Chapter 445 - The Heavenly Devil Wings of the Heavenly Demon (1/2)
Translator: GE_Team
Everyone in the Six-Winged Clan was celebrating after having survived a disaster.
In exchange for Fen Chi, Ning Fan accepted everyone in the Six-Winged Clan as his subordinates. It relieved countless experts of the Six-Winged Clan since they would no longer be worried of their clan being swallowed up by other clans.
After accepting the subordination of the Six-Winged Clan, Ning Fan became the head of the clan. Immediately, he openly took all of the immortal jade in the Six-Winged Clan’s bank. There were around one billion in total.
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The matter of Ning Fan becoming the head of the Six-Winged Clan was deliberately spread around by the clan’s members. Ning Fan’s identity was unique. Even King Lan Ling, the Mist Horn Clan and the Ghost Eye Clan would not openly act against the Six-Winged Clan as they were somewhat afraid of Ning Fan.
To Fen Chi, however, this kind of act similar to giving away one’s daughter in exchange for peace was rather unfair.
She had peerless beauty. She had a Divine Transformation Realm cultivation base. She had a bright and beautiful future. However, because of her identity as a ‘devil concubine’, the Six-Winged Clan offered her to Ning Fan as his concubine. Fate was rather unjust to her.
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However, in order to let the bloodline of her family continue and to guarantee the survival of the Six-Winged Clan, Fen Chi could only nod her head in silence and agree to become Ning Fan’s concubine. She had no other choice.
In a night full of radiance of lamps, Fen Chi wore a set of wedding robes and sat alone inside her boudoir, waiting for Ning Fan’s arrival. Her eyes shone with sadness and loneliness.
Even though she held feelings for Ning Fan, she also had her pride as an outstanding female cultivator. She was not willing to become Ning Fan’s concubine in this manner.
She had been treated like a “present” for Ning Fan. She was destined to not obtain Ning Fan’s respect. Is it the reason which made her sad?
“Devil concubine… So it turns out that I am actually the Six-Winged Clan’s current generation devil concubine… That must be why I was born without the slave marks. That must be why I have the ability to help my clan members awaken their devil wings…”
“The members of my Six-Winged Clan won’t naturally be born with devil wings. In fact, their bodies have to be inscribed with the devil marks of wings and go through hundreds of years of cultivation in order to awaken the devil marks. Only then could their devil wings grow eventually. Among cultivators at the same level as them, the speed of the experts of my Six-Winged Clan is outstanding. However, my ability to directly awaken their devil marks of wings and allow members with those devil marks to have devil wings instantly.”
“A Devil Concubine is the key to building a devil clan… Now, the great elder decided to marry me to Young Master Zhou. If Young Master Zhou fully utilizes my ability according to the jade slip given by the great elder, he would be able to create a devil clan which is not any bit inferior to the Six-Winged Clan in the future. Everyone who has the devil marks of wings could instantly obtain devil wings with the help of my ability…”
Fen Chi muttered to herself. Meanwhile, her mind gradually recalled Ning Fan’s figure when she first met him.
“He is an indifferent person. He won’t love me. I’ll just be a tool to him… Perhaps I would not even be as good as a tool for the rest of my life…”
Fen Chi’s eyes were filled with sadness. She remembered how Ning Fan meticulously took care of the female corpse and how close he was to Yue Lingkong. To her, however, he behaved as cold as a stranger from the start.
*Squeak*
As Fen Chi was feeling sorry for her fate, Ning Fan pushed the door open and entered the bridal chamber. Outside the room, the night sky was quiet and the atmosphere felt desolate and melancholic.
“Greetings to Young Master Zhou… no… Greetings to husband.” Fen Chi hid her sad expression. She quickly rose to her feet and gently curtsied to Ning Fan.
Ning Fan’s eyes scanned around the bridal chamber and looked a little impressed.
This Xuan Yi is quite interesting. Not only did he betroth Fen Chi to me but he also arranged a bridal chamber which is similar to that of the mortal world which is decorated with flowers and candles.
Tonight, Ning Fan let Yue Lingkong rest alone and came to find Fen Chi. Of course, his objective of finding her was not to do it with her and satisfy his desires.
However, Fen Chi did not think this way. She naturally felt that Ning Fan was coming to ‘patronize’ her and the feeling of waiting to be ‘patronized’ was not good.
