Grasping Evil

In the Li Kun Palace, Ning Fan passed down an order and immediately entered into seclusion.

"From today onwards, Qing Xuan will take command of Dragon Burial City; Gui Chen will lead the Li Kun Palace, Cao Kang will control the Gui Xiong Outpost while Zhong Mu will take command of the Southern Prison Country. In each and every place, heed my command and construct a temple statue of me and worship it day and night… Dismiss!"

His command made each of the generals exchange glances of surprise among each other.

When all of them were planted with demon seals, their lives were no longer theirs. They thought it would be impossible for them to escape death after being used in the battle. Currently, however, it seemed that not only everyone would survive, but they were also being appointed as commanders of each of the massive forces.

"We are truly blessed with good luck that our revered master spared our lives…"

"However, why did our master specifically order us to construct a temple statue of him for us to worship?"

"Besides, if we have to build a temple statue, we should build the statue with our revered master's appearance. Why should we build it with the appearance of this foreign young man?"

"Why should we even be concerned about this? Our revered master has already dominated the southern part of the sea on his own. He's already unrivalled here. We should only follow his commands and avoid offending him…"

All of them had no idea that the idea of building a temple statue was actually a suggestion given by Luo You to Ning Fan.

Star spirits were unable to be brought out from the vicinity of the Star Palace. Besides, if Ning Fan were to take away the Star of Celestial Emperor, no one knows what changes will occur to the Star Palace.

All in all, this group of troops were unable to be brought away, let alone be his soldiers in the outside world.

Hence, Luo You recommended to let them, the members of the Star Palace, worship Ning Fan's statute. As such, even if he could not stay and rule the Star Palace, as long as the palace is not destroyed, there would be sea beasts worshipping Ning Fan's golden statue.

Thus, Ning Fan could gather the 'power of incense flame based on his own golden statue.

Immortals were divided into three types: Divine Immortal, Demon Immortal and Devil Immortal.

Each of the three races has their respective cultivation methods. As for the path of divinity, one would need to devour the power of incense flame and refine it into magic power or use it to temper the strength of their physical bodies.

Other than that, the incense flame still had many magical uses. For example, it could be used in concocting pills and medicine or as a trump card in killing enemies.

Outside the secret chamber, Ning Fan fished out a golden statue whose appearance was no different than the real him.

In the future, the belief of the people who enshrined and worship his golden statute would turn into the power of incense flame and converge on the statue.

"I still think that it's a waste that I can't bring this group of star spirits out of the Star Palace."

"Well, there's nothing you can do about it. Who let these star spirits to be congealed by the Celestial Emperor? If you acquire the Star of the Celestial Emperor, perhaps you will be able to condense a Star Palace that belongs to you. That Star Palace, however, is predestined to have no connections to this place at all. It won't be able to allow the star spirits from this place to live there…"

Luo You lazily replied. Ever since Ning Fan had saved that beautiful woman, this woman seemed to be filled with great interest which made her no longer sleep anymore.

"The number of sea beasts in this place aren't insignificant. With the prestige you've planted in this place, even if you leave, perhaps no one would be daring to lay a finger on the southern part of the Star Sea. I'm afraid there are at least more than one hundred million sea beasts in this place. Besides, most of them are at the Gold Core Realm. With the worship from one hundred million Gold Core Realm cultivators and above, your speed of gathering the power of incense flame is going to be much faster than an ordinary Life Immortal."

"Really? Fine. Although this group of beasts are strong, they are still compelled to submit to me because of my devil prestige. I won't feel at ease if I bring them along with me anyway. It would be fine letting them roam and live freely in this place. The best part of this trip is gathering more than three hundred demon souls of Wild Beasts. Using the Puppet Raising Technique, I can properly raise the levels of my Divine Transformation Realm puppets. On top of that, if I completely refine the worm's poison and demon blood, my power will go up a level higher too!"

Ning Fan stopped speaking. He kept the golden statue as well as his Yuan Yao Jade.

After that, he also kept the black puppets, Stone Warrior and the refined corpse into his storage pouch.

It's time to return to the star island. However, before leaving, there are still a few troublesome matters I have to deal with…

Clearing off his thoughts, Ning Fan pushed open the stone door of the secret chamber and made a step forward. Immediately, a cold voice echoed from within the chamber.

Before his eyes, Xi Ran rolled up her sleeves, baring her delicate arms to help an unconscious beautiful woman clean her body.

Since Xi Ran was the princess of the Profound Medicine Clan, her knowledge in healing and alchemy were of course profound.

Under her treatment, the injuries of the beautiful woman which were severe at first began to stop bleeding.

The current Xi Ran was wiping the body of the beautiful woman. The latter's dress was currently half undone. After wiping off the blood stains on her body, she looked just like a white jade beauty who was delicately carved while lying unconsciously on the bed.

Her ample bosoms were white and bouncy. As Xi Ran wiped her body with a wet towel, they shook slightly.

Her skin was silky-white and her abdomen was flat and smooth. Under the veil of her skirt, a dense black 'forest' below her lower abdomen was faintly visible. By just looking at her long and slender legs, one would find it difficult to not have wild fantasies.

However, just as Ning Fan entered the room, Xi Ran instantly let out a surprised scream. Stopping her motion of brushing the woman's body, she immediately lifted the thin blanket beside her and covered the woman's body.

Petulantly, she spoke, "Lu Bei! Please have some common sense! You are a man, A MAN! You know perfectly well that I am cleaning this woman's body and you still intruded the room without restraint! Do you know that if you see her entire body, she can't get married anymore just like me!"

"Oh? You can't get married? I thought you were going to marry me."

"W-Who wants to marry you?! I didn't… I didn't want to! Besides, my father has not even agreed…" Xi Ran's tone sounded a little hesitant.

"Really? In other words, if your father nods his head, you will be very willing to marry me?"

"I... I…I…," Xi Ran stuttered, not able to speak another word.

However, she was not courageous enough to nod her head and say 'yes'. What a law-abiding little girl she was… She thought that she must follow the orders from her parents and the words from her relatives regarding her marriage…

Upon seeing how embarrassed Xi Ran was, Ning Fan no longer made fun of her and shifted his gaze onto the beautiful woman.

Even if she was being covered by a blanket, Ning Fan still possessed a pair of sharp Fu Li demon eyes. Regardless of whether you are wearing any clothes or are covered by any blanket, in Ning Fan's eyes, nothing could escape from him.

This woman fell into the southern Star Sea with a Realm Beast. The demon pill from that Realm Beast was kept by him as well as its demon blood. As for its corpse, Ning Fan hid it within his Yuan Yao Jade. The entire body of the one hundred thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) Realm Beast was covered with hard scales and sharp horns. They were precious ingredients for refining equipment.

According to Luo You and Xi Ran, the power of the Realm Beast was undeniable. The reason why the Immortals did not dare to descend to the mortal world at their will was not only because of the existence of the Realm Law but also the existence of Realm Beasts.

This beautiful woman was without a doubt an unparalleled expert for being able to kill a Realm Beast. Among the True Immortals, she would be regarded as someone powerful.

Even so, the damage inflicted by the Realm Beast on her was not trivial. The injuries she suffered were definitely not ordinary. However, after just one day, Xi Ran managed to stabilize her condition. It was enough to prove how powerful Xi Ran's medical knowledge was.

Nevertheless, the beautiful woman's injuries might have been treated, but there were still two seals within her body which completely sealed up her cultivation level.

One of them seemed to be planted by her. The reason for it was probably because she wanted to restrict her cultivation level to the Void Fragmentation Realm in order to avoid assaults from the Realm Beasts. However, even after she had done that, she was still attacked by a Realm Beast. If she was not being plotted against by someone else, the only explanation for her encounter was that she had just completely run out of luck.

The other one was planted by the Realm Beast using a magical technique.

The second seal directly regressed her cultivation level by three large levels, restricting it to the Nascent Soul Realm. From here, one could see just how terrifying the seal of a Realm Beast was!

What was more troublesome was that the seal from the Realm Beast contained a trace of extremely secretive poison… This poison should not be possessed by a Realm Beast. Instead, it was a poison which was specifically concocted and planted on the Realm Beast.

That trace of poison made Ning Fan inwardly guess that it was rather likely that the woman was actually being set up by someone, causing her to be pursued by a Realm Beast.

As for the beings who could possibly plot against her, he or she must also be a matchless True Immortal. For the time being, Ning Fan was not willing to offend such a person. Thus, regarding why the beautiful woman was being set up, he did not have much interest in it.

After all, he was just fulfilling his promise of doing Luo You a favor by saving the beautiful woman. As for other matters, he had no intention of asking or knowing.

Of course, since he had promised to save her, he had to do his best. That is to say, he would still need to help in curing the poison within her body.

"Why haven't you gone out yet? I still need to continue in helping her clean her body…" Xi Ran urged, while twisting the wet towel after rinsing it with clean water.

"If I leave now, she will die. A trace of poison still remains within her body. It concealed itself quite deeply…"

Walking to the side of the bed with determination, he lifted the blanket away. Immediately, the perfect, snow-white naked body of the beautiful woman was revealed right in front of his eyes.

"Pervert! I've already performed a diagnosis on her. She wasn't afflicted with any poison. You're lying. You just want to peek at her body!" Xi Ran quickly covered her eyes with her hands and her cheeks blushed with embarrassment. However, she seemed to have forgotten that it was Ning Fan who should cover his eyes, not her.

