Treasure Gathering Immortal Furnace

After collecting the storage bags from the old man and the bald cultivator, Lu Fan returned to the plaza and tossed the storage bags onto the stone table in the pavilion.

As for their corpses, Lu Fan did not resort to his usual method of destroying the evidence, and he was even too lazy to clean up the bloodstains. Perhaps this would deter other cultivators who wanted to take advantage of the situation.

However, Lu Fan's idea was good, but the temptation caused by Ye Lingxi's Core Formation was too great.

Less than half a day after they had just killed two Foundation Establishment cultivators, three more Foundation Establishment cultivators arrived, drawn by the scent of the place.

The leader was a pale-faced scholar in the pseudo-Dan stage, holding a long flute, with two female cultivators in the early Foundation Establishment stage beside him.

After the pale-faced scholar flew over, he stopped on the great formation. At the same time, he noticed the bald cultivator who had died tragically on the ground, as well as the large pool of severed limbs in the distance.

"Two cultivators have actually died? What's going on with the Spirit Valley Sect? It's already declined to this state, yet it still has cultivators reaching the Core Formation stage?" The pale-faced scholar seemed to share the same doubts as the old man from before, and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

However, before he could think it through, Lu Fan's voice rang out again.

"Fellow Daoist, please stop with your wicked thoughts. I truly do not wish to commit further acts of killing. You may leave now, shall we?"

As soon as Lu Fan uttered his voice, the pale-faced scholar accurately spotted Lu Fan sitting in the pavilion in the distance.

The pale-faced scholar smiled slightly, cupped his hands and said, "Fellow Daoist, you misunderstand. The three of us were passing by when we saw the spiritual energy surging. We thought that some rare treasures had been born, so we came to investigate. We didn't know that a fellow Daoist was forming his core here. We hope you won't take offense."

"It's not my fault. Since you're not here to seek your fortune, please leave this place," Lu Fan said kindly, offering his advice.

The pale-faced scholar secretly put his left hand behind his back and said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist, I am also at the Pseudo-Core Formation stage. I also want to try to form a Core soon, but unfortunately, I have no one to guide me. How about this, allow me to observe and learn from you here. I guarantee that I will not do anything wrong."

Upon hearing this, Lu Fan shook his head helplessly and stood up: "Since you are unwilling to leave, then stay and let me give you some pointers."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Fan swung his sword and instantly grasped the Tungsten Heart Sword in his hand.

"Heh, you're going to give me pointers? A late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, quite the boast," the pale-faced scholar chuckled, then flicked his index finger across the sect's protective formation, adding, "You must be relying on this protective formation, right?"

"You flatter me, sir. This great formation isn't meant to defend against you," Lu Fan said calmly, stroking the blade of his sword.

This protective formation was used by him to guard against Core Formation cultivators. As long as they were not Core Formation cultivators, Lu Fan would not waste the energy of the protective formation.

The same applies to Zi Yuan. After all, Lu Fan didn't know if more cultivators would come to cause trouble later, so it was good to keep some trump cards in reserve to deal with them.

As Lu Fan finished speaking, he casually waved his hand, and a huge crack instantly appeared in the great formation.

The moment the crack opened, the pale-faced scholar reacted swiftly, suddenly throwing out several talismans from his hand that had been behind his back.

The talisman transformed into a sky full of firebirds the moment it was thrown out, rushing straight towards Lu Fan!

Seeing that his opponent was eager to make a move, Lu Fan immediately retreated and at the same time formed a hand seal, throwing out more than a dozen molten fireballs.

Boom boom boom!

The firebird and the molten fireball collided in mid-air, causing a violent explosion, while the pale-faced scholar activated his divine sense and continuously scanned the situation within the great formation.

Just then, Lu Fan's figure flashed towards the gap in the great formation, and his Tungsten Heart Sword slashed down head-on. With the support of the Wind Feather Wings, his speed was extremely fast!

However, the pale-faced scholar did not seem to be an ordinary Pseudo-Core Formation cultivator. His divine sense was exceptionally strong, and he immediately locked onto Lu Fan, who was rushing towards him.

