401: Grand Marshal's Plan

"You are Jiang Ning?"

Just as Jiang Ning was wondering who was so bold as to 'snipe' him.

A man in a black robe appeared before Jiang Ning.

The man had a handsome face, and his black training robe made him look very sharp.

His high ponytail was tied up with a jade crown.

He must have been over 1.8 meters tall.

Handsome, that was Jiang Ning's first impression of the man.

Secondly... dangerous.

Jiang Ning couldn't see through the handsome male Cultivator's strength; the other party carried a Spiritual Artifact that could block others' perception.

But his sixth sense wouldn't be wrong. Jiang Ning's intuition as a Cultivator was frantically urging him to run!

Hearing the other party's words.

Jiang Ning pondered for a few seconds, then asked, "Your Excellency is?"

"You don't recognize me?"

The handsome male Cultivator took a step forward, directly appearing in front of Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning was greatly alarmed. After reacting, he flashed back to the side using Space Law.

Unfortunately, in a space controlled by a Restriction, he couldn't communicate with the next space.

Otherwise, it would have been easy.

Jiang Ning smiled, "Your Excellency is joking. We've never met, so how would I know you?"

"My name is Xuanyuan Ce."

Seeing the confusion on Jiang Ning's face, he added, "You might not know this name. I haven't used it for a long time, but you should be more familiar with another title of mine.

They all call me... Grand Marshal!"

Grand Marshal!

Jiang Ning broke out in a cold sweat.

When his sixth sense warned him of danger and urged him to escape, he vaguely felt that this person was the Grand Marshal.

In the Xuanhuang Domain, even including the Yousen Domain, there weren't many who could give him this feeling.

He just couldn't understand why the Grand Marshal would appear here.

It was clearly very far away.

Could there still be a Great Teleportation Formation in that Gobi Desert?

But if so, how calculated must the Grand Marshal be to establish a Formation exit here?

"I never expected an unknown nobody like me to see the Grand Marshal's true face."

He had imagined the Grand Marshal's appearance, but he never thought it would be like this.

As handsome as a scholar.

Jiang Ning replied.

If possible, avoid fighting. If a fight is unavoidable, try to drag it out as long as possible.

If the Grand Marshal was here, then the Great Palace Master and Vermilion Bird would quickly discover his weakness.

Furthermore, Vermilion Bird would be rushing towards Jiang Ning.

The Grand Marshal saw through Jiang Ning's little trick.

He didn't expose him and was happy to chat with Jiang Ning for a few words.

"Jiang Ning, you are no unknown nobody. Because of you, the situation in Xuanhuang Domain has become confusing. Because of you, the Tiance Military Prefecture suffered heavy losses.

Without you, the great financier of the Yingtong Merchant Guild would soon seek refuge with the Tiance Military Prefecture to save his life.

Jiang Ning, you are the key to this game."

Seeing that Jiang Ning still wanted to say something, the Grand Marshal waved his hand, "Jiang Ning, you wanted to delay for time, and I've given you the opportunity. Now, please lend me your head and the Nascent Soul in your abdomen."

"Wait..."

Jiang Ning asked in a deep voice, "Let me die understanding."

"Although I know you're trying to stall for time, I'm always generous in satisfying you."

The Grand Marshal said with a smile, "I've been in seclusion in the Yousen Domain, and I came out long ago, understand?"

"So, when I returned, you knew. Back in the Myriad Insect Valley, it wasn't just the people of Myriad Insect Valley who sensed a Soul Transformation Cultivator, right?"

"Exactly."

The Grand Marshal smiled brightly.

Jiang Ning's heart sank.

So the other party had been in the Yousen Domain all along.

Yes, his thinking had been confined; why did the other party have to seclude himself in the Xuanhuang Domain?

The Grand Marshal was truly cold-hearted.

Watching the Tiance Military Prefecture members die one by one, watching the Tiance Military Prefecture lose morale.

The Grand Marshal had been lurking, waiting to deliver a fatal blow to him.

Jiang Ning asked, "But someone from the Alliance said they saw you in the Gobi Desert."

"That was also me."

The Grand Marshal stretched lazily.

"Do you know what I've been doing these days since I discovered you brought back a Deity Transformation Realm Cultivator?

I 'split' myself in half. The other me possesses a small portion of my strength, which is the Late Nascent Soul Stage.

And this me in front of you is just between the Late Stage and Perfection; not Perfection, but stronger than the so-called half-step Perfection."

Jiang Ning suddenly understood.

So that's how it was.

Thinking this way, everything made sense.

"You took the skeleton from the Tianshan Cold Pool, didn't you?"

"You know quite a lot."

"You released the news of the ancestral tree fruit?"

"I've been waiting for this day."

"Alright," the Grand Marshal interrupted Jiang Ning, not wanting him to ask further, "Don't ask anymore. You already know enough."

With that, the Grand Marshal summoned his Nascent Soul Dharma Idol.

This was a Grand Marshal clad in golden armor.

It was similar to Marshal Xuan Hu's, but possessed a stronger aura of a superior.

The Dharma Idol had a long sword at its waist and held a book of military strategy in its hand.

The entire Dharma Idol gave Jiang Ning the aura of an ancient civil official who was both literary and martial, a Grand Marshal who led armies into battle.

Jiang Ning also summoned his Dharma Idol.

Having just gone through a fierce battle, Jiang Ning's Nascent Soul Dharma Idol was not at its peak.

The cyan spatial lotus floated.

Jiang Ning's mind raced, thinking of a way to break through.

He had just entered the Late Nascent Soul Stage; the progress bar in his body showed everything.

He was still a long, long way from Nascent Soul Perfection.

Given the Grand Marshal's strength, which was stronger than 'half-step Perfection,' Jiang Ning would definitely not survive today if he fought him head-on.

He was desperately thinking of his bargaining chips.

"Or should I hide back in the Small World?"

Jiang Ning dismissed this idea.

If he entered the Small World, even if he could control the dao leaf to fly with his consciousness, the Grand Marshal would surely be able to capture the dao leaf.

At that point, he would completely lose the initiative.

Jiang Ning was anxious.

He glanced at the Grand Marshal and threw out his bargaining chip: "You haven't deciphered the secret of the skeleton, have you? There's a Legacy in the skeleton, and I know the key to the Legacy.

I can take you and help you obtain the Legacy."

"Is that so?"

The Grand Marshal smiled, "Compared to the Legacy, I think killing you is more cost-effective."

He could naturally study the Legacy once he had it in his hands.

If he didn't kill Jiang Ning now, there would be many more variables in the future.

The Grand Marshal added, "Don't think that a Soul Transformation Cultivator will come to save you. My Clone can attract rank five Early Stage Spirit Beasts in the Gobi. If they don't kill them and only run, it won't be that easy.

Besides these, I've also prepared other Spiritual Objects.

Otherwise, do you think you'd be able to talk to me this much?"

So there was a trap there too.

Jiang Ning gritted his teeth.

The situation was getting worse.

The Grand Marshal was determined to kill him, regardless of anything. There was no need for further communication.

How could he win?

Jiang Ning pondered.

There was no way, unless he broke through to Nascent Soul Perfection.

The progress bar was his cheat; his digestion speed was fast.

But what could make him break through to Nascent Soul Perfection all at once?

There was!

The ancestral tree fruit he had just picked, and if that wasn't enough, there was the life-saving... jade infant fruit.