4 Chapter 561: Northern Sea of Trees Map
The Limitless Pavilion inn the east of the Vast Cold City was ten thousand li* (500m per li) away from the city north.
With the Gold Core Realm speed of that middle-aged scholar, he had to fly for one entire day at full speed in order to reach there.
Luckily, Ning Fan was with him and he naturally did not need to spend one whole day on travelling.
As Ning Fan just flicked his sleeve, a massive amount of magic power carried the middle-aged scholar away. The both of them instantly traversed ten thousand li* (500m per li) and appeared outside the Limitless Pavilion.
"D-Divine Transformation Realm old monster!" The scholar was scared half to death by Ning Fan's speed.
Based on what he knew, those who could travel across ten thousand li* (500m per li) instantly were at least cultivators at the Divine Transformation Realm.
Only old monsters at that level could use teleportation techniques which allowed them to travel so far instantaneously!
He originally guessed that Ning Fan was a Peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivator. Now, however, it seemed to him that Ning Fan was at least an old monster at the Early Divine Transformation Realm!
This man is actually a Divine Transformation Realm old monster! I am able to be a guide for such a powerful old monster!
The middle-aged scholar was deeply shocked but his eyes were burning with excitement.
He bowed toward Ning Fan courteously and pointed at the ten thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) pavilion in front of them. Then, he said, "Senior, please look this is the Limitless Pavilion. The map of the Northern Tree Sea is only available for sale in the Limitless Pavilion. The Limitless Pavilion's Master, is also the lord of Vast Cold City, an old monster in the early stage of Void Refinement. To enter the Limitless Pavilion for shopping, you must have a strong cultivation, this junior is unable to enter."
"Since you can't enter the pavilion, then step back. I will enter alone."
Ning Fan sent back the middle-aged scribe and walked towards Limitless Pavilion alone.
There were no gatekeepers guarding Limitless Pavilion. Instead there were two wooden beast sculpture's squatting outside the gate.
The wood carving was lifelike, with a pair of nimble animal pupils.
When Ning Fan approached the Limitless Pavilion, the two wooden beasts suddenly radiated a faint glow and stood up on all fours while the beast pupils stared at Ning Fan coldly.
Each wooden beast exuded the breath of Peak Nascent soul realm!
These two wooden beasts are clearly two beast puppets!
"Halt! Cultivators under Peak Nascent soul are not allowed to enter the Limitless Pavilion!"
Ning Fan glanced at the two beasts, slightly surprised.
No wonder there is no one guarding this Limitless Pavilion. It turned out that there were actually two Peak Nascent soul puppets guarding it.
The manufacturing process of these two puppets is quite special. Unlike the Rain World puppet and the Northern Heaven puppet, they are actually made of wood.
The material of the two puppets is not special, but there are mysterious talisman formations engraved on the puppets. At Ning Fan's formation Dao level, he could only see through 20% of the formation.
Ning Fan's eyes narrowed immediately, secretly pondering.
The rank of these two puppets may not be high, but the one who made the two puppets is definitely an extremely powerful puppet master.
Facing the cold stare of the two beasts, Ning Fan didn't say much, only slightly exuded a breath, about the level of Peak Nascent.
Feeling the breath of Ning Fan's Peak Nascent soul, the chill in the eyes of the two beasts immediately dissipated. They squatted down again, and said proudly to Ning Fan, "You have enough cultivation, you can enter!"
The eyes of ordinary puppets are mostly empty, yet these two puppets can show arrogant expressions...
Ning Fan was quite sure that these two puppet beasts had no spiritual wisdom, to show proud expressions, they must be made by a Puppet grandmaster with an extraordinary technique.
He slowly stepped into the Limitless Pavilion. On the first floor of the Limitless Pavilion, there were rows of jade shelves, with items placed on them.
Each jade shelf was equipped with a heavy layers of formation lights, and beside it there were puppet beasts guarding it.
Many Peak Nascent Cultivators selected items on the first floor, and the people who welcomed them were human-shaped puppets.
The moment Ning Fan stepped into the Limitless Pavilion, a smiling female puppet moved gracefully and walked over.
This puppet has spiritual wisdom and has a cultivation base of half-step Divine Transformation cultivation. Its eyes are like a clear spring, which were unexpectedly slightly more nimble than even a living person.
"I don't know what this fellow Daoist wants to buy at my Limitless Pavilion? This one is Luo Rou storekeeper on the first floor of Limitless Pavilion."
"Map." Ning Fan answered lightly.
"Oh? I don't know what kind of map fellow Daoist would like to buy? On the shelf here, there are maps of Abyssal Earth Country, Vast Sea Country, and Worriless Country."
The woman pointed to a jade shelf next to it. The shelf was filled with countless jade slips, all of which were filled with maps.
Next to each jade slip, there were map ranges and jade slip prices.
"I want a map of the entire North Sea of Trees."
Ning Fan's faint voice resounded on the first floor. He immediately took out a storage bag containing millions of immortal jade and handed it to the female puppet.
Although his voice was not loud, with Peak Nascent soul cultivation everyone on the first floor could naturally hear it.
