Chapter 403 - The Star Punishing Bow (2/2)
You should do what they did unto you. Defame him back, bully him back, humiliate him back and laugh at him back. Why should you tolerate him?!
Xuan Yi let out a long sigh. Unfortunately, he could not afford to mess with Ning Fan. His only choice was to put up with him.
The Star Punishing Bow Technique was complex and hard to understand. The requirements of practicing this technique were even more demanding. Not only would one need to condense devil veins, but they also need to comprehend star techniques.
If one does not know any star techniques, the destructive power of this technique would only be equivalent to a Mortal Void Realm magical technique.
If one can condense a natal star, then the power of the technique would be extremely extraordinary.
If Xuan Yi had condensed even just half a natal star, he would not lose to Ning Fan during the fight just now. However, it was obvious that with his innate talent, it was unlikely for him to be able to comprehend star techniques even after he becomes an immortal being.
“*Sigh* Fellow Daoist must use this technique well… This is the jade slip that the ancestor of my clan himself imprinted. Fellow Daoist can take a look. When you learn this technique in the future, please return this jade slip to me.”
“Sure.” Ning Fan nodded his head. Xuan Yi’s request was still quite acceptable this time. Thus, he was not going to refuse.
He patted his storage pouch and took out a sealed primordial spirit. It was none other than Hei Yi.
He lifted the seal and tossed it to Xuan Yi. Without uttering another word, he held his two women and turned to leave.
He would only head to the Six-Winged Clan one year later, not now.
After Hei Yi’s seal was erased, his primordial spirit gradually regained consciousness. All of a sudden, he saw the great elder’s face and Ning Fan’s back. His mind was still a little unclear and hence, he said in surprise and anger.
“Great Elder! You’ve come to rescue me! Kill him! It’s him who destroyed my physical body…”
“Shut up! After we return to the clan, you aren’t allowed to leave the clan for even a single step within one thousand years. Otherwise, I will kill you myself!”
Xuan Yi roared at him at once, literally making the latter petrified.
What a joke. He, Xuan Yi, was unwilling to offend Ning Fan anymore in his entire life.
If Hei Yi causes more trouble and provokes Ning Fan, he would be the first person to execute him with a single slap.
After being scolded by Xuan Yi, Hei Yi gradually became more clear-headed. Only then did he realize that the great elder looked rather tattered and worn. The latter had taken quite some damage whereas Ning Fan who was standing far from them was not injured at all…
Additionally, the injuries that the great elder suffered did not seem to be attacks from spiritual puppets. Instead, they were cuts left by countless swords…
Aside from that, the cuts on his body still contained the qi and sword intent of Ning Fan…
Instantly, a feeling of immense astonishment and fear spread throughout Hei Yi.
Could it be that the Great Elder battled against Zhou Ming?! Could it be that he has lost to him?! How is this possible?! The Great Elder is the strongest being in the Six-Winged Clan!
Hei Yi who was already conscious now was scared to the core by Ning Fan!
Ning Fan, the female corpse and Yue Lingkong flew back to Tianqi Island.
Looking at the miserable condition of the island, none of them was moved or affected.
There was no casualty. Only half of the island was destroyed. Thus, there was no need to fuss about nothing.
Ning Fan did not explain to everyone at all about what had happened earlier. There was also no one who saw that the person who fought against Ning Fan just now was the great elder of the Six-Winged Clan.
Now, the moon portal had already formed. Without any hesitation, the three of them entered the portal with a single step.
The moonlight dispersed and the trio vanished from the place they were standing along with the moonlight. After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, they appeared at an island which was three hundred million li* (500m per li) away.
This island was also a subordinate force to the Divine Space Island in the past. Currently, this island has been sealed off too, just like what had happened to Tianqi Island when they first arrived.
However, the lord of this island had learned to be obedient.
Just as Yue Lingkong crushed the formation light of this island with a single hand, nobody tried to resist her at all. All of them knew that the people who had come were Revered Ming and Venerated Moon.
