novelraw Chapter 720: Yang Absorbing Fairy
Chapter 720: Yang Absorbing Fairy
Even over ten billion miles, even a Fate Immortal at the Human Profound Middle Stage cannot extend their spirit sense to such a distant place.
Ning Fan slightly furrowed his brows. Among the four being pursued, the Fate Immortal at the Human Profound Initial Stage seemed skilled in a certain secret technique. Even though he had fled tens of billions of miles, this person could still track him all the way.
However, Ning Fan could tell that the person’s tracking range was at most only two hundred billion miles.
Thinking of this, Ning Fan hesitated not at all, he stepped on the void, and circles of black flame ripples instantly formed in the void.
In the next instant, Ning Fan seemed to merge with heaven and earth, disappearing from the original spot in a flash and again fleeing tens of billions of miles.
After this escape, Ning Fan said nothing and consecutively used the Black Demon Escape Technique twice, creating an entire distance of forty billion miles between him and the red-robed youth.
After using Black Demon Escape Technique four times in a row, Ning Fan’s mana was nearly exhausted, and those chasing him were already thrown far behind, completely out of sight.
The fact that the nine Fate Immortals were chasing those other four was none of his concern.
The outcome of the battle, who lived or died, he was indifferent to.
If he didn’t wish to get involved in a dispute, no one could drag him into trouble.
With a flick of his body, Ning Fan entered the Xuan Yin Treasure, took an expensive pill, and slowly recovered his mana.
He stayed in the Xuan Yin Treasure for half a month, not in a hurry to leave, unwilling to get involved in any trouble without reason.
During those two weeks, Ning Fan’s mind was as calm as still water, practicing the Art of Gathering Three Flowers at the Top.
Half a month later, Ning Fan expected those people had long departed. With a flick of his body, he left the Xuan Yin Treasure and then took out the Inlaid Star Compass he bought some time ago, heading towards the next Mid-Level Star Domain—the Yao Zong Star Region.
Just as he was about to open the Star Gate and continue his journey, Ning Fan stopped his movements, put away the Star Gate Jade Slip, and suddenly turned around, coldly gazing at the starry sky behind him.
There, with a flash of red light, appeared four cultivators, three men and one woman.
Among the four, three were of rogue immortal cultivator level, all seriously injured.
Only the Fate Immortal at the Human Profound Initial Stage in a red robe remained unharmed.
The red robe of this person was embroidered with a Vermilion Bird pattern, and he naturally possessed a pair of alluring peach blossom eyes, which at this moment carried a deep smile as he looked at Ning Fan.
Only the red-robed youth smiled, while the other three angrily glared at Ning Fan.
Especially the female rogue immortal cultivator among them, wearing snow-like white clothes stained with patches of blood, her fair face showing a resentful expression as she disdainfully glared at Ning Fan.
"Coward!" She said these two words bitterly, naturally criticizing Ning Fan for his refusal to save them half a month ago.
If it weren’t for Ning Fan’s refusal to intervene, that battle wouldn’t have been so difficult.
She had exhausted all the trump cards bestowed by her clan elders, and the others had also used up theirs, narrowly saving their lives and repelling the enemy.
Those trump cards, originally intended for use in the Slaughter Hall Grand Competition, were now exhausted before they even reached the Blood Sea Star Realm...
Ning Fan acted as if he hadn’t heard the woman’s disdainful voice; he was uninterested in her.
His gaze swept casually over the three rogue immortals and finally landed on the red-robed youth.
Ning Fan’s expression grew more serious. This red-robed youth was not simple, his cultivation was close to breaking through to the Human Profound Middle Stage...
Was this person also here to participate in the Slaughter Hall disciple recruitment ceremony, and would he be a future opponent...
"You are waiting for me here, what advice do you have!"
Ning Fan’s voice was rough and hoarse. He was still disguised as a scar-faced man, his bone age faked to be twenty thousand years.
"Hmph! We are waiting here for you, of course to hold you accountable! In my dire straits, I sought your help, yet you dared to refuse and watch us die!" The white-clothed woman arrogantly declared.
The other two rogue immortal youths also looked at Ning Fan with malicious eyes.
A flash of cold light appeared in Ning Fan’s eyes. He had no acquaintance with this group, what obligation did he have to help them?
Hold him accountable? Ridiculous!
With a single step forward, Ning Fan’s killing intent stirred.
This group harbored ill intent, wanting to drag him into disputes. Now they even came looking for trouble; he didn’t mind teaching them a lesson.
With just a single step, Ning Fan emanated a sky-piercing malevolent aura!
The blinding evil qi red light in the dark starry sky was particularly dazzling, and under the red light, Ning Fan’s visage became menacing, like a fierce demon!
Under this imposing power, the white-clothed woman and the other two rogue immortal youths’ faces changed drastically, quickly retreating to stand behind the red-robed youth, seeking protection.
The three of them never expected that once Ning Fan unleashed his power, he seemed like an ancient god of slaughter, even a heavenly pride like them couldn’t help but feel terrified!
Ning Fan’s malevolent aura was terrifying, at least he had killed ten Fate Immortals!
The white-clad woman, accustomed to arrogance, had never seen a fiend like Ning Fan who would kill over a mere disagreement.
At this moment, facing Ning Fan’s cold and merciless gaze, she was so frightened that her legs felt weak.
"Brother Chi Zhen, save me..." The white-clad woman hid behind the red-robed young man, her voice slightly trembling, seeking help from him.
The red-robed young man named Chi Zhen didn’t even glance at the woman or the other two Immortals, but looked at Ning Fan with a hint of amusement.
"They were just joking earlier, please don’t mind them, Daoist. They stayed here not out of their own will, nor do they intend to challenge you. It’s actually Chi who wishes to stay here. I am Chi Zhen of the Siyao Sect, hoping to make a friend with you, Daoist."
Chi Zhen slightly cupped his fists towards Ning Fan, the amusement not reaching his eyes.
On his brow, there were five red star points.
Suddenly, the fifth star flashed bright red, and behind Chi Zhen appeared a bloody fierce shadow of the Vermilion Bird.
At the same time, a wave of baleful qi and devilish aura, not weaker than Ning Fan’s, burst forth from his body, colliding with Ning Fan’s power!
Ning Fan’s gaze flickered slightly. Instead of retreating, he advanced, taking nine steps forward.
Nine steps to form power, merging with heavenly power. Ning Fan’s baleful qi unexpectedly increased by ten percent.
With a loud explosion, Chi Zhen’s expression subtly changed, and he urgently swept his sleeves, leading the three people behind him to retreat ten thousand zhang, his expression showing a trace of surprise.
In the confrontation, his baleful qi was slightly inferior to Ning Fan’s, causing the Vermilion Bird’s shadow to shatter into pieces...
Ning Fan also retreated several thousand zhang, abruptly steadied himself, and looked at Chi Zhen with a solemn expression.
This man is not simple...
If he fought a life-and-death battle, Ning Fan estimated his chance of defeating Chi Zhen wouldn’t surpass fifty percent.
And the prerequisite for a fifty percent chance was to summon Nieli for assistance...
Siyao Sect’s Chi Zhen...
Eight years had passed, and Ning Fan was no longer ignorant of the Eastern Heaven Immortal World.
Siyao Sect was a major True Immortal power in Eastern Heaven, and the cultivators excelled in commanding demon pets for battle.
The Fu Li ancestor blood within Ning Fan intermittently sent faint senses, reminding him that Chi Zhen was carrying more than one strong demon pet.
If Ning Fan’s perception wasn’t off, Chi Zhen carried three demon pets of Human Profound Initial Stage, and all three were True Spirit Vermilion Birds!
"Daoist, such strong baleful qi, such mysterious divine skills! I wonder if Daoist is interested in joining us to venture into the Blood Sea Star Realm?"
