Chapter 506 - Ancient Golden Sword (1/2)

To Ning Fan, the level of the cultivation resources in the Endless Sea was no longer suitable to increase his cultivation base further.

It had already been forty years since he left Yue Country. Now, his pill refinement realm had reached the Sixth Revolution while his cultivation base had reached the Reckless Devil Realm. He had already made up his mind to leave this place.

However, before leaving the Endless Sea, he had an old score he must settle once and for all!

“If… If I don’t take the medicine, will you also feel sad?”

“T-Then I’ll take it…”

“Brother-in-law, you are the only person who managed to find me… You are the only person who could hear my heart…”

The figure of a stubborn young lady who was unable to speak appeared before his eyes. Since Feng Xueyan had called him her brother-in-law, there was no way he could cast her aside and watch her suffer!

Since she was in trouble, he certainly had to return to the Giant Devil Clan as soon as possible!

“Fellow Daoist Dan, the Giant Devil Clan and I have an important relationship. I can’t just brush Feng Xueyan’s matter aside. I must go back to the Giant Devil Clan immediately. It’s all thanks to your Soul Washing Pond during the past four months that my pill refinement realm broke through to the Sixth Revolution. I’ll keep your kindness in mind. In the future, I’ll repay you for your help!”

Ning Fan threw a meaningful glance at Su Yan and Ming Que. He wanted to directly rush back to the Giant Devil Clan without planning to stabilize his Sixth Revolution Pill Refinement Realm which he had just achieved.

Venerated Pill was slightly stunned. Clearly, he did not expect Ning Fan would actually leave in such a hurry after hearing that the Giant Devil Clan was in trouble.

Even though Ning Fan’s pill refinement realm had just reached the Sixth Revolution, it was not really necessary for him to stabilize his pill refinement realm as he could just allow it to automatically stabilize by itself. The only bad thing about letting it stabilize on its own was that it would take a longer amount of time.

Usually, it was certainly the best choice for a pill refinement master to immediately stabilize their new pill refinement realm once they achieved a breakthrough.

Ning Fan, however, did not even hesitate to give up that option in order to return to the Giant Devil Clan as quickly as possible. It was fairly obvious that he was extremely worried about Feng Xueyan.

Although Venerated Pill had heard that Ning Fan had a friendly relationship with the Giant Devil Clan, he did not expect their bond would be so deep and intimate.

“Fellow Daoist must be joking. You have saved my life. Compared to that, allowing you to use the Soul Washing Pond is not even worth speaking of. However, you don’t have to hurriedly leave. Since the two old men, Dong Xu and Ju Qing, have asked for my help, I will naturally take a trip to the Giant Devil Clan. If you don’t mind, let this old man join you on this trip.”

“Join us? But you still haven’t fully healed, have you?” Ning Fan was also surprised.

“Hehe. Dong Xu and Ju Qing are very close friends of mine. When both of them encounter trouble, I obviously have to help them with all I can. These injuries aren’t even a problem! Moreover, all I need to do is to show my face. I don’t need to fight anyone. Whoever comes to seek trouble with the Giant Devil Clan, they will need to give me face because I am a Sixth Revolution Pill Refinement Master!”

Venerated Pill’s speech was sincere and affectionate. Besides, it also contained his pride.

For a second, Ning Fan stared at Venerated Pill in admiration. Even though this old man was still suffering serious injuries, he insisted on going to his friends’ aid. Setting aside the question whether or not he would be of help to them, his intentions alone were already moving enough.

Venerated Pill was truly a genuine friend.

He might not have a high cultivation base, but he was still the seventh best pill refinement master of the Rain World. His reputation alone was powerful enough. Everyone in the world would need to pay him respect. Therefore, bringing him there would certainly be somewhat useful.

“Alright then. We will go to the Giant Devil Clan together, Fellow Daoist Dan! Let’s set out now.”

“Fellow Daoist, there is no need to rush. I have two items here which I want to give to you as gifts.” Venerated Pill patted his storage pouch and took out two things.

One of them was a wooden box which contained a Low Grade Sixth Revolution Pill.

The other one was an ancient golden sword. The body of the sword was large and wide but did not have a sharp edge. In contrast, there were many indentations on it. Perhaps because of it being extremely old, many parts of the sword were damaged, weakening its destructive power by a great deal.

