After knowing Mu Tu's true strength, Ning Fan did not plan to act rashly and summon the ancient devil puppet.
The situation in the Quicksand Star Field was more complicated than he had imagined.
Originally, he had guessed that this demon tide was a conspiracy by the Quicksand Clan.
Now it seemed that the entire Quicksand Clan was also part of this conspiracy.
Raru, on the other hand, seemed to be an insignificant character in this conspiracy.
Unable to kill the enemy in one fell swoop, it would not be wise to reveal his trump card.
Ning Fan had his own purpose while Mu Tu had his own plan.
Due to certain reasons, Mu Tu could not reveal his true cultivation base and divine arts. He did not want to expose his identity.
He also did not intend to expose the existence of the ancient devil puppet before killing Mu Tu in a single strike.
Mu Tu seemed to have exerted all of his strength in that attack. That punch was filled with extreme fury. However, in reality, he was not angry because Ning Fan had killed the members of the Quicksand Clan. Instead, it was because Ning Fan had cultivated the First Ring of the Three Flowers to the Great Perfection Realm.
His true identity was not Mu Tu, he had merely possessed Mu Tu's body!
He was not the chief of the Quicksand Tribe, so why would he care about the life and death of the Quicksand Tribe?
The destructive power of this punch was enough to break through Ning Fan's Three Flowers Converging Prominence defense and slightly injure him.
His current identity was the leader of the Quicksand Tribe. In front of everyone's eyes, he had to put on a good show.
He had to attack Ning Fan and teach him a lesson in order to appease the criticism of the members of the Quicksand Clan.
However, he didn't want to kill Ning Fan because Ning Fan's First Flower was still useful to him. It wasn't a big or small use …
This punch only exerted the power of an early Truth Crossing Realm attack, but it was enough to severely injure Ning Fans.
In the eyes of others, the power of that punch was too terrifying. It was more than enough to kill Ning Fan ten times over.
Of course, according to what Mu Tu knew, Ning Fan still had a trump card called the Spirit Blast Technique.
At the same time, Mu Tu put his hand on his storage bag.
There was a golden jade slip inside the storage pouch. Sealed inside the jade slip was the forbidden technique of the peak of Crossing Truth Realm. It was Zhen Mutu's life-saving jade slip!
Ever since he, the fake Mu Tu, possessed the real Mu Tu, this life-saving jade slip followed him.
He had already decided that if Ning Fan uses the Spirit Blast Technique, he would use this jade slip to resist it.
With the number of primordial spirits in Ning Fan's soul pouch, the destructive power of the Soul Blasting Technique was rather terrifying. If he didn't have this jade slip, he would have to reveal his true cultivation to block the Soul Blast Art.
If he wasn't forced into a desperate situation, he didn't want to expose his true cultivation and divine abilities. Otherwise, he would attract a terrifying calamity.
Ning Fan did not rely on the Spirit Blast Technique to defend against his attack. He did not even use the Three Flowers Converging Prominence Technique. This was out of Mu Tu's expectation.
When Ning Fan displayed the strange phenomenon of his Devil Night Transformation and his Dao Transformation into the Big Dipper Star Transformation and condensed the Heaven Holding Imprint, Mu Tu's eyes narrowed. For the first time, he realized that he had actually underestimated this junior.
Because of Ning Fan's Dao Image, the entire Golden City was temporarily shrouded in darkness.
Facing the incoming gigantic fist made of golden flames, Ning Fan pondered deeply. Then, he flipped his palm and sent out the Heaven Holding Seal horizontally.
The golden flame fist and the black and white palm collided, causing the entire Flowing Sand World to shake violently.
The Heaven Holding Seal was already Ning Fan's strongest ability at the moment. However, it was only on par with the gigantic golden flame fist.
The shockwaves from the clash of spells turned into strong gales that swept through the entire Flowing Sand Realm.
The dark night dispersed and the Big Dipper disappeared. Yellow sand filled the entire sky.
Ning Fan retreated tens of steps in the violent gales before he could stabilize his body.
As for Mu Tu, he only retreated ten steps.
Ning Fan frowned. It was his first time witnessing the huge gap between him and a cultivator of the Du Zhen Realm.
