"This man does not just have techniques to hurt me but also methods to kill me."
Xu Rushan gradually withdrew his aura and his gaze became solemn.
He no longer carried any pride when facing Ning Fan. The way he treated him was similar to treating experts at the same level as him.
He cupped his fists towards Ning Fan in return and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou really has good calmness and techniques..."
Those who could make him cup his fists out of politeness were only Divine Transformation Realm experts. Among all the cultivators below that cultivation realm, Ning Fan was the first who could make him do so.
"Hehe. Thank you for your compliments, Senior Xu. However, Senior Xu has yet to solve my confusion. What is Senior Xu’s request for me? Could it be something related to the Secret Realm of the Broken World?"
"This information is confidential. I hope Fellow Daoist Zhou will dismiss any unnecessary people first..." Xu Rushan glanced at the female corpse beside him and shook his head.
This woman did not seem to have any magic power but she could float in the air like them.
She appeared quite strange to him but he thought that she was likely to be Ning Fan’s wife. Anyhow, women weren’t supposed to hear the discussions of men. At least, that was the tradition.
"She is no stranger... In fact, I have dismissed all the outsiders." Ning Fan replied with a smile.
Su Yao whom he had just met for not more than a few times was considered an outsider. Yu Long, was undoubtedly an outsider. However, the female corpse was not.
"If that is the case, this old man will quit beating around the bush. Let’s talk in my Immortal’s Abode Magical Treasure..."
Xu Rushan took out a golden house which was the size of his palm. With just a slap on it, the golden house grew.
He gestured Ning Fan to go in but the latter shook his head in disagreement.
"Let’s talk here. If anyone dares to eavesdrop, I’ll just kill him."
Xu Rushan chuckled. He kept his treasure but deep inside, he was shocked for the third time by Ning Fan.
The first time was when Ning Fan, a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, was not even amazed when he saw an Immortal’s Abode Magical Treasure. In fact, it wasn’t something that could be owned by any ordinary Divine Transformation Realm expert. Furthermore, it was a gift bestowed upon him by the Venerated Giant.
For the second time, he was astonished by Ning Fan’s alertness. The latter refused to enter into his treasure as if he had a clear understanding of the functions of a treasure of that kind. Formations could be established within the treasure as a trap to attack the enemies.
On his third time, he was amazed by Ning Fan’s words. They were cruel and merciless. It proved that Ning Fan was clearly an expert who had been through countless bloodbath and would kill with no hesitation.
With such qualifications and attitude, he will likely succeed in accomplishing the task that I am going to assign to him.
Hai. Besides, he’s the only one I can rely on now. Otherwise, it would be impossible to gather 200 Demon Pills of Fake Wild Beast... Venerated Giant is pressing me for those pills...
Although Xu Rushan did not converse much with Ning Fan, he could understand the latter’s personality and strength well after a series of probing, observation and analysis.
After keeping the treasure, he hesitated for a moment and took out a dark golden jade slip from his storage pouch.
There were three golden marks engraved on the jade slip and one of them was broken. They were the ’Message Fragmenting Marks’. They were used to prevent others from spying upon the jade slip as not even experts at Divine Transformation Realm could erase the marks.
Three golden marks meant that this particular jade slip could only be read three times. After three times, the golden marks would disappear and the jade slip would self-destruct.
One of the marks was broken because Xu Rushan had read it once.
Other than Xu Rushan, no other people got access to the jade slip. It was enough to prove how precious this jade slip was.
Moreover, Ning Fan caught a whiff of devil qi from the jade slip. Even though the qi was faint, it nearly caused his Nascent Soul to collapse.
Such tremendous devil qi... The expert who imprinted this jade slip must be unimaginably powerful.
Among all the cultivators he had seen in the External Endless Sea, he had yet to meet anyone with such heaven-shockingly powerful devil qi.
He did not immediately took the jade slip. Instead, he gently shook his head as he knew that it must be related to something rather significant.
If he reads it, he would have to promise to do Xu Rushan’s request no matter what.