"Did you manage to discover how many seals are planted on her?" Ning Fan placed his hand on the beautiful woman's abdomen. The cool, tender skin that he felt from his sense of touch made his concentration sway. Instantly, he brought back his focus and wore a serious expression.

"Just one, I guess… Isn't it the seal from the Realm Beast?"

"There are two. She has also placed a seal on herself. That seal is invisible to any ordinary beings."

The purple star in Ning Fan's left eye glinted. The Fu Li eyes allowed him to see through every illusion. Naturally, he would be able to discover the two layers of seals within her body. Therefore, it was not strange that Xi Ran was unable to notice it.

He then began to insert his magic power into the beautiful woman through her abdomen. That process continued without pause for the time it takes for an incense stick to completely burn.

After that, on the spotlessly white body of the beautiful woman, an abstruse mark suddenly appeared.

On the other hand, another silver mark emerged on her forehead. It was the seal she planted on herself.

Beneath the half-exposed clothes, a ghastly blood mark appeared on her body. Moreover, upon the emergence of the mark, it also gave out a nauseating stench.

That mark was planted by the Realm Beast!

"There are truly two layers of seals. Besides, the stench being emitted by the Realm Beast's seal is… the 'Decaying Immortal's Poison'!"

Xi Ran was so shocked that her mouth was wide open.

As shown by the proof, Ning Fan was reasonable in lifting the blanket and seeing through the woman's body. The latter was really afflicted with a lethal poison!

However, Xi Ran was unable to imagine why such a terrifying poison would be found on the beautiful woman's body.

"The Decaying Immortal's Poison. A drop of this poison is even more precious than an immortal's Dao Fruit as it could cause an ordinary immortal to die! If it wasn't because this woman's cultivation level was extremely strong, perhaps she would have died at the moment she was poisoned… A person who could rear a Realm Beast and harm others with the Decaying Immortal's Poison… I'm afraid the person who schemed against this woman comes from a great background."

Ning Fan's eyes narrowed with solemnity. He faintly felt that from the moment he had saved this woman, he had already brought himself another trouble.

However, if he were to be given a choice once again, he would still choose to save her. The reason was because it was related to Luo You's request.

"How is it? Could you cure the poison for her?" Luo You's voice echoed from the Yin Yang Locket. This time, her tone sounded a little nervous.

"Don't worry!"

Without giving much explanation, Ning Fan sat at the side of the bed and placed the beautiful woman on his knee. With a slap on his storage pouch, he took out a sparkling, jade-like token.

Poison King's Token!

This token had a rather unique property in neutralizing poison. Despite that, Ning Fan also did not have much confidence in whether it could completely cure the beautiful woman.

With a touch of his finger, the token transformed into a small jade which was only slightly longer than three centimeters.

Parting the delicate lips of the beautiful woman, he placed the miniature jade onto her tongue. When his finger touched the cool, velvety tongue of the woman, his concentration swayed once more.

Although he calmed his mind down quickly afterwards, he felt a little astonished.

This woman's cultivation method is no doubt the profound righteous path. Her body, however, seemed to be innately filled with an unusual enchantment.

Even if my Yin Yang Transformation has reached the Second Level, I could still barely resist her charm.

So this is the power of the Seven Spirit Physiques mentioned by Luo You. What exactly are they?

At the moment the Poison King Token was inserted into her mouth, the woman's complexion immediately showed signs of improvement. The blood-red poison veins which were approaching the nape of her neck began to recede downwards.

However, when they flowed backwards to the top of her bosoms, they stopped.

Ning Fan's eyes turned grim. The Poison King Token was not weak. However, by just placing it in her mouth, it was still not enough to eradicate all the remaining poison.

Unfortunately, the beautiful woman was currently unconscious and unable to manipulate the power of the token to neutralize the poison in her entire body.

"W-What should we do? The poison of this elder sister could only be suppressed to the area below her chest and it isn't completely cured!" Seeing a peerlessly beautiful woman that was about to die from the Decaying Immortal's Poison, Xi Ran could not help feeling sympathetic and anxious.

"I need to force the power of the token to spread throughout her entire body!"

Ning Fan placed his finger on the woman's lips and imbued his magic power. The Poison King Token turned into a cool light ray and spread within her body.

The tip of his finger then moved down from the woman's lips, gliding over her neck, her collarbones and the soft lumps on her chest.

Cold light traces began to permeate her entire body. The painful and miserable look on the unconscious woman's face instantly subsided like melting ice.

Under the effect of the light traces, the poison within her body gradually disappeared. As for Ning Fan, he had also nearly touched every part of the woman's upper body with his finger.

However, Ning Fan began to lose his composure while his breathing slowly became erratic. The power of enchantment from the woman's body was overly terrifying, causing him to nearly let loose of his lust.

If he really loses self-control and copulated with the woman, there would only be one outcome for Ning Fan: his body would explode!

