Chapter 449 - You Can’t Afford to Provoke My Man (1/2)
Translator: GE_Team
Many teleportation formations had been established in Bei Liang Country.
Hence, Ning Fan did not need to personally fly to travel across the country which was seventy million li* (500m per li) large.
After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Ning Fan and his group arrived at the capital commandery of Bei Liang Country. Zhao Shuai and the others went to hand over the ice ginseng and report their progress in their tasks. Ning Fan, Yue Lingkong and Fen Chi headed to the Evening Snow Pavilion under the guidance of Great Elder Fu Bai.
The Evening Snow Pavilion stood in the middle of thousands of snow mountains. Indirectly, its name carried the meaning of the evening snow of the one thousand mountains.
Layers of formations were set up outside the pavilion. Guards were also stationed there to take care of the pavilion. Outside the formation light stood an ancient stele. A few lines of ancient words were written on it. They were the Gu Tuo devil characters.
“O World! What is love? It makes these birds bond until death do they part.
“From South to North together they flew, how many seasons have they been together?”
“Being happy when staying together and devastated when separated. Their devotion to each other surpasses even the most loving couples.”
“The gentleman must have realized only he alone is left to fly over those thousands of miles of clouds and across the evening snow of the thousands of mountains.”
These several lines of devil words were written there a long time ago. The person who inscribed the words on this stele was the first ancestor of the Giant Devil Clan.
There was also a line of words on the signature located at the bottom of the stele.
“Ju Mo and Liu Yi will never abandon each other, be it in life or death! Since my husband has become the slave of the devil, this wife naturally will follow him.”
From these lines of words, it’s clear that the earliest ancestor of the Giant Devil Clan was a person with strong affection. That person never regretted even though she was being chained by love.
Ning Fan’s understanding towards the Giant Devil Sect became a little deeper.
This Giant Devil Sect really is a devil clan that cares about friendships and love.
He even noticed that the final line of words that the earliest ancestor of the Giant Devil Clan wrote had mentioned Ju Mo1 and Liu Yi2. The ‘husband’ probably referred to the earliest ancestor of the Six-Winged Clan. As for the ‘wife’, it was actually how the earliest ancestor of the Giant Devil Clan addressed herself.
“The earliest ancestor of the Giant Devil Clan… is actually a woman…” Ning Fan sounded surprised.
From this insignificant stone slab, he managed to guess the gender of the earliest ancestor of the Giant Devil Clan.
After reading the final sentence on the stele, he already had some guesses in his mind about the four great devil slaves of Mo Luo.
Perhaps Liu Yi became a devil slave of Mo Luo before Ju Mo in the past. Despite the latter’s frustration and disappointment, she still chose to follow Liu Yi’s path and willingly became Mo Luo’s slave.
If Ning Fan’s guess was correct, the earliest ancestor of the Giant Devil Clan would indeed be a woman who held strong affection towards her lover.
When coming into contact with secret information such as that, Ning Fan would just casually think about it without actually being concerned.
To Yue Lingkong and Fen Chi, however, they felt rather sad after reading the poem of farewell on the stele. They were women after all.
The group walked into the Evening Snow Pavilion following Great Elder Fu Bai. A stern and cold vibe emanated from within and the sound of argument could be heard faintly.
Along the way, Fu Bai had already told Ning Fan about the entire matter. Hence, he obviously knew what the members within the Evening Snow Pavilion were fighting about.
The country lord of Shi Le Country1, a Void Grade cultivation country of the Rain World, had arrived at the Giant Devil Clan.
The country lord, Shi Kun, was a Void Glimpse Stage cultivator. While possessing a strong physical body that was at the first level of the Golden Body Refining Realm, he had also completely mastered a fiendgod cultivation method called Ghost Stone Divine Vein. As he cultivated both magic techniques and body refining, he rarely met a worthy foe among the cultivators with the same cultivation level as him.
He claimed that the reason why he came to the Giant Devil Clan was to look for Feng Xueyan to help inscribe devil marks on his son.
While being the eldest mistress of the Giant Devil Clan, Feng Xueyan was also a famous tattoo master in the internal sea.
