Chapter 467 - An Old Friend (1/2)
Translator: GE_Team
Ten days later, under Ju Qing’s invitation, three pill refinement grandmasters namely Ning Fan, Yi Yunzi and Huang Tingzi opened all their cauldrons together to help concoct Feng Xueyan’s life-saving pill.
That pill was called the Devil Suppressing Pill. It was a pill with a grade that was extremely close to the Sixth Revolution. Once Feng Xueyan consumes it, fevers and headaches would no longer torment her for tens of years.
After studying the pill recipe carefully, Ning Fan ascertained that this pill was not harmful to Feng Xueyan at all. However, it would definitely not cure her illness completely.
It was because the cause of her illness originated from the Blood of Mo Luo which was sealed within her body.
Ju Qing had obtained the Eight Ancestors’ approval in seeking a life-saving pill for his beloved daughter. Perhaps the Eight Ancestors already knew that this pill could not completely cure Feng Xueyan. That being so, they did not try to ruin their plan and agreed to let Feng Xueyan consume the pill.
If Feng Xueyan consumes this pill, her life would no longer be in danger before the devil blood inside her is extracted which would only take place ten years later. Besides that, the Eight Ancestors who needed to save her every time her illness recurred in the past would be able to save their energy. Naturally, they were also willing to let her consume the pill.
“Does the Eight Ancestors still insist on sacrificing Feng Xueyan…?”
Ning Fan held the pill recipe with a cold and serious expression. No one knew what he was thinking about.
Today, under the protection of countless experts of the Giant Devil Clan, the three pill refinement grandmasters would concoct the Devil Suppressing Pill in front of tens of thousands of cultivators.
The impressive pill refinement techniques they displayed filled countless pill refinement masters with awe.
Those with discerning eyes could tell that Ning Fan was basically the only person who was doing the work during the process of concocting the pill. Meanwhile, both Huang Tingzi and Yi Yunzi were unable to provide much help.
In fact, he was already capable of concocting the pill depending on his own power. However, with the help of Huang Tingzi and Yi Yunzi, he could save a lot of time required to concoct the pill.
Countless cultivators began to firmly believe that Ning Fan not only had Peak Grade Fifth Revolution pill refinement mastery but was also at the top of all Fifth Revolution Pill Refinement Masters in terms of pill refinement.
There were even people who were calling Ning Fan as the “Eighth Pill Refinement Master of the Rain World”. The title implied that other than the seven Sixth Revolution Pill Refinement Masters, no one else could rival Ning Fan’s pill refinement mastery!
That title was indeed huge. Gaining everyone’s recognition in being the eighth pill refinement master of the entire Rain World, there would be even less people who would want to mess with Ning Fan. All of them wanted to maintain a friendly relationship with him in hopes of asking for his help in concocting pills in the future.
Countless cultivators had come to pay him a visit with gifts in tow. As usual, Ning Fan kept all of their gifts but refused to see any of them.
Even so, many old monsters were still delighted. Even though they could not meet Ning Fan in person, they had still established a good relationship with him as their gifts were accepted, hadn’t they?
When the pill was successfully produced, Ning Fan, Huang Tingzi and Yi Yunzi each received a Void Inquiry Pill.
Huang Tingzi and Yi Yunzi’s pill refinement mastery Yunzi were profound but their cultivation levels were only at the Divine Transformation Realm. With their current strength, holding a Void Inquiry Pill was extremely dangerous, just like the saying which goes, a common man’s only crime is to carry jade.
The two of them did not dare to linger around. After receiving the pills, they immediately excused themselves and returned to their home under the protection of countless experts from their respective forces.
As Ning Fan’s disciple in name, Yang Gu was really reluctant to leave his master. He wanted to follow Ning Fan to continue cultivating his Dao of Pills.
However, as a feudal ranking elder of the Pill Island, he carried an obligation to join the team in escorting the Void Inquiry Pill back to the island safely. Hence, he had no choice but to leave reluctantly.
He held great respect for Ning Fan. He did not care about his young age at all and he treated him like his own father.
Ning Fan knew that Yang Gu was a disciple worth keeping. Thus, he shared some of his insights of pill refinement with him and told him that he would be heading to the Mist Horn Clan’s auction in the near future. On his way back, he would stop by the Pill Island to teach him some pill refinement techniques and to use the Soul Washing Pond.
This filled Yang Gu with excitement and expectation. He thanked Ning Fan profusely, looking forward to the day Ning Fan would come to the Pill Island and share some profound pill refinement techniques with him.
A Void Inquiry Pill was a Mid Grade Sixth Revolution Pill. This pill could even tempt Void Glimpse Stage old monsters to fight and compete for it.
Under the protection of the Zhou Clan, the Void Inquiry Pill in Yi Yunzi’s hands was rather safe. However, Pill Island was clearly much weaker than the Zhou Clan. If any Void Glimpse Stage old monster tries to seize the Void Inquiry Pill from them, the entire Pill Island would certainly be in danger.
Therefore, at Huang Tingzi’s request, Ning Fan made a declaration using his identity as a feudal ranking elder of the Pill Island.
Anyone who dares to seize the Void Inquiry Pill of the Pill Island would be equivalent to offending him!
Ning Fan had the protection of both the Rain Sovereign and the Pill Sovereign. Besides, his pill refinement mastery was ranked eighth in the entire Rain World. Additionally, he was also capable of killing Shi Kun and Mo Xiu. The declaration he made caused countless Void Glimpse Stage old monsters to instantly dismiss the idea of seizing the Pill Island’s Void Inquiry Pill.
A Void Inquiry Pill might be rare and precious, but once they offend Ning Fan, they might not necessarily even have the chance to consume the pill.
