It had been a long time since Ning Fan had such a good sleep and he had never had such a dream.
In his dream, he was a snow-white butterfly resting on a pitch-black orchid in a deep valley with a floral fragrance.
When he woke up, he was lying on the boat in the middle of the sea. He wanted to get up but he felt something heavy pressing on his arm.
He turned his head and saw Xu Qiuling who had already woken up. Her bright eyes were staring at Ning Fan as if she could not get enough of him.
Her snow-white and delicate body was completely naked. She was only covered with a red blanket that was embroidered with a luan phoenix. As soon as she saw Ning Fan wake up, she immediately averted her eyes, as if she did not want him to know that she, Xu Qiuling, had been staring at him for the entire morning.
"Ling Er, you woke up so early. You just endured the rain last night and are exhausted. Don't you need to sleep a little longer? "
Ning Fan looked at Xu Qiuling's beautiful face and thought of the orchid in his dream for no reason.
He had a feeling that he had seen Xu Qiuling a long time ago. What Ning Fan found familiar was not her appearance but her unique body fragrance.
Unfortunately, he could not remember where he had seen her before. His memory was already erased by the samsara when he was reincarnated.
"If I don't wake up early to protect Young Master Zhou, will you be able to sleep peacefully?"
It was not that she was not tired or sleepy. She just wanted to protect Ning Fan and let him have a good rest.
"Is it alright if you don't call me husband?"
"N-It's alright …" Xu Qiuling was actually shy and could not say it out loud.
"But if you call me Young Master again, won't others not know about our relationship?"
"Then, Ling Er wants to call you … Big Brother. Mm. That's right. Big Brother … Many women in Gusu City also call you Big Brother …"
Xu Qiuling was a little shy. No matter how bold she was in love, she had just become someone's wife after all. She needed some time to adapt.
Ning Fan did not force her. His eyes were filled with pity. He had a feeling that he had never felt towards Xu Qiuling before. It was a feeling that he had never felt towards other women.
He felt indebted …
This feeling was not obvious at that time but it became more intense after he returned to the External Endless Sea.
It was this feeling that made Ning Fan tolerate Xu Qiuling's willfulness despite his cold personality.
"Alright. You can call me whatever you like. Does your lower body still hurt? "
"It doesn't hurt …" Xu Qiuling blushed. She tried to avoid his gaze and lied.
"Really?"
Ning Fan lifted the thin blanket. Immediately, Xu Qiuling's snow-white body which carried the traces of pleasure from last night was exposed to the air.
Her eyes were filled with reproach. She placed her hand on her chest, thinking that Ning Fan was going to act recklessly again. However, the pain in her lower body prevented her from doing so.
When her legs were separated by Ning Fan and her tender and bloody parts were exposed to him, she could no longer bear the embarrassment. She closed her eyes and gently gritted her teeth. She did not resist because she did not want to disappoint him.
"Big brother … you, you should be more gentle … don't, don't go in too deep …"
"…"
Ning Fan was speechless. Could it be that in the eyes of other women, he really looked like a lustful man? Xu Qiuling had just lost her chastity, so why would she be so greedy?
"Silly girl, I'm helping you get rid of the blood clot …"
Ning Fan got rid of the perverted thoughts in his mind. His fingers carefully touched Xu Qiuling's sensitive spots and circulated his magic power.
Immediately, Xu Qiuling's lower body, which was swollen and painful, felt a cool feeling rising to her body. The pain gradually disappeared and was replaced by an incomparably wonderful and joyful feeling.
"Big Brother is actually … actually helping me to do it … Mm …"
Xu Qiuling was so embarrassed that she wanted to hide her face. However, she would never refuse any of Ning Fan's requests. Never …
She had been waiting for Ning Fan to look at her like this for far too long …
"En … En …" Above the Tranquil Ocean, an indistinct moan drifted very, very far away.
…
It would take several months to treat Xu Qiuling's injuries. Based on Ning Fan's estimation, it would take at least five months. It was not difficult to take out the sword fragment. The troublesome part was to replenish the metal qi of Xu Qiuling's fate.
To other Fifth Revolution Pill Refinement Masters, it was almost impossible. To Ning Fan, however, it would only take him five months.
Given his personality, he would rarely stay for a woman for five months. However, when he saw Xu Qiuling's haggard face, he would feel an inexplicable pain in his heart. He was not in a hurry to treat her for five months.
As for the place to treat her injuries, given Ning Fan's personality, he would naturally look for a safe place. Most of the time, Ning Fan was rational.
However, Xu Qiuling was only willing to stay in Gusu during these five months of treatment. She wanted to stay in this peaceful world with a small bridge and flowing water. Xu Qiuling was a sentimental woman.
After pondering for a while, Ning Fan did not reject her request in the end.
He just silently sent out a messenger flying sword to inform Dong Xu and Xu Rushan of his and Xu Qiuling's whereabouts so that they would not be worried.
Ning Fan's action of sending out the messenger flying sword had undoubtedly used his magic power, which violated the rules of Gusu.
Not long after the messenger flying sword left, five rays of hidden travelling light flew across the sky. They seemed to have come to punish the cultivators who violated the rules.
They did not know that Ning Fan had used his magic power to send out the messenger flying sword. Otherwise, they would definitely not dare to act rashly after knowing that Ning Fan was a Divine Transformation Realm cultivator.
They had been living in Gusu for a long time and concealed their identities for hundreds of years. Hence, they did not know who the Ferocious Devil Zhou Ming was. Otherwise, how would they dare to question Ning Fan?
The five old men surrounded the pleasure boat and were secretly surprised. The concealment effect of this pleasure boat was amazing. If it wasn't for the fact that the five of them were Peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, they would definitely not know that there was a pleasure boat in this place.
"Which friend used your magic power recklessly just now? Don't you know the rules of Gusu?! If you don't give us a reasonable explanation, don't blame us for killing you mercilessly! "
Just as one of the old men asked in a deep voice, a man and a woman immediately walked out from the pleasure boat.
The woman was wearing a black robe. Black was an unlucky color but she did not care about what the secular world thought of her. She just felt that black suited her better as it brought out her fair skin.
The man, on the other hand, was dressed in white robes. He no longer wore a black cloak. He was originally dressed in white. For Zhihe, he put on the black cloak and entered the Devil Path. For Xu Qiuling, he took off the feathered cloak and turned into a mortal.
* Hiss *
At the moment when Ning Fan and Xu Qiuling appeared, the five old men still took a deep breath even though they did not reveal any trace of their magic power or qi.
Ning Fan's eyes were like cold lightning as they scanned through the five old men. All of a sudden, the five of them felt as if they were being seen through.
"What kind of cultivation base is this?! This man is definitely not a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator … He is a Divine Transformation Realm cultivator! "
The eyes of the five of them were filled with fear. They couldn't understand why a Soul Formation cultivator who had already severed the mortal realm would come to Gusu to become a mortal.
The Nascent Soul Cultivators came to kill mortals and Soul Formation Cultivators. What was the purpose of the Soul Formation Cultivators?
Moreover, as soon as they thought about the abnormality of the Great Spirit Severing Formation last night, the five of them immediately became certain that the person who had almost broken through to the Void Refinement Realm in Gusu City must be the young man in front of them!
What frightened them the most was not Ning Fans aura, but the coldness in his eyes.
His gaze that was as cold as lightning gave the five of them an intuition that once Ning Fan makes a move, their blood would instantly splatter on the spot!
"No, not good! We were scolding a Divine Transformation Realm Patriarch just now! How dare we mention Gusu's rules to a Deity Transformation Patriarch! Did Gusu's rules apply to Soul Formation Realm cultivators? If you offend this person, he'll massacre Gusu in an instant! "
Almost a moment later, the five old men lowered their bodies without hesitation and bowed deeply to Ning Fan.
"We didn't know you were a Soul Formation Stage expert. Please forgive us!"
"Humph! Why should I forgive you?! "
Ning Fan snorted coldly and took a step forward. Weren't the five of them aggressive just now? Didn't they say that they would kill me and Xu Qiuling if I don't give them an explanation?!
With his personality, he would never show any mercy to his enemies who came to him looking for trouble.
However, before Ning Fan could make a move, Xu Qiuling pulled his sleeve with a reproachful look.
"Have you forgotten what you've promised me?! You're not allowed to kill anyone. You're not allowed to fight! Right now, you're just a mortal! "
Xu Qiuling's eyes were pleading. The warmth of her palm slowly melted the coldness in Ning Fan's heart.
