Grasping Evil - Chapter 267
Chapter 267: Chapter 267 The Ten Steps Bridge; Bei Li.
The Daoist child, Yi Qing came from the Black Tortoise Star in the Void Realm. In the past when Ning Fan consumed the Spirit Refining Grass in the Sinister Sparrow Sect, he accidentally comprehended the ability of Myriad Miles Wander, which stretched his spirit sense into a fine, long line that could penetrate into different worlds, enabling his spirit sense to enter the Void Realm. If it was not because of a person with great capabilities in the Black Tortoise Star who saved him, his spirit sense would have been crushed and he would have died back then…
The Elder Sister with whom the Daoist child was communicating using his telepathy on the talisman was Bei Li…
This place was the Sea of Clouds and the three tablets were built for the cultivators to engrave their names. But before that, one has to go through the Three Steps of Mortal Severance.
What mattered the most to Ning Fan was the black-colored names. He just could not understand why the Old Devil’s name would be dyed in black.
There must be a special meaning behind the color black!
“Can I ask Fellow Daoist Yi Qing about how the names on the tablets are being differentiated using colors?”
“To be honest, the colors represent a cultivator’s luck… Ordinary cultivators would not be able to notice them during the process of achieving Divine Transformation. Their names often glow in the first five types of colors. If there are exceptional cultivators who could see luck, they will be granted the technique of ‘Congealing Luck into Pen’ and they could condense their luck into a pen to carve their names which would glow in blue or even purple color. Once the carving process is over, the cultivator’s luck will receive blessings from the Heavenly Tablet. Those whose names glow in purple color will have at least 10% higher chances of success than common cultivators in ascending to become an immortal!”
Ten percent! Compared to the probability of immortal ascension which was said to be zero in ten thousand, ten percent was an unbelievably great amount.
From Yi Qing’s perspective, with the help of the pen condensed from luck, Ning Fan would at least leave a blue name on the tablet which would then raise his luck to the blue level under the blessings of the Heavenly Tablet.
In the future, if he bumps into any opportunities, he might even be able to bring his luck a notch higher, reaching the purple level.
To Yi Qing, a being like Ning Fan was a person who had a high chance of becoming an immortal. A person like him was worthy enough to deserve his respect! Besides, they might already have a predestined fate in the path of cultivation after he ascends to the heavens even though he was just a cultivator from the mortal world.
“Then, what’s the meaning of the color black?”
Ning Fan laughed bitterly inside his heart.
The purple luck is heaven-defying. But sympathetically, my luck has already been stained… Though awakening the Fu Li bloodline brought me lots of benefits, the cost was the contamination of my own luck.
Rumor has it that those who possess black luck will be hopeless in becoming immortals. But if Old Devil could ascend and become an immortal, why can’t I?!
“The black luck…which is also known as ‘Hopeless Immortal’…The individual who has such luck cultivates the path of defiance to the Heavens. The road to becoming an immortal is bumpy, his fortune is extremely weak and the Heaven’s Tribulation is especially formidable. Among the defiant cultivators with black-colored luck, the probability of achieving immortal ascension is zero out of one hundred… Well, it’s nearly impossible that Fellow Daoist will obtain such luck. Even if you have the capability to do so, I strongly not recommend Fellow Daoist to carve a black name on the tablet…”
Yi Qing’s advice was good and earnest. Unfortunately, Ning Fan’s luck could not be in any other colors other than black.
Countless thoughts flooded within his mind.
Judging from the signs of it, the Devil Transformation mentioned by Dong Xu is probably about carving down the ill fate with the pen of luck.
After having the Fu Li bloodline, my luck has been altered and my fate has changed. I suppose I really have to go through the Devil Transformation…
It’s unchangeable but there is also no need to change it. Now, I shall bring my focus in contemplating the three steps of severing my mortal self.
“What are the three steps of the Three Steps of Mortal Severance?” Ning Fan asked.
