When he was still a mortal young man in the past, he had entered the Ning Bi Hill to gather some herbs.
On that day, he saw a green-robed young lady who was in danger and shouted for help to draw the attention of the gang of scoundrels.
On that day, he had offended Young Master Tian of the Ning Family because of this incident, bringing a life-threatening disaster to himself. When he got in trouble, it was that lady who saved him again.
The resentments and debts of gratitude surfaced in his mind again. All of a sudden, feelings of exhaustion filled him.
"Ning Fan, a-are you going to annihilate the Ning Family...?" Ning Qingqing bit her lips and asked.
"Ning Tian was the one who wronged me in the past. The Ning Family has nothing to do with it. Besides, I’ve once promised a friend in the Demon Sinister Forest to help her take care of the Ning Family. I won’t eliminate the Ning Family... You can rest assured."
Ning Fan turned around to leave the seats of the Ning Family and returned to the jade platform.
His indifferent eyes scanned across the surroundings. Several hundred thousands of cultivators lowered their heads, not daring to look Ning Fan in the eye.
"King Jin is already dead. Great Jin will not be swallowing up the countries. The one that is going to annex the countries will be my Yue Country. I declare that from today onward, the land of the eleven countries here will all be included into my Yue Country’s territory!"
"I’m a Void Refinement Realm expert. With me around, the Yue Country will be promoted as a void-grade cultivation country anytime. As long as the countries that join my Yue Country don’t rebel, I will not disappoint you all. If any of you have second thoughts in your mind, don’t blame me for being ruthless and merciless!"
Ning Fan did not have the idea of discussing with the eleven countries. What he said was an order. Not a single cultivation country would dare to defy his order.
After annexing the countries, Yue Country’s territory would expand one hundred times. And Ning Fan had also decided to strengthen his forces within Yue Country.
He wanted to build a force that would be strong enough to protect Yue Country and withstand all the forces of the Rain Palace!
He did not wish to conquer everything by building this force. All he wished to do was to protect each and every one of his women.
Only when he no longer had any need to worry about them could he step onto the sea of blood of the cultivation world all alone!
He would not give anyone a chance to gather the forces of the one hundred plus sects and threaten his friends and relatives again.
"If there is time in the future, I’ll return to the Ning Family of Hai Ning and have a look. I also miss the mountains and rivers there." Ning Fan said indifferently to the members of Hai Ning. Then, he turned around and returned to the seats of Yue Country.
"Let’s go home." He smiled gently at Zhi He and the other women.
"Mm."
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Ten days later, on the south-eastern continent of the Rain World, a surprising news was being spread around like wildfire.
Yue Country had annexed eleven cultivation countries including Great Jin and it was officially promoted to a void-grade cultivation country, becoming the nineteenth void-grade cultivation country of the Rain World!
The person who ruled over Yue Country was the lord of Seven Apricot City –Ning Fan who was also known as White-Robed Marquis!
The situation in the south-eastern continent of the Rain World instantly changed because of the rise of Yue Country!
Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel