- Chapter 49 (1/2)
The Power of Nascent Soul, the Oracle of Rain Palace
On the west of Yue Country, in Dark Sparrow Valley was a stretch of ‘The Great Rift’ that was covered by fog across the entire year. Within it was an indistinct jade palace and beside it was a place like utopia.
Unfortunately, this place wasn’t like any of the good places. It was a renowned evil sect – Sinister Sparrow Sect.
The cultivators who came and go in the sect were either in the form of light or mounting an extraordinary beast. Every time they entered or left the palace, they would feel a chilling sense of the fog covering it.
It was supposed to be spring now but due to the fog in the Dark Sparrow Valley, chills always ran through down people’s spine.
A youth in white clothes and black cloak entered the fog following the stream of returnees. No one noticed him as he had concealed his cultivation grade.
However, the moment he entered the layer of fog, his eyes flash with a smile. “I can feel the coldness of this Qi. It isn’t the coldness of ice but spirit. This is interesting. I assume this is the profundity of ‘Dark Yin Qi’. It is ranked number seven among the Heavenly Frosty Yin Qi. It can be used to freeze spirit. No, in a more precise way of saying, once a person devour the ‘Dark Yin Qi’, that person will have his spiritual endurance modified unknowingly. This is certainly a precious treasure. But I have no idea where it is stored. Even if I know, it would be very hard to steal it as not even the old devil attempted to steal it over the forty years given his greedy behavior.”
As a matter of fact, the thing that interested him the most wasn’t the Dark Yin Qi. After passing through the layer of fog, he could somehow feel it from the Yin Yang Locket in his dantian that there was something that might interest him.
This young man was obviously Ning Fan. While he did not cover his face with a cloth, his murderous intent and cultivation grade were hidden. His body looked thin and his smile was as bright as an ordinary young master of some sect.
The path became narrower after walking for ten miles. After a while, he saw the guards of Sinister Sparrow Sect patrolling outside. The Harmonious Spirit experts who were flying in the void landed, otherwise they would be attacked by the guards as intruder.
There were a few ships that were travelling on the sky and continued to move forward past the guards without landing down. None of the guards dared to stop them.
They were Gold Core experts of different sects! They came here to join Sinister Sparrow Sect’s discipleship ceremony. This ceremony was a grand occasion as it only happened once every ten years. Besides, many had targeted Sinister Sparrow Sect as they were the first evil sect of Yue Country after the extermination of Heaven Separation Sect.
Those old experts wanted to know how many quality disciples Sinister Sparrow Sect could receive.
Although their sect were as strong as Sinister Sparrow Sect, they wouldn’t dare to cause any trouble.
Ning Fan halted and looked upwards, thinking that if he too came here with the Seven Apricot Voyage Ship, he would probably also get past the guards without stopping. But he then shook his head to shake away the absurd thought.
The Seven Apricot Voyage Ship would attract plenty of attention. His main purpose in coming to Sinister Sparrow Sect was stealing the Dark Yin Qi, so it was better to keep a low profile. Although he had the status of that old devil’s disciple and fiancée of Lan Mei, it would be too risky to expose himself.
As he shook his head, a tough-looking man in sackcloth walked over to him with a face that showed he also had similar interest with Ning Fan. “Ah, my dear friend, I suppose you also look down on whatever immortals they might be called. Me too. What is it so mighty about them? What makes them more superior than us? However, I will have to work harder on my immortal cultivation, or else I will forever a grade lower than them and I don’t like this damn feeling!”
The youth was named Yun Lie. He looked distinctive. He had an upturned nose and a dark-charcoaled face like the bottom of a cooking wok. He had a curly hair and reddish beard and his height was eight feet tall. Overall, he looked very stalwart but his expression told that he was a cynical one.
If such a cynical expression was put on Ning Fan’s face, it would probably look casual or elegant. But if it was put on this ugly looking stalwart man’s face, he would look like a little funny looking man.
However, it didn’t mean that Ning Fan looked down on him. His expression didn’t change. One couldn’t judge a book by its cover. Ning Fan wouldn’t judge a person by his or her look. What drew his attention was how this stalwart man despise the people who was viewed as ‘immortals’ or the real immortals, because he was like this man half year ago.
There wasn’t fairness in this world. Only those who mastered the Truth Cultivation could survive. This had been every cultivator’s misery.
A few Vein Opening cultivators snickered as they heard the ugly man’s statement. But they stopped after they were darted a glance by the ugly man.
They felt frightened thinking what was this man? How could his Qi be so frightening?
“What is your view towards immortals, my friend? And how do you view the normal people?” The ugly man named Yun Lie ignored those Vein Opening cultivators. He pointed up at the Gold Core voyage ship and watched in disdain.
Naturally, he was asking Ning Fan for his opinion. Ning Fan wasn’t able to discern his cultivation grade but he could discern Ning Fan’s. Ning Fan narrowed his eyes. He had a feeling that this ugly man’s cultivation was way stronger than Sinister Sparrow as he couldn’t detect his unfathomable grade.
‘Could he be a Nascent Soul expert? But there wasn’t a Nascent Soul expert in Yue Country. He must be from some other countries.’
Ning Fan looked at the voyage ship with an expression that was neither humble nor arrogant, which had attracted the ugly man’s attention. And Ning Fan didn’t have a single disdain on his face when he looked at the face of the ugly man. Yun Lie admired his pleasant attitude, which told why he would ask Ning Fan for his viewpoint.
“Cultivation grade is like an unreachable mountain. Immortals are the beings that stands on the peak of the mountain. Cultivation grade is a prison that contains people. And normal people are the people who was being contained by the prison. If one can break free from the prison, one can become an immortal. But if one is overwhelmed by complacency when one is an immortal, one will fall back into being a human. In my opinion, Gold Core realm is far from being an immortal, especially when they are before a peerless figure.”
A projection of memories that belonged to Ancient Chaos Emperor surfaced in front of him. He saw the being could crush a star with a finger and reverse the law of movement of the Milky Way in a breath. Only that kind of *cking power could be allowed to be called a true immortal. Not even Emperor Moksha had such ability was fitted in such description.
In Ning Fan’s every cell, there was an unyielding spirit.