The Late Gold Core Realm cultivator was frightened to the core. The same terrified expression appeared on the faces of the other six cultivators and the eyes of thousands of cultivators in the Xiang Family.
Fortunately, the giant was just passing by Pengwang Island and killed not one of them. This made all the cultivators of the Xiang Family breathe a sigh of relief.
“Xiang Qi, as you can see, Zhou Ming can’t be offended… I know you’ve secretly joined the alliance. But let me remind you. If you try to put the Xiang Family in a dangerous situation again, I will instantly kill you!”
The Nascent Soul Realm old man’s eyes glinted with a cold light. He would never allow anyone to piss Ning Fan off.
The Xiang Family had already declined. However, it had not been eradicated anyway. The old man could not let the Xiang Family be completely annihilated in Ning Fan’s hands!
On Hengshan Island located in the sea of black reefs.
Hengshan Island was an island with cursed luck.
There was a luckless sect on the island called Permanent Cloud Sect.
The ancestor of the sect was even more unlucky. His name was Wang Heng.
Wang Heng was an Early Gold Core Realm cultivator. Thirty plus years ago, he already had this cultivation base and now, he was still at the same level.
Although his innate talent was weak, he had almost reached the peak state of the Early Gold Core Realm thirty plus years ago. However, even though so many years had passed by, he still had not broken through to the Mid Gold Core Realm. Besides, he even obtained a Gold Core Realm Dao Fruit once. After consuming the Dao Fruit, his magic power had almost reached the Late Gold Core Realm. Unfortunately, he could not achieve a breakthrough in his cultivation base because of a shadow in his heart.
Thirty years ago, a horrifying battle had left a nightmare within him.
On that day, a wild devil cultivator named Zhou Ming killed three Nascent Soul Realm experts of the Demon Sealing Sect on Hengshan Island to protect Yin Suqiu.
Wang Heng’s life had become miserable ever since that day…
In the stone chamber, he tried to break through his current cultivation base again. However, he still failed. He could not help but grumble inwardly.
“Senior Zhou Ming, I know you are strong. I know you are powerful. I know you can kill anyone you wish. But why did you come to my island to kill them?”
“After you killed them, you ran away. Then, I ended up being investigated by the members of the Demon Sealing Sect countless times as their experts died on my island.”
“If it wasn’t because I am not your kin and I’ve bribed them with a huge sum of immortal jade, I would have already died and the Permanent Cloud Sect would have been eradicated long ago…”
“Senior Zhou Ming, my life is a complete disaster because of you. Now, you might have become the number-one expert in the External Endless Sea but I have to live on the edge everyday, worrying that I will be suddenly assassinated if anyone assumes that you have a connection with me…”
Wang Heng’s face wrinkled in distress like a bitter gourd and he sighed incessantly.
At the same moment, Hengshan Island suddenly trembled violently.
“O-Old Ancestor, it’s bad…!” A Daoist child broke into Wang Heng’s stone chamber in an abrupt manner.
“Noisy! What are you making so much noise about? What is the disaster? Has another expert come to ask for bribes?”
Wang Heng walked out of the hall with impatience. However, as soon as he stepped out of the gate, what he saw and heard made him so frightened that he nearly peed himself.
A three thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) tall giant who was wearing purple armor approached the sea while carrying an island on his shoulder as if no one was nearby.
“WHAT THE HELL?! What a BIG giant… What is his cultivation base? No, his aura is very familiar. He is… He is Zhou Ming!”
Wang Heng’s ruddy old face was on the verge of crying.
“Senior Zhou, you can’t just bully me like this. You’re here again. You’re here to get me into trouble again…”
“You’re now being pursued by the Alliance of Ming Assassins and currently, it’s a critical moment. You must not drag me into this matter!”
“Besides, after you left the island that day, I was the one who helped you clear all the traces… When others came to investigate your background, I didn’t betray you at all. You can’t return my kindness like this!”
Seeing the purple-armored giant lift his foot and was about to crush Hengshan Island, Wang Heng closed his eyes in despair, muttering and grumbling.
As for that giant, he seemed to have heard Wang Heng’s words and withdrew his foot all of a sudden. His piercingly cold eyes swept across Hengshan island, recalling something. He then looked at Wang Heng silently. A brief moment later, he pointed his finger and shot out a ray of black light at Wang Heng. Afterwards, he made a step forward without crushing the island and disappeared into the distance. Only his voice lingered around the island after his disappearance.
“Considering the fact that you are one of my old friends, I will grant you good luck!”
When the ray of black light entered Wang Heng, it caused his body to tremble. The traumatic experience which shadowed his heart gradually faded away. It seemed like Ning Fan had used his magic power to help him break through the bottleneck in his cultivation.
Wang Heng was stunned and became rooted to the ground.
By just lifting one of his fingers, Ning Fan could actually help someone break through his bottleneck!
“It has been rumored that only old monsters who have gone through Void Inquiry can borrow the power of the void to help juniors open up the bottlenecks in their immortal veins… Could it be that Senior Zhou Ming has already gone through that test?!”
Wang Heng was flabbergasted. He felt that the way he walked out from the hall must be incorrect.
Is Senior Zhou Ming this powerful?
“I’m truly fortunate enough to have a brief relationship with a Void Refinement Realm expert!”
Wang Heng seemed to be much more confident and courageous than before. Now, he was not even afraid of the Demon Sealing Sect or the Alliance of Ming Assassins anymore.
The only thing he wanted to do now was to immediately enter into seclusion and prepare to break through to the Late Gold Core Realm while harboring endless good hopes in Ning Fan.
Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel
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