Chapter 445: Chapter 445: The Heavenly Devil Wings of the Heavenly Demon
Translator: GE_Team
Everyone in the Six-Winged Clan was celebrating after having survived a disaster.
In exchange for Fen Chi, Ning Fan accepted everyone in the Six-Winged Clan as his subordinates. It relieved countless experts of the Six-Winged Clan since they would no longer be worried of their clan being swallowed up by other clans.
After accepting the subordination of the Six-Winged Clan, Ning Fan became the head of the clan. Immediately, he openly took all of the immortal jade in the Six-Winged Clan’s bank. There were around one billion in total.
The matter of Ning Fan becoming the head of the Six-Winged Clan was deliberately spread around by the clan’s members. Ning Fan’s ident.i.ty was unique. Even King Lan Ling, the Mist Horn Clan and the Ghost Eye Clan would not openly act against the Six-Winged Clan as they were somewhat afraid of Ning Fan.
To Fen Chi, however, this kind of act similar to giving away one’s daughter in exchange for peace was rather unfair.
She had peerless beauty. She had a Divine Transformation Realm cultivation base. She had a bright and beautiful future. However, because of her ident.i.ty as a ‘devil concubine’, the Six-Winged Clan offered her to Ning Fan as his concubine. Fate was rather unjust to her.
However, in order to let the bloodline of her family continue and to guarantee the survival of the Six-Winged Clan, Fen Chi could only nod her head in silence and agree to become Ning Fan’s concubine. She had no other choice.
In a night full of radiance of lamps, Fen Chi wore a set of wedding robes and sat alone inside her boudoir, waiting for Ning Fan’s arrival. Her eyes shone with sadness and loneliness.
Even though she held feelings for Ning Fan, she also had her pride as an outstanding female cultivator. She was not willing to become Ning Fan’s concubine in this manner.
She had been treated like a “present” for Ning Fan. She was destined to not obtain Ning Fan’s respect. Is it the reason which made her sad?
“Devil concubine… So it turns out that I am actually the Six-Winged Clan’s current generation devil concubine… That must be why I was born without the slave marks. That must be why I have the ability to help my clan members awaken their devil wings…”
“The members of my Six-Winged Clan won’t naturally be born with devil wings. In fact, their bodies have to be inscribed with the devil marks of wings and go through hundreds of years of cultivation in order to awaken the devil marks. Only then could their devil wings grow eventually. Among cultivators at the same level as them, the speed of the experts of my Six-Winged Clan is outstanding. However, my ability to directly awaken their devil marks of wings and allow members with those devil marks to have devil wings instantly.”
“A Devil Concubine is the key to building a devil clan… Now, the great elder decided to marry me to Young Master Zhou. If Young Master Zhou fully utilizes my ability according to the jade slip given by the great elder, he would be able to create a devil clan which is not any bit inferior to the Six-Winged Clan in the future. Everyone who has the devil marks of wings could instantly obtain devil wings with the help of my ability…”
Fen Chi muttered to herself. Meanwhile, her mind gradually recalled Ning Fan’s figure when she first met him.
“He is an indifferent person. He won’t love me. I’ll just be a tool to him… Perhaps I would not even be as good as a tool for the rest of my life…”
Fen Chi’s eyes were filled with sadness. She remembered how Ning Fan meticulously took care of the female corpse and how close he was to Yue Lingkong. To her, however, he behaved as cold as a stranger from the start.
*Squeak*
As Fen Chi was feeling sorry for her fate, Ning Fan pushed the door open and entered the bridal chamber. Outside the room, the night sky was quiet and the atmosphere felt desolate and melancholic.
“Greetings to Young Master Zhou… no… Greetings to husband.” Fen Chi hid her sad expression. She quickly rose to her feet and gently curtsied to Ning Fan.
Ning Fan’s eyes scanned around the bridal chamber and looked a little impressed.
This Xuan Yi is quite interesting. Not only did he betroth Fen Chi to me but he also arranged a bridal chamber which is similar to that of the mortal world which is decorated with flowers and candles.
