532: Chapter 532 The Banner-Carrying General

"To protect the Cultivators, the teleportation array sends people randomly. When entering the Former Dynasty Ruins, you two better hold on tight to each other to prevent being sent to different places."

Before entering the teleportation array, Qin Kuo's voice transmission reached the ears of Jiang Ning and Shen Jinhuan.

Jiang Ning and Shen Jinhuan looked at each other and smiled.

Their eyes were filled with tenderness.

Jiang Ning reached out his hand, "Come."

"Mhm!"

Shen Jinhuan placed her delicate hand into Jiang Ning's palm.

In the next second, the two disappeared into the pillar of light.

In an instant, the world shifted and changed. Jiang Ning and Shen Jinhuan tried their best to remain conscious, and after a few breaths...

The scent of blood drifted through the air, and a dark red mist limited visibility to within fifty meters.

Jiang Ning swept the area with his Divine Sense. Soon, his Divine Sense penetrated the mist, clearly scanning the surroundings.

"The situation here is similar to the Lingxu Domain, so we can adapt. However, if we use Divine Sense to explore, it will come into more direct contact with the Evil Qi."

Shen Jinhuan also noticed this problem and nodded.

The sense of tyranny coming from their thoughts made the two extremely uncomfortable, so Jiang Ning and Shen Jinhuan each took a sha-breaking pill.

The cool sha-breaking pill was digested within their bodies, protecting their Meridians and Divine Soul.

Although it wasn't strong, it was enough to withstand the Evil Qi.

This way, the Cultivators didn't need to distract themselves to protect their minds and Meridians from being polluted by the Evil Qi.

Shen Jinhuan thought of something and released Second Huan directly from her Sea of Consciousness.

"Hahaha! I'm back!"

Second Huan's charming voice carried a hint of chuunibyou.

The next second, Second Huan, who had appeared in the Former Dynasty Ruins, shuddered. She looked around and said with disgust, "What is this place? I don't like it. Dahuan, take me back.

I feel like if I stay here for a long time, it will affect my mind. I might even kill you and Revered Master when the time comes!"

Shen Jinhuan was puzzled: "Weren't you completely unafraid when you were in the Lingxu Domain?"

"It's different," Second Huan corrected Shen Jinhuan's concept. "The Lingxu Domain consists of the remnant wills of the dead. Mottled memories fused together will turn Cultivators into walking corpses because their memories are polluted.

Essentially, this is because they were fighting until their last moments. After polluting a Cultivator, it will make them continue to fight and slaughter incessantly.

But Evil Qi is something more direct. It affects a Cultivator's sanity, making the Cultivator themselves more tyrannical and bellicose.

This is a difference in logic.

To me, remnant wills are like an adult fighting a child; I can deal with children easily.

But Evil Qi is like constantly feeding an adult bad things, which has a negative impact on the adult's body."

Shen Jinhuan understood.

Jiang Ning asked, "Is there no help for you here?"

"No, the remnant souls here are polluted by Evil Qi. To me, they are poison." Second Huan urged, "Hurry, hurry, let me go back."

Seeing this, Shen Jinhuan immediately took Second Huan back.

Jiang Ning said, "It seems Second Huan won't be able to help us in the Former Dynasty Ruins. We need to explore as quickly as possible."

After saying that, Jiang Ning used a compass to determine his position and quickly flew toward the center of the Former Dynasty Ruins, which was the Former Dynasty Palace.

The final battle of that year took place in the palace, so there must be more treasures and Evil Qi there.

Along the way, white bones were everywhere.

By now, most of the corpses in the Former Dynasty Ruins were the remains of external Cultivators.

Not only could one see the white bones mixed among the remains of external Cultivators, but one could also see how tragic the decisive battle of the dynastic change was back then.

They traveled for dozens of kilometers.

Jiang Ning suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis.

He hurriedly shielded Shen Jinhuan behind him.

