Grasping the Evil-Chapter 769: Crystal Shard, Envoys from Godly Void Pavilion Arrive
The rubies in the eyes of the twelve sphinx statues are known as Red Essence Stones, a unique treasure of the Flowing Sand Clan.
This stone contains extremely powerful True Yang power, which can be absorbed by Second Step masters who cultivate True Yang power.
This stone can also be used for refining treasures and setting up formations.
The twelve sphinx statues are arranged in a formation, which combines to become a deadly array. Even Shekong cultivators dare not trespass into this formation.
Any cultivator below the Shekong level who tries to force their way into the clan temple without a token will be killed by the crimson light from the eyes of the twelve statues.
Ning Fan stood tall in the sky, overlooking the twelve statues, and felt a sense of foreboding.
If he had not revealed the token Mux Tu gave him and chose to force his way into this Pyramid Clan Temple, he would undoubtedly have been attacked by the twelve statues with utmost ferocity.
"Your Excellency, you do not seem to be of the Flowing Sand Clan! What business do you have at the clan temple!"
Several voices filled with a hint of questioning came from within the pyramid.
At the same time, seven Ghost Profound Grade spirit senses emanated from the pyramid, scanning Ning Fan.
These seven people were the guardians of the clan temple from the Flowing Sand Clan, among whom there was even a Ghost Profound Middle Stage cultivator.
These people, who had been guarding the clan temple for a long time, were unaware of the outside world events and did not know about Ning Fan joining the Exterminate Demon Alliance as the Fifth Alliance Leader.
Ning Fan patted his storage pouch and took out the token, showcasing it briefly.
In an instant, the seven temple-guarding cultivators were all startled, "Guest Elder’s Command!"
In the next moment, the ferocious light in the eyes of the twelve statues vanished into thin air, and seven priests from the Flowing Sand Clan hurriedly came out of the temple, bowing with utmost respect to Ning Fan!
Upon seeing this token, even though they knew Ning Fan was not of the Flowing Sand people, they dared not offend him at all.
The token given to Ning Fan by Mux Tu was one that only a Guest Elder of the Flowing Sand Clan could possess.
With this token, even though Ning Fan was not of the Flowing Sand people, he could enjoy the treatment of an elder in the Flowing Sand Clan.
Ning Fan’s eyes flashed slightly; he had not expected Mux Tu to give him such a useful token. Now that he knew the origin of the token, he was slightly surprised but showed no change of expression.
"I intend to enter the clan temple alone, to bow before the ancestral statue, seeking to be granted a Forbidden Technique Jade Slip, and wish for no disturbances," Ning Fan ordered faintly.
"Yes!"
The seven priests dared not disobey Ning Fan’s command.
Every Flowing Sand Clan member who came to seek a Forbidden Technique Jade Slip wouldn’t want others to spy on their jade slip.
The Forbidden Technique Jade Slip is each Flowing Sand Clan member’s life-saving trump card, not to be casually revealed to outsiders.
The priests would never have imagined that Ning Fan came to play the role of a wallflower, assuming instead that he did not wish others to know what divine skill his Jade Slip contained.
Ning Fan nodded in satisfaction and entered the pyramid alone, with the seven priests waiting respectfully outside.
This was the place dedicated to the golden bodies of past Flowing Sand Clan Leaders, containing thousands of temples inside, of which only 500 housed Incense Fire Golden Bodies. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞
Of the five hundred-plus Flowing Sand Clan Leaders, only a dozen or so had their Incense Fire continuously growing, while for the rest, the growth had long stopped, forgotten by the world, receiving no offerings or reverence.
Among the incense fires of this dozen or so, the Flowing Sand Daoist had the most.
This individual’s one finger could reverse ten thousand years of time, reducing an Eternal Immortal Venerable’s spirit sense by ten thousand years, shocking the entire Eastern Heaven Immortal World.
The Eastern Heaven cultivators offering to and admiring him were numerous.
With nine million years of accumulation, this person’s Incense Fire was almost as much as that of the Ancestor of the Yao Family.
As he walked through one temple after another, Ning Fan, holding a demon puppet, waved his hand to steal the Incense Flame power from the golden body statues of the deceased.
No matter how much Incense Fire there was, he took it without wasting any.