Tonight, Ning Fan let Yue Lingkong rest alone and came to find Fen Chi. Of course, his objective of finding her was not to do it with her and satisfy his desires.
However, Fen Chi did not think this way. She naturally felt that Ning Fan was coming to ‘patronize’ her and the feeling of waiting to be ‘patronized’ was not good.
She forced a smile and closed the door of the room. Then, she held a cup of wine and sat together with Ning Fan. Both of them started to drink with each other. She was trying her best to develop the atmosphere so that her first night would not be so depressing and sad.
“My husband, please enjoy this cup of wine. This is a precious wine that was specially brewed in our Six-Winged Clan. Having a bit of this wine is the best way to liven things up for this beautiful night.” Fen Chi managed a smile.
“This wine is good. However, the beauty of the night doesn’t really seem to be happy. You are reluctant to be my concubine, aren’t you?” Ning Fan asked with a playful tone and smiled.
“No. I don’t dare to!” Fen Chi’s eyes flashed with anxiety.
Could it be that he has noticed my hidden resentment?
I must not let him find out. If he does not become satisfied with me, it’s unsure whether or not he will take his anger out on the Six-Winged Clan.
Fen Chi did not dare to put her clan at stake.
To her surprise, Ning Fan waved his hand as if he did not accept her reply was the correct one. Then, he took a sip of the wine and spoke with a smile.
“It doesn’t matter if you feel reluctant to marry me. You don’t have to worry. I always keep my promises. Since I have promised to protect the Six-Winged Clan, I will not go against my word. I will also not vent my anger out at the Six-Winged Clan. If you are unwilling to call me your husband, you can continue to call me as young master. If you don’t want me to touch you, I will certainly not lay a finger on you. I can guarantee you this. I am not a l.u.s.tful person. To be honest, compared to your body, I am much more interested about your ident.i.ty as a Devil Concubine. According to the message in the jade slip that was given by Fellow Daoist Xuan Yi, you, as the Devil Concubine of the Six-Winged Clan, have the unique ability to awaken the devil marks of wings?”
“Yes. I indeed have this kind of ability. I have already become Young Master’s concubine. As long as Young Master commands me to do so, I will inscribe the devil marks of wings for you and help you awaken it. I will certainly a.s.sist the Young Master to train a great army with devil wings. To Young Master, my ident.i.ty as a Devil Concubine is really useful.”
After Fen Chi heard Ning Fan’s a.s.surance, she heaved a sigh of relief but at the same time she also felt a little dejected.
She felt really lucky that Ning Fan was not going to hold the Six-Winged Clan responsible. She felt really lucky that he would at the very least respect her and not humiliate or pluck her roughly.
However, Ning Fan said that he was not interested in her body… This had somehow made her feel somewhat dispirited.
“Then, help me awaken my devil wings first. Show me how you do it. You also know the Art of Engraving Devil Marks, right?”
After Ning Fan had devoured the devil qi from the slate, the devil marks on his back had achieved one-fourth advancement and the six wings pattern appeared.
The wings pattern were the devil marks of wings. If they could be awakened, they would grow into six devil wings and enhance his speed.
The six wings he would have after they awaken would be different from the wings that he had when he was in his devil form. When he went into the devil form, the six wings he had were just imitations of those that grew on Mo Luo’s body and were not really the true devil wings.
That is to say that Ning Fan currently only has the two Fu Li Demon Wings and has yet to truly have the six wings of Mo Luo.
If he could develop the six wings of Mo Luo, Ning Fan would then have eight wings including the two Fu Li Demon Wings. His speed would naturally be boosted sharply. After all, the reason why Ning Fan accepted the Six-Winged Clan to join under him was because Xuan Yi claimed that Fen Chi could provide him with that enhancement.
“Yes. I know about the Art of Engraving Devil Marks. However, I am not very skilled in it. I only know about engraving the type of devil marks which are related to wings. Among the four great devil clans, the person who is the most skilled in the Art of Engraving Devil Marks is Miss Feng Xueyan and she is also the best devil marks engraving master of all four devil clans.”
