Grasping Evil

Ning Fan stood silently in front of the Founding Ancestor’s tomb.

He then clasped his fist towards the lonely grave for some time and turned to his back and left without looking back.

Spirit Severing Realm Body Refinement Techniques, Burning Blood, All-Heaven Relic… and most importantly, he obtained a rogue devil here!

Before this, although he hated Emperor Moksha, he also was at a loss whether he can win against him.

Now, he has a high chance to shock Emperor Moksha, the Rain World and even the Nine Worlds!

The heaviest stone that had weighed down his heart had now finally scattered into dust!

He left the fifth floor by utilizing the Eastern Ocean Bell.

He used teleportation almost instantly at the moment he stepped into the fourth level, rushing towards the third to avoid getting ambushed by those evil beings… Currently, he had an extremely precious treasure in his possession that he has to exercise extreme caution since those evil being must have already caught wind of the formation on the fifth level having  been broken!

There were several sneak attacks that rushed towards him the moment he stepped into the fourth floor.

Ning Fan may have been gravely injured if it weren’t for his quick teleportation.

After travelling for quite a distance, he then took out the Eastern Ocean Bell without any hesitation. Lightning flashed on his glabella while an ice-breaking light enveloped his fist and fiercely punched the bell.

This treasure is extraordinary!

It could resist the void power from the teleportation formation. It could also break the power of the Buddhist hymns from a Mortal Void Formation. Even though this item may only be a Supreme Treasure, it’s highly possible that it’s an imitation of a powerful Immortal Treasure.

He reached the level of Early Gold Core Realm with both his magical force and demonic force fused together. A golden ring spread out from the Eastern Ocean Bell and into the surroundings after Ning Fan used his ice-breaking punch!

It unleashed 30% of the Supreme Treasure’s power with Ning Fan’s current strength. This wasn’t enough to injure a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator… But the soundwave was powerful as if it had the power to look down on Heaven and Earth. It made each and every ghost to tremble at once and had their body fixed on the spot, unable to move.

Immobilizing Shackle! And it was an AOE technique to boot!

Ning Fan’s gaze flashed and was silently shocked. It was his first time activating a small part of the Eastern Ocean Bell’s power using everything he had.

The Immobilizing Shackle was too weak and those Nascent Soul Realm ghost broke free after just half a breath’s time.

But even so, it caused a lingering fear to all the malicious creatures, especially the demons. They could feel a pressure that tend to force them to kneel down.

Ning Fan used this gap to teleport a few times and escape, using all his magical force in escaping that he had moved a thousand Li and reached the entrance of the third level in just a few breaths.

The ghost hesitated… It would be extremely difficult to chase after him and they wouldn’t dare to do so… They could not go against the power of the bell and he still had a Spirit Severing Realm stored attack kept in tow…

“This kid has hid himself so well…” A hoarse voice said and the fourth level became silent once again.

Each and every cultivation country once had an old ancestor.

But the talent of Wei’s Founding Ancestor was ranked within the top among eight hundred old ancestors.

Whereas this place shall once again become silent after the departure of Ning Fan. No one shall know what crazy things that the Founding Ancestor of Wei once did.

Spirit Severing Realm cultivators could not force their way through the barrier and enter the fifth level.

Void Refinement Realm cultivators would not waste their effort to obtain a mere Spirit Severing Realm cultivator’s legacy.

This place shall be silent for a long… long time…

“…”

The ringing of the Eastern Ocean Bell rang from the fourth level and trembled fiercely. The whole hill shook violently and then became quiet.

A teenage girl wearing yellow garments was swaying while holding on to the slippery stone wall, trying to get up from the ground on the first level of the earth vein.

The vibrations had caused the girl who did not have any magical force left fall down to the ground.

Her body was covered with scars and cuts, her magical force almost empty, but she had a resolute expression.

“Lil sis… I’ll definitely get a ‘Ghost Crystal’ to cure you… ”

She carefully explored the first level. It was extremely dangerous for a Fourth Stage Vein Opening Realm to explore alone.

She originally wanted to explore this place with other rogue cultivators. But they couldn’t get ten people together and a few rogue cultivators left, causing the numbers to go down even further which caused the team to disband naturally…

However, even if she had to do it alone, she had to search for the… Ghost Crystal!

It was a good idea but it was too reckless.

There were several ghostly figures creeping closer towards her from the shadows, obviously delighted after discovering a delicious meal. Yet the teenage girl was oblivious to all of it.

When those ghosts suddenly appeared, her tender body shivered and her expression was full of fear. Her Low-grade Magical Treasure was smacked away by the ghosts in an instant.

“Kaka… kaka….”

The ghosts let out frigid cries as cold wind revolved, wanting to tear the girl into pieces.

At this moment, even if the girl was still immature and pure, she may have to face death today.

She closed her eyes in despair filled with fear and also regret.

“Lil sis…”

Tears dripped down beneath her eyelashes, but as the cold wind was about to tear her into pieces, all the ghosts that were about to attack her stopped in mid-air as if they were immobilized, their faces of extreme fear!

At the next moment, a jet-black color flashed by without any sign and the ghosts were eliminated… Black stinking blood poured over the girl’s face making her have a hard time opening her eyes. She felt very sick and had the urge to vomit rather than feel shock about what just happened…

Rotten meat, blackish blood and the rotten stench… it made her stomach churn that she immediately puked beside the stone wall…

All of a sudden, a cool breeze swept through and the rotten stench immediately dissipated, making the girl slowly raise her head with her pale white complexion.

But she quickly realized that a cold youngster stood in front of her.

She got scared after knowing that those ghosts were killed by this young man.

To be able to kill these many ghosts with such speed. Could this person be a Peak Vein Opening Realm expert?

Or could he be… a Harmonious Spirit Realm old monster?!

The girl immediately took a step back while covering her breasts and felt slightly nervous. But she remembered who the youngster was after she had a closer look at his face. It was the same guy who rejected her when she invited him into the team…

I tried to invite such a powerful person…

What does he want to do to me… He rescued me without any reason… could it be that he wants to make me into one of his cauldrons…?!

The girl shivered from the thought of the word ‘Cauldron’, feeling helpless and at the same time restless.

“Ma… many thanks for the helping hand senior daoist… what does senior want to do to me…”

But beyond her expectations, the youngster did not move a step closer to her and spoke with an indifferent tone from a distance.

“This is not the place you should be…”

“I know, but… I need the ‘Ghost Crystal’ for my younger sister… to cure the fire poison…”

The little girl’s teeth bit her lips with a dejected look.

“Lil sis huh…”

The youngster’s gaze moved and tapped his storage pouch, he took out a bunch of Ghost Crystals that were obtained from Vein Opening Realm ghosts and Harmonious Spirit Realm ghosts.

“Is it these?”

“Ye… YES!” The girl’s gaze was fiery hot.

“Take it, it’ll be enough to cure the fire poison. Sell the remaining Ghost Crystals and live a plain life… Do not step foot into the world of cultivation ever again. This is not a path you should carelessly tread.”

The teenager waved his sleeves and a pile of Ghost Crystal immediately flew towards the girl. He then left with the escaping light.

She was stunned by the amount of Ghost Crystal.

That escaping light was much faster than those Harmonious Spirit Realm old monsters by several folds.

No matter how stupid she was, she too, now knew that the one who saved her and bestowed her the Ghost Crystals must be an extremely powerful old monster.

Could it be that he’s…  a legendary Gold Core Realm Old Ancestor?!

Oh… So that person didn’t have any bad intention towards me…

The girl recalled his words and suddenly remembered something, she then shouted towards the entrance of the cave.

“Many thanks for helping me, senior! My name is Wen Qing…”

She got no reply and so, she carefully kept the Ghost Crystals and quickly ran towards the exit of the earth vein.

She’s going to cure her sister and live an ordinary life… This was her destiny.

“…”

Outside of the earth vein, Ning Fan did not look back and flew towards the northern part of Wei.

He gulped down some Bitter Pills to recover a bit of his magical force without saying a word.

His act of saving the girl was because of the oath he made towards the Founding Ancestor. He did not like to deal with unnecessary trouble, but since she was a Wei cultivator and he had promised to protect Wei in behalf of the Founding Ancestor, he chose to help her. He would’ve ignored her if he did not bump into her, but she appeared in his path hence the helping hand.

This was his repayment for the Founding Ancestor’s kindness.

As for giving away the Ghost Crystals to the girl, it was because he saw a shadow of his younger self in the girl.

That time Ning Gu was also sick, that’s why he took a risk and entered the deep mountain to collect herbs which had almost killed him…

Ning Fan wanted to live an ordinary life like those mortals if he could, a life without worries and anxiety.

But he could not do so as there’s no turning back on this path once you have stepped into it deeply.

Therefore, he bestowed his wish and the Ghost Crystals to the girl.

“Wen Qing huh… The most precious thing in this world is not immortality, and not power, but Wen Qing (kindness)… Working so hard to cultivate through the end of time but in the end you’ll only have yourself left in the end… This is the loneliness of every cultivator, and it’s rare to see kindness in the world of cultivation. There would only be sadness when one stands in front of the graves of their friends and family…”

The escaping light rushed towards the north.

A month has passed and Ning Fan finally caught up and reunited with the Seven Apricot Voyage Ship at the northern plains of Wei!

Three months passed by, and the ship passed through Wei’s northern boundary and entered… the Great Jin!

But at the Jin boundary formation, the Seven Apricot Voyage Ship was ordered to anchor down by the Jin cultivators and was denied access into the country.

There were many ships parked beside the boundary.

“By the decree of the Ruler of Jin, no one shall be granted entry into the country since the chaos brought forth by the demons has been endless!”

A Gold Core Realm cultivator of Jin that wore a high crown with wide sleeves gave the order indifferently. His expression held the arrogance of a Mid-rank Cultivation Country.

“How could this be, we came here in Great Jin because we all have urgent matters to attend to and needed to ask permission to the use the ancient teleportation formation…” Some cultivators grudgingly said.

“Teleportation Formation? Sorry! We have orders from the king that from now onwards, our Great Jin’s Teleportation Formation will not take Immortal Jade but only military achievement points! There are three conditions for those who want to use the teleportation formation! First, they must be at least Gold Core Realm cultivation! Second, they must join the ‘Cultivation Guard’! Thirdly, they must accumulate ‘military achievement points’ to exchange it for the opportunity of using the teleportation formation!”

The Jin Gold Core Realm cultivator sneered and said,

“Also, the Ruler of Jin’s decree has been approved by the Rain Palace!”

“What?! The Rain Palace approves of this?! Doesn’t that mean that if we want to enter Great Jin and use the Teleportation Formation, we have to risk our lives and eliminate those demons for Jin?!”

“How could this be! I heard a rumor that the demons in Jin are extremely powerful, they even caused a Nascent Soul Realm old monster to perish…”

The foreign Gold Core Realm cultivators complained to no end, but they could only sigh because it was the Rain Palace’s order. Some of them left while some of them did not have any alternative, so they could only accept the decree and requested to join the Cultivation Guard and eliminate the demons to accumulate military achievements.

On the Seven Apricot Voyage Ship, Ning Fan, Suqiu and Jing Zhuo’s gazes became intense.

The demon tide of Great Jin has become too severe that the Ruler of Jin has to borrow the strength of foreign cultivators.

Is it even possible for the situation to be this severe even with the help of the Rain Palace…?

Or is it because there’s a…  Spirit Severing Realm Demon General here…

“Demon General… Li Ban… ”

Ning Fan slightly thought about it but he really needed use Jin’s Teleportation Formation.

Then do we join the Cultivation Guard and help Jin to eliminate the demons?

While he was contemplating, a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator’s rainbow light rushed towards them from the boundary. His divine intent even locked onto the Seven Apricot Voyage Ship.

Ning Fan’s expression became solemn immediately. That qi was unfamiliar and it was both wild and tyrannical!

“Mid Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, who is this… what does he want?!”

While he was thinking, that divine intent’s tyrannical display was hidden away and a young man laughingly said,

“Suqiu Xianzi, I, Yun Kuang, hadn’t thought that I would meet you in such a place! Haha, it’s not in vain, not in vain at all!”