Grasping the Evil No Chapter 369 Scared Witless

Chapter 369: Chapter 369 Scared Witless

"Who is this lunatic?! How dare you kill my disciple?! You are blatantly courting death!"

An angry bellow resounded throughout Xuan Wu City along with a jarring whistling sound given out by the teleportation light of a Peak Divine Transformation Realm expert flying across the sky.

"This is bad! It’s Revered Fla! This person had always covered up for his shortcomings. No matter what the cause of Gu Zhen’s death was, he will certainly put up a fight against Venerated Ming until one of them dies!"

"In any case, Venerated Ming is still one of the Venerated Eight of the Internal Endless Sea. Would he be afraid of Revered Fla?"

"It seems like you have no idea who Revered Fla is. From his cultivation of flas, he has managed to turn his Sea of Consciousness into a fire consciousness. Besides, he has devoured countless types of flas in his whole life. He not only excels in pill refinent techniques, but he also has impressive combat power. He had literally burnt a Half-Step Void Refinent expert to death in the past!"

"What?! Revered Fla can kill a Half-Step Void Refinent expert?! Does it an that his strength and power is considered superior even among the Venerated Seven?!"

"Not only that, I heard rumors saying that when Revered Fla entered the Endless Sea this ti, he had also brought along two Void Refinent Realm experts to protect him... Even though no one knows where the two experts have gone, it’s enough to show how extraordinary Revered Fla’s status is in the Rain Palace!"

After all the spirited discussion, even if the cultivators there knew Ning Fan’s identity, many of them still did not have any hope in him. They quickly dispersed in the commotion, afraid that they might get involved with him.

Soon after these cultivators left, a blazing fiery light descended outside the southern tower with a loud bang and materialized into a red-robed old man.

The aura of the old man was extrely strong. What’s especially powerful about him was his flas.

By just standing there, the air beca hot like steam for no reason and gave out crackling sounds of explosion. His aura force seethed from his body and glimred into the sky.

This man was Gu Zhen’s master - Revered Fla, a revered being of the Rain Palace!

"Who are you?!"

Revered Fla let out a nacing bellow and his sound wave turned into raging flas which rushed towards the southern tower, trying to burn Ning Fan and the southern tower to ashes.

This technique was called Fire-Sound Transformation. It was an extrely high-end technique of fire manipulation. As soon as this technique was used, it imdiately gained a lot of attention from the crowd.

Layers upon layers of fire waves blasted towards Ning Fan and invaded the palace. But at the next mont, the fire waves eerily disappeared from everyone’s sight.

Ning Fan walked out of the southern tower unaffected and stared at Revered Fla indifferently. He made a stomp on the ground which caused the whole ground to tremble. Revered Fla sensed a great force which ca out of nowhere rushing towards his direction and hurriedly dodged.

However, the movent he made caused the aura condensed with his wrath to vanish.

"I’m Zhou Ming, the tower lord of the three towers of the Lost World Palace!"

"Zhou Ming?! You said you’re Zhou Ming?!"

Revered Fla seed to have recalled sothing and one of the corners of his lips raised and ford into a cold smirk.

"Are you the one who took the Green Phoenix Fla? Are you the one who killed Dong Mu and the other two?"

"So what if I am?!" Ning Fan replied firmly.

"If you are, you can die then!"

Revered Fla sneered coldly. In the first place, He already had the intention to kill Ning Fan to vent his anger regarding the matter of the Green Phoenix Fla.

After all, were the people whom he placed in the Lost World Palace soone Ning Fan could kill?

Now, his disciple had died in Ning Fan’s hands. With all the grudges that he had yet to resolve with him, Revered Fla would, of course, not let him off.

Even if he set his personal enmity and grudges aside, Revered Fla coveted the several kinds of Earth Vein Demonic Flas that Ning Fan possessed!

Revered Fla patted his storage pouch and produced a fiery-red flying sword. Just as he was about to make a move against Ning Fan, he suddenly heard voices of two worried females.