“Feng Xueyan…” Ning Fan remembered that the eldest mistress of the Giant Devil Clan was Feng Xueyan. According to what he had heard in the past, her body’s condition was not good. She also seemed to be Xu Qiuling’s best friend.
“It will usually take two steps whenever I help the members of the clan awaken their devil wings. Firstly, I have to engrave the devil marks of wings on them. Secondly, I will awaken the devil marks using the ‘Feather Burning Technique’ and summon their devil wings. Young Master is not a member of the devil race. You have yet to be engraved with the devil marks of wings. There’s no way I can help you awaken your devil wings like this. Hence, the first step is for me to help you engrave the devil marks on you… My talent is weak and my knowledge is shallow. The best devil marks of wings that I can help you engrave is merely at the general rank… Besides, the process of engraving the devil marks is extremely painful. Hopefully, Young Master will be able to endure it…”
Fen Chi took out a jade box which contained a three cun* (3.33cm per cun) long bone needle. It was a high-grade needle used for engraving devil marks.
After that, she took out a jade slip. The information it contained was all about the general rank devil marks of wings. She let Ning Fan choose what type of devil wings he desired. She would not dare to decide on her own without Ning Fan’s approval.
“Miss Fen Chi’s mastery in the Art of Engraving Devil Marks is quite extraordinary. I have met a person in the past who also knew about the Art of Engraving Devil Marks. He told me that it would take one thousand years for one to master the technique to engrave soldier rank devil marks. Since Miss Fen Chi is capable of engraving general rank devil marks, your innate talent is surely not weak. Besides, you must also have suffered a lot to attain your current standard.” Ning Fan recalled the words that Stone Warrior had said to him in the past.
“Thank you for Young Master’s compliment.” Fen Chi’s eyes gradually lit up. After Ning Fan praised her, her pent-up depressing feelings diminished by a bit.
“Actually, I already have the devil marks of wings. As for their grade… I’m not sure whether it’s more appropriate to say that they are at the general rank or the marshal rank… We can skip the first step of the process. You just have to help me awaken my devil marks and grow my devil wings.”
*Shua*
Just as Ning Fan finished speaking, he suddenly pulled down his white robes, completely exposing his upper body.
Fen Chi cried out in surprise. She did not expect that Ning Fan would undress himself so straightforwardly. When she saw Ning Fan’s naked upper body, her charming eyes were filled with a hint of embarra.s.sment.
Even though she was a Divine Transformation Realm old monster and a Devil Concubine, she was still an unmarried woman.
As her eyes became glued to Ning Fan’s body, she felt a little surprise. Even though Ning Fan was strong enough to eliminate Lu Jiefen with both of his fists, his body looked so weak and feeble.
When her gaze slowly moved to Ning Fan’s back, her expression was suddenly filled with astonishment.
“P-Profound Earth Devil Marks! N-No… It can’t be. T-This is…”
Profound Earth Devil Marks was a strong type of general rank devil marks. To members of the four great devil clans, this type of devil marks also held another unique meaning.
Slave marks!
However, Profound Earth Devil Marks were different from the low-grade slave marks of the four devil clans. It was the strongest type of slave marks of Great Emperor Mo Luo. It was rare to find someone who could successfully cultivate it.
In the history of the four enslaved devil clans, only a few experts including the earliest ancestors of the four clans successfully cultivated this type of devil marks.
The fact that Ning Fan was able to have this type of devil marks showed that his innate talent had already surpa.s.sed a lot of the members of the devil clans.
Besides, Profound Earth Devil Marks still had an extremely significant meaning to the four enslaved clans.
The pract.i.tioners of the Profound Earth Devil Marks would become high-cla.s.s slaves to Mo Luo in the end. However, it had been rumored that anyone who could resist Mo Luo from devouring him would not become Mo Luo’s slave. Instead, they could aid the four great enslaved clans to break the curse of the slave marks.
Fen Chi looked at Ning Fan deeply and her eyes were filled with disbelief.
The person who could break the curse of the slave marks of the Six-Winged Clan is standing in front of my very eyes. Is this real?
