Chapter 1290: A Nanke Dream, Homeward as Niyue
Chapter 1290: Chapter 1290: A Nanke Dream, Homeward as Niyue
Millions of Calamity Flashes flooded in, with an imposing force like a vast ocean. The endless red lightning roared within the sea of calamity, and any single stroke of red lightning could easily kill a True Immortal.
Such a multitude of Calamity Flashes combined together, even an Immortal Emperor would find it hard to resist.
Yet they could not harm Ning Fan!
Within the sea of millions, across the countless calamities, there emerged a person holding an umbrella, walking slowly, with not a single corner of his clothes damaged.
Ning Fan’s eyes flashed with azure spikes as his gaze swept to the immeasurable underworld sparrow above: this sparrow is a Taicang Calamity Spirit of True Blood Six Stars, its power comparable to a Seventh or Eighth Tribulations Immortal Emperor...
Considering the trait of Calamity Thought to seep in without a trace and corrode one’s will, even a Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor facing this sparrow would likely struggle to cope...
Chirp!
Noticing the Calamity Flashes all over the sky could not harm Ning Fan, the Immeasurable Underworld Sparrow opened its giant mouth, and an endless red glow gathered into a fireball as large as the red sun within.
In an instant, the heavens and earth manifested the phantoms of millions of fire cranes, fire crows, and fire sparrows, an anomaly from which countless ancient spirits bowed piously toward the cranes, crows, and sparrows.
Upon glimpsing this scene, Ning Fan seemed to become one of the ancient spirits, drawn into the painting.
The Immeasurable Underworld Sparrow had unfolded its Palatial Void, dragging Ning Fan into it! Its palatial domain is... calamity!
While within the Palatial Void, the sparrow’s Calamity Flash power was multiplied several times!
Though initially only True Blood Six Stars, its blood now boiled, its aura briefly elevated to True Blood Seven Stars, with a momentum infinitely approaching First Order Quasi-Saint!
Then the sparrow spewed the fireball, and in an instant, a blazing red sun fell from the heavens as if the ancient divine right collapsed within the world!
Countless methods intertwined and collapsed within the red sun, countless Calamity Flashes roared and lamented within the sun, and countless ancient spirits’ phantoms mourned and repented toward the direction of the sun’s fall...
Yet at that moment, ten streams of water spikes soared into the sky, colliding with the red sun!
It was Ning Fan dispersing Rain Intent, within the sparrow’s Palatial Void, unfolding his own Palatial Void. Ten streams of water spikes roared out, transforming into ten giant rain dragons, thus the dragon and the sun, calamity and rain, resolutely collided! Water light and red glow divided the world in two, but the water’s illumination held greater advantage, slowly devouring the red glow completely.
With each collision, each confrontation, the flames of the red sun slowly extinguished while the water light of the rain dragon was gradually vaporized.
Finally, the red sun was cracked by the rain dragon, taking an appearance of collapse; and one rain dragon was burned to ashes by the red sun, followed by the second dragon, the third dragon... but as long as Ning Fan’s Rain Intent persisted, fallen dragons continually resurrected, charging towards the red sun undaunted.
Within a mere ten breaths, the red sun and rain dragon collided over a thousand times, ultimately shattering the red sun! Ning Fan’s Rain Void crushed the sparrow’s Calamity Void!
Still, the rain dragons were not unscathed, though Ning Fan continuously reshaped their bodies with Rain Intent, closer inspection revealed traces of Calamity Thought erosion on each rain dragon.
The powerful Taicang Calamity Spirit could indeed corrode the enemy’s methods! It was troublesome, as regular Quasi-Saints would be distressed by such circumstances.
The erosion from Calamity Thought to methods was akin to humans catching a virus, initially small but proliferating endlessly, eventually irreversible.
Yet it was no difficulty for Ning Fan, as he himself possessed Calamity Blood cultivation.
Thus Ning Fan released his True Blood Four Stars Calamity Thought, using his Four-Star Calamity Thought to devour the small amount of Six-Star Calamity Thought that had invaded the rain dragon’s body.
For lower position bloodlines to swallow higher position Calamity Thought was challenging, but since the invading Calamity Thought was sparse, it could be done.
Chirp?
Seeing Ning Fan was also a Calamity Spirit, the Immeasurable Underworld Sparrow felt perplexed.
Its low spirit awareness couldn’t fathom why a fellow like Ning Fan would hinder its calamity descent.
Could it be we have a traitor among us?
The sparrow labored with all its limited brain cells to deduce a seemingly reasonable answer.
Thus it became increasingly enraged!
Its rage billowed from its fellow’s betrayal!
For nothing infuriated the Calamity Clan more than betrayal, a wrath engraved in their bloodline, passed through thousands of generations, never extinguished!
Dare not speak! Dare not annihilate! Dare not forget!
Chirp!
Flames burned ferociously, but this time it was not Calamity Fire, it was the sparrow itself!
The Immeasurable Underworld Sparrow ignited its Calamity Blood, reborn in fire, its momentum briefly surging to True Blood Eight Stars!
Under the soaring aura, a black moon mark appeared above the sparrow’s eyes!
Almost as if chanting a spell, the sparrow issued sixteen furious cries consecutively!
No one could understand the words of a low-awareness Calamity Spirit, yet Ning Fan comprehended.
[Infinite Calamity Technique, unsolvable in the world! If the black moon intercepts, extinguish the reversal!]
Huh? Why does this incantation sound like the grievance technique’s spell, is there a connection...
Time was scarce, leaving no room for Ning Fan to ponder, at this moment, the sparrow’s entire Calamity Thought red glow had been dyed pitch black! The black Calamity Thought shined upon the world, ultimately condensing into a black moon!
Beneath the black moon, the sparrow poured out everything, burned itself, all to... eradicate rebelliousness!
Ning Fan felt the sparrow’s intensely burning will, but he too had reasons he could not retreat from.
He entered the Trial World for the second time, not to witness the immeasurable calamity destroy everything! With him there, the Northern Barbarians Kingdom shall not be destroyed by anyone! Not even by the immeasurable calamity!
In a flash, Ning Fan transformed into a giant of golden flames, wielding the Merit Giant Umbrella, and battled against the sparrow with a divine body...
...
The Immortal Stone had a dream.
In the dream, he befriended someone, a dear friend of Fifth Brother Shi Gui, someone seemingly named Zhang Dao.
He and Zhang Dao hit it off, their first meeting made him feel a chill down his spine, trembling unceasingly, unable to calm like being electrified, fearfully dreading something... Fifth Brother mentioned that only love at first sight evokes tingling sensations, could this be love at first sight!
But love takes many forms!
He was normal in orientation, definitely not developing romance, it must be... great friendship!
Trusting his intuition despite the brief acquaintance, he regarded Zhang Dao as a once-in-a-century close friend, even composing a poem to immortalize this great friendship!
In ancient times, the poet lamented how the waters of Peach Blossom Pond were deep, but not as deep as friendship!
The Immortal Stone laments the glorious bird and even more glorious friendship, cherishing the chance meeting!
In the dream, Brother Zhang Dao arrived for the appointment to help find Big Brother Rock God.
However, before finding Big Brother, Brother Zhang Dao was caught in the first disaster, seemingly caused by someone triggering the Soul-Seizing Chess...
And then, even the Immeasurable Catastrophe descended...
Many people died, and Brother Zhang Dao also went missing. He and Fifth Brother Shi Gui searched everywhere for their brother’s whereabouts but were attacked by the Immeasurable Tribulation Spirits, causing the two to lose contact.
Later, he finally found his brother, only to see him being eaten by an Immeasurable Mingque...
No, this isn’t right, none of this is a dream!
I really was eaten by that damned bald bird! I remember now!
"Damn bald bird, don’t get cocky! You can’t kill me! I’m best at the Stone Man Rebirth Technique! When in full status, I have ninety-nine lives! What’s to fear in death!"
The Immortal Stone cursed aloud, and with curses, he awakened.
He found himself lying in the snow. Although his physical defense was damaged, it was not destroyed. Obviously, he didn’t escape from Mingque’s belly using the Stone Man Rebirth Technique; someone must have rescued him from Mingque’s belly!
Who saved me...
That was an Immeasurable Mingque in explosive status, comparable to a First Order Quasi-Saint. In today’s Northern Barbarians Kingdom, is there anyone who can counter such formidable Tribulation Spirit?
Even someone like him, a Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor, couldn’t resist the might of the Calamity Thought; his entire method was eroded, and even he was eaten by Mingque...
Boom boom boom!
The sky resounded with the rumble of method collisions!
Only then did the Immortal Stone see that in the sky, a Golden Flame Giant was battling the gigantic Mingque.
Currently, the Golden Flame Giant is about to deliver the final blow to the exhausted Mingque!
With one blow, Mingque, consumed with endless hatred, was incinerated to ashes.
The Golden Flame Giant then swallowed the myriad dark Calamity Thoughts scattered from Mingque.
Afterwards, the giant descended to the ground, divine light dissipating, revealing the form of Brother Zhang Dao.
"Ah?"
The Immortal Stone was dumbfounded.
The one who killed the Immeasurable Mingque and saved his life was actually his Brother Zhang Dao?
His brother...is this powerful? Dares to fight even an Immeasurable Mingque?
No, it’s not a question of daring. His brother’s heart must also fear the terrifying Mingque, must also be filled with thoughts of escape, but he must fight! There’s no retreat! Even if it means dying, he can only fight to the last moment! Exhausting all, a hundred deaths without regret, just to...save me!
"Brother! You’ve suffered! You’ve suffered!"
The Immortal Stone was deeply moved, and without a second thought, he went to give Ning Fan a great hug that witnesses the grandeur of friendship.
But Ning Fan avoided it with a look of disdain, feeling puzzled: This guy, bitten by the Immeasurable Mingque, and then spat out like a magical treasure, has finally gone crazy...
It turns out that it wasn’t Ning Fan who saved the Immortal Stone!
Clearly, it was when Mingque in the third phase had no other option, that it sacrificed the hard-to-digest, magical-treasure-like Immortal Stone from its belly.
But the Immortal Stone remembers none of the details. He insists it was Ning Fan who rescued him, and he believes Ning Fan did everything to uphold their great friendship!
At this moment, how could one not recite a poem!
Ah!
Immeasurable damned bald bird, you are really something!
Take big gulps, as brothers come save me!
The Immortal Stone, swallowed and near death, suddenly hears the battle cries from the sky!
The accumulated snow of Northern Barbarians is a thousand feet deep, not enough to match Zhang Dao’s rescue sentiment!
Blue-blue my robe, long-long my heart!
But for brotherhood, I’ve pondered to this day!
Zhang Dao, the great hero, manly, and birdish!
To rise, a thousand-mile bird, first stroke one’s feathers!
Ning Fan: "..."
Hoping these nonsensical things don’t pass down through generations...
"The poem is done, Brother Zhang, you should go to the Thousand Trees Formation in the north, where the Northern Barbarians survivors have now fled. I can’t accompany you; I still need to find my Fifth Brother." The Immortal Stone clearly still remembers the split from Shi Gui True Person.
"There’s no need; Shi Gui True Person is currently in the Thousand Trees Formation you mentioned. But his situation is not good; you better be mentally prepared..." Ning Fan’s face was like water.
The Rain Intent had already spread, covering the ruins of the Northern Barbarians Kingdom, tracing the aura of Northern Barbarian God, Bai Ling, and others, heading north.
Ning Fan had already sensed that in that direction a formation of Thousand Trees sheltered the survivors.
But it’s unclear whether it’s because of the severe cold of the Heavenly Dao in Northern Barbarians Kingdom, or Ning Fan’s spirit sense being too cold, the rain intent released did not turn into a rain curtain but also transformed into winds and snow.
The swirling snowflakes conveyed images back to the divine sense.
In the Thousand Trees Formation, Ning Fan found Bai Ling, whose aura was weak, though not in life-threatening danger, she has been impacted by the Immeasurable Catastrophe.
Then he saw Shi Gui True Person, already eroded by the Calamity Thought, half-dead and maddened like a demon.
Later, he found Northern Barbarian God. Severely injured, she has been driven to her original form, becoming a wilting red lotus...On the red lotus, numerous hideous, terrifying sword wounds remain, the Killing Intent of Gui Star within them, identical to that of the gigantic blood-light giant sword that split the Northern Barbarians Kingdom in two...
Additionally, an elder with a crown of leaves was gravely treating the Northern Barbarian God, with a little white ape assisting the elder in brewing medicine...
Suddenly sensing Ning Fan’s Rain Intent probing, the crown elder was surprised, with a look of confusion, but also a hint of speculation...
"Her life hangs in the balance, her days are numbered. This is an already determined destiny matter, but if you wish to save, hurry here, remember to bring the Immortal Stone beside you, there’s a magical use for it," the crown elder spoke thusly.
...
However, wanting to quickly navigate the Thousand Trees Formation isn’t an easy task.
Although Ning Fan had destroyed an immeasurable underworld sparrow, there were still many calamity spirits ravaging the terrain of the Northern Barbarians Kingdom.
Moreover, where the immeasurable underworld sparrow perished, tens of thousands of fledgling sparrows the size of a palm unexpectedly emerged, all attacking Ning Fan.
