Treasure Gathering Immortal Furnace

Lu Fan's idea was naive, but before he could fly away, the old ghost suddenly flicked his hand and threw a ball of black energy at him!

boom!

The blow caused Lu Fan to stagger, but he seemed unharmed. This left him bewildered. He exclaimed, "Sect Master! You?"

"My dear junior nephew, this Dew of Creation is of utmost importance. I can only place the Heart-Withering Curse on you. But rest assured, you will meet me in ten days, and I will immediately remove the curse and grant you your freedom!" said the old ghost.

Upon hearing this, Lu Fan's heart skipped a beat. This old guy! He actually cast the Heart-Drying Curse on him?

Sure enough, no one who lives to this age is a fool! The old ghost probably guessed that he joined the Blood Spirit Sect for the Heavenly Dew of Creation.

However, Lu Fan didn't have time to think too much about it and quickly pledged his loyalty: "Sect Master, rest assured, this disciple will arrive on time!"

"Alright, leave quickly! I'll hold this old Taoist priest off!" the ghostly old ghost shouted.

At this moment, veins bulged on Song Zhiyuan's forehead, clearly indicating that he was extremely angry: "You think you can get away with killing my Qi Sect elder?"

Song Zhiyuan raised his golden sword and suddenly unleashed a golden sword aura towards Lu Fan.

"Hmph! You old Taoist, you dare to underestimate me!" The old ghost immediately mobilized his Netherworld Corpse Qi, transforming it into a giant skull that instantly clashed with the golden sword energy.

boom!

The violent explosion nearly sent Lu Fan flying again, but he couldn't care less about anything else at the moment and immediately activated his Wind Feather Wings to speed away into the distance.

Forget about the Heart-Drying Curse, the most important thing right now is to survive!

At this moment, Song Zhiyuan was furious as he watched Lu Fan dart away like a rat. He could only vent his anger on the Ghostly Old Ghost and Su Meier.

The two sides engaged in another major battle.

However, Lu Fan didn't care about that at the moment. He flew more than fifty miles in one breath, completely breaking free from Song Zhiyuan's spiritual sense range.

But Lu Fan did not stop, continuing to fly. When his spiritual energy was exhausted, he would absorb spirit stones to replenish it, and he dared not remove his Wind Feather Wings for even a moment.

...

This escape lasted for a full day and night.

Lu Fan had no idea where he had flown to; he only saw a vast primeval forest in the distance and plunged straight into it.

Only after finding a relatively secluded cave did they dare to stop and rest. Then, they released several array flags and set up a large isolation array at the entrance of the cave.

After finishing all this, Lu Fan slumped down in the cave. Especially after experiencing a life-or-death escape, his nerves, which had been tense for a day and a night, suddenly relaxed, making him feel like a deflated balloon.

Lying inside the cave, Lu Fan took out the jade bottle and looked at the Creation Dew emitting a green light. He sighed helplessly, "Sigh, I almost lost my life for this bottle of Creation Dew. Forming a core is really not easy."

After making a complaint, Lu Fan opened his chest and found a skull mark on his heart!

He was naturally familiar with this thing. Back then, during the demon-slaying conference, he had a chance encounter with Chen Xuanli, who had been struck with this Heart-Drying Curse and was no longer in control of his own body.

However, Lu Fan didn't rush to touch it. Instead, he sat cross-legged and began to regulate his breathing to recover his lost spiritual energy.

About half a day later, after absorbing dozens of spirit stones, it was finally able to replenish the depleted spiritual energy.

Then, Lu Fan raised his hand, and the coordinate jade slip that the Ghostly Old Ghost had given him appeared.

"Old man, once it's in my hands, do you think I'll give it back to you?" Without thinking, Lu Fan clenched his fist and crushed the jade slip to pieces.

Even if he were to be struck by the Heart-Drying Curse and die from his own body exploding, he could not go to see the Ghostly Old Man.

Not only are the twenty drops of Creation Dew of Heaven of Great Importance ...

Given the nature of Ghostly Old Ghost and Su Meier, the moment he shows his face, he will most likely be subdued on the spot and subjected to ransacking and interrogation.

Therefore, the most urgent task is to find a way to stabilize the Heart-Drying Curse first, and then find a way to lift it after the storm has passed.

Thinking of this, Lu Fan immediately formed a hand seal and began to look inward, discovering that his heart was surrounded by a cloud of black corpse energy.

Lu Fan then mobilized his spiritual energy to try to forcibly erase the mass of corpse energy. However, just as he mobilized his spiritual energy to flow into his heart and before he could even begin to deal with the corpse energy, it seemed as if it had sentience and instantly contracted, as if his heart was being tightly gripped by a large hand!

"cough!"

Unable to hold back, Lu Fan spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot, his face turning deathly pale. He dared not test it again and could only wrap his spiritual energy around the corpse energy, trying his best not to touch it.

"The Heart-Drying Curse is indeed powerful! It seems that forcibly erasing it will surely lead to death. I can only try using the Heaven-Mending Furnace." Lu Fan raised his hand, summoned the Heaven-Mending Furnace, and sat directly inside.

Although the Heaven-Mending Furnace could help him recover from his injuries quickly, he himself was not injured, and it seemed that he could not erase what already existed.

After a series of unsuccessful experiments, Lu Fan sighed and put away the Heaven-Mending Furnace.

The Heart-Drying Curse cannot be erased; it's as if a Spirit Explosion Talisman is stuck to his heart, ready to shatter it at any moment.

"This is troublesome. How do we get rid of this thing?" Lu Fan said with a solemn expression. He knew almost nothing about the Heart-Drying Curse and didn't know how it worked.

Does it require the ghostly old ghost to activate it remotely, or must it be within the range of divine sense, or can he simply crush his own heart nine days later? Lu Fan had no idea.

To be on the safe side, he must find a way to erase or control the Heart-Drying Curse within the remaining nine days.

Thinking of this, Lu Fan took out Yu He's storage bag, intending to see if this newly promoted Core Formation elder of the Qi Sect had any miraculous pills or medicines to eliminate the corpse energy.

Since Yu He's head was blown off by Zi Yuan's sword and he died a violent death, the Golden Core alone was not enough to stabilize the soul imprint.

Therefore, the soul imprint on the storage bag was erased without any effort.

After all this tinkering, Yu He's storage bag contained only a high-grade magic weapon whisk, dozens of low-level talismans, a few bottles of low-grade healing medicine, several hundred spirit stones, and the large seal that Lu Fan had picked up earlier.

"That's it...? How can a Core Formation cultivator be so poor!" Lu Fan was dumbfounded; he hadn't even seen a single Foundation Establishment Pill.

However, it makes sense when you think about it. After all, Yu He had just formed his core, and he probably spent all his wealth when he did so, selling everything he could, which is why he is so poor.

After all, not everyone is like Ye Lingxi, who relies on robbery and plunder to gain opportunities. Righteous cultivators like Yu He disdain doing such things. If you want to form your core, having the help of a sect is not enough; you still need to collect some materials yourself.

However, while Lu Fan was fiddling with the storage bag, he discovered that there was also a cultivation manual.

"True Qigong!" Lu Fan took out the technique, and his face immediately lit up with joy.

He had personally witnessed Song Zhiyuan use this True Qi Gong, and it was incredibly domineering!

Lu Fan couldn't wait to start reading. After all, the True Qi Technique was an extremely powerful and yang-based demon-breaking technique. What if practicing it would be useful for the Heart-Drying Curse?