592: Chapter 581: Where Have You Been Fooling Around Again?
592: Chapter 581: Where Have You Been Fooling Around Again?
Huang Lian is as bitter as Ning Fan’s heart right now.
Facing the young girl’s reproach, he was truly at a loss, especially after Xu Xiaoqing had seen that he indeed had not brought her a gift, which made him feel even more uneasy.
“I this…
I didn’t mean to…”
Ning Fan couldn’t dare to look Xu Xiaoqing in the eyes at this moment; he could only try to seek help with his eyes from Xu Ruolan.
Following this, Xu Ruolan gave Ning Fan a look that seemed to enjoy the drama, sending him a “fend for yourself” glance before heading straight out the door, apparently not planning to get involved at all.
Seeing her so merciless, Ning Fan felt an additional chill in his heart.
Now he was totally out of luck, wasn’t this just because too many things had happened, and he had forgotten?
“Fine, so you really didn’t bring anything.
I’m dying of boredom at home while you’re out there enjoying yourself in Europe, and you’ve completely forgotten about me, you stupid jerk.
Do you even have me in your heart?!”
The more Xu Xiaoqing spoke, the angrier she became.
In her mind, Ning Fan, with his philandering ways, must have deceived countless girls in Europe and surely lived quite lavishly.
And now this guy had forgotten her as soon as he was in Europe, not even bringing a single gift, which almost drove her to fury.
“How can you say I was enjoying myself in Europe?
Aren’t you wronging a good person?”
“You’re still a good person?
If you’re a good person, then there are no bad people in this world, hmph!”
Xu Xiaoqing snorted disdainfully, silently thinking Ning Fan was fickle, and she must properly teach this stupid jerk a lesson.
Ning Fan had no idea about all the thoughts going on in Xu Xiaoqing’s mind; he just thought Xu Xiaoqing was truly angry because he hadn’t brought a gift, and he was considering how to calm her down.
Xu Xiaoqing glared with an unyielding expression, clearly not intending to let him off easily.
“Isn’t it enough that I admit I’m wrong?
Just let me in already…”
“Reflect on your wrongdoing outside today!”
With a slam, Xu Xiaoqing shut the door, leaving Ning Fan looking bewildered, standing outside in the desolate wind.
Ning Fan felt bitter.
He hadn’t been enjoying himself; instead, he had narrowly escaped death at Ghost Gate Pass.
Seeing the door closed, Ning Fan sighed, looked up, then took a few steps back and lightly tapped his toes, deploying his qinggong to quickly scale the building.
His room’s balcony window was still open, and Ning Fan easily got inside without much effort.
After entering the room, Ning Fan didn’t rush to surprise the two women; instead, he sat cross-legged on the ground, silently reciting the Mnemonic Verse of the Eight Zen Mantra.
This final battle with Apollo and the Fang Guild had finally led him to a realization.
Seeking a breakthrough amidst life and death, this trip across the continents of Europe and Africa not only resulted in obtaining the fifth piece of the Nine Souls Jade but also gave Ning Fan a chance for a breakthrough.
During those three days in Europe, Ning Fan had been accompanying Xu Ruolan, unable to settle down and meditate, but now back home, he began his cultivation without a second word.
Ning Fan closed his eyes, his mental state entering a marvellous realm, quickly reaching a state of emptiness.
True Qi overflowed from within his dantian, starting to revolve around Ning Fan’s body.
His hair moved without wind, and fine sweat seeped from Ning Fan’s skin, the critical moment for a breakthrough.
After an unknown amount of time, a weak surge of energy began spreading out from Ning Fan, taking a good while before it settled down.
Suddenly, Ning Fan opened his eyes, his gaze cleared of any filth, shining brightly.
He circulated the True Qi within his body, feeling a surge of elation in his heart.
“I’ve made a breakthrough, I’ve finally reached the Object-Manipulating Realm!”
In the early stage of the Object-Manipulating Realm, manipulating objects with Qi, Ning Fan had finally achieved it.
After being stuck at the peak for so long, he had finally broken through the True Qi Realm and reached the early stage of the Object-Manipulating Realm!
With the movement of the True Qi inside him, Ning Fan’s control over True Qi had become vastly different from before, his understanding was boundless and imaginative.
A silver needle floated out from Ning Fan’s sleeve and eventually suspended above his palm.
At this moment, Ning Fan, who should have felt excited, instead furrowed his brows, pinched a hand gesture, and uttered softly, “Hit!”
The silver needle shot towards the wall like a bullet, ultimately burying itself deep within the wall’s surface, leaving the tail end invisible and intangible.
After a successful small test, a smile finally surfaced on Ning Fan’s face.
Then he began trying out his skills in the room, making the curtains flutter under the manipulation of his True Qi.
Then it was the turn of objects slightly larger than the silver needle, and finally a vase on the cupboard.
Crash!
An accident occurred, Ning Fan clutched his head as a wave of dizziness struck, and the vase fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.
“I guess I shouldn’t overexert myself…”
The dizzy feeling quickly disappeared, and Ning Fan began to experiment with the shattered fragments of the vase on the ground, only to realize that although he had broken through to the early stage of the Object-Manipulating Realm, he could only manipulate small objects or supple items like curtains.
Still, breaking through to the Object-Manipulating Realm was a joyous occasion for Ning Fan, and thinking of the additional Nine Souls Jade in his possession, his happiness doubled.
Thinking of this, Ning Fan couldn’t help but laugh.
Although he could only manipulate small objects like silver needles for now, more surprises would come continuously once he broke through to higher realms.
“Huh?”
Ning Fan’s ears twitched as he turned his head and suddenly looked towards the door, hearing a series of footsteps outside.
Although the person outside was trying to step lightly, their method was rather clumsy.
To Ning Fan, it was futile; his ears could pick up the sound with ease.
As he wondered who was sneaking around outside the door, the room door was suddenly kicked open with a bang.
“Thief, meet your end!”
Ning Fan saw Xu Xiaoqing with her eyes closed, clutching a mop, and charging at him in a panic.
Ning Fan’s eyes widened, momentarily unable to respond.
“Aaaaah!”
Suddenly, the young girl slipped and found herself falling right into Ning Fan’s arms.
“Don’t touch me, you thief!
How dare you come into my house…
Ning Fan?
When did you come in!”
Xu Xiaoqing’s voice grew quieter until she finally realized that the person in the room was Ning Fan.
But she had been guarding the front door all this time, so how did Ning Fan get in?
Suddenly, Xu Xiaoqing became confused.
“Silly girl, didn’t you think, how could a thief get in here?
I’ve been in the room the whole time!”
Ning Fan shook his head with a wry smile, thinking to himself that Xu Xiaoqing really was gutsy.
If there had genuinely been a thief, her rushing in so recklessly wouldn’t have been a wise choice.
“Well done, you silly fool, you’re back and you don’t even say anything.
It’s almost dark, I went to open the door for you, saw you weren’t there, and thought you’d gone off to some other place again!”
“…”
Ning Fan was utterly speechless and exasperated!