Beyond the Divine States

Chapter 54 The Ancient Book as the Prison

"Let it go..."

Lu Jiajia raised her sword to target the dying Blood Feather. Behind her, there came a voice. She turned around only to see a young man in white standing there with a weary face and pressing his palm to her.

Lu Jiajia turned aside and looked at Ning Changjiu, saying with a frown, "What did you say?"

Rather than answer her question, Ning Changjiu asked, "What is the strongest spell in your sect? Cast the spell on it and then let it go."

Lu Jiajia said, "Casting the spell on the soul is a magic of the evils and demons. I haven't learned about it before."

Ning Changjiu said, "Then let me teach you Blood and Bones Burning Body Seal."

His words gave Blood Feather a shock. It wailed, "Your fellow disciple is in deadly danger. How can you still be in the vein for torturing me? How can you disregard her life and safety?"

Ning Changjiu didn't respond to it but looked at Lu Jiajia and said, "We don't have much time. It is enough that you can cast the spell by 50%."

Listening to him teaching her about the spell, Lu Jiajia nodded quietly. It was not difficult to cast the spell after understanding the principle. Lu Jiajia tried the way of exerting the aura he talked of and got the hang of it after practicing it twice. About 15 minutes later, she opened her eyes and slightly nodded her head.

Blood Feather's pupils suddenly shrank and it just kept struggling. Its wings nailed by the sword were bleeding nonstop. It wailed, "You must want me to do something since you want to cast a spell on me... How about forgetting about the spell? Just tell me what I need to do and I promise to make it for sure. You can pluck all my feathers if I hesitate a bit. Don't... Don't come near me..."

Lu Jiajia paid no heed to its yelling. With her fingers to cast the spell, she drew streaks of scarlet lines in the air, which got into its mutilated flesh and bones like floating half-dead soul worms. Amidst constant wailing, the Blood and Bones Burning Body Seal was cast on it.

Ning Changjiu bowed to her, saying, "Thank you, Miss Lu. The spell is not tolerable to the universe... When Xiaoling gets well, she and I will take you as our master and requite your favor in the future."

Lu Jiajia said, "I'm in the knowledge of the backlash of the spell. No need to explain to me. Saving lives is the priority."

Ning Changjiu said, "I also have a bold request to make."

Lu Jiajia said, "Just tell me."

Ning Changjiu stretched out his hand, "Please lend me some spiritual power."

Lu Jiajia said with a frown, "Now your condition is too bad. The forcibly transmitted spiritual power can never flow through your sea of Qi. Your spiritual meridians may be broken by accident!"

Ning Changjiu still kept his hand stretched out, saying with determination, "A little will be enough."

Lu Jiajia slightly sighed and reached out her hand. After hesitating for a moment, she still put her hand on his fingers and gripped them tightly.

On the empty square of the imperial city, the two of them were holding hands.

This should be an intimate gesture of young men and young women. However, it didn't look romantic at all. Instead, it appeared solemn and lonely, seeming like a ritual.

Ning Changjiu's pale face became ghastly pale instantly.

This was different from absorbing Ning Qinshui's spiritual power before. Back then, the spiritual power was ownerless and happened to match with his body. On the contrary, Lu Jiajia's spiritual power contained the indelible sword intent. As it flew through his body, he felt like being cut by the knife.

He puckered his lips tightly and gathered the spiritual power at his fingers to point at the several acupoints of Blood Feather.

The dying evil sparrow was shocked. It suddenly found that its body was filled with some rich spiritual power like the last radiance of the setting sun... Besides, it found that its smelling, hearing and vision became very keen within a short time.

However, it was not happy at all. It knew that this method of acupoint stimulating was not different from draining the pond to get all the fish. Stimulating various perceptions within a short time was actually very harmful to the body.

"Thank you." Ning Changjiu expressed his gratitude gently and loosened Lu Jiajia's hand.

Lu Jiajia nodded her head and also let out a sigh. She flapped down her sleeve and rubbed the several fingers with her thumb softly... A bit painful.

Ning Changjiu took out a Purple Gold Divine Talisman from his arms and put it before Blood Feather, saying, "Smell the talisman and feel its intent. Find her within two hours."

Blood Feather wanted to cry but had no tears. "My wings have been stabbed like this. There are so many holes in them. How can I fly?"

Ning Changjiu said indifferently, "The Blood and Bones Burning Body Seal will show effect in two hours. Your body will be burned to ashes. By then, there won't be any air leaks in your wings."

Blood Feather was dazed for a moment and then sniffed the talisman. The talisman intent of every Purple Gold Divine Talisman was unique and that talisman used to be stuck to Ning Xiaoling for a long time, thus retaining some of her marks. Moreover, its perception was also stimulated and became a few times keener.

So, Blood Feather turned into a hound from a homing pigeon now?

At the thought of the miserable thing that would happen two hours later, Blood Feather sniffed harder.

It flapped its b****y wings painfully and flew up to the sky above the imperial city.

Lu Jiajia asked, "The spell is dark magic. Where do you pick it up?"

Ning Changjiu sighed, "I just resort to every conceivable means... May I sit in your blue-and-white sedan for a while?"

Looking at the young man who had lost his cultivation base, Lu Jiajia felt so sorry for him and then said with a nod, "Sure."

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Admittedly, Blood Feather had a gift for being a hound.

Within an hour, in the west of the city, it started to circle overhead, which was their agreed signal at the very beginning.

