Xiang Bozi was called away by Mu Song. It seemed like he was busy preparing for the test that would take place ten days later.
On this night, Ning Fan stayed in the guest room of the ancient temple, waiting for the test that would take place ten days later.
Well, it was not like Ning Fan was just waiting idly. As soon as he had some free time, he entered the Profound Yin World. He planned to properly deal with the three treasures that he obtained from Old Wu.
The Heaven Opening Stone, the Four Emperors Arhat Pine and the Yin Yang Square Seal.
In the Profound Yin West World, the sky above Ning Fan's immortal cave had been opened up. There was a forest of copper pagodas floating in the air.
If one takes a closer look, they would realize that all of the copper pagodas here were the pagodas sealed by the passage of time in the void.
At that time, Ning Fan originally planned to take these pagodas after killing Yin Mo. Before he departed, however, the eyeball changed his mind and handed them to him in advance.
There were fifty-two thousand-year-old pagodas. There were nine ten-thousand-year-old pagodas.
With these pagodas, Ning Fan could directly use the time that was sealed in the pagodas to save a lot of time when he wanted to do something that required time.
With the power of the Barbarian God's Punishment, Ning Fan directly entered one of the thousand-year-old pagodas.
The first thing he did after entering the pagodas was to use the Heaven Opening Stone to repair the God Destroying Shield.
This Heaven Opening Stone had been refined by Old Wu Ba using the Dark Luck Secret Technique. Others would have to be extremely careful when they touch this stone. However, Ning Fan was not afraid of the dark luck in the stone at all. He circulated the power of Fu Li and wiped away all the dark luck in the stone with a wave of his hand.
Then, he opened his mouth and spat out the God Destroying Shield from his body. Looking at the cracks on the shield, the scene of the battle with Yin Mo that day was still vivid in his mind.
With Ning Fan's current cultivation base, this shield was enough to defend against the attacks of an Eighth Tribulation Immortal Emperor. If he could repair it, he would undoubtedly have one more trump card when he travels in the Eastern Heaven.
The method to repair a heaven opening treasure was very simple. As long as it was nourished by the power of the Heaven Opening Stone, it would be able to repair itself.
The only troublesome part was that the repair speed of the heaven opening treasure was very slow. Fortunately, Ning Fan had a lot of time sealed pagodas with him. Thus, he was not afraid of wasting time.
In the space of the copper pagodas, Ning Fan found a place with the richest spiritual qi and placed the God Destroying Shield and the Heaven Opening Stone together, allowing them to repair themselves.
After that, he would stay in the pagoda for a thousand years, waiting for the God Vanquishing Shield to be repaired. While waiting, he decided to deal with the other two treasures.
The first one he dealt with was the Four Emperors Arhat Pine. It was an extremely rare pine tree. The pine needles that grew out of it could be used as flying swords!
Presently, this pine sapling had already grown 30 million Pine Needle Swords. Amongst them, there was a total of 9 Pine Needle Swords that had attained the rank of 12 Postnatal Nirvana!
If Ning Fan casually took out any one of the nine Twelve Nirvana Pine Needle Swords, it would be considered as an extremely high-grade magic treasure when used in a fight between Immortal Venerables.
If Ning Fan summoned the entire Four Emperors Arhat Pine like Old Wu did and used all thirty million flying swords to kill his enemies, even an Immortal King Realm expert would not be able to withstand an attack of this level!
The thirty million Pine Needle Swords could be released as a group or taken out as a single Dharma treasure. With this pine tree, Ning Fans lack of magical treasures could be said to have solved his urgent problem.
Apart from that, the Four Emperor Luohan Pines had another amazing trait. They were living creatures and could continue to grow.
Just like the Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree, the Four Emperors Arhat Pine needed to be watered by Dao Spring in order to grow continuously. The more the pine tree grew, the higher the grade of the Pine Needle Swords on its crown would be.
Theoretically speaking, as long as Ning Fan had enough Dao Spring to water the tree, it would be enough for all the thirty million flying swords on the tree to advance to the Innate Realm!
