An in-name disciple was Ning Fan's answer to Yang Gu.
For the time being, he would register them. If they were not to his liking, he would kick them away. If they were useful, he could nurture them a little.
Even though it was just an ambiguous answer, it still made Yang Gu extremely excited. He immediately bid farewell to Ning Fan and rushed back to the Dan Island in the Internal Sea.
Firstly, it was to recommend Ning Fan to become a guest elder of the Dao of Pills.
Secondly, he could invite a large group of people to help him eliminate the Alliance of Bright Assassins!
It was not certain how many people he could invite. Yang Gu was very popular. With his easy-going personality, he had friends everywhere. With the addition of some good friends from the Dao of Alchemy, this group battle would probably be very spectacular.
The matter of Yang Gu had come to an end. What followed was to remove the hidden dangers in Xu Qiuling's body.
Firstly, he had to retrieve the fragment of the Immortal Trapping Sword.
Apart from that, he had to solve the problem of Xu Qiuling's lack of Birth Charts.
For a few days in a row, Ning Fan shut himself in his room and pondered hard. He deduced dozens of treatment plans and finally chose three of them.
As soon as he left the Black Jade Palace, Ning Fan headed to the Blissful Summit to look for Xu Qiuling. However, her room was empty.
He spread out his divine perception and searched half of the Pleasure Devil Island, but he still couldn't find Xu Qiuling.
Ning Fan was secretly surprised. In the middle of the Flower Grave, a young girl who looked like a young maidservant walked towards him timidly and handed him a paper butterfly.
"Young Master Zhou, Young Master Zhou, this is for you from Young Mistress … Young Mistress asked you to look for her …"
The little girl's voice was trembling. She seemed to be very afraid of Ning Fan.
"Your name is Xiaolian?"
"Yes, yes …" Little Lian didn't dare to raise her head.
"Did you fold this paper butterfly?"
"L-Xiaolian deserves to die. Xiaolian won't dare to do it again …" The young girl cried out and knelt down to beg for mercy. It seemed that the maidservant was not allowed to break the sound transmission paper butterfly to prevent the secret from being leaked.
"En, don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this. This butterfly is quite pretty. Not bad. "
Ning Fan patted Xiaolian's head and opened the paper butterfly. He glanced at the words inside and immediately did not know whether to laugh or cry. He took a step forward and disappeared without a trace.
Only the maid, Xiao Lian, was left kneeling on the ground in the distance. She only dared to raise her head after Ning Fan left. Her expression was still filled with fear.
Behind the cluster of flowers, seven to eight maidservants immediately came over to help Xiao Lian up when they saw that Ning Fan had already left. Each of them was filled with fear.
"Xiaolian, you've got guts. That Young Master Zhou is the infamous devil of the outer seas. He's killed countless people. You actually dared to say three sentences to him!"
"I'm fine, I've heard that he's a great devil who lusts after other people's wives and daughters. He didn't do anything to you, did he?"
"I think he touched your head just now. Could it be that he planted some kind of restriction on you?"
Her female companions were all worried. Xiaolian shook her head, blushed, and said in a low voice.
"I-I feel that Young Master Zhou doesn't seem to be a bad person … He even said that the paper butterfly I folded was beautiful …"
"Aiya, Miss Xiaolian is thinking of love …"
"I think it's more than just yearning. Even her soul has been seduced by Young Master Zhou."
"Hee hee …"
"Haha …"
A group of young ladies then began to play in the flower path, completely forgetting about how terrifying Ning Fan was.
In the sky above the Pleasure Devil Island, Ning Fan scanned the area with his spirit sense. When he sensed the playful activities of the maidservants, he sighed.
Even though the status of these maidservants was low and they even had low aptitude which made them have no chance of reaching the Gold Core Realm and Nascent Soul Realm in their entire lives, they were innocent and naive.
Indeed, Ning Fan envied this kind of peaceful and playful life. However, life did not give him a choice.
There was only one sentence in that sound transmission paper butterfly. It was Xu Qiuling's soft and gentle voice.
"Beauty flows like water and never returns. Poor Young Master Zhou is not yearning for the mundane …"
That sentence was a poem that Xu Qiuling casually made. She was truly a talented woman.
