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Grasping Evil I-m Ink 87470K 2022-07-20

Lan Mei

The Auction Palace was built with the unique blue ice of Seven Apricot City — cold and stable. There were five hundred Ice Guards outside of the palace, and they were greeting the guests.

The Dao Fruit Auction was taking place at this location, and participants were required to at least be in the fifth level of the Vein Opening Realm.

Inside the palace, there was a Violet Flame copper lamp every ten steps. These flames will never die, and all of these copper lamps — without exception — were not low level magical treasures.

Along the way, Ning Fan highly praised the use of magical treasures as lamps. This Godly Void Pavilion’s handling of business was not small; worthy of being an ancient power in the memories of the Immortal Emperor.

Next to Ning Fan was a man leading the way sent by Nangong.

This man was dressed in a blue robe and was the son of Nangong. Named Nanwei, he was a half-step Harmonious Spirit realm cultivator. He was an inner disciple of the “Sinister Sparrow Sect”, and he came back today to Seven Apricot City just to watch the Dao Fruit Auction.

Nanwei was very bold and unconstrained. Even though he only met Ning Fan for a moment, he quickly made friendly talks the whole way. His incessant conversation was a bit similar to the old monster. Ning Fan was a bit unaccustomed to Nanwei’s enthusiasm.

“Young Lord should also know that this blue ice has a great origin. I heard that…”

“Young Lord should also know why this Violet Flame is always bright. I heard that…”

“Young Lord, there is a beauty over there, that waist, that figure…”

“Young Lord… Why are you not talking…”

“I heard that Brother Nan is an inner disciple of the Sinister Sparrow Sect?” Ning Fan finally spoke to pick up the conversation.

“Thats right, this little brother ran back here from the sect just for the Dao Fruit Auction. Oh right, this time, coming from the Sinister Sparrow Sect, besides this little brother, there was someone else coming to Seven Apricot City. Does Young Lord know who it is?”

“Who?” Ning Fan casually asked without an interested appearance. He was not like a boy, but more like an old man.

“A beauty.” Nanwei said with a special longing.

“Oh.” Ning Fan lightly replied. He had little interest regarding beauties.

“Uhh, is Young Lord really the City Lord’s disciple? Why is your character so cold. Young Lord should know, this beauty and Young Lord have a great connection. She is the person chosen by the City Lord to be your fiancee.”

“Uhh...”

Ning Fan perched one eyebrow in silence. When did the old monster choose a fiancée for him? He already had Zhihe?

“City Lord joined the Sinister Sparrow Sect forty years ago, and he had a pact with the Sect Master that, in the future, when he has a disciple, the disciple will marry the Sect Master’s daughter...” Nanwei spoke without stopping.

“Forty years ago? This is the old monster choosing an arranged betrothal before birth?” Ning Fan felt his head inflating..

Forty years ago, he was not born yet and didn’t have any relationship with the old monster. Clearly, this was an arranged marriage before birth.

“The Sinister Sparrow Sect´s daughter, Lan Mei, is a supreme beauty. Because of her status, there are many suitors. However, this woman is proud and arrogant, and she rarely shows any friendliness to men. She is also dissatisfied with this arranged marriage before birth. If she sees Young Lord, I’m afraid she will make things difficult for you. At that time, Young Lord should be a bit accommodating towards her…”

“You want me to yield to her?” Ning Fan frowned. He did not like arrogant women. Regarding this arranged marriage, he didn’t put it in his heart.

Inside the inner palace, the lights were slightly darkened. The Auction Palace was divided into three levels. There was a circular seating area with a crystal tower in the center that was used to display the items. The auctioneer was Ning Fan himself.

This auction will be led by him, and he had to deal with this spectacular scene. This was all planned by the old monster.

Compared to the sect´s disciples who cultivated step by step, the old monster clearly wanted to cultivate a disciple who was capable of upholding one direction.

Even though Ning Fan had not cultivated for a long time, he had a hard life when he was younger, so his view of the world was very clear. Plus, he also had the Immortal Emperor’s memories so he did not have any stage fright.

The auction had not yet started, and Ning Fan slightly looked through the inner palace.

The first level seatings was for all of the Vein Opening cultivators. Only Harmonious Spirit cultivators had the qualification for the second level.

The third level were for the Gold Core old devils, and only three were seated there! The three devils’ seats were covered by a dragon jade curtain; it was able to shield the eyes and spiritual senses. No one was able to see their appearances.

At the entrance to the second floor, there was a noisy commotion at this moment. It was as if something had happened.

The maids greeting the guests were all beautiful cultivators that were enchantingly dressed.

They were from the Godly Void Pavilion, and they carried naturally proud temperaments. They were cold to the Vein Opening cultivators and only slightly smiled towards the Harmonious Spirit ones, but not much more. Only when facing Gold Core old devils would they make some slightly polite remarks.

At this moment, the two maids with cold expressions stopped a girl dressed in blue in front of them. The girl dressed in blue wanted to go to the second floor, but the lord of the Godly Void Pavilion had an order that people without Harmonious Spirit realm cultivation couldn’t go up to the second floor. However, no matter what, the girl in blue refused to let go of the matter.

“Sorry, Master’s order. Cultivators that haven’t reached Harmonious Spirit cannot go up to the second floor.” The two maids arrogantly spoke.

The girl dressed in blue frowned and said, “I am a half-step Harmonious Spirit. Plus, this order medal, is this enough? My sect’s elder is up there and I need to find him, could the two of you overlook this…”

The girl dressed in blue moved her empty hand, and a dark jade order medal appeared. It had an underworld sparrow diagram on top.

The nearby cultivators who saw this all took a cold breath. Even a few Harmonious Spirit realm old devils walking by had an uncertain look when they saw this.

This was the Sinister Sparrow Sect´s Sect Master’s order medal! This girl dressed in blue holding the order, could she be the daughter of the Sect Master?

If this was her identity, then she was eligible to go up to the second floor, right?

Unfortunately, the two maids came from the Godly Void Pavilion and didn’t care for the Sinister Sparrow Sect´s face; they didn’t bother looking at the medal. Their expressions were still like what they were in the beginning. With a cold tone, “Master’s order, cultivators that haven’t reached Harmonious Spirit cannot go up to the second floor!”

The girl dressed in blue wrinkled her brows even more tightly. She didn’t expect that this Godly Void Pavilion didn’t care for social relationship, and she couldn’t help but to faintly sigh.

Behind her was a white-robed young master. Seeing the girl dressed in blue sighing, he immediately stepped forward while shaking his paper fan. Exuding his Early-stage Harmonious Spirit realm aura, it encompassed the two maids directly.

“You’re just maids yet you still dare to look down on the Sinister Sparrow Sect, simply courting death!”

A little bit of pressure was released, yet it shook the two maids until their sweet lips were bleeding while their beautiful eyes were filled with restrained anger. The white-robed young master still wanted to make a move, but he was stopped by the girl dressed in blue.

“Forget it, we won’t go up. Wait until the auction ends, then we can report this to the elder… Hopefully, the Great Void Sect won’t move so fast… Older Brother Bai, we’ll go down to the first floor to find a place to sit.”

“Hmph! Considering my little sister’s face, I will spare you once ah!”

The white-robed young master’s words were arrogant, but after being advised by the girl in blue, he turned around for the first level seating area.

They turned around and saw Ning Fan standing to the side while watching the lively scene.

The white-robed young master glanced and noticed that Nanwei was also from the Sinister Sparrow Sect. They clearly knew each other, but it seemed that their relationship was not good. Thus, he only coldly snorted and turned his head.

As for the girl dressed in blue, she noticed Nanwei following behind Ning Fan, so she couldn’t help but to look at Ning Fan’s cultivation and found that he was only at the fifth level of Vein Opening. She felt that it was a little strange because Nanwei was a half-step Harmonious Spirit. Why was he so deferential towards Ning Fan?

“Little Brother Nan, this person is…” The girl dressed in blue lightly asked.

“Oh, I would like to do some introductions. This is Seven Apricot City’s Young Lord, Ning Fan. This is the Sinister Sparrow Sect´s Young Lord, Lan Mei…” Finished speaking, Nanwei winked several times at Ning Fan with an expression that seemed to say: This beauty is your fiancée, hurry up and go greet her for a good impression.

However, Ning Fan automatically ignored Nanwei’s expression and simply nodded his head towards Lan Mei. It was as if this was enough of a good gesture.

As for Lan Mei, after hearing Ning Fan’s identity, her beautiful eyebrows slightly perched as she asked, “You are the disciple of Honorable Alchemist Han, Ning Fan?”

“Oh? You know me?” Ning Fan was a bit surprised. He only cultivated the Evil Dao for several days, yet his reputation already reached the Sinister Sparrow Sect?

“I didn’t know before, I only knew after coming to Seven Apricot City. Ning Fan, I want you to understand one thing. You and I are not possible. I only like the powerful… I hope that when you come to the Sinister Sparrow Sect in the future, don’t dwell on me.” Lan Mei spoke with a cool tone. It was not demeaning, but apathetic and distanced.

“Why would I dwell on you?” Ning Fan slightly smiled and asked in return. He then brushed past them while Nanwei quickly chased behind.

There were more than thousands of women in this world, not only her, this Lan Mei. This girl thought too highly of herself.

Ning Fan’s calmness left Lan Mei slightly surprised, but she didn’t say anything.

In any case, she did not recognize the marriage arrangement made by her parent. She had her own reasons, but she would never tell it to strangers and it had nothing to do with Ning Fan.

The white-robed young master behind Lan Mei never interrupted them from start to finish, but after the conversation between the two of them was over, he looked at Ning Fan’s back while narrowing his sinister eyes as he said with disdain: “Little Sister, this person is your fiancée? Haha, with a fifth level Vein Opening cultivation... This is nothing, how about you consider me, instead? I am already a Harmonious Spirit realm expert and a good match for you. He, is not good enough!”

“Sorry, Older Brother, I am not interested in him, but also not interested in you.” I have no interest in all men. Lan Mei rubbed her forehead and really wanted to tell the truth to this white-robed young master.