Ning Fan was unable to completely repair these jade slips. It was impossible for him to restore them to the level of a True Immortal Realm attack.
However, there was a method that he could try. It would most likely restore some of the power of these jade slips.
Each of these jade scrolls had been left behind by the Mist Horn Clan's Ancient Devil Ancestor. Each of the jade scrolls contained Celestial Technique attacks.
Due to the dissipation of the Devil Qi, the power of these immortal techniques had been greatly reduced. If a certain amount of Devil Qi was replenished, these jade slips could recover a lot of their power.
"As for the source of the Devil Qi, there is one … Rogue Devil!"
Ning Fan's eyes turned solemn. He had obtained a rogue devil from Wei Country but he had never used it.
In the past, he had imagined that he could start trying to control the rogue devil once his cultivation base reaches the Peak Divine Transformation Realm. However, the risks involved were naturally extremely great. Ning Fan could not guarantee that he would not be devoured by the rogue devil.
The higher his cultivation base was, the lower the risk of controlling the rogue devil. Therefore, he would never risk his life to use the rogue devil unless he was being chased by a Void Fragmentation Realm expert.
After that, when he was refining the Heaven Deceiving Cloak, the All-Heaven Relic, which was a necessary item to control the Loose Demon, was accidentally swallowed by the cloak.
After losing the All-Heaven Relic, Ning Fan was even more uncertain about whether he could control the rogue devil.
Fortunately, now that he had broken through to the Mid Reckless Devil Realm, his cultivation base had improved tremendously. Besides, he had also mastered the method of planting slave marks. Thus, he could try to control the rogue devil again.
If he really could not control the rogue devil, Ning Fan could only wait until his cultivation base was higher before trying again.
However, borrowing the powerful demonic qi of the scattered devil to replenish the power of the jade slip was a wonderful thing. It would definitely succeed.
"Rogue devils, rogue immortals and rogue demons are at least at the Ninth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm. If I had the All-Heaven Relic, I'd have at least a thirty percent chance of success in controlling the Rogue Devil with my Reckless Devil cultivation base. However, without the relic, I'm not sure what my chances of success are. We have to be extremely cautious when it comes to subduing the rogue devils … "
Ning Fan remained silent for a while. Then, he activated the Yin Yang Locket and floated into the Profound Yin World.
Other living creatures could not enter the Profound Yin World. Once it sensed a living creature, the power of the realm would suppress it, not allowing living creatures to enter. This could be exploited.
He had tried several times to summon the female cultivator in his Cauldron Ring in the Profound Yin World but to no avail.
Currently, Ning Fan could not control the realm power of the Profound Yin World at all. Otherwise, he would be able to let other living beings enter it.
Currently, Ning Fan was the only one who could enter the Profound Yin World. As for Luo You, she was an exception.
For the same reason, no matter how powerful the Loose Devil's cultivation was, he would not be able to resist the power of the Boundary Realm. He would not be able to escape from the storage pouch and enter the Profound Yin World.
Even if he fails to subdue the rogue devil in the Profound Yin World, he would not be in any danger with the help of the power that separates the worlds.
In the Profound Yin World, Ning Fan entered it with a flash of light.
He floated in the Yin Qi of heaven and earth. In that vast and empty world, there was only a straw hut floating and a giant monument hanging high above.
"Perhaps one day, when my cultivation base reaches a certain level, I will be able to control the world power of the Profound Yin World at will and allow others to enter this world … As for letting Little You Er leave the Profound Yin World, perhaps I will only be able to do it after I attain the Void Fragmentation Realm."
Ning Fan scanned the thatched cottage with his spirit sense. When he saw that Luo You was still in a deep sleep, his eyes flashed and he shook his head with a smile.
Luo You's primordial spirit had already recovered to the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm. Moreover, it was showing signs of advancing to the Second Heavenly Layer.
The injuries accumulated from using the secret technique that day had all recovered, but she still hadn't woken up.
Before this, Ning Fan only thought that she had yet to fully recover from her injuries.
