With a teleportation technique, Ning Fan brought Yun Ruowei and Ning Qingqing back to Hai Ning.
He had long been accustomed to smiling. No matter how dangerous the road ahead was, he had never lost his smile.
Smiling was a kind of attitude, it had nothing to do with one's mood … However, he couldn't smile today, not even if he was pretending.
"Miss Yun, if you encounter any difficulties in the Southeast Cultivator Union in the future, you can always come to Seven Apricot City for help. Miss Qing, Hai Ning's Ning Family will prosper for as long as I live. You can rest assured about this … "
With that, he turned around and left in a somewhat desolate manner.
Ning Qingqing had something to ask, but she couldn't say it.
At first, Yun Ruowei wanted to ask Ning Fan for the blue jade. However, when she saw Ning Fan's back, she could not bring herself to ask for it.
There seemed to be an illusion in his heart that the jade should have been given to him for safekeeping and no one could replace it …
"Why is he so sad …" Yun Ruowei did not understand and neither did Ning Qingqing.
No one will understand …
Ning Fan returned to Seven Apricot City using the escaping light. Three days later, he received a message-transmitting flying sword from the Endless Sea.
After listening to the voice transmission, he didn't say anything. He split his soul into the Sovereign Tomb and helped Patriarch Dong Xu, who had been waiting for a long time, to break through to the Void Training Realm.
Old Ancestor Dong Xu had not seen Ning Fan for a long time. He wanted to crack a few jokes with him. However, when he saw Ning Fan's lonely back, all of his jokes turned into sighs.
One month later, with Ning Fan's help, Old Ancestor Dong Xu successfully broke through the bottleneck of the Void Refinement Realm. As long as he left the Sovereign Tomb and returned to the Dong Xu Island for a long seclusion, he would be able to become a Void Refinement Realm cultivator.
Since everything was settled, Ning Fan left Seven Apricot City alone and headed towards the Middle State.
Little Marten stayed in Seven Apricot City. After all, her injuries had not fully recovered. With her and Ming Luo protecting Seven Apricot City, even if Moksha Sovereign came personally, they would still be able to resist.
Ning Fan walked out of the mountains and rivers of Wu Yue on his own. He traveled across the four countries and visited many foreign cultivation countries that he had never visited before.
He traveled all the way to the north, sometimes flying, sometimes walking, sometimes stopping, and sometimes stopping in the deep mountains to look at the blooming mountain flowers … Within a month, he had crossed countless mountains and valleys.
Cultivation Country …
He accidentally entered a demon tiger's lair. A young tiger bared its teeth and pounced at him, not knowing the immensity of heaven and earth.
His aura spread out slightly, causing the tiger cub to fall to the ground in fright.
Ning Fan raised his finger, intending to kill the tiger cub. However, a black tiger stood in front of it and knelt on the ground like a human. Its eyes were filled with despair and begging as it kept kowtowing to Ning Fan.
This was a tigress, perhaps the mother of the tiger cub …
Ning Fan sighed. All of a sudden, his killing intent faded and he flew away.
In the evening rain, he stood by a nameless river, watching the duckweed in the river being scattered by the rain.
The mayflies that had been resting on the duckweed immediately jumped away and left the scattered duckweed to find their next foothold.
The rain became heavier and heavier, gradually becoming as fine as a curtain. The shore could not be seen clearly. Finally, the downpour was like a torrential downpour.
Bolts of lightning flashed across the sky, and thunder rumbled incessantly.
Ning Fan's clothes were completely wet. As the autumn wind blew past, his clothes were slightly cold. The blue jade on his neck was even colder. He closed his eyes and sighed with a lonely expression.
"Who's the one who said heaven and earth are heartless? If the Heaven and Earth are heartless, why were you born in the Heaven and Earth … Those who are heartless in their hearts will naturally see the Heaven and Earth as heartless … "
"Who's the one who said he had to destroy love? If all love and thoughts are destroyed, then what will be left at the end of the Dao … "
"I cultivate the Devil Path not because I hate heaven and earth. I just want to break the prison and protect the warmth behind my back … I don't kill for riches and honor, but for a thought of love and a meal … I don't kill not because I'm kind. I slaughter not because I'm evil, but there are too many things in this world that I can't help … "
"I thought I had no father or mother. How ridiculous! If I didn't have a mother, I should have died a thousand years ago … Every drop of blood in my body doesn't belong to me … and I can't find her … "
"It's not that the duckweed doesn't want to take root, the mayflies are just powerless …"
He gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, standing alone in the evening rain. His fists were clenched so tightly that his nails dug deep into his palms, causing blood to flow out.
