Sun Buyi’s eyes were brimming with joy. He immediately kept the bottle away and bowed with his fists cupped at the direction where Ning Fan had left.
“Revered Ming, thank you for the generous gift!”
In their trip to gather minerals in the deep sea today, the old man and the young boy had first encountered a reef beast which intended to engulf them. But then they witnessed Ning Fan’s return which had saved their lives. Even though it was a shocking event with no danger, they were already not in the mood to seek for any minerals anymore.
Both of them sighed with gratitude and immediately left the sea in two rays of light. As for their encounter with Ning Fan, they totally did not dare to publicize it.
“An old friend?”
At ten thousand li* (500 m per li) away from the place he met the duo, Ning Fan stood in the deep sea. The sea had eerily parted for him and no sea beast dared to approach him.
Regarding Sun Buyi, Ning Fan did not have much of an impression on him, but the words ‘old friend’ roused some emotions within him.
As for the Nascent Formation Pill which he gave to Sun Buyi, it was just one of the innumerable pills he looted from the enemies he killed along the way and it was not worth mentioning.
One Nascent Formation Pill was enough to set off a bloody conflict in the Yue Country in the past.
However, a single Nascent Forming Pill was just an item as worthless as a chicken rib to the current Ning Fan.
“Perhaps the next time I meet Bei Yao and the others, they are also just my old friends…”
Holding a crystal clear Poison King Token in his hand, Ning Fan recalled every scene in the Star Palace.
He retrieved the token and the beauties had gone far away. Since he returned to the External Endless Sea, there was no need for him anymore to disguise as Lu Bei. He removed his disguise and became Zhou Ming again.
The female corpse and Yue Lingkong also temporarily went inside the Cauldron Ring to rest. They both depleted much of their energy while trying to escape from the Realm Beast’s pursuit. Besides, they also had some injuries. They should have a good rest.
“Endless Sea, I, Ning Fan, am back!”
Ning Fan’s eyes flashed with determination and he pressed the jade slip he obtained from Sun Buyi against his glabella. He then closed his eyes and attentively studied the changes within these twenty years.
Every scene of the memories was played in front of his eyes. After the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn, Ning Fan opened his eyes but they were filled with coldness. He continued to read the jade slip again.
“Alliance of Ming Assassins! The killer organization formed by the Divine Transformation Realm ancestors of the Ying State Immortal Island under a secret collaboration with the Divine Transformation Realm experts from the Internal Endless Sea? The reason why they establish this organization is just to assassinate me?”
Ning Fan’s eyes shone with disdain. This trifling alliance did not deserve his slightest attention at all.
Divine Transformation Realm ancestors…
As a matter of fact, Ning Fan had lost count of how many Early Divine Transformation Realm cultivators which are similar in strength to the thirteen ancestors of the External Endless Sea he devoured alive in the Star Sea.
Instead of dealing with the Alliance of Ming Assassins, Ning Fan would rather pay more attention to the Pleasure Devil Immortal Island. However, he was not concerned about the Profound Heart of Mother Earth but Xu Qiuling’s condition instead.
On the day he entered the Secret Realm of the Broken World, he deduced that Xu Qiuling would have another thirty years to live. Twenty years had passed now and Xu Qiuling’s injuries had started to flare up lightly. However, she would certainly die in another ten years if her condition was left untreated.
Fortunately, Ning Fan had already returned and brought back with him the Black Star Healing Technique which had a saint-level healing effect. For cultivators below the Void Refinement Realm, there was no injury that he could not cure.
As long as he is here, not only would Xu Qiuling survive, but her cultivation base would also be greatly enhanced with the aid of these injuries.
Before entering the Broken World, Ning Fan could at most cure Xu Qiuling’s injuries. However, the current him was capable of even helping Xu Qiuling boost her cultivation.
He then placed his focus in studying the jade slip again. There were only two things in the jade slip that surprised Ning Fan.
One of them was the information from the Lost World Palace of the Penglai Immortal Island. The lord of the southern tower, Bei Xiaoman… had gone into seclusion to break through to the Divine Transformation Realm and she almost succeeded!
The other thing was the information about the Bi Yao Immortal Island.
Three years ago in the Bi Yao Immortal Island, the Mid Divine Transformation Realm old ancestor who had been hidden in the dark… returned to the ruins and her Dao was eliminated!
Returning to the ruins meant that a cultivator died because he or she had reached the end of their lifespan.
Ning Fan speculated that there must be a powerful secret hidden within the sect as not a single devil lord of the External Endless Sea dared to lay a finger on the women of the Bi Yao Sect which constituted only females.
The information from the jade slip had proven Ning Fan’s hypothesis. All this while, Bi Yao Immortal Island was being guarded by two Divine Transformation Realm experts! One of them revealed herself in public while the other stayed hidden in the dark!
The one in public was an old woman who had barely met Ning Fan.
As for the one who remained hidden, it was a senior Divine Transformation Realm expert.