The news of Ning Fan successfully opening the divine chests spread across the entire Pill Island very quickly.
It couldn't be helped. The commotion caused by the self-detonation of the ancient living being was too huge. It had alerted many experts. After some investigation, everyone knew the whole story.
Then, all the experts of the Pill Island were stunned.
It was not a secret that Venerated Pill possessed the divine chests. He had asked many Void Refinement Realm experts to help him open the chests but none of them succeeded.
Today, however, Ning Fan had successfully opened the divine chests that no one could open. This undoubtedly proved Ning Fan's remarkable abilities.
Outside the Purple Qi Palace, those cultivators who initially did not believe that Ning Fan could open the divine chests were so shocked that they could not speak a word.
As for what treasures were inside the divine chests, it was certainly not something they could ask.
In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, Venerated Pill told them the reason for his injuries. When he talked about being attacked by the ancient living beings, many cultivators of the Pill Island turned pale with fright.
Who would have thought that there would be a Void Inquiry Stage ancient living being inside the divine chests? It was just too terrifying … Opening the divine chests was indeed risky. One could lose their life if they are not careful!
After hearing about Ning Fan killing the ancient living being and saving Venerated Pill, each of the cultivators of the Pill Island felt deep respect for Ning Fan.
However, some of them were still scared. If it wasn't for Ning Fan being so powerful, the entire Pill Island would probably have been massacred by the ancient living beings.
As Ning Fan's disciple, Yang Gu's status in the Pill Island rose. Everyone respected him even more.
Venerated Pill's complexion was still very pale. His injuries were not light. Even though he had taken some pills to suppress his injuries in time, it would still take some time for him to fully recover.
The ambush this time was truly an undeserved calamity.
Fortunately, he managed to obtain the two magic treasures that he had been dreaming of. At least his injuries were not in vain.
"Fellow Daoist opened the divine chests for me and even saved my life. I can't repay your kindness. If you need my help in the future, I will definitely go through water and tread on fire without any hesitation! "
Venerated Pill said with a solemn tone.
"Fellow Daoist Pill, you're exaggerating. However, since you said so, I will certainly ask for your help if I encounter any trouble in the future. "Ning Fan said with a faint smile.
This time, opening the divine chests had shortened the distance between Venerated Pill and Ning Fan.
Venerated Pill had no choice but to immediately enter seclusion to heal his wounds. He entrusted the task of unsealing the Soul Cleansing Pond to Huang Tingzi, Yang Gu, and the other Pill Island elders.
Before he left, he left Ning Fan with extremely detailed insights on pill refinement. All of them were his lifetime understanding as a Sixth Revolution Pill Refinement Master.
Ning Fan kept the jade slip and returned to the Primordial Heaven Palace alone. All the maids who were serving in the hall were dismissed.
The people who dismissed the maids were Ming Que and Su Yan. In a certain side hall of the Primordial Heaven Palace, Ming Que was activating her magic power to purify piles of Fifth Revolution Pills. This was not a scene that could be seen by outsiders.
On the side, Su Yan was in charge of putting Ming Que's purified pills into a bottle. Her apricot eyes were filled with shock.
She finally understood why Ning Fan would ask for useless pills from the Pill Island.
"Little Que Er, I didn't expect you to be able to purify a defective pill into a qualified pill … Your means are truly amazing …" Su Yan praised.
"Hehe, Big Sister Yan, are you scared? I still have a lot of tricks up my sleeves. "Bright Sparrow giggled.
"I'm scared, I'm really scared. You're such an incredible girl … Hmm? Master has returned. "
As soon as they sensed Ning Fan's return, the two ladies immediately stopped what they were doing and stood up to welcome him.
Both of them had naturally heard about Ning Fan opening the divine chests. When Su Yan heard that Ning Fan fought against an ancient living being, she could not help but feel worried.
However, when she saw that Ning Fan was unscathed, she could not help but let out a sigh of relief.
Ming Que, on the other hand, had always been full of confidence in Ning Fan. She was not worried that he would get hurt. Instead, she was concerned about what secret treasures he had obtained from the divine chests.
"Brother Biscuit, what kind of good things are inside the divine chests? Can you let me have a bite?! "Ming Que's petite face was filled with a pleading expression. She was indeed a pure foodie.
"You only know how to eat …" Ning Fan could not help but laugh. He patted his storage pouch and took out twelve jade boxes, placing them on the table.
Each of the jade boxes contained a Sixth Revolution Pill. Each of them emitted a strange pill fragrance which made Ming Que salivate.