"Alright. I won't kill them …"
Ning Fan's eyes calmed down. The five old men immediately felt relieved but their backs were already drenched in cold sweat.
Terrifying. It's too terrifying … They had never seen such a powerful expert in their lives.
"One hundred thousand taels of silver for each of you. Hand over the money and get lost …"
Ning Fan's tone was calm but there was no room for refusal. The five of them exchanged glances with each other. When they heard that Ning Fan only wanted silver taels, each of them took out a storage pouch and threw it to Ning Fan. Then, they excused themselves and left at a speed faster than when they came.
Silver taels were just the wealth of mortals. They were really lucky to be able to keep their lives with some insignificant silver taels.
Almost as soon as the five old men returned to Gusu Island, they secretly sent a jade slip to all the cultivators on the island. Within the jade slip, they mentioned Ning Fan's appearance and his surname was Zhou. They also mentioned that they must never offend Ning Fan. As for Ning Fan's cultivation base, they did not mention a word about it.
Looking at the disheveled figures of the five old men when they left, Xu Qiuling burst into laughter.
"Big Brother is really impressive … But no matter what, you've promised me that you won't kill anyone in Gusu Island. Mm … By the way, why did you ask for so much silver taels from them? "
"Of course, it's to buy a big house for you to recuperate. Don't tell me you want to drift on the river of Gusu Island with me day and night? The humidity on the river is too heavy. It won't be good for your recuperation. "
Ning Fan looked back at the island and then at Gusu Island. His eyes turned gentle.
Fine. This time, I'll accompany Xu Qiuling and be a mortal for five months.
If he takes out the fragment of the Immortal Trapping Sword, Xu Qiuling would certainly need five months of recuperation. As for Ning Fan, he could devour the fragment during these five months to improve his sword sense.
If he has the chance, he could even comprehend sword intent in one go.
Even though he was staying in Gusu Island, Ning Fan was still concerned about his cultivation.
Xu Qiuling took just a glance at him and she seemed to have seen through all of his worries. She sighed with pity.
"It seems like there's no way for you to truly give up on your cultivation … Forget it. Perhaps it's enough for you to enjoy five months of peace."
Half a day later, the pleasure boat sailed back to the coast and returned to Gusu Island. Unlike before, the black-armored guards who were guarding the coast were now looking at Ning Fan with inexplicable fear in their eyes.
Ning Fan did not say much to them. He directly bought a horse carriage and drove it back to Gusu Island with Xu Qiuling.
Xu Qiuling sat in the carriage and enjoyed the scenery while he sat outside, wielding his whip to drive the carriage.
The mortals that they met along the way were not really afraid of Ning Fan. However, the cultivators who lived in seclusion on the island immediately gave way to Ning Fan as soon as they saw his carriage.
The largest house in Gusu City was bought by a young couple.
This house had a bad reputation in Gusu City because there were many rumors saying that this house was haunted. An old man who used to live in this house was struck by a lightning bolt on a stormy night and disappeared!
Therefore, no mortals in Gusu City dared to buy this house. It had been left empty for a long time.
As for some cultivators who came to Gusu City to experience the life of the mortals, the more ordinary their lives were, the better it would be. Thus, they would not buy such an eye-catching house at all.
Thus, this haunted mansion that no one cared about was bought by Ning Fan for one thousand silvers.
The reason why he bought this house was because it was the place with the densest gold qi in the entire Gusu City. It was the most suitable place for Xu Qiuling to recuperate.
Ning Fan just smiled at the rumor about the haunted house. He did not care about it at all.
Mortals were afraid of ghosts. However, to cultivators, controlling ghosts was just a kind of ability of the Devil Dao. Presumably, the old man who used to live in this house was a cultivator of the Ghost Dao. When he was cultivating the Ghost Dao in this house, he was seen by others. That was why there were rumors about it being haunted.
As for the disappearance of the night of lightning and lightning, it was probably because the old man had achieved Grand Accomplishment in the Ghost Dao and left during the night.
After buying the house, Ning Fan carried out an extremely erotic dual cultivation with Xu Qiuling in her room on the same night. At the same time, he took out a broken sword from her body.
With the pleasure of dual cultivation, Xu Qiuling did not feel much pain when she took out the sword.
On the same night, Ning Fan used tens of types of ten thousand years old spiritual herbs to make a medicinal bath for Xu Qiuling.
