Chapter 469 - : The Third Slate! (1/2)

If one were to separate the Guan Tian City’s regions, it would be divided into five towers and twelve small cities. The area had an extremely strict multiple layers of defenses.. After all, it was the main city of the Ghost Eye Clan’s devil country. How could they allow people to enter as they please?

Unfortunately, such strong lines of defenses were useless in front of an intruder like Ning Fan.

Ethereal golden purple mist gently moved through the air leaving not a trace of it behind.

The devil cultivators of the Ghost Eye Clan guarding the five towers and twelve cities were completely unaware that Ning Fan had already sneaked into the Ghost Eye Clan’s most important area where strangers were strictly forbidden to enter.

After getting inside, Ning Fan locked on to a direction and continued travelling non-stop.

When he had set foot in Guan Xin City, he felt an indistinct soul connection.

He had experienced the same feeling before when he met Fen Chi and Feng Xueyan.

Ning Fan clearly knew that there must be a devil concubine from the Ghost Eye Clan hiding somewhere and that connection would lead him to her!

If he could find the devil concubine, the devil statue slate would then be within his grasp.

Inside Wei Yang Tower, there was a beautiful lady who wore a black dress. Her eyes were adorned with long and enchanting eye shadows which gave her eyes a captivating beauty that could draw someone’s soul.

She was a typical lady of the devil race who had a hint of a flirtatious demeanor.

She quietly sat in the attic. The bookshelves in her boudoir were fully occupied with ancient jade slips. The information stored in those jade slips were all about the patterns of devil marks related to skills and techniques that could be displayed using one’s eyes.

She was the devil concubine of the Ghost Eye Clan and her name was Gu Shiniang. She was well-versed in inscribing devil marks related to the eyes. In the Ghost Eye Clan, nearly one-third of the experts there had once sought her help to inscribe devil marks on them.

She was even more skilled at awakening devil marks linked to devil pupils. Many experts had also requested her help to awaken their devil marks.

However, she had never felt happy before. Her eyes were not only filled with loneliness and desolation but also hatred that was hidden deeply. That hatred was aimed at the Ghost Eye Clan. She had a blood feud against the Ghost Eye Clan that would never be resolved unless one of them dies.

There were four of the clan’s female cultivators with deep and heavy qi standing guard outside the window of her boudoir. Each of their cultivation levels were at the Peak Nascent Soul Realm and above.

Despite being the devil concubine of the clan, Gu Shiniang’s freedom was completely nonexistent. In the eyes of the Ghost Eye Clan, her only worth was to inscribe devil marks on the cultivators of their clan.

All of a sudden, she heard a rustling sound from outside her window. Moments later, she heard the sound of her four guards being knocked unconscious.

“Who’s there?!”

Gu Shiniang hurriedly opened the door of her boudoir. She found no sign of activity at the grand formation outside her door but all of the four female guards on duty mysteriously went missing.

She was startled. When she turned around and went back to her room, she then discovered a young man in white robes sitting beside the tea table in her boudoir. She had no idea how and when he got into her room.

“Who are you? What do you want with me?”

Gu Shiniang instinctively felt afraid of this young man in white robes. She knew that a person who had the capability of sneaking into the Ghost Eye Clan’s forbidden area and stealthily get rid of four powerful devil cultivators must have unimaginable strength.

Deep inside her, however, she had an innate feeling of dependence towards Ning Fan. That feeling originated from her blood veins’ submission to him.

“I want to take you away. Of course, I also need the slate that you are keeping.” Ning Fan’s tone was flat. He easily sneaked into the most important forbidden area of the Ghost Eye Clan and effortlessly abducted four female cultivators of the clan to make them his human cauldrons.

His main purpose of coming here was primarily the slate but he could also bring this devil concubine along.

If Gu Shiniang was unwilling to follow Ning Fan, he could make her act against her will through force.

“Alright. I’ll go with you. If you help me do one thing, I will not only give you the devil statue slate but I will also swear the Great Oath of Heart Devil to serve you as my master for the rest of my life and become your devil concubine.”

It was out of Ning Fan’s expectations for Gu Shiniang to be very willing to follow him and leave this place with him.

“Oh? You wish to be my devil concubine? If it were other men who came to abduct you, would you also be willing to become their devil concubine?” Ning Fan asked with a faint smile.

“No, I wouldn’t.”

The reason why Gu Shiniang was willing to follow Ning Fan was because she could tell that he had the capability to help her get her revenge. Secondly, her blood felt a natural friendliness towards Ning Fan.

Ning Fan went quiet for a brief moment and stared deeply into Gu Shiniang’s eyes like he saw through the vengeance hidden in her eyes.

“What help do you need from me for you to yield to me wholeheartedly?” Ning Fan asked indifferently.

“I want you to kill a person. He is the fourth elder of the Ghost Eye Clan and a Void Glimpse Stage expert… He’s the bastard who murdered my father.”

