Ning Fa's face showed a hint of a smile.
To improve his Divine Thunder of the Five Elements, he had thoroughly researched related Five Elements Spiritual Materials, and this Yin Yang Five Elements Jade was a top-tier Five Elements Spiritual Material he had long coveted.
At the same time, this jade was also a top-tier Artifact Refining material with a high grade of fifth-tier. Because it could freely convert elemental attributes, it could be used in the crafting of almost any Magic Treasure.
Adding even a little of it could grant a Magic Treasure the ability to convert between the five elements, greatly boosting its offensive and defensive power.
Even more so, this Yin Yang Five Elements Jade was a primary material for refining some Spirit Treasures, making it exceptionally precious.
Previously, whether in Cangyuan or the Nine Dragons Sea, Ning Fa had visited many marketplaces and immortal cities, but he hadn't even seen a trace of this item, let alone any related news.
After his joy, Ning Fa looked at this Yin Yang Five Elements Jade and fell into thought.
This item would undoubtedly be of great help in improving his Five Elements Divine Thunder Origin, but at the same time, this Five Elements Jade had another use for him.
With a flip of his right hand, Ning Fa produced a page that shone with silver light.
This was a page from the Silver Gate Heavenly Book.
Ning Fa possessed two pages of this mysterious item from the upper realm.
They recorded the Spiritual Profound Talisman Scripture and the Five Qi Returning Origin Sword Canon, respectively.
Later, Ning Fa also cultivated this Sword Canon concurrently.
His current Natal Magic Treasure was the Primal Harmony Heaven-Robbing Sword recommended by this Sword Canon.
It also perfectly complemented his Five Elements Thunder Body.
The Silver Sparrow Heavenly Book in Ning Fa's hand was the Five Qi Returning Origin Sword Canon.
Ning Fa's gaze fixed on one section.
Although it appeared to be only a few dozen Ancient Scripts, as Ning Fa's Spiritual Sense entered it, a vast amount of information flooded into his sea of consciousness.
"Five Elements Calamity Heaven Sword Array!"
This was an extremely powerful sword dao Divine Ability recorded in the Five Qi Returning Origin Sword Canon.
It involved transforming the Primal Harmony Heaven-Robbing Sword into five elemental sword lights, forming a sword array to trap the enemy.
Then, this sword array could unleash a powerful Divine Ability called Five Elements Destruction Yuan Sword Silk.
Utilizing the characteristics of the five elements' mutual generation and restraint, it could counter the Magic Treasures, Divine Abilities, and techniques of all cultivators, growing stronger and stronger in a cycle of rebirth.
The immense power of this sword array described here made Ning Fa feel it was almost exaggerated.
Ning Fa even felt that if even half of what was written was true, he could now directly kill a High-level Great Cultivator with this sword array.
However, since it was a powerful Divine Ability recorded in this incredibly mysterious Silver Que Heavenly Book, even if there was some exaggeration, it wouldn't be too far off.
Therefore, Ning Fa was naturally extremely eager for this Five Elements Calamity Heaven Sword Array.
If he could cultivate this sword dao Divine Ability, then even if his Five Elements Thunder Body stopped improving, in the Nascent Soul stage, no one except the top-tier Great Cultivators would be his match.
But the problem was that this sword dao Divine Ability was so powerful that the cultivation threshold was extremely high, with a total of four conditions.
First, the cultivator's cultivation realm must reach at least the late Nascent Soul stage.
Second, the Primal Harmony Heaven-Robbing Sword must reach at least the Quasi-Spirit Treasure grade.
Third, the Primal Harmony Heaven-Robbing Sword must be tempered with some special Spiritual Materials, the most crucial of which was this Yin Yang Five Elements Jade.
Finally, the Primal Harmony Heaven-Robbing Sword needed to nurture the Innate Qi of the Five Elements.
This was also the key to forming the incredibly sharp Five Elements Destruction Yuan Sword Silk, and all five swords must nurture Innate Qi; none could be missing.
These four conditions were naturally extremely difficult, and Ning Fa originally only met the first one.
Although he was only in the early Nascent Soul stage, he was not an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator. In terms of Dharma power, Divine Soul, and physical body realm, he was no weaker than any average Great Cultivator.
Now, with the acquisition of this Yin Yang Five Elements Jade, the second and third conditions could potentially be met.
Although Ning Fa's Heaven-Shattering Sword was currently only fourth-grade low-tier, with the integration of this Yin Yang Five Elements Jade and re-refinement with other precious materials, its grade would definitely reach fourth-grade mid-tier.
Coupled with the enhancement of his Innate Supreme Metal Divine Thunder's Golden Blade Thunder Aura ability, it should be able to reach fourth-grade high-tier, thus satisfying the second condition.
For the third condition, besides this Yin Yang Five Elements Jade, other Spiritual Materials were still needed.
However, considering what Ning Fa had personally collected and what the Spiritual Pivot Pavilion had prepared for him, these Spiritual Materials should be mostly gathered.
This way, as long as the last condition could be met, he could cultivate this incredibly powerful Five Elements Calamity Heaven Sword Array.
But the problem was that the difficulty of this last condition was too high.
The Innate Qi of the Five Elements, although there were many sources for its generation, for example, as long as his Divine Thunder of the Five Elements opened up the Sea of Lightning Divine Treasury, the Innate Divine Thunder he unleashed would be considered Innate Qi.
But currently, only his Supreme Metal Divine Thunder had reached the Innate realm, and he was still far from gathering all five types of Innate Qi.
Thinking of this, Ning Fa shook his head with regret.