As the great elder of the Pill Island, Huang Tingzi had once again owed Ning Fan a favor. He promised Ning Fan that the next time he comes to the Pill Island, he could use the Soul Washing Pond at will to improve his medicine soul!
When both Huang Tingzi and Yi Yunzi had departed, countless pill refinement masters also left one after another. The grand and spectacular Pill Ceremony of the internal sea finally ended.
As for Ning Fan, he still had something he was busy with and that was to help Feng Xueyan assimilate the Devil Suppressing Pill.
At the end of the day, Feng Xueyan was just a Tenth Level Vein Opening Realm cultivator whereas the Devil Suppressing Pill was a powerful pill with a grade that was extremely close to the Sixth Revolution.
Under normal circumstances, if a Vein Opening Realm junior consumes a Sixth Revolution Pill by mistake, the consequences that awaited her were definitely not soaring into the heavens and becoming a celestial being but a gruesome death due to their bodies imploding.
The important task of helping Feng Xueyan consume the pill eventually fell on Ning Fan’s shoulders. After all, he was the best pill refinement master there and personally concocted the Devil Suppressing Pill. Thus, he was the only person who understood how one could safely assimilate the medicinal power of the Devil Suppressing Pill.
Everyone near Feng Xueyan’s boudoir was driven away. And in the vicinity of a hundred thousand li (500m per li) around her boudoir was also locked down with layers of formation lights. No one was allowed to disturb her while she consumes the pill.
In the courtyard where white snowflakes flew as the gentle wind blew, Feng Xueyan was sitting on a swing with unfriendly and indifferent eyes. She completely ignored Ning Fan who was standing in front of her.
She was still angry at Ning Fan and did not want to interact with him. Well, she really had temper tantrums.
“Little girl, it’s time to have your medicine.” Ning Fan smiled awkwardly. He did not know how to coax this young girl to eat her medicine.
“…” Feng Xueyan turned her head to the other side, showing her reluctance to look at him.
“If you won’t eat the medicine, you will feel uncomfortable when your illness recurs. Aren’t you scared?” Ning Fan tried to intimidate her.
“It’s none of your business. I’m the one who’s refusing to eat the medicine anyway. If brother-in-law is so capable, you can just directly knock me unconscious and force-feed the medicine to me.” Feng Xueyan’s lips finally moved but her expression still looked cold.
“Knock you unconscious…” Ning Fan shook his head helplessly.
If it wasn’t because one has to be conscious when consuming the Devil Suppressing Pill, he would really be willing to knock her unconscious and help her channel the medicinal power after she’s knocked out.
He was never a person who liked troubles.
However, facing the current Feng Xueyan who wore an uncooperative but unresisting expression, Ning Fan was clueless about how he should begin.
When he thought about how Feng Xueyan was a victim of the Eight Ancestors’ plot and a future sacrificial offering to save the Giant Devil Clan, he felt sympathy for her. That made him reluctant to scold her and force her to do things against her will.
He let out a sigh and tried to persuade her.
“This is a pill that I’ve spent a lot of effort to concoct just for you. Are you really not going to eat it?”
“I…” Feng Xueyan seemed to have changed her mind. She did not want to waste Ning Fan’s effort and kindness.
“Be a good girl. Eat this pill and I’ll help you refine its medicinal power. If you don’t eat it, your illness will never be cured. The people who are concerned about you will feel sad.”
Feng Xueyan gently lowered her head and stopped playing with the swing. Moments later, she raised her head and looked at Ning Fan with her large pure eyes. Her lips moved as she tried to talk.
“Is Brother-in-law the one who cured Elder Sister Qiuling’s sickness?”
“Yes.”
“If Elder Sister Qiuling does not recover from her illness, will you feel sad?”
“Yes, I will.”
“If… If I don’t take the medicine, will you feel sad for me too…?” Feng Xueyan asked nervously.
Ning Fan looked at this lonely young lady and remained silent for a brief moment. After that, he answered determinedly.
“Yes.”
“T-Then, I will take the medicine…”
Feng Xueyan rose to her feet from the swing and obediently walked to her boudoir.
Her expression was cold like the falling snowflakes. However, just as she turned her back against Ning Fan, her small and slightly pale face suddenly turned reddish. Her cheeks were boiling hot.
She had a fit of anger at Ning Fan earlier but it completely disappeared at this moment.
Ning Fan did not notice her reddened cheeks. He just stared at her thin and feeble back with his brows knitted together.
He did not tell Feng Xueyan that the Devil Suppressing Pill could not cure her illness completely.
It was because he could only help her eradicate the hidden danger of the Blood of Mo Luo using the power of the ancestral talisman after he successfully gathered the devil qi from all four slates and learned the Mo Luo Ancestral Talisman.
If he harbors a strong intention of saving Feng Xueyan right now, he would certainly make an enemy out of the Eight Ancestors as he would ruin their plans which they had been planning for eight generations.
However, so what if he really offends the Eight Ancestors? He was not bothered about it at all. Well, the number of people he offended in the past was more than just eight individuals.
The decorations inside Feng Xueyan’s boudoir were simple. She did not have a lot of furniture. The walls of her room were fully embedded with cryolite, a kind of spiritual mineral that could lower the indoor temperature.
She was constantly being pestered by the devil blood inside her which gave her fevers from time to time. Hence, the reason for this ice cold environment was to make her feel more comfortable whenever the symptoms recurred.
There were no flowers or plants in her room because plants that could survive in such low temperatures were very rare.
A few little snowmen were made from the snow that was piling up within the room. The naive and innocent expression on those little snowmen were similar to Feng Xueyan from that time Ning Fan met her for the first time.