With just a glance from the black-robed young man, the endless rain intent carried an unstoppable aura force that nearly pressed Ning Fan to the ground.
Ning Fans bones creaked. He gritted his teeth and refused to yield even though his internal organs were injured by the aura.
Towards the black-clothed youth's question, he didn't reply at all.
The black-robed young man was slightly stunned. He put down the wine jar and withdrew his aura force. Then, he looked at Ning Fan again.
After a long time, he spat out two words, "Not bad!"
Although this person had dispersed his aura, the torrential rain still poured down without stopping.
Ning Fan secretly activated the power of the Black Star. The injuries on his body instantly healed. Without batting an eyelid, he sat in front of the young man and asked indifferently. "Who are you?"
"I am who you say I am … Life is like rain, passers-by are like clouds, cultivation is like an illusion, and drunkenness is like reality …"
The black-robed young man drank alone and no longer looked at Ning Fan.
The smell of alcohol in the surroundings gradually thickened, and the curtain of rain also began to intensify.
The black-clothed youth put down the wine jar in midair and waved his sleeve towards the sky. The rain that filled the sky suddenly seemed to have a mind of its own and flew into the wine jar.
In an instant, the rain between the heavens and the earth stopped. All the rainwater had been collected by the young man. As for the wine jar in front of the young man, there was not much wine left and it was still in the air …
"What I drank wasn't wine but rain." The young man muttered to himself. All of a sudden, he raised his head again and tested Ning Fan.
"What is void?"
Ning Fan did not give the same answer as before. He was also not in a hurry to answer the young man's question. In fact, he even ignored him.
He seemed to have understood something, but there seemed to be a barrier that he could not see through.
His comprehension of the word 'void' had already reached the Void Inquiry Stage and he was only half a step away from the Void Pierce Stage.
At the Void Inquiry Stage, what you see is not the void.
When it came to the Void Pierce Stage, it was still a void.
Ning Fan suddenly raised his hand and pointed at the outside of the tavern just like what the black-robed young man did. Immediately, a curtain of rain fell from the surroundings of the tavern.
"Eighth grade Rain Intent …" The black-clothed youth remained calm and continued drinking.
Ning Fan did not talk to the young man. He bent his palm and waved. The rainwater condensed into a crystal clear empty wine jar.
Then, he pointed to the sky, and all the wine in the sky fell into the wine jars, and the rain stopped once more.
From the beginning to the end, Ning Fan did not utter a single word. He held up the wine jar and sat opposite the black-robed young man.
The young man in black had a strange look in his eyes. A moment later, he smiled with approval. "Not bad!"
This was the second time he praised Ning Fan. The first time was because of Ning Fan's unyielding pride. The second praise was for Ning Fans comprehension ability.
"I just don't know how many more days you can sit here and how much rain you can drink."
Ning Fan's mind was as calm as still water. He held the wine jar by himself and drank the rainwater.
The rain was light and tasteless, but there was a never-ending feeling of rain in it.
One day, two days, three days …
One year, two years, three years …
From the beginning to the end, Ning Fan continued to drink by himself, behaving like the black-robed young man.
Every year that passes, Ning Fan's rain intent would increase a little.
Every year that passed, Ning Fan's face would become paler and his life force would be drained away rapidly.
...
A year in the illusion was a day in the outside world.
Ning Fan sat in the illusory realm for sixty years while only sixty days had passed in the outside world.
In the Rain God Palace, all the Void Refinement Realm cultivators were shocked.
The illusory realm of the Heaven Gate had an extremely strong wine qi. Even a Void Pierce Stage expert would not be able to stay inside for more than a day.
Even the old monsters of the Absolute Void Stage could only stay inside for around three days …
"Marquis White Robe actually stayed inside for sixty days. This is really unbelievable!"
"Since the creation of the Rain World, there has never been a Void Refinement Realm cultivator who could stay inside the Heaven Gate for sixty days!"
Revered Ming's expression turned solemn. He had been waiting for Ning Fan to use his sovereign qi to protect his body and resist the wine qi.
However, from the beginning to the end, Ning Fan did not activate any trace of his sovereign qi, making him feel somewhat at a loss.
"How's the situation?" The Rain Sovereign asked through telepathy.
