Ning Fan turned into a ray of travelling light and disappeared into the dim night sky.
When he reappeared, he was already outside a golden palace in Jishui City. This was a palace for cultivators who entered the city to rest.
Ning Fan paid the immortal jades and chose a room to rest in.
He had already reminded the Fusang tribe to be careful of the Bai Li tribe. He had done his part, but he was not willing to get involved in the feud between the Fusang tribe and the Bai Li tribe.
He had a lot of fear towards the Bai Li Clan. That fear was all because of the ominous omen he had foreseen …
Ning Fan sat alone in his room and pondered in silence. After a long time, he suddenly formed a hand seal with all ten of his fingers. His entire body was surrounded by the heavenly green rain intent of the Third Grade.
Outside the window was a rustling bamboo forest. A cool night breeze brushed past. As Ning Fan dispersed the rain intent, the night sky outside the window suddenly began to drizzle.
Ning Fan was using the Heavenly Peering Rain Technique to spy on the outside world …
He tried to fuse the Three Days of Rain with his Divine Sense to cover the entire Muye Country and secretly spy on the Bai Li Tribe.
Ning Fan would not be able to feel at ease if he did not find out the source of that ominous sign.
The curtain of rain gradually spread until it covered all of Jishui City. Then, with Jishui City as the center, it began to drizzle far away.
Gradually, the area within seventy million miles was covered in a fine drizzle.
Many cultivators of Jishui City felt strange. Jishui City has an array light to block the wind and rain, so why would it rain for no reason …
No one knew that Ning Fan was using the Heaven Peering Rain Technique. The rain was silent and the technique did not leave any trace.
At this moment, the intertwining black clouds in the night sky were his eyes!
At this moment, the drizzle that seemed to be woven continuously was his will!
Ning Fan's spirit sense spread out in the night. Wherever the rain fell, it would be the place where his spirit sense took root!
One million miles, two million miles … ten million miles, twenty million miles … seventy million miles!
Gradually, everything within a radius of seventy million li * (500m per li), from the mountains and rivers on the surface to the plants and insects on the ground, were all under the surveillance of Ning Fan's spirit sense!
Even a cultivator at the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm could only cover an area of one million li * (500m per li) with his spirit sense.
However, at this moment, Ning Fan's spirit sense had covered an area of seventy million li * (500m per li)!
"The rain of the second day … the rain of the sun!"
Ning Fan changed his hand seal. Then, he performed the hand seal of the Yang Heaven Rain and made the Yang Heaven Rain and Haotian Rain merge together.
Following the fusion of the two rain techniques, the dark clouds drifted into the distance, and the drizzle extended to a distance of three hundred million miles!
Lonely Sky's Rain could allow his Divine Sense to cover an area of seventy million miles.
The Rain of Two Heavens could allow one's Divine Sense to cover an area of three hundred million miles.
Three days of rain could allow one's divine sense to cover an area of a billion miles!
With the power of Ning Fan's Third Grade Rain Intent, it was not difficult for him to fuse with the second day's rain. However, he could at most fuse with the rain of three days!
"Three Days of Rain!"
Ning Fan changed his hand seal again. He formed the hand seal of the Scarlet Heaven Rain and completely merged the three types of rain techniques he knew.
The fusion of three days of rain had directly depleted all of his magic power!
At that moment, the curtain of rain extended for over a billion kilometers, bathing the entire Muye Kingdom.
At this moment, the rain had soaked the entire Muye Country, spying on the tens of thousands of Tree Clans, including the Bai Li Clan!
The Bai Li Clan was located in the southern region of Muye Country, Kui Li City.
It was drizzling in Kui Li City. Each drop of rain was like a trace of Ning Fan's spirit sense …
The drizzle was silent. When it entered the city, the scenery of Kui Li City was unobstructed.
Under the dim light of the night, the atmosphere of Kui Li City was very strange.
Each of the members of the Bai Li Clan were like walking corpses. Their eyes were empty and blank. None of them had a primordial spirit or demon soul in their body!
At the center of Kui Li City, there was a massive palace.
Inside the palace, the Bai Li King who was the leader of the Bai Li Clan was sitting alone in the empty palace like a statue. His eyes were wide open and he did not say a word. There was no expression on his face …
If it wasn't for the Bai Li King's Qi of Invincibility, Ning Fan would have thought that he was a statue.
