Chapter 427
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Chapter 427: Five Years
Xu Fan looked at the shadows filling the space. At this moment, he finally regained his focus and observed this small area.
The entire space was about the size of a football field, with a ceiling a hundred feet high. The whole place was made of pure white jade, emitting a soft white light.
It stood in sharp contrast to the sealed black shadow within the space.
"Calm down. You’ve managed to endure for millions of years; a few thousand more won’t make a difference," Xu Fan said with a smile, feeling that the environment was quite pleasant, a good place for seclusion and focused cultivation.
The only condition was to deal with the black shadow first.
The shadow suddenly paused, looking at Xu Fan with a hint of contemplation in its eyes.
"You, a mere Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, can at most let me torment you for a few hundred years," the shadow said, shaking its head at Xu Fan, as if he were just a toy meant for suffering, and a poorly made one at that.
"Don’t just think about tormenting; the laws in this closed space are quite complete. If I use it well, I might advance to the Transformation Stage and could accompany you out of this Sword of the Origin Bell."
"However, I still find tormenting you entertaining," the shadow revealed its sharp teeth.
"Fighting and killing are rather dull. Let me show you something interesting," Xu Fan replied with a mysterious smile.
A projection jade disk, crafted specifically by Xu Fan, appeared before the shadow, displaying little figures that looked quite strange to it.
At that moment, the jade disk began to play, and sounds started to emerge.
"Once upon a time, a fox demon caused trouble. The nine-tailed fox waved its tails, and mountains crumbled, the earth split."
"The people suffered greatly, so they gathered ninjas."
The images within the jade disk, paired with the sounds, instantly captivated the shadow.
The shadow appeared next to Xu Fan and began watching the animation on the jade disk.
"Interesting. This nine-tailed little demon may be weak, but it showed the spirit of the beast race."
"And what are these ninjas…?" the shadow asked curiously.
"Just think of them as being similar to cultivators," Xu Fan casually replied, while deep down, he pondered ways to escape and deal with the shadow.
"Oh, they actually sealed the fox demon within an infant’s body. This story is quite interesting; in the end, doesn’t this little boy transform into a nine-tailed fox and destroy that ninja village?" the shadow said excitedly, appearing to be very eager for that kind of plot.
"Keep watching; the upcoming scenes are quite exciting."
And so, Xu Fan kept the shadow company, watching the anime, during which he continuously pulled out Spiritual Fruits from his space ring and handed them to the shadow.
"Is this a Spiritual Fruit? I haven’t had one for thousands of years," the shadow said, taking a bite of the fruit. Once it realized it was only a spirit body, it immediately showed signs of going berserk.
"If you break this jade disk, you’ll never be able to watch this anime again," Xu Fan quickly warned.
"I’ll teach you a set of minor divine abilities so you can taste the Spiritual Fruits," Xu Fan said as he took out a jade slip and handed it to the shadow.
The shadow said nothing, quietly accepting the jade slip and glancing at it. Then, its body began to change, transforming into a raging giant bear, and it started eating the Spiritual Fruit.
‘Ah~’
A wave of suppressed, pleasurable sounds erupted.
At that moment, Xu Fan’s eyes widened in surprise, a hint of speculation forming in his mind.
After the giant bear finished the Spiritual Fruit, it sat next to Xu Fan and continued watching the anime, perhaps thinking to itself that if it were the little boy with cultivation, it would definitely destroy that broken village first.
A month later, Xu Fan finally finished watching the entire anime alongside the shadow and the giant bear.
While watching the anime, the giant bear repeatedly struggled to hold back the urge to smash the jade disk, mumbling under its breath.
"Why doesn’t the blond kid just destroy the village? As a member of the beast race, how can he sully himself with the human race and end up as the village chief?"
"The shame of the beast race!" the giant bear scoffed.
"Isn’t the Ancient Demon Clan an enemy of the beast race?" Xu Fan asked curiously, feeling that this ancient demon seemed biased towards the beast race.
"Compared to the beast race, I hate the human race even more," the giant bear said, placing its furry paw on Xu Fan’s shoulder, grinning with its sharp teeth.
"Haha, do you want to watch the next episode, Senior Tianlu?" Xu Fan skillfully changed the topic.
"Sure."
So, Xu Fan pulled out the second season.
After watching for several hours, the giant bear struck the ground hard with its palm.
"What is this? Change it!"
"Haha, switching it up now!"
Xu Fan thought to himself, "I was careless!"
Outside the Sword of the Origin Bell, a grand formation palace had already been established.
In the center of the palace, on the main seat, was the Sword of the Origin Bell, while only Xu Gang was guarding it below.
………………
As time flew by, five years had passed in the blink of an eye.
During this time, the Hidden Spirits seemed to have paused their development; their exploration of the demon race turned into defense.
The Tian Puppet Masters that had been exploring the demon realm also returned, fully focusing on developing the Lin Sen Fairy City area, while only Spirit Cut, guided by the grape, occasionally traveled to the Extreme Void Domain to collect spirit ore for a period.
In the palace, Xu Gang looked at the Sword of the Origin Bell on its throne and whispered, "Master, to me, you have always seemed all-powerful, as if nothing in the world can escape your notice."
"Xu Gang grew up under your watch, just like I did with Yuexian’s father."
"I still dream of ascending to the Immortal Realm with you and enjoying the breathtaking scenery of the Immortal Realm, wandering freely across the heavens."
"Xu Gang has no great ambitions in this life; I only want to guard by your side. When you are strong, I will learn the thunder techniques from you. When I am strong, I will protect your safety."
Just then, the Sword of the Origin Bell began to tremble rapidly, and countless rays of light converged in the sky.
Countless phenomena descended from the heavens, representing various laws of the wide road.
"Someone is breaking through."
"I feel like I’ve seen this scene somewhere before," Xu Gang said, watching the phenomena in the sky. As for the Sword of the Origin Bell’s trembling, Xu Gang had grown accustomed to it.
The Sword of the Origin Bell vibrated like clockwork every so often.
At that moment, inside the Sword of the Origin Bell, Xu Fan, accompanied by the now-tamed giant bear, was preparing to seize the moment of breakthrough as the heavenly phenomena merged into the Sword of the Origin Bell, opening a passage between the private room and the outside world.
With the phenomena in the sky fusing into the Sword of the Origin Bell, Xu Gang grew excited; he sensed Xu Fan’s aura within the phenomena.
"Grape, mobilize all the spiritual energy from the sect and find a way to channel it into the phenomena!" Xu Gang shouted.
Usually straightforward, Xu Gang instantly guessed Xu Fan’s plan once he realized the connection between the phenomena and Xu Fan.
Within the Sword of the Origin Bell, the giant bear felt Xu Fan’s aura and said, "Is this really going to work?"
"It’s fine. We’ll just exhaust the power of time here before heading out," Xu Fan replied with a smile, a hint of weariness in his eyes.
"That sounds good. With you, Brother Xu, here, I don’t feel lonely at all."
