Chapter 468 - Dark Golden Pagoda (1/2)

Chapter 468: Dark Golden Pagoda

There were one hundred experts in the group of devil cultivators from the Ghost Eye Clan. However, none of them could tell how Ning Fan appeared.

This group of devil cultivators had been living one million zhang* (3.33 m per zhang) beneath the hidden ocean and had always been out to complete the missions assigned to them. Thus, they seldom stayed in their clan and were completely unaware of who Ning Fan was.

The leader of the group looked at Ning Fan with a grim expression.

As the young man blocking their path was not revealing a vigorous qi and was not even five hundred years old, he did not place him in his eyes at all.

He did not even ask why Ning Fan suddenly appeared. He just sneered coldly and said.

‘This young man’s appearance isn’t half bad. If we capture him and bring him back with us and sell him as a human cauldron, we might be able to make some money. Take him down!”

As the Divine Transformation Realm devil cultivator gave his command, a dozen Nascent Soul Realm cultivators immediately marched forward. They took out their rope-like magic treasures and tried to tie Ning Fan up.

Seeing a small group of Nascent Soul Realm cultivators trying to capture Ning Fan together, Qin Ziyu gulped in fear. In his view, Ning Fan was probably going to be taken down by them.

He was not in any way related to Ning Fan at all. He just saw him once and it was during an auction in Seven Apricot City. In that auction, Ning Fan acted as an appraiser and had sold a sword scabbard to him.

Qin Ziyu initially thought that Ning Fan was just a Fifth Level Vein Opening Realm junior.

After that day, Ning Fan fought and won against the invading devil armies and his name became famous throughout the entire Yue Country. Only then did Qin Ziyu know that Ning Fan’s combat power was already equivalent to a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator’s at that time.

As far as Qin Ziyu could remember, Ning Fan headed to the Endless Sea with strength rivaling a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator’s. Tens of years had passed by. Even if his cultivation level increased, he would at most be an Early Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.

Facing tens of Mid and Late Nascent Soul Realm cultivators at the same time, what was about to happen to the Early Nascent Soul Realm Ning Fan was pretty obvious. How would he have the strength to resist?

“There’s no need to watch any longer. No matter how strong Fellow Daoist Ning is, there’s no way he can resist this group of devil cultivators. He probably is going to end up like me, being held captive by them and turned into a slave.”

Qin Ziyu shook his head and sighed. He felt sympathy for Ning Fan who was about to be in the same situation as him, just like the saying which goes, the fox grieves when the rabbit dies.

At the next moment, his eyes which were originally filled with sympathy suddenly widened with amazement.

Just as the Nascent Soul Realm devil cultivators who wanted to attack Ning Fan raised their magic treasures, Ning Fan gently lifted one of his fingers. With just a light touch of his finger, countless and endless black sword lights shot out from his finger.

The sword light swept over the area, slicing the small group of Nascent Soul Realm devil cultivators into pieces. All of them were killed instantly without even having the chance to escape with their nascent souls!

“W-What?! They were Nascent Soul Realm old monsters who could even dominate low grade cultivation countries easily. How can they be killed so easily?!”

Qin Ziyu was filled with disbelief. The other devil cultivators of the Ghost Eye Clan also began to realize Ning Fan’s true strength.

The Divine Transformation Realm leader of the group no longer underestimated Ning Fan. A massive amount of killing intent filled his eyes.

“I don’t care who you are. Since you have killed the members of my Ghost Eye Clan, you must die!”

As soon as his voice fell, the Divine Transformation Realm leader directly waved his hand downwards without giving Ning Fan a chance to explain. Then, a one thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) large palm imprint which emanated immense devil qi fell down on Ning Fan from above.

That black palm imprint was a wrathful attack of a Divine Transformation Realm devil cultivator which was powerful enough to kill any Nascent Soul Realm cultivator instantly. That vigorous fluctuations of magic power made Qin Ziyu shiver uncontrollably. It was his first time witnessing a Divine Transformation Realm cultivator delivering an attack. It was just too frightening.

“He can’t block it. There’s no way he can block it. That is a Divine Transformation Realm attack! Even in high grade cultivation countries, old monsters with that cultivation level are as rare as a phoenix’s feathers. I’m afraid Fellow Daoist Ning Fan is going to die from that powerful attack…”

Just as Qin Ziyu’s voice fell, amazement suddenly filled his old eyes.

He saw Ning Fan casually point a finger at the incoming palm imprint.

His movements were simple and gentle. However, when that finger emitted a ray of light, it immediately caused an ear-splitting bang.

That Divine Transformation Realm palm imprint which seemed powerful got literally disintegrated before Ning Fan’s finger.

The light ray from Ning Fan’s finger then divided itself into innumerable rays of sword light which rained down on the Divine Transformation Realm devil cultivator. In an instant, that cultivator’s body burst into a column of blood mist after shrieking in pain and misery.

Ning Fan flicked his sleeve and drew a fearful primordial spirit which had countless cuts on its body into his hand.

All of a sudden, dead silence fell over the place!

Everyone was shocked by Ning Fan who easily killed a Divine Transformation Realm cultivator in a matter of seconds.

