Chapter 245
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Chapter 245: The Blind Box Provided by Zheng Feng
When Xu Fan heard this, he suspected that this guy might be here to cause trouble.
"It might not be what you expect, but the spirit that manages my sect is not for sale," Xu Fan said.
Hearing Xu Fan’s words, Master Qianling remained calm, as if he had anticipated this response.
"You haven’t seen the reward I have for you, Grand Elder. Why not take a look?" Master Qianling suggested.
Xu Fan took the space ring and began to examine it. Upon seeing the contents, he couldn’t help but exclaim, "Wow!"
"I initially planned to sell this to the Heavenly Refining Sect, but I thought you might like it, so I decided to gift it to you, Grand Elder," Master Qianling said with a smile, treating Xu Fan as an equal and showing him the respect he deserved.
At this moment, Xu Fan remembered a saying: everything in this world has its value.
"What level do you want this spirit to reach, Grand Elder?" Xu Fan asked, now that a reasonable offer was on the table, and he wanted to understand the customer’s expectations.
"One against a hundred shouldn’t be too much to ask," Master Qianling said eagerly.
"Haha, one against ten thousand wouldn’t be a problem," Xu Fan joked.
"Grand Elder, you’re not joking with me, are you?" Master Qianling asked, surprised.
"You started the joke, Respected Elder. At most, it could handle one against ten. One against a hundred? That’s a bit too much," Xu Fan replied playfully. Were they all fools on the other side? Even if Grape took the lead, it wouldn’t be possible.
Once the computing power reaches a certain level, adding more doesn’t make much difference.
"Alright, Respected Elder, please wait a moment. I’ll be right back," Xu Fan said as he took the puppet carrying Grape’s clone to the underground space.
At this moment, Grape’s main body began to feel strangely restless.
"Grape, enhance this clone to three times its original strength," Xu Fan instructed.
"Master, enhancing this clone like that will harm my essence," Grape replied.
"It’s fine. You can upgrade later; I’ve already prepared the materials for you."
"If you don’t want to, I can use these materials to create a brother for you," Xu Fan joked.
At this point, the puppet carrying Grape’s clone walked up to Grape.
"The enhancement will take about five minutes. Please wait, Master," Grape said, with a hint of resignation in its voice.
Five minutes later, Xu Fan returned with a Transformation Stage puppet and presented it to Master Qianling.
"Senior, the spirit has been enhanced, and I’ve replaced the puppet with a Transformation Stage one that responds faster than the previous one," Xu Fan said with a smile.
"Can this puppet now steer the Star Ship and fight one against ten?" Master Qianling asked.
"Yes, if you’re unsure, you can test it out later."
"Is this puppet the kind that can be disassembled?" Master Qianling asked more pointedly.
"What do you mean?" Xu Fan asked, puzzled.
"Like this," Master Qianling said, extending a finger and pointing in the air. The limbs of the Transformation Stage puppet suddenly broke apart.
He then asked, "So, can it still be reassembled?"
"……….
Is that function really that important?"
At this moment, the limbs of the puppet, which had been separated, slowly began to wriggle and reattach themselves.
The puppet lying on the ground gradually stood up.
"Good, now I can rest easy," Master Qianling said contentedly as he looked at the familiar formula.
Outside the gate of the Hidden Spirit Sect, Xu Fan waved goodbye to the respected elder of Qianling Sect.
"If nothing goes wrong, Master Qianling should be heading to the Heavenly Refining Sect," Xu Fan said with a smile. "Upgrading the software alone isn’t enough; the hardware needs to keep up too."
At that moment, Xu Fan received a message from Xu Yuexian.
"Master, the tenth ring has been stolen. What will happen next?"
Looking at the message, Xu Fan smiled. That Zheng Feng could summon a mysterious deity by gathering ten rings.
At this time, Xu Yuexian was out shopping with Xu Gang and Little Xi. Although the ring had been stolen, her brother still had his.
"Big Brother, why wasn’t your ring stolen?" Xu Yuexian asked in confusion.
"This is the new space ring Master refined; it has anti-theft features," Xu Gang explained.
Just then, a thunderous fart echoed from a distance.
Zheng Feng, who had made the sound, was taken aback himself. Wanting to leave the area, he activated his spiritual energy.
‘Pffff~~~’
An even louder fart followed, and the gas wave that erupted from Zheng Feng caused nearby houses to collapse.
A familiar foul odor filled the air.
"You heard that fart, right?"
After seeing Xu Fan’s message, Xu Yuexian laughed. She knew that fart had to be from Zheng Feng.
Only Master could produce such a thing.
At that moment, a map appeared in Xu Yuexian’s communication artifact, showing Zheng Feng’s location.