"I'm sorry …"
The rain didn't stop even after a long time.
Ning Fan left the riverside and slowly walked upstream along the river. A few days later, a small cultivation city appeared in front of him.
This cultivation country was called Zhao Country, a low-ranked cultivation country. It was called the Vermillion Bird City and was guarded by only one Gold Core Old Ancestor.
Although Zhao Country wasn't strong, it was located at the border of the Southeastern Continent and was adjacent to the Middle State. Therefore, many experts of the Middle State would pass by this place.
The heavy rain was like a waterfall in the city. Many cultivators wearing straw raincoats hurriedly walked through the city.
No one knew Ning Fan's cultivation base when he walked into the city. The cultivators who passed by only knew that he was a low level cultivator.
One after another, Harmonious Spirit and Gold Core Old Monsters entered the Vermillion Bird City and were treated respectfully by the cultivators guarding the city.
If they were Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, it would be a grand reception. If they were Spirit Severing Realm cultivators who didn't show their cultivation base, the cultivators guarding the city wouldn't be able to see their strength and would be disrespectful instead.
This was the way of the world. Ning Fan didn't care about the attitude of the cultivators guarding the city and walked towards a tavern in the city. The name of the tavern was Falling Cloud House.
Along the way to the border of the Middle State, his mood had gradually calmed down from sadness. He only wanted to get drunk and restore his Devil Heart.
To die from wine was to get drunk. To be born from wine was to wake up. Wine could intoxicate one's heart, but it could also wake one's heart.
Outside the tavern, there were a few Vein Opening Realm cultivators wearing bamboo hats and coats guarding the door. When they saw Ning Fan entering the tavern, they said coldly.
"Friend, the wine in this tavern is expensive. Those who don't have enough immortal jades can't enter."
"It's alright. I should have enough immortal jades." Ning Fan walked past the few men and entered the tavern.
Most of the seats in the tavern were Vein Opening Realm cultivators drinking wine. The seats were already full. There was only one seat by the window that was unoccupied because of the rain. Occasionally, there were a few Harmonious Spirit old monsters occupying a large empty table and carefully tasting the wine. No one dared to sit at the same table as these old monsters.
As cultivators, it was rare for them to get wet from the rain. The clothes of the Vein Opening Realm cultivators in the tavern were dry. Even if some of them got wet, they had already dried their clothes with their magical power.
Ning Fan was the first person who got drenched. Everyone thought that Ning Fan's magical power was too weak to evaporate the rain with his magical power.
A few young cultivators saw Ning Fan's embarrassing appearance and laughed. "Since this little brother is drenched, why don't you sit by the window? You won't get wet anyway."
"That makes sense."
Ning Fan walked to the seat by the window and sat down, letting the light rain fall on his body. He didn't look happy at all.
"Haha! He even said that it makes sense!" A few cultivators laughed. Seeing that Ning Fan ignored them, they gradually felt bored and no longer cared about him.
After paying the immortal jades and serving the spiritual wine, Ning Fan drank by himself. Occasionally, he would look at the curtain of rain outside the window. Everything in the tavern had nothing to do with him.
He looked at the endless autumn rain. Gradually, what he saw in front of him was no longer the rain, but the past and memories of his journey.
His heart was filled with enlightenment and his thoughts gradually drifted away.
The rain was real and the memories were illusory … The Void Glimpse Stage saw the illusory, the Void Inquiry Stage saw the illusory, the Void Pierce Stage saw the illusory and the Absolute Void Stage saw the real illusory.
If he attains the Void Fragmentation Realm, he would probably be able to shatter the void. Illusory and real could be determined with just a single thought …
"Is this the Great Dao of Void …?" Ning Fan lifted the wine jar and took a big gulp. The sadness in his heart was washed away by the rain and the wine.
"Good wine!"
Ning Fan's praise immediately made many of the customers in the tavern burst into laughter.
