Volume 1 Volume 7 Chapter 84

Volume 7 Chapter 84: The Eerie Treasure Hunt (15)

The scholar-like master was greatly shocked to see Xu Qingfan and Mr. Liu suddenly appear, and he couldn’t find the warrior-like master to trouble him, so he quickly retreated!

However, Xu Qingfan and Mr. Liu had already made their move. To be safe, both of them used their full strength, combining it together, creating a power like thunder!

Xu Qingfan waved his hand, and over a hundred spinning grinding wheels, black and white, flew towards the scholar-like cultivator. This was the "Life and Death Grinding Wheel" that the Tian family brothers had used against the Shura Clan. But unlike the Tian family brothers who could only unleash it after joining forces, Xu Qingfan effortlessly unleashed over a hundred and made it so powerful that it was more than a hundred times stronger!

Mr. Liu took out a black dragon nail from his sleeve, and with a flick of his wrist, it turned into seven nails. With a wave of his hand, seven beams of black light shot towards the scholar-like master. In an instant, the seven beams transformed into seven fierce black dragons, overwhelming in might, even surpassing Xu Qingfan’s "Life and Death Grinding Wheel." This was Mr. Liu’s strongest magical treasure, the "Black Dragon Nail!"

Faced with the combined efforts of Xu Qingfan and Mr. Liu, the master dressed as a scholar quickly retreated, but soon found he had no place left to run. Realizing he was being used, a great battle was unavoidable. He silently cursed the warrior-like cultivator, yet his face showed no change. With a wave of his hand, he opened the folding fan he held.

This was a very simple-looking ancient fan. Even in the "Azure Crystal Treasure House," where the senses were dulled, Mr. Liu and Xu Qingfan could still feel strong waves of Spirit Qi coming from it. Clearly, this folding fan was a powerful treasure from the cultivation world. Strangely enough, even Mr. Liu had never heard of its origin or name.

On one side of the fan, there were paintings of High Mountains and Flowing Water, filled with an otherworldly aura. Inside, there were butterflies playing among flowers and fierce tigers hunting, creating a scene that was both calm and cruel. On the other side were just a few lines of wild cursive, and when the fan was waved, it was hard to tell what the content was.

After opening the fan, the scholar-dressed master’s eyes became firm. It seemed that as long as he held this folding fan, even the surprise attack from two equal masters wouldn’t be so frightening.

He waved the folding fan, and the images of butterflies and flowers at the foot of the mountains suddenly grew large and flew out from the fan, swirling around each other as they headed towards Xu Qingfan’s "Life and Death Grinding Wheel" and Mr. Liu’s "Black Dragon Nail."

Although the flowers and butterflies were small in size, the powerful and mysterious waves of Spirit Qi they contained made Mr. Liu and Xu Qingfan’s faces change.

In an instant, the two sides collided.

Immediately, there were continuous booming sounds. No one expected that these over a hundred blooming flowers contained such immense and violent energy. As the flowers exploded, both Xu Qingfan’s "Life and Death Grinding Wheel" and Mr. Liu’s "Black Dragon Nail" momentarily faltered, and several pieces of Xu Qingfan’s "Life and Death Grinding Wheel" even disappeared in the blast.

Taking advantage of this earth-shattering explosion, the scholar-dressed master quickly retreated, instantly escaping the attack range of Xu Qingfan and Mr. Liu. Then, holding the folding fan, he muttered softly, seeming to do something mysterious.

Compared to the exploding flowers, the more than ten colorful butterflies surrounding them are equally powerful.

After the explosion, these colorful butterflies are unharmed, flapping their wings in the swirling smoke, creating a strong gust of wind that no one could imagine coming from their tiny bodies.

Suddenly, a fierce wind gusts, and the smoke from the explosion rushes toward Xu Qingfan and Mr. Liu.

The smoke is not frightening; what is terrifying is the colorful powder falling from the butterflies’ wings, mixing with the smoke and heading straight for Xu Qingfan and Mr. Liu.

"That’s ‘Wash Bone Powder’! Be careful; if it touches us even a little, we will have to give up our current forms!"

Upon seeing the powder, Mr. Liu, who usually remains calm, suddenly changed his expression and urgently called out to Xu Qingfan.

Hearing Mr. Liu’s words, Xu Qingfan’s face also turned extremely ugly. "Wash Bone Powder" is a highly toxic substance made by evil cultivators, gathered from all the filth in the world, combined with the ninety-nine strongest poisons, and mixed into a magical potion. When combined with a thousand-year-old vengeful spirit, its power is immense. Just a single grain can easily drain all the blood from an ordinary master, and it breeds quickly. A tiny grain of "Wash Bone Powder" can easily destroy a second-rate sect if caught off guard, and the "Wash Bone Powder" mixed with the smoke here is far more than a thousand grains!

However, after his expression changed, Xu Qingfan quickly calmed down and said to Mr. Liu, "Senior, you handle that person while I take care of the ‘Wash Bone Powder’ here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Qingfan changed his hand gestures, and the "Life and Death Grinding Wheel" he controlled gathered together, stopping in front of him and Mr. Liu, forming a strange and mysterious formation. It started spinning faster, creating a buzzing sound that filled the air.