Her life was already in danger but she still had the heart to play hide-and-seek with Ning Fan. She hid herself and let Ning Fan find her.
Poor Young Master Zhou is not yearning for the mundane … Is she pitying Ning Fan for being too busy with cultivation?
Ning Fan shook his head. He was at his wit's end when it came to an independent woman like Xu Qiuling.
He closed his eyes and pressed the tip of his finger on the paper butterfly. Using the trace of qi on the paper butterfly, Ning Fan sensed the residual qi in the wind and chased after Xu Qiuling using that trace of qi.
Xu Qiuling's qi was special. She was immersed in flowers every day. She loved and nurtured flowers. There was a fragrance of flowers that seeped into one's soul.
Perhaps, she was a flower in her previous life …
In the black wind and snow of the Pleasure Devil Sea, a pleasure boat was drifting in the sea. Xu Qiuling was the only one on the boat.
She was really bold to travel alone in the Pleasure Devil Sea with her Peak Gold Core Realm cultivation base.
She seemed bold but in fact, that small pleasure boat was a heavenly dwelling treasure given to her by a Paradise Realm expert. Once there is an enemy, she could hide in the space inside the boat. No one below the Void Refinement Realm would be able to find her.
These were just the safety of her rationality. In fact, Xu Qiuling was a very emotional person.
She believed that Ning Fan would come and look for her. That was why she was attracted by his temperament the first time she saw him.
She always thought that it was love at first sight. Until three years ago, her illness began to act up. She began to lose consciousness and had strange dreams.
In her dreams, she was a pitch-black orchid. She was alone in a deep valley, isolated from the rest of the world.
No one could enter her world. She also did not need to understand anyone's world. She could admire herself and sing by herself for the entire day.
Until one day, a snow-white butterfly flew into the deep valley.
It was so white that there was not a single speck of dust on it. However, it was so weak that it could not even stand a gust of wind. It seemed like it had been exposed to wind and rain somewhere. Half of its wings were destroyed by the Rain Palace.
Even so, the butterfly still flew stubbornly. It refused to admit defeat and submit.
When the butterfly flew past the top of the orchid, it could no longer fly and fell into the stamen of the orchid.
The butterfly's breathing gradually weakened and it gradually lost its memories. However, it still stubbornly spread its wings and tried to fly towards the sky.
At this moment, the orchid understood why the butterfly was injured. It was because this butterfly was too stupid. It tried to fly to the sky with its weak wings.
Its wings were torn apart by the strong winds.
"Stupid butterfly. That is the world of immortals. You are just a small butterfly. Why are you so stubborn …"
The orchid spoke the language of flowers that the butterfly could not hear. Just like how the orchid could not change the butterfly's will.
The butterfly flapped its weak body again and again and fell back into the stamen. The orchid finally felt heartache.
She did not understand why she felt heartache. However, when she saw the butterfly's struggling expression, she could not bear it. She wanted to save this butterfly.
"Stupid butterfly. Pick my stamen and you will be able to recover your strength."
"Stupid butterfly. Tear off my petals and you will be able to repair your butterfly wings."
"Silly butterfly, you are too weak. Your body is not strong enough to withstand the astral winds. I am willing to give you the Metal Qi in my life so that your butterfly wings will be as strong as iron. Then, you will be able to withstand the astral winds …"
"Stupid butterfly. Why don't you look at me …"
The orchid secretly sprinkled its flower dew on the butterfly and used its petals to repair the butterfly's wings. It gave its gold energy to the butterfly.
The butterfly was no longer pure white. Half of it was black. It was given to it by the orchid.
Her gold energy was not absorbed by her father's magnetic force …
She had already given her gold energy to a butterfly in her previous life …
In the end, the butterfly regained its strength and flew into the sky. However, it did not know that an orchid had saved its life …
That orchid eventually withered because it lost its gold energy.
Until one day, a trace of the ashes of a burning butterfly drifted with the wind to the mortal world and landed on the orchids.
At that moment, the orchid's heart was broken. It was like a whimper and lost its last trace of life …
"A very sad dream … Am I too sentimental …?" Xu Qiuling sighed.