Her eyes had a hint of sadness. She did not talk about her past but Ning Fan could still guess that this lady must have had disputes and conflicts with the Ghost Eye Clan in the past that resulted in her situation today. Perhaps her father was killed by the Ghost Eye Clan because of their disagreements.

“I won’t ask anything about your past. Is the devil statue slate currently in your possession?”

“Yes.” Gu Shiniang nodded. She then took out a devil slate from her storage pouch and passed it to Ning Fan.

Ning Fan briefly examined that slate and identified the devil scripture within it. After that, he secretly memorized them without studying the contents carefully.

Meanwhile, he also took the time to devour the devil qi of this slate. It was his third devil qi. He did not immediately assimilate the devil qi when it went into his devil marks. Instead, he wrapped his arm around Gu Shiniang’s slender waist and summoned his Heaven Deceiving Cloak, turning him and the woman invisible. Both of them then vanished without leaving a single trace.

Gu Shiniang’s expression slightly changed. She was amazed by the invisibility effect of the Heaven Deceiving Cloak. However, she remained obedient without asking any questions about it.

“You will be the one leading the way while I will be the one doing the killing.” Ning Fan’s voice sounded extremely calm. No matter which expert of the Ghost Eye Clan Gu Shiniang wanted him to kill tonight, he was not going to give her any excuse.

“This way…” Gu Shiniang inhaled gently, trying her best to calm herself down. It all happened too quickly. A young man suddenly appeared in her room out of nowhere and was even willing to bring her away from this place and help her get her revenge. She felt very grateful but at the same time, she also felt everything was too unreal, like she was daydreaming.

She had been wishing with all her might to break free from the cage that is the Ghost Eye Clan even when she was dreaming. This place was so suffocating for her.

She clung to Ning Fan’s arm. Even though it was her first time having any physical contact with a man, she did not find it disgusting. It was probably because of the innate feeling of dependence she had on Ning Fan in her blood veins.

The aromatic scent of the perfume and cosmetics she wore could not conceal the delicate fragrance a maiden would have. It was similar to an opium poppy[1] that could entice all men beneath the heavens.

Ning Fan, however, was not affected by the scent on her body. He quietly spread his Eight Black Burning Wings out and dashed towards the direction which Gu Shiniang pointed at blazing speed. In the blink of an eye, they had travelled across half of the Ghost Eye Devil Country and reached a heavily guarded palace on the other side.

Countless guards were stationed outside the palace. Each and every one of them wore a proud and arrogant look. It was clear that those who lived in the palace were not ordinary people.

In the palace’s stone chamber, the fourth elder of the Ghost Eye Clan was in seclusion inside the space of a heavenly dwelling magic treasure[2]. He was trying to get through the bottleneck of the Void Inquiry Stage with all of his focus!

His combat power might be weaker than the Shi Le Country’s country lord, but the gap was not very huge.

Besides, he had a Void Inquiry Pill unlike Shi Kun. Using the power of the Void Inquiry Pill, he was already on the verge of breaking through to the Void Inquiry Stage.

Meanwhile, the Fourth Elder had just completed a circulation of his magic power and gently exhaled a mouthful of foul qi.

Then, he fantasized about the shapely figure of the woman who wore a black dress with lustful eyes and licked his lips.

“*Chuckle* Gu Shiniang, you will never be able to escape from me even if you are the devil concubine of the clan!”

“Old Ancestor You Gui already gave me his word. Once I break through to the Void Inquiry Stage, you will then be rightfully mine! In the past, your father stood in my way and deserved death for what he had done. Now, if you still are stubborn and have no idea how to appreciate my kindness, I don’t mind giving my subordinates a chance to have a taste of you after I am done with you.”

The Fourth Elder had always harbored the evil thought of owning Gu Shiniang. However, because of her status as a devil concubine, he did not dare to lay a finger on her impulsively. Up until today, he did not even touch a single finger of hers and could only satisfy his urges through his sexual fantasies.

If he breaks through to the Void Inquiry Stage, his status in the Ghost Eye Clan would surely rise. When that time comes, he would be of great use to the clan and thus would be worthy enough to truly own Gu Shiniang!

However, it never crossed his mind that he would never have the chance to attain the Void Inquiry Stage again for the rest of his life from today onwards, let alone have physical contact with Gu Shiniang.

Within the heavenly dwelling where the Fourth Elder was currently in seclusion, the place trembled lightly signaling an insignificant unknown activity.

The Fourth Elder who had sharp senses was surprised. In a split second, he rose to his feet and sent out a palm imprint at the area where the activity had appeared.

At the start, that palm imprint he delivered was just the size of a palm. Moments later, it grew in the air at a shocking speed and eventually it grew nearly ten thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) large. It was a powerful attack that was capable of killing any Divine Transformation Realm cultivator.

“Oh? Your senses are quite sharp, aren’t they?”

Ning Fan spoke with an indifferent voice while holding Gu Shiniang with one of his arms. Both of them showed themselves inside the heavenly dwelling, no longer hiding under the invisibility cloak.