“*harrumph* About the name-carving session, Fellow Daoist will need to be handled by Elder Sister Bei Li. I can’t make any decision about it. However, regarding the Three Steps of Mortal Severance, I can bring you there now. The three steps are quite difficult for common people but the difficulty isn’t really high. For Fellow Daoist, I believe it’s just as easy as lifting your hands… The first step is called the ‘Ten Steps Bridge’. Ten steps and an illusion, mister must never look back. Crossing the bridge with a hundred steps, one should be unfamiliar to all his past. This bridge is rumored to have been built by the Immortal Sovereign when he established his Dao. Crossing this bridge could bring a lot of benefits to a cultivator’s state of mind.”
“Common cultivators are able to walk for fifteen steps in a day and eventually cross the entire bridge within seven days. As for the illusion of the bridge, it intensifies with the number of seven. On the seventh day, the illusion that a cultivator experiences on the bridge will become more intense, making Divine Transformation Realm cultivators not be able to regain their conscious selves. On the fourteenth day, the power of the illusion will become strong enough to delude a Void Refinement Realm cultivator. On the twenty-first day, even a Void Fragmentation Realm cultivator would face danger from the illusion… Once there was a Void Fragmentation Realm expert who intended to use this bridge as a tool to balance his heart’s illusion and temper his state of mind. However, he ended up staying for more than twenty-one days on the bridge. On the twenty-second day, he was unable to walk out from the bridge anymore. In the end, he was devoured by the illusion… His life perished together with his Dao…”
As Yi Qing was explaining, he was leading Ning Fan to travel across folds of clouds until they saw a bridge made up of mist.
There was a stele with “Ten Steps” engraved on it beside the bridge. Underneath it was a deep pool with a depth that cannot be measured. The body of the bridge was covered with a cloud of purple mist which could transform and produce different kinds of illusions.
“So this is the Ten Steps Bridge… Ten steps and an illusion, mister must never look back…Is this about bidding farewell to one’s past…”
Ning Fan stood beside the stele. As his gaze landed on the stele, they widened with surprise.
The handwriting of the two words is rather familiar…
He recognized it!
Because the handwriting was exactly identical to the handwriting of the six words “Seeing A Gentleman Off To Death”!
“This Ten Steps Bridge is actually constructed by the peerless True Immortal who wrote the nameless ancient scroll!”
Ning Fan could not resist the feeling of surprise.
According to Yi Qing’s explanation, this bridge was built by the Immemorial Immortal Sovereign. So if the person who built the bridge is the same person who wrote the nameless ancient scroll, it would mean that it was the Immortal Sovereign who wrote six the four words – Seeing A Gentleman Off To Death!
The Immemorial Immortal Sovereign was the master of the Ancient Chaos Emperor. He is the master of a billion worlds. The handwriting of such a supreme being had fallen into my hands…
“I wonder… If I sell the four words, would the sum of money I earn be able to buy the entire Rain World…”
Ning Fan’s expression gradually became calm.
“Fellow Daoist, please board the bridge and sever your mortal self!” The Daoist child said with a clear voice. A path slowly emerged amidst the dense purple mist on the bridge.
Just as the purple mist was scattering to both sides, Ning Fan seized the opportunity and got on the bridge immediately!
When the purple mist covered the bridge once again, Ning Fan felt a great immortal’s prestige pressing against his body. It was as if countless mountains were on his shoulders, making him feel it was hard to move even an inch forward.
The prestige of an Immortal Sovereign! Under such pressure, even if it were the Immortal Emperors of mortal beings, none of them would be able to move a single step!
After trying a few fruitless attempts, Ning Fan shut his eyes, no longer intending to advance forward.
Strands of Late Divine Transformation Realm prestige which were flashing with blood light started to encircle his body.
Just as when the blood light appeared, Ning Fan suddenly reopened his eyes and broke free from the immortal’s prestige, making the first step forward!
The Daoist child’s countenance changed, silently admiring the rare sight before him.
If he was not wrong, Ning Fan’s aura force had attained the Late Divine Transformation Realm even though he had yet to complete the Divine Transformation process.
His aura force is not any weaker than mine!
