Chapter 557 - Little Dull Bird (2/2)
Today, however, the Pill Sovereign was on the verge of attaining the Seventh Revolution Pill Refinement Realm. After the Rain Sovereign had reassessed the advantages and disadvantages of the Pill Sovereign’s existence, he chose to help him.
Unfortunately, he also was unable to enter the illusory realm of the Black Stage. There was no way he could help the Pill Sovereign at all.
If the Pill Sovereign achieves the Seventh Revolution Pill Refinement Realm, the Seventh Revolution Pills he concocts would be an important aid to the Rain Sovereign in achieving the Immortal Realm…
The Rain Sovereign’s face was filled with rage. After so many years, a Seventh Revolution Pill Master was about to be born in the Rain World. However, reality told him that the Seventh Revolution Pill Master was facing a terrifying chill wind tribulation and he had a ninety percent chance of dying!
“The Pill Sovereign can’t die!” He roared in wrath. Those who did not know him well would probably think that he had a deep relationship with the Pill Sovereign. However, it was just for his own benefits in reality.
Inside the illusory realm, Ning Fan stood amidst the waves of chill wind. His eyes were filled with astonishment.
The moment the wind appeared, he could not get out of the illusory realm. Moreover, he also could not enter the Yuan Yao World or the Profound Yin World!
The chill wind tribulation was extremely scary. Even the Pill Sovereign only had ten percent chance of successfully withstanding it. He without a doubt did not stand a chance against it!
All the Mortal Void Grand Formation he had set up were turned to flying ashes by the wind tribulation.
That bone-piercing cold wind continued to blow toward Ning Fan and he could only feel that his body was going to be reduced to ashes as well. He quickly recovered from shock and activated his Yin Yang Devil Flame, summoning a black fire wall that covered the area of ten thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) around the Pill Sovereign!
When ice and fire mix and the yin and yang achieves harmony between each other, yin yang flame is produced.
The flame that Ning Fan used was the combination of twenty-four types of Heavenly Cold Qi and Earth Flames. Its grade reached High Rank Seventh Grade. It contained a trace of power from the harmony of yin and yang which naturally had some resistance toward the cold wind.
All of a sudden, the wind was kept outside the fire wall.
Ning Fan looked at the Pill Sovereign who was still sitting in a meditative posture and slightly gnashed his teeth.
At this moment, the divine wood medicine soul inside the Pill Sovereign’s body was gradually experiencing soul transformation. However, Ning Fan had no idea exactly how the transformation would occur.
When the wind tribulation assaulted suddenly just now, it inflicted a serious damage to the Pill Sovereign’s medicine soul, causing him unable to use any of his magic power temporarily…
The Pill Sovereign coughed out a mouthful of fresh blood. His face turned pale. The moment the blood came out from his mouth, it immediately vanished into ashes.
He was injured by the cold wind. He knew that his chances of attaining the Seventh Revolution today were extremely slim. He did not even have the confidence whether he could escape to safety or not.
He felt a little regretful. If he had known that the wind tribulation would be so terrifying, he certainly would not have been so opinionated to promise to share soul power of heaven and earth with Ning Fan.
If he had known that the tribulation would be so powerful, he certainly would have chosen a remote and deserted area to achieve the breakthrough on his own. In that case, even if he fails to withstand the tribulation, he would only just sacrifice his own life without involving anyone else…
He suddenly understood why so many pill masters would be so cautious and avoid being noticed by anyone including their closed ones when they were achieving the Seventh Revolution.
Perhaps some of them were just unwilling to share the soul power with others.
For some others, however, it might be because they had no assurance to withstand the tribulation and did not want to put their disciples or descendants in danger…
The Pill Sovereign sighed deeply and took out an ancient brown wooden plate from his pouch.
It was unknown how old that wooden plate was and what ability it had. However, it seemed to hold a mysterious power within.
The moment the Pill Sovereign took out the wooden plate, the entire illusory realm started trembling.
In the temple of Rain, the Rain Sovereign was staring at the wooden plate through the bronze mirror with an expression filled with joy and concern.
