Chapter 465: Chapter 465: A Guiltless But Meritorious Deed?
Among the old monsters who came to partic.i.p.ate in the Pill Ceremony, there were those from forces that practiced the Dao of Righteousness as well as cultivators that chose the Dao of Devils.
Many old monsters had also used others’ nascent souls to refine pills. However, no one had ever used the primordial spirit of a Void Inquiry Stage old monster to concoct pills.
In Rain World, Void Refinement Realm experts were not many. The number of experts at that cultivation realm was at most only around 100 to 200.
Within this group of experts, the palace lord of the Scarlet Heaven Palace, Mo Xiu, was part of the top fifty. For Ning Fan to actually take the life of such a strong expert so easily and use his primordial spirit to refine his pill, it was really a frightening scene to watch.
A Void Refinement Realm can also die as well…
So there really is a devil lord in this world who is bold enough to use the primordial spirit of a Void Refinement Realm old monster in pill refinement…
Each of the old monsters looked at Ning Fan as fear pervaded their hearts.
Under the fearful eyes of everyone there, the Revered Devil Pill Ning Fan concocted was finally complete.
Ning Fan had used both the Grade Seizing Technique and Blood Revolution Technique in succession to concoct his pill which managed to raise the grade of his Revered Devil Pill by one entire level, reaching the Peak Fifth Revolution.
The medicinal power of his current pill was even stronger than before and it could give him a strong boost for his breakthrough to the Golden Body Refining Realm.
Moments later, the lightning tribulation fell down. Silver lightning rays which covered the entire sky began to strike down. Ning Fan’s glabella glittered with a flash of starlight. With a cold and indifferent expression, he said.
“Get lost!”
The silver lightning in the sky seemed to be terrified of his words and returned to the vast sky. None of them dared to strike anything on the ground!
This scene shocked countless cultivators once again.
It would still be acceptable if Ning Fan withstood the lightning tribulation head-on since he was strong.
However, what happened just now was that the lightning tribulation became afraid of Ning Fan when he casted a glance at them. It was just too unbelievable.
Huang Tingzi and Yi Yunzi had also finished concocting their pills one after another. Because of Ning Fan’s radiance, their lightning tribulations were also scared off by his glance.
The both of them then took turns testing the grade of their pills. As soon as Huang Tingzi tossed his Fierce Soul Pill into the Flame Light Goblet, a fifty thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) tall green shadow emerged.
As for Yi Yunzi’s Purple Firmament Pill, the goblet projected a fifty-five thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) tall green shadow. Its quality was slightly higher than Huang Tingzi’s pill.
Ning Fan did not immediately test the grade of his Revered Devil Pill. His eyes scanned past the remains of Mo Xiu’s pill cauldron. The burnt Liancheng Pill among the remains made him ponder for a while.
The Liancheng Pill was a pill that could greatly enhance the level of the user’s medicine soul. However, its main ingredients were very scarce and were difficult to find. Mo Xiu really had good fortune as he was able to gather a complete set of medicinal ingredients for concocting a Liancheng Pill.
Unfortunately, he met Ning Fan and his Liancheng Pill became useless. Otherwise, if Ning Fan consumes this Liancheng Pill, he would certainly greatly enhance the level of his medicine soul.
For some reason, Ning Fan flicked his sleeve and kept the useless Liancheng Pill before he made a leap and headed to the Flame Light Goblet.
The sixteen giants of the Giant Devil Clan who were guarding the Flame Light Goblet were instinctively trembling with fear when they saw Ning Fan walk towards them.
“Venerated Ming, please test the grade of your pill…” Their voice was shaky as they were extremely afraid that they might say anything impolite that would enrage Ning Fan.
“Mm.”
Ning Fan was already accustomed to seeing people who were terrified of him. Thus, he turned a blind eye to it.
After successively killing s.h.i.+ Kun and Mo Xiu, the prestige of his devilishness had already become uncontrollable. Clearly, there were countless powerful experts paying attention to him.
Therefore, he must increase his strength as soon as possible by achieving the Golden Body Refining Realm and obtaining a cultivation level comparable to his reputation.
With a flick of his finger, the dark golden Revered Devil Pill was propelled into the Flame Light Goblet.
All of a sudden, a ninety-nine thousand zhang* tall (3.33m per zhang) black shadow with a tinge of green appeared in the vast sky.
An eighty thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) tall green shadow was the indication of a Peak Grade Fifth Revolution pill.
The shadow which Ning Fan’s pill caused the goblet to produce had not only exceeded the height of eighty thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) but also contained the color of black which only a Sixth Revolution Pill would have. Doubtlessly, it meant that the grade of the Revered Devil Pill was extremely close to the Sixth Revolution!
“A pill with a grade that is a hair’s breadth away from the Sixth Revolution!”
Each of the old monsters cried in surprise. Moreover, there was an elderly pill master who mustered up his courage to approach Ning Fan. He walked out of the crowd and greeted Ning Fan with cupped fists. Then, with a respectful tone, he asked.
“Revered Ming, if I may be so bold to ask, what level exactly has your pill refinement mastery achieved?! This old man and countless fellow daoists really want to know…”
“Peak Grade Fifth Revolution, close to the Sixth Revolution!”
Ning Fan’s voice was flat. He did not have the intention to cover up his true pill refinement realm.
However, his words immediately filled everyone with shock.
In Rain World, there were only seven Sixth Revolution Pill Masters in total.
Since Ning Fan’s pill refinement realm was already close to the Sixth Revolution, him attaining the Sixth Revolution was just around the corner. Once his pill refinement realm advances, he would then be the eighth Sixth Revolution Pill Master in Rain World.
That ident.i.ty would be revered!
The results of the final round of the Pill Ceremony were clear. Ning Fan ranked first, Yi Yunzi ranked second while Huang Tingzi ranked third.
Originally, Mo Xiu could’ve gotten second place if he were still alive by just refining his pill obediently without playing any tricks.. Unfortunately, he messed with the wrong person which led him to his death.
The news about Ning Fan killing the palace lord of the Scarlet Heaven Palace was not a trivial matter. Everyone was speculating how the Rain Palace would deal with Ning Fan.
Some people thought that the Rain World would punish Ning Fan according to the World Law.
Some others speculated that the Rain Palace would send people here to summon Ning Fan back to the Middle State and convict him.
Ten days had pa.s.sed ever since the Pill Ceremony ended. The area outside the guest house where Ning Fan resided was completely deserted. Not a lot of old monsters actually dared to come and seek friends.h.i.+p with him.
These old monsters were unable to figure out how the Rain World would deal with Ning Fan. Thus, they did not dare to rashly establish any form of relations.h.i.+p with him at all.
However, something they found extremely unbelievable happened.
Ten days later, news that shocked the entire Rain World spread everywhere.
Every member of Mo Xiu’s family residing in the Middle State received a severe punishment from the Rain Sovereign.
The Rain Sovereign declared that Mo Xiu deserved death since he was the one who attacked Ning Fan first.
He even announced that if Ning Fan breaks through to the Void Refinement Realm one day, he would then confer a t.i.tle of n.o.bility on him and even grant him the position of Palace Lord of the Scarlet Heaven Palace.
It went contrary to everyone’s expectations. No one expected for Ning Fan to actually be so important in the Rain Sovereign’s eyes that he did not need to bear any responsibility at all for killing a palace lord!
No one could have guessed that Ning Fan would be taking Mo Xiu’s place after killing him.
As long as Ning Fan breaks through to the Void Refinement Realm, he would become the palace lord of the Scarlet Heaven Palace in the future!
This literally meant that not only was Ning Fan guiltless after killing Mo Xiu, but he was also deemed to have done a meritorious act.
It’s against the natural order! What abnormality was this?! A killer who violated the law was actually rewarded!
All of a sudden, countless old monsters began to curry favor with Ning Fan as they now know the degree of favor he enjoys from the Rain Palace.
