Grasping Evil - Chapter 250

Chapter 250: Chapter 250 Wan’er’s Intention; Preparation for Divine Transformation Realm

A wanted order was spread throughout the Land of Slumber in the form of snowflakes by the Lie Tu Tribe.

“A reward of a hundred million immortal jade for the one who brings down Lu Bei!”

There was no need to explain who Lu Bei was. There was also no need to explain to what extent the Earth General feared him. A reward as much as a hundred million was sufficient to move a Void Refinement Realm expert’s heart… Of course, the prerequisite is that there must first be an expert at that cultivation realm existing in the Second World.

The change of attitude of the Luo Yun Tribe towards that wanted order was subtle.

The Cloud General, Lu Daochen, continuously gave out twelve golden orders, commanding Lu Sheng to personally escort Lu Bei all the way to the Luo Yun’s Province to participate in the qualifying test for becoming a Demon General.

An Early Nascent Soul Realm demon with the royal Immemorial Demon Blood. Anyone who manages to kill him would be paid one hundred million immortal jade as a reward!

After the bounty placed on his head was spread, countless Demon Soldiers secretly sneaked into the Northern Desert City, attempting to assassinate Lu Bei.

However, after one month from the day he completed his Second Bloodline Awakening, he seemed to have disappeared from the surface of the world.

None of his traces could be found.

It was because he was inside the Yuan Yao World, stabilizing the cultivation level of his demon power!

The female corpse and Stone Warrior were beside him, guarding him while he was concentrating! There was another girl who was trapped within a grand formation. While she was strenuously suppressing her cultivation level, she was secretly feeling shocked by the strength of the young man’s prestige before him.

She was Yue Ling Kong!

This woman who was one of the venerated beings of the Internal Endless Sea had reincarnated with just her Primordial Spirit due to the profound technique – The Cycle of the Moon.

However, her massive cultivation level was automatically sealed within her Sea of Consciousness. Meanwhile, it was showing signs of bursting at any time.

She needed a male cauldron to pluck her so that she could discharge the excess magic power which had flooded her Sea of Consciousness…

Now, Ning Fan was her only choice…

“Little kid, this old grandmother has been thinking about it for a long time…About that matter…” Although discontentment was plastered all over her childlike face, she gritted her teeth hard, trying to overcome herself and tell him her decision.

“I’m sorry. I don’t have the time to practice dual-cultivation with you right now…”

Ning Fan stood up and stretched his body. Then, he shot her a smile.

He was not in a rush. It was because according to Yue Ling Kong’s current condition, the more she felt that she was on the verge of collapsing due to her massive magic power accumulating within her, the more the benefits he could obtain from dual-cultivating with her.

Besides, the current situation he was in made him have the privilege of not plucking her because in this demon world, he did not have to be anxious in plucking his female cauldrons to improve his cultivation level. In other words, practicing dual-cultivation with this Yue Ling Kong who was just a witless young girl with no breasts and buttocks would be worthless for the time being.

“You! This old grandmother has already begged you, how dare you… reject?!”

“If you insist, become my human cauldron and give your Divine Space Island to me as a present!” Ning Fan demanded.

“Over my dead body! Do you have any idea who I am and how well-respected I am? You could be considered lucky if I do it even just once with you! If it isn’t because I will certainly end up dead if I don’t practice dual-cultivation, do you really think I will set my eyes upon your skinny body?!”

“Yeah? I’d like to say that Yue Ling Kong, the dignified Venerated Moon of the Internal Endless Sea, is actually a young girl… If I practice dual-cultivation with you who have a body of a female child, I will also feel guilty despite knowing that you are an old monster… Because… yours… is too small!”

“You!!!” The young girl lost her temper but immediately felt a sharp pain in her Sea of Consciousness, as if her constrained magic power was going to explode.

Her face turned pale and quickly quelled her anger, thinking how malicious the young man was.

He spoke those words to provoke me on purpose, intending to disturb my mind. In that manner, the condition of my Sea of Consciousness will worsen quicker…

Above all, the only fact that Yue Ling Kong found unable to accept was why this young man’s aura force had gotten so strong after just half a year!