"Is he the Bai Li King …?" Ning Fan muttered to himself.
When he used the Heaven Peering Rain Technique to spy on the Bai Li Clan, Ning Fan realized that even though the Bai Li King was strong, he did not give him any sense of danger.
There was a great danger lurking behind the Bai Li Clan. However, this danger did not come from the Bai Li King or the members of the Bai Li Clan …
Ning Fan dispersed the rain intent and withdrew his spirit sense from the entire Mu Ye Country.
He did not find any dangerous person among the members of the Bai Li Clan. He could not find out the source of the great omen.
However, the moment he withdrew his spirit sense, he vaguely heard a sorrowful wail of a bird from Jishui City …
That wail was soft and low. It sounded like it was very far away from where he was but at the same time, it seemed very close as if it was whispering beside his ear.
That wail seemed to have endured thousands of pain and it seemed to contain thousands of traces of regret.
That wail seemed to be trying to remind Ning Fan of something. The person who was wailing seemed to have sensed Ning Fan's terrifying Fu Li ancestral blood. That was why it was trying to remind him of something …
That wail made Ning Fan's Fu Li demon blood which had been silent for a long time suddenly boil, triggering a faint resonance with it!
"Is that the cry of Fu Li?! No, it doesn't look like it. It's slightly different from Fu Li … That's the cry of 'Sin Li'! "
The Fu Li Clan supported the heavens in this chaotic world! Fu Li was the supervisor of the Heavenly Dao in ancient times!
Sin Li was the sinner of the Fu Li Clan. Any Fu Li who betrays the clan would be stripped of their bloodline and be implanted with the Fu Li Evil Seal. They would then be demoted to Sin Li and become a slave of the Fu Li Clan forever …
Ning Fan's eyes revealed a hint of surprise … Is there actually a Sin Li in this Jishui City …?
He consumed a pill and adjusted his breathing and magic power. After a long time, he displayed the Heaven Peering Rain Technique again to merge the rain of the three days.
He wanted to listen carefully to see if there were any more cries of Sin Li in Jishui City. However, this time, he could not hear anything …
"Sin Li … Is there a Sin Li hiding in Jishui City?"
Ning Fan frowned. He could not hear the second cry of Sin Li anymore.
Nie Li's sorrowful cry reverberated in his mind. It made Ning Fan feel a little uneasy. However, he did not know why …
After clearing away the distracting thoughts in his mind, Ning Fan quickly formulated the next step of his plan.
There was still one more month before the Bamboo Sovereign gave the order to heal the Ancestral Bamboo.
If he can heal the Ancestral Bamboo, Ning Fan would be rewarded with the Ancestral Tree Fruit and his rain intent would rise to the Second Grade.
He took out nine types of Sixth Revolution Pill Recipes from his storage pouch. There were Low Grade Pill Recipes, Middle Grade Pill Recipes and High Grade Pill Recipes.
The pills recorded in these pill recipes contained the essence of wood spiritual qi. They could cure all kinds of injuries, illnesses and poisons of tree demons and tree devils.
Ning Fan did not know what kind of illness the Ancestral Bamboo was suffering from. Naturally, he could not prescribe the right medicine.
Thus, he decided to concoct some pills that could heal, cure and detoxify just in case he needed them.
Ning Fan went into seclusion for seven days in a row and concocted four different types of Sixth Revolution Healing Pills and Detoxification Pills in the Profound Yin World.
However, there were still five pill recipes that he did not have the required spiritual herbs.
Ning Fan left the Golden Palace where he temporarily stayed as a guest. He intended to purchase the required spiritual herbs in the shops in Jishui City to concoct pills.
The cultivators he met along the way looked at him with deep respect.
He turned a blind eye to the reverence of these cultivators and directly walked towards the largest shop in the city.
The largest shop in Jishui City was called Zhai Xing Lou. It was opened by the Cypress Star Clan of Mu Ye Country.
The old ancestor of the Cypress Star Clan was the third elder of the Bamboo Palace. He was a cultivator at the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm.
The Zhai Xing Lou was ten thousand zhang * (3.33m per zhang) tall. It had tens of floors in total. Four Early Divine Transformation Realm burly tree devils were standing guard outside the building. Each of their expressions was extremely arrogant.