Now that Ning Fan's cultivation base had improved tremendously, he could tell that the reason why Luo You did not wake up had nothing to do with her injuries. Instead, her body was sleeping on its own. She was trying to use the remaining medicinal power of the dark golden bamboo leaves to break through to the Second Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm in one go. Only then would she truly wake up.
In other words, Luo You would not wake up unless her cultivation base recovers to the Second Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm.
"There are still four dark golden bamboo leaves. If I can obtain twenty tufts of one hundred thousand years old spiritual herbs and use them to harmonize the bamboo leaves, I will certainly be able to wake Little You Er up and restore her Second Heavenly Layer Void Fragmentation Realm strength. At that time, she will be an expert at the Second Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm. With her by my side, I won't be afraid even if a Void Fragmentation Realm expert of the Rain World attacks me! "
* Chi *
In a flash, Ning Fan flew far away from the thatched cottage and subdued the rogue devil ten million li * (500m per li) away from the cottage.
Even though the rogue devil would not escape from the storage pouch, there would certainly be great fluctuations when it is subdued. If he gets too close to it, he might disturb Luo You's sleep.
Standing amidst the heavy yin qi of heaven and earth, Ning Fan took a deep breath. He shook his Cauldron Ring and took out the storage pouch that contained the rogue devil.
The surface of the storage pouch was engraved with layers upon layers of swastika. Even through the layers of seals, Ning Fan could still feel the monstrous devil qi inside the storage pouch.
Ning Fan's eyes flashed with determination. He slightly opened the pouch to reveal a small opening. Immediately, monstrous devil qi gushed out from the pouch like a flood. At the same time, an excited and wild laughter resounded across heaven and earth.
In the midst of the laughter, a black shadow suddenly darted out from the gap of the storage pouch, trying to get out of the pouch and enter the Profound Yin World.
"Haha! The storage pouch is finally open. I can finally escape!"
This black shadow was the rogue devil that the Wei Ancestor raised. His laughter was mixed with the terrifying aura force of the Ninth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm. It drowned Ning Fan like a flood.
Ning Fan's eyes widened. He immediately activated his ancestral talisman and ancestral blood to resist the devil might of the rogue devil.
This was his first time experiencing the devil might of a rogue devil. It was the aura force of a Ninth Heavenly Layer Void Fragmentation Realm expert. If he did not have the ancestral blood and ancestral talisman, he would certainly be intimidated by its might!
* Rumble *
The rogue devil tried to get out of the storage pouch. However, his head bumped into an invisible barrier at the entrance of the pouch, producing a deafening sound.
The rogue devil let out a cry of pain. He was greatly shocked. To his horror, he realized that even if the pouch was opened, he still could not escape from it!
"T-This is the boundary barrier of the realm! Besides, judging from its strength, it's a 'dimensional barrier' that can only be formed in a medium-sized world! As long as the Realm Lord does not allow it, the boundary barrier will prevent all living beings from entering the inner world! Damn it! This is impossible! Why am I kept in this medium-sized world?! Who is the Realm Lord of this medium-sized world? Get out here right now! Hurry up and remove the barrier and let me out of this world! Otherwise, once I escape from this storage pouch, I will certainly bathe this medium-sized world in blood! "
"Noisy!"
When the rogue devil was making a ruckus, Ning Fan suddenly released the might force of his ancestral blood and suppressed the storage pouch.
The might force of the four drops of ancestral blood was extremely vast. Even if the rogue devil was at the Ninth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm, as long as he was still a member of the devil race, he would feel the humbleness and fear of his bloodline.
In front of the might force of the bloodline, the rogue devil's expression changed dramatically.
"Ancestral devil?! H-How is this possible?! "
Even though he had been trapped in the storage pouch for countless years, the rogue devil knew that there were only nine great ancestral devils left in the future and all of them had been suppressed.
He could not imagine that there was a living ancestral devil right outside the storage pouch!
However, after observing it carefully, he realized that even though the ancestral devil bloodline outside the storage pouch was strong, its cultivation base seemed to be very weak. Its qi was only at the Void Refinement Realm.
