"Have you heard about it? The culprit who killed dozens of cultivators has been executed. It seems that the old ancestor of Hu Clan took the Decaying Corpse Pill and perished together with the culprit. However, Hu Clan suffered a great loss and became a third-rate force in Yue Country. Their relationship with Purple Light Sect has also been severed."
In the Dual Cultivation Palace of Sinister Sparrow Sect, a few female disciples were talking about the sensational event in Yue Country.
It was just a rumor and a fact. Such a rumor was naturally arranged by Ning Fan.
Ten days had passed since the battle of Cold Yue Country, but the popularity of this event hadn't decreased. Another thing that shook Sinister Sparrow Sect was Wang Yao's disappearance.
Wang Yao was a deacon disciple, but he left the sect without permission and didn't return for a long time. Many elders had already regarded him as a traitor. This matter gradually subsided after the old ancestor of Wang Clan personally came to apologize.
Another matter had replaced it and became the latest topic in Sinister Sparrow Sect.
Ning Fan went into seclusion!
Everyone knew that Ning Fan went into seclusion to fight Revered Bai. The former was known as the number one expert below the Gold Core realm in Yue Country, while the latter was an old monster who had been famous for a long time. This battle had attracted a lot of attention even in Yue Country.
However, it was rare to find someone who believed that Ning Fan would win. Ning Fan had monstrous talent, but he was still too young. Plus, he cultivated Dual Cultivation, which made his combat strength slightly weaker than his peers. As for 'Revered Bai' Bai Feiteng, it was said that his Profound Ice Art had already reached the fourth minor realm of the third level. He had even devoured a third grade cold Qi by chance.
Bai Feiteng's combat strength was unrivaled even among intermediate Gold Core experts. He had even fought with the late Gold Core old monster of Great Void Sect, Elder Song Feng for a few days, but there was no clear winner. This showed how powerful he was.
In the Dual Cultivation Palace, the topic of the female disciples gradually shifted to Ning Fan. Bai Lu, who was meditating on the futon at the side, knitted her brows from time to time, as if she would feel irritated just by hearing Ning Fan's name.
When he sensed that a woman had arrived at the Dual Cultivation Palace, he immediately withdrew his frustration and calmed down.
She got up and gently brushed the dust off her thin gauze gown. Then, she led the female disciples to the Dual Cultivation Palace to welcome Ning Fan.
Ever since Ning Fan went into seclusion, a blue-robed lady would come to visit him every day. She would always stand outside Ning Fan's stone chamber for a long time.
Young Master Lan Mei … Even Bai Lu didn't dare to slight her!
"Greetings, Young Master …" Bai Lu bowed gracefully with an unnatural smile.
"Is he still in seclusion today …?" Lan Mei's tone was cold, with a trace of dignity of a superior.
"Yes." Bai Lu seemed reluctant to talk about Ning Fan.
"Bai Lu, come with me … I have something to ask you …"
Lan Mei's eyes flickered. Her tone left no room for refusal. As for Bai Lu, she lowered her head slightly and followed Lan Mei into Ning Fan's courtyard.
However, the moment they entered the room, Lan Mei could no longer pretend to be cold and arrogant. Instead, she burst out laughing.
After her body was healed, Lan Mei was in a good mood, and she smiled more.
"Sister Bai, there's no one here. You don't have to be so restrained … today, teach me some more …"
"Are you done yet? I don't want to teach you anymore! "Bai Lu no longer pretended to be respectful and said with dissatisfaction.
"Please teach me … you and Ning Fan have … done it so many times …" Lan Mei showed a rare trace of pleading.
"I have nothing to do with him. If you say that again, I won't teach you anymore!"
"Alright, alright, alright. I won't say anymore … then Sister, quickly teach me."
Lan Mei's tone was as if she was talking to her teacher. It was because she liked to learn all kinds of techniques to please Ning Fan from Bai Lu. Now that she was a woman and would be Ning Fan's wife in the future, there were some things that she had to learn properly … She didn't have a mother to teach her, so she came to seek help from the number one demoness of Dual Cultivation Palace – Bai Lu!