Ning Changjiu got out of the blue-and-white sedan, saying, "Miss Lu, please go with me. Later, you had better stay in the dark and not show yourself unless Xiaoling goes mad."

Lu Jiajia had no idea what on earth he wanted to do so she only nodded her head.

After he made a few simple arrangements, Lu Jiajia unsheathed the immortal sword from her waist and jumped up to step on the sword. She grabbed Ning Changjiu's arm and dragged him onto the sword too. The immortal sword flew at once towards where Blood Feather was hovering.

...

Ning Xiaoling slowly climbed out of the deep hole. Her body was full of mud.

She suddenly saw a spinning shadow on the ground. Then, she immediately sprang over, trying to catch the shadow. However, the shadow kept spinning and she also ran around on all fours, just like a cat chasing its shadow.

In the sky, Blood Feather kept hovering and the shadow on the ground was its then.

It looked at the little girl who gradually lost her humanity and showed the bestial nature chasing its shadow nonstop. Even if its wings were seriously injured, it still flew even harder and more excitedly.

Suddenly, Ning Xiaoling stopped and looked up at the sky.

Her gaze just sent a chill through Blood Feather's body. It didn't dare to linger anymore. It wanted to retreat directly when Ning Xiaoling bared her gums and exposed the two clearly bigger canine teeth, which were almost about to pierce through her tender lips.

And her eyes seemed to be full of blood beads.

The permeating blood kept spreading, which would almost swallow her pupils.

Behind the young girl, the four huge and illusory tails appeared again. Worse still, the momentum of this little girl stained with mud all over her body was completely changed after the foxtails were shown, making her appear like an evil king looking scornfully at the South Continent.

Blood Feather knew that it was fixed by her gaze. Now the spell hadn't shown any effect. It was on the verge of death for sure.

At the moment, the gate of the empty mansion was suddenly crashed.

A snow-white figure suddenly rushed inside.

Like a real fox, Ning Xiaoling ran tens of meters away in fright.

It was Ning Changjiu.

Ning Xiaoling's eyes suddenly brightened and became somewhat clear. Her lips quivering, she seemingly wanted to say something but by instinct she just couldn't go near him.

The next moment, Ning Xiaoling's eyes were changed.

She suddenly saw that Ning Changjiu was covering his chest with blood oozing through his fingers. Behind him, there suddenly came a sword coming at his heart.

That was a person in black.

Ning Changjiu was hunted down to this place.

With a swish, Ning Changjiu couldn't parry the attack. His sleeve was mostly torn off by the s***h. Without any stop, the sword was turned over and came at his throat then.

Ning Changjiu leaned backward to narrowly dodge the sword s***h. The person in black suddenly raised the leg to kick him in the chest. He groaned with pain and thumped backward on the ground, sliding toward the deep hole that Ning Xiaoling made just now.

The person in black still kept attacking and was about to stab him in the heart.

Ning Xiaoling was shocked and with a roar, she dashed forward to stand before Ning Changjiu. She directly grabbed the sword with both hands, twisted it and turned it into waste iron. Afterward, she struck a palm. With a bang, she directly shocked the person in black tens of meters away.

She had a glint of confusion flashing across her eyes, seemingly failing to understand why she suddenly did so.

All of a sudden, the young man in white behind her grabbed her wrist.

Startled again, she wanted to pat his hand away with her claw but suddenly she felt so dizzy. A power that seemed able to twist the space was dragging her. She felt as if slipping at the cliff and falling into the everlasting perdition.

Ning Xiaoling cried and struck a hit but it missed.

In her vision, the sky and earth were spinning around.

She found herself still in the city but the surroundings were quiet as if everything was dead.

In the empty yard, Ning Changjiu and Ning Xiaoling were both gone. With a clap, an ancient book dropped to the ground, which was blown and unfolded by the wind.

The person in black holding the twisted iron sword took off the mask.

That was Zhao Xiang'er.

She walked to the muddy hole, crouched down and picked up the ancient book.

In the ancient book, there was a small world, which was the epitome of the imperial city of the state of Zhao's history. Ning Changjiu dragged her into this ancient book together.

The secret conversation seemed to linger by her ears.

"This ancient book has been damaged in the battle between the old fox and the wizard patriarch so now it has lost most of its aura. It can't hold on for long."

"How long then?"

"Four hours at most."

"Four hours then."

"What if you cannot have your fellow disciple under control in four hours? What if she is completely contaminated by the demonic nature?"

"Throw this ancient book into the place where the old fox was contained then. In this way, even if she breaks free from the book, she will still be trapped in the cage then."

"What about you? You are almost bound to die then!"

"I won't."

Despite his reply, he was still thinking, "I also want to know what kind of world I will see if I die again."

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"Are you really going to throw this ancient book into the underground palace beneath the well?" Holding the sword, Lu Jiajia walked from the dark and looked at the young girl crouching down and gripping the ancient book.

"It is a secure means to throw it into the copper furnace," Zhao Xiang'er talked gently, who looked as if the whole person faded and then turned uncolored. "But how can my mother allow me to make such a choice..."

Lu Jiajia heaved a sigh of relief and then asked with a nod, "What is your decision then?"

Zhao Xiang'er took off the black headband that wrapped her long hair up. The twined long ponytail flopped instantly. Holding the ancient book, she rose and put on a calm look again but her indomitable determination was uncoverable. She said, "Please take me to the Jiuling Tower with your sword. The sooner, the better."