636: Chapter 625: The Cultivation of the Eight Zen Mantra is Too Slow 636: Chapter 625: The Cultivation of the Eight Zen Mantra is Too Slow Pure Yang Body and Pure Yin Body, one is Ning Fan, the other is Xu Ruolan.
As for her special body constitution, Xu Ruolan still had some understanding of it, just not as much as a person like Ning Fan.
Encountering Pure Yin Body is rare, happening perhaps once in a hundred years, and to have met Ning Fan, a Pure Yang Body, could truly be considered a great predestined fate.
By all accounts, they should be a perfect match.
“Speaking of which, your constitution and mine are a perfect match.
It seems we really are a pair made in heaven, aren’t we?”
Ning Fan craftily smiled and walked up to stand before Xu Ruolan, who was by the glass.
He placed a hand on the tempered glass, trapping her against it.
Xu Ruolan, with a straight face trapped against the wall, maintained her usual calm, but inside, she felt a slight stir.
The phrase ‘made in heaven’ triggered other thoughts in her mind.
“Since today presents such a good opportunity, why don’t we have a more in-depth exchange?”
“It’s getting late.
I’m going upstairs now.”
Xu Ruolan’s smile was slight and not warm, more of a cold smile.
She pushed Ning Fan away decisively, and as she turned to leave, she glanced back at Ning Fan’s sullen expression, feeling somewhat delighted inside—after all, this guy always liked to frivolously flirt with her.
But to say she was unmoved would definitely be a lie.
Of course, this didn’t refer to the topic of ‘in-depth exchange,’ but rather that the phrase ‘made in heaven’ had touched her heart.
As for a deeper exchange, that can wait until after marriage!
Ning Fan watched Xu Ruolan leave the laboratory.
By the time he reacted, her figure was no longer in sight.
“Damn it, don’t just close the door behind you!”
The laboratory’s door was securely shut, inoperable without Xu Ruolan’s secret access, and Ning Fan’s fingerprints or iris scans hadn’t been registered.
If he didn’t have other means, he probably would have been stuck in this laboratory all night.
For the first time, Ning Fan felt that closing doors behind oneself was not a good habit.
However, the laboratory’s security system hadn’t been changed, and though the defensive system designed by the so-called security master Xu Ruolan hired was strong, it couldn’t stop people like Ning Fan.
After spending a little time hacking into the laboratory’s system, Ning Fan successfully opened the door and walked out.
“Really, even though I admit I was wrong to intentionally conceal things, there’s no need for such retaliation…”
Standing in the living room, Ning Fan muttered to himself and looked up at the dark upstairs, helplessly shaking his head with a bitter smile on his face.
He could see that Xu Ruolan must have had unspoken grievances because of his intentional concealment of certain things—it was just that she hadn’t shown it.
This was the woman’s magnanimity, and her tolerance towards Ning Fan.
As for Ning Fan’s choice to conceal, it was not based on mistrust.
On the contrary, he trusted Xu Ruolan very much, but…
After telling Xu Ruolan about Huo Qiuran, he couldn’t guarantee what might happen.
If the kidnapping incident were exposed, his status in this family would undergo an earth-shattering change.
In short, Ning Fan felt that he would surely be unfortunate.
It was like a husband secretly meeting his ex-girlfriend behind his wife’s back—there would always be a sense of guilt in his heart.
At this moment, Ning Fan felt something very similar, and strictly speaking, Huo Qiuran was indeed his ex-girlfriend.
Moreover, after the recent misunderstanding was cleared up, their relationship gradually returned to how it used to be.
“Forget it, forget it.
Thinking too much gives me a headache!”
Ning Fan shook his head and then went upstairs back to his own room.
It was late at night, and Ning Fan didn’t rush to sleep but chose to cultivate instead.
During this visit to the Shangguan Family, he had encountered more than one Object-Manipulating Realm expert, including the Twin Evils of the Shangguan Family, the Family Head Shangguan Tenglong, and the Huo Family’s Family Head—Huo Yuanshan.
Both of these men were seasoned masters who had stepped into the Object-Manipulating Realm years ago.
Especially the later appearance of Shangguan Tanglong, a formidable figure in the Half-Step True Origin Realm, the peak of Object-Manipulating Realm, Ning Fan felt enormous pressure when facing him.
Although he had managed to fight Shangguan Tanglong to a standstill, Ning Fan was well aware that if the fight had continued, he would definitely have been the loser.
If it hadn’t been for the black-clothed powerhouse drawing his sword to assist, imposingly suppressing everyone with his terrifying strength, it would not have been so easy for Ning Fan, Huo Qiuran, and the Four King Kongs to leave the Shangguan Family.
Even if they could temporarily escape the wedding scene, there would still be considerable trouble to face in Jiangcheng afterward.
The Shangguan Family was the overlord of Jiangcheng, wielding immense power.
It was this trip to Jiangcheng that made Ning Fan realize his strength was insufficient; he had underestimated the people of the world.
The person who left the deepest impression on Ning Fan in Jiangcheng was none other than the black-clothed powerhouse with the ability of Half-step Aerial Mastery.
Such powerful strength had Ning Fan longing for it immensely.
“Sigh…
I thought that breaking through to the Object-Manipulating Realm and relying on my new insights would allow me to further increase my abilities, but why is it still so difficult!”
Ning Fan sat cross-legged on the bed, furrowing his brows and muttering with a confused look in his eyes.
Practicing the Eight Zen Mantra posed significant resistance for Ning Fan.
Even though he had entered the threshold of the Object-Manipulating Realm and gained new insights, the effect of his cultivation was still minimal.
While the path of cultivation itself isn’t expected to be swift, and even though his progress was already much faster than most people’s—with so few of his age having stepped into the Object-Manipulating Realm, calling him one in ten thousand wasn’t an exaggeration at all—
But Ning Fan was the type of person who believed in preparing for danger in times of safety.
He was very aware that storming into Jiangcheng to abduct a bride had angered both the Huo Family and the Shangguan Family.
The Huo Family wasn’t too concerning; Ning Fan wasn’t afraid of them, but the Shangguan Family was a whole other level of trouble.
With its profound heritage, the Shangguan Family had been rooted in Jiangcheng for a hundred years, brimming with experts.
The Twin Evils, along with the Family Head Shangguan Tenglong, who had stepped into the Object-Manipulating Realm for many years, and also Shangguan Tanglong, who loomed over Ning Fan like a mountain.
This matter would certainly not end peacefully with the Shangguan Family.
The reason Ning Fan and the others were able to leave safely this time was all thanks to that black-clothed powerhouse, but he couldn’t be expected to protect them forever, nor did he have such an obligation.
So in the end, Ning Fan could only rely on himself.
He knew that he must improve his strength; otherwise, dealing with the Shangguan Family later would be very troublesome.
“The mastery of the Eight Zen Mantra is still too slow.
My cultivation is too diverse, and each time I deeply cultivate the mantra, I have to be extremely careful.
One misstep could lead to deviation.
This can’t continue like this!”
For Ning Fan at the moment, the speed of cultivating the Eight Zen Mantra was still too slow, because he had practiced different Martial Arts, he hadn’t truly mastered the Eight Zen Mantra yet!
For him, this was a very awkward problem.