Chapter 492 - Slaughter Palace (1/2)
Dao Yan’s death was beyond Moksha Sovereign’s expectation. He never expected that one of his dignified top ten devil generals would actually fail to kill a Harmonious Spirit Realm junior…
Moksha Sovereign did not think that Ning Fan would be the person who killed Dao Yan. From his perspective, Dao Yan was quite capable. It would have to be at least a Void Pierce Stage expert to be able to kill him in Rain World.
As for the Void Pierce Stage experts in Rain World, every one of them would have to pledge allegiance to the Rain Palace to a certain extent.
This was how unique Rain World was. There was only one sovereign and a palace ruling over the entire world. Unless one breaks through to the Void Fragmentation Realm, no one could disregard the orders from the Rain Sovereign.
“Was it done by the Rain Sovereign? When I personally descended to Rain World previously, I had already offended him. Is this the reason why he secretly sent someone to eliminate Dao Yan to demonstrate his power to me? Humph! Yun Zongxuan, you really have the guts! How dare you kill my man?!”
Yun Zongxuan was the actual name of the current Rain Sovereign.
Moksha Sovereign was already 99% sure that the person who dared to openly kill Do Yan in Rain World must be a member of the Rain Palace.
Well, he also suspected Ning Fan for killing Dao Yan. However, he just refused to believe that a Harmonious Spirit Realm junior would attain the Void Inquiry Stage in just forty years and possess the strength to kill Dao Yan.
It would be extremely absurd. According to Moksha Sovereign’s estimation, forty years was far from enough for Ning Fan to sever his heart’s devil and form his gold core.
“It certainly can’t be that insignificant ant. It must be the Rain Palace that was hindering my plan. Yun Zongxuan, I will not forget what you’ve done!”
Moksha Sovereign kept the string of beads and closed his eyes again. He sat quietly in the large hall. He suppressed his rage so well that none of it was discernible from his face.
If Moksha Sovereign finds out that Ning Fan was the person who killed Dao Yan, he probably would send more subordinates to hunt him down.
Unfortunately, since he already thought that the Rain Palace was responsible for Dao Yan’s death because he did not believe that Ning Fan would attain such excellent cultivation level, he clearly would not continue sending subordinates to Rain World.
After all, how are they supposed to go there and kill Ning Fan since the Rain Sovereign is going to secretly murder every one that arrives there? It would be equivalent to sending his subordinates whom he had painstakingly trained to death in Rain World?
However, the feeling of unease in the bottom of Moksha Sovereign’s heart became even more intense.
“That ant… Is he really still at the Harmonious Spirit Realm…? Moksha Sovereign suddenly opened his eyes. He could not get rid of that feeling.
After being absorbed in his own thoughts for quite some time, he smirked and shut his eyes again.
“I don’t believe it!”
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Ning Fan had no idea that his action of killing Dao Yan had already involved the Rain Palace. It led Moksha Sovereign to think the Rain Palace was behind his subordinate’s death and prevent sending any of his subordinates into Rain World recklessly.
Ning Fan returned to the silver boat and asked Su Yan to start it to continue their journey to Si Kong Demon Island. Then, he went inside the cabin on the boat and entered the Yuan Yao World to regulate his breath and essence qi and sort out the loot he obtained from the two consecutive battles.
The first gain he obtained was cutting down a capable subordinate of Moksha Sovereign. To him, it carried a unique meaning.
He did not just take Dao Yan’s life because of his enmity against Moksha Sovereign. In fact, he had given it some thoughts.
Even if he didn’t kill Dao Yan, it was impossible for him to let him go alive. At most, he could capture Dao Yan’s primordial spirit and imprison him inside his storage pouch.
When Dao Yan did not return to Devil World after a long time, Moksha Sovereign would certainly know that he went missing. If that happened, Moksha Sovereign probably would send more people to find out Dao Yan’s whereabouts or kill Ning Fan.
If Dao Yan was dead, Moksha Sovereign would probably also send people to hunt Ning Fan down. However, he would likely have doubts and fear about his actions and refrain from sending more subordinates into Rain World rashly.
There was not much difference between the two outcomes. To Ning Fan, from the day he made Moksha Sovereign his enemy, there was no way he could avoid confronting him one day.
The solution to resolve the grudges between him and Moksha Sovereign was not running away and hiding from him. Instead, it was about getting stronger. Ning Fan had to get so strong that he could kill Moksha Sovereign and settle the old scores with him once and for all!
Thus, killing Dao Yan served as a reminder to him. He must not be complacent about his current situation. He must improve his cultivation level to a greater level and obtain the power to resist Moksha Sovereign.
“The level of my magic power is still at the Half-Step Void Refinement Realm currently. If I have enough medicines that can provide me magic power, I am confident that my magic power can directly advance to the Void Inquiry Stage after a long seclusion. After all, when I was in the Star Palace, I passed the test regarding the understanding about the Void Inquiry Stage by chance. Now, what I am currently lacking before I can break through to the Void Inquiry Stage isn’t my comprehension about the Void Realm but just magic power instead. As for my ancient devil cultivation level, it’s all thanks to the comprehensions I gained about the Void Inquiry Stage during that test that allowed me to progress smoothly and attain the Mid Reckless Devil Realm in one go.”