Demon power… This stinky brat also cultivates the demon path? His current demon power is more than 7000 units…

Yue Ling Kong was very sure that during the last time she confronted Ning Fan, the latter did not possess 7000 units demon power.

That is to say, this man managed to increase 7000 units demon power within just half a year!

To her, it was completely mind-blowing.

Besides, she could tell that his demon power was not forcibly enhanced using external items. In stark contrast, it was because of the awakening and the evolution of his bloodline that caused his demon power to increase!

There were quite a few forces composed of demon races in the Internal Endless Sea such as the Demon Sealing Sect. Even though Yue Ling Kong was a person who never set her foot outside the island, she was still aware of virtually everything happening all around the world and at the same time foresaw what was going to happen next.

As far as she could see, even the demon bloodline of Venerated Demon was clearly not as mighty as Ning Fan’s!

What exactly is the grade of his demon bloodline? Fortunately, I am not a member of the demon race. Otherwise, my aura force will also be weaker than his even if I regain my Half-Step Void Refinement Realm cultivation level!

Putting his demon power and demon bloodline aside, his aura force alone is undoubtedly as strong as that of a Late Divine Transformation Realm expert!

It just sounds absurd if this is spread to the public… A cultivator who has yet to attain the Divine Transformation Realm actually has a Late Divine Transformation Realm aura force…

Furthermore, his aura force seemed to be filled with a trace of killing qi. An aura force normally did not possess any attack power, but the killing qi within his aura force made his aura force capable of causing harm to others…

“Baleful Qi…This man has killed a Divine Transformation Realm expert before!”

Her eyes flashed with disbelief as her tiny hands balled into fists.

A person who is capable of killing a Divine Transformation Realm expert. I suppose this man probably has his own means to confront me…

The reason why he trapped me within here is because he is waiting for the moment when I can no longer endure the agony caused by the excessive magic power within my Sea of Consciousness and beg him to dual-cultivate with me. When the time comes, there will be no other ways other than accepting all of his demands…

“Hmmph. Considering that you are still a young man, this old grandmother does not want to be mad at you…”

Yue Ling Kong seemed to have learned to be good. She now knew that she must never be easily infuriated as it would only be in accordance with what he wishes.

Reluctantly, she squeezed an ugly smile on her mouth and then sat down on the floor in a meditative position with her eyes closed.

She is truly deserving to be named as the heroine among women. She has become vigilant of my intentions. I guess it would be much more difficult now to enrage her… If I practice dual-cultivation with her, I might be able to take in the excess power within her, but as soon as she is done discharging the amount of magic power she wants to, she would automatically stop the outflow of the remaining power. When the time comes, she will at least recover her cultivation level to the Mid Divine Transformation Realm and possibly even Late Divine Transformation Realm! It will be hard to confine her within my grasp and pluck most of the magic power out of her… However, what I have is patience, the patience to wait for her Moon Consciousness to collapse…”

Ning Fan caressed the female corpse’s hair. His eyes were filled with remorse, not just because he had treated her coldly for a long time, but also because he could not kill Mu Xiao Huan to recover a part of her soul.

“I’m sorry. You still have to stay within the Cauldron Ring for some time…”

“Oh…” The female corpse sounded as if she was slightly disappointed.

“However, she will accompany you…Her name is Mu Xiao Huan…”

Ning Fan shook his ring and summoned Little Stammer.

Shortly after the both of them met each other, each of them felt like they had known each other since they were born.

It was just like the time when Zhihe met Si Wuxie. The fondness they had for each other was innate.

“The two of you please get along well with each other…”

…

The power of the Yuan Yao World flashed and Ning Fan reappeared in his room. He had vanished for one whole month.

As soon as he appeared, he heard the light breathing sound of a woman sleeping soundly on his bed.

It was a purpled-robed woman who had a ruddy complexion with ample bosom. She was just like a little fox curling up under Ning Fan’s blanket.

“This Lu Wan’er really is audacious. How dare she come to my bed to sleep while she is a woman? If I am a little more inhuman, she would have lost her virginity just like that…”

Ning Fan teased. He then walked up to her and properly covered her with his blanket before sitting down at the side of the bed to meditate.

