"Found it?" Li Qingyun's eyes lit up.
This news was more exciting to him than obtaining Frostmourne!
After all, cultivators yearned for a vast world and the path of seeking immortality and enlightenment.
Ge City was too small, its resources and opportunities far inferior to the outside world.
Moreover, once their cultivation reached the tenth layer of Nascent Soul, they would be annihilated by the mysterious master of Ge City!
This rule was like a sharp blade hanging over their hearts, a nightmare they could never escape!
Now, an opportunity was before them!
"This Sect Master will go to the Sunbright Sect at once!" Li Qingyun said excitedly, "Right, Fan'er, you come with me."
Li Qingyun figured that bringing Ling Hefan along and having him rub shoulders with other sect leaders would pave the way for him in advance.
Since Ling Hefan was willing to offer a soul oath, his loyalty was beyond doubt.
The Third Elder opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end, he didn't.
He felt that the Sect Master was a bit strange today.
In the past, the Sect Master would never casually adopt an adopted son like this, nor would he bring his newly adopted son to such an important meeting.
But since the Sect Master had made up his mind, he couldn't interfere.
"Okay, Father!" Ling Hefan echoed and left with Li Qingyun.
Ling Hefan knew that this was the power of Frostmourne contained within his blood essence taking effect.
Once he became familiar with these influential figures, Frostmourne would have a substantial reserve of food.
And the more powerful Frostmourne became, the closer he would be to realizing his dream!
Three days later.
After staying home for two days, Ye Fan took the little demoness and the others out for a stroll.
The Ninth District, in its overall atmosphere and architectural style, was vastly different from where they had lived before.
Perhaps due to its proximity to the spiritual mountain, the air here was exceptionally fresh.
"The things sold in the Ninth District are quite stylish," the little demoness said happily, picking up a hair ornament from a stall and looking at Ye Fan. "Do you think this matches my dress?"
"Mm, not bad," Ye Fan replied casually, perfunctorily.
"You didn't even look, did you?" The little demoness rolled her eyes speechlessly. "You can't even flatter properly..."
Mid-sentence, the little demoness suddenly stopped.
Her eyes were fixed on one direction!
"It's him?!"
Ye Fan followed her gaze and saw two figures rapidly flying towards them.
In the blink of an eye, they were right in front of them!
Upon seeing the appearance of the newcomers, Ye Fan couldn't help but smile.
"Yo, isn't this Brother Bentobox?"
"It's you!"
Ling Hefan's eyes widened, his teeth gnashing!
It was these people who had destroyed his hard-earned efforts before!
I admit, you are indeed very powerful!
If it were before, I truly wouldn't have been able to do anything to you!
But now...
It's different!
I have a powerful backer now!
"What's wrong, Fan'er?" Li Qingyun also sensed something was amiss. "Enemies?"
"Father, Fan'er had some influence in Ge City before," Ling Hefan gritted out. "It was they who destroyed everything!"
Li Qingyun glanced at Ye Fan and the others.
"So, they are just a few juniors at the fourth layer of Nascent Soul," Li Qingyun said indifferently. "This Sect Master doesn't want to bully the young. Beg for forgiveness with your lives."
Li Qingyun felt he was being quite merciful.
At least he was giving them a chance to have a complete corpse, wasn't he?
Ye Fan and the others were stunned.
"What the hell?"
"Where did this old geezer come from? Why is he even more arrogant than us?"
"Whether we can beat him or not is another matter, but I don't like how arrogant you are!"
Especially Ye Fan, he was utterly bewildered!
Nascent Soul stage?
Are you talking about me?
Should I introduce you to some eye doctors?
Ye Fan knew this was definitely the system's doing again.
Based on his previous observations, Ye Fan had deduced some patterns about the system.
It seemed to be limited by some directive.
If others didn't have ill intentions or killing intent towards him, the system couldn't actively intervene.
So, this damn thing had given them a cultivation disguise, and it was always a bit weaker than the enemy.
So damn despicable...
"Fellow Daoist," Ye Fan said politely, "No matter what you're thinking, I suggest you leave quickly. I'm doing this for your own good, truly!"
Ye Fan felt his tone was very sincere, and he was speaking the truth.
After all, the damn system was now active, and this person would just become a battery if he continued.
But he knew it was useless.
Li Qingyun didn't know this!
To him, Ye Fan's words meant he wasn't taking him seriously!
"Hmph, such arrogance for a junior!" Li Qingyun immediately took Frostmourne from his ring. "Let your blood suffice to consecrate this Sect Master's new weapon!"
"What the hell?!" Ye Fan was startled.
Didn't he discard this thing before? How did it fall into the hands of this reckless fool?
"Swish—!"
Without any fancy techniques, Li Qingyun's sword strike was entirely based on physical strength.
In his eyes, with his eighth-layer Nascent Soul cultivation, even using just physical strength was enough to deal with these fourth-layer Nascent Soul scumbags!
Of course.
The main reason was that this demonic weapon had not been refined yet, and he dared not easily use his true qi.
The little demoness and the others were indeed loyal.
They had said before that they would stay far away if they encountered danger.
And now, they were doing just that...
The woman and two demons, with a whoosh, darted far away...
They even made a cheering gesture towards Ye Fan...
Ye Fan didn't even bother to dodge and stood there motionlessly.
[Damn it, women really can't be relied upon!]
Along with the system's grumbling, a golden shield appeared between Ye Fan and Frostmourne.
The extremely sharp sword strike was thus blocked!
No sound was emitted.
Not even a gust of wind was stirred.
It was as if the golden shield had absorbed the entire power of the sword strike.
Li Qingyun's expression changed!
He had been careless!
Thinking of this, he quickly tried to dodge to the side...
???
Li Qingyun was once again dumbfounded.
The golden energy shield seemed to exert a pulling force, and he was unable to withdraw his weapon!
This is bad!
Li Qingyun finally realized the seriousness of the situation and immediately tried to abandon...
???
Abandoning the sword failed.
The demonic weapon seemed to have taken root in his hand, and he couldn't shake it off at all!
What terrified him even more was that the true qi within his body began to flow out uncontrollably!
In just two or three breaths, Li Qingyun was thus drained!
Not only his true qi, but also his body!
His once robust physique was now no different from a mummified corpse!
His dried eyes were still staring intently, conveying his profound confusion and unwillingness...
"Thud—!"
"Clang—!"
The mummified corpse fell to the ground, and Frostmourne also dropped to the side.
A gentle breeze blew.
Li Qingyun's mummified corpse turned into a pile of dust and was scattered by the wind...
Dots of faint light appeared from where Li Qingyun's corpse had fallen and all disappeared into Ye Fan's chest.
[Another energetic day!]
[I say, you lazy bum, your habit of throwing things around is really not good!]
[See? You got yourself into trouble today!]
[You need to change this bad habit!]
[Speaking of which, Frostmourne isn't a good item either. I need to check if there's any code error...]
...
Ling Hefan, who was also stunned, was equally bewildered.
What happened?
My newly acknowledged adopted father, such a powerful living person, how did he just disappear like that?
Am I dreaming???
...
As Ling Hefan was in a daze, a voice sounded in his mind.
"Whew, I'm awake."
"Damn it, I was too seriously injured by that brat back then, causing me to..."
"Huh? Wait, what's going on?!"
"Holy crap! How is this brat here?!"
"Are you out of your mind, how did you bring me to this brat?!"