Chapter 972

Chapter 972: Battlefield

Xu Fan listened to his Big Brother’s drunken ramblings, his gaze slightly tipsy and hazy as he looked at the jar of Thunder Liquid on the table.

“Is it really that strong?”

Then, two puppets escorted the elderly man with white hair back to his exclusive temporary cave.

Xu Fan’s little head felt a bit fuzzy, unable to recall what he needed to do next.

He decided to return to his room and get a good sleep.

The next morning, the celestial spirit liquid Divine Beasts above the sect made hissing sounds.

Xu Fan slowly opened his eyes, feeling a sense of fullness from sleep, and his body had reached its peak state.

“No wonder even the Great Luo Sages eagerly desire this exquisite wine,” Xu Fan remarked.

With the increase in cultivation, finding a wine that could intoxicate like a mortal became increasingly rare.

Just that jar of Thunder Liquid from yesterday would start at a price of at least one million Immortal Jade.

“Master, Xiong Li wishes to see you,” the voice of Grape sounded.

“Didn’t I send him to the Immortal Realm for training? Is there something else?”

Xu Fan waved his hand, signaling Xiong Li to come in from outside the gate.

“Grand Elder, I wish to train at the border battlefield,” Xiong Li said respectfully, knowing the Grand Elder didn’t like his disciples going to places with many unexpected dangers.

“Have you thought this through?” Xu Fan asked seriously.

“I’ve considered it; the battlefield is the best place for me to travel and train,” Xiong Li said firmly.

“Since you’ve made up your mind, then go.”

“However, never forget the most important thing when leaving the sect,” Xu Fan added.

Though he was reluctant for his disciples to venture into dangerous areas, he understood that young eagles must face storms to grow.

“No matter what happens outside, your own life must come first,” Xiong Li stated the most crucial point for the sect’s disciples when they were out.

“Since you want to go to the battlefield, depart in ten days.”

“I believe there will be many disciples wanting to train on the battlefield in the future, so I need to refine several shared celestial tools,” Xu Fan said.

“What are shared celestial tools, Grand Elder?” Xiong Li asked, somewhat unclear.

“It’s similar to renting celestial tools from the sect’s treasury, which will offer some protection for you on the battlefield,” Xu Fan explained.

He had the Stone of Ten Thousand Lives, enough to refine two entry-level life recovery celestial tools within ten days.

“Thank you, Grand Elder,” Xiong Li said, bowing gratefully.

“Be careful on the battlefield,” Xu Fan said, waving Xiong Li away.

He then went to the underground space.

Avatar Number One and Avatar Number Two were watching a series while refining the Holy Thunder Cannon, occasionally teasing each other.

Seeing this scene, Xu Fan nodded with satisfaction. Over the past hundred years, the two had been diligent and were about to finish refining the most basic Holy Thunder Cannon.

“You both should stop what you’re doing and first refine two life recovery celestial tools,” Xu Fan ordered, cutting two pieces of the Stone of Ten Thousand Lives, slightly bigger than sesame seeds, from the stone.

Though small, each grain can restore the full vitality of a Golden Immortal.

“The Stone of Ten Thousand Lives is truly a good item. Who are you refining it for?” Avatar Number One and Avatar Number Two each caught a small piece of the Stone of Ten Thousand Lives.

“I’m making two shared celestial tools. Xiong Li is going to the battlefield in the human territory, and many more will likely go in the future, so I want to prepare first,” Xu Fan said.

“Now I understand. Don’t worry, they’ll be finished within ten days,” Avatar Number Two gave an OK gesture.

“Work hard, and in some time, we’ll take a holiday,” Xu Fan said, like a boss promising perks.

“Master, if you’re giving us a holiday, does that mean we’ll also get some Immortal Jade? Otherwise, we won’t know where to go during the break.”

“Five thousand Jade each. If you can’t spend it all outside, don’t come back,” Xu Fan said generously, waving his hand.

“Five thousand?”

The two confirmed again, wondering if they had misheard a zero.

“Take it or leave it!” Xu Fan said as he left the underground space.

At that moment, colorful clouds appeared in the sky, slowly passing through the Hidden Spirit Sect’s protective formation, landing on Xu Gang’s mountain peak.

Another true immortal joined the sect.

Then, two unique auras rose from the inner sect area.

Xu Fan sensed these two auras and realized they belonged to a tree demon who had become a true immortal, having moved over from the Feiyu Realm.

Two green willow leaves slowly drifted down to a spot not far from Xu Fan, then transformed into two ordinary-looking men in green robes.

“It turns out it’s you two willow trees; it’s good to see you’ve finally regained your nourishment,” Xu Fan greeted with a smile.

Among the tree demons transplanted to the sect, Xu Fan valued these two willow trees the most.

When they first arrived, he sensed their high realms, but the location they had come from was extremely barren, causing a lack of nourishment.

When they came, they were at the artifact-level, but not long after joining the sect, they reached the Great Ascension stage. Later, in the Immortal Realm, they attended classes and became Quasi-Immortals, and now with ample celestial energy, they quickly advanced to true immortals.

During large lectures, Xu Fan never held back.

Once he started, the entire Outer Sect and the demon division could hear him.

“Thank you, Grand Elder, for your cultivation; if not for you, we would have been cut down by those from the beast race to make demon artifacts,” the two willow leaf transformations said respectfully.

“Meeting is fate. Settle down and grow in the sect. As long as you perform well, I will plant branch seedlings for you in the River of Time,” Xu Fan said, painting a bright future.

For some tree demons aspiring to reach the Golden Immortal or even Great Luo realm, they needed to embed their roots or origins in their segment of the River of Time.

“Thank you, Grand Elder!” the two little true immortal trees exclaimed with joy.

“Now go back and focus on your cultivation,” Xu Fan said, turning his gaze toward the direction of the cave of his eldest disciple.

“Understood.”

Before long, Xu Gang arrived at Xu Fan’s courtyard.

“Master, I want to go to the battlefield outside the territory with Xiong Li.”

“You want to go too? I thought you liked staying at home,” Xu Fan asked, smiling.

“Right, but after seeing Xiong Li’s application, I suddenly feel the battlefield would suit me well.”

“At that time, if I coordinate with both of you, I’m sure we can stay safe on the battlefield,” Xu Gang said with a hint of excitement in his eyes.

“If you want to go, that’s fine. Just follow Xiong Li,” Xu Fan suddenly felt they should also gain some experience.

For nearly a hundred years, he had been teaching theory, but practice was necessary too.

“Okay,” Xu Fan nodded.

Little did he know that by agreeing, he set a bad precedent, making the disciples in the sect feel that Xu Fan encouraged such actions.

In the future, at least sixty to seventy percent of the disciples who advanced to true immortals would go to the battlefield outside.

Ten days later, Xu Gang and Xiong Li stepped onto the long-distance teleportation formation constructed by Grape. After reaching that place, they just needed to connect through three more celestial realms to arrive at the battlefield outside the territory.