After more than ten days of sailing, a black ship appeared in Ye Fan and Bai Yunxi’s field of vision.
As soon as the black ship approached, it launched its spiritual energy cannon.
“Pirates! Oh, oh, you have encountered pirates, and you don’t know whether it is robbing money or sex, or robbing money and sex.”
Bai Yunxi: “…” This funny Taotie ghost.
The opponent activated the spiritual energy cannon, and Ye Fan immediately launched their own spiritual energy cannon to counterattack. Ye Fan’s soul was very powerful, and with his control, the spiritual energy cannon had a very high level of accuracy.
“Hey, it’s actually two Foundation Establishment cultivators.” The cultivator on the black ship saw the two clearly and said in surprise.
After the black ship approached, Ye Fan could also see the face of the cultivator on the opposite side. Ye Fan had long heard that there were a group of black-faced pirates at sea. These people were elusive and murderous.
“Hey, the pretty boy’s face is pretty good.” A black-faced cultivator looked at Bai Yunxi, and a fiery light flashed in his eyes.
The Taotie ghost blinked and said, “Young Master Bai, you’ve caught someone’s eye again. I’ve said it before, you can dump Ye Fan and find a better one, but this one won’t work. It’s too dark. Once the lights are off at night, you can’t even find him.”
Bai Yunxi: “…”
“The two on the opposite side, if you surrender peacefully, grandpa* can consider sparing your life.” Wu Yuan was a cultivator in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.
The cultivators in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment were much more powerful than those in the early stage of Foundation Establishment. Under normal circumstances, cultivators in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment could deal with three or four cultivators in the early stage of Foundation Establishment.
Ye Fan rolled his eyes secretly. What spare his life?! He didn’t need this guy’s mercy.
“Go.” Ye Fan undid one layer of the Profound Dragon Seal. When Ye Fan first got the Profound Dragon Seal, he knew it was a good thing. It was enough for him to use until he reached Golden Core. The Profound Dragon Seal had two layers of seals. By undoing the first seal, the power would be doubled.
“Boom.” The Profound Dragon Seal turned into a hill and smashed down toward the opponent’s boat.
The black-faced cultivator said angrily, “Looking for death.”
The black-faced cultivator took out an iron claw-like weapon, and the iron claw grabbed at the Profound Dragon Seal, “Explode.”
This weapon was called the soul stealing ghost claw and was made from the bones of a beast in the late stage of Foundation Establishment. After refining was completed, it was put into the sect’s netherworld pool to nurture for 49 days. After being taken out, the black-faced cultivator relied on this weapon to grow his reputation and take the lives of countless people.
The black-faced cultivator liked to grab the opponent’s head with this ghost claw, and then pop it open like a watermelon.
“Hey, it didn’t explode.” The black-faced cultivator’s expression was not very good.
Ye Fan sneered, wanting to use this ghost claw to break his seal, really thinking too much.
“Open.” Ye Fan snorted lightly, and the Profound Dragon Seal, which was caught by the ghost claw, burst out with golden light. A dragon roar sounded, and the ghost claw was scattered by the Profound Dragon Seal.
Ye Fan grinned and secretly thought: The black-faced cultivator’s weapon was powerful, but it was far worse than the Profound Dragon Seal. The dragon soul sealed in the Profound Dragon Seal was very powerful. Ye Fan suspected that it was the soul of a dragon that had reached Golden Core. It was possible this dragon fell and its soul was sealed when it failed to advance to Nascent Soul.
The black-faced cultivator spat out a mouthful of blood. A cultivator’s life-bound spiritual weapon* was connected with the cultivator’s consciousness. Once the weapon was damaged, the cultivator would also have problems.
“Ice sword.” Thousands of ice swords condensed from ice fell toward the black-faced cultivator.
The skills practiced by Bai Yunxi were of extremely high level, and the power he exerted was enormous.
Just after losing his life-bound spiritual weapon, he was attacked by Bai Yunxi, and the black-faced cultivator was very angry.
“Go to hell.” The black-faced cultivator smashed a stack of talismans toward the two of them.
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Ye Fan snorted and said, “Competing with me with talismans. You made the wrong move.”
Ye Fan also threw out a stack of talismans.
The black-faced cultivator took out a skull-like spiritual weapon. The skull was surrounded by thick black mist, and the black mist was churning, looking extremely terrifying.
When the Taotie ghost saw the skull, his eyes suddenly lit up. Ao Xiaobao* opened his mouth and took a breath, and the black mist on the skull was swept away at once. The skull that lost the black mist became ordinary.
“What is that?” The black-faced cultivator looked at Ao Xiaobao with excitement.
Ao Xiaobao patted his stomach with his paws, and said happily, “It seems that I’m a little full. I just need a little more yin energy.”
