Chapter 42

"Wind Wing Escape Technique, it is the foundation of the Wei Chi clan, and cannot be passed on to outsiders!"

As Ji Ning flipped through the pages of the book, the first line made him pause. Wei Chi clan? His mother was Wei Chi Xue. Could it be that his mother was from this Wei Chi clan? In this vast land, those with a lower birth often didn't have a good surname; their names were given casually, like Hei Ya, Hei Shi, Tie Tou, and so on. Generally, only the larger tribes had proper surnames!

"Mother never mentioned this Wei Chi clan to me," Ji Ning thought to himself. "I am my mother's child, and I can be considered to have the blood of the Wei Chi clan. But if we are to be strict, I can only be considered a half Wei Chi clan member. Yet, Mother actually taught it to me, and from my birth to now, I have never heard of this Wei Chi clan."

Ji Ning had read many books, but none of them mentioned the Wei Chi clan, indicating that the Wei Chi clan was probably not a local tribe.

That makes sense...

Mother and Father met in the vast Northern Sea, and then adventured together.

"I have never heard Mother mention this Wei Chi clan. Perhaps she left home, or the Wei Chi clan has declined? Forget it, no matter what." Ji Ning lowered his head and continued reading. The book began to detail the origin of the "Wind Wing Escape Technique."

The ancestor of the Wei Chi clan, Wei Chi Antong, was originally a slave.

During a hunting trip, he saved a severely injured child. He diligently cared for the child, who gradually recovered. After half a year, the child revealed his identity... He appeared as a child but had already transcended the three realms after countless years of cultivation, becoming a Celestial Immortal. This time, he encountered a great calamity and used a desperate method to escape to the mountain, but he was already powerless. If he had encountered a slightly stronger demon, he might have been eaten.

The child called himself Su Huan and had become an immortal in the age of gods and demons.

Subsequently, the immortal Su Huan began to teach Wei Chi Antong cultivation techniques. Unexpectedly, Wei Chi Antong was more adept at the cultivation of the body. Su Huan stayed by Wei Chi Antong's side for a hundred years, teaching him diligently, and also imparted the "Wind Wing Escape Technique." Then Su Huan said, "Our bond has ended, I hope you take good care of yourself!" and then drifted away.

...

"Celestial Immortal?" Ji Ning was shocked. "Divine Technique?"

This, this...

Even in the Underworld, according to the words of Lord Cui, the celestial soldiers and generals of the Heavenly Realm needed to go through numerous tribulations to become Celestial Immortals after practicing the visualization technique "Nüwa Diagram"! In the Great Xia Dynasty, it might take a million years to produce a single Celestial Immortal. They were truly beings who had transcended the three realms, free from the constraints of the Underworld and the Heavenly Court.

"I never expected my mother's clan, the Wei Chi clan, to have such a background," Ji Ning was deeply moved. "This is far more significant than our Ji clan."

"Moreover, the 'Wind Wing Escape Technique' is actually a divine technique!"

Ji Ning held his breath.

What is a divine technique?

Famous divine techniques, such as "Heavenly Transformation," "Kuafu Chasing the Sun," "Seventy-Two Transformations," "Three Heads and Six Arms," "Hou Yi Shooting the Sun," and so on, are all innate methods created by powerful ancient deities and demons, and are truly called divine techniques! Only those who practice the body cultivation of deities and demons can learn them, and they must reach the Purple Mansion Realm to master them!

Any divine technique is extremely precious. Many deities and demons who have reached the Purple Mansion Realm can practice divine techniques, but they lack the means to do so.

"The divine technique method should be able to be performed at the Purple Mansion Realm. Mother wanted me to reach the innate realm before reading this, what does that mean?" Ji Ning continued reading. The next part detailed the cultivation information of the "Wind Wing Escape Technique."

Swish!

Flipping through the pages, a golden sheet appeared before his eyes. Clearly, this golden sheet was different from the previous pages. The golden sheet shimmered with a bit of starlight, and it was adorned with various patterns, all depicting a large roc bird in flight.

Sometimes it flapped its wings, sometimes it descended, sometimes it flew in the sky, sometimes it dived into the water, sometimes it landed on the ground, and sometimes it burrowed deep into the earth...

Ji Ning couldn't help but be influenced by these patterns, as if he saw a huge roc bird in flight and rest. The patterns on the roc bird were dotted with countless starlights, which were the key points of divine power flowing through the bird's body during flight.

The light points were almost all concentrated on the wings.

"A roc spreads its wings, flying ten thousand miles in one go!"

"This is what Master Su Huan once told me. Unfortunately, I am far from reaching this realm. The descendants of the Wei Chi clan must diligently practice the 'Wind Wing Escape Technique' and hope to one day reach the highest level of this divine technique. The eighty-one roc patterns of the 'Wind Wing Escape Technique' all contain profound mysteries. Diligent study is essential, and the benefits are boundless!"

"The 'Wind Wing Escape Technique' has multiple levels. When divine power can condense into a pair of wings on the back, it is considered to have mastered the divine technique. However, the 'Wind Wing Escape Technique' is a divine technique method, coveted by some of the most powerful tribes of the Great Xia Dynasty. The descendants of our clan must use feathered artifacts to perform the divine technique, both to fly faster with the help of the artifact and to prevent others from knowing this divine technique method..."

