The Strongest System - Chapter 184

Chapter 184: Demonic Grounds

p>After Jiuxiao Sect’s departure, Glory Sect returned to how it was.

As to obtaining the first place for the genius sparring, Lin Fan felt nothing at all. There was no special treatment nor celebrations or anything for him.

Things went on as usual.

This was some sort of a heartache for Lin Fan as well.

Based on all the novels that he had read, winners of tournaments and stuff would often obtain either high recognition from the sect or some precious rewards.

But for the genius sparring, he got jacksh*t in return.

Oh well, at least he got to know a generous Xinfeng.

A rare skill such as ‘Firmament Sword’ was handed out without an inch of hesitation. That was some seriously impressive generosity.

In the house…

Lin Fan intended to learn both skills himself before imparting them to his young disciple.

‘Ding…Congratulations on discovering Heaven Upper Grade ‘Firmament Sword’. Learn?’

‘Yes.’

‘Ding…Congratulations on learning ‘Firmament Sword.’ Level 1.’

The best thing about the system was that regardless of the difficulty level of skills, Lin Fan did not have to slowly ponder over it. He could learn it instantly just by touching it.

Focusing his eyes, the quiet surrounding around Lin Fan started vibrating like water ripples.

‘Sword Will…’

This was the sword will emitting from the ‘Firmament Sword’. Lin Fan could clearly feel the power within it. Lin Fan could feel himself being held somewhat repressed by the power of the Firmament Sword.

Even the ‘Will of the Sword’ that he had learned previously was experiencing some changes.

It was as though the ‘Will of the Sword’ was slowly being sucked in by the ‘Firmament Sword.’

Ving…Ving…!

Just then, a long sword materialized behind Lin Fan’s back.

Lin Fan leaped with joy. He could culminate the Sword Will together just right after learning it. Indeed, this was powerful!

To test it out, Lin Fan pointed his finger in a random direction. Indeed, the long sword which was materialized from his Sword Will burst towards the direction Lin Fan indicated.

But at that moment, Lin Fan retracted the sword. Holding it between his fingers, he felt something wrong.

Even though the long sword which was materialized was firm with a physical body, it barely floated within his fingers, without any weight. All he could feel was the pulsating Sword Will from within the sword.

At this point, Lin Fan had the thought to attempt fusion with it. But he knocked it off instantly. Before he was clear about anything, he shouldn’t risk it with such a skill.

As for the other skill, Lin Fan garnered that it shouldn’t be of much use to him.

It’s only purpose was to excite the bloodline of the beast. But as to how long it would take for the beast to grow and all, no one could be sure.

As Lin Fan exited his house and looked at the gray skies above, he had a thought. After all these time, it was time for him to head out once more. After all, the most important thing was for him to raise his own cultivation base.

A few days later…

In the skies thousands of miles away from Glory Sect…

A gigantic ark flew across the blue skies rapidly. A strong astral wind blew against it, but was kept outside the ark by a strong barrier of energy.

The Jiuxiao Sect disciples had already gone through half the journey. Just a few days more and they’d reach back to Jiuxiao Sect.

It was quite fortunate that they had not run into any troubles along the way.

“Dear Feng, you gave ‘Firmament Sword’ to that fella?” Liang Yichu looked at this own disciple, feeling a little uneasy in his heart. After all, this boy had been with him since he was a kid, but he had never once seen Xinfeng been so generous.

“Yes, Master. I hope you forgive me for handing over to him ‘Firmament Sword’ without first obtaining your approval.” Xinfeng bowed his head.

“No problem, it’s just a skill.” Liang Yichu waved his hands in nonchalance. But as he approached Jiuxiao Sect, he felt somewhat helpless as well.

How was he to explain this upon his return?

He had carried the hopes of the entire sect to obtain the first place in the genius sparring. But now, not only had they lost, they lost convincingly without any grudges. How should he explain this?

Just then, Liang Yichu’s expression changed as he waved his hand and commanded the ark to a halt.

“What’s wrong, Master?” Looking at Liang Yichu’s solemn expression, Xinfeng asked as well, puzzled.

“There’s something wrong over here.” Liang Yichu headed up the bow of the ark and looked through the clouds down below.

Upon the halting of the ark, the Jiuxiao Sect disciples were curious as well, and following their elder, looked down at the clouds below as well.

“What a strong demonic aura.” They had not noticed the aura while traversing the skies. Now that they had come to a stop, this aura rose from the grounds up, encompassing the entire sky.

“Weird. How did we not notice this when we passed by earlier?’ Liang Yichu questioned. ‘Wait for me here, I’ll check it out.’

Leaping out into the skies, Liang Yichu headed down.

The closer he was to the ground, the warier he was.

This demonic aura was way too intense. In fact, it was so concentrated it could almost be turned into liquid form.

‘This is a village.’

After Liang Yichu landed, he looked at the surroundings cautiously. There was an eerie silence as the houses seemed desolate without any signs of life. The earth which was supposed to be brown was now charred black, as though he had just entered hell.

Liang Yichu followed the trace of the aura. But when he reached its source, he was startled.

There was a pit, deep like an abyss without an end, appearing on the ground. And from the pit came black fumes, rising profusely.

Flicking his robes, Liang Yichu sent out an astral wind, diffusing the black fumes. But the moment it was gone, more of it erupted from within the pit, encompassing the village once more.

“Hmph! This, I’ve got to see it. Just what sort of being is here causing harm to countless of innocents.” Liang Yichu snorted coldly as he jumped into the pit.

Liang Yichu’s cultivation base was greater celestial full cultivation. In the entire Dongling Continent, this was an unparalleled cultivation base with no one higher than this. Therefore, he wasn’t someone who would cower before danger.

Liang Yichu frowned the deeper he went down. Not only was the demonic aura thicker as he headed down, it even formed a resistance, hindering anyone from going down.

When Liang Yichu finally arrived at the bottom, he surveyed the surroundings. The bottom of this pit was like a dark, underground palace, eerie and creepy.

‘Just what is this place?’ Liang Yichu was puzzled.

Looking at the surroundings, there were just pitch-black walls. For someone like him, he had long known of all the dangerous and forbidden grounds of all of Dongling Continent. However, he had not known of the existence of such a place.

If such a strong demonic aura had not attracted the attention of other sects as well, then it must have appeared only recently.

Che…Che…!

Just then, a dark laugh came from all around the surroundings.

“Come out!” Liang Yichu snorted coldly. His entire body glowed golden, lighting up the entire underground place. Suddenly, everything seemed bright and clear.

Chapter 185: Reverse Blood

p>Upon lighting up the underground palace, the dark and cold voice came through once more. The voice was demonic, sending chills down one’s spine.

“Weak humans…”

A pitch black claw appeared out of nowhere, ripping through the layers of void and appearing in front of Liang Yichu.

“Cut…!”

Instantaneously, Liang Yichu emitted an extremely strong burst of energy, dissipating the claw in a flash. He then retreated a step backward and surveyed the surroundings cautiously.

That claw came without sound or warning. If he were just a split second slower, he would have fallen prey to it.

But what caused Liang Yichu to feel uneasy was the fact that even as a greater celestial full cultivation… he was feeling unnerved at this very moment.

Just then, the black mist continued to gather from all directions, eventually culminating into a figure before Liang Yichu.

While he could not make out the face of it, it was extremely huge and tall. Within its black body radiated a horrifying aura, encompassing the entire underground palace within.

” WHO ARE YOU!” Liang Yichu roared. He had not encountered such a being before.

Even as Liang Yichu racked his brains, he could not find any traces or hint from his life’s knowledge as to what this thing was.

“It’s getting late. Your body, I’m taking it.” Just then, the eerie voice came through once again as an unblockable aura exploded from the black figure.

“Not good…!” Liang Yichu’s expression changed entirely as warning bells rang within his mind. The pressure exerted on him by the black figure was too much!

“An evil being such as yourself. You have to die today!” Even though Liang Yichu still had no idea what this being was, but he knew that is was definitely up to no good. After all, the aura was way too evil.

“Reverse Blood.”

Just then, Liang Yichu roared uncontrollably as his aura expanded rapidly. A blood red glow shot out from within his body. That short, stumpy body of his began to spasm violently, as his muscles started contracting and his bones cracked.

In an instant, Liang Yichu’s short, stumpy body expanded rapidly.

That old, wrinkled face of his seemed to have shed off. As though time had reverted, he looked extremely youthful.

That skin of his glowed golden and smooth like jade.

“Short-lived creatures indeed. In order to extend your life, you’ve sealed your own Blood Energy. Hand your body over to me, and I’ll grant you eternal life and indestructibility.” The black figure sneered.

Just then, Liang Yichu opened his eyes. On that handsome face exploded unparalleled fighting will as his eyes gleamed brilliantly.

“Die, demon!” Liang Yichu, who had returned to his peak status, dashed up violently from the ground up. An extremely powerful aura cornered the black figure like a cage.

The black figure gave off a sense of danger, a feeling which Liang Yichu had never felt before in his entire life.

If he could not break through greater celestial full cultivation, the only thing that awaited Liang Yichu was death. Hence, he sealed most of his blood energy within his body, so as to be able to sustain life as it was.

But facing such a powerful demonic being, Liang Yichu did not dare to be careless at all.

…

PSSSSSHEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

A burst of light shot out an encompassed the underground palace entirely, causing the whole place to vibrate as though it was about to collapse.

…

Outside, on the ark…

Xinfeng and the other disciples looked at the situation below and couldn’t help but feel somewhat worried as well.

They had felt the outburst of energy. That familiar feeling was from their elder. But they did not know what sort of predicament he was facing below to be forced to reveal his true strength.

BOOM. BOOM.

Just then, loud booms rang through the entire place, as the ground collapsed into a cloud of dust.

“Nothing should happen to Elder Liang…right?” A genius disciple couldn’t help but ask nervously.

Xinfeng did not reply. He stared fixated below.

Just then, a figure flew up from below.

Xinfeng’s expression changed.

“It’s Elder Liang!” A few disciples called out excitedly at the appearance of their Elder.

…

“Everything alright, Master?” Xinfeng hurried forward and asked.

“Yes. There’s nothing wrong. Just a little trouble. But it has all been solved.” Liang Yichu had reverted to his old form and replied calmly.

“That’s great to hear, master.” Xinfeng nodded as he heaved a sigh of relief within his heart. That demonic aura from below has started to disperse as well.

By the looks of it, Elder Liang must have destroyed whatever was down there.

“Back to the sect.” Liang Yichu flicked his robes and sent the ark on its way.

Now that everything had come to an end, all the disciples resumed what they were doing initially. Liang Yichu stood on the bow of the ark, looking at the vanishing pit. He grinned slightly with a black light in his eyes.

…

Glory Sect…

Even though Lin Fan had been working hard at improving his cultivation base daily, he was still able to notice something being off with Zhang Ergou.

‘Seems like he was dealt a heavy blow indeed by that… what’s her name? Oh! Yulan of Jialan Peak.’

Cai Zhiqiao loved to head up to Jialan Peak to look for those Senior Sisters. Usually, Zhang Ergou would follow along as her bodyguard. But nowadays, Cai Zhiqiao always went alone.

“Master, I think that something is wrong with Senior Brother recently.” Feng Bujue whispered furtively.

“Yes, I know. I’ll have a meeting with you guys soon to discuss this.” Lin Fan said calmly.

The matters of this big disciple were not for Zhang Ergou to bear alone. It was something that concerned the entire sect. For this new plan to work, naturally he’d need the help of everyone.

But as for now, Lin Fan had something more important on hand. And that was retaining Tianyu.

Ever since Tianyu was disabled, he had been recuperating silently on the Nameless Peak. Now that he had almost fully recovered, Lin Fan did not want to wait any longer.

He thus had Zhang Ergou bring Tianyu over for a talk.

…

Next day…

“Junior Disciple Tianyu. Now that you’ve almost fully recovered, it’s time for you to inform the sect and return to the inner sect.” Lin Fan sat down peacefully.

Tianyu’s expression changed slightly as he bowed down his head. Junior Master Lin was right. He had almost fully recovered. It was time for him to leave.

But after all these days, Tianyu did had some reluctance in leaving this place.

“Junior Master, I’m not returning. This new life was given to me by Junior Master. I would like to stay on here.”

“This…!” Lin Fan let out a look of hardship. “Ah, Junior Disciple, I think you should head back still.”

Just then, Zhang Ergou at the side was pleading, “Oh great Master! Please allow Junior Brother Tianyu to stay! Not long before, Junior Brother Tianyu had let us know of his intentions to stay here as a disciple, and had already acknowledged us as his Senior Brothers! Please grant us your wish, Master!”

“This…!” Lin Fan looked at Tianyu, then at Zhang Ergou, and sighed helplessly. “Fine, since it had come to this, then stay on. From here on forth, you shall be the fifth disciple of Saint Devil Sect.”

“Yes! Thank you for your kindness, Master!” Tianyu smiled.

Lin Fan also smiled in his heart. Success!

“Master! Then am I a Senior Sister now!” Cai Zhiqiao held on to her little purse and asked in anticipation.

“Nopes. You’re still a Junior Sister.” Lin Fan laughed while shaking his head.

“Ahhh….” Cai Zhiqiao opened her mouth, kinda disappointed. Seemed like she was still going to be a Junior Sister for quite a long while.

…

Chapter 186: Execute The Plan

p>On a cold, dark night, within a brightly lit, yet shifty looking house…

A few figures huddled together tightly, deep in discussion.

“Well, I suppose you guys should know the gist of it. Zhang Ergou is your Big Senior Brother, but he seems to be in a daze recently. Not eating well, not sleeping well, not focusing… While these are small issues, they would gradually become big issues over time. Hence, the purpose of gathering you guys here is to inform you all about one thing.”

“The only way to help your Big Senior Brother recover from this state, the only way to change this stalemate… That is, he needs to win over the world with his grace and demeanor, since he obviously can’t do so with his face.” Lin Fan whispered to his captive audience.

Mie Qiongqi, Tian Yu, and Feng Bujue nodded in agreement. They were all clear in their hearts that this was no small matter.

They were all clear of Senior Brother Zhang’s conditions. Even though he seemed normal on a day to day basis, from time to time, they would find him in an occasional daze, spacing out to the skies.

Even though neither of them had been rejected by a girl before, they could feel and empathize with the pain just by looking at Zhang Ergou.

“Well, what do you propose we do then, Master?” Tianyu asked.

“Yes, that’s my intentions of gathering you guys here today: to discuss this issue in depth. Firstly, I would like all of you to brainstorm for any good ideas for your Senior Brother to have an overhaul in person. And then, we’ll talk about it and think about the best way to go about it.” Even though Lin Fan was full of quirky ideas, he was quite at a loss for what to do regarding this situation.

If Zhang Ergou were not his Big Disciple, he would not have given a dog sh*t about this.

Feng Bujue looked at his master, “First, for Senior Brother Zhang to change, we must first understand what sort of a person he is.”

“Then what sort of a person is he, Senior Brother Feng?” Tianyu asked curiously.

Feng Bujue hesitated, “You guys promise not to rat on me?”

“Of course! Relax! This concerns Senior Brother Zhang’s life as a whole! Besides, do we look like snitches to you?” Tianyu continued.