Ever since his demon star in his left eye became purple-black, it had gained another type of ability – the inborn ability of the Fu Li Race.

True Sight!

With this ability, he could easily see through a person’s concealment and neutralize imaginary formations as well as distracting mist, as long as they were not a small realm higher than Ning Fan.

For the time being, since his demon power had reached 7455 units, it would be arduous for him to continue to improve it. The fastest method was none other than obtaining the Blue Flame Grass to help him in devouring the Demon Marshal’s golden blood.

By consuming all the golden blood which he had gathered, his demon power would surely rise to more than ten thousand units. At that time, it would be the time for him to break through to the Divine Transformation Divine Transformation Realm.

“In attaining the Divine Transformation Realm, I need to first prepare some pills… Before arriving at the Luo Yun’s Province, it will be arduous to raise my cultivation level. For the time being, I guess I might as well concoct the Facial Restoration Pills for the Wind Demoness and Flower Demoness as a reward for their commendable loyalty… As for the recipes for concocting Fifth Revolution Pills which helps in increasing the chances of success to attain the Divine Transformation Realm, I have obtained two from the Scripture Tower. One of them is the General Breaking Pill and the other is the Profound Blood Pill. Each of them is able to increase the chance of success by 10%… As for the Separation and Reunion Pill, although it is only suitable for humans to attain the Divine Transformation Realm, it can also be used in improving my demon power. It’s just that the effect of the pill will be reduced by half… As such, the possibility of attaining the Divine Transformation Realm with my demon power will increase by quite a lot. Now, the only thing I am lacking of is a demon cultivation method…”

“The Camelia Scripture can’t be used to advance into the Divine Transformation Realm. However, from the drop of ancestral blood, I have obtained a few new abilities as well as cultivation methods. Therefore, I don’t need to intentionally cultivate a new one. After all, they are inherited from the memories of the ancestral-level bloodlines. The only thing I have to do is to familiarize them. This cultivation method is called “Shadow Swallowing” It is a demon technique which primarily focuses on two types of techniques: the traverse technique and illusory technique. Hmm. With my current demon power and the royal clan bloodline, the speed of my Shadow Mist Technique will be the same with the Divine Transformation Realm Instant Shift…Who’s there?!”

The purple star in Ning Fan’s left eye shone. He saw a thin silhouette of a person hiding outside his room. That person’s cultivation level was at the Early Divine Transformation Realm.

Perhaps the person did not expect that he would be discovered by Ning Fan, he immediately performed Instant Shift and fled ten thousand li* away.

“Try to run?!”

Ning Fan sneered. He made a step forward and his entire body turned into a cloud of purple smoke. Within a second, he also traversed ten thousand li away*!

Comparing their speeds alone, his speed was slightly faster than the infiltrator.

The Divine Transformation Realm expert had already stopped because he did not expect that Ning Fan who was not at the Divine Transformation Realm was able to catch up with him in such a brief moment. Widening his eyes in surprise, he moved once more and travelled ten thousand li* further.

However, the direction of where the person was heading became even more remote. After fleeing for hundreds of thousands of li* away, that person stopped between a valley, panting heavily. He turned to his back and stared at Ning Fan.

In his eyes, Ning Fan’s shadow looked just like that of a ghost. Every step he made was so relaxed as if he was strolling idly in a courtyard and each of them was able to bring him more than ten thousand of li* closer.

Just as the mysterious man stopped to wait for him, Ning Fan caught sight of something behind the valley, which caused him to retreat instead of moving forward and grinned.

“I really didn’t expect you, Demon General Jing Yun from the Pure Flame Tribe…”

The mysterious man in front of him took out his camouflage under the blood-red moon and shapeshifted into a brawny man who wore a mail made from the scales of beasts.

Ning Fan recognized this man from Lu Bei’s memories. He was the person whom Lu Bei associated with when he was trying to betray the Luo Yun Tribe.