One sparrow falls, ten thousand sparrows are born.
Even if ten thousand sparrows are killed, another billion are born, making them virtually impossible to eradicate.
Fortunately, the newly born fledglings were much weaker than their predecessor, with increasingly smaller sizes, and even their most forceful attacks could only leave a mosquito-bite-like bump on Ning Fan’s physical defense.
Yet, these bumps were unbearably itchy, and a poison stemming from Calamity Thought slowly corroded Ning Fan’s physical defense from within like maggots under the skin.
Luckily, Ning Fan did not fear this calamity poison’s erosion; any poison entering his body was devoured by his Calamity Blood, turning into nourishment for it, and the bump healed instantly.
After battling the immeasurable underworld sparrow, Ning Fan not only remained unharmed but his Calamity Blood advanced significantly. If the distance from True Blood Four Stars to Five Stars were compared to a thousand-mile journey, then after his battle with the underworld sparrow, Ning Fan had covered 150 miles already. Moreover, if these fledglings kept biting him more, further enhancing his Calamity Blood, he might advance even more...
Thus, faced with billions of fledglings, Ning Fan no longer resisted nor killed but allowed them to bite.
He didn’t resist, so he could absorb the calamity poison and improve his cultivation; he didn’t kill, having understood that killing the fledglings would only increase their numbers, and some things could not be eliminated by violence alone but required special means.
However, Ning Fan could ignore the fledglings since he possessed Calamity Blood and a robust physical defense.
The Immortal Stone could not.
An attack that slightly broke Ning Fan’s skin was something the Immortal Stone couldn’t withstand, and it dared not try!
When a fledgling bit Ning Fan, a bump would appear, but it would instantly heal as the residual poison was exhausted; however, if it bit the Immortal Stone, it would leave a hole, and if billions of fledglings swarmed it, it wouldn’t take long before the Immortal Stone was chewed away, losing its life...
Fortunately, Ning Fan summoned the Merit Umbrella to shield the Immortal Stone with its divine light, keeping it safe and sound.
It was unclear whether Ning Fan protected the Immortal Stone out of respect for Shi Gui the True Person or because of the old man’s advice that "the Immortal Stone would be of great use."
The Immortal Stone also didn’t understand the intricacies; it only knew one thing! To protect it from the fledglings’ attacks, Brother Zhang generously placed the Merit Umbrella over it, while enduring the attacks himself... Such selflessness! Such greatness! Such brilliance! With a friend like this, death holds no regrets!
Immortal Stone: "Brother Zhang, you are... so kind to me! In this scene, I really want to compose a poem to praise your virtues!"
Ning Fan: "If you could remain silent, that would be a great help, composing poetry is unnecessary..."
Immortal Stone: "Indeed! Brother Zhang has perceived my current injured weakness and advised against composing poetry to protect me... Enduring the attack of a billion sparrows while still caring for me... What a divine brother!"
Ning Fan: "..."
...
The billions of fledglings couldn’t stop Ning Fan’s advancing steps.
Though they could bite Ning Fan, injecting calamity poison into his body, the poison wasn’t infinite. Once a fledgling ran out of poison, it meant its demise, and unlike being slain, it couldn’t give birth to new sparrows.
Thus, with time passing, fledgling poison was depleted continually, so when Ning Fan reached the Thousand Trees Formation, all the fledglings had vanished.
Along the way, aside from depleting the fledglings’ poison, Ning Fan encountered attacks from thirteen calamity spirits. Among them were the immeasurable primal wing of True Blood Five Stars, the immeasurable flying midge of True Blood Six Stars, the immeasurable raven of True Blood Five Stars... none of the thirteen calamity spirits were weaker than True Blood Five Stars!
If including the initial encounter with the underworld sparrow, Ning Fan had dispatched... fourteen calamity spirits through his journey.
Among the fourteen calamity spirits, the hardest to deal with was the final encounter with a raven. This raven was not the same as the one Ning Fan encountered in the Dreamland Realm and was not as profound in cultivation, but upon meeting Ning Fan, it immediately chose to self-destruct its true spirit...
In the past, Ning Fan had crushed the Blood God Raven at the Eastern Boundary River, back then, the raven’s true spirit attempted escape, but Ning Fan was warned by Niu Manshan: [If the raven’s true spirit self-destructs, the power is tens of times that of an ordinary true spirit’s explosion... with the cultivation of this raven, detonating its true spirit would level the entire Eastern Boundary River. Its explosion’s might could even ripple through the Eastern Heaven Immortal World, destroying more than half of it... Without a Saint’s strength, don’t drive it to despair]
That time, Ning Fan admitted he couldn’t restrain the raven’s true spirit and had to let it escape.