“Alright fine then. For Big Senior Brother, his good point is that he has too many bad points to speak of. Firstly, he’s ugly. I’m sure everyone knows this in their heart. Especially those bead-like eyes of his and that weird face shape… I, Feng Bujue, swear to god that he’s the ugliest person I’ve ever met in my life.” Feng Bujue continued without hesitation.

Lin Fan stared at Feng Bujue, stunned. He then stared at the door entrance before turning back his gaze onto Feng Bujue’s report.

“Furthermore, Big Senior Brother’s character is simply dodgy. It’s not just plain dodgy, he’s extremely dodgy. If he weren’t my Big Senior Brother, I wouldn’t want to be near someone like him.’

“And yes, timid. Extremely lustful yet timid.”

“Based on these observations of mine, if Big Senior Brother were not to change over, then it would be impossible for him to not remain single.”

Everyone nodded in constant agreement to Feng Bujue’s criticisms of Zhang Ergou. Their expressions changed slightly as well, and their only hope was that things would not get too bad later on.

Especially Lin Fan, he was the one whose jaw was the most agape. These words had surpassed Lin Fan’s expectations, and he was in some disbelief.

“So, what do you guys think about what I’ve said?” Feng Bujue asked.

“Wonderful…” Lin Fan took a deep breath and nodded his head while looking at Feng Bujue. He was starting to pity this guy.

“It’s actually nothing much. Just my common observation. But you guys must swear not to let this leak out.” Feng Bujue said embarrassedly.

And just then, the door sprang right open. When Feng Bujue saw who it was, he was scared shitless.

“If you don’t want others to find out, then it’d be best if you didn’t do it in the first place. Well done, Feng Bujue, well done. Your Senior Brother, I, have treated you always pretty decently, to think that you’d talk about me as though I wasn’t worth a single crap. Seems like if I do not exert some authority as a Senior Brother, you’d only get more out of hand from now on!’ Zhang Ergou stood at the doorway, his chest puffing up and down heavily.

He was entirely enraged by this point. If his great Master had not pulled him aside in the morning and told him about this matter, he would not have dared to believe such a thing.

Listening to everything from outside the house, listening to his very own Junior Brother talking as though he was worth nothing, goodness! How could he tolerate this?

Thinking back to his master’s words, his master was right after all.

“Ah, Ergou. You’re now the big disciple of Saint Devil Sect. If you do not show some authority as a Big Disciple, then how would you expect the others to submit to you?”

Initially, Zhang Ergou had still thought that how could his Junior Brothers not submit to him? After all, he was pretty nice to them. But after hearing Feng Bujue’s words, he agreed with his master. After all, if even his closest Junior Brother would not submit to him, he could give up hope for anyone else.

…

Feng Bujue was totally stumped. Looking at his incensed Senior Brother, his small little heart started thumping furiously as he slowly retreated backward.

“Senior Brother! Don’t get angry! No no. It’s all a misunderstanding! Misunderstanding!” Feng Bujue was on the brink of tears. What was happening? Why would his Senior Brother be eavesdropping outside!

“Misunderstanding your head! If I don’t tear off your skin layer by layer today, then I’ll no longer be your Senior Brother!” Zhang Ergou took out a heavy club and swung it towards Feng Bujue’s head.

“Ah! Senior Brother! I was wrong! I’m wrong! It’s really a misunderstanding! Save me, master!” Feng Bujue ran off outside as Zhang Ergou gave chase.

Curses, swearing and shouts rang through the entire Nameless Peak.

Looking at the pitch black night with those two figures running off, Lin Fan eventually closed the doors. He then turned around to the remaining 2, “Alright, Plan A has succeeded. Let’s continue discussing the follow-up.”

“Yes, Master.” Mie Qiongqi and Tian Yu nodded their heads.

To Lin Fan, Feng Bujue was the best man to execute out Plan A.

First and foremost, even though Feng Bujue’s cultivation base was higher than Zhang Ergou, he would definitely not dare to throw any punches back at Zhang Ergou to retaliate. If it were Mie Qiongqi, who knew when he might lose control and kill Zhang Ergou with a single slap.

And of course, this wasn’t suitable for Tianyu either. Even though Tianyu had been on Nameless Peak for quite some time, it was entirely not in his character to say that speech above.

Therefore, Feng Bujue was the only one who could suffer this ordeal.

The remaining three dug their heads deep in discussions to see how they could perfect the plans. At this point, Tianyu was somewhat distracted with a tinge of hurt in his heart.

Could it be that him remaining at Nameless Peak was just part of a plan as well?

But forget it. Since he was already here, what was the use of thinking so much about it?

For the residents of Nameless Peak, this was going to be a sleepless night.

Cai Zhiqiao was stirred awake by the commotion. Sprawling by her window and rubbing her big, bright eyes awake, she stared at the two people playing catch in the darkness like a movie.

Chapter 187: What’s There To Feel?

p>And just like that, a month had passed. The plan to change Zhang Ergou was still proceeding smoothly. Nameless Peak was as usual, without any changes.

On the Nameless Peak, the man with the highest fighting strength was Mie Qiongqi. As the Grand Master of Nameless Peak and Saint Devil Sect, Lin Fan began to worry. Right now, he was only at postcelestial full cultivation. Even though he had met with sticky situations and got out of them just fine, there was one thing he could never forget.

The blood feud he had with Cangling Continent on the other side.

“Master! I can make Whitey follow my orders now!” Cai Zhiqiao hopped over happily. Following tightly behind her was the Snow Lion with its snow-white fur. It was around the size of a little puppy now.

Looking at the Snow Lion cub, Lin Fan could not help but wonder. That adult Snow Lion which he had killed…what sort of beast did she bang with? This Snow Lion cub gave off an unusual feeling, and from the looks of it, it was not entirely a Snow Lion breed.

At first, Lin Fan did not pay much attention to it. But one fine day, he found a small white pair of wings on the Snow Lion cub’s back. This was the first time a Snow Lion had ever grown wings.

“Not bad.” Lin Fan fondled his young disciple’s head. Even though her innate potential was a little low, it was fine. After all, he had been dutifully cultivating and grooming her innate potential every 2-3 days. Even though his side profession was strong, to be able to change one’s innate potential was basically going against Heaven’s will. The higher one’s potential was, the less significant the boosting effect would be. But Lin Fan was in no hurry. After all, as long as he kept at it, he was sure that he’d be able to produce a peerless genius in the years to come.

Cai Zhiqiao pointed at Whitey and had it perform different poses in front of them.

This Snow Lion cub stared at Lin Fan with its big, bright eyes as well. It rolled, stood up, and then squatted. Even Lin Fan was amused to laughter with its antics. To think that it might not remain the same way after it grew up one day.

Glory Sect tenth Peak…

“Grand Master, I would like to head out for training.” Lin Fan had pondered over it for a long time. To grow stronger, the only way was to head out into the vast world.

Grand Master Yan looked at Lin Fan. Truth be told, he did not want to let Lin Fan out because of his selfishness. After all, ‘Pills Through Thought’ was extremely important to a sect. But at the same time, he knew that Lin Fan had told him his intentions out of respect for him, the Grand Master. After all, from the moment he had accorded Nameless Peak to Lin Fan, Lin Fan was a free man. He could head out to anywhere in the world without anyone’s permission.

“Come with me.” Grand Master Yan did not say much as he headed towards the Grand Hall.

Lin Fan did not know where the Grand Master was taking him to. After all, the tenth Peak was not a place where disciples were usually allowed. Usually, the Grand Master would reside here alone.

Following the Grand Master, Lin Fan surveyed his surroundings. As they passed through the Grand Hall, a gigantic Stone Gate stood before Lin Fan.