He could not understand why a Void Refinement Realm devil race member would possess ancestral grade devil blood.
Then, he realized that the qi of this ancestral devil was a little familiar as if he had seen it somewhere before.
"It's you! You're that little cultivator in the past! Humph! It seems like you're quite fortunate to have broken through to the Void Refinement Realm and cultivated the ancestral blood. However, in my eyes, you're still just an ant! Since you can stay in this medium-sized world, you must know the Realm Lord. Quickly call the Realm Lord here and remove the boundary barrier to let me out. Otherwise … Humph! "
The rogue devil suddenly recalled that the qi of this ancestral devil clearly belonged to Ning Fan who had obtained the storage pouch in the past.
However, what the rogue devil could not understand was that it had only been several tens of years since the last time he met Ning Fan.
What was more, he did not expect was that Ning Fan was the Realm Lord of this medium-sized world. He thought that the Realm Lord was someone else.
Several tens of years ago, Ning Fan was just at the Harmonious Spirit Qi Realm. In just a few tens of years, he had already attained the Void Refinement Realm and even cultivated the ancestral grade devil blood. To the rogue devils, this was unavoidably rather shocking.
However, this rogue devil was arrogant by nature. His cultivation base was terrifying and he was not afraid of Ning Fan at all. His tone was incomparably arrogant as if he was the king of heaven.
"It seems that you still remember my aura. Furthermore, your personality still annoys me. I need to teach you a lesson. Talisman, appear! "
Ning Fan did not have the intention to catch up with the rogue devil. He directly waved his hand and summoned his ancestral talisman. He activated the power of the talisman to produce slave marks and sent them into his storage pouch.
Every slave mark had the power to enslave a Soul Formation Realm Fiend, and all of them were planted on the scattered devils.
Immediately, the scattered devil's blood-curdling screams rang through the air. He was furious to the extreme, and there was even a trace of fear.
"How dare you enslave me! You're courting death! Ah! "
When the slave marks entered one's body, the pain was no small matter. Even a rogue devil would not be able to endure it.
However, after each slave mark was inserted into the rogue devil's body, it would not be able to subdue the devil due to the lack of power of the slave marks.
Ning Fan frowned. Without stopping, he continued to plant slave marks on the rogue devil for two hours straight.
As for the rogue devil, its screams also lasted for two hours. In the end, it screamed until it was hoarse from the pain. Even so, it still could not be subdued by Ning Fan. However, it was obvious that it was somewhat afraid of Ning Fan.
His words also changed from cursing to begging for mercy and negotiating with Ning Fan.
"Little cultivator! Quickly stop! Let's talk this out! These slave marks are really killing me! "
"Little cultivator! Even though I'm not willing to be your slave, as long as you are willing to let me go, I can promise to help you a few times and eliminate a few strong enemies for you. What do you think? "
"Little cultivator …"
The rogue devil kept trying to bewitch Ning Fan with words. However, Ning Fan did not believe any of it.
If he could not subdue the rogue devil, he would definitely not let it out of his storage pouch. This devil was arrogant and bloodthirsty. Once it escapes, it would not keep its promise at all. Perhaps, it would swallow Ning Fan whole and then go to destroy the Rain World.
Ning Fan's eyes became darker and darker. He kept sending out slave marks but none of them could subdue the rogue devil. He shook his head and sighed.
"It seems like I can't subdue this devil with my Mid Reckless Devil Realm cultivation base …"
Ning Fan stopped using the ancestral talisman and stopped planting slave marks on the rogue devil. His cultivation base was not strong enough to control the rogue devil with the slave marks. Thus, it would be futile for him to plant slave marks on it.
Since the slave marks could not be used for now and the All-Heaven Relic was already destroyed, Ning Fan's mind raced. There were only two ways to subdue the rogue devil.
The first was to increase his cultivation base. When his cultivation base was higher, he would try to subdue the rogue devil.
The second was to refine a 'slave treasure' and use it to subdue the rogue devil.
