"Truth Crossing Cauldron?"
Ning Fan was slightly startled. In the Four Heavens, cauldrons and Dao Fruits of True Immortal Realm were extremely rare. Almost no force would sell them.
Although female cultivators at the Truth Crossing Realm were at the first realm of the True Immortal Realm, they were still considered as giants in the Eastern Heavens. No force would be strong enough to sell female cultivators at this level.
Moreover, after reaching the Truth Crossing Realm, not just any female cultivator could be used as a cauldron.
Not just any cultivation method could be used to pluck a Truth Crossing Female cultivator.
This was related to Dao. Every Truth Crossing Cultivator had their own Dao.
Since they had different Dao, a careless mistake would damage their Dao. The disadvantages were greater than the advantages.
The Dao of female cultivators who could be called cauldrons must be suitable for plucking.
If it was an ordinary Truth Crossing Female cultivator, only cultivators with powerful cultivation methods would dare to pluck them.
Ning Fan's Yin Yang Transformation was not a profound cultivation method in the eyes of the common people.
However, he had the Yin Yang Locket. This alone could greatly increase the power of the Yin Yang Transformation, making it comparable to a Nine Stars Plucking Technique.
Plucking Truth Crossing Cauldrons was not a problem.
"How is it? Little friend, are you tempted? Do you need my help to snatch these cauldrons? Just say it. You really don't need to be polite with me! "Second Ancestor of Luo Clan smiled and raised his eyebrows.
"Forget it. I'm afraid it's not that easy to take the cauldrons of Chen Clan."
Ning Fan smiled and shook his head, rejecting Second Ancestor's good intention.
Chen Clan of Eastern Heavens was a major force in the Godly Void Pavilion. Moreover, they had a strong foundation among the elders of the four pavilions.
If he snatched the cauldrons of Chen Clan, he would most likely become enemies with them. He might even offend some of the elders behind them.
Before the end of the tomb competition, Ning Fan did not want to cause any unforeseen events just for a few Truth Crossing Cauldrons.
With his Intermediate Ghost Profound Realm cultivation base, he would not be able to break through to the Late Ghost Profound Realm even if he plucked three to five Truth Crossing Cauldrons.
If he could pluck more than ten Du Zhen Cauldrons in one go, he would have the confidence to break through to the Late Zhen Realm. However, he didn't think that the Chen Family would raise such a large number of Du Zhen female cultivators as cauldrons.
"Yeah, the cauldron of the Chen Family is really hard to take … In recent years, the Chen Family and the Eighth Elder have been getting closer. We can't underestimate them like we used to …"
The moment the Eighth Elder was mentioned, the Luo Clan's Second Ancestor's eyes darkened slightly. Indeed, he fell silent. No one knew what he was thinking.
After thinking for a while, he chatted with Ning Fan for a while and left.
However, before he left, the Second Ancestor of the Luo Clan invited Ning Fan to head to the Western Heaven Immortal World together if he has the time to snatch a few Buddhist maidens for fun …
This suggestion was naturally rejected by Ning Fan.
The Western Heaven Immortal World was so far away, and it viewed the Ancient Devil as an enemy. Naturally, he wouldn't go there.
"Compared to the Sixth Ancestor, the Second Ancestor is an interesting person …"
Ning Fan shook his head and entered the Stone Guardian Palace alone.
Luo Shi was already waiting for him when he arrived at the main hall.
At this moment, Luo Shi was standing in the hall with his hands clasped behind his back. His back was facing Ning Fan and he was looking at an ancient painting on the wall. His expression was filled with nostalgia.
The scene in the painting was that of an endless Demonic Qi mountain range. At the top of the mountain stood an arrogant black-faced burly man. Behind the burly man was a young servant.
The young servant's facial features were somewhat similar to Luo Shi's.
As for the arrogant black-faced burly man, he looked extremely similar to the portraits of the Battle King that were hung everywhere in the Luo Clan …
Without a doubt, this scene was Luo Shi thinking of his master after seeing the painting.
This scene suddenly made Ning Fan recall some things in the past.
At this moment, Luo Shi's back seemed to have a hint of loneliness, which reminded Ning Fan of someone he knew.
That person was Lu Wan 'er's master. He was the Demon Sealer of the Luo Yun Tribe, one of the nine divisions of the Lu Clan – Lu Daochen.
Once upon a time, Lu Daochen also looked at the portrait of his master, Lu Wu, like this, leaving Ning Fan with only his back view.
Once upon a time, Lu Daochen also did everything he could to ask Ning Fan to free his master …
The difference between Luo Shi and Lu Daochen's cultivation base was like heaven and earth.
However, their loyalty and longing for their master were the same.