The black-faced cultivator was furious after losing two spiritual weapons in a row.
Seeing the black-faced cultivator staring at the Taotie ghost, Ye Fan kindly explained, “This is a starving ghost.”
Ao Xiaobao glanced at Ye Fan, feeling a little unhappy in his heart, but after having a full meal, Ao Xiaobao was in a good mood and didn’t bother with Ye Fan.
…
Seeing that the situation was not good, the black-faced cultivator wanted to leave. How could Ye Fan allow this person to escape? “Trap.” Ye Fan threw out more than a dozen formation plates, blocking Wu Yuan’s way.
“Do you really want to fight to the death?” Wu Yuan roared.
Ye Fan looked at Wu Yuan, snorted coldly, and said, “Stop talking nonsense. I’ll smash it again.”
Ye Fan kept throwing out the Profound Dragon Seal and smashed it hard, Bai Yunxi also made timely follow-up attacks, and Wu Yuan retreated steadily.
Wu Yuan, who had lost his spiritual weapons, lost his battle strength, “I belong to the Xuanming Sect! You can’t kill me.”
“I don’t care what sect you belong to.” Ye Fan recklessly threw out the Profound Dragon Seal again and killed Wu Yuan.
After smashing Wu Yuan to death, Ye Fan happily jumped onto Wu Yuan’s boat and did a pleasant clean-up.
Bai Yunxi frowned and whispered, “Xuanming Sect.”
Before going to sea, Bai Yunxi asked some cultivators about the situation at sea. Someone told Bai Yunxi that there were many pirates circling the sea. The most powerful pirates were not real pirates, but sect disciples disguised as pirates.
It was quick to make money with murder and arson, but it was not very honorable. The big sects were all about face, and it was not good to hear that the disciples specialized in killing people and stealing goods. Therefore, after these disciples left the sect, they disguised themselves as pirates.
…
Ye Fan took off the ring on Wu Yuan’s finger and said happily, “Yunxi, you were right. We don’t need to buy a storage ring. You see, one was delivered to our door.”
Bai Yunxi frowned and said, “This thing can’t see the light.”
Bai Yunxi took Wu Yuan’s ring and swept it with his divine sense, and found several Xuanming Sect classics and a set of Xuanming Sect disciple robes.
Wu Yuan should be an elite disciple of Xuanming Sect. If this person was dead, Xuanming Sect might come to investigate.
“This ring needs to be re-refined so that people can’t recognize it.”
Ye Fan nodded and said, “I know.”
Ye Fan only found 10,000 spirit stones in Wu Yuan’s ring, and he couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed, “It’s really strange. I heard that pirates are very rich! Why does this guy only have 10,000 spirit stones on hand!”
“Maybe he is a member of the Moonlight Clan*.” Bai Yunxi said.
Ye Fan nodded and said, “En. He doesn’t know anything about thrifty housekeeping at all.”
Wu Yuan’s ship was good, but it was too big to fit into the storage ring. Bai Yunxi thought about it, and he could only let Ye Fan remove the valuable things on the ship, and set the rest on fire.
…
After solving Wu Yuan’s matter, Ye Fan continued to sail, and after the ship floated at sea for another half a month, they finally arrived at Ice Sword Island.
“We’re here.” Ye Fan said happily.
Ye Fan activated the protective formation on the ship, docked the ship and went ashore with Bai Yunxi.
“It’s so cold!” Bai Yunxi said.
Ye Fan nodded and said, “Yeah.”
Ice Sword Island was extremely cold, and ordinary cultivators would not like it here.
Bai Yunxi and Ye Fan wandered around Ice Sword Island. On the island, there was an ice valley split by sword intent. There were many cultivators sitting on both sides of the ice valley. Bai Yunxi looked in the direction of the ice valley.
Ye Fan looked at Bai Yunxi and said, “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.” Bai Yunxi shook his head.
There was a market on Ice Sword Island, where some cultivators sold ice crystal diamonds. It was the ice crystal diamond that Ye Fan was looking for.
“Ice lingzhi that is three hundred years old! It’s a good thing.” Seeing the spiritual herb in a booth, Ye Fan’s eyes lit up.
After building a foundation, every time you wanted to go to the next level, you needed countless heaven and earth treasures, and heaven and earth treasures were not easy to find at all.
“Fellow Daoist, how do you sell this herb?” Ye Fan walked up to the man and asked.
The seller was a sword cultivator, with a cold face and handsome appearance. He didn’t seem to be very talkative.
Hearing Ye Fan’s words, the sword cultivator opened his eyes lightly, looked at Ye Fan, found that Ye Fan was just a cultivator in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, and said indifferently, “200,000 spirit stones.”
Ye Fan blinked, and said helplessly, “It’s too expensive! Can it be cheaper?”
The sword cultivator said coldly, “No.”
Bai Yunxi frowned and heard the comments of some cultivators around them. Many cultivators were interested in this ice lingzhi. However, because they were too poor, they could only give up. Bai Yunxi heard a few cultivators say, two hundred thousand spirit stones was too expensive – half the price would be about right.
Bai Yunxi pulled Ye Fan and said, “Let’s go.”
The spirit stones on them were only 50,000. Even if this sword cultivator was willing to lower the price, it would not be sold to them at a quarter of the price.
Ye Fan said regretfully, “Okay.”
…
Ye Fan walked around Ice Sword Island and had a vague idea.
“Yunxi, let’s open a store here.”
Bai Yunxi nodded and said, “Then what?”
“Then, we convert everything in the store into ice crystal diamonds. People can settle the bill with ice crystal diamonds.” Ye Fan said.
“What do you need so many ice crystal diamonds for?” Bai Yunxi vaguely knew that ice crystal diamonds were not a good refining material.
“The information here is too limited. I know that there is a secret method to deal with ice crystal diamonds, which can improve the quality of ice crystal diamonds. The best ice crystal diamonds are the best materials for refining ice spiritual swords. The compatibility of ice crystal diamonds with other materials is also excellent. You can continue to add other materials in the future to upgrade.” Ye Fan said.
Bai Yunxi nodded, “Oh,” and said, “What about you? You don’t need to refine a spiritual weapon?”
Ye Fan thought for a while and said, “It’s enough for me to have the Profound Dragon Seal. We can talk about other instruments later.”
Bai Yunxi nodded and said, “Okay.”
“That ice lingzhi is a good thing.” Ye Fan said.
Bai Yunxi took a deep breath and said, “Good things are good things, but they are too expensive.”
Bai Yunxi heard from a few cultivators just now, saying that the guy had been selling for half a month, and many people were interested, but no one was willing to spend so many spirit stones. The market price of ice lingzhi should only be 70,000 or 80,000 spirit stones. However, if it was put into a large auction and encountered some cultivators in urgent need, it was possible to auction for 200,000 spirit stones. However, here, it was difficult!
Ye Fan thought about it and said, “It’s not necessarily that there is no chance.”
Bai Yunxi looked at Ye Fan in confusion and said, “What good idea do you have?”
Ye Fan blinked and said, “That guy’s body has been invaded with cold poison, and his cultivation base should not advance but retreat. He should be very anxious.”
Bai Yunxi said inexplicably, “Why would he stay here if his body has been invaded with cold poison? Wouldn’t the situation get worse if he stays here?”
“I don’t know. Maybe it’s to comprehend sword intent. His swordsmanship can be improved here, but if he cultivates in this place, I’m afraid his cultivation will only go backwards.”
“Many sword cultivators are very obsessed with the sword. You know that cultivators who have comprehended sword intent are much more powerful than ordinary cultivators of the same level. The founder of the Heavenly Sword Sect in Xuantian Continent* was a sword idiot who only knew how to pursue the ultimate sword. At the Foundation Establishment stage, he cultivated to the point of sword essence manifestation, and killing a late stage Foundation Establishment cultivator was like killing a chicken.”
“That ancestor became crazy, loved the sword like his life, and died in the early Nascent Soul stage. If he spent more time on cultivation, with his qualifications, it should have been possible to cultivate to the late Nascent Soul stage.”
Bai Yunxi nodded, “Oh. Do you have a solution to the cold poison?”
Ye Fan nodded and said, “Well, of course I have a way. I know everything.”
Bai Yunxi smiled and said, “Okay, okay, you are the best. You know everything.”
Ye Fan smiled and said, “I know that there is a medicinal pill that can cure his cold poison.”
Bai Yunxi blinked and said, “What about a weakened version?”
Ye Fan thought about it and said, “I can make that too.”
“Then you can first refine a weakened version of the antidote for fishing and lure this guy in.” Bai Yunxi said.
Ye Fan nodded and said, “Okay.”
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T/N: *Calling yourself grandpa, ancestor, etc. is an arrogant way to refer to yourself.
*Life-bound spiritual weapon – sometimes translated as natal spiritual weapon. In cultivation novels, it’s a weapon bound to the cultivator so if it is damaged or broken, the cultivator will also suffer backlash.
*Remember Ao Xiaobao is the name of the Taotie ghost.
*Moonlight clan – modern Chinese slang for those who live paycheque to paycheque.
*Xuantian Continent – not specified, but probably another continent within the Southern Continent, which is how Ye Fan knows it (remember, Ye Fan is from Cangxuan Continent within the Southern Continent).
