Grasping Evil

It was the most desolate auction that the Pill Cauldron Gate had ever held before.

In the tall tower painted in gold within the city, only two thousand people occupied the place which could normally hold up to ten thousand people.

The atmosphere was rather awkward because of the emptiness in the room.

The person who was overseeing the auction was a man clad in silver robes. His surname was Ling and people called him as Elder Ling. He was a Mid Nascent Soul Realm expert.

With his cultivation realm, he could become one of the influential seniors of a country. However, it's usual to have people like him as auctioneers in the Endless Sea.

Usually, hundreds of human cauldrons at the Harmonious Spirit and Gold Core Realms would be auctioned by the Pill Cauldron Gate. But the cauldrons that everyone would fight over were the Nascent Soul Realm human cauldrons.

Even Divine Transformation Realm experts would want to have Nascent Soul Realm human cauldrons, let alone Nascent Soul Realm old monsters.

Therefore, if the auctioneer was not competent enough to preside over the auction, the situation might make a turn for the worst.

The tower had three floors. Harmonious Spirit Realm cultivators gathered at the first floor while the Gold Core Realm experts sat at the floor above them. The third floor was of course, for the Nascent Soul Realm experts.

On the third floor, Ning Fan was sitting inside the seventh room with his two women. It was adorned with curtains of beads and was protected by a transparent defensive formation which allowed them to see the stage.

After killing so many people, it would not take long for his name to be spread widely in the Endless Sea.

Fortunately, none of the cultivators had seen his face before. Those who tried to enter his black spirit sense to have a look on his appearance were already dead in the Hill of Death earlier. Moreover, among the millions of cultivators in the Endless Sea, there were at least thousands of them who shared the same name as him. After the terrifying incident in the Hill of Death, he didn't deliberately conceal his identity nor did he expose his deeds earlier. So until now, there was not a single person who knew that he was the cold-blooded killer.

Perhaps there might be some experts with sharp observations who could guess that he was the infamous Zhou Ming. But they did not matter to him… Now that he was considered unrivalled in the entire External Endless Sea!

"Master, I heard that all cauldrons from the Pill Cauldron Gate are remarkably beautiful just like angels, regardless of their cultivation realm. Since Master has so much immortal jade from all the looting earlier, do you want to buy them all and behave like the kings from the mortal world who have up to three thousand concubines in their palaces?"

Yue Ling suggested while serving tea to Ning Fan.

"Never mind. Nascent Soul Realm human cauldrons would be enough. As for cauldrons at the Gold Core Realm, they are not helpful at all. They won't even increase half a unit of my magic power. Ever since I've achieved Nascent Soul Realm, whether it be plucking Gold Core Realm women or practicing dual-cultivation with them, the effects would be reduced by half. As such, I prefer to save up some of my Yang Essence for the Nascent Soul Realm females."

In Yin Yang Transformation, practicing dual-cultivation was the main path while plucking was just a technique. It was impossible for the male cultivators of this cultivation method to hold back their Yang Essence. However, if they could not restrain their lust and make out with a thousand females a day, their Yang Essence would be drained, hindering their cultivation instead. In other words, over practicing would actually make all the effort in vain.

"What about the time when Master practiced dual-cultivation with us? Wasn't it a waste?!"

"That's a different story. I'm quite satisfied with your techniques." Ning Fan's mouth curved into a smile and sipped his tea.

The elder sister Bing Ling's face reddened when the memories of what happened in the inn ten days ago surfaced in her mind.

Her younger sister, Yue Ling, let out a soft groan as if she was flirting with Ning Fan.

"Master, do you want to feel satisfied once more here in this very place?" She shot Ning Fan a lecherous gaze.

"It's not an appropriate time for that. Somebody is watching us…"

Ning Fan's smile vanished from his face. His eyes turned ferocious and cold. He unleashed his black sword sense and struck at three different directions within his room. The next moment, three Peak Nascent Soul Realm experts from the third room coughed out mouthfuls of fresh blood. Astonishment filled their eyes!

It's him. It really is him! He is… Zhou Ming! He's the devil who massacred thousands of cultivators by himself in the Hill of Death!

