Grasping Evil

Several months had passed since Ning Fan had escaped into the Violet Arctic Palace.

During these months, the ancient cultivators of the Ten Thousand Tribes of the Boundary River did not pursue him here, as if they did not care about his whereabouts.

Naturally, Ning Fan did not know that all this was because the Omniscient Old Man had caused a great upheaval in the Boundary River.

He also did not know: because of his successive actions, the northern sky, the northern boundary river between, signed a temporary truce agreement; the Legacy Palace held six chess will be postponed indefinitely; Pure Yang Sect's disciples can not wait for the return of the Pure Yang Ancestor, has become a mess; the loss of the North Sea True Monarch of the Water Sect, was divided by many northern forces; the Four-morrow Sect, missing Lei Ze ancestor to monitor the operation of the stars of the week, caused a lot of chaos....

I don't know to what extent the fame of the ancient great cultivator Zhao Jian had been raised after a series of great events in the Northern Heaven and the Northern Boundary River.

The days suddenly calmed down.

Time suddenly became plentiful.

So Ning Fan found all the fragments of the Multi-informed Peerless Pair and started to repair it - naturally, Ji Fuyue, Nuruo and others were also credited with finding the fragments.

The Multi-information Peerless Pair was one of the four artifacts of the Violetta Immortal Domain. The four artifacts were unified, comparable to the Heaven Opening, and its quality was so high that there was no need to go into details.

With Ning Fan's skill, he had failed five times in a row, and still could not repair it.

Today, it was the sixth time Ning Fan closed the door to repair the Heardless Pair.

I don't know how long it took, but there was a loud explosion in the stone gate, and the stone gate was directly blown to pieces by the impact; then black smoke came out from the stone gate, and after that, Ning Fan, who was blown to pieces, walked out of the stone gate in a disgraceful state with his black hair in disorder.

"After the sixth failed attempt, Ning Fan, with his strong will, could not help but sigh.

"Not good! I don't think Brother Ning's restoration has failed again this time." Ancestor Pure Yang, who had been waiting outside the stone gate for a long time, asked nervously, "Why is Ancestor Pure Yang waiting outside the stone gate?

Why was the ancestor of Pure Sun waiting outside the stone gate?

But there was a reason for this.

Realizing that the Ancient Great Cultivator of the Boundary River had not pursued into this place, Ning Fan released Old Lei Ze, the Pure Yang Ancestor, and the Fish Master from Uncle Feng's pocket, and let them rest and recuperate in the Violet Arctic Palace to heal their wounds.

After all, this place was once the cave residence of the Immortal Emperor, and even though it had been abandoned for countless years, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was far richer than that of the outside world, so healing here would be twice as effective with half the effort.

In addition, Ning Fan's many unorthodox healing methods assisted in the healing process, and the injuries recovered extremely quickly.

Let's not mention how shocked these three people were when they first entered the Arctic Palace.

Then, after hearing that Ning Fan wanted to repair one of the Four Divine Artifacts of the Violet Immortal Region, the one who was most interested in this matter was the Pure Yang Ancestor.

"Mm, it failed again." Ning Fan took a deep breath, and his mind regained its previous calmness, as if he hadn't been hit by the failure of the sixth artifact repair.

"What is the wear and tear of this restoration?" The Pure Yang Ancestor asked.

"There are still two Cold Spirit Stones left, nine taels of Dragon Blood Sand left, and half a dozen Red Water Demon Candles left, and the rest of the materials have all been used up." Ning Fan calmly replied.

It was as if, the things used up for this artifact repair were not such precious treasures.

But in fact, each of these items, when placed in the Tongtian Sect, could be sold for more than tens of gold, which Ning Fan had bought with real money; if placed in the resource-poor Purple Dou Illusory Dream Realm, they could be several times more expensive, and their preciousness was enough to make parahumans fight for them.

"The Pure Yang Ancestor's heart ached.

He was hurting for Ning Fan!

Six times! Exactly six times! Six fixes, six failures! The amount of immortal materials wasted in each failure is equivalent to the entire fortune of an ordinary parahuman!

Six wear and tear is enough to make six parahumans lose their fortunes!

It's too expensive, it's really too expensive...

With so much money, what can't you do, why waste it like this.

"Hey, Brother Ning, listen to my advice. This object is too heavily damaged, there is no hope of repairing it, it's not worth wasting immortal materials on it ah..." the Pure Yang Ancestor.

"Thank you, Brother Lu for your kind words, but I have no intention of changing my mind and will still continue with this matter. The good thing is that every time I fail, I get some idea of what's going on, and I think if I try a dozen more times, I should be able to understand more..." Ning Fan.

Ning Fan. What?

Are you going to fail dozens more times?

Even if you have money, you can't spend it like that!

Unfortunately, no matter how much the Ancestor Pure Yang tried to persuade him, Ning Fan still did not change his mind.

So in the following days, Ning Fan was still repairing the Many Heard Peerless, and then he failed for the seventh time, eighth time, ninth time, tenth time...

Gradually, the Pure Yang Ancestor got used to it and became numb.

In his entire life, he had never seen anyone who treated money like dirt, but he had never seen anyone as rich and generous as Ning Fan.

This son is rich and generous, decisive in spending money, ruthless, but extravagant and wasteful, stubborn and stubborn, spending money like water and squandering it like dirt.

No amount of persuasion could persuade him!

By the way, it is obvious that he, Lu Chunyang, is the one who holds the title of [God of Wealth], but compared to Ning Fan, he is nothing at all.

Judging from how much Ning Fan has spent these days, it's obvious that Ning Fan is richer and better than him!

Judging from the boldness with which Ning Fan spent his money, he was not as bold as Ning Fan, the God of Wealth.

This incident was quite a blow to the Ancestor of Pure Yang.

After the blow, it also brought new insights to Master Pure Yang.

His life's cultivation was the title of [God of Wealth], and he was practicing the way of money.

In the past, he was too obsessed with money. He was eager to make and save money, and in his life, he had entered the world countless times as a mortal merchant to learn the art of making money.

He knew the way to make money.

He also understood that it was not easy to make money.

Because of this, he was born with a saving (miserly) temperament.

If he were to spend money like Ning Fan for the sake of repairing an ethereal artifact, he would probably never be able to do so.

But why, Ning Fan's attitude of spending money like running water, yet not being stingy, brought him so much emotion.

"What I have repaired in my life, it seems, is not complete..."

"The way of money is not only the way of generating and nourishing wealth, but also the way of dispersing wealth..."

"With a tenth part of my heart I have created wealth, and with a twelfth part of my heart I have nourished it, but in the matter of dispersing it I have been too stingy and too hesitant..."

"A man should be thrifty, but as a god of wealth, he is not born to amass wealth, nor should he have too much attachment to money itself..."

"Produce wealth and then feed it, feed it and then disperse it, disperse it and return it to its place of use and then revive it, and so on and so forth... Yes, yes, it should be!

Day by day, Ning Fan's number of failures had accumulated to nineteen.

Ning Fan's number of failures had accumulated to nineteen.

The Pure Yang Ancestor actually gained a great insight from each of Ning's failures.

Within his body, the cultivation sealed by the Heaven-avoiding Coffin, once again...flowed!

"My stagnant mana actually grew again as I realized it! This..." The Pure Yang Ancestor was pleasantly surprised.

A normal person could not continue to improve their cultivation after being sealed by the Heaven-avoiding Coffin for years.

In the past, Ancestor Pure Yang could only take advantage of the special characteristics of the God of Wealth seal to absorb the power of heavenly gold and silver to continue to improve his mana.

Now, however, he has truly gained a cultivation increase through his own comprehension!

I guess the God of Wealth seal is too special that even the Heaven-avoiding Coffin can't completely seal the matter; or maybe it's because he's the inventor of the Heaven-avoiding Coffin that he can do it.

"My cultivation, because of the Heaven-avoiding Coffin, has been stagnant for too long, too long... countless years of sedimentation, stagnant water gathering into a glacier, once melted and resumed flowing, could never be just a stream, but... a flood!"

The Pure Yang Ancestor's insights are deepening!

Also elevated is...what should have been a stagnant cultivation!

In the days that followed, his mana began to skyrocket, a skyrocket that not even the power of the Heaven-Dodging Coffin could suppress!