At the next moment, all the surviving devil cultivators of the Ghost Eye Clan fled desperately out of instinct as if their lives depended on it, leaving behind the slaves they had captured.

*Shush*

Ning Fan swept over the area with his sword sense. Screams of pain then resounded across the area. One after another, those devil cultivators were cut to pieces. None of them was able to successfully escape from him.

After that, Ning Fan stretched his five fingers and performed the Soul Memory Searching Technique on the Divine Transformation Realm devil cultivator’s primordial spirit, reading every piece of memory he had.

After obtaining enough information about the Ghost Eye Clan, he sent out a force through his palm, mercilessly killing that primordial spirit.

All the slaves there including Qin Ziyu were in a daze as they watched Ning Fan kill the devil cultivators with ease and search the soul and memories of the Divine Transformation Realm cultivator. That terrifying scene frightened them so much that they did not even dare to emit a sound while breathing.

Even a fool would be able to tell that Ning Fan was a strong expert who greatly surpassed Divine Transformation Realm cultivators. His strength far exceeded their imagination!

Qin Ziyu, in particular, was overwhelmed with surprise. He was sure that he had not mistaken him for someone else. This young man in white robes standing before him was certainly Ning Fan.

In the past, Ning Fan had left a deep impression on Qin Ziyu. Thus, it was impossible for him to be mistaken!

Ning Fan who was only a Fifth Level Vein Opening Realm junior back then had now become a powerful being who could kill a Divine Transformation Realm cultivator with just a single finger tens of years later. Even though Qin Ziyu found it hard to believe, he could not help but accept the truth.

Qin Ziyu could already imagine that if the cultivators in Yue Country knew that their country had given birth to someone as outstanding as Ning Fan, it would surely shake the whole country.

He stared at Ning Fan in bewilderment. He wanted to strike up a conversation with him but he was worried that he might be ignored due to his lowly status.

Then, a sudden thought struck him. Since he was already a slave of the Ghost Eye Clan and he and the other slaves had witnessed Ning Fan killing the members of the clan just now, he wondered if he would murder all of them to destroy all evidences and witnesses.

As he was still worrying over whether he would die by Ning Fan’s hands, he suddenly saw Ning Fan slowly approaching him.

Ning Fan’s presence exuded a baleful qi which could never be erased. It was so immense and thick that all the slaves there including Qin Ziyu felt chills running down their spines as Ning Fan walked towards them. None of them had the slightest courage to resist him.

“Fellow Daoist Qin, how are you doing? What made you come to the Endless Sea instead of staying as a Gold Core Realm old ancestor in Yue Country? Did you not recognize me just now or were you too afraid to do so?”

A rare teasing smile was on Ning Fan’s face.

Qin Ziyu could be considered an old friend from Yue Country. In the past, even though he did not give Ning Fan a reasonable gift for appraising the item he bought during the auction, he still gave him a sword sheath. That exact sheath contained a trace of the female sword ancestor’s ancient sword qi which helped Ning Fan block an attack from Sovereign Moksha.

Although Ning Fan was a devil lord who killed people like scything flax, he would not kill an old friend.

Qin Ziyu’s eyes were filled with even more confusion. The Fifth Level Vein Opening Realm junior that he recognized in the past had already climbed to the top of his cultivation realm and he could only look up to him in admiration now.

Seeing Ning Fan take the initiative to have a talk with him, Qin Ziyu no longer hid his identity. He then said with an awkward smile.

“Senior Ning’s capability is too impressive. This junior is unworthy to seek a connection with you…”

Qin Ziyu could be considered tactful for addressing himself as a junior in his greeting.

“I have something to ask you. Once you answer my questions, you can leave with them.”

“What?!” Qin Ziyu had never thought that he and the other slaves would still be able to leave safely after witnessing Ning Fan kill the members of the clan.

He nearly lost control of his excitement all of a sudden. At the next moment, he recovered and respectfully said.

“If Senior has any questions, you can just ask this junior. I will surely tell you everything I know without reservation.”

“Tell me about Yue Country, specifically the Seven Apricot City, Ning City and the Sinister Sparrow Sect… Mm. And also the Fire Cloud Sect. Fellow Daoist Jing Zhuo has a Nascent Soul Realm cultivation base. He has already ruled over the entire Yue Country, hasn’t he?”

As soon as Qin Ziyu heard Ning Fan ask about Yue Country, he immediately told him every single detail he knew.

It had already been a few years since he had left the Yue Country. Even so, he clearly knew so much more about Yue Country than Ning Fan.

He also understood that what Ning Fan was really concerned about was not Yue Country but his women and friends in the country.

Hence, Qin Ziyu focused on telling him about the recent situations of Zhi He, Lan Mei, Bai Lu and the other women. Of course, he also briefly mentioned the recent developments of Jing Zhuo, Xue Qing, Gui Quezi[1] and the others.

Zhi He had already achieved the Peak Harmonious Spirit Realm a long time ago. She was the current lord of both the Seven Apricot City and Ning City at the same time.

Lan Mei had also attained the Peak Harmonious Spirit Realm. As for her father, Gui Quezi, he was in secluded cultivation to form his nascent soul. Thus, she took over the position of sect master of the Sinister Sparrow Sect for the meantime.