"D-Don’t bla him. It’s

who has offended Gu Zhen!"

"Impudent! A revered being of the Rain Palace is trying to cause trouble in my Lost World Palace?!"

The voice which was begging for rcy belonged to Ya Lan while the other one that sounded imposing belonged to Bei Xiaoman.

Ning Fan was inwardly astonished. It was still explainable for Ya Lan to plead for him, but it was sowhat strange to see Bei Xiaoman taking his side.

Wasn’t this unruly little girl planning to kill

every day and night to vent her anger in the past...? I’ve heard that she has successfully attained the Divine Transformation Realm. Could it be that her disposition changed after achieving the breakthrough?

The group of cultivators who stayed to spectate the battle were all stunned. A showdown between two mighty beings which was originally going fine and smooth was abruptly stopped by two won with their words.

Revered Fla stood still with his hands clasping his sword. His eyes darkened and he stopped at once.

The reason why he did not attack Ning Fan was definitely not because of Ya Lan who pleaded with him for rcy but because of Bei Xiaoman’s arrival.

In terms of cultivation base, Bei Xiaoman was nothing in Revered Fla’s eyes but with regards to identity, Bei Xiaoman was the fourth young mistress of the Northern Heaven. She was not soone that Revered Fla could ss with.

However, what Revered Fla found difficult to understand was the rumors spreading in the outside world claiming that Bei Xiaoman had not been on friendly terms with Ning Fan. The reason why he dared to directly act against Ning Fan in Xuan Wu City was because of that information.

It seed that the information he got was false. This Bei Xiaoman clearly did not resent Ning Fan. Instead, she was behaving coquettishly to the marrow of her bones and had a crush on him.

Revered Fla made a contemptuous smirk and mocked inwardly.

The so-called fourth young mistress of the Northern Heaven is nothing more than a loose woman.

"Mistress Bei, this man has killed my disciple and everyone here witnessed it. Don’t tell

that you and the Lost World Palace are trying to cover up for him?!"

"He killed your disciple?!"

Bei Xiaoman petulantly rolled her eyes at Ning Fan and muttered inwardly.

Why is this stinky Zhou Ming still acting without thinking properly first? Why is he so bold to kill anyone he likes?!

Bei Xiaoman was bossy and arrogant. However, she still knew how far to go and when to stop. She might dare to kill a Fourth Revolution Pill Master but she would be very polite to a Fifth Revolution Pill Master and would not purposely make things difficult for a Divine Transformation Realm expert.

Furthermore, Revered Fla was said to be quite popular in the Rain Palace and he was a good friend to many Void Refinent Realm experts of the Rain Palace. Bei Xiaoman was reluctant to displease a person like him.

Despite knowing full well that provoking Revered Fla was a foolish act, she just could not help but feel angry upon seeing Ning Fan who was still smiling leisurely in silence even though he was faced with imminent disaster.

"This stinky Zhou Ming is mine. You can’t kill him!"

*Hua*

What Bei Xiaoman said caused an uproar in the crowd.

According to rumors, Bei Xiaoman was arrogant and unruly and she never showed rcy in killing anyone. There was no way she would ever show consideration to her subordinates. Why did her temperant change today?

Why would she actually protect a devil lord at the risk of offending the Rain Palace?

The great Devil Lord Zhou Ming was truly powerful and he’s one of the Venerated Eight of the Internal Endless Sea. However, Revered Fla’s status is even higher than that of the eight venerated beings...

Even though Bei Xiaoman had a powerful background, she should know that it’s inappropriate to be on bad terms with the Rain Palace while being in the mortal world.

The guardian of the silver tower, Old Ancestor Lu Qing, was absolutely the most surprised person at this mont.

Although he heard that after Bei Xiaoman attained the Divine Transformation Realm and severed parts of her scarlet dragon which temporarily suppressed her nstruation and softened her temperant a lot, he had never expected that Bei Xiaoman would defend others.

Even Ning Fan looked at her with a puzzled look which made her blush with embarrassnt and anger.