The gate looked old, sturdy and possessed an imposing aura. One wondered what sort of material was used to etch the human figure on the gate itself.

The human figure stood naked, righteous and upright. Holding on to a gigantic ax, it stared straight ahead. Looking at its eyes, Lin Fan could feel a repressive will directed towards his heart, causing him to shiver internally.

Grand Master Yan stepped up. The moment he placed his hands on the gate, it started vibrating like ripples on water, unveiling a cave within.

‘Follow me.” As Grand Master Yan entered, Lin Fan did not give it a second thought and followed suit. While Lin Fan did not know what was going on, he knew that this was definitely extraordinary. Since the Grand Master did not leave the tenth Peak usually, could it be because he was guarding this place?

By the looks of it, didn’t it look like the Grand Master was about to hand Lin Fan something precious?

The moment Lin Fan entered the cave, he seemed to have entered an endless darkness. But this feeling disappeared as quickly as it came.

When Lin Fan opened his eyes and stared forward, he did not know when or how it happened, but the Grand Master was already kneeling before a statue, chanting something in his mouth.

This statue looked exactly like the figure etched on the stone gate. What was even more shocking was that the eyes of this statue looked totally real!

After what happened earlier, Lin Fan did not dare to gaze straight into the statue’s eyes. He bowed his head and slowly followed behind the Grand Master.

“Grand Master, what is this?’ Lin Fan whispered curiously.

After the Grand Master finished mumbling, he stood up. “This is the founder of Glory Sect. In front of our founder ancestor, use your heart to feel.”

“Oh…” Even though Lin Fan did not know what the Grand Master meant, he knelt down all the same in front of the statue.

After kneeling down, Lin Fan did not feel anything different. His only thought was that this statue was simply too big. If it were to fall down on top of him, wouldn’t he be dead for sure?

“Master, what am I supposed to be feeling?” Lin Fan tilted his head and asked.

“Do not speak. Use your heart to feel the statue. Our founder ancestor will guide and direct you.” Grand Master Yan’s face was solemn.

Following Grand Master Yan’s words, Lin Fan tried his best to endure. But it was simply too tough to continue kneeling down on his knees. He thus sat down cross-legged with his eyes closed and one palm on the statue.

Looking at Lin Fan, Grand Master Yan had a mind to say something about this, but refrained from doing so.

Glory Sect’s history could date back to the time when the Supreme Being himself had split the Xuanhuang World into two. That was the time when the ancestor founder had founded Glory Sect. Ever since then, every single disciple who was to be chosen as the next Grand Master had to appear before the statue. Using their heart to meditate and feel, they would then inherit the background of the sect.

The inheritance received by every single generation of Grand Master was different, but they were mostly martial skills.

And therefore, Grand Master Yan’s intentions of bringing Lin Fan here was for him to receive the inheritance of Glory Sect. Even though the next Grand Master may or may not be Lin Fan, Grand Master Yan had been keeping hidden tabs on Lin Fan all the way.

“Man, what’s up with this? After touching it for so long, I can’t feel anything man!” Lin Fan spat out with his eyes close. Goodness, was the Grand Master going insane? God knew how long this founder ancestor had been dead for. What was there to be feeling about?

And just at that moment, Grand Master Yan, who had been staring at the statue all the way, had a sudden change in his expression.

The air around the statue began to vibrate. This was the first time Grand Master Yan had experienced something like this. And this had never been seen before in Glory Sect’s records.

“This…!” Grand Master Yan was worried. Even though he did not know what was happening, he could only observe the situation silently. He did not dare to make any casual moves.

Lin Fan was cursing and swearing within his heart all this while. But at this moment, he found himself rooted and immobile. In fact, there was an irresistible force sucking onto his consciousness.

‘Fck… I’m so fcking gonna be dead!’

Lin Fan started panicking. His consciousness was like his soul. If it were to be consumed, then wouldn’t he just be a living zombie from then on?!?

Lin Fan wanted to scream for help, but no words would come out of his mouth.

Seemed like he was the only one who could help himself.

Lin Fan used all his strength to struggle against this force.

But the force only grew stronger. After a while, Lin Fan lost all consciousness.

‘F*ck me…’

Chapter 188: Eternal Inheritance

p>Grand Master Yan realized that Lin Fan’s initially vigorous breathing had started to die down, as though he was a dead man. At this point, he too began to worry.

This was something that had not happened before in the long history of Glory Sect. He wanted to stretch out his hands to check, but he could still feel Lin Fan’s strong life force burning, so there was seemingly no danger to his life.

‘Where is this…?’

Lin Fan opened his eyes. He was shocked by his surroundings.

Wasn’t he in the Grand Hall? Why was he in this weird place?

The vast sky was blood red above him. The clouds in the skies twisted and turned like living creatures. Every time they twisted, there would be dead corpses falling onto the ground from the skies.

Heaven and Earth seemed to be equally destroyed to a horrible state.

From within the skies came a series of tragic screams and shouts, causing Lin Fan to shiver uncontrollably.

Terrifying! This was way too terrifying!

‘Eh? Why am I floating?’ Lin Fan found himself floating up into the skies suddenly, as his body shifted between reality and illusion.

And just at that very moment, a huge gigantic object fell towards the ground from above Lin Fan. When Lin Fan raised his head and caught sight of it, he was shocked and tried to block it with his hands.

PSSSSSSSH.

That gigantic object passed through Lin Fan’s body entirely and continued falling downwards.

‘What’s up with this? Am I transparent?’

Lin Fan started panicking even more. Looking at the gigantic object, he realized that it was a body.

It wasn’t a human’s body, but something more like a demon.

BOOOM!

Just then, a loud explosion happened in the skies, blowing apart the twisting and turning clouds. Lin Fan continued flying up to check out what was happening.

Just as he approached it, a series of screams encompassed the entire surroundings.

‘KILL…!’”

Looking at what was ahead of him, Lin Fan was thoroughly stunned. The killing aura was intense, so intense that Lin Fan could hardly breathe at all.

On one side were humans, and on the other side, demonic creatures like the one he had just seen.

The winds started howling strongly, and the sight before him was bloody. Like squishing ants, the demonic creatures squished any human they could find into blood splats, or they would throw them into their mouths.

Looking at the scene, Lin Fan felt a fear he had never experienced before rush through his head. At the same time, an unexplainable rage was burning through him.

…

Suddenly, from the blood red skies, a pitch black arm appeared out of nowhere. Wherever it passed by, the air around it seemed to be ripped apart. The hand was enormous, covering the heaven and earth, and it flew towards the side of the humans.

But just before it reached, a burst of light appeared as an axe, carrying boundless strength, severed that hand. Without slowing down, the axe continued flying…towards Lin Fan.

Lin Fan did not dodge, because he knew that his body was not real.

But just then, Lin Fan froze. He could feel it. The aura from the axe was…directed at him.

“NO…!” Lin Fan screamed.

…

Deep in the Grand Hall…

Grand Master Yan was starting to grow worried. 3 days and 3 nights had passed by. Why had Lin Fan not awoken yet? If not for his lifeforce aura, one would have thought that he was long dead!

And just at that moment, Lin Fan burst up shouting.

“Lin Fan…!” Grand Master Yan hurried forward, with one hand on Lin Fan’s shoulders. Lin Fan was filled with sweat from head to toe as he hyperventilated. His eyes were bloodshot red.

“I’m…back!” Lin Fan looked at his surroundings, then at Grand Master Yan, before heaving a sigh of relief.

That was a horrifying scene, simply too horrifying!

The scene was still fresh in Lin Fan’s eyes. Those humans being destroyed by those demonic creatures like ants, there was no room for resistance at all!

That bloody scene. Where did it take place? Where was it! Was it in Xuanhuang World!

No, probably not. That looked like hell. The whole world was bloody, even the skies.

“Are you alright?” Grand Master Yan asked.

“Yes.” Lin Fan nodded his head, wiping off all the sweat.

“Have you met with our founder ancestor?”

“Founder ancestor?” Lin Fan raised his head questioningly. Met with founder ancestor? What did that mean? Just that scene alone was enough to send shivers down his spine, let alone meeting the founder ancestor!

“That’s right. No matter which generation it is, all the Grand Masters would obtain some sort of inheritance and meet with our founder ancestor. Did you not meet him?” Grand Master Yan asked, surprised.

Within the statue contained traces of the founder ancestor’s consciousness. Therefore, anyone who had been in contact with it with their hearts would definitely gain some form of inheritance from him.

Eh?

Just then, Lin Fan’s expression changed. Turning over his palm, he found a gigantic axe within it.

Lin Fan looked at the gigantic axe, astounded. This was the axe in the scene flying towards him! Why was it with him!

“How could this be…?!?” Grand Master Yan too stared at the axe in apparent disbelief.

The axe looked pretty normal, without any intricate carvings or etchings. But Lin Fan could clearly feel the power emanating from within it.

This was an eternal ancient aura that it was emanating.

‘Ding…Congratulations on discovering Legendary Weapon: Eternal Axe. Damaged.’

“Eternal Axe!” Grand Master Yan looked at the ax in Lin Fan’s palms and exclaimed.

To put it simply, the inheritance of Glory Sect was simply to obtain something from the founder ancestor. Since he had placed some of his consciousness within this statue, those who had come here to feel would be able to retrieve something suitable for themselves.

And these were belongings of the founder ancestor.

Within the records of the past, there had been pills which had appeared, but most of the time, it was just skills.

For a weapon to appear…this was impossible!

Furthermore, this Eternal Axe was the founder ancestor’s very own weapon. It had perished along with his disappearance in the past. How could it have appeared during an inheritance?

Could it be that this was a message by the founder ancestor?

Compared to Grand Master Yan’s turmoil, Lin Fan was ecstatic on the other hand.

‘At least he’s got some conscience. After scaring the shit out of Yours Truly, at least he knows to compensate with a legendary weapon. Not bad, not bad!’

‘Even though this legendary weapon is damaged, it’s still a legendary weapon nevertheless. No worries!’

Lin Fan was filled with joy. He no longer wanted to revisit the terrible scene from before in his memories.

“What’s wrong, Grand Master? Is there anything wrong?” Lin Fan looked at Grand Master Yan.

Grand Master Yan looked at Lin Fan, shaking his head. This was impossible!

“Lin Fan, let me have a look at the Eternal Axe.”

“Sure.” Lin Fan had no fear of the Grand Master wanting to claim it for his own and handed it over. But the moment Grand Master Yan stretched out his hands to retrieve it, a bright glow shot out from the ax, pushing Grand Master Yan back.

Lin Fan was stunned.

Isn’t this way too strong! The Grand Master was a greater celestial full cultivation! To think that it could even push him back!

Legendary weapon indeed! Even the weapon was so cocky!

Looking at the Eternal Axe, Grand Master Yan trembled in his heart slightly as well, “The weapon has a soul. Seems like it has already recognized you as its master.” Grand Master Yan said, somewhat envious.

“Hehe…” Lin Fan laughed. He could see through Grand Master Yan’s look of jealousy and envy. After all, he had inherited a godly weapon.

Chapter 189: Yours Truly Can See Through Your Tricks

p>Great Hall…

“Are you really going out for training?” Grand Master Yan was truly somewhat reluctant now. Now that this fella had inherited the Eternal Axe from the founder ancestor, things would really be shtty if he were to get himself killed outside or anything.

But looking at Lin Fan’s excited face, Grand Master Yan knew that there would be little he could do to stop him.

“No, Grand Master, I’ve been inside here for way too long. My cultivation base is now facing a bottleneck. I need a proper chance to break through it.” Lin Fan said.

He was a man meant to traverse this huge, vast world out there. How could he always stay within the sect? Furthermore, his strength had yet to reach its peak. Even though his life here was pretty comfortable, he was feeling the guilt of not doing anything about it.

After all, if what happened to Saint Devil Sect were to one day happen to Glory Sect, he did not want to face the same regrets twice.

In the past, he had not taken much heed to his cultivation base. All he cared about was having fun his own way. But now, he understood. Even while he was having fun, he needed his cultivation base to be increased.

Grand Master Yan knew that he had no way of convincing Lin Fan to stay. Hence he relented eventually.

“You can head out, but you can only leave tomorrow.” Grand Master Yan intended to use the time to go discuss with Wuya and the other Senior Elders. After all, Lin Fan was a treasure of the sect. They must definitely not have anything bad happen to him.

Lin Fan glanced at Grand Master Yan and eventually nodded his head, “Alright, then I’ll leave the sect tomorrow.”

After all few more casual exchanges, Lin Fan left the Grand Hall with his Eternal Axe lobbed on his shoulders.

Now that he had obtained this legendary weapon, he shouldn’t be too humble about it. When it was time to show off, it was time to show off. He couldn’t hide this weapon for the rest of his life anyways, right?

On the way back to Nameless Peak, the disciples who passed by Lin Fan threw him a curious look.

“Junior Master! What a mighty looking axe!” A disciple exclaimed.

Lin Fan chuckled, “Nah, it’s nothing much. I just casually inherited it from the Grand Master’s place.”

“Huh?” The disciples who heard his reply were dumbstruck. Grand Master? Inheritance? Could it be that the Grand Master had already decided on the next Grand Master for Glory Sect?

But they were extremely puzzled as well. Since when was there a weapon to be gained from the inheritance? Could Junior Master Lin be pulling a fast one on them?

“Can we touch it, Junior Master Lin?” Looking at the axe, they too were starting to get curious.

Even though it looked normal, the axe was infused with a golden glow. Just the mere look of it was able to show that it was far from ordinary.

“Oh, no no, you can’t. The axe only acknowledges me. Even the Grand Master was repelled on trying to come close to it. For the sake of your safety, I would advise you to not attempt that.” Looking at the envious look of these junior disciples, Lin Fan was extremely pleased. This was what life was all about!

“WOAH…!”

Hearing his explanation, all the disciples were wowed. “Seems like only Junior Master Lin would handle such a treasure!”

“That’s right! Not only did Junior Master Lin take first place in the genius sparring, he has now obtained such a godly weapon! It’s our sect’s good fortune to have someone like him!”

Listening to his junior disciples’ praises, Lin Fan’s ego had long been majorly inflated.

“I don’t believe it…!” Just then, a hand stretched out from within the crowd towards the axe.

Lin Fan looked around. Who was this fella! How could he be so impudent!

BAM!

The moment Lu Yan touched the axe, the axe glowed brightly and he was repelled backward.

The surrounding disciples could not stop exclaiming in amazement.

“Who the hell is this fella! Junior Master Lin had already said that one should not touch it, and yet he had the guts to do so!”

“Who knows! Junior Master Lin would never lie to us! This guy was asking for it for disbelieving Junior Master Lin’s words!”

“Perhaps he just wanted to leave a long-lasting impression in front of Junior Master Lin. But what he doesn’t know is that Junior Master Lin treats all of us equally! Small tricks like these won’t work on him!”

Lu Yan, who was repelled by the axe, stood up slowly, a trace of hatred in those peaceful eyes of his.

This guy, Lu Yan, was the fella whom Lin Fan had disregarded while looking for a servant disciple to pluck his weeds. After countless months, with the help of his Mahesvara Beads, Lu Yan had broken through from precelestial to a postcelestial, and entered the outer sect disciples.