And this time, Ning Fan finally witnessed the terrifying nature of the raven clan’s self-destruction.
This raven wasn’t like the Blood God Raven Ning Fan had encountered before; its cultivation was merely equivalent to a Sixth Calamity Immortal Emperor, yet once it self-destructed, the impact was equal to a Saint’s strike!
It was only a hair’s breadth away from the Trial World being blasted through by the raven’s true spirit, not to mention that the ruins of the Northern Barbarians Kingdom were almost levelled as if hit by a nuclear explosion, nearly ending the Second Saint Heir Trial directly!
Fortunately, at the critical moment, Ning Fan absorbed the raven’s nuclear explosion, enduring all the damage alone...
Previously, if Ning Fan dared to forcibly absorb the raven’s nuclear explosion, he would have been blasted to smithereens.
However, this time, he activated the power of Duowen Wushuang.
With the power at the level of opening the sky, expanding infinitely, Ning Fan’s Qi and blood were briefly increased by a hundredfold!
Then, using the energy of a hundred Ning Fans, he directly took on the five-star raven’s nuclear explosion, ultimately losing the equivalent of thirty-three portions of his Qi and blood...
It is hard to imagine how many Ning Fans would be obliterated if the self-destructing raven was the Blood God Raven...
When the power of infinite expansion lifted, Ning Fan’s complexion paled somewhat, and his Qi and blood felt momentarily hollow.
But as long as he could spare the Northern Barbarians, protect the Trial World from destruction, those injuries were trivial.
Moreover, Ning Fan didn’t leave the encounter with just injuries and no gains; although the raven’s true spirit exploded within him, all the remnants nourished his Calamity Blood, further advancing his cultivation.
However, the Immortal Stone didn’t know this; it only knew that to prevent the raven’s nuclear explosion from affecting it, its good brother endured everything alone...
Damn it! What virtues and abilities do I, the Immortal Stone, possess to deserve such a kindred spirit, life-and-death companionship like this!
"I, the Immortal Stone, swear here, that if I do not repay Brother Dao’s great kindness in this life, then in the next life, I shall willingly be exterminated by Brother Dao himself!" the Immortal Stone declared tearfully.
"..." Faced with the Immortal Stone’s self-inflicted sensation, Ning Fan was left speechless.
Then he recalled, didn’t you, the Immortal Stone, later get killed by me twice? Could it be that your haphazard oaths today resulted in karma in the next life...
Even though I killed the Immortal Stone twice, was it really dead... When this thing was previously unconscious, it vaguely mentioned having ninety-nine lives at full power...
This explains why I failed to kill the Immortal Stone successfully the first time; and likely didn’t truly succeed the second time either...
Could it be that the Immortal Stone now quietly resurrected in some corner of the Northern Heavens, laying low to preserve its life...
"Hiss! Why does Brother Zhang’s gaze at me suddenly appear so terrifying, making my heart tremble? Could it be he’s fallen for me! But I only see him as a good brother..." The Immortal Stone began breaking into a cold sweat without a reason, then thought he was overthinking.
No way! Absolutely impossible!
His good brother clearly carries the aura of orthodox Dual Cultivation, perfectly normal in orientation, no need to worry!
A good brother’s preferences must be women, without a doubt!
Wait a minute, is it possible that my good brother doesn’t know I’m a man and thinks I’m a woman!
Gasp! How come I don’t know, from which angle do I look like a delicate flower? Or perhaps, the nuclear explosion of Gengwu blew up my good brother’s head, making him unable to distinguish my true gender...
"To be honest with Brother Zhang, actually, I am a man." The Immortal Stone said seriously, he was willing to entrust his back to a good brother, but not his backside!
"?"
Ning Fan couldn’t figure out the logic of the Immortal Stone’s brain. How could anyone mistake this rough, bearded man for a woman?
He couldn’t understand it, and didn’t want to understand it. Not even the Unity of Heaven and Man wanted to understand the logic of the Immortal Stone’s brain.
So he ignored the Immortal Stone and instead stood outside the Thousand Trees Formation, sending a message-transmitting flying sword into the formation.
Then the formation opened, and an elder with a crown of leaves slowly came out to greet him, along with Bai Ling.
