He decided to return to Yuen Country and improve the country to a Mid-Grade Cultivation Country using his identity as a Nascent Soul Realm expert!
However, before he could leave Peng Lai Immortal Island, he was ambushed by someone outside its vicinity! That ’someone’ was a Late Nascent Soul Realm expert and he attacked Jing Zhuo without any reason!
Even though Jing Zhuo was already a Nascent Soul Realm expert, he did not have any chance to counterattack! At a critical moment, he quickly revealed a trace of his Green Phoenix Flame which managed to suppress the attacker, creating an opportunity for him to flee.
...
Outside the island, the Eagle Crane Elder’s face was filled with gloom. He delivered a slap on the Harmonious Spirit Realm messenger, fatal enough to kill him.
"Hmmph! This Harmonious Spirit Realm ant almost brought trouble to me! That Jing Zhuo possessed the ’lesser flame’ of the Green Phoenix Flame. Don’t tell me that he has relations to the Lost World Palace! The Lost World Palace is said to possess the ’greater flame’ of the Green Phoenix Flame... Hehe. However, so what if he really is a member of the Lost World Palace... I’ve already planted the Grey Demon Seal on his body. There’s no way he can escape!"
"I have one thing that requires your help, seventh elder! After we capture this person and lure Zhou Ming out from hiding, please allow me to kill him!" The first elder brother spoke in a confident manner as if Zhou Ming was just a weak, feeble ant. Ten years ago, he was an Early Nascent Soul Realm cultivator who was a hair’s breadth away from advancing into the Mid Nascent Soul Realm. Now, he successfully made an advancement in his cultivation realm! In his mind, he thought that he alone was enough to kill Zhou Ming!
After 10 years, he still remembered the pain of the Immortal Execution Order which was casted by Zhou Ming. He vowed to himself that he would definitely repay him 100 times of the pain he had suffered!
"Good! Once we have him, he will all be yours! First things first, we need to take care of this Jing Zhuo... Let’s wait until he recovers. When he leaves thousands of li away from Peng Lai Immortal Island, I’ll capture him alive and search his soul and memories to find Zhou Ming’s whereabouts!"
A grimace distorted Eagle Crane Elder’s face. He did not even put Zhou Ming into his eyes.
Even if Zhou Ming fully recovered from the near-death injuries he suffered 10 years ago!
...
Jing Zhuo’s clothes was drenched in sweat as he tried to withstand the pain of his wounds when he was treating them.
All of a sudden, a sharp pain could be felt in his mind. His focus was diverted from his wounds, trying to sense the presence of a sudden intruder in his room.
Before he could do anything else,, a Nascent Soul Realm expert appeared behind him!
How did this person get past the Nascent Soul Realm defensive formation of the inn?!
Furthermore, this expert might be an Early Nascent Soul Realm expert on the surface but I can sense that his magic power almost touched the border of the Mid Nascent Soul Realm!
Jing Zhuo felt a massive threat from the presence of this person. He was even more dangerous than the Eagle Crane Elder!
What made him feel it hard to believe was that the person who intruded his room was not a living person. The way he travelled without inhaling a single breath was similar to a refined corpse!
It was his first time meeting such a mysteriously powerful expert in his entire life!
Don’t tell me that this person is on the same side of the Late Nascent Soul Realm expert that ambushed me earlier?
"Who are you?!" Jing Zhuo shouted coldly. A surge of primordial power circulated in his body. He placed his tongue between his teeth, preparing to sacrifice some of his blood essence to boost his power for teleportation.
A millisecond later, he felt his entire body freezing still together with the space around him!
"Freeze!"
The mysterious man lifted his index finger which was flickering with grey light, pointing at Jing Zhuo’s position. Countless invisible threads came out from nowhere and bounded Jing Zhuo’s four limbs, restricting him from making any movements!
The grey light on his finger was like a mixture of flame and ice!
Jing Zhuo was unable to move his body, let alone struggle to free himself!
A Body Sealing Technique casted with just a single finger!
His widened eyes were now filled with astonishment. He had no idea at all about the technique he had just witnessed and experienced.
His power is unfathomable!
Thinking that he was already in a hopeless situation, he tried to detonate himself in order to threaten the person and escape. Suddenly, the invisible strings vanished and his limbs were freed from their binds.
"Don’t worry, Fellow Daoist Jing. It’s me..."
"It’s you? What do you mean by ’it’s you’? Who are you?"
Jing Zhuo was bewildered by this person’s words.
Do I know this person? I don’t seem to know such a powerful expert in the past.
His expression hardened when he turned around and caught sight of the person’s appearance. He was literally petrified by his presence.
"Ning... Fellow Daoist Ning?! How come it’s you?!"
"Am I not welcomed here?" A wry smile formed on his face. Jing Zhuo’s primordial power was in disarray when Ning Fan stood before him. This would only happen whenever an Early Nascent Soul Realm expert was facing a Late Nascent Soul Realm expert. But... Ning Fan was also able to do it!
"I thought you were just going to form your Gold Core... How did you form your Nascent Soul too?! Moreover, this magic power... If I’m not mistaken, you are close to achieving the Mid Nascent Soul Realm! What have you exactly done for the past 10 years?! You just turned into a Nascent Soul Realm expert from just a Half-Step Gold Core Realm cultivator!"
Jing Zhuo ran through a thorough observation on Ning Fan and discovered that Ning Fan’s bone age increased by 320 years!
He is no longer a 20-year-old young man but a 340-year-old cultivator. Now, he is genuinely an old monster!
He grew 320 years in just 10 years in the real world... It’s 32 times faster than the time in the real world. Did he enter the fifth floor of the Lost World Tower?
According to the rules, only Divine Transformation Realm cultivators can enter the fifth floor. There’s no exceptions for that. Obviously, Ning Fan was not at that realm. In other words, he was a Fifth Revolution Pill Master?!
Fifth Revolution... This... This is impossible! I thought he was just a Fourth Revolution Pill Master! Since when did he level up his pill refining techniques?!
"You... *Cough*" Jing Zhuo had too many questions running through his mind. However, just as he opened his mouth to speak, the internal injuries were aggravated, causing him to cough up blood.
"You are injured? This is..."
Ning Fan spread his spirit sense to examine Jing Zhuo’s blood. When he had the results, his expression turned serious. He placed his finger on Jing Zhuo’s body and forced out a trace of grey qi from within!
Eventually, he extinguished the qi with his power!
This grey qi is one of the techniques of the Demon Sealing Sect that is used to track down its enemies!
From the magic power in the qi, the caster seems to be a Late Nascent Soul Realm expert!
"Demon Sealing Sect!"
Ning Fan’s eyes flashed with murderous intent...
The cultivators from the Demon Sealing Sect really are disturbing flies. The only way to deal with them is to send them all to hell.
It should not be difficult to fight against a Late Nascent Soul Realm expert.
The indifferent look in his eyes only belonged to those who had great strength and power.
After achieving Early Nascent Soul Realm, his spirit sense reached Late Nascent Soul Realm. Not only did he gain more power, but he also gained access to more techniques and magical treasures that he could use.
For techniques, he could transform into a hundred zhang tall giant, perform Body Sealing with just a single finger, activate blood-red lightning rays, Three Swords of Nascent Soul and perform Grey Teleportation.
For magical treasures, he could now use the Supreme Grade Magical Treasures and his new Immemorial Divine Weapon – Lightning Whip.
He was no longer the same ’Ning Fan’ from 320 years ago!
Note:
1. Heavenly Cold Qi fifth grade cold qi and Earth Vein Demonic Flames are fifth grade spiritual flames
Translator Team:
G-Team [Tommy (TL), Roel (Editor)]