Chapter 464: Chapter 464: Using Your Primordial Spirit to Concoct Pills!
A strong feeling of discontentment rose in Mo Xiu’s heart.
The Grade Seizing Technique was originally his trump card. He could not believe at all that Ning Fan would also know that technique.
What he found even more difficult to believe was that not only was Ning Fan’s Grade Seizing Technique the complete version, but his proficiency in it was much higher.
Faced with Ning Fan’s Grade Seizing Technique, Mo Xiu was actually unable to resist at all. All he could do was to let his pill continue to lose its medicinal power.
The Liancheng Pill that he had concocted with great effort began to reduce in grade!
As for Huang Tingzi and Yi Yunzi, they surprisingly realized that when Ning Fan used the Grade Seizing Technique, he did not seize the medicinal power of their pills. He was just targeting Mo Xiu alone.
With Ning Fan restraining Mo Xiu, the pills produced by Huang Tingzi and Yi Yunzi stopped losing their medicinal power. Hence, they could develop into complete pills again by finis.h.i.+ng the final step of pill refinement.
Without a doubt, Ning Fan was helping the two pill grandmasters. He was just doing them a small favor.
The pills they both concocted were nearly ruined by Mo Xiu. Now, since Ning Fan lent them a hand, they naturally were grateful to him from the depths of their hearts.
Countless cultivators outside the jade platforms were stunned by what they were seeing. They did not expect for the tables to turn like this.
Mo Xiu was the one who used the Grade Seizing Technique first. Now, however, Ning Fan was using the technique on him in return. To Mo Xiu, this was literally an insult.
Compared to Mo Xiu’s despicable act, Ning Fan who made a counterattack against Mo Xiu who displayed his trump card seemed to be on the side of justice even though he used the same technique.
“You’ve lost!” Ning Fan spoke indifferently. His voice contained seventy percent coldness and thirty percent disdain. When his words reached Mo Xiu’s ears, it was like a bolt from the blue.
Have I lost?
Have I actually lost to him in pill refinement?
This is impossible!
However, he could not help but admit that if he continues to allow Ning Fan to seize the medicinal power of his pill, his Liancheng Pill would eventually be left with zero medicinal power and become useless.
Mo Xiu’s eyes flashed with ferocity. He had never felt so discontented before.
The discontentment he felt was like a sharp thorn that was p.r.i.c.king his heart. He could not tolerate it.
The way he looked at Ning Fan revealed a strong killing intent for the first time.
“You can never win against me! During the second round, you took away my spiritual flames, making me suffer injuries due to the backlash of losing them. Today, I will take my revenge for my previous defeat and teach you a lesson! Soul Palm Imprint!”
Both Mo Xiu and Ning Fan were at the crucial moment when their pills were on the verge of completion. Their magic power and spirit sense must solely be focused on their pills. Hence, they could not battle each other at all.
However, Mo Xiu had extraordinary means. His dark green medicine soul suddenly formed into a gigantic palm imprint that was falling directly on Ning Fan’s head. It carried the destructive power of a single-layered medicine soul palm imprint!
This was a technique Mo Xiu secretly learnt from the Pill Sovereign. Even though he had just mastered the first layer, its destructive power was still incredible.
He suddenly ambushed Ning Fan using that Battle Soul Technique when the latter was at a critical point in refining his pill. This strike would be destructive enough to blow up Ning Fan’s pill cauldron and destroy his pill. Then, Ning Fan would suffer the backlash caused by his failure in concocting his pill and would be wounded by the palm imprint.
Mo Xiu did not dare to kill Ning Fan. He just did not dare to do it.
However, if he doesn’t let Ning Fan taste how it feels to be grievously injured, he would not be able to quench the anger inside of him.
“A technique that you secretly learnt from others, huh… Well, that’s all it can do…”
Ning Fan’s eyes glinted with a cold light. He had already been prepared to defend himself against Mo Xiu’s sneak attack.
As countless cultivators saw Mo Xiu fly into a rage out of humiliation and sneak attack Ning Fan who was in the middle of refining his pill, they began to despise his personality.
Meanwhile, many pill masters were filled with excitement when they saw Mo Xiu display the Battle Soul Technique that only ancient pill masters knew.
Yue Lingkong, Xu Qiuling and Fen Chi rose to their feet in anxiety when they saw that Ning Fan was being attacked. They wanted to rush up there and help him block that palm imprint. However, it was already too late.
