novelraw Chapter 656: Dismantling Technique
Chapter 656: Dismantling Technique
In the eyes of the Heaven Separation Sect, there was an unstoppable momentum.
Even if he had forgotten that woman, he would find her in the vast sea of people! No one could stop him!
Ning Fan closed his eyes wistfully, feeling a bit of bitterness in his heart.
His father, Heaven Separation Sect, had his memory erased by the mysterious old man with the seven colors, losing his emotions and even forgetting his wife and child.
His mother, Ning Qian, having lost all her Demon Bloodline, turned into a stone statue, not knowing when she would awaken.
Even though Ning Qian had turned into a stone statue, she must still be waiting to reunite with Heaven Separation Sect.
Even though Heaven Separation Sect had lost his memory, he was still searching for that figure in the sea of people.
If Ning Fan had not cultivated, not gained his current status and strength, not found his mother, perhaps these two would never have reunited in their lifetime.
Luckily, he chose the path of cultivation.
"The person you are looking for, I have found. Come with me."
Ning Fan tilted his neck, drank the last cup of Spiritual Wine, stood up suddenly, and touched the Yuan Yao Jade between his fingers.
In a flash of light, he and Heaven Separation Sect entered the Yuan Yao World.
"A small chiliocosm treasure, is it?" Heaven Separation Sect’s eyes flickered slightly. He had seen Ning Fan enter a space resembling a small chiliocosm treasure before. Entering the Yuan Yao World was not too surprising.
In front of them was a medicine garden, amidst clusters of lush Spiritual Medicine, there was a blue stone, and beside the stone, there was a green jade coffin.
"This is not the person I’m looking for." Heaven Separation Sect glanced at the green jade coffin, not even seeing the person’s appearance inside, and knew this was not the person he sought.
"This green jade coffin seems to be an item from the Heavenly Court, and the corpse’s Qi inside is heavy, there seems to be a Corpse inside the coffin. Judging by the corpse’s Qi, this Corpse is a female." Heaven Separation Sect further analyzed, and with a few words, identified the coffin’s origin.
"The one lying in the coffin is not the person you’re looking for, but she is extremely important to me. One day, I will truly bring her back to life."
Ning Fan’s eyes carried a slight sense of desolation.
Seeing Ning Fan’s desolate expression, Heaven Separation Sect frowned.
He usually disliked meddling in others’ affairs, but Ning Fan’s matters seemed to always concern him.
"Do you need help?"
Ning Fan was surprised, shook his head with a smile, "No need, I can do it alone."
Heaven Separation Sect was somewhat silent, the young man before him was stubborn and strong, only believing in his own strength.
This kind of personality surely long accustomed to facing challenges alone, quietly protecting those behind him.
For some reason, Heaven Separation Sect felt some irritation and guilt in his heart.
As if the young man before him should not have experienced so many trials, as if he should have shielded this young man from the storms, providing him a shelter.
"Who are you, what relation do you have with me?" Heaven Separation Sect looked confusedly at Ning Fan.
"Who I am is not important, what matters is that I’ve found the person you’re looking for. Do you still remember who Ning Qian is?"
"Ning Qian...Ning Qian..." Heaven Separation Sect’s eyes gradually turned bewildered.
This question, Ning Fan had asked him once in the past, and now being asked again, he felt bewildered, not knowing how to answer.
Should he say he doesn’t know... After all, in his mind, in his memory, not a sliver of recollection of Ning Qian remains.
But why does hearing this name cause such heartache?
That pain felt like a thousand arrows piercing the heart, like someone always smiling at you, yet you can’t see her face clearly.
"Ning Qian... I don’t know her..." Heaven Separation Sect clenched his fists, closing his eyes.
"It’s okay, I will take you to see her now. Come with me."
Ning Fan’s figure shifted, transforming into escape light, flying swiftly in a certain direction.
Heaven Separation Sect’s eyes narrowed slightly, following Ning Fan as they flew swiftly together.
Ahead was a pine forest, and within the forest, there was a pond.
Ning Fan descended outside the pine forest, walking into the forest, his steps light, as if afraid of waking someone.
Heaven Separation Sect also descended to the ground, following Ning Fan into the pine forest.
His heart suddenly ached, as if he sensed a woman’s sadness and longing from within the pine forest.
Sadness, despair, longing, waiting...
Heaven Separation Sect’s blood seemed to go out of control, his hands trembling slightly, he knew that the woman waiting in the forest was the person he was looking for!
No need to see her face, no need to know everything about her, feeling her sadness alone would make his heart writhe in pain.
Ning Fan reached the secluded pond, stopped his steps, silently gazing at the blood-colored demon cocoon in the pond.
Heaven Separation Sect walked step by step closer to the secluded pond, his eyes fixed on that demon cocoon, looking at the Feathered Demon Stone Statue inside the cocoon.
His heart seemed to shatter, his eyes suddenly turned blood-red, and he let out a sorrowful roar.
"Who made her like this, who!"
"I clearly said, I told everyone! Even though she is a demon, no one is allowed to harm her!"
Heaven Separation Sect’s divine sense was in severe pain, the memories erased by the mysterious old man with the seven colors suddenly surged back.
He vaguely remembered, when trapped in the Seven-Colored Array, the anger he shouted at the mysterious old man with the seven colors!
"Yun doesn’t care who you are, you can harm me, but not Xiao Qian! I forbid it!"
"Yun Feiyang! If you touch her with a single finger, I will break all ten of your fingers! If you harm her even a bit, I will exterminate your entire clan!"
Heaven Separation Sect’s divine sense seemed on the verge of shattering, the newly emerged fragments of memory gradually dissipating.
In the end, he could not recall anything.
His eyes blood-red, he looked at Ning Fan, waiting for Ning Fan to give him an answer.
The Black Iron Greatsword on his back hummed, as if the moment he knew the enemy’s name, he would wield the sword for vengeance!
He didn’t remember who the woman inside the demon cocoon was, the utterance of ’Xiao Qian’ just a result of memory confusion.
But he knew, the Winged Demon within the demon cocoon must be very, very important to him.
Otherwise, seeing her fall into such distress, his heart wouldn’t ache like this.
His heart was bleeding!
He wanted to kill!
"Who harmed her so, I do not know..."
Ning Fan vaguely knew that the one who caused his mother to end up like this was most likely that mysterious old man with the seven colors.
He didn’t want to tell Yun Tianjue about this matter.
The mysterious old man with the seven colors is an Immortal Emperor, if Yun Tianjue knew of this person’s existence and remembered the past wrongs done by him, he would surely ascend to the fourth heaven at all costs to seek revenge on this person.
This vengeance, Ning Fan didn’t want Yun Tianjue to repay, he didn’t want to add any more shackles to Yun Tianjue.
His father and mother had been apart for too long, they should reunite properly, not let hatred disrupt their peaceful life again.
This vengeance, one day, Ning Fan would take on himself.
"You don’t know either... Ridiculous, ridiculous! I don’t even remember who she is, nor do I know who the enemy is..."
Yun Tianjue laughed up to the sky, his eyes blood-red like a demon.
Gradually, he returned to his usual indifferent expression, calmed down, and spoke casually to Ning Fan.
"I heard from Yun Bushu that the other day you forcibly entered the Rain Palace Forbidden Grounds, killed the Rain World’s Heavenly King, just to take her away. Is that right?"
"Yes." Ning Fan nodded.
"Well done. If I had known she was in the forbidden grounds, I too would have done everything to break in, whoever stops me dies!"
Yun Tianjue spoke with a calm voice, as if stating an obvious fact.
He meticulously examined the blood cocoon, and said, "She once lost all her Demon Bloodline, should have perished, but due to the fossil statue, her remnant soul was preserved. Because you built a pool of blood for her, gathering a demon cocoon, she will surely awaken one day in this life."
Saying this, Yun Tianjue suddenly looked at Ning Fan very seriously and said, "I want to take her away! To a place unknown to anyone, and wait for her to awaken."
"Alright."
Ning Fan took out a palm-sized golden house, waved his hand, and collected the entire pine forest into the golden house.
The golden house was a Superior Cave Heaven Treasure, snatched from a rogue devil.
Ning Fan already had a Grotto-Heaven Pearl, containing infinite nascent realms, enough for him to cultivate the Swirling Void Technique, so he no longer needed this item.
He handed the golden house to Yun Tianjue, who silently accepted it.
"She is very important to you as well, why are you willing to give her to me?" Yun Tianjue asked in confusion.
Why? Would there be a child who would stop his parents from reuniting...
Ning Fan smiled and shook his head.
In the end, he did not reveal his identity to Yun Tianjue.
If Yun Tianjue knew his identity, knew he was his child, Yun Tianjue would most likely stay by his side, helping him face countless strong enemies.
It isn’t necessary, really, it isn’t necessary.
Just let this identity sink into the sea, let his father and mother live a secluded life during their lifetime.
All the grudges, Ning Fan would bear alone; all the enemies, Ning Fan would face alone.
The guilt in Yun Tianjue’s heart grew stronger, he didn’t know where this guilt came from.
To him, Ning Fan was special, the only person who could slightly melt his cold heart.
Yun Tianjue faintly felt that Ning Fan must have some relation to him.
Except he couldn’t remember that he still had a child.
He didn’t know his child, had no parental protection from a young age, had to face everything alone, was already accustomed to facing all hardships by himself.
He didn’t know his child had faced countless hardships, was persecuted, fallen into the Evil Sect, and was humiliated by a female cultivator.
He didn’t know how much danger his child had experienced, how much hatred he bore, how many strong enemies lay before him.
If the mysterious old man with the seven colors had never appeared, Ning Fan would have been the son of the Sword God wearing a white robe, born to stand above countless others, with envious cultivation conditions, whoever provoked him, Yun Tianjue would kill them with a single sword. If he was in pain, there would be a mother’s comfort.
His destiny was changed by the mysterious old man with the seven colors, leading him down a path of devil cultivation with no known end!
One day, that mysterious old man with the seven colors would regret calculating Ning Fan’s destiny!
Ning Fan untied the blue jade from around his neck and handed it to Yun Tianjue.
Yun Tianjue took the blue jade, and his gaze suddenly trembled.
When he saw the inscription on the jade, his heart bled once again.
Mountains have no edges, heaven and earth unite, then can we be separated...
That was the oath they once made!
"This jade... this jade..." He clearly should have remembered this jade, but the intense pain in his divine sense prevented him from recalling anything.
"Your memory is very difficult to restore." Ning Fan sighed sorrowfully.
Now, as he looked closely, he could see that Yun Tianjue’s memories were erased by reincarnation.
Memories erased by reincarnation cannot be restored by ordinary divine skills, unless someone equally skilled in the Power of Reincarnation helps to retrieve them.
Unless Ning Fan himself reaches the Immortal Emperor Realm, masters reincarnation initially, then he can help his father restore his memories.
Currently, he has no other way.
"Yes, my memories are difficult to recover. I tirelessly sought the Four Heaven Suppressing Swords, attempted to comprehend the Sword Intent of the four swords, enter the Thunder Emperor’s Tomb, and battled the Remnant Soul of the Thunder Emperor. If victorious, he would use the White Lightning Memory Extinguisher to help me restore my memories."
"This time returning to the Middle State, I have obtained all fragments of the Four Heaven Suppressing Swords, comprehended the Sword Intent of the four swords, and integrated them into my sword demon’s sword intent. Before coming to Seven Apricot, I made a trip to the Endless Sea, to the Zhou Family of the Internal Endless Sea. There, I encountered the recently revived Thunder Emperor!"
"I battled with him, and narrowly lost. Yet he still used his technique to assist me in restoring my memories. Unfortunately, even with his White Lightning Memory Extinguisher, he couldn’t help me recover my memories... Then, I came to Seven Apricot and met you."
After speaking, Yun Tianjue put the golden house into his sleeve and handed his storage pouch to Ning Fan.
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"I don’t know who you are, but I feel responsible to offer you some help. In searching for the remnants of the Four Heaven Suppressing Swords, I have traversed countless ancient cultivator relics and found quite a lot, some of which may benefit you greatly. As for the Xuan Wei Bloody Gourd, I’ll give it to you as well."
"You are now the Rain World’s Heavenly King; many dangers should be avoided if possible."
"If you ever face trouble, come find me. With your Heaven Prying Rain Technique, you can easily locate me in the Rain Immortal World."
The two left Yuan Yao World.
In the wind and snow, Yun Tianjue looked at Ning Fan for a long time before he turned with the golden house and disappeared into the snow.
Ning Fan watched the figure of Yun Tianjue, standing alone in the snow, for a long, long time.
His mother waited a thousand years, only to meet her husband.
Now they have met; perhaps this counts as fulfilling their longstanding wish.
Thus, it is enough.
Someday, his mother will awaken, and his father will regain his memory.
By then...
Ning Fan returned to Si Fan Palace and met all the female cultivators one by one.
During the night, he returned to his room and took out the storage pouch handed to him by his father, closely examining it.
Upon seeing it, even with Ning Fan’s vision, his eyes couldn’t help but tremble.
Within Yun Tianjue’s storage pouch, besides the fragments of the Four Heaven Suppressing Swords, there were innumerable ancient famous swords and flying swords of ancient cultivators.
There were even over ten immortal swords!
If Ning Fan were to devour these shattered swords, his Sword Sense would certainly become more stable, and the power of his sword sense would also grow stronger.
He had not considered comprehending the Sword Intent of the Four Heaven Suppressing Swords, for to him, the Sword Intent of Emperor Xia’s Sword, which mimics the sword ancestor, was superior.
Alongside the broken swords, there were also hundreds of sword cultivator techniques and swordsmanships in the storage pouch, including the Sword Demon Scripture cultivated by Yun Tianjue.
Ning Fan did not intend to cultivate the Sword Demon Scripture.
Yet the three sword techniques recorded in it caused Ning Fan some interest.
The first sword technique of the Sword Demon, Myriad Sword Style, is a lower-grade Immortal Void sword technique.
The second sword technique of the Sword Demon, Demon Sword Technique, is a mid-grade Immortal Void sword technique that can unleash powerful demonic sword light by burning one’s own blood.
The third sword technique of the Sword Demon, Dismantling Technique, is an Immortal Technique! By destroying the physical defense and severely damaging the Spirit, one can slash rogue immortals with a single strike!
Upon seeing the three sword techniques, Ning Fan’s gaze slightly trembled.
The three sword techniques recorded in the Sword Demon Scripture left him quite shaken.
Especially the final sword technique — Dismantling Technique...
Yun Tianjue seems to have mastered the three sword techniques; if he paid the price of destroying the physical body and severely damaging the Spirit, he could even slash rogue immortals with a single stroke!
In a state where the physical body is already destroyed, using the Dismantling Technique again would dismantle the Spirit, at the cost of perishing, to slay another rogue immortal!
This is a desperate sword technique, not to be used unless in a life-or-death situation!
Suddenly, he was somewhat relieved that he hadn’t informed Yun Tianjue about the mysterious old man with the seven colors.
If Yun Tianjue knew where his enemy was, he would undoubtedly seek revenge at all costs, dismantle his physical body, severely damage his Spirit, and perhaps in the end, dismantle his Spirit...
Although Yun Tianjue’s cultivation is at the Fourth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm, he possesses the power to consecutively slay two rogue immortals, a power to be exchanged with life...