It was approaching the Second Order Para-Saint at an amazing speed!

Unfortunately, as we approached the point of breaking through the second stage of parahuman, the feeling of the flood slowed down, and more randomly, there was a break in the flow.

The inability to break through the second stage barrier in one breath...is not enough comprehension.

"Dissipate the wealth! Scatter the money! I must comprehend more of the Dao of Scattered Wealth in order to break through to a deeper level!"

The Pure Yang Ancestor decided to break through the Second Order Para-Saint with a single strike!

...

This is Ning Fan's twenty-sixth failed repair!

As usual, Ning Fan walked out of the stone gate with a grim face.

As usual, Ancestor Pure Yang was waiting outside the stone gate.

Pure Yang: "Brother Ning has failed again?"

Ning Fan: "Yes, but after this failure, I've gotten more clues..."

Pure Yang: "You really don't want to give up?"

Ning Fan: "Why give up?"

Pure Yang: "It is really necessary to continue, Brother Ning is a man of strong will, which is admirable. Or is it that Brother Ning is deliberately using this as a reminder to me? What does it mean for me to dissipate my wealth? If this is the case, I'm sorry to trouble Brother Ning."

Some didn't quite understand Ning Fan: "??"

I have a feeling that there is something strange and wrong with the recent Pure Yang Ancestor, what exactly is wrong, and what is a little hard to say.

"This object, didn't Brother Ning want it before? I'll give it to Ning." As he spoke, the Pure Yang Ancestor gave Ning Fan some jades.

Back then, in order to increase the purity of his mana, Ning Fan bought a recipe called "The Secret of Pure Refining" from the Pure Yang Ancestor.

However, he didn't buy all of them, and he only bought them up to the Six Ancient Tribulations.

What the Ancestor of Pure Yang gave to Ning Fan was the rest of the recipe.

"Give it to me? It's too valuable." Ning Fan did not want to take this object for free.

He still remembered the price the Pure Yang Ancestor had set for the Purity Recipe.

The Immortal King's Purity Secrets for the Fifth Tribulation, five hundred gold; Sixth Tribulation, one thousand gold; Seventh Tribulation, one thousand five hundred gold; Eighth Tribulation, two thousand gold; Ninth Tribulation, two thousand five hundred gold; First Stage Quasi-Sage Secrets, three thousand gold; Second Stage, three thousand gold; Third Stage, another three thousand gold....

The follow-up instructions given by the Pure Yang Ancestor were worth fifteen thousand Heavenly Dao Gold.

How could Ning Fan take such a valuable gift for free? Not to mention the fact that he was helped by the Ancestor of Pure Yang some time ago.

He should not have taken Pure Yang Ancestor's gift for nothing.

Instead, he should be the one to give the Pure Yang Ancestor a thank you gift.

"Brother Ning looks hesitant, it's not like he wants to give me money, right?" When the Pure Yang Ancestor saw Ning Fan's delay in accepting the gift, he joked.

"Naturally not... "Ning Fan secretly sighed, thanked the Pure Yang Ancestor, and accepted the gift.

He lied.

This object was too valuable, and he had just hesitated to pay for it, but he actually did intend to pay.

But in the end, he didn't. It wasn't that he was reluctant to pay the fifteen thousand gold.

It was not that he was reluctant to pay fifteen thousand gold, but he was reluctant to weigh the intentions of the Ancestor of Pure Yang with a mere amount of gold and silver.

However, considering the great significance of the gold and silver to Ancestor Pure Yang, Ning Fan made a note of it in his heart.

In the future, there would be other rewards, but he would not deliberately mention it at this time.

The Pure Yang Ancestor seemed to have seen through Ning Fan's thoughts and smiled, "Brother Ning really doesn't have to be so outgoing. In the battle of life and death before, I risked my life to come here, where the righteousness is, if I can give up my life, why should I care about gold and silver? It's a mere recipe, just give it to you, don't worry about it!"

"Thank you." Ning Fan squared up and cupped his fists in thanks.

