- Chapter 178 1 (1/2)

Such a Pity…

Amidst the bright sky, worn out and damaged shuttles flew towards Gu Shan Guan.

Today was the seventh day since they went out to war making everyone busy in the city.

All the shuttles that set out to eliminate the demons in different cities all managed to return. The cultivators who were assigned to guard Ju Shan Guan were busy registering the battle points of the cultivators who participated in missions.

At the gate of the city, the cultivators who became embroiled in bloodbaths earlier exchanged their battle points for immortal jade, pills and treasures to increase their strength.

Above the gate tower, a woman in a plain-colored dress was looking at the edge of the sky with a concerned expression.

The stench of blood fills the air. But his shuttle hasn’t returned yet.

“Suqiu Xianzi, don’t worry. Ning… Fellow Daoist Zhou is strong. He would surely be safe…” Jing Zhuo tried to console her.

“En. I know that he’s powerful. At the end of the day, he’s just a…. I heard that seven groups accomplished their mission and only three groups didn’t manage to destroy the demon cities. Furthermore, three Nascent Soul Realm cultivators lost their bodies and only their Nascent Souls managed to return. Would he be alright?” The woman wearing a plain dress bit her lips and let out a faint sigh.

Why is he being stubborn every time?

To ask me to guard this city while heading into the frontlines himself and face danger.

The concern in her eyes never ceased no matter what Jing Zhuo said.

Only when another broken shuttle flying in the sky came into her sight that she let out a sigh of relief.

A young man was standing at the head of the shuttle dressed in white clothes and donned a dark cloak. He was facing against the wind with both of his hands behind his back. Although his face looked pale, it was always adorned with a smile.

“He finally returned… He should’ve obtained lots of battle points for sure. It’s similar to what happened back then in the Sinister Sparrow Sect…”

Yin Suqiu’s eyes sparkled and got she quickly down from the gate tower, heading towards the city. She wanted to welcome Ning Fan and celebrate his victory.

…

In this war, victory belonged to humans.

They now have sufficient battle points to leave Great Jin. What follows after the destruction of the demon cities would be the final battle at Dragon Vision Pond. That battle would be led personally by Revered Snow. However, Ning Fan didn’t intend to join the battle.

There were actually few reasons of why he won’t do so.

Firstly, since he had already gained enough battle points, there was no need for him to continue risking his life for the upcoming war. The date of the final battle had been set at exactly a month from now. On the other hand, the activation day for the Ancient Teleportation Formation would be a few days after the commencement of the final battle. If he participate in the war, he might not be able to catch up on time if something unpredictable cropped up and delays him.

Secondly, the Spirit Severing Realm demon general was still in the Dragon Vision Pond. He captured two of the demon general’s female partners and killed one of his male partner. The two female demons that were held captive didn’t pose a big threat to Ning Fan but killing the male demon did. After the male demon died, he noticed that the blood qi of the male demon stained his body. The stain remained on his body for a few days already without a sign of disappearing. Perhaps it might turn out to be a reason for the demon general to seek him out for revenge.

If I join the war, it would be a suicidal action since the demon general would certainly not let me go. So there’s completely no reason for me to participate.

The third reason was because of the storage pouch of the lion-maned demon. There was something in there which made Ning Fan to be extremely worried.

For the last reason, Ning Fan required some time to rest, treat his wounds and also to assimilate the demons’ blood!

During the return trip to the city, he had tried to examine the storage pouch in his Cauldron Ring using his spirit sense several times. The results always astonished him!

In that storage pouch that belonged to the demon with a lion’s mane contained a cherry-sized Immemorial Star!

It might look tiny and small. However, the Yin Yang Locket was created with just that amount of Immemorial Star. (The Yin Yang Locket wasn’t big after all)

As for the Separation Slayer Sword, it contained only a few fragments of an Immemorial Star. If that cherry-sized Immemorial Star was fully merged into the sword, its quality would certainly improve. Moreover, the sword would become hard enough to the extent of being able to withstand a Void Fragmentation Realm magic technique without a scratch.

Early High Grade Flying Sword - Separation Slayer Sword had a thin body. Refining it might not even need the entire piece of Immemorial Star. Perhaps Ning Fan could build another Immemorial Divine Weapon with the leftovers!

But it was already seriously corrupted by demonic qi.

Ning Fan did not know that it was given to the lion-maned demon by the demon general himself. The general ordered the demon to contaminate it with demonic qi. He had planned to forge an Immemorial Divine Weapon for himself after he completes his Dragon Transformation. Other than fiendgods, the demons who possessed Immemorial Demon Veins were the ones that were able to wield Immemorial Divine Weapons.

It’s such a pity for the general that the Immemorial Star had fallen into Ning Fan’s hands. If he found out, he would definitely be enraged.

To purify the Immemorial Star that was contaminated with demonic qi, it would need special means that might take a while. For Ning Fan, the earlier he can get his hands on a pure Immemorial Star, the better.

As such, he lacked the motivation to go into battle a month later at the Dragon Vision Pond.

Besides, there were three layers of demon’s blood condensing within his body, roiling.

In the previous battle, he had consumed three demon corpses in giant form after killing each of them. It was indeed a gruesome scene to watch. However, consuming blood was one of the ways to strengthen the demon’s power within his body, according to the Camelia Scripture from the flower demon.