Although he had coincidentally obtained this Yin Yang Five Elements Jade, allowing him to directly meet two conditions for cultivating this sword array, it was still far from enough.
Ning Fa put away this page of the Silver Que Heavenly Book, looked at the Yin Yang Five Elements Jade again, and his face showed contemplation.
Logically speaking, with no hope of cultivating the Heaven-Shattering Sword Array in the short term, his most sensible course of action now would be to directly absorb this Yin Yang Five Elements Jade to enhance his Divine Thunder of the Five Elements.
But he still felt a sense of pity.
After all, this kind of spiritual material is rare and hard to come by, and I don't know if I'll ever encounter another piece.
If I meet the fourth condition through other means in the future and can't find the Yin Yang Five Elements Jade, won't that be very awkward?
With that thought, Ning Fa decided to put the Yin Yang Five Elements Jade away for now and not use it.
Of course, this was also because this spiritual material was only effective against the Five Elements Divine Thunder below the Innate Divine Thunder.
Otherwise, if it could help his Supreme Fire Divine Thunder break through to the Innate realm, he would absorb it without hesitation right now.
Ning Fa put these items away, then flipped his right hand and took out another jade slip.
Looking at this jade slip, his eyes were filled with thought.
This jade slip recorded another powerful cultivation method called the Lightning Magnetism Primordial Light Art, which was one of the rewards he had received from the Demon Lord in their previous transaction.
Although this cultivation method couldn't compare to the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture, it was still a Heaven Tier cultivation method, and its unique Lightning Magnetism Primordial Light was extremely effective at restraining the power of the Five Elements.
However, Ning Fa had been pressed for time before, with too many things to handle, and hadn't had the chance to cultivate this method.
But now, things were different, especially since Ning Fa had gained a considerable understanding of the Tianli people.
The Tianli cultivators were extremely skilled in the power of the Five Elements, and even the vast majority of their Divine Abilities, techniques, and Magic Treasures were based on the most fundamental power of the Five Elements.
This meant that the Lightning Magnetism Primordial Light would be extremely effective against the Tianli cultivators.
Therefore, Ning Fa felt it was necessary to spend some time cultivating this method now.
After all, he would soon be infiltrating the rear of the Tianli territory, and if it was difficult to make rapid progress in cultivating other methods, being able to cultivate the Lightning Magnetism Primordial Light would naturally give him a significant trump card.
And with the enhancement of his Five Elements Thunder Body, cultivating this method should not be too difficult.
With that thought, Ning Fa let out a sigh of relief, placed the jade slip on his forehead, and began to comprehend it.
Ning Fa stayed in the cave mansion for two full days. On the morning of the third day, he finally emerged and flew directly towards the Sword Training Valley.
Before long, he landed at the entrance of the Sword Training Valley.
Looking at the three powerful characters carved on the cliff face to his right – "Sword Training Valley" – a hint of surprise flickered in his eyes.
The fact that it could stir his Sword Soul Pearl clearly indicated that there was something extraordinary within the Sword Training Valley.
Just as he was about to step inside, a melodious laugh echoed.
"Ruiqing, you're truly amazing! It's only been a short while, and you can already last for thirty breaths in Earth Grade Sword Valley Number One! I imagine it won't be long before you can completely withstand the baptism of the ten thousand rounds of sword energy in the sword valley."
As the voice spoke, two figures emerged from the valley. One was a beautiful young girl in a blue dress with fair skin, and the other was a handsome and dashing young man in a sword robe.
Both appeared to be young, but they were both at the Early Core Formation stage.
The young man smiled modestly upon hearing his companion's praise.
"I do feel close. If you give me another six months, I should be able to complete Earth Grade Sword Valley and challenge Heaven Grade Sword Valley. And..."
Before he could finish speaking, a faint voice interrupted him.
"Are you Pei Ruiqing?"
Startled, both of them immediately turned around and saw Ning Fa standing not far away, his hands behind his back as he looked at them.
Even though Ning Fa was only a few dozen feet away and they could clearly see him, they couldn't detect his presence with their Spiritual Sense at all, which filled them with dread.
At this moment, the beautiful girl seemed to recall something. Her eyes widened as she looked at Ning Fa, then she immediately curtsied respectfully, saying, "Wanrong greets Senior Ning."
The young man was greatly alarmed and blurted out, "You are Ning..."
Before he could finish, he immediately stopped himself and quickly bowed as well, "Reporting to Senior, this junior is indeed Pei Ruiqing."
Although the young man tried to maintain a calm demeanor, his eyes betrayed his undisguised panic.
Ning Fa sized up Pei Ruiqing with a calm expression.
He had finally met the culprit. It was precisely because Pei Nanshu wanted his precious grandson to win the competition against Ning An that he had been continuously causing trouble for the Huayu Sect and the Ning Family over the years.
Ning Fa's silent gaze put immense pressure on Pei Ruiqing.
After all, he had long heard of Ning Fa's vengeful nature and ruthless methods.
And since the matter could be said to have originated because of him, how could he not be afraid?
As Ning Fa's gaze intensified, Pei Ruiqing's face began to sweat profusely, and his back was soaked.
The girl in the blue dress also looked anxious but dared not say a word, fearing she might draw trouble upon herself.
At this moment, Ning Fa suddenly retracted his imposing aura. Pei Ruiqing immediately felt as if he had been pulled from drowning back to shore. He gasped for air, his eyes filled with terror.
He couldn't imagine that Ning Fa, with just a look, had made him feel as if he had just walked through the gates of hell.