A few more fart sounds rang out from afar, and it seemed that Zheng Feng had figured out the trick, as the farting noise ceased, though the point of light indicating his location remained active.
"Master, what’s the principle behind this fart sound?" Xu Yuexian messaged.
"I told you, you wouldn’t understand. It’s a curse-related mystery. Now, whenever Zheng Feng activates his spiritual energy, a fart sound will occur."
"I assure you, only a Great Ascension Master who specializes in curse-related matters could possibly break this curse."
"Thank you, Master," Xu Yuexian smiled in response.
At that moment, Xu Yuexian suddenly thought of something. She sent a message to a deputy master of Tianluo Palace.
After receiving a reply, surprise appeared on Xu Yuexian’s face.
"The bounty on Zheng Feng is incredibly high right now," Xu Yuexian said as she looked at the offer of three magical artifacts, clearly indicating that Zheng Feng had made a number of enemies recently.
Seeing this bounty, Xu Yuexian extinguished any thoughts of bringing him back to the Hidden Spirit Sect.
"Little Sister, what’s wrong?" Xu Gang asked, knowing that Zheng Feng was responsible for stealing his sister’s space ring. He figured that the sound from earlier must mean Master had begun to set up a trap.
"It’s nothing; my space ring is coming back," Xu Yuexian said, looking at the point of light moving slowly toward the fairy city on her communication artifact.
"Alright, the Demon Suppressing Star in the sky is ready and can attack at any time," Xu Gang said.
"Mm, I know. Brother, you and Sister-in-law go shopping first. I’ll be back soon," Xu Yuexian replied.
"Be careful."
"Okay."
Xu Yuexian ran toward the direction marked on the map.
At that moment, Zheng Feng’s expression was one of extreme terror; he realized he had gotten himself into trouble again.
"It turns out the space rings I stole before were cursed. Why didn’t I notice it back then?" Zheng Feng said regretfully. At this moment, he felt the terrifying presence of the female cultivator named Zhang Meimei once again.
Now, he dared not use any spiritual energy for fear of drawing attention to himself, and his previously altered appearance had returned to its original state.
"I need to leave the fairy city first, then find a way to contact Zhang Meimei about this curse," Zheng Feng said unwillingly. This curse felt much worse than the previous foul odor he had encountered.
As he reached the city gate, a powerful force unexpectedly burst forth from beneath him, accompanied by numerous unidentified objects that fell like raindrops.
"What is that smell? It’s so awful!"
"That fart came from him!"
"How can this person be so disgusting?"
At this point, the area beneath Zheng Feng was already stained yellow.
Zheng Feng glared at those discussing him with a pale face, feeling greatly humiliated. He had never faced such disgrace since he began cultivating.
At that moment, soldiers guarding the fairy city rushed over.
Seeing the soldiers flying toward him from a distance, Zheng Feng felt fury rise inside him. He didn’t care about his dignity and directly activated his spiritual energy to fly toward the city exit.
‘Pffff~ Pffff~ Pffff………..’
A series of thunderous fart sounds echoed throughout the fairy city, slowly fading into the distance.
Xu Yuexian sensed the foul odor spreading through the air as she neared the city gate.
"Could it be that Master has taken on such a hobby with his opening of the spirit?" Xu Yuexian remarked.
Once she exited the fairy city, Xu Yuexian vanished from her spot, hurrying in the direction Zheng Feng had fled.
At that moment, Xu Yuexian suddenly received a message on her Communication Artifact from an unknown sender.
"Little girl, I admit defeat. In the canyon thirty thousand miles north of Giant Rock Fairy City, I’m with the person who stole your space ring."
Looking at the message, Xu Yuexian sneered, "It’s too late to give in now."
At that moment, Zheng Feng, who had originally been over a thousand kilometers away from the fairy city, suddenly found himself thirty thousand miles away.
"Just like a rabbit with three burrows, it’s no wonder Zheng Feng is like this," Xu Yuexian said as she summoned a sleek, fully enclosed flying boat, soaring toward her destination thirty thousand miles away.
Meanwhile, in the canyon, Zheng Feng looked at his years of savings in pain and sighed, "When you make a living through deception, you eventually have to pay it back."
This time, Zheng Feng felt no sense of luck; he genuinely wanted to make a deal with Zhang Meimei to help him remove the curse on himself. He was willing to give up all his wealth for this.
Because of this, he felt like his lifeline had been grasped tightly. As a master thief, constantly passing gas was simply unacceptable. If he continued to trigger farts whenever he activated his spiritual energy, it would surely ruin his future cultivation path.
Before long, Xu Yuexian’s figure appeared above the canyon.
