Treasure Gathering Immortal Furnace

The four who had escaped the underground palace finally made it out after traversing an underground river and landed on a mountain peak to rest for the time being.

Although Lu Fan was not injured after a series of battles, his aura was slightly weak, while Ye Lingxi also suffered some injuries.

The one with the most serious injuries was Luo Qingdie, whose cultivation level at the early stage of Core Formation was forcibly dropped back to the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

"Fellow Daoist Qingdie, I have to thank you for helping me escape this time. After all, not everyone has the courage to shatter their core," Ye Lingxi said slowly, no longer holding a grudge against the two women.

"It's alright, it's just a matter of cultivating for another twenty years," Luo Qingdie said, raising her hand slightly.

In reality, twelve or thirteen years would be enough. Luo Qingdie said it would take twenty years, hoping to gain Lu Fan's sympathy.

"Sister, let's leave first. It's not very safe here," Luo Qingyi said, still feeling uneasy, seemingly unwilling to stay any longer.

Lu Fan then said, "Fellow Daoists, please find a safe cave to recover first. Once I find the other materials and refine the Nine Transformation Infant Pill, I will contact Fellow Daoist Ye to inform you."

"With Fellow Daoist Lu's personal promise, this trip has been worthwhile. I'll take my leave now." After Lu Fan's reaffirmation, Luo Qingdie was completely relieved.

Although they didn't find any ancient treasures on this trip, obtaining the Nine-Transformation Infant Pill made the trip worthwhile. After all, for rogue cultivators like them who lack cultivation resources, the Nine-Transformation Infant Pill is much rarer than ancient treasures.

After bowing to each other, the two women immediately fled into the distance.

"Lu Fan, are you going back to the Xuan Yang Sword Sect?" Ye Lingxi asked.

"I'm afraid I'll have to stay in Thousand Peaks City for a while," Lu Fan shook his head. After all, he hadn't received the Azure Nether Iron that Luo Yan had promised him, so he couldn't just return to the sect now.

Especially after this treasure hunt, Lu Fan realized that he had been too arrogant. He hadn't even stabilized his cultivation, nor did he have a natal magic weapon, yet he dared to go down into the underground palace to steal treasures. Just thinking about it made him feel scared.

It seems that I absolutely cannot run around again until I have completely stabilized my cultivation and refined my natal magic weapon. Otherwise, I could really lose my life if I'm not careful.

"Do you want me to come with you?" Ye Lingxi suddenly asked.

"You also suffered serious injuries during this treasure hunt. You should return to the sect to recuperate and heal," Lu Fan said slowly.

Hearing this, Ye Lingxi wanted to say something, but seeing Lu Fan lost in thought, she held back and said, "Alright then... be careful."

"Yes," Lu Fan nodded. In reality, his mind was full of the Heavenly Demon Wings in his storage bag and the other unopened jade box. He didn't notice Ye Lingxi's hint that she should accompany him.

However, Ye Lingxi was not angry. There was plenty of time to spend together in the future, so she didn't mind being separated for a few years.

Then Ye Lingxi transformed into a streak of light and flew towards the Feng Kingdom.

Lu Fan immediately set off for Thousand Peaks City.

...

Five days later.

At this time, Lu Fan returned to Thousand Peaks City and found an inn to stay at.

After setting up two isolation arrays upon entering the room, Lu Fan hurriedly took out three jade boxes from his storage bag.

"Heavenly Demon Wings, it seems that even if I'm being chased, I won't have to worry about escaping now," Lu Fan smiled slightly, then opened the jade box containing the Heavenly Demon Wings, revealing a bone wing that shimmered with dark light.

Lu Fan immediately raised his hand and absorbed the bone wing into his palm. Then, he probed it with his divine sense and began to refine it.

Ancient treasures do not need to be deeply bound to a soul or recognized as a master; one only needs to refine them and understand how to use them.

In about half an incense stick's time, Lu Fan had already refined the bone wings. With a thought, the bone wings rapidly grew larger and immediately stuck to Lu Fan's back.

