Chapter 246
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Chapter 246: Earth Crystal Spider
“Master, could it be that Zheng Feng has escaped again?” Xu Yuexian pondered.
"That’s a matter for the future; Zheng Feng won’t escape anytime soon."
"Besides, your karma with him is settled," Xu Fan said. He then seemed to remember something and told Xu Yuexian to go about her business, as the hexagram showed no signs of tribulation.
After Xu Yuexian left, Xu Fan eagerly turned his attention to the pile of space rings on the table.
“Feels like a lottery,” Xu Fan said, rubbing his hands together with excitement. He had always loved the thrill of opening blind boxes since he was a child.
A faintly pink space ring floated in front of Xu Fan.
Xu Fan effortlessly broke the imprint on the space ring.
"This must belong to a female cultivator," Xu Fan remarked, eyeing the pink space ring.
Just then, a faint thread of causal power began to coil around Xu Fan.
"This little bit of causal power won’t trouble me," Xu Fan said, waving his hand. A flicker of karmic fire ignited on his body, instantly neutralizing the causal energy.
"It seems this female cultivator has some protective fortune," Xu Fan said as he began to inspect the contents of the space ring.
Xu Fan’s courtyard was soon filled with various glowing treasures.
Most of them were jewelry, dresses, and skincare spirit pills for beauty and whitening.
"Of course, women love these things."
Then, Xu Fan noticed a pink bellyband.
He slowly reached out with a slightly trembling hand and picked it up.
"This cultivation world is evolving, yet they still use things like this?"
A strange smile crossed Xu Fan’s face, but he resisted the urge to bring it to his nose for a sniff.
He couldn’t bring himself to do something so indecent.
"Still, the material does feel quite nice."
At that moment, a beam of light appeared in the distance, and Xu Fan quickly set the bellyband down, grabbing an array disk to examine instead.
"Master, I just had a thought! Could I have entered the legendary wandering merchant’s secret realm? You know, the one where you can exchange spirit stones for anything you need?" Xu Yuexian said, returning to the courtyard.
In the courtyard, tool puppets were already sorting and storing the items from the space rings, and the pink bellyband was promptly collected.
Good thing they acted fast—it was a close call.
“The hexagram indicates a loss of wealth; what you have is good fortune, not this kind of thing,” Xu Fan said seriously.
"Alright," Xu Yuexian replied.
"Master, I left three artifacts in the treasure vault. You might want to check if they’ll be useful for our sect," Xu Yuexian added.
"Grape already informed me. I’ll enhance the Ten Thousand Scales Shield and the Qianhun Orb for you."
"You can use them when you reach the Void Refinement stage. As for the Soul Capturing Gun, I’ll equip it on a Void Refinement Stage Puppet for you," Xu Fan said casually.
Now, with Xu Fan’s wealth, acquiring a few artifacts for free didn’t bring the same joy it once did.
“Thank you, Master!”
“Feel free to go out; don’t disturb me while I open the Blind Box,” Xu Fan waved his hand and said.
“Okay,” Xu Yuexian’s figure disappeared.
After seeing Xu Yuexian vanish, Xu Fan waved his hand, collecting the space rings from the table and went to the underground space.
“Now I can open the Blind Boxes with peace of mind,” Xu Fan said.
As each space ring was cracked open, the expression on Xu Fan’s face became more and more subdued.
Surrounding Xu Fan were ordinary precious artifacts and exotic treasures, with the rest being personal items and pills.
“Isn’t there anything interesting?”
“That Zheng Feng, why does he only steal from Nascent Soul Stage cultivators? Is there really that much profit?”
“Even the female cultivators he stole from weren’t many; that’s enough,” Xu Fan said as he opened another space ring.
Upon seeing the items inside this space ring, Xu Fan’s eyes suddenly shone with amazement. Inside the space ring were numerous souvenir stones, most of which were for shallow illusion realms.
Only a few of the souvenir stones shimmered with mysterious patterns of a clear spiritual formation, appearing exceptionally enigmatic.
“Could it be the soul illusion realm souvenir stones? These are non-sale items from the Joyful Union Sacred Land. I didn’t expect to find them here,” Xu Fan exclaimed excitedly.
It was like a proper man discovering a USB drive filled with seeds; anyone who said they weren’t curious would definitely be lying.
Xu Fan picked up the few non-sale items and prepared to examine one.
Just then, Grape’s warning sounded suddenly.
“Master! Master! The base in the Demon Spirit Realm is under attack by Earth Crystal Spiders!” Grape’s speech was several times faster than usual.
“Earth Crystal Spiders, are there beast race creatures of Core Formation stage or higher?” Xu Fan quickly inquired.
“No, the highest level is Transformation Stage, but the Earth Crystal Spiders are incredibly powerful; half of the battle puppets are already damaged.”
“If no measures are taken, we can only hold out for four hours at most,” Grape swiftly stated.
A light curtain appeared in front of Xu Fan, displaying the scene of the Earth Crystal Spiders attacking the base.
Countless pure white Earth Crystal Spiders charged at the battle puppets in the base, and numerous webs crisscrossed the base, slicing through the puppets.
“Honestly, these bright white spiders do look a bit cute,” Xu Fan commented as he observed the Earth Crystal Spiders.
“Grape, I authorize you to mobilize half of the high-level puppets from Hidden Spirit Island, and I’ll send you a Five-Spirit Enlightened Monkey for support,” Xu Fan said.
At that moment, on Hidden Spirit Island, hundreds of Transformation Stage heavy armor puppets, one Void Refinement Stage puppet, along with one Five-Spirit Enlightened Monkey swiftly passed through the teleportation formation into the underground base of the Demon Spirit Realm.
“Grape, you control the puppets to defend the underground base’s treasury while I hunt down the leader of the Earth Crystal Spiders.”
Xu Fan activated his earth escape technique, burrowing into the ground like a fish in the sea, heading towards the area where the battle was the most intense.
“Earth Crystal Spiders, a rather unknown race in the Demon Spirit Realm shouldn’t have such fierce combat strength,” Xu Fan observed as he watched a Nascent Soul Stage Earth Crystal Spider use its webs to shred over a dozen Nascent Soul Stage puppets into pieces using the beast race’s secret technique.
At this moment, the Nascent Soul Stage puppets were already under Grape’s control; their basic combat strength was not weak, but the Earth Crystal Spider’s techniques were incredibly perplexing.
“Grape, let the Spell Puppets hold the front line and simultaneously unleash the Fire Blade Rotation Divine Technique,” Xu Fan instructed while weaving through the soil.
“Understood.”
With Grape’s control, the battle situation gradually began to turn in their favor.
Xu Fan also spotted the leader of the Earth Crystal Spiders.
“A Transformation Stage Earth Crystal Spider, interesting. I should capture it for research,” Xu Fan said.
In that moment, Xu Fan controlled the Five-Spirit Enlightened Monkey and charged directly at the Earth Crystal Spider.
The Five-Spirit Enlightened Monkey emitted an earthy spiritual light, transforming into a twenty-meter-tall rock giant as it appeared behind the Transformation Stage Earth Crystal Spider.