The Pure Yang Ancestor only waved his hand indifferently, then said awkwardly, "And... this recipe for refining purity isn't really worth much. I'm not going to lie, this recipe was actually made up by me when I was bored and idle, and in terms of cost alone, it only cost me half an hour of time and a few empty jade slips. It was so cheap that I actually offered Brother Ning a price of ten thousand gold, and cheated him out of several thousand gold. I am ashamed, ashamed! In the past, I valued gold like my life, and I didn't think there was anything wrong with it, but every time I thought about it, I only felt complacent. When I think of it again, I am ashamed to say that I can't say anything... What kind of treasure can be sold for ten thousand heavenly dao gold?

Ning Fan: "???"

Ning Fan: "!!!"

Ning Fan: "..."

Pure Yang Ancestor: "Brother Ning's expression seems to be a bit mixed?"

Ning Fan: "I just didn't expect that such a subtle recipe was just made up by Brother Lu..."

The Pure Yang Ancestor: "I never thought that someone would actually pay the casual price I asked for back then..."

"... "Ning Fan was offended.

So you're saying that the person I was back then was actually an idiot in your eyes?

"Uh, I'm sorry for a momentary slip of the tongue." The Pure Yang Ancestor was embarrassed.

"There is no harm in it, back then you and I had never met before, even if we were plotting and slandering each other, it was normal. In any case, Daoist friend is astonishingly beautiful, and I have experienced that today." Ning Fan truly praised.

He casually invented such an unorthodox object as the Heaven-avoiding Coffin.

In his spare time, he had written such a marvelous recipe as the "Secret of Pure Refining".

It is no lie to say that Ancestor Pure Yang was astonishingly talented!

Such a person is trapped in the Illusory Dream Realm and is unlucky, so he is only a first-stage quasi-saint.

If he were to be born in the real world and learn from a saint, I wonder what future he would have. Ning Fan believes in the Pure Yang Ancestor's ability to become a saint.

"Speaking of which, Brother Lu's magic power has improved a lot recently, I'm afraid it won't be long before he breaks through the second-order parahuman saint, right?" Ning Fan put the Pure Refining Secrets jade slip away and asked.

"Uh, can you tell that I've refined my cultivation?" The Pure Yang Ancestor was shocked.

He was using the power of the God of Wealth seal to conceal his breath, and even an ancient great cultivator should not be able to see through his cultivation.

Why was Ning Fan able to see through him!

This kid's perception is monster-level detailed!

"Well."

"When did you see through that? It takes some time to see through such things, doesn't it? It should be because I was close to breaking through the second stage parahuman in recent days and neglected to cover my breath that you saw through it, right?" The Pure Yang Ancestor was greatly shocked and pursued the question.

"... "Ning Fan didn't know how to answer.

Do you want to say, I saw something from the first day you refined your cultivation? Just never got a chance to ask in detail?

"You kid, what a monster." The Pure Yang Ancestor saw through Ning Fan's thoughts and was even more devastated.

"I've heard that when a parahuman saint breaks through the second stage, he will often call on his friends and ask for help. When Brother Lu is fully prepared and decides on the day of the breakthrough, don't forget to inform him." Ning Fan.

"Oh, if it really is the day to break through the second stage, naturally I will have to ask Brother Ning for help. I've lived too long, and there are not many of my contemporaries left. Besides Brother Ning, I really don't know who to invite..." The ancestor of the Pure Yang sighed for a moment, only to find that the world has passed away. In the vicissitudes of the world, it is really... lonely to wait for someone who will not return.

"The day of your breakthrough will come."

"Oh, don't have to, if there's something important then, it's okay if Brother Ning doesn't come." That said, the Pure Yang Ancestor knew that if the person in front of him said he would come, he would definitely come even if there was a sea of fire and swords in front of him.

It's so good to be able to find a true Daoist friend in this lonely world of cultivation.

"All right, all right, you keep busy, I should go look for Fish Ji Zi!" Ancestor Pure Yang took his leave.

Fish Jizi, is the real name of the Fish Master.

"...In that case, I will go with you." Ning Fan said.

"Don't! I'm going to see the old man fish to spread my wealth. What are you doing with me? And it seems like the old man is still angry and may not want to see you! You'd better concentrate on your artifact repair!"

...

It is true that the fish master was angry with Ning Fan.

But in fact, he was only angry at first when he learned of the whereabouts of the wine, and he would not be angry at Ning Fan after he found out the reasons and consequences.

