Chapter 880 - 362: Chu Ning’s Tomb

With his spiritual sense detecting the scene atop Yanfeng, Chu Ning halted his steps at this moment.

Cen Zijin, seeing this, couldn’t help but curiously ask, "What’s wrong?"

"Someone has made a cave mansion atop Yanfeng, and an old acquaintance is heading there now. Let’s not rush and first observe the situation."

Upon hearing Chu Ning’s words, Cen Zijin also released his spiritual sense.

They weren’t far from Yanfeng, and although Cen Zijin’s spiritual sense wasn’t as exaggerated as Chu Ning’s, he could still sense it.

At this moment, outside the cave mansion on Yanfeng, among the three women and one man, the only Foundation Establishment cultivator, an elderly woman in her fifties, was cupping her hands towards a pair of Foundation Establishment cultivators inside the cave mansion.

"Friends of the Dao, we’ve already clarified the reason for coming here.

Please be accommodating. We will leave immediately after honoring our ancestors."

"Before, when this mountain foot was unconcerned, you could do whatever you wanted."

The male cultivator among the pair inside the cave mansion’s array spoke at this moment.

This person’s eyes were sharp, yet his appearance always gave others a sense of being very acerbic.

"Since this place has now been incorporated into my cave mansion’s domain, it’s no longer a burial ground for your ancestors."

Saying this, the male cultivator casually waved his hand, striking the ground before the few people with a spell that stirred up a pile of dirt.

Faintly revealing a shattered stone tablet within.

Seeing this stone tablet, the woman’s face immediately changed slightly, and she rushed forward.

Her hands began digging towards the stone tablet.

The other two women and one man saw this and promptly rushed forward to help.

In no time, the fragmented stone tablet was unearthed, then pieced together by the woman.

Chu Ning and Cen Zijin, who were using their spiritual sense to observe, were both slightly stunned.

On the stone tablet, it was inscribed: "Chu Ning’s tomb."

"What’s going on?" Cen Zijin looked at Chu Ning with a peculiar expression.

Though Chu Ning vaguely guessed the reason, he still shook his head at this moment.

"Let’s go over and see."

Just as the two of them were speaking, outside the cave mansion on Yanfeng.

The woman held the tombstone, now with a face full of grief and anger, as she rose to face the two inside the cave mansion.

"Friends of the Dao, aren’t you going too far?

You’ve occupied Yanfeng to make a cave mansion, and we did not say much, but the tomb of our ancestors lies clearly on the edge of the mountain foot.

Yet now you’ve occupied this place too and damaged the ancestral tomb.

Do you really think we are easy to bully?"

"What’s to be done? Should I come and consult your opinion?" The male cultivator who had previously cast the spell sneered.

"Take your broken things and hurry off."

"You..." Upon hearing this, the woman’s face changed drastically, and the two women and one man beside her also showed anger.

However, the elderly woman took a deep breath and then, with a hint of pleading in her tone, said:

"Friends of the Dao, the tomb I set here back then is akin to a ceremonial tomb.

Inside is buried a jade box containing a talisman. Could you kindly return it to me?"

Upon hearing the woman’s words, the Foundation Establishment male cultivator casually took out a somewhat old-looking talisman.

"Oh, is this what you are talking about?"

Upon seeing the talisman in the other’s hand, the woman sighed with relief and said:

"Indeed, please return that talisman to me, friend of the Dao."

The middle-aged male cultivator chuckled softly,

"I accidentally found this talisman around the cave mansion. Since it’s ownerless, it naturally belongs to me.

I find it quite good. Even though it’s old, its quality is still high.

If the friend of the Dao wants it, how about trading it for something else?"

Upon hearing this, the woman’s face turned ashen, yet she said nothing.

She simply took out three talismans from her storage bag and waved them towards the other party.

"These three are brand new intermediate lower grade talismans, sufficient to match the value of this talisman. Could you kindly return that talisman to me?"

"Who said I wanted talismans?" At this moment, the acerbic male cultivator laughed.

"Offer three thousand spirit stones, and I’ll give you this talisman."

No matter how much patience the woman had, she couldn’t help but fly into rage.

"You’re taking advantage of the situation!"

The acerbic male cultivator coldly laughed.

"Indeed, I’m taking advantage of the situation. What can you do about it?"

"You..."

The woman was extremely angry, but looking at the two cultivators at the middle stage of Foundation Establishment on the opposite side, then at herself with only one Foundation Establishment, at the early stage, among four people.

She couldn’t help but sigh deeply, about to reach into her storage bag for spirit stones.

But at this moment, a light voice suddenly sounded.

"Do you really plan to give him spirit stones?"

Upon hearing this voice, the woman was initially slightly stunned, and then her face was full of ghost-like shock.

Various suspicion and disbelief flitted across her face.

Meanwhile, she lifted her head to look around.

Seeing the woman’s expression, the others appeared puzzled.

"Who’s speaking?" At this moment, the acerbic male cultivator inside the cave mansion snorted.

Simultaneously, the crowd saw two escape lights approaching rapidly, appearing within their range of vision.

The aura on the two escape lights didn’t mean much to several Qi Cultivation cultivators, but the three Foundation Establishment cultivators immediately maintained a grave expression.

Golden Core Cultivators!

