Ning Fan and Zhi He sat on the rattan chair under the grapevines, watching the moonlight side by side.
Tomorrow, Ning Fan would leave, but he did not intend to take Zhihe with him.
"Why didn't you bring me along? Is it because I am too weak to match you? Zhi He gently leaned her head on Ning Fan's shoulder.
"No … it's because I'm too weak. I'm afraid I can't protect you …" Ning Fan blamed himself.
"Brother Fan, you are not weak. You are stronger than anyone I have ever met." Little Zhihe's smooth little hand gently covered Ning Fans mouth and comforted him.
The two of them stopped talking and leaned their heads against each other again, watching the moonlight shine down.
Zhihe was not suitable to cultivate the Dao even if she had the best innate charm and cultivation speed that even Ning Fan was envious of. However, it didn't mean that one could survive in the Cultivation World just by having talent … Many devil lords might not have good talent, but they relied on their cunning and ruthless nature to climb their way up. With Zhihe's Little Innocence, she would be in danger even if she were to face a cultivator whose cultivation base was far lower than hers.
She was not suited for cultivation. Even if her cultivation improved greatly one day and she broke through to become an immortal, she would still not be suited for it.
Ning Fan could also bring Zhihe along to temper her cold personality in the sea of blood. However, he was unwilling to do so …
Ning Gu was unwilling to kill, so he promised Ning Gu a peaceful life.
Even if Zhihe didn't want to kill, he would still give Zhihe a peaceful and joyous path of cultivation.
Zhihe wasn't wrong. The only thing that was wrong was the era … In the most distant ancient times, there were many refiners who said that the Immortal World was peaceful and there were no killings or battles … Zhihe should be living in that era, having an immortal companion and leaving behind an unparalleled story …
Yue Country was just a low-grade cultivation country. It didn't even have a true Nascent Soul expert … Ning Fan aside, Jing Zhuo was only half a Nascent Soul expert.
But in the more powerful mid rank cultivation countries, the number of Nascent Soul old monsters there is similar to the number of Gold Core old monsters in Yue. Although there aren't many, they aren't few either.
There were even Spirit Severing old monsters in high-grade cultivation countries. As for the destination of his trip, the Endless Sea, it was a place where even the cultivators of high-grade cultivation countries had to be cautious when they entered.
People in the Endless Sea called it the Grave of Xiu! Grave of Cultivators! The Rain Palace couldn't even intervene in the matter … There was no distinction between the righteous and the evil sects, only the strong and the weak. That place had its own rules of survival. If Ning Fan was alone and encountered danger, he could still escape. But if he brought Zhihe along and something happened to her, then he would regret it for the rest of his life.
Zhihe was the first girl to walk into his heart. The bun and the jade locket saved his life, bringing him a different kind of life.
Under the moonlight, Ning Fan slightly closed his eyes. The delicate fragrance of the paper crane lingered in his nose
The scenes of their reunion in the Joyful Union Sect flashed before his eyes.
Zhihe was an ordinary girl. She yearned to be ordinary. She didn't like fighting and had a pure mind. She didn't have any special skills, but she was the one who understood Ning Fan the most among all the girls.
She understood Ning Fan's gentleness and helplessness. She knew that Ning Fan was the same as her. They both disliked fighting …
Ning Fans bones had Zhihe's peaceful life, but fate made him meet the old monster and forced him to walk on a path of evil cultivation that he couldn't turn back from.
Half of Zhihe's character and another half of the old monster's character were taken. That was the current Ning Fan!
That … Brother Fan … Zhihe widened her eyes and wanted to say something.
Hmm?
When you come back from the Endless Sea, can you bring me a Bell Orchid? Zhihe begged.
Bell Orchid? Doesn't Yue Country have this kind of orchid? Ning Fan asked in surprise.
It's not the same … I heard that when the wind blows, the orchid in the Endless Sea can produce a sound like a wind chime. It's very pleasant to listen to. When I hear that sound, I know that you are back … Zhihe said something silly and fell asleep in Ning Fan's arms.
As for Ning Fan, he silently remembered the silly wish of this silly girl.
