Chapter 524 - Reunion With Old Friends, No Regrets For The Past (2/2)

“Is it possible that… our young lord has already broken through to the Divine Transformation Realm?!” Nan Gong guessed inwardly, finding it difficult to believe. From his perspective, only the legendary Divine Transformation Realm experts could possibly have such travelling light.

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In the Fire Cloud Sect, Old Ancestor Jing Zhuo was sitting under a fire orchid tree. He was gently feeding medicine to a lady who had a vacant expression.

It had already been thirty plus years since Jing Zhuo left the Endless Sea and returned to Yue Country. He was the first Nascent Soul Realm expert of Yue Country and the strongest expert of the country!

The lady in front of him was none other than the love of his life – Lady Yun Hua.

After Jing Zhuo had broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm, he had been searching everywhere for methods that could allow Lady Yun Hua to break free from the body of a spiritual puppet and be truly revived. Eventually, he found one method.

Not wishing for longevity. Not wishing for power to rule over the world. Just wishing to correct your reflection…

He did not forget that promise he made in the past. His life ambition was not about breaking through to the Mid Nascent Soul Realm but reviving his dead wife when he was still alive.

He had found a method to revive her wife. However, he could not allow Yun Hua’s soul to return to her physical body at the end of the day.

In order to make her soul return to her body, he would need to achieve the Void Inquiry Stage and use the void power to restore the void and return her soul. Only then would there be chances for him to succeed.

Jing Zhuo smiled bitterly. Where could he find a Void Inquiry Stage old monster to return the soul of his wife?

After all, he was just a small Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.

In the past, he thought that the Nascent Soul Realm was the supreme cultivation level. However, after he had witnessed the terror in the Endless Sea, he realized that Nascent Soul Realm cultivators were just as insignificant as ants in the eyes of truly powerful experts.

“Yun Hua, I will certainly make you truly come back to life in my lifetime. Trust me!” Jing Zhuo, who had gray hair, spoke with a smile.

“Mm. I believe you.” Yun Hua smiled faintly at him, just like the blossoming fire orchid.

“Nine days later, I will have to head to Song Country to participate in the assembly. I’ve owed Ning Fan too many favors. I’m afraid I won’t be able to fully repay him for my entire life. Since he isn’t in Yue Country now, I have to help him protect the country. No matter what, I can’t let King Jin annex this country!” Jing Zhuo’s eyes flashed with a hint of anger.

“My husband, you must be careful on this trip…” Yun Hua gently stroked Jing Zhuo’s face.

When the two of them had deep feelings, a light cough suddenly reverberated behind Jing Zhuo.

Jing Zhuo’s face was filled with surprise! The Fire Cloud Sect had extremely strict defense. Who could actually sneak inside the Fire Cloud Sect stealthily and even get past his senses?!

Before he could turn around and look, a hand was already patting his shoulder gently.

“Fellow Daoist Jing Zhuo, it’s been many years. I hope you are doing well.”

“You are… Ning Fan!” Jing Zhuo was startled at first. Then, his expression revealed a look of joy.

“You’re back! Yue Country is saved!”

“Yes. I’m back. The Great Jin is finished.” Ning Fan smiled jokingly.

“What is your current cultivation base?! I already can’t see through you at all. Could it be that you have already achieved the Divine Transformation Realm?!” Jing Zhuo made a guess.

Ning Fan only smiled at him without telling him the truth. However, when he inspected Lady Yun Hua carefully, he sighed with emotions.

“You are trying to resurrect her, aren’t you?”

“Yes. I’ve found a method that could give her a chance of revival even though she is currently in a puppet’s body. However, my cultivation level is not enough to return her soul to her body… *Sigh*…” Jing Zhuo said dejectedly.

“Returning her soul to her body?”

Ning Fan went silent for a while. Then, he suddenly lifted his finger and pointed at Yun Hua’s glabella.

Jing Zhuo and him had quite a close friendship. Thus, it was fine for him to give him a hand.