When Ning Fan took the box and sniffed the pill fragrance, he was shocked at first. Then, when he inspected the ancient golden sword, his expression changed to that of amazement.

“This is… the Soul Nourishing Pill! And this ancient golden sword… It can’t be wrong. This is an ‘escaping sword’!”

“Fellow Daoist has a good eye!” Feeling impressed, Venerated Pill complimented.

The Soul Nourishing Pill was a type of ancient pill. Its effect was to stabilize the level of the user’s medicine soul. However, Venerated Pill did not know how to concoct it because its recipe had already been lost for a long time. He found it when he was searching for treasures in the Immortal Burning Valley.

As for the ancient golden sword, it was an escaping sword.

An escaping sword was a unique flying sword that could only be found in ancient times. It only had a single function. Just as its name suggested, it was mainly used for flying. It could not be used as a weapon to attack or kill one’s enemy.

The escaping sword focused all its power on its flying speed. Only a sword cultivator would be able to control this sword. One interesting thing about this sword was that a cultivator would need to use immortal jade in order to make it accelerate to its maximum speed.

The indentations on its body were undoubtedly meant for immortal jade.

These two items were both ancient items. Even Venerated Pill could not identify the origins of these items at first glance when he found them in the past.

Ning Fan, on the other hand, managed to identify them without any mistake as soon as he saw them. It was evident that his knowledge and observation skills were incredible.

“If you take this Soul Nourishing Pill, you can immediately stabilize the level of your medicine soul without needing to deliberately enter into a seclusion. As for this escaping sword, its top speed is nearly on par with a Void Fragmentation Realm expert’s speed. Of course, if you wish to accelerate it to its maximum speed, it will require a huge sum of immortal jade …. Hehe. These two items are all yours!”

“Thank you for your gifts, Fellow Daoist Dan.”

Afterward, Ning Fan took the Soul Nourishing Pill. When his body digested its medicinal power, his medicine soul was stabilizing at an incredible speed.

Then, he studied the golden sword in his hand with a curious expression. By using this sword, it certainly would not take him a long time to rush back to the Giant Devil Clan.

“This ancient golden sword can carry a limited number of people at a time. If there are too many people onboard, it will slow down its speed. We’ll do it like this. Huang Tingzi and Yang Gu will follow us and ride this ancient sword with us. As for the cultivators of Pill Island, those with cultivation bases above the Gold Core Realm should immediately get yourselves ready to set out. All of you will go to the Giant Devil Clan on your own without fail!”

Venerated Pill gave an order to the cultivators of the Pill Island. Apparently, he wanted to use the Pill Island’s entire strength to help the Giant Devil Clan.

“Ju Qing is my best friend. He only has a single daughter. If someone wants to touch his daughter, they have to ask for my permission first!” Venerated Pill said firmly and resolutely.

Ning Fan inwardly sighed with emotion. Few people in this world would go to such lengths for their friends and Venerated Pill was certainly one of them.

Old Ancestor Dong Xu, Venerated Giant, Ju Qing and Venerated Pill, Dan Songzi… Being able to know each other in their current lifetimes really made their lives worth living.

Since Venerated Pill was kind enough to bring all the cultivators of his island to go to the Giant Devil Clan’s aid, Ning Fan was also willing to lend them a hand.

“The traveling speed of Gold Core Realm cultivators is too slow. It’s going to take them days or even months to reach the Giant Devil Clan. I have an idea which can ‘carry’ the entire Pill Island over there.”

“Oh? What idea do you have in mind?” Venerated Pill was curious.

“By carrying the entire Pill Island with me and bringing it over there! Let’s go. We will head over to the Giant Devil Clan together!”

Ning Fan patted his storage pouch and took out a blood-red umbrella.

As he activated it using his magic power, the umbrella opened, giving off faint-red halos of spirit wheels.

The halos spread across the entire island. The island trembled for a while and was drawn into the world within the umbrella!

Inside the umbrella world, a gigantic island descended from the sky, landing on the roiling sea of blood… All the cultivators of the Pill Island were petrified!

It was just too crazy. That umbrella had actually taken the island inside including all the people in it!

In the outside world, only Huang Tingzi and Yang Gu were not taken away by the umbrella as Ning Fan let them stay outside on purpose.

