Chapter 407 - A Mysterious Lady (2/2)

At the next moment, she was already inside the concealed heavenly dwelling.

“Little Cucumber, remember those hand seals. That’s the method to enter the secret heavenly dwelling.” Yue Lingkong reminded quietly.

“Mm. I have already learnt the method. Let’s wait for a while. When this lady goes further away, only then we enter.” Ning Fan said cautiously. Even though they now had the concealment under the Heaven Deceiving Cloak, it was better to wait for that lady to travel faraway first before they enter within the giant bamboo to assure their safety.

After approximately four hours, Ning Fan thought that the red-robed lady should have been far away. He then made the same hand seals as what he had seen just now, imitating the lady in red robes without missing out any one of the thunder seals. Upon completion, arcs of blood-red lightning began to coil around his fingers.

Then, he also walked three rounds circling the giant bamboo. After he raised his head to look at the time of the day, he did not choose to enter the direction of the “Chen hour” like that lady did just now. Instead, he chose the direction of the “Wu[2] (午) hour”.

“The direction is wrong!” Yue Lingkong spoke with a surprise tone. She had clearly seen that the lady in red robes headed to the direction of the “Chen hour”.

“It isn’t wrong. This heavenly dwelling is established with three layers of Mortal Void Realm formations for concealment. The first layer of formation needs unique thunder seals to break. The second layer of formation requires one to circle the bamboo for three rounds. It’s a circle formation. As for the third one, it is a ‘formation of seasons’. It is considered to be a type of heavenly formation which is related to astronomical phenomenon. The time when that lady entered the formation was during the Chen hour. As such, she went in the direction of the Chen hour. As for now, it’s already the Wu hour.”

Ning Fan did not speak anymore. Since he had explained to this extent, Yue Lingkong naturally would understand him.

The latter’s eyes were filled with amazement.

Little Cucumber’s cultivation level in the Dao of Formation seems to be a little too terrifying.

He actually saw through the three layers of Mortal Void Realm formations that were set up on this place. He is really a monster.

If it was not because Ning Fan did not know the unique thunder seal that was used to unlock the first layer of the formations, perhaps he would have already broken through the formations and entered the secret heaven dwelling directly before the red-robed lady arrived.

“Let’s go… We have to be careful in every aspect. That lady is a little strong. We must not expose ourselves. If there are any changes within the secret area, I will keep the both of you into my Cauldron Ring. I will flee on my own to ensure your safety. Of course, there won’t be any changes normally.

Ning Fan was still quite confident in the Heaven Deceiving Cloak. Besides, he also had a Void Fragmentation Realm strike from the Stele of Sun and Moon under his sleeve. When one has strong enough trump cards, they would naturally be more courageous.

He conjectured that the lady in red robes might be at the Early Void Refinement Realm, but her strength was probably comparable to the Mid Void Refinement Realm already.

However, she was still unable to block the single strike of his Stele of Sun and Moon. Hence, there was no need to worry about her much.

As soon as they made up their minds, Ning Fan took a step towards the direction of the Wu hour and entered the heavenly dwelling inside the giant bamboo.

Inside the secret dwelling of the giant bamboo, the light in the vast sky flickered gently. Then, it became tranquil and peaceful again.

Even though they had entered the secret dwelling, it could not compel Ning Fan to reveal himself. The Heaven Deceiving Cloak sure was useful.

Cautiously, Ning Fan spread out his spirit sense. After discovering that there was no sign of the lady in red robes within the vicinity of one hundred thousand li* (500m per li), he felt a little relieved.

He gazed into the distance and saw that there were at least several ten million li* (500m per li) vast within this secret dwelling of the giant bamboo.

In the boundless heaven, there was a sea of golden lightning flashes flickering.

On the vast earth, large golden bamboos grew. Each of the golden bamboo was at least ten thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) tall and it occupied a few mu* (666.67 square meter per mu). They stood up tall and straight, as if their sharp tips pierced through the heavens.

On the golden bamboos, it was rare to find any golden leaves. Apparently, they had already been plucked by others.

Within the vicinity of one hundred thousand li* (500m per li), there were only a dozen golden leaves left. By calculating in that manner, there were at most a few thousand golden leaves in this land which was several ten million li* (500m per li) vast.