From birth, she contracted a strange illness. Her body would be feverish from time to time, making her unable to cultivate. Hence, her cultivation base was only at the Tenth Level of the Vein Opening Realm.
Her body was weak and she fell sick very frequently. Aside from that, she was rumored to be mute.
She constantly needed devil pills concocted from a great amount of demon pills from fake wild beasts1 in order to survive.
From a young age, she had always been an unsociable person and had an eccentric personality. However, she was somehow gifted in the art of engraving devil marks. Countless body cultivators would request for her to engrave devil marks on their juniors and disciples.
If she was willing to help you inscribe devil marks, she could give you any kind of general rank devil marks. Moreover, she once helped a senior cultivator obtain marshal rank devil marks which made her extremely famous during that time.
If she was unwilling to help out, she would hide herself and refuse to meet anyone.
Even though her cultivation base was weak, she was especially good at hiding herself without revealing the slightest bit of aura. No one could find her. The only option left was to wait for her to show herself.
It certainly was strange.
This time, Feng Xueyan was initially unwilling to help Shi Kun inscribe the devil marks. However, Shi Le Country was a strong kingdom and the Giant Devil Clan could not afford to offend them. Thus, in order to avoid troubling her father, she promised to help inscribe devil marks on Shi Kun’s son. However, she suddenly went against her word on the actual day and hid herself.
This matter enraged Shi Kun. He insistently wanted the Giant Devil Clan to give him an explanation as to why they would actually renege on their promise.
Venerated Giant also had a headache because of his daughter. However, he understood clearly that his daughter would never throw a tantrum during an important occasion.
There were rumors saying that on the night before Feng Xueyan suddenly went against her promise, Shi Kun’s son had sneaked into her boudoir…
After knowing this, Venerated Giant felt furious and guessed that the reason why his daughter suddenly went missing must have something to do with Shi Kun’s son.
Hence, both parties had a disagreement during their meeting.
The country lord of Shi Le Country, Shi Kun, demanded for the Giant Devil Clan to bring Feng Xueyan out to fulfill their original agreement by inscribing devil marks on his son. This matter would then be resolved.
Otherwise, the Giant Devil Clan has to compensate Shi Le Country for breaking their promise.
As for what Shi Kun wanted as compensation, it was actually the Void Inquiry Pill that the Giant Devil Clan was going to use as the reward for the Pill Ceremony!
With Ning Fan’s shrewdness, he sensed that there was something fishy about this situation after just hearing the general description from Fu Bai.
The true intention of the country lord of Shi Le Country in this trip was not to seek for Feng Xueyan to inscribe devil marks on his son. In fact, his true objective was the Void Inquiry Pill.
After all, the country lord did require a Void Inquiry Pill to advance to the Void Inquiry Stage, didn’t he?
This man was a Void Glimpse Stage old monster. Moreover, he was even an unrivalled expert among Void Glimpse Stage experts.
The Giant Devil Clan might not be strong enough to offend them, but Ning Fan, his spiritual puppets and Yue Lingkong could easily overpower Shi Le Country with all of their strength together.
“We are hoping for Fellow Daoist to give us a hand later and deter the country lord of Shi Le Country on behalf of our Giant Devil Clan. Let him understand that the Giant Devil Clan is not a pushover so that he would stop all of his plots!” Fu Bai pleaded.
“Don’t worry. For Qiuling’s sake, I will also take action this time. I have my own sense of propriety for what to do… However, I have some doubts. I came across a rumor that claimed that the Giant Devil Clan is under the protection of a Void Pierce Stage expert. If that was the case, why are you still afraid of a Void Glimpse Stage cultivator?”
“*Cough*… Fellow Daoist must be joking. That rumor is definitely fake news. The members of my Giant Devil Clan are weak and our strength is waning. How is it possible for us to have a Void Pierce Stage expert?” Fu Bai let out a dry cough with his expression remaining unchanged. However, Ning Fan caught a hint of surprise that flashed in his eyes.
Why did he have that look of surprise?
Could it be that the Giant Devil Clan really has a Void Pierce Stage expert?