When that time comes, Ning Fan could summon thirty million Innate Flying Swords to kill his enemies. Even an Incipient Divine Being would have to retreat after witnessing such a scene …
Of course, this kind of thought was just a thought. It was really a little unrealistic. The growth of the Four Emperors Arhat Pine required an innumerable amount of Dao Spring. It was unknown how much Dao Spring was needed to grow an Innate Flying Sword. Even if he used up all the Dao Spring in the Illusionary World, he would not be able to produce thirty million Innate Flying Swords.
"Speaking of which, if I have the time, I should purchase some Dao Spring to water the Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree. When the Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree grows, it can produce fruits which can help me improve my cultivation base. Compared to the Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree, the growth of the Four Emperors Arhat Pine is not as important. "
Of course, cultivation base was more important than magic treasures.
If there is a Dao Spring, Ning Fan would choose to water the Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree first before watering the Four Emperors Arhat Pine.
Ning Fan refined all thirty million Pine Needle Swords. In this way, he could use them to attack anytime he wants in battles in the future.
After refining the Pine Needle Swords, Ning Fan took out the Yin Yang Square Seal and studied it carefully.
This was the third treasure that Old Wu Ba gave him. It had a total of three transformations and each of them was stronger than the previous one.
Among them, Old Wu Ba had sent Ning Fan flying five times with just the first transformation of this seal, forcing Ning Fan into a tough battle.
If it wasn't because Ning Fan knew the heaven-defying ability of the Dao Slaying Divine Sword and cut off the circulation of the Dao origin of this seal, he would probably have been defeated by Old Wu Ba.
The destructive power of this seal was much stronger than the Oblivion Flow Technique and the thirty million flying swords. After refining it, it could become the first offensive Innate Magic Treasure that Ning Fan possessed!
"Previously, I slashed at this seal four times and injured the Yin Phoenix within it. If I want to use this treasure, I need to repair it first."
The Yin Yang Square Seal was not a treasure that could open the heavens. It could not repair itself and there was no need to use a heaven-defying item like the Heaven Opening Stone during the repair process.
In the space of the copper pagoda, Ning Fan used ten years to repeatedly temper this seal with the Eleven Adoration True Fire in his body and countless immortal ores to repair it.
In the next nine hundred and ninety years, Ning Fan only did one thing and that was to refine this seal and comprehend the three transformations contained within it.
The first transformation of this seal was called the Yin Seal Phoenix Freezing the Sky. Even with Old Wu Ba's cultivation base, he needed to summon his ancient true body to perform this transformation. Ning Fan's current cultivation base was not strong enough to perform the first transformation. Only after merging with the black cat's Dao Soul could he barely achieve it.
The second transformation of this seal was called the Yang Seal Dragon Strikes Fire. With Ning Fan's current cultivation base, he could not perform the second transformation even if he merged with the black cat's Dao Soul.
The reason why Ning Fan could not comprehend the third transformation of this seal seemed to be because his cultivation base was not strong enough.
After a thousand years, the God Exterminating Shield had absorbed all the power of the Heaven Opening Stone and was completely repaired.
Ning Fan kept the God Exterminating Shield back into his body. From now on, he would have the strength to protect himself even if he was chased by an Eight Tribulation Immortal Emperor!
After the space of the copper pagoda collapsed, Ning Fan returned to the Profound Yin West World and temporarily planted the Four Emperors Arhat Pine beside the Tree of Seven Wonders.
After that, he returned to the guest room and rested for the night.
The next morning, Old Wu Ba came to Ning Fan's room and waited. He seemed to have something to tell Ning Fan, but he was afraid to disturb Ning Fan's rest.
"Come in. You don't have to be so restrained in front of me." Ning Fan said politely.
Hearing Ning Fan's summon, Old Wu pushed open the door, walked in and said flatteringly.
"I have an important matter to report to Master. It's about the Anti-Ning Alliance!" Old Wu Ba's face was full of pride and he called Ning Fan 'Master' very smoothly.