There were hundreds of rooms on the third floor. However, only 70 Nascent Soul Realm experts occupied the rooms this time. Among them, only 3 Peak Nascent Soul Realm experts managed to recognize him as the merciless Zhou Ming after being injured by his sword sense!

None of them spoke anything after the shocking discovery. Instead, they had known what they should do next…

If he takes some fancy of a cauldron, we must stop bidding for that cauldron no matter what! If he bids for the cauldron that we want, we must never bid against him!

They were no fools.

Only devils who were truly powerful would be brave enough to announce their name to everyone. Of course, some of them might also be thinking too highly of themselves, but it was most likely to be impossible in this case.

Zhou Ming managed to kill 12 Nascent Soul Realm experts with 3 of them being Late Nascent Soul Realm experts while 1 of them was even at the Peak Nascent Soul Realm! Furthermore, the Peak Nascent Soul Realm expert was the Feudal Ranking Elder of the Purple Charm Gate – the Blood Guest, Luofei!

Luofei was quite famous in the External Endless Sea. In the past, he was also a devil lord who killed without mercy. Even Divine Transformation Realm experts would avoid displeasing him. After he joined the Purple Charm Gate and was promoted as an elder of the sect, he gained the support of the sect's Divine Transformation Realm ancestor and behaved even more mercilessly.

The three Peak Nascent Soul Realm experts knew Luofei very well. One of them was slightly weaker than Luofei; the other one was on the same level as him; while the last one could win against him but only after exchanging multiple blows. However, winning against Luofei was an entirely different story from killing him.

When Peak Nascent Soul Realm experts died, their Nascent Souls would travel faster than usual. Only Divine Transformation Realm experts would be able to capture them!

Why couldn't Luofei run away when he knew that he could not win?

Those who were able to cultivate in the Endless Sea and achieved their current cultivation realm without dying were intelligent people. Luofei was clearly one of them.

However, Luofei was gambling with his life in that fight. He was betting everything for the massive amount of immortal jade in Ning Fan's hands. In the end, he lost the bet.

The only conclusion I can make is that Zhou Ming possesses a trump card with strength comparable to a Divine Transformation Realm expert's full-powered strike!

After scaring off the three experts, Ning Fan withdrew his sword sense and remained silent in his room.

The Pill Cauldron Gate was a sect that was guarded by mere Late Nascent Soul Realm old ancestor. Therefore, the number of Nascent Soul Realm human cauldrons that they could raise was limited.

Aside from the Pill Cauldron Gate, there were still a few forces selling Nascent Soul Realm human cauldrons. Speaking of human cauldrons at that cultivation realm, any devil cultivator would actually think of Bi Yao Immortal Island where the Bi Yao Sect was located. The sect purely made up of female cultivators…

Among all the members of the sect including the sect master, there were a few Nascent Soul Realm female cultivators. However, Ning Fan did not attempt to kidnap their women.

The reason was because the sect was too peaceful. Normally, a sect made up of solely female cultivators should not be able to survive in the Endless Sea. The female cultivators in the sect would be viewed as the perfect human cauldrons in the eyes of the devil cultivators. On the contrary, it was still able to exist until today without being annihilated in the External Endless Sea. It did not mean that no one had not tried plotting against them. Perhaps some Divine Transformation Realm experts might have even visited this place before. However, this sect must have some exceptional background that could stop the devil cultivators from offending it.

It would be too risky to rely on Stone Warrior alone to plunder Bi Yao Sect. Besides, Bi Yao Sect was one of the top ten sects in the External Endless Sea. If there was another Divine Transformation Realm expert who was concealing her presence all this time, then there was only a ten percent chance of surviving. Moreover, betting everything on Stone Warrior was not how Ning Fan did things. He would never try to confront any of those sects unless he personally attains the power to resist a Divine Transformation Realm expert.

"The difference between me and a Divine Transformation Realm expert is huge… I can only endure against them for 3 breaths…" Ning Fan muttered to himself when he recalled the battle against Stone Warrior.

If Luo You did not lend him a hand, he could only inflict serious damage on Stone Warrior by extracting the strand of Yin Yang power from the Yin Yang Flame. By doing so, he would also be grievously injured by the backlash from using that power…

The Heaven Sealing Technique and the Grievance Technique… Even Luo You did not know about them. Evidently, the secret art that could imprison spiritual puppets was something she obtained fortuitously. After she passed it to Ning Fan, he no longer needed to fear any kind of spiritual puppet. Even though his opponent was a Divine Transformation Realm spiritual puppet, he could also gain control of the puppet and kill him at his whim!

