Grasping Evil - Chapter 291

Chapter 291: Chapter 291 Star Tempering Purple Zoysia

The gigantic bear withdrew… It did not have the confidence to withstand the aura force of Ning Fan’s ancestor blood or guarantee its victory against him.

Despite being just an Early Divine Transformation Realm expert, Ning Fan gave a strong sense of threat to the gigantic bear. It was because of this threatening feeling that made it give up its intention of continuing the pursuit of the two women.

Moreover, the beast was unable to imagine how powerful and influential Ning Fan’s background must be since he possessed an aura force equivalent to that of a royal demon with ancestor blood.

Its name was Man Shan1. It might have tremendous strength which could allow it to lift mountains but it was not a blockhead… It knew once it offends a demon with a demon bloodline like that, it would certainly also provoke his entire race… If that happens, even though he was an expert of the Half-Step Void Refinement Realm, he would surely not escape death!

The words that Ning Fan uttered were really not pleasant to its ears. However, the gigantic beast, Man Shan could not resist retreating!

“Fine. Luckily those two women had only torn away half of the zoysia leaf. Although the zoysia leaf is also precious, the most precious part is the main body of the ‘Star Tempering Purple Zoysia’. It isn’t worth offending a fierce demon with ancestor blood for just half a piece of the zoysia leaf…”

After the gigantic bear disappeared from Ning Fan’s sight, he heaved a sigh of relief.

Being able to scare off that beast was the best outcome. If he were to engage it in battle, he would have a fifty percent chance of ending up dead. As such, he was also not willing to fight the bear if it was not as a last resort.

What concerned him the most was the original body of the gigantic bear. Without a doubt, it was the body of a star spirit. However, its star blood was turning into demon blood, making it gradually transform into an ordinary Wild Beast. When the transformation completes, the beast would then be able to leave the Star Palace forever and survive at other places. It could cross the Void Realm and break into other realms…

“Presumably, this bear might have encountered something by luck which helped it to overcome the limitations of its body as a star spirit…”

Ning Fan muttered to himself. He cast his eyes on the unconscious Imperial Concubine Xi and eventually shifted his gaze to Wu Yan.

At this moment, Wu Yan appeared to be drowsy as her eyes were half-open, but she had seen the scene where Ning Fan frightened off a ferocious beast of Half-Step Void Refinement Realm with just a single phrase which was deeply etched within her mind.

“He…is so strong…” She mumbled. As she knew they had gotten out from the dangerous situation, her body and mind relaxed, making her be overwhelmed by exhaustion. Within seconds, she fell asleep.

The northern region of the star island was the territory of the gigantic bear, Man Shan. After meeting Ning Fan, it actually gave a strange command to its underlings.

“If you don’t want to die, then don’t roam around in the south!”

In the southern region of the island, there was an immortal’s abode which was built for temporary use. Curling smoke billowed from it.

The smoke carried a hint of medicinal fragrance. Within this simple and crude abode, there was an ancient censer which was giving out thick medicinal mist. On a bed made of stone, Wu Yan whimpered. However, when she smelled the medicinal fragrance which filled the room, her mind became calmer. She wanted to wake up from sleep, but due to her injuries she did not have the strength to open her eyes.

In drowsiness, she felt that she was gently carried with both arms. That person’s arms surrounded her clean and silky calves and her tender neck. After arriving at a certain place, she was placed on a soft flat surface.

Then, she felt a light and gentle touch on her chest which made the muscles of her whole body tense immediately. That feeling was both itchy and numbing, like electricity flowing through her body. Of course, she knew that the person was running his fingers on her bosom.

However, after that, that person did not continue violating her body. Instead, he cautiously undid her tattered green robes and undergarment.

When he accidentally tore her wounds, the half-conscious Wu Yan lightly knitted her brows together in agony. A while later, she felt that her chest was exposed to the cool air. The hands which used to be moving cautiously now gently pinched the protruding parts on her chest as if he was fondling them and teased, “What a nice pair of breasts. It’s such a pity that they were destroyed by the magical technique of the gigantic bear…”

Pah!

