Chapter 269 1 - That Butterfly (1/2)
That Butterfly
Bei Li’s hand gently rubbed her chest. Her chilly gaze flashed with surprise for the very first time.
11 strikes! 11 bell rings!
With just a single breath, he rang the bell… eleven times!
Bei Li had expected that Ning Fan would at most be able to sound the bell 19 times with all his strength based on the firmness of his Heart of Dao…
However, she did not anticipate that Ning Fan had comprehended one of the Void Fragmentation Realm divine abilities – the Emperor’s Shadow and used the prestige of the emperor to withstand the immortal’s prestige from the bell.
Without much preparation, her breathing was disrupted by the sound of the bell which rapidly came pounding on her one after one another. She quickly calmed herself down, regulating her breathing and magic power and only then did her breathing became normal again but her chest was still rising and falling in a noticeable manner.
“Even though he has yet to completely attain the Divine Transformation Realm, he has already congealed the Emperor’s Shadow. Besides, when he was at the Ten Steps Bridge earlier, he had even unleashed his incarnation technique… Among the three Void Fragmentation Realm techniques, he has already learnt two of them… He’s really a monster…”
Ning Fan was unaware that his actions had made a favorable impression on Bei Xiaoman’s third elder sister.
But even if he knew about it, he would not care about it at all because what truly mattered to him were just the giant bell in front of him and that incomplete scene that flashed past his eyes.
“What exactly was that image…”
“It’s samsara!” Luo You’s drowsy voice echoed from within the Yin Yang Locket.
“Samsara?” Ning Fan was stunned. The next moment, he inwardly teased, “Miss Luo You, you always wake up just right in time when I need you.”
“Yea. I actually wanted to sleep for a little longer but the sound of the bell was rather annoying… It’s a disturbance to my sweet dreams… Hmm… The Bell of Samsara. It really brings back old memories. This Elder Sister could not remember clearly how long it had been since I rang this bell to complete my Divine Transformation… Slumber… When one falls into slumber, they would then be forgotten and perish along with time…”
Luo You’s voice was filled with a hint of nostalgia but immediately she was in high spirits again.
“Good Brother, are you going to attain the Divine Transformation Realm already? You’re really excellent for being capable of sounding the bell 11 times with just a breath. In the past, this Elder Sister only managed to sound the bell 10 times…”
“10 times?” Ning Fan asked, feeling surprised inwardly.
So even if I have summoned the Emperor’s Shadow, borrowing the prestige from the emperor, I’m just slightly stronger than her in the past.
“However, even if this Elder Sister was able to ring the bell 24 times in the end, I wasn’t able to catch a glimpse of samsara… The Bell of Samsara contains the power of Samsara of the Immortal Sovereign. But it’s just a myth because no one was able to use this bell. The fact that you are able to see samsara is considered pretty astounding, even if it’s just a fragment of the complete scene. Of course, there are others who are able to discover samsara and remained secretive about their discovery. As such, I am not sure how frequent it is for someone to see it… Erm… Do you want to have a clearer look of samsara?”
“Do you know any methods?” Ning Fan could not help laughing.
This Luo You is always helpful during critical moments like this.
“Yea. I know one. I just learnt it from hearsay. So I’m not really sure whether it is correct or wrong… After all, I couldn’t enter the vicinity of three zhang* around the bell…”
“Tell me the method. I want to see the lady…”
“Leave the golden mace, step closer to the giant bell and hit the bell with your fist for the total number of the Stars of Destiny – 108 times! Of course, it’s just a rumor. No one has ever tried it. But as for you, I think you should give it a try. This Elder Sister really has high expectations on you… *Yawn* I’m sleepy again…”
It was then that he heard the sound of drawing a curtain down and closing the window panes. Apparently, Luo You had gone back to her sweet dreams once more.
Ning Fan remained silent and stared at the bell. A moment later, he shut his eyes, recalling the lady he saw in that sudden scene just now.
It was clearly Zhihe at first but why did it become Mu Weiling in the end… What does that mean?
“Zhihe…”
The Aura Force Cultivation technique was activated. Ning Fan reopened his eyes and cast the golden mace aside!
After seeing his action, Bei Li was bewildered.
What happened to him? Why doesn’t he continue to sound the bell after ringing it 11 times? Why is he tossing the golden mace away? Is he going to end the Second Step of Mortal Severance with only this result?
However, after ringing the bell 11 times, his state of mind has already broken through to the Mid Divine Transformation Realm. As such, it is more than enough for him to complete this stage.
Despite that, there was a hint of disappointment that could not be concealed in Bei Li’s eyes… After all, she expected to see Ning Fan sound the bell 49 times and break the record set by the “number one Divine Transformation Realm expert of the Northern Heaven” who had managed to sound the bell for 48 times and become a legend of the Northern Heaven.
Just at the moment when the feeling of disappointment arose within her heart, it was replaced by disbelief.
Because Be Li saw that Ning Fan had taken a step forward, entering the vicinity of three zhang* surrounding the bell!
“How did he do that?! Other than True Immortals, no one could possibly approach the Bell of Samsara?!”
When he was outside the vicinity of three zhang*, Ning Fan felt as if his shoulders were carrying a mountain due to the pressure of the immortal’s prestige.
When he merely made a step into the vicinity, that feeling intensified, just like the weight of the mountain increased by a fold.
“Raise the prestige!”
Blood light gathered to his body and a vortex began to emerge around him. His eyes gleamed with ferocity. Using the secret art of prestige and aura derived from the Heaven Sealing Technique, he began to devour the traces of immortal’s prestige.
He did not make the second step forward but his aura force was rising continuously.
From the Late Divine Transformation Realm, it gradually broke through the peak stage of the realm, reaching the Half-Step Void Refinement Realm.
However, no matter how much prestige he continued to take in, his aura force was temporarily unable to advance into the Void Refinement Realm, as if it was limited by his current cultivation level.
But as he consumed the immortal’s prestige, his aura force was gradually imbued with a strand of …True Immortal’s qi!
The level of his aura force was no longer increasing but its quality was experiencing changes.
When the True Immortal’s qi entered into Ning Fan’s body, it left a trace of purple qi on his Nascent Soul.
At the same moment, he suddenly found out that the color of his luck was changing too!
The dark shade within his dark green luck was concentrating while the element of green was slowly filtering itself out, turning into the color of pure green.
After that, with a single thought, his luck which was previously dark with a faint green tinge had separated itself into two with one of them being fully dark while the other being completely green!
“Two traces of luck?!”
Ning Fan was flabbergasted. After absorbing the purple immortal’s prestige, it not only increased the level of his luck but also divided his luck into two…
Perhaps, no one would believe such unbelievable matter but it truly happened!
It was like a pair of Yin Yang fish blending together with each other!
To Ning Fan, it was mind-blowing. He did not know whether such condition was because of the Yin Yang Locket or the benefit from absorbing the immortal’s prestige.
All in all, the current condition he encountered regarding his luck was unprecedented.