Ye Fan commanded the puppets to attack randomly. The puppets were suitable for group attacks, and their accuracy was extremely poor. It was basically impossible to hit Jiang Baihe. However, the people watching the fun suffered a lot.
Some cultivators who were watching the fun saw that the situation was not good and fled one after another.
”Senior brother, let me help you.” Several cultivators from the Ten Thousand Demons Sect ran out.
Ye Fan took out the Rongtian Mirror and pointed it at the people around Jiang Baihe.
When Jiang Baihe saw the Rongtian Mirror, his eyes immediately opened wide.
”As expected, the Rongtian Mirror is in your hands,” Jiang Baihe said sharply.
The Rongtian Mirror was the treasure of Rongtian Palace. If the quadruplets of Rongtian Palace were still alive, they would never let the Rongtian Mirror fall into Ye Fan’s hands. Without the Rongtian Mirror, even if the four brothers lived, they would be dead after returning.
”You are here for this broken mirror, so let me show you how powerful this mirror is.” Ye Fan held up the mirror and aimed it at a cultivator.
A ray of white light hit a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and the cultivator fell to the ground like a kite with its string cut, without any breath.
This weird scene made many people’s scalps tingle and their hair stand on end when they witnessed it.
”Impossible! You can’t activate the Rongtian Mirror,” Jiang Baihe said.
According to Jiang Baihe’s knowledge, activating the Rongtian Mirror required strong soul power. Although the quadruplets had very strong soul power, it was still very difficult to activate the Rongtian Mirror. Therefore, Rongtian Palace divided the Rongtian Mirror into four parts for the quadruplets to use.
After getting the Rongtian Mirror, this was the first time Ye Fan was activating the Rongtian Mirror. Seeing the magical effect of the Rongtian Mirror, Ye Fan couldn’t help being shocked. He had found a big treasure! Ye Fan shouted in his heart.
Ye Fan aimed the Rongtian Mirror at Jiang Baihe. Jiang Baihe nimbly dodged and crushed an escape talisman.
Although Jiang Baihe preserved his life, he was still injured by Ye Fan with the Rongtian Mirror.
Ye Fan held up the mirror and swung it around. The cultivators watching the fun around him fled in all directions for fear of being hit by the mirror’s light.
Ye Fan looked at the cultivators who had fled, feeling extremely happy and feeling as if he had become a peerless master.
”Yunxi, look at me. I scared them all away!” Ye Fan said proudly.
Ao Xiaobao rolled his eyes and said, “Those people are not afraid of you. They are afraid of the mirror in your hands.”
Ye Fan curled his lips and said, “What’s the difference? Anyway, the mirror is mine now. They are afraid of the mirror, so they are afraid of me.”
Ao Xiaobao: “…”
……
Huo Xuan’er scratched her hair in frustration, “Ye Fan, this lunatic!”
Huo Xuan’er’s luck was not very good. When Ye Fan directed the puppets to attack randomly, she was accidentally injured again.
Huo Shanshan looked at Huo Xuan’er and said, “Miss, we’d better not join in the fun in the future. The risk is too great.”
Huo Xuan’er said dully, “Okay.” The price of watching the excitement once and being injured once was a bit expensive.
”Miss, how can Ye Fan activate the Rongtian Mirror?”
Huo Xuan’er shook her head and said, “I don’t know.”
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Huo Xuan’er’s ancestor had some friendship with Rongtian Palace, so he knew some inside information.
The Rongtian Mirror belonged to the Sect Master of Rongtian Palace. It contained the soul imprint of the Sect Master. The reason why the four brothers of Rongtian Palace could use the Rongtian Mirror was because the Sect Master also planted the soul imprints of the four brothers in it. If others got the Rongtian Mirror and wanted to use it, they had to first erase the soul imprint left by Rongtian Palace’s Sect Master on the spiritual weapon. Otherwise, the Rongtian Mirror would just be an ordinary mirror and it would be useless.
”Maybe this guy…”
”Miss, what did you think of?”
Huo Xuan’er frowned and said, “Many secret realms set limits on the cultivation level of those who can enter. Many cultivators who have reached the end of their lifespan will destroy their own cultivation in order to enter a secret realm. However, most people will not do this unless they are sure that there is something in the secret realm that can extend their life.”
”Miss, you are saying that Ye Fan is an ancestor of Nascent Soul who destroyed his cultivation! It doesn’t look like it! He looks quite young.”
Huo Xuan’er nodded and said, “En, it doesn’t seem right. Maybe I’m overthinking it.”
……
With Jiang Baihe as an example, for a while, in the secret realm, although many people were interested in Ye Fan’s things, no one took action.
Ye Fan fiddled with the Rongtian Mirror and said, “What a good thing! But, but, this thing also consumes a lot of spiritual power. I can only activate it three times. Fortunately, those guys that day were all cowards and ran fast. Otherwise I would be unable to continue.”