Even though Mu Tu had concealed his cultivation base, the power of his punch was truly at the Early Du Zhen Realm.
Ning Fan's Heaven Holding Seal had consumed half of his magic power. Now, he could only barely remain undefeated in a head-on collision with an Early Du Zhen Realm cultivator.
If he wanted to defeat an Early Du Zhen Realm cultivator, it would be as difficult as ascending to the heavens unless he succeeded in launching a sneak attack!
Ning Fan was very dissatisfied with the result of this collision.
However, in the eyes of others, it was already very heaven-defying for Ning Fan to be able to forcefully withstand Mu Tu's palm imprint and remain undefeated.
Which Early Ghost Realm cultivator could withstand the attack of an Early Du Zhen Realm cultivator with their own abilities?
Other than Ning Fan, there was probably no one else who could do this.
For a moment, the entire Golden City fell into dead silence. Even the three alliance lords who were just watching the show wore a solemn expression.
Ning Fan's strength had exceeded their expectations. He could almost be regarded as the Du Zhen Realm cultivator.
Moreover, as far as they knew, Ning Fan still had countless primordial spirits and the Spirit Blast Technique as his trump card …
"I wonder how Mu Tu will deal with this young man … This young man isn't someone to be trifled with … but if he forgives this young man for killing the members of the Quicksand Clan, I'm afraid that Mu Tu won't be able to put down his pride …" The three True Immortals were thinking about Mu Tu's thoughts.
At this moment, Mu Tu's expression changed. He put away his original angry expression and cupped his fists at Ning Fan coldly.
"I'm the patriarch of the Quicksand Clan, Mu Tu! I heard that you wanted to join the Demon Exterminating Alliance and help us eliminate the demons. Is that true? "
"Am I still qualified to join the Demon Exterminating Alliance with my current strength?" Ning Fan's eyes turned cold as he examined Mu Tu.
"Why are you not qualified? You followed Kun Yunzi, Xue Kongzi and the others to Quicksand Realm and you didn't cause any trouble in this realm. If it wasn't for Raru and the others who were unreasonable and attacked you without your permission, why would you make such a big fuss in Quicksand Realm? As the patriarch of the Quicksand Clan, I have to seek justice for my clansmen. That's why I attacked you. However, after this attack, I won't touch you again. Logically speaking, the fault lies with Raru and the others. What does it have to do with you? I'm not an unreasonable person. If you are willing to join the Demon Exterminating Alliance, I will certainly not stop you. "
As soon as Mu Tu's voice fell, the cultivators in the city burst into an uproar.
No one expected that after Ning Fan killed many experts of the Quicksand Clan, not only did he not fight to the death with them, but he also received a personal invitation from the patriarch of the Quicksand Clan to join the Demon Exterminating Alliance.
Even Ning Fan was slightly stunned. When he looked at Mu Tu again, his eyes were filled with inexplicable emotions. "What if I don't want to join the alliance?"
"If you hold a grudge against my Quicksand Clan because of what happened today and you really don't want to join the Demon Exterminating Alliance, I certainly won't force you to stay." Mu Tu's eyes turned cold and answered.
There was no threat in his words. However, Ning Fan could hear a hint of a threat in them.
It was as if Mu Tu would do something unfriendly to him if he did not know how to appreciate his kindness.
"If I agree to join the Demon Exterminating Alliance, what position do you think I can get with my strength?" Ning Fan probed again.
"Raru and the other three vice leaders died in your hands. You can choose one of the four vice leaders!"
As soon as Mu Tu said that, many cultivators in the Golden City looked at Ning Fan enviously.
Before Ning Fan joined the Demon Exterminating Alliance, Mu Tu had already promised Ning Fan the position of vice leader. Such a generous treatment was really rare.
"I want the position of the alliance leader." Ning Fan said indifferently.
Mu Tu's expression darkened. He looked at Ning Fan meaningfully without saying a word, as if he was thinking about something.
Some of the old monsters were secretly shocked. They did not expect Ning Fan's ambition to be so great that he even coveted the position of one of the four great alliance leaders!
Just when everyone thought that Mu Tu would reject Ning Fan's unreasonable request, he agreed to it without hesitation.