Seeing Mo Xiu’s palm imprint that was about to hit Ning Fan and make him suffer a backlash, Xu Qiuling’s gentle eyes were filled with killing intent for the very first time. She was wearing a black dress which made her look like a black orchid. However, this lovely orchid was still capable of feeling anger.
As for Yue Lingkong, she was on the verge of losing control of herself. If Little Cuc.u.mber were to be hurt, she would definitely risk her life to fight against Mo Xiu! Even if she could not defeat him, she would still put her life on the line!
Fen Chi’s enchanting eyes were burning with anger. She was not an ungrateful person. Since Ning Fan had treated her well all this while, she was ready to fight for his sake.
*Bang*
Just as his women felt extremely worried, the sound of collision which was ear-splitting as if there was cracking thunder which suddenly echoed in the sky.
Ning Fan’s body had also released a boundless and vigorous dark green medicine soul which turned into three layers of palm imprints which clashed with Mo Xiu’s attack.
Ning Fan’s Heavenly Dipper Imprint was a technique the Pill Sovereign had personally taught him. In terms of the completeness of their magic techniques, the level of their medicine souls and the mastery of the palm imprint, Ning Fan surpa.s.sed Mo Xiu in all of those aspects.
There was no doubt who the victor was in the clash of their attacks. Ning Fan directly crushed Mo Xiu’s attack.
Layers of power fluctuations began to spread. Mo Xiu looked extremely startled while Ning Fan remained as calm as usual.
The remaining force of his palm imprint blasted Mo Xiu’s body without mercy. It felt like a thousand mountains had landed on his body. In just an instant, Mo Xiu had suffered quite a serious blow.
Moments after that, Mo Xiu felt a sharp pain in his medicine soul. All of his magic power became stagnant, causing him to be unable to continue refining his pill.
*Puke*
Mo Xiu coughed out blood and retreated continuously. As his palms left his pill cauldron, the flame within the cauldron went out of control. Instantly, his cauldron gave off a burning smell. One of the lightning tribulations that had gathered in the sky disappeared on its own.
Mo Xiu’s pill cauldron did not explode and his pill did not get destroyed. However, he failed during the final step because of Ning Fan’s disturbance and the Liancheng Pill he concocted became a burnt useless pill…
Since Mo Xiu had placed all of his concentration and magic power on that pill, the backlash he suffered when his pill was ruined by an external force was certainly not something minor.
With the injuries Ning Fan’s palm imprint inflicted and the pain of the backlash he suffered, his Void Inquiry Stage cultivation base became unstable. His magic power could not keep up and his cultivation level regressed to the Void Glimpse Stage!
Experiencing a backlash from the failure of refining a pill was equivalent to getting out of control when one was practicing a cultivation method. The consequences were serious. Because of this, the Pill Sovereign pa.s.sed the Heavenly Dipper Imprint to Ning Fan so that he could defend himself and preserve his life.
Unless Mo Xiu goes into seclusion for tens of years, he would not be able to regain his Void Inquiry Stage cultivation base. This was the price he had to pay for the backlash he suffered!
He was infuriated. He was deranged. His feelings had consumed his rationality.
Despite being the reputable palace lord of the Scarlet Heaven Palace, Ning Fan actually managed to make him regress to a lower cultivation realm. Now, he cast all of his concerns to the back of his mind.
He no longer cared about who was backing or protecting Ning Fan. All he wanted today was to make him pay!
“Little Zhou Ming, you’re courting death!”
He soared into the sky, gathering power to use a magic technique. He wanted to injure Ning Fan who was still refining his pill and make him suffer the same backlash he had experienced!
“You’re the one who is seeking death!”
Ning Fan suddenly slapped the lid of his cauldron. A ray of silver lightning suddenly struck his cauldron. The Revered Devil Pill he had been concocting was completed straight away!
No. To be more accurate, Ning Fan had already finished that pill 10 days ago. He was just pretending to be refining his pill in order to wait for this moment to arrive.
He already knew that Mo Xiu would turn crazy after breaking his Grade Seizing Technique. It was still within his calculations.
“Swallow!”
In the face of the lightning tribulation of a High Grade Fifth Revolution Pill, Ning Fan opened his mouth and directly swallowed the silver lightning.
He possessed the complete Tai Su Lightning Star. How could this lightning ray be able to harm him?!
As Mo Xiu approached him, he flew into the sky with a single step and threw a punch at his face.
Mo Xiu hurriedly hurled another punch to counter Ning Fan’s punch. At the moment their punches collided, Mo Xiu’s eyes flickered with surprise. The bones in his fist that had clashed with Ning Fan’s punch were crushed right away. He could not withstand Ning Fan’s ma.s.sive physical strength!
*Bang*
A loud bang reverberated across the sky. Mo Xiu was sent flying away with his fist covered in blood!
The injuries he currently had were extremely severe. His cultivation level also regressed and his physical body was now far weaker than that of Ning Fan. How could he still be an opponent who can match his strength?
Internally, he was filled with regrets. If he had known that Ning Fan knew the Grade Seizing Technique too, he would definitely not flaunt his slight accomplishment in it right in front of him. If he had known that Ning Fan also knew the Heavenly Dipper Imprint, he would certainly not ambush him. If he had known that Ning Fan already completed his pill, he would obviously refrain from attacking him so recklessly and desperately.
It was him who attacked Ning Fan first. Even if Ning Fan kills him today, he would probably still be the one on the side of justice. No one in the Rain Palace would take revenge for him and he would just die in vain!
Today, he did not have King Lan Ling’s protection. Today, his condition was worse than when he was in the second round. How could he still be Ning Fan’s opponent?!
He was dissatisfied! He was reluctant to accept the truth!
However, his mind slowly calmed down. The current situation was disadvantageous to him and he was not willing to continue this fight. He wanted to lay low for the moment and get through today. Then, he would plan on getting his revenge in the future.
“Stop now! I will certainly compensate Revered Ming reasonably for offending you today. Both of us are members of the Rain Palace. Why should we fight and kill each other?!”
“Well said! Then, do you still remember the bet which you and I made earlier?!”
Ning Fan’s remainder had brought up some memories in Mo Xiu.
Yes. He had made a bet with Ning Fan earlier. But now, he had failed to refine his pill whereas Ning Fan succeeded. Doubtlessly, he had lost to him. According to the terms of their gamble, Ning Fan could randomly take away one thing from him.
“What do you want? Name it and I will give it to you!” Mo Xiu said nervously.
“I want your life!”
*Bang* *Bang*
Ning Fan hurled both of his fists. His black hair was dancing wildly in the wind, making him look as imposing as a celestial being. The shadows of black dragons covered the entire snowy sky.
The two punches Ning Fan delivered directly crushed Mo Xiu’s arms. He did not give him any chance to make any hand seals to use a magic technique.
He then landed a kick on Mo Xiu’s dantian. The force of his kick caused the latter’s primordial spirit to tremble so violently that it nearly collapsed.
After that, he pointed a finger at him. The Third Finger of his Heaven Breaking Sword Finger summoned countless sword rays which shredded Mo Xiu’s body to pieces.
Everyone was completely stunned by this overwhelming fight!
As the saying goes, a phoenix in distress is inferior to a chicken. The strength of the current Mo Xiu who had regressed by a minor cultivation realm while also suffering grievous injuries was far weaker than the country lord of s.h.i.+ Le Country.
Anyway, the country lord of s.h.i.+ Le Country was an unrivalled expert among Void Glimpse Stage experts. However, Ning Fan still defeated someone as strong as him with superior strength.
Hence, Ning Fan did not even place the grievously injured Mo Xiu in his eyes at all.
Even if Mo Xiu was in his peak condition, his strength should be just on par with King Ying Long. Ning Fan, on the other hand, was someone who killed King Ying Long!
Besides, Mo Xiu’s state of mind was far inferior to that of King Ying Long and s.h.i.+ Kun. The reason why he was strong was because he had been born in the Rain Palace.
*Bang* *Bang* *Bang*
Mo Xiu’s magic power was in disorder due to Ning Fan’s beatings. His limbs were completely deprived of strength to even retaliate. Ning Fan grabbed him like he was holding a sandbag and smashed him on the ice.
Ning Fan dragged Mo Xiu like he was dragging a dead dog. He dragged him to an area in the distance and landed a torrent of punches on him. The force of his attacks caused the snow mountains around them to crumble.
Resentment and fear filled Mo Xiu’s eyes at the same time. Ning Fan’s physical strength was just too strong that his fear urged him to beg for his life.
