Dong Xu introduced the entire process of the Pill Ceremony in detail.
The Pill Ceremony this time was jointly organized by the Giant Devil Clan and the Pill Island. With the Void Inquiry Pill as a gimmick, it was an unprecedentedly grand event.
Countless hidden pill masters and old monsters rushed to the Endless Sea to participate in the ceremony.
The grand occasion of the Pill Ceremony this time was not any weaker than the Middle State Pill Gathering that was held once every fifty years by the Rain Palace.
Pill masters of any grade were qualified to participate in the Pill Ceremony. However, if their grade was lower than the Third Revolution, they would probably be eliminated in the first round.
The Pill Ceremony was divided into three rounds. The first round was the 'Pill Tablet Test'. The so-called Pill Tablet was a treasure provided by the Pill Island for this ceremony. It could be used to test the grades of First to Fourth Revolution pill masters. Those who had not reached the Third Revolution would be eliminated.
The second round was the 'Melting Spiritual Herbs'. This theory tested the speed and degree of purification of the elixirs.
Normally, pill refinement was divided into three steps.
The first step was to melt the spiritual herbs into medicinal liquid and purify them with fire continuously.
The second step was to fuse the medicinal power of different spiritual herbs.
The third step was to restrain the fire and form the pill.
The first step was to melt the spiritual herbs. During the process of melting, the medicinal power of the spiritual herbs would be slightly lost. Therefore, the faster the speed of melting the spiritual herbs, the less medicinal power would be lost.
After melting the spiritual herbs, one must purify the medicinal liquid and remove the impurities. The higher the number of times of purification, the purer the medicinal liquid and the better the quality of the refined pills. Of course, the more times of purification, the more difficult it would be. A careless mistake would result in the destruction of the medicinal herbs.
For example, a Fourth Revolution Pill Master could purify a thousand years old spiritual herb five to ten times. There were very few Fourth Revolution Pill Masters who could purify a thousand years old spiritual herb more than eleven times.
As for Fifth Revolution Pill Masters, they could purify a thousand years old spiritual herb more than fifty times!
In the second round of the test, those who failed to purify the spiritual herbs within the specified time would be eliminated.
The third round of the Pill Ceremony was' Opening the cauldron to concoct pills'. In this round, the participants could concoct the pill they were most familiar with and pass it to the appraiser to determine their ranking in the grand competition.
The top three in the grand competition would not only be rewarded handsomely, but they would also be qualified to accept Ju Qing's mission to concoct a life-saving pill for Feng Xueyan. If the pill was successfully concocted, they would be rewarded with a Void Inquiry Pill.
Those who were ranked below the top three would also be rewarded with different levels of rewards such as precious pill recipes and precious spiritual herbs. To an ordinary alchemist, it was quite tempting.
Naturally, many of the old monsters were here for the Void Inquiry Pills. They wanted to get into the top three.
However, most alchemists knew that they couldn't fight for the top three, so they would still fight for the other rewards.
The news of the Pill Ceremony had been released a few years ago, and many pill refiners from the Rain World had rushed to the Inner Endless Sea.
For example, Yun Niansu, an outstanding genius of the Rain Palace whom Ning Fan had met once before. He had once invited Ning Fan to stay on Pill Island for a while. Unfortunately, Ning Fan ignored him. He was here to participate in the Pill Ceremony.
There was still a month before the first round of selections.
The Giant Devil Clan held a Hundred Fruits Banquet to entertain Ning Fan and his group. After the banquet, Ning Fan bid farewell to them with the excuse that he was going to participate in the Pill Ceremony. Then, they stayed in the guest house of the Northern Liang Province.
Yue Lingkong and Fen Chi had followed Ning Fan all the way to the Giant Devil Clan. They were also a little tired. Both of them had already rested in their own rooms.
Feng Xueyan insisted on sleeping with Xu Qiuling on the same bed. Their sisterly relationship was very deep and she did not give Ning Fan and Xu Qiuling the chance to be intimate with each other.
Ning Fan already knew how strange the Giant Devil Clan was. He handed over the four Void Glimpse Stage spiritual puppets to Yue Lingkong and kept them on guard outside their rooms.
He sat alone in the west room, cutting the candles and looking at the stacks of rice paper under the candlelight without saying a word.
Every single piece of paper was filled with the graceful handwriting of a woman. All of them were written by Feng Xueyan in the past.
Since she could not converse with Xu Qiuling, she needed to write whatever she wanted to say. Who asked her to be a mute?
There was a kind of loneliness and persistence in Feng Xueyan's handwriting. However, it was like the wind and snow on a cold night. No one could understand it.
She was the daughter of one of the seven venerated beings of the internal sea. However, her body was frail and her cultivation base was low. The experts around her were either Gold Core Realm or Nascent Soul Realm experts while she was just a Vein Opening Realm cultivator. She was unwilling to be inferior to others. However, she could not change her fate.
