Chapter 453 - Brother-In-Law, Don’t! (1/2)
Translator: GE_Team
*Shush*
With just a single move, the little snow girl literally vanished in front of Ning Fan’s eyes.
Ning Fan was not in a hurry to chase after it. He waved his palm in the air and spread out the power of his Memory Intent Realm. The qi and tracks left by the snow girl that had just disappeared gradually became clear and obvious.
Ning Fan turned towards a direction and took a step forward. His body seemed to have turned into a trace of smoke which flew to the summit of a pure white snow mountain.
The snow mountain was around seven thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) tall. As expected, the little snow girl was standing on the peak of the mountain.
The little snow girl was panting heavily, exhaling white gas from her mouth. Evidently, the movement technique she had used just now was extremely taxing to her.
When she saw that Ning Fan had come after her again, she hurriedly fled once again and disappeared in a shush.
This time, she was too hasty in running away and failed to notice that a scroll had come out from her body and fell to the snowy ground.
Ning Fan wore a mischievous smile on his face.
This little girl runs really fast. Never mind the ordinary cultivators who won’t be able to find her, even if they do, almost none would be able to catch up with her.
Ning Fan did not immediately go after her. Instead, he casually picked up the scroll and shook his head with a bitter smile.
“She doesn’t even know that she has dropped something…”
As soon as Ning Fan’s voice fell, his expression suddenly turned serious. From this scroll, he sensed a trace of extremely faint devil qi which made his devil blood suddenly tremble.
He did not continue to pursue the snow girl right after that. Instead, he opened the scroll and took a look at what’s inside.
This scroll looked extremely ancient. It was made out of some kind of demon beast’s hide.
Inside this scroll was an actual paragraph from an incomplete devil scripture. Written in Gu Tuo Writing, the handwriting was quite elegant and had a vigorous style.
The person who wrote this paragraph should be a woman. Judging by the era where these words would usually be used, the writer should be a cultivator from ancient times.
Somehow, Ning Fan kept having a feeling of familiarity towards the handwriting on this scroll. After contemplating for a bit, he realized that it was actually the same as the words that had been carved on the stele outside the Evening Snow Pavilion.
“Was it the earliest ancestor of the Giant Devil Sect who recorded this paragraph from a devil scripture…?”
Ning Fan carefully studied the devil scripture. The meaning of the scripture was obscure, making it hard to understand. However, its contents were rather familiar to him.
As he thought about it for a while, he immediately realized why this kind of familiar feeling would occur.
From the contents of this scripture, a part of it was actually exactly the same as what was inside the devil statue slate of the Six-Winged Clan…
“Where do these devil scriptures come from…? In the past, why didn’t the unusual phenomenon, the one where the devil blood dyed the green sky, happen to the Giant Devil Clan just like in the other three devil clans…? Is there any relation between the two of them?”
“If they are related, the matter regarding the devil scriptures will be of great significance. Then, why would they give something as important as this to a little girl…? Could there be some sort of secret behind all of these…?”
Ning Fan imprinted the devil scripture into another jade slip and kept it under his sleeves. After that, he took a step forward and dashed towards the direction where the little snowman had left to chase after her.
Inwardly, he was pondering over the matter about the devil scripture.
If the Giant Devil Clan has the devil scripture slate but chose to keep it a secret from the world, should I seize it from them…?
But the Giant Devil Clan has never betrayed me. If I turn on them, it will be against my Dao Heart… Fine, I shall put this matter aside for the time being. Bringing back the little snowman is much more urgent.
*Shush*
Ning Fan went after the qi of the little snowman once again. This time, he stopped inside a snow valley which was ten thousand li* (500m per li) away.
The snow valley was being occupied by a large group of snow apes and each of them possessed Gold Core Realm strength.
After the little snowman intruded in the snow valley, tens of snow apes immediately surrounded her and tried to attack her.
The little snowman was somewhat nervous. She did not expect to be surrounded by demon beasts here.
She stopped moving and gasped for air. She seemed to have no strength left to make another escape. Fear began to creep in as she looked at the group of demon beasts that were slowly approaching her.
“So, are you scared now?”
In no hurry, Ning Fan sauntered into the snow valley. His calm and indifferent tone which was filled with immense baleful qi echoed throughout the valley.
Without even doing anything to these low-level snow apes, their pupils widened with terror as soon as they sensed his arrival.
Apes had the best understanding of human emotions. All of these snow apes sensed that Ning Fan was not someone that they could provoke. Instinctively, they all ran away quickly as if their lives depended on it.
Ning Fan did not try to pursue them or finish them off. He was not being kind but he had some concerns in his mind instead. He did not want to let this little snowman witness some bloodshed.
“If you run again and get yourself into a dangerous situation, I won’t come to save you another time. I am here to bring you back…”
He gently touched the glabella of the little snowman with his index finger. A warm and gentle light shone. And then, layers of snow and ice began to melt, revealing the young lady who camouflaged herself as the little snowman.
She wore a pure white dress and looked like a teenage girl who was about fourteen or fifteen years old. With Ning Fan being so close to her, it would be a lie if the young lady said she was not afraid. Ning Fan’s baleful qi was really terrifying. Just imagine this, he could even scare off brutal ferocious beasts using his baleful qi alone.
However, she appeared to be extremely calm. Without muttering a single word, she silently raised her head and stared at Ning Fan. Well, she really had the courage to be able to do so.
Her long hair was white like snowflakes which was adorned with a snow-white down feather.
Her small face was a little pale with her right foot still bare.
Since Ning Fan saw that the young lady was not going to hide or run away anymore, he nodded with a smile.
This lady’s cultivation level is not high but she is quite courageous. That makes her qualified to become Xu Quiling’s sister.
“You are Feng Xueyan, aren’t you?”
“…” The young lady nodded.
“Are you afraid of me?”
“…” The young lady wanted to nod but she hesitated for a while but shook her head in the end.
“Don’t you know how to speak?”
“…” The young lady nodded as a hint of sadness flashed in her eyes. However, she quickly hid her emotions and put up an indifferent face.
“You are such a pitiful lady.”
She was indeed pitiful. Despite being at the Tenth Level Vein Opening Realm, she still had no spirit sense and was also incapable of speech. Basically, she could not communicate with anyone.
Even though she deserved pity, the concern Ning Fan had for her was all due to Xu Qiuling’s request.
He reached out his hand to pull Feng Xueyan up, intending to bring her back to the province. However, she gently backed away from him and shook her head. It was obvious what she meant. She did not want to go back.
“Are you worried that the son of the Shi Le Country’s country lord might bully you again?”
When Ning Fan’s calm and gentle voice reached Feng Xueyan’s ears, her expression immediately changed.
She felt particularly surprised. This young man right in front of her did not seem to be that much older than her. However, how could he be so perceptive as if he knew about everything.
That night, Shi Kun’s son sneaked into her room with malicious intentions in mind. She noticed somebody was outside her room and immediately ran away in panic. Ning Fan was not there during that time. How could he know about it?