If all the golden bamboos in this place were fully grown with bamboo leaves, the total number of leaves were naturally not just a few thousand. The current quantity of golden leaves was just like a drop in the ocean as compared to the quantity during the flourishing season of the bamboo forest.

Even so, using thousands of golden leaves to treat Yue Lingkong’s wound was completely more than enough.

No. Why would she even need a few thousands golden leaves?

Originally, Yue Lingkong just planned to request ten pieces of golden leaves from the Thunder Bamboo Island to heal her wound and that’s it!

If Ning Fan obtains all the golden leaves in this place, he could treat the wound of Yue Lingkong’s primordial spirit with some of them and use the rest to help Luo You recover her cultivation base!

Unfortunately, the medicinal power of a golden leaf was too strong. Each of the golden leaves would need to be harmonized with more than ten types of ten-thousand-year-old spiritual medicine.

With the remaining ten-thousand-year-old spiritual medicine that Ning Fan had, they were at the very most be enough to harmonize one hundred pieces of golden leaves. Even if he has the will to help Luo You, he probably did not have the capabilities of doing so.

“How many are you planning to steal?!” Yue Lingkong was moved by the scene before her eyes and straightforwardly expressed her intention. Her words were brief but the meaning was clear and concise.

Since they came to steal and they would not be discovered by others, it was, of course, the more they could steal the better.

“All of them… Are you satisfied with it?” Ning Fan smiled.

“Hell yeah! Little Cucumber, this old grandmother really did not make a wrong choice of choosing you! We’ll split them fifty-fifty!” Yue Lingkong gave him a thumbs up with both of her hands.

“Split them fifty-fifty…”

Ning Fan was suddenly rendered speechless.

This Yue Lingkong really opens her lion’s mouth [3]this time.

She still has the idea of sharing them fifty-fifty with me after stealing all of them away…

“It’s too dangerous to steal all of them away. There’s a possibility that the lady will discover us. Besides, the spiritual medicine that I have right now is only enough to harmonize one hundred pieces of golden leaves. It’s useless to get too many of them. If you really want to steal all of them away, we still have plenty of chances to sneak into this place again in the future. As for the ‘fifty-fifty sharing’… I have some plans for the remaining golden leaves. Other than the portion for you to treat your wound, I want to keep the rest of them.”

“Are you sure that you are going to use them?”

“Yes, I am.”

“Alright then. I will believe you once. You can take all of the remaining golden leaves. However, you will owe me a favor. You must remember this.”

“…” Ning Fan was at a loss for words again. He was the one who helped Yue Lingkong sneak into this place to steal golden leaves. Why would he still be the one who owes her a favor in the end?

“The favor you owe me has to be repaid using your body!” Yue Lingkong added.

“Fine…” Ning Fan no longer argued with Yue Lingkong.

Repaying with my body, huh?

Well, he was not at a loss to owe Yue Lingkong such a favor, wasn’t it?

Travelling across the bamboo forest filled with gigantic golden bamboos, Ning Fan reached out his hands from time to time and got quite a number of golden leaves.

The number of leaves he had gathered was nearly one hundred. It was about time to leave this place. If they continue to linger around and cause some problem, it would not be worthwhile!

However, beyond his expectation, a lady in red robes who was also in camouflage was witnessing the strange disappearance of the golden leaves. Eventually, her face turned cold from looking stunned when she first saw the strange phenomenon.

She was already certain that someone had followed her into this place.

However, she was not sure the identities of the intruders. Thus, she did not expose Ning Fan and his group.

“What cultivation base is that intruder?! This individual seems to be a little different.”

Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel

[1] Chen (辰) is one of the twelve Earthly Branches which are a Chinese ordering system for time, directions, seasons and zodiac. In this case, the elements related are the time and direction. Chen (辰) is the fifth of the twelve. It is the hour between 7am to 9am and its direction is 120°

[2] Wu hour (午) is the seventh of the twelve Earthly Branches. It is the hour between 11am to 1pm and its direction is 180°.

[3] “Open her lion’s mouth” is a literal translation of a Chinese expression which means that the person has revealed their greedy intention.