"Be careful on your own."

As Mr. Liu spoke softly, he moved his hands, and instantly, the seven black dragons created by the "Black Dragon Nail" charged forward, completely ignoring the "Wash Bone Powder" hidden in the smoke, and rushed towards the scholar-like master in the distance.

The "Black Dragon Nail" is a force against all evil beings; although it cannot quickly destroy the "Wash Bone Powder," it is not afraid.

In the blink of an eye, the smoke filled with "Wash Bone Powder" met Xu Qingfan’s "Life and Death Grinding Wheel."

The "Life and Death Grinding Wheel" transformed into a strong wall, firmly blocking the coming smoke. As it spun, the energies of life and death intertwined, making the incoming smoke dissolve as if it were beans being ground, along with the "Wash Bone Powder," vanishing into nothingness.

Meanwhile, as the black dragons attacked, they also scattered the ten colorful butterflies, leaving Xu Qingfan and Mr. Liu no longer in danger.

The master, dressed like a scholar, saw that his tactics were defeated by the teamwork of Xu Qingfan and Mr. Liu, but he showed no sign of nervousness as the seven mighty black dragons charged towards him.

After the blockage, he whispered quietly for a long time, and his new technique was finally ready.

The folding fan in his hand glowed brightly, and he waved it again.

Suddenly, above the folding fan, more than a hundred painted green trees transformed into over a hundred beams of magnificent green light, each a hundred feet long and several feet thick, shooting directly towards Xu Qingfan and Mr. Liu with great force, rivaling even Mr. Liu’s "Azure Dragon Exorcising Nail."

At the same time, the image of a tiger pouncing on seven colorful deer also enlarged and burst out from the fan, turning into real forms rushing towards the seven black dragons that were attacking him.

In an instant, the seven black dragons and a giant white tiger, along with more than ten colorful stags, collided together, fighting fiercely, with a magnificent momentum as dragon roars, tiger growls, and stag cries echoed throughout the world!

On the other side, as the thick green light beams shot towards him, it was still Xu Qingfan who faced them.

Once again, it was the "Life and Death Grinding Wheel"!

With a soft shout from Xu Qingfan, the black and white light of the "Life and Death Grinding Wheel" flickered and suddenly doubled in size, as one "grinding wheel of life and death" clashed forcefully with one thick beam of green light.

For a moment, the scholar-dressed master alone was able to confront both Xu Qingfan and Mr. Liu with just his folding fan, showing no sign of losing ground.

Watching the scholar-dressed master hold them back once more while still softly murmuring with the fan in hand, as if preparing some stronger method, Mr. Liu’s eyes gleamed, and he suddenly said to Xu Qingfan, "After we kill this person, the folding fan will be mine, and the other treasures will be yours. Also, I will give you an extra ten percent of what we collect from this ‘Azure Crystal Treasure House,’ how does that sound?"

For Mr. Liu, who had spent his life collecting various magical treasures, the power of this nameless folding fan seemed to surpass even the legendary Five Elements Sacred Tool, deeply intriguing him.

Hearing Mr. Liu’s words, Xu Qingfan exerted all his strength to operate the "Life and Death Grinding Wheel" to resist the more than a hundred blue light beams, while frowning and asking Mr. Liu, "Are we going to kill him? There are only a few masters in the Soul Splitting Stage of the human race. If we kill him now, how will we deal with the Shura Clan in the future…?"

"Hmph!" Mr. Liu coldly snorted, "Over the years, I have known all the rogue cultivators who are not part of the Human Alliance but still resist the Shura Clan. There is no such person. Besides, since he wants to ambush us, he hasn’t considered the future strength of humanity against the Shura Clan. He has thought about failing and dying. Since that’s the case, let’s help him fulfill that."

Xu Qingfan knew that Mr. Liu was willing to go to great lengths for that folding fan. He thought about how much stronger their side would become with the fan in Mr. Liu’s hands. After hesitating for a moment, he nodded.

While the two were talking, Xu Qingfan’s "Life and Death Grinding Wheel" had already worn away the more than a hundred blue light beams completely. The powerful blue pillars, under the mysterious and powerful might of the "Life and Death Grinding Wheel," had all turned to nothingness. However, the blue pillars were indeed powerful, and Xu Qingfan’s "Life and Death Grinding Wheel" was left with only about forty remaining to deal with them.

On the other side, the white tiger and more than ten Seven-colored Deer turned out to be unexpectedly strong, fiercely holding back Mr. Liu’s seven black dragons. The battle was far from over.

However, the scholar-dressed master was already preparing for a new round of attack.

This attack was just as Xu Qingfan expected, but also surprising beyond his expectations.

As the scholar-dressed master waved his folding fan, suddenly, the two remaining images on the fan, a tall mountain and a river, grew countless times larger and materialized, bursting forth from the fan, charging towards Xu Qingfan and Mr. Liu.

Xu Qingfan had already anticipated this from the previous attacks of the scholar-dressed master.

But Xu Qingfan did not expect that this tall mountain was so huge, and this river was so grand.

