- 9 (1/2)

Dugu

The fragrant quilt, along with warm pillows, helped to contribute to a sleepless night. As morning approached, Zhihe finally slept from exhaustion with a shy and satisfied expression.

As for Ning Fan, although he was not pleased, he couldn’t bear to wake her up.

The Vein Opening Dan could wait until Zhihe was awake again.

After caressing Zhihe’s tiny face and covering her with a blanket, Ning Fan got dressed and gently pushed the door to go outside, standing quietly in the snowy courtyard.

Following the passionate night with Zhihe, using his dual cultivation technique, which caused Zhihe to release all of her Yin energy and resolve her Bewitching Physique, made Ning Fan open two new evil veins in just one night.

Just one more vein and he would be able to enter the second level of the Vein Opening realm.

Zhihe’s natural born Bewitching Physique seemed to have a great effect with the Yin Yang Transformation.

However, the more unexpected thing was that after one night, Zhihe also opened two veins. Going from a mortal directly to a first level Vein Opening cultivator caused Ning Fan to be shocked.

Ordinary dual cultivation merit laws either sacrificed Yin to reinforce Yang or sacrificed Yang to reinforce Yin. All of them steal the essence of others and hurts them to benefit oneself. However, the Yin Yang Transformation increased both the man and woman’’s cultivation at the same time. Well, simply put, it was a technique that would benefit all of humanity…

One was a cultivator of the Yin Yang Transformation with the Yin Yang Evil Vein while the other was a natural born Bewitching Physique as a cauldron. They were the perfect match.

“Only one more immortal vein to advance to the second level of the Vein Opening realm, I wonder if the Vein Opening Dan would allow me to reach the second level in one go?”

Ning Fan took out two jade containers from his chest; there were seventy dans altogether. Some were refined by him while others were given to him by the old monster’s sect.

Ordinary people would take at least a month to refine this dan, and at least several months for a batch.

Ning Fan, on the other hand, had an Immemorial Evil Vein, so his dan refinement speed was much faster than the average person’s. More experiments would be needed to find the specific time.

Ning Fan sat cross-legged on the snowy ground. He took one dan and rapidly processed the medicine’s effect.

As the medicine entered his dantian, its medicinal effect was instantly refined and rapidly circulated the Yin Yang Evil Vein before being absorbed by Ning Fan. In the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, it was completely refined by Ning Fan!

So fast! It was just one incense stick of time yet he was still able to refine an entire Vein Opening Dan!

Ning Fan was quite shocked. According to the Seven Apricot Record, even Immemorial Evil Veins would take half a day or so to completely refine a Vein Opening Dan. However, with his Yin Yang Evil Vein, he only needed an incense stick of time to thoroughly absorb the pills energy. It was countless times faster than other Immemorial Evil Veins.

It was truly inconceivable!

Could it be that his Yin Yang Evil Vein was more powerful than the other Immemorial Evil Veins?

This notion only appeared for a moment in Ning Fan’s thoughts before it was quickly suppressed with a wry laugh.

Immemorial Evil Veins often had special abilities.

Cultivators with the Immemorial Fire Vein had innate powerful abilities in controlling fire and were capable of communicating with the Fire God to have even more innate skills.

Cultivators with the Immemorial Thunder Vein were adept at controlling lightning, and as for the other Immemorial Evil Vein cultivators, they all also had remarkable abilities.

However, Ning Fan’s Yin Yang Evil Vein had yet to show any other special abilities in addition to faster cultivation speed.

At the very least, it refined dan quickly. This would always be advantageous.

Ning Fan once again took another Vein Opening Dan and started his refinement. After an incense stick’s worth of time, the fourth vein was successfully formed, meaning that Ning Fan’s Vein Opening realm reached the second level!

Take a dan, open a vein! Take a dan, open a vein! In the wind and snow, no one noticed Ning Fan’s cultivation was rapidly increasing at an alarming rate.

After refining seven Vein Opening Dan, Ning Fan opened up nine immortal veins and broke through to the third level!

After taking in twenty-two more dan, Ning Fan opened up sixteen more immortal veins and reached the fourth level!

As the number of internal immortal veins increased, the effect of the Vein Opening Dan appeared to be less effective, and more of them were required to open up new veins.

After taking the seventieth dan, Ning Fan successfully formed the thirty-third vein. This was much more than the twenty-five veins needed for the fifth level of the Vein Opening realm!

A thirty-three vein cultivator! Vein Opening fifth level!

Compared to the first level of the Vein Opening realm, Ning Fan’s magical power dramatically increasedseveral times. His strength naturally improved a lot as well.

It was almost noon. In just one morning, Ning Fan’s cultivation had increased to the fifth level Vein Opening! This speed, when compared to the half year limit given to him by the old monster, was countless times faster!

This was the Yin Yang Evil Vein’s heavenly talents with its truly dreadful cultivation speed.

He took a deep breath and raised his hand. The Evil Flame burned from his finger into several flowers. At this moment, he was able to use the Evil Flame as his heart desired, without the slightest bit of sluggishness.

His cultivation only needed enough dan to create the required one hundred veins to step into the tenth level of the Vein Opening realm in a very short time!

Then, with a fortuitous opportunity, he could step into the Harmonious Spirit realm and be able to void step in the air, truly becoming a genuine expert capable of soaring over both heaven and earth!

“I want to rescue Ning Gu from the Heaven Separation Evil Sect, and this would require at least a Harmonious Spirit cultivation. Many ordinary cultivators could spend their whole lives being unable to reach the Harmonious Spirit realm. However, I am different; I have the Immemorial Evil Vein and the memories of the Immortal Emperor, so I will reach the Harmonious Spirit realm very soon! Ning Gu, wait for me, I will certainly take you back, and we will return home together!”

Ning Fan was just talking to himself, but outside the walls came the cold voice of a lady.

“The Heaven Separation Evil Sect is not so simple. So what if you reach the Harmonious Spirit realm? Harmonious Spirit cultivators would simply die by going there… Gold Core experts going there would also face grave dangers. With your cultivation, I’m afraid you will never be able to save your brother!”

Then, the footstep sounds of the lady gradually disappeared.

Who was it?!

Ning Fan left the snowy courtyard and only saw the shadow of a lady in the far distance.

This girl was dressed in white, with sweet and slender shoulders. Her black hair was tied up high like the clouds, and her thin waist could be held in just one hand. She stood in the chilly wind and snow, only leaving behind a shadow for Ning Fan.

She felt Ning Fan chasing behind so she paused her feet and looked back. Her fine, black hair was as smooth as a waterfall. With a decorating apricot flower, her hair carried a faint fragrance. She also possessed an indescribably proud and aloof coldness.

“You are not allowed to follow me!”

It was a clear rejection. The lady’s gaze was like a sword sweeping through Ning Fan’s face, giving him some uncomfortable pain.

“Ghost?! Monster?”

The lady moved to an apricot tree and suddenly disappeared. Her figure, like a cold fog, dissipated without a trace.

Ning Fan halted his steps and stared fixedly at the apricot tree as he pondered about the identity of the lady.

Under the tree was a short grave with two words delicately carved by a sword that still carried its intention.

Dugu…

Next to the grave was a two zhang tall blue boulder. There were three sword marks on top of the boulder.

These three sword marks were completely different. Standing next to the boulder, he contemplated in silence and did not want to leave for a long time.