"Little Friend, since you can withstand my attack head-on, you're probably invincible below the Du Zhen realm. It's not impossible for you to become the leader of the alliance. However, according to the rules of the alliance, if you want to become the leader, you must defeat one of the leaders and seize his position … "
As he said that, Mu Tu changed the topic with a smile. "However, the rules are dead. Who said that the Demon Exterminating Alliance can't have a fifth leader? If Fellow Daoist Ning is willing to join the Demon Exterminating Alliance, you will be the fifth leader from the moment you join! "
"The fifth leader, huh? If I have this identity, I'm very willing to join the Demon Exterminating Alliance. Speaking of which, I still don't know what benefits I get from being the leader of the alliance. "
As soon as they heard Ning Fan's words, the expressions of many old monsters changed again.
Ning Fan had just become the leader of the alliance but he actually asked for benefits again.
Even though most of the cultivators in the alliance joined the alliance for the benefits, it was their first time seeing someone asking for benefits in such a blatant manner.
"Fellow Daoist, don't you think you're being a little too greedy?!" Mu Tu's expression darkened slightly and said with displeasure.
"I want to contribute to the alliance. Shouldn't I ask for some rewards?" Ning Fan's eyes narrowed. The reason why he kept reaching for a yard after being given an inch was because he wanted to test Mu Tu's bottom line when he would tolerate him.
Through this bottom line, Ning Fan could judge his usefulness to Mu Tu.
At this moment, Ning Fan was very sure that the reason why Mu Tu tolerated him time and time again was mostly because he had an ulterior motive.
As soon as he heard Ning Fan asking for rewards, Mu Tu began to feel a little unwilling. Ning Fan could vaguely tell that he was not that useful to Mu Tu.
His usefulness to Mu Tu was probably between being useful and being of great use. It was far from the extent where he was indispensable.
Mu Tu stared at Ning Fan coldly. After a long while, he finally said.
"I wonder what benefits Fellow Daoist Ning wants?" His tone was already a little impolite.
"Five billion Dao Crystals. Other than that, I want to enter the clan temple of the Quicksand Clan and ask for a jade slip for a forbidden technique." This time, Ning Fan's condition was not demanding an exorbitant price.
It was not difficult for the Quicksand Clan to fork out five billion Dao Crystals.
As for entering the clan temple to ask for a jade slip for a forbidden technique, this request was not difficult either.
Inside the clan temple of the Quicksand Clan, there were golden statues of their primogenitor and the clan leaders of the past generations.
Anyone who enters the clan temple and kowtows to the primogenitor's golden statue would have the chance to obtain a jade slip for a forbidden technique from the primogenitor. It could be used to defend oneself and save one's life.
Everyone only had one chance to obtain a jade slip in their lifetime.
Normally, the Quicksand Clan would not allow outsiders to enter the clan temple and ask for a jade slip for a forbidden technique.
However, the rules were dead. It was not impossible for Ning Fan to enter the clan temple and ask for a jade slip for a forbidden technique.
As for the jade slip for a forbidden technique that Ning Fan asked for, whether its grade was high or low and whether its power was strong or weak, it would depend on Ning Fan's own luck.
No matter how strong it is, it would at most be a Peak Grade forbidden technique jade slip for the Crossing Truth Realm.
Throughout the history of the Quicksand Clan, no one had ever obtained a Shedding Grade forbidden technique jade slip.
Thus, there was nothing wrong with letting Ning Fan enter the clan temple once.
"Alright. I can agree to these two requests. Does Fellow Daoist have any other requests? "Seeing that Ning Fan was rather tactful, Mu Tu's expression softened a little.
"I also want to obtain some information about the Ancient Heart." Ning Fan seemed to have pondered for a moment and raised another request.
"Hehe. This request is simple. Fellow Daoist, take this jade slip. It contains detailed information about the Ancient Heart of the Quicksand Star Ocean."
Mu Tu smiled meaningfully. He took out a jade slip and handed it to Ning Fan.
Since Ning Fan was interested in the Ancient Heart, it seemed like he did not need to force Ning Fan. Ning Fan would fall into his trap and be used by him.
Even though Ning Fan would not be of much use to him, he could more or less obtain some benefits for him.
The Cave of Light of the Ancient God … That place had some opportunities that could only be obtained by cultivators who have attained the Great Perfection Realm of the first ring …
On this day, Ning Fan officially joined the Demon Extermination Alliance as the fifth alliance leader.