"Tell me in detail. What's going on with this Anti-Ning Alliance?"
Even though Ning Fan had seen some fragments from Old Wu Ba's memory, he still wanted to hear the details from Old Wu Ba.
Old Wu Ba had just acknowledged Ning Fan as his master. He was eager to make some contributions and quickly told Ning Fan everything he knew.
The leader of the Anti-Ning Alliance was the sect master of the Pill Sect. The alliance had yet to be established and it was still in the preparatory stage. After all, Ning Fan had just returned to the Eastern Heaven for a few days and the Pill Sect had just decided to establish an Anti-Ning Alliance specifically to deal with Ning Fan.
"Master, don't underestimate this Old Monster Dan just because his cultivation level isn't high. This person's pill concoction technique has reached the acme of perfection. As early as ten years ago, he had already advanced to the Nine Revolutions Gold Core Realm. What's more shocking is that this person used some unknown method to touch the bottleneck of the Sovereign Pill Concoction Realm not long after he advanced to the Gold Core Realm! "
"Today, there are only a few Gold Core Realm Pill Concoction Masters in the Four Heavens. I don't know if there are any Sovereign Pill Concoction Masters. His skill in pill concocting was enough to make him a rallying force. Furthermore, the Darksiders coveted his master. Because of that, quite a few eccentrics responded to Patriarch Pill's call to join the Anti-Ning Alliance and make things difficult for his master. Among them, there are no lack of Immortal Venerables. There are three Immortal Venerables whose names I know. They are all famous Immortal Venerables in the Eastern Heaven Immortal World … "
Hearing this, Ning Fan frowned slightly. It seems like this sect master of the Pill Sect can't be underestimated.
"Are there any Immortal Kings in the alliance?"
"There aren't any. After all, Old Monster Dan has yet to truly step into the Sovereign Pill Concoction Realm. Master's master, the Ancient Chaos Great Emperor, has yet to truly extinguish his Dao. Most of the Immortal Kings are cautious. They won't easily get involved in this kind of muddy water. "Old Wu Ba recalled and answered seriously.
"There aren't any Immortal Kings, is there …" Ning Fan's eyes flickered. No one knew what he was thinking.
"Master, you don't have to worry. The alliance is still in the preparatory stage. Three months later, the Anti-Ning Assembly will be held in the Pill Sect to discuss the establishment of the alliance."
"Three months later, huh …?"
Ning Fan's eyes flashed with a cold light. The grudge between him and the sect master of the Pill Sect had been going on for a long time. It was time to put an end to it!
Three months later, all the people who wanted to deal with him would gather in the Pill Sect and hold a grand Anti-Ning Assembly.
If Ning Fan comes to the Pill Sect three months later, I wonder if he can eliminate all the cultivators in the Eastern Heaven who harbor evil intentions in one fell swoop!
When Old Wu Ba met Ning Fan's cold eyes, he could not help but feel a chill in his heart. He thought to himself, Will this malefic star run to the Pill Sect and start a massacre three months later?
Speaking of which, it had only been a night since he last saw Ning Fan, but Old Wu Ba actually had an illusion. After a night, Ning Fan's cultivation base did not improve at all. However, the pressure that he gave off seemed to have become much stronger.
The reason was naturally because Ning Fan had repaired the God Exterminating Shield. Unknowingly, it gave Old Wu Ba an even heavier pressure.
Old Wu Ba, on the other hand, did not know about this. He only thought that Ning Fan still had some strength left after defeating him. Thus, the fear he had for this cheap master of his immediately increased.
"It's tough. It's really tough. Old Monster Pill, oh Old Monster Pill. You've provoked such a malefic star. You better pray for your own good fortune. This time, I can't stand on your side anymore. Perhaps, I might even have to help my master to destroy your Pill Sect. After all, we don't have any karma between us. Killing you won't have any negative impact on me. "Old Wu Ba unscrupulously threw the sect master of the Pill Sect, whom he had a friendly relationship with, to the opposite side.
