Chapter 457: Chapter 457: The Pill Sovereign, Li Cangtian!
After having a brief conversation with the Death Devil Guard, Ning Fan left and continued browsing through the fifth floor on his own.
Commander Si Mo cupped his fists and respectfully bowed to Ning Fan. Only when Ning Fan had walked quite so distance away from him did he straightened up his back again. His expression turned cold and indifferent again and he showed a stern face to everyone.
He had a solitary but arrogant personality and his arrogance would only allow him to yield to Ning Fan.
The day of Ning Fan’s arrival had shocked everyone. He defeated Shi Kun overwhelmingly and saved the Giant Devil Clan. His greatness that day had enthralled innurable experts of the clan. In the clan, there were a lot of people like Si Mo who admire Ning Fan.
As Ning Fan gradually walked further and further away, the na of the troop he t earlier, the Death Devil Guard crossed his mind and it made him ponder.
In the Giant Devil Clan, there were eight great devil divisions in total. They were nad after the eight gateways of Qin Dunjia1 which were Kai(开), Xiu(休), Sheng(生), Shang(伤), Du(杜), Jing(景), Si(死), Jing(惊).
From the information Ning Fan obtained from Yao Lian, it also ntioned the eight gateways.
The Eight Ancestors of the Giant Devil Clan hide themselves in a small broken chiliocosm and oversee the Eight Gates and Six Dao...
Many of the cultivation thods and magic techniques of the Giant Devil Clan are related to the Eight Gates. As for the Six Dao... If I am not mistaken, many of the cultivation thods of the Six-Winged Clan are related to the Six Dao.
The Eight Gates and Six Dao. The Giant Devil Clan and the Six-Winged Clan. What’s the relationship between them in these aspects...?
Ning Fan chose to cast these thoughts aside for the mont.
He continued to shop around the hundreds of dicine stalls which were temporarily set up on the fifth floor. Two hours later, he had browsed through nearly two-thirds of the dicine stalls. It was a fruitful trip as he managed to buy quite a lot of excellent dicinal ingredients.
Unfortunately, after shopping for so long, he still had yet to find a ten thousand years old human placenta.
Well, he managed to find a few one thousand years old human placenta. He bought them all but he was still not satisfied.
If the ten thousand years old human placenta is substituted with a one thousand years old human placenta, not only would it beco more difficult to concoct the Revered Devil Pill, but the dicinal power of the pill is guaranteed to be lower even if he could complete refine the pill by chance.
Ning Fan gently shook his head.
If I really can’t get a ten thousand years old human placenta here, then I will just wait for it to pop up soday.
If I still can’t get in the future... then I will just improvise with the one thousand years old human placenta.
He turned around and tried to walk away. At the next mont, however, he stopped with his eyes filled with surprise.
Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly had a feeling that soone with really fierce and penetrating eyes was staring at him. He felt a jolt with every fibre of his being which made the hair on his back stand up.
It feels extrely dangerous! Who is staring at ?!
The sharpness of this set of eyes was comparable to a Void Fragntation Realm expert. On top of that, it was much more intense than Yun Jinghong and Chu Chang’an who possessed Void Fragntation Realm cultivation bases!
Could it be that there’s a Void Fragntation Realm old monster spying on
nearby?!
Ning Fan quickly turned around and looked at the direction where it gave him that feeling just now. His gaze fell upon a dicine stall.
There was an old Daoist with ragged clothes sitting inside that stall. He was fanning a palm-leaf woven fan while ditating with his eyes closed in a relaxed manner.
He seed to have been closing his eyes for a long ti like he had never checked on Ning Fan at all.
Ning Fan’s eyes turned slightly serious. He secretly released his spirit sense to identify this man’s cultivation base. He found out that this old man had a Late Nascent Soul Realm cultivation base but it was rather illusory and unstable.
He activated his Fu Li Eye and Mo Luo Eye together. However, he could not detect any signs of him concealing his cultivation base from him.
Ning Fan then noticed the badge he wore. It was a Third Revolution badge from the Rain Palace. That discovery made Ning Fan furrow his brows.