All the magic power that she had painstakingly cultivated would be devoured by the devil blood and become the nourishment for the devil blood. Was she destined to never be able to attain the Harmonious Spirit Realm in her life?
Fortunately, she still had talent in the art of engraving marks. Thus, she spent all her efforts on studying the art of engraving marks. After putting in unimaginable effort, she became a famous engraving master in the internal sea.
After she engraved the teleportation devil mark on herself, she finally gained the ability to fly. That was a general grade escaping devil mark which required more than forty needles.
It was hard for Ning Fan to imagine how a young lady at the Tenth Level of the Vein Opening Realm could ruthlessly engrave more than forty needles on her fair and tender skin.
Ning Fan had engraved the Stone Warrior Devil Mark before. Thus, he naturally knew how painful it would be to engrave forty needles on her skin.
"Ling Er really has a good eye to acknowledge this lady as her sister … However, what exactly is the Giant Devil Clan planning to do by sacrificing the daughter of such an outstanding clan leader …?"
* Creak *
Ning Fan extinguished the candlelight and quietly pushed the door open, stepping into the wind and snow.
After putting on the Heaven Deceiving Cloak, his figure became faint and eventually disappeared. No one knew where he went.
The Snow Lotus Pavilion was the residence of the second elder, Yao Lian.
In the pavilion where the candlelight was swaying, the sound of water could be heard. It seemed like Yao Lian was taking a bath.
Outside the pavilion, there were more than ten Gold Core Realm maids who were on night watch. The wind and snow outside the pavilion were heavy.
All of a sudden, a gentle breeze blew into the pavilion. None of the maids noticed it.
That Elder Yao Lian was at the top of the pavilion. She was soaking in a wooden tub that was sprinkled with flower petals. Under the dense steam, her curvaceous body was like a honey peach that made people want to take a bite.
Her appearance was ordinary but her body was very hot.
As she bathed in the hot water, a warm feeling enveloped her entire body.
In Yao Lian's eyes, she recalled the Ning Fan she saw during the day. That handsome and cold young man made her unable to forget him.
She licked her lips and closed her eyes. Her mind was fantasizing about Ning Fan's sexy body. However, her hands reached into the water and reached between her legs, teasing them.
She imagined the scene of Ning Fan violently throwing her on the bed and trampling on her.
She imagined the scene of Ning Fan tearing all of her clothes and biting her breasts until they bled.
She imagined the scene of the two of them entangling their bodies and the scene of them wanting to die.
Soft moans resounded in the pavilion. Traces of heat flowed out from between her thighs, making her feel ecstatic and unable to stop.
"M-Venerated Ming … Brother Ming … I want … I want …"
Yao Lian who was immersed in her own pleasure did not notice that a young man in white robes had appeared in her room out of nowhere. His face darkened.
Ning Fan had never thought that he would be missed by a slut to this extent one day. He actually became the object of Yao Lian's imagination when she was immersing herself in her own pleasure …
This Yao Lian is really lustful to the core.
Ning Fan shook his head. Even though he would not despise such a woman who could have any man she wanted, it was impossible for him to like her.
He himself was just a devil lord who practiced dual cultivation. His body might not be as clean as Yao Lian's. Thus, he would not despise her.
However, he would not have anything to do with a woman like Yao Lian either. Why? There was no reason.
He did not need a reason to dislike a person.
"Miss Yao Lian, you seem to be in a good mood …" Ning Fan revealed a playful smile and suddenly spoke. He sat at the wooden table and poured himself a cup of wine. While drinking it, he looked at Yao Lian.
Yao Lian did not know that there was someone else in the room at all. She was startled and lost control of her body. Her body was pink with pleasure and it was still twitching inside the wooden barrel. The remaining heat had yet to subside and it was still pounding on her.
Yao Lian glanced at Ning Fan coquettishly with her charming eyes and said while panting.
"You're so annoying … When did Venerated Ming come in? Why didn't you tell me? * Hehe * My erotic scene is pretty good, isn't it?"
This woman was really shameless. She could still remain so calm even though Ning Fan had seen her naked body. As a devil cultivator, she was not bad.
"You knew that I would come?" Ning Fan fiddled with his wine cup. His eyes were as deep as the ocean.
"* Hehe * During the day, the way Venerated Ming looked at me was as if he wanted to eat me alive. At that time, I thought that Venerated Ming would definitely come and spend the night with me."
Yao Lian rose to her feet and got out of the wooden barrel. She dried her body bit by bit in front of Ning Fan. Then, she casually tore off a thin silk cloth and wrapped her body slightly with it. Then, she sat beside Ning Fan.
Every move of hers had activated her bewitching technique to the maximum. In addition, she deliberately exposed her naked body, which was enough to bewitch any man.