"There is nothing unusual in the Heaven Gate. It's just that …" Revered Ming wanted to say something but hesitated.
"Just what?" The Rain Sovereign's eyelids twitched.
"It's just that I can't see through him. I don't know what he is actually doing inside the Heaven Gate."
No one in the outside world knew what Ning Fan was actually doing.
The only ones who could understand it were the black-robed young man and Ning Fan who was drinking the rain alone.
He had been sitting inside the wine shop for sixty years.
On the thirteenth year, his Eighth Grade Rain Intent advanced to the Seventh Grade Rain Intent but his face became paler and paler.
On the forty-first year, his Seventh Grade Rain Intent advanced to the Sixth Grade Rain Intent but its qi became weaker and weaker.
On the sixtieth year, his Sixth Grade Rain Intent was on the verge of breaking through to the Fifth Grade Rain Intent but there was a barrier that prevented it from doing so.
At this moment, Ning Fan's breathing was extremely weak. He was on the verge of death as if he would die at any time.
"You have already reached your limit …" The black-robed young man put down the wine jar and said regretfully. "With your cultivation base, it is already surprising that you can stay here for sixty years. You can leave now."
As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his hand and pointed at Ning Fan. Immediately, a door of fine rain appeared behind him.
Perhaps, that door is the exit of the illusory realm …
Ning Fan acted as if he did not hear the young man's words and did not see the door of rain beside him. It was as if he had forgotten everything in the world.
In his heart, there was only that small wine jar which contained all the rain in this world.
The sixty-first year, the sixty-second year, the sixty-third year … Ning Fan was still drinking alone in the wine shop.
The illusory realm around him gradually became fainter and disappeared. Each of the drunken scholars and beauties slowly disappeared in the illusory realm.
The Bamboo Sea City disappeared, the rivers disappeared, the pleasure boats disappeared and the music of the flute that lingered in his ears also disappeared …
In the end, Ning Fan was the only one left in this world. He held the wine jar and drank alone.
In front of him, there was only the black-robed young man who praised him for the third time. "Not bad!"
It was the hundredth year in the illusory realm!
In this year, Ning Fan's Rain Intent Realm was just a tiny bit away from breaking through to the Fifth Grade!
In this year, other than the black-robed young man in front of him, Ning Fan had destroyed the entire Heavenly Pass!
The reason why he drank the rainwater was to imitate the black-robed young man and increase his Rain Intent Realm.
He remained silent and was comprehending the Dao of the Void Pierce Stage.
At the Void Pierce Stage, looking at the illusory realm was still illusory … It was a kind of enlightenment that came after one had seen through all the profound mysteries of the word 'illusory'.
He did not talk to the black-robed young man because in his eyes, everything around him was illusory and he was the only real existence.
The deeper his Dao Enlightenment was, the fainter the illusory realm around him became. After a hundred years of Dao Enlightenment, the entire illusory realm finally disappeared!
The correct door to leave the illusory realm was not any door of void …
What Ning Fan wanted to understand was to turn the illusory realm into illusory.
If the illusory realm becomes illusory, it would mean that he had never entered the illusory realm in the first place. Since he never came, why should he leave?
Therefore, when the black-robed young man pointed the way to him, Ning Fan ignored him. That door was not the correct way …
"Amazing! After you, there is no more Heavenly Pass in the Rain World. This pass has been destroyed! Haha! I didn't expect that there would be such a person in the future. The younger generation will really surpass us in time! "
"I came from the rain and I shall go with the rain. Now, I will help you break through to the Fifth Grade Rain Intent and grant you another drop of rain!"
* Bang *
As the black-robed young man was laughing, his figure suddenly collapsed, turning into tiny silver raindrops that went into Ning Fan's body.
All of a sudden, the Heavenly Pass collapsed!
In an instant, the heavenly dwelling collapsed. Ning Fan and Chu Chang 'an appeared in the Rain God Palace at the same time!
All of a sudden, a Fifth Grade Rain Intent rose around Ning Fan's body and swept across the entire Rain God Palace!