“As the saying goes, every beginning is always difficult. The first step is always the hardest step for a cultivator to make. For cultivators with ordinary talents, the first step might take them a few hours or even a few days. But a being like him who could take the first step within ten breaths after boarding the bridge… There aren’t more than one hundred thousand of them among the millions of Divine Transformation Realm experts in the Four Heavens Immortal World! However, I wonder if this man can continue for how many more steps in a single attempt after moving the first step…”
Yi Qing slightly narrowed his eyes with anticipation. Under his watch, Ning Fan raised his heels and in the blink of an eye and had completed nine steps.
Each of the steps he made compelled the great momentum to become a sword and resist the immortal’s prestige using the aura of the sword.
I can only make the nine steps after breaking through the Late Divine Transformation Realm!
Yi Qing reflected within himself.
“Conjuring a sword in nine steps. It was accomplished in one breath. If this man can finish the first tenth step and call out the first illusion, he can be ranked within the top ten thousand experts among the millions of Divine Transformation Realm cultivators in the Four Heavens Immortal World…”
Nine steps. This was already the limit of Ning Fan’s technique – Nine Steps, Sky Treader. After making the nine steps, his sword aura which had reached its peak began to decline swiftly. The heavy and strong immortal’s prestige nearly made Ning Fan suffocate, let alone complete the tenth step.
The Daoist child’s words were obviously a compliment to Ning Fan but when they echoed into Ning Fan’s ears, they became rather unpleasant.
Even if I make the tenth step in just an attempt, I could only be regarded as the top ten thousand experts among the Divine Transformation Realm cultivators of the Four Heavens? Are there really that many descendants of fiendgods and young talents in the Four Heavens Immortal World…
“It’s not enough to be within the top ten thousand! I might not know what the ranking my master got in the past, but I’m sure he isn’t just ranked within the top ten thousand!”
The blood-red aura force ferociously surged around him, slightly dispersing the immortal’s prestige carried by the purple mist. Determined, Ning Fan brought one of his feet forward, making the tenth step.
As the tenth step forcefully landed on the bridge, the immortal’s prestige shook. Ning Fan felt a hint of sweetness in his throat and almost coughed up a mouthful of blood.
But he deliberately chose not to cough nor swallow it down because if he does so, his strength would weaken and the tenth step would be his maximum limit.
“This man really made ten steps in just an attempt! Ten steps and an illusion. At this point, he will be facing the first illusion of his mortal life. The first illusion always shows a person’s first enemy. I wonder what the cultivation level of his first enemy would be…”
Ning Fan stopped at the tenth step. The purple mist gradually congealed into a black-robed cultivator emanating a Late Harmonious Spirit Realm aura in front of him. That person’s expression was indifferent. He looked young but his voice was old and hoarse.
He was the person who abducted Zhihe into the All Pleasure Sect with the intention of keeping her as his human cauldron. He was the outer sect elder of the Heaven Separation Sect – Wu Dongnan!
He was the first person whom Ning Fan killed with his own hands!
The Daoist child, Yi Qing’s countenance changed and involuntarily said, “His first enemy is actually a Late Harmonious Spirit Realm cultivator…”
The reason why he felt surprised was not because the Late Harmonious Spirit Realm was a powerful cultivation level but because a Late Harmonious Spirit Realm cultivator was indeed a little too strong to be one’s first enemy.
Even strong cultivators began their cultivation when they were just mortals. Therefore, the people whom the cultivators killed for the first time were normally mortal beings or merely Vein Opening Realm juniors…
Having a Harmonious Spirit Realm cultivator as his first enemy…
It is either he killed his first enemy after attaining the Harmonious Spirit Realm or he had directed the tip of his sword to that person when he had just begun the path of cultivation…
“It won’t be difficult for him to break this illusion. What I’m wondering is whether he can still make the eleventh step without stopping. If he can, he can be ranked within the top nine thousand among the Divine Transformation Realm cultivator of the Four Heavens…But I suppose he should not be able to do it. He could barely make the tenth step just now as it almost made him cough up blood…”
Ning Fan’s gaze landed on Wu Dongnan while his eyes flashed with cold light.
That Wu Dongnan might just be an illusion, but he appeared to be exactly lifelike.
Besides, when he was facing Ning Fan, his expression was ferocious and his mouth was uttering harsh words.
“Ning Fan, how dare you kill me?! How dare you kill me?! If this matter is known by the master of my Heaven Separation Sect – Master Wuxie, you will surely die!”
