Chapter 535 - Achieving the Void Inquiry Stage in Ten Years, The Three Phoenix Maidens (1/2)

It was unknown how many years had already passed since the true body of the tree demon, Min Luo, was trapped within the Dark Sparrow’s Grave.

He was just a Void Fragmentation Realm demon cultivator and his lifespan should already be over a long time ago.

Fortunately, Min Luo Treant created a heaven-defying method himself to turn his original body into a tree. He had completely transformed into a tree and he lost the chance to return to the form of a human again.

He extracted his demon soul and produced countless clones to move around the Dark Sparrow’s Grave using them.

Because his original body had degenerated into a tree, his abilities were greatly weakened but he gained an everlasting lifespan in exchange. He had gone through years of suffering and improved himself through his growth.

As long as his true body did not die, his clones would not perish. As the years went by, Min Luo Treant’s cultivation base also increased steadily and he eventually ‘grew’ to the level of a rogue demon.

Even though his original was a rogue demon, he was a rogue demon that could not move or change his form. He was literally rooted in the Dark Sparrow’s Grave and unable to leave this place forever.

If he ignites his demon soul and strives to leave this place, he might be able to leave the grave for a short period of time but he would certainly perish right after that…

There might be ways that could allow Min Luo to return to his original form or leave the grave but Ning Fan did not know any of them.

The Heavenly Dao was fair. Since Min Luo Treant had survived countless years in the form of a tree, the chance of him returning to his demon form was naturally slim.

The only thing that Ning Fan could do was to bring Min Luo Treant’s clone out of the grave.

It was a method that he learned from Bone Sovereign. Since his true body was unable to leave the Demon Sinister Forest, he made his true soul clone and sneaked out of the forest in that body.

Thus, Ning Fan imitated his method. He just needed to concoct some Low Grade Sixth Revolution ‘True Soul Pills’ for Min Luo and help him to condense his true soul clone within the shortest period of time. That would be enough.

Min Luo Treant’s true soul clone was different from Bone Sovereign’s. Because Bone Sovereign’s original body was perfectly intact, his true soul clone could move around freely without any restraint in the outside world after leaving the Demon Sinister Forest.

Min Luo’s original body, however, had degenerated into a tree. His clone could not leave too far away from his original body, or else it would be like a fallen leaf that could never return to the branch but wilt and die…

Min Luo’s true soul clone could at most move within five thousand li* (500m per li) of Yue Country.

In Dark Sparrow’s Grave, Ning Fan told Min Luo his whole plan and both of them made an agreement.

After that, Ning Fan took away the corpses of the nine Void Fragmentation Realm beasts from Min Luo’s hands as well as a large amount of spiritual herbs that were at ten thousand years old and above and left the place.

He did not immediately bring Ming Que away with him.

Since Ming Que had reunited with his grandpa, Min Luo Treant, after being separated from him for many years, she probably had many things to tell him.

Ning Fan quietly returned to Seven Apricot City all alone. After seeing the transformation of the city today, he gradually set his mind at rest.

The members of the four clans of Seven Apricot City were put into different divisions by Su Yan and Yue Lingkong.

The divisions included the Weapon Refinement Palace, Pill Refinement Palace, Body Cultivation Palace, Sword Cultivation Palace and Demon Cultivation Palace…

The Three Divine Armies of the Black Devil became the Black Devil Palace.

The Sinister Sparrow Sect joined Seven Apricot City and became the Sinister Sparrow Sect.

The Fire Cloud Sect joined Seven Apricot City and became the Fire Cloud Palace.

Each of the large sects were still in their old locations. To put it in a more appropriate way, the entire Yue Country was within the range of Seven Apricot City’s forces after the integration of countries.

Ning Fan did not ask anything regarding the affairs of the forces’ development. He let his women be fully responsible for them and he trusted them amply.

Inside the Cauldron World, the Ning Clan Female Guard was also building the world vigorously.

Everyone had their own matter to be busy with. Of course, there were also a few bored women who passed their days leisurely.

For instance, Zhi He, Mu Xiaohua, Bai Su, Feng Xueyan…

In Seven Apricot City, Ning Fan stood under the falling snow and recalled his mortal life which seemed like a dream.

He finally could somewhat slow down his pace and stay in Seven Apricot City for some time. No killings, no fights, only a moment of peace and tranquility.