The Rain Palace would never give a pill refinent master badge away casually. Moreover, each badge must go through the process of recognition using the blood of the owner. A single badge would only recognize a single master. If the badge is seized by others, it would imdiately destroy itself.
The Rain Palace pill refinent master badge that this Old Daoist wore was not only a genuine badge but it also looked brand new. Clearly, he had just obtained this badge not long ago.
It was extrely unlikely for the Rain Palace to falsify the pill refinent mastery of a pill refinent master. Deducing from all these signs, that Old Daoist should be a Third Revolution Pill Master without a doubt.
However, Ning Fan’s instincts kept telling him that there was sothing strange about this Old Daoist. When he carefully observed the Old Daoist again, he beca more certain that he was not simple.
It was because at the mont he looked at the Old Daoist, the devil fla within his dantian was actually shivering mildly. It was giving a signal as if it was facing its nesis!
Ning Fan’s devil fla sensed the threatening feeling of its kind from the Old Daoist’s body!
What kind of fla was inside the Old Daoist’s body for it to scare Ning Fan’s fla?!
Ning Fan’s devil fla was ford from the combination of 16 types of Heavenly Cold Qi and Earth Fla and 1 type of Sixth Grade Void Fla. Its destructive power was nearly comparable to that of a Mid Level Seventh Grade Immortal Void Fla.
If the Old Daoist possesses the type of fla that could threaten Ning Fan’s devil fla, it must be a fla of at least the Seventh Grade or above.
However, could a Late Nascent Soul Realm Third Revolution Pill Master possess such a powerful fla?
The answer was, of course, a big fat no!
Almost imdiately, Ning Fan was convinced that this Old Daoist was the mysterious expert who was spying on him earlier.
Would this ordinary-looking Old Daoist truly be a Void Fragntation Realm expert...?
When ordinary cultivators realize that that Old Daoist had Void Fragntation Realm aura force, they would normally go up and curry favor with him at once, trying to obtain as much benefit as possible.
However, Ning Fan dismissed all of his feelings of surprise in the next mont. He turned around and left without taking a second look at the Old Daoist. He did not wish to expose the fact that he had already recognized the latter’s Void Fragntation Realm aura force.
He was reluctant to get involved with this mysterious old man in any way!
Who knows why this Old Daoist spied on him and why he would appear in this place?
All in all, Ning Fan did not want to bring himself any unnecessary trouble.
Just as Ning Fan had decided to leave, the eyes of the old man which were closed all this ti suddenly opened. His expression was filled with a hint of surprise.
"This kid’s senses are quite sharp. He actually managed to sense the Seventh Grade spiritual fla that I possess and discern my identity as a Void Fragntation Realm expert. Moreover, after he knew of my identity as a Void Fragntation Realm expert, he turned around and walked away while maintaining his calmness from beginning to end. Obviously, he doesn’t wish to foster any relation with
with the worry that he might get himself into trouble. This is a very excellent trait. One should always be cautious in living in this world... He is worthy of owning the Black Devil Fla..."
The Old Daoist shook his head and made a satisfied smile.
The reason why he ca to the Pill Ceremony in the Internal Endless Sea initially, was because he wanted to travel around after staying in seclusion for too long with the hope of getting so insights and achieving a breakthrough in his pill refinent realm that had been stuck for a very long ti.
However, he did not expect that he would et the possessor of the Black Devil Fla.
If that’s the case, it seems like I should take advantage of this chance to fulfill my promise to ’that person’.
"That young friend over there, please stop." The Old Daoist called Ning Fan with an indifferent voice.
Many people around them heard the Old Daoist calling Ning Fan as a young friend. All of them stared blankly at him like they were looking at a fool.
Doesn’t he know who Ning Fan was? He was a fierce man who could kill a Void Refinent Realm expert. Even ordinary Divine Transformation Realm cultivators would need to call him ’Senior’ when greeting him.
Now, this Old Daoist just did himself a ’great’ thing. A Third Revolution Pill Master with just Nascent Soul Realm cultivation base like him actually dared to address Ning Fan as a young friend. Was he itching to get a rough beating or had gotten tired of living?
