If it was not for the heaven-defying fortification on his physical defense from the Profound Earth Devil Marks, he could not have successfully blocked the attack with his Half-Step Jade Life Body Refining Realm!
He was considered extremely fortunate that his bones did not crack. Even Stone Warrior might not be able to directly withstand this strike...
The female corpse was as indifferent as usual. She vanished in a black light and dashed towards Ning Fan, exposing all her killing intent!
"This is the power of a Mid Divine Transformation Realm corpse devil... I’ve done experiencing it. Please forgive me for offending you..."
After wiping the blood stains from the corners of his mouth, he spread his spirit sense and activated the ’Primordial Light Devil Suppressing Formation’!
Strands of primordial power from the formation turned into chants to suppress devils, lightly reverberating in the air.
As the voices travelled into her ears, her face was plastered with fear. Her body stiffened, no longer acting to her own will. Her limbs became immobilized. Suddenly, a high-pitched cry echoed in her head, making her cover her ears in pain...
Whenever a ghost or corpse devil unfortunately entered into this formation, they would end up like the female corpse... However, this formation was only effective to the corpses which had yet to master their corpse spirituality. The devil suppressing chants would shatter their corpse spirituality, causing them to lose the ability to control themselves.
The female corpse held her messy sideburns and rolled on the ground while releasing peculiar growls. The pain was evidently unbearable.
Ning Fan was reluctant to see her in that state. But he had no choice as he needed to find out the identity of the female corpse.
Gradually, the female corpse lost control over the muscles of her body. When she saw Ning Fan was approaching her step by step, her expression was filled with fear and anxiety. She was like a mouse that encountered a snake which blocked its path of escape in its hole. There was no way to run!
"Don’t...come...near...me..."
She wanted to struggle. She wanted to tear him to shreds. But she couldn’t control herself.
"Ao wu... ao wu..." The female corpse was talking in an inexplicable language.
Ning Fan faintly sighed and squatted down to hold the female corpse in his arms. He placed her on his knees and touched her forehead with his finger.
"Don’t be afraid. You won’t feel pain very soon... Corpse Searching Technique!"
Corpse Searching Technique was another type of technique for reading one’s memories. It was different from the Soul Memory Searching Technique. The memories of cultivators were usually contained in their souls. On the contrary, corpses could only retain a fragment of their memories from their former lives.
As a matter of fact, the remaining memories of a corpse would not reveal much of its past. However, Ning Fan had not expected to read anything useful from the female corpse’s memories anyway. He only hoped to find the name of the female corpse when she was still alive...
With just a finger, the technique was completed.
In his mind, he felt like he was floating in midair in a broken heaven and earth. Every island that floated in the air were the pieces of her remnant memories.
Every piece of them was the incomplete parts of her life. It was impossible for him to obtain any useful information out of them.
Among the countless islands, there was a large, blood-red island which carried a complete part of her memory fragment.
Ning Fan leaped and landed on top of the island. Immediately, he was affected by the sadness and resentment that were contained within the fragment.
A blood-red memory fragment...
It was because of the grudge which she stubbornly held within her mind that she became a corpse devil. It was also because of this grudge that kept this memory fragment intact...
He crouched down and placed his hand on the blood-red memory fragment, reading it with his eyes closed.
A broken scene gradually appeared in front of his eyes.
In the fallen Immortal World, a noble woman who looked exactly the same as Mu Weiliang stood beside an enormous gate which had an immeasurable height. Tears were all over her face and she was overwhelmed by grief.
"Why... Why did you lie to me.... Why did you open the gate... Why did you betray the Celestial Palace... My father trusted you so much... I was so..."
"Hehe. Mu Weiliang, can’t you understand now? I do not belong here! You are the daughter of the Celestial Emperor... You are my enemy!"
...
The scene faded. There were only so much within her memories.
Ning Fan withdrew his Corpse Searching Technique and his brows tightly knitted together.
The fragmented memory was seemingly related to the annihilation of the Ancient Heavenly Court and the destruction of the Immortal World.
But it was a secret that Ning Fan should not involve himself with. Perhaps even the True Immortals from the Four Heavens Immortal World do not know the full story of what happened in the past.
However, he at least understood one thing... This female corpse was certainly Mu Weiliang’s.
His guess was correct. The reason the qi of the corpse was not the same as hers was because her soul had split into pieces after she died... The Mu Weiliang in the Demon Sinister Forest was just a part of her complete soul...
The female corpse on his knee was still ferociously staring at him.
Despite that, Ning Fan felt heartache when he looked at her cheeks which had partly decayed.
Mu Weiliang was a woman whom he had a short-lived relationship with. Even if this corpse was a corpse devil, she still was an important person to him.
"Do you recognize this pin?"
Ning Fan showed her the embroidery pin as if he was coaxing a baby. That was the Immortal Pin that would only be used by immortal women from the Ancient Heavenly Court. It emanated the qi of the female corpse.
"Pi...Pin...Embroi...dery..."
Her eyes quietly stared at the pin as if she was recalling something from the past.
"Pin...I...want..." The ferocity in her eyes gradually diminished and behaved like a child. She quieted down and looked at the pin. Her eyes were filled with an inexplicable emotion.
Upon hearing her request, Ning Fan let out a faint sigh and put the pin on her palm.
A satisfied smile adorned her face.
A corpse devil would still know how to smile?
"Be obedient. Don’t be silly next time. I’ll just give you this pin as a gift. Deal?"
"I...won’t...act...rashly...I...want...to...do...embroi...dery..." She spoke in a soft tone as if she was asking for forgiveness. Sincerity could be seen being reflected from her eyes, just like an innocent child.