After Jing Yun was discovered by Ning Fan and overtaken by the latter with exceptional traverse technique, he felt an extreme pressure as if he was being weighed down by the weight of Mount Tai when he exchanged glances with the latter. Inwardly, he was deeply fascinated by the latter’s royal clan bloodline of a True Spirit.

It truly is the true bloodline of the royal clan as what the rumors claimed. The pressure is immense. It is mighty enough even if he is without anger…

However, Jing Yun’s lips curved into a smile in the next moment. The Lu Bei he knew in the past was definitely just a mediocre being, regardless of the latter’s innate potential or intelligence.

“You really aren’t Lu Bei! The Flame General was correct after all…”

“I have no idea what you are talking about…” Ning Fan’s expression remained unchanged. Because of the royal clan bloodline that he had awakened, many people began to suspect that Lu Bei’s identity had been changed.

However, the current Ning Fan did not think it was necessary for him to explain his true identity to the people of the Luo Yun Tribe.

He only had to prove two things. Firstly, he was a member of the demon race. Secondly, he was loyal to the Luo Yun Tribe.

And the two criteria were self-evident through his contribution to the Luo Yun’s victory in the Vast Meadow. As such, about the fact whether Ning Fan was Lu Bei or not, the Cloud General, Lu Daochen, would only turn a blind eye to it.

In other words, the mysterious man’s words failed to instill terror to Ning Fan.

“Hehe. If Fellow Daoist doesn’t understand, then it must be me who was babbling nonsense… Hehe. Brother Lu Bei, why don’t we go inside the valley and talk? The Flame General has a new mission for you…”

Jing Yun appeared to be very courteous. However, his words only invited a contemptuous smile from Ning Fan.

“I am not a three-year-old kid. Why am I going to enter the valley, knowing that a High Grade Divine Transformation Realm formation was established there while nearly a hundred Nascent Soul Realm demons are lying in wait for me there… Do you really think I am a fool?”

“Er…Hehe. I guess there is some misunderstandings, Brother Lu…”

Jing Yun’s expression became awkward, secretly feeling flabbergasted by Lu Bei’s keen foresight. The latter could even notice a High Grade Divine Transformation Realm formation that had been deliberately camouflaged.

Apparently, I can’t use the harsh method to acquire his royal clan bloodline.

Never mind. For the time being, I will first pass the mission from the Flame General to him. Once he finishes the mission, I will come up with another plan to seize his bloodline!

Ning Fan was longing for the Demon Marshal’s blood while countless Divine Transformation Realm demons were yearning for his royal clan bloodline.

“This jade slip stores the mission assigned by the Flame General. After you’ve gathered the item needed, you will then be qualified to join our Pure Flame Tribe. Aside from that, you will be promoted to become the Demon General of the Southern Light City!” Jing Yun clapped and a ray of fiery light shot towards Ning Fan. The jade slip was enveloped within.

However, the ray of fiery light which was comparable to a full-strike of a Divine Transformation Realm expert was deflected by Ning Fan with a flick of his sleeve.

After receiving the jade slip, he straight away demanded for his reward without even glancing at it.

“I want one hundred tuft of the ten thousand-year-old Blue Flame Grass!”

“This…Fine! But it’s better if you look at the mission first… At the day you accomplish the mission, I will bring what you want in the Luo Yun Province.

“You don’t have to worry when I should look at the mission. Goodbye…”

Ning Fan did not even give him a polite gesture when he vanished in a column of smoke.

After he left, Jing Yun’s expression turned gloomy. He waved his hand and the Nascent Soul Realm demons who hid in the valley revealed themselves.

“This man is alert and observant, but also arrogant at the same time. He seems to have forgotten his respect towards me. How dare he behave so rudely? Hmmph! Asking for reward from me without even taking a glance on the mission, huh?! But he still managed to see through it after all. Even so, little did he know that the significance of this mission can’t be compared with just one hundred tufts of Blue Flame Grass. But why does he want the Blue Flame Grass for…? Fine. I’ll let the Honorable Demon General to decide on this matter. Let’s leave for now… This is the border of the Luo Yun Tribe and Lie Tu Tribe. If we are found, it might stir up some troubles…”

…

In the Demon General’s residence, Ning Fan stayed outside of his room. Smiling mockingly, he summoned the Separation Slayer Sword from his glabella and hacked on the jade slip.