Bell Orchid was an extremely ordinary plant in the Endless Sea … Zhihe's wish was very simple, so simple that it made people feel pity for her.
Zhihe couldn't go to the Endless Sea because it was filled with endless dangers. That was the origin of the word 'endless'.
As for Ning City, it was Ning Fan's home. His home needed someone who was looking forward to his return.
This trip to the Endless Sea might take ten years, ten years or even a hundred years.
This wait might be torturous, but this was the life of a cultivator. Even if they were dao companions, when the husband was in seclusion, the wife might not be able to see her husband for dozens of years.
Cultivators had their own helplessness. Even a True Immortal couldn't be free and unfettered.
A Bell Orchid huh … I'll remember it.
...
Outside Seven Apricot City, a splendid ship was about to set sail.
Below the ship, Old Ancestor Jing Zhuo and Ning Fan were bidding farewell to their relatives and friends as well as the cultivators of Yue Country who came to see them off.
Most of them were cultivators of Fire Cloud Sect and Sinister Sparrow Sect. There were also people from other sects who came to watch, but obviously, they weren't as enthusiastic as the two sects.
Nangong, Situ, Yuchi, the four families of Seven Apricot City, the four guards of Ning City.
Sinister Sparrow, Xue Qing, Nan Wei, even Yan Zhuiyun who had a conflict with Ning Fan, Bai Feiteng and Yan Bai who had a grudge with Ning Fan.
A few words of advice and conventional greetings were enough to bid farewell to these people.
However, Ning Fan was reluctant to bid farewell to Lan Mei and the other girls.
"Ning Fan, take these immortal jades … I got them from my father …" Lan Mei grudgingly stuffed a bulging storage pouch into Ning Fan's bosom.
Ning Fan's spirit sense swept through the pouch and was astonished … 300,000 immortal jades … this was probably the entire wealth of Sinister Sparrow Sect. He was afraid that Lan Mei must have dug deep into Sinister Sparrow Sect to get these immortal jades.
"In the Lost World Tower of the Endless Sea, it's not an exaggeration to say that a day is worth a thousand gold … when you're outside … don't be stingy with money …" Lan Mei exhorted. She felt rather resentful that Ning Fan didn't bring her along, but she was still extremely worried about Ning Fan's safety.
Of course, she was also slightly worried that Ning Fan, with his playboy temperament, might have other women outside …
The marriage between Lan Mei and Ning Fan wasn't a secret to many cultivators of Yue Country.
The gift of sending off was 300,000 immortal jades … even Jing Zhuo and the other old ancestor figures were envious of Ning Fan's luck with women. They were afraid that it would be hard to find another virtuous wife who could give her husband 300,000 immortal jades with a wave of her hand …
Bai Lu had also arrived, but she didn't go forward to talk to Ning Fan. She only watched Ning Fan leave from afar.
When Ning Fan saw that insignificant figure in the crowd, he smiled at her. Immediately, Bai Lu's delicate eyebrows twitched. She turned her back and looked at her expression.
"Be careful on the way …" Finally, she transmitted a message to Ning Fan.
"You too. Cultivate well. When I come back, you might have the chance to kill me." Ning Fan teased.
"Humph! Do you think I can't do it? Just you wait. When you come back, my cultivation base will certainly improve greatly and surprise you! "Bai Lu said discontentedly.
"En, I'll be waiting."
...
After bidding farewell, Ning Fan and Jing Zhuo received many gifts from the old ancestor and boarded the ship to the north.
On the ship, there were even twenty delicate female servants given to Ning Fan by the Body Seizing Sect's old ancestor. In fact, they were originally given to Ning Fan as human cauldrons, but as the saying goes, a rabbit doesn't eat the grass near its nest. Even if Ning Fan lacked human cauldrons, he wouldn't harm these female cultivators of Yue Country. Moreover, these female cultivators had good looks, but their cultivation base was only at Level Four or Five of Vein Opening. Even if he plucked them, they wouldn't be of much use …
It's better to just keep them as servants … Didn't you see that Lan Mei and the other female cultivators' faces turned a little ugly?
