Chapter 442 - Devil Pill Refinement Techniques, Revival Platform (2/2)
The Lost World Palace is the strongest in the Northern Heaven and is famous across this world for its Lost World Tower that can provide a cultivation ground with the time distortion effect.
The Kunlun Jade Pool is the most influential force of the Western Heaven. It is famous for its Buddha Tower which can allow cultivators to treat their injuries.
Kunlun Jade Pool… Isn’t it the force that Si Wuxie belongs to?
The real body of Si Wuxie is the Jade Pool Saintess. Is she someone who is at the same level as the Little Demoness from the Godly Void Pavilion, Bei Xiaoman from the Lost World Palace and Tantai Weiyu from the Zifu Academy…?
In the past, Ning Fan was young and reckless. In order to save his younger brother, he had eliminated the Heaven Separation Sect due to his anger. Aside from that, he had also captured Si Wuxie and erased her memories.
Come to think of it now, the way he treated Si Wuxie that time seemed to be a bit too cruel and mean. Si Wuxie only said something rude. The one who abducted Ning Gu was actually the elder of the Heaven Separation Sect and it was really not Si Wuxie’s idea.
During that time, Ning Fan did not understand why he would be so soft-hearted towards Si Wuxie and actually did something he would rarely do – let her go freely.
Somehow, Ning Fan believed from the bottom of his heart that Si Wuxie would never harm Zhihe at that time.
Today, he already found his answer. However, this answer made him feel heartache.
During that time, he was not aware of Si Wuxie’s identity. That’s why he was so mean to her and even erased her memories…
“Sisi…”
The reason why Ning Fan was lenient to Si Wuxie was definitely not because of her identity as the Jade Pool Saintess. Obviously, it was also not because she was once Sisi. Instead, it was because of another identity she had.
With that identity, even if Si Wuxie had committed an unforgivable sin, Ning Fan would still protect her.
The original objective she had in sneaking into the mortal world with her reincarnation was extremely simple.
She came to look for Zhihe. She came to protect Zhihe. Hence, she would never harm Zhihe. Never.
Ning Fan, however, harmed Si Wuxie instead.
“Light…” The female corpse held Ning Fan’s hands with her icy little hands. She could feel what Ning Fan was feeling and wanted to comfort him.
“Weiliang, did you know that I have already gathered all of your souls? However, I can’t let your souls merge into one… Even if I heal your Sea of Consciousness, I can’t let you have your souls back. In this life, you will probably remain as a corpse devil… Zhihe, Xiao Huan and the little Weiliang in the Demon Sinister Forest… All of them are three parts of your complete soul. As for Sisi, she is your…”
Ning Fan paused. The female corpse covered his mouth with her little hands.
“Light, I…am…fine…”
“I…like…Xiao Huan…very…much…”
“Let’s…go…”
She took the initiative to hold Ning Fan’s hand and leapt into the air. Both of them then flew towards the silver platform. She was currently not the silly and clumsy female corpse in the past. She had recovered a lot of her spiritual intelligence and she knew how to console others now.
“Yue Er…” Ning Fan turned back and looked at Yue Lingkong, trying to tell her something.
Yue Lingkong was incredibly smart. Hence, she naturally knew what Ning Fan wanted to say without even needing to be reminded by him.
“Don’t worry. Just go and heal Weiliang. I will stand guard for you. With me here, no one will dare to disturb you!”
Yue Lingkong wore a stern and domineering expression and scanned across the members of the Six-Winged Clan around with her fierce, sharp eyes as she spoke with a threatening tone.
With her strength, she could directly kill anyone who dares to disturb Ning Fan when she stands guard outside the formation light for him.
When each of the members of the Six-Winged Clan met Yue Lingkong’s eyes, they immediately became as silent as a winter cicada. How could they still dare to harbor ill intentions towards Ning Fan.
They had witnessed Yue Lingkong’s incredible strength. They were there when she confronted two Void Glimpse Stage experts and two Illusory Void Stage cultivators. She fought the four of them all by herself!
If it wasn’t for King Lan Ling who suddenly arrived and stopped the fight, Yue Lingkong would definitely have killed all four of them!
“Pass down my command, all members of the Six-Winged Clan are prohibited to enter the area of ten thousand li* (500m per li) around the Revival Platform without permission before Venerated Ming leaves the silver tower. Those who defy my command will be executed and their family members will be exiled from the clan with their cultivation bases crippled!”
After Xuan Yi had given a stern command, no one would have the guts to mess with Ning Fan.
Each of the members of the clan would not even dare to breathe loudly. After hearing Xuan Yi’s command, it became even more horrifying to anyone who wanted to cause trouble.
“Yue Er, these four spiritual puppets are for you to protect yourself.”
Ning Fan patted his storage pouch and took out four Void Glimpse Stage spiritual puppets. He left all of them at Yue Lingkong’s side.