"I think it’s better that Senior gives me a brief idea of the matter. If it is something important, I don’t dare to act rashly."
"Oh? Fellow Daoist sure is a very cautious person. You’re clearly a person that can be entrusted with an important matter...Hai. Let me be frank with you. It is actually similar to your expectation as it truly is related to the Secret Realm of the Broken World. In fact, it is just hunting Fake Wild Beasts and gathering their Demon Pills. However, ...hai... the number of Demon Pills needed is a little... a little too many. Moreover, the deadline for the task is approaching fast..."
"Number? Deadline?" Ning Fan muttered to himself.
If he just wants to request my help in gathering Demon Pills of Fake Wild Beasts, it would be unnecessary for him to behave in that manner. I wonder how large the number he needs that it was able to make him lose his composure.
"The Secret Realm of the Broken World only opens once in every fifty years. Every time it opens, only forty cultivators are allowed to enter and it will stay open for one year for cultivators to enter the world and accumulate the Demon Pills of Fake Wild Beasts. But this time, because of the urgency in the completion of the task, the place was forcefully activated half a year in advance. Therefore, the Secret Realm is not as stable as usual and it can only last for half a year... Within such a short duration, I must gather... 200 Demon Pills of Fake Wild Beasts. Let me be bold and ask you a question, does Fellow Daoist have enough confidence to kill 200 Fake Wild Beasts within half a year?"
"200 Demon Pills in half a year? Senior Xu thinks too highly of junior."
Ning Fan’s eyes flashed in a color of surprise.
It’s out of my expectations that this Xu Rushan would be begging for my help. Killing 200 Fake Wild Beasts in just half a year... That is to say, once I enter into the Secret Realm, I need to at least kill a lot of Fake Wild Beasts which have power comparable to a Divine Transformation Realm expert... I’m afraid killing one per day would not suffice...
Killing two hundred Divine Transformation Realm experts... If Ning Fan had such power, he would have already conquered the entire Internal Endless Sea. If he is that strong, he would not have needed to explore the Secret Realm of the Broken World.
Ning Fan stood in silence without saying yes or no. As for Xu Rushan, he began to feel a little impatient.
He had witnessed Ning Fan’s power. The latter could even make him feel a feeling of danger. There was no one below the Divine Transformation Realm that was at his level.
Every Peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivator who were capable of killing a single Fake Wild Beast in the Secret Realm were considered as strong experts. In the past, the most Xu Rushan could get from tens of Peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivators were just a dozen Demon Pills.
But this time, he must gather 200 Demon Pills without any excuses. Otherwise, his head would fall.
Other than Ning Fan, he really did not have any hope on anyone else. He felt that even the other Peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, including those descendants of the Venerated Seven of the Internal Endless Sea could not rival Ning Fan.
As a Divine Transformation Realm expert as well as the trusted follower of Venerated Giant who was one of the Venerated Seven, Xu Rushan rarely lowered his head down to others. However, today was the first time in his life where he put up a smiling face in order to please someone.
"Hehe. Fellow Daoist Zhou, if you help me this time, I will owe you a big favor. If you meet difficulties in the future, I will definitely aid you even though I have to go through a mountain of swords and a sea of flames. To validate my promise, I will swear the Great Oath of Heart’s Devil after you accomplish the task. Moreover, the Venerated Giant will show favoritism towards you. The next time you enter the Internal Endless Sea, you will have a powerful force backing you. Of course, if killing 200 Fake Wild Beasts is difficult for you, I will search for others to reduce your burden. But Fellow Daoist has to at least gather 10 of the pills. Other than exchanging one drop the Profound Liquid of Mother Earth for each of the pills, this old man will give you another 50 drops of the liquid in extra. Try to imagine if Fellow Daoist collects 200 Demon Pills... You will gain a total of 2500 units of magic power. With that amount of magic power, it will be easy for you to attain the Peak Nascent Soul Realm."
"..."
Ning Fan did not utter a single word. But his eyes seemed to blaze with fire.