Not satisfied with her real na being too complicated, she decided to use an abbreviated alias.
To ordinary people, this was completely normal.
To delve into such matters seed not only overblown but also quite laughable.
But Ning Fan didn't think so.
If trust could be asured in scores, his score for the young girl was below the passing line.
Recalling her vastly different deanor from before, that score plunged into the negatives.
The girl before him wasn't a true noble lady but a genuine giant dragon.
Facing a dragon in human disguise, Ning Fan wasn't careless enough to let her act freely.
Noticing Ning Fan's serious expression, Vivian, who was all smiles earlier, turned as cold as the bitter winter.
"What do you want to know?"
"What's up with your na?"
Before Vivian could answer, Ning Fan warned, "Don't think about deceiving ."
After a brief silence, Vivian replied straightforwardly, "I am protecting myself."
Ning Fan asked in confusion, "Protecting? What does that have to do with an alias?"
"So curses can be unleashed without a dium."
"You an…"
"That's right. Just knowing the true na is enough."
"Just the na is enough to curse!"
A hint of suspicion flashed through Ning Fan's eyes; it sounded too incredible to believe.
Any attack, including curses, requires a dium to achieve its effect, alongside the power to drive it.
The existence of a dium is varied, encompassing all sorts of tangible and intangible ans.
Even in a common fight, a fist must hit the opponent to be effective.
The mont a fist contacts a body, that itself is a kind of dium.
The extraordinary ability to kill from a distance shown by so experts is rely extending physical contact through an intangible ans.
Take, for example, the likes of the Sword Immortals who can claim heads from a thousand miles away; they need to lock onto the target with divine sense to achieve such remote execution.
Divine sense lock is also a type of dium.
In a manga like "Death Note," the protagonist's thods of killing are astonishingly defying the heavens.
Not only can they control the ti and manner of death, but they also ignore spatial distance.
No matter where soone flees, even to the ends of the earth or outer space, once their na is written, there's no escaping death.
Yet, this curse's power must still be transmitted through a dium.
The death note, and the true na matching the face, are all diums.
So, there is no such thing as truly killing without form; if one's ability is strong enough, there will always be a trace to find.
The existence of a dium is like a scientific physical law.
No friction, no gravity...
If the Earth lost these physical laws, the world would be utterly dood.
But now, according to Vivian, just needing a na to cast a curse is truly shocking.
If that were true, all anyone needs is to ntally draw a big cross on soone to control their life and death; then why bother with cultivation?
"Are you sure you're not lying to ?"
Ning Fan's tone was sowhat cold, as Vivian's reason sounded like nonsense to him.
As if anticipating Ning Fan's suspicion, Vivian calmly said, "I'm talking about the true na, not just a na."
"Is there a difference?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ning Fan noticed the disdain in the girl's eyes and imdiately said unhappily, "What is that look in your eyes! If I lived as long as you, I wouldn't need to ask you, would I?"
"Even if your lifespan was longer, you wouldn't know about this."
At this point, Vivian was secretly annoyed; she hadn't expected this "bug" to be so cautious, leaving no stone unturned.
If Vivian had spent more ti with Ning Fan and learned more about human society, she would understand his hidden "busybody" attributes.
"You're amazing from the Divine Realm, are we good now?" Ning Fan replied perfunctorily, quickly asking, "What's the difference?"
"There is a difference, and it's significant."
Under the threat of torture, Vivian reluctantly revealed the secret.
Through Vivian's explanation, Ning Fan finally understood the special aning of the true na.
The true na isn't as simple as the common person's concept of a na.
The true na in the mouths of Western divine spirits is similar in principle to the Primordial Spirit imprint of a Taoist Cultivator.
If the Heavenly Dao were likened to a roster, the appearance of a "true na" and "Primordial Spirit" would an being on the list.
As long as one's soul isn't scattered, regardless of how many cycles of reincarnation one goes through, fate will unlock the mories of the life when the "true na" appeared and set them on the path of cultivation again.
This can be seen as the Heavenly Dao's recognition of a cultivator and a reward in so sense.
But from another perspective, it also signifies a drawback.
Every true na is unique, representing a divine spirit, and duplicates are impossible.
If the Heavenly Dao is a roster, the true na is equivalent to the nas on it.
This indicates a connection with the Heavenly Dao and is the source of the drawback,
because when a true na appears, it itself becos a kind of dium.
Divine spirits can use the "true na" on the "list" to reverse-engineer and attack the True Body.
This is why Western divine spirits need to hide their true nas.
Revealing one's true na is tantamount to leaving an entry point for an attack.
"No wonder you want to hide your true na."
As he spoke, Ning Fan suddenly realized, and his expression beca unpredictable.
If the true na is so important, why did the girl introduce it several tis?
"I forgot about that at the ti."
Vivian looked embarrassed; she had rely thought it imposing at the mont and hadn't given it much thought.
This reason was quite plausible and, given the girl's prior reckless behavior, Ning Fan didn't doubt there could be such a possibility.
But there was one thing Ning Fan had to ask, "I rember you seed to have asked about this question?"
Ning Fan clearly rembered when he introduced himself, the girl asked if that na was his true na.
Initially, Ning Fan thought the "true na" was just its literal aning.
But hearing it now, it was entirely different. This cunning Black Dragon was quite nasty, trying to trick him.
Vivian stamred, "I… Actually, you Eastern Taoist Cultivators are different from the divine spirits."
It was when Ning Fan introduced his na that it reminded this muddle-headed Black Dragon, and she then accepted the na Mary.
As for her initial inquiry about Ning Fan's true na, only the girl, the dragon, truly knew her intentions.
"Oh. You know about Taoist Cultivators?"
Seeing Ning Fan's focus shift, Vivian's eyes lit up, and she quickly said, "Of course I know. There are many cultivation sects in the Middle Earth."
"Middle Earth?"
"Yes. That's another world..."
After hearing Vivian's introduction of Middle Earth, Ning Fan exclaid excitedly, "Then do you know how to enter Middle Earth?"
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