- Chapter 180 1 (1/2)

The Death of ‘Ning Fan’

The sixth floor of Ming Yu Building was an enchanting place with a relaxing atmosphere.

On top of the small table, there was an incense burner. It emitted aromatic purple smoke from within, filling the air with its fragrance. It was a perfume originating from Great Jin, “Longing for Warmth”.

A bed with curtains hanging around it could be seen at the side of the room. No one could clearly see what was inside the curtains other than the blurry figures of a man and a woman lying side by side on the bed covered in a wool blanket.

The blanket was adorned with an embroidery of a pair of red phoenixes. And on the wall behind the bed hung a portrait of shunga[1]. Under the cover of the curtains, the bed with a width of one zhang* and two chi* gave out a delicate fragrance of a woman.

Yun Ruowei’s heart did not slow down at all. In fact, it was the opposite since Ning Fan was lying right beside her that their arms were already touching.

This bed is so enormous and there’s also a shunga hung on the wall. It’s evidently not an ordinary bed for resting. It should be used for “doing that deed”. I requested his help to eliminate my Heart’s Devil. However, he brought me to this kind of indecent bed. He’s really..., really…

“Shameless!” She could no longer quell her turbulent emotions. As such, that word accidentally slipped out from her mouth.

“Er… This bed was already here in this building when Commander Gu Yan gifted it to me. How come I’m the one being called ‘shameless’ for it?”

“I warn you, if you dare to take advantage of me…”

“I won’t do anything else to you. Fine. Quickly enter into your dream. This will be my first time entering someone else’s dream using a minor demonic technique.”

“You know about the minor demonic techniques?”

She turned to her right facing Ning Fan. Her eyes that were showing a glint oof astonishment stared at him in a strange manner.

It’s already rare to find a human who possesses demon veins. However, a human who can conjure demonic techniques is as scarce as a hen’s teeth. Come to think of it, since when did he possess demon veins? Fine. I guess, he’s always been that peculiar.

Unconsciously, her face almost came into contact with his ear. He could literally feel her gentle breaths and smell her fragrance. Anyone would have mistaken them as lovers flirting with each other.

When she realized her inappropriate action, she immediately lied down straight like how she did originally. This time, her heartbeat raced.

Luckily, Ning Fan was focusing on practicing the hand seals for the minor demonic technique. He did not care much about Yun Ruowei’s reaction.

If he really harbored evil intent towards her, he could have taken that opportunity already and use his Yin Plucking Finger on her to get what he want.

Yun Ruowei secretly let out a sigh knowing that she had misunderstood Ning Fan before this. Apparently, Ning Fan might act brazenly but his heart was the opposite. In fact, he was calm and steady on the inside.

It’s only been a few years ago when I first met this man. That time, he was still a suave teen. Now, he is already a young man with exceptional power. In the past, I could handle him with ease. Now, I have to be vigilant and be wary of him whenever he is present. Unknowingly, I, too, began to fear him.

Maybe after hundreds of years, he would surpass me in both strength and magic power. I would only be able to look up to him when he reaches the pinnacle in the path of cultivation by then.

Suddenly, something made her eyes blink with amazement. It was Ning Fan who was engrossed in practicing the hand seals himself. He seemed to have mastered them quickly.

Among the five hundred minor demonic techniques, majority of them are techniques of the Spirit Level and they acted as the foundation of cultivating demonic techniques. The Dream Entering Technique, was one of the few minor demonic techniques that are at the Core Realm.

To conjure it, it required only a dozen hand seals which was rather few. For most Core Realm demonic techniques, they would need at least tens of hand gestures in order to conjure them. Why was this so? It was because this technique was a simplified version. Without performing anything extra, it was categorized as a Core Realm demonic technique that allowed the caster to enter a dream!

Aside from that, it enabled the caster to intrude someone else’s dream!

Many stories related to this technique were made up in the mortal world. For example, a female demon who fell in love with a mortal scholar entered his dream every night to make love with him… Another example was King Qingxiang of Chu having dreamt about meeting a goddess…

A human cultivator would not be able to perform this technique, but a demon could. Cultivators could perform Soul Memory Searching Spirit Technique while a demon could intrude others memories and dreams.

Ning Fan completely memorized the required hand seals. However, while he started to perform them, his fingers were unfortunately not flexible enough. He felt as if his fingers were moving in water, full of resistance although nothing was between his fingers other than empty air.

Actually, the force he felt was the power of heaven and earth. The essence of demonic techniques was to draw the strength from them.

In the first time he performed the hand seals, he failed because he lacked the fluidity and speed. But his progress was enough to surprise Yun Ruowei. When she practiced this technique in the past, she was not able to finish all the required hand seals during her first time of performing the hand seals. Only after tens of times of practicing them was she able to complete all the hand seals.

In his second trial, he was already able to draw a tiny trace of power from heaven and earth. On the third trial, he almost succeeded but he stopped the technique himself.

The reason was because he had to enter into a dream at the same time Yun Ruowei does. He must never do it alone all by himself.

“I’ve already mastered Dream Entering Technique. Let’s begin.”

“Alright.” In Yun Ruowei’s mind, Ning Fan was a cultivator with extreme talent. When she thought of what they were going to do next, her face blushed.

She faltered and flusteredly said a few words, “Once we’re finished with the hand seals, we must hold our hands together. Remember, you must quickly hold my hand…”

When she spoke those words, her hands faintly trembled beyond her control.

As she imagined her hands being held by Ning Fan, her thoughts became chaotic.

If I don’t do this, he can’t enter into the same dream with me together. Just hang on, for the sake of eliminating the Heart’s Devil…

She bit her lips and acted like she was preparing for the last moment of her life, saying, “Let’s start!”

“Okay.”

Both of them performed the hand seals together, drawing the power from heaven and earth.

“Minor Demonic Technique, Dream Entering Technique!”

When the hand seals were completed, a strange but profound demon power bound their thoughts together. They felt their souls floating away, leaving their physical bodies.