Ning Fan was doubtlessly too lazy to deal with these vile people who only fawned upon the rich and powerful. With his strength, there was no need for him to be friendly with these people at all.
For ten whole days, he stayed inside the guest house, recalling all the scenes he had of pill refinement during the Pill Ceremony. He had benefited a lot from these memories.
Ju Qing told him that he would officially be concocting the pill for Feng Xueyan. The actual day was set for half a month later. Before that, Ju Qing would arrange a meeting between Ning Fan and several old ancestors of the Giant Devil Clan.
The reason for the meeting was due to the old ancestors hearing of Ning Fan’s unprecedented pill refinement mastery and they now wanted to request his help to concoct some pills for them.
They claimed that any kind of demand would be negotiable if Ning Fan promised to help them.
“Any kind of demand…”
Ning Fan clearly knew that the ‘several old ancestors’ Ju Qing mentioned referred to the Eight Ancestors.
Since the Eight Ancestors were asking him for some pills, their att.i.tude would certainly be filled with respect. However, Ning Fan had zero good feelings towards them.
He stood at Feng Xueyan’s side. Hence, it was already fated that he was going to be an enemy of the Eight Ancestors.
Even so, it wasn’t impossible for him to help the Eight Ancestors concoct some pills.
Since I can ask for anything I want, I wonder if I can extract the devil qi of the slate using this opportunity by asking for a chance to take a look at the devil statue slate.
As for the pill that I will have to concoct for them… I wonder if I can directly kill the Eight Ancestors with poison by adding something into those pills…
Recently, Ning Fan did not see Feng Xueyan and it made him rather worried.
However, during the days when she was not around, he was able to spend some restful intimate nights with Yue Lingkong and Xu Qiuling respectively.
Ning Fan still did not lay a single finger on Fen Chi. He would never force this lady to act against her will.
Ironically, he did not know that Fen Chi was not unwilling to do intimate acts with Ning Fan at all. But her courage to offer herself to him diminished after she saw how Ning Fan doted on Yue Lingkong and Xu Qiuling.
Everything seemed to have gone smoothly but Ning Fan did not feel relaxed.
It was because Ju Qing was going to bring him to meet the Eight Ancestors today.
The location of the meeting was naturally at the broken chiliocosm where the Eight Ancestors reside.
Ning Fan was not worried about his safety in recklessly entering someone else’s territory where eight powerful experts would be waiting for him.
He had the stored attack in his Stele of Sun and Moon. If he were to be driven to a desperate situation, he would use that attack which carried the power to instantly kill a Void Pierce Stage old ancestor.
Even if he could not find the entrance of Ju Mo’s Broken World, it would still be very easy for him to escape from there once he enters. He could directly make an exit using his Wind Mist Technique.
With the Wind Mist Technique and the Heaven Deceiving Cloak, Ning Fan could basically go anywhere beneath the heavens unhindered. No cultivator with a cultivation realm below the Void Fragmentation Realm could harm him.
Even if the true body of King Lan Ling comes to find him in the future, he would still not be afraid of him!
Yun Niansu had given Ning Fan a piece of information which said that the Rain Sovereign had sent King Lan Ling’s second primordial spirit to find him with the intention of “teaching him a lesson”.
Ning Fan did not pay attention to this matter at all. What was the second primordial spirit of King Lan Ling?
Before this, he had been focusing on the Pill Ceremony. Therefore, he was too lazy to involve himself with him.
If this man was really stubborn enough to come and give Ning Fan a ‘lesson’, he would not mind using the stored attack in his Stele of Sun and Moon to instantly eliminate his second primordial spirit.
Not to mention, Ning Fan did not think King Lan Ling would come after him.
King Lan Ling was already grievously injured by the Eight Ancestors. Perhaps he was now treating his wounds somewhere.
He had been committed to collecting the devil slates. Since he failed to get the slate of the Giant Devil Clan, he would surely proceed with his plan by seizing the slates of the two other clans.
Since he was fully absorbed in seizing the devil slates, how would he still have any interest to deal with Ning Fan?
That being so, Ning Fan was not worried about King Lan Ling appearing at his doorstep. Currently, he was much more concerned about Feng Xueyan.
*Door knocking*
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door of his room. With a flick of his sleeve, Ning Fan produced a gust of air which opened the door. A haggard, white-haired young lady stood outside. Anxiety was plastered over her face. She was none other than the young lady whom Ning Fan had not met for some time – Feng Xueyan.
“Brother-in-law, you must not go meet my grandfather. T-They want to eat you!” Feng Xueyan’s lips moved but no sound would come out from her mouth.
She was overly worried. She had even forgotten to greet Ning Fan with the usual politeness. She just begged Ning Fan not to go to the meeting like a small child.
“Brother-in-law, please don’t go. They are all bad guys…”
“Silly girl…”
Ning Fan looked at Feng Xueyan as if he was looking at his own younger sister. His eyes were filled with sympathy. He gently patted her white hair to comfort her.
Internally, his heart turned cold and his mind got filled with the intent to kill the Eight Ancestors.
The Eight Ancestors actually wanted to devour him? Interesting…
These Eight Ancestors have really become tired of living!
It seems like if I don’t give them a scare, they won’t be keeping to themselves within their boundaries, will they?!
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On a deserted and isolated island in the internal sea.
Within a hidden temporary dwelling, King Lan Ling’s second primordial spirit which was full of scars and wounds was meditating in seclusion to treat his injuries.
Beside him, there was a jade slip. It contained Yun Jinghong’s request.
King Lan Ling, please do me a favor and teach Zhou Ming a lesson.
King Lan Ling’s eyes scanned past the jade slip. He then made a snort and said, dissatisfied.
“Hmph! Yun Jinghong, how dare you boss me around? Do you think I am your subordinate?!”
“Teach Zhou Ming a lesson? For what reason do I need to listen to the Rain Palace and do as they say?! Moreover, do they really think a lowly Zhou Ming deserves to be personally taken care of by me?!”
As soon as his voice fell, he suddenly became silent.
He had met Ning Fan twice already and during these two times, he had been extremely arrogant towards him. Even so, Ning Fan had been as calm as a lake on both occasions. He never got angry, just like a weak being should.
He had even started to think of Ning Fan as someone weak. However, was he really weak since he managed to kill s.h.i.+ Kun and Mo Xiu?
At this moment, King Lan Ling realized that he had been underestimating Ning Fan all this time.
However, his arrogant nature could not allow him to admit Ning Fan’s greatness.
Past memories flashed past in his eyes. When King Lan Ling was still young, he challenged Yun Tianjue twice. Yun Tianjue had not been swayed by his challenges, just like an unfeeling stone. That made King Lan Ling think that Yun Tianjue was weak and was nothing more than a pushover.
However, during the third time King Lan Ling challenged him, Yun Tianjue drew his sword in anger. In a single move, he utterly defeated King Lan Ling.
That was the greatest humiliation of his entire life!
Now, King Lan Ling felt that the reason why he felt so disdainful towards Ning Fan was not because he was too weak, but because he resembled Yun Tianjue far too much… Both of them were so alike that it was disgusting to him.
“If I challenge this young man a third time, will he also draw his sword in anger like that man?!”
“Humph! Forget it. If I could gather all of the devil slates and crack the secret hidden in them, I can look for him by then. Currently, I don’t have the time to deal with him!”
If I don’t hurry up on obtaining those slates, my body that has been severely injured due to my failed attempt in breaking through to the Void Fragmentation Realm would be difficult to heal after absorbing the devil qi. Hmph! If I were at my peak without these injuries, it would be a bliss coming to the internal sea and wiping them all out with my true body. Would the eight undead creatures in the Giant Devil Clan be able to harm me then? Humph!”
King Lan Ling’s eyes turned even colder. He wanted to increase his speed in gathering all the devil slates.
Compared to the devil statue slates, everything else could be ignored for the meantime, including Ning Fan!
Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel