CHAPTER 347: CHAPTER 44: A USEFUL CULTIVATION TECHNIQUE

The wager between the Demon Court Saint Child and the Martial Emperor’s successor has come to a temporary halt.

The Lei Family’s ancestor cupped his fists towards Emperor Renzong of the Wan Dynasty, ignoring even a glance at Lei Qianren’s remnant soul, and left directly.

The other ancestors remained silent for a moment and also departed together, now waiting for the battle between the Martial Emperor’s successor and the Demon Court Saint Child in seven days.

Soon, only Lin Jing’s group and Feng Family’s Void Profound Ancestor, Fengyu, remained at the scene.

"Are you looking for me?" Ling Yue Sword Immortal looked at Lin Jing and Gao Sheng, who was holding his head not far away, utterly baffled.

How did these two manage to come together again?

Moreover... what could they want from me?

"Before we discuss our matters, should you explain how she ended up with you?" Lin Jing looked at the Ghost Bride.

How did these two get together?

"To cut a long story short, you should have some knowledge of Elder Tang Ling’s affairs. Her fiancée who went to the western desert battlefield is likely our Feng Family’s ancestor."

"She encountered me in the western desert and, sensing a familiarity in my bloodline, explored with me to arrive here."

"What???" Lin Jing was stunned, looking at the expressionless Ghost Bride, then to the Feng Family’s still present ancestor, Fengyu.

This Void Profound Old Monster was also silent, having lived for thousands of years; he truly couldn’t determine what the Ghost Bride and Feng Ning were saying.

It was too ancient.

"The origins of the Feng Family even predate the establishment of Martial Emperor City. Before the founding of the Ancient Country, the Feng Family was already a top-tier cultivator family in the region. I am not very clear about events so long ago." The Feng Family ancestor shook his head.

"But according to records, the Feng Family ancestor was not a Female Sword Cultivator but a male Swordsmith named Feng Ling! It should be this ghost friend who is mistaken."

"Thus, I mentioned before that your Feng Family’s ancestor Feng Ling could likely be her descendant!" The Ghost Bride interjected.

"I have already remembered everything. We once discussed naming our descendants using one character from each of our names; she was Jiang Feng, I was Tang Ling, and that’s why it became Feng Ling!"

"Anyway, I want to take a look at your Feng Family’s ancestral relic... perhaps it will contain something..." The Ghost Bride looked towards the Feng Family ancestor.

"Impossible, no matter how many times you ask, Feng Ling’s ancestral relics were all buried with him. I absolutely will not allow such desecration of the ancestor." Fengyu Ancestor rebuffed.

"Friend, don’t overstep the boundaries. Past matters should be left in the past. During your lifetime and affianced both were Female Cultivators. After your death, if she did not find another, how could she have offspring?"

Fengyu Ancestor implied that even if the Feng Family ancestor were indeed the descendant of the Ghost Bride’s fiancée, the Female Sword Cultivator Jiang Feng, had long married elsewhere and become estranged from Tang Ling in her journey.

This Feng Family and the Ghost Bride bore no relation anymore.

If it were not for the Ghost Bride’s formidable power and her being brought by the Feng Family descendant, Feng Ning, Fengyu would not have entertained such a ghostly presence.

Yet, the stubborn Ghost Bride proved unyielding.

"We once deliberated that since two Female Cultivators could not produce offspring, we should mimic the potent bloodlines of Demon Beasts and create a Secret Technique to reproduce independently. This Secret Technique was half-developed when she left. She must have later completed it alone to birth our descendants." The Ghost Bride was confident in her fiancée, unwilling to believe she sought others.

"Most preposterous." The Feng Family ancestor laughed in disbelief, thinking this ghost intended to flip the Feng Family ancestor’s coffin lid and assume ancestral identity?

The dialogue between these two Void Profound Old Monsters left Gao Sheng, who stood nearby, thoroughly bewildered. What in the world was all this?

Lin Jing and Feng Ning also found themselves speechless.

