Cultivating with Top Enlightenment

Chapter 926: Chapter 396: Mountain Ancestor Enters the Stage

Ning Qi had always been very confident in his comprehension and memory.

The two could be said to complement each other.

But at this moment, he had a slight doubt, only because the four characters "Ancient Road Sacred Map" were constantly fading from his memory.

Ning Qi’s consciousness was operating at a terrifying speed, but no matter what method he tried, he couldn’t stop the memory from fading, only delaying it by a few seconds.

For example, he took out various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, engraving the four characters on them, but the words seemed to have some terrifying magic power, erasing themselves.

Ning Qi then tried another method; for instance, he scrambled the four characters into a sentence.

Similarly, he experimented rapidly using homophones or acrostics.

But to Ning Qi’s amazement, the four characters continued to fade in his memory.

Ning Qi had a premonition; even if he could record it using an acrostic or homophone method, he would eventually forget it entirely.

Even seeing the four characters, he couldn’t recall them at all.

Ning Qi even went as far as to use his mind as a blade, engraving the four characters onto his consciousness and even Spiritual Sense. But once engraved, they faded even faster than the engraving itself.

Ning Qi’s eyes suddenly closed tightly; it was the first time he encountered such a bizarre situation.

He sensed that the little memory he had left was only enough for one more engraving!

"What could retain the engraving without fading?"

Suddenly, Ning Qi took out a tattered leaf; it was the first magical leaf that the Mountain and Sea Realm Will had given him.

Ning Qi had always been unsure of what tree this leaf belonged to, but it was true that it could shield against the awareness of the Spirit Realm Will.

Since it could block the World Will’s perception, it shouldn’t have a problem blocking other things, right?

Ning Qi, before the memory dissipated, finally engraved the four characters "Ancient Road Sacred Map" on the magical leaf.

Ning Qi stared at the magical leaf, where the four characters were intricately engraved on it, extremely tiny.

Once again, those four characters began to dissolve on their own.

But just as the changes began, the magical leaf inexplicably moved—either the wind blew it, or Ning Qi’s fingers twitched, or perhaps it moved on its own.

The four characters unexpectedly stopped fading.

Ning Qi was still afraid they would disappear from his mind, and even while staring at the four characters on the leaf, he only remembered one character.

Just as Ning Qi was about to forget the four characters entirely, he astonishingly found that his memory was quickly recovering.

"Remembered?"

Ning Qi, holding the magical leaf, could hardly believe it.

This magical leaf revealed another new function, better than his memory!

No, it should be said that it could remember extraordinary things better than he could.

Ning Qi put away the leaf, wanting to test if anything would change once it wasn’t in his hand.

But after waiting a while, he still hadn’t forgotten.

Ning Qi finally felt at ease.

He gazed at the sky, where the Sea Ancestor suddenly said to the Saint Ancestor, "What did you just tell me?"

The Saint Ancestor frankly said, "I told you not to worry about it, your memory is worse than an old man’s."

The Sea Ancestor frowned but then forgot what she just asked.

She stretched out her jade-like hand, pressing her forehead, but only felt a muddled mind, not understanding what happened.

"Did my problem of borrowing the Sea of Realms’ power act up again?" she muttered to herself.

Ning Qi was startled when he saw this scene.

Couldn’t even the Sea Ancestor remember? She was a powerful entity, on par with the Saint Ancestor.

Ning Qi’s gaze then fell on the Saint Ancestor.

The ancient scroll in the Saint Ancestor’s hand had long disappeared from view, hidden away.

Ning Qi felt that the Saint Ancestor seemed unaffected by the memory fading impact.

Could it be because he possessed the scroll?

No matter what, Ning Qi silently paid attention, intending to obtain it, yet he adopted a strategy of biding his time.

The Saint Ancestor’s Storage Space wasn’t something that was easy to open.

At that moment, the Saint Ancestor glanced in Ning Qi’s direction.

Ning Qi’s frown brought great satisfaction to the Saint Ancestor.

Kid, you also have things you can’t remember?

Ning Qi naturally noticed the Saint Ancestor’s gaze and understood his intentions.

"Hmph, old fellow, I’ll let you feel at ease for now, let’s see if you’re still laughing when the war ends."

Within the War Realm.

Because the Saint Ancestor brought out that Ancient Road Sacred Map, the two who were just fighting fell into a strange silence, with no intention of continuing the war.

The Sea Ancestor continued to press her forehead, while the Saint Ancestor scanned the audience.

He was waiting, waiting for the Mountain Ancestor of the Mountain and Sea Realm to step in.

After so long in the two realms’ war, having seen so many Mountain and Sea Realm cultivators, the Saint Ancestor felt he had discerned the truth behind the war.

The Sea Ancestor in front of him had little desire to invade the Vast Realm.

As for Ning Qi, the Saint Ancestor had already divined that Ning Qi’s future was about seventy to eighty percent accurate.

Originally, the Saint Ancestor considered his predictions to be one hundred percent accurate, like others he had divined, but Ning Qi’s terrifying growth caused him to add twenty percent variability to his divination.

Ning Qi was even less likely to want to invade the Vast Realm.

Therefore, the real instigator of the Spirit Realm war was the yet unrevealed Mountain Ancestor.

Ironically, according to the Saint Ancestor’s own calculations, the one most intent on attacking the Vast Realm hadn’t even appeared yet, what was that all about?

The Saint Ancestor looked with a hint of pity at everyone remaining in the War Realm, including the Sea Ancestor and Ning Qi.