Chapter 616
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Chapter 616 Discovering Traces!
And Lin Batian would not have had his consciousness dissipate early due to repairing her meridians.
Although Fang Yu’s reaction was calm, Su Lengyun knew that he must be feeling sad inside.
Because Fang Yu rarely called anyone a friend.
Lin Batian must have been a very important person to Fang Yu.
“Click.”
As she thought about this, there was a sound from the door behind her.
Big brother Yu is back.
Su Lengyun immediately stopped cultivating and returned to the living room.
Fang Yu opened the door and saw Su Lengyun by the coffee table, pouring water.
“Big brother Yu, you’re back.” Su Lengyun brought the cup of water to Fang Yu.
Fang Yu took it and drank it down.
Sitting on the sofa, Fang Yu glanced at Su Lengyun beside him and asked, “How do you feel about your cultivation now?”
“…It feels very good, the efficiency is much higher than before,” Su Lengyun answered softly.
“You could say you’ve turned misfortune into blessing. Your meridians have been strengthened to an extraordinary degree. Others would need five or six body temperings to reach this level,” Fang Yu smiled.
“Big brother Yu, I’m sorry…”
At this moment, Su Lengyun suddenly bent down and bowed to Fang Yu.
Fang Yu was startled and looked at Su Lengyun, asking, “What’s wrong?”
“If I had been more careful, Mr. Lin wouldn’t have…” Su Lengyun said with a trembling voice.
Hearing this, Fang Yu understood what Su Lengyun was thinking.
“Let me explain the whole situation to you.”
With a sigh, Fang Yu stood up and helped Su Lengyun straighten up.
Su Lengyun’s beautiful eyes were reddened as she looked at Fang Yu.
“The person who tampered with those spirit stones was a woman named Ding Ran. She hates me to the core…” Fang Yu said, “Her attack on you was partly to delay me, but more importantly to get revenge.”
“She couldn’t do anything to me directly, so she targeted people around me.”
“Therefore, you don’t need to feel guilty. You’re completely innocent in this matter. At the root of it all, it’s because of me.”
Su Lengyun looked at Fang Yu with tears in her eyes, saying nothing.
“I’ve never blamed you for this, and Lin Batian wouldn’t blame you either,” Fang Yu added.
“But I…” Su Lengyun wanted to say something but couldn’t get the words out.
“Alright, stop dwelling on this. Since you now have better physical conditions, focus on your cultivation,” Fang Yu said. “With your current physical talent for cultivation, you should surpass most people in the Nine Provinces.”
“Mm, I understand.” Su Lengyun wiped the tears from her eyes.
She had never been one to wallow in self-pity.
After hearing Fang Yu’s explanation, her mood improved considerably.
Seeing that Su Lengyun was no longer fixating on the matter, Fang Yu sat down and extended his right hand.
He hadn’t yet carefully examined the strand of Xuanran Qi that Lin Batian had given him before leaving.
With a thought, a wisp of white energy rose from Fang Yu’s palm.
This wisp appeared ethereal, but it was the culmination of Lin Batian’s lifelong cultivation and achievements.
Lin Batian’s true self had cultivated for over two thousand years and produced a total of ten strands of Xuanran Qi.
Before his ascension, he left one strand for his consciousness.
This was the one in Fang Yu’s hand.
For ordinary martial artists, the function of Xuanran Qi was immensely powerful.
It could transform into anything, used for attack or defense, or even as a vehicle.
Back then, when Lin Batian had just cultivated five strands of Xuanran Qi, he was almost invincible in the world.
Fang Yu looked at this strand of Xuanran Qi, his eyes flickering.
“Big brother Yu, what is this?” Su Lengyun beside him asked softly.
“This is called Xuanran Qi,” Fang Yu answered.
“What… does it do?” Su Lengyun curiously looked at the white energy.
“Its function…” Fang Yu noticed a fruit plate on the coffee table with four apples.
“Did you buy these?” Fang Yu asked.
“Liansha came by earlier and brought them,” Su Lengyun answered.
“Good, then I’ll demonstrate the function of Xuanran Qi to you now,” Fang Yu said.