She did not have a beautiful appearance but she had great confidence in her body.
She was good at observing men. When she met Ning Fan's eyes during the day, she could tell that Ning Fan had ulterior motives towards her.
Naturally, she could not guess that Ning Fan wanted to pry some secrets from her. She only thought that Ning Fan was the same as other men who had taken a fancy to her body.
She put on a loving expression on her face. However, her heart was filled with disdain and complacency at the same time.
So what if Ning Fan is strong? Isn't he still the same as other men who are obsessed with lust and fall for my bait?
So what if Yue Lingkong is strong? Isn't her man still bewitched by Yao Lian?
"Venerated Ming, I feel so uncomfortable …"
She leaned her body forward and fell into Ning Fan's arms. Her two soft, white breasts purposely rubbed against Ning Fan's chest.
Her two lotus-like arms wrapped around Ning Fan's neck.
As soon as she touched Ning Fan's body, Yao Lian's lust flared up again.
She was only wrapped in a thin layer of silk cloth. Her lower body was completely naked. Moisture kept flowing out from between her two tender breasts.
"Strange … Why is my body so excited … It shouldn't be like this! When I was masturbating just now, I purposely made my body excited in order to reach the peak. Now, I want to seduce Venerated Ming. I have already secretly activated my bewitching technique to prevent my body from being sensitive … Why did I lose control of my body as soon as I touched Venerated Ming's body? "
Yao Lian was shocked. Only now did she remember that Ning Fan was not only a devil lord who killed people like scything flax, but also a devil lord who cultivated Yin Yang Devil Veins for dual cultivation.
She was very sure that Ning Fan did not take the initiative to use his bewitching technique on her. Just an accidental touch could make her body react … What level of bewitching technique is this?!
The level of Ning Fan's bewitching technique was far beyond Yao Lian's understanding!
When she raised her head again, she met Ning Fan's cold and unchanging eyes. She was shocked once again.
"H-How is this possible? My seduction didn't work on him at all?"
At this moment, Yao Lian finally realized that the man in front of her was different from all the men she had met before. He was a ruthless person.
Such a calm gaze without a trace of lust not only showed that Ning Fan was a man with a heart as cold as iron but also showed that the reason why he came to find her tonight was absolutely unrelated to having sex with her.
"Venerated Ming, I wonder why you came to find me in the middle of the night?"
Yao Lian bit the tip of her tongue and dispersed her lust. Then, she sat up straight and no longer tried to seduce Ning Fan.
She was not stupid. If Ning Fan did not come to have sex with her, she would probably anger him and be smashed into pieces by him with a single palm strike if she dared to seduce him.
Her beautiful eyes were filled with a strong sense of defeat.
She had always thought that she could toy with all the men in the world with her body. Today, however, she realized that there were some people that she could not afford to toy with.
"I have some questions that I want to ask you, Second Elder. If my questions are related to the secrets of your clan, you can choose not to answer me and just pretend that I never asked. Rest assured, Second Elder. I have a close relationship with the Giant Devil Clan. The reason why I'm asking these questions is because I heard some rumors from the other three clans of the Hidden Ocean. Even if you don't tell me the truth, I won't dare to hate the Giant Devil Clan. "
"* Hehe * So the reason why Venerated Ming came to visit me in the middle of the night is because you have something to talk about. If Venerated Ming has any questions, you can ask me. As long as it's something that I can tell you, I will definitely tell you the truth. As for the things that I can't tell you, I won't dare to tell you even if Venerated Ming forces me to. Even if Venerated Ming searches my soul and memories, you won't be able to find my true memories. "
Yao Lian knew Ning Fan's personality very well. Killing people and searching their souls was just a common thing for him. She was very sensible. As long as it's something that she could tell him, she would tell him. As for the things that she couldn't tell him, she would not be able to say them even if she wanted to. Once she says them, she would die.
"Second Elder, may I ask if there's a devil concubine in the Giant Devil Clan?!"
Ning Fan's first question stunned Yao Lian.
She wore a troubled look on her face. The traces of seals in her Sea of Consciousness seemed to be warning her, causing her Sea of Consciousness to feel intense pain.
She naturally knew that a devil concubine had been born in the Giant Devil Clan and that devil concubine was the daughter of the clan leader, Feng Xueyan.
However, this matter was forbidden by the Eight Ancestors and they had set up a seal on her Sea of Consciousness.
If Yao Lian divulges any information about it, her Sea of Consciousness would immediately shatter and she would die.
"…" She remained silent. However, the troubled look in her eyes had explained everything.
Of course, she did not know that Ning Fan had the Mind Reading Technique. When she was deep in thought, he could see through all of her thoughts.
Moreover, Ning Fan found out that all the masterminds were the Eight Ancestors!