“You alright, Junior Disciple?” Lin Fan asked.

Lu Yan glared at Lin Fan and left.

“This guy…” Lin Fan shook his head helplessly. He mustn’t be too good of a man. After all, anyone who could not click with Lin Fan himself was naturally no good.

“What an arrogant fellow!”

“Do you guys know who that is! How dare he be so rude to Junior Master Lin!”

“He seems to be the servant disciple who was newly promoted as an outer sect disciple! Lu something!”

…

Lin Fan could not be bothered too much as he waved his hands, “Alright, let it be. Yours Truly will be heading out of the sect for some training from tomorrow on. When Yours Truly gets back, I’ll bring something good for you guys.”

“Thank you, Junior master!”

The disciples leaped in joy as they escorted Lin Fan back courteously.

Reaching back to the Nameless Peak, Lin Fan kept his axe and began to rummage through his lockers and cupboards to pack.

“Hehe, to keep me until tomorrow? That’s impossible. Yours Truly can easily see through such silly tactics of yours.” Lin Fan had seen through Grand Master Yan’s intentions of not letting him leave.

If this had happened at the start, Lin Fan might have believed the Grand Master. But now that he obtained the Eternal Axe, he knew that it was definitely impossible.

Even though their intentions might be to protect Yours Truly’s safety, but it was godmn boring staying in the sect forever! How could one do without more knowledge of the world outside!

Recalling back, how awesome the previous expedition from the sect to the Floating Snow Peaks was. That leveling process was simply unstoppable. Amazing!

Therefore, if they were to hinder him from heading out this time around, he’d fight them to the death for it.

But thinking of Grand Master Yan and the other Senior Elders’ strengths, Lin Fan knew that he had no chance.

Lin Fan opened a suitcase and threw in some clothes and daily necessities, then he rushed over to Danding Peak.

After all, one needed to be properly prepared before heading out.

Lin Fan was now a celebrity at Danding Peak. Heading up, he was met with zero resistance. Sweeping every single herb he needed, Lin Fan headed back to Nameless Peak once again.

He called for Cai Zhiqiao, Zhang Ergou and the other disciples, and gave them a briefing. He was going to be leaving for a while, and they were to take good care of Nameless Peak.

Cai Zhiqiao was the most reluctant to watch Lin Fan go. But after Lin Fan’s promise to bring her something good on his way back, she nodded her head happily.

“Alright then, Yours Truly is going to head out now. Cultivate yourselves well and take good care of your little Junior Sister!” Lin Fan waved and ran down the Nameless Peak.

Halfway down, he toggled on his Stealth mode and headed for the entrance of the Glory Sect.

Chapter 190: Thinking Too Much Is Costly Yet Again

p>”Well, Junior Brothers, here’s the thing. Lin Fan had inherited the Eternal Axe from the ancestor founder’s inheritance, and he’s looking to head out of the sect for training. While training out of the sect is inevitable, the world isn’t exactly peaceful out there. If anything untoward were to happen to him, Glory Sect would not be able to bear this loss.” Grand Master Yan told his various Junior Brothers.

Wuya and the rest looked at one another. They understood Senior Brother’s intentions. After all, it was inevitable for one to head out to train one day.

Now that things had come to this, he was naturally asking for their personal sacrifices as well.

“Fellow Junior Brothers, let’s gather our resources then. I’ll put out my Smelt Essence Veil. This can block any attack that is below that of a Greater Celestial. With this, one can travel through Dongling Continent without much worries at all.” Senior Elder Wuya lifted his finger, and a red glow shone out, revealing a treasure like a cloak before him.

“Senior Brother is generous indeed. Since this kid has gotten an inheritance from the founder ancestor, then I can’t be stingy either. Let this Heaven Devouring Python be his companion then.” The Senior Elder of Qushou Peak unveiled his robes and revealed a red snake coiled on his palm.

This red snake was already close to reaching the prowess of its ancestor. Hence, it was extremely powerful. Now that the Senior Elder of Qushou Peak was willing to take this out, it truly symbolized his sincerity.

…

Grand Master Yan looked at his Junior Brothers taking out all their treasures without any hesitation and was extremely heartened. Since Lin Fan had gotten the inheritance of the sect, the sect also had a duty to ensure his safety. The world out there was extremely treacherous. With these, at least he could travel without any worries. Even if he were to bump into a greater celestial opponent, he would stand a fighting chance.

Especially that Heaven Devouring Python of the Qushou Peak’s Senior Elder, its bloodline was already extremely close to its ancestor. Furthermore, its own cultivation base was at the greater celestial upper level already. With this around Lin Fan, it could definitely protect him from anything.

…

By now, Lin Fan had already subdued a wild beast outside and was using it as his horse. Riding on it wildly, he already knew where he was headed to.

The locations on the ‘Seven Saints Treasure Map’ was already clear to Lin Fan.

Thus, his first destination was the first destination of the map: Fiery Hell.

“Hurry up!” Lin Fan shouted as he whipped the backside of the beast.

The beast howled in terrible pain, tears brimming in its eyes.

Initially, it had thought to make a good meal out of this human. To think that things would turn out this way!

Like a donkey it was now, rushing through the winds.

Lin Fan unveiled a wide smile as well.

The reason for this mad rush of his was so that the Grand Master could not catch up with him and haul him back to the sect. The results of the discussion of the Grand Master along with the other Senior Elders must be for him to remain in the sect.

And based on his current cultivation base, there was definitely no way he could resist their intentions. Therefore, he had better strike first and run as far as possible.

By the time Yours Truly had caused enough of a ruckus and leveled up outside, he would have a glorious return to the sect.

Nightfall…

Looking at the map and determining the direction, Lin Fan continued pushing forth. This beast he had subdued was not too shabby indeed, able to cover thousands of miles per day.

Glory Sect…

Grand Master Yan carried all the treasures donated by his Junior Brothers with him to the Nameless Peak.

No matter how reluctant they were, they could not stop this kid from heading out to train. Therefore, the only they could do was to ensure his safety.

When Grand Master Yan found out from Zhang Ergou that Lin Fan had left the previous day, he stood at the entrance of Nameless Peak dumbstruck.

Blody hell…

After passing through the Glory Sect grounds, everything before Lin Fan’s eyes were just deserted ground. Dust clouds filled the entire skies. Lin Fan focused around and took out the map.

Seemed like the first place he would reach after leaving Glory Sect grounds was the Death Desert.

“Hey come on, move it!” Lin Fan patted the collapsed beast.

But the beast could only manage a few pitiful howls as it laid on all fours and looked at Lin Fan with pitiful eyes, hoping for the latter to spare it. Towards the desert before it, the beast was only filled with fear.

Looking at the beast’s tragic state, Lin Fan eventually sighed, “Get lost.”

Lin Fan had initially intended to slay the beast for some experience points. But since the beast had already painstakingly sent him here, even if there was no credit for it, it had put in quite a bit of effort. Hence, Lin Fan spared its small life.

Arf! Arf!

The beast barked at Lin Fan gratefully as it scooted off immediately, as though afraid that Lin Fan would slice him into two.

Lin Fan looked at the boundless desert before him and sighed helplessly as well. Gritting his teeth, he stepped forth.

The sandstorms gradually grew thicker as Lin Fan’s figure disappeared within them.

“Bloody hell. What a shitty as place this is. If I had known, I would have prepared for this earlier.” Lin Fan muttered after a few steps. He garnered that the danger level of this death desert couldn’t be too far off from some of the forbidden grounds.

There were a bunch of weird looking beasts around. Actually, they might not be even considered as beasts.