He suddenly felt that this Bei Xiaoman seed to have so cuteness within her.

Revered Fla’s eyes flashed with a hint of hesitation. As a matter of fact, he absolutely did not expect that the Lost World Palace would be so protective towards Ning Fan.

Revered Fla had also heard of Ning Fan’s notoriety as the Venerated Eighth of the Internal Endless Sea. However, he did not believe most of them. Even if Ning Fan really had a Half-Step Void Refinent Realm combat power, Revered Fla would still not put him in his eyes.

The only person who could ever make him feel fearful in the entire Penglai Immortal Island was Bei Xiaoman because he did not want to offend the Lost Palace World either.

However, the longer Revered Fla studied Ning Fan’s dantian using his spirit sense, the more apparent the covetous look in his eyes.

He had wanted to kill Ning Fan a long ti ago!

Since the ti when Dong Mu was killed and the Green Phoenix Fla fell into Ning Fan’s hands!

This ti, many experts of the Rain Palace entered the Endless Sea to get the qualifications to enter the Thunder Emperor’s Tomb. However, Revered Fla had already obtained his qualification and he did not have to worry about it anymore.

Now, he ca here just for the Earth Vein Demonic Flas! Dong Mu’s death had allowed him to find out quite a lot of details about Ning Fan. The most important detail of all was him possessing several types of Earth Vein Demonic Flas!

Moreover, he had made certain of that fact himself as he sensed four types of Earth Vein Demonic Flas from Ning Fan’s body.

If he obtains these four types of Earth Vein Demonic Flas and devour them with his fla spell, his cultivation base would certainly experience a drastic boost and break through to the Half-Step Void Refinent Realm or even... to the Void Refinent Realm!

After having innurable thoughts in his mind, Revered Fla made a decision.

No matter what happens today, he was not going to let Ning Fan go!

"Mistress Bei, for the sake of the Lost World Palace, I showed you so respect but it doesn’t an that I have to give others respect too! This person has killed my disciple and I must kill him to avenge my disciple! If I have offended you, I hope the Lost World Palace can be magnanimous enough to forgive !"

"If you dare to, I will never forgive you!"

Bei Xiaoman’s eyes narrowed coldly. She rolled up her sleeves and knitted her pretty brows. Judging by her posture, it seed like she was going to charge towards Revered Fla and teach him a lesson in the next second.

However, just as she made a small step forward, Ning Fan gently grabbed her delicate wrist and pulled her backwards. Then, he gave her a casual smile.

"Mistress Bei, thank you for not forgetting our past relationship and defending . However, even though our relationship is deep, we have yet to take the final step and so, I am still not officially ’yours’. You don’t have to be so protective of ."

*Hua*

The onlookers were overwheld with great shock once more.

Venerated Ming is making fun of Bei Xiaoman! Judging from Venerated Ming’s words, could it be that he has a very intimate relationship with Bei Xiaoman and they’ve done many things that they love to do but just haven’t proceeded to the last step of their relationship?

Flirting. He was absolutely flirting with her!

"Let go of ! Don’t touch ! You’re gross! Who has a deep relationship with you?!" Bei Xiaoman slapped away Ning Fan’s hand without realizing at all that she had been verbally assailed by Ning Fan with obscenities.

"Be quiet, you too..."

Ning Fan’s gaze swept across Bei Xiaoman and then Ya Lan. All of a sudden, his smile turned into his usual indifferent look.

He smiled because he was in a good mood seeing his two old friends, Ya Lan and Bei Xiaoman, who were nervous for him.

He turned cold because Revered Fla kept threatening to kill him with every word he said. Even a man made of mud would also be enraged after hearing such a threat.

Interesting.

After making the Endless Sea afraid of him with so effort, there was the Rain Palace trying to challenge him now.

Ning Fan threw a cold glance at Revered Fla and saw through his sche.

What a hypocritical person. Revenge for his disciple? What a reasonable and righteous reason. Ultimately, he’s just eyeing my Earth Vein Demonic Flas, just like how he was covetously eyeing the Green Phoenix Fla of the Lost World Palace in the past.

As the saying goes, a crooked stick will have a crooked shadow. Since the disciple is already that kind of person, how could the master be any better?

Ya Lan was Ning Fan’s old friend while Ning Fan was the lord of three towers of the Lost World Palace. It was impossible for one to leave his subordinate in the lurch. Thus, there was no ground for bla on him in helping her.

Gu Zhen was the one who bullied Ya Lan first and Ning Fan only killed him after that. With Ning Fan’s personality, no matter who Gu Zhen was, if one deserved their death, Ning Fan would never hesitate to kill them.

Ning Fan had never been a big-hearted person who could tolerate bullies.

To him, killing Gu Zhen was nothing.

And it was no big deal to displease Revered Fla since he had already done so.

Moreover, Revered Fla already had so old grudges against him. These unsettled scores were already irreconcilable since the day Ning Fan killed the three tower lords of the Lost World Palace.

Furthermore, Ning Fan did not think that seeking revenge for his disciple was the main reason why Revered Fla wanted to kill him.

From the mont Revered Fla showed up, he had exuded his spirit sense seven tis to sense Ning Fan’s dantian within a few breaths.

After sensing the traces of auras of four Earth Vein Demonic Flas, a hint of joy could be seen at the corners of his eyes. Of course, these small details could never escape from Ning Fan’s eyes and ears.

Avenging his disciple is just a pretense. After his disciple died, his eyes glinted with a hint of delight. Thus, it’s really obvious.

From the very beginning, Revered Fla went at

for my Earth Vein Demonic Flas!

Even if I didn’t kill Gu Zhen, once this person knows I’m on Penglai Immortal Island, he will still make up other reasons to sneak attack

or hunt

down.

Ning Fan glanced at a certain direction and the purple star in his left eye flickered faintly. At a corner, he saw two Void Refinent Realm experts who were hiding themselves from everyone’s view. They were probably the experts Revered Fla hired to protect himself.

It’s no wonder why Revered Fla is so arrogant that he even dares to humiliate Bei Xiaoman. It turns out that he ca with so backup.

Well, he might have two Void Refinent Realm experts but I possess three Void Refinent Realm spiritual puppets. They are nothing much to be worried about.

Ning Fan’s eyelids twitched and exposed a trace of aura of the Realm Beast puppets from his storage pouch, secretly sending it to the two hidden Void Refinent Realm experts.

All of a sudden, their expressions were filled with shock and they imdiately transmitted a ssage to Revered Fla through telepathy.

Revered Fla glanced sideways at Ning Fan repeatedly as murderous intent filled his eyes.

Suddenly, it seed that soone had secretly conveyed a ssage to Revered Fla. At the next mont, Revered Fla’s expression greatly changed. The killing intent that he originally had for Ning Fan significantly diminished.

That voice ca from the hidden Void Refinent Realm experts. They were trying to warn Revered Fla.

"This Zhou Ming isn’t easy. He noticed us! He even spread out a trace of Void Refinent Realm aura to us on purpose. He isn’t soone who can be trifled with..."

"What?! How co he possesses Void Refinent Realm aura?! Could it be that an elder of his is protecting him in secret?! Could it be that a Void Refinent Realm elder is hiding in his Treasure of Immortal’s Abode?!" Revered Fla was a little terrified.

Compared to Bei Xiaoman’s reputation, he was more afraid of a Void Refinent Realm expert...

Even though Revered Fla might be haughty and disdainful, that side of him only applied to Divine Transformation Realm experts. When facing a Void Refinent Realm expert, he would still feel afraid.

"Even if there’s a Void Refinent Realm expert protecting him, I don’t want to give up on the Earth Vein Demonic Flas..." Revered Fla clenched his teeth.

"Then... seize them with a gentler thod and don’t completely fall out with him... Why don’t you try gambling with him! This way, it won’t harm the harmony between the two of you. As long as you don’t go out of line, that hidden Void Refinent Realm expert won’t interfere with the fight between you two." One of the two Void Refinent Realm experts suggested.

