407: Epilogue of the Xuanhuang Domain

“If you want to laugh, then laugh.”

Cold City.

In Jiang Ning’s small courtyard.

Jiang Ning sat on the reclining chair. His current height did not allow it; sitting on his old chair was like a child wearing adult shoes, utterly comical.

Flowing Water, Still Water, Yinyue, and many other acquaintances were by his side.

Hearing Jiang Ning's words, everyone could no longer hold back and burst into laughter.

Jiang Ning's mental journey of accepting his transformation into a child was like accepting a nickname given at school.

It really didn't take long to go from resistance to acceptance, and then to using the nickname himself.

Yinyue laughed while stroking her younger sister Xiaobai's head.

Her figure was plump, and when she laughed, she trembled delightfully.

Flowing Water usually appeared cold and quiet, but her tongue was quite sharp.

She glanced at Shen Jinhuan, who was pouring tea for Jiang Ning, and chuckled, “Before, watching you with Huanhuan, I always felt like a widower raising his daughter alone.

Now, looking at you, it's more like a charming widow raising a naughty child.

Jiang Ning, say 'Auntie,' let's hear it?”

Everyone burst into laughter again.

Only Flowing Water could come up with such infuriating words.

The Great Palace Master didn't care about these jokes; she sensed a heart-pounding aura emanating from Jiang Ning.

“With the death of the Grand Marshal, there are no more conflicts in the Xuanhuang Domain. Those people from the Tiance Military Prefecture lost their backbone and have scattered.

However, some remain fiercely loyal to the Tiance Military Prefecture and are attempting to lie low and wait for an opportunity, but we are hunting them down.”

“But I really hadn't expected such a change to occur if a Nascent Soul Cultivator, whose Nascent Soul was intact, consumed a jade infant fruit.

Although your appearance has turned into that of a child, I see that your Meridians and bone structure have also become younger—even younger than your disciple's. This effect is much stronger than that of a Marrow Cleansing Pill.

It is truly a blessing in disguise.

Most critically, your cultivation instantly reached the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm.

Becoming the number one Cultivator in the Xuanhuang Domain is truly enviable.

It's a pity there was only one jade infant fruit.”

The Great Palace Master sighed, “Otherwise, I would have wanted to eat one and try it too!”

To become stronger and younger—how many female Cultivators desire that!

Yet, Jiang Ning was unhappy about it.

Ember Dust Daoist and Zhao Tinghuang had almost fully recovered.

They also laughed heartily upon seeing Jiang Ning today.

After the battle with the Tiance Military Prefecture, everyone could be called “life-and-death friends,” and the Xuanhuang Domain was unprecedentedly united and cohesive.

The Great Palace Master and the others wanted to seize this opportunity to develop the Xuanhuang Domain and make it even stronger.

After everyone mocked Jiang Ning for a bit, they departed.

Shen Jinhuan looked at Jiang Ning and thought her Revered Master, being so small, was also very cute!

Even cuter than Xiaobai.

Jiang Ning entered seclusion.

He wanted to research how to cultivate the ancestral tree.

He studied the soil he obtained from Ancestral City, extracted its essence, made a simple nutrient solution, and soaked the branches in it to temporarily maintain their vitality.

Afterward, he contacted Xie Jingran, wanting to find a tree with effects similar to the ancestral tree fruit.

Xie Jingran was also a major winner.

With the Great Family Head and the Third Family Head gone, the Yingtong Merchant Guild was ready for revival.

As the Second Family Head, Xie Jingran suppressed the various shopkeepers of the Yingtong Merchant Guild, took control, and became the sole Family Head of the Yingtong Merchant Guild.

Although many resources had been wasted and consumed, the Yingtong Merchant Guild had shops everywhere, and its foundation remained. Rebuilding was just a matter of time.

Hearing Jiang Ning's request, Xie Jingran was briefly stunned, but he quickly dispatched people to search and investigate.

Jiang Ning was the number one Cultivator in the Xuanhuang Domain.