She forced a smile and closed the door of the room. Then, she held a cup of wine and sat together with Ning Fan. Both of them started to drink with each other. She was trying her best to develop the atmosphere so that her first night would not be so depressing and sad.
“My husband, please enjoy this cup of wine. This is a precious wine that was specially brewed in our Six-Winged Clan. Having a bit of this wine is the best way to liven things up for this beautiful night.” Fen Chi managed a smile.
“This wine is good. However, the beauty of the night doesn’t really seem to be happy. You are reluctant to be my concubine, aren’t you?” Ning Fan asked with a playful tone and smiled.
“No. I don’t dare to!” Fen Chi’s eyes flashed with anxiety.
Could it be that he has noticed my hidden resentment?
I must not let him find out. If he does not become satisfied with me, it’s unsure whether or not he will take his anger out on the Six-Winged Clan.
Fen Chi did not dare to put her clan at stake.
To her surprise, Ning Fan waved his hand as if he did not accept her reply was the correct one. Then, he took a sip of the wine and spoke with a smile.
“It doesn’t matter if you feel reluctant to marry me. You don’t have to worry. I always keep my promises. Since I have promised to protect the Six-Winged Clan, I will not go against my word. I will also not vent my anger out at the Six-Winged Clan. If you are unwilling to call me your husband, you can continue to call me as young master. If you don’t want me to touch you, I will certainly not lay a finger on you. I can guarantee you this. I am not a lustful person. To be honest, compared to your body, I am much more interested about your identity as a Devil Concubine. According to the message in the jade slip that was given by Fellow Daoist Xuan Yi, you, as the Devil Concubine of the Six-Winged Clan, have the unique ability to awaken the devil marks of wings?”
“Yes. I indeed have this kind of ability. I have already become Young Master’s concubine. As long as Young Master commands me to do so, I will inscribe the devil marks of wings for you and help you awaken it. I will certainly assist the Young Master to train a great army with devil wings. To Young Master, my identity as a Devil Concubine is really useful.”
After Fen Chi heard Ning Fan’s assurance, she heaved a sigh of relief but at the same time she also felt a little dejected.
She felt really lucky that Ning Fan was not going to hold the Six-Winged Clan responsible. She felt really lucky that he would at the very least respect her and not humiliate or pluck her roughly.
However, Ning Fan said that he was not interested in her body… This had somehow made her feel somewhat dispirited.
“Then, help me awaken my devil wings first. Show me how you do it. You also know the Art of Engraving Devil Marks, right?”
After Ning Fan had devoured the devil qi from the slate, the devil marks on his back had achieved one-fourth advancement and the six wings pattern appeared.
The wings pattern were the devil marks of wings. If they could be awakened, they would grow into six devil wings and enhance his speed.
The six wings he would have after they awaken would be different from the wings that he had when he was in his devil form. When he went into the devil form, the six wings he had were just imitations of those that grew on Mo Luo’s body and were not really the true devil wings.
That is to say that Ning Fan currently only has the two Fu Li Demon Wings and has yet to truly have the six wings of Mo Luo.
If he could develop the six wings of Mo Luo, Ning Fan would then have eight wings including the two Fu Li Demon Wings. His speed would naturally be boosted sharply. After all, the reason why Ning Fan accepted the Six-Winged Clan to join under him was because Xuan Yi claimed that Fen Chi could provide him with that enhancement.
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“Yes. I know about the Art of Engraving Devil Marks. However, I am not very skilled in it. I only know about engraving the type of devil marks which are related to wings. Among the four great devil clans, the person who is the most skilled in the Art of Engraving Devil Marks is Miss Feng Xueyan and she is also the best devil marks engraving master of all four devil clans.”
“Feng Xueyan…” Ning Fan remembered that the eldest mistress of the Giant Devil Clan was Feng Xueyan. According to what he had heard in the past, her body’s condition was not good. She also seemed to be Xu Qiuling’s best friend.
“It will usually take two steps whenever I help the members of the clan awaken their devil wings. Firstly, I have to engrave the devil marks of wings on them. Secondly, I will awaken the devil marks using the ‘Feather Burning Technique’ and summon their devil wings. Young Master is not a member of the devil race. You have yet to be engraved with the devil marks of wings. There’s no way I can help you awaken your devil wings like this. Hence, the first step is for me to help you engrave the devil marks on you… My talent is weak and my knowledge is shallow. The best devil marks of wings that I can help you engrave is merely at the general rank… Besides, the process of engraving the devil marks is extremely painful. Hopefully, Young Master will be able to endure it…”
Fen Chi took out a jade box which contained a three cun* (3.33cm per cun) long bone needle. It was a high-grade needle used for engraving devil marks.