Only then could he enter the tower to treat the female corpse with greater peace of mind.
The four Void Glimpse Stage spiritual puppets stood behind Yue Lingkong with intense killing qi. Their aura force was truly frightening.
With Yue Lingkong who was unrivalled among all Void Glimpse Stage cultivators and four Void Glimpse Stage spiritual puppets, not even Void Inquiry Stage experts would dare to cause trouble here.
It will be very safe to treat Weiliang’s wounds this time.
With a single step, they descended to the Revival Platform. The female corpse still wanted to hold Ning Fan’s hands to walk hand-in-hand but he took her hands and pulled her into his embrace instead.
“Light…”
“Weiliang, don’t worry. I will certainly cure you. I will! If this Buddha Tower is not enough to heal you, I will bring you to the Kunlun Jade Pool in the Western Heaven. I will bring you to use the best Buddha Tower to heal your Sea of Consciousness… I will!”
With the female corpse in his embrace, Ning Fan took a gentle step forward and turned into a trace of faint smoke, flying into the Buddha Tower.
The confusions and doubts in his eyes disappeared and there was only firm determination left behind.
The moment they set foot inside the Buddha Tower, an old and mysterious voice suddenly resounded within the tower.
“Saving one’s life is greater than building a seven-floor Buddha Tower. By eliminating a devil, one can gain boundless merits.”
*Chi* *Chi*
Two masses of silver light suddenly shone upon Ning Fan and the female corpse.
As the female corpse got enveloped by the silver light, her injuries began to heal little by little.
Ning Fan, on the other hand, felt a sharp pain on his chest as he got exposed to the silver light. The silver light actually attacked him and made him suffer minor injuries.
His expression changed. The female corpse could use the power of the Buddha Tower to heal her wounds. As for Ning Fan, however, the tower was hostile towards him and it seemed to abhor his presence.
“Why would it react like this?”
Ning Fan thought carefully, contemplating the deep meaning behind that voice he had heard just now.
It seems like the Buddha Tower has two functions. One of them is to save people while the other is to restrain devils.
Healing Weiliang and treating her wounds is because of the first function of this tower.
Then, could it be that it is attacking me because of the second function of this tower?
But what’s strange is how did the Buddha Tower judge me as a devil and attacked me?
The Buddha Tower is located within the Six-Winged Clan and all the members of the clan are devil cultivators. However, there has never been a case where the members of the Six-Winged Clan had been attacked by the tower.
Evidently, the Buddha Tower’s criteria for determining a devil and launching its attacks on them isn’t the devil veins, the devil cultivation methods or the devil qi.
“It’s Mo Luo’s blood!”
Ning Fan’s eyes glinted, as if he had understood something.
In this era, the only difference between the divine race, the demon race and the devil race was their cultivation methods and that was it.
However, in ancient times, the divine race had the ‘heart’, the demon race had the ‘spirit’ while the devil race had the ‘blood’. That was the true difference between the ancient divine beings, the ancient demons and the ancient devils!
Now, the Buddha Tower had recognized Ning Fan as an ancient devil and attacked him.
In the eyes of the Buddha Tower, Ning Fan was the last true devil in the cultivation world of this era. He was the last member of the devil clan who possessed the ‘blood’!
The Kunlun World of the Western Heaven must have had a long and never-ending feud with the devil race. Otherwise, they would not hate the ancient devils to this extent.
Fortunately, to Ning Fan, the attack of the first floor of the Buddha Tower was still bearable and it was no big deal.
However, Ning Fan could foresee that while the female corpse would enjoy better healing effects as he brought her to the higher floors of the tower, he would for sure be inflicted with more severe injuries.
Now, even Ning Fan was not certain how many floors he could endure in the end.
This tower is not simple. It is a supreme treasure itself.
“Light…you…are…bleeding…”
Under the warm and comfortable healing power of the silver light, the female corpse was slowly recovering and she felt extremely excited.
However, when she noticed that a trace of blood flowed out from a corner of Ning Fan’s mouth, she was startled and confused. She began to worry.
When one was bleeding, it meant that they were injured.
Why was Ning Fan injured? She had no idea. To her, wasn’t the silver light of this Buddha Tower meant for healing wounds?
“Don’t worry. I am fine. Let’s go to the next floor.”
Ning Fan let go of the female corpse from his embrace and held her hand. Together, they walked towards the second floor of the tower.
He wiped off the blood on the corner of his mouth. He did not care about it at all.
No matter what, he had to do his best and bring her to the higher floors of the tower so that she could receive greater healing!
Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel
[1] He Che (Chinese: 河车) He Che literally means riverboat. The first pill refinement technique that the MC had was Nine Revolutions of He Che (河车九转 : He Che Jiu Zhuan). However, it was translated as Nine Revolutions of Riverboat later on.