If one did not have a Void Refinement Realm force as his background or was a Void Refinement Realm cultivator, he was not allowed to enter the Zhai Xing Lou. All of them would be stopped outside by the burly tree devils.
Ning Fan, of course, would not be stopped outside. As soon as the four Divine Transformation Realm guards saw Ning Fan, their arrogant expressions immediately disappeared and were replaced with extremely respectful expressions.
"May I know if Master Lu wants to purchase spiritual herbs for pill concoction or pill recipes or even completed pills? Our Zhai Xing Lou is the number one trading company in Jishui City. We have pill recipes, spiritual herbs and pills. No matter what you need, I'm sure we will be able to satisfy you! "
"Oh? No matter what I need, Zhai Xing Lou has it? I wonder if Zhai Xing Lou has High Grade Seventh Revolution Healing Pills? "Ning Fan's eyes carried a hint of a smile as he looked at the top floor of the Zhai Xing Lou.
What he said was purely a joke. He did not think that Zhai Xing Lou would have High Grade Seventh Revolution Healing Pills.
His joke was not directed at the four Divine Transformation Realm guards. Instead, it was directed at a certain old monster on the top floor of the Zhai Xing Lou.
The reason why he mentioned High Grade Seventh Revolution Pills was because he had not forgotten about helping the small sable to recover from its injuries.
As soon as they heard Ning Fan asking for High Grade Seventh Revolution Pills, the four Divine Transformation Realm guards immediately revealed a bitter smile.
Even though their Zhai Xing Lou had all kinds of pills and spiritual herbs, it was only for Void Refinement Realm cultivators.
Let alone the fact that Zhai Xing Lou did not have High Grade Seventh Revolution Healing Pills, even if they did, such pills were life-saving items for Void Fragmentation Realm cultivators. Who would be willing to sell them?
"Master Lu, you must be joking. My Zhai Xing Lou doesn't have High Grade Seventh Revolution Healing Pills and the entire Tree World doesn't have any. However, I still have a Low Grade Seventh Revolution Healing Pill with me. It has always been my life-saving item. If Fellow Daoist really needs it, I can give it to you. What's the problem?! "
After Ning Fan said that, an old but hearty voice immediately echoed from the top floor of the Zhai Xing Lou.
The one who spoke was the third elder of the Bamboo Palace.
Ning Fan shook his head with a smile. He was just saying it casually. He knew that Zhai Xing Lou would not have such a high grade healing pill.
He did not plan to buy the third elder's life-saving pill. A Low Grade Seventh Revolution Healing Pill would not be of much help to the small sable's injuries …
A ray of green light shot down from the bottom floor of the Zhai Xing Lou and turned into an elderly man with green pupils. He was the third elder of the Bamboo Palace.
The elderly man with green pupils cupped his fists at Ning Fan. His body emitted the aura force of the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm and said with a smile. "I wonder what item Master Lu wants to purchase from Zhai Xing Lou today?"
"I want to buy some spiritual herbs to concoct pills. I wonder if your business has these spiritual herbs that I need?" Ning Fan cupped his fists to return the greeting. He then patted his storage pouch and took out a jade slip and passed it to the elderly man.
The jade slip recorded all kinds of fifty thousand years old spiritual herbs needed for pill concoction.
The elderly man scanned the jade slip with his spirit sense and nodded. "Our business has all the spiritual herbs that Master needs in stock. Why don't you follow me into the building to get the herbs? However, before that, I have a question to ask Master Lu. Are you buying these spiritual herbs to concoct pills that can cure Zu Zhu's illness? "
"That's right."
"If that's the case, I'm afraid Master has bought the wrong spiritual herbs … Even though I'm not an expert in pill refinement, I have a good understanding of the medicinal properties of various spiritual herbs because I'm running a business. The spiritual herbs that Master needs can cure and detoxify the injuries of tree demons and evil trees. The pills that I concoct are mostly healing and detoxifying pills … These pills can't cure Zu Zhu's illness. "
When he thought of the strange illness that Zu Zhu had, the elderly man showed a worried expression.
The ancestral bamboo was the most precious treasure of the Bamboo Palace. Not only could it bear the ancestral tree fruit, but the tree itself could also nurture a tree spirit.
The tree spirit possessed the cultivation base of the Third Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm. When necessary, it could leave the body of the ancestral bamboo and fight for the sake of protecting the Bamboo Palace.