Unlike the previously deprived Bai Ling of sight and speech, at this moment Bai Ling seemed to have been treated by someone, and her five senses had already been restored.
Her eyes could now see.
Her mouth could now express the thoughts in her heart.
Even her hands could now touch the person she wanted to within the unattainable world.
So at last, she saw what the light in her heart looked like.
In everyone else’s eyes, Ning Fan appeared as Brother Zhang, but in Bai Ling’s eyes at this moment, Ning Fan was just Ning Fan.
"Big Brother Fan, you’re hurt..." No longer calling Ning Fan the elder brother of the Zong Ze as before.
But rather, she retrieved other memories lost in the vast cycle of reincarnation!
Big Brother Fan?
This title, this title...
Ning Fan’s breath caught!
At this moment, Bai Ling’s silhouette seemed to entirely overlap with someone from Ning Fan’s memory.
There had once been a figure who gifted Ning Fan a jade locket when he was about to die in humiliation, enabling him to start his second life.
There had once been a figure waiting amid the wind and snow of Seven Apricot City, waiting for him to come home, to bring her a Bell Orchid.
There had been a figure who Ning Fan would rather destroy himself than cut loose from his Heart Demon...
The Destiny observed reincarnation, the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign observed Destiny.
And I, observed you.
There are no coincidences in this world, and the Yin Yang Locket that gave Ning Fan his second life on that day was certainly no coincidence.
It was merely someone who, amidst the vast cycle of reincarnation, had sought in vain for countless eons, folding cranes from paper as they searched, and finally found the little butterfly they wanted to save, thus starting a life without suffering for him...
"It seems you already understand..." the elder with a crown of leaves sighed.
"Ah? Big Brother Fan understood what? Speaking of which, why do I call him Big Brother Fan, I don’t understand..." Bai Ling felt confused. Since her five senses were restored, she’s felt inexplicable memories surging to her mind but doesn’t know where they came from.
"You don’t need to understand it..."
Ning Fan gently embraced Bai Ling, then let go. Now he could touch the reality he wanted to in this realm.
Because you are my uncullable Heart Demon...
"You you you... I I..." Bai Ling’s face suddenly turned scorching hot, like a boiled, steaming shrimp, unable to speak.
Always deprived of feeling, now that it was restored, she experienced such an intense contact for the first time!
So her mind went blank, and she darted back into the formation, hiding in her room like an ostrich...
"Hmm? I thought it was her, but it’s not entirely her is it..." Ning Fan was puzzled.
"I thought you understood everything, but it seems you only understood part of it, didn’t you..." the elder with a crown of leaves was speechless.
"Even if you can’t understand it all, do you still decide to take such rebellious action..." the elder asked again.
"What is Senior talking about, I don’t understand at all." Ning Fan.
"Heh, interesting. In that case, let me see where you plan to fly with those wings..." the elder with a crown of leaves.
The Immortal Stone was dumbfounded!
The Immortal Stone was stupefied!
The Immortal Stone was bewildered!
What on earth are you talking about!
Can you speak human language please!
What exactly is interesting! Who in the world would find the Riddle Man interesting!
Can you consider the feelings of the listeners! Huh?
The Immortal Stone really wanted to curse, but of course, he couldn’t bear to curse his good brother, so he would curse this elder with the crown of leaves instead!
Yet for some reason, the more the Immortal Stone looked at the elder, the more familiar he seemed, and then he finally realized who the elder was and, shocked, dared not open his mouth to curse!
"Sou-Senior Nan Ke? You’re the Ancestor of the Enlightenment Tree, Senior Nan Ke!"
Gasp! Such an ancient existence living in countless legends, though not a Saint, even the Saints must show three points of courtesy, why would he be here! Could it be he’s trying to interfere with the Northern Barbarian Vastness, or is it...
"Don’t indulge in wild fantasies! I’ve been living in seclusion here for countless eons, otherwise, how would the Northern Barbarians produce Enlightenment Tea Leaves... As for my stance, it’s neutral, I’m not a schemer, nor someone meant to enter a calamity... That said, there are people trying to draw me into a calamity, what can be done about it..." Nanke the Old Immortal sighed.
These words seemed like an explanation to the Immortal Stone, but more like they were said for Ning Fan to hear.
The waters of the Northern Barbarians Kingdom run deep, even a legendary figure like him finds it hard to escape calamity. So, have you really resolved to get involved in this... And everything you’re doing, even if successful, can only change a trivial illusion of reincarnation, is it worth it...
Will you be one of the five spirits that my master Niyue is waiting for...