Chapter 579: Chapter 579: He Owes Me a Jug of Wine... The Tian Qing Boat swiftly sped all the way to the Siluo Bamboo Sea, located in the eastern region of Hancang Kingdom.
This is a vast sea of bamboo, with the air filled with the delicate fragrance of Xiangfei Bamboo.
The Siluo Bamboo Sea stretches for four million li. This entire domain is inhabited by the Ming Luo Tree Clan, with no outsiders residing here.
In ancient times, there were no bamboo forests growing here; originally, the native plants were snow pines.
However, countless years ago, after the last Ming Luo Tree Emperor disappeared, all the snow pines vanished, replaced by the countless growth of Xiangfei Bamboo on the ground.
The Ming Luo Clan declined over generations, yet the Xiangfei Bamboo remained evergreen through the ages, never withering.
And the Bamboo Hall, which always ignored the Ming Luo Clan’s decline, suddenly issued a strange order within the Siluo Bamboo Sea...
Upon reaching the outskirts of Siluo Bamboo Sea, Qingdai suddenly stopped the flying boat and put the Tian Qing Boat into her storage pouch.
Meanwhile, Ning Fan sensed a strong forbidden force in the skies above the Siluo Bamboo Sea...
This forbidden force seems to specifically target escape lights and the treasures and escape light of Void Fragmentation cultivators; it is extremely peculiar.
"Brother Lu, us Ming Luo Race members reside within this Siluo Bamboo Sea. In compliance with the Bamboo Hall’s orders, upon arriving at the Siluo Bamboo Sea, we cannot use the Tian Qing Boat, or else we’ll violate the hall rules."
"Did the Bamboo Hall set such hall rules?" Ning Fan was taken aback but then understood that this forbidden force spread across the long sky was likely set by the Bamboo Hall.
"Yes. After the last Ming Luo Tree Emperor disappeared, the Ming Luo Clan fell into decline, and Xiangfei Bamboo began to flourish in this area. Subsequently, the Bamboo Hall set up the forbidden force within the Siluo Bamboo Sea and issued three orders: no cultivator is allowed to use large escape treasures in this area; Void Fragmentation cultivators are not allowed to enter the Siluo Bamboo Sea; and except for the Ming Luo Clan, no cultivator is permitted to cut down Xiangfei Bamboo. Aren’t these three orders quite strange?" Qingdai grinned playfully.
"These three orders are indeed strange. It seems like protection for the Ming Luo Clan from the Bamboo Hall, yet it doesn’t..."
"Indeed, the Bamboo Hall has never protected our Ming Luo Clan. When our Ming Luo Clan was bullied by other clans, no one ever intervened... Xiangfei Bamboo is the divine bamboo of the Bamboo Hall; perhaps the Bamboo Hall just wants to protect this bamboo sea." Qingdai smiled carelessly.
The Tian Qing Boat was restricted by the forbidden force and couldn’t fly into the Siluo Bamboo Sea.
Among the three of them, Ning Fan was at the Void Inquiry Stage, Qingdai at the Void Glimpse Stage, unaffected by the forbidden force.
Teng Xianrou’s displayed cultivation was Void Inquiry, but her true cultivation was at the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm; she was restricted by this forbidden force, unable to fly into the Siluo Bamboo Sea...
"Lu Bei, I can’t fly inside..." She furrowed her brows, whispering to Ning Fan.
If she wanted to enter the Siluo Bamboo Sea, she would have to walk through four million li of bamboo forest, without knowing how many years or months it would take.
"Forget it, you might as well rest in the Cauldron Ring and take the opportunity to guide the female guards in their cultivation." Ning Fan did not leave Teng Xianrou any chance to refuse, directly activating the Cauldron Ring to bring her into the Cauldron Realm.
Appearing abruptly in the Cauldron Realm, Teng Xianrou showed an extremely dissatisfied expression.
Upon her appearance, Bing Ling, Yue Ling, and other female guards immediately approached, calling her ’Sister Qianrou’ warmly.
The Gold Core female cultivator came over to tug her clothes, praising the immortal material of her gown.
The Harmonious Spirit female cultivator came over to touch her long hair, complimenting her well-kept locks.
Of course, there was also a large group of lower-level female cultivators holding extremely basic cultivation questions, asking her.
These questions were mostly bottlenecks in Harmonious Spirit and Golden Core cultivation, which in Teng Xianrou’s view were purely idiotic queries, not worth addressing, but she had to answer them.
Ning Fan had already informed the female guards about conquering Teng Xianrou. However, what Ning Fan hadn’t told them was that Teng Xianrou was a Void Fragmentation cultivator...
The female guards, not knowing Teng Xianrou’s true cultivation, were neither afraid nor held back from enthusiasm. Ning Fan told them if they had any questions in cultivation, they could ask Teng Xianrou, who knew everything...
Teng Xianrou felt like banging her head against tofu! Why should she, a dignified Void Fragmentation cultivator, answer a bunch of low-level cultivators’ foolish questions!
Is the Golden Core round or flat?
She had surpassed the Golden Core Stage many years ago! With Golden Core transforming into Nascent Soul and Nascent Soul into Demon Soul, she long forgot the appearance of the Golden Core!
Besides, any person with common sense knows the Golden Core is round... Whose stupid question is this!
Harmonious Spirit is difficult, what to do if I don’t want to cultivate?
If you don’t want to cultivate Harmonious Spirit, why are you in cultivation! Go home and embroider! Stop playing cute here!
How can I win the master’s favor?
Wait, why is this idiotic question also asked! How would she know how to win Ning Fan’s favor; she is not keen on pleasing Ning Fan at all! Why should she please Ning Fan!
Frustrating, truly frustrating!
If it were in the past, when low-level Harmonious Spirit juniors asked such foolish questions, she would have slapped them flying!
Unfortunately, now she was Ning Fan’s servant; she had to suppress her displeasure, greet with a smile, and obediently answer the female guards’ idiotic questions.
She felt her pride as a Void Fragmentation cultivator was being worn away, bit by bit.
She felt that in her two thousand years of cultivation, she had never felt so frustrated...
She was suddenly startled, thinking to herself, could it be that Ning Fan deliberately sent these low-level female cultivators to wear down her pride? He’s doing it on purpose!
Teng Xianrou wanted to crush Ning Fan into a ball and pummel him, but upon recalling Ning Fan’s harmless smile, and the thought that he might have deliberately sent the female guards to ask these stupid questions to provoke her, she instead gradually calmed down.
Biting her teeth, she swallowed all her dissatisfaction, forcing out a barely noticeable smile, and began answering each one of the female guards’ stupid questions.
If Ning Fan wanted to provoke her, she simply wouldn’t get angry, she couldn’t let Ning Fan’s plan succeed!
"Five hundred years! As long as I endure these five hundred years, I’ll be free!"
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Teng Xianrou really misunderstood Ning Fan.
All these questions from the female guards were entirely original, having nothing to do with Ning Fan.