"Hehe. Little Friend, you're finally here …"
Luo Shi turned around and nodded at Ning Fan with a smile. Then, he said, "I have been to the Blood Sea Planet before and watched the disciple recruitment competition of the Slaughter Palace. I still have a deep impression of you. Devil Lord Thousand Autumns, Ning Fan … I didn't expect you to have already stepped into the Second Step of Dao in less than a hundred years and even become a Profound Ghost Realm cultivator … Such a cultivation speed really astonishes me. "
"You flatter me, Clan Lord. I don't deserve your praise."
Ning Fan cupped his fists slightly and bowed to Luo Shi. Then, his expression changed.
He vaguely remembered that the Ninth Elder of the Godly Void Pavilion was one of the old monsters who watched the competition of the Slaughter Palace in the past. He did not expect that the other party would still remember a junior like him.
"Before I returned to the Luo Clan this time, I heard some news from the Divine Tomb. They said that Devil Lord Thousand Autumns appeared in the world within the tomb and broke the Heavenly Tomb alone, shocking Yuan Kuang with a single sword strike … After that, I received a message from Luo Xiao saying that he recommended a foreign elder named Ning Fan. In just three months, he had already cultivated his first trace of battle flames … Hehe. At that time, I was thinking that this foreign elder was most likely you, Little Friend. When I returned to the Luo Clan, I was really surprised … However, Little Friend still surprised me. If I'm not mistaken that day, the punch that you used to destroy the Violet Silk City seemed to have touched the Dao of War! "
When he said that, Luo Shi's eyes suddenly lit up.
He could naturally see that Ning Fan had just touched the power of the Dao of War slightly. He did not have the ability to control it.
However, from Luo Shi's point of view, being able to touch the edge of the Dao of War when he was still at the Profound Ghost Realm was already enough for Ning Fan to be proud of himself.
"That punch was just a coincidence. I'm afraid it'll be very difficult for me to use it again." Ning Fan, on the other hand, was extremely self-aware. His expression was still as calm as still water.
"Hehe. Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's get down to business. Little Friend, do you understand why I kept showing goodwill to you and gave you a test? "Luo Shi retracted his smile and said with a serious expression.
"Is it because I have enough battle potential and I have the hope of attaining the Fourth Transformation of my battle art?" Ning Fan's eyes turned cold and said seriously.
"That's right. I don't care that you injured Wang Meng. I can give you the quota of being a tomb guardian. When you're injured, I'm willing to lift the seal on the most forbidden place of the Luo Clan – the Dao Marrow Secret Realm to help you heal your injuries and improve your body refinement realm. All of this is because you're the biggest hope to save the Battle King. Just this point alone is enough for me to befriend you with all my might. I still have a question to ask you … Are you confident that you can attain the Fourth Transformation of my battle art within a hundred years …? "
As he said that, Luo Shi's eyes suddenly revealed a trace of sadness. He closed his eyes and muttered to himself in an inaudible voice.
"I've waited for three lifetimes and I've also been disappointed for three lifetimes. I'm left with the 'Four Lifetimes Stone Life'. Finally, there's hope. However, Master doesn't have much time left. He only has a hundred years left to live … I hope that this time, I won't be disappointed …"
Ning Fan naturally couldn't understand all of Luo Shi's words, but he could hear the sadness hidden deep in his heart.
After thinking for a moment, Ning Fan answered, but he still didn't give a complete answer.
"I don't have full confidence in attaining the Fourth Transformation within a hundred years."
"You don't have full confidence …?"
Luo Shi wasn't surprised by this answer.
The War God Art was very difficult to cultivate. In this world, who could say that they had full confidence in cultivating the War God Art?
A trace of sadness flashed across Luo Shi's eyes. Then, it turned into an incomparably firm belief.
He said, "From today onwards, my Luo Clan will do our best to help little friend cultivate! Not only will it help little friend cultivate the War God Art, but it will also help little friend improve his cultivation base, physical body and all other realms! Dao Crystals, Battle Crystals, Dao Fruits, Pills, Cultivation Methods and Dao Marrow! If little friend needs anything, you can directly go to the vault of my Luo Clan to take them! This is a little token of my Luo Clan to little friend! "
As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Shi's Dao sense moved. In the next moment, both of them disappeared from the Guardian Stone Palace and appeared in the forbidden area of the Luo Clan's treasure vault.
In this treasure vault, the Dao Crystals were piled up into four mountains. Pills were placed in more than ten palaces.
At the end of those palaces, there was a stretch of Dao Soil. Hundreds of towering trees were planted on the Dao Soil.
"My clan still has four trillion Dao Crystals. It's the family business left by the Battle King in the past. You can take one of the four mountains of Dao Crystals. The remaining three mountains are still of great use to you. However, if you need them, you can also take all of them. As for the rest, I'll think of a way to solve it myself! "
Luo Shi pointed at the four mountains of Dao Crystals. His aged voice reverberated in this empty world of the treasure vault for a long time.