"The Heavenly Pass has collapsed! What exactly did Marquis White Robe do inside that he actually destroyed the Heavenly Pass?! "
"The four passes of the Heaven and Earth Pass were left behind by the Rain Ancestor. The Rain Ancestor once said that only those who truly understand the mysteries of the four passes can destroy the Heavenly Pass … Could it be that Marquis White Robe has found the correct way to break the Heavenly Pass?"
"Fifth Grade Rain Intent! Marquis White Robe's rain intent has actually reached the Fifth Grade. This is really unbelievable! Even the Rain Sovereign only has a Fourth Grade Rain Intent … If Marquis White Robe's comprehension of his rain intent improves further, wouldn't he be on the same level as the Rain Sovereign?! "
"What about the Rain Ancestor? Did he find the remnant image of the Rain Ancestor in the illusory realm?! "
Everyone wore an astonished expression. Even the Rain Sovereign was deeply shocked.
Revered Ming was even more astonished. He was the only one who witnessed Ning Fan breaking the illusory realm from the beginning to the end!
He did not understand what Ning Fan was doing at all. He could not understand it at all …
What he could not understand the most was that the Rain Ancestor's remnant image actually destroyed itself to help Ning Fan break through the bottleneck of his divine intent …
"So that person is the Rain Ancestor … Thank you …"
Ning Fan muttered to himself. Even though he had not paid attention to the Rain Ancestor for a hundred years, it was all thanks to the Rain Ancestor that his rain intent could break through to the Fifth Grade.
The rain intent that was at the Eighth Grade had advanced to the Fifth Grade after passing through the Heavenly Pass.
According to Ning Fan's estimation, if he could cultivate his rain intent to the First Grade, he would be able to display the technique of the Rain Ancestor – Heaven Peeking Rain!
"Hehe. Congratulations to Marquis White Robe for breaking through the Heavenly Pass!"
"Marquis White Robe has remarkable abilities and profound Dao Comprehension. We are ashamed of our inferiority!"
Compliments could be heard from the surroundings. Ning Fan just nodded his head slightly and did not have the intention to pay attention to those people.
He patted his storage pouch and took out the Scarlet Heaven Palace Lord Token.
The Hall Leader Badge glowed, and the merit points marked on it increased by ten billion!
"Ten billion merit points! Marquis White Robe actually obtained ten billion merit points after breaking through the Heavenly Pass! "
"In the Rain Palace, no one below the Void Fragmentation Realm has more merit points than Marquis White Robe …"
"Look! What is that white light?!"
"It's the reward for passing the Heavenly Pass!"
"T-That's … Impossible!"
All of a sudden, silver light shone brightly in front of Ning Fan. Then, a drop of rain emerged.
It was just a drop of rain but it contained terrifying bloodline power. It gave off an ancient aura force that made everyone's blood boil!
In front of this drop of rain, even the Rain Sovereign could not remain calm!
"It's the Natal Blood Rain of the Rain Ancestor! Why … Why can this young man, a mere devil cultivator, obtain such a reward … I don't understand! "
In just an instant, that drop of rain entered Ning Fan's body and melted in his bloodline.
Ning Fan looked inside his body and his eyes widened.
It was a drop of rain. It was the natal blood rain of the Rain Ancestor!
If one day, Ning Fan could cultivate his Rain Intent Realm to a certain level, he could gradually refine this blood rain and eventually turn it into a drop of ancestral god blood!
At that time, Ning Fan's divine bloodline would ascend to the heavens in a single step and advance to the ancestral level!
Of course, if Ning Fan's Rain Intent Realm was not strong enough and he could not refine this rain, he would not be able to obtain any benefits …
"This young man has obtained the natal blood rain of the Rain Ancestor. No one can take it away from him … If this young man can refine it and bestow it to him one day, he will possess ancestral level divine blood …"
"How can a devil cultivator have ancestral level divine blood …? How is this possible?!"
The Rain Sovereign could not hide his jealousy towards Ning Fan. His divine bloodline was just at the True Blood Realm. It was not even at the level of a king level divine bloodline …
However, no matter how jealous he was of Ning Fan, there was nothing he could do about it. He could not take away the gift of the Rain Ancestor. This was Ning Fan's fortune and it did not belong to him, the Rain Sovereign …
Considering Ning Fan's background in the Black Devil Sect, the Rain Sovereign let out a few dry coughs to stop the discussions in the Rain God Palace. Then, he forced out a smile and said.
"Hehe. Marquis White Robe has spent a hundred days to pass the first stage. It's a little too long. Even though a hundred days is just one meditation session for cultivators of our generation, it's better to start the second stage as soon as possible! "
Just as the Rain Sovereign finished speaking, Yun Dao Ku, who was one of the four Void Fragmentation Realm experts, stepped forward with a cold expression. He was going to preside over the Earth Stage test for Ning Fan.
"According to the news, King Chi Yao who was raised by Reverend Dao Ku was killed by Marquis White Robe … I wonder if Reverend Dao Ku will make things difficult for Marquis White Robe today?"
"Reverend Dao Ku has always been vengeful. Perhaps he will punish Marquis White Robe in the Earth Stage …"
Some of the old monsters secretly guessed and discussed among themselves.
Yun Dao Ku's expression was extremely cold. His eyes were so terrifying that they could devour someone. No Void Refinement Realm expert dared to provoke him.
Yun Daoku's expression was extremely cold and gloomy. His eyes were so terrifying that they could devour people. No Void Refinement Realm cultivator would dare to provoke him.
His ice-cold gaze shifted to Ning Fan and he saw Ning Fan's meaningful smile.
All of a sudden, Yun Daoku whose eyes were cold and gloomy actually squeezed out a smile. He opened a heavenly door of light with his palm and smiled apologetically at Ning Fan. "* Cough * Cough * … Marquis White Robe is still as elegant as ever after we parted ways in the Endless Sea. Erm, erm … the Earth Test will be presided over by this old man. What it tests is the firmness of a cultivator's Dao Heart. Erm … I hope Marquis White Robe will cooperate with this old man's assessment. Don't casually use your great divine ability. It's too dangerous … "
Many old monsters who knew Yun Daoku well were so shocked that their jaws dropped.
Yun Daoku who had always thought highly of himself was actually so polite to Ning Fan. Didn't he have a personal grudge against Ning Fan?
Yun Daoku actually asked Ning Fan not to use his great ability and said that it was dangerous … Is he afraid of Ning Fan? Why?
Why would a Void Fragmentation Realm old monster be afraid of a Void Inquiry Stage junior?
These old monsters would never understand how much Yun Daoku feared Ning Fan after he was burned by the Void Ignition Technique.
That kind of fear could only be understood by those who had experienced it.
Ning Fan nodded and followed Yun Daoku into the light door, entering the heavenly dwelling space of the Earth Test.
It seemed like Yun Daoku had learned his lesson. He would not make things difficult for Ning Fan in this test.
Unlike Chu Chang 'an, Yun Daoku did not talk to Ning Fan. Moreover, he did not dare to stay alone with Ning Fan for too long.
After entering the heavenly dwelling, Yun Daoku let out a hollow laugh and immediately activated the mirage cloud, creating the illusory realm of the second test.
The scenery in front of Ning Fan changed rapidly. With a flash of light, Ning Fan already appeared at the foot of a gigantic mountain.
It was unknown how tall this gigantic mountain was. He could not see its peak at all.
There was only a mountain path leading to the peak of the mountain. The path was paved with jade steps.
The entire illusory realm prohibited flying. Ning Fan was strong enough to break it. However, once he breaks it, he would fail the second test.
In the second test, he must climb to the peak of the mountain at all costs.
No matter how dangerous it is along the way, how difficult it is to climb or how many temptations there are along the way, he must not retreat or use tricks to escape.
Even if this gigantic mountain does not have a peak and the mountain path has no end, he must not stop moving forward …
Only those who have such perseverance can pass the test with their Dao Heart!
If their Dao Heart is not firm, how can they pursue the elusive Great Dao?
"This is the 'Dao Mountain' that Ancestor Yu built. Those jade steps are the 'Dao Stairs'. Every time you climb a step, you will age a little. There will be many dangers along the way. Marquis White Robe, you must be careful. "
Yun Daoku actually transmitted his voice to Ning Fan to remind him. Was he trying to ease the tension between the two of them?
The corner of Ning Fan's lips curled up slightly. He took a step onto the first step of the Dao Stairs. In an instant, a little of his life force disappeared …
He lost one day of his lifespan! (To be continued.)
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