Wu Yan really wished she could open her eyes and sit upright at the moment to teach this stinky pervert a good lesson for teasing her with those words.

Other than me, no one has ever seen my own bosom, including the other imperial concubines. Now, this stinky Lu Bei actually saw them and he… he even pinched them… He is just too detestable!

However, what was strange was that despite the embarrassment and nervousness within her heart, she did not feel especially disgusted against him.

Besides, the loneliness which had accumulated within her after spending innumerable years in her own boudoir alone made her hope that the warm manly hand could completely grab hold of her bosom and rub them…

However, what disappointed her was that Ning Fan whose intention was to treat her wounds did not proceed as she expected. He merely carefully applied ointment on the wounds on the left side of her chest.

That ointment contained incredible spiritual qi. Undoubtedly, it was made using ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs or above and it must be extremely costly.

Wu Yan could not imagine that Ning Fan would use such precious spiritual herbs which would be seen as precious treasures by just about any Divine Transformation Realm experts to only treat the wounds on her chest in a generous manner.

What was even more unexpected to her was that her body was then placed into a pool of ice-cold liquid. Apparently, it was a healing method of using a medicinal bath. However, the ingredients which were used to make the water in the bath were all ten thousand years old spiritual herbs. If Wu Yan was not wrong, these herbs were those she had gathered in the Star Palace by risking her life in the past few months.

She was touched because that person was willing to use such precious medicines to treat her wounds. At the same time, she was so angry that she almost lost her ability to cope with anger. She really hoped that she could wake up and tell Ning Fan that those spiritual herbs were not supposed to be wasted in this manner!

As soon as the medicinal liquid seeped into her wounds and flowed within her body, the pain she felt immediately diminished by a great extent. Furthermore, her body felt extremely good and comfortable.

In the water bath, she had once again fallen asleep, no longer being aware of the matters regarding the outside world.

Looking at Wu Yan whose qi was gradually stabilizing after soaking in the pool of medicinal liquid, Ning Fan wore a slight smile.

Now, this woman is considered safe.

The process of treating her wounds was indeed titillating. However, Ning Fan had no idea that his actions, teases and even his intentional squeeze on her bosom were all felt by Wu Yan, even though she fell asleep as quickly as she had gotten into the bath.

This woman sure is exceptional.

However, to Ning Fan who already had countless women by his side, beauty was what led men to their deaths. Other than the women whom he loved, he would never show his affection nor lust towards others.

Treating Wu Yan was rather easy. As for Imperial Concubine Xi, her treatment would be quite troublesome.

This girl was obviously in a state so severe that she was already on the verge of dying. But maybe it was because of the typical momentary recovery of consciousness prior to death caused her to open her eyes wide and became awake at the moment Ning Fan undid her robes!

At that moment, Ning Fan was just pulling her skirt out until her calves. Before he could undo the last button of her skirt, this girl had actually opened her eyes and witnessed everything. The surprise and awkwardness that filled her pale and delicate face gradually turned into… rage!

Although the little loli, Xi Ran had her eyes opened, she sadly realized that her limbs were too feeble to move due to the heavy injuries on her body.

She could feel a chill brushing against her lower parts. She wished that she could grab the thin blanket beside her to cover up her naked lower body but no matter how hard she tried, she could not exert any strength. The only thing she could do was clamping her knees together so that Ning Fan would not be able to completely see her private part…

“You…You…You… pervert! Shameless! Brazen! Stop looking! Stop!”