“This is… World Tree Token! According to rumors, there was once an ancient tree that grew in the Eastern Heaven Immortal Realm. It is called ‘World Tree’. The flowers it produced naturally carry a heavenly dwelling space. The fruits it bears naturally contain small chilliocosm! A piece of that tree bark can be made into a token. Cultivators who hold the token can immediately make an escape even if they are trapped inside a small chiliocosm!”
“However, this token can only be used once and it can just bring out a single person at a time. After it’s used, it will self-destruct!”
“The Pill Sovereign is able to get out of the heavenly dwelling space with the token in his hand. However, Ning Fan will still be in danger!”
The Rain Sovereign gritted his teeth. There was only one token. Even if the Pill Sovereign could escape, Ning Fan would still be killed by the wind tribulation…
“These two individuals are important to my great plan of achieving the Immortal Realm. Whoever dies is also a huge loss… What should I do?!” The Rain Sovereign pounded the dragon table beside him with his fist.
A brief moment later, the Pill Sovereign did something that many cultivators in the temple felt unthinkable.
He gave the World Tree Token to Ning Fan…
“Hurry up and activate this token to leave this world! I’ve dragged you into this. I can’t let you die in this place!”
Ning Fan’s face was filled with shock. He did not move forward to take the token.
At the crucial moment of life and death, the Pill Sovereign chose to sacrifice himself and let Ning Fan live. This made Ning Fan clench his fists tightly.
Ning Fan gnashed his teeth. He still had his closed ones to protect. He still had revenge to seek. He could not die here now.
The wisest decision for him right now was to take the token and leave this place on his own. Besides, even if he leaves, the Pill Sovereign would still have a ten percent chance to successfully withstand this tribulation. He might not necessarily be dead for sure…
However, no matter what, Ning Fan could not make that decision.
He never claimed to be a smart person because smart people would know how to protect themselves and preserve their lives. He, however, did not know it…
What he knew was that when someone showed him kindness, he must repay them with kindness; when someone harmed him, he must take revenge!
He might be able to remain unmoved after killing millions but he would never watch someone whom he cared about die in front of his eyes!
He was not going to run away nor hide!
So what if the powerful wind tribulation is strong and powerful? Is this something that could make him yield in fear for death?
Ning Fan placed his palm on his storage pouch. The next moment, he took out the two Void Fragmentation Realm puppets, Zhi Huo and Zi Dian. Without hesitation, he crushed them with his hands!
“Detonate!”
The sky was veiled by the strong cold wind. No one was able to clearly see what Ning Fan had detonated. Only the Pill Sovereign who was close to him could see it.
However, the moment the two puppets were detonated, an unimaginable destructive force destroyed the entire Black Stage!
Even the heavenly tribulation at the Fourth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm would also be slightly dispersed by the power released from the detonation of two puppets at the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm!
As soon as the Black Stage was destroyed, Ning Fan carried the Pill Sovereign who was already grievously injured and picked up the countless fragments of the two puppets. When the power of the Heavenly Dao was in chaos, he flew out from the illusory realm!
His puppets were destroyed. He failed to clear the stage. However, he did not care about it at all!
On Ning Fan’s back, the Pill Sovereign managed to escape for his life and left the wind tribulation to stay amidst the ruins of the Black Stage.
The medicine soul in his body was experiencing changes gradually. All he needed to do before officially attaining the Seventh Revolution was to go into seclusion and stabilize his medicine soul.
He might have successfully achieved the Seventh Revolution but he was not pleased at all. Instead, he was guilt-ridden. Suddenly, tears coursed down that old man’s cheeks.
He saw it vividly! In order to save his life, Ning Fan had destroyed two Void Fragmentation Realm puppets!
He did not know why Ning Fan would have two Void Fragmentation Realm puppets and he was not planning to ask him.
He only knew that anyone who possessed two Void Fragmentation Realm puppets would definitely be reluctant to destroy them. Only Ning Fan who would go to such lengths as to sacrifice his precious puppets just to save his life!
“Ning Fan, I owe you my life. You have sacrificed two puppets in order to save me!” The Pill Sovereign did not know what he should say. Inwardly, however, he had made up his mind that as long as he is alive, he would never allow anyone to harm Ning Fan.