"Haha! Does this kid know anything about wine?! The spiritual wine of the Falling Cloud House has always been mixed with water. How can it be considered as good wine?! This kid doesn't know anything about wine but he still praises it. What a joke! "
"If we are talking about the best wine in the Vermillion Bird City, it would definitely be the wine of the Drunken Sparrow House … Tsk tsk tsk. That is the real good wine. However, the price is ten times more expensive than the wine of the Falling Cloud House … Ai, us Vein Opening Realm cultivators can only reluctantly drink the watered wine of the Falling Cloud House."
Ning Fan was still drinking by himself, ignoring these low-grade cultivators. In his eyes, these Vein Opening Realm and Harmonious Spirit Realm cultivators were no different from mortals. There was no need for him to obtain their approval.
The quality of the wine was not determined by the alcohol content nor the taste. If it could wash away his sadness, then it was naturally a good wine.
No one agreed with Ning Fan's words. Only a hearty laughter resounded from outside the tavern. "Haha! I thought I was the only one who thought that the wine of the Falling Cloud House was good. It turns out that there is a bosom friend here. What a joyous occasion!"
The laughter was still echoing in the distance. In an instant, a man wearing a bamboo hat and a straw raincoat entered the tavern.
"His grandma, this is really a heavy rain. I am wearing a bamboo hat and a straw raincoat, but I am still wet. Haha, haha."
The man laughed heartily. His body exuded the aura of a fifth level Vein Opening cultivator.
He looked around the tavern and saw Ning Fan. Seeing Ning Fan calmly drinking under the rain, he immediately guessed that this was the person praising the wine.
"Haha! Isn't this Crazy Wu from the Vermillion Bird City? I heard that you went into seclusion three years ago to break through to the sixth level Vein Opening. Why is your aura still at the fifth level? Did you fail again? Haha! "
"I have known him for ten years. At that time, he was already at the fifth level Vein Opening. Ten years have passed, but his cultivation hasn't improved at all. It seems like he will not be able to break through to the Harmonious Spirit realm in this life! "
"Harmonious Spirit? If Crazy Wu could reach the Harmonious Spirit realm, then I would be able to form my core! "
Countless mocking voices came. Obviously, most of them knew this man wearing a bamboo hat.
The man didn't care about the mockery of the crowd. He took off his bamboo hat and straw raincoat, laughed and walked towards Ning Fan's table.
He ignored the falling rain outside the window and sat down. He threw the bamboo hat and straw raincoat to the side and laughed.
"This rain is really good! This seat near the window is really the best seat in this tavern! "
As soon as the man said this, countless customers immediately spurted out their wine and laughed. "Look, Crazy Wu is talking nonsense again! Haha! "
Ning Fan raised his eyes and casually glanced at the man. The calm evil Qi in his body slightly trembled. He could feel an extremely strong evil Qi from the man's body.
"Peak Spirit Severing Realm … This person is not far from the Void Refinement Realm. Although the evil Qi in his body is far weaker than mine, it is still quite heavy. He should be an unscrupulous evil cultivator …"
Ning Fan could see through the man's background with just a glance. However, the man couldn't see through Ning Fan at all. He only thought that Ning Fan was a Vein Opening junior, but he still cupped his fists and said politely.
"I am Wu Chen, the Wu who has no respect for the law, the Chen who massacred the city!"
The name of the man was' Wu Cheng '.
However, those who were familiar with him knew that his name was Wu Chen. What he said was completely incongruous. He was practically illiterate. Thus, the crowd laughed at him again.
"Haha. This Wu Chen is talking nonsense again!"
"Little Brother, don't believe him. His Wu is the Wu of Wu Yue and the Chen of Chen!"
The man was not bothered by the crowd's mockery. He flicked some immortal jade to the innkeeper and the latter immediately served wine.
The man carried the wine jar and drank a mouthful of it. He felt very carefree. "Good wine. What a good wine!"
The customers naturally laughed at the man just like how they laughed at Ning Fan before.
"I haven't asked for Little Brother's name yet."
"Ning Fan."
As soon as the two words were uttered, the entire tavern fell into dead silence.
Ning Fan?! Marquis White Robe, Ning Fan?!
Impossible! It's definitely impossible! There were countless people with the same name in the world. There were tens of thousands of people with the same name in the Rain World. It was certainly impossible for this person to be Marquis White Robe!
The crowd regained their smiles and continued drinking their wine.