Ning Fan’s eyes turned stern.
It seems like trouble has co to
itself.
Even though he had no idea why the Old Daoist called him, it wasn’t appropriate for him to continue walking away since this matter had already developed to this extent.
Ning Fan turned around and made a faint smile. He stopped. He no longer walked away. Instead, he walked towards the dicine stall of that Old Daoist.
He just did not want to get involved himself in any trouble. Besides, he had done nothing wrong. Hence, he was not afraid that this Void Fragntation Realm old daoist would deliberately find fault in him.
On top of that, he also had the so-called ’Indestructible Fire Body’ which served as his life-saving "talisman" that could ensure his safety and peace in the Rain World using the powerful influence of the Rain Palace.
"Senior, is there any advice you wish to enlighten
with?" Ning Fan stopped outside the dicine stall and cupped his fists to greet the Old Daoist.
This scene startled each of the pill refinent masters present.
Ning Fan was an extrely impressive person. However, he actually called an old daoist as his senior. What background did this Old Daoist have?
A few pill refinent masters from the eight hundred cultivation countries began to carefully study the Old Daoist’s appearance. When they looked closely enough, each of them behaved like they had just seen a ghost.
They finally understood why Ning Fan would address this Old Daoist as senior despite his dignified identity.
"H-He’s the Pill..." A pill refinent master’s eyes were blazing with flas of enthusiasm. He was too excited that he could not speak a single word properly.
"Fellow Daoist, please speak with care! That lord dislikes making himself known the most. Since he appeared in this place while keeping a low profile, it naturally implies that he doesn’t want to get attention. We must not make any commotion. We should hurry up and leave. Don’t ever anger him." Another pill refinent master reminded him.
The group of pill refinent masters from the eight hundred cultivation countries did not dare to expose the Old Daoist’s identity. After each of them saluted him with their utmost respect, they swiftly left the place. None of them dared to stay there any longer.
As for so pill refinent masters who were observing at the other side, many of them had discerning eyes as well.
When they saw Ning Fan being so polite towards the Old Daoist and many pill refinent masters from the eight hundred cultivation countries were showing so much respect to him, they knew that this Old Daoist must have an extrely influential background. They also did not dare to make him unhappy. After they cupped their fists to pay respect to him, they left the place one after another.
In just a brief mont, only the Old Daoist and Ning Fan were left outside the stall.
"Young friend, you have excellent self-control." The Old Daoist complinted sincerely.
"Thank you for your complint, ’Senior Li’. I wonder for what reason the Senior called this junior."
From the reactions and behaviors of the people just now, Ning Fan beca more certain that this Old Daoist was truly a Void Fragntation Realm old monster.
Aside from that, he could even guess this man’s identity.
There were only a handful of Void Fragntation Realm experts in the Rain World. Just now, soone had said the word ’Pill’ when he saw this Old Daoist.
Among the Void Fragntation Realm experts in the Rain World, there was only one man whose title began with ’Pill’...
The Pill Sovereign, Li Cangtian!
If Ning Fan was not wrong, the old man in front of him was the Pill Sovereign!
According to rumors, the Pill Sovereign had stayed in seclusion for a very long ti. He had been trying to break through to the Seventh Revolution Pill Refinent Realm. Unexpectedly, he ca to the Internal Endless Sea. Ning Fan could guess that the reason why the Pill Sovereign ca to the Internal Endless Sea was to gain so insights through travelling.
The Pill Sovereign was said to wholly imrse himself in the Dao of Pills and was uninterested in worldly affairs.
Besides, according to rumors, the Pill Sovereign was the leader of the ’Four Greatest Void Fragntation Realm Experts’. His cultivation base was at the Third Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragntation Realm while his pill refinent mastery was at the peak of the Sixth Revolution. However, he never involved himself in or intervened in any fights.
He had a generous personality. His deanor was like that of a venerable elder. He never indiscriminately slaughtered the innocent too.
Because of this reason, Ning Fan was less worried in facing this person after he guessed his identity. He was not worried that the latter harbored malicious intent against him.