On this day, some members of the Quicksand Clan harbored resentment towards Ning Fan. However, they were suppressed by Mu Tu.
Mu Tu sent someone to fetch five billion Dao Crystals and gave them to Ning Fan.
Then, he gave Ning Fan a dark yellow token and told him the location of the Quicksand Clan's temple.
The Quicksand Clan's temple was buried in a forbidden area under the ground. It would only rise to the surface on one day every month.
Cultivators who were not Shedding Void Space could not break into the forbidden area by force.
There were still twenty-two days before the next day when the forbidden area would rise to the surface.
Coincidentally, this day was also the day when the poisonous mist in the Quicksand Star Ocean would dissipate.
Eventually, Ning Fan took his leave. Mu Tu's eyes gradually turned gloomy as he stared at Ning Fan's back.
"If it wasn't because I'm afraid that exposing my cultivation base and abilities might expose my identity and attract the endless pursuit of the Godly Void Pavilion, why would I have to compromise with a junior of the Ghost Profound Realm time and time again?! I can directly reveal my cultivation base and force this Ning Fan to listen to my orders. Do I still need to be afraid that he won't obey me? "
"* Sigh * Unfortunately, it's inconvenient for me to expose my identity. For now, I can only use this method to lure him into my trap. There aren't enough cultivators and demon beasts that have fallen in the Quicksand Star Region. I still need more blood to achieve my goal … "
Just as Mu Tu was pondering, the three True Immortal Realm alliance leaders arrived at the golden palace and asked with a frown.
"Isn't it a little inappropriate to let that Ning Fan become the alliance leader?"
"Even if it's inappropriate, so what? That young man's abilities are almost not any weaker than yours and mine. Besides, fellow Daoists, don't forget that he still has a powerful trump card, the Spirit Blast Technique. Once he uses that ability, I'm afraid even a Late True Immortal Realm expert will have to avoid him. If this young man joins the alliance, I'm sure he will be helpful to the matter of suppressing the demon plague in the Quicksand Star Region. "
Mu Tu pretended to be polite to the few True Immortals with a smile on his face. Inwardly, however, he was full of disdain towards the three Du Zhens.
These three Du Zhens are already in a difficult situation and they still have the mood to care about other people's business. How ridiculous.
...
Ning Fan was the fifth alliance leader in name. However, Mu Tu did not assign him any subordinates or duties for the time being.
Perhaps, he was worried that Ning Fan would participate in too many affairs of the alliance.
Perhaps, he did not want someone who was not part of his plan to mess up his plans.
Ning Fan was not in the mood to deal with the affairs of the alliance. After he left the golden palace, he directly flew away from the Golden City. Stepping on a blood lotus, he headed north for five days.
Five days later, Ning Fan appeared on a golden desert. The golden rays of the setting sun were shining on his back, causing his shadow to be very long.
He stopped at this place and closed his eyes, standing on the barren desert.
Seventeen days later, the clan temple rose from the forbidden underground area to the surface and appeared at this place.
Ning Fan was waiting here. What he was waiting for was to enter the clan temple and steal the joss sticks.
During the days of waiting, Ning Fan did not utter a single word and became one with the desert.
As the sun rose and the moon set, he was comprehending the Dao Aura of the Dao of Time.
During the seventeen days, Ning Fan heard the heartbeats of the ancient gods two more times. He could hear them clearly even though they were separated by the Quicksand Star Region.
During the seventeen days, his comprehension of the Dao of Time was increasing bit by bit. However, the speed of improvement was extremely slow.
Perhaps, he would have to stand at this place for a hundred years, a thousand years, ten thousand years or even one hundred thousand years before he could truly comprehend the Dao Aura of Time in this place.
* Rumble *
The desert beneath his feet suddenly trembled. Ning Fan's expression changed. At the moment when the trembling occurred, he leaped into the sky.
Under his feet, a majestic pyramid was taking shape bit by bit.
Outside the pyramid were twelve stone statues of sphinx-faced beasts!
At the moment the pyramid appeared, the ruby-like eyes of the twelve stone statues glared at Ning Fan coldly. Their eyes were filled with monstrous killing intent.
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