"These are … Sixth Revolution Pills! There are actually twelve of them! There are so many of them! " Even though Su Yan was a Void Inquiry Stage expert and the leader of a clan, she rarely had the chance to come into contact with so many Sixth Revolution Pills.
Among the twelve Sixth Revolution Pills, five of them were Low Grade, five of them were Mid Grade and two of them were High Grade. Not a single one of these twelve pills wasn't healing medicine.
Even though healing pills were precious, they were not essential to Ning Fan who had mastered the Black Star Technique. Hence, he might as well give them to Ming Que to increase her cultivation base.
"Little girl, I need your help with something. If you can do it, I will give all twelve of these Sixth Revolution Pills to you."
"Really?!" Ming Que was drooling.
"Of course it's true. I have some spiritual herbs here. Help me purify them. Don't eat them carelessly. I have great use for them. "
Ning Fan took out a pile of one hundred thousand years old spiritual herbs. The little girl was completely overjoyed.
"There are so many medicinal treasures. All of them are for me!" She selectively forgot about Ning Fan's reminder. They were obviously not for her, alright?
"There are so many one hundred thousand years old spiritual herbs!" Su Yan was slightly surprised again. She realized that she would always be surprised one after another whenever she follows Ning Fan.
Even though these spiritual herbs were contaminated by devil qi, Su Yan had never seen so many one hundred thousand years old spiritual herbs before.
"I've already told you that they are not for you to eat … Fine. It's fine if you want to eat them. However, you have to answer me first. Do you have the confidence to purify these spiritual herbs …?"
Ning Fan shook his head speechlessly. Once this glutton sets her eyes on this batch of spiritual herbs, he could forget about getting them.
After all, Ning Fan's pill refinement realm had yet to reach the Seventh Revolution. Other than saving Luo You, he did not need these one hundred thousand years old spiritual herbs for the time being. Thus, it was fine to give some extra spiritual herbs to Ming Que.
Moreover, he was not sure if she could purify these spiritual herbs. Ming Que was a pill devil. It was reasonable for her to purify pills, but purifying medicinal herbs …
"I can purify these medicinal treasures! Believe me. I can really do it! Three days at most. No. Two days! Within two days, I can definitely purify all of them! "Ming Que was full of confidence.
"Alright. After the purification is done, leave fifteen tufts for me. I need to save someone …"
Ning Fan patted Ming Que's little head lovingly. Facing this innocent and naive glutton, he had no choice but to compromise.
After all, without Ming Que, he would not be able to get a single tuft of one hundred thousand years old spiritual herbs. Thus, he had to give her some compensation, didn't he?
Moreover, with her Half-Step Void Refinement Realm cultivation base, if she consumes these Sixth Revolution Pills and one hundred thousand years old spiritual herbs, it would probably be enough for her to break through to the Void Refinement Realm …
This little girl's pill devil physique is really heaven-defying.
Sometimes, Ning Fan could not help but think of making a 'Bright Sparrow Nurturing Plan'.
Ming Que's physique was so heaven-defying. If she has enough pills and spiritual herbs, it would be enough to nurture her into a Void Fragmentation Realm expert in a few decades …
Moreover, she had obtained Si Cang's memories. Her combat strength was extremely high. Once she becomes a Void Fragmentation Realm expert …
"A nurturing plan, huh …" Ning Fan suddenly felt a little excited about what kind of person he could nurture Ming Que into.
Ming Que began to get busy. She swallowed her saliva while purifying the one hundred thousand years old spiritual herbs.
Ning Fan then entered the Profound Yin World.
If nothing goes wrong, after Ming Que purifies fifteen tufts of spiritual herbs, Ning Fan would be able to wake Luo You up.
He stepped into the thatched hut and carefully combed the body of the white-robed lady, making preparations to wake her up.
When he was done, he walked out of the thatched hut and looked through the other loots in the divine chests.
There was a sandalwood nameplate, a pill recipe, an ancient scripture, a bronze key … but the urn of bone ashes was not among them.
Ning Fan took away Wei Yang's ashes along with the nameplate. Before he parted ways with Venerated Pill, he buried his ashes in a secluded place on Pill Island and made a small grave.
On top of the mound, there was only a stone tablet with four words written on it, 'To send off the ruler'.
Many cultivators of Pill Island could not understand his behavior. They could not understand why Ning Fan would treat an ancient cultivator who had died many years ago so well.
Venerated Pill was the only one who understood Ning Fan's actions. Thus, his respect for Ning Fan increased.
This was a kind of open-mindedness, letting all the grudges and gratitude return to dust, dust to dust, dust to dust.