"That butterfly. Where did it go …?" Xu Qiuling muttered to herself. She was folding a piece of paper that was used to transmit messages.
She loved flowers and she was partial to butterflies …
Perhaps, in her previous life, she had a one-sided love for a butterfly …
Xu Qiuling controlled the pleasure boat and moved forward at an unimaginable speed. The travelling cultivators passed by the boat but most of them could not sense the concealed qi of the boat.
She was alone, like a vagrant who had no one to rely on.
However, Xu Qiuling believed that Ning Fan would come back to find her.
* Dong *
In the slight wind and snow, a young man in white robes and black cloak chased after the trace of qi and landed on the bow of the boat.
He was used to wearing white robes. However, after he turned into a devil, he symbolically put on a large black feather cloak outside his white robes.
One black and one white, alternating between good and evil …
"Going to the sea without permission is not a child's play!" Ning Fan frowned and reprimanded her. He had killed many people along the way. He knew how dangerous the Endless Sea was, especially in a lawless place like the Pleasure Devil Sea.
In the past, Yuan Yao was ambushed here. Even though there was no auction today and cultivators from the internal sea rarely came here and even though Xu Qiuling had a heavenly dwelling treasure to protect herself, it was still dangerous.
At least, Xu Qiuling's body was still sick. It was not good for her to catch a cold.
Xu Qiuling smiled instead of being angry because only lonely people would understand that being reprimanded by someone was actually a kind of happiness. Reprimanding was actually showing concern.
"I'm sorry … I was a little reckless. However, I believe that you will come and find me!"
Xu Qiuling stroked her hair and raised her face with a faint smile.
"Of course I will come and find you!" Ning Fan was so angry that he laughed. This Xu Qiuling is really a troublesome woman. She is second only to Yin Suqiu … No, perhaps to a certain extent, she can be on par with Yin Suqiu.
"Do you know the origin of that poem …?" Xu Qiuling suddenly changed the topic. She controlled the boat and headed in a certain direction.
"Which poem? When we met, you have read quite a lot of poems. "
"Poor Young Master! Do you know? This is what I felt when I first saw you … Pitiful. Yes, it's just pitiful. It's not the admiration that you imagined … You are too stubborn. Even though your cultivation base is not strong, you still want to compete with Zhao Zijing just for a stalk of orchid. Is it worth it …? "
Xu Qiuling seemed to recall that dream. She wanted to ask the butterfly about the orchid. Oh, butterfly, is it worth it for you to fly to the sky so desperately …?
The orchid had never asked that question before. However, she believed that there must be a reason why the butterfly insisted on flying to the sky. It must be more important than death …
"I won't ask about your past because I don't exist in your past …" Xu Qiuling pointed to the front and suddenly smiled.
"I will bring you to a place. It was the place where I first sneaked out of the Pleasure Devil Island. It was my master who brought me there. That is a country of mortals. In the past, my master used this boat to bring me to see the lives of mortals … At that time, I knew that I am not the most miserable person in the world … "
"My physique is too weak. I can't break through to the Nascent Soul Realm. My lifespan is too short. I will die after ten years. Even so, I have lived for hundreds of years. Isn't it true? Those mortals have been tortured by wars, plagues and natural disasters in their lives. However, they still stubbornly live on. Even if they don't have enough to eat, even if their fates are full, they still struggle to live on …"
"At that time, I understood that a person can't choose their own fate in their life. However, they can choose their own attitude. No matter how hard life is, they can live on with a smile … If one happens to meet someone they like before they die, what can they do even if they go against the rules of the world …? "
Xu Qiuling's eyes were filled with deep affection as she looked at Ning Fan. "As long as you dare, I dare!"
"Is that so …?"
Ning Fan looked at Xu Qiuling with pity. For a moment, he did not know what to say.
He did not even have the heart to scold her for leaving the island without permission.
If Xu Qiuling did not meet him, perhaps she would have died alone in her valley in this life.
"Where do you want to go? I will bring you there. However, you have to promise me that after we go there, you will obediently return home with me and receive your treatment in peace."