“It’s just two puppets. Don’t worry. Compared to our lives, the puppets are nothing. Besides, there might still be a chance to repair them…”
Ning Fan waved his hand, hinting at the Pill Sovereign that he did not need to thank him.
Internally, however, he was smiling bitterly.
Well, the two Void Fragmentation Realm puppets had exploded into countless fragments. Could they really still be repaired…?
However, even though those puppets were precious, Ning Fan did not have any regret at all for his actions.
After all, the reason why he tried to overrun the whole world was just because he wanted to leave no regrets behind.
In the Temple of Rain, each of the old monsters were dumbfounded. They had no idea what technique Ning Fan had used that could even destroy the wind tribulation…
Even the Rain Sovereign was unable to believe what had just happened. His eyes turned grim.
That kid’s ability sure is frightening. It’s so strong that it could even destroy such powerful wind tribulation… Apparently, he is withholding too many secrets…
Inwardly, he began to be wary of him again. However, he naturally would not investigate what technique Ning Fan used to stop the wind tribulation right now.
At the end of the day, the people who were of great use to him, the Pill Sovereign and Ning Fan, survived. It was really a joyful matter.
Before everyone could start asking questions, Ning Fan was suddenly startled.
He saw that the merit point on his palace lord token increased by ten billion points. Then, it flashed with silver light and a dazzling jade box floated in front of him. It seemed to be the prize of clearing the third stage.
“This is…” Ning Fan’s eyes glistened. With this item, he would not need to spend too much time to attain the High Grade Sixth Revolution Pill Refinement Realm.
…
In the Purple Prefectural Studies Palace in Southern Heaven Immortal World.
A female celestial being in purple robes who was sitting leisurely in the eight trigrams palace stood up with her hands clasped behind her back.
The shadows of rings rippled on the bronze floor beneath her feet like water wavelets.
Through those ripple-like rings, one could see the stars on the entire universe.
The female celestial being stared at the ripples on the bronze floor and saw an insignificant Void Refinement Realm young man in countless stars domains away.
After witnessing him sacrifice two puppets, the lady’s indolent and uninterested face suddenly was filled with a hint of surprise.
“This young man sure is a surprising devil cultivator. He is a lawless devil lord for having the guts to abduct my puppets who are responsible to summon tribulations. Now, however, he destroyed the two of them in order to save someone. His actions really exceeded my expectations… Even though he is just a cultivator in the Lower Realm, it’s rare to find someone like him…”
“However, he still has to face his Void Pierce Stage heavenly tribulation! Now, I feel somewhat unwilling to let him die under the heavenly tribulation… Be it life or death, you don’t have to be mad about him. He isn’t someone who is unpardonably wicked. Why bother to be always against him?”
The purple-robed female immortal looked at the ring shadows beneath her feet affectionately.
In the next instant, they trembled abruptly and a half black and half white bird which gave off an auspicious aura flew out from them and perched on the female immortal’s shoulder. It started tweeting and chirping to the female immortal, as if it was complaining to her. Its appearance looked rather dull and cute.
“JI JI JI…!” The dull bird seemed to be extremely furious.
“Little dull bird, why bother arguing with a junior of the Rain World? You’re one of the Dao Spirits of the First Ring of the Heavenly Dao. You can’t be so impulsive. The Fu Li Race has gone extinct and the Heavenly Dao will never come back. If you continue to behave like this, I can no longer protect you.”
“*Ji Ji Ji…” The bird seemed a little scared.
“Continue to summon tribulations to him. You can increase the power of the heavenly tribulations but you have to make sure to give him a chance to survive… Alright. Little dull bird, you may leave now. I still need to perform calculations on the calamities of the universe. I am not free to hear your grumbling.”
The lady gently patted the bird’s head and coaxed it to return to the ring shadows again.
The massive palace became as silent as the grave again. Only the sounds of the stars moving reverberated across the place.
Very quickly, the female immortal had cast Ning Fan to the back of her mind. There were too many living beings which needed her attention. Therefore, it was impossible for her to focus all her attention on a single person.
Above the eight trigrams palace, only three words were visible.
Tribulation Wielding Palace!