Although Chi Zhen gained no advantage in the confrontation of baleful qi, his eyes still carried a smile, inviting Ning Fan along.
"Not interested."
Ning Fan secretly thought, with Chi Zhen present, attempting to kill the other three Immortals would be extremely difficult.
Besides, these people weren’t must-kills; there was no need for a life-and-death struggle with Chi Zhen here to kill some unrelated individuals.
With a cold remark, Ning Fan turned and left, casting off Chi Zhen and others, shifting the Star Gate to continue on, heading straight for the Yao Zong Star Region.
Only after a long time did the white-clad woman recover from her terror, angrily speaking towards Ning Fan’s departing direction,
"Humph! How ungrateful! Brother Chi Zhen, a noble Daoist of Siyao Sect, lowers himself to associate with him, inviting him to accompany us to the Blood Sea Star Realm, yet he puts on such airs, rejecting Brother Chi Zhen’s goodwill! Does he think, with his own strength, he can enter the Yao Zong Star Region without any cost?"
The woman was named Qux Yan, daughter of the Clan Leader of the Qux family in Eastern Heaven.
"Yao Zong Star Region, the Yao family...this Yao family isn’t easy to deal with...though our backing is considerable, especially Brother Daoist Chi Zhen, whose backing is the grand Siyao Sect. How dare the mere Fate Immortal power of the Yao family chase down participating cultivators and blockade the entire Yao Zong Star Region. If not for relying on the Slaughter Hall’s power, how could the Yao family dare..."
The pale-faced, emaciated youth in black snorted coldly.
He was known as Hei Qiu, the first disciple of the Curse Witch Sect Master.
"In the battle half a month ago, if not for Brother Daoist Chi Zhen fighting off six, we couldn’t possibly have escaped unscathed from the hands of nine Yao Fate Immortals. This debt of gratitude, I, Zhu Hong, will remember and repay someday! But there’s one thing Zhu worries about. Why haven’t the other seven Daoists who broke into the Yao Zong Star Region with us come to aid us...could it be that they..."
The chubby youth furrowed his brow.
His name was Zhu Hong, from the Zhu family of Eastern Heaven.
"Humph! Those seven Daoists probably died at the hands of Yao family cultivators, naturally unable to assist us! This time, for Yao Li to win first place in the grand competition and join the Slaughter Hall, the Yao family goes to every length!"
Hei Qiu snorted coldly, his anger evident.
Qux Yan and Zhu Hong expressed indignation against the Yao family one after another, but Chi Zhen remained silent, not interjecting.
He gazed towards the direction Ning Fan departed, the playful smile in his peach-blossom eyes retracted for the first time, revealing some seriousness, murmuring.
"At most fifty percent chance...even with all my strength, along with three True Spirit Vermilion Birds, I don’t completely guarantee victory against this youth..."
"What is this youth’s background? Since when did such a proud and strong figure emerge within Eastern Heaven..."
"With my strength, it’s not difficult to force my way into the Yao Zong Star Region, but afterwards, I would definitely offend the Yao Family. I’m not afraid of the Yao Family, but the person behind them is the renowned Qingyun Elder of the Slaughter Hall. Offending this person is not what I desire... According to the Yao Family’s rules, to enter the Yao Zong Star Region, one must hand over half of their badges... I wonder if this person will hand over half their badges or force their way into the Yao Zong Star Region..."
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Ning Fan was swiftly heading towards the Yao Zong Star Region.
When he discovered that the entire Yao Zong Star Region was tightly sealed by numerous Locking Domain Great Arrays, he couldn’t help but frown.
The Locking Domain Great Arrays were formidable, only True Immortals could forcefully enter through them.
There were ten array gates in total, allowing entry into the Yao Zong Star Region.
Currently, nine gates were closed, leaving only one gate open for passage.
At that gate, countless Yao Family experts guarded it.
Outside the gate stood a blood-colored monument. Any cultivator carrying a Slaughter Badge, when passing this monument, would trigger its response.
Hiding badges in a storage pouch, Treasure of Immortal’s Abode, or small chiliocosm would not deceive the monument’s perception.
The monument could accurately sense the number of badges held by the approaching person.
Ning Fan did not hastily pass through the gate to enter the Yao Zong Star Region; instead, he first scouted the area for information.
After understanding the background of the Yao Zong Star Region’s lockdown, Ning Fan remained silent for a long while, finally comprehending why Chi Zhen and others were being pursued by nine Fate Immortals.
The greatest power in the Yao Zong Star Region was the Yao Family.
The Yao Family had sealed off the entire Yao Zong Star Region. Any cultivator passing through here with Slaughter Badges had to turn over half of their badges to pass.
Badges equaled scores, achievements; they not only increased one’s score for the first round of the disciple enrollment competition but were also crucial for several rounds afterwards.
The Yao Family went to great lengths to seize others’ badges, merely to secure the first place for their clan members in the competition.
Among the current generation of Yao Family cultivators, the one with the strongest aptitude was undoubtedly Yao Li.
This individual was merely two thousand years old and had successfully become immortal, nearly breaking through to the Human Profound Middle Stage.
To ensure Yao Li secured first place, the Yao Family was willing to offend countless forces to help him seize badges and score points.
To achieve this, the Yao Family even dared to make a move against descendants of True Immortal powers!
The Ancestor of the Yao Family was only an old monster at the Ghost Profound Early Stage, but their ancestor once secured first place in the competition as an outsider and joined the Slaughter Hall, step by step becoming an elder of the Slaughter Hall!
His name was Yao Qingyun!
His cultivation was at the Shedding Void Realm!
With this person backing the Yao Family, even a major power like Siyao Sect dared to be openly offended by the Yao Family!
Chi Zhen and others were being chased by Yao Family Fate Immortals because they refused to hand over their badges...
"No wonder that arrogant woman thought I should help them. It turns out that our predicament is the same, and our common enemy is the Yao Family..."
"The Yao Family... I really don’t wish to provoke them."
Ning Fan sighed deeply.
If he were alone, offending anyone would be of no consequence.
But now, he had to seek the favor of the Slaughter Hall to obtain the Eternal Jade to extend Ouyang Nuan’s life.
Offending the Yao Family and Yao Qingyun at this critical juncture would be unwise...
In the Slaughter Hall, there have always been only twenty-four elders, with Fu Linglong’s elder position left vacant for a long time, leaving twenty-three elders remaining.
Below the Slaughter Emperor, the twenty-three elders held the greatest power in the Slaughter Hall.
One must know each Slaughter Hall elder had the authority to command a hundred True Immortals...
Offending one Yao Family equated to offending a hundred Slaughter Hall True Immortals...
"I won’t hand over the badges. I also don’t wish to offend the Yao Family. Perhaps there’s a way to achieve both, like..."
In the starry sky, Ning Fan’s eyes sharpened and he stored all 194 Slaughter Badges in the Xuan Yin Treasure.
The blood-colored monument could sense the presence of Slaughter Badges through small chiliocosm but couldn’t perceive them through medium dichiliocosm treasures!
After all, only Immortal Emperors generally possessed medium dichiliocosm treasures; could anyone else easily perceive an Immortal Emperor’s realm!
After storing the badges, Ning Fan slightly altered his bone age, disguising it as forty thousand years.
Doing so was also to mislead the Yao Family, dispelling their wariness.
The Yao Family dared to forcibly seize badges from cultivators and dared to hunt those who refused; naturally, they dared to assassinate competition participants.
Competition participants’ bone age must be below thirty thousand years; Ning Fan’s move was to be cautious, dispelling the Yao Family’s hostility.
The biggest trouble was still the hundred billion bounty.
The Yao Zong Star Region was a mid-level star domain, originally without a True Immortal, but with the competition imminent, many True Immortals would pass through this star region.
"I wonder if any old True Immortal monster will discern my true identity and make a move against me..."
Ning Fan sighed; the calamities destined for him couldn’t be avoided.
His identity would ultimately be revealed, it’s just a matter of time.
The Blood Sea Star Realm had countless True Immortals; avoiding exposure was exceedingly difficult...
Clearing all distracting thoughts from his mind, Ning Fan sped towards the array gate of the Locking Domain Great Array in Yao Zong Star Region.
It was a gate towering one million zhang high, with over a hundred Immortals guarding outside, including twelve Fate Immortals!
A blood-colored monument stood at the entrance; whenever a cultivator carrying a Slaughter Badge passed through, the monument would emit varying degrees of blood light.
The extent of the blood light was related to the count and type of Slaughter Badges held.
Once any cultivator was found carrying Slaughter Badges, they either had to hand over half the badges, or be annihilated by Yao Family cultivators.
On the monument, there was a low tower of severed heads, blood dripping.
Those heads belonged to competition participants who refused to hand over badges.
The Yao Family’s methods were overpowering! But backed by strong connections, even those in power did not dare to hold them accountable!
Ning Fan’s eyebrows furrowed, he said nothing, and walked straight into the array gate.
Passing by the monument, the monument indeed showed no response.
The Xuan Yin Treasure hid the items; how could a mere blood monument sense them!
Among the twelve Fate Immortals of the Yao Family, eleven lost interest the moment they saw Ning Fan’s forty thousand-years-old bone age.
Only a Fate Immortal old woman at the Human Profound Advanced Stage kept her gaze on Ning Fan, with her eyes growing increasingly bright with lascivious light.
Ning Fan’s gaze remained unfazed like a still lake, though he felt a slight ominous premonition and quietly walked through the gate without obstruction.
After passing through the gate and officially entering the Yao Zong Star Region, before Ning Fan could breathe a sigh of relief, suddenly, the Fate Immortal old woman who had been watching him flickered and blocked his path!
"You cannot leave! Tonight, you shall accompany me!" The Fate Immortal old woman revealed a sinister white smile, commanding Ning Fan without room for refusal.
Upon seeing the Fate Immortal old woman’s interest in Ning Fan, the other eleven Fate Immortals all locked onto Ning Fan with their spirit sense!
The most powerful individual here was that Fate Immortal old lady at the Human Profound Advanced Stage!
The old lady wanted Ning Fan as a cauldron furnace for companionship, naturally, the other Fate Immortals aimed to curry favor with the old lady by capturing Ning Fan!
Companionship was merely a pleasant term; the true intention was to drain his vitality!
This old lady loved ugly, strong men the most, just like Ning Fan’s disguised appearance!
A cold glint flashed in Ning Fan’s eyes as he coldly laughed.
He avoided countless reasons to offend the Yao Family, yet never expected it would be for this reason that he had no choice but to provoke them!
How could Ning Fan possibly become someone’s cauldron furnace, to be drained by others!
Offending Yao Qingyun was indeed frightening, but if he were drained by the old woman, with his cultivation falling, he’d lose his life, how then could he save Ouyang Nuan!
Swoosh!
Ning Fan said nothing more, a ripple of Black Flame suddenly arose beneath him, allowing him to escape across a hundred billion li!
He escaped right under the noses of twelve Yao Family Fate Immortals!
Though Ning Fan was strong, he knew he couldn’t match the combined might of twelve Fate Immortals!
But surrendering to the Yao Family’s oppression was absolutely impossible!
"Hmph! It’s your fortune that I fancy you, yet you dare run off! You stay here, the old me will capture him alone! Merely a Shattered Void Cauldron..."
"Yes!"
The Fate Immortal old woman’s face turned iron green as she ordered the other Fate Immortals and then stepped into the void, a black cloud forming beneath her feet as she soared off in pursuit of Ning Fan!
This time, if she captures Ning Fan, if she doesn’t torment him to death, it would be unworthy of her younger years’ title of ’Yang Absorbing Fairy!’ (To be continued. If you like this work, please go to Qidian (qidian.com) and vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)