As he spoke, his senses gradually became clear.
Only then did he realize that he seemed to have been dead for a very long time already. The current Ning Fan before his eyes was no longer the Fifth-Level Vein Opening Realm junior who killed him in the past!
The aura being emanated by Ning Fan was completely beyond his reach, just like an unattainable mountain. However, because Ning Fan was on the verge of breaking through to the Divine Transformation Realm, his aura was almost restrained within him, making Wu Dongnan be unable to notice how strong he currently was at first glance.
But as Ning Fan’s eyes turned cold, his aura force was unleashed without reservation!
When the Late Divine Transformation Realm aura force landed on Wu Dongnan’s illusory body which was formed by the purple mist, his heart was filled with terror.
“This…What’s his cultivation level?! Gold Core Realm?! No. No one among the Gold Core Realm cultivators in the Yue Country would have such powerful aura force… Could it be the legendary Nascent Soul Realm? Yes. That must be it. He must be at the Nascent Soul Realm! But how is this possible?! How could he become a Nascent Soul Realm expert?! Impossible!”
To Wu Dongnan, the Nascent Soul Realm was just a myth.
However, just as he was suppressed by the blood-red aura force, he realized that that aura force alone was sufficient to cause his body of purple mist to crumble! His immortal veins disintegrated inch by inch! His Sea of Consciousness turned to dust, it was as if his Heart of Dao which he cultivated his entire life vanished under Ning Fan’s aura force!
“This is the prestige of a Late Divine Transformation Realm being… Wu Dongnan, you plotted against Zhihe in the past. This feud, I will never forget even after cutting you down generations after generations… Die!”
In a flash, Wu Dongnan’s body was destroyed, leaving only his head which eventually fell onto the bridge without the support from his body. His eyes were still staring at Ning Fan with disbelief.
This illusion might be unreal as its name suggested, but what happened in that illusion was real. So that was the technique of an Immortal Sovereign. The difference between reality or imagination rests on his single thought!
“Late Divine Transformation Realm. Late Divine Transformation Realm…” Wu Dongnan was stupefied. Divine Transformation Realm was just too much stronger than the Nascent Soul Realm. To him, it was a legend among legends.
Ning Fan placed the eleventh step on the bridge!
As his foot fell, Wu Dongnan’s skull was squashed underfoot. Meanwhile, his dark hair grew longer and danced in the air even though there was no breeze. His white robe turned pure black and a demonic mark emerged on the left side of his face.
Without stopping, he lifted his leg forward as if it was as light as a feather and continued to make the twelfth step and the thirteenth step subsequently!
From the beginning of his cultivation until today, he had invented two techniques himself: the Nine Steps: Sky Treader and the Black Tempest Rupture Art.
The eleventh step was not his finishing point at all!
The Daoist child, Yi Qing’s eyes were filled with amazement. If he was not wrong, the technique that Ning Fan displayed by turning himself into a black shadow was actually one of the Void Fragmentation Realm techniques – Sense Soul Incarnation Chant3!
Under the enhancement of his Soul Incarnation technique, Ning Fan trod forward until the nineteenth step with ease and eventually completed twenty steps.
“Making twenty steps in just a single breath. If this man completes his Divine Transformation, it won’t be difficult for him to break into the top five thousand among the Divine Transformation Realm experts of the Four Heaves! Normally, the second illusion will be the person whom the cultivator wishes to kill but has yet to kill in his entire life… I wonder what’s the cultivation level of his arch nemesis…”
Just as Yi Qing’s voice fell, his eyes widened immediately at the following second.
In front of Ning Fan, the purple mist condensed into a ten thousand zhang* tall giant wearing black armor. His presence was radiating the frightening aura of a Void Fragmentation Realm expert who had already attained the 5th Heavenly Layer.
“Fifth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm. The possessor of the Nirvana Devil Veins! His arch enemy is actually such a powerful expert!”
Facing the giant with a height of ten thousand zhang*, Ning Fan appeared to be as insignificant as an ant.
Even so, the ant-like Ning Fan’s eyes were fearless and menacing. He raised his head and glared at the giant.