After identifying this person’s identity, Ning Fan did not address him as the Pill Sovereign. Instead, Ning Fan called him ’Senior Li’. Without a doubt, he wanted to help the Pill Sovereign maintain a low profile without exposing his true identity.
The Pill Sovereign nodded with approval after hearing how Ning Fan called him.
Firstly, he was satisfied with Ning Fan’s intelligence. In just a few breaths, he managed to guess his identity and even understand what he wanted by using a very decent greeting.
Secondly, he was satisfied with Ning Fan’s composure. This level of composure was definitely not sothing ordinary people possessed.
The Pill Sovereign noticed that Ning Fan was just slightly shocked when he discovered that soone was spying on him.
Since then, he did not show any emotion even if he had already guessed the Pill Sovereign’s identity. His eyes were as calm as a millpond. There weren’t any emotional fluctuations in him as he remained tranquil and still.
Only cultivators who have gone through a lot in life and experienced countless life-threatening danger have such composure.
The Pill Sovereign was already convinced that Ning Fan was certainly a man with a strong and unwavering Dao Heart.
This young man is worthy of being the disciple of that person. He doesn’t bring him any embarrassnt.
"Young friend, you don’t have to worry. I have no hostility in calling you over here to . In fact, I wish to form good relations with you. I once obtained benefits from an old friend of mine and I’ve made a promise to him that I will give you three lessons on pill refinent. I believe that we were fated to et in Cold Northern Country. Thus, I have the intentions of passing so knowledge about pill refinent to you. I wonder if you are willing to learn?"
The Pill Sovereign nodded gently with a smile. Even though he was ill-grood, his presence gave off an ethereal and misty aura like that of a celestial being.
This was the quality of a pill refinent grandmaster. It was just like a green lotus that grew from mud. Despite the external environnt, its quality remained unchanged.
Ning Fan’s eyes flashed with surprise. He knew that the Pill Sovereign had no hostility in calling him over and only expected that he might have so questions he wanted to ask him.
However, he did not expect that the Pill Sovereign actually wanted to give him so lessons on pill refinent!
In Ning Fan’s journey of learning the Dao of Pills, he never had a proper teacher. Even though he had Old Devil as his master, it was impossible for him to teach Ning Fan things about pill refinent since he was not skilled in that field in the first place.
From the bottom of his heart, Ning Fan was more than willing to accept the teachings of the Pill Sovereign. Even though he was proud and aloof, he was not arrogant. At least, he deeply understood that his current pill refinent mastery was extrely insignificant compared to the Pill Sovereign, just like the brightness of a firefly to the full moon.
The Pill Sovereign was the best pill refinent master of the Rain World. Besides, in the Nine Worlds, he was also a person with great fa.
Countless pill refinent masters yearned to obtain just a single sentence of teaching from the Pill Sovereign. However, even though the Pill Sovereign had an easygoing personality, he seldom passed his knowledge to others.
The fact that the Pill Sovereign was willing to teach Ning Fan three tis was certainly an extrely good news to him. This could considerably increase his mastery in pill refinent!
However, Ning Fan had doubts. Before resolving this, he could not accept the Pill Sovereign’s good intentions recklessly.
"Senior Li, if I may be so bold as to ask, may I know who requested you to teach ?" Ning Fan’s heartbeat slightly sped up as soon as he asked this question. He really wanted to know who was so concerned about him that he even asked the Pill Sovereign to beco his temporary teacher.
In the Rain World, Ning Fan had countless won and beauties. However, he only had a handful of people who were really close to him.
A person who was really concerned about him and was able to ask the Pill Sovereign to help him out. Who could it be...?
"I can’t tell you... His identity is rather special. As a mber of the Rain Palace, I can’t interact with him very often. Otherwise, it will go against the heavenly rules of the Four Heavens."
The Pill Sovereign shook his head with a smile.
"Then, please allow this junior to ask a different question. How could you be so sure that I am the one whom that person requested you to help?"
"The Black Devil Fla. The Black Devil Fla that carried a hint of his qi."