Slave treasures were an ancient magic treasure that was used to subdue demons and devils. However, it had been lost for a long time. Today, only a few Buddhist sects knew the method to refine it.
In ancient times, many cultivators of the Buddhist sects were good at refining slave treasures which were specifically used to subdue ancient demons and devils.
After unifying the Mist Horn Clan, Ning Fan took away all the devil scriptures of the Mist Horn Clan. Among them, he found an ancient scripture which recorded the method to refine a certain kind of slave treasure.
That slave treasure was called 'Devil Subduing Hoop'. The method to refine it was left behind by the progenitor of the Mist Horn Clan.
According to rumors, there was once a great expert of the Buddhist sects who tried to subdue the progenitor of the Mist Horn Clan with the Devil Subduing Hoop. However, he was killed by the latter instead. The method to refine the Devil Subduing Hoop was obtained by the progenitor of the Mist Horn Clan.
The Devil Subduing Hoop was also divided into different grades. The higher the grade of the hoop, the rarer the spiritual ores needed to refine it.
Unfortunately, Ning Fan could not even gather enough spiritual ores to refine the Devil Subduing Hoop of the lowest grade. Many of the spiritual ores in the hoop had already gone extinct in the Rain World.
Otherwise, if he could refine the Devil Subduing Hoop, he would just need to put the golden hoop on the rogue devil. Then, no matter how powerful the rogue devil was, it would never be able to escape from Ning Fan's control.
"Whether or not I can refine the Devil Subduing Hoop to subdue the rogue devil depends on my luck. I can't force it. The only thing I can hope for is to continuously improve my strength and use my own methods to enslave the rogue devil for my own use. Let's put this matter aside for now. I'll first borrow the devil qi of the rogue devil to replenish the power of the jade slips! Talisman, devour! "
Ning Fan patted his storage pouch and took out 15 jade slips. Each of them contained the remnant power of one of the past old ancestors of the Mist Horn Clan.
When he activated the ancestral talisman, it formed a vortex that devoured devil qi. It continuously extracted devil qi from his storage pouch and channeled it into the jade slips.
Inside the storage pouch, the rogue devil heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Ning Fan stop planting the slave marks. However, his heart was filled with resentment towards Ning Fan.
"A mere Void Refinement Realm insignificant cultivator actually dares to subdue me with slave marks. How audacious of you! Humph! Don't give me a chance to escape from your storage pouch. Otherwise, you will definitely die! "
Just as the rogue devil's eyes flashed with ferocious light, he suddenly realized that the devil qi in his body was being extracted by someone irresistibly. Wisps of devil qi were being drawn out of his storage pouch.
Along with the loss of his devil qi, the rogue devil's cultivation base was also declining bit by bit.
This time, the rogue devil was really frightened. He finally realized that it was Ning Fan who was extracting his devil qi and crippling his cultivation base!
Under normal circumstances, Ning Fan would not be able to extract the devil qi of a rogue devil expert no matter what.
However, the rogue devil was sealed and Ning Fan had the ancestral talisman. Hence, he could extract the devil qi of this rogue devil.
By extracting the devil qi to replenish the power of the jade slips, if Ning Fan could not control the rogue devil directly, he would just use the rogue devil as nourishment for the recovery of the jade slips!
In just a few breaths, Ning Fan had already extracted a large amount of devil qi and increased the power of the 15 jade slips. All of the 14 Void Refinement Realm attack jade slips had reached the standard of a First Heavenly Layer Void Fragmentation Realm attack. As for the attack at the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm, it had leaped to the power of the Second Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm!
As for the poor rogue devil, his cultivation base was extracted by Ning Fan, causing his cultivation base to fall from the Ninth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm to the Eighth Heavenly Layer.
For the first time, the rogue devil realized that Ning Fan, who looked kind and gentle, was actually so ruthless. He extracted his devil qi and crippled his cultivation base.
Gritting his teeth, the rogue devil made a series of hand seals and spurted out blood continuously. He used the blood seals to lock his devil qi and prevented it from being extracted. However, the backlash he suffered was definitely not light.