The island below their feet vanished in an instant. Only a vast and empty sea was left there with ocean water as dark as ink.

“A small chiliocosm cosmos treasure! Besides, this treasure is somewhat different from the others…” Venerated Pill’s eyes were filled with surprise.

Small chiliocosm cosmos treasures were rare to begin with. Even though that was the case, he still had seen a few of them. Common small chiliocosm cosmos treasures could only draw someone or something inside them within a certain distance.

Out of all the small chiliocosm cosmos treasures he had seen, none of them was as domineering as this blood umbrella that could forcibly drag the entire island into it as soon as it opened!

Venerated Pill naturally had no idea that ancient demon spirit wheels containing immeasurable power had been inscribed on this blood umbrella. These spirit wheels had turned it into an attack-type small chiliocosm cosmos treasure.

The user could not only forcefully drag the user’s enemies into the world but they could also use the blood ocean inside the umbrella world to severely injure them!

This treasure was truly heaven-defying!

“Let’s go!” Ning Fan would certainly not explain about it in great detail to Venerated Pill. He just casted a magic spell on the blood umbrella to restrain the blood ocean inside the umbrella world from attacking the cultivators on the island.

In this way, the cultivators of the Pill Island inside the umbrella world would not encounter any danger. They only needed to wait for Ning Fan to take them out from the umbrella world after arriving at the Giant Devil Clan.

Ning Fan then swung the ancient golden sword. It grew longer in the air, becoming as long as one hundred zhang* (3.33m per zhang).

Huang Tingzi and Yang Gu stood at the back of the sword to help Venerated Pill heal his wounds while maintaining his safety.

Ning Fan, on the other hand, stood at the tip of the ancient golden sword. Behind him, Su Yan and Ming Que were admiring this ancient sword with great interest.

“Can this ancient golden sword really travel nearly as fast as a Void Fragmentation Realm cultivator?” Ming Que asked, finding it unbelievable.

“I’ve seen it. Its top speed is indeed almost as fast as the Void Fragmentation Realm. However, the immortal jade required to make it travel that fast is a little frightening.”

Ning Fan was a sword cultivator himself. Therefore, he fulfilled the criteria for controlling the ancient sword.

When the indentations on this gigantic sword were filled up with five million immortal jade, the sword turned into a ray of golden light and shot past nine hundred thousand li* (500m per li) to the west in mere seconds.

This speed was very close to the speed of a common Void Fragmentation Realm expert who could travel across one million li* (500m per li) in an instant. This escaping sword was indeed fast!

“It’s really fast!” Su Yan exclaimed while stroking the hair on her temple which got messy due to the strong wind. After she became Ning Fan’s follower, she could always witness unimaginable things.

“Silly younger brother, you really obtained a treasure. However, this escaping sword is damaged quite seriously. Currently, the speed it is travelling at isn’t even a quarter of its original fastest speed. I have a way to repair this sword completely. Once it is repaired, you can even outrun the Rain Sovereign or Moksha Sovereign by riding this sword.”

Luo You spoke inside his mind, giving him a tempting offer.

“How can I repair it?” Ning Fan was rather interested in this ancient sword. If what Luo You said was true, wouldn’t it be able to travel one million li* (500m per li) instantly when it is completely repaired? Its speed might even surpass that of an expert who was at the Fifth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm. With such incredible speed, he could do a lot of things.

“As long as you can gather ‘Green Constellation Gold’ as large as your fist, I will be able to help you repair it.”

“Green Constellation Gold… The size of my fist… Little You Er, you really like to joke with me all the time.”

Ning Fan did not know whether to laugh or cry. Green Constellation Gold was a type of rare spiritual mineral that was of the highest grade which was used in forging flying magic treasures. Green Constellation Gold the size of a nail was already extremely expensive and could make countless Void Fragmentation Realm old monsters fight each other over it.

Getting a fist-sized Green Constellation Gold was just as difficult as breaking through to the Void Fragmentation Realm.

Indeed, the matter of repairing this ancient golden sword was something that he could only think about but was not practical for now.

*Chi*

Ning Fan no longer talked much as he concentrated on controlling the sword. The sword might have an incredible speed, but the burden on the spirit sense of the sword cultivator controlling it was quite huge.