However, since ten thousand years ago, the tree spirit had never left the body of the ancestral bamboo ever since.
Since ten thousand years ago, the leaves of the ancestral bamboo began to wither day by day.
Recently, the withering became more intense as if the entire ancestral bamboo was about to wither and die.
At this critical moment, the tree spirit in the ancestral bamboo suddenly left the body of the tree and appeared in the Bamboo Palace. Then, as if it was possessed, it went on a killing spree …
In just a few breaths' time, the tree spirit had killed seven Void Refinement Realm experts of the Bamboo Palace with its Third Heavenly Layer cultivation base …
If it wasn't for the Bamboo Sovereign who took action in time to suppress the raging tree spirit of the ancestral bamboo, the tree spirit would probably have killed even more experts of the Bamboo Palace.
The Bamboo Sovereign sealed the tree spirit and the ancestral tree in a forbidden area, forbidding any cultivators of the Bamboo Palace from getting close to it to avoid being killed by the crazy tree spirit.
The Bamboo Sovereign announced to the outside world that the ancestral bamboo was suffering from a strange disease, but he did not mention anything about the tree spirit's madness …
The reason why the Bamboo Sovereign summoned all the pill refinement masters in the world was not only to cure the withering disease of the ancestral bamboo but also to revive it.
More importantly, the Bamboo Sovereign wanted to cure the tree spirit's madness.
It wasn't an injury, illness or poison …
It was a strange disease that the Bamboo Sovereign had never seen before. After the tree spirit contracted this strange disease, it had completely forgotten its mission to protect the Bamboo Palace. It became unrecognizable and killed anyone it saw …
The green-eyed elderly man knew that the pill Ning Fan wanted to concoct was not the right medicine to cure the tree spirit's madness.
"I have never seen the ancestral bamboo before. I don't know what kind of strange disease it has. Naturally, I can't prescribe the right medicine … May I ask Third Elder, what kind of strange disease does the ancestral bamboo have?"
"The Bamboo Sovereign has given an order that all information related to the ancestral bamboo is the highest secret of the Bamboo Palace and must not be leaked … However, Fellow Daoist is not an outsider. You are a pill refinement master who specializes in treating the ancestral bamboo. I think it's not inappropriate for me to tell you all the secrets I know … Fellow Daoist, please take a look at this jade slip. It contains all the information about the ancestral bamboo."
The green-eyed elderly man took out a jade slip and passed it to Ning Fan.
Ning Fan received the jade slip and scanned through its contents. His eyes were filled with surprise.
It turns out that the strange disease of the ancestral bamboo refers to the madness of the tree spirit …
If I want to cure the tree spirit's madness, I must first find out the reason behind it …
Ning Fan scanned through the information in the jade slip with his spirit sense. Suddenly, his heart moved.
The jade slip contained all the information about the ancestral bamboo. Two of the information caught Ning Fan's attention.
Firstly, the ancestral bamboo grew in the Small Chiliocosm Forbidden Area of the Bamboo Palace. It was a divine bamboo planted by a certain Bamboo Sovereign. It was said that the Bamboo Sovereign had once used the ancestral bamboo's power to suppress a ferocious beast called 'Sin Li' in the forbidden area …
This piece of information was related to the Sin Li. It made Ning Fan very concerned.
The sorrowful cry of the Sin Li that he heard that day might have come from the forbidden area of the ancestral bamboo.
Secondly, ten thousand years ago, the Bai Li Clan of the Mu Ye Country was responsible for guarding the ancestral bamboo in the Bamboo Palace …
Therefore, Ning Fan paid close attention to the Bai Li Clan. When he saw this piece of information, his eyes immediately turned cold.
It's the Bai Li Clan again …
Ten thousand years ago, the ancestral bamboo developed this disease. The ones who guarded the ancestral bamboo ten thousand years ago were the Bai Li Clan …
Bai Li. Bai Li …
This Bai Li Clan is definitely not a benevolent clan …
"Could it be that the illness of the ancestral bamboo and the madness of the tree spirit are related to the Bai Li Clan …?"
"Is there any connection between the great crisis that the Bai Li Clan is facing in the future and the strange disease of the ancestral bamboo?!"
"… Could that ominous sign be related to the Sin Li Clan that the ancestral bamboo is suppressing …?"