This was a kind of desire, a desire for someone to bury him today, a desire for someone to bury him in the future.
This was a kind of helplessness. As a cultivator, it was hard for him to escape from the battle. He didn't know when he would fall in a foreign land and no one would collect his corpse …
"Shedding Orchid Sect, Wei Yang …"
In the Profound Yin World, Ning Fan looked at the sandalwood nameplate and his eyes gradually fell into deep thought.
It was the first time he saw this name tag, so he didn't pay too much attention to it.
However, that ancient living being mentioned the 'Shedding Orchid Key' …
Ning Fan had examined it and found out that the Shedding Orchid Key was somewhat extraordinary. The metal used to forge the key was actually 'Blue Roving Tears Gold' which was even rarer than the Immemorial Star Iron.
This kind of metal was not as sturdy as the Immemorial Star Iron. Thus, it was not suitable for forging weapons. However, it had another use.
In ancient times, some powerful cultivators often used Blue Roving Tears Gold to forge keys to secret places.
Normally, there would not be only one key that was made of Blue Roving Tears Gold.
As for the keys that were made of this metal, they all had one thing in common. If all the keys are not collected, there was absolutely no way to open the door of the secret place.
If one of the keys is destroyed, the secret place would never be able to be opened.
Without a doubt, this Shedding Orchid Key was the key to a secret place in the Shedding Orchid Sect.
Ning Fan's mind raced.
There was a legend about the Immortal Burning Valley in Western Flame Country. It was said that the Immortal Burning Valley was the remains of an ancient sect that had been annihilated. As for which sect it was, there were no records in any ancient books.
Since Wei Yang's ashes were found here, could the sect that was annihilated which was not recorded in the ancient books be the Shedding Orchid Sect?
Could he obtain any benefits from the Shedding Orchid Sect with this Shedding Orchid Key?
Ning Fan shook his head and stopped guessing.
There was definitely more than one key. As for how many keys there were, perhaps only the Shedding Orchid Sect that had been annihilated would know.
No one knew what was hidden in the secret place.
As for whether Ning Fan could find all the keys or if one of the keys was already destroyed, only God would know.
With so many uncertainties, it was really not worth it for Ning Fan to waste his efforts on a Shedding Orchid Key. This key was probably useless.
Ning Fan kept the sandalwood nameplate and the Shedding Orchid Key.
Ning Fan flipped through the scrolls of pill recipes and his eyes lit up. Then, he frowned.
There were a total of 25 types of pill recipes in his divine chests. Each of them was a pill that was at the Sixth Revolution and above. There were even some pills that could increase one's cultivation base. Besides, the pills of the Shedding Orchid Sect were far more effective than ordinary pills!
For example, the Low Grade Sixth Revolution Void Expansion Pill could actually increase the cultivation base of an expert at any level of the Void Refinement Realm.
It was unlike ordinary pills that could only be consumed by Void Glimpse Stage experts. If a Void Inquiry Stage expert consumes it, their effects would be greatly reduced.
Another example was the Low Grade Sixth Revolution Soul Tempering Pill. It could increase the medicine soul power of Fifth Revolution and Sixth Revolution Pill Refinement Masters, thereby improving their pill refinement mastery.
Among the pill recipes, Ning Fan even found a Low Grade Sixth Revolution Pill Recipe called 'Void Consuming Pill'.
The effect of this pill was even more unique. It could actually help low-level cultivators consume Seventh Revolution Pills and refine Void Fragmentation Realm Dao Fruits …
If low-level cultivators recklessly consume Seventh Revolution Pills or Void Fragmentation Realm Dao Fruits, there would only be one outcome – their bodies would explode from the medicinal power …
Even for Void Glimpse Stage and Void Inquiry Stage experts who consume Seventh Revolution Pills and Void Fragmentation Realm Dao Fruits, most of their medicinal power would be consumed due to their insufficient cultivation base.
Ning Fan still had a Void Fragmentation Realm Dao Fruit with him. However, even though he had broken through to the Mid Reckless Devil Realm, he had yet to consume it because he was worried that his cultivation base was not high enough and he would waste the power of the Dao Fruit.
However, if he had the Void Consuming Pill, he could consume the Void Fragmentation Realm Dao Fruit right now without wasting any of its power.
In short, this Void Consuming Pill was something that could help cultivators' digest 'the medicinal power of high grade pills.
Every single one of the twenty-five pill recipes was a precious item.
However, after Ning Fan read through all of them, he frowned deeply.
It was because all of them had a huge flaw.
Every elixir had a flaw. Consuming these pills would cause a cultivator to lose their lifespan!