Strands of void power covered the tip of his finger. After he applied the power, Yun Hua’s soul became connected with her original body and then fused with it!

“You don’t have to worry about the Great Jin. With me here, Yue Country will not be in any danger. Just Stay at your place and look after your wife.”

Ning Fan gave him a smile and left. His travelling was so fast that Jing Zhuo actually could not see how he departed.

Jing Zhuo had yet to digest everything that had happened. He had no idea of the profound meaning behind Ning Fan’s actions and words.

All of a sudden, the lady in front of him made a sound. She rubbed her forehead and said, “It’s strange. How did my soul return to this body?”

*Clang*

The bowl of medicine in Jing Zhuo fell to the ground, shattering into pieces. However, he did not care about the bowl at all. His eyes were fixed at Lady Yun Hua and they were gradually moistened with tears.

“It’s Ning Fan. It’s him who helped you return your soul to your original body… He… Is it possible that he is already a Void Refinement Realm old monster…? Yun Hua, you’ve finally come back to life. I’ve waited for this day for far too long…You are still as beautiful as before. I, however, am already old…”

Jing Zhuo’s white hair fell down messily. His face was covered with deep wrinkles. He was already old…

Lady Yun Hua raised her hand and gently touched Jing Zhuo’s wrinkles. With a loving expression, she said, “You aren’t old. In my heart, you are still the handsome Jing Zhuo from the past…”

Even though his beauty did not age, he had no regrets for his promise in the past!

There is no word that can express my gratitude for your kind deed, Ning Fan.

Jing Zhuo pulled Yun Hua into his embrace and hugged her tightly. While feeling deeply moved because of his lover’s revival, he was extremely thankful to Ning Fan.

He stared at the direction where Ning Fan left, feeling difficult to get over it for a long time.

Outside the Fire Cloud Sect, Ning Fan kept his spirit sense. After sensing that the pair of lovers, Jing Zhuo and Yun Hua, finally getting together at last, he could not help but smile faintly.

“The next stop should be the Sinister Sparrow Sect…”

Ning Fan gently took a step forward and travelled across countless distances in an instant. In a matter of seconds, he appeared at the Dark Sparrow Valley located at the western domain of Yue Country.

When he took another step, he directly went past layers of formation light and arrived at the edge of the Bright Moon Pond within the valley.

A lady in blue robes was standing quietly beside the pond. She was the current sect master of the Sinister Sparrow Sect – Lan Mei, the ‘Blue Sparrow Sword’.

There was also a lady who wore revealing clothes standing beside her. She was the inner elder of the Sinister Sparrow Sect – Bai Lu, the ‘Pink Skeleton’.

Both of them were staring at the pond. Their beautiful eyes had inexplicable longing for a person.

“The Great Jin is going to annex Yue Country. Aren’t you coming back yet, Big Brother Ning Fan…?” Lan Mei sighed faintly.

“Humph! This stinky man is full of bad intentions. He must be spending his time drinking and indulging in sensual pleasures. How would he still remember us, the wives who help share his hard lot?!” Bai Lu complained with her eyes filled with hidden bitterness and light anger.

Ning Fan nearly burst into laughter.

He never knew that Lan Mei would call him ‘Big Brother Ning Fan’ behind his back… A wave of tingling sensation flowed throughout his body.

He never knew that Miss Bai Lu who had been hostile toward him would actually claim herself to be one of his wives and harbored secret grudges for his disappearance.

*Piak* *Piak*

Ning Fan showed up behind the two of them like a ghost. He then raised his hands and smacked their buttocks. It felt soft and tender.

“Who’s it?! How dare you profane me?!” Lan Mei scolded angrily.

“You’re courting death!” Bai Lu was literally prepared to kill that person.

The two ladies turned around with immense killing qi. However, just as they saw the man’s face, they were stunned, rooted to the ground.

“W-When did you return?! Y-You… You… You still remember about coming back home?!” The two ladies hid the joy in their eyes and purposely revealed a look of anger.

