Chapter 252
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Chapter 252: Gathering Immortals Costs Money
In the underground space, Xu Fan listened to Grape’s report, his grin stretching from ear to ear.
“Really? Master Qianling is giving the Hidden Spirit Sect two giant beast warships?” Xu Fan exclaimed with excitement.
A light curtain appeared before Xu Fan, showing the five giant beast warships with their control rooms destroyed.
“Humanoid giant beast warships? Wait, no—ape-like giant beast warships.”
“This is great! With a bit of tweaking, they’ll make excellent guardian puppets for Hidden Spirit Island,” Xu Fan said cheerfully, feeling like his luck was on fire. Things he’d never imagined were now falling into his lap one after another.
Then, Xu Fan started to hesitate, wondering if he should use these as a dowry so his Fourth Brother could finally get married.
As Xu Fan was lost in thought, his communication artifact chimed.
He picked it up and saw it was Li Xuandao.
By the spiritual liquid lake, in a small gazebo.
“Master, here are all the celestial scripts under my control. Please accept them,” Li Xuandao said respectfully.
Xu Fan took the jade plate from Li Xuandao and stored it in his space ring. Then, he pulled out the Eighth-Grade Black Lotus he’d obtained from the dark snake.
“It’s nothing too fancy, but this magic tool, the Eighth-Grade Black Lotus, has been cleared of the dark snake’s imprint. You’ll find it useful once you reach the Transformation Stage.”
“Don’t refuse it. With your foundation, reaching the Transformation Stage in a hundred years won’t be a problem. Take this for now, and when you return to the Hidden Spirit Sect, I’ll craft some proper magic tools for you,” Xu Fan said.
Li Xuandao accepted the Eighth-Grade Black Lotus.
“Thank you, Master,” Li Xuandao said, bowing deeply.
“Be careful out there,” Xu Fan advised. Though he didn’t fully consider Li Xuandao his true disciple, he still acknowledged their master-disciple bond.
“Understood.”
As Li Xuandao’s beams of light faded into the distance, Xu Fan murmured, “I hope you find the ending you’re looking for.”
Xu Fan couldn’t help but admire Li Xuandao’s dedication—spending tens of thousands of years in cycles just to become a Golden Immortal and save his mother. Still, Xu Fan doubted he’d be of much help.
In twenty thousand years, even if Xu Fan found a way to extend his lifespan, he’d likely only reach true immortal status. By then, his own disciples might be the ones to make a difference.
Thinking of his disciples, Xu Fan realized six seemed like a small number.
“Maybe I should take on a few more disciples? It’d increase the odds of one of them making it big,” Xu Fan mused.
But then he shook his head. “No, I should focus on improving my own cultivation first. Being stuck at the Golden Core Stage still feels… inadequate.”
Just then, Grape notified him that Xu Yuexian had taken one million top-grade spirit stones from the treasury.
“Let her take it. If she needs more, she can come back for it,” Xu Fan said casually, as if money were no object.
A month later.
“What?! There are only fifty million top-grade spirit stones left in the treasury?” Xu Fan gasped in shock.
“We’re nearing the spirit stone warning threshold. The alert has been triggered,” Grape reported.
“So, ‘Gathering Immortals Costs Money’ means it’s costing *me* money?” Xu Fan muttered, baffled.
At that moment, a streak of light shot across the sky, heading straight for the treasury.
Xu Fan narrowed his eyes and raised his hand slightly.
Suddenly, a massive hand formed from spiritual energy appeared and reached out to grab the retreating light.
Xu Yuexian, caught and lifted by the neck, was brought before Xu Fan.
Looking at the somewhat excited Xu Yuexian, Xu Fan furrowed his brow and asked, “So, tell me, what did you do with the over 150 million top-grade spirit stones you took from the treasury?”
With a proud expression, Xu Yuexian pulled out a small jade bottle.
“Master, look at this. This is the Purple Life Pill, a divine elixir that can extend life by 500 years,” Xu Yuexian said, then took out another small jade bottle.
“Master, take a look. This is the Three-Turn Spirit Soul Mystic Pill.”
“This is the Spiritual Sword.”
“This is the Holy Source Array Disk.”
“This is the Linglong Treasure Car.”
“This is………”
As Xu Yuexian listed the items, Xu Fan’s expression grew more and more animated.
When a small mountain of treasures piled up in front of Xu Fan, Xu Yuexian finally stopped pulling out items.
“Finally, Master, look at my cultivation.”
As Xu Yuexian spoke, she unleashed her aura.
“Transformation Stage?” Xu Fan questioned, puzzled.
“I took a Mystical Transformation Pill,” Xu Yuexian explained.
“So, your 150 million spirit stones were spent on all this?” Xu Fan frowned and remarked.
At that moment, a Five-Spirit Enlightened Monkey appeared beside Xu Fan and pointed a finger at Xu Yuexian.
A droplet of purest water condensed from the sky and fell onto Xu Yuexian’s head.
Once excited, Xu Yuexian now calmed down.
Her eyes gradually regained clarity.
“Master, was I under an illusion?” Xu Yuexian asked.
At this time, Xu Fan was using the body of the Five-Spirit Enlightened Monkey to probe the causality surrounding Xu Yuexian.
As the once-peak Five-Spirit Enlightened Monkey lost its life force, it began to age slowly, ultimately dropping its cultivation from the Void Refinement stage to the Nascent Soul Stage.
The previously controlled Five-Spirit Enlightened Monkey now showed fear in its eyes, looking at Xu Fan with a desperate and pleading gaze.
“Master, if it’s just my great catastrophe, that’s fine, but some things are already destined,” Xu Yuexian said.
Finally, Xu Fan sighed; the aging of the Five-Spirit Enlightened Monkey stopped, and its life force stabilized.
“Go back. Your origin is still intact; I will help you recover your cultivation,” Xu Fan said to the aging Five-Spirit Enlightened Monkey.
The Five-Spirit Enlightened Monkey knelt and bowed to Xu Fan, expressing gratitude for sparing its life.
“Master, did you figure anything out?” Xu Yuexian asked.
“Almost there. If I hadn’t seen this monkey still useful, I would have sacrificed its life to investigate the last thread of causality,” Xu Fan replied.
“Who is scheming against me?” Xu Yuexian asked.
“I couldn’t figure it out. The last causality thread linked to a certain Thousand Worlds but then broke off.”
“However, one thing is clear; you are being targeted. Your fate of Gathering Immortals Costs Money will likely follow you throughout your life,” Xu Fan sighed, noting that this fate could influence those around her.
“Are these things real?” Xu Yuexian asked, looking at the pile of treasured magic tools.
“The items are genuine, but their value is far less than 150 million spirit stones,” Xu Fan lamented, noting that years of hard work had brought him back to square one.
“All these things together are worth at most 60 million top-grade spirit stones. Given your situation at the time, it’s understandable that you didn’t notice when your protective jade pendant broke, so we’ll let that go,” Xu Fan said while pointing at the red cord around Xu Yuexian’s neck.
Xu Yuexian checked and pulled another one from her space ring to hang around her neck.
“Alright, tell me about what happened back then, to see what kind of trick could cost you so many spirit stones,” Xu Fan urged.
Xu Yuexian recounted the events at the time, and Xu Fan’s expression grew increasingly intense.