As the poison dissipated, the blood-red lines on the woman's body began to recede and converge at her lower abdomen!

Gritting his teeth tightly, Ning Fan rubbed the woman's calves from her ankles with both of his hands.

He then lifted her palace skirt and placed his hand into it. Silently asking for forgiveness, the tip of his finger penetrated the soft and tender tissues between her thighs and resolutely inserted his power.

Under the force of his final move, all the poison within her body was pushed to gather at her lower abdomen, forming a mark of a seal the size of a palm.

The seal still remained. The poison, however, had already vanished.

But when Ning Fan penetrated his finger inside her, something even more troublesome had occurred.

At the moment when the poison within the woman was neutralized, the woman whose body was entirely touched by Ning Fan, including her private parts let out a moan and her misty eyes opened. She woke up.

However, just as she regained her consciousness, a massive enchantment power rushed towards Ning Fan and Xi Ran.

A purple mist swept across the room, carrying Ning Fan and Xi Ran together onto a bed shrouded with drapery.

"Ah!"

Xi Ran made a scream of surprise. After being swept away by the purple mist, her eyes immediately became blurred. She, who already had good feelings towards Ning Fan, currently felt unbearably itchy and numb from head to toe. She felt as if only by throwing herself into Ning Fan's arms could she relieve the uneasy feelings being felt by her body.

As for the beautiful woman, her eyes remained misty and she behaved as if she had lost her grip on her rationality.

She might have already sealed her cultivation level, but the power of her charm was indeed at the level of the Shedding Void Realm of True Immortal!

The beautiful woman whose dress was half unbuttoned was beaded with sweat and her hairpins were in disorder. All of a sudden, she noticed Ning Fan. Feeling an intolerable surge of lust, she uttered that it was just an erotic dream.

"Ever since my husband died in battle and the birth of Man Er[1], I've never had an erotic dream before for one thousand years… Erotic dream… Why is the dream this time is so authentic? I can actually see clearly the man's appearance… I'm really a shameless woman… for dreaming having a Divine Transformation Realm young man…"

"If it's just a dream… if it's just a dream…"

The beautiful woman's will began to weaken. If it were to be any ordinary erotic dreams, she could destroy the dream realm with her magic power.

This time, however, the dream realm was just too real. She attempted to break herself free from the dream but she failed.

"Can't break free from the dream? Then this will be my first time being overwhelmed by my lust inside a dream…"

Moreover, the beautiful woman felt a strange power from Ning Fan which was calling upon her…

Her lower part was already drenched. With half of her body naked, she finally lost her self-restraint and threw herself into Ning Fan's arms.

"If it's just a dream, one would have the qualification to love another person, even if the person is me…"

The beautiful woman opened her lips while lifting Ning Fan's chin, looking lost and delirious.

"I'm Yuan Yao. What's your name?"

"L-Lu Bei…"

Ning Fan tried to restrain himself. The purple mist was too strong that it made his Yin Yang Locket to show signs of running out of his control.

However, just as the beautiful woman pressed her tender lips against his, he could no longer hold himself back.

What made the situation wilder was that at this moment, Xi Ran who had drowned in her desire rubbed her petite breasts against his back while using her delicate arms to surround Ning Fan's neck. Placing her head at his ears, a rush of faint fragrance assailed his nostrils.

"Lu Bei… I feel really unwell. What should I do…"

*Roar*

Ning Fan could no longer bear it any longer. The purple mist was just too domineering. If he refuses to copulate, not to mention the two women, even he himself would die because of it.

It was fine for him to perform dual-cultivation with Xi Ran. The only issue was the beautiful woman… He must never pluck her. A drop of her primordial yin was all it takes to cause his body to explode!

"Silly brother… There is still the 'rear', the 'REAR'!"

Luo You's teasing voice echoed into his ears.

Since the beautiful woman's life was no longer in danger, Luo You felt at ease.

Then, when she saw the beautiful woman was about to be copulated by Ning Fan, she was greatly interested and inwardly, she began to formulate a scheme.

"She is a famous woman. Besides, she is a woman whose owner is already dead… Silly brother, if you take her body, there is nearly no one who would dare to offend you in the Four Heavens and Nine Worlds. However…"

Luo You's face was adorned with a more mischievous smile.

She really intended to see how embarrassed Ning Fan would feel facing Bei Xiaoman and the beautiful woman at the same time.

"Silly brother, I'm afraid this time you are going to defy heaven. This woman, Yuan Yao, is actually Bei Xiaoman's mother…"

Of course, Luo You would not tell Ning Fan that.

It was as if she was watching a complex and complicated soap opera.

The reason was because she was very bored.

<strong>Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel</strong>

<strong>Note: </strong>

1. Man Er refers to Bei Xiaoman. Adding the word 'Er' (儿) is just an affectionate way for a mother to call her children.