"No, we will receive treatment in that mortal country. How about it? I like the atmosphere there. "
"There are too many people there. If someone has bad intentions …"
"With your strength, Great Devil King Zhou, can't you protect a weak woman like me from a bunch of mortals?" Xu Qiuling's eyes flashed with mischief.
"… I am not as strong as you think. However, if this is your wish, I will do my best to protect you. "
Ning Fan shook his head. He did not know why but today, he instinctively did not want to reject any of Xu Qiuling's requests.
It was just like how he owed her and hurt her in his previous life …
Xu Qiuling's eyes revealed a hint of happiness. This was the only time in her life that she was willful. She just wanted to see if that person would tolerate her willfulness.
However, this happiness had just risen when it was immediately covered by a shocked and embarrassed expression.
All of a sudden, Ning Fan grabbed Xu Qiuling's waist and lifted her up horizontally. Then, he stepped onto the pleasure boat. With a tap of his foot, the pleasure boat immediately turned into a ray of light and flew back into Xu Qiuling's storage pouch.
"Why? Why …"
It was the first time she was hugged by a man in such an ambiguous manner. No matter how indifferent Xu Qiuling was, she could not help but feel embarrassed.
"Your pleasure boat is too slow!" Ning Fan's eyes flashed with a hint of pride. A pair of gigantic purplish black demon wings appeared behind him. With a flap of his wings, waves surged to the sky. His wings were like the clouds in the sky. With a flap of his wings, he could travel ninety thousand li * (500m per li)!
"There is actually such a fast speed in this world!"
Xu Qiuling was stunned.
The pleasure boat that Dong Xu gave her focused on concealment and heavenly dwelling abilities. However, its speed was not fast. It was only equivalent to the speed of an ordinary Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.
As for Xu Qiuling, no one had ever carried her to fly. Other than the few times she left the island, she had been imprisoned on the Pleasure Devil Island for almost her entire life.
This was the first time a man carried her and flew.
This man's speed could reach ninety thousand li * (500m per li). In the entire Endless Sea, he could be considered the fastest among all the cultivators below the Void Refinement Realm!
Xu Qiuling laid in Ning Fan's embrace and hugged his neck. She stared at his face and gradually became infatuated.
In a trance, she saw a butterfly. A butterfly that did not look at her twice in her previous life hugged her tightly in this life.
"Speaking of which, where do you want to go exactly? Is there a mortal country in the Endless Sea? "
"Yes. To be exact, it's a half-mortal country. It's a small country on an island in the North Sea. This country was first built by some Nascent Soul Realm old monsters in order to comprehend the life of mortals and 'turn into a mortal' or 'slay a mortal' … In other words, these mortals were actually captured by their ancestors and brought to this island many generations ago. They were never told that there were other countries in this world and they were never told that there were cultivators in this world. Any cultivator who enters this island will be infected by the qi of the mortal world. They will automatically withdraw their magic power and live in anonymity. Of course … "
Xu Qiuling suddenly sighed halfway through her words.
"Of course, there will also be a small number of cultivators who see that the mortals are weak and easy to bully. They will come here to kill or to avoid revenge. These kinds of people will be secretly eliminated by a few great cultivators who are hiding on this island … They are the guardians of the security of this country. Legend has it that they were once mortals on this island a few generations ago. That is why they want to protect this country."
Ning Fan's eyes glinted. He did not expect that someone would purposely create a paradise in this place that was filled with blood.
Perhaps there were many cultivators who lived in seclusion on this island. They were tired of the bloody sea of cultivation and decided to live here for the rest of their lives. Perhaps some of them were just passing by this place and would leave after obtaining enough enlightenment.
All of a sudden, Ning Fan seemed to have understood something. He looked at Xu Qiuling who was in his arms and revealed a grateful expression.
"Thank you."
"What are you thanking me for?" Xu Qiuling winked her eyes playfully.
"Thank you for saying that. Poor Young Master doesn't yearn for the mortal world …"
Ning Fan sighed. This Xu Qiuling is not being willful. She clearly saw that I was too tired from twenty years of killing. She was afraid that I would suffer from qi deviation. That is why she brought me to see some of the past events of the mortal world to calm my devil heart.