It was as if the scholar dressed as a master was using legendary powers to move mountains and seas, and a giant mountain, as tall and steep as "Jiuhua Mountain" or "Ronghua Mountain," rolled towards Xu Qingfan and Mr. Liu. In its movement, everything within a hundred miles was in its shadow.

And that river was even more powerful and rushing, flowing like a tsunami storm that Xu Qingfan often saw in the East Sea.

Seeing this scene, both Mr. Liu and Xu Qingfan changed their expressions greatly. Although they already knew the power of the folding fan, they did not expect it could unleash such a strong attack.

On the other side, the scholar dressed as a master was breathing heavily. It seemed this move took a great toll on him, but his eyes shone with pride, clearly confident in this technique.

After only a moment of catching his breath, the master showed no more hesitation. He held the folding fan again and murmured to himself. As his lips moved, the wild brush strokes on the other side of the fan began to glow with golden light and slowly expanded and floated, as if preparing for another move that would change Xu Qingfan and Mr. Liu’s expressions again.

"You must hold strong for a moment, no matter the cost. During this time, do not let anyone disturb me. I will handle what comes next."

After a moment of changing expressions, Mr. Liu seemed to finally make up his mind and said to Xu Qingfan.

In this tense moment, Xu Qingfan surprisingly managed to smile slightly, realizing that the greatest benefit of being with Mr. Liu was that this Immortal Many Treasures had so many magical treasures. No matter when, he always had a way to cope.

"Don’t worry. I can manage for a while longer."

Xu Qingfan chuckled softly, his voice calm, yet filled with a clear and quiet confidence.

No matter what, Xu Qingfan was no longer the young, inexperienced boy he once was; he had become one of the best masters in the world. The boy who once relied on Mr. Liu was now a trustworthy partner for him.

Hearing Xu Qingfan’s response, Mr. Liu gently nodded, changed his hand gestures, and suddenly the seven black dragons, which were fighting the white tigers and Seven-colored Deer in the distance, vanished into black light, transforming into seven Black Dragon Nails that quickly returned to Mr. Liu’s hand.

Meanwhile, Mr. Liu closed his eyes and clenched his fist, murmuring softly, though it was unclear what he was doing.

But this left Xu Qingfan all alone to face the challenge.

After the black dragons disappeared, the white tigers and Seven-colored Deer all charged towards Xu Qingfan.

At that moment, the giant mountain and raging river rushed towards Xu Qingfan and Mr. Liu.

Xu Qingfan let out a soft laugh, but his expression was serious. In a flash, he split into three, with two identical cultivators suddenly appearing beside him; they were his two avatars, Xu Ying and Xu Zhiyuan.

After two copies appeared, they rushed towards the giant tiger Seven-colored Deer, and instantly a fierce battle began.

Xu Qingfan’s remaining forty "Life and Death Grinding Wheels" were split into two groups, each moving towards the giant mountain and the raging waves.

Under the spinning "Life and Death Grinding Wheels," both the towering mountain and the turbulent waves were pushed back. As they spun, the parts that touched the mountain and waves gradually faded away, whether it was rock or water, both quickly turned to nothingness.

However, the remaining forty "Life and Death Grinding Wheels," while able to hold off the giant mountain and waves for a time, could not last for long.

Nevertheless, this short moment of resistance was already enough for Xu Qingfan.

After using the "Life and Death Grinding Wheels" to resist the giant mountain and waves, Xu Qingfan did not pay attention to the precarious situation in front of him and instead slowly closed his eyes.

Black and white mist spread out from Xu Qingfan, gradually enveloping his body, blending together.

After a moment, the sounds of dragon roars and phoenix cries echoed in the black and white mist, and the figures of the dragon and fire phoenix appeared faintly around Xu Qingfan.

After a while, the whole world suddenly shook violently. The "Life and Death Grinding Wheels" could no longer withstand the fierce giant mountain and waves. Although they had managed to diminish about one-tenth of the mountain and waves under his draining power, their force remained strong, crashing towards Xu Qingfan and Mr. Liu.

At the same time, around Xu Qingfan, amidst the black and white mist, the sounds of dragons and phoenixes suddenly rose loudly, as a black and red phoenix and a golden dragon shimmering with a faint white light fiercely collided with the giant waves of the enormous mountain.

It was truly Xu Qingfan’s special skill, "Dragon and Phoenix Calling"!

When the Infernal Phoenix met the giant sea waves, fire and water clashed, creating a mist that spread throughout the "Azure Crystal Treasure House," resembling a starry river. Although water usually overcomes fire, when fire reaches a certain strength, it can push back. The Infernal Phoenix might not necessarily be stronger than the giant waves, but it could hold its ground for a time.

Meanwhile, the Sacred Azure Dragon crashed hard against the giant mountain, and small stones fell like a heavy rain, filling the air with smoke. This was a battle of strength!

In the misty vapor, a master dressed as a warrior hid in the shadows, watching the distant battle with a growing smile.

"At this moment, should I help Liu Ji, who possesses the ‘Spirit Freezing Plate,’ to defeat my dear senior brother? Or should I assist my senior brother, who wants me dead, in defeating Liu Ji? It’s truly hard to decide…"