Chapter 966

Chapter 966: Outer Realms, Wanquing Island

“Since you’ve come to me for help, little brother, I’ll make sure to see it through,” the elderly man with white hair said, closing his eyes as the destiny compass materialized behind him.

As he traced the faint karmic threads, his expression suddenly shifted, and he couldn’t withstand the backlash, causing a violent explosion.

Xingci, who was serving tea nearby, looked mildly surprised but didn’t react much to his master’s sudden explosion.

The Blood Mist scattered, only to be pulled back together by a strange temporal force, reforming into the elderly man with white hair.

Pale-faced, the elderly man turned to Xu Fan and said apologetically, “Little brother, hold on. The place you’re asking me to locate is deeply entangled. Give me a bit more time.”

He began again, exploding and recovering repeatedly, over a dozen times.

With each explosion, the elderly man grew visibly weaker.

After another recovery, his face was as pale as paper, his eyes sunken and dry, and his body emaciated, like skin stretched over bones.

“Big brother, it’s fine. If you can’t figure it out, don’t push yourself,” Xu Fan urged, already satisfied with the attempt. If it didn’t work out, it wasn’t a big deal.

“No, little brother. You’ve come to me for help, and I’ll make sure to deliver,” the elderly man insisted, pulling out several restorative holy elixirs.

After recovering, he began exploding again.

Star Spirit leaned closer to Xu Fan.

“The place where your wife was taken must be something extraordinary. I’ve never seen my master self-destruct this many times.”

Once, Star Spirit had seen his master explode nine times while calculating an opportunity for Senior Brother.

Now, after over thirty explosions, Star Spirit couldn’t help but wonder what could be so mysterious.

“I’m not sure, but the woman in battle armor I mentioned must be at least at the level of a Great Luo Saint,” Xu Fan said.

Another explosion rang out—this was the elderly man’s fiftieth self-destruction.

Once more, after reforming, the elderly man resumed his calculations, but this time, instead of exploding, he began coughing up blood.

He calculated, took medicine, and coughed up blood all at once.

Xu Fan estimated that the amount of blood his good brother had lost could fill at least three large vats.

Just then, the elderly man’s eyes suddenly cleared, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.

But at that moment, a massive power of the wide road descended from the sky, binding the elderly man.

His once-clear eyes grew murky.

He fell silent for a long while.

“Little brother, I’ve found your partner’s location.”

“But I must warn you—it’s better not to know. Getting involved will bring you great trouble.”

“Tell me, big brother. Weiyun is my partner, and I need to know where she is,” Xu Fan said firmly.

He had a feeling this karmic connection would catch up to him sooner or later, so it didn’t matter when.

“Outer realms, Wanquing Island. That’s all I can tell you.”

As soon as the elderly man finished speaking, he exploded once more.

From the purest Blood Mist, he reformed into the elderly man with white hair.

“Calculating this location for you, younger brother, has used up all the time clones I’ve stored over this period.”

“But if you end up getting what you want, it’s all worth it,” the elderly man with white hair said with a satisfied smile.

“Thank you, big brother,” Xu Fan said sincerely.

“As long as you’re happy, younger brother~” The elderly man spoke, then coughed up a mouthful of blood.

“I need to rest and recover; I won’t keep you any longer.”

After saying this, he coughed out another mouthful of blood and, with Star Spirit’s help, returned to his room.

“Big brother, I’ll never forget this kindness,” Xu Fan said before leaving.

A month later, after finishing his teachings and answering questions, Xu Fan returned to his courtyard and quickly slipped into lazy mode.

“I’ve covered enough material; it should keep the sect’s disciples busy for years,” Xu Fan said, relieved.

Since returning from the elderly man with white hair, he had been swamped.

Every day, he either taught his disciples or shared knowledge with the sect’s disciples, working hard to elevate the sect to the top of the Immortal Realm.

“Master, Pang Fu is back~” Grape’s voice chimed in.

“Bring him over quickly~” Xu Fan said, shaking off his lazy mood.

Pang Fu was crucial to his strength improvement.

Soon, a teleportation formation appeared in Xu Fan’s courtyard.

Pang Fu stepped out.

“Greetings, Grand Elder!” Pang Fu said excitedly.

“No need for formalities; tell me how things went,” Xu Fan said, gesturing for Pang Fu to sit.

“The items you asked me to acquire are nearly ready,” Pang Fu said, pulling out several Immortal-grade Time Treasures from his space ring.

“Immortal-grade Time Treasures are in high demand; they’re snatched up by major Immortal Sects as soon as they appear. These were hard to get, costing over 7 million Immortal Jade in total.”

“As for the Outer Regions of the Immortal Realm you asked me to investigate, I’ve gathered the basics.”

“Beyond ten thousand miles in altitude, you enter the Nine Heavens. After crossing them, you reach the Outer Regions of the Immortal Realm.”

“The Nine Heavens are Haotian, Cangtian, Xuantian, Yantian, Youtian, Yangtian, Zhutian, Biantian, and Juntaian.”

“Juntaian is at the center, surrounded by the others. Once you break through Juntaian, you enter the Outer Regions of the Immortal Realm.”

“Other Immortal Realms are said to be similar, though the names might differ,” Pang Fu explained.

“To break through the Nine Heavens and reach the Outer Regions, you need to be at least a Great Luo Sage or have a Postnatal Spiritual Treasure-level Star Ship or palace artifact.”

“These Immortal-grade Time Treasures were obtained from the Outer Regions of the Immortal Realm,” Pang Fu concluded.

Xu Fan fell into thought, silently grumbling about the high barriers to entering the Outer Regions.

“Looks like self-sufficiency will take a while~” Xu Fan sighed deeply.

“The sect has acquired two new Postnatal Spiritual Treasures. I’ll have Grape brief you on them soon to maximize their benefits for the sect’s Immortal Jade earnings.”

“From now on, your main task will be acquiring these Immortal-grade Time Treasures for the sect,” Xu Fan instructed.

“Understood~”

Pang Fu left, and Xu Fan stepped into the Source Realm.

“Grape, absorb the essence of these Time Treasures and start time acceleration for me,” Xu Fan commanded as he entered the specialized small world for acceleration.

“Understood, Master.”

The Immortal-grade Time Treasures vanished into the small world.

Xu Fan sat cross-legged at the center, beginning his cultivation as time gradually accelerated.

Time accelerated for over 200 years before the essence of the treasures was depleted.

Xu Fan slowly opened his eyes.

“Grape, let’s calculate the costs~”

“Master, with stable prices, time acceleration costs 35,000 Immortal Jade per year.”