He felt that if Ning Fan continued on beating him, he would really die!
“You… cannot kill me… I am… a trusted aide… of the Seventh Prince…”
“So what if I kill you? I don’t mind telling you that I will still be using your primordial spirit to increase the grade of my Revered Devil Pill using the Blood Revolution Technique!”
“W-What?!”
Mo Xiu’s eyes widened with fear. The Blood Revolution Technique was akin to the Grade Seizing Technique. Both of them were secret techniques used to raise the grade of a pill.
The only difference was that the Grade Technique raises a pill’s grade by s.n.a.t.c.hing medicinal power from other pills while the Blood Revolution Technique uses a cultivator’s nascent soul or primordial spirit to refine the pill. It was an extremely cruel Grade Raising Art!
He could not imagine at all that Ning Fan had wanted to use his primordial spirit to refine his pill… This was just too terrifying!
He, of course, had no idea that when Ning Fan chose to concoct the Revered Devil Pill in this round, he already had the intention of killing Mo Xiu and using his primordial spirit to refine his pill.
Ning Fan was never a person who liked suffering losses. If others cause problems to him, he would send them to h.e.l.l!
*Bang*
Ning Fan made a heavy stomp and pulverized Mo Xiu’s body to a b.l.o.o.d.y meat paste.
He pointed a finger at Mo Xiu’s remains and immobilized his primordial spirit. He then captured it with his hand and returned to his pill cauldron with a smoky step.
The baleful qi in his body had dyed the wind and snow red.
In the snap of a finger, he defeated Mo Xiu and finished him off. His powerful and savage means struck fear into countless cultivators who witnessed the fight.
How long has it been since the last one? Ning Fan had actually killed two Void Refinement Realm old monsters in Cold Northern Country in a row!
Shocking! This is really too shocking!
This was all too unbelievable especially when Ning Fan killed Mo Xiu. Even though Mo Xiu had a stronger cultivation base and a more respectable status than s.h.i.+ Kun, Ning Fan still got rid of him without exception. He was truly bold and courageous!
Everyone in the audience seats looked at the primordial spirit in Ning Fan’s hand. All of them were guessing how he would deal with Mo Xiu.
A few moments later, Ning Fan did something that shocked countless cultivators to their core that their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
He placed that warm Revered Devil Pill back inside the pill cauldron. He then sealed the half-dead primordial spirit of Mo Xiu and also tossed it into the pill cauldron as well.
After that, he directly channeled his black flame to burn the contents inside the pill cauldron without caring how miserably Mo Xiu was screaming.
He actually wanted to use Mo Xiu’s primordial spirit to refine his pill!
“What?! T-This! There is actually someone in this world capable of using the primordial spirit of a Void Inquiry Stage expert to refine a pill! A devil lord! This is the act of a true devil lord!”
“Be quiet! Don’t you want to live anymore?! Be careful of your words or Revered Ming will really take your nascent soul to refine his pill as well!”
All of a sudden, the audience became strangely quiet. The atmosphere seemed to be enveloped with fear.
Absolute terror coursed through innumerable cultivators who were currently looking at Ning Fan.
Inside Ning Fan’s pill cauldron, a b.l.o.o.d.y light brightly shone. A ma.s.sive baleful qi was then released. After the final shriek of pain, Mo Xiu’s primordial spirit had completely fused into the Revered Devil Pill.
The High Grade Fifth Revolution Revered Devil Pill showed signs of breaking through to the Peak Grade Fifth Revolution at this very moment!
Even if the Revered Devil Pill had achieved an advancement in its grade, Ning Fan was still refining the pill with ease. People with discerning eyes could clearly see that Ning Fan’s pill refinement mastery had definitely reached the Peak Grade Fifth Revolution.
After that, he spent a few days more refining his pill.
“Taking one’s life and using their primordial spirit to refine pills is a lost ancient technique called the Blood Revolution Technique!” An old monster said with surprise.
“Peak Grade Fifth Revolution! Venerated Ming is actually a Peak Grade Fifth Revolution Pill Master!” Another old monster exclaimed.
At the same time, a gloomy ambience enveloped the Rain Palace in the Middle State.
An earth-shattering news had startled everyone in the Rain Palace.
“How? How can this happen?! Why did the life plate of the palace lord of the Scarlet Heaven Palace break?!” A revered elder of the Rain Palace asked in rage.