Solely from the aura far stronger than theirs, the few individuals discerned that the newcomers were Golden Core cultivators.

Soon, two escape lights appeared not far in front of everyone, and they could see the faces of this young couple.

The woman at the early stage of Foundation Establishment stared at Chu Ning, her body trembling slightly.

She couldn’t help but softly call out two words.

"Young Master!"

Though the woman’s voice was very soft, it still reached everyone’s ears.

Chu Ning’s gaze fell on the woman first, his eyes carrying a faint smile.

"Cheng Xinxin, you can still recognize me?"

Although the woman’s eyes were fixed on Chu Ning, doubt remained in her eyes.

It wasn’t until she heard Chu Ning’s voice that her doubt disappeared, turning into excitement.

"Young Master, it’s really you!"

Chu Ning nodded, standing in front of her, looking at a face that bore a faint resemblance to the little girl in his memories, feeling the ruthless passage of time.

Cheng Xinxin was precisely the granddaughter of Cheng Zuyuan, whom Chu Ning had taken in at the Yanfeng Cave Mansion years ago.

Back then, Chu Ning was focused on cultivation and had left the medicinal garden to Cheng Zuyuan and Cheng Xinxin to manage, and they had indeed helped him a lot over the years.

It was only later when the Yin Demon Sect came to Thousand Lakes and Thousand Islands to set up the Blood Evil Yin Demon Array that Chu Ning hid in the Thunder Fire Sect’s ruins.

When he came out again, the Cheng family had already left.

He never expected to see them again after so many years.

"Grandmother, is this the Young Master Chu you spoke of?"

At this moment, a crisp voice full of curiosity came from beside him.

Chu Ning turned his head and looked at the fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl standing next to him.

He immediately smiled at Cheng Xinxin and said, "Is this your granddaughter? She looks just like you did when you were young. What’s her name?"

"Young Master, her name is Su Keke."

Chu Ning nodded, intending to say more, but his expression suddenly changed. He turned his gaze towards the array and asked coldly:

"Where are you two planning to go?"

Hearing Chu Ning’s voice, the Foundation Establishment cultivator couple, who were about to sneak away within the cave mansion’s array, stopped in their tracks.

The stern man then bowed to Chu Ning, forcing a smile on his face:

"Greetings, Senior! We juniors didn’t know that these fellow daoists were your friends. We offended you earlier, please forgive us."

Chu Ning’s gaze fixed on the two of them, his voice calm as he said,

"Forgive? That’s simple. You’re holding a talisman I made years ago. Since you like it so much,

I’ll sell it to you for three hundred thousand spirit stones."

Upon hearing Chu Ning’s words, the couple’s faces suddenly froze.

They couldn’t help but realize that Chu Ning’s words were mocking what the stern man had said earlier.

However, the stern cultivator didn’t dare to show any anger, simply smiling ingratiatingly:

"Senior must be joking. This object was said by that daoist over there to be her late ancestor’s possession. I found it under a tombstone, so how could it belong to you, Senior."

"Indeed, the tombstone is engraved with my name."

Chu Ning said, pointing casually at the tombstone that was broken into several pieces.

"This is just the spirit stone for the talisman. I have yet to ask you for compensation for destroying my tombstone."

Upon hearing this, the couple’s faces immediately showed an expression of shock.

Though completely perplexed, they didn’t dare to question it.

The stern man put on a bitter face and said:

"Senior, we didn’t recognize Mount Tai earlier. If you want to punish us, we won’t complain.

However, three hundred thousand spirit stones is too much. We truly can’t afford that, please understand, Senior."

"If you can’t afford it, then don’t pay."

Chu Ning’s words instantly brought expressions of joy to the couple’s faces.

But the next moment, Chu Ning’s follow-up made their expressions change drastically.

"Just compensate with your lives!"

Upon hearing this, a trace of fear flashed in their eyes as they both took out a Restriction Jade Token, attempting to control the array before them.

But at that moment, Chu Ning had already moved, casually throwing two punches.

Two golden fist shadows shot out, directly hitting the array restriction.

This seemingly powerful array restriction shattered instantly under the force of the punches!

Geng Metal Spirit Body Talent: When using gold attribute techniques, the power against restrictions is doubled.

If it were a strong array restriction, Chu Ning would have had to expend more effort.

But this array set up by Foundation Establishment cultivators was like paper before Chu Ning.

"Spare us, Senior..."

Seeing Chu Ning break through the array with two punches, the couple didn’t even consider resisting.

They just knelt down on the ground, begging for mercy.

Yet Chu Ning paid no mind to their pleas. With a wave of his hand, a Fiery Sun Spirit Bird, formed by pure Fire Spiritual Qi, flew out.

Chu Ning wasn’t one to kill indiscriminately, and what the couple did wasn’t unforgivable.

But at this moment, Chu Ning still chose to act decisively.

Because he knew that if he spared them now, once he left, Cheng Xinxin and the others would face endless troubles.

"Senior..."

The two still wanted to say something, but the Fiery Sun Spirit Bird was already upon them, engulfing them in flaming flames.

In the blink of an eye, the couple vanished without a trace.

As if they had never been there.

Such a scene left Cheng Xinxin and the others dumbfounded.

Especially Su Keke, whose youthful face was now filled with bright eyes.