In the past, she imparted the chant to resist Revered Bai's technique. She also taught me the Incense Sword to eliminate the Heaven Separation Sect. I really owe her a lot.

There was only one way for Ning Fan to repay this woman and that was to break through to the third realm of Yin Yang Transformation. By doing so, he would be able to unlock the Profound Yin World within the locket!

Human Cauldrons… Ning Fan would need tons of cauldrons!

After Elder Ling made a dry cough, the atmosphere turned silent and the auction began.

"I believe most of you should be aware of the rules of the auction. Therefore, I won't be talking much about it. The only announcement I want to make is that only cauldrons above Late Gold Core Realm would be auctioned through bidding. All cauldrons below that realm would be sold at the marked prices. The starting price of the cauldrons at Harmonious Spirit Realm would be five thousand immortal jade and the cauldrons at Gold Core Realm would be fifty thousand immortal jade… Alright. Let's begin. Firstly, the human cauldrons below Late Gold Core Realm. A total of 1079 females will come on stage in an orderly manner. Anyone who have made up their minds could bring the cauldrons home after making payment at the stage!"

Just as Elder Ling's voice fell, there was an uproar in the crowd!

In the past, the Pill Cauldron Gate would never sell Harmonious Spirit Realm cauldrons. After all, the spiritual qi in Peng Lai Immortal Island was very concentrated. It won't take long to turn the Harmonious Spirit Realm cauldrons into Gold Core Realm using their secret arts. After upgrading the Harmonious Spirit Realm cauldrons, their price would multiply tens of times!

However this time, the Pill Cauldron Gate put the cauldrons at the Harmonious Spirit Realm for sale. They behaved like they wanted to sell everything they had and flee.

Those who understood why they behaved like that were sneering inwardly.

The wild devil, Zhou Ming, eliminated three thousand Gold Core Realm cultivators and twelve Nascent Soul Realm experts, offending most of the powerful forces of the External Endless Sea. Faced with that kind of situation, the old ancestor of the Pill Cauldron Gate would either leave the Endless Sea and return to his country or flee to the Internal Endless Sea and run away from trouble after they sell all their human cauldrons…

However, it turned out to be good for the devil cultivators. Many of them who could not afford to buy Gold Core Realm cauldrons would be able to buy a Harmonious Spirit Realm female to pluck.

After Elder Ling made a sound to signal the cauldrons in, ladies with pretty faces walked up to the stage one-by-one. All of them wore the same thin cloth that vaguely revealed their bras and underwear. Their presence were exceedingly fascinating and charming as each of them were angelic.

The stage which was made of jade was extremely wide and big. It could hold thousands of people at a time. Among them, there were mature and graceful women; there were also young girls who had just hit their puberty; and lastly, there were even little girls to satisfy those who have such fetishes.

There were tags hanging around each and every one of the women's necks. It not only displays their name, cultivation realm and bone age, but also their number, prices and the unique traits of their bodies.

"If any of you have made up your minds and chose any of them, just come up and pay the price."

" *sucks in a cold breath* Number 3 is a woman of peerless beauty, though she is just at the Harmonious Spirit Realm! I think I might just marry her instead of making her my cauldron! Once I bring her home, we could have fun every single day!"

"I like Number 11. Hehe. Those pairs of delicate feet and long legs... *licks lips*"

"Hmm. Number 105 is not bad. She's at the Early Gold Core Realm and she has the Body of False Yin which would be quite useful to my cultivation…"

"That female with the number 755 is an 'extraordinary vessel' that would only appear once in a thousand years… *clicks tongue* Although it is useless to pluck her, her body type would never fail to send any male to seventh heaven when making out!"

Noises of discussion filled the tower. Some of them were giving remarks about the women while some of them were indecently teasing them.

Countless eyes and spirit sense scanned the bodies of the women, from the very top of their heads to the lowermost point of their toes. Those hungry eyes were like those of a beast that Ning Fan always met in the Ning Bi Mountain during his childhood – the wolf!