Based on the sect’s records of this place, the death desert was a place one must definitely cross to exit Glory Sect. Disciples below postcelestial cultivation base would find it hard to survive in this place.

For the disciples’ own training, they would only approach this place in groups.

Just then, a gigantic gust blew the sandstorm towards Lin Fan’s direction. Lin Fan held up the Eternal Axe in front of his face to block the sand from flying onto him.

The ground before Lin Fan started trembling suddenly, as though there was something within it.

Click. Click.

This sound, coupled with the howling sandstorm, made it difficult for one to differentiate whether it was part of the wind or a hint of danger.

Just then, the ground before him sunk in as a gigantic centipede appeared suddenly. Its size was as big as a man itself, as its countless legs wriggled in the air while making the clicking sound with its jaws.

Lin Fan was so shocked that he just tossed out the Eternal Axe immediately.

‘Ding…Congratulations on defeating postcelestial upper-level beast.’

‘Ding…experience points +100,000’

…

Upon hearing the system’s notifications, Lin Fan both heaved a sigh of relief and broke out swearing.

“That scared the shit out of Yours Truly!” Lin Fan immediately stepped forward to retrieve the Eternal Axe from the beast.

Looking at the centipede shaped beast, Lin Fan rolled his eyes. ‘Asking for it…!’

Even though this beast was weak, it made Lin Fan understand one thing: This desert was not for show, the dangers were real. Since all the beasts usually lived underground, it would be hard to react to their sudden strikes.

If it weren’t because Yours Truly was such a skilled man, he might have been in some danger.

…

Within that same desert…

A long, black figure grew bigger. By the time it grew clearer, one could make out that it was a convoy of people.

Traversing in this desert, the convoy moved extremely slowly.

Suddenly, a shout rang out from within the convoy…

Chapter 191: Something Terrifying Is Happening

p>The convoy moved slowly across the desert. Those slow-moving wheels of its carriages left long, trawling tracks across the soft sand. On both sides of the carriages were soldiers clad in black armor, riding beasts of their own. Within their hands were long swords reflecting off the sunlight, looking mighty and fierce.

On the carriages were metal cages, holding few beasts within them. But those ferocious beasts all seemed exhausted and without any energy, as they laid within the cages despite the look of hatred in their eyes.

While traversing the desert, those soldiers in black constantly surveyed their surroundings warily. But looking at the beasts within their cages, they let out smiles of their own. These were their biggest catch after a month.

“Our expedition this time round with our mistress has reaped us great rewards. I wonder what sort of price we could get for them.” A soldier said while touching a deep scar on his shiny, black helmet. He was pretty joyous.

Even though there were dangers, there were no casualties under the command of their mistress. And furthermore, they managed to capture these six postcelestial upper-level beasts alive, which was a great achievement.

Riding on his beast, he came to the front of the convoy with a simple looking carriage and greeted politely, “Mistress, we’re approaching the entrance of the Black Gorge. Do take care.”

Beasts were not the only things to look out for in the death desert. One also had to keep a constant lookout for the presence of the sand bandits. The fourteen Sand Bandits of the death desert were even more dangerous than the presence of the beasts.

“Yes. Let everyone know to take care as well.” From within the carriage came a soft, gentle voice, enough to captivate anyone’s heart. The soldiers looked at the carriage respectfully, wondering within their hearts how a woman like her could exist.

They wondered what sort of man could capture the heart of their mistress.

Far in the distance, someone watched the group of black soldiers riding on their beasts.

“Haha! I’ve noticed them since a month ago. To think that they would bring in such rewards a month later. What a wonderful haul for us!” A one-eyed man guffawed.

This man was the leader of the fourteen Sand Bandits, Sha Dulong. At Pericelestial middle level, he was expert in eight different skills.

While each skill was of the Yellow Lower grade, their power was impressive. He was public enemy number one in the death desert.

All of the other thirteen Sand Bandits had their names starting with Sha as well.

Sha Daotian, Sha Miexiong, Sha Wuxing…

These fourteen Sand Bandits ruled the entire death desert. Not only did one have to watch out for beasts, they had to watch out for these guys.

The fourteen of them had no underlings. No matter where they went, all fourteen went together. They could be considered the big bullies of the desert. There was once a master who wanted to exterminate these fourteen vermin of the desert, but he was regrettably buried by these fourteen instead.

Ever since then, no one had ever proclaimed to get rid the desert of these fourteen.

“You guys can have the 6 beasts. I’ll take the lovely young lady.” Sha Dulong laughed, as though everything was under his control.

“HAHA! Please let us have a go at her after you’re done satisfying yourself, leader! I’ve yet to experience having a lady from the Gong family!” Sha Miexiong, who was short and stumpy, licked his lips while smacking loudly.

“Deal…!”

…

By now, the convoy had arrived at a place everyone had to pass through in the death desert. On both sides were gigantic stone cliffs, forming a gorge in the middle as the only path for anyone to pass through.

“Mistress, we’re at the Black Gorge.” A soldier stopped the convoy and said after surveying the surroundings carefully.

The doors to the carriage opened up as a slim figure stepped out.

Clad in white, she was not stained with a single bit of dust of the desert. Her hair were blowing gently across her forehead, yet not blocking out that peerless beauty of hers. However, on those gentle brows where a smile should belong was a slight frown as she surveyed this Black Gorge as well.

“There’s danger.” Gong Bingye commented after a moment of observation.

The black guard soldier was stunned at his mistress’s words, and commanded the rest of the soldiers to make preparations for battle.

“Haha! Indeed, she’s not the smartest lady of the Gong Family for nothing! Just one look and she could tell about the dangers within!” Just then, fourteen figures began sliding down from the cliffs. The beasts they were riding on were stationed above the cliffs, growling and looking below with vicious eyes.

“The fourteen Sand Bandits!” The faces of the soldiers changed at the appearance of these people. Apparently, the fourteen Sand Bandits were not unknown to them.

“Gentlemen, we know of the rules. We can leave our valuables, but could we bring the six beasts along with us?” The soldier guard who was standing beside Gong Bingye called out.

He knew that with the appearance of these fourteen Sand Bandits, it was impossible for them to kill their way across.

Sha Dulong laughed and rubbed the eye that was blind. “Leave your valuables. Leave the beast. Leave the beautiful girl as well. The rest of you can scram.”

The black soldier guard’s face changed, somewhat angry. He then calmed down and continued, “This is a mistress of the Gong Family…”

Before he could finish, Sha Dulong interrupted, “Hmph! What Your Father, me, is hankering after is that young mistress of the Gong Family. Blody hell, my eye was blinded by your who-knows-what head of the Gong Family. At least that old man died here as well!’

“But now that he has died, I’ll take pleasure in playing with this daughter of his!” Sha Dulong laughed evilly, and his other bandits followed suit.

“Mistress, I’ll hold them off while you make your escape. We’re no match for these fourteen.” The black soldier guard said.

Gong Bingye looked at the fourteen of them, hatred was evident in her eyes.

“Now, now, little beauty. You don’t have to look at Your Father with such eyes. That displeases me extremely. But don’t you worry, I’ll let you know what pleasure is real soon. I guarantee you’ll think back about it in happiness.” Sha Dulong laughed frantically.

To Sha Dulong, the most frustrating thing in his life was losing his eye to that old fogey of the Gong Family.

Back then, the head of the Gong Family had plotted to rid the death desert of these fourteen Sand Bandits, and had come along with his men. During the battle, he pierced through Sha Dulong’s eyes with one finger. But Sha Dulong managed to lure him to a secluded area and had him devoured by a desert beast.

Now that this young mistress of the Gong Family had appeared, Sha Dulong had to have her suffer thoroughly as vengeance for what happened.

Just then, Gong Bingye squinted her eyes and drew her long sword.

Sha Dulong waved his hand forward, shouting, “Kill all the men! Keep the women!”

The rest of the bandits roared and rushed forward, drawing their weapons.

Suddenly, the beasts on top of the cliffs started howling frantically before dropping off the cliff one by one. Once they landed, they scurried off as quickly as they could in all directions, as though something terrifying was about to happen.

The six beasts within the cages started howling as well, as they banged their heads against the cages, frantically trying to get out of it.

Everyone was dumbstruck.

‘What’s happening?!?’

Looking at their riding beasts running off, the bandits were roaring angrily as well. But these beasts ran off in a frenzy and would not listen to any commands. In fact, some of the beasts could not find anywhere to run off, and chose to slam their heads directly against the walls, committing suicide.

“Mistress, what’s up with the beasts!”

Gong Bingye’s beautiful face let out a frown as well. Opening her petite mouth slightly, she shook her head.

Suddenly, the earth trembled, and the cliff walls vibrated intensely.

“Ah! Fck! Slow down…!”

Chapter 192: Men Left Women Right

p>Just then, the masses were in a shock. They were looking at that stone hardened cliff, which was vibrating as though something was going to pop out of it. With a sudden boom, a gigantic hole burst open from the stone cliff.

When a voice rang out from within, everyone was even more shocked.

“Blody hell. Instead of walking aboveground, it brought me underground, causing Yours Truly to have a mouthful of sand!” Lin Fan, who had appeared into the daylight once again, began spitting out his saliva profusely. Patting his head and clothing, he patted out quite a lot of sand.

Rushing forward by himself, Lin Fan could not take it anymore. Thus, using the Beast Taming Skill and his whip, he subdued another sandy beast from the area.

This beast was big and long, looking extremely ferocious. With a red head and black back, it had a blue color on its underbelly. This was a shocking sight, as this beast was even bigger than the one Lin Fan had slain earlier on.

But to Lin Fan, the size of the beast did not matter, as long as he had something to ride on. With his whip which brought love to its victims, the beast was shamefully subdued by Lin Fan.

As the sand clouds from the opening of the hole started clearing, two claws appeared as the beast slowly crawled its way out.

Lin Fan grasped one of the two sharp horns of the beast and shouted out, “Woah woah, calm down. Calm down!”

“That’s the Baizu Sky Dragon!”

Just then, someone from the convoy shouted.

Gong Bingye looked at the ferocious beast before her as a chill shivered down her spine as well.

The Baizu Sky Dragon was the king of the desert, where countless men had died under it. Especially this one, whose head was red with a black body, it was evident that this was extremely close to being an adult matured beast.

In case of adult Baizu Sky Dragons, wings would sprout from their backs. By then, they would be unrivaled in the entire desert.

When the crowd saw someone seated on the Baizu Sky Dragon’s head, they were dumbfounded. This was the first time they had ever seen anyone subdue a Baizu Sky Dragon!

The fourteen bandits looked at one another. They now understood why their riding beasts ran off hurriedly just now. They had sensed the presence of the Baizu Sky Dragon from far away.

Sha Dulong did not dare to move an inch. He did not know who this mysterious person was nor why he was here. He knew clearly that just the Baizu Sky Dragon alone was enough to decimate his entire group, let alone the mysterious man who could tame this beast.

Sha Dulong was not the only one who did not dare to make a move. Gong Bingye as well did not dare to move carelessly.

The Baizu Sky Dragon curled up on the ground with its upper body straight up, multiple claws retracting in the air. Looking at these human beings, it let out a slightly ferocious look.

But the moment it thought of Lin Fan who was on its head, it calmed down.

Looking left and right, Lin Fan caught sight of two different groups of people. Surveying the surroundings, he was puzzled.

Where the hell had this beast brought him after tunneling through the ground.

“Who are you guys!” Lin Fan stood up and flicked back his long hair. Hands behind his back, he once again exuded the air of a peerless master.

The masses below looked at Lin Fan. He was so damn young! But they could tell from his demeanor and aura that he carried an air of elegance, strength, and stability of a man who had seen many things in this world.

“Senior, I am Gong Bingye, a member of the Gong Family of Mo City.” Gong Bingye stepped forth and clasped her fists together in a polite greeting. Looking at Gong Bingye exchange greetings with this mysterious man, Sha Dulong started to panic.

They were bandits with a notorious name. With Gong Bingye’s attractive demeanor and this mysterious man’s youthfulness, wouldn’t things go against them?

If Gong Bingye insinuated anything flirtingly, wouldn’t the mysterious man just slay all of them to please her beautiful self? Sha Dulong had half a mind to run off, but the Baizu Sky Dragon stared at them fixedly with its glass red eyes, rooting them on the spot.

“Senior, these are the fourteen Sand Bandits of the death desert here. Notorious and villainous, they have killed countless of innocents. Today, they have stopped our convoy in the hope of robbing and killing us.” Gong Bingye remained calm as she reported the happenings clearly. Now that this mysterious man had appeared, perhaps he could finally exterminate these vermin.

Lin Fan stood on top of the dragon and carefully observed both groups of people.

After hearing the words of this beautiful maiden, he did have a thought of assisting her with exterminating these men.

But what sort of a man was Lin Fan? Was he someone who could be charmed so easily by any woman? If he were to do as he was told by this woman, could he still be considered a man with his own character?

Furthermore, he was a man with an objective. And this Baizu Sky Dragon here was not helping too much with its way of traveling.

Burrowing up and down under the ground, who the hell could stand it! Lin Fan had no idea how much sand he had swallowed along the way here.

“‘Senior, we’re just trying to make a living here!” Sha Dulong shouted out immediately.

“That’s right…that’s right!” The other bandits echoed in unison.

…

When they saw this senior take out a gleaming ax, they were extremely horrified. Gong Bingye, on the other hand, let out a slight smile.

By the looks of it, this senior was ready to exact justice for the masses.

But just then, everyone on both sides shouted out in shock.

They could not understand what had just happened.

Why did the mysterious man kill the Baizu Sky Dragon!

Didn’t he tame it perfectly fine?!?

‘Ding…congratulations on slaying pericelestial middle-level beast.’

‘Ding…experience points +300,000’

…

Gleaming brightly, the ax split the Baizu Sky Dragon’s head cleanly into two. Lin Fan was also extremely pleased in his heart. He could naturally not let such a beast go free.

Blody hell, pericelestial middle level? That was a sht ton of experience points!

If he were to let it go this easily, then he could forget all about leveling up.

Both sides of the masses started to shudder. What a vicious man… That was a Baizu Sky Dragon!

Countless people would wish and dream of being able to tame a Baizu Sky Dragon. But this man here had just slain it without hesitation. This…!

Lin Fan lobbed the Eternal Axe over his shoulders and pointed at the crowd commandingly.

“My apologies, this is a robbery. Line up properly, ladies and gentlemen!” Lin Fan did not want to say anything more.

In order to uncover the secret behind the ‘Seven Saint Treasure Map’, Lin Fan couldn’t be bothered with too many questions. By the looks of it, Lin Fan would have to cross many cities and lands before he could arrive at the secret. Therefore, he needed to naturally make the appropriate preparations for himself.

Looking at both sides, these men here were bound to be rich fcks! How could he just let them go just like this?

On one hand, it was a convoy of businessmen. The other hand, bandits. Both sides were bound to be rich.

“WHAT?!?” Everyone was taken aback in disbelief.

Especially Gong Bingye, her petite lips quivered, “Senior…”

“Hush, no more nonsense, please. Hurry the hell up. Men on the left and women on the right.” Lin Fan waved his ax. The ripping sound made by the axe was enough to have them utterly terrified.