Free Web NovelChapter 1933: Chapter 1929: Scoundrel Man
After imprisoning that mysterious woman, Ye Fan went straight back into the Pan Gu Secret Realm. He wanted to know who this woman actually was.
Earlier, Xuan Nv had clearly not recognized this woman, and among the ancient cultivators at his side, other than Xuan Nv, there were only Sang Yuan and Xi He. Someone even Xuan Nv didn’t know, Sang Yuan obviously wouldn’t know either, so he could only go ask Xi He what was going on.
When he reached the Pan Gu Secret Realm, he found Xi He, who at this moment was cultivating inside Heavenly City. Xi He was a bit surprised to see Ye Fan arrive; she stood up and said, "Has Master come to see this slave for something?"
The red in Ye Fan’s eyes was already very obvious; Xi He could feel it as well. Ye Fan said, "Earlier someone came looking for me; she should also be one of the ancient cultivators. This person has a very thorough grasp of many things about humans. Do you know who she is?"
After Ye Fan roughly described the situation, Xi He frowned and said, "If my guess is correct, this person should be E Huang."
"Who is E Huang?" Ye Fan frowned.
"E Huang’s former name was Jing Nv. She has existed longer than any of us, and she was not created by Nuwa. She is one of the rare women whose soul was born naturally. Strictly speaking, she and Xuan Nv are both first-generation cultivators." Xi He said, "But because her cultivation was not high, she couldn’t pose any threat to Pan Gu and the others, and she’s been in hiding all along, so very few people know she exists. I’ve never met her, I only know that she occasionally appears before Nuwa. Back when Nuwa was creating humans, she provided quite a few suggestions, and what this person is best at... is using certain feminine charms to attract men."
Ye Fan nodded. "Seems my prediction was right. She’s not an ordinary woman; she should be far more dangerous than ordinary women."
"As for how many men she’s had, no one knows, but in ancient times there were many legends about her." Xi He said, "I don’t really have any dealings with her. If she showed up this time, I’d assume Nuwa sent her. For you to resist her enchantment, it seems Master’s cultivation has already reached a truly terrifying level."
Ye Fan said, "This was tempered after you used illusions to enchant me back then. Right now I can feel my inner breath surging a bit; I have to calm down and cultivate for a while."
Xi He immediately understood what Ye Fan meant by "cultivate"; roughly, it was to rely on certain methods to carry out furnace-dual-cultivation. Xi He said, "It seems Master has not yet walked out of this surge of power. Given how strong E Huang is, for her not to have bound Master means Master spent quite a lot of mental energy in this confrontation. The depletion of one’s spirit like that is also very frightening."
After speaking, Xi He also understood Ye Fan’s intention. She walked over to stand before Ye Fan, only to be pulled into his arms at once.
At this moment Xi He was just like an ordinary mortal woman; whatever Ye Fan did to her, she would either passively endure or actively respond, without the slightest intent to resist. And ever since being with Ye Fan, she rarely faced him alone; in the past there were always other women at his side. That was also Ye Fan’s way of suppressing her pride.
By now Xi He didn’t have much pride left. She was just like an ordinary mortal woman; whatever Ye Fan did to her, she would choose to passively endure, even seek physical communion with him.
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At a distant place, Nuwa also received news of E Huang’s failure.
"She is so conceited, thinking she could conquer Ye Fan with her charm. She was too naive, never imagining Ye Fan would subdue her so easily." When Nuwa mentioned E Huang, there was some disappointment in her tone. This time there was also someone standing behind her, but it was a man, one she could not command, because this was Fu Xi, the one she had always wanted to help.
Fu Xi said, "Since you knew she would fail, why send her at all?"
"I wanted to test Ye Fan’s abilities, and I needed to know just what this Ye Fan is capable of—how he could, in such a short time, become a hegemon of the universe, to the point of threatening the status of us ancient cultivators." Nuwa said.
"Now that it’s proven, what good does it do? The people you sent still failed. That proves that some of the things you’ve done are wrong. Nuwa, your starting point in some matters may be good, but unfortunately you use the wrong methods. After all this time you still haven’t woken up?" Fu Xi said.
Nuwa sized Fu Xi up and said, "You treacherous man, do you really not know who I’m doing all this for? I admit that after creating humans, I was somewhat affected by human emotions and became indecisive. Even when I had a chance to kill Ye Fan, I didn’t, because I knew this person might disrupt the order of the ancient cultivators and let Pan Gu step down from his altar. Everything I’ve done has been for you!"
"Say whatever you like, I won’t believe you." Fu Xi said. "You claim it’s for me, but I think it’s all for yourself."
"Heh, don’t you dare admit it? Actually, you’re afraid Pan Gu will target you, aren’t you? You know as well as I do that among so many ancient cultivators, the ones with the highest cultivation are you and Pan Gu. If you and I joined forces, we might not be unable to defeat Pan Gu. Pan Gu is highly guarded against the two of us. When you came to see me today, did you tell Pan Gu? Have you thought about how you’ll explain this to him if he finds out everything when you go back? Hahaha!"
Nuwa looked very pleased with herself, which left Fu Xi extremely annoyed. Fu Xi said, "Nuwa, you should wake up as well. After being an ancient cultivator for so many years, you ought to see things more lightly. What meaning is there in all this struggle for dominance?"
"Is it that you think it’s meaningless, or is it that being suppressed by Pan Gu has made you lose your fighting spirit? Fu Xi, I’ve always wanted to help you, no matter when. Don’t think I’m plotting something. All I want is to reshape this order, and I can even use this human to help me. I want to see how great the potential of humans can be. As long as I can pull Pan Gu down from the altar, I’m willing to do anything. I can sacrifice so much for you—have you ever thought about sacrificing anything for me? You haven’t. All you think about is how to curry favor with Pan Gu, how to be his loyal subject. Have you ever considered my feelings?" Nuwa said sharply.
Fu Xi closed his eyes. He did not answer Nuwa.
Nuwa said, "Forget it, talking to you is a waste of breath. Since you don’t want to stand on the same path as me, I’ll just keep doing things my way. Don’t interfere with me—unless you’re here to kill me... which perhaps isn’t even something Pan Gu would allow, since he keeps going on about maintaining this unchanging order!"