After he found out what happened, he would not be angry at Ning Fan, but rather felt a bit sorry for Ning Fan.

Yes, the Fish Master already knew that the reason why the Wine Demon, whom he treated as his granddaughter, was missing was because Ning Fan had taken her away.

How did the fish owner know about this?

It all started when Ning Fan invited the Fish Master to heal his wounds at the Arctic Palace.

The fish master said goodbye to Ning Fan, Chunyang and Lei Ze.

Ning Fan: "This place is the Immortal Emperor's cave and is most suitable for healing, Brother Fish may as well stay here for a while to heal his injuries, why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

Fishmaster: "I have urgent business, I can't stay long."

Pure Yang: "If you have any difficulties, please tell us, maybe we can help."

Fish Master: "Hey, it's like this, I know a little guy. I've watched him grow up, and he's like my granddaughter. This little one, she's never been away from me for too long, but recently, she's gone missing."

Razor: "Missing? Is there a clue."

Fishmaster: "No. I planted a mark on her body, but now I can't sense anything. I planted a mark on her body, but now I can't feel a thing. I don't know if she is trapped in some ancient ruins or involved in some danger... Or maybe she just hates me for always stealing her wine? Are you angry enough to deliberately hide? Please help me analyze which is the most likely?"

Ning Fan: "Do you have her life card?"

Fishmaster: "Yes. The life-tag is unbroken."

Ning Fan: "She has your parahuman seal on her body, so it's unlikely that an ordinary person would attack her; but if your enemies were seeking revenge... As for the possibility of being trapped in the ancient ruins, I can't say there's no chance..."

Fish Lord: "I should have no enemies in the Illusory Dream Realm."

Ning Fan: "So sure?"

Fish Lord: "All the enemies with cause and effect have been killed."

Ning Fan: "..."

Fish Lord: "It is possible that she is trapped in a special space such as an ancient relic, but this girl is always jumpy and likes to go into ancient relics..."

Razor: "That's a bit dangerous. The company has been in the process of developing the new product for the past two years. These devils love to build their cave dwellings in ancient ruins, so don't let your granddaughter be captured by some greedy and lustful devil while exploring the ruins and locked up in the cauldron space to raise her."

Fish Lord: "Hateful! I'll go to the Northern Sky Ruins and search one by one, and I'm sure I'll save Xiaojiu back!"

Pure Yang: "Don't go! Old man Lei just said that casually, and you really believe it? Even if those demonic cultivators grabbed the cauldron, they wouldn't dare to grab someone related to the parahumans, isn't that what Brother Ning said before?"

Razor: "Old man Lu, that's not right! What if there really is a hungry ghost who is not afraid of death? Look at the majestic appearance of Brother Fish. His granddaughter must be a beauty with the moon closed...".

Pure Yang: "They are not their own grandparents..."

Razor: "Anyway, old man fish's granddaughter is right."

Pure Yang: "But you've never seen her before, so how can you say that?"

Razor: "Intuition! I've been through a lot of life and death in my life, and I always rely on my intuition to turn a disaster into an opportunity."

Fish Master: "Oh, you're right, old man Lei. My granddaughter is indeed very handsome. Brother Lei and Brother Lu may not have seen this granddaughter, but Brother Ning should have seen her. At that time, this girl was secretly spying and wanted to make a move against Brother Ning, I said a few words to her, and she should have listened..."

In the middle of the conversation, the fish master took out the portrait of the wine and showed it to the crowd.

And after that...

Time to return to the present.

"Grandpa Fishmaster! You have no idea how vile that Ning Fan is! After he arrested me, he locked me up with his cauldrons! Do you know how many cauldrons he kept, a hundred thousand, no, maybe a million, ten million... I didn't count them, because I couldn't count them! I was shocked at how horny he was! I was really freaked out!" Wine and Spirits.

"Brother Ning's bones are still young and strong, so it's normal to raise a hundred and eighty thousand cauldrons." The Fish Lord was unconvinced.

"This...this is still normal?" The wine was frightened.

"Do you know how many eggs our fish tribe produces at a time? Even a common grass carp can produce 400,000 eggs at a time, but if it's a special fish, it's hundreds of millions of eggs at a time..." Fish Master.