"Gamble? Alright..."

The group of cultivators surrounding the area only saw Revered Flas mumbling so words to himself and no one knew what he was talking about. However, a short mont later, Revered Fla’s killing intent gradually withered away like a frosted eggplant.

The most unimaginable thing was when Revered Fla who turned a deaf ear to others’ words and insisted on killing Ning Fan suddenly withdrew all his anger and let out a hearty laughter. He looked at Ning Fan with a look of admiration and complinted.

"The Venerated Eighth of the Internal Endless Sea - Venerated Ming, Zhou Ming. You indeed deserve this esteed reputation! I admire you! It was just a joke when I said I would seek revenge for my disciple’s death just now. I was just trying to test Venerated Ming’s courage. Don’t take it too seriously. That disciple of mine you killed was ignorant and incompetent. Today, he actually dared to lay a finger to a female cultivator of the Lost World Palace. He deserved more than death. In fact, I have to thank you, Fellow Daoist, for killing Gu Zhen. It’s an excellent punishnt!"

*Uhh*

The crowd was speechless. At first, both sides were about to fight. Now, however, Revered Fla suddenly turned nice for no reason and spoke in an extrely kind and friendly way?

On second thought, they suddenly ca to realize that Revered Fla was just joking around with Ning Fan previously.

Well, it sounded completely right and logical. Revered Fla was a famous senior while Ning Fan was just a young rising expert. How would Revered Fla bully the weak with his strength?

What a magnanimous man. His disciple has been killed by soone but he forgave and set aside that matter. Besides, he even thinks that his disciple deserved his death for committing all sorts of wicked cris.

Many cultivators who did not know the truth began to admire Revered Fla.

Ning Fan also put away his indifferent look and revealed a faint smile. His eyes shone with sarcasm.

This Revered Fla is indeed a shaless person. I purposely released a trace of aura from the Realm Beast puppets to ss with the morale of the two Void Refinent Realm experts. As expected, they wavered.

Gu Zhen, Dong Mu and the others were really nothing to him. This Revered Fla is the kind of person who will abandon everything for his own benefits.

"I see. Revered Fla was just joking with

just now. But I don’t think the joke is funny at all."

"Hehe..."

Revered Fla forced a hollow laugh. It seems that he failed to notice the sarcasm in Ning Fan’s words.

Looking at Ning Fan, he abruptly changed the topic of their conversation and spoke sincerely.

"It feels like I’m eting an old friend even though I only t Venerated Ming for the first ti. I wonder whether I can have the honor of asking Venerated Ming for advice for a technique or two? Don’t worry, Venerated Ming. It’s just a friendly match to learn from each other by exchanging fighting techniques. It surely won’t harm anyone’s life. Thus, there is certainly no need for the elder behind you to co forward." Revered Fla made hints in his words.

"I always travel across heaven and earth by myself. I don’t have any elders with ... As for the friendly fight you said, I don’t like a fight without a bet." Ning Fan deliberately made a brief laughter but it made Revered Fla’s suspicion grow.

It can’t be wrong. A deliberate explanation is just a concealnt. This Zhou Ming probably has a Void Refinent Realm expert backing him up!

In that case, I really can’t afford to offend a Void Refinent Realm old monster just for fifth-grade Earth Flas...

Revered Fla felt fortunate inwardly. It was lucky that the two Void Refinent Realm experts he brought reminded him just now. Otherwise, he might have been fighting with Ning Fan at this mont.

"Oh? Fellow Daoist Zhou wants to set up a bet for the fight?! Great! I’m thinking of the sa thing too. Why don’t the both of us take out one type of our Earth Vein Demonic Flas as a bet?"

"Only one type is a bit too little. If you want to bet, let’s bet on all the Earth Vein Demonic Flas we have then. I have four types of the Earth Vein Demonic Flas while you have three of that. You won’t be at a disadvantage on this bet."

*Hiss*

All the cultivators gasped in disbelief.