Boom!

The flute clashed with the tungsten sword, sparking a shower of sparks. Lu Fan's attack failed, and he quickly distanced himself.

"Hehe, to achieve such speed at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, it seems the thin wings behind you have played a significant role. I've got my eye on you," the pale-faced scholar said, his greed undisguised.

"Since you've taken a liking to it, then come and get it," Lu Fan said, swinging his longsword.

The pale-faced scholar smiled and then exchanged glances with the two female cultivators beside him.

The two female cultivators in the early stages of Foundation Establishment understood immediately and quickly separated themselves to the left and right, while the pale-faced scholar raised his hand, took out a golden ring, and threw it at Lu Fan.

call out!

The moment the ring left his hand, it split into two, then into four, and in an instant transformed into dozens of rings, seemingly some kind of high-grade magical artifact.

Seeing the rings coming from all directions, Lu Fan immediately activated the Sword Shadow Splitting Light Technique, and two hundred sword lights filled the sky.

Ding ding ding...

The golden ring collided with the sword light, sparking a burst of sparks, but it was completely blocked!

But at that moment, the two female cultivators on the left and right simultaneously made hand seals, their long swords flashing blue light, and unleashed several sword energies towards Lu Fan.

Boom!

Before the sword energy even arrived, the Eight Treasures Mirror in Lu Fan's storage bag instantly appeared, easily blocking several sword energies.

"This guy! He has quite a few treasures!" The pale-faced scholar's heart trembled when he saw Lu Fan bring out a top-grade magic weapon.

Lu Fan seized the opportunity, extended two fingers, and frantically compressed the spiritual energy within his body, instantly transforming it into pure demonic energy that condensed at his fingertips, aiming at the female cultivator on his left!

"Watch out!" The white-faced scholar suddenly felt the terrifying energy bursting from Lu Fan's fingertips and immediately shouted.

The female cultivator seemed quite confident, directly raising her mid-grade magic weapon longsword to protect herself, attempting to block the attack.

hum!

As Lu Fan's fingertips flashed with dark light, the world suddenly changed. A beam of dark light shot out, piercing through the female cultivator's longsword and opening a bloody hole in her chest!

The female cultivator stared blankly at her chest, then her body went limp and she plummeted downwards.

"Xiao Lian! You bastard, how dare you kill my maid!" The pale-faced scholar immediately flew into a rage and threw out the golden ring.

With the Eight Treasures Mirror protecting him, Lu Fan ignored the pale-faced scholar's attack and turned his gaze back to the female cultivator on his right.

Only by eliminating these two troublesome individuals can Lu Fan focus wholeheartedly on his fight against the pale-faced scholar. This has always been Lu Fan's style of combat.

"Sister!" The female cultivator on the right was furious when she saw her sister dead. She immediately condensed a drop of true essence and attached it to the longsword.

As the female cultivator formed a hand seal, the longsword imbued with true essence immediately split into more than a dozen, which flew towards Lu Fan.

"Little guy, you've eaten so many of my spirit beast pills, it's time for you to do something," Lu Fan said, raising his hand and sending out two jet-black three-eyed crows.

Gaa~ Gaa~

As two crows cawed, the three-eyed crow immediately flapped its wings and swooped down on the female cultivator in the distance, even withstanding the dozen or so longswords imbued with true energy!

Dangdang Dangdang!

The three-eyed raven's dark wings were as hard as iron, directly deflecting more than a dozen flying swords before rushing towards the female cultivator.

"What the hell is this?!" The female cultivator was so frightened by the sight of two crows flying towards her that she quickly backed away.

Then, a terrifying scene unfolded!

A three-eyed crow swooped down in front of the female cultivator's face, tearing at her with its claws and pecking repeatedly with its hard beak, eventually piercing her eyeballs.

"Ah! No, no!" Blood splattered across the female cultivator's face as she let out a miserable scream.

Meanwhile, the other three-eyed crow rushed toward the female cultivator's abdomen, its sharp claws easily tearing open her tender skin and burrowing inside!

"This guy!" Lu Fan was also dumbfounded.