Among the twenty female servants, Ning Fan recognized one familiar person at first glance, but he didn't expose her.
These female servants were only responsible for serving tea on the ship. Ning Fan didn't ask them to share a bed with him, which made them secretly heave a sigh of relief.
Apart from that, Ning Fan used some unknown method to summon Bing Ling, Yue Ling and a total of seventeen female cultivators.
Among these female cultivators, other than two Gold Core female cultivators, some of them volunteered to serve on Ning Fan's bed … As for whether Ning Fan accepted it or not, these female servants didn't know.
After flying for a few days, the ship had already left Ning City and sailed towards the northern border of Yue Country. At this moment, Ning Fan suddenly gathered all the female servants and said to one of them with a meaningful tone, "Suqiu Xianzi left without saying goodbye that day.
"Suqiu Xianzi left without saying goodbye that day. I thought I wouldn't be able to see you again in this life. I never thought that the dignified Suqiu Xianzi would be introduced by the Old Ancestor and become a slave on my ship …"
The familiar person that Ning Fan recognized at first glance was Suqiu Xianzi. She had actually sneaked onto the ship.
After her identity was exposed, Suqiu immediately removed her disguise and gave a light smile.
"I've let Revered Ning see a joke. I don't belong to any sect now, so I want to join a friend's sect in the Endless Sea … but all my immortal jades have been left to the Great Void Sect. Now that I'm penniless, it's hard for me to reach the Endless Sea by myself, so I want to rely on Revered Ning … Why? The dignified Revered Ning isn't willing to let me go with you?"
"No, I'm just a little flattered … Suqiu Xianzi has boarded my pirate ship, so it won't be easy for you to leave." Ning Fan said with a smile.
"Pirate ship …"
After hearing Ning Fan's joke, Suqiu couldn't help but burst into laughter despite her serious expression. Did someone in this world call himself a thief?
But when she thought of Ning Fan's metaphor, which was rather ambiguous, it reminded her of the day when they detoxified the poison. Her heart trembled slightly and she immediately turned her head away.
"I'm no longer the Great Void Sect's Old Ancestor, and I'm no longer Suqiu Xianzi. From today onwards, you can just call me Fellow Daoist Yin …" Suqiu sighed slightly as if something had stirred up in her heart. But this sigh was immediately swept away by Ning Fan's teasing.
"How about Suqiu?"
"Not good!"
"Alright, you win … Fellow Daoist Yin, since you've boarded my ship and asked me to bring you to the Endless Sea, then let's properly calculate the expenses for this journey …" Ning Fan pretended to be serious.
"Ah? I have to collect money to board your ship … "Suqiu was somewhat at a loss. She had righteously left the immortal jades for her sect, so how could she have money to give to Ning Fan?
"I heard that Suqiu Xianzi's flute is extremely clear. Coupled with Xuan Qi, it's enough to cleanse a cultivator's heart's devil … If Fairy Suqiu has the heart to occasionally play a tune for me on the ship, then I'll forget about the expenses …"
"You want to listen to me play the flute … of course, it's possible. It would be best if I could pay for the expenses with my flute." Suqiu heaved a sigh of relief. She was really afraid that Ning Fan would collect money from her.
In Yue Country, she had no relatives. When she was young, she had followed her master to the Endless Sea and met a female cultivator friend in the Endless Sea … That person's aptitude was extraordinary and not any weaker than Suqiu's. She heard that she had already become the master of a sect …
The fickleness of the Great Void Sect made her unwilling to stay in Yue Country anymore. Why not go to the Endless Sea?
In comparison, although Ning Fan was a devil cultivator and his ruthless means made Suqiu dislike him, he was more humane than the two senior brothers of the Great Void Sect. The trip to the Endless Sea would cost a lot of immortal jades through the Immemorial Teleportation Formation of Great Jin and the Heaven Fleeing Ship of Ying Country. She was secretly grateful that Ning Fan would pay for it. The matter of playing the flute seemed insignificant …
Suqiu didn't know that the reason why Ning Fan proposed to collect money was to make her feel at ease.