Many people turned to looked at Ning Fan, and the storage bag containing millions of immortal jade, their eyes were heated and full of shock.
Even if it is an old monster at the Peak of Nascent, not everyone is willing to spend millions of immortal jade to buy a map.
Some people also came to Limitless Pavilion to buy the map of Northern Tree Sea, but when they heard the price, they gave up their original intention.
Several Peak Nascent soul old monsters looked at Ning Fan inquiringly, feeling that Ning Fan was a little unfamiliar, trying to guess Ning Fan's background and origin.
There were also several old monsters with vicious faces, secretly paying attention to Ning Fan. When they saw Ning Fan's carelessness with money, they vaguely regarded Ning Fan as a fat sheep. It was unknown what evil intentions they were stirring up in their hearts...
Ning Fan didn't even bother to look at those old monsters with bad intentions. For him, a mere Peak Nascent cultivator was nothing to be afraid of.
The female puppet took the storage bag, swept the storage bag with divine sense, and smiled at Ning Fan with a profound meaning,
"Fellow Daoist wants to buy the map of Northern Tree Sea, I'm not sure for what purpose?"
Ning Fan didn't answer the woman's question, but slowly walked to the side of the jade shelf and grabbed a jade slip on the shelf.
That jade slip is the map of Northern Tree Sea.
The array of light set up on the jade rack is a mid-grade transformation level formation light. Even a cultivator of the Divine Transformation realm would not dare to reach out to pick up the goods on the rack.
Seeing that Ning Fan took the jade slip directly, the woman was slightly startled and was about to stop it when an old voice suddenly sounded in her ear.
"You don't have to block it, this child has hidden himself very deeply and won't be hurt by a mere transformation level of light."
Sure enough, just as the mysterious old man said, Ning Fan went directly through the array of light to take the map jade slip, turned around and left, without being hurt by the array of light at all!
Just before he left, Ning Fan suddenly raised his head and glanced at the upper floor of the Limitless Pavilion with profound meaning.
On the first floor of the Limitless Pavilion, all Peak Nascent soul realm cultivators were stunned.
No matter how stupid they are, they can see that Ning Fan is very powerful. Even the transformation light can't hurt Ning Fan. Naturally, Ning Fan can't be a Nascent Soul cultivator, and it is very likely that he is an Divine Transformation old monster!
Some Peak Nascent soul cultivators who had malicious intentions before, showed fearful expressions when they realised Ning Fan might be an old monster. How could they possibly still have the intention to attack Ning Fan.
On the top of the Limitless Pavilion, an old man dressed in brown was stunned for a moment before his eyes revealed deep thought.
"What exactly is this child's cultivation base? He should have entered the stage of Void Refinement, I just don't know if he is a Void Glimpse, or a Void Inquiry cultivator... perhaps it's higher."
"There is a very strong puppet aura around him, but the puppet seems to have been damaged. What a pity..."
"There is an ancient aura on this puppet. It should have been engraved with ancient runes. I'm not sure he will be willing to sale the puppet fragments..."
The old man in brown clothes was thinking rapidly on what decision he should make, he sent a voice transmission to the female puppet on the first floor.
Immediately, the female puppet started chased after Ning Fan. Hurriedly, it took a few steps, catching up to Ning Fan before he left, and said,
"Fellow Daoist stay, my master invites fellow Daoist to go to the top floor of Limitless Pavilion for a chat."
"Your master...?" Ning Fan's eyes were calm, and he did not display any emotion.
The owner of the Limitless Pavilion is just a Void Glimpse cultivator. This kind of cultivation is not enough to pose any threat to Ning Fan, so he naturally has no concerns.
After pondering for a moment, Ning Fan said to the female puppet, "Lead the way."
He wanted to see why the owner of the Limitless Pavilion was looking for him.
Ning Fan followed the woman all the way up to the top floor of Limitless Pavilion. The cultivators Ning Fan met along his way upstairs, all showed expressions of shock.
From the second floor onwards, the Cultivators who come to shop had at least Divine Transformation realm cultivation.
In the eyes of these Divine Transformation old monsters, Ning Fan is only a Peak Nascent soul cultivator.
It is hard for them to imagine why a cultivator at the peak of Nascent Soul is qualified to climb to the second floor let alone a higher floor!
"Who is this person! He has been climbing the whole time, could he be going to the top floor!"
"The top floor! That's where Pavilion Master Limitless receives Void Refinement cultivators! Could it be that this Peak Nascent soul cultivator is actually an Void Refinement cultivator?!"
"Hiss! This person didn't seem to be amazing, but he is in fact an Void Refinement cultivator?! This level of powerhouse, is a hero who dominates the entire Northern Tree Sea. We must not offend this person!"
Ning Fan walked all the way to the top floor, before the female puppet retreated, and Ning Fan pushed the door, walking in alone.
The top floor was simply decorated attic. An old man in brown clothes was sat on a rattan chair, drinking tea alone.
Behind him, there are eight puppet wooden figures, each one had a half-step Void Refinement cultivation base!