“Zheng Feng, let’s meet up for a chat,” Xu Yuexian said with a smile.
‘Pffff~~’
Zheng Feng helplessly responded to Xu Yuexian with a fart.
"Little girl, this time I admit defeat. How can you let me off?"
"If you stole my space ring, I’ll return it to you tenfold," Zheng Feng said, and then let out another fart, realizing that when he felt uneasy, it often triggered embarrassingly loud noises.
Xu Yuexian quickly created an air protective shield around herself to block the foul odor coming her way.
"Tenfold? You wish! If you want me to help with the curse on you, you’ll need to offer your entire fortune," Xu Yuexian said with a cold laugh.
"Alright, if you swear the heavenly path oath, what’s wrong with me giving my all?" Zheng Feng gritted his teeth and replied.
"Heavenly path oath? You think too highly of yourself," Xu Yuexian said, then looked up at the sky. Suddenly, a powerful shockwave descender fell from above and exploded.
In an instant, the whole canyon shook violently, causing everything to collapse.
Next, Xu Yuexian found the fainted Zheng Feng and sealed him inside a specially designed coffin that Xu Fan had built for him out of boredom.
The Tianluo Palace branch in Giant Rock Fairy City was brought directly by the palace lord, who delivered the bounty reward.
"This time, don’t let Zheng Feng escape again," Xu Yuexian said after receiving her reward.
"I’ll keep an eye on Zheng Feng myself. He won’t escape this time," the deputy palace lord vowed, staring at the coffin containing Zheng Feng.
Last time, he was responsible for a slip that allowed Zheng Feng to escape, and because of that, he had to bear the consequences of the reward previously given to Xu Yuexian.
"You all said the same thing last time," Xu Yuexian frowned.
"This time will be different. I’ve notified the three Great Ascension Masters who are mainly seeking Zheng Feng. We won’t be moving to headquarters; we’ll trade right here," the deputy palace lord said with a forced smile.
"Alright,"
Xu Yuexian walked out of the Tianluo Palace, satisfied with her reward.
"This time, I really understand what it means to hit the jackpot," she said, looking at the large bag of space rings she had.
These were all space rings she had obtained from Zheng Feng.
Now carrying a fortune, Xu Yuexian felt a bit uneasy and quickly contacted Xu Gang to meet at the teleportation center.
Outside the teleportation center in Giant Rock Fairy City, Xu Gang, noticing Xu Yuexian’s distress, asked, "What’s wrong?"
"Let’s return to the sect first," Xu Yuexian said without elaborating, as she led Xu Gang and Little Xi into the teleportation formation.
Three days later, the three finally returned to the Hidden Spirit Sect, and Xu Yuexian’s feelings of panic slowly began to calm.
"What happened?" Xu Fan asked.
"Master, we struck gold!" Xu Yuexian exclaimed, pouring a large bag of space rings out in front of Xu Fan.
"These are all the space rings Zheng Feng stole, and haven’t been decrypted yet," Xu Yuexian added with a smile.
"Is that so?" Xu Fan then picked up one of the space rings, bypassing the seal and retrieving the contents inside.
Instantly, Xu Fan’s courtyard filled with various clutter.
There were spirit stones, jade slips of technique, precious artifacts, pills, and even some personal items from the original owner. At that moment, Xu Fan spotted a familiar souvenir stone among the items.
Upon seeing this, Xu Fan suddenly felt intrigued, experiencing the excitement of opening a large blind box.
Xu Fan summoned dozens of tool puppets to sort the various items.
"Alright, now that Zheng Feng’s matter is resolved, Yuexian, you should continue taking your sister-in-law to stroll around with your brother," Xu Fan instructed.
"Okay, but before we go, can’t you give me a fortune? I’ve been feeling a bit uneasy since I returned," Xu Yuexian replied.
"Feeling uneasy?" Xu Fan’s expression became serious; this matter could be significant.
"Wait a minute."
Xu Fan produced six copper coins, which were precious artifacts. A drop of blood emerged from Xu Yuexian’s fingertip, transforming into Blood Mist that attached to the coins.
He gently tossed the coins into the air, and they landed on the ground in an irregular shape.
Xu Fan looked at the divination displayed by the coins, stroking his chin as he said, "Gathering Immortals Costs Money; this omen is quite strange."
"Gathering Immortals Costs Money? What does that mean?" Xu Yuexian asked, puzzled.
"Simply put, it means success in the path to immortality comes with an unintended loss of wealth. No matter how much fortune you accumulate, it won’t help."
"This omen is quite clear, but it’s odd to have such a situation."
"I can’t think of anything that would lead to this kind of omen," Xu Fan replied.