Xu Mingyang looked at Ye Fan and said, “It’s amazing to be able to activate it three times. If you go to the Southern Continent in the future, don’t take this thing out casually. The Rongtian Mirror is only one of the three treasures of Rongtian Palace. It is said that the three treasures were all refined by the same weapon refiner and can sense each other.”
Ye Fan nodded and said, “I know. This mirror is good! I don’t know what the other two spiritual weapons are. They should be good too. It would be great if I could get them all.”
Xu Mingyang: “…” Ye Fan’s appetite was really big.
”Don’t think about the other two spiritual weapons.” Xu Mingyang shook his head. If Ye Fan really got all three spiritual weapons, then those old guys in Rongtian Palace would go crazy.
After a fierce battle between Bai Yunxi and Jiang Baihe, Ye Fan finally got a rare moment of peace. The scene where Ye Fan held the Rongtian Mirror and met Buddhas and killed Buddhas and met ghosts and killed ghosts* that day really frightened others.
Mu Xue landed on a small hill with an uncertain expression. The scene of Ye Fan and Jiang Baihe fighting really scared Mu Xue. At the same time, Mu Xue’s suspicion all along had been confirmed. Ye Fan had indeed killed the quadruplets.
Because of Ye Fan’s sudden emergence, those cultivators from outside the Eastern Continent had restrained themselves a bit. Now some cultivators in the Eastern Continent silently regarded Ye Fan as their idol.
……
Ye Fan gnawed on a roasted chicken leg and looked at Xu Mingyang with some joy.
”I didn’t expect that the guy surnamed Jiang was beaten away, and no one has come to trouble me anymore. It’s quiet now.” Ye Fan chuckled.
Xu Mingyang glanced at Ye Fan and thought to himself: Bai Yunxi could fight Jiang Baihe to a standstill. Later, Ye Fan chased Jiang Baihe with a bunch of puppets and forced him to flee. The other cultivators all bullied the weak and feared the strong. Seeing that Ye Fan was not easy to mess with, naturally they dispersed.
The four brothers from Rongtian Palace died. Jiang Baihe was seriously injured under Ye Fan’s pursuit. After leaving, he encountered an ambush and managed to escape, but his combat power was not as good as before.
……
Three months had passed since Jiang Baihe’s incident, and Ye Fan was finally ready to conquer the heavenly fire.
Ye Fan set up a small pot outside the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Forest and cooked a few spiritual herbs.
Bai Yunxi looked at Ye Fan and said, “You said the heavenly fire likes this flavor?”
Ye Fan nodded and said, “Yes! It is not easy to gather these spiritual herbs. It’s all thanks to the blessing of the four brothers from Rongtian Palace. Otherwise, many spiritual herbs would be missing.”
Bai Yunxi pinched his nose and said, “But it smells so bad!”
Ao Xiaobao looked at Ye Fan and jumped up and down. “Ye Fan, did you remember it wrong? Such a bad smell makes people lose their appetite. Will the heavenly fire like it?”
Ye Fan glanced at Ao Xiaobao and said, “You actually have times when you lose your appetite. It seems that even if this medicinal soup can’t attract the heavenly fire, it is still useful.”
”What’s the use of this crappy thing?” Ao Xiaobao said with a look of disgust.
”It’s useful to make you lose your appetite! Once you lose your appetite, it will save me trouble.” Ye Fan opened his mouth and smiled.
Ao Xiaobao gritted his teeth and looked at Ye Fan, saying, “You scum.”
Ye Fan: “…”
……
Bai Yunxi looked at the detection compass and was suddenly shocked.
After the death of the quadruplets, their detection compass fell into Bai Yunxi’s hands.
Bai Yunxi had used the detection compass to check the situation in the bamboo forest before, but the compass had no reaction. However, it actually reacted this time.
Bai Yunxi glanced at Ye Fan, and Ye Fan smiled shyly when Bai Yunxi winked at him.
Bai Yunxi looked at Ye Fan’s reaction and wished he could kick him.
Bai Yunxi gritted his teeth and sighed. It was really difficult to have a heart-to-heart relationship with Ye Fan, so he sent a message through sound* transmission to Ye Fan.
When Ye Fan heard Bai Yunxi say that the compass had responded, he was immediately happy, and his soul power was released to scour the surrounding area.
In the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Forest, the most prevalent thing was bamboo. At this moment, the heavenly fire’s fire spirit had transformed itself into a thin bamboo, swaying in the wind, and looked like other Heavenly Thunder Bamboo.
Ye Fan’s eyes widened and he thought to himself: This medicinal soup was indeed effective. The world was indeed full of radish and green vegetables, and everyone had their own preferences. Ao Xiaobao thought the medicinal soup smelled bad, and actually Ye Fan didn’t think it smelled good either, but… the heavenly fire was really lured over.
Ye Fan had special soul power and could see through the fire spirit’s disguise at once. Ye Fan was a little shocked to find that the fire spirit was actually drooling.
Ye Fan did not rush to take action, but continued to cook the soup.