“Han Nietian!”
“An ignorant ant! Who do you think you are to call out this emperor’s full name?! Just wait a while longer. The period of a hundred years will be over very soon. Your master will die and there’s no escape for you as well! Ancient Devil Dao, Turning Broken Bones into Soldiers!”
The black-armored giant literally bit off one of his finger where blood oozed out incessantly from his wound.
One of his fingers was equivalent to a small mountain in size. The bones of his finger transformed into a ray of black light, conjuring one hundred thousand devil soldiers. All of them looked vicious and hideous and each of them possessed strength at the Peak Gold Core Realm.
In the next second, the massive troop of soldiers began to merge together with one another. Ning Fan held his hand in the air, grasping the sunlight in the Sea of Clouds which transformed into a brilliant golden spear.
“Turning Broken Bones into Soldiers of the Ancient Devil Dao… 1000000 Gold Core Realm soldiers fused into 1000 Nascent Soul Realm experts and 1000 Nascent Soul Realm experts combined into 10 Divine Transformation Realm experts. If the ten Divine Transformation Realm experts fuse together, they could produce a Peak Divine Transformation Realm expert… However, before your soldiers finish fusing, this technique can be cancelled!”
With a slap of his palm, the golden spear pierced through the troop of soldiers like a ray of blinding light and exploded!
It was the Parting Sun Spear, A Mid Divine Transformation Realm demonic technique. It was Ning Fan’s first time congealing the body of the spear and using this technique.
Under the power of the spear, one hundred thousand Gold Core Realm bone soldiers were all rendered in a grievous state.
With a sweep of his sword sense, a cloud of black shadow approached them, wiping out every last one of them!
“Fake Moksha Emperor, get out of my sight!”
Ning Fan’s gaze seemed to be carrying the might of the Heavens. With just a look, the black-armored giant suddenly fell in pieces.
In these illusions, some of them were real while some of them weren’t. If Wu Dongnan was much closer to reality, then the Moksha Emperor was naturally fake since he wasn’t dead yet…
Yi Qing stared at him with his mouth agape. Commonly, if the Divine Transformation Realm cultivators met a Void Fragmentation Realm expert in their second illusions, they would definitely choose to wait for a day to pass. One day later, the illusion would dissipate and the purple mist would lessen. If they did not turn their heads back, they would then be able to continue walking forward.
There wasn’t someone who would really use techniques to cut down an illusory being, let alone crush a Void Fragmentation Realm imaginary presence with just a gaze.
“Apparently, I’ve underestimated this man… He clearly has the capability of finishing the Ten Steps Bridge without a break. In the list of the Divine Transformation Realm experts of the Four Heavens, he is qualified to be ranked within the top one thousand… But that ranking should be his limit because his cultivation level is still at the bottom. If he advances into the Mid Divine Transformation Realm, he will surely be within the top five hundreds. If he breaks through to the Late Divine Transformation Realm, he will definitely be within the top one hundred. If he attains the Peak Divine Transformation Realm, he will certainly enter the top fifty… My judgement wasn’t wrong after all. This man is really a genius!”
Twenty-first step, twenty-second step…Thirtieth step.
Ning Fan gradually discovered that as long as he persisted in moving forward without stopping, the illusions of the purple mist were the perfect nourishment for his state of mind.
After eliminating two illusions, his state of mind had already reached the early stage of the Divine Transformation Realm.
Fortieth step, Fiftieth step…Ninetieth step. Each of his previous enemies and his good friends emerged one after another. Moreover, his foster father who adopted him in Wu Country – Ning Daniu had also appeared among the illusions. He stood behind Ning Fan and kept shouting for him at the top of his voice. However, although Ning Daniu had shouted so much that his voice had turned hoarse, Ning Fan did not turn his head back even once. Even though he owed much to Ning Daniu, he also had a score to settle with his adoptive father, thus making the debt of gratitude and revenge between the two difficult to calculate. Even so, Ning Daniu was not important enough to cause him to stop in place.
At the ninety-ninth step, Ning Fan came to a stop.
Relying on the power of his incarnation, he was able to complete the Ten Steps Bridge without much difficulties. But just before he intended to make the one hundredth step, he paused for a moment.
