Chapter 222 2 (1/2)
Xu Rushan!
Moreover, Ning Fan caught a whiff of devil qi from the jade slip. Even though the qi was faint, it nearly caused his Nascent Soul to collapse.
Such tremendous devil qi… The expert who imprinted this jade slip must be unimaginably powerful.
Among all the cultivators he had seen in the External Endless Sea, he had yet to meet anyone with such heaven-shockingly powerful devil qi.
He did not immediately took the jade slip. Instead, he gently shook his head as he knew that it must be related to something rather significant.
If he reads it, he would have to promise to do Xu Rushan’s request no matter what.
“I think it’s better that Senior gives me a brief idea of the matter. If it is something important, I don’t dare to act rashly.”
“Oh? Fellow Daoist sure is a very cautious person. You’re clearly a person that can be entrusted with an important matter…Hai. Let me be frank with you. It is actually similar to your expectation as it truly is related to the Secret Realm of the Broken World. In fact, it is just hunting Wild Beasts and gathering their Demon Pills. However, …hai… the number of Demon Pills needed is a little… a little too many. Moreover, the deadline for the task is approaching fast…”
“Number? Deadline?” Ning Fan muttered to himself.
If he just wants to request my help in gathering Demon Pills of Wild Beasts, it would be unnecessary for him to behave in that manner. I wonder how large the number he needs that it was able to make him lose his composure.
“The Secret Realm of the Broken World only opens once in every fifty years. Every time it opens, only forty cultivators are allowed to enter and it will stay open for one year for cultivators to enter the world and accumulate the Demon Pills of Wild Beasts. But this time, because of the urgency in the completion of the task, the place was forcefully activated half a year in advance. Therefore, the Secret Realm is not as stable as usual and it can only last for half a year… Within such a short duration, I must gather… 200 Demon Pills of Wild Beasts. Let me be bold and ask you a question, does Fellow Daoist have enough confidence to kill 200 Wild Beasts within half a year?”
“200 Demon Pills in half a year? Senior Xu thinks too highly of junior.”
Ning Fan’s eyes flashed in a color of surprise.
It’s out of my expectations that this Xu Rushan would be begging for my help. Killing 200 Wild Beasts in just half a year… That is to say, once I enter into the Secret Realm, I need to at least kill a lot of Wild Beasts which have power comparable to a Spirit Severing Realm expert… I’m afraid killing one per day would not suffice…
Killing two hundred Spirit Severing Realm experts… If Ning Fan had such power, he would have already conquered the entire Internal Endless Sea. If he is that strong, he would not have needed to explore the Secret Realm of the Broken World.
Ning Fan stood in silence without saying yes or no. As for Xu Rushan, he began to feel a little impatient.
He had witnessed Ning Fan’s power. The latter could even make him feel a feeling of danger. There was no one below the Spirit Severing Realm that was at his level.
Every Peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivator who were capable of killing a single Wild Beast in the Secret Realm were considered as strong experts. In the past, the most Xu Rushan could get from tens of Peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivators were just a dozen Demon Pills.
But this time, he must gather 200 Demon Pills without any excuses. Otherwise, his head would fall.
Other than Ning Fan, he really did not have any hope on anyone else. He felt that even the other Peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, including those descendants of the Venerated Seven of the Internal Endless Sea could not rival Ning Fan.
As a Spirit Severing Realm expert as well as the trusted follower of Venerated Giant who was one of the Venerated Seven, Xu Rushan rarely lowered his head down to others. However, today was the first time in his life where he put up a smiling face in order to please someone.
“Hehe. Fellow Daoist Zhou, if you help me this time, I will owe you a big favor. If you meet difficulties in the future, I will definitely aid you even though I have to go through a mountain of swords and a sea of flames. To validate my promise, I will swear the Great Oath of Heart’s Devil after you accomplish the task. Moreover, the Venerated Giant will show favoritism towards you. The next time you enter the Internal Endless Sea, you will have a powerful force backing you. Of course, if killing 200 Wild Beasts is difficult for you, I will search for others to reduce your burden. But Fellow Daoist has to at least gather 10 of the pills. Other than exchanging one drop the Profound Liquid of Mother Earth for each of the pills, this old man will give you another 50 drops of the liquid in extra. Try to imagine if Fellow Daoist collects 200 Demon Pills… You will gain a total of 2500 units of magic power. With that amount of magic power, it will be easy for you to attain the Peak Nascent Soul Realm.”
“…”
Ning Fan did not utter a single word. But his eyes seemed to blaze with fire.
He wanted to think over this matter in a more thorough manner. Xu Rushan might be humble when he was begging him, but he could not imagine what would happen if he failed to fulfill his promise. He was afraid that Xu Rushan might go mad and vent out his anger on him.
200 Wild Beasts… Even though it is reduced to only 10 of them, it’s still not a trivial task.
Although those Wild Beasts were not exactly comparable to genuine ones were not difficult to kill if Ning Fan approaches them one by one, but who knows whether the beasts moved alone or stayed in groups…
Perhaps he might find beasts which were left out by their groups, but there was still a possibility that he would have to face groups of beasts if he really wants to kill 200 of them. Just by thinking of the scene where he had to fight against a group of beasts with each of them having power comparable to a Spirit Severing Realm expert was enough to make his scalp go numb.
It would be much easier if I can bring in Stone Warrior and the female corpse… Unfortunately, no Spirit Severing Realm experts are allowed to enter… It seems I can only rely on myself.
So, should I promise him or reject it?
If I reject his offer, I am going to miss the opportunity to obtain more than 200 drops of the Profound Liquid of Mother Earth.
200 drops of that liquid is equivalent to 2000 units of magic power. If I complete this task, I would have finished one fifth of the journey in attaining Spirit Severing Realm.