Ning Fan had Profound Earth Devil Marks. Undeniably, he was the four great enslaved clans’ hope to break free from the slave marks and regain their freedom.
Moreover, when Fen Chi noticed that his Profound Earth Devil Marks had already completed one-fourth of its advancement, she was even more astonished where she just stared at his devil marks with her jaw dropped.
Ning Fan had achieved one-fourth of the advancement for his Profound Earth Devil Marks. This meant that he had successfully prevented Mo Luo from devouring him. He had stopped Mo Luo from turning him into a slave!
As long as Ning Fan could complete the advancement of the Profound Earth Devil Marks, he would very likely possess the power to help the four devil clans break free from their devil marks!
“Now, you’ve seen the devil marks on my back. What do you think?” Ning Fan asked.
“I definitely wouldn’t dare to tell this secret to anyone else. I am willing to make the Great Oath of Heart Devil!” Fen Chi panicked. She suddenly realized that Ning Fan’s devil marks was a significant matter.
Once the Ghost Eye Clan and the Mist Horn Clan find out that Ning Fan is the key to helping the four clans break free from their devil marks, no one knows if these two clans would harbor evil intentions and plot against him.
Now, Fen Chi had just witnessed such a great secret. She hurriedly a.s.sured Ning Fan that she would not leak the secret as she was worried that it might displease him.
“I am asking you, what do you think about the devil marks on my back.”
Ning Fan did not think it was such a big deal. It’s just one of many devil marks. So what if the Ghost Eye Clan and the Mist Horn Clan find out about it? With his current strength, he was strong enough to protect himself in the Rain World. There was no need for him to be afraid of just two devil clans.
“This…” Fen Chi calmed herself down. She reached out her soft hand and gently touched Ning Fan’s back to feel the network of his devil marks.
“Your Profound Earth Devil Marks are close to attaining advancement. Now, it has completed one-fourth of the advancement. I’m unable to clearly see the direction of its advancement and I am unable to determine what patterns will appear when the devil marks complete the remaining three-fourths of the advancement. The six wings pattern on your back are somewhat similar to the wings of my Six-Winged Clan. However, the grade of these wings are much higher. Perhaps this is a type of strong devil marks that has never been recorded before… Once it completes its advancement, it will definitely be extraordinary!”
“Is that so? Are you able to use these six wings to help me awaken my devil wings?”
“Sure. I certainly can.” Fen Chi was extremely confident in her ability to help others awaken their devil wings.
Ning Fan’s devil marks were not weak. Hence, Fen Chi not only wanted to help him awaken his devil wings but she was even willing to make the grade of his devil marks exceptional. Only in this manner could she demonstrate her capabilities.
Most of the demon cultivators and devil cultivators of the First Step of Cultivation had wings. In terms of grade of the wings, it was separated into three different levels which were Common Wings, Spirit Wings and Void Wings respectively.
The grade of the wings did not have a direct relations.h.i.+p with their speed. Instead, the grade represented the qualifications for cultivating the wings.
If Vein Opening Realm, Harmonious Spirit Realm, Gold Core Realm cultivators have wings, the grade of their wings would be Common Wings. As for Nascent Soul Realm and Divine Transformation Realm cultivators, most of their wings would be Spirit Wings. The wings of the Void Refinement Realm and Void Fragmentation Realm experts, on the other hand, were Void Wings.
Ning Fan’s devil marks were rather extraordinary. Hence, the devil wings that would be awakened could not be lower than the grade of Spirit Wings. If Fen Chi wants to prove her capabilities, she needs to help Ning Fan summon the Void Wings at the very least.
She gently bit the tip of her tongue and used a drop of her blood essence. She began to mutter abstruse incantations. Slowly, a trace of strange power came out from her body. It was like a whisper, a call. As soon as it appeared, it resonated with the patterns of the six wings on Ning Fan’s devil marks.
When she moved her fingers to form a hand seal, she summoned six fiery-red wings on her back where each had dense fiery-red feathers.