Before bringing the last step forward, he suddenly felt a strong feeling of warmth and affection.
What will be the illusion for the last step of the Ten Steps Bridge?
From making the first step up until now, Ning Fan had never stopped, not to mention turning his head back.
Clearing up his doubts, he made another step forward, completing the one hundredth step.
A few seconds later, he faintly felt the purple mist behind him congeal into a female shadow. She reached out her arms which were covered with light-yellow sleeves, hugging his neck from behind. With a feeble tone she called, “Son…My son…Remember…your surname is Yun. Don’t hate your father. He just forgot about us… When he remembers you, he will come here and take you home as promised…”
At the moment when her voice resounded, he felt like there was a string that snapped within his heart.
“This voice sounds really familiar… It’s… mother’s…”
After making the one hundredth step, he could actually leave the Ten Steps Bridge and complete the First Step of Mortal Severance by just walking forward.
But Ning Fan did not leave. On the contrary, he gently turned around.
Outside the Ten Steps Bridge, Yi Qing’s countenance changed greatly. Be it the mortal beings or experts who had attained the Void Fragmentation Realm, one must never look back on the Ten Steps Bridge.
Once they turn back, they would be affected by the purple mist and be enchanted by the illusions, causing them to completely sink into the illusions and eventually be consumed by the purple mist.
“Fellow Daoist Ning, you must not turn around! No!”
Yi Qing’s voice echoed loudly throughout the space but still, it was too late.
However, after Ning Fan turned to his back, his eyes did not show even the slightest hint of confusion and his face did not seem to be in a trance-like state at all.
He had turned around but he was not influenced by the illusions!
How is this possible?!
“Since ancient times, no one could avoid being lost in the illusions after turning their heads to the Ten Steps Bridge… This man is the first one to do that! How did he do it?!”
…
On the Ten Steps Bridge, Ning Fan looked at the woman whose face looked pale and haggard and his heart became warm.
This yellow-robed girl who looked like she was in her late twenties gave Ning Fan a feeling that he had known her for a long time.
In the past, he once met a yellow-robed girl who shared a striking resemblance with her in Yun Ruowei’s dream realm but the only difference was that the current lady had already become a mother of a child.
“Son. My son…” That lady stroked Ning Fan’s head and her eyes flashed with relief.
As for Ning Fan, he gradually closed his eyes and gave her a faint smile.
“So this is my own mother…”
The absence of his own parents from birth had molded him into a strong man today. But there was still a trace of incompleteness deep inside his heart.
He might have been loved by his own brother, Ning Gu, his master, the Old Devil and his wife, Zhihe, but without experiencing the strictness from his own father and the benevolence of his own mother, the void within his heart would not be complete after all. If one lacks the most important element in his mortal life, how should one sever his mortal self?
“Mother, are you still alive… Good. Does that mean I am still able to meet you and father one day?”
Ning Fan lifted his hand and reached out to the lady without using any of his magic power. However, the yellow-robed lady vanished into purple mist, dispersing in all directions by itself.
This illusion was very much akin to the illusion of the Moksha Emperor which was fake. The reason is surely because my mother is still alive somewhere around the world…
“I once detested the path of cultivation. But if I don’t cultivate the Dao, I would have never been able to ascend to the Sea of Clouds and walk in the Ten Steps Bridge and discover the fact that my mother is still alive…”
“Therefore, choosing the path of cultivation was right. That’s why I should sever my mortal self… Mortal Severance… The meaning behind the two words is not about severing one’s mortal coil but eliminating the fragile inner self of a mortal being… Cultivation… It is not about attaining huge magic power but cultivating a great heart.”
“On the Ten Steps Bridge, if one does not look back, there would then be lesser struggles. But if one looks back and fails to cut off their insignificant characters, they would then be trapped by the illusions and consumed by the mist… The reason why I can turn back without being influenced by the mist was because there was no confusions within my heart. At the moment I heard her voice, I’ve firmly resolved to turn back and take a good look at my mother’s face…”
“Mortal Severance…The meaning implied by the two words has been perceived wrongly by everyone!”
Ning Fan turned back and took a step forward, leaving the bridge.
In the Daoist child’s eyes, Ning Fan’s words and actions were like violent storms surging within his mind.
Incisive!
His theory about mortal severance literally surpasses all others of its kind in the beginning of time until now.
Everyone thinks that mortal severance is about severing one’s mortal coil. It’s difficult to realize that the “mortal” in those two words mean the weaker part of within them…
“Congratulations Brother Ning for passing the First Step of Mortal Severance smoothly! Now, I dare to say that if Brother Ning was born in the Four Heavens, I’m afraid among all the young talents in the Heavens, there are not more than 10 of them who have the capabilities to rival Brother Ning! Even if Brother Ning was born in the mortal world, with your unwavering Heart of Dao, ascending the Four Heavens is just something that will certainly happen sooner or later. I will wait for that day when you ascend to the Four Heavens Immortal Worlds. I believe it won’t take too long!”
“Thank you… Now, please take me to the Second Step of Mortal Severance!”
Before the two of them had made a move, a vague ray of purple sword light flew in their directions from a distance. It was swift and pure.
On top of the sword made of lapis lazuli stood a woman clad in a purple gown. Her gaze was fixed on Ning Fan while her eyes flashed with splendor.
“What a good theory about mortal severance… Bei Li has seen countless outstanding cultivators including the offsprings of the nobility. But it’s still my first time meeting a person like you who could turn back and face the Ten Steps Bridge…”
As the cloud of purple smoke got closer to them, the sword was kept, revealing a comely female cultivator.
Her delicate lips were slightly opened as she approached them with lotus steps, bringing with her a whiff of fragrance.
Her gaze was chilly. Just by the look of it, anyone would think that she was a being who remained aloof from the rest of the world.
Between her brows, there were two purple stars which were vaguely similar to Bei Xiaoman’s.
“I’m Bei Li from the Lost World Palace. Greetings to this Mister…”
The purple-robed female did not curtsy to him but cupped her fists towards him instead, displaying a valiant and heroic bearing.
Her Half-Step Void Refinement Realm cultivation level caused tiny strands of power of the Void Realm to coil up with every step she took.
This lady is not far from breaking through to the Void Refinement Realm…
Ning Fan returned her greeting by cupping his fists in return. Internally, he was stunned.
She mentioned that she is a member of the Lost World Palace… and her surname is Bei… Is it possible that she is Bei Xiaoman’s sister?
Bei Xiaoman is the Fourth Mistress of the Lost World Palace…Then, what mistress is this Bei Li?
Without being noticed, he privately kept the Yuan Yao Jade into his storage pouch.
If she is truly Bei Xiaoman’s sister, I will probably get myself into trouble by letting her see the Yuan Yao Jade.
Moreover, if this refined and courteous lady was really Bei Xiaoman’s sister, it would definitely be very surprising to Ning Fan. They were both sisters but why was one of them behaving so unruly while the other was highly cultured and steeped with propriety.
“The Second Step of Mortal Severance is known as ‘Strike the Bell to Question the Dao’. Sounding the Bell of Samsara would cleanse the worldly thoughts within your heart… Ordinary Divine Transformation Realm beings could at most strike the bell 3 times. In the past, when I was at your stage, I made it ring a total of eleven times… I wonder how many times can Mister strike it…”
Bei Li was beaming and in good spirits. She did not look down on Ning Fan at all due to his lowly identity as a cultivator from the mortal world.
From her perspective, the cultivator who came from an insignificant background was more fascinating and interesting…
Secretly, Ning Fan activated his Mind Reading Technique…
This lady truly is Bei Xiaoman’s sister. She is the Third Mistress of the Lost World Palace. She is Bei Li, nicknamed “Purple Azure Sword”!
At least, she is ten times more gentle than Bei Xiaoman!
Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel
Note:
The Black Tortoise Star was previously known as the Black Martial Star in chapter 86.
“Seeing A Gentleman Off To Death” is from a characterless scripture he bought in the past when he was still in the Sinister Sparrow Sect. (Found in chapter 165(2))
Sense Soul Incarnation Chant was a technique Ning Fan found in the Demon Sinister Forest in chapter 63.