With each Incense Fire he took, Ning Fan would light a stick of incense and bow to the deceased from whom he had stolen incense.
The person is gone, leaving the Incense Fire of no use. Taking it did not harm his spirit sense.
Returning a stick of incense to the deceased was his heart’s humble gesture of respect.
After visiting all the temples, Ning Fan obtained an enormous amount of Incense Fire, depositing it all into his Incense Fire Golden Body.
The golden body bore a striking resemblance to Ning Fan, containing sufficient Incense Fire power to significantly increase his Mana.
This was the collective Incense Fire left over from over five hundred generations of Flowing Sand Clan leaders, enough to save a Ghost Profound Cultivator ten thousand years of arduous cultivation, yet for Ning Fan, it still wasn’t enough to instantly break through to the Ghost Profound Middle Stage.
The Ghost Profound Realm was exceedingly difficult to advance.
Having stolen all the Incense Fire, he had achieved one of his objectives in coming to the Flowing Sand Star Domain.
With the Incense Fire in hand, Ning Fan was in no hurry to leave. Instead, he continued deeper into the clan temple.
In the deepest part of the clan temple, the Incense Fire of the Flowing Sand Ancestor’s golden body statue was enshrined.
The Flowing Sand Ancestor was once an Immortal King, whose accumulated Incense Fire power was naturally immense.
But without the ability to steal it, more Incense Fire would not make him envious.
People usually entered the clan temple to bow before the ancestral statue, hoping for the ancestral statue to grant a Forbidden Technique Jade Slip.
Although Ning Fan had no intention of bowing to the ancestral statue, he didn’t mind trying to see if he could obtain a Forbidden Technique Jade Slip.
If he could receive a Forbidden Technique Jade Slip for nothing, it would certainly be a great fortune.
In the deepest part of the temple was a golden palace, where ancient incense burned, its fragrance remaining undispersed even now.
On the four walls of the palace were ancient murals depicting the stories of the Flowing Sand Clan in ancient times.
A golden statue stood in the hall, depicting an elderly man with three eyes.
This elder’s forehead bore a golden eye; his left hand held a golden scepter, entangled by a cobra, his right hand grasping a treasure bead.
The treasure bead was made of pure gold, more radiant and bright than the rest of the golden statue.
It seemed as though it wasn’t a golden treasure bead but a small, golden Sun.
"This is the golden body of the Flowing Sand Ancestor..."
Ning Fan’s gaze reflected slight admiration as he picked up a piece of sandalwood, approached the incense burner before the golden statue, and inserted burning incense into the ashes, then clasped his fists and paid homage to the Flowing Sand Ancestor’s golden body.
He was not of the Flowing Sand Clan, and he would not kneel before the Flowing Sand Ancestor.
This simple fist-clasped tribute was nothing more than a reflection on the ancients and an attempt to see if he could earn a Forbidden Technique Jade Slip from the offering.
After the tribute, Ning Fan quietly watched the golden body of the Flowing Sand Ancestor, waiting patiently.
Following this tribute, the Incense Fire power within the golden body of the Flowing Sand Ancestor inexplicably increased slightly.
That slight increase was born of Ning Fan’s admiration.
At the moment the Incense Fire power increased, the Ancestor’s golden body emitted a faint golden glow, which gradually grew brighter.
Ribbons of golden light condensed into golden jade slips around Ning Fan, floating in the air.
These golden jade slips were still in a phantom state, recording the various forbidden techniques mastered by the Flowing Sand Ancestor throughout his life.
Soon, the hall was filled with the phantom images of hundreds of thousands of golden jade slips.
Standing amidst countless jade slips, Ning Fan’s gaze reflected a trace of awe.
In his heart, he marveled at the Flowing Sand Ancestor’s remarkable divine skills, able to leave such fortuitous encounters for future generations through the statue of his golden body.
Among these countless jade slip phantoms, Ning Fan could only walk away with one, after which the rest would shatter to pieces.
Anyone could only obtain one jade slip from the Flowing Sand Ancestor.
The multitude of jade slips overwhelmed Ning Fan’s senses.
These jade slips could not be accurately examined or sensed by spirit sense, and their forbidden technique’s strength couldn’t be discerned before acquisition.
By eye alone, one could only judge the strength of the jade slip’s forbidden technique by the subtle differences in the intensity of its golden light.
Ning Fan closed his eyes, releasing the power of the Five-Color Medicine Soul, sensing the strength of the jade slip’s forbidden techniques through it.
The Five-Color Medicine Soul’s ability to perceive was highly potent, far surpassing spirit sense perception.
Through the Five-Color Medicine Soul’s sensing, Ning Fan could faintly determine the strength of the forbidden techniques within these hundreds of thousands of jade slips.
Among these jade scrolls, there are jade scrolls for Void Fragmentation Realm Strikes, Human Profound Realm Strikes, Ghost Profound Realm Strikes, as well as Enlightenment Strikes.
The most powerful forbidden techniques do not exceed the might of a Peak Enlightenment Strike...
"A Peak Enlightenment Strike, huh? It might be of some use..." Ning Fan picked a golden jade scroll, ready to take it, when suddenly his brow furrowed, and his reaching hand was forcibly withdrawn.
Opening his eyes, Ning Fan glanced past numerous jade scrolls and focused on an inconspicuous jade scroll in the corner.
The golden light from this jade scroll was very weak; generally, only forbidden technique jade scrolls for Void Fragmentation Divines would emit such faint light...
Though the light was weak, this jade scroll gave Ning Fan a very peculiar feeling.
This jade scroll seemed somehow different compared to the others...
After hesitating for a moment, Ning Fan waved his hand to capture the faintly glowing jade scroll, giving up the Peak Enlightenment Strike jade scroll.
At the moment he obtained this jade scroll, all other jade scroll reflections dissipated and disappeared.
Anyone can only obtain one forbidden technique jade scroll from the Flowing Sand Ancestor; no second one can be acquired.
Holding the jade scroll, Ning Fan released his spirit sense, penetrating the scroll.
Then, his gaze grew peculiar.
The forbidden technique recorded within this jade scroll was even weaker than he imagined, named ’Taixu Light Prison,’ a cave-heaven sealing divine skill.
Once activated, this jade scroll could summon a solar light-transformed cave-heaven prison, trapping enemies within.
Its divine skill could only confine Return to Origin Void Realm experts at best, not Void Fragmentation First Heavenly Layer cultivators.
This jade scroll was theoretically useless to Ning Fan...
Scanning over the jade scroll contents carefully, Ning Fan suddenly seemed to realize something, his gaze sharpened.
Without any hesitation, he unexpectedly crushed the forbidden technique jade scroll he just acquired, activating the technique within the clan temple.
Given his realm, he need not worry about causing any incidents with Taixu divine skills.
Crushing the jade scroll and activating the divine skill here was merely to confirm something.
If Taixu Light Prison was nothing special, he had sensed wrong.
If Taixu Light Prison was indeed special, perhaps the opportunity hidden within this jade scroll was far more valuable than the Peak Enlightenment Strike.
As Ning Fan shattered the golden jade scroll, a faint golden light swept toward every corner of the palace.
Ning Fan’s gaze grew slightly serious; with one step, he vanished from his original spot, using the golden light to escape into the space of Taixu Light Prison.
This was a dazzling golden cave-heaven space, scorching sun hanging high, with golden clouds blocking the sky.
Once inside, Ning Fan immediately unleashed his spirit sense wildly, covering the entire cave-heaven space.
After sensing around, Ning Fan suddenly raised his head, gazing straight at the blinding golden sun.
If an ordinary person, they would be unable to gaze directly at the sun.
But Ning Fan, with his level of cultivation, possessed divine skills to restrain sunlight, fearing not the blazing sun?
After gazing, Ning Fan’s tightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed, nodding in satisfaction.
Then, stepping upon patches of golden clouds, he soared into the air, transforming into a sharp escape light, rushing toward the blazing sun!
As he neared the sun, Ning Fan felt an increasing heat; at ten thousand zhang distance, he could no longer approach.
Continuing to approach might burn him even with his level of cultivation.
Seeing this, Ning Fan’s eyes flashed with determination, more certain that this place held an opportunity.
How could mere Return to Origin forbidden techniques create such an impressive false sun?
Ning Fan stood ten thousand zhang away from the sun, raising his hand to summon the Memory Severing Dao Sword, slashing at the golden sun!
Upon seeing the black gold sword light splitting down, the blazing golden sun was directly split into two, cleaved apart!
The golden sun, collapsed!
At the instant of the golden sun’s collapse, the entire cave-heaven space followed suit, shattering; the sharp spatial fragments even Void Fragmentation First Heavenly Layer experts dared not touch.
Countless spatial shards pierced at his body, Ning Fan neither dodged nor avoided.
Those spatial fragments exploded upon impact, unable to harm Ning Fan.
His gaze was fixed on the direction of the golden sunlight’s collapse!
In that moment, an extremely hot golden thread suddenly cut through the sky, escaping in a certain direction.
Ning Fan’s gaze drastically changed; without saying a word, he stepped upon black flame, using Black Demon Escape Technique to appear directly before the golden thread, raising a palm and striking down!
Boundless mana transformed into a powerful hand seal, striking onto the golden thread.
The golden thread trembled fiercely, its light dimming slightly, yet it turned direction, fleeing another way.
"You won’t escape!"
Ning Fan flexed his finger, pointing to seal the heavens, forcibly pinning the golden thread in mid-air.
Then, with a flick of his body, he appeared beside the golden thread, fiercely pointing down.
"Reveal your true form immediately!"
Upon this point, the golden thread shuddered fiercely again, its light utterly diminished.
The golden light quivered, transforming into a crystal fragment, within which golden light faintly flowed...
Ning Fan captured the crystal fragment in his hand, and once held, his entire arm suddenly ignited!
This crystal fragment contained terrifying amounts of power of the True Sun, too high a temperature.
Just a single fragment held enough power of the True Sun to incinerate Ning Fan!
Without hesitation, Ning Fan activated Eroding Yin secret technique to suppress the power of the True Sun within the fragment.
Gradually, the storming power of the True Sun within the crystal fragment calmed, its touch turning icy.
Eroding Yin technique was a deficient secret technique taught to Ning Fan by Luo You, specifically suppressing power of the True Sun.
After subduing the True Sun power within the fragment, Ning Fan observed it closely.
After a long time, he determined, this fragment should be one piece of a crystal treasure bead.
A single treasure bead fragment contained such terrifying amounts of power of the True Sun.
If completed, the whole bead’s True Sun power might surpass even Innate Treasures.
The cave-heaven space had thoroughly collapsed, Ning Fan was swept by golden light, reappearing in the clan temple’s golden palace.
Holding the crystal fragment, Ning Fan raised his gaze, finally landing on the golden statue of the Flowing Sand Ancestor.
The statue’s right hand held a treasure bead as dazzling as a small sun.
"Perhaps the Flowing Sand Ancestor once obtained a fearsome treasure bead, and the crystal fragment in my hand is one piece of that bead..."
"Sadly, my main cultivation isn’t True Sun divine skills; devouring True Sun power is useless, or refining this crystal fragment could greatly enhance my strength..."
Storing the crystal fragment, Ning Fan walked out of the temple step by step.
Just exiting the pyramid temple, a message-transmitting flying sword flew from afar, surprisingly sent by Mux Tu.
"Young Lord of Shenxu Pavilion has personally led forces to our Flowing Sand Star Domain, intending to lead Flowing Sand Realm cultivators to crush the Flowing Sand demon tide. Now, discussing battle plans with us elders! Ning Daoist Friend, as the alliance’s Fifth Alliance Leader, you are obliged to participate in this discussion. Hurry to Golden City!"
Upon hearing Mux Tu’s message, Ning Fan’s gaze softened.
Young Lord of Shenxu Pavilion is none other than the little demoness Xiao Qianci...
She has also come to the Flowing Sand Star Domain.
Since leaving Rain Immortal World, nearly a hundred years seem to have passed.
Perhaps she has already broken through to Human Profound Initial Stage...
"Did she come because of my news, for me, or is she truly just here to quell the Eastern Heaven demon chaos..."
Ning Fan stepped upon the Blood Lotus, speeding toward Golden City... (to be continued. If you enjoy this work, please vote for recommendations and monthly votes at Qidian (qidian.com), your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)
