When Lu Yinfei saw the Eclipse Ghost Mist Insect disappear, he was shocked and his face was extremely ugly.
Ge Shanbing, who had suffered a loss earlier, smiled and said, “Fellow Daoist Lu, that strange thing you raised doesn’t seem to be of any use!”
Earlier, Lu Yinfei clearly saw that there was a problem with the formation, but he did not remind him aloud. Ge Shanbing made a note against Lu Yinfei in his heart, so he couldn’t help but gloat seeing Lu Yinfei defeated now.
Lu Yinfei was in a bad mood since he lost the Eclipse Ghost Mist Insect. Hearing Ge Shanbing’s sarcastic remarks, he was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood.
“Fellow Daoist Lu, what are you doing? You just lost a little gadget. What’s the big deal?” Ge Shanbing asked.
“Little gadget. You say it so easily. Do you know what that is?” Lu Yinfei growled.
Ge Shanbing blinked and said, “I don’t know.”
“That’s the Eclipse Ghost Mist Insect. It is a spiritual insect passed down from ancient times. It can destroy any kind of formation. If it is raised to maturity, even an immortal* formation can be corroded,” Lu Yinfei said.
Ge Shanbing was stunned for a moment, and secretly thought: Lu Yinfei always seemed to be very fast when breaking formation restrictions. Originally, he thought it was because of Lu Yinfei’s powerful formation technique. Now it seemed that it might be due to the strange mist. If the strange mist was really as powerful as Lu Yinfei said, it was a pity to lose it.
Ge Shanbing was amazed in his heart, but his mouth was somewhat unreasonable.
“If that strange thing is really as powerful as you said, why was it destroyed all of a sudden? That thing just now looked like a dead dog,” Ge Shanbing said.
Yang Baisha glanced at Ge Shanbing and said, “Fellow Daoist Ge is joking. How could something like that be a dead dog? If I guessed correctly, it should be a Taotie ghost who can already condense a spiritual body. The Taotie can swallow all things, and all the creatures in the world can form part of its diet. Even if it is dead, it is somewhat mysterious.”
“Taotie! That is an ancient beast. Fortunately, it is not alive. Where did Ye Fan get a Taotie ghost?” Ge Shanbing said in confusion.
Yang Baisha shook his head and said, “Who knows!”
Ge Shanbing frowned and said, “This formation can’t be broken. Should we stay here or leave! Fellow Daoist Yang, do you have any good ideas?”
Yang Baisha glanced around and said, “There are so many Fellow Daoists here. A single tree can’t make a forest*. I think it shouldn’t be difficult to break this formation if everyone takes action together.”
Ge Shanbing nodded and said, “That’s true.” If they worked hard to break through the formation, but others took advantage after they were exhausted, that wouldn’t be good.
…
Inside the formation, Ye Fan looked at Ao Xiaobao curiously.
“You really solved the problem.”
Ao Xiaobao held his head high, and said resolutely, “I said long ago that I had a way. Why didn’t you believe me? I am very powerful.”
Ye Fan shrugged and said, “En, it’s amazing. A rice bucket is a rice bucket. You can only solve problems by eating.”
Ao Xiaobao: “…”
Bai Yunxi looked at Ye Fan and said, “Xiaobao is very powerful. He has done a great job! As expected of an ancient spiritual beast.”
Ao Xiaobao said proudly, “Of course. However, some of those guys outside actually think I’m a dog. Where do I look like a dog!?”
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Ye Fan: “…”
“Those guys outside don’t seem to have given up yet, and plan to join forces,” Ye Fan said with displeasure.
“Ye Fan, kill them. Kill these ignorant scumbags!” Ao Xiaobao said, jumping up and down.
Ye Fan nodded and said indignantly, “En. Kill them and let these guys know how powerful I am.”
Bai Yunxi looked at the excited Ye Fan and the Taotie ghost, and felt that these two guys were like drunkards.
Bai Yunxi looked at Ye Fan and said, “What are you going to do?”
Ye Fan opened his eyes wide and said, “I’m going to blast them.”
“Yes, kill these bastards and leave none of them.” The Taotie ghost echoed.
Bai Yunxi: “…”
…
Two cultivators attacked in succession. One was injured and the other lost his spiritual insect, so other cultivators did not dare to act rashly. However, more and more cultivators gathered to wait for an opportunity.
“Miss, there is movement,” Huo Shanshan said.
Huo Xuan’er said curiously, “Oh, really?”
Five puppets appeared.
Huo Xuan’er looked at the five puppets, curled her lips, and said, “Something from the Puppet Sect! Although the puppets are good, after all, they are not your own strength, and it is easy for problems to occur.”
Huo Shanshan nodded and said, “That’s right!”
Huo Xuan’er held her chin and said in confusion, “Ye Fan released a few puppets. What is he planning?”
While Huo Xuan’er was puzzled, a puppet said, “Leave here. After 100 breaths, we will launch indiscriminate attacks. Leave here. After 100 breaths, we will launch indiscriminate attacks.”
Huo Shanshan looked at Huo Xuan’er, blinked, and said, “Miss, the puppet said it’s about to launch an attack. Should we retreat?”
Huo Xuan’er shook her head and said, “Don’t retreat. Anyway, we are far enough away from that place, so we can just watch the fun.”
The puppet’s words did not affect the cultivators in this place. Most cultivators were still waiting lazily outside the formation, waiting for an opportunity to take advantage.
“100 breaths time is up.” The puppet raised its arms at the same time.
Huo Xuan’er said in confusion, “These puppets have been modified. Why are their arms hollow?”
“Fire.”
The five puppets fired Heavenly Thunder Beads at the same time. Ten Heavenly Thunder Beads exploded at the same time, and several cultivators who were close by were directly blown into fly ash in the explosion.
At the moment of the explosion, Huo Xuan’er pulled Huo Shanshan away from the place, but was still hit by the aftermath of the explosion.
The first wave of explosions ended, and the second wave of explosions followed.
The rumbling explosions sounded non-stop, and the cultivators who didn’t have time to escape were all wiped out.
Huo Xuan’er held up her messy bun, spat out a mouthful of blood, and said, “What a mistake. This guy Ye Fan actually made such a big commotion.”
Huo Shanshan was not as strong as Huo Xuan’er and was more seriously injured. “Miss, let’s go.”
Huo Xuan’er nodded and said, “Okay.”
Zhao Yuxiong was fleeing with a strange expression. Knowing that someone would attack Ye Fan, Zhao Yuxiong rushed over to watch the fun, hoping that Ye Fan would be unlucky. As a result, he saw the scene of the Heavenly Thunder Beads exploding in unison. Zhao Yuxiong secretly rejoiced that he ran fast.
When the explosion occurred, several late stage Foundation Establishment cultivators in the center of the explosion seemed to have been blown to death. Zhao Yuxiong couldn’t help but feel a little complicated when he thought that his puppets could exert such great power in Ye Fan’s hands.
Understanding the gap between the two sides, Zhao Yuxiong suddenly stopped thinking about dealing with Ye Fan.
Ye Fan saw that the cultivators outside the cave residence had disappeared, and he felt a little happy.
“Yunxi, Yunxi! Look, I scared those guys away.”
Bai Yunxi nodded and said, “Yes! Yes! You are the most powerful.”
The Taotie ghost stood on a table and danced. “The cultivator who said I was a dog was bombed to death since he was close by. But the girl who said I was a dog was far away and seemed to have run away. What a pity. Bomb them to death. Bomb them to death.”
Bai Yunxi looked at the Taotie ghost and Ye Fan, shook his head, and secretly thought: After this incident, those guys who were watching them should not attack them again.
Ye Fan’s soul power swept around and said with satisfaction, “Those guys have all run away. Now it’s quiet.”
The five arrogant puppets really frightened many cultivators, and Ye Fan’s fierce name spread all over the secret realm at once. So although they envied Ye Fan’s net worth, many cultivators still gave up the idea of dealing with Ye Fan.
…
Mu Xue’s eyes widened in surprise as she watched the explosion in the jade slip.
Someone recorded the scene of the explosion outside Ye Fan’s cave residence with a recording stone. After copying it, they sold it, and it sold well.
“I didn’t expect that Ye Fan would actually go so far,” Mu Xue said.