Among those countless fiery-hot feathers, there were around one hundred crimson-red feathers which had a mysterious power.
Enduring pain, Fen Chi plucked six of the crimson-red feathers from her wings. Immediately, she felt like her whole body was deprived of strength.
These crimson-red feathers were natal fire feathers. They were connected to her primordial spirit. She had just reconstructed her physical body and was currently still very weak. Recklessly plucking the natal fire feathers caused great pain to her primordial spirit and aggravated her old injuries.
Fen Chi ah Fen Chi… Since when have you become as weak as this? You’ve just plucked six natal fire wings but you already can’t endure the pain…? If you can’t satisfy Young Master Zhou today, the Six-Winged Clan will probably be annihilated because of you! Fen Chi, you must hold on with your jaw clenched!”
She muttered to herself. Blood began to drain from her face, making her complexion look pale. She gnashed her teeth and waved her hand. The six feathers turned into six dark-red devil flames which floated around on the palm of her hand.
With a flick of her finger, the six traces of devil flames went into Ning Fan’s devil marks. In the next moment, each of the six wings on his back began to burn with devil flames.
Ning Fan felt the skin on his back burn hot. Then, six gigantic illusory devil wings grew out from his back. The devil wings were burning with devil flames. As the flames continued to burn, the wings gradually turned tangible as blood and flesh began to form.
It was an experience similar to rising from the ashes.
As the flames burned, traces of blood and pieces of flesh were forming in the flames!
There was an extremely profound principle behind this process.
“So this is the reason why you are named Fen Chi1. I understand now. Burning the wings in exchange for rebirth. It’s a good name. It carries a great meaning.”
As Ning Fan felt the three pairs of wings which had just grown on his back slowly becoming tangible, he nodded his head with satisfaction. Even though the wings were still somewhat in an intangible state, they had already reached the grade of Void Wings.
Fen Chi’s capabilities were indeed uncommon. She had an outstanding ability to help one awaken their wings. With her around, perhaps she could really help Ning Fan train a great army of winged devil cultivators in the future.
“Thank you for your compliment, Young Master.” Fen Chi’s forehead was filled with sweat as she had used the devil flames to help Ning Fan summon and temper his devil wings. When she noticed that his devil wings were at the Void Wings grade, she wore a smile of relief.
However, as the flames continued to temper Ning Fan’s wings, they became more and more solid but the flames became weaker as time went by. Eventually, the last blaze of fire was extinguished. However, Fen Chi did not manage to successfully awaken Ning Fan’s devil wings in this single attempt and had only managed to condense one-tenth of his wings.
The remaining ninety percent of the wings were still in an illusory state.
Fen Chi was greatly surprised. When she helped ordinary members of the clan awaken their devil wings in the past, she would usually only need to use one of her natal fire feathers which would provide enough devil flames to help them fully condense their devil wings.
The stronger the devil wings, the more the devil flames they would consume. However, even when she helped the experts of the Six-Winged Clan who possessed the Void Wings awaken their wings, she would need at most five natal fire feathers to help in condensing them.
For Ning Fan, she had already given a higher evaluation of his devil wings and used six natal fire feathers on him. However, she did not expect that the devil flames from six natal fire feathers were only capable of condensing one-tenth of his devil wings…
Fen Chi was somewhat stunned.
His devil wings must be extremely strong and therefore, they are so difficult to fully form. I suppose they are even stronger than Void Wings!
Could it be that I have to use sixty fire feathers in order to help him completely condense his devil wings?
Even if Fen Chi lost her natal fire feathers, they would still grow again after some time through cultivation. Hence, she could continuously help cultivators awaken their devil wings.
However, if she plucks sixty fire feathers in one go, it would certainly be difficult for her to gain that much back.
Moreover, with her current condition, using six fire feathers already weakened her primordial spirit. If she uses sixty fire feathers in one single attempt, she might suffer severe injuries.
Fen Chi’s eyes were filled with distress and hesitation. However, her eyes flashed with determination a moment later.