Ning Fan put away all his distracting thoughts. He did not purchase the spiritual herbs that he bought earlier. Instead, he found a few pill formulas that specialized in curing madness and purchased the required spiritual herbs for them in the Star Picking Tower.
I wonder if these pills can cure the ancestral bamboo's madness …
He bid farewell to the Third Elder and left the Star Picking Tower.
On his way back to the golden palace, he was suddenly stopped by a young lady in red robes angrily.
"Lu Bei, it's all your fault! It's all your fault! Today, the first round of the competition for the eighth elder's successor was held in the Bamboo Palace. My father, Tang Xiong, was severely injured by King Bai Li with a single palm strike and lost his qualification to be selected … Do you know that?! "
"If you had agreed to my grandfather's request that day and helped my Fusang Clan to select the eighth elder of the Bamboo Palace, my father wouldn't have participated in the competition and he wouldn't have been severely injured by King Bai Li! It's all your fault! You're the one who injured my father! How are you going to take responsibility for this?! "
The person who stood in front of Ning Fan was the little princess of the Fusang Clan, Tang Yuan.
At this moment, she was crying like a pear blossom in the rain. With an unforgiving tone, she stood in front of Ning Fan, blocking his path and glaring at him angrily.
Ning Fan's eyes flashed with impatience. This little princess of the Fusang Clan is really clingy. Today, she actually came to cause trouble for no reason again.
Ning Fan did not know that the first round of the Eighth Elder's selection had already begun. He also did not know that Tang Xiong had lost his qualification and was injured by King Bai Li.
This matter had nothing to do with him at all. His relationship with the Fusang Clan was as shallow as water.
What did it have to do with him that Tang Xiong was injured by King Bai Li?
It was really baffling for Tang Yuan to come to his door and ask him about this matter!
It was Ning Fan's first time seeing such a brainless woman.
He did not have the mood to coax this crying woman nor did he have the mood to 'take responsibility' for her.
She was not his human cauldron. What right did he have to take responsibility for her?
Ning Fan acted as if he did not see her at all. He directly walked past her and left her there.
When Tang Yuan saw that Ning Fan was ignoring her, she quickly chased after him. She grabbed Ning Fan's sleeve and said persistently, "You haven't taken responsibility for me yet. You can't leave!"
"Freeze!"
Ning Fan pointed his finger at her and performed the Heaven Freezing Technique, freezing her on the spot.
He had an Absolute Void Stage cultivation base while Tang Yuan had a Nascent Soul Realm cultivation base. If he performed the Heaven Freezing Technique, he would probably be able to freeze her for the rest of her life.
Of course, if a Void Refinement Realm expert of the Fusang Clan appears, they would probably be able to break this technique after spending a lot of effort.
"W-Why can't I move?! What did you do to me?! Let me go! "Tang Yuan was a little scared.
Ning Fan pulled out his sleeve and patted the dust on it. Then, he said indifferently to Tang Yuan. "Last time, I spared you when you came to look for trouble. This time, I just froze you in place. Consider it a small punishment. If it happens again, I will directly throw you into the lair of a Void Refinement Realm ferocious beast and let you perish on your own. "
As soon as Ning Fan finished speaking, he turned around and left, leaving Tang Yuan who had been struck by the Heaven Freezing Technique. She was immobilized on the long street.
Tang Yuan felt so wronged that she almost burst into tears. She had never been bullied by anyone before. Today, however, she was bullied by Ning Fan …
She wanted to break free from the Heaven Freezing Technique but she realized that it was not something that she could break free from at all.
She stared at Ning Fan's back. She clearly wanted to scold him fiercely. However, when the words reached her mouth, they turned into begging for mercy. She really has no integrity …
"Master Lu, Master Lu, quickly let me go. I beg you!"
"Master, I beg you to let me go. I will never provoke you again!"
"Master, why are you walking further and further away? Master, don't go!"
"Master … If you let me go, I will repay you with my body. I promise!"
Tang Yuan's begging could not move Ning Fan at all. Very soon, Ning Fan disappeared from her sight.
She stood on the long street in a disheveled manner like a statue until the four female guards who arrived late carried her back.
After Tang Yuan left in a disheveled manner, Ning Fan's figure flashed and he suddenly reappeared at his original spot.
He muttered to himself. "The selection of the Eighth Elder has already begun … If there are no accidents, King Bai Li should be the next Eighth Elder. Bai Li … "(To be continued.)
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