"The Demon Sword Technique is tolerable, but this Dismantling Technique can indeed be learned; at a critical moment, it might be enough to ensure survival."
Ning Fan spoke, putting away the Sword Demon Scripture and continuing to search the storage pouch.
Within there were as many as three trillion immortal jade, fifty thousand Dao Crystals, and some expensive pills.
Ning Fan packed all these items up, yet he did not give them too much significance.
What he valued most was a bloody scroll.
The scroll emitted a faint floral scent, and its powerful Evil Qi caught Ning Fan’s attention.
He unfolded the scroll, revealing a map painted within.
In the boundless void of the Rain Immortal World, there were three passage ruins leading to a place called ’Blood Slave Garden’.
"Blood Slave Garden... Seems I’ve heard about it somewhere..."
Ning Fan closed his eyes, recalled for a while, and gradually remembered.
"Yes, I once captured a red-haired human cauldron, which came from a small broken chiliocosm full of Blood Burial Grass. The name of that broken chiliocosm seemed to be Blood Slave Garden."
"Could it be that the three passage ruins recorded on this map are leading to the hometown of the red-haired human cauldron?"
"I remember, Blood Slave Garden contained many flower devil cauldrons, and the former owner of Blood Slave Garden was the outer elder of Slaughter Hall, named Blood Jinglong..."
Ning Fan looked at the map in his hand, remained silent for a moment, then put the map away.
If time allowed, he could explore Blood Slave Garden and use the cauldrons there to enhance his cultivation. Now, it wasn’t the right time to head there.
If the opportunity arises, then perhaps.
...
Ning Fan rested for several days in Seven Apricot City, sharing intimate moments with the female cultivators.
During these days, he guided the cultivation of each female cultivator one by one. With his current level of cultivation, guiding them wasn’t difficult.
Some cultivation techniques and expensive pills beneficial to the female cultivators were left in Seven Apricot City.
Afterward, he entered the Xuan Yin Treasure, where he cultivated.
Luo You’s Spirit had restored to the Fourth Heavenly Layer of Void Fragmentation Realm and awakened.
Upon witnessing Ning Fan entering the Xuan Yin Treasure and removing the body of Baimu, her gaze couldn’t help but tremble.
"That’s... Green Sun Physique! You came into the Xuan Yin Treasure to devour the second Yang?"
Luo You knew Ning Fan was marked with the Purple Sun Seal by the Tri-Realm Sect Master.
The Purple Sun Force cannot be devoured, and the seal is quite troublesome, difficult to break.
Therefore, Ning Fan temporarily cannot absorb the Purple Sun Force or replenish the Stele of Sun and Moon’s spirit.
Now that Ning Fan has found the Green Sun Physique, it naturally surprised her greatly.
The Seven Yang Physique and the Seven Yin Physique are rare constitutions, very difficult to find.
Ning Fan made a trip to the Tree World and found the Crimson Sun Physique and the Purple Sun Physique.
He made a trip to the Demon World and found the Green Sun Physique.
Isn’t his luck just a bit too good...
Ning Fan smiled without speaking, patted his storage pouch, took out a jade box, and handed it to Luo You.
"Take this pill; it should be enough to restore your Void Fragmentation fifth realm cultivation."
"A pill? What kind of pill is this?"
Luo You didn’t know that Ning Fan, in the Demon World, had slain four rogue devils and captured an Eighth Revolution pill – the Demon God Pill, which could help her repair her Spirit.
At that time, she was still refining the medicinal power of heavenly treasures and did not know of Ning Fan’s earth-shattering achievements.
She slowly opened the jade box, and upon seeing the pill inside, her beautiful eyes shook with shock.
"An Eighth Revolution lower-grade pill! Where did you get this from!"
"You seem to have more Evil Qi... You killed four rogue Immortal level experts! You encountered danger!"
Luo You instinctively asked, not about how Ning Fan managed to kill four rogue Immortals, but whether Ning Fan had encountered danger.
Four rogue Immortals, four rogue Immortals... Could it be that while she was foolishly in seclusion, he was besieged by four rogue Immortals...
She clearly should have been constantly helping him, but when he faced such a major crisis, she was completely unaware.
"It’s already over... Quickly refine the pill and restore your Spirit. After devouring this Demon God Pill, your cultivation should be enough to recover to the fifth layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm. I will try to find some higher-grade heavenly treasures to help you recover to the peak of the ninth fracture of the Void Fragmentation Realm sooner. As for the matter of physical defense, I will also seriously search for..."
Ning Fan smiled, gesturing to Luo You not to worry, that everything was already in the past.
He used escape light to fight, heading to the base of the Stele of Sun and Moon, sitting cross-legged, pointing his finger at Baimu’s corpse, slowly extracting the Power of Qingyang inside.
Luo You looked at Ning Fan with complex, beautiful eyes.
With a sigh, she returned to the thatched cottage.
Looking at the pill inside the jade box, Luo You unexpectedly did not want to swallow it for a moment.
As her Spirit gradually repaired, the time for her departure drew nearer.
Once she truly resurrects, she will definitely not stay by Ning Fan’s side... She must avenge her deceased clan members.
Her enemy is too strong, she cannot trouble Ning Fan further.
"Ning Fan..."
She murmured Ning Fan’s name softly, sighing gently.
Eventually, they must part...
She took the Demon God Pill, slowly refining the power of the pill.
...
One day, two days, three days...
After seven days, Ning Fan finally extracted all the Power of Qingyang from Baimu’s corpse.
The Power of Qingyang was too tenacious, making extraction not an easy task.
After extracting all the Power of Qingyang, Ning Fan infused it into the second sun-shaped groove of the Stele of Sun and Moon.
As for Baimu’s corpse, he casually flicked a black fire, burning it to ashes.
The Stele of Sun and Moon gradually absorbed the Power of Qingyang, the second sun-shaped groove slowly turning jade-blue.
In the moment it absorbed all the Power of Qingyang, the might of the Stele of Sun and Moon suddenly surged.
Ning Fan stood up, gently stroked the Stele of Sun and Moon.
Now that the Stele of Sun and Moon has absorbed the second Yang Soul, the power of the stele’s fall is comparable to an attack from a Void Fragmentation fifth layer cultivator!
With this stele in hand, even when facing a Fourth Heavenly Layer Void Fragmentation expert, Ning Fan could engage in a full battle!
After absorbing the second Yang Soul, the entire Xuan Yin Treasure underwent changes once again.
Under Ning Fan’s feet, vast barren continents began to emerge.
The floating thatched cottage also landed upon the continent.
In the sky, the sun and moon began alternating, introducing day and night.
This once empty Xuan Yin Treasure now had some signs of life.
If Ning Fan continued to collect other yin and yang spirits, one day, the Xuan Yin Treasure might transform into a Void Realm filled with chirping birds and fragrant flowers.
"There are six months until the trip to the Immortal Burning Valley; during this half-year, let’s focus on significantly improving cultivation."
"Ten crystals of Ancient God Incense, 3.27 million Dao Crystals, 200 yuan cleansing pills, and Dragon Soul Orbs..."
"Half a year is not enough to refine all the opportunities at once, and I must be selective in refining them."
Even with the Xuan Yin Treasure’s hundredfold cultivation speed, Ning Fan could not refine so many opportunities.
He set his sights lower; in this half-year of cultivation, the goal was to merely reach the Second Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm.
"Refine!"
Ning Fan took out a mountain of Dao Crystals, beginning to refine them one by one.
As he approached the later stages, the Mana enhancement from Dao Crystals diminished, whereas Dragon Balls and Ancient God Incense would not lose potency, so naturally, refining Dao Crystals came first.
Target, breaking through to the Second Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm within half a year! (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to vote for recommendation votes and monthly tickets at Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)