Lin Jing halted their discourse and spoke, "By the way, Elder Tang Ling, how did you enter Martial Emperor City with Fairy Ling Yue? Just now, it seemed the city’s cultivators were very shocked by your entrance."

"How did you bypass the Martial Emperor City’s Artifact Spirit?"

Tang Ling replied, "I don’t know. I merely possessed her."

"Initially, I also thought Elder Tang Ling would be obstructed by the Artifact Spirit. My original plan was to negotiate with the City Lord’s Mansion’s cultivators to lead Elder Tang Ling to the Feng Family. But unexpectedly, entry was surprisingly smooth." Feng Ning spoke.

She was now a Dao Inquiry successor with the capability to negotiate with the Martial Emperor City’s City Lord’s Mansion.

As for why she was willing to help the Ghost Bride... simply put, the Ghost Bride treated her very well throughout the journey.

Willing to deplete her own Power of Origin to help enhance her Sword Dao comprehension.

After understanding the Ghost Bride’s story, Feng Ning acknowledged she wasn’t some malevolent spirit.

"I see. So, it truly seems as the Martial Emperor’s successor mentioned, the Martial Emperor City’s Artifact Spirit might indeed have issues?" Lin Jing rubbed his chin.

Perhaps now is when Martial Emperor City is at its weakest with the Martial Emperor absent and Artifact Spirit faulty.

However, Lin Jing had no particular agenda for the Martial Emperor City. His aim was merely to acquire the Stone Man Gu.

"Elder Feng, what if I propose this?" Lin Jing suggested, "You make an exception once, let Elder Tang Ling view the ancestral relic."

"Impossible..."

"In return, I, the Saint Child, will bestow an opportunity upon your Feng Family!"

Fengyu Ancestor frowned at this Demon Court Saint Child, but Lin Jing’s following words made his pupils contract.

"Have you heard of the top-tier Array Dao Cultivation Technique from the Immortal Realm Immortal Palace? The Divine Spirit Book."

"Cultivators who practice this technique can summon projections of deceased cultivators through their relics. As long as you take out the ancestral relic, I have a method to help your Feng Family summon the ancestor’s consciousness to the present world for some time."

"I’ve heard that the Feng Family ancestor had the prowess to forge ’quasi-Immortal Artifact’ level Immortal Swords. Yet, the Feng Family has lost this craftsmanship now. Would you not want to inherit this skill anew from the ancestor?"

"Also, you can directly verify from Feng Ling Ancestor himself to see if the Feng Family and Elder Tang Ling have any definite relation!"

"Divine Spirit Book? Where did you acquire such a Cultivation Technique?" Fengyu looked gravely at the Demon Court Saint Child.

This technique was indeed familiar; it was an ancient supreme technique of the Immortal Palace.

Due to this technique’s existence, despite losing contact with the Immortal Realm, the Immortal Palace dominated the continent for fifty thousand years.

After all, by utilizing this technique, they could perfectly capitalize on the "sect’s foundation," though it had long been lost with the fall of the Immortal Palace.

"Grotto Heaven." Lin Jing pointed at the sky, saying, "The Grotto Heaven opportunity is controlled by the Immortal Realm’s Immortal Palace. Although the Lower Immortal Palace was destroyed by the Celestial Essence Continent’s cultivators, the Immortal Realm Immortal Palace remains unaware, allowing Grotto Heaven to continue autonomous operations. Hence, obtaining certain legacies from the Immortal Palace in Grotto Heaven remains possible."

Fengyu Ancestor’s gaze focused, saying, "If you can summon my Feng Family ancestor’s projection, then... It’s indeed feasible to heed your proposal and bring forth a relic."

"Good." Lin Jing looked towards Tang Ling, thinking this solution resolved things. It seemed the Divine Spirit Book was quite useful. Otherwise, persuading the Feng Family ancestor would not have been easy.

"Then let’s retrieve it now." The Ghost Bride was impatient.

"No rush." Lin Jing interjected, "Don’t rush, though. I don’t yet know the Divine Spirit Book..."