"By the way, I have one more thing to ask you. Where did the Evil Ancestor's corpse of your Black Fate Sect come from? "Ning Fan changed the topic and asked.
"To answer Master's question, my master, Old Ancestor Black Fate, found it by accident when he was roaming the Demon Heaven." Old Wu Ba's heart skipped a beat. He was secretly surprised that Ning Fan knew about this but still answered his question truthfully.
Ning Fan pondered for a while.
From Old Wu Ba's memories, Ning Fan saw many things. He even saw the existence of the Evil Ancestor's corpse in the depths of Old Wu Ba's memories.
The Black Fate Sect was located in the Northern Heaven Immortal World. The location of the sect was hidden in the depths of the starry sky. In that place, the corpse of the Evil Ancestor was actually sealed!
Be it Old Wu Ba or his master, Old Ancestor Black Fate, both of them needed to absorb the black luck of the Evil Ancestor during their cultivation. Only then would they be able to cultivate the power of black luck that could shake the Four Heavens.
In Old Wu Ba's memories, black luck was also divided into different grades. Old Ancestor Black Fate divided the black luck into nine grades, which corresponded to the grade of the [Nine Colors of Immortal Luck].
Old Ancestor Black Fate was an Immortal Emperor Realm cultivator. However, his luck was only at the seventh grade. As for Old Wu Ba, it seemed like his luck was already at the eighth grade.
The eighth grade of black luck corresponded to the eighth color of the immortal luck. As long as the grade of one's luck was lower than Old Wu Ba's, they would be affected by his black luck!
However, it was just an effect. For cultivators like Xiang Bozi, even though he had not cultivated to the eighth color of the immortal luck, he would not be afraid of Old Wu Ba. At most, he would just be wary of him.
With Xiang Bozi's cultivation base, if he snatches or kills Old Wu Ba's belongings, it might bring him a lot of trouble. However, his life would not be in danger.
"If I use Old Wu Ba's eighth grade of black luck, I can create some trouble for the Dark Race. However, it's still not enough to deal with them. At the end of the day, improving my own cultivation base is the most important thing. Only by becoming stronger can the Dark Race not dare to bully me and others dare not humiliate me! "
Ning Fan's ancient god and ancient demon cultivation base were stuck at the bottleneck of Shedding Void. As for his ancient devil cultivation base, there was still room for improvement.
Currently, he had four main methods to improve his cultivation base.
The first method was to consume pills, Dao Fruits and other heavenly ingredients and earthly treasures. The second method was to cultivate the twenty-seven types of Yin and Yang. Every time one of them was cultivated, it would greatly improve his cultivation base.
The third method was to water the Tree of Seven Wonder Treasures and consume the fruits produced by the tree. The fourth method was to improve the cultivation base of the female cultivator in the child relic.
"The Dao of Wood on this wooden island is really strong. Since I still have to stay on the island for ten days, I might as well go out and comprehend it."
Just as Ning Fan had this thought, a visitor happened to arrive. It was the large-eared monk who was defeated by Ning Fan previously.
After exchanging some pleasantries, Ning Fan found out that this person was the second disciple of Daoist Mu Song. His dharma name was Song Guo. This time, he came under the order of his master, Daoist Mu Song, to bring Ning Fan around the wooden island.
"My master has given me an order. He said that Fellow Daoist Ning is the successor of Ancient Chaos. Therefore, you will most likely be interested in the Dao of Wood of our wooden island. Therefore, he ordered me to be your guide and bring Fellow Daoist Ning to the seven great forbidden areas of the wooden island to comprehend it. If you can obtain any fortune from there, it will be considered as Fellow Daoist's capability! "
Monk Song Guo's tone was very polite. Even though he had lost to Ning Fan once, he did not show any resentment. His temperament was pretty good.
"The seven great forbidden areas, huh …?"
Ning Fan's eyes turned slightly serious. According to his senses, there were a total of seven places on this wooden island. The Dao of Wood was the strongest among them. They should be the seven great forbidden areas that Song Guo mentioned.