The ground began to vibrate, and the ancient white bones on the ground were shaken into bone meal. The bone meal scattered along the terrain, coating the other corpses on the ground with a layer of white frost.

Shen Jinhuan frowned, staring intently ahead, "Revered Master, what exactly is there?"

"Wait a bit longer."

With this sense of crisis, Jiang Ning didn't dare to rashly use his Divine Sense to explore, for fear of alerting the opponent and bringing about a fatal disaster.

A moment later, a warhorse that was nothing but withered bones appeared in the sight of Jiang Ning and Shen Jinhuan.

A skeleton sat on the warhorse, wrapped in tattered cloth with little remaining. A cluster of eerie green ghost fire filled the hollow eye sockets of the skeleton.

Surrounding the skeleton was a dense aura of Evil Qi.

It was so thick that it polluted the entire area, making visibility even worse.

In his hand, he tightly gripped a long pole, and further up, a red battle flag with the character 'Martial' fluttered...

Looking at the skeleton carrying the Great Banner and emitting a terrifying aura, Jiang Ning said in shock, "What the hell, an Undead Knight?"

"What is an Undead Knight?"

Shen Jinhuan asked in a low voice.

Jiang Ning said, "If we can return to my hometown in the future, I'll take you to see."

"Mhm!"

Shen Jinhuan nodded, feeling particularly longing for her Revered Master's hometown.

If she could meet her father-in-law and mother-in-law then... Shen Jinhuan thought, her body twisting unconsciously.

Jiang Ning didn't notice that his single sentence had caused Shen Jinhuan to have so many fantasies.

He stared at the banner-bearing skeleton; the pressure emanating from it was likely nearing the Dao Integration Realm. Such a Cultivator was probably in the Mahayana Realm when alive.

Good heavens, a Mahayana Realm banner-bearer.

How intense must the previous battle have been!

But immediately, Jiang Ning and Shen Jinhuan's eyes widened in shock.

Following behind this banner-bearing skeleton were a dozen Bone Knights, and further back, leading over a thousand Bone Infantry!

The other Bone Knights still had cultivation levels around the Nascent Soul Realm, while the Bone Infantry were slightly weaker, now only at the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Such an army would be practically invincible in the Former Dynasty Ruins, where only Cultivators below the Dao Integration Realm were allowed.

Jiang Ning whispered via voice transmission, "Huanhuan, we can't win. Let's retreat for now."

Shen Jinhuan looked at the Great Banner and replied softly, "Revered Master, I think... that Great Banner is a treasure."

It was indeed a treasure.

Even though a Cultivator who might have been in the Mahayana Realm in life was now nothing but bones, this Great Banner seemed to have no changes at all.

Can we steal it?

Jiang Ning thought about it and felt it might be worth a try.

He had the movement technique of the black-clothed man who was particularly good at stealth and sneak attacks, whom he had intercepted at the Peerless Daoist's Immortal Cave.

"And these Bone Knights seem to have no intelligence left, acting only on obsession or physical instinct."

Jiang Ning estimated in his heart and transmitted to Shen Jinhuan, "Huanhuan, go into the Small World first. I'll go and try."

"Okay." Shen Jinhuan knew her strength was insufficient and that being with Jiang Ning would only hinder him, so she didn't insist on staying. However, she was still a bit worried, "Revered Master, you must act within your capabilities.

We haven't reached the Imperial City yet. I think there will be better things in the Imperial City and the palace."

"Don't worry."

Jiang Ning directly gave Shen Jinhuan a kiss, "With such a wonderful Dao Companion, I definitely won't be impulsive."

Shen Jinhuan felt delighted and suddenly gave Jiang Ning a kiss back.

Her eyes were full of affection.

"Revered Master, how about we go to the Small World..."

"There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. For now, let's try to take this Great Banner first."

Shen Jinhuan nodded.

After speaking, Jiang Ning took Shen Jinhuan into the Small World.