Chapter 382: Chapter 141: Slaying the Pampered Girl in the Gangfeng Forbidden Land, Initial Success with the True Scripture to Ride the Wind, Pursuit, Desperate Escape
The extra ten breaths were enough for him to execute more Killing Moves.
It was also enough to find a chance to turn the tables from a disadvantage, or even defy the heavens and change his fate!
This improvement gave Chu Fan more confidence and room to maneuver when facing powerful enemies in the future.
During a break in his cultivation, Chu Fan subconsciously touched his waist and remembered the two Sumeru Rings he had taken from the corpses of the grandfather and grandson from Medicine King Valley.
At the thought, a faint wisp of Primordial Qi emerged from his fingertip. He lightly tapped the spot between his eyebrows, and two ancient-looking rings, etched with fine patterns, materialized in his palm.
[Item discovered: Sumeru Ring. Refinement requires twenty points of Spiritual Essence. Refine?]
[Refinement will break the Divine Soul Mark left on the Sumeru Ring.]
Chu Fan’s brow furrowed slightly.
He had seen this same prompt when he first obtained the two Sumeru Rings.
But he couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed—the prompt only had information about refining the rings themselves. It didn’t reveal any refinable Cultivation Techniques like it had before.
’Then again, it makes sense... Sumeru Rings are storage items, after all, not offensive weapons.’
Fortunately, the Spiritual Essence cost wasn’t too high.
If it cost too much Spiritual Essence, his only option would have been to take them to the Qing Province Prefecture and ask an expert from the Demon Suppression Bureau to help break the Divine Soul Marks inside.
With a thought from Chu Fan, the Spiritual Essence was quietly consumed, and the invisible shackles on the two rings shattered.
He was just about to check what treasures the rings held...
Suddenly, a powerful aura shot toward him from the distance, approaching with incredible speed!
This aura was far more powerful than that of the Fourth Heaven of Divine Power Realm expert he had killed!
Chu Fan’s heart tightened. He instantly put away the Sumeru Rings, retracted his aura completely, and pretended as if he had just finished meditating.
A moment later, the sound of someone cutting through the air arrived.
A middle-aged woman in a light purple brocade robe descended.
The woman’s skin was fairer than snow and her features were beautiful, but her brow was knitted with a cold severity that made it difficult to look her in the eye.
Her figure was as light as an autumn leaf, yet her landing was shockingly fast. She stood firmly not far away, her gaze like lightning. She first swept her eyes across the edge of the cliff where the Gangfeng howled, then locked her sharp gaze onto Chu Fan.
"Boy, have you seen a young girl and an old man here?"
The woman’s tone was icy, filled with an authority that brooked no argument.
Chu Fan’s expression remained calm as he slowly shook his head. "I have not."
"You’re lying!" The woman’s eyes turned cold as she pointed to a spot on the cliff’s edge. "There are bloodstains over there. Why don’t you explain those?"
"What do those bloodstains have to do with me?" Chu Fan asked back, his expression frank. "I saw them when I arrived. How would I know who left them?"
"Besides..." He paused, revealing a look of helplessness at the right moment. "The Gangfeng at the cliff’s edge is terrifying. With my meager Spirit Awakening Realm Cultivation, I wouldn’t dare go near it. How could I possibly know what happened there?"
The woman’s elegant brows knitted slightly as her Divine Sense carefully swept over Chu Fan.
’Early Spirit Awakening Realm...’
’His aura is solid, but he’s definitely just in the early Spirit Awakening Realm.’
In her eyes, someone with such a Cultivation would find it difficult to even get close to the Gangfeng Forbidden Land, let alone stay for long.
’My niece, though spoiled, had a Cultivation at the Fourth Heaven of the Spirit Awakening Realm.’
’And Uncle was an expert at the Fourth Heaven of Divine Power Realm. How could they possibly have fallen to a boy like this?’
Her suspicions lessened slightly, but since there was no one else here besides Chu Fan, the best way to investigate further would be to capture and interrogate him first.
Seeing Chu Fan turn to leave, the woman flickered and once again blocked his path. "Since there’s no one else here," she said coldly, "you will come with me back to Medicine King Valley for questioning."
"Will you surrender peacefully, or must I make you?"
Chu Fan’s eyes narrowed. With a flick of his wrist, he produced his Demon Suppression Guard Token. "Medicine King Valley has some nerve," he said coldly. "You dare to move against a Demon Suppression Guard?!"
"Demon Suppression Guard?" A flash of surprise did indeed cross the woman’s face, but it was instantly replaced by an even greater arrogance.
She snorted. "Hmph! Even if you are from the Demon Suppression Bureau, my Medicine King Valley’s Young Mistress has gone missing and is likely dead. You will still have to give Medicine King Valley an explanation!"
"An explanation?" Chu Fan laughed in exasperation. "Since when does the Demon Suppression Bureau have to explain itself to Medicine King Valley? Who do you think you are?"
He recalled the helplessness in Demon Suppression Envoy Yue Mankong’s words and remembered what he had said about the current attitude of the sects and Noble Families. Understanding dawned on him.
’Back when the Martial Saint suppressed the world, who would have dared to be so disrespectful to the Demon Suppression Bureau?’
’Now, the Martial Saint hasn’t appeared in five hundred years, rumors are flying, and all sorts of monsters and demons dare to crawl out of the woodwork.’
’The three great dynasties are in turmoil, and the major sects and Noble Families are, intentionally or not, slipping out of the control of the Imperial Court and the Demon Suppression Bureau...’
’Even a place like Medicine King Valley here in Qing Province doesn’t take the Demon Suppression Guards seriously!’
’But this woman’s power is terrifying. I need to find a method to get away.’
...
The woman, enraged by Chu Fan’s words, became even more determined to take him with her.
The very instant she closed in on Chu Fan and reached out to capture him—
Chu Fan moved!
When he didn’t move, he was still; when he moved, he struck like lightning!
He knew this woman’s strength was unfathomable; her aura alone was suffocating. Therefore, he struck with his full power from the very beginning!
"Extreme Night Cold Prison Hand!"
The wind from his palm was like a phantom, leaving a string of residual images in its wake as a deathly cold, silent aura spread in all directions!
The woman clearly hadn’t expected Chu Fan to dare strike first, much less for him to be so fast. She hastily raised a palm to block.
But to her surprise, his Palm Technique was bizarre. It pierced through her defense and landed squarely on her chest!
THUD!
With a muffled sound, Chu Fan felt his palm strike what seemed like hundred-refined steel!
He cursed inwardly: ’This woman is shameless! It’s one thing for her Protective Primordial Qi to be so strong, but she’s even wearing hard armor under her robes!’