As the strange smell of the soup became stronger and stronger, the bamboo which was the fire spirit in disguise began to sway from side to side, as if it was drunk.
Ye Fan originally thought that heavenly fire was quite high-end and classy. However, seeing the fire spirit acting like an alcoholic, his opinion of heavenly fire suddenly dropped.
Ye Fan saw that the liquid was almost dry, so Ye Fan raised his voice and said, “Take action?”
Xu Mingyang threw out the silver thread net. The fire spirit was immediately covered by the silver thread net. Xu Mingyang originally gave the silver thread net to Ye Fan, but after Ye Fan got the Rongtian Mirror, he didn’t need the silver thread net, so Ye Fan returned it to Xu Mingyang.
The dizzy fire spirit came into contact with the silver thread net and suddenly sobered up.
The silver thread net trapped the fire spirit and shrank to the size of a rubber ball. The fire spirit roared angrily and suddenly expanded dozens of times, causing the silver thread net to also expand dozens of times.
”Bind.” The silver thread net bound the fire spirit tightly. The fire spirit exploded and slammed around. Under the continuous tossing of the fire spirit, cracks appeared one after another.
”Hurry up, the silver thread net won’t last long,” Xu Mingyang said urgently.
Ye Fan took out the Rongtian Mirror and launched an attack on the fire spirit.
The fire spirit was hit by the light from the Rongtian Mirror and fell over. The light all over its body dissipated a lot.
”Retrieve.” The fire spirit flew toward the mirror and was trapped in the mirror.
Ye Fan held the mirror and saw an onion caught in a silver thread net in the mirror, grinning.
”You bastard. Let this grandpa go out quickly. This grandpa will burn you to death.”
”You bastard, if you don’t want to die, just show some sense and let me go.”
”Idiot, when I get out, I will teach you a lesson.”
Ye Fan glanced at Ao Xiaobao and said, “This onion has a bigger temper than you. However, this guy’s language is really poor! He only knows how to repeat these few sentences over and over, and he doesn’t look very cultured at first glance.”
Bai Yunxi: “…”
”It turns out you are such a bastard. You actually dare to call this grandpa an onion.” The fire spirit looked at Ye Fan with anger.
Ye Fan looked at the fire spirit and said, “You originally have an onion-like head. Why can’t I call you an onion?”
The fire spirit slammed against the mirror and said, “Asshole, if you have the ability, don’t let me out…”
Ye Fan nodded and said, “Okay, if you don’t want to come out, I won’t let you out.”
The fire spirit struggled in the mirror for a while, and finally cried out in an aggrieved tone, “You’re bullying me.”
Ye Fan looked at the fire spirit and thought to himself: How come this fire spirit had the same character as Ao Xiaobao? When it had no way out, it just acted out.
Ye Fan looked at the fire spirit and said persuasively, “Follow me obediently. How about I cook you that fragrant thing every once in a while? It’s better for you to follow a genius like me and go out to see the world than to stay in this place!”
”Go out?” The fire spirit looked at Ye Fan, shook his head, and said, “The patriarch said that there are bad people outside, and those guys have no good intentions.”
Patriarch? Ye Fan secretly thought: The rumors were indeed true. There was a relationship between the fire spirit and the tree people clan.
Ye Fan curled his lips and said, “The patriarch who asked you to stay here has long since died. His words have long been outdated?”
The onion looked at Ye Fan and asked in confusion, “What does outdated mean?”
”To be outdated is to be outdated!” Ye Fan said.
The onion looked at Ye Fan and said, “Well, let me out first and let me think about it.”
Ye Fan looked at the onion and thought to himself: These days, even fire spirits could bargain! He seemed to have underestimated the fire spirit’s IQ. Looking at the lazy look of the fire spirit, maybe after he made the contract, he would just be inviting another ancestor back.
”When I make a contract with you, I will let you out,” Ye Fan said with a ferocious smile.
Waves of cyan smoke came out of the onion’s head. “Little white face, you want to make a contract with this grandpa. Let’s talk about it when your hair grows.”
Ye Fan: “…” The fire spirit could also swear.
”What do you know? My hair has grown long ago. I have consummated my marriage for many years. Also, with just your ability, you still want to be my grandpa? Let’s talk about it in your next life,” Ye Fan said angrily.
”Hurry up, when I get out, I will send you to reincarnation.” The fire spirit said with a smile.
Bai Yunxi couldn’t stand the banter between Ye Fan and the fire spirit. “Hurry up and contract it.”
Ye Fan nodded and said, “Okay.”
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T/N: Grandpa is just an arrogant way to refer to oneself in Chinese.
*This idiom is usually meeting Buddha, killing Buddha and meeting gods, killing gods. Not sure why the author used ghosts here, but the meaning is the same – it just means you are able to kill no matter who you meet (i.e. you can rise to the challenge no matter the challenger).
*Previously translated this as “voice transmission”, but I realized “sound transmission” is more accurate so I will be using that from now on.
Thank you for the translation! Waiting for the next chapter ☺️