Every single one of these ten thousand years old spiritual herbs had rich gold qi. With the help of the medicinal bath and Ning Fan's massage, the gold qi of Xu Qiuling's fate was slowly recovering.
This was the best treatment plan Ning Fan had come up with.
After all, the medicinal power of ten thousand years old spiritual herbs was too strong. Be it concocting pills or decocting medicine, it was not something that Xu Qiuling's scarred Gold Core Realm body could bear.
The medicinal bath and massage almost lasted for an entire night. Ning Fan could not leave Gusu for even a moment. Otherwise, he would delay Xu Qiuling's treatment.
Looking at the countless spiritual herbs in the wooden basin, Xu Qiuling could not help but feel touched.
Each of the ten thousand years old spiritual herbs was a good material for concocting Fifth Revolution Pills. They were good stuff that even her father was reluctant to waste. However, Ning Fan used them for her to bathe …
"Big Brother, am I actually more important than ten thousand years old spiritual herbs in your heart?" Xu Qiuling's cheeks turned red. She shrunk in the bathtub and asked a silly question.
"Oh? Is Ling 'er having a fever? If not, why would you talk nonsense? "
Ning Fan wrapped one of his hands with the power of the black star and massaged Xu Qiuling's sensitive parts. His other hand purposely touched Xu Qiuling's forehead and teased.
Just like that, after several days of treatment, Xu Qiuling's body finally began to improve. As the gold qi of her fate recovered, her cultivation base began to improve at a terrifying speed, almost breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm.
When night falls, Ning Fan would carry out the treatment for Xu Qiuling.
In the morning, Xu Qiuling would consume some medicine to recuperate while Ning Fan would sit in the courtyard and observe the blade of a dark red ancient sword.
That sword blade was extremely extraordinary. Even though it was just a broken sword, Ning Fan felt like his physical body was about to collapse after holding it with his corpse devil body at the Third Level of Jade Life Realm.
Ning Fan could not help but feel astonished. If it's the real Immortal Trapping Sword, he would not dare to touch it even if his magic power was twice as strong.
"This is … one of the Four Heaven Suppressing Swords of the Ancient Heavenly Court, the Immortal Trapping Sword!"
"If I devour this broken sword blade, my Sea of Consciousness will certainly become more stable and my sword sense will also become stronger. Killing a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator in an instant will be a piece of cake …"
"While Ling Er recuperates, I will cultivate the sword. Not only will I cultivate my sword sense, but I will also cultivate my sword intent!"
Sword intent!
Ning Fan's eyes flashed. His innate talent in the Dao of Sword was not weak. He had already comprehended the technique of transforming swords into threads. However, he never had the chance to completely condense his own sword intent.
Currently, Ning Fan was still a dabbler in sword intent. If he condenses the real sword intent, the power of his sword finger would be more than doubled!
"This is an opportunity. The five months in Gusu City is the perfect opportunity for me to comprehend sword intent. The sword is my life. The Dao of Sword exists in the mortal world of Gusu City! "
"However, where should I start to comprehend sword intent …"
Ning Fan closed his eyes and recalled the scenes of slaughter in his mind. When he recalled the enemies who wielded swords, he gradually comprehended something.
He kept the broken Immortal Trapping Sword and waved his hand. A sharp sword shining with green light appeared in his palm.
This sharp sword was just a low-grade magic treasure. It was unknown which unlucky person Ning Fan had obtained it from.
However, in the mortal world of Gusu City, this sword was already a peerless divine weapon.
"Sword intent is actually to turn the sword into intent. The stronger the sword, the weaker the intent. Comprehending a strong intent with a weak sword is the right path."
Ning Fan silently studied the sword. His body gradually emitted a sharp and fierce aura.
He was in Gusu City … comprehending the sword! However, he was still lacking something to comprehend it.
When the cultivators who passed by the house saw Ning Fan's aura, all of them left in shock.
On the other hand, the children who lived near the house found it funny when they saw Ning Fan holding the sword in his hand and staring at it like a fool.
"Eh? Isn't this person Uncle Zhou who bought the haunted house? Is he possessed by a ghost? Why is he looking at the sword without saying anything?! "
"Hehe. My mother said that this Uncle Zhou bought the house with a beautiful sister. Maybe they eloped from a wealthy family."