Qing Li frowned and said, “After such a commotion, it seems like there is no cultivator coveting what Ye Fan has in his possession anymore.”
Mu Xue frowned and said, “This guy, Ye Fan, is more powerful than I thought!”
…
Time flew, and in the blink of an eye, eight months passed.
Ye Fan had been living in seclusion in the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Forest, while the cultivators in the secret realm were busy digging for treasure in other places. Ye Fan and Bai Yunxi, two famous figures, were gradually forgotten.
The life of body refining was very boring. Just practice and practice all day long.
The Taotie ghost looked in Ye Fan’s direction, shook his head, and said, “Young Master Bai! I said that your idiot husband likes to be struck by lightning. He is stupid, but why are you still practicing?”
Bai Yunxi glanced at the Taotie ghost and said, “He is also doing this for my own good.”
Ao Xiaobao pouted and said, “Maybe.”
The Taotie ghost was originally unable to appear in the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Forest, but Ao Xiaobao swallowed the Eclipse Ghost Mist Insect and obtained the lightning resistance ability of the Eclipse Ghost Mist Insect, so he could also appear in this place.
Ao Xiaobao had lived a very unrestrained life these days. Because of his meritorious service, Ye Fan made a lot of soul nourishing pills for Ao Xiaobao. Under the nourishment of soul nourishing pills, Ao Xiaobao’s soul solidified a lot.
Under the continuous nourishment of heavenly thunder and body refining pills, Ye Fan’s physique improved rapidly. Originally, Ye Fan could only move around in the periphery of the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Forest, but with his progress in the body refining technique, he could now go deeper into the central area.
The Taotie ghost looked at Bai Yunxi and said, “I seem to smell the aroma of barbecue. Young Master Bai, your husband is burnt!”
Bai Yunxi: “…”
“What a tempting scent! Tsk tsk! I didn’t expect Ye Fan to sweat all day long, and it smells good even after being roasted.” The Taotie ghost said.
Bai Yunxi: “…”
Ye Fan walked out from the depths of the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Forest. Bai Yunxi looked at Ye Fan who came out, and his eyes widened in surprise.
The Taotie ghost looked at Ye Fan, blinked, and said, “Oh, oh. Your husband’s body refining has turned into a charcoal head. Tsk tsk, how can he be black?”
Ye Fan’s body was pitch black, and there was the sound of golden paper cracking.
The black skin on Ye Fan cracked, and the skin inside shone with gold light.
The Taotie ghost stared at Ye Fan’s gorgeous transformation, widened his eyes, and said, “Young Master Bai, you see that this guy Ye Fan has turned golden. Now he has reached a new level.”
“Fleshy body golden clothes!” Bai Yunxi narrowed his eyes and couldn’t help but feel happy for Ye Fan.
The four stages of body refining: copper skin and iron bones, fleshly body golden clothes, red lotus gold liquid, and fleshly body divine authority. Ye Fan was already at the second stage. Since he had reached the stage of fleshy body golden clothes, it meant that Ye Fan’s physique was almost equivalent to a Golden Core cultivator’s.
Ye Fan slowly stopped running the cultivation technique and returned to his normal complexion.
“Yunxi, I have reached the second level of body refining. With my current physique, I can go seek the flame of life,” Ye Fan said.
Bai Yunxi nodded and said, “Oh, then we can leave here and look elsewhere.”
The Taotie ghost rolled his eyes and said, “You’re only thinking of going elsewhere to look now. The daylilies are already cold.”
Ye Fan looked at the Taotie ghost and said, “What does it matter? If someone else finds the heavenly fire first and subdues it, then we’ll just kill that person. Then the heavenly fire will be ownerless again. However, I think since the secret realm has been opened many times, and the heavenly fire has not recognized a master, it’s unlikely.”
Bai Yunxi: “…”
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T/N: Bonus chapter for Ale. Thanks for the ko-fi!
*The highest level that’s been introduced so far is holy, and that is the normal limit of the cultivation world. Immortal level would be a level above this realm (the cultivation realm), which is the immortal realm.
*独木不成林 (du mu bu cheng lin) – literally a single tree can’t make a forest. An idiom that means you can’t accomplish anything on your own.
Ye fans nonchalance with murder is low key funny scary