“What happened?”
Qin Changsheng hadn’t even had time to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard that something had happened, and immediately felt uneasy.
“Did Hai’er and Ning’er get ambushed?”
“It’s not the second young master or the third young master, but the eldest young master!”
The guard waved his hand, and a screen of light appeared.
“This is… a spirit talisman message from Ancestor Liehuo!”
Hearing this, Qin Changsheng’s expression suddenly changed.
“Clan Head Qin!”
The spirit talisman exploded, and suddenly a person appeared, dressed in a fiery red long robe, with hair as red as flames.
It was an old man who seemed to be in a hurry.
But at this moment, the old man’s eyes were gloomy.
“Clan Head Qin, this is a spirit talisman of mine, transmitting sound over ten thousand li, concerning your son Qin Shan…”
Ancestor Liehuo paused for a moment, then said, “Previously, the Heaven God Academy held an assessment and training. Qin Shan participated, but during that assessment, he encountered a fatal attack. All five Spirit Seas he had condensed were shattered. Now…”
What?!
Hearing this, Qin Changsheng swayed, almost falling to the ground.
Five Spirit Seas, all shattered!
Qin Shan had already reached the fifth layer of the Spirit Sea Realm, a piece of news that had astonished and delighted everyone.
But now, it brought heartache to all.
A Spirit Sea Realm martial artist, at the ninth gate, would have condensed nine Spirit Seas. If a Spirit Sea shatters, the spiritual energy throughout their body will scatter and vanish.
This was not simply a matter of a shattered Spirit Sea, but also a regression in cultivation realm.
Moreover, with a shattered Spirit Sea, there would be no way to condense spiritual energy within the body. That spiritual energy would dissipate very quickly, vanishing over time. Without a way to absorb spiritual energy to nourish the muscles, the martial artist’s body would experience muscle atrophy.
If muscles atrophy, there is no way to absorb enough spiritual energy to maintain their strength.
Thus, the martial artist’s body would rapidly weaken, unless supplemented by spirit pills. Otherwise, their body would be completely damaged, eventually… slowly aging and dying, and moreover, aging rapidly.
“Clan Head Qin, please forgive me!”
Ancestor Liehuo continued, “Rest assured, I have given Shan’er a spirit pill to swallow, to preserve and protect his muscles.”
“This time, it was due to my carelessness, Ancestor Liehuo, and I have wronged the Qin clan. Therefore, this time, I have brought two tokens.”
“These are tokens for joining the outer sect of Heaven God Academy!”
“With these tokens, you can have two Qin clan geniuses join the outer sect of Heaven God Academy!”
Ancestor Liehuo sighed again and said, “They can also conveniently look after Qin Shan. Clan Head Qin, rest assured, Qin Shan is my personal disciple, and I will find every way to help him re-condense his Spirit Seas!”
Re-condense his Spirit Seas?
Is re-condensing Spirit Seas that easy?
Qin Changsheng’s body swayed as if about to fall.
Ancestor Liehuo’s figure vanished, and the two tokens fell into Qin Changsheng’s hands.
Qin Changsheng waved his hand, indicating that it was nothing.
Who would have thought that at this very moment, something would happen to Qin Shan.
“Big brother, there’s something strange about this!”
Qin Yuanshan also said angrily, “Before, Shan’er had always cultivated under Ancestor Liehuo’s tutelage, and nothing ever happened. But why, after Ling Tian arrived at Heaven God Academy, did something happen to Shan’er!”
“Damn it!”
At this moment, Qin Changsheng wished he could immediately go to the Imperial Capital to see his son’s condition.
“Quickly inform Qin Hai and Qin Ning, tell them to return, we have important matters to discuss!”
“Yes!”
A commotion had just ended, but another storm was gradually brewing.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in Lingyun City, at the Ling family manor.
Qin Ning and Qin Hai, accompanied by numerous Qin family guards, had arrived at the Ling family manor.
The vast Ling family manor was now a scene of utter chaos, chickens flying and dogs running, panic everywhere.
Qin Hai waved his hand and commanded, "Start searching! Don't miss a single spot!"
"Understood!"
In an instant, figures scattered, rushing into the Ling manor.
Not long after, one person returned, cupping their hands respectfully. "Second Young Master, Third Young Master, Ling Feifei of the Ling family is nowhere to be found!"
Ling Feifei?
Ling Tian's younger sister!
"Don't bother with her. She probably ran away early. If she's going to the Imperial Capital to find Ling Tian, then let her search!"
"Understood!"
Hearing this, Qin Hai looked a little worried. "Third Brother, Ling Tian went to the Heavenly God Academy. I'm afraid he's already under the protection of the Son of Heaven and will be absolutely safe. Including Chu Ningshi, they will be a huge problem in the future!"
"A problem?"
Hearing these words, Qin Ning smiled and said, "Even if it's a problem, it's *their* problem!"
"Huh?"
Qin Ning smiled indifferently, then strode into the Ling manor.
"Second Young Master, Third Young Master, the search is complete!"
"There are 97 types of medicinal pills, a total of 4300 pills. We also found 74 million and 200 taels of silver!"
A guard commander reported joyfully.
"Is that all?"
"Yes... that's all!"
"No way!"
Qin Ning asked, a little surprised, "The Ling family is, after all, the overlord of a city. Why are they so poor?"
The silver and medicinal pills were acceptable, but what about other things?
Qin Ning carefully looked around, assessing the situation.
The guard commander scratched his head in frustration, but he had only found that much.
"I know!"
Qin Ning walked around the vast Ling manor once. Finally, he stopped outside a room.
"Third Young Master, according to the Ling family members, that's Ling Tian's room!"
"Oh? That makes sense!"
Qin Ning strode into the room. With a creak, the door opened, revealing a very large, clean, and tidy room.
It seemed that even after Ling Tian left, someone had always been cleaning here.
"Third Young Master, we've already checked here. We didn't find anything!"
"Really?"
Qin Ning looked ahead, smiling, and said, "No wonder. There's a Tier 1 spirit formation here!"
A Tier 1 spirit formation?
Everyone exchanged glances.
In the Northern Underworld Empire, home to over a hundred million people, the emergence of martial artists had given rise to countless legends.
Especially after the legendary Supreme God Emperor unified the myriad realms, the world of martial artists became even more brilliant and prosperous.
Besides martial artists who cultivated qi, there were also some special professions.
Spirit formation masters were one of them.
In fact, in some aspects, spirit formation masters were even rarer than spirit pill masters.
Qin Ning didn't say much, but walked forward.
Spirit formation masters rely on spiritual energy to create special spirit seals. Then, through complex combinations, these spirit seals interact with each other, extending from a single point to a surface. Through these intricate combinations of spirit seals, they draw upon and condense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, unleashing powers with varying effects!
A single spirit formation master possesses the power of hundreds of people.
This was no exaggeration.
The power of a spirit formation master is demonstrated through the activation of spirit formations.
On the Nine Underworlds Continent, in battles between empires, spirit formation masters were generally even more important than spirit pill masters and spirit artifact masters!
Qin Ning walked forward, slowly raising both hands.
In a flash, two spirit seals appeared on his palms!
Just then, two spiritual imprints slowly drifted through the room, as if searching for something. Soon after, a sudden buzzing sound echoed from Ling Tian’s bedroom, near the bed.
“Go down and check!”
Qin Ning commanded.
Several guards immediately went to the stairs beneath the bed and rushed down.