This Xu Qiuling obviously cares about me. However, she did not say it out loud nor did she ask for credit. She just silently contributed.
If you don't pay attention to it, you might miss it. You will never know that she had done everything for you.
Looking at Xu Qiuling, Ning Fan suddenly felt a sense of familiarity. He felt like he had seen her somewhere before.
Where is it …?
With Ning Fan's speed and Xu Qiuling's guidance, they soon arrived at a calm sea.
As soon as he stepped into this sea, Ning Fan felt an unusual qi. There was not the slightest bit of spiritual qi in the air here. It was completely impossible to cultivate!
This heaven and earth without spiritual qi was, of course, set up by some cultivators with formations in order to simulate the mortal world.
After stopping his travelling light, Ning Fan bent down and looked around. There were many boats docked below.
There were more than ten boats in total. On each boat, there was a boatman. At first glance, these boatmen looked inconspicuous. However, each of them faintly emitted a Nascent Soul Realm qi.
As soon as they saw Ning Fan and Xu Qiuling approaching, the fishermen immediately stood up and looked at Ning Fan with unkind eyes.
"Halt your steps! This is the place where the cultivators of the Endless Sea temper their hearts and enter the mortal world. Any cultivator who enters this place without permission is not allowed to display their travelling light and reveal a trace of their cultivation base. Otherwise, once the mortals here know that there are cultivators in this world and disrupt their peaceful lives, you will be hunted down by five Peak Nascent Soul Realm experts! "
The warning of these fishermen made Ning Fan stunned. He looked at Xu Qiuling who was in his arms and shook his head.
"What should we do now? With my personality, there is never a place that I can't go. If someone tries to stop me, I will kill my way in."
"Bah! We can enter the island by taking a boat! "
Xu Qiuling was simply speechless.
This Ning Fan is really a cultivation maniac and a battle maniac! I brought him here out of kindness to experience the life of a mortal. Yet, he still wants to fight and cause a bloody storm here. Is he an idiot?!
As if she saw someone familiar, Xu Qiuling pointed at a certain direction. Immediately, Ning Fan carried her and landed on one of the boats.
The boatman on the boat was a middle-aged man with a Mid Nascent Soul Realm cultivation base. He was smoking a tobacco pipe.
As soon as he saw Xu Qiuling and Ning Fan, he put up a vigilant look. His instincts told him that this young man in white robes and black cloak was very dangerous!
However, as soon as he saw Xu Qiuling, the middle-aged man seemed to have recognized her but he was puzzled.
"You are …"
"Uncle Wang! It's me. I am Qiuling! "
Xu Qiuling jumped down from Ning Fan's arms and smiled faintly. Her elegant smile immediately made the honest middle-aged man feel embarrassed. He did not know what to do with his hands and feet.
"Qiuling, it's you. You have grown up! * Cough * Cough * You are a big girl now. You even have a husband. Fourth Uncle doesn't dare to recognize you anymore. "
"Of course I have grown up. Do you know how long it has been since I came to Gusu City last time? It has been a few hundred years! "
"Aiya. It has been so long … Hehe. Fourth Uncle is used to the life of a mortal. I don't remember the years."
Fourth Uncle put down his tobacco pipe and carefully observed Ning Fan. At this moment, he felt like he was looking at his nephew's son-in-law. The more he looked at him, the more satisfied he was.
"Not bad. Qiuling has good taste. This young man has an excellent foundation. He is a talent … Why? Did you come here to marry your lover on the Qixi Festival?"
"Marry?" Xu Qiuling's eyes lit up. She turned her head and looked at Ning Fan as if she was asking for confirmation. "Do you want to try?"
"As you wish …"
Ning Fan said indifferently. His eyes were still vigilant. He was secretly paying attention to the dozen Nascent Soul Realm experts.
If anyone dares to do anything to Xu Qiuling, he only needed half a breath to kill all of them.
This was his instinct after experiencing the sea of blood.
Seeing Ning Fan being so cautious, Xu Qiuling sighed softly.
It's very difficult to make Ning Fan relax completely … Forget it. Even if it's just accompanying him for a trip, it's still very good.
(To be continued.)
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