"All the pills of the Shedding Orchid Sect require a cultivator to lose their lifespan in order to activate their medicinal power!"
Ning Fan could not help but feel a little shocked. He never expected that there would actually be such extreme pills in this world where a cultivator's lifespan would be used in exchange for the medicinal power of the pills.
He kept the pill recipes and began to read the ancient scriptures.
There were many cultivation methods and magic techniques of the Shedding Orchid Sect in the ancient scriptures. Among them, there was a type of magic technique that made Ning Fan's eyes light up.
However, all of these cultivation methods and magic techniques required the cultivator to lose their lifespan in order to cultivate them.
Increasing the speed of cultivation and the power of magic techniques by losing one's lifespan was actually this extreme …
The reason why cultivators cultivate is to live forever.
However, the Shedding Orchid Sect did the opposite. They did not seek for longevity but instead, they reduced their lifespan.
There was a scroll in the ancient scriptures which was written by Wei Yang. It contained an introduction about himself and the Shedding Orchid Sect.
Ning Fan carefully read through the scripture and his eyes became even more solemn.
The word 'Shedding' in the Shedding Orchid Sect definitely did not live up to its name. It was the essence of the cultivators of this sect.
The location of the Shedding Orchid Sect was indeed the Immortal Burning Valley in the Rain World.
In ancient times, this sect was a sect that made a living by concocting pills. There was even an Eighth Revolution Pill Refinement Master in the sect.
This sect was established after the destruction of the Divine Race, Demon Race and Devil Race. However, some of the cultivation methods of the ancient deities were left behind. Occasionally, some of their disciples would attain the Great Dao of the ancient deities.
Unfortunately, all the cultivation methods of the ancient deities were lost along with the destruction of the Shedding Orchid Sect. In the past, Wei Yang was just a fourth grade elder of the Shedding Orchid Sect. He did not come into contact with the cultivation methods of the ancient deities nor did he leave behind any cultivation methods of the ancient deities.
According to Ning Fan's speculation, the person who sealed Wei Yang's corpse in the divine chests after his death should be an ancient deity cultivator of the Shedding Orchid Sect who had achieved great mastery in the divine techniques in the past.
The pills concocted by the Shedding Orchid Sect were extremely extreme. Their cultivation methods were also extremely extreme.
In the history of the Shedding Orchid Sect, there had never been a Void Fragmentation Realm cultivator who had a lifespan of more than ten thousand years.
It was because the purpose of becoming an immortal was to seek longevity. However, the cultivation method of this sect was obviously the opposite of longevity … In the history of the Shedding Orchid Sect, there had never been a Void Fragmentation Realm cultivator who had a lifespan of more than ten thousand years …
Ordinary Void Fragmentation Realm cultivators had a lifespan of one hundred thousand years. As for the Void Fragmentation Realm experts of the Shedding Orchid Sect, they all had a short lifespan …
Most of the things in the world needed to be sacrificed in order to gain.
As for the Shedding Orchid Sect, it was obvious that the word 'sacrifice' was too extreme.
When other people pursued longevity, they would be eager to have a longer lifespan. The Shedding Orchid Sect, on the other hand, paid the price of losing their lifespan to rapidly increase their cultivation base.
Of course, the reason why the Shedding Orchid Sect gave up their lifespan was probably because they wanted to comprehend the Great Dao of 'Sacrifice for Gain'.
The founding ancestor of the Shedding Orchid Sect, Old Ancestor Shedding Orchid, had once said two sentences.
"I don't seek longevity nor immortality. I dare to sacrifice the heavens for my Dao!"
"Let's see if I will sacrifice my lifespan first or the Great Dao first! One day, when I succeed in my Great Dao, the heavens will not dare to stop me from becoming an immortal! "
Ning Fan closed the ancient scripture with a hint of respect in his eyes.
This Old Ancestor Shedding Orchid was a ruthless person. He did not seek longevity but only sought to achieve his Dao. Even though it was a little extreme, the more extreme a Great Dao was, the more terrifying it would be once it was successfully cultivated.
The ancient scripture did not record the fate of Old Ancestor Shedding Orchid. Perhaps he succeeded in becoming an immortal or perhaps he died from his lifespan.
As for the Shedding Orchid Sect that he built with his own hands, it was also destroyed in the end.
The Dao of Old Ancestor Shedding Orchid Sect contained a kind of determination which most people did not have.
Ning Fan could vaguely understand this kind of determination to sacrifice everything.
Then, he suddenly realized that the cultivation methods and pills of the Shedding Orchid Sect might be very compatible with him.
In the Black Lightning Tower, Ning Fan had unexpectedly obtained one hundred thousand years of lifespan. In addition to the ten thousand years of lifespan that he had as a Reckless Devil Realm expert, he could live for at least one hundred and ten thousand years.
If he breaks through to the Void Fragmentation Realm, his lifespan will increase by another ninety thousand years, reaching two hundred thousand years.
If he becomes an immortal, the lifespan of a cultivator would be boundless and he would be immortal. These two hundred thousand years of lifespan could be said to be completely useless.
Ning Fan thought to himself that he definitely did not need two hundred thousand years to become an immortal.
The remaining lifespan could definitely be used to consume the pills of the Shedding Orchid Sect and cultivate the magic techniques of the sect.
Previously, he had his eyes on a magic technique of the Shedding Orchid Sect. That magic technique was called the Mutual Death Technique. It was a suicidal magic technique that would reduce the lifespan of both the user and the enemy at the same time.
Once this technique is used, it would open a barrier and trap both the user and the enemy within it. According to the difference in cultivation level between the user and the enemy, the user would lose a different amount of lifespan at the same time.
If their cultivation levels were equal, Ning Fan would lose one thousand years of lifespan while the enemy would also lose one thousand years of lifespan …
If the enemy's cultivation level was higher than Ning Fan, Ning Fan would lose one thousand years of lifespan while the enemy would only lose five hundred years or three hundred years or even lower …
This technique was easy to learn but it was also extremely crazy.
The reason why Ning Fan had his eyes on this technique was purely because he wanted to scare others with his inexhaustible lifespan.
Just imagine, if Ning Fan were to risk his life against a Void Fragmentation Realm old monster and lose his own lifespan, he would lose tens of thousands of years of lifespan while the Void Fragmentation Realm old monster would also lose eight to ten thousand years of lifespan. Wouldn't that scare them to death?
Not everyone was like Ning Fan who disliked having a long lifespan.
Many Void Fragmentation Realm old monsters had already lived for seventy to eighty thousand years. They did not have much lifespan left. It was unknown if they could withstand Ning Fan's intimidation.
If this technique is used against Void Pierce Stage and Absolute Void Stage old monsters, it would be even more vicious.
Be it Void Pierce Stage or Absolute Void Stage experts, all of them only had ten thousand years of lifespan. Besides, most of the Void Pierce Stage and Absolute Void Stage old monsters were old and did not have much lifespan left … For example, many Absolute Void Stage old monsters only had one to two thousand years of lifespan left.
Under such circumstances, Ning Fan could exhaust an Absolute Void Stage old monster's lifespan by throwing away a few thousand years of lifespan … This technique was really too vicious.
For the first time, Ning Fan felt that having a long lifespan was really a good thing.
Of course, this technique could not be used to exhaust the enemy's lifespan in an instant. It required time.
If the enemy breaks the barrier and escapes during the process of exhausting their lifespan, the technique would fail.
This technique could not attack multiple enemies at the same time. It was a weakness.
As for immortals who had limitless lifespan, this technique was completely useless. It could only be used against cultivators at the First Step of Cultivation.
"This technique is somewhat useful to me. It might have a miraculous effect during critical moments. As for the Void Consuming Pill, I have to concoct one so that I can consume the Void Fragmentation Realm Dao Fruit smoothly … The side effect of consuming a Void Consuming Pill is enough to consume one thousand years of lifespan … "
"One thousand years of lifespan is nothing to me. The only difficulty is the grade of the Void Consuming Pill. The Void Consuming Pill is a Low Grade Sixth Revolution Pill. If I want to concoct the Void Consuming Pill, it's best for me to try again after I attain the Sixth Revolution Pill Refinement Realm. If I concoct it now, I can only concoct a Peak Grade Fifth Revolution Pill and raise it to the Sixth Revolution Pill Refinement Realm using the Grade Upgrading Technique. Putting aside the success rate, the quality of the pill will certainly not be as good as after I improve my pill refinement technique. "
Ning Fan kept the ancient scriptures and seemed to have made up his mind.
"I've decided. I'll think about concocting the Void Consuming Pill after I enter the Soul Washing Pond. Ming Que is currently purifying the spiritual herbs. She only needs two days to purify 42 tufts of spiritual herbs. In other words, she can purify 15 tufts of spiritual herbs in a day. It's enough for me. Before entering the Soul Washing Pond, I'll wake Little You Er up in one go! "
One day later, Ning Fan left the Profound Yin World and entered the side hall to look for Ming Que.
When he saw Ming Que's actions, he did not know whether to laugh or cry.
"You little girl …" (To be continued.)
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