Currently, helping Ning Fan awaken his devil wings was urgent. In order to completely condense his devil wings and make him satisfied, she naturally was not in a position where she could choose to care about her own well-being.
She gnashed her teeth, trying to pluck her natal fire feathers again but Ning Fan held her wrists and stopped her from doing so.
“You’ve already helped me summon my devil wings. It’s good enough. Let me handle the rest. And, take this Divine Injury Pill!”
Without giving Fen Chi a chance to refuse, Ning Fan directly inserted a pill into her cherry lips.
Fen Chi looked startled.
Is he concerned about me? Is he worried that I might get injured?
When Ning Fan’s fingers touched her soft lips, she blushed. Without uttering another word, she carefully digested the medicinal power of the pill.
She did not ask Ning Fan anything and he also did not explain anything to her.
Then, she saw Ning Fan suddenly stand up and the six illusory devil wings on his back burned with extremely frightening devil flames.
The devil flames were the combination of countless Heavenly Cold Qi and Earth Flames.
The grade of the devil flames was nearly on par with Mid-Grade Immortal Void Spirit Flames!
The devil flames made it hard for Fen Chi to breathe. She had never witnessed such powerful devil flames in her entire lifetime!
Under such powerful flames, the six illusory wings on Ning Fan’s back were developing at a terrifying speed!
The aura force of the Void Wings was rising rapidly under the nourishment of his devil flames!
At a certain point of time, Ning Fan suddenly summoned his Fu Li Demon Wings. Eight wings were burning with devil flames at the same time. Gradually, the devil flames turned black!
“T-These are demon wings! This pair of demon wings is actually at the same grade as Void Wings!” Fen Chi had done quite a lot of research about wings. At first glance, she could discern that Ning Fan possessed demon wings and devil wings at the same time.
She could not understand. Demon wings and devil wings were both vastly different kinds of wings. It was impossible for them to co-exist. Hence, how could they both exist in Ning Fan’s body at the same time?
She found it hard to believe the fact that Ning Fan actually possessed a pair of Void Wings in the first place!
She could not understand all of this but she could feel the aura force of the wings from Ning Fan which got stronger and stronger as time went by.
The Fu Li Demon Wings and the Six Devil Wings which were both at the grade of Void Wings actually showed signs of merging with each other. The aura force of his wings began to break through the limitations of Void Wings.
“Eight demon and devil wings… Under my command, condense!”
A rush of vigorous aura force was suddenly released from Ning Fan’s body, spreading across the entire Six-Winged Clan.
At this moment, Ning Fan’s back had eight wings burning with dark devil flames. Their presence gave out a soul-stirring aura force.
At this moment, all of the members of the Six-Winged Clan who had already condensed their wings felt that their devil wings were trembling in fear.
It was as if all the devil wings beneath the heavens could not rival Ning Fan’s.
It was a type of aura force originating from his wings. It was stronger than all types of Spirit Wings and Void Wings among all cultivators of the First Step of Cultivation.
As a matter of fact, the aura force of the wings he had condensed had surpa.s.sed all types of Void Wings by a great deal. It was impossible for any cultivator who was at the First Step of Cultivation to possess them. Usually, it could only be found on Heavenly Demons and Heavenly Devils.
In other words, the aura force of his wings had reached a grade which was higher than Void Wings!
Xuan Yi’s expression changed greatly. He stared at the direction where Ning Fan’s bridal chamber was with eyes full of disbelief.
It can’t be wrong. This vigorous aura force of wings that could disrupt my calmness is certainly being given off by him.
Could it be that he actually didn’t want to enjoy a great night with Fen Chi and do some things with her but instead asked her to help him awaken his devil wings?
“It’s the type of wings on the same level that a Heavenly Demon or Heavenly Devil would have! It can’t be wrong! The wings that Fellow Daoist Zhou has condensed have actually reached this level!”
“If Fellow Daoist Zhou focuses on cultivating his devil wings and raises their speed gradually, the speed of his wings will be able to rival the Heavenly Demons and Heavenly Devils someday in the future! The wings he has condensed are extremely precious wings that have boundless potential!”
Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel