With a series of clattering and clanking sounds, Big Yellow and Huang Tianbao emptied their storage bags, dumping out all their bottles, jars, food bowls, bath basins, and even chamber pots.
Right at that moment, Lu Ming found an all-black bottle inside his Weapon Vault.
“What on earth is this?”
Lu Ming fiddled with it for a moment and discovered it was a Qiankun Bottle, which contained a unique spatial pocket inside.
This was incredibly convenient—talk about a pillow being handed to you just as you were getting sleepy.
Holding the bottle, Lu Ming proceeded to collect all the spiritual water in the lake.
Seeing the lake water being drained, Ye Fan was nearly driven to madness. He had been on the verge of recovering completely.
But now that the spiritual water was gone, it would take him much longer.
At the same time, he cursed those ants from the Chixia Sect.
If they hadn't pursued him, he wouldn't have had to use a secret technique that damaged his core foundation, forcing him to recuperate here.
After Lu Ming collected all the water, he looked down at the black gravel at the bottom of the lake. This stuff had to be valuable too, right?
Otherwise, why would this lake water contain so much spiritual energy, and how could it grow lifespan-extending spiritual herbs like the Star Snow Lotus?
Whatever, useful or not, he would take it all back and let the Grand Elder have a look. What if it could be used?
With that thought, Lu Ming waved his hand grandly. “Dig three feet deep and take it all!”
The two men and the dog then dug up everything in the cave, leaving only the small patch of ground directly beneath Ye Fan.
Sensing their actions, Ye Fan's eyelids twitched violently. He nearly lost control and suffered another qi deviation.
Ye Fan was startled and quickly stabilized his state of mind again.
He was once a great Immortal Emperor who had experienced everything.
Logically speaking, he shouldn't be so easily provoked.
Yet, for some reason, this damned mortal always managed to get under his skin.
“I must kill him. A person like this must die.”
Lu Ming wandered around the cave once more, finding absolutely nothing else of value.
“Let's go.”
With that, the two men and the dog happily climbed out through the crevice above.
They didn't even spare Ye Fan a single glance.
Moments after they left, Ye Fan felt a surge of joy. Excellent.
He was almost fully recovered, and those fools probably hadn't gone far yet.
Once he got out, he would slap that damned mortal to death first, and then hunt down the bastards who had ambushed him.
Right then, noises suddenly echoed from outside:
“Those damned Qingshan Sect bastards! If I lay my eyes on them, I’ll make sure they beg for death...”
“Senior Brother Lin, there’s a cave here. Let’s go inside and recuperate for a bit...”
By now, Senior Brother Lin's group was down to just four Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Everyone else had perished in the onslaught of the Gale Wolves.
Even the remaining four were covered in wounds.
The moment they entered the cave and saw Ye Fan, they froze. What was going on here?
They saw Ye Fan sitting cross-legged in the middle of a massive, thoroughly excavated pit. The catch was that he wasn't sitting at the bottom of the pit.
Instead, he was perched on a single raised mound of dirt that had been left behind, his entire body splattered with mud.
What was wrong with this guy? What was he doing?
Was this some kind of bizarre ritual?
A murderous glint flashed in Senior Brother Lin's eyes.
Although they hadn't found those obnoxious pests from the Qingshan Sect, finding this guy wasn't a bad alternative.
After all, this person was also on their hit list.
“Kill him...”
This time, he didn't plan on playing any cat-and-mouse games, fearing another unexpected turn of events.
Just as Senior Brother Lin shouted the word “kill,” Ye Fan abruptly snapped his eyes open, a murderous intent that looked down on all creation flashing within them.
Dammit, he was a grand Immortal Emperor, yet any random person thought they could push him around now.
They really didn't show an Immortal Emperor the respect he deserved.
Today, he would show these ants that even a reincarnated Immortal Emperor was still an Immortal Emperor.
“Whoosh...”
A cold gleam of sword light flashed. There was no earth-shattering surge of spiritual energy, and even the wind from the blade was so faint it was practically invisible.
“Pfft!”
Senior Brother Lin had just summoned his flying sword when he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground, his breath completely cut off.
His summoned flying sword clattered uselessly to the floor.
A thin, faint line of blood marked his throat.
“Senior Brother Lin?!”
The remaining three Foundation Establishment cultivators turned pale with fright and immediately spun around to flee.
It was painfully obvious that this man was not at the Qi Refining stage. They had kicked a steel plate.
Otherwise, how could he have killed Senior Brother Lin, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, with a single strike?
Even if Senior Brother Lin had been injured, an injured Foundation Establishment cultivator was still a Foundation Establishment cultivator!
Sword light clashed and spiritual energy surged wildly. Ye Fan flicked his wrist lightly, and the Chengying Sword in his hand seemed to come alive.
It darted and weaved through the cave as agonizing screams rang out one after another.
Within moments, the remaining cultivators collapsed to the ground.
Without sparing them a single glance, Ye Fan turned to leave.
He paused, then turned back to strip the storage bags from their bodies.
Then he found a coat to put on. Up until now, he had been wandering around in his undergarments.
Soon after, he quickly left the cave. He wanted to catch up to Lu Ming before he got too far and put an end to him.
“Junior Brother...”
Not long after leaving the cave, before he could find Lu Ming and the others, Ye Fan heard a soft, familiar voice.
He turned his head and saw his senior sister, Tu Feifei.
“Is something the matter?” Ye Fan asked, stopping. He didn't want to waste time with this woman; he still had to go kill that damned mortal.
“Junior Brother... hurry up and hide! The Eldest Senior Brother and the others are plotting to kill you...” Tu Feifei said urgently as she rushed to his side.
Ye Fan's brow furrowed. The tree wanted peace, but the wind would not stop.
He wasn't blind to the hostility Bai Yuanfei and those other fools felt toward him.
However, he hadn't expected them to actually try to kill him.
Since they were begging for death, he didn't mind sending them on their way.
“Fine, I understand.” Ye Fan's voice was cold as he turned and walked away.
Watching his retreating back, Tu Feifei grew anxious. “Junior Brother, you must be careful!”
Ye Fan didn't look back, preparing to leave.
“Boom...”
Right at that moment, a brilliant golden light suddenly erupted from the center of the secret realm, shooting straight into the heavens.
Ye Fan's eyes lit up. As expected, something had gone wrong with the secret realm.
When the secret realm had opened prematurely, he had suspected as much.
This soaring golden light was likely the anomaly, as there was absolutely no record of such an event in the Haoran Sect's archives.
His eyes flashed, and he immediately bolted toward the source of the golden light.
He had a feeling that the mortal would probably head there as well.
After all, humans were curious creatures who loved to watch a spectacle.
...
Meanwhile, Lu Ming and Big Yellow were completely dumbfounded.
They had only picked up a rock. How could they have caused such a massive disaster?
Just a moment ago, Lu Ming had spotted a rather peculiar-looking black stone.
So, he had picked it up.
As a result, a miracle unfolded right before their eyes. A pillar of golden light erupted, shooting straight into the sky.
The entire area underwent a massive, spectacular transformation.
“Eldest Senior Brother, what happened?”
“Woof, woof!!”
Hearing the inquiries from Big Yellow and Huang Tianbao, Lu Ming smacked his lips.
“This must be our lucky break, right?”
In truth, he didn't have the slightest clue what was going on either.
Feeling the dense spiritual energy in the air, Lu Ming looked up. Deep within the spiritual mist, he could see something.
Vaguely visible were vast patches of spiritual grass and herbs.
There was also a massive lake filled with countless blooming Star Snow Lotuses...
Further in the distance, the faint outlines of magnificent palaces shimmered.
Everything about the place seemed to scream: Come quick, there are endless treasures and spiritual herbs here!
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