Chapter 122
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Chapter 122: The Broken Small World
Next to Xu Fan, Xu Gang and his wife looked a bit regretful.
“Master, it seems that you and Master Mistress will have to wait a while longer for everlasting love,” Xu Gang sighed. As a disciple, he often felt pain seeing his master gazing at the starry sky in solitude.
“Even if we meet, what can we do? It would only ease the longing.”
Damn it, how can one fully control a spirit body without reaching the Core Formation stage?
“Why not find another Master Mistress? With your abilities, having two would be no problem at all,” Xu Gang said with a glint of mischief in his eyes.
“Xu Gang, do you think just because you’ve reached the Nascent Soul stage, you can freely tease your master?” Xu Fan replied seriously, recognizing the young man’s playful intent about marriage and children.
Let’s not even think about who to find; what if my wife’s master comes for me? Not to mention that terrifying large bird, the entire sect wouldn’t survive it.
*Snap*
Xu Fan snapped his fingers, and Xu Gang instantly fell into an illusion.
As he entered the illusion, Xu Gang found himself transformed into an ordinary person without any magic power, surrounded by mortals wielding iron rods.
“That’s him! Beat him up!”
Then Xu Gang was plunged into a hell of sticks and clubs.
“Little Xi, take him back; he’ll wake up on his own in a day,” Xu Fan waved his hand.
“Yes, Master,” Little Xi replied with a smile, knowing her husband could sometimes be as stubborn as a mule, but other times quite dense.
“Master Ancestor, is my dad okay?” A nine-year-old little boy ran to Xu Fan and asked.
“He’s fine; your dad is having a Beautiful Dream and will be just fine when he wakes up,” Xu Fan said, patting the little boy’s head.
“Master Ancestor, you’re lying! You’re punishing my dad, aren’t you?”
Xu Fan looked into the boy’s bright eyes and thought to himself, thankfully, you don’t inherit your dad’s foolishness.
“Guess,” Xu Fan replied with a smile.
“If Master Ancestor can punish my dad to be smarter, then punish him a lot!”
“Haha, alright.”
Xu Fan waved his hand for the farewell guests to return to their tasks. His communication artifact chimed with a message, saying that something had been sent from Moliang State to him and was ready for pickup at the Elder Council of Lin Sen Fairy City.
Above the clouds, a cloaked Spiritual Wind Boat flew swiftly, with Xu Fan sitting inside one of its huts.
“Moliang State, judging by the timing, it must be my good brother sending me some benefits,” Xu Fan thought. It wasn’t easy, before he left, he did some favors, and now the return was finally here.
At the Elder Council of Lin Sen Fairy City, Xu Fan was received warmly as per tradition, much like a big taxpayer going to a government office, as the Hidden Spirit Sect had paid at least one hundred million spirit stones in taxes that year.
Even the head of the Elder Council, a Transformation Stage cultivator, came out to meet Xu Fan, making him quite uncomfortable. This was a flaw of Xu Fan’s; he was not at ease around those above the Nascent Soul stage.
Why was he uncomfortable? Because he couldn’t win, nor could he escape.
“This is the item that Elder Wang from your sect sent for you,” the Nascent Soul stage steward handed Xu Fan a sealed box, marked with Wang Yulun’s unique spiritual energy that couldn’t be replicated.
“Thank you, Senior,” Xu Fan nodded.
“It’s our pleasure. In recent years, your sect has successfully kept the beasts of the Ten Thousand-Mile Giant Lake in check, easing our Elder Council’s burden a lot,” the Nascent Soul stage steward smiled.
Although the beast tide at the Ten Thousand-Mile Giant Lake happened only once every five or six years, there were still occasional stray beasts causing trouble by the lake.
But since six years ago, when the Hidden Spirit Sect took over the defense, the entire Ten Thousand-Mile Giant Lake seemed to be sealed off. For six whole years, there hadn’t been a single incident of beasts coming ashore to disturb the people.
Xu Fan casually exchanged a few words with the Nascent Soul Stage cultivator steward before eagerly returning to the Hidden Spirit Sect with the box given to him by his good brother. Good treasures should be opened in the safest place.
Upon returning to the sect, he ran into Xu Yuexian, who looked a bit nervous.
“Sect Leader, you’re back. What treasure did you find this time?” Xu Fan said, glancing at Xu Yuexian, who had already reached the Nascent Soul Stage.
Five years ago, Xu Yuexian passed the puppet test to advance to the Nascent Soul Stage, proving Xu Fan’s belief that she would thrive if left to grow on her own.
“Master, this item will definitely excite you for an entire year,” Xu Yuexian said mysteriously. What she found this time was sure to impress her master, who loved artifact crafting.
“Oh, what treasure?” Xu Fan’s eyes lit up with anticipation, as if he were in a lottery.
Ten years ago, after letting Xu Yuexian go out on her own, she took Wang Yulun’s place. Although her finds weren’t as surprising as his, they still came in handy from time to time.
The rare materials for the rune iron plate in Xu Fan’s hand were all brought back by Xu Yuexian.
After passing the precious artifact stage test for the rune iron plate, he received four runes with spatial attributes: the Rong Kong rune, Kun Zi rune, Wen Zi rune, and Kai Zi rune.
From then on, all the disciples of the Hidden Spirit Sect had plenty of spatial gear.
“I need to calm down first. Ever since I got this item, I’ve been on edge, worried someone might find out,” Xu Yuexian said, still looking a bit shaken.
“Let’s go to the dojo; I have some calming tea there.”
Inside the dojo, Xu Yuexian, who had been unsettled earlier, finally relaxed.
“A month ago, I teamed up with over ten Nascent Soul Stage cultivators to explore a broken small world.”
“This broken small world is tiny, smaller than one-tenth of Hidden Spirit Island.”
“But the things inside were so tempting that everyone was instantly envious. To be honest, I even felt a murderous intent—with just a few Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, taking them out would’ve been easy.”
“What did you find? Five elemental origins, top-tier Celestial Crystals, celestial tools, or large Taoist artifacts?” Xu Fan guessed, knowing it had to be something extraordinary to make his experienced disciple feel that way.
“Master, don’t rush me; let me finish,” Xu Yuexian said calmly.
Where did she pick up this annoying habit? Xu Fan thought.
“Almost the moment everyone saw those items, four Nascent Soul Stage cultivators from our team attacked the others nearby.
Seven Nascent Soul Stage cultivators died on the spot, leaving nine alive,” Xu Yuexian continued.
“What were you doing at that time?” Xu Fan asked.
“I didn’t forget what you taught me. The moment I saw the items in that small world, I immediately used a stand-in puppet to replace myself and hid nearby.”
“Go on,” Xu Fan said impatiently. This girl wouldn’t reveal the treasures until the very end.
“After some intense fighting, the four Nascent Soul Stage cultivators who attacked first came out on top. Just as I was about to enjoy the show, a Nascent Soul Stage beast corpse puppet appeared and effortlessly slayed those four cultivators.”
“That beast corpse puppet was as powerful as the challenge puppets you crafted at the early Nascent Soul Stage, as if it was being controlled by someone else.”
“Then I hid in that broken small world for three days, making sure all the cultivators were dead before I blew that beast’s corpse puppet’s head off with a single shot,” Xu Yuexian said proudly.
“So, in the end, you still haven’t told me what you saw. What did you find?” Xu Fan asked lightly, wondering what kind of treasure could make him jump for joy.
