Chapter 903

Chapter 903: Five Years of Benefits

Just as the star region giant beast was about to approach the little Immortal Realm, it suddenly realized something and, like a frightened dog, turned tail and ran back.

The big weapon from Hidden Spirit Island had only half-emerged when the star region giant beast had already vanished into the void.

“What a shame! I wanted to catch it and see if I could harvest some materials to craft a few celestial tools,” Xu Fan said, feeling regretful.

He had felt a pang of regret earlier when the star region giant beast was blown to bits.

“Actually, if we had sent Number 3, there was a chance to subdue that star region giant beast, but it was Number 2 who insisted on using that missile,” Xu Fan decided to pin the blame on Number 2.

“No matter how much Number 2 shouts, it wouldn’t work without your authorization,” Avatar Number One shot Xu Fan a look while he was refining artifacts.

At that moment, Avatar Number Two, who was about to set up the grand formation, suddenly shivered.

“Grape, do you know why that star region giant beast came here?” Xu Fan asked.

“It’s likely because you eliminated all the Core Formation stage cultivators in the little Immortal Realm, making the giant beast feel there was no threat, so it intended to devour the little Immortal Realm,” Grape replied.

Just then, Xu Fan sensed something unusual about the little Immortal Realm; it was sending a faint plea to Xu Fan, begging him to spare it.

The Heavenly Way’s Will felt the influence of the formation inscribed upon it, but it realized it was powerless to resist.

“Now you know fear. Why were you so cooperative when the Blood Eyes sacrificed most of the beings in this realm to advance it to the little Immortal Realm?” Xu Fan said, though he could understand.

The world’s will viewed the beings within it merely as tools or livestock to be raised.

Generally, the will of the world would likely agree, especially under conditions of absolute power.

After all, elevating to the little Immortal Realm required the Heavenly Way’s Will to cooperate at certain stages.

“Behave and come back with me; I’ll show you your neighbors,” Xu Fan said with a grin.

At the same time, Grape sent an additional four million puppets to Avatar Number Two to set up the grand formation.

The disciples in the little Immortal Realm made a fascinating discovery: the entire little Immortal Realm had once been ruled by the Blood Peak Immortal Sect, and all the fairy cities and cultivators within served the Immortal Sect.

With the Immortal Sect gone, all the specialties they had produced were now piled up in the fairy city. This worked to the advantage of the Hidden Spirit Sect disciples.

They purchased various magical tools and spirit objects from the little Immortal Realm at dirt-cheap prices.

A pair of artifact-level Heaven Cloud Boots cost only three Immortal Jades.

A custom-fit Core Formation robe, also artifact-level, needed only four Immortal Jades.

Boots, pants, long robes, inner armor, rings, bracelets, defense mirrors—all kinds of artifact weapons were available.

Some disciples even discovered magical tools and treasures attached to the eyes in certain fairy cities.

Thunderfire Eye, Azure Cloud Eye, Earth Soul Eye… it amazed the Hidden Spirit Sect disciples that such magical tools existed.

In Eye City, Han Feiyu nodded disappointedly and mumbled, wondering why one person could refine at most two eye treasures.

“Senior Brother, you don’t get it; each person can only have two eyeballs. If you want to refine more, you can open more eyes on your body,” Jian Wujie said.

At this point, he was fully equipped, covered from head to toe with magical tools.

“Wujie, you’re teasing me again,” Han Feiyu shot a glare at Jian Wujie.

“In the Sutra Pavilion, there’s a special technique called the Heavenly Eye Exterminating Spirits, which, if trained to a supreme level, allows you to open a third heavenly eye in your forehead.”

“I heard Senior Brother is also studying this technique,” Jian Wujie whispered.

Hearing this, Han Feiyu’s expression shifted.

"Junior Brother, let’s head to other fairy cities and see if there are any unique specialties. If we buy more, we might be able to trade them for a good amount of Immortal Jade," Han Feiyu suggested.

Jian Wujie’s eyes lit up at the idea, but then he shook his head in disappointment.

"I don’t have much Immortal Jade on me, not even enough for a full set of magical tools," Jian Wujie admitted.

"Should I lend you some?"

"No, even though we’re close, Wujie can’t do that," Jian Wujie said firmly, his pride evident.

However, what they didn’t know was that many disciples had already spotted this business opportunity and were borrowing money from Grape.

The considerate Grape offered a generous interest rate of nine out of thirteen.

The loan limit of one million Immortal Jade was quickly snapped up by all the disciples.

Many others regretted not getting their hands on some.

But without Immortal Jade, there were still spirit stones, and the Hidden Spirit Sect had plenty of specialties.

So, all the disciples set aside their leisure and started thinking of ways to gather more treasures from this little Immortal Realm to trade for local specialties.

One year flew by, and thanks to the hard work of Avatar Number Two, the Dragging Formation was completed.

"Grape, calculate how long it will take to drag the little Immortal Realm back to the Feiyu Realm," Xu Fan asked.

"It will take about 20 years. But if we set up two magnetic heavenly absorption formations between the little Immortal Realm and the Feiyu Realm, it will only take five years," Grape reported.

"Five years is manageable, but it’s another task for Avatar Number Two," Xu Fan said as Avatar Number Two returned to the underground space.

Hearing this, Avatar Number Two pointed at Xu Fan angrily and said, "Master, you really…"

"I’m not saying you have to do it now; you’ve worked hard setting up the grand formation. Take a break first," Xu Fan quickly reassured.

Such a top-tier formation would take an ordinary array master decades or even centuries to complete.

Avatar Number Two smiled slightly at the mention of getting a break.

"That change of expression is quite fast," Avatar Number One remarked while crafting artifacts.

"Anyway, we still have five years; let’s use this time to benefit the disciples. The resources and spirit ore in the little Immortal Realm can be mined freely, and how much they find will count as their merit," Xu Fan commanded.

"Understood, Master."

Grape then sent this good news to all the disciples.

The most excited of them all was Qian Bing.

Over the years, he had gathered a large number of puppets for mining spirit ore resources and had quite a bit of experience in searching for celestial energy spirit ore deposits.

"If I don’t get rich this time, who will?" Qian Bing said excitedly.

First, he would mine the spirit ore, then exchange it for local specialties, and after returning to the Feiyu Realm, sell them to various sects and holy grounds.

This entire process was already familiar to Qian Bing.

Just as he was about to take action, a large hand came down.

"Junior Brother Qian, how about we cooperate? I heard you have tens of thousands of puppets for mining spirit ore," Xiong Li said in a booming voice.

"I can provide the puppets, but what can Senior Brother offer?" Qian Bing tried to resist.

"I can provide a pair of hands that won’t torture you."

A dangerous voice from behind Qian Bing belonged to Xiong Li.

He recalled various moments of tricking Senior Brother and couldn’t help but sigh.

"Payback is inevitable when you’re out to mix with others~"