"That's clearly not the same thing!" A little wine.

"Then let's discuss the matter on its own merits. The first time you attacked someone, they imprisoned you, but did not hurt you or touch you in any way, which is already a kindness. If it were me, I would have killed any unscrupulous person who came to my doorstep and caused trouble. So be content with this lesson, and don't cause any more trouble in the future." Fish Lord.

"But..." the wine.

"Find an opportunity to go and apologize to Brother Ning." Fish Master.

"What! He takes me away and I have to apologize to him?" A little wine.

"Oh, if you don't go, I won't ask any more questions if he catches you next time." Fish Lord.

"Well, then I'd better find a chance to apologize to him... He's a generous man, he'll never remember my small mistakes." Wine wimped out.

In the middle of the conversation, the Pure Yang Ancestor came to the door.

As soon as he met the fish master, he gave him a gift.

In his opinion, as long as he spreads his wealth and comprehends the way to spread his wealth, he will be able to break through the second-grade parahuman realm.

After sending the fish master a gift, Ancestor Pure Yang went to find Lei Ze and gave him another gift.

This really scared Lei Ze's ancestor.

Mysterious! It's a mystery!

The Pure Yang Ancestor, who is usually a hairless man, made an unprecedented visit to the house to give a gift, and the gift was of great value, which is horrifying.

...

The wine decided to apologize to Ning Fan.

I don't know if she can really change her mistake, but it's mainly because she's a wimp. This time, she was really afraid of being taken away by Ning Fan, and if she had the support of the grandfather of the fish master, she would still have three points to fear Ning Fan, but now....

In order not to be retaliated by Ning Fan, she had to come out personally to settle the karma.

Moreover, it seems that Ning Fan still has what the grandfather of the fish master is looking for, and she, wants it.

In order to show sincerity, this apology of course cannot go empty-handed.

"Excuse me for asking, where can I find the finest brewing materials here?" Liquor pulled a small demon from the Arctic Palace and asked.

"Go, go, go away, grandpa still has to patrol the mountains, no time to take care of you!" The little demon was impatient.

"Hey hey hey, before you get arrogant, let's see the difference in our cultivation, okay? I'm a great power in the Realm of Transmutation, and you're a Jindan Little Demon, okay?" The wine was speechless.

"Crossing the realm of truth? Just you?" The little demon looked at the wine with the eyes of a retard.

No matter how you look at it, you don't feel that this two-bit girl in front of you looks like some kind of mighty power.

"If you don't believe me, I'll release some pressure so that you can see how terrifying it is to be a Transcendent Power." In order to prove her own identity as a Transcendental Power, Wine decided to release some pressure to show the other party.

However, as soon as she tried to release the pressure, an invisible star dou force scattered her pressure across the world.

Not even the slightest bit fell on the demon's head.

Could not fall!

Because...the Violet Arctic Palace won't allow it!

This is the former Immortal Emperor's cave, and a mere foreigner, a Daoist monk, is not even qualified to release his pressure here!

"How about that, shocker!" Wine's pressure was only released for an instant and then stopped, mainly because she was afraid that if she released it for too long, it would directly kill the little demon. She thought she had shocked her opponent, and didn't notice that her pressure had been dispelled, mainly because the moment it was dispelled, it was too fast.

"So you really are a Transcendental Power, you really scared me to death... Okay, okay, aren't you looking for brewing materials? Go, go over there and ask our commander for it. Poor, such a nice girl, why did she hurt her brain at such a young age." In the end, the little demon still gave directions to the wine.

Probably she was sympathizing with the girl who was not so good in the head.

Wine didn't mind the little demon's criticism.

It was mainly because she didn't hear the little demon say that she was brain-dead.

After she left.

The little demon looked up at the sky, at the misty dome of the Violet Arctic Palace, and muttered.

"At that moment just now, how come I had a feeling of being sheltered by the heavens and the earth, a feeling like the one described in the book [Protection of the Violet Dou Numeral]. It's so warm and reassuring that it makes you sleepy. It should just be an illusion."

"With the old esteem having passed away and the new esteem yet to arrive, it is impossible for the Violet Guardian to reappear."

"I really want to see how the Violet Arctic Palace looks with a master."