"Eloped? How shameless! "
A few children made funny faces at Ning Fan who was in the house. Some of them even made up a nursery rhyme to tease him.
While his mind was in a mess, the scenes of slaughter in the past flashed in his mind. Ning Fan's cold eyes swept across the group of children as if he wanted to kill them.
"No! They are mortals. Mortals shouldn't get involved in the slaughter of cultivators … Besides, I promised Ling Er that I won't kill anyone in Gusu City … Killing intent, back off! "
Ning Fan gritted his teeth and forcefully suppressed his killing intent. He bit the tip of his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood, dyeing the flowers and plants in the courtyard red.
However, his mind gradually calmed down after spitting out this mouthful of blood.
"They are mortals. They shouldn't be tainted by the blood of the cultivation world."
Ning Fan continued to study the sharp sword and no longer looked at the group of children.
When the group of children saw Ning Fan spitting out blood all of a sudden, they became a little scared and dispersed.
However, when they gradually went further away, they began to make up nursery rhymes to tease Ning Fan about his weak body and how he was angered by the children to the point of spitting out blood.
They would never know that if Ning Fan did not spit out that mouthful of blood, the group of children would probably be dead already.
"My killing intent is too heavy …" Ning Fan muttered to himself.
He finally somewhat understood Xu Qiuling's painstaking efforts.
Killing has nothing to do with right or wrong. On the path of cultivation, if you don't kill, you will be killed.
However, if you only know how to kill wholeheartedly, there will come a day when you will lose your original heart and walk further and further on the path of seeking truth.
"Wow! What a beautiful sword! My father is the most famous blacksmith in Gusu City. However, none of the swords he forged in his entire life are as beautiful as this one! "
After the other children left, there was only one child who stayed behind and looked at Ning Fan enviously.
He was an eight or nine years old boy with a ponytail. He looked like a dignified boy.
The other children teased Ning Fan but he was the only one who did not do so.
It was because this child was attracted by the sharp sword at first glance.
His obsession with the sharp sword even made him forget that the house Ning Fan bought was a haunted house. It was the most taboo place for the people of Gusu City to visit.
"Uncle, are you a swordsman? Did you bleed just now because of the sword qi? I heard from my father that a powerful swordsman would be devoured by the sword qi if they are careless when comprehending the sword qi … Uncle, are you a very powerful swordsman? Can you defeat ten people alone?! "
"I'm not a swordsman …" Ning Fan shook his head. A swordsman was a concept of mortals.
He was not a swordsman but a cultivator! However, he would never tell this to a child.
However, when he saw the infatuated look in the child's eyes, Ning Fan could not help but recall the past.
This child was obsessed with martial arts. He was also a good material to cultivate mortal martial arts.
His infatuated look was just like Ning Gu who desired to learn martial arts in the past.
"Aren't you a swordsman …?" The child was a little disappointed. If Ning Fan was a swordsman, he would have been prepared to acknowledge Ning Fan as his master.
The child's dream was to learn concealed weapons, sword techniques, movement techniques and inner force. In the future, he would roam Gusu and become a great swordsman!
Unfortunately, he just could not find a good master …
"My name is Little Shitou. Uncle, can you lend me this sword to bring back home?" Little Shitou pleaded.
"Take it back."
It was just a Low Grade Magic Treasure. To Ning Fan, it was useless. However, to this child, it might be his lifelong dream.
Ning Gu's shadow could be seen on Little Shitou … That year, Ning Gu was still learning martial arts from a master while Ning Fan was still a mortal.
Ning Fan's eyes flashed with a trace of nostalgia. This nostalgia slowly improved his state of mind.
Little Shitou was destined not to understand Ning Fan's expression. However, after receiving Ning Fan's promise, he immediately took the sharp sword and went home happily.
He decided that he must hug this sword to sleep tonight!
With the sword in his hand, Little Shitou felt as if he had become a hero.
Even though this so-called hero was carrying a sharp sword that weighed ten jin and could not move it at all, he was panting heavily as he walked.
Ning Fan looked at Little Shitou's back. He seemed to have understood something but also seemed to have not.
Little Shitou was a mortal. However, there was something in his body that Ning Fan lacked.
It was because of this thing that Ning Fan could not condense his sword intent …
"What am I missing …?" Ning Fan fell into deep thought.
(Second update) (To be continued.)
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