Seeing Ning Fan, the old man immediately revealed a smile, took a cup of tea for Ning Fan, and said politely, "Fellow Daoist, please take a seat. This is the Peak grade spirit tea that this old man bought from Zhuhang Country - Cloud and Mist Tea. It is brewed with a sixth-level void fire and infused with one hundred year old spring, how is the taste, Fellow Daoist?"
Ning Fan glanced at the wooden puppets thoughtfully, then looked away, and sat on the rattan chair beside him. He picked up the spirit tea, and tasted it carefully.
This tea has a powerful aura, the tea leaves are like miniature bamboo leaves, and it enters the mouth the tea melts like a cloud, filling with the fragrance of green bamboo.
"Good tea."
Ning Fan put down the suet jade teacup and looked at the brown-robed old man deeply.
The old man was also sizing up Ning Fan carefully, and slightly dispersed his divine sense, trying to perceive Ning Fan's specific cultivation base.
It's just that the moment the divine sense touches Ning Fan's body, it immediately disappears like a Clay Ox entering the sea, and he can't see the depth of Ning Fan at all.
The old man's eyes were shocked, he was a Void Glimpse cultivator, and his divine sense was not weak for his realm, yet he couldn't see thorough Ning Fan at all.
"This child's aura is so restrained! This child is by no means a Void Glimpse cultivator, cannot afford to offend!"
The old man became slightly more wary of Ning Fan. Though he was very interested in the puppet aura Ning Fan was exuding.
He stayed silent deep in thought, and Ning Fan smiled without saying a word.
After a while, the brown-robed old man withdrew his divine sense and cup his fists towards Ning Fan.
"This old man is Guang Hanzi and is the city lord of this Vast Cold City. Thus is also the owner of the Limitless Pavilion. The old man makes friends all across the Northern sea of trees, yet is a little unfamiliar with fellow Daoists face. May I get the name of this fellow honourable Daoist?"
"Lu Bei." Ning Fan smiled and took a sip of the teacup.
This time he secretly sneaked into the tree world, so it is not appropriate to reveal his identity. With his reputation in the rain world, there may be many people in the tree world who have heard of the name White Robed Marquis.
Ning Fan, Zhou Ming, these two names are closely related to White Robed Marquis's identity and should also not be used.
If it is known that White Robed Marquis has sneaked into the tree world, there may be people who suspect that he is plotting against the tree world by buying the map, adding unnecessary trouble.
The management between the nine worlds is very strict. Even if Emperor Nirvana sends someone to kill in the rain world, he will need to consume an sovereign execution token, and can only kill one person with each order.
Ning Fan is not so conceited to think that he can expose his rain world identity and fight alone against the three emperors of the tree world while running rampant in the tree world.
"It turned out to be fellow Daoist Lu, apologies for the disrespect!" Guang Hanzi was smiling, but he felt strange in his heart.
The name Lu Bei is very unfamiliar, definitely not a cultivator of the North Sea of Trees.
He thought to himself, could the young man in front of him be a tree Cultivator from another sea of trees?
As his thoughts were settled, Guang Hanzi then exchanged a few words with Ning Fan, and Ning Fan also answered in a fluent manner.
During the conversation between the two, time passed. Guang Hanzi rubbed his forehead, he felt it was time to get to the point.
"This old man felt a trace of puppet's aura from fellow Daoist... The puppet aura is very strong, very strong, surly there must be ancient runes engraved on it. Unfortunately according to the old man's perception, the puppet has been damaged, which is really a pity. This old man would like to exchange some puppet fragments, I wonder if you are willing to agree to this old man's request?"
"Puppet?"
Ning Fan narrowed his eyes and secretly became vigilant in his heart.
His shattered puppet was hidden on his body, so even the Rain Emperor couldn't detect it, but Guang Hanzi could. He must have a special secret for perceiving puppets.
The two puppets are Heavenly Tribulation Puppets, and even if they are damaged, they are of great value.
If the matter of Ning Fan holding the two puppets was exposed, it would probably cause some trouble.
This Guang Hanzi invited him to come and talk, is it because he wanted to steal his puppet fragments?
On second thought, this Guang Hanzi seems to be quite proficient in puppet techniques, I wonder if this person can repair the broken Void Fragmentation puppets.
Seeing Ning Fan's vigilant look, Guang Hanzi immediately waved his hands again and again, and said with an apologetic smile, "Don't misunderstand, fellow Daoist, this old man has absolutely no intentions towards fellow Daoist! This old man just wants to see the ancient runes on the fragments of fellow Daoist's puppets"
As soon as Guang Hanzi's voice fell, there was a heavenly shaking noise outside the Limitless Pavilion, and the entire Vast Cold City was shaken violently.
The booming noise was deafening, and it was the sound of the Vast Cold City's Grand Formation being breached.
Guang Hanzi's face was startled. He immediately shook his body, and took the puppets out of the Limitless Pavilion, standing on the sky.
Ning Fan showed a thoughtful look, and he also shook his body and rose to the sky.
They see that above the sky, a young man in black stood standing in the sky, his expression was extremely cold, and his imposing Void Inquiry aura swept across the sky, causing countless low-level Cultivators in Vast Cold City terrified.
"Whoever killed people from Soaring Blossom Valley get out now!"