“We must investigate! We must quickly find out what happened to the palace lord! We cannot let the palace lord die in vain!” Another revered elder said in agreement.
The Rain Sovereign’s eyes turned grim. He did not speak a word. From his expression, however, one could tell that he was obviously extremely angry because someone was bold enough to kill one of the nine great palace lords! This was literally giving a slap on the Rain Sovereign’s face!
In the main hall, Revered Sage who had lost his Heavenly Eye was painstakingly performing divination. However, he could not see through the heavenly secrets of the killer.
Eventually, they still managed to obtain the information from a p.a.w.n the Rain Palace had placed in the Endless Sea. After the p.a.w.n sent back the message at great cost, only then did they know why Mo Xiu died.
The killer was Ning Fan!
As for the reason why he killed him, it was because Mo Xiu had provoked him multiple times and even schemed to take his life…
“Mo Xiu! How dare he go against my order?! Sc.u.m like him deserves to die. Even death won’t be enough to atone his crime!” The anger of the Rain Sovereign seemed to have s.h.i.+fted to Mo Xiu entirely.
If it were someone else who killed Mo Xiu, the Rain Sovereign would surely get to the bottom of it and hold that person accountable. However, Ning Fan was still extremely useful to him. Hence, he could not allow anyone to lay a finger on him.
Even if they want to touch Ning Fan, they could only do so after they are finished using him!
“Father! Mo Xiu is my subordinate! Don’t tell me he died for nothing!” Yun Jinghong’s eyes flashed with killing intent. He eagerly wished he could tear Ning Fan to pieces right now.
“Precisely. His death is worthless! At the same time, his death can serve as a lesson to the other palace lords. For those who harbor the thought of defying my order not to touch Zhou Ming, this will be the consequence! Moreover, do you really dare to kill him? He now is half a disciple to Li Cangtian!”
The Rain Sovereign was displeased. Yun Jinghong was his son so he naturally expected him to know how to distinguish what was important from what was not. He was actually enraged because of a subordinate and now wanted to kill a useful chess piece that would be of great use to the Rain Palace. His state of mind was indeed worrisome.
“Li Cangtian…”
When Yun Jinghong heard the Pill Sovereign’s name, he could not help but restrain himself no matter how arrogant he might be.
With the protection of both the Rain Sovereign and the Pill Sovereign, there really was no one who would dare to touch Ning Fan at all.
“However, I also can’t allow this Zhou Ming to be too unrestrained. Even though he has yet to reach five hundred years old, he could already kill experts like s.h.i.+ Kun and Mo Xiu… My son, are you close with King Lan Ling?” The Rain Sovereign asked with a tone that was neither happy nor angry.
“Yes. King Lan Ling’s true body is currently in secluded meditation. His second primordial spirit, however, is in the Endless Sea, gathering the devil slate statues of the Four Clans of the Hidden Ocean.” Yun Jinghong told the truth as he could not dare to keep anything from the Rain Sovereign.
“Is that so…? If there’s a chance, let him teach Zhou Ming a lesson. There is no need to harm his life. Just let him know how to respect his seniors and understand the consequence of being unrestrained. He is already so formidable even though he has yet to attain the Void Refinement Realm. If he breaks through to the Void Refinement Realm or the Void Fragmentation Realm… I can’t let him become the next Yun Tianjue!”
The news of Ning Fan killing s.h.i.+ Kun and Mo Xiu successively made the dignified Rain Sovereign pay attention to a junior for the first time.
For some reason, the Rain Sovereign kept having an extremely uneasy feeling about this junior, Ning Fan.
If an outstanding person like Ning Fan was born in other worlds, the Divine Sovereigns in those worlds would probably compete with others just to recruit him.
Unfortunately, the Rain World only had a single Divine Sovereign. The drawback of having a monarchy was having to suppress those with outstanding potential and talents in order to prevent the absolute imperial power from being taken away.
“Zhou Ming…” The Rain Sovereign muttered to himself. He then immersed himself in his thoughts with a frown. No one knew what he was thinking.
Even the Rain Sovereign himself could not understand why he would have a feeling of foreboding of an ant who was not even at the Void Refinement Realm yet.
From his perspective, cultivators with cultivation bases below the Void Fragmentation Realm were mere ants whereas cultivators who have yet to achieve the Void Refinement Realm were worse than ants.
Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel