Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Nanan cried for a long while.
She was truly tired, the type of tired where she was physically and mentally exhausted. She gradually fell asleep.
Li Nianfan gently put Nanan down. He sighed softly. The little kid had a rough time.
He was ready to take Nanan back. He was not alright with a little girl going back alone. He did not want her to become very powerful, he just wanted her to be safe.
Moreover, he had a Phoenix and a Carp Demon in his house. He had a lot of cultivator friends, too, and he did learn a lot of defensive moves.
Since someone was holding a grudge against Nanan, they should not stay for long.
He thought about that and said, “Nanan was probably traumatized. Immortal Gu, when are you going back?”
Li Nianfan was giving an obvious hint. Gu Xirou instantly understood what he really meant. She hurriedly replied, “Mr. Li, we can leave today.”
Li Nianfan looked at Longevous Qingfeng. He said in an embarrassed tone, “Longevous Qingfeng, I’m supposed to stay for a few more days, but Nanan’s in bad condition. I’m afraid I have to pardon myself.”
“Nevermind, nevermind.”
Longevous Qingfeng almost cried. His hatred grew for those people from the Heavenly Sun Sect. What a bunch of ignorant fools. They displeased the expert and forced him to leave so soon.
Fine. He lost his Lifetime Treasure but at least he had a slice of orange. He had the orange peel, too. That was not bad.
‘Be happy with what you got,’ he thought to himself. Li Nianfan continued, “Longevous Qingfeng, thanks for the hospitality. I have nothing much to give as a farewell gift, just a glass of beautiful wine. If you don’t mind, I shall drink to you.”
Beautiful… Beautiful wine?
Longevous Qingfeng’s mind was buzzing. His heart raced and he was perplexed by the sudden opportunity.
He remembered when he first came here that Yao Mengji told him about the breakthrough he had from drinking a glass of wine from the expert.
He did not have a lot of time left. The breakthrough would be like a second life for him. The…the expert was about to give him wine?
He knew that the expert would not be stingy. He was blessing him with a breakthrough!
Longevous Qingfeng could not control his smile. He was excited and pleasantly surprised. He hurriedly replied, “No, why would I mind? I love wine.”
Li Nianfan laughed. “Alright, do you have a glass?”
“Yes, yes, yes.” Longevous Qingfeng went away in a flash and swooped back in with several wine glasses. “Here we go, wine glasses!”
Bloop.
Li Nianfan took the jar of wine and filled the glasses. He raised his glass and toasted, “Thank you all, once again, for Nanan. Cheers to everyone!”
“Mr. Li, cheers to you, too!”
Everyone followed him by raising their glasses. Their hearts raced when they saw Li Nianfan drink the wine. They mentally prepared themselves and chugged the wine in one go, too.
“Yikes— Ah!”
They groaned at the spicy, stinging sensation of the alcohol. They shut their eyes and scrunched up their faces.
They felt a dizzy kind of buzz. They would have fainted if they did not endure it.
Li Nianfan stood up and said his farewells, “Longevous Qingfeng, farewell.”
“Mr—Mr. Li… Safe flight.” Longevous Qingfeng was already feeling drunk.
Soon, everyone was on the skyship.
Longevous Qingfeng waved at them. “Everyone, visit often.”
He waited until the skyship took off. Longevous Qingfeng was flushed. He felt as if his forehead was about to go up in smoke.
He could not control it any longer. He opened his mouth and burped. It was a long and deep alcoholic burp.
His consciousness started to fade away. He felt like he was heating up. Along with a ‘pop’, the problem that had been troubling him for thousands of years suddenly broke through.
He had to go through a Natural Tribulation for him to go from the Combination realm to the Cross Tribulation realm.
Longevous Qingfeng was thrilled yet worried. He felt a strong aura coming toward him. His Insights jolted.
The Interrogation of Insights…had begun!
However, the kickback from the alcohol made him jolt again before he could get ready.
The Interrogation of Insights was over before it had begun. He easily passed the test.
Rumble!
The sky started to darken with storm clouds. The thunder was loud and the lightning was frantic like silver snakes.
A storm tribulation.
Longevous Qingfeng was shaking. He was drunk. He looked up at the sky and acted like a drunk maniac.
“Haha, natural tribulation? I, Longevous Qingfeng, am going to go against Fate along with the expert. Why should I be afraid of natural tribulations?!”
He started to boast and fly around. His white hair and white beard blew in the wind. He was suddenly an arrogant old man who was beyond it all. He boasted, “I have the beautiful wine blessed by the expert. I’m not afraid of you! Come on, strike me down! Come on!”
…
Boom!
A bolt of lightning struck like a long dragon.
“Yo, what a big bolt of lightning! Storms in the Immortal Realm are so sudden.”
Li Nianfan stood on the deck of the skyship while he watched the stormy weather from afar. He was slightly surprised.
Thankfully, he avoided it.
“Yeah.”
Yao Mengji looked over and thought to himself, “Longevous Qingfeng, the expert has already blessed you with a breakthrough. The rest is up to you.”
The skyship was fast. Li Nianfan felt countless white clouds pass by. He looked at the ground again and felt much better.
Suddenly, Qin Manyun walked out. She said, “Mr. Li, Nanan’s awake.”
Li Nianfan hurriedly walked into the skyship.
He asked caringly, “Nanan, do you feel better?”
Nanan was in a better mood. She barely smiled and said, “Brother Nianfan, I feel much better.”
Then, she lifted her small hand. She had the Xuan Water Bracelet in her hand. She said, “Brother Nianfan, this is for you.”
“You brought me gifts? What a good girl,” laughed Li Nianfan.
He took the Xuan Water Bracelet and wore it. He realized the material was nice. It looked silver and it was heavy. There were odd patterns sculpted on its surface, too. It was alright but it was considered well made.
Daji did not have any jewelry. He could give this to her. He wondered if she had returned with the Fire Phoenix.
“Thank you, I like it a lot.”
Li Nianfan smiled. He paused because he felt like he needed to mention something. He asked, “Oh yeah, Nanan, do you have the power to devour other cultivators’ powers?”
Nanan did not dare to look at Li Nianfan. She carefully nodded and asked coyly, “Yeah. Brother Nianfan, do you hate it?”
“Haha, no. Why?”
Li Nianfan laughed and then said in a more serious tone, “I just want you to remember to always be true to yourself. You’re the Master of your powers, you should be the one to decide if it’s a good or bad thing. Don’t be swayed or manipulated by your strengths. You don’t need to do whatever it takes to be powerful!”
Nanan was still young. She could easily go off on the wrong route because of her powers and because of her deceased Master.
Nanan looked cutely serious. She nodded hard and said, “Brother, I promise you. From now on, every power I devour will be righteous!”
“Good kid,” Li Nianfan said while he patted her head. He gave her an orange. “Eat up. Brother Nianfan will cook something delicious for you when we head back.”
“Yeah, thanks, Brother Nianfan.” Nanan smiled with squinted eyes.
Li Nianfan did not bother Nanan anymore. He returned to the deck of the skyship instead. He found a spot to sit and examined the Xuan Water Bracelet under the sunlight.
Gu Xirou and the others stood at the side. They did not understand what was going on but they did not want to bother him.
Then, they saw Li Nianfan take out a carving knife. He was ready to carve on the bracelet.
Qin Manyun gulped. She asked, “Mr. Li, are you going to carve on it?”
“Yeah, the patterns on the bracelet are too simple. I’m going to improve it and give it to Daji,” answered Li Nianfan.
Then, he carved on the bracelet with his carving knife.
Qin Manyun and the others stood at the side. Their eyes almost popped out from staring. They were mystified.
Ultimate Spiritual Treasure could be improved?
Sorry about being ill-informed but that was unheard of.
Most importantly, that was an Ultimate Spiritual Treasure. It was impossible to damage it. How could the carving knife easily cut into it? What kind of Godly move was that?
Li Nianfan was too busy to notice them. He focused on carving.
The bracelet was not large and already had patterns on it. Therefore, he had to be extra careful when carving it. It would be troublesome if he made a mistake.
Qin Manyun and the others silently watched Li Nianfan. Not because of anything else, but because he was nice to look at.
Right, nice to look at!
They said men were the most handsome when they were serious. Not only was Li Nianfan serious, but every carve he made was also elegant. His beauty was boosted by a beyond-it-all type of elegance. It was as if…only his moves were the most perfect. Since he was perfect, he was also perfect to look at. They would never be tired of it.
No performance was comparable to that.
If they could, they would look at him forever.
Meanwhile.
At the Above Immortal Realm.
At the Liuyun Palace.
Compared to its previous glory, the Liuyun Palace ended up in a tragic mess. It was completely different.
The graceful white clouds were gone and half the palace was in ruins. Crushed stones were everywhere, and only half of the palace was still standing but it was full of damages.
There was a lot of charring from the terrible lightning.
The disciples of the palace could no longer stay there. They slept on the streets. It was extremely tragic.
Most of the disciples were still in a state of shock and confusion. They did not know what happened.
“Isn’t the Liuyun Palace the best sect in the Above Immortal Realm? What happened so suddenly?”
“What’s going on with our Master? How did he fail like that?”
A disciple said in a mysterious tone, “Everyone, according to reliable information, our Sect Master offended a Godly bigshot.”
“I see, I knew something was up. Which bigshot did he offend? How powerful.”
“The Above Immortal Realm is full of powerful forces so how would I know? But to be honest, our Sect Master’s indeed too arrogant.”
“Yeah, we’re the top sect, but look at all the Sacred Lands of the Above Immortal Realm. They have Taiyi Golden Immortals who were the best fighters of the Above Immortal Realm. However, they were extremely lowkey. They stayed hidden like air.”
“Arrogance is doom! Remember that girl the Sect Master captured last time? She was sneakily saved. Then, our Liuyun Palace turned to ashes.”
“Yikes—Scary. They wouldn’t care even if they destroyed the Liuyun Palace!”
“Will this affect us? Should we run?”
Boom!
Suddenly, a big door swung open in the backyard of the Liuyun Palace.
The Lord Immortal walked out.
He was still pale, but compared to earlier, he looked much better.
His gaze was sharp as he glanced at his disciples. When he looked at the damaged ruins, he looked like he was in pain.
Cough.
He hurt his wound when he got too emotional. He hurriedly took a sip of the Ten-Thousand-Year Spiritual Cream to calm his injuries.
He could not wait until he felt slightly better to come out. He wanted to calm everyone down.
“Everyone.” He flew up to the sky in a calm demeanor. He was expressionless. He did not need to look angry to be powerful.
Everyone was silent.
“Don’t worry, disciples. The last storm was an accident. It seems like I can’t hide it any further so here’s the truth. I’m cultivating a legendary skill that can destroy worlds!”
He smiled calmly and said in an arrogant tone, “However, the skill’s too powerful. That’s why it attracted such a big natural tribulation. I…have already learned it! How about that?”
As expected, every disciple was in awe. They cheered in admiration.
“Your training attracted such a strong natural tribulation? It’ll kill someone instantly if you use it, right?”
“Awesome. Truly our Sect Master.”
“I see. That frightened me.”
They all stood up and congratulated him from the bottom of their hearts, “Congratulations to the Sect Master for gaining a legendary skill!”
The Lord Immortal laughed. Then, he said in a serious tone, “This skill’s too powerful. Let it be the Liuyun Palace’s top secret. Don’t talk to anyone about it. I won’t use the skill unless absolutely necessary either.”
Everyone nodded understandingly. “Got it, we got it.”
Boom!
Suddenly, there was a rumble from afar.
They saw a huge figure stomping toward them on a cloud. It was enraged.
They looked closer and realized it was the Five-Color Sacred Cow.
It was on top of the Liuyun Palace. Its powerful aura overwhelmed everyone.
It growled, “Who’s the Liuyun Lord Immortal? Come out right now!”
Every disciple looked at the Lord Immortal.
The Liuyun Lord Immortal awkwardly forced a friendly smile. He saluted and said, “It’s me. What’s going on, cultivator Sacred Cow?”
Boom!
The Five-Color Sacred Cow suddenly attacked the Lord Immortal. It growled menacingly, “Give me my daughter back, or else, I’ll stomp your Liuyun Palace to the ground!”
The Liuyun Lord Immortal was distressed. He hurriedly said, “Cultivator Sacred Cow, there must be a misunderstanding. I didn’t capture your daughter.”
His injuries were hurting again. He hurriedly drank another sip of cream. Milky white liquid dripped out from the corner of his mouth.
The Five-Color Sacred Cow saw that. It was instantly enraged.
“Lies! You’re drinking milk! Argh, I’m so angry!”
It roared and attacked the Lord Immortal in a flash.
The Lord Immortal did not dare to fight it head-on. He could only try his best to avoid the attacks. He almost cried.
“Cultivator Sacred Cow, please, listen to my explanation. This isn’t milk, this is…”
“I won’t listen, I won’t listen!” The Five-Color Sacred Cow frantically shook its head. It yelled, “Die, milk-drinking maniac!”