He originally wanted to comprehend the Dao of Wood of the wooden island. Thus, he naturally would not reject Monk Song Guo's suggestion.
Thus, Monk Song Guo brought Ning Fan and Old Wu out of the ancient temple and walked towards a towering ancient pine tree in the depths of the pine forest on the wooden island.
It was an ancient pine tree with slightly purple bark. Vaguely, it was emitting an extremely terrifying aura force, causing the area within a hundred steps from the tree to be like a vacuum zone. No one was allowed to get close to it at all!
The soil under the pine tree was a little moist. The surface of the soil would occasionally roll a few times, as if there were living creatures moving under the soil.
As soon as they sensed Ning Fan's arrival, twelve mud men drilled out from the ground. Their faces were filled with killing intent. All of them locked onto Ning Fan and Old Wu.
Each of the mud men actually had the cultivation base of a newly advanced Immortal Venerable. They were tasked to guard this place and protect this pine tree!
However, after Monk Song Guo shouted, "Retreat!", the twelve Immortal Venerable mud men drilled back into the ground one after another.
"The ringing of a bell can be heard inside this pine tree. It was personally planted by my master. If you come within a hundred steps of it, you will be able to hear the ringing of the bell. However, the ringing of the bell is erratic. The closer you get to the ancient pine tree, the louder the ringing becomes. If you don't have the cultivation base of an ancient Immortal Venerable, you certainly won't be able to walk further than a hundred steps. This is the first forbidden area of my wooden island. However, it is also the weakest of the seven great forbidden areas. "
As soon as he finished speaking, Monk Song Guo took a step forward and was the first one to walk into the range of the ancient pine tree. In a flash, he was already ninety steps away from the ancient pine tree.
Just as he stepped into the range of a hundred steps, the ringing of a bell suddenly resounded between heaven and earth.
The ringing of the bell seemed to be coming from within the ancient pine tree. At the same time, it also seemed to be coming from the boundless void space that was extremely far away. Ning Fan was clearly standing nearby but he could not tell where the ringing of the bell actually came from!
It was as if every place in this world could be the source of the ringing of the bell. At the same time, it also seemed like there was no ringing of the bell in this world in the first place. Everything was just an illusion. Therefore, there was no trace of the ringing at all.
As soon as the ringing of the bell rang, Monk Song Guo's face immediately turned pale. He let out a muffled groan as if he had suffered some kind of injury. Without saying anything else, he immediately activated all of his magic power to resist the ringing of the bell. Under the intense consumption of his magic power, he still took five steps back continuously. Only then did he manage to stabilize his body with great difficulty.
He took a deep breath and moved his body again, moving ten steps closer to the ancient pine tree. However, the next ringing of the bell caused him to take five steps back.
Just like that, he slowly walked to the bottom of the ancient pine tree. From start to finish, it took him one hundred and forty-nine breaths of time.
When he arrived at the bottom of the ancient pine tree, he had almost exhausted all of his magic power. All of it had been consumed when he was resisting the ringing of the bell!
Then, a miraculous scene appeared.
Monk Song Guo did not use any method to recover his magic power. However, the ancient pine tree spread out a layer of green light screen and enveloped him. Then, the magic power in his body began to recover at an astonishing speed.
"This is … the power of the Dao Law of Wood!" Ning Fan's eyes turned cold.
The cultivation of the Dao Law could add many abilities to a cultivator.
For example, the cultivation of the Dao Law of Rain increased Ning Fan's senses. The cultivation of the Dao Law of Battle made his willpower stronger. The cultivation of the Dao Law of Darkness increased the power of his illusory techniques.
The Dao Law of Wood could also bestow a cultivator with a certain ability. That ability was the endless growth of magic power.
The recovery speed of Immortal Venerables who cultivated the Dao Law of Wood was more than two times faster than Immortal Venerables who cultivated other Dao laws.
Of course, in terms of offensive power, the Dao Law of Wood was not as strong as other Dao laws. There were advantages and disadvantages. The Dao Law of Wood was really not a Dao law that was good at attacking.