“Unfortunately, be it raising my magic power to the Void Pierce Stage or promoting my ancient devil cultivation level to the Late Reckless Devil Realm, all of them aren’t easy to me. All in all, in order to attain the Late Void Refinement Realm or the Late Reckless Devil Realm, my comprehension about the Void Realm has to arrive at the level where I nourish my qi by piercing the void… It will be rather difficult.”
“All the pills that can raise the cultivation level of a Void Inquiry Stage and Void Pierce Stage are at least at the Mid Grade Sixth Revolution. Even if my pill refinement realm breaks through to the Sixth Revolution, I will just be a Low Grade Sixth Revolution Pill Master and I won’t be able to concoct Mid Grade Sixth Revolution pills in a short period of time. As for Dao fruits… one will need to consume Dao fruits that are at least at the Void Refinement Realm in order to raise their Void Inquiry Stage and Void Pierce Stage cultivation level. There is only a small number of Void Refinement Realm cultivators in Rain World. Even if I kill every last one of them, I will probably obtain just one or two Void Refinement Realm Dao fruits. Therefore, it isn’t feasible to increase my cultivation level by consuming Dao fruits.”
“At the end of the day, the only method I can rely on is plucking human cauldrons. Plucking one Void Refinement Realm human cauldron will be much easier than murdering one hundred Void Refinement Realm cultivators in order to get one Void Refinement Realm Dao fruit. As for the source of human cauldrons…”
In Yuan Yao World, Ning Fan sat in a meditative posture on the fourth floor of the dark golden pagoda. As he shook his Cauldron Ring, he summoned an unconscious red-haired lady. Then, he casually tossed her on the icy cold floor beside him.
She was the first Void Refinement Realm human cauldron that he chanced to capture during the journey and it was the second benefit he gained today.
Aside from that, Ning Fan also learnt about another important information from his conversations with the two elders of Ling Nan.
In the broken world which the two of them entered during that day, there were a large number of cultivators living there and all of them were female!
Each and every one of those female cultivators was brimming with primordial yin. Among them, there was not lack of Divine Transformation Realm and Void Refinement Realm experts. What’s more terrifying about that place was that there was actually at least one Void Fragmentation Realm female expert.
All of them had immense killing qi and they behaved manically like devils. They killed people without distinguishing between right and wrong. None of them was a kind being.
“That broken small chiliocosm with Blood Burial Grass growing all over the place has a large number of female cultivators who cultivate the Dao of Slaughter. All of them are fit to be captured to become my human cauldrons. But how many experts are there exactly in that broken world? How should I enter the broken world? Is it dangerous to enter that world and what is the background of those women? I don’t have an answer for all these questions… Before clearing off all these doubts, it’s impossible for me to head over to that place to capture human cauldrons.”
Ning Fan glanced sideways at the red-haired lady. In order to find out everything, interrogating this lady would be the fastest way.
With a wave of his sleeve, he produced a gust of wind which pushed the lady into his arm.
He lifted one of his fingers and placed it on her glabella. She immediately moaned and woke up.
Just as she regained her consciousness and saw her within Ning Fan’s arm, she instantly showed him a ferocious expression filled with killing qi. She opened her mouth and spat out a blood-red lightning ray which went straight for Ning Fan’s head. It was an attack that was meant to destroy his Sea of Consciousness.
“I’ll kill you!” The lady’s tone sounded cold and merciless.
Ning Fan gently tilted his head and avoided that blood-red lightning ray. Then, he placed his finger on the lady’s soft bosom and channeled his Yin Plucking Finger power into her. It weakened her body, causing her unable to use her magic power. However, it did not make her pass out again.
Ning Fan never was a soft-hearted person. To be it in a more appropriate manner, it was fate that never gave him the chance to be soft-hearted.
He might be gentle and caring to many of his beloved women but it did not mean that he would be kind to an enemy.
This red-haired lady tried to kill Ning Fan without any forethought. If Ning Fan were a little weaker and slower, he would end up dead in her hands.
Thus, Ning Fan did not feel guilty at all to capture her as his human cauldron in return. Besides, it was impossible for him to be polite towards her.
“Who are you and where do you come from?!”
“If you are bold enough, just kill me. There is no need for talking. My palace lord will surely seek revenge for me! Don’t even think about getting information from my mouth! Even if you try to search my soul and memories, you certainly won’t be able to probe into the memories of my Sea of Consciousness because my Sea of Consciousness has already turned into the form of killing qi entirely!”
The lady was quite a strong female with an unyielding spirit. In fact, she was much stronger than many men. She stared at Ning Fan with a cold expression as if she was indifferent to life and death. When she said those words, she did not even bat an eye.
However, she did not know that Ning Fan had accessed her thoughts using his Mind Reading Technique even though she did not answer his questions directly.
This lady’s name was rather weird. In the place she lived, she was called ‘No. 431’. Her was actually named after a serial number.