... allows for direct teleportation from one world to another.

  For example, if you are in Yin Cao's underground mansion. With a big teleportation, you can directly return to the Daxia world, Winged Snake Lake!

  Like Shao Yan Nong, even when trapped in the Wujiang Xianfu, he was still confident, because he knew that no matter how dangerous it was, as long as he deployed the Da Nuoyi Dao symbol, he could escape back to the Dashu tribe's old nest. Unfortunately, at that time, he didn't take Ji Ning seriously and didn't think Ji Ning posed a threat. By the time Ji Ning released that black ring, Shao Yan Nong was too late to escape!

  "I've reached the 'Taiji Grand Dao' realm!" Xiao Qing exclaimed, "I can now use the Great Teleportation Technique! Haha... Now I'm invincible, who can kill me? Who can kill me? Haha... Even if it's a powerful formation, I can still escape."

  Ji Ning and Bai Shuizhe both laughed.

  Kong Qing snake, has an astonishing talent for space. Reaching the 'Great Dao Domain', and being one with the Great Dao. Then you can display the 'Great Teleportation', this is something that even jealousy cannot rival.

  "Master, please guide me on my swordsmanship. Now that I have a stronger sense of the 'Great Way of Heaven and Earth', my swordsmanship will also be elevated." Little Qing said continuously, she had learned swordsmanship because she wanted Ji Ning to guide her, and had incorporated the Great Way into her swordsmanship.

  "Good." Ji Ning nodded.

  Xiao Qing is making progress, but his progress is even more astonishing.

  After all, Ji Ning has been in the Grand Xia world for nearly twenty years, from entering the Purple Mansion realm to entering Fangzhang Mountain.

  After arriving at Fangcun Mountain, he had Master 'Pu Laozu' to guide him, and often gained insight in the Water Mansion Star Temple. He would also repeatedly test and refine his sword skills with those puppets. Moreover, he had countless sword techniques to study on his own! How could his progress be slow?

  ……

  Defeating a puppet once allows you to choose a school of law. For example, when competing with the fourth-level puppet, the first time it uses rough swordsmanship, but the second, third, and fourth times... The puppet's battle will change, starting from changing swordsmanship, to later using knives, long spears, long sticks, even driving flying swords, driving treasure, controlling array law assistance and so on... making the fourth-level puppet harder and harder to defeat.

  But Ji Ning's strength has also improved rapidly!

  He had thoroughly studied the swordsmanship of the fourth layer of the Hundred Gods Palace, all of which were comparable to the "Three Chi Sword".

  Later, Ji Ning defeated a fifth-stage puppet again and again, defeating it over thirty times in a row. He also studied more than thirty swordsmanship books!

  Later, he defeated the six-stage puppet several times and obtained more than 20 swordsmanship books on the sixth floor.

  Defeated the seven-tiered puppet again and obtained eighteen swordsmanship books.

  Although he had read many books on swordsmanship, including some written by heavenly gods and true immortals, and even the casual writings of the founders of Taoism... Ji Ning still took his own painstakingly crafted "Three Feet Sword" as the core, and then absorbed the essence of other sword techniques to merge into the Three Feet Sword, causing this "Three Feet Sword" to continuously improve and change, becoming more and more distinct from the sword technique of the Northern Journey Immortal, and had completely transformed into a more formidable sword technique that belonged to Ji Ning.

  ……

  In this cultivation, Ji Ning had already spent thirty years on Mount Sword.

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