This woman was too stubborn. She would never accept someone's kindness for free. Otherwise, she wouldn't have purposely disguised herself as a maidservant and hid on the Seven Apricot Voyage Ship.
Playing the flute as compensation for the expenses of the ship would make her feel at ease because she didn't owe Ning Fan a favor.
Ning Fan would have to spend more than one hundred thousand immortal jades to travel with this woman, but compared to the kindness she had given to Ning Fan, the immortal jades were insignificant.
For Ning Fan, this woman had broken a magical treasure that resembled the Water Ring. Now that she was on the ship, Ning Fan was willing to refine another magical treasure for her as repayment.
This woman is good at using magical treasures … In the memory of Ancient Chaos, there was a powerful immortal treasure called 'Heaven and Earth Ring' … I can't refine this treasure, but if I can imitate it, I should be able to refine a magical treasure that is more advanced than the Water Ring and return it to her … Ning Fan murmured in his heart.
Thus, on the Seven Apricot Voyage Ship, other than Ning Fan and Jing Zhuo, Suqiu joined the journey.
As for the reason why Suqiu joined them, Ning Fan told Jing Zhuo, but Jing Zhuo didn't believe him at all.
The way he looked at Ning Fan was filled with a trace of admiration. What he admired was that Ning Fan was able to steal Suqiu's heart. What a genius! Otherwise, why would Suqiu choose to board Ning Fan's ship instead of others?
This was a huge misunderstanding. Jing Zhuo kept it in his heart and Ning Fan didn't explain it to him.
The journey to the border of North Yue was peaceful. Other than the occasional cultivators who boarded the ship to send them off, everyone was living their own lives.
Jing Zhuo and Lady Yun Hua were like a celestial couple, playing chess and gardening.
As for Ning Fan and Suqiu, they were cultivating separately. Every day, when the sun was about to set, Ning Fan would stand at the bow of the ship, bathing in the wind. Suqiu was playing her flute behind him. The sound of her flute seemed to be able to purify Ning Fan's inner demons …
Half a month later, the voyage ship finally arrived at the border of North Yue. After leaving Yue Country, they entered Song Country which was located at the north of Yue Country.
Although the movement of the Seven Apricot Voyage Ship wasn't small, it wasn't big either. After all, there weren't many cultivators on the ship, so there shouldn't be any hostility towards Song Country.
However, as soon as the ship entered the border of Song Country, it immediately attracted the attention of a group of cultivators who were guarding the border of Southern Song Country.
There were even three late Gold Core old monsters who immediately rushed to the border to stop the Seven Apricot Voyage Ship after receiving the warning from the cultivators at the border.
"Who are you? Are you with the 'Red Flower Old Demon'?! "
The three late Gold Core old monsters seemed to be cultivators of the righteous path. When they felt the unusual evil qi of the Seven Apricot Voyage Ship, their eyes immediately showed hostility.
One of them, an old man in hemp robe, was so angry that he almost attacked the ship directly.
"If the owner of this ship doesn't come to see me in ten breaths, don't blame me for destroying this ship!" The eyes of the old man in hemp robe were bloodshot with hatred.
This matter made Ning Fan, Jing Zhuo and Suqiu extremely surprised.
Song Country seemed to be in a special period … Otherwise, a mere voyage ship entering the country would never attract three late Gold Core old monsters who came from thousands of miles away …
"Fellow Daoists, please rest for a while. Don't show yourselves, lest these 'birds that are startled by the twang of a bow' become even more fearful … Bing Ling, Yue Ling, follow me to see what these three old men are up to."
Ning Fan said with a smile and leisurely left the ship with Bing Ling and Yue Ling.
"I am the ship owner. May I know why the three Daoists of Song Country stopped my ship? I have nothing to do with the 'Red Flower Old Demon' that all of you are talking about … "
Ning Fan was only at the Harmonious Spirit Realm, but there were two Gold Core female guards behind him. Moreover, the two female guards seemed to be following Ning Fan's lead.
This lineup made the three Gold Core old monsters of Song Country a little surprised.
"The owner of this ship is only a Harmonious Spirit junior? But what is the background of this junior? He actually has two Gold Core female guards as his concubines … "
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