Ning Fan's eyes widened. Before this, he absolutely did not expect that the Luo Clan would be so determined to befriend him with all their might!
A mountain of Dao Crystals was a total of one trillion Dao Crystals!
Four mountains of Dao Crystals were four trillion!
"If you don't want to take one yourself, I'll help you take one first."
Luo Shi suddenly flicked his sleeve. One of the four mountains of Dao Crystals that stood towering in this world was immediately gone. He kept it into his storage pouch and handed it to Ning Fan.
"Do you want the remaining ones?!" Luo Shi pointed at the remaining three mountains of Dao Crystals and asked with a serious expression.
The remaining three mountains of Dao Crystals still needed to be used to set up formations to awaken the Battle King.
Even though they were of great use to them, if Ning Fan asks for them, Luo Shi would certainly give them to Ning Fan without hesitation!
Don't ask how the Luo Clan's One Star Realm cultivators would cultivate without these Dao Crystals. This was not within the consideration of any cultivators of the Luo Clan, let alone Luo Shi!
In order to awaken the Battle King, the Luo Clan would do anything!
"No. There are already enough of them. Since the remaining three mountains are still of great use to me, how would I dare to take them without permission?! "
Ning Fan calmed himself down and his thoughts raced. Finally, his eyes flashed with determination and he kept the storage pouch that was filled with Dao Crystals.
He understood that once he accepted the storage pouch, it meant that he had to fulfill Luo Shi's request with all his might.
That was to cultivate the Fourth Transformation of his battle arts to save the Battle King!
He had to treat himself as a member of the Luo Clan! He had to treat saving the Battle King as a matter of utmost importance!
Ning Fan was not a saint. In front of such great gifts, he would naturally be tempted. However, what really made him decide to help the Luo Clan with all his might was not just these great gifts.
These one trillion Dao Crystals contained the sincerity of the Luo Clan. This sincerity moved Ning Fan.
Luo Shi's eyes were filled with determination to save his master at all costs. This determination moved Ning Fan even more.
It was because of this that Ning Fan decided to accept the Dao Crystals in the end.
Since he had accepted someone's money, he had to help them eliminate their misfortune. From today onwards, saving the Combat Lord would become an important matter that Ning Fan kept in mind.
This was Ning Fan's principle of standing in this world!
Seeing Ning Fan hesitate at first and then calmly accept the one trillion Dao Crystals, Luo Shi immediately revealed a gratified smile.
This action showed that Ning Fan had really taken the matter of the Luo Clan to heart.
With a thought, he brought Ning Fan to the most magnificent pill palace among all the pill palaces in the world of the treasure vault.
Inside this palace, there were countless jade shelves and jade boxes filled with pills. All of the pills in the boxes were above the Ninth Revolution!
Most of them were Lead Grade pills. There were also some Silver Grade and Gold Grade pills but there were not many of them. There was even an Emperor-grade medicinal pill!
"That Emperor Grade pill needs to be kept for saving the Battle King. Other than this pill, you can take any of the pills here! "Luo Shi said with a serious expression.
Ning Fan nodded. This time, he only took a hundred or so Nine Revolution Lead Pills, six Nine Revolution Silver Pills and one Nine Revolution Gold Pill.
The Nine Revolution Pills were divided into four grades: Lead, Silver, Gold and Emperor Grade.
Once the pills enter the Nine Revolution Realm, there were very few pills that could improve one's cultivation base.
The Lead Grade and Silver Grade pills that Ning Fan took were all pills that could improve the cultivation base of Profound Ghost Realm cultivators.
Other than that, he did not take any other pills.
He did not treat the Luo Clan courteously but he did not go overboard either.
"Just these?" Luo Shi was slightly surprised and looked at Ning Fan meaningfully.
"It's enough." Ning Fan said indifferently.
Luo Shi nodded. Then, he spread out his Dao sense and brought Ning Fan to another place.
His good impression towards Ning Fan had improved once again.
"This young man isn't a greedy person … It's really rare for him to have such a calm attitude when facing a treasure mountain."
This time, Luo Shi brought Ning Fan to the Dao Soil at the end of the palace.
All of the giant trees were filled with fruits. Ning Fan's expression changed immediately after taking a glance at those fruits.
Every single one of those fruits were Dao Fruits!
They were not Dao Fruits that were formed by killing cultivators. Instead, they were grown from the Dao Soil!
Most of the Dao Fruits were just First Step Dao Fruits which were useless to Ning Fan. However, there were still many Dao Fruits that made Ning Fan's heart beat faster!
Ning Fan roughly counted. There were more than seventy Dao Fruits of Life Immortal Realm and all of them had already ripened.
There were fifteen Dao Fruits of Truth Conversion and four Dao Fruits of Void Abandonment!
"I'll give all the Second Step Dao Fruits here to you, Little Friend! What do you think?! "
Luo Shi laughed and flicked his sleeve. All the Second Step Dao Fruits left the giant trees and fell to the ground.
Before they fell to the ground, Luo Shi had already kept all the Dao Fruits into a storage pouch and passed it to Ning Fan.
Ning Fan remained silent for a while. Then, his eyes turned solemn. He reached out his hand and received the storage pouch.
The sincerity of the Luo Clan was too great …
With these Dao Fruits and the pills that he had taken previously, he had no idea how much his cultivation base would increase …
Currently, he was a Three Apertures Ancient God. The effect of pills and Dao Fruits to improve his cultivation base would be eight times stronger than others …
"Are you satisfied with the sincerity of the Luo Clan, Little Friend?" Luo Shi asked with a smile.
"How would I dare to be dissatisfied? I should say that I'm starting to regret accepting the Dao Crystals …" Ning Fan smiled bitterly and shook his head.
The gift from the Luo Clan was too great. It made Ning Fan a little worried. If he could not cultivate the Fourth Transformation of his battle art, how should he face the Luo Clan?
"Hehe. It's too late for you to regret it now. The things have already been taken away. Return them to me. I don't want them anymore."
Luo Shi smiled and waved his hand. A stream of battle flames suddenly appeared in front of him and condensed into a fiery-red jade slip.
"This jade slip contains the complete cultivation method of the Fourth Transformation of my Luo Clan's battle art. Little Friend, please keep it and study it slowly. "
As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Shi passed the jade slip to Ning Fan. Then, his expression turned solemn again and he said to Ning Fan.
"I've already shown the sincerity of my Luo Clan to you. I wonder if you can give me a promise at this moment. I don't need you to guarantee that you can cultivate the Fourth Transformation. Success depends on Heaven. That's not something that you can guarantee. I only want you to promise me that you will do your best … Little Friend, can you promise me this?! "
Ning Fan kept the storage pouch that was filled with Dao Fruits and said to Luo Shi solemnly with cupped fists.
"I will do my best!"
"Good!"
Luo Shi smiled satisfactorily. With a thought of his Dao sense, both of them instantly disappeared.
This time, the two of them did not appear anywhere in the Heavenly Sea Star. Instead, they appeared in a medium-sized world.
This place was the most restricted area of the Luo Clan – the Dao Marrow Secret Realm. Only Luo Shi and the five She Kong could enter freely.
This place was like an ancient and gigantic karst cave. Above it, drops of spiritual liquid were constantly dripping from giant stalactites, gathering into an ocean below.
At the center of the ocean below, there were nine gigantic black cauldrons. Each of the cauldrons was filled with spiraling spiritual qi.
After hundreds of thousands of years, these spiraling spiritual qi would gradually turn into drops of blood-red mucus and accumulate in the cauldrons.
Those blood-red mucus were called Dao Marrow. They were a type of supreme treasure that could improve the cultivation level of one's physical body. Healing injuries was a piece of cake!
At the center of the nine gigantic cauldrons was a square-shaped sacrificial altar on the ocean.
Each of the four corners of the sacrificial altar had a copper lamp burning with purple flames.
Those purple flames were an extremely terrifying formation that would attack all cultivators who tried to approach the center of the sacrificial altar.
At the center of the sacrificial altar, there was a copper coffin. Inside the coffin, there was a black-faced burly man who was in deep sleep.
"Battle King Luo Hou! So this is the place where the Battle King sleeps! "Ning Fan's eyes flashed.
The moment Luo Shi saw the copper coffin, a hint of sadness flashed across his face.
He flicked his sleeve and brought Ning Fan to the periphery of the sacrificial altar. Separated by the purple flame formation, he suddenly knelt down and kowtowed to the sleeping Battle King. The corners of his old eyes instantly became moist …
"Shi Nu greets Master!"
The sleeping Battle King could not hear Luo Shi's voice. However, his tone was still as respectful as before.
That year, he was just a devil stone. It was the Battle King Luo Hou who granted him life.
No matter how many years had passed, Luo Shi could never forget every word that Luo Hou said when he transformed from a spirit stone into a human.
"The Four Lives Spirit Stone, huh? It's an extremely rare spiritual item … Since we met, it must be fate. Why can't I grant you a new life?! From today onwards, you will be my slave. You will be named Shi! Are you willing to follow me to battle for a lifetime?! "
"Shi Nu is willing to follow Master to battle for the heavens and earth!" That year, Luo Shi who was still a teenager bowed to Luo Hou.
This bow meant that he would never abandon his master for the rest of his life …
This bow represented the awakening of his master whom he had been waiting for his entire life …
(1/2) (To be continued)
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