“You’re awake. But this is not a good sign…” Ning Fan frowned. If it was not because he activated his Mind Reading Technique and read Wu Yan’s mind when she still had a bit of consciousness and found out that the intimate relationship between Imperial Concubine Xi and her, he would not have troubled himself to save this girl. Perhaps, he might have behaved a little crueler by directly raping her while she still had some breaths left to pluck her…

Now, the reason why she would be awake so abruptly was not because her injuries had gotten better but because it was a sign that she was about to die…

I must immediately give her a powerful medicine or else she is going to die for sure!

“I know you! You are Lu Bei, the devil with an incredible profound bewitching technique! Don’t come close to me. Don’t use your bewitching technique on me…” Xi Ran’s face which was chubby like that of a baby was now filled with fear. She was extremely terrified, terrified that Ning Fan would charm her using his bewitching techniques and then defiled her.

Ning Fan did not give her any explanation. Without hesitation, he took out tens of types of rare spiritual herbs in a smooth manner like flowing water. When he exerted his magic power, the herbs melted into liquid. As he compressed them within his magic power, he turned into a coarse looking medicinal pill.

The medicinal effect which was contained within this rough pill was much more concentrated than that of medicinal liquid because of compression. However, because it did not go through the process of pill refinement, countless impurities and toxicity remained within. As such, after consuming it, it might produce a significant side-effect on her.

Despite that, it was more urgent to keep Xi Ran alive at this moment. Ning Fan did not have a pill that was strong enough to stop her life force from dissipating at a time like this.

What made the matter worse was that that little girl, Xi Ran was struggling, trying to resist. When she saw Ning Fan had refined some kind of odd-looking pill which he wanted to let her consume, her body began to quiver and tears started to well up within her eyes.

With a crying tone, she said, “It must be an aphrodisiac! It can’t be wrong. This pill looks so inferior. It must be the dirty aphrodisiac of rumors! I won’t eat it! I won’t!”

After knowing that Xi Ran willingly offered herself to stay on the island to help Wu Yan, Ning Fan no longer had the intention to kill her.

However, it would be extremely arduous for him to treat her as courteously as how he treated Wu Yan.

Showing no pity and gentleness on her, he directly shoved his fingers into her mouth, parting her lips and literally pushed the pill down her throat. Afterwards, he activated his demon power and aided her in digesting it.

When Xi Ran gulped down that pill, she immediately revealed a look of despair, whining and crying like a baby.

“Aphrodisiac… I’ve just eaten an aphrodisiac… I don’t want to live anymore… I want to kill myself. I want to keep my chastity since I am a reputable princess of the Profound Medicine Race…”

“Shut up! What’s the use of crying?! Keeping you alive is more difficult than making you die! Since you have energy to keep on whining, why don’t you quickly assimilate the medicinal power and keep yourself alive! Don’t you know what’s more important?! If you ever cry again, I will strip you naked and throw you on the streets of this demon city!”

Ning Fan domineeringly roared. Instantly, the little loli, Xi Ran was so shocked that she zipped her lips.

In private, she was a princess of a True Spirit Race. In public, she was the representative from her race who was chosen to join the Spirit King Palace. After joining the Spirit King Palace and because of her unique potential, she was highly valued by Nalan Zi and was chosen to be one of the imperial concubines who followed her into her trip to the mortal world.

Except for the last time she was reprimanded by Nalan Zi, she had never been scolded by anyone else. Today, however, she was fiercely scolded by a man. Due to that unexpected incident, she could not help but forget to cry or shout at the moment.

“You scolded me…” Feeling wronged, Xi Ran curled her lips. As the coarse medicinal odd-looking pill was digested and its medicinal power began to flow through her body, it brought her an excruciating pain and made her want to cry once more. However, when she saw Ning Fan who was glaring at her fiercely, she immediately held back her tears.

