novelraw Chapter 639: Seizing Again and Again
Chapter 639: Seizing Again and Again
"Bai Mou wants to enter this cave dwelling for a look and hopes no one will disturb him! Those unrelated, step back!"
The voice was not loud, yet it carried a breathtaking aura, like countless bolts of thunder exploding in everyone’s ears.
Including Canfeng, all faces turned pale in an instant.
Canfeng was very scared, extremely scared.
Ning Fan stepped closer, emanating an imposing aura like a towering mountain, making him unable to resist.
But when he saw Ning Fan’s face clearly, he was taken aback, "You... you are Baimu? Baimu of the White Feather Clan?!"
All the Void Glimpse Masters were stunned. They were initially afraid of Ning Fan, but upon hearing his identity, they suppressed their panic and did not rush to leave.
Everyone held a glimmer of hope, especially Canfeng.
He had personally seen Ning Fan enter the city and personally felt Ning Fan’s Void Inquiry aura.
"This Baimu is indeed a Void Inquiry Master, so why is his aura so terrifying? It must be fake!"
"He’s a Void Inquiry, and I am a Void Inquiry too; there’s no need to fear him!"
Canfeng kept convincing himself in his heart, finally mustering the courage, he suddenly raised his hand, summoning a scarlet sword light, piercing toward Ning Fan’s heart.
However, Ning Fan didn’t even glance at the scarlet sword light and just kept walking forward.
When the scarlet sword light was about to strike his body, a silver fissure suddenly opened three feet in front of Ning Fan, and a silver vortex appeared out of thin air.
The vortex absorbed the scarlet sword light instantly, disconnecting Canfeng’s mind from it.
"Baimu! How dare you seize my life-bound flying sword!"
Canfeng was furious, charging towards Ning Fan without a second thought.
Halfway through, a bizarre silver vortex suddenly appeared in midair, nearly sucking him in.
Canfeng had a premonition that with his cultivation, if he was absorbed into this vortex, it would be certain death!
He abruptly withdrew, retreating in horror as he stared at Ning Fan, as the vortex gradually disappeared.
This vortex was retracted by Ning Fan. If Ning Fan intended to kill him, he would have already fallen...
"I spared you twice; there won’t be a third time."
Ning Fan’s voice was extremely calm as he walked past the crowd, heading straight toward the cave dwelling.
Canfeng’s hair stood on end; he knew Ning Fan wasn’t joking. If Ning Fan wanted, he would be dead twice over!
Every level of the cave dwelling had formation lights for protection and demon puppets for defense.
The formation lights of the five hundred levels of cave dwellings were about Low Grade Mortal Void, and there was also a Void Glimpse Demon Puppet guarding the dwelling.
Ning Fan slowly approached the formation light, pointed a finger, and without any use of divine skills, the formation light shattered instantly.
He completely broke the formation with his physical defense, without using any divine skills!
The Void Glimpse Puppet guarding the cave dwelling was incredibly fierce, fighting to the death with anyone entering the dwelling.
Generally, one had to destroy the puppet to enter the cave dwelling.
But Ning Fan’s mere glance made the puppet reveal a fearful expression, not daring to attack him at all.
Ning Fan did not kill Canfeng nor did he subdue the puppet.
He promised Tan Tianyan not to kill indiscriminately, and he would do so.
He did not seize the Yuan Palace’s demon puppet. Even though Old Yuan Emperor had gifted him an opportunity, taking their puppet in return would be somewhat ungrateful.
"This Baimu has such terrifying physical prowess! A single finger to shatter Mortal Void formation light! If he wanted to kill me, just a finger would suffice!"
"And what mysterious divine skills he has, with just a glance making the Void Glimpse Demon Puppet fear him!"
"This Baimu, I definitely cannot provoke!"
Canfeng was greatly afraid, clasped his fists towards the cave dwelling, and dared not linger, escaping swiftly to the lower level with a flash of escape light.
How could he dare provoke Ning Fan anymore!