Just as the sword collided with the fiery-red jade slip, the jade slip emitted a buzzing sound, exposing a hidden trace of fiery-red demon intent which was burnt to nothingness by that cut.

The fiery-red demon sense stored a Late Divine Transformation Realm strike from the Flame General. It was not for taking Ning Fan’s life but to plant a demon seal in Ning Fan once he carelessly activates the jade slip so that he could be manipulated.

The reasons why the Flame General went through lots of trouble to entrap Ning Fan was of course because of his royal clan bloodline as well as ensuring the accomplishment of the duty without fail.

It was exactly why Ning Fan did not even cup his fists to Jing Yun when he left. As the saying goes, why should one be courteous to the person who comes with ill intentions.

However, it also showed that the Pure Flame Tribe seemed to have underestimated Ning Fan… Did they really think such a trivial technique was enough to subdue Ning Fan?

As the trace of fire sense was destroyed, the jade slip gradually lost its color and returned to its original appearance.

Ning Fan spread his spirit sense and studied its contents. The mission assigned to him was actually to get closer to Lu Daochen and secretly steal the ancient scroll which contains a part of the map of the World Passage to the Third World. It provided lots of details to him so much so that even the possible places where the scroll was hidden were mentioned.

“Interesting. This Pure Flame Tribe might not worth it for me to befriend. But unexpectedly, they actually gave me the information about the map. Furthermore, if I defer the accomplishment date, that Jing Yun will surely bring parts of the Blue Flame Grass to put pressure on me as he has already known that it won’t work to urge me with force. He will certainly resort to enticing me with the promise of a reward… Probably, he might give me 50 tufts of Blue Flame Grass first or perhaps just 30 tufts. Pitifully, none of them know that I only need 10 tufts of grass. If I ask for 10 tufts of Blue Flame Grass from him, it might be too light to be a reward and might raise their suspicion…”

“The Flame General, Lu Jiefen1. This person must never be underestimated. Perhaps he has noticed that I am not the real Lu Bei. The fire sense he used to ambush me isn’t drawn from his Sea of Consciousness. It is formed using a demon technique. This is because he is worried that he might be injured after the sense is destroyed by me… I suppose he even expects that I might possess the capabilities of killing a Late Divine Transformation Realm being… Since he is able to come up with that conjecture, the Honorable Demon General of the Luo Yun Tribe might also be able to do so. It’s just that Lu Daochen doesn’t seem to harbor malice towards me judging from the current situation. Perhaps, he has the intention of pulling me to his side… That concludes one thing – it is not important whether I am the true Lu Bei or a fake one. The key is whether I am beneficial to the Luo Yun Tribe or not!”

Ning Fan muttered to himself. Conjuring a grey flame in his palm, he incinerated the jade slip and entered his room.

He remained beside the bed, waiting for Lu Wan’er to awaken.

Apparently, this woman must have something to say to him since she purposely waited for him within this room.

The dawn arrived. Some swallows flew past the curtains.

Lu Wan’er rubbed her sleepy eyes and stretched her body with a yawn. Just as she lowered her hands, her thin clothes slipped down from her shoulders, revealing the outline of her well-developed breasts above her chest. She pulled her messy hair back and shoved the blanket to the end of the bed.

However, just as her vision got clearer, she noticed that Ning Fan’s eyes were staring fixedly at her. Immediately, all her drowsiness was gone and she shrieked in embarrassment.

“Ah!!! You shameless Lu Bei!”

“How am I shameless? Did I kiss you or touch you? In fact, during the time you helped me change my clothes, I didn’t even blush when you saw the entirety of my naked body… Furthermore, I believe that I haven’t even taken advantage of you even once. On the contrary, it was you who had molested me to a very great extent…” Ning Fan calmly replied.

“You… *Puff*…” Lu Wan’er was ashamed and annoyed at the same time. But as soon as she saw the sluggish look on Ning Fan’s face, she could not resist the urge to laugh.