"Hehe. Fellow Daoist Ning, Fellow Daoist Wu, the two of you should give it a try too. Let's see how many breaths you can use to reach the bottom of this pine tree." Monk Song Guo simply sat down cross-legged under the shade of the pine tree and said to Ning Fan and Old Wu.
Upon hearing his words, Old Wu was instantly eager to give it a try.
The reason why he had stayed on the wooden island for more than a month was to enter the seven great forbidden areas of the island and comprehend the Dao Law of Wood. Unfortunately, even though Daoist Mu Song had given him three treasures, he did not allow him to enter any of the forbidden areas.
This time, thanks to Ning Fan, the people of the wooden island actually allowed him to get close to the ancient pine tree and comprehend the Dao Law of Wood. How could he let go of such a rare opportunity?
Hehe. It seems like being Ning Fan's servant is not completely without benefits.
"Legend has it that when Daoist Mu Song was young, he had obtained three drops of the True Essence of the Building Wood. He used one of them to ascend to the throne of the Great Emperor Zhang Mu. The second drop was given to his disciple, Emperor Cang, which allowed Emperor Cang to comprehend the Dao Law of Wood. Unfortunately, he could not truly comprehend the power of the Great Emperor Zhang Mu. As for the third drop, Mu Song divided it into seven parts and sealed them in the seven ancient pines on the island. Then, he planted a divine ability in the ancient pines, turning the seven ancient pines into the seven great forbidden areas of the island … "
Old Wu's heart was filled with excitement. This was a chance to comprehend the True Essence of the Building Wood in the ancient pine tree at a close distance. If he was lucky enough to comprehend some of the Dao Law of Wood from this place, his strength would certainly improve by a lot!
Old Wu's cultivation base was one tribulation higher than Zen Master Song Guo. With just a leap, he moved to the eightieth step of the ancient pine tree. Even when he was shaken by the bell, he only took four steps back. In this way, he only took five steps back and arrived at the foot of the ancient pine tree. It only took him twenty-six breaths from start to finish. His movements were much easier than Zen Master Song Guo's.
"As expected of an ancient Venerable Immortal. He actually only used twenty-six breaths to walk a hundred steps."
Zen Master Song Guo admired Old Wu greatly. He was looking forward to Ning Fan's performance even more.
Since Ning Fan's strength was above Old Wu's, he would probably use a shorter time.
When Old Wu arrived at the shade of the ancient pine tree, he immediately sat cross-legged on the ground and enjoyed the green Buddha Light shining from the ancient pine tree comfortably. The Buddha Light contained the qi of the True Essence of the Building Wood. It contained the supreme Dao of Wood. If he could comprehend even a trace of it, it would be an unparalleled opportunity. He greedily breathed in the faint fragrance of the wood in the Buddha Light, afraid that he would miss a trace of it.
Ning Fan was speechless when he saw Old Wu's reaction. He took a deep breath and similarly moved forward a hundred steps in a flash.
Even though his combat power was high, his true cultivation base was actually slightly weaker than Old Wu's. With just a leap, he only moved to the eighty-second step of the ancient pine tree.
Then, a bell rang. Even with Old Wu's cultivation base, he would have to take four steps back to withstand the sound of the bell. Ning Fan, on the other hand, only swayed slightly. Golden light flashed around his body and he did not move half a step back.
"Hiss! Only a Second Tribulation Immortal Venerable can remain unmoved in the First Forbidden Area. This Rain Sovereign did not use that strange black cat to raise his cultivation base to the Second Tribulation Immortal Venerable Realm. How did he manage to do that?! "
Zen Master Song Guo's eyes widened in surprise. He felt that the Rain Immortal Venerable Realm's hidden strength was far beyond his expectations. He could not be measured with common sense at all.
Old Wu, on the other hand, was even more certain that the pressure he felt from Ning Fan when he woke up early in the morning was not an illusion.
It had only been a night and Ning Fan's body seemed to have undergone a tremendous change. At this moment, Ning Fan actually gave Old Wu a feeling that he could not defeat him no matter what …
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