The man was also stunned. A moment later, however, he also shook his head and laughed heartily. "Little Brother Ning, your name is really great. It's exactly the same as Marquis White Robe. It almost scared me to death."
"Is that so …?"
Ning Fan was not bothered at all. He continued drinking by himself and did not have the mood to talk to the man.
The man, on the other hand, became interested in Ning Fan. He carefully studied Ning Fan for a few times and suddenly sighed. "Little Brother, you have the pain of losing your family in your eyes."
"Oh? Brother Wu knows the art of physiognomy? "Ning Fan was surprised. His interest in Wu Chen was piqued.
"Haha. What do I know about physiognomy? I just know how to read people's faces. Little Brother doesn't look sad on your face but your heart is in pain. I was just making a random guess. * Sigh * There aren't many people like Little Brother … Most of the people in the cultivation world are cold, heartless and selfish. Those who claim to be righteous don't even dare to keep their closest relatives in their hearts. They stubbornly cut off their emotions and abandon the mortal world. Hehe. In my opinion, such people are really stupid! "
The man let out a sigh and stopped smiling. He gulped down a jar of wine in one gulp and bought another jar. He finished it in an instant and then bought three jars of wine in one go.
Ning Fan was stunned. He felt that the man's words were in line with his thoughts. Even though the man's cultivation base was not as good as his, he still thought highly of him.
After taking a closer look at Wu Chen, Ning Fan realized that this man possessed a trace of heavenly secret power. He should be an expert in the Dao of Divination. Thus, his opinion of this man increased.
"Why don't you take a guess? Is my family member dead or alive?" Ning Fan asked politely.
"Alive!" Wu Chen answered without any hesitation.
"Where is she?!"
"I don't know … Her fate has been changed. I can't see through it. If I try to see it forcefully, I'll only harm myself … "Wu Chen was still drinking. However, after just a few words, Ning Fan had already determined that this man's divination ability was shocking.
In the past, Dong Xu could only see that Ning Qian's fate had been changed by using the blood of an immortal. However, this man in front of him could see through the heavenly secret with just a few words. He was truly a peerless genius.
"I, Ning Fan, beg you to help me with my divination!"
"* Sigh * Fine, fine. I'll help you take a look. Just a look …" Wu Chen could not help but feel touched when he saw the sincerity in Ning Fan's eyes. He put down the wine jar and took out twelve empty wine bowls, placing them on the table according to a certain formation.
Then, he closed his eyes and suddenly patted the wine jar. The wine flew up on its own and fell into the twelve bowls.
"The Twelve Branches of the Earth Technique!" Ning Fan's heart skipped a beat. He recognized that the technique Wu Chen used was a long-lost ancient divination technique.
Wu Chen's face was filled with pain, as if it was extremely difficult for him to divine the heavenly secret.
However, based on Wu Chen's personality, he would definitely keep his promise. Since he had promised to help Ning Fan with his divination, he would take a look no matter how difficult it was!
"Peep!"
As soon as Wu Chen uttered the word, he suddenly opened his eyes and coughed out a few liters of blood. Then, he fainted.
All the customers in the tavern were stunned. They did not know why Wu Chen fainted all of a sudden.
Ning Fan was shocked. He flicked his sleeve and flicked a pill into Wu Chen's mouth. He then used his magic power to dissolve it. It was a Sixth Revolution Healing Pill.
As the pill dissolved, Wu Chen gradually regained consciousness. He sat up and patted his forehead with a strange expression.
"Oh my god! That scared me to death. The person who changed her fate is too strong. I was almost killed by the heavenly secret … But it's really strange. I have coughed out so much blood. How did I suppress my injuries in an instant?"
Wu Chen did not know that it was Ning Fan who fed him the pill.
He looked at Ning Fan with a proud expression and said. "I saw it! The person you are looking for is in the Middle State! "
"The Middle State?!"
The corner of Ning Fan's mouth curved into a smile. It was the first time he smiled along the way.
As long as he knew that she was in the Middle State, he would find her even if he had to destroy the entire place!
"Thank you!" Ning Fan solemnly cupped his fists at Wu Chen.
"Hehe. It's just a small matter. There's no need to thank me … Oh no, my pursuers are here. I have committed some crimes these few days. I need to run away …"
Just as Wu Chen was about to stand up and leave, his chest was affected by the pain. He sat back on his seat.