However, each and every one of the women in display were trained to be professional human cauldrons. They might feel embarrassed, unhappy, wronged or bad but ultimately, none of them would complain against the devil cultivators that were intensely staring at them.

Since young, the golden rule of becoming cauldrons had been ingrained into their minds – to never resist their masters.

Ning Fan gently closed his eyes. He did not think of buying from this group of cauldrons as they were useless to him. He was not in the mood to feel pity for them even if they are going to fall into the evil hands of the devil cultivators and might die a violent death after they were completely plucked. If they were lucky enough, they might be able to become the wives or concubines of their masters. However, what lies ahead in their future would be the humiliation of being degraded in bed.

Yes. They were unlucky to be born as human cauldrons. However, misfortunes were just part of life and there are still worse tragedies in this world.

No power, no dignity… This was the reality of the cultivation world.

Yue Ling obediently sat in silence but her eyes never shifted from the females on the stage. She felt a little uneasy watching them, recalling the years she spent in the Extreme Yin Gate.

Bing Ling's usual calmness could also no longer be visible on her face. Now, she was recollecting the humiliation that she had suffered during her childhood… Once, there was a drunken Harmonious Spirit Realm elder who barged into her room with the intention to... That time, she was not capable of resisting him. Fortunately, some disciples of the sect passed by her room and stopped the elder in time. Otherwise, she would have been…

Today, the female cauldrons on the stage might also have to suffer a miserable fate like hers. A number of devils who had already paid the price grinned wickedly at the women they chose, fully intent on hugging them…

"Master, can you please buy all of them?!" Bing Ling suddenly stood up from her seat and knelt before Ning Fan. Her expression had never been that serious before.

There was a saying which states that people who had always suffered from injustice but were still able to tolerate others would become so unyielding that others will fear them when they finally decide to become strong.

Upon seeing that sudden action of Bing Ling, Ning Fan frowned.

He was not a kind person after all. Why should he save all these women? Although he might still be able to obtain just a tiny bit of magic power from plucking any one of them, it would still take time to pluck the women. If he were to pluck every one of them, one time for each of them, how long would take?

"Elder Sister… Why? There's no need for that…" Yue ling was afraid. Ning Fan had become a strong expert today. Despite her admiration for him, both of them had yet to gain the status that could change Ning Fan's mind.

"Are you sure you want me to buy all of them? Adding up all the prices, they will cost me at least 30 million immortal jade…" Ning Fan shook his head gently, but he was not enraged.

"30 million immortal jade…" Bing Ling's face turned pale. To her, not even extorting the entire Yue Country could get such a large amount of immortal jade… She did not know Ning Fan actually held even more wealth than that. But even if Ning Fan had so much money, to be honest, it would be not worthy to spend them on a bunch of useless cauldrons.

"Silly girl. Quickly stand there… You go and buy all of them for me!"

"Yes. Maidservant understands… Wait, what did Master say?! Are you really willing to save them?!" Bing Ling was beaming and in high spirits.

"Yes. I'm willing. If not, I'm going to have a headache watching you cry while kneeling on the ground. However, you must listen clearly. I'm not saving them. I'm buying them. They're going to be my cauldrons whom I can pluck at my whim. Do you understand?"

Ning Fan smiled and wiped the tears off Bing Ling's cheek.

"Understood! It is their good fortune to be pampered by Master!" Bing Ling nodded her head as hard as she could.

"Good fortune… You silly girl expect too highly of me. All right. Let's stop joking now. It's time for serious matters." Ning Fan kept his smile and wore a stern expression.

"Besides, My Cauldron Ring has ample space and each and every one of the girls are excellent cauldrons, though their cultivation realms are relatively low. It's why I decided to buy them. If every one of them attain Nascent Soul Realm, they would be more than enough for me to pluck in order to break through to the Divine Transformation Realm. Of course, I'm just being unrealistic. There's still a long way to go for them to achieve that cultivation level… However, I have a task for you after I buy them… When they are in the Cauldron Ring, supervise them on their cultivation. If I am injured next time, I can pluck some of them to regain my power… Can you do it?"

"Yes! I'm willing to do it! I will definitely train a troop of female devil guards for Master! Please give this troop a name!"