It was still fine if it was just Yue Lingkong whose cultivation base had regressed. Ning Fan, however, was a person that they certainly would not want to mess with.
One day ago, this island was still under the alliance of a second-rate force. However, right after the news of the battle on Tianqi Island spread, the second-rate force immediately gave up on this island and all the other related territories. They had even prepared expensive gifts, getting ready to make an apology to the Divine Space Island at any time.
Naturally, all these gifts went into Ning Fan’s pocket. As for the spiritual medicine on the island, Ning Fan took all of them once again.
Due to the interruption earlier, they had already missed the third quarter moon. Hence, they had to wait until the next night to activate the moon portal again.
Judging by their current progress, they would really need an entire month to arrive at the Divine Space Island as they could only make a journey of three hundred million li* (500m per li) per night and the route was full of twists and turns.
However, compared to Ning Fan flying on his own, it saved them quite a lot of time. Furthermore, other than the time of teleporting to the next moon portal which was equal to the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Ning Fan could spend the rest of the time on doing his own things.
Refining pills, refining pills and refining pills.
Adding up all the spiritual medicine from the two islands’ storages, they were enough for him to produce a few pellets of Consciousness Repairing Pill.
Taking advantage of the pill concoction speed in the Profound Yin World which was one hundred times faster than in the outside world, Ning Fan also refined some Fifth Revolution Pills such as the Divine Injury Pill and Spirit Solidifying Pills.
After feeding the female corpse a Consciousness Repairing Pill, the female corpse’s Sea of Consciousness got better once again. Ning Fan felt more relieved because of that.
However, after letting Luo You consume the Spirit Solidifying Pill which he had made into medicinal liquid, he sighed dejectedly as she still did not wake up.
“If you wake up, there’s no need for me to be afraid of the Ghost Eye Clan anymore. I can just travel in the internal sea freely and domineeringly…” He gently brushed Luo You’s hair aside and stroked her face. Then, he let out another sigh and left.
Right after he left, only then did Luo You slowly opened her eyes. She no longer pretended to be asleep. Her eyes were filled with confusion. Within her confusion, there was also a hint of worry.
“The Ghost Eye Clan? Did he face some troubles? Should I tell him that I am already awake and help him settle his troubles?”
“I think it’s better not to… If he is in danger, I will naturally know. Let’s wait until he is really in danger. Only then will I reveal myself… It’s still too awkward to let him know now…”
One month passed by in a flash.
From the beginning of their journey up until now, Ning Fan had gone to more than thirty islands. After tomorrow, they would pass through the last moon portal and they would then arrive at the Divine Space Sea Domain.
Within this period of time, Ning Fan had produced one hundred plus pellets of Consciousness Repairing Pills. He fed the female corpse all of the pills and managed to help her recover her Late Divine Transformation Realm strength.
His pill refining skill also improved in the process. He was now only a hair’s breadth away from attaining the High Grade Fifth Revolution Pill Refining Skill.
Perhaps he could achieve a breakthrough by refining a few more pills after the battle on Divine Space Island.
Since they would be heading to the Divine Space Sea Domain tomorrow night, he no longer refined pills tonight. Instead, he sat aside in a meditative position to regulate his qi and magic power, tuning them to their peak condition.
There was a Void Refinement Realm being in the Divine Space Island. That person was Yue Lingkong’s second primordial spirit. For now, he called her Xiao Yue Yue[1].
Ning Fan would not dare to underestimate Xiao Yue Yue at all.
He had already witnessed how profound and powerful Zang Yue’s inheritance which Yue Lingkong obtained was.
As Yue Lingkong’s second primordial spirit, it was unlikely that she would lose even if she fought three Void Refinement Realm spiritual puppets on her own.
Besides, her second primordial spirit was probably also proficient in the Moon Portal Technique. If she slips away this time, they would then make a dangerous future enemy.
This battle was rather dangerous. Thus, he could not belittle his enemies at all.
Ning Fan took out a jade slip. It was none other than the jade slip he obtained from Xuan Yi.