During this moment of delay, the entire Vermillion Bird City was suddenly shrouded by four extremely strong qi.
Four Void Refinement Realm cultivators!
"We are the 'Four Elders Bu Yu' of the Great Heaven Palace in the Middle State. We have come to the Vermillion Bird City of Zhao Country to arrest 'Revered Rain Caster' Wu Chen of the Great Heaven Palace! This person disobeyed the orders of the palace lord and rained rain at will, violating the law of the world. According to the law, he should be brought back to the Great Heaven Palace and suffer twenty lashes from the rain! Wu Chen, come with us! "
Ning Fan's eyes turned solemn. The newcomers were actually four Void Glimpse Stage experts!
Wu Chen's true identity was actually a revered elder of the Rain Palace which belonged to the Great Heaven Palace.
Moreover, his identity was slightly different from the other revered elders.
There were many revered elders in the Great Heaven Palace. Among them, only twenty-four Revered Rain Caster had the right to summon rain in the Rain World.
Wu Chen was one of them.
The four Void Glimpse Stage experts instantly arrived at the Vermillion Bird City and entered the Falling Cloud House.
All the customers looked at Wu Chen as if they were looking at a monster. No one could imagine that this lunatic Wu who had always been ridiculed by others was actually a Divine Transformation Realm revered elder of the Rain Palace!
"H-He is a … a … a … a …" The few people who asserted that Wu Chen would never attain the Harmonious Spirit Realm in this life were so scared that they peed their pants.
Wu Chen looked at the four elders with an indignant expression.
To a Divine Transformation Realm cultivator, enduring twenty lashes of the rain was not considered a heavy punishment. However, they would still suffer severe injuries. They would need to enter seclusion for at least a few years to fully recover.
If he had made some grave mistakes, it would be fine if he was punished. However, he did not commit any mistakes. Thus, he naturally refused to accept the punishment.
"I didn't do anything wrong! The palace lord asked me to summon a rainstorm and flood the Yun Nation! That Yun Nation is just a mortal country. It doesn't even have a single cultivator and they didn't violate any laws. What right do they have to drown them?! I won't accept it! "Wu Chen refuted.
"They don't agree to build a shrine for the Rain Sovereign in their country. They are unwilling to offer incense to the Rain Sovereign. Is this not considered as violating the laws?!" A Void Glimpse Stage old man in silver robes said coldly.
"Bullsh * t! It's their freedom to worship whoever they want! "Wu Chen said angrily.
"How dare you! How dare a mere revered elder of the Rain Palace be disrespectful to us Void Refinement Realm experts?! "
The silver-robed Void Glimpse Stage expert was enraged. His aura force suddenly spread out and pressed down on Wu Chen like a falling sky.
Wu Chen was greatly shocked. With his current injured body, he could not withstand the aura force of a Void Refinement Realm expert at all!
Even if he was at his peak, he would not be able to withstand half a round of attacks from a Void Refinement Realm expert.
Just as the aura force was about to fall on him, a wave of baleful qi that was countless times stronger soared into the sky, causing the four Void Glimpse Stage experts to cough out blood at the same time.
"He is my friend!"
Ning Fan stood up gently and stared coldly at the four Void Glimpse Stage experts.
When the four Void Glimpse Stage experts saw Ning Fan's face, cold sweat immediately broke out on their bodies.
"Marquis White Robe!"
* Hiss *
All the customers in the Falling Cloud Residence were stunned.
All the cultivators in the Vermillion Bird City were stunned!
That white-robed young man who was drenched in the rain was actually an existence that they must never provoke!
"Marquis White Robe, please calm down! We didn't know that this person is your friend! "
"Little Brother, no, no, no. Marquis White Robe, please calm down. Please don't kill them. If you kill them, I will become your accomplice … Then I won't be a revered elder of the Rain Palace anymore. I will have to flee to the ends of the world!"
Wu Chen's face turned green with fear. He never expected that Ning Fan would be such a terrifying person.
Marquis White Robe! Damn it! He is actually drinking and chatting merrily with the number one devil lord of the Rain World. This is really too scary! Too scary!
This must be the craziest thing that I, Madman Wu, have ever done in my entire life!
If Ning Fan kills four Void Refinement Realm experts of the Rain Palace and causes me, Madman Wu, to flee to the Rain World, then I will be in big trouble …
(2/3) (To be continued)
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