"A troop of devil guards? And you want me to give it a name?" Ning Fan chuckled to himself and stroked her hair tenderly. He never had a plan to train the women into a troop of devil cultivators with combat power, let alone naming the troop. Moreover, he even had not figured out a suitable name for his Lightning Whip. Is there really a need for names?

"Hurry up. Take this immortal jade and go down there. Buy me all the female cauldrons on the stage. Then tell them to wait at the backstage. Right after the auction ends, I'll pick them up there. If you're late now, the devil cultivators down there are going to dirty my cauldrons with their filthy hands!"

"Understood!"

Without further hesitations, Bing Ling held a storage pouch in her hand and dashed out from their room. She softly uttered a few words to the person in charge on the stage and everyone turned silent.

"My master wants all 1079 human cauldrons on the stage!"

Dead silence fell on the whole tower!

Those who were ready to get the women they yearned for after paying the price stopped and grimaced!

Who is that bossy person? Is he really so lustful that he needs a thousand females to serve him? Can he really have fun with every one of them?!

When they found out that it was the request from an expert at the third floor, all Harmonious Spirit and Gold Core Realm cultivators kept their mouths shut.

It's a Nascent Soul Realm old monster who took a fancy on these women?!

The cauldron with the highest cultivation realm among this group of females is only at the Mid Gold Core Realm. What does he need them for?! Why? Why?

However, no one dared to question a Nascent Soul Realm expert's prestige even though the woman who voiced out the request was just a Mid Gold Core Realm female cultivator. They knew this woman came from the third floor and naturally was a concubine belonging to a Nascent Soul Realm expert.

The storage pouch in her hand must have tens of millions of immortal jade!

What kind of Nascent Soul Realm old monster would be able to take out that amount of immortal jade to buy a thousand human cauldrons… Could he be a Late Nascent Soul Realm expert?

When they thought of this possibility, they felt the sweat on their backs turn cold.

Some of them felt it was unfair while some of them began to hold grudges against the Nascent Soul Realm expert. But none of them dared to express their feelings through their expressions.

If you don't have the power, never ever argue with a Nascent Soul Realm expert for a woman!

Instead, everyone was cursing inwardly.

The expert who bought all the human cauldrons must be a Late Nascent Soul Realm expert who has been through thousands of years of cultivation. Perhaps it's why he is so thirsty that he needs more than a thousand women to satisfy himself… He must have gone crazy after a long period of cultivation. Whoever tries to stand against him will surely die!

"Hehe. Fellow Daoist sure is a person who is honest with his feelings. Admirable. Admirable…"

These voices belonged to the three Peak Nascent Soul Realm experts on the third room!

Even Peak Nascent Soul Realm experts like them are fawning over the person who bought all the cauldrons!

What's his true identity?

Don't tell me that he's….

That person who stained the two thousand li* sand hill with blood – Zhou Ming!

*everyone gasps in shock*

When this possibility crossed their minds, all their heartbeats spiked wildly!

When Bing Ling who was wearing a pure white robe sauntered past them, none of the cultivators dared to even glance at her attractive body anymore even though her face was angelic.

Zhou Ming! Zhou Ming!! Zhou Ming!!!

This woman belongs to him! Who dares to glance at her? Who dares to kidnap her?

Some of the lewd devil cultivators who could not resist their urges to touch the silky white hands of the female cauldrons immediately cupped their fists towards Ning Fan's room and left the tower without their immortal jade when they figured out who Ning Fan was. When they exited the door of the tower, they flew and fled for their lives, ignoring the rules of Peng Lai that restricted them from flying!

That was a kind of devil aura that engulfed every bit of courage to resist within the cultivators at the scene! Besides, this aura was even more terrifying than that of a Divine Transformation Realm expert in the rumors!

They had never met a Divine Transformation Realm expert before. But Zhou Ming… Every cultivator who came to the Pill Cauldron Gate witnessed the bloody area in the desert on their way… Three thousand Gold Core Realm cultivators and twelve Nascent Soul Realm experts were slaughtered at that very place… It was a place filled with heaven-piercing Violent Qi.

The External Endless Sea was going to be plunged into chaos. A drastic change was going to happen!

It's all because of the sudden appearance of a single person – Zhou Ming!

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<strong>Translator Team:</strong>

G-Team [Tommy (TL), Roel (Editor)]