Chapter 994

Chapter 994: The Blank Disciple

In the end, Xu Fan accepted the 300 million Immortal Jade that his good brother had managed to secure.

Just then, Pang Fu returned from outside.

“Grand Elder, here’s a Time Treasure worth 80 million Immortal Jade,” Pang Fu said, handing over a storage bag.

Xu Fan nodded and took the storage bag.

“Grand Elder, if the sect is running low on Immortal Jade, we could consider selling the true immortal puppet production line,” Pang Fu suggested, knowing that an early production line in the sect was currently unused.

“How much could we get for a production line?”

“Between 80 million and 100 million Immortal Jade. A major force once inquired about it, but I turned them down,” Pang Fu replied.

“Can that force operate in the Outer Regions of the Immortal Realm?” Xu Fan asked suddenly.

Thanks to the support of his good brother, the Hidden Spirit Sect had grown rapidly over the past hundred years. With enough Immortal Jade, they could trade for Time Treasures.

In the span of nearly one hundred years, Xu Fan had used Time Treasures to accelerate his progress by 20,000 years.

Grape estimated that if Xu Fan acquired Time Treasures worth 1.4 billion Immortal Jade, he could advance to true immortal status.

Considering this, Xu Fan thought selling the production line might not be a bad idea.

In the Immortal Realm, similar production lines for celestial tools had existed for a long time, though their methods differed.

Regardless of the circumstances, production lines of this caliber were highly valued by major forces and were rarely sold.

Each production line represented the lifelong work of one or even several artifact great masters over tens of thousands of years.

Occasionally, Divine Craftsmen were also involved in their creation.

“They can. One of the major forces is a top-tier faction in the Immortal Realm, called Qianjie Mountain. Their merchant association spans several surrounding Immortal Realms, and they have no shortage of Immortal Jade,” Pang Fu explained, looking at Xu Fan with hopeful eyes.

If the Hidden Spirit Sect could sell the production line, it would bring significant benefits. An even greater advantage would be securing a Heavenly Dao contract with the merchant association to purchase Time Treasures in bulk at the lowest prices.

“Tell Qianjie Mountain that my production line is fully automated—just input spirit ore, and it will automatically produce celestial tool puppets.”

“It’s several times more advanced than the semi-automatic production lines in the Wood Origin Immortal Realm.”

“If they want to buy it, they’ll have to pay more Immortal Jade,” Xu Fan said.

“Don’t worry, Grand Elder. I’ll make sure we get the best price for the sect’s production line,” Pang Fu said confidently.

Five defensive true immortal puppets appeared beside Xu Fan.

“These are defensive puppets from the sect’s first true immortal puppet production line. Take them as samples.”

When selling a production line, it was wise to start with the least advanced models to ensure that what the sect kept was always a step ahead of what they sold.

Currently, the true immortal-level puppets produced by the Hidden Spirit Sect were considered mid-tier among true immortals.

The puppets from the production line Xu Fan planned to sell were only just at the entry level of true immortal standards.

“There are also two Quasi-Immortal artifact production lines we can sell. The spirit ores they use are common and easy to obtain in the Immortal Realm,” Xu Fan added, handing over several Quasi-Immortal artifact samples and jade slips to Pang Fu.

Pang Fu left, carrying Xu Fan’s high hopes.

“Let’s hope we get a good deal,” Xu Fan said as he pulled out his little notebook and flipped to the second page.

“Cang Lei Saint, I’ll let you live a little longer,” Xu Fan muttered, believing firmly in settling his own scores.

As Xu Fan was thinking about how to speed up collecting Time Treasures and advance to Golden Immortal sooner, his loyal disciple Xu Gang came to see him.

"How do you feel after being revived?" Xu Fan asked.

"My body and soul have both dropped to the most basic level of true immortal. It’ll take some time to refine them back to where they were," Xu Gang said, looking down in shame.

"Master, I lost the celestial tool you gave me and the Five Colors Peak on the battlefield. I don’t think I can get them back," he admitted.

Losing a top-tier Postnatal Spiritual Treasure just like that was a big deal—especially since it had barely been used.

"It’s gone, so let it go. Ordinary celestial tools are one thing, but your Five Colors Peak probably ended up with Cang Lei Saint of the Wood Origin tribe," Xu Fan said.

"Don’t worry, I’ll make sure to settle this score for you someday," Xu Fan reassured him.

All the revived disciples had become blank slates, losing everything they’d worked for. It was like grinding for thousands of years, only to start over from scratch.

The ones who took it the hardest were Qian Bing and the disciples who specialized in sword formations.

"Grape, put all the unused celestial tools from the sect into the shared treasury for the revived disciples to use," Xu Fan instructed.

"Understood, Master," Grape replied.

"Good thing I moved the shared treasury to the back of the human race camp back then. If it had been caught in the combat backlash of a Great Luo Sage, we’d be in big trouble," Xu Fan mused.

"Give it some time, and I’ll have Number Three help you craft a few usable celestial tools."

"As for the rest, we’ll figure it out later. What’s meant to be will come in time."

After Xu Fan’s words of comfort, Xu Gang felt a little better.

Just then, after nearly ten years of treasure hunting, Xu Yuexian finally returned to the sect.

"Master, I’m sorry I’m late," she said.

"I was stuck in a secret realm for a while and only saw the message after I got out," Xu Yuexian explained apologetically.

"It’s fine. I’m just glad you’re back safe," Xu Fan replied.

A space spirit pearl appeared in Xu Yuexian’s hand.

"I’ve had some good luck these past years and found a lot of celestial tools and treasures. Please take them, Master," she offered.

"Keep the spiritual treasures for yourself, but you can lend the celestial tools to the sect for now," Xu Fan said, pleased.

When word spread that the revived disciples had become blank slates, more and more disciples started putting their unused Dao tools and celestial tools into the sect’s shared treasury. Some even contributed their frequently used ones.

Now, the shared treasury had over 3,000 celestial tools.

For the revived disciples, this wasn’t quite enough—less than one tool per person—but it would do as long as there weren’t any large-scale battles.

In the Source Realm, a small world filled with special celestial energy, most of the revived disciples were busy refining their souls, trying to get back to their peak condition as quickly as possible.

Xiong Li, having just finished refining his soul, slowly opened his eyes. He felt the weakness of his true immortal body and couldn’t help but feel a little frustrated.

At first, he hadn’t noticed much, just that his body felt a bit weak. But as his soul grew stronger and closer to its former power, he realized just how fragile this true immortal body was.

Back in his prime, he could have taken out ten opponents with a single punch.

"Grape, I need ten Demon Suppressing Star railguns for body refinement," Xiong Li said.

"With your current body strength, using the Demon Suppressing Star is pushing it. I recommend starting with the low-level celestial satellite railgun," Grape advised gently.

Feeling his weak body, Xiong Li hesitated. "It can’t be that bad, can it?"

"Trust me on this. Using the Demon Suppressing Star could cause permanent damage to your body."