Besides the new hole produced, it also looked burnt.
It was Thunder Palm, the skill used by Gold Core experts.
Ning Fan hadn’t even reached the Gold Core realm yet. So how could he exert a beam of lightning strike? Although it wasn’t the true Thunder Palm, the power of the lightning wasn’t any weaker than any ordinary Spirit realm spell.
“This is the skill of a Gold Core expert. It’s power doesn’t vary much from Harmonious Spirit realm skills, but its features were different.”
He closed his eyes, settled down his excitement from his advancement, gradually turning his heart as calm as a stagnant water.
Only one more step to reach the Gold Core realm. Then, he would be on par with those Sect Masters of Yue Country.
Half a year ago, he was just an ordinary person. Half a year later, he already possessed earth-shattering strength. His improvement was too fast, which created a Heart Devil that was extremely difficult to eliminate.
That year, he was constantly bullied by the Sect Master of All Pleasure Sect—Sha Jiuyou who was merely a Tenth Level Vein Opening female. But now, that female sect master was no longer a significant devil.
During the time when he was at Haining Ning Family, the old ancestor of Ning Family was only a Harmonious Spirit cultivator.
“They are too weak…” Ning Fan said in a very plain tone.
All Pleasure Sect, Ning Family and the enemies he had back then had already become as fragile as ants to him. None of them was worth mentioning at all.
His state of mind was changing, adjusting himself to the mind of a powerhouse.
After standing there for a long time, he opened his eyes, exhaled a breath of foul Qi and sat cross-legged on the floor.
He put aside the remaining Spirit Consolidating Pills, waited for his Qi to return to its normal state before starting another round of concoction.
…
One day had passed. Xue Qing was still waiting outside Ning Fan’s concoction room with a look of respect on his face.
He didn’t dare to make any sound, fearing that it would disturb Ning Fan. He had thirty percent certainty that Ning Fan was a Fourth Revolution Pill Master.
He believed in his sense of smell. He was once praised by a Fourth Revolution Pill Master because of this.
But his smell could only give him thirty percentage certainty in his deduction. If he could see Ning Fan’s concoction method, he would certainly know more about it.
He was now standing right outside the stone door, making sure that no one would come and disturb the person inside. It looked like he was the disciple of the person inside. It reminded him of the scenes when he was standing outside his master’s seclusion room, waiting for his master to come out.
Many pill masters came, but seeing Xue Qing personally guarding the concoction room made all of them suck in a breath of cold air, as if they had seen a ghost.
“*Hiss!* Who’s the guy inside there? How could he make the dignified Elder Xue Qing wait for him outside? He must be someone great.”
“Look at the plate on the door, it states Dual Cultivation Palace. None of those lawless women knew how to concoct pills. Could it be Elder Ning, Ning Fan is concocting pills inside?”
“He’s worthy to be called Elder Ning indeed. Even the Third Revolution Pill Master, Xue Qing showed him so much respect.”
These experts were muttering to one another that it immediately drew a fierce look from Xue Qing. His eyes were vicious and ferocious, absolutely wasn’t kind to anyone.
“Get out! Get out of here now! Dan Palace isn’t open to anyone today!”
Xue Qing’s tone was intense, emitting a slight aura of a Gold Core realm, but due to him keeping his voice too low, it sounded kind of funny.
He was afraid that if he spoke too loud, he would disturb Ning Fan’s concoction.
All the old alchemists who had come were chased out of Dan Palace, leaving only him and Ning Fan inside the building.
He continued to wait patiently until the stone door of the room burst open.
Accompanied by waves of medicinal aroma, a youth with extraordinary bearing walked out of the room, looking slightly weary.
Though the youth now looked tired, the difference between his current Qi and his previous was day and night.
When Xue Qing was about to inquire Ning Fan’s concoction method and his level, a Qi spread out across his face, making him stand rooted to the ground.
“Peak Harmonious Spirit realm! You have broken through to the peak Harmonious Spirit realm in only one day?”
Xue Qing’s voice turned shrill due to him being overly excited.
“Hehe… it was just luck. I am feeling a little tired today, I will come back another day to continue concocting.”
Ning Fan cupped his fists at Xue Qing and left.
Xue Qing was gaping as he walked out of Dan Palace. He was so stunned that he had forgotten to ask Ning Fan about his mastery level.
Before this, he had already focused too much of his attention to this newcomer, he was after all the disciple of Old Devil. He knew that Ning Fan was merely an intermediate Harmonious Spirit expert before he entered the Demon Sinister Forest. A month later, he advanced to late Harmonious Spirit realm; and, after spending a day in the concoction room, he had already broken through into the peak of Harmonious Spirit realm.
Putting his concoction method aside, such cultivation talent was truly astounding. It was impossible to advance at such a speed even if this youth practiced the Dual Cultivation Evil Law.
“This youth…how did this youth do it?”
Xue Qing looked terrified, feeling how ridiculous it was that he looked down on Ning Fan at the beginning. Even with his hundred years of experience, he still wasn’t able to see through this youth.
After Ning Fan left, he patted the back of his head and recalled that he needed to ask Ning Fan about his concoction method.
“I was being silly. How could I even forget this?”
Xue Qing was annoyed. He blamed himself for that. But even so, he was sure of one thing: At the time when Ning Fan walked out of the concoction room, the pill aroma that he smelled indicated that at least a thousand pills were concocted.
In just one day, Ning Fan had concocted up to a thousand Second Revolution Pills.
Even if Ning Fan wasn’t a Fourth Revolution Pill Master, he would certainly be a Third Revolution Pill Master.
“*Hiss!* a 17 year-old Third Revolution Pill Master? Or even a Fourth Revolution Pill Master?!” Xue Qing’s eyes blazed. All his underestimation of Ning Fan was gone.
Xue Qing had the urge to chase after Ning Fan and exchange insights regarding concoction with him, but on second thought, he stopped himself.
“Forget it. Elder Ning has just broken through to the peak Harmonious Spirit realm. He will need some time to fortify his cultivation base. It’s best that I don’t go and disturb him now. He has said that he will come back and concoct some pills a few days later. En, I will wait for him!”
Unknowingly, Xue Qing had already called Ning Fan, Elder Ning, which meant that he had already acknowledged this youth’s talent subconsciously.
One should know that not more than ten alchemists across Yue Country was acknowledged by him given how arrogant he was.