As soon as the Pill Sovereign’s words fell, a feeling of warmth suddenly flowed across Ning Fan’s body.
Ning Fan gently closed his eyes with a warm smile.
Black Devil Fla...
Indeed, it was the Old Devil who was concerned about him.
After the Old Devil kept Ning Fan as his disciple, he seldom taught him magic techniques. Instead, he kept guiding Ning Fan by example, passing to him the path of survival for devil cultivators.
It was because the Old Devil thought that learning how to be a person, a proper devil cultivator, was much more important than learning magic techniques and other things...
Sovereign Moksha had learnt magic techniques very well. However, he had never learnt how to be a decent person. That was why he walked the wrong path in the end. It was the most regretful thing the Old Devil had in his life.
Even though the ti the Old Devil spent with Ning Fan was short, he had passed on all of his Devil Dao to him.
However, he still felt sorry for Ning Fan because he had to head to the Sword World in such a hurry and it left him no chance to teach him magic techniques.
He knew that Ning Fan’s innate talent in pill refinent was terrifying. When he was at the Seven Apricot City in the past, his pill refinent mastery was already at the Fourth Revolution.
Old Devil was not willing to neglect Ning Fan’s talent. Hence, he hired the Pill Sovereign at great cost to beco Ning Fan’s teacher in pill refinent.
"Thank you... Master..."
Ning Fan opened his eyes. The feeling of warmth in him lingered.
The path of cultivation was cruel and loneso. However, the relationship he had with his loved ones was what kept his conscience after killing countless people.
"Since it’s the good intentions of my master, I don’t dare to disobey it. Please teach
the knowledge of pill refinent, Senior Li!"
"Hehe. A young man like you can be taught." The Pill Sovereign nodded with satisfaction. He could see Ning Fan’s gratitude for the Old Devil in his eyes.
Between these two people, their master-disciple relationship was like the relationship between father and son. In the cold and cruel cultivation world, it’s really rare to find such a precious relationship. Many masters and disciples turned against each other due to their selfishness. Because of so benefits, they fought and killed among themselves. That’s just how cold-blooded reality was.
The Pill Sovereign had no apprentice. He had always wished for an apprentice like Ning Fan who would treat his own master with sincerity and genuineness, just like how a son would treat his own father.
Unfortunately, Ning Fan had already recognized the Old Devil as his master. Even if the Pill Sovereign teaches Ning Fan his pill refinent techniques, he would at most be considered as half a master to him.
"That Old Man Han separated one-fourth of the ’Pure Yang Fla’ from the ’Pure Yang Coffin’ and gave it to . Because of that, I promised him to teach you. Originally, I was prepared to go on a long trip and look for you in Yue Country after I have achieved the goal of my secluded training. I didn’t expect that I would bump into you right here in the Internal Endless Sea. Unexpectedly, the great and notorious Devil Lord Zhou Ming is Young Friend Ning Fan that Old Man Han is so concerned about."
The Pill Sovereign conveyed this ssage to Ning Fan through telepathy. He did not have a deep relationship with the Old Devil but the both of them were easygoing, impulsive and emotional people. As the saying goes, ’like knows like’, their relationship was similar to being supportive and compassionate to one of their own.
Moreover, Old Devil had given the Pill Sovereign one-fourth of the Pure Yang Fla. One has to know that the Pure Yang Fla was an immortal fla. Even though it was just one-fourth of the whole fla, its destructive power was stronger than common Mid Level Seventh Grade Immortal Void Flas.
That’s why Ning Fan’s fla was so afraid of the Pill Sovereign’s fla. After all, the Pill Sovereign possessed one-fourth of an immortal fla.
"Master actually gave up one-fourth of the fla of the Pure Yang Coffin for ?!"
Ning Fan’s eyes were filled with shock. He felt slightly pained inside.
That Pure Yang Coffin was the coffin the Old Devil used to hold the body of his beloved wife. It was a Pure Yang Cosmos Treasure!
After losing one-fourth of the immortal fla, the power of the Pure Yang Coffin would surely be reduced by a great deal. Even though it might not necessarily have too much impact on his ’slumbering’ wife, it would still affect her more or less.
