Chapter 57: Incident at Ning Family Village
Ning Ke’s body stiffened, the first thought flashing in his mind being.
Yin Feng truly lived up to being a male mother!
He actually noticed!
“…” Forcing himself to stay calm, Ning Ke asked in return, “Why do you think so?”
“Because, Lord, your yao power… fluctuates greatly.” Yin Feng pointed to his own eyes and said, “And your eyes here, they are very weak.”
“Moreover, you mentioned the Great Demon in the Yao Venerable Palace today.”
“Therefore, this subordinate guessed that you probably used a clone to investigate the Great Demon’s tracks, and were even injured by it…”
“???” Ning Ke stared in shock, his fox eyes perfectly round.
Good heavens, it would be a pity if Yin Feng wasn’t working for the FBI in America!
What kind of heaven-defying observation skills were these?
Fortunately, he didn’t guess that he went to find Lou Yunxiao, so he could still stall for a bit.
But just as Ning Ke let out a sigh of relief, he heard Yin Feng ask again, “Did you also go find that boy from the Lou family?”
“Cough! Cough cough cough…” Ning Ke choked on his saliva. Looking at Yin Feng again, he noticed that although the man’s face remained expressionless, there was a bit more understanding and worry between his brows.
Ning Ke quickly waved his hands, arguing, “I didn’t go find him, you’re overthinking it!”
“So, Lord, you really used a clone to investigate the Great Demon’s ruins, right?”
“…?” Ning Ke suddenly realized he had fallen into a trap.
He didn’t admit to finding Lou Yunxiao, but he had indirectly admitted to using a clone.
“Every clone is one of your lives, Lord.” Yin Feng approached Ning Ke and said, “You must treat them with caution, Lord, and remember not to use them recklessly again.”
Meeting Yin Feng’s gaze, Ning Ke actually felt like a child who had done something wrong being earnestly advised by an adult.
But looking at Yin Feng’s worried expression, it was indeed for his own good.
He obediently nodded and said, “Okay.”
Yin Feng’s gaze softened, and he said, “This subordinate brought back a pool of spiritual liquid from the south and put it in the side hall where you bathe. If you persist in soaking for these few months, Lord, there should be some benefits.”
“As for the Great Demon’s ruins, leave it to this subordinate and the tribe leaders to find. You just rest, Lord.”
“You…” Ning Ke stared at Yin Feng’s face, almost moved to tears by these words.
He held it in for a long time before squeezing out four words.
“You are so considerate.”
Yin Feng’s expression froze.
He paused before saying, “This is what a subordinate ought to do.”
Watching Ning Ke enter his sleeping palace, Yin Feng stood outside for a long time before leaving.
He actually had selfish motives too.
It’s just that no one knew about them.
…
With Yin Feng as his capable assistant, Ning Ke indeed felt quite relaxed.
For the rest of the time, he just soaked in the spiritual liquid, absorbed the yao power contained within, and felt he had recovered a lot of vitality.
When his body was mostly nurtured, he would chat, drink, and guide his harem members in their cultivation.
Actually, these little yao were nominally the original host’s harem, but each had a child’s temperament. They worshipped the original host more like an idol, and none of them made a move on him.
As long as they could see Ning Ke, they were very happy.
Gathered together again this day.
A little yao asked Ning Ke:
“Lord Yao Venerable, do you have someone you like?”
They had lived in the Yao Palace with Ning Ke for a long time, but had never seen Ning Ke sleep with any man or woman.
So they couldn’t help being curious.
Suddenly asked this question, Lou Yunxiao’s face appeared in Ning Ke’s mind immediately.
He quickly dispelled it and said, “No, why?”
“You are almost ten thousand years old, Lord, and you still don’t have someone you like. It’s really too strange.” The little yao pouted and said, “Those who don’t know might think you cultivate the Dao of Ruthlessness, Lord.”
Ning Ke was slightly stunned.
Listening to the little yao’s words, the original host seemed to truly be a blank slate emotionally and physically.
Clearly a nine-tailed fox, how could he be so devoid of desires?
Just as he was about to say something else, Ning Ke suddenly felt something explode in his mind.
He shot up to his feet.
“Lord?” The little yao were confused.
But they saw Ning Ke fly into the sky, leaving behind only one sentence.
“Tell Yue Ya and Yin Feng that I need to go out for a while, return date uncertain.”
Ning Ke arrived at the boundary of the Yao Realm and tore through space.
In the next instant, he was already in the Human Realm.
Determining the direction, he frowned and flew towards Ning Family Village.
The divine sense he left on the little wolf cub Yin Hui had suddenly shattered.
Something must have happened at Ning Family Village.
“Xiao Hui, don’t worry about us! Quickly take the children and go!”
“No!” The silver-gray little wolf’s leg was mangled, bone showing through, and he had multiple injuries all over his body, yet he persistently shielded the villagers.
In front of them was a ten-meter-tall demonized bear yao.
The bear yao’s eyes were blood-red, chewing on the bodies of deceased villagers, while the able-bodied men he had turned into living dead stood beside him, swinging hoes at the surviving villagers.
The little wolf howled, burning his yao core to transform into a three-meter-tall beast, blocking the bear yao’s strike, shouting loudly, “The Lord told me to protect you, I cannot leave. I’ll hold him off, you take the children and go, the farther the better! Go to the city and ask the disciples of the major sects for help!”
“Xiao Hui!”
“Xiao Hui—”
The children cried loudly.
Held by their parents, they still reached out toward the little wolf.
When Ning Ke arrived, this was the scene he saw.
The little wolf cub’s leg was forcefully ripped off by the bear yao, the spilling blood raining down like a blood shower, caught by the tongues of the living dead below, who licked it greedily.
Anger surged to his head.
Ning Ke swung his fan, instantly severing the bear yao’s front paw that gripped the little wolf.
After catching the little wolf, he fed him pills, and taking advantage of the leg being recently severed, hastily used yao power to form threads to barely reattach it.
Then, he turned to the bear yao and reached out his hand.
The villagers standing behind him only saw Ning Ke’s back, which appeared too minuscule compared to the bear yao.
That extended hand was also too fair and slender.
As if in the next moment, he would be smashed to pieces by the bear yao’s paw.
However, what happened next was something many villagers would never forget for the rest of their lives.
They saw a sharp beast claw appear out of thin air, centered on Ning Ke’s palm.
In the blink of an eye, it expanded several zhang, and then grabbed the bear yao!
Compress! Compress! Compress again!
Ning Ke’s expression was cold, only continuously tightening his palm.
Until a Bang sounded.
The bear yao exploded into a cloud of blood mist, crushed into a ball of skin and bones by Ning Ke’s tight grip.
Boom—
Nether-blue Fox Fire ignited, turning the demonic creature to ashes amidst agonizing screams.
The entire process took only a few breaths.
Leaving the villagers dumbfounded.
While feeling shocked and fortunate, they also developed a deep fear of the “person” standing there.
They knelt on the ground one after another, saying, “Thank you, Immortal Master, for saving our lives!”
But at the same time, their gazes fell on those swaying living dead, and they couldn’t help begging, “Please, Immortal Master, save our families!”
“They are already dead.” Ning Ke’s palm ignited with Fox Fire as he replied.
“The bodies of those possessed by demons must be burned, otherwise there will be endless trouble.”
After speaking, Ning Ke couldn’t bear to look anymore. He released the Fox Fire to envelop those living dead, and shortly after, the screams of the demonic creatures could be heard.
At this time, a woman stumbled out, kneeling in front of the burning figures, crying loudly, “Old man! Old man!”
Ning Ke looked over and found that the person was none other than Ning Xiaoxiao’s adoptive mother.
His body instantly stiffened in place.
Ning Ke stared blankly at this sea of fire.
Then looked at his own hands.
Suddenly coming back to his senses.
The villagers’ heart-wrenching cries shook his heart.
They knew clearly that their families were dead, yet they were still heartbroken by such an ending.
And Ning Ke, in this disaster, was the savior, but also that executioner.
When he realized this, Ning Ke felt his breath catch, his heart aching so much he reached up to cover it.
After recovering for a long time, he moved his feet towards the little wolf cub Yin Hui.
Yin Hui had woken up, howling as he grabbed Ning Ke’s hand with his paws, crying until the black fur around his eyes was completely wet: “Woo woo woo, Lord, it hurts so much. Luckily you came. Just now I thought I was going to die woo woo woo… This young master is only over a hundred years old, I don’t want to die yet awooo…”
Seeing him like this, Ning Ke’s mood eased slightly.
“Weren’t you quite arrogant and heroic just now? Why are you saying such discouraging words now?”
“Heroic is heroic, afraid of death is afraid of death, they can’t be lumped together!”
Yin Hui looked at the crying villagers and the burning people, comforting Ning Ke in a low voice: “Lord, don’t blame them, they just can’t accept this kind of thing for a moment…”
Ning Ke lowered his eyes, just about to reply.
The sound of piercing the air suddenly came from afar.
Unexpectedly, all four Sect Masters had arrived.
At this moment, their gazes all fell on Ning Ke.
Their faces full of astonishment.
“Yao Venerable Ning Ke, why are you here?!”
Translator’s Note: Things are heating up!
- Living Dead (活死人): In this context, it refers to humans possessed or controlled by a demon (Mo), functioning like zombies. Since their souls are gone or irreparably tainted, they must be destroyed to prevent the demon from spreading.
- Immortal Master (仙长): A respectful term used by mortal villagers when addressing powerful cultivators, hoping for their protection.
- Zhang (丈): A traditional Chinese unit of length, roughly equivalent to 3.3 meters. Ning Ke’s manifested claw expanded tremendously!
- Dao of Ruthlessness (无情道): A path of cultivation where the practitioner severs all worldly attachments and emotions to achieve a higher state of enlightenment. The little yao jokes that Ning Ke’s lack of a love life makes him seem like he’s practicing this path.
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