In the past month, he had been studying all the contents within the jade slip every day and night. Now, he was already at the initial stage of mastering the technique where he could display it without fail.
Even though his mastery in that technique was not as good as Xuan Yi, he had five natal stars with him. Thus, the might of the Star Punishing Bow he can display was much greater than that of Xuan Yi’s.
There would be a life and death battle tomorrow night. Ning Fan did not cultivate or practice anything tonight. Instead, he just casually flipped through and looked at the jade slip.
All of a sudden, his brows tightly knitted together.
In the second half of the jade slip, it was completely blank, as if something had been erased from it.
Something seemed to be hidden beneath the blank page…
Ning Fan’s eyes were filled with seriousness. He felt that this blank and empty page was rather familiar to him.
It was not a page that was deliberately left blank. Instead, this page had once contained some words but they were erased by a mysterious power like the power of Samsara!
However, the individual who cast this power of Samsara did not seem to have comprehended the true Samsara. Thus, the power of Samsara he used seemed to be right but it was actually not. It was not the true power of Samsara.
This concealment seemed to have been done quite clumsily. With Ning Fan’s eyesight, he could vaguely notice a few silver-colored words beneath the white empty page.
Before this, other than the ancestor of the Six-Winged Clan who imprinted this jade slip, no one knew what was hidden within the blank page of this jade slip.
However, after tonight, Ning Fan would find out the secrets hidden in this page.
His eyes flashed. He touched the page with his fingertips and a trace of his memory intent power flowed into the jade slip.
Memories. The memories of Samsara.
If the words had been erased using the true power of Samsara, Ning Fan would definitely be unable to bring them back with his current memory intent power.
However, since it was a fake power of Samsara, it was not significant to Ning Fan’s current power.
The silver-colored words that had been erased in the past gradually emerged.
As soon as Ning Fan saw the words, his eyes were filled with astonishment at first and his face lit up with excitement after that.
“My Six-Winged Clan was once one of the subordinate clans of the Six Dao. I had discovered a trace of the Great Dao of Life and Destruction from the Six Dao. Using the power of the stars in the sky, creating the vast vault of heaven, condensing the bow of destruction. An arrow decides one’s life and death. I shall name it the Star Punishing Bow! When the bow is drawn, a star shall fall. When an arrow is fired, a world shall disappear! To the descendants of my Six-Winged Clan who wish to master this technique, one should comprehend the power of stars. When this jade slip is given to you, you shall obtain my inheritance of star power! A word means a star!”
There were ninety-four words in total on this page. All of them were condensed from the power of stars.
A single word was the total star power of a single natal star!
In other words, ninety-four stars were equivalent to an inheritance of ninety-four natal stars!
This jade slip had passed through many hands within the Six-Winged Clan for countless years. However, no one managed to discover the profound principle of Samsara, much less see through the inheritance that was concealed by a fake power of Samsara.
Today, however, Ning Fan saw through it! Tonight, he could pretend to be a member of the Six-Winged Clan and obtain the ninety-four natal stars left by the ancestor of the clan after seeing through the concealment!
“It’s really a great gift from the Six-Winged Clan… Devour!”
He opened his mouth and absorbed them all. Ninety-four rays of starlight flowed into his body.
Then, his mouth curved into a smile. He kept the jade slip and entered his Profound Yin World.
He wanted to completely assimilate the power of these ninety-four stars tonight.
I wonder if I can have 99 natal stars by tomorrow night!
By just having 5 natal stars, one could withstand the joint attacks of Divine Transformation Realm cultivators without dying.
By having ninety-nine natal stars, one would be able to heal their injuries instantly even if they receive attacks from Void Refinement Realm beings.
If Ning Fan possesses ninety-nine natal stars, he had one-hundred percent assurance that he could put up a fight against Yue Lingkong’s second primordial spirit.
When he successfully assimilates all the power of the natal stars, he would be invincible even if he’s facing Early Void Refinement Realm experts!
Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel
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[1] Xiao Yue Yue (Chinese: 小月月) Literal Meaning: Little Moon Moon.