Ning Fan spared him twice, if a third time he still didn’t know when to retreat, certain death awaited!
The breath of all the Void Glimpse Masters stalled for a moment.
Even the powerful Canfeng was driven away in terror, who would dare stay here and court disaster?
No one dared to linger any longer, without a word, all escaped to the next level.
This level of the cave dwelling was taken by Ning Fan, they absolutely couldn’t seize it back, they could only try their luck at the next level.
Ning Fan paid no heed to Canfeng and others, already in the Void Fragmentation realm, there was no need to quibble with these juniors.
The demon puppet respectfully guarded outside the cave dwelling, while Ning Fan was inside investigating.
Along the walls on both sides of the passage, moonstones provided illumination.
At the end of the cave dwelling, there was a mirror-smooth cyan stone wall.
The stone wall was covered with moss, which Ning Fan swept away with a flick of his sleeve, revealing the ancient demon characters below.
With a glance, Ning Fan found these ancient demon characters to be a self-narration of an ancestor of the Yuan Wing Clan, briefly recording his life.
At the end of the text, there was a groove, perfectly sized to fit the golden ancient jade given by Tan Tianyan.
Ning Fan took out the ancient jade, placed it in the groove, extended his hand, touched the cold demon script, and closed his eyes.
The scenery before his eyes changed one by one, as if he were in a dream, turning into another person.
In this illusionary dream, his name was Tan Boyan, born in the ancient Demon World.
He was exceptionally gifted, opening his veins as a youth, ten years to become Harmonious Spirit, a hundred years to form Core Formation, and another hundred years to form a Demon Infant, then Divinity Transformation, Void Refinement, and Void Fragmentation...
His life was extremely monotonous, filled with nothing but cultivation.
At the brink of death, Tan Boyan was at the Fifth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm.
Reaching this stage of cultivation, his understanding of life and death was encapsulated in a single phrase.
"Fish are born in water, perish in water; plants and trees are born in earth, perish in earth; humans are born in Dao, perish in Dao."
Born for the Dao, died by the Dao, this was the life of this ancestor.
The illusionary dream was long, encompassing Tan Boyan’s entire life, but for Ning Fan, it was merely a matter of a dozen breaths.
Ning Fan opened his eyes, retrieved the golden ancient jade from the groove, and temporarily placed it into his sleeve.
His eyes were slightly bewildered, "Born in Dao, perish in Dao... born for the Dao, died by the Dao."
A moment later, Ning Fan’s eyes cleared, his figure flickered, and he left the cave dwelling, heading to the 499th layer.
Each level of the cave sky had teleportation formations linking to the upper and lower levels.
In just a moment, Ning Fan traversed the teleportation formation, entering the 499th layer.
His spirit sense spread out, immediately heading in a certain direction.
The cave dwelling on the 499th floor was built at the bottom of a lake.
Currently, above the lake, two groups of cultivators were fighting over the cave dwelling.
Both groups were primarily composed of Void Glimpse cultivators, each having a Void Inquiry cultivator overseeing them.
Among them, one group of cultivators was none other than Canfeng and others descending from the five hundredth layer.
The other group had a total of fifteen Void Glimpse cultivators, and their Void Inquiry cultivator was slightly stronger than Canfeng, his surname was Zhu, and he was a big man.
The reason was, of course, because Canfeng lost his life-bound magical treasure.
"Canfeng, you are not my match, leave quickly, this cave dwelling belongs to me!" the man surnamed Zhu sneered.
"Bullshit! If not for my Fire Spirit Sword being taken, would I not be your match! Zhu Jun, if you know what’s good for you, yield the cave dwelling, otherwise..."
Canfeng was about to make threats, suddenly shivering, seeing a very familiar escape light flash by.
When the escape light dissipated, out walked a young man in white, none other than Ning Fan.
"It’s Baimu!" Everyone’s expressions changed.
The faces of Zhu and his group changed out of disdain.
Canfeng and his group’s expressions changed out of fear.
He had just witnessed Ning Fan’s formidable methods and voluntarily gave up the cave abode.