"Feng Xueyan is indeed the devil concubine of the Giant Devil Clan!" Ning Fan's expression did not change but his mind became even more certain about his guesses.
He wished that he could directly ask Yao Lian who the Eight Ancestors were and what was going on with the pseudo-samsara power.
However, asking questions required skill. When he asked about the Devil Concubine, he did not ask whether Feng Xueyan was the Devil Concubine. Instead, he asked whether the Giant Devil Clan had a Devil Concubine.
In this way, even if the conversation between Ning Fan and Yao Lian reaches the Eight Ancestors' ears tonight, the fact that Ning Fan knew that Feng Xueyan was the devil concubine would not be exposed.
"Who planted the seal on your sea of consciousness?!"
Ning Fan did not directly ask about the Eight Ancestors. However, by doing so, Yao Lian would certainly recall everything about the Eight Ancestors in her mind.
Even if the Eight Ancestors knew that Ning Fan had asked the demonic lotus a question, they would only assume that Ning Fan was concerned about the demonic lotus and asked about the seal.
No one would have thought that Ning Fan had already obtained information about the Eight Ancestors.
"Forgive me for not being able to tell you …" Yao Lian revealed a bitter smile. Each of the questions that Ning Fan asked was related to the supreme secrets of the Giant Devil Clan. She could not tell them at all. Once she does, her Sea of Consciousness would immediately shatter and she would die.
The Eight Ancestors … They were the eight ancestors of the Giant Devil Clan. Each of them had a cultivation base above the Void Inquiry Stage.
Among the Eight Ancestors, there was not only the father of the current clan leader, Ju Yan, but also the seven generations of experts of the clan before Ju Yan.
The Eight Ancestors guarded the 'Eight Gates, Six Dao, Boundless Sea of Sin Formation'. They hid in the Giant Devil Broken World and sought a way out for the Giant Devil Clan with their immortal bodies.
At the cost of sacrificing Feng Xueyan, the Eight Ancestors intended to wash away the slave marks of their clansmen and wash away the shame of being a slave clan of the Giant Devil Clan.
The Eight Ancestors had already taken out the devil statue slate from the devil statues and were studying the devil scripture on it. None of the eight ancestors could fully understand the devil scripture. However, the original copy of the devil scripture on the slate had been passed down in the Giant Devil Clan for a long time. It was left behind by the progenitor of the Giant Devil Clan. Now, it was kept in the hands of Feng Xueyan.
The strongest among the Eight Ancestors was not Ju Yan but another Void Pierce Stage old ancestor. This old ancestor imitated Samsara and created the 'Pseudo Samsara Power'. His techniques were extraordinary.
These were the supreme secrets of the Giant Devil Clan. As the second elder of the clan, how could Yao Lian tell Ning Fan, an outsider?
Even within the clan, only Fu Bai, Yao Lian and a few other elders knew about this.
Even Ju Qing, the clan leader of the Giant Devil Clan, had his memories erased by the Eight Ancestors. He did not know the reason why his daughter was harmed at all and he was still serving the Eight Ancestors wholeheartedly.
Yao Lian would never tell Ning Fan any of these things.
However, Ning Fan only needed to ask a question to make Yao Lian ponder over it and he understood everything.
His eyes were deep and profound. No one could see his expression but his heart felt even colder.
Very good!
Now, I finally know who the enemy is.
The Eight Ancestors. The eight ancestors of the Giant Devil Clan. In order to wash away the slave marks of the Giant Devil Clan, they had sacrificed everything.
However, they intended to sacrifice Feng Xueyan. Ning Fan would never allow this.
Sacrificing one person in exchange for the benefit of the clan might be worth it.
However, if the person to be sacrificed is you or your family, would you agree to it?
At least, Ning Fan would not agree to it.
He suddenly stood up and nodded at Yao Lian. Then, he said coldly. "Farewell."
He had only asked two questions but he had obtained all the information.
As for the Eight Ancestors, even if they knew that he had asked Yao Lian two questions, they certainly did not know that he knew everything.
* Creak *
The door of the room was pushed open and closed. Ning Fan had already disappeared without a trace.
His departure made Yao Lian's tense body loosen up. Ning Fan's aura field was really terrifying. Even Yao Lian who had seen countless things in the world found it a little hard to bear.
"What a scary man. This kind of man is not someone I can get … If I touch him, I will definitely die … * Hehe * However, I have to admit that this man is the most outstanding person I have ever seen in my life. He really makes people's hearts move …"
"Calm and composed, huh …"
Yao Lian suddenly let out a self-mocking laugh. If she had never been so absurd and if she was still a virgin, would she have the chance to get Ning Fan?
When she thought about it, she suddenly felt that her life was really unbearable …
Maybe I should change my lifestyle a little …
(3/3 to make up for yesterday) (To be continued)
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