What Old Devil had done was sacrificing a small benefit for his beloved wife in order to get Ning Fan the best benefit possible.
His act was telling Ning Fan that he truly hoped that he could save his wife. However, in the Old Devil’s heart, Ning Fan was similarly important and he would not give up his life for his wife.
This was Old Devil’s principle!
Ning Fan beca even more determined to gain the strength to wipe out the Rain World so that he could eliminate Sovereign Moksha and avenge his master!
After falling into silence for quite so ti, Ning Fan regained his calmness. In his usual deanor, he said to the Pill Sovereign with respect.
"Senior Li, may I know what pill refinent techniques you are planning to teach
today?"
"Hehe. There’s no need to rush. Co and have a look here. Can you find anything strange about the spiritual herbs I am selling here? Look at them carefully. There is a ten thousand years old human placenta that you have been looking for."
Ning Fan did as the Pill Sovereign asked and began studying the spiritual herbs inside his stall.
So of the spiritual herbs were extrely old while so others were low-grade ingredients. However, no matter what spiritual herb, all of their prices were excessively high.
Ning Fan checked the surroundings and could not find a ten thousand years old human placenta within the stall. There was not a single one thousand years old or one hundred years old human placenta.
"Reporting to Senior, there is no ten thousand years old human placenta in the stall."
"Are you sure?" The Pill Sovereign’s smile faded and his expression turned extrely serious.
At the next mont, a surge of black purple dicine soul spread across the entire stall!
This black purple dicine soul was extrely close to the Seventh Revolution. Its intensity gave Ning Fan a feeling of suffocation!
However, what was strange was when the Pill Sovereign displayed his dicine soul, he only revealed the Absolute Void Stage cultivation base despite the fact that his cultivation base was said to be at the Third Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragntation Realm.
The Pill Sovereign had deliberately restricted the effective area of his dicine soul and aura force. Hence, other than Ning Fan, no one in all of the five floors of the Eternal Peace Pavilion sensed his dicine soul.
As the Pill Sovereign released his dicine soul, a tuft of ordinary-looking lingzhi1suddenly trembled. At the next mont, it took off its disguise and returned to its original appearance as a ten thousand years old human placenta!
Astonishnt filled Ning Fan’s eyes. He finally understood what was strange about this dicine stall.
Be it the good spiritual herbs or the bad spiritual herbs in the stall, all of them were disguised to conceal their original forms!
Among them, there was even the ten thousand years old human placenta that Ning Fan was looking for!
Could the first lesson the Pill Sovereign wanted to teach Ning Fan be the usage of dicine soul?
Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel
1. Qin Dunjia (Chinese: 奇门遁甲Pinyin: qí mén dùn jiǎ Literal Translation: Mysterious gates escape technique)
It is an ancient form of divination from China. It is one of the three most powerful divination thods and it is still used today in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia.
The eight Gates of this thod represents the human disk which is a significant component of this thod and they summarize the possible influence from human beings. They are Kai (开), Xiu(休), Sheng(生), Shang(伤), Du(杜), Jing(景), Si(死), Jing(惊) respectively. Each Gate has its own aning and they carry different aning. Literally, Kai (开) ans relax; Xiu(休) ans rest; Sheng(生) ans birth; Shang(伤) ans injury; Du(杜) ans clumsy; Jing(景) ans prospect; Si(死) slacken or death; Jing(惊) ans surprise.
For more information, do check out the link of the sources.
sen.wikipedia/wiki/Qin_Dunjia
sfeng-shui-institute/fengshuidivination.htm
Qin Dunjia (Chinese: 奇门遁甲Pinyin: qí mén dùn jiǎ Literal Translation: Mysterious gates escape technique)
It is an ancient form of divination from China. Scroll down to read more information about this. :D
Lingzhi （Chinese: 灵芝 Pinyin: líng zhī）
Lingzhi is a kind of mushroom used in traditional Chinese dicine. It red, kidney-shaped cap.
Source:
sen.wikipedia/wiki/Lingzhi_(mushroom)
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