Chapter 288
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Chapter 288: The Wind of Void
After Xu Fan ended the call, he shook his head with a smile and said, “If the Master sees the view of paradise, will he still be content to remain just an ordinary artifact great master?”
Artifact craftsmen often have a bit of a stubborn streak; show them a problem that intrigues them, and they might just spend their entire lives trying to solve it.
“Who cares? The first clone is there,” Xu Fan replied.
At that moment, Xu Fan felt a premonition and quickly calculated with his fingers, saying, “My foolish disciple’s great worldly catastrophe is about to begin.”
On the Demon Continent, outside the Wooden Demon City, which is not far from the Demon Sect, just three demon cities away.
Outside the Wooden Demon City, Su Rantian carefully set up a formation using an array disk, keeping a vigilant eye on her surroundings to prevent anyone from spying from the shadows.
“Tian’er, let’s stay here; it’s ten thousand miles from Wooden Demon City, and with the barren land, no one should notice us,” Li Xingci suggested.
“Okay,” Su Rantian replied softly.
A small white elephant appeared, made a sound, and then began to playfully circle around Su Rantian.
“Alright, alright, I know you’re hungry,” Su Rantian said with a smile as she took out several high-quality Spiritual Fruits to feed the little elephant.
At that moment, a gust of wind blew. The two figures had already moved thousands of miles away from the array, while the two phantoms in the formation continued to play with the little elephant.
“This formation will automatically disappear in three days; by then, the people from the Demon Sect will find it,” Su Rantian said cautiously, always mindful of Xu Fan’s warnings, so she was always alert to potential dangers.
“Tian’er, you’re being overly cautious; just go with the flow,” Li Xingci said with a smile.
Just then, a wind of void suddenly swept in, instantly engulfing the area where the two were, forming an enormous deep pit.
Before long, a Great Ascension Master appeared above the deep pit, expressionless as he surveyed the surroundings before sending a message to the Demon Sect.
“Those two are probably cultivators from outside the Demon Continent; unlucky for them to enter the Void Realm—no one, not even immortals, can save them,” the Great Ascension Master said, shaking his head as he began to cast a secret technique to seal the devoured area.
At the Ten Thousand-Mile Giant Lake, within the Hidden Spirit Sect.
“Poor disciples, I wonder when I will see you again,” Xu Fan sighed.
With his mastery of divination techniques, Xu Fan had a good idea of the calamities each of his disciples would face.
His fourth disciple, Li Xingci, faced one of the most dangerous calamities among them; previously, he could have been ranked first, but after the third disciple, Xiangchi, accepted Jian Wujie as a disciple, Li Xingci became second.
After mastering divination techniques, Xu Fan understood that minor calamities could be resolved with a price, but major life calamities couldn’t be solved, at best only postponed.
The reason Xu Fan genuinely brought Su Rantian and his disciple together as cultivation partners wasn’t just because she was wealthy, but also because he noticed that the force of calamity on his disciple Li Xingci began to share with Su Rantian.
The originally life-threatening calamity started to become vague; their fates seemed to be merging.
If it weren’t for this reason, Xu Fan wouldn’t have allowed anyone to pursue his disciple, even if they were a wealthy and beautiful lady.
In the Void Realm, under the blue sky and green sea, a pair of unconscious young man and woman lay on the beach.
It wasn’t until the tide came in and the waves crashed against their faces that Li Xingci slowly awakened.
At that moment, Li Xingci felt achy and weak all over, barely able to stand.
Calmly, Li Xingci observed his surroundings and sensed the condition inside his body, then he wrapped his arms around Su Rantian’s armpits and began to move toward a higher portion of the beach.
Not long after, Su Rantian also woke up.
“Xingci, where are we?” Su Rantian asked, feeling very unwell, as if all her spiritual energy had been sealed and she had been beaten up.
“I’m not sure, but I can tell you this is not the cultivation world.”
Li Xingci sat next to Su Rantian, squinting at the sun in the sky.
"Is this the small world?"
"No, this is the real world. The sun up there is real, not like the fake one in the small world," Li Xingci explained, using his hand to show the sun’s position.
"Our spiritual energy isn’t sealed; it’s been completely dissolved."
"Our physical strength has also dropped to that of ordinary mortals, maybe even worse," Li Xingci added, checking his own condition.
Su Rantian frowned deeply; losing her cultivation was the worst possible news.
‘Growl growl~~’
Both their stomachs rumbled at the same time.
Su Rantian instinctively reached for her space ring, only to find it useless now, and her Daoist artifact palace was out of reach too.
Li Xingci gently patted her shoulder and smiled, "Leave this to me."
He got up, picked up two egg-sized stones from the ground, and walked over to a tall fruit tree about thirty meters away.
With a special throw, Li Xingci knocked down two fruits as big as soccer balls.
He peeled one open, checked it, and handed it to Su Rantian, then peeled another for himself.
"Tian’er, eat this; it’s safe," he assured her.
"Thank you, Xingci," Su Rantian replied, trusting him completely.
The fruit had a green shell and red flesh, juicy and slightly sweet. Hungry as they were, they quickly finished them.
Feeling better after eating, Su Rantian asked, "Xingci, what do we do now?" Without her cultivation, she felt vulnerable.
Li Xingci looked around and suggested, "Let’s climb to the mountain peak and see if we can spot any people."
"Finding someone might help us understand where we are and how to get out," he added.
Suddenly, Li Xingci had an idea and asked, "Tian’er, which of those two peaks do you choose?"
"That one," Su Rantian pointed casually, rarely questioning Li Xingci’s decisions.
As they walked towards the mountain, Li Xingci kept reassuring her.
"Tian’er, don’t worry. I promise I’ll get us out of here," he said confidently.
"Xingci, it’s not that I’m worried. But we’re defenseless now. What if we run into danger?"
"Awwooo~~" Just then, five giant wolves, each as big as a water buffalo, appeared and surrounded them.
Su Rantian was visibly shaken.
The wolves’ red eyes gleamed as they drooled, looking at the two as if they were a feast.
"Xingci, will you remember me in our next life?" Su Rantian asked nervously.
"We’ll worry about the next life when it comes," Li Xingci replied, his fingernails beginning to change.