He then grabbed an apple with his left hand.
“Watch carefully.”
Fang Yu glanced at Su Lengyun beside him and said.
“Mm.”
Su Lengyun focused intently on Fang Yu’s hands.
Fang Yu’s eyes narrowed slightly. His left hand held the apple, and his right hand opened.
With a thought, the Xuanran Qi in his right hand suddenly moved!
It slowly condensed into a ball, then emitted a burst of light!
A sharp aura spread from Fang Yu’s right palm.
As the light gradually faded.
In Fang Yu’s right palm appeared a dagger with a cold, gleaming blade.
Fang Yu used this dagger to easily peel the apple in his left hand, then cut it in half and offered it to Su Lengyun.
“Eating fruit is good for your health,” Fang Yu said.
Su Lengyun stared somewhat blankly at the dagger in Fang Yu’s hand before accepting the half apple he offered.
“This is what Xuanran Qi does. Whatever you want it to become, it can transform into that,” Fang Yu explained while eating his apple.
“Oh…” Su Lengyun responded in a daze.
…
The next morning, Fang Yu received a phone call.
After the call, Fang Yu activated his Spirit Ring and left the apartment.
In North Capital, at Yinlin Manor.
This was a private domain where no one could enter without an invitation.
Yet Fang Yu appeared inside Yinlin Manor.
After passing an artificial green lake, Fang Yu saw a small wooden building ahead.
The person was inside.
Fang Yu calmly climbed the steps and entered the wooden building.
“You’ve finally arrived.”
Inside sat an elderly man wearing Taoist robes.
He had snow-white long hair and an aged face, but his eyes were exceptionally sharp.
Anyone who made eye contact with him would feel as if they were being seen through completely.
The old man was pouring tea into cups on the table.
“Freshly picked Longjing tea, quite good. Try it,” the old man lifted the teacup with both hands and respectfully presented it to Fang Yu.
Fang Yu took the cup and drank it down.
“The tea is a bit weak,” Fang Yu commented.
“When one gets old, tastes inevitably become milder,” the old man smiled and said, “But you’re different. It was my oversight.”
“No need to claim old age so quickly,” Fang Yu said. “With your cultivation, living another thirty to fifty years shouldn’t be a problem.”
The old man shook his head, wanting to say something but ultimately holding back.
“Huaixu, you seem to have become pessimistic,” Fang Yu said as he sat down opposite the old man.
This elderly man was Huaixu, the current chief of the Four Major Groups!
Although he held the highest position in the Four Major Groups, due to his advanced age, Huaixu had gradually delegated his authority and rarely appeared to handle the groups’ affairs.
Despite being almost in seclusion, in the eyes of all martial artists in North Capital’s martial world, Huaixu remained a legendary figure whom no one dared disrespect.
Hearing Fang Yu’s words, Huaixu chuckled and said, “It’s not pessimism. I’ve just lived too long and grown a bit weary.”
“When you say that, where does that leave me?” Fang Yu raised an eyebrow.
“You are different from me,” Huaixu said.
“Anyway, let’s discuss business,” Fang Yu didn’t want to continue on this topic.
“You should have come to me earlier. In my position, finding people is quite simple,” Huaixu said as he extended his right hand.
On his aged palm appeared a green jade stone.
The jade emitted a glow.
Soon, a semi-transparent image appeared before Fang Yu.
“You asked me to help find someone who masters purple flame techniques… In the past month, a person matching your description has appeared three times in various regions of the Nine Provinces,” Huaixu said.
As he spoke, the image from the jade showed the figure of a man.
This man appeared on the roof of an ancient-style building, seemingly trying to enter and do something inside.
“In this image, he’s in Central Capital in the central region, at an ordinary martial arts family, the Huang family,” Huaixu said.
As he spoke, the man in the image had already entered the building from the roof.
Then, from the image’s perspective, one could clearly see purple flames flickering through the windows of the floors below.
“He killed everyone in the building and stole a peculiar gemstone said to be quite valuable,” Huaixu said.
Then, the content of the image changed.
It was still the same man, but this time, he appeared in another location.