“If I still don’t come back, I’m afraid you two won’t be willing to form your gold core for the rest of your lives…”

Ning Fan’s eyes scanned past the two ladies mischievously.

Their magic power was clearly enough for them to form their gold core. Even so, they still had yet to break through to the Gold Core Realm. Thus, the reason was not because they could not achieve the breakthrough but they were just unwilling to do so.

Just like Zhi He, their heart’s devil was Ning Fan. They were reluctant to form their gold core because they were afraid of forgetting Ning Fan.

“A group of silly ladies…” Ning Fan closed his eyes and the warmth in his heart grew warmer.

Because of this group of silly ladies, this Yue Country was his home.

“M-Master! I’ve detected your smell. I followed the trail of your smell and rushed to this valley… I didn’t expect that you’re really back!” A surprised voice of an old man resounded an inappropriate timing, interrupting the lovely atmosphere.

“Do you have a dog’s nose? No one noticed that I’ve returned to Yue Country. Only you, however, detected my return by sniffing the air from afar.”

Ning Fan was speechless. The old man who smelled his return was none other than his first cheap disciple – Xue Qing.

This disciple had already attained the High Grade Fourth Revolution Pill Refinement Realm. Based on his speed of improvement, he would attain the Fifth Revolution one day.

As his pill refinement realm improved, his nose became sharper.

The improvement of Zhi He and his other women’s cultivation bases as well as the improvement of the Three Divine Armies of Black Devil’s cultivation base were all Xue Qing’s contributions.

Since the day Ning Fan left Yue Country, he had been concocting pills day and night. If there was not a Fourth Revolution Pill Refinement Master like him in Yue Country, it was impossible for the three divine armies to achieve the Harmonious Spirit Realm entirely…

Xue Qing had been working diligently day and night in the past forty years. Now, the master he had been waiting for a long time returned. He naturally was extremely happy.

However, the reason why he was happy was not because he missed Ning Fan. Instead, he remembered that Ning Fan promised him to give him a Fifth Revolution Pill.

“Master, what about the Fifth Revolution Pill that you promised to give me?” Xue Qing asked eagerly.

“Oh yes. I’ve promised you to give you a Fifth Revolution Pill…”

Ning Fan, who seemed to have just recalled the past, took out one hundred plus bottles of pills from his pouch and placed them on the ground.

“All of the pills in these bottles are Fifth Revolution Pills. Just take whatever you want.”

“What?! This is impossible! You actually have so many Fifth Revolution Pills?!!”

Xue Qing’s face was full of astonishment. He was literally petrified.

Oh my god! Even a Divine Transformation Realm old monster won’t have so many Fifth Revolution Pills. Why does Master have so many with him…?

This is just unreasonable! Since when do the Fifth Revolution Pills have become as cheap as cabbage that could be found everywhere on the floor?!

“Right. Do you want a Sixth Revolution Pill?” Ning Fan patted his pouch again and took out a delicate jade box. It contained a Sixth Revolution vulnerary pill.

“S-S-Sixth…” Xue Qing was so excited that he lost his ability to speak properly.

He actually was fortunate enough to witness a legendary Sixth Revolution Pill today.

This is truly the best day of my life!

“Master, you are too great! Your virtue equals heaven and earth. Your great reputation shall give you the power to rule the entire world forever!” Xue Qing began flattering Ning Fan incoherently.

All of a sudden, his large red nose wiggled, sniffing the air around Ning Fan. In the next moment, his face looked frightened.

“M-Master… Why would you have a medicine soul! Could it be that you have become a legendary Fifth Revolution Pill Refinement Master?!”

Legendary…

Ning Fan rubbed his forehead.

Is it very rare to possess the Fifth Revolution Pill Refinement Realm? A legend…

Apparently, a Fifth Revolution Pill Refinement Master and cultivators at the Divine Transformation Realm are legendary beings in Yue Country.

Then, Ning Fan quietly thought to himself: Since I am a Sixth Revolution Pill Refinement Realm and my cultivation base is at the Void Refinement Realm, am I going to be considered as the legend of all legends?

Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel