Cultivation starts from simplifying the exercises

Chapter 1412: The Dao Ancestor of Karma Takes Action
When Nan Caiming was still ten thousand miles away from Guzhao Island, he stopped and bowed in the direction of Guzhao Island.

Nan Cai knew that Ni Zhongli, the founder of the Dao of Karma, had already discovered him a long time ago.

The law of cause and effect is the same as the law of destiny. As long as something involves oneself, one will perceive it at the first moment. Even though the secrets of the Guixu Realm are in chaos now, this characteristic will not be affected.

At this moment, there was no movement on Guzhao Island. It was just that Ni Zhongli was waiting for Nan Caiming to speak. After all, it was Nan Caiming who came to Guzhao Island to find him, not Ni Zhongli who went to Nan Caiming's dojo.

"Brother Ni, I hope you can forgive me for coming here uninvited." Nan Caiming's voice echoed around Guzhao Island.

Guzhao Island is very big, but there are very few practitioners on it.

The practitioners in the Guixu Realm mostly live in racial groups. This way, not only can the skills be passed down, but the race can also provide strong support when facing external threats.

Logically speaking, as one of the Dao ancestors of Guixu Realm, Guzhao Island must be very lively. But the actual situation is that besides Ni Zhongli, there are only a few disciples he accepted.

Ni Zhongli does not have his own race, as if he has been alone since he appeared in the Guixu Realm.

In fact, with Ni Zhongli's current strength, it would be an easy task for him to create a race with his own bloodline, but Ni Zhongli did not do so.

Even the few disciples he accepted did not accept any more disciples. Their personalities were the same as Ni Zhongli's.

"Brother Nan, what are you doing here?"

A peaceful voice sounded, and a figure appeared over Guzhao Island, looking at Nan Caimingdao in the distance.

This figure was none other than Ni Zhongli. In terms of attitude, Ni Zhongli did not seem arrogant, but that was only because the person standing opposite him was the Space Daozu Nan Caiming, a strong man of the same level as him.

If it were any other cultivator, even if he was at the peak of the ninth level, he wouldn't even be able to see any trace of Guzhao Island if Ni Zhongli didn't want to see him.

"I have a favor to ask of you." Nan Caiming said in a deep voice.

When Ni Zhongli heard Nan Caiming's words, his brows couldn't help but twitch slightly. He actually came to ask him to do something.

After so many years, Ni Zhongli naturally knew what kind of personality Nan Caiming had.

If Ni Zhongli himself is a loner, then Nan Caiming is purely stubborn and heartless. Because of this, although Ni Zhongli is alone on Guzhao Island, he actually has a good relationship with several other Taoist ancestors.

On the contrary, Nan Caiming’s relationship with the other Dao Ancestors, although not tense, is indeed very ordinary.

With the spatial heavenly way, Nan Caiming can leave when he wants to and stay when he wants to. Even if he is no match for the Daozu of Strength and the Daozu of Destiny, it is impossible to keep him here.

There is no need to ask others for help. Nan Caiming naturally follows his own heart and does things the way he wants to do them.

That's why Ni Zhongli showed a strange look on his face when he heard Nan Caiming asking him to do something. This seemed to be the first time that Nan Caiming asked other Taoists to do something after becoming the Taoist Patriarch.

"Brother Nan, can you tell me in detail? I'll see if I can help." Ni Zhongli said with a smile, but he was also a little curious in his heart about what had stumped this Space Dao Ancestor.

"Nan's space heaven has been stolen by a thief. Now the heavenly secrets are in chaos. Nan can't figure out the whereabouts of the thief. I would like to ask Brother Ni to help Nan find the thief!"

When it comes to business, Nan Caiming's eyes become extremely gloomy.

Ni Zhongli's eyes widened slightly, and he looked at Nan Caiming in surprise. Just now, Ni Zhongli had thought about Nan Caiming asking for his help, and even thought about the path to becoming an immortal, but he had never thought that there would be a problem with the space heaven.

The time that Nan Caiming controlled the way of space was almost the same as the time that Ni Zhongli controlled the way of cause and effect, and the difference would not be more than a thousand years.

After such a long period of time, their familiarity with their respective control over the Way of Heaven has reached an unprecedented level.

Even if it was a fair competition, Ni Zhongli believed that there was no Supreme Realm that could compete with them. Not to mention that they were now the controllers and had countless ways to prevent competitors from seeing the true face of Heaven's Way.

In this situation, there is actually a ninth-level person who can steal the spatial heavenly way from Nan Caiming?

It also forced Nan Caiming to come and ask for his help.

If it were Ni Zhongli, he would never let other Dao Ancestors know that there was a problem with the Heavenly Dao that he controlled unless it was really necessary, because this would easily lead to other greater troubles and disputes.

"Are you serious, Brother Nan?" Ni Zhongli looked at Nan seriously and said.

"If this is false, what benefit can I get from it?" Nan Caiming sighed slightly and lowered his posture even more.

Ni Zhongli's eyes fluctuated, and the first thing he thought of was whether there was a conspiracy, whether it would cause any harm to him, or even endanger his life.

But after thinking about it, Ni Zhongli didn't find any disadvantages to him.

The nature of the Law of Karma meant that if there was a conspiracy against it, it would immediately issue a warning. Even if the Law of Karma was deceived and Ni Zhongli was surrounded, Ni Zhongli could disappear at any time.

Neither the Forbidden Void nor any other moves could stop Ni Zhongli.

Perhaps only the complete time rules as stated in the legend can completely restrain the law of cause and effect.

"This matter is extremely sinister. I'm afraid I can't help." Ni Zhongli said in a low voice.

This was both an excuse and a real thought in Ni Zhongli's mind. It was unprecedented that Nan Caiming, who had controlled the space and heaven for so many years, was powerless.

Now that the Guixu Realm is in chaos and the path to immortality is about to appear, it seems extremely normal for evildoers to appear in large numbers. At this time, it is wiser to protect yourself.

There is no greater benefit for Ni Zhongli in helping Nan Caiming. As for the rare treasures, Ni Zhongli has no idea about them.

As one of the Taoist ancestors of Guixu Realm, what kind of natural treasures has Ni Zhongli not seen? He deliberately chose Guzhao Island, an area with a common number of natural treasures, as his dojo, because Ni Zhongli no longer cared about any treasures.

Nan Caiming heard the refusal in Ni Zhongli's words, but if Ni Zhongli didn't help this time, Nan Caiming would go to find the Taoist Ancestor of Destiny, and the other party would be even less likely to help Nan Caiming.

He would even wait until Nan Caiming was weak and then directly seize the Space Heavenly Dao.

"On the road to becoming an immortal, you are the master and I am the assistant. Let's join forces to fight the enemy." Nan Caiming said in a deep voice.

Ni Zhongli frowned slightly, but still shook his head.

"Brother Ni, tell me a condition. What will it take for you to help me find the thief?" Nan Caiming took a deep breath and said.

Nan Caiming knew that if he didn't offer enough conditions, Ni Zhongli would not make a move. This was why Nan Caiming was unwilling to ask other Dao ancestors for help, as it would be like sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth.

Nan Caiming would never achieve his goal unless he shed blood and cut flesh.

"It's not that I don't want to, but I'm afraid that this matter may change. But since Brother Nan has said so, I'll also tell you what I think."

Ni Zhongli looked at Nan Caiming, a smile appeared on his face, and continued:
"If I can help Brother Nan find the thief, Brother Nan will give me 30% of the authority of the Space Heavenly Dao, is that okay?"

He was not interested in natural treasures or top-grade crystals. The only things that could interest Ni Zhongli were the path to becoming an immortal and the other eight great heavenly ways.

Nan Caiming had just promised that on the road to becoming an immortal, he would be the main person and Nan Caiming would be the auxiliary. Ni Zhongli just listened to this.

Nowadays, no one knows how many people are qualified to become immortals, whether one can become an immortal by reaching the top, or only the first practitioner to reach the top can become an immortal.

No one can tell for sure until the end.

Faced with the temptation of becoming an immortal, the so-called promise is just empty talk. If there really is an opportunity, I'm afraid the first person to betray Ni Zhongli will be Nan Caiming.

Instead of asking for such a promise, it would be better to be more practical and obtain some authority over the Space Heavenly Dao.

It was easy to imagine how serious the situation was, as Nan Caiming had been forced to ask him for help. If he didn't take advantage of the situation now, when would he wait?
When Nan Caiming heard Ni Zhongli's words, his expression suddenly changed.

If Ni Zhongli had dared to say this in the past, a conflict would have broken out between the two sides. But now, Nan Caiming was forcibly suppressing his anger.

"Thirty percent is too much. I will give you ten percent at most. If you are willing, Brother Ni, you can start deducing now. If you are not willing, I will turn around and leave now." Nan Caiming said in a serious voice.

"Okay, one success, one success!"

Ni Zhongli did not bargain and agreed directly, because he had already seen that this was indeed Nan Caiming's bottom line. If it exceeded this, Nan Caiming would leave directly.

Ni Zhongli knew Nan Caiming's plan. It seemed that he had taken 10% of the authority of the Space Heavenly Dao. But the authority of the Heavenly Dao was not stable once it was in his hands. Nan Caiming could take it back later.

Based on his understanding of the Way of Space, Ni Zhongli cannot compete with Nan Caiming, and in the end, that 10% of the authority over the Way of Space will still fall into Nan Caiming's hands.

However, the battle between the great ways would actually take more than a thousand years if one did not resort to the method of extermination of one's true body. Ni Zhongli, with the assistance of the Law of Cause and Effect, could extend the time span of the battle for the Law of Space.

Although the Space and Heavenly Dao will eventually return to Nan Caiming's hands, possessing partial authority over the Space and Heavenly Dao for at least a thousand years is enough to enhance Ni Zhongli's strength.

The road to becoming an immortal could take as short as a few years or as long as twenty to thirty years, and it would certainly show up. How could Ni Zhongli care about the authority over the spatial heaven being taken back a thousand years later?

"Then I'll trouble Brother Ni to help me deduce." Seeing that Ni Zhongli did not continue to press him, Nan Caiming's expression became slightly better.

Ni Zhongli nodded, and began to use Nan Caiming as a fulcrum to search for practitioners related to the Space Heavenly Dao.

Nan Caiming felt the power of cause and effect falling on him. He did not resist and allowed it to capture his breath.

The next moment, the scene in front of Nan Caiming changed, and he and Ni Zhongli quickly shuttled through the void of Guixu Realm.

(End of this chapter)