Chapter 8

In the city of Seven Plum, at the Situ Manor.

"Sister Three, what did you say? Lord gave you the Mei Guard to Ning Fan to command!" In the Situ Manor, a slender man named Situ frowned coldly. He had black hair and demonic eyes, but wore black Buddhist robes and held black prayer beads.

"He wants black grass? And he sent you to ask me for it? Humph, what a big shot, let him come and get it himself!"

"Brother Two, this..." Wei Chi showed a troubled expression.

But the slender man waved his sleeve, driving Wei Chi out.

In the city of Seven Plum, at the Nangong Manor.

"Sir, this is the information I gathered..." In the hall of Nangong Manor, a woman in tight clothing knelt.

"Hiss... This Ning Fan, he obtained the medicinal herbs to cure Lord's poison. I can't see through the mystery... Seven extremely yin poisons, seven extremely yang tonics, their effects are completely opposite... Can he really make the antidote for Lord... Loulan, you did well, you may go..."

Nangong, a middle-aged man with a soft and gentle voice, looked at Ning Fan's portrait and licked his lips.

"Is this person sent by the Sword Realm to harm the master..."

In the city of Seven Plum, at the Divine Void Pavilion.

"Have you found out? Who was the one who bought the 'Millennium Peach Branch' today..." In the Divine Void Pavilion, a demoness who looked to be in her twenties, with a black veil covering her face, wore a black halter top and a black skirt that was a bit short, revealing her white and smooth legs.

"As you predicted, the one who bought the 'Millennium Peach Branch' was not the three divine commanders of Han Yuanchi. With Nangong and Han Yuanchi's alchemy skills, they don't need herbs of a thousand years... The one who bought the herbs is actually a first-stage Pulse Opening youth, the new disciple of Han Yuanchi."

"Oh? First-stage Pulse Opening?"

She held Ning Fan's portrait, showing a bit of interest.

"What else did he buy?"

"Reporting to my lord, he also bought a hundred-year-old Ice Thunder Stone and Fire Rain Flower."

"Millennium herbs are used to refine the 'Fourth Transformation Immortal Pill,' which is exactly what Han Yuanchi needs to cure his poison... Ice Thunder Stone and Fire Rain Flower, these two herbs have incompatible properties and should not be used in medicine, but in ancient times, there was a method to make incompatible herbs into a pill... These two herbs are for Han Yuanchi's Mei Guard... Not simple... This person's medical talent, in the Rain Realm, there are no more than ten people who surpass him... This person is very interesting..."

This charming demoness seemed to have no cultivation at all, but just by hearing a few names of herbs, she deduced Ning Fan's motives. Her extensive knowledge was no less than Ning Fan's, who had the memory of an Immortal Emperor!

Outside the Snow City of Seven Plum, a young man in a black robe, after patting his demon-catching bag, released a group of rats, gritting his teeth,

"Humph! The 'Cauldron' I raised in the Joyful Union Sect was taken... Forget it, Old Demon Han cannot be offended, I'll secretly take the Cauldron back... As long as the little girl hasn't lost her virginity, no one can tell her constitution..."

Ning Fan knew nothing of all this.

As soon as he returned to the Si Fan Palace, he brought a large batch of spiritual herbs to the alchemy pavilion in the palace.

The old demon, known as Han Yuzun, was a famous third-stage alchemist in the Yue Kingdom. The alchemy cauldrons used in the Si Fan Palace were of extremely high quality, and the alchemy pavilion had a vein of ice and fire, used for alchemy.

Now that Wei Chi had not yet delivered the herbs he bought, the antidotes for the old demon and the Mei Guard could not be refined. Ning Fan decided to first refine some Pulse Opening pills for Little Paper Crane.

After all, the higher Paper Crane's cultivation, the better the dual cultivation effect. Ning Fan gradually accepted the dual cultivation technique "Yin-Yang Transformation" and was eager to try its effects.

The "Pulse Opening Pill" is a second-stage immortal pill, which many Spirit Fusion alchemists can refine. With the alchemy memory of an Immortal Emperor, a mere second-stage immortal pill was nothing to Ning Fan.

With the earth fire for alchemy, the consumption of the alchemist's mana was almost negligible, but Ning Fan, who had just opened his pulse, was still worried that he might not be able to handle it.

"The 'Yellow Court Alchemy Record'... Nine turns of the River Cart make one an immortal, no need to study scriptures or sit in meditation, the Yellow Court clarifies the world, half a pot of plain wine hides in the mountains and rivers... The alchemy technique of the Ancient Chaos Emperor lies in the 'Nine Turns of the River Cart'..."

Closing his eyes, Ning Fan recalled the alchemy memory of the Ancient Chaos Emperor, his fingertips moving the black flame, savoring the exquisite alchemy technique of the 'Nine Turns of the River Cart'.

"In ancient times, there were two great alchemists in the world, one named Laozi, the other named the Yellow Emperor. They had two great alchemy techniques... one called 'Three Pure Ones Pill Condensation,' the other called 'Nine Turns of the River Cart'..."

He muttered to himself, his fingertips moving continuously, drawing circles with the black flame. Each circle drawn could refine one turn of the pill...

He closed his eyes, pondered, and after a long time, drew one circle, the flame leaving no trace.

He savored it repeatedly, and after an incense stick's time, he could draw two circles, the flame shadow faintly condensed and not dispersing.

Half an hour later, he could draw three circles, and a moment later, he drew a clear circle in front of him.

The next moment, he suddenly panted heavily, hurriedly opened his eyes, and fell silent.

The fifth circle could not be drawn, perhaps because Ning Fan's realm was too low... But being able to draw four circles, he was sufficient to refine a fourth-stage immortal pill, and in terms of alchemy skills, no one in the Yue Kingdom could compare.

"Open the furnace, refine the pill!"

He patted the cauldron lid, threw in the herbs, and with a thin mana, ignited the ice and fire, starting the long process of alchemy.

An hour later, out of ten sets of herbs, seven were destroyed, and only three batches of pills were refined, each batch containing ten pills.

His face was already pale, his mana, which had just recovered, was exhausted again, and his mind was weary.

The seven sets of herbs being destroyed were not due to Ning Fan's lack of skill, but because his mana was insufficient. At the moment of pill formation, he could not control the fire, hence the frequent failures.

Failing so much with a second-stage pill, the third-stage antidote for the Mei Guard and the fourth-stage antidote for the old demon might be impossible to refine unless he first increased his mana...

Putting the thirty Pulse Opening pills in a jade bottle, Ning Fan hurriedly returned to his bedroom.

Outside the room, he suddenly stopped, because inside, he could faintly hear the sound of water.

The little girl was taking a bath, humming a song, seemingly in a good mood.

"Should I go in or not... If Paper Crane were a bit older, I would want to wash with her..." Ning Fan, holding the medicine bottle, turned around, touched his nose, and smiled.

He was not concerned about propriety or morality, but simply did not want to leave a shadow on the little girl.

Looking at the rising moon, he was momentarily homesick. The Wu Kingdom, the Hai Ning Ning family, was thousands of miles away. His younger brother Ning Gu, trapped in the Heavenly Departure Demon Sect, when would he be able to kick the demon sect and save his brother.

"The Yue moon, the moon under Yue, the people of Wu and Yue are far, the mountains and rivers block the way. Heaven is my wife, earth is my concubine, where is my homeland, who will share the full moon with me, in the four heavens and nine realms, I am the only one drunk."

He was a young man, but he carried the sorrow of an Immortal Emperor who had seen through the world. Under the moon, he seemed ethereal. The words he recited, though casually chosen, caused a cold snort from a woman outside the wall.

"Humph, 'Heaven is my wife, earth is my concubine,' Han Yuanchi's disciple, what a big mouth..."

The woman's voice was not soft, but carried a bold and heroic spirit, like a sword, making Ning Fan's eardrums slightly hurt.

Then, the sound of the woman's footsteps faded away.

Ning Fan frowned. The Si Fan Palace was the old demon's forbidden palace, where ordinary people could not enter. The old demon never touched women, so who was this woman who entered the Si Fan Palace and called the old demon by name?

He wanted to chase out of the courtyard to investigate, but before he took a few steps, a scream suddenly came from the bedroom.

"Ah!"

His face changed, and without thinking about the strange woman, he hurriedly pushed the door open and entered the bedroom.

In the room, a wooden basin was placed, with plum blossoms floating in the water. Paper Crane had been bathing, but now she jumped out of the basin, standing naked on the bed, looking at the ground in fear.

"Rat... Brother Fan, save me!"

Her innocent face, pitiful, made Ning Fan both laugh and cry. Paper Crane had spent three years in the Joyful Union Sect, though she had no cultivation, she had seen immortals, yet she was afraid of a mere rat.

But as he thought about it, he suddenly felt something was amiss.

The Si Fan Palace was built in the Seven Plum Ice City, a place for cultivating demons, how could ordinary rats survive?

He stared at the rat on the ground, his eyes turning cold.

This rat had white fur and purple eyes, not an ordinary rat, but a 'Trace Rat.' In the memory of the Ancient Chaos Emperor, many cultivators of low cultivation used such rats to track people.

Paper Crane had no cultivation, so no one would track her. Therefore, the person who released this rat must have wanted to track him.

The old demon would not be so bored, with his divine sense, he could clearly perceive the entire Seven Plum City.

The one who used this rat was likely a Pulse Opening cultivator of low cultivation, who had not yet opened their divine sense.

"A Pulse Opening cultivator wants to deal with me? Looking for death..." Ning Fan sneered, pointing a finger, a thread of black flame shot at the rat, burning it to death.

He walked to the bed, but Paper Crane suddenly cried out, jumping into his arms.

"Brother Fan, I'm so scared... That year, that year, my brother's body was... a large group of rats with purple eyes... they gnawed him to death..."

She trembled in Ning Fan's arms. She was not afraid of rats, but of that memory.

Ning Fan frowned, sensing some doubts from Paper Crane's words. Trace Rats do not eat human flesh and do not live in groups... How could her brother be gnawed to death by a group of Trace Rats... A group of Trace Rats appearing at the same time was likely raised by a cultivator... Trace Rats are expensive, and even a Spirit Fusion cultivator could not afford a group... Why would a cultivator command a group of Trace Rats to gnaw on Paper Crane's brother's body...

Or, the one who released the Trace Rats was not targeting him, but Paper Crane? But, Paper Crane is a mortal, which seems unlikely.

Ning Fan could not figure it out. The memory of the Immortal Emperor was not omnipotent. If his cultivation reached the Spirit Fusion stage, he could cast a divination to determine who was targeting him. But currently, it seemed impossible.

"Ah... Brother Fan, when did you come in... Let me go, holding me like this makes me feel strange..."

Just a casual hug, but Paper Crane's little face turned red.

And Ning Fan, as if suddenly realizing something, was greatly alarmed,

"Paper Crane is 'Born with Alluring Bones'! Someone has taken a fancy to Paper Crane and wants to make her a Cauldron!"

Born with Alluring Bones, practicing dual cultivation techniques can progress rapidly, and is the dream of many experts. A woman with Alluring Bones, if she remains a virgin, it is hard to tell she has Alluring Bones, but once she loses her virginity, the Alluring Bones will gradually appear... One day without pleasure, one day of confusion. Ten days without pleasure, weak as silk. A hundred days without pleasure, certain death.

Is this why Paper Crane was captured by the Joyful Union Sect?

He was startled, his arms unconsciously tightening, hugging Paper Crane even tighter. Paper Crane, breathing heavily, her eyes dazed, had lost her consciousness, instinctively hugging Ning Fan's neck, her little tongue licking Ning Fan's ear, breathing like orchid.

"Brother Fan... I feel so uncomfortable..." Paper Crane said dazedly.

"Then, let's practice dual cultivation!" Pushing Paper Crane down, Ning Fan took off his clothes and pressed on top. He originally wanted to wait until Paper Crane was a bit older, but it seemed he couldn't wait.

Paper Crane, except for the night she lost her virginity, had never experienced the pleasure of sexual intercourse. With her Alluring Bones constitution, her yin energy condensed in her lower abdomen, her desire surging. Direct intercourse would harm her with yang energy attacking yin, and the two energies clashing would kill her.

He must first release her yin energy before intercourse to restore her confused mind.

Pushing Paper Crane onto the bed, she lay in a seductive pose, her tongue licking her lips, Ning Fan's breathing gradually became heavy. He silently recited the incantation of "Yin-Yang Transformation," suppressing his desire.

The most taboo in dual cultivation techniques is the practitioner succumbing to desire, which would render the technique ineffective.

In "Yin-Yang Transformation," there are not only seduction and illusion techniques to attract women, but also mind-stabilizing techniques to keep oneself composed while embracing beauty.

His breathing gradually calmed, Ning Fan stroked Paper Crane's little face, and Paper Crane, sensing something, turned her face, holding Ning Fan's fingers, licking them.

"Brother Fan... don't leave Paper Crane..."

The smooth, wet, and soft tongue.

Withdrawing his fingers, Ning Fan put them in his mouth, tasting Paper Crane's sweet saliva, savoring it.

Then, he pressed down, blocking Paper Crane's little mouth, and her tongue, as if finding an outlet, probed into Ning Fan's mouth, their tongues intertwining, making Ning Fan's head spin, almost immediately wanting to have intercourse.

He had already lost his virginity in the Joyful Union Sect, but today was the first time he had actively desired a woman.

"I must first release Paper Crane's yin energy..."

He suppressed his desire, teasing Paper Crane's tongue with one hand, and with the other, he caught her white and tender clitoris, while his other hand moved down her flat abdomen...

(Well, well, well, please collect, please recommend... The Book of Songs is joyful but not excessive, sad but not hurtful. I hope "The Union" is sensual but not perverted... The plot is just a kiss, though described in detail, but hope it won't be censored... This book is about a demon cultivator, without false righteousness, eat when hungry, drink when thirsty... Not like the righteous path, where cultivation cannot involve losing one's virginity. Immortals are also human... I hope this book can bring relaxation and joy to readers, and on that basis, some emotion and thought, then I will consider "The Union" well-written.)