After that, she took out a jade slip. The information it contained was all about the general rank devil marks of wings. She let Ning Fan choose what type of devil wings he desired. She would not dare to decide on her own without Ning Fan’s approval.
“Miss Fen Chi’s mastery in the Art of Engraving Devil Marks is quite extraordinary. I have met a person in the past who also knew about the Art of Engraving Devil Marks. He told me that it would take one thousand years for one to master the technique to engrave soldier rank devil marks. Since Miss Fen Chi is capable of engraving general rank devil marks, your innate talent is surely not weak. Besides, you must also have suffered a lot to attain your current standard.” Ning Fan recalled the words that Stone Warrior had said to him in the past.
“Thank you for Young Master’s compliment.” Fen Chi’s eyes gradually lit up. After Ning Fan praised her, her pent-up depressing feelings diminished by a bit.
“Actually, I already have the devil marks of wings. As for their grade… I’m not sure whether it’s more appropriate to say that they are at the general rank or the marshal rank… We can skip the first step of the process. You just have to help me awaken my devil marks and grow my devil wings.”
*Shua*
Just as Ning Fan finished speaking, he suddenly pulled down his white robes, completely exposing his upper body.
Fen Chi cried out in surprise. She did not expect that Ning Fan would undress himself so straightforwardly. When she saw Ning Fan’s naked upper body, her charming eyes were filled with a hint of embarrassment.
Even though she was a Divine Transformation Realm old monster and a Devil Concubine, she was still an unmarried woman.
As her eyes became glued to Ning Fan’s body, she felt a little surprise. Even though Ning Fan was strong enough to eliminate Lu Jiefen with both of his fists, his body looked so weak and feeble.
When her gaze slowly moved to Ning Fan’s back, her expression was suddenly filled with astonishment.
“P-Profound Earth Devil Marks! N-No… It can’t be. T-This is…”
Profound Earth Devil Marks was a strong type of general rank devil marks. To members of the four great devil clans, this type of devil marks also held another unique meaning.
Slave marks!
However, Profound Earth Devil Marks were different from the low-grade slave marks of the four devil clans. It was the strongest type of slave marks of Great Emperor Mo Luo. It was rare to find someone who could successfully cultivate it.
In the history of the four enslaved devil clans, only a few experts including the earliest ancestors of the four clans successfully cultivated this type of devil marks.
The fact that Ning Fan was able to have this type of devil marks showed that his innate talent had already surpassed a lot of the members of the devil clans.
Besides, Profound Earth Devil Marks still had an extremely significant meaning to the four enslaved clans.
The practitioners of the Profound Earth Devil Marks would become high-class slaves to Mo Luo in the end. However, it had been rumored that anyone who could resist Mo Luo from devouring him would not become Mo Luo’s slave. Instead, they could aid the four great enslaved clans to break the curse of the slave marks.
Fen Chi looked at Ning Fan deeply and her eyes were filled with disbelief.
The person who could break the curse of the slave marks of the Six-Winged Clan is standing in front of my very eyes. Is this real?
Ning Fan had Profound Earth Devil Marks. Undeniably, he was the four great enslaved clans’ hope to break free from the slave marks and regain their freedom.
Moreover, when Fen Chi noticed that his Profound Earth Devil Marks had already completed one-fourth of its advancement, she was even more astonished where she just stared at his devil marks with her jaw dropped.
Ning Fan had achieved one-fourth of the advancement for his Profound Earth Devil Marks. This meant that he had successfully prevented Mo Luo from devouring him. He had stopped Mo Luo from turning him into a slave!
As long as Ning Fan could complete the advancement of the Profound Earth Devil Marks, he would very likely possess the power to help the four devil clans break free from their devil marks!
“Now, you’ve seen the devil marks on my back. What do you think?” Ning Fan asked.
“I definitely wouldn’t dare to tell this secret to anyone else. I am willing to make the Great Oath of Heart Devil!” Fen Chi panicked. She suddenly realized that Ning Fan’s devil marks was a significant matter.