Chapter 651

Chapter 651: Fishing

“The Hidden Spirit Sect was tasked with guarding Xiangzhou, while our Qianling Sect was assigned to guard Shenghaizhou, which is right next to Xiangzhou.”

“So, I was hoping our Qianling Sect disciples could hitch a ride with you,” Master Qianling said, sounding a bit embarrassed.

Although the Qianling Sect has a few Star Ships, each one is crucial and not easy to spare for travel between the two regions.

Unlike the Hidden Spirit Sect, which has an entire Star Ship fleet dedicated to transportation.

“Oh, that’s all? No problem. We’re heading the same way anyway, so we can pick you up when we leave,” Xu Fan said with a smile.

“Thank you, Grand Elder,” Master Qianling replied, smiling back.

“For the specifics, send one of your elders to discuss it with Ziyuan.”

Qiu Ziyuan had now officially become the sect leader of the Hidden Spirit Sect.

“Understood.”

After chatting a bit more, Master Qianling took his leave.

In the underground space, Xu Fan examined the core of the celestial tool of Hidden Spirit Island.

“This level of spirit ore was obtained from the disasters, wasn’t it?” Xu Fan said, visibly impressed as he looked at the core.

“Not at all. It’s just basic artifact-level spirit ore, which your talented disciple processed,” said Avatar Number Two with a grin.

“You’re not taking advantage of him, are you?” Xu Fan asked, raising an eyebrow.

“Of course not. We simply posted a request, and your disciple volunteered to provide it.”

“But he didn’t lose out. Avatar Number Two and I spent ten years crafting a celestial tool for him,” Avatar Number One added.

“And that’s how this core came to be. I have to admire that kid. If it weren’t for us, he’d have lost this thing ages ago,” Avatar Number Two said.

“You’ve got it backward. It’s precisely because of you that he dared to bring these things out,” Xu Fan chuckled.

“Take me to see the Small World of Spiritual Liquid,” Xu Fan said.

A glowing portal appeared before him, and he stepped through.

Xu Fan found himself on a small island made of spirit stones, facing an endless sea of spiritual liquid.

In the sea, fish formed from the five elemental origins swam freely.

“This sea of spiritual liquid has been accumulating for over 500 years, and this world is still less than one-tenth full,” Avatar Number One explained.

“What was the point of creating this world?” Xu Fan asked, puzzled.

“It’s preparation for the entire sect’s ascension to the Immortal Realm in the future,” Avatar Number One replied.

“Beyond the cultivation world lies a void realm. Without a grand formation capable of withstanding such conditions, it’s best to be fully prepared,” Avatar Number Two added.

Suddenly, Xu Fan seemed to remember something and said to Avatar Number One and Two, “Why don’t we share memories? It’d be more convenient.”

“You didn’t want to at first,” Avatar Number Two said, pulling out a small white light ball containing a millennium of memories and tossing it to Xu Fan.

Xu Fan caught the ball and pressed it to his forehead.

An hour later, he rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on.

“Why did you include so many details about artifact crafting?” Xu Fan groaned.

"This is to let you experience the joy we’ve had over the past thousand years, isn’t it?"

"And to give you a sense of how hard Number One and I have been working," said avatar number two with a smile.

"You can just tell me how hard you’ve worked."

Xu Fan continued to rub his head.

Just then, Grape’s voice rang out.

"Master, urgent news has come from Xiangzhou."

A light curtain appeared before Xu Fan.

"Four Invincible Beast Kings have arrived?" Xu Fan said as he looked at the report.

"How is Ziyuan handling it?" Xu Fan asked.

"He sent sword formation puppets and six Great Ascension stage puppets to guard the Fairy City of Xiangzhou and secretly investigate their motives. If they’re after treasure, we’ll seize it; if they have other goals, we’ll disrupt them," Grape explained.

"Let’s proceed as planned," Xu Fan nodded.

He knew the fighting strength of the sword formation puppets; while they couldn’t recklessly take on the Invincible Beast Kings alone, they could easily drive off those four with the help of other puppets.

"Are there any spare sword formation puppets in the sect?" Xu Fan asked.

"Of course, otherwise why would Ziyuan send them out?" avatar number two replied.

"That kid is known for being cautious."

"That’s good!"

Xu Fan felt that the sect was finally on the right track.

As the Grand Elder, he could now truly relax.

Above the Ten Thousand-Mile Giant Lake, Xu Fan and Wang Yulun were leisurely fishing.

"What have you been up to all these years? You seem a bit off for someone at the Void Refinement stage," Xu Fan said, looking his good brother up and down.

"For some reason, these past years, every time I try to cultivate, I feel restless and can’t calm my mind."

"I’ve consulted many people, but none could give me a clear answer."

"If it weren’t for you, Big Brother Xu, I might have perished by now," Wang Yulun said.

"Restless while cultivating?" Xu Fan said, placing a hand on Wang Yulun’s shoulder as he began to inspect his body.

After a while, Xu Fan withdrew his hand.

"I don’t feel anything wrong," Xu Fan said, then pointed another hand at Wang Yulun’s forehead to check his soul.

"Your soul seems fine too. Are you just being lazy about cultivating?" Xu Fan looked at his good brother.

"It shouldn’t be that; I’m not sure," Wang Yulun replied.

"What helps you feel calm right now?" Xu Fan asked.

"Right now, while I’m fishing," Wang Yulun said calmly.

"During this thousand years without you, I spent half my time fishing here; Qianer almost got into a fight with me over it, but we solved that issue later."

"How did you solve it?"

"I took Qianer fishing with me."

"……"

At that moment, Wang Yulun’s fishing rod had a catch.

A pure white spirit pearl was reeled in.

"I don’t know why, but every time I fish with you, the things I catch start to get unusual," Wang Yulun said.

Xu Fan waved a hand to take the spirit pearl and examined it closely.

"The strange things you’re catching don’t belong to this world," Xu Fan realized.

"I have a feeling," Wang Yulun nodded.

"This spirit pearl contains spiritual energy that’s different from what’s in the cultivation world; it’s likely similar to the spiritual energy found in other middle thousand worlds," Xu Fan said, looking at the pearl in his hand.

"Let me cast my line again and see if I can pull up something else," Wang Yulun said with interest.

Before long, he hooked another object that looked like a jade slip.

Xu Fan used his consciousness to observe Wang Yulun’s fishing hook.

At that moment, he sensed a strange aura as Wang Yulun pulled up the line.