Moreover, it exudes a terrifying demonic aura!

"It seems that these bone wings have the ability to directly convert spiritual energy into demonic energy, but the conversion is a bit slow. If I were to directly condense demonic energy with my Holy Spirit True Demon Technique, the speed would probably be faster." Lu Fan slightly activated the bone wings, and the demonic energy on them immediately surged.

"I'll test the speed of these bone wings later," Lu Fan said, putting the bone wings away. Then he looked at another jade box, slowly opened it, and a bracelet immediately floated out.

The bracelet's design resembles a wooden dragon with its mouth and tail connected, but it's impossible to tell what kind of ancient treasure it is.

Lu Fan then released his divine sense to refine it in a simple way.

Only after refining it did I learn that this ancient treasure bracelet was called the "Wooden Dragon Bracelet," which was made by combining the essence of a certain wood-attribute dragon with an extremely rare ancient spirit vine.

Once released, it can transform into a wooden dragon tens of feet long to assist in battle, similar to the effect of a spirit pet.

"Not bad. It seems that all these things are treasures of the Fallen Demon King." Lu Fan then put the bracelet on his wrist, which was much more convenient than putting it directly into his storage bag.

After briefly refining the two ancient treasures, Lu Fan left the inn, preparing to test the speed of the Heavenly Demon Wings in the outside world.

As Lu Fan flew to the outskirts of the city, he raised his hand and bone wings immediately attached to his back. With a thought, his figure transformed into a black streak and instantly rushed towards the distant misty forest.

Boom!

With a sonic boom like a thunderclap, and incredibly fast, it looked from afar like a black meteor streaking across the sky, flying more than ten miles away in an instant!

However, this is not as Zhui Tian said, that the speed can reach a hundred miles in an instant. In fact, this is because Lu Fan, being in the Core Formation stage, cannot unleash the full power of the ancient treasure. It is estimated to be only about 30% or 40%.

But this speed boost already puts Windwing way ahead.

Before long, Lu Fan flew over the misty forest, but his speed did not decrease, and he continued to fly over it recklessly.

Driven by the inertia of his powerful speed, Lu Fan flew past, and the forest below was swept by a gust of wind, causing the trees to sway violently.

"What is that thing! It's incredibly fast!"

"Could he be a Core Formation expert?"

"It looks like its escape speed is much faster than that of a typical Core Formation cultivator! It's at least at the late Core Formation stage!"

Many cultivators in the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages who came to the Misty Forest to search for spiritual herbs looked up at the fleeting black light, their eyes filled with envy.

As Lu Fan continued flying, the spiritual energy within his body, under the influence of the Holy Spirit True Demon Art, was frantically transformed into pure demonic energy to power the Heavenly Demon Wings.

But soon Lu Fan came to an abrupt stop, but due to the excessive speed, his body plunged headfirst into the forest below.

Bang bang bang!

With a series of muffled thuds, Lu Fan crashed into more than a dozen large trees before finally getting up from the ground, covered in dust.

"I didn't expect that after flying for only a short while, a third of my spiritual energy would be used up. It seems that this thing cannot be used for long," Lu Fan said, brushing the dust off his body, looking disheveled.

At this moment, there were five Foundation Establishment cultivators who had come to explore the Misty Forest for treasures. By sheer coincidence, they saw Lu Fan fall from the sky in such a disheveled state. The five of them were clearly startled and stared at Lu Fan without daring to breathe.

"What are you looking at?" Lu Fan turned his head to look at the five cultivators, his brows furrowed, and asked.

One of the elderly Foundation Establishment cultivators looked terrified and hurriedly bowed, saying, "Senior... we didn't see anything!"

"That's good," Lu Fan said, then suddenly leaped into the air and transformed into a streak of light, heading towards Thousand Peaks City.

"A Core Formation cultivator...how terrifying!" The old man was also terrified, his face covered in cold sweat, while the other four were already exhausted.