Well, Xi Ran was really afraid that Ning Fan would strip her naked and cast her out on the streets of a demon city…

In her imagination, this Ning Fan was very terrifying. He was not only strong but also cruel and ruthless. The scariest thing about him was still his bewitching techniques…

“You’ve forced me to eat an aphrodisiac… But why would it make me feel so much pain?” Xi Ran felt even more aggrieved. She had heard her sisters in the Spirit King Palace saying that an aphrodisiac would stimulate their sexual desires thus impairing their ability to make decisions rationally, but it would give them a feeling of absolute ecstasy. In contrast to her expectations, the so-called “aphrodisiac” that Ning Fan shoved down her throat was now causing even more pain within her. Therefore, in her mind, Ning Fan had just become a big bully.

“I will tell Sister Wu Yan about what you did to me…” Xi Ran was an immature girl who only experienced little of life. If Ning Fan was truly harboring evil intentions towards her, what’s the use of complaining to Wu Yan?

Apparently, she was not aware that this place was not the Upper World where she could complain about anyone who offends her. In this world, even if she dies, no one would ever know!

After sensing Wu Yan’s qi, Xi Ran turned her head towards her with a pleading look, intending to request help from her.

To her surprise, she discovered that the last person whom she could depend on – Sister Wu Yan, was already stripped naked by Ning Fan and was sitting inside a pool of medicinal liquid for treatment.

All of a sudden, Xi Ran, who had just become quiet for a moment, immediately burst into tears.

“Don’t strip me naked. If not, I won’t be able to marry anyone else…”

“Be quiet!”

Ning Fan angrily placed his finger on her glabella, inserting the power of his Yin Plucking Finger into her, causing her to become confused with her feelings. Gradually, the pain she felt diminished and her mind was muddled by drowsiness.

After helping her completely assimilate the medicinal power of the pill, Ning Fan no longer cared about her.

This girl is rather close to Wu Yan. For the moment, it’s inappropriate for me to do anything on her considering that I’m giving face to Wu Yan.

Since she was someone that he could not keep as a cauldron, Ning Fan had no interest at all towards a pampered mistress who barely had any experience towards the realities of the world.

He took off the last piece of clothing on Xi Ran’s body and carried her naked body to the medicinal pool so that her wounds could recuperate.

At the end of the day, so what if Ning Fan sees her naked body? The matter regarding her marriage was none of his business at all.

Then, Ning Fan sat above a stone bed by himself. After regulating his breathing, he began to check the two storage pouches in front of him.

One of them belonged to Wu Yan. The ten thousand years old spiritual herbs used to treat the two women mostly came from her storage pouch. As such, Ning Fan did not incur any loss throughout the process.

The other one was of course Xi Ran’s. As he caught sight of the storage pouch, he felt stunned and could hardly believe what he had seen.

Don’t tell me that this Xi Ran is a rich little woman?

She was indeed not a weak expert as she was an expert of the Late Divine Transformation Realm. However, judging from her attitude, she was a person who wouldn’t steal, rob or kill others. By right, she should not have much wealth with her.

Like Ning Fan, even though he involved himself in bloodshed and killings almost in every place he went and caused innumerable troubles, the largest amount of wealth he obtained was just a few hundred millions of immortal jade.

But in this lady’s storage pouch, there was a billion immortal jade! Even Wu Yan had only seventy million immortal jade with her.

Other than one billion immortal jade, there were 25 pieces of Dao Crystals. Ning Fan had seen this item before during the auction held in the Pleasure Devil Sect. They were the currency used by immortals and the ratio of exchange with immortal jade was 1 to 5 million. Moreover, because it was a rare item, the bid price usually started from 5 million during auctions in the mortal world…

Aside from that, the magical treasures and pills she had was too numerous to count.

Furthermore, Ning Fan also discovered multiple types of precious Fifth Revolution vulnerary pills from her storage pouch which were strong enough to prevent an expert from dying even though he or she was inflicted with severe wounds.

If he had known that this lady actually had precious medicines like that, Ning Fan would not have needed to unnecessarily force her to consume an unrefined pill filled with impurities which caused her to experience pain and end up being fearful of him.

“This lady should not just be an imperial concubine of the Spirit King Palace. Perhaps in the Land of Demons, she has a different identity, a much more important identity than her current one.”

