What had happened just now? I almost killed myself? This is absurd!
No, it wasn’t absurd at all. In fact, there was someone performing Divine Ability. It was not an illusion technique! It was even better than most illusion techniques. It was Hu Ming’s first time encountering such ability!
Without a doubt, the one who cast the ability was Revered Ning who was at the summit of the mountain!
“Revered Ning of Sinister Sparrow Sect is just too strong! Without using magical power, he was able to influence me to commit suicide with some strange Divine Ability. His cultivation is too terrifying!”
However, thinking from another perspective, Hu Ming did not understand it at all. Ning Fan had planted a Mental Seal on me. If he wanted to kill me, he just had to use his spirit sense to crush my Sea of Consciousness, taking my life. There is no point for such an inconvenience.
It seemed like Ning Fan had no intention of killing me. It was the absence of luck. It was me who was unlucky enough to arrive when Ning Fan was refining his magical power and Divine Ability..
Bearing this thought in mind, he let out a sigh of relief. Now, he could rest assured that Ning Fan did not want to kill him. However, he still dreaded the technique just now.
With just a magical technique, it could affect a Harmonious Spirit expert to take his own life using his own hands. There was not a chance for the expert to resist the effect. This Divine Ability would definitely shock every cultivator in Yue Country if it was spread.
After that, he climbed up to the peak of the mountain without hesitation.
Ning Fan was still as thin as before. Even though he practiced Body Refining Technique, his physique did not look any stronger. Besides, his appearance was very pale, however his qi was thick and condensed. In short, his qi was more terrifying compared to his appearance.
Upon meeting Ning Fan, Hu Ming kept his thoughts and said respectfully, “Hu Ming from Hu clan has come to see Revered Ning!”
“En. Be frank with me about Purple Light Sect. Let me know what happened. Then I will seek justice for your Hu clan!”
In Ning Fan’s eyes, the Divine Intent of Rain flashed and the rain stopped!
It would be a blood rain falling from the sky the next time!
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The Sect Master of Purple Light Sect, Dao Guang, went into seclusion even until today ever since the battle ended.
Speaking about the battle, it was a traumatic event for him. He did not even have the slight ability to defend himself from the black corpse. During the battle, one of his arms was torn apart by the black corpse, causing his cultivation base to plummet. Now, his cultivation realm had dropped to early Gold Core. Also, his injuries were almost impossible to heal within a few decades.
In fact, it was really his fault when the Heavenly Dao Sect broke through the boundary of Yue Country that was guarded by Purple Light Sect.
As for his action to escape the black corpse, it was disrespected by many righteous sects. Countless cultivation families were wiped out because he deliberately involved them in his route of escape.
Anyhow, lady luck just did not stand beside him that time.
During his seclusion, there were rumours that the Great Elder of Purple Light Sect, Qing Guang, had secretly drawn the cultivators over to his side. He had the intention to replace the current Sect Master, Dao Guang.
As a matter of fact, around 70% of the cultivators became supporters of Qing Guang. All of them were waiting for Dao Guang to emerge from his seclusion. Then, they would seize his position as the Sect Master!
For this matter, Dao Guang did not have any choice, but to admit his fate. He had a feeling that his time of being the Sect Master was coming to an end.
Recently, Qing Guang’s party forced some small cultivation families to join Purple Light Sect by threatening them. The objective was to undoubtedly expand the power of his party before taking over the position of Sect Master.
Therefore, Qing Guang was also responsible for what was happening to Hu clan. In the past, the old ancestor of Hu clan had a good relationship with Dao Guang. As for Qing Guang, the old ancestor was always in opposition to him. Now, Dao Guang was hurt and the Hu clan became weaker than before. Qing Guang took advantage of the situation to seek revenge from Hu clan.
Qing Guang gave the order to regard everyone in the Hu clan as evil cultivators and slaughter all of them if they refused to surrender to Purple Light Sect!
Outside Zi Yuan Mountain, Ning Fan stood in the sky under the moonlight. His apathetic gaze swept across the Purple Light sect below him.
From Hu Ming’s mouth, he had understood the specifics of the whole incident. He didn’t have the slight interest on the disputes between the parties in Purple Light Sect. He came merely because of the promise he made before Hu Feng Zi, the promise he made for obtaining the cultivation pill.