What puzzled him was why Ning Fan, having occupied the 500th floor’s cave, would come to stir up trouble on the 499th floor.
"Daoist Bai, your purpose here is..." Canfeng cautiously asked.
"I, Bai Mou, wish to enter this cave for a look and do not wish to be disturbed by anyone! Those unrelated, step back!"
Ning Fan repeated the words he had spoken on the previous floor.
This time, he spoke without releasing any Evil Qi.
Thus, the man surnamed Zhu and the others lacked even the slightest apprehension and burst into laughter.
"Isn’t this Baimu, who was chased by Half-Step Void Refinement for a year? And he wants us to step back, how laughable, haha! Though he has the Void Inquiry Stage, I’m afraid any one of us at the Void Glimpse Stage could defeat him, right?"
"He calls us unrelated people, yet it seems Baimu himself is the most unrelated, the weak have no right to occupy a cave abode!"
The man surnamed Zhu and others were all laughing, but Canfeng and his group couldn’t find it funny at all.
The laughter hadn’t died down completely when Ning Fan casually flicked his sleeve, not intending to kill, simply sending a gentle sleeve wind.
A gentle sleeve wind, yet it seemed to contain an immense force, with just one strike, the man surnamed Zhu and the others felt a pain in their chests and were sent flying by Ning Fan’s sleeve.
"How...how is this possible!"
The man surnamed Zhu and 17 others from the Void Glimpse Stage clambered back up from the ground, looking at Ning Fan as if they had seen a ghost.
Canfeng and others heartily mocked the man named Zhu and the others in their hearts and didn’t argue over the 499th-floor cave abode, instead turning to flee to the 498th floor.
Why not return to the 500th floor?
They didn’t know why Ning Fan had seized the 500th floor cave and still wanted the 499th floor. Without Ning Fan’s words, they dared not casually seize the cave Ning Fan had occupied, so they continued descending to seek opportunities.
Ning Fan glanced at the man surnamed Zhu and the others, his gaze slightly flickering.
"Not leaving yet?"
Upon hearing this, cold sweat broke out all over the man surnamed Zhu and the others, and without saying anything else, they quickly pursued Canfeng and his group, fleeing to the 498th floor.
Even a fool could see that Ning Fan’s strength far exceeded everyone present, who would dare vie for a cave abode with Ning Fan.
In any case, there were 500 cave abodes, if they couldn’t grab this one, they’d try the next...
Ning Fan raised his hand to break the barrier, scaring off a puppet with a single glance, and proceeded to the depths of the cave, extracting a piece of golden ancient jade from his sleeve, embedding it in the wall.
Pressing his palm against the cool stone wall, Ning Fan closed his eyes, the scene before him began to change.
This was the memory of another ancestor of the Yuan Wing Clan.
This person’s name was Tan Ziyu, his lifetime cultivation halted at the Sixth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm.
Despite his poor aptitude, he was abandoned by his clan in his youth, falling into a mortal country, fostered by a prestigious family from that nation.
Before the age of 30, this person had never practiced cultivation, dedicating his life to that family, waging wars like a mortal.
Though his aptitude was poor, being born into the Yuan Wing Clan, his physical defense surpassed mortals, possessing remarkable strength, able to withstand heavy war machines.
Yet, reversal of fortune was difficult, his country fell, army defeated, trapped by the riverbanks, he refused to cross, decisively taking his own life with his sword.
Coincidentally, an elder of the Yuan Wing Clan passed by, admiring his valor, took his soul back to the clan, reshaped his physical defense, and taught him demon skills.
In the elder’s view, while Tan Ziyu’s aptitude was poor, his determination was unmatched by others, perhaps his destiny was not detached from the Great Dao.
With his poor aptitude, Tan Ziyu advanced to the Fracture Sixth Realm. On the verge of death, he had only one thing to say about life and death.
"Alive, a hero among men, dead, a mighty ghost!"
Several dozen breaths passed, Ning Fan withdrew his palm, collected the golden ancient jade, and showed a contemplative expression.
Tan Ziyu’s understanding of life and death was evidently different from Tan Boyan’s.
Tan Boyan was a standard ascetic, living to cultivate the Dao, until death still immersed in cultivation.
But Tan Ziyu wasn’t, he had his own commitments, and though his aptitude was poor, his achievements surpassed Tan Boyan’s.
To Tan Boyan, life and death made no difference, taken from the Dao, returned to the Dao, neither joyous nor mournful.
To Tan Ziyu, life and death also held no distinction, alive, renowned across the world, dead, a champion among ghosts.
"Everyone’s understanding of life and death is different. Observing the Dao Enlightenment of the 500 Yuan Wing Ancestors would greatly benefit me."
Ning Fan introspected, finding that after observing two stone walls, the Life and Death Qi within him subtly increased.
This was a process of integrating the life and death of others into oneself.
Ning Fan said no more, with a flash of light, he moved through the Teleportation Formation, entering the 498th floor.
He spread his spirit sense, chose a direction, and immediately flew toward the cave abode on this floor.
This cave abode was situated atop a volcano’s crater.
Outside the crater, three groups of Masters were engaged in a mixed battle.
Two of the groups were led by Canfeng and the man surname Zhu, each with their own Void Glimpse Stage parties.
The other group consisted of only two people, seemingly a pair of twin brothers, both appearing as elderly with Void Inquiry Stage.
"Give it up, this cave abode belongs to me!" Canfeng laughed heartily.
"Hmph, this cave abode should be mine!" the man surnamed Zhu sneered repeatedly.
"Wrong, wrong, wrong, this cave abode should belong to us, Elder Feng and Elder Lei!" The twin elder brothers laughed sinisterly.
As the three groups of Masters were fighting, a white-robed youth suddenly appeared in the midst of the battlefield.
"I, Bai Mou, wish to enter this cave for a look and do not wish to be disturbed by anyone! Those unrelated, step back!"
Upon hearing this, Elder Feng and Elder Lei burst into laughter,
"Such an arrogant boy, you tell us to retreat, and we just retreat, why should we!"
"Baimu! He is Baimu, the disgrace of the White Feather Clan, to think that though his strength is weak, his tone is not small!"
Before their laughter could end, they were swiftly injured by a gust from Ning Fan’s sleeve, tumbling heavily to the ground like broken kites.
Climbing up from the ground, Elder Feng and Elder Lei wore expressions of deep shock.
"This person is either invincible in the Void Inquiry Stage or has concealed his cultivation in the Void Merge Stage; the two of us are certainly not his match!"
"Quickly flee!"
Without another word, Elder Feng and Elder Lei fled towards the 497th floor.
Canfeng, the man surnamed Zhu, and others inwardly lamented.
"This Baimu is too much, already occupying two caves, now he’s here robbing ours, truly intolerable!"
"But no matter how intolerable, his strength is evident; we’re simply no match for him... Fine, fine, let’s let him have this cave!"
"Shameless, shameless, Baimu’s strength is evidently so strong, why not seize caves in the lower floors instead of troubling us."
"Forget it, let’s go to the 497th floor, hope Baimu doesn’t come again!"
"If he comes to the 497th floor to seize caves again, I’ll... I’ll... I’ll just go to 496th!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Countless streaks of escaping light tore through the air, all heading towards the 497th floor.
Ning Fan ignored these people, his eyes flashed, diving into the magma, entering the cave abode within the volcano.
This particular cave gave him an extraordinary sensation.
The owner of this cave’s cultivation wasn’t high, only the Fourth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm.
But his Dao Enlightenment of Life and Death was far deeper and more moving than the owners of the previous caves.
Because within this person’s comprehension of life and death, there was emotion present.
Because he neither died for the Dao nor for fame, he simply sat and perished in this cave to save a woman.
"Without you, life or death holds no meaning!"
"If I could save you from reincarnation’s plight, what would I fear about dying!"
"Live apart, die together!" (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit Qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)