Gaining Jiang Ning's friendship would make the development of the Yingtong Merchant Guild much smoother.

Not to mention, Jiang Ning had experience traveling to external domains.

Xie Jingran happened to want to expand business into external domains.

One day later.

Xie Jingran delivered a tree.

The tree was over ten meters tall, bearing no fruit but covered in yellow flowers.

This tree was called the meridian condensing tree. Its flowers, when picked and added to Medicinal Pills, were the main Materials for refining the Meridian Condensing Pill.

Its medicinal efficacy partially overlapped with that of the ancestral tree fruit.

“This is it!”

Inside the Small World.

Jiang Ning chopped off the largest branch of the meridian condensing tree, grafted the ancestral tree's branch onto it, and nourished it with Spiritual Qi to maintain its vitality.

The meridian condensing tree was a Grade Three Spirit Plant, inferior to the ancestral tree, but the ancestral tree was currently just a branch.

The two should be comparable, preventing a one-sided situation.

This made it possible for the ancestral tree's branch to grow on the meridian condensing tree.

“The meridian condensing tree flowers once a year, and the ancestral tree bears fruit once every fifty years. I wonder what kind of result a tree formed by the Fusion of the two will yield.”

The ancestral tree's branch didn't possess much spiritual nature.

But the meridian condensing tree greatly resented the ancestral tree branch, this “outsider,” resisting its Fusion.

However, since the ancestral tree branch originated from the ancestral tree, how could the meridian condensing tree deal with it?

Both sides fell into a stalemate.

Jiang Ning felt there was a chance.

He soaked a cloth in the “nutrient solution” and wrapped it around the place where the two were severed.

He didn't pay any more attention to it.

He was merely paying a small cost for a sudden whim; it wasn't something he absolutely had to succeed at.

Jiang Ning didn't insist on too much.

Leaving the Small World.

Jiang Ning looked at Shen Jinhuan.

He asked Xiaobai, “How is she doing?”

Xiaobai replied, “Huanhuan hasn't finished absorbing yet.”

Regarding the ancestral tree fruit, he had given one to Xiaobai and two to Shen Jinhuan.

After Xiaobai ate the ancestral tree fruit, her cultivation improved, and her absorption efficiency was high.

Since he had nothing else to do, Jiang Ning asked Xiaobai to act as Shen Jinhuan's Protector.

Jiang Ning frowned upon hearing this.

He used the Human Pill Technique to sense Shen Jinhuan's Meridians.

Shen Jinhuan, sensing the abnormality, opened her eyes, saw it was Jiang Ning, and closed them again in relief.

“Don't be nervous. Continue absorbing the ancestral tree fruit. I'm just checking your Meridians.”

Jiang Ning transmitted his voice.

He traced Shen Jinhuan's Meridians once.

He frowned.

“Some hidden ailments in her Meridians have been healed, but some areas are still very fragile. The erosion of Devilish Qi on the Meridians is still too strong.

Although the ancestral tree fruit is sought after in the Yousen Domain, it is only meant for the Nascent Soul Realm.

Having this effect is already decent.

Although these fragile Meridians are weak, they are much healthier than before.

I still need to take the little girl out and search for more powerful Heaven And Earth Treasure.”

Jiang Ning muttered to himself.

He continued to operate the Human Pill Technique, helping Shen Jinhuan refine the ancestral tree fruit.

One day later.

The ancestral tree fruit was completely refined.

Shen Jinhuan's Meridians improved, but not by a large margin.

Jiang Ning said gently, “It's alright. We can still find better Heaven And Earth Treasure.”

“Mm.”

Shen Jinhuan felt warmth in her heart.

She also found it particularly comical that her Revered Master, looking like a child, was speaking “adult” words.

She almost couldn't hold back her laughter.

Seeing the situation, Vermilion Bird.

appeared in Jiang Ning's courtyard.

“Jiang Ning, we have delayed too long. Everything is mostly settled now. It's time to set off.”

“Mm.”

Jiang Ning nodded.

Yes, he had stayed in the Xuanhuang Domain long enough.