“Righteous or evil, kind or not. None of these matters to me. The reason I kill was just to return a favour. Fragmented Pill Cauldron… falls!”
He patted on his storage pouch, a small cauldron flew out from within to the night sky. In the sky, it transformed into a huge black cauldron which had a height of a hundred *zhang. On top of the cauldron were nine black fire dragons, burning in flames!
The scene that was playing was similar to Old Devil’s action when he annihilated the All Pleasure Sect in the past. However, Purple Light Sect was obviously stronger compared to All Pleasure Sect. The grand formation that was protecting the sect was a Core Realm Middle Grade Grand Formation.
However, it was certainly not enough to stop Ning Fan!
When the cauldron fell, a loud, thunderous sound was heard immediately from the grand formation! It only withstood for only a moment and was broken into pieces of halos.
Upon the destruction of the first grand formation, the second formation rose up in just a blink of an eye. Purple light spread across sky, with a hint of quaintness. The second grand formation was much stronger. It was a Nascent Realm Low Grade Grand Formation! This formation was placed by the founder of Purple Light Sect. It was extraordinarily powerful! It was known as Purple Light Formation, the foundation of Purple Light Sect!
*Mental Seal = Restrictive Spell
*zhang = 3 meter
This formation was slightly out of Ning Fan’s expectation. It blocked the power of the Fragmented Pill Cauldron.
Upon seeing the rise of the second formation after the destruction of the first formation, Purple Light Sect’s cultivators panicked. Countless lights were lit up and a number of old monsters put on their clothes and stepped into the sky.
However, when the old monsters within the purple formation saw that the person who attacked the grand formation was the famous Revered Ning from Sinister Sparrow Sect, all of them became as quiet as cicadas in late autumn.
Only the great elder, Qing Guang, was able to maintain his composure. Within the Purple Light Grand Formation, he greeted Ning Fan by clenching his fist in the other hand at his chest. He then spoke without any hint of anger or contentment.
“We don’t know what made Revered Ning come to our sect. Is there anything we can do for you? Why did you destroy our grand formation upon arriving at our sect? Unless you hold grudges toward the master of Purple Light Sect. If that is the case, I am very willing to seek justice for Revered Ning!”
Qing Guang had heard about the renowned Ning Fan before. However, there was a fact that he was unaware of—Ning Fan was also Black Devil Ning. The black clothed incarnation who appeared before the end of the battle that day who had mislead many old monsters.
Although he knew about Ning Fan’s prestige, he could not help analyzing Ning Fan to find out more about his background as he was within the protection of the Purple Light Grand Formation. At the same time, he was instructing his disciples to replenish the formation’s eyes with immortal jades.
After a short contemplation, he was sure that he was on good terms with Ning Fan. He had not even seen Ning Fan before. If Ning Fan had come to seek revenge, it would surely be directed to the sect master, Dao Guang. After all, Dao Guang was too selfish and had brought disaster to thousands of cultivators in his escape during the battle. Besides that, countless cultivators who had luckily survived the disaster came to condemn him. As for Ning Fan, he was the first person who directly approached Purple Light Sect by initiating an attack.
“En, Ning Fan sure has a conflict with Dao Guang. Also, according to rumours, Ning Fan was quite lustful as he practiced Dual Cultivation. Perhaps, one of his partners was the daughter of a clan master from the clans which had been annihilated. Maybe, by coincidence, the innocent girl was entangled in the battle by Dao Guang and died an unfortunate death, sparking off the conflict.
Now, Qing Guang looked as if he had firmly convinced himself that Ning Fan wasn’t treating him as an enemy. Therefore, his hostility towards Ning Fan reduced.
If Ning Fan really came to seek revenge from Dao Guang, it would be music to his ears.
He would make use of the favourable situation by letting Ning Fan handle Dao Guang in the name of Purple Light Sect. It would be best if Ning Fan neutralize Dao Guang. Then, he, Qing Guang, would be the new sect master of Purple Light Sect in a perfectly justifiable way. In that manner, he wouldn’t need to carry the bad reputation of seizing the throne in a forcible manner.
Ning Fan came exactly at the right time! Hehe, Dao Guang, your position as the sect master would certainly end today! It’s time for a change!
“Bring Dao Guang here to apologize for his crime!” Qing Guang acted like he was sacrificing ties of blood for righteousness, instructing his disciples to end Dao Guang’s seclusion and bring him outside.