Ji Ning closed the book.

After a long time, he gradually calmed down.

"My mother truly has an extraordinary background," Ji Ning frowned. "However, it is clear that although this book is made of golden paper, the pages recording the eighty-one roc patterns are clearly different in material. And such profound patterns must have been left by the immortal Su Huan."

"Even if the immortal Su Huan imparted the 'Wind Wing Escape Technique,' he probably left only one copy. This means that the Wei Chi clan should have only this one secret manual!" Ji Ning deduced.

Although it was the first time he saw the eighty-one roc patterns, Ji Ning was very certain that these patterns were indeed profound and boundless, like the feeling he had when he comprehended the Dao... Such profound and unfathomable patterns could only have been drawn by someone who had truly mastered this divine technique to the highest level.

"The Wei Chi clan probably has only this one secret manual, which is in my mother's possession," Ji Ning thought. "Did the Wei Chi clan perish? Or for some other reason?"

Although he was somewhat worried about his mother, since he had little connection with the Wei Chi clan from a young age, Ji Ning quickly stopped thinking about it.

"Carefully study."

A full moon hung high, and Ji Ning sat quietly by the pond, flipping through the roc patterns.

The "Wind Wing Escape Technique" has multiple levels.

When divine power can condense into wings for flight, it is considered to have mastered the divine technique. However, it requires a strict level of divine power, and only those who have reached the Purple Mansion Realm can do so.

"My mother wanted me to reach the innate realm before reading this secret manual," Ji Ning smiled. "Although I cannot condense divine power into wings, the eighty-one roc patterns contain boundless Dao principles. Studying them will also benefit my body techniques."

Ji Ning had already comprehended a thread of the true meaning of the Dao in his realm.

With such a high realm, he could immediately see that the eighty-one patterns contained boundless Dao principles, and even more profound mysteries, so he studied them carefully.

...

Time passed.

The golden sun set, and the moon rose.

Day after day, Ji Ning was completely immersed in the "Wind Wing Escape Technique" in the forest. He could be seen flashing and darting through the forest, his distance and speed increasing, and his movements becoming more fluid and effortless.

"I have been practicing for over a month," Ji Ning looked at the sun in the sky one day and suddenly realized, "If I don't return, Qiu Ye and the others will be worried and report back to the Western City."

"It's time to go back."

Ji Ning smiled, looked around, and saw the pond still quietly there, with the water slowly flowing through the gaps in the aquatic plants.

"I have made great progress in these past few months," Ji Ning was extremely pleased. Whether it was in cultivation, body, or soul, he had even learned the clan's divine technique, the "Wind Wing Escape Technique."

"Let's go."

Ji Ning leaped immediately.

Whoosh!

Like a hazy shadow, or a bird spreading its wings, he instantly darted over a mile away, faster than even Tie Mu Zhan using the "Light Body Charm" and "Divine Speed Charm."

******

In a dilapidated tribe on the wasteland, some stone houses had collapsed, and the tribe was in disarray. Clearly, the people of this tribe had long left, and it was an abandoned settlement.

On the edge of the tribe, several stone houses were clean, and a group of black-armored guards gathered there.

Qiu Ye sat on a stone bench, silently looking into the distance, waiting.

Previously, due to the great demon Winged Snake emerging from Winged Snake Lake, Ji Ning had taken Qiu Ye and Mo Wu away from the Iron Stone Tribe... After the great demon Winged Snake's incident was resolved, Ji Ning had Qiu Ye and Mo Wu temporarily stay at a black-armored guard outpost.

The territory of the Ji clan was vast.

Therefore, there were black-armored guard teams scattered throughout the land, ready to respond to important matters immediately. They also intimidated countless tribes.

"Master!" Qiu Ye stood up in surprise.

The black-armored guards and Mo Wu also turned to look, seeing a blurry figure appear at the entrance of the dilapidated tribe, then walk over with a smile.

"Hmm?" Qiu Ye was slightly taken aback. She noticed that her master seemed different, with a more familiar aura, as if he were the essence of heaven and earth! Of course, only someone who had been with Ji Ning since childhood, like her, could notice the subtle change in his aura.

"Master." Mo Wu respectfully stepped forward.

"Master." The black-armored guards around them knelt in unison.

"Prepare, we should leave," Ji Ning said with a smile.

Qiu Ye was taken aback: "Leave? Go back?"

"First, let's go to Winged Snake Lake," Ji Ning's eyes flashed with anticipation. He had decided that once he broke through to become a innate being, he would deal with the great demon Winged Snake. Although the great demon Winged Snake had now broken through to become a perfect innate demon, Ji Ning still had full confidence.

"Master, you..." Qiu Ye's face showed surprise. She knew that Ji Ning had planned to deal with the great demon Winged Snake once he became an innate being.

"Yes," Ji Ning nodded.

Qiu Ye was very sensible and didn't say more, just nodded: "Mo Wu, quickly, pack up, we're leaving."

A moment later.

Ji Ning, Qiu Ye, and Mo Wu rode three black sly beasts and left the dilapidated tribe.