- 21 (2/2)

Inside the Orchid Temple, the demoness lightly sighed as if she was whispering. The evil tree was also recovered by the demoness. She was afraid of hurting Ning Fan and didn’t want to offend the old monster either.

“Your name is Ning Fan? Do you know the Heavenly Cloud Art…?

The demoness suspiciously asked.

“I don’t know…” Ning Fan lightly spoke.

“Is that so, then I have thought too much… You can go. I won’t pursue the matter today. However, your cultivation is not enough to call yourself Black Evil, and not enough to rob treasures either. Leave…”

This demoness normally killed people heartlessly, but today she opened a merciful escape path in the net.

It was not because of mercy, but she only faintly felt that she didn’t want to hurt Ning Fan.

“...”

Ning Fan was silent. In fact, after the life and death fight earlier, he saw the gigantic gap between him and the demoness. The demoness did not even use one percent of her magical power while he used all of his. If the demoness did not show mercy, then he wouldn’t even be able to block this little evil tree´s magic.

‘Not to mention killing Nascent Soul, I can’t even slash Gold Core. Weak, my time spent cultivating the evil art is too weak and I have too few means…’

‘Nascent Soul killing Gold Core is as easy as crushing an ant, and Gold Core killing me is most likely extremely easy as well…’

‘Even with the Immortal Emperor’s memories, if my cultivation doesn’t rise, then I am still a weakling — a mere ant. When will I be able to destroy the Heaven Separation Sect and save Ning Gu?’

Ning Fan lifted his head and noticed that the old monster was also looking at him.

“Little Ning, play dirty — do you know how? If you can trick Yun Ruowei, your father will take you to… the Heaven Separation Sect... If there is an opportunity, I will help you save your little brother, I am a bit sure of it…” The old monster solemnly said.

“To the Heaven Separation Sect?” Ning Fan’s voice became excited. If I can save Ning Gu, if I can…

“Little Ning, don’t misunderstand. Your father does want to bring you to destroy the Heaven Separation Sect, but your father’s cultivation is crippled and I can’t destroy it unless I regain my cultivation… The Heaven Separation Sect, the water is very deep there. The so-called ‘Sect Master Wuxie’ does have some background, and his background is even bigger than mine… To tell you the truth, unless there is no other way, your father really does not want to offend this person…” The old monster pursed his lips as if he would suffer heavy losses by bringing Ning Fan to the Heaven Separation Sect.

Ning Fan’s heart was very warm. He had considered the old monster as an outsider all along and never relied on the old monster to help him save his brother. However, this old monster took his little brother’s matter to heart.

‘I have no father and mother. I was always a servant of the Ning Clan since my earliest memories and accepted all types of abuse and contempt, but today, I actually have a master who cares for me like this.’

The old monster was truly good to him, better than anyone else before…

“Thank you ‘teacher’…”[1]

“Don’t call me ‘teacher’... Your father doesn’t like this term…” The old monster’s gaze became cold with a flashing hatred, but he suddenly withdrew it back to normal.

This hatred, there must be an old story behind it…

Meanwhile, Ning Fan was contemplating how to trick and scheme against the demoness.

Play dirty… The old monster can’t be telling me to defeat the demoness, can he? This is an impossible matter. The old monster wants me to learn how to use treacherous schemes when I cannot defeat the enemy…

Black Evil can have a carefree do-as-one-pleases character, but our thoughts must be meticulous and secretive… We absolutely have to know how to scheme against people in order to protect ourselves.

Under normal conditions and no matter the means, a Harmonious Spirit cultivator couldn’t defeat a Nascent Soul master… However, the old monster faintly felt that Ning Fan was hiding something sinister that could trick the demoness.

In the end, Ning Fan had secrets that even the old monster couldn’t see through.

‘Can he do it or not… If he can, then…’ A little anticipation was rising in his heart. This anticipation was about a different matter, a very important matter.

Play dirty…

Then, I just have to play dirty then…

When I can’t win head-on, then I have to take the curved path, and if the curved path doesn’t work, then I have to play dirty tricks…

“Yin Yang Transformation,” the bewitching technique! Can this be effective against this woman?!

After reaching the Harmonious Spirit realm, Ning Fan was able to perform a type of technique named “Yin Plucking Finger!”

The Yin Plucking Finger was a magic used to provoke woman’s sexuality. Using a Harmonious Spirit magical power can make a Harmonious Spirit female cultivator lose her mind and let others trample on her however they want. Even a Nascent Soul female cultivator’s mind would momentarily freeze when struck by this finger.

This moment of absence will be enough.

This move was somewhat dirty, but… There were too many things in this world that might be despicable, but it couldn’t be helped. The old monster wanted to teach Ning Fan this principle...

“I, am about to do it…”

Ning Fan determinedly stepped into the sky with a sword behind his back without any fear while looking at the Orchid Temple below.

The Yin Yang Locket in his dantian gently shook, this was the thing he relied on the most!

[1] He had always called the old monster ‘master (shi zun)’, as a distinction of veneration and respect, but now he called him ‘teacher (shi fu)’ instead, and it had a much closer sensation. The difference of one word encompassed two entirely different meanings