Except for both Revered Fla and Ning Fan who could tell how many types of Demonic Flas each other possessed, the others had no idea of how many Demonic Flas each of them had.

Earth Vein Demonic Flas were items that were highly sought after by Divine Transformation Realm experts and were difficult to get. However, as soon as Ning Fan spoke, all the cultivators clearly knew that Revered Fla owned three types of those flas while Ning Fan had four!

Rumor has it that if one manages to gather all twelve types of Earth Vein Demonic Flas, the power of his flas would be comparable to a Void Refinent Realm attack. Today, if both of them bet all their flas on this fight, whoever wins would then possess seven types of Earth Vein Demonic Flas!

"Don’t gamble! There’s the Green Phoenix Fla that I gave you! If you lose..." No one knew what Bei Xiaoman was disagreeing with and why Ning Fan could not lose what she had given to him.

"Don’t worry! I won’t lose."

Ning Fan smiled confidently.

He was not afraid of Revered Fla or the two Void Refinent Realm experts. Besides, if he summons all three Void Refinent Realm spiritual puppets and sacrifices one or two of his other puppets, he might even be able to kill one of the Void Refinent Realm experts.

However, what benefit would Ning Fan get from killing an expert of the Rain Palace in front of countless cultivators? He was a person who maximized the benefits he would get and he certainly would not simply kill a Void Refinent Realm expert of the Rain Palace for fun.

A Divine Transformation Realm expert was a revered being in the Rain Palace while a Void Refinent Realm expert would be one of the top-level combat personnel of the Rain Palace.

Ning Fan could foresee innurable Void Fragntation Realm experts of the Rain Palace coming in the next day to hunt him down if he really kills the two Void Refinent Realm experts in front of others.

Being able to seize the flas from Revered Fla without offending him openly was the best outco.

Of course, there would be so accidents during the fight as fists and kicks had no eyes. Even if Ning Fan were to injure Revered Fla, it would only be considered as an accident, just like how he accidentally burnt Gu Zhen to ashes previously.

Ning Fan was determined to get the Earth Vein Demonic Flas and the sa goes for Revered Fla!

Revered Fla made a cold snort inwardly as he could not bear seeing Ning Fan’s confident expression. However, he still managed a half-hearted smile on his face. After pretending to refuse the offer with a few words, he eventually agreed to bet all of his Demonic Flas.

"Hehe. Fellow Daoist Zhou can be rest assured that I will surely pull my punches during the fight." Revered Fla said with a friendly smile but he could not stop sneering within.

What he had in mind was exactly the sa thought as Ning Fan.

Revered Fla could not kill Ning Fan in front of his Void Refinent Realm elder, but fists and kicks had no eyes. Thus, it would be a different story even if he accidentally crippled Ning Fan...

"Young man! You don’t have enough qualifications yet to fight with , Yun Yan1! I will definitely cripple you and let you have a taste of my strength!"

Revered Fla sneered evilly, but the problem was that he still had no idea who was actually going to be crippled in the end.

Both Revered Fla and Ning Fan soared into the sky and turned a part of it into a battle ring.

"Be careful, Fellow Daoist Zhou. My flying sword is coming!"

Revered Fla wielded his flying sword. However, it disappeared completely after emitting a flash of fiery light.

Although it seed like he was warning Ning Fan, he was pretty confident that Ning Fan would definitely not be able to block that sword attack!

"Stinky Zhou Ming! Be careful! The sword is being reinforced by a Void Grade ability – Shadow Cut!"

Bei Xiaoman warned anxiously.

At the next mont, the fiery-red flying sword that had vanished did not plunge straight towards Ning Fan but flew towards his shadow.

The two of them stood in midair as clouds drifted past them. The shadows beneath their feet were longer as they basked in the sunlight...

In the blink of an eye, the sword light had already reached his shadow!

Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel

Note:

1. Yun Yan (Chinese: 云焱 Pinyin: yún yàn)

Yun ans cloud. In this case, however, it refers to a surna.

Yan is a classical Chinese word aning flas or fire sparks.