“Starting from the Void Refinement Realm, the further improvement of every minor cultivation realm will be extremely difficult. The fastest time it’ll take for ordinary Void Glimpse Stage cultivators to break through to the Void Inquiry Stage is one thousand years. For those who have slightly weaker innate potential, they might need a few thousand years. While for those who have weak Dao Comprehension, they probably won’t be able to reach the Void Inquiry Stage successfully for their entire lives…”

“I want to achieve the Void Inquiry Stage in ten years!”

Ning Fan said while holding the blood wine gourd in his hand. Ten years were the amount of time for the blood wine to be completely brewed!

He poured the essence blood of the nine Void Fragmentation Realm ferocious beasts into the Xuan Wei Bloody Gourd. When the blood wine is completed ten years later, it would be the aid for Ning Fan to break through to the Void Inquiry Stage!

“It’ll still need ten years for the blood wine to be completely brewed. In this period of time, I still have many things to sort out. For example, improving my cultivation methods, spirit sense and… making preparations for withstanding the Void Inquiry Stage heavenly tribulation!”

“Before this, I have to concoct the True Yang Pills and True Soul Pills first to bring Little Black and Min Luo Treant back to Seven Apricot City…”

Ning Fan then began to concoct the two required pills.

The two types of pills were Low Grade Sixth Revolution Pills. They were not easy for Ning Fan to concoct.

During the day. Ning Fan would enter the Dark Golden Pagoda to refine the pills.

When night fell, he would return to Seven Apricot City to rest and spend a peaceful and sensual night with his women.

Ning Fan led such a life for one month. After he had finished making two True Yang Pills and twenty True Soul Pills, he returned to Demon Sinister Forest and Dark Sparrow’s Grave again.

When he returned to Seven Apricot City ten days later, he had brought two people and a sable home with him.

Min Luo’s true soul clone possessed a cultivation base at the Fifth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm. He had promised Ning Fan to guard Seven Apricot City but he disliked the hustle and bustle of that place. Hence, he chose to stay all alone in a desolate mountain located one thousand li* (500m per li) away.

Mu Xiaoliang was one of Mu Weiliang’s three souls. Therefore, she blended it very quickly with Zhi He and Mu Xiaohuan and became close sisters with them. They were so intimate with each other as if they shared the same mind and body.

From then onward, Mu Xiaoliang was added to the group that was sponging off others in Seven Apricot City.

For now, Mu Weiliang’s three spiritual souls had been found and only her seven physical souls[1] were left…

Mei Chen did not appear in her human form. Instead, she stayed in Seven Apricot City in the body of a little sable.

During the day, she would linger in Ning Fan’s empty room. When Ning Fan returned at night, she would leave looking unappeased. Apparently, she was still angry at him as she completely ignored him without even sparing a glance at him.

Others just thought that the little sable was Ning Fan’s demon pet. However, only Su Yan and a few other women knew Mei Chen’s true identity as a demon cultivator with a frightening cultivation base at the Void Fragmentation Realm.

Ever since Seven Apricot City had Mei Chen and Min Luo’s protection, Ning Fan became more and more at rest and he gradually grew accustomed to life in the city.

His heart became calmer as days went by. The tranquility he felt was a feeling that he had never felt before throughout all the seas of blood he had been.

Ten years flashed by after settling down in Seven Apricot City!

Ten years of quietness, ten years of peace, ten years of dullness and ten years with his loved ones.

Ning Fan had never killed a single person in the past ten years. He nearly forgot that he was once a devil lord who travelled unhindered in the Rain World.

Each and every day, Ning Fan would only spend half a day for cultivation and pill refinement and the other half of the day in monotonous meditation.

Occasionally, he would go missing for a few days to half a month and bury himself in the dark golden pagoda for cultivation.

Sometimes, he would stay in Seven Apricot City for ten plus days consecutively without leaving at all.

Ten years went by in the outside world and nearly half of it was spent in the dark golden pagoda. In total, Ning Fan had cultivated four hundred plus years on the seventh floor of the dark golden pagoda.

During his cultivation in the pagoda, Ning Fan had picked up the cultivation of Black Devil Art again, making it a cultivation method of the fire element. Besides, he had carefully practiced the cultivation method belonging to the divine sovereigns of the Rain World – Sovereign Rain Primordial Art and made it a cultivation method of the ice element.

He had concocted a Void Consuming Pill that would be used for consuming the Void Fragmentation Realm Dao Fruit. However, he did not eat it immediately as he was waiting for the blood wine to complete so he would consume everything at once.

Furthermore, he had used the flesh of the nine Void Fragmentation Realm ferocious beasts to concoct Fierce Cultivation Pills. The massive bodies of the nine beasts were actually only sufficient for cultivating nine Fierce Cultivation Pills.