"You're ruthless!" The rogue devil gnashed his teeth. He hated and feared Ning Fan's methods.
One moment, he planted slave marks on him, causing him unbearable pain.
The next moment, he extracted his devil qi and crippled his cultivation base.
He no longer dared to scold Ning Fan. At least, he did not dare to do so openly in case he angered Ning Fan and provoked him to use other extreme methods on him.
"What a pity. I didn't expect you to know how to seal your own devil qi. You're indeed a rogue devil. At first, I wanted to extract your cultivation base to the Sixth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm in one go and then try to subdue you. Now, it seems like this idea is impossible to realize. "
To Ning Fan, the rogue devil was just a tool to deal with Moksha Sovereign. Moksha Sovereign was at the Fifth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm. As long as the rogue devil's cultivation base was higher than Moksha Sovereign's, it would be enough. The lower the cultivation base, the easier it would be to control.
If he can cripple the rogue devil's cultivation base to the Sixth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm in one go, the difficulty of subduing the rogue devil would certainly be greatly reduced.
Or if he could extract all of the rogue devil's devil qi and increase the destructive power of the jade slips to the Sixth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm, it would certainly be able to severely injure Moksha Sovereign.
Unfortunately, the rogue devil had sealed his own devil qi. Hence, it would be difficult to realize these ideas.
Fortunately, after absorbing the devil qi of the rogue devil, the power of the fifteen jade slips had greatly increased. Excluding the Stele of Sun and Moon, Ning Fan already had seventeen First Heavenly Layer Void Fragmentation Realm attacks to protect himself. He even had a Second Heavenly Layer Void Fragmentation Realm attack which was enough to severely injure a First Heavenly Layer Void Fragmentation Realm old monster!
With so many trump cards, Ning Fan could protect himself even if he faces a First Heavenly Layer Void Fragmentation Realm expert!
Slightly crippling the rogue devil's cultivation base which he could not subdue in exchange for so many trump cards was just too worthwhile.
He resealed the storage pouch and kept it into his Cauldron Ring. The surroundings returned to silence.
"I might stay on Si Kong Demon Island for a while but it won't be for too long. I can go to the Pill Island on my way back. I wonder if I can break through to the Sixth Revolution Pill Refinement Realm with the help of the Soul Washing Pond. With my current trump cards, it will be a piece of cake for me to kill the Eight Ancestors when I return to the Giant Devil Clan. With me around, Feng Xueyan will certainly be fine. After that, I can go home … "
Even though only a few decades had passed in the outside world, his bone age had already reached five hundred years. He had already spent five hundred years cultivating in various ways. Thus, he began to miss the scenery of Yue Country a little.
He had promised Old Ancestor Dong Xu that he would help him break through to the Void Refinement Realm in the Sovereign Tomb. There were still ten years before the Sovereign Tomb would open.
He still had some blood wine which would take around ten years to brew.
He had promised Hong Yi a small favor. However, he would have to wait at least ten years before Hong Yi would come to him for help.
Within these ten years, there was no need for him to stay in the Endless Sea. He could go back to Yue Country to have a look first.
To cultivators, returning to their hometown was a luxury.
Once they embark on the path of cultivation, it was hard to predict when they would return.
Thinking of the beauties in his hometown, Ning Fan let out a relieved smile. If he returns to Yue Country this time, he could probably change back to his real name.
He had already become so strong that he no longer needed to conceal his identity. There was also no need for him to deceive the world to gain a reputation.
He was neither a vile person nor a gentleman. However, he would most likely have no regrets along the way.
* Ring * * Ring *
Ning Fan took out a stalk of bell orchid. It was the stalk that he prepared to give to Zhi He.
A gentle breeze blew and the bell orchid emitted a clear and melodious sound of wind chimes, making Ning Fan's eyes blur.
Before daybreak, he did not cultivate like he usually did. Instead, he just closed his eyes and listened to the sound of the wind chimes …
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