Ning Fan was speechless. He could at most come up with such a hypothesis. All his treasures and wealth he had were mostly looted from the battles and massacres he encountered. In the Endless Sea, he was already considered rich with the current wealth he possessed. In the eight hundred cultivation countries of the Rain World, however, he was more than enough to be considered as a being wealthier than a country.

But a mere foolish and naïve girl actually has more wealth than me… This lady must have a significant background.

Keep, keep, keep!

Ning Fan was not planning on touching Wu Yan’s items. As for Xi Ran’s items, however, all of them would of course belong to Ning Fan now!

With this one billion immortal jade, I will certainly be able to create enough formation compasses. Then, I can finally proceed to the last step of completing the third Immemorial Divine Weapon – Condensing Formations into a Weapon!

For his third Immemorial Divine Weapon, speaking of immortal jade alone, he had spent nearly billions of them… That amount of wealth he used was enough to overturn an entire high-ranked cultivation country. As such, this weapon was not a treasure which one could underestimate!

There were lots of excellent items in Xi Ran’s pouch. However, there was only one item which made Ning Fan feel strange and puzzled.

It was a leaf from a zoysia grass. It emitted a hint of starlight, making it rather bright and limpid and its veins were clearly visible.

That leaf carried a trace of the gigantic bear’s qi. Judging from the situation, this piece of leaf seemed to be the reason why the beast pursued the two.

However, Ning Fan could not understand one thing. This piece of leaf was obviously a type of spiritual medicine called Extreme Profound Zoysia which could at most survive for five thousand years. Spiritual herbs at that age would be used as ingredients to concoct Fourth Revolution pills. If the spiritual qi and the earth veins were special, it was possible that they might grow up to ten thousand years and then be used for concocting Fifth Revolution pills.

To common Divine Transformation Realm experts, the zoysia leaf which could be used to refine Fifth Revolution pills is indeed valuable. However, to an extremely rich lady like Xi Ran, it should not be enough to tempt her into the den of a gigantic bear, right?

As for the gigantic bear, it should be impossible for a dignified Half-Step Void Refinement Realm expert like him to spare no effort in pursuing them for just a ten-thousand-year-old zoysia leaf…

Without a doubt, this zoysia grass must be of great value. But why is it so valuable?

“What is the mystery behind this grass…”

Ning Fan smiled bitterly.

“My ability of recognizing spiritual herbs has gradually become inadequate. The use of the Ancient Chaos Emperor’s memories has slowly diminished. In the future, I will definitely meet more excellent things that I won’t be able to discern.”

“This Xi Ran’s attitude is weak and soft. A lady with such an attitude was actually daring enough to intrude the den of the gigantic bear to pluck this grass. She must have found out the true value of this grass… A grass that could make a rich little woman who possesses one billion immortal jade feel moved would of course be exceptional. Besides, this little lady’s ability to recognize spiritual herbs is probably better than mine since she was able to tell the true value of the grass… According to what she said earlier, she claimed that she is the princess of the Profound Medicine Race… Profound Medicine Race…”

Ning Fan frowned.

“When she awakens, I could then ask her why this grass is so precious.”

With his Mind Reading Technique, Ning Fan was not worried that he could not get an answer from that little lady.

“For now, while the two of them are recovering, I shall make use of the free time to produce the formation compasses and enhance the power of my ‘Inlaid Star Compass’… After that, I will then find out what Xi Ran saw on in the zoysia leaf that made it so precious. If it’s truly a precious item which is useful to me, I will then seize the grass! If this grass is being guarded by that ferocious gigantic beast, a battle is bound to happen between me and that beast! Let’s see if this treasure will be able to withstand against the attacks from the gigantic bear when the time comes!”

Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel

Note:

Man Shan (蛮山 mán shān) 蛮(mán) means fierce, rude, reckless 山(shān) means mountain