So this is the other side of him. I didn’t expect that he is such a sentimental guy…

I thought he was a man who only knows how to kill…

“Since Mistress Wan’er has been staying almost every night in my room, I believe you must have something to tell me.”

“Yea. I heard my brother said that you have been called in by my master to participate in the qualifying test for Demon Generals. I actually want to…er”

Her inner thought: I want to go with you, but I am afraid that you will reject me again… It has been a long time since I went there. Besides, I haven’t paid a formal visit to my master for quite a while. Even if I miss him a lot, my brother who is assigned to defend the borderline of the tribe does not allow me to go. The Demon Generals aren’t supposed to leave their duty privately. Therefore, there wasn’t a chance for me to go there. But even my brother was ordered by the Cloud General himself to escort you to the province now, he doesn’t allow me to go too. He wants to leave me to guard the Northern Desert City alone… I want to leave with you!

With the help of the Yin Yang Locket, Ning Fan could listen to the woman’s thoughts with ease.

Since she intends to leave with me, it wouldn’t be a hassle to bring her along. In a way, it’s a repayment to her kind intentions of giving me the pill back then.

Ning Fan thought to himself.

“I heard that Mistress Wan’er is the best spirit augmentation master of the city. Is it true?” Ning Fan changed the topic of the conversation.

“Yea. My spirit augmentation skills have attained the Earth Profound Realm. I learned all of them from my master. Although my master’s cultivation level isn’t the best among the nine Honorable Demon Generals, his knowledge, wisdom, spirit augmentation techniques and also pill refining techniques are all at the peak…”

As she talked about her spirit augmentation technique, she literally forgot her shyness and became highly spirited.

“If that’s the case, I have a magical treasure that needs to undergo spirit augmentation. I wonder if Mistress Wan’er is willing to join me on the journey to the province? Of course, if Mistress is willing, I will persuade your brother to stay and defend the city. After all, without the Demon General, the defenses of the city will weaken. If the members of the Lie Tu Tribe invades the city, the consequences would be unthinkable… So, Wan’er, are you willing?”

“I do! No. I mean I am willing to perform spirit augmentation on your treasure.”

Her face flushed red and her heartbeat raced.

Because Lu Bei addressed her as Wan’er…

The light of the early morning sun penetrated through the curtains, brightening up the entire room. They stood facing each other, looking squarely into each other’s eyes.

To cultivators, lots of famous experts never feared to kill, to become devils nor to turn the whole world upside-down. The deepest fear they had was to be in a complicated relationship with women. Some of them worried about losing their virgin bodies while some of them shut themselves out and remained solitary for the rest of their lives. Everything they feared or worried boiled down to one single element – love.

Love was the hardest test to every cultivator’s state of mind.

To Ning Fan, however, he didn’t fear love because he dared to love as well as hate.

In the past, he didn’t sever his emotions in becoming a devil but in fact, he became a devil because of love. If a person could even forgo his or her love, it would virtually be pointless for them to continue cultivating the path of devils.

Although “Divine Transformation” and “Devil Transformation” was just a word different from each other, the true distinction between them was whether the cultivators embrace their feelings or not. To put it in more accurate terms, it was whether they chose the path of love or the path of heartlessness.

When it comes to facing the obstacle which was feared the most by cultivators, Ning Fan was always frank and honest with himself. He acted decisively and never once allowed himself to drown in confusion. With that state of mind, it would not be hard for him to undergo Devil Transformation!

“This woman is an excellent spirit augmentation master… It should be fine to entrust her in augmenting the Power Drain ability onto my Spirit Crushing Whip…”

“Besides, along the journey, I want my Separation Slayer Sword to break through to the grade of a Profound Heaven Spiritual Treasure…”

Note:

Lu Jiefen (陆界焚)
Literal meaning:

– Lu(陆) means land, the same goes for Lu Daochen, Lu Bei, Lu Sheng and

Lu Wan’er

– Jie(界) means world, boundary or scope

– Fen(焚) means burn

Translator Team:

G-Team [Tommy (TL), Roel (Editor)]