Bai Lu knew a lot of Yin Huan Technique and Bed Technique … and this woman seemed to be an outsider just like Ning Fan.
No matter what, Lan Mei was the young master. Bai Lu didn't dare to offend her, so she could only teach her everything she knew.
No one knew that the heaven's pride of Sinister Sparrow Sect, Lan Mei, and the number one demoness of Sinister Sparrow Sect, Bai Lu, were talking about erotic secret techniques in Ning Fan's room.
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Ning Fan had no idea what was happening in the outside world. This seclusion only lasted for half a year. It was a long time for mortals, but it was too short for cultivators. It was so short that it wasn't enough for them to do too many things.
Sweeping away all the distracting thoughts, Ning Fan only had one thought in his mind in the quiet and dim stone chamber. Improve my strength!
After the battle with Wang Yao, Ning Fan realized his own shortcomings. He had more offense but insufficient defense. In terms of fighting experience, he was far superior to his peers, but compared to the real old monsters, his experience was not just a little bit inferior.
Gradually, the flaws of his cultivation technique began to show. In the battle with Wang Yao, he was only relying on his trump cards to hold on, while Wang Yao casually cast magical techniques that were extremely powerful.
Casting magical techniques didn't only require magical power, but also the corresponding cultivation technique. Although Ning Fan had cultivated the Snow Treading Art to the second level, he didn't comprehend it in detail. He only learned the Ice Rainbow Escape Art and didn't cultivate any other ice element magical techniques.
As for the Black Demon Art, he didn't cultivate it at all. He had devoured the Black Demon Flame by chance, but he hadn't used it for a long time because he didn't know any magical techniques, so he couldn't unleash the true power of the Black Demon Flame.
If Ning Fan didn't have any trump cards, he would only have two sword qi, 'Fire Transformation Sword' and 'White Bones Mountain'. Moreover, he had only comprehended the two sword qi, and it was still far from being able to unleash its true power.
The silver light that shone through his body was stronger than any peak Harmonious Spirit body cultivator, but Ning Fan hadn't even cultivated a single 'body refining technique'.
The divine ability that law cultivators cultivated was called magical technique. Body cultivators cultivated body refining techniques. Strictly speaking, the giant avatar that Wang Yao displayed that day was a type of body refining technique. Among the divine abilities of the ancient Fiendgods, there were many body refining techniques that were far more powerful than magical techniques.
Whether it was magical technique or body refining technique, Ning Fan hadn't learned any of them. In the memory of Ancient Chaos, dual cultivation of body and law, reaching the realm of 'Unity of Body and Dharma', was the cultivation path of the ancient Fiendgods. Bone Sovereign had achieved it, but Ning Fan hadn't succeeded in cultivating either.
As for the Separation Slayer, it had the Soul Burning Divine Ability attached to it, but its grade was still pitifully low. No, it should be said that the Separation Slayer had advanced from low-grade to high-grade in just half a year was already very shocking. Unfortunately, Ning Fan's cultivation advanced even faster, to the point where a low-grade high-grade magical treasure was useless in battle.
The Separation Slayer must be refined again! If the rib bone of Bone Sovereign was fused into it, it would certainly increase the power of the Separation Slayer, or even gain some other powerful divine abilities!
Thus, the purpose of this seclusion was very clear.
First, he must cultivate the Black Demon Art and Snow Treading Art to the peak of the second level, and master several kinds of ice and fire magical techniques.
Secondly, he must cultivate a defensive body refining technique to unleash the full power of the silver light through his body refining realm.
Lastly, he must refine the Separation Slayer and fuse it into the rib bone of Bone Sovereign.
Apart from that, there were two other magical techniques that Ning Fan had to cultivate.
False Thought Art and Defensive Thought Art.
There were three styles in the Divine Thought Art. The first style was concealment, the second style was defense and the third style was clone. The first style, False Thought Art, required the consumption of Spirit Refining Grass. Currently, Ning Fan had obtained a lot of Spirit Refining Grass from Meng Chu.
The second style, Defensive Thought Art, required the consumption of the magical treasure's spirit. Ning Fan also had a few spirit magical treasures.
There were too many things that needed to be done. Half a year was too short. However, Ning Fan firmly believed that if he went into seclusion for half a year, he would be able to make up for all his weaknesses and become a true expert!
Whether it was the cultivation method or the improvement of magical powers, in fact, they were all preparations for breaking through to the Golden Core Stage.
Even with the inheritance of Ancient Chaos, the success rate of Ning Fan breaking through to the Gold Core realm was still not high. According to his estimation, he would need at least ten years of seclusion to have a chance to break through the bottleneck of the Gold Core realm.
But if he failed, ten years of hard work would be wasted in a day!
Cultivators with slightly inferior aptitude only had a ten percent success rate in breaking through the bottleneck. Those genius cultivators had less than twenty percent success rate in forming their core. Every Gold Core cultivator had to break through the bottleneck several times before they succeeded. Those who succeeded the first time were all people with heaven-defying luck.
Ning Fan was estimating his success rate in his mind. His aptitude wasn't the best, but he wasn't stupid either. He had at least a twenty percent success rate.
"If I pluck Bing Ling and Yue Ling to benefit myself at the expense of others, my success rate could reach thirty percent."
Ning Fan's eyes were complicated. He looked at the Cauldron Ring on his left wrist. For the first time, he hesitated whether to pluck the two girls. But in the end, he didn't have the heart to do it. He couldn't do it to those who had helped him before.
After a sigh, he patted the top of his head. The half-step Nascent Soul Sense Incarnation was separated from his body. This incarnation had a half-step Nascent Soul cultivation base, but it was extremely unstable. It couldn't exert much combat power, but it could still be used for sneak attacks and killing blows.
Because of condensing this incarnation, half of Ning Fan's divine soul had been lost. This result would lower the success rate of core formation. However, the improvement of spirit sense would increase the success rate.
"Because I severed my own soul, the success rate of forming my Gold Core will be five percent lower than ordinary people. But the strength of my spirit sense can also help me resist the Heart Devil … Therefore, the success rate of forming my Gold Core will increase instead of decreasing.
After that, Ning Fan patted his storage pouch and took out a blood-red pill. It was the size of a fingernail, but it contained vast magical power. If one listened carefully, one could hear the sound of a heartbeat coming from the pill.
Ning Fan's expression showed a hint of disappointment when he saw the pill. This was the Cultivation Pill that the old ancestor of Hu Clan condensed at the cost of his soul. He was going to give this pill to Hu Ming, but Ning Fan's appearance changed the old ancestor's mind.
"This Cultivation Pill is condensed by the early Gold Core magical power of the old ancestor after he consumed the Decaying Corpse Pill. Its medicinal effect is slightly inferior to the Dao Fruit of an early Gold Core cultivator, but it's not far from it. After consuming this Cultivation Pill, my success rate of core formation will reach sixty percent!"
Finally, he took out an ancient pill scroll that was given to him by Xue Qing.
A type of Third Revolution Pill was recorded on the Pill Scroll, and it was called Golden Sunglow Pill!
The effect of this pill could increase the success rate of core formation by ten percent! He couldn't increase it, but who could guarantee that if he failed to reach Core Formation, he wouldn't lose that 10% chance of success?
Moreover, even if the core formation failed, it could still accumulate magical power to lay the foundation for the next breakthrough. It could also shorten the time needed to break through the bottleneck of the Gold Core realm.
With the addition of this pill, Ning Fan had a seventy percent success rate of core formation!
If this success rate was spread out, every Gold Core old monster would be dumbfounded. After all, there had never been a cultivator who had such a high success rate. Compared to pursuing the success rate of core formation, those old monsters were more willing to exchange their limited resources for pills that could increase their cultivation base after core formation.
They weren't short of time and weren't afraid of failure, but Ning Fan lacked time the most. Core formation was a waste of time. If he failed again … Ning Fan didn't dare to think about the consequences. He didn't dare to imagine the helplessness he would feel when he faced Moksha Emperor a hundred years later.
"Seventy percent success rate isn't low, but I want a higher success rate! If I dual cultivate body and law, the success rate will be increased by five percent. If I can cultivate the Black Demon Art and Snow Treading Art to the third realm, the success rate of core formation will increase by another 10%. Eighty-five percent is the limit that I can reach. If I still fail to form my core, then everything will be the will of Heaven … "
Ning Fan smiled helplessly. The will of the Heaven. Who could go against the will of the Heaven?
The Old Monster was teased by the will of the Heaven, turning from a True Immortal to a Harmonious Spirit and a cripple without any cultivation base. No matter how strong a cultivator was, he wouldn't have a good ending if he angered the will of the Heaven.
Going against the will of the Heaven was too difficult.
If it was possible, Ning Fan wouldn't choose the path of going against the will of the Heaven. It was too difficult, painful and lonely.
But if he still failed with an eighty-five percent success rate, he would have to form the core even if he had to go against the will of the Heaven!
"Start the seclusion! First, I need to comprehend two cultivation laws. The more people there are, the better. The third art of the Divine Art of Thought could be used here. Body Art of Thought, Clone Art! "
Ning Fan's fingers formed an incantation gesture. Immediately, illusory clones emerged from his body. They looked exactly the same as the original body, except that they had no cultivation base.
These clones belonged to the category of fake clones, completely different from incarnations. Using them in battle would be suicide, but if they were used to comprehend …
In an instant, Ning Fan had created more than a hundred clones. This was the limit of his half-step Nascent Soul spirit sense.
He immediately gave the first order to the clones.
"All of you can live for three days. Within these three days, I want all of you to comprehend the Black Demon Art and Snow Treading Art together!"
"Yes!"
More than a hundred clones answered in unison.
A hundred people comprehending cultivation laws at the same time was a hundred times faster than an ordinary person. Although this would put a huge burden on his spirit sense, Ning Fan was confident that he could endure the pain.
It wouldn't be difficult to comprehend the two cultivation laws to the peak of the second level in half a year!
The first transformation was when Ning Fan obtained the Immortal Emperor's inheritance. He transformed from a mortal into a cultivator.
The second transformation was when Ning Fan completely assimilated into the identity of a cultivator and became a true expert.
While Ning Fan was in seclusion, Seven Apricot City was also quietly changing.
In the City Lord's room, Zhi He and Si Wuxie were sleeping in their clothes. It seemed like they had a long conversation last night.
The innocent Zhi He and the amnesiac Si Wuxie seemed to be very compatible.
The morning light shone through the window. Zhi He lazily turned over and continued to sleep. As for Si Wuxie, her body suddenly trembled as if she was electrocuted.
Immediately, her beautiful eyes opened as if she had just woken up.
It wasn't that she had woken up, but the memory that was sleeping in her body had burst out!
"Ning Fan! I remember now! "
Si Wuxie revealed a resentful expression, but immediately, she felt a pain in her head and fainted.
After a long time, Si Wuxie once again opened her eyes, but this time, her innocent expression was restored.
"Strange … I had a very strange dream just now …"
"Hmm? Sisi, what happened to you? "Zhi He rubbed her eyes and asked with a yawn.
"Nothing … I just had a dream. I dreamt that I became another me … So strange …" Si Wuxie was puzzled.
"You are thinking too much … Oh right, I am about to break through to the Harmonious Spirit realm. Later, I will go to Commander Nangong to get some dans and then go into seclusion. Can you protect me?" Zhi He pleaded. Hearing that Zhi He was about to break through to the Harmonious Spirit realm, Si Wuxie was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth, making her look quite cute.
"You have never seriously cultivated for a day, yet you are about to break through to the Harmonious Spirit realm!"
Although she lost her memories, she vaguely remembered that breaking through to the Harmonious Spirit realm was extremely difficult
Could it be that the silly Zhihe actually had such a talent for cultivation? No wonder Master doted on her so much.
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