Treasure Gathering Immortal Furnace

After returning to the inn, Lu Fan took out Wu Sheng's golden core and storage bag.

This Heaven-Mending Furnace relies on luck to replenish its energy. Among the cultivators, the Golden Core and Nascent Soul have the most abundant luck, even surpassing the demon cores of demon beasts.

So Lu Fan immediately summoned the Heaven-Mending Furnace to see how much energy this golden pill could provide.

As soon as the golden elixir was thrown into the Heaven-Mending Furnace, it began to tremble violently. In less than a moment, the golden elixir was completely melted, transforming into the power of fortune and merging into the Heaven-Mending Furnace.

This single golden pill increased the energy of the Heaven-Mending Furnace by nearly 20%!

"Not bad, as expected," Lu Fan said with satisfaction as he put away the Heaven-Mending Furnace, followed by Wu Sheng's storage bag.

After erasing the remaining soul imprint, the divine sense probed in, and the contents of the storage bag were completely visible.

More than ten low-grade magic artifacts, a top-grade magic artifact longsword, two thousand spirit stones, countless low-grade pills and talismans, and a Xuan Yan Technique manual.

"Mysterious Rock Technique, an earth-attribute body cultivation technique, it seems I won't be able to use it anymore," Lu Fan tossed the Mysterious Rock Technique into his storage bag.

After organizing Wu Sheng's storage bag, Lu Fan stayed in his room, consolidating his cultivation while waiting for Luo Yan.

In the blink of an eye, the three-month agreement with Luo Yan had arrived.

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Qianfeng City, back alley.

As agreed, Lu Fan arrived at the back alley early to wait.

Last time, Luo Yan arrived on time, but this time, Lu Fan waited in the alley for a long time, and even though it was already dark, he still couldn't find Luo Yan.

"Has something happened?" Lu Fan frowned slightly.

He is currently relying entirely on Luo Yan to help him obtain the materials for refining his natal magic weapon. If something happens to Luo Yan or he fails to obtain the materials, it will be quite troublesome for him to search for them himself.

Just as Lu Fan was getting impatient and waiting, a figure rushed over – it was Luo Yan.

However, Luo Yan looked weak and disheveled at the moment, with injuries of varying degrees all over his body, looking extremely wretched.

"Senior, I'm sorry, I encountered a bit of an accident on the way and I'm late," Luo Yan said, catching his breath.

"What happened? You were seriously injured?" Lu Fan asked.

"Sigh, in my line of work, every time I risk my life," Luo Yan sighed, then took out a piece of Azure Nether Iron the size of a bowl from his storage bag and said, "At least I didn't fail in my mission and managed to get a piece."

Seeing the black iron in Luo Yan's hand, Lu Fan's eyes lit up, and he quickly reached out to take it: "I thought you only got a small piece, but I didn't expect you to get so much."

"Although this item is rare, not many people use it to refine magical artifacts. It's still manageable to get one. However, this is the last time I'll do this kind of work. Next time you want to make something, don't come to me again," Luo Yan shook his head and said slowly.

Lu Fan put away the black iron and had just taken out a storage bag full of spirit stones when he heard the news that Luo Yan was going to retire. This surprised Lu Fan, who asked, "Why is that? Why not make money from spirit stones?"

"You'd have to be alive to earn that," Luo Yan glanced around before quietly asking, "Senior, have you ever heard of the Night Clan?"

"Hmm, I've seen it mentioned in some miscellaneous notes. It's from the indigenous people living in the Polar Night Ghost Realm. What? Did you get this Azure Nether Black Iron from the Polar Night Ghost Realm?"

"Senior is joking. I am just a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Even if you gave me eight hundred lives, I wouldn't dare to go to the Dark Night Domain. It's just that the Night Clan has been quite unsettled lately. I'm afraid they'll cause trouble again within a hundred years."

"The place I went to was too close to the Dark Night Domain. If I didn't stop in time, I'm afraid no matter how many spirit stones I earned, it wouldn't be enough to pay for my life."

Luo Yan shook his head.

Upon hearing that, Lu Fan immediately guessed what was going on and said, "You went to the Thick Earth Plateau to get the Azure Nether Iron, right?"

"Hehe, nothing can be hidden from you, senior," Luo Yan chuckled.

Lu Fan knew that the Thick Earth Plateau was located in the north of the Great Yan Dynasty, right next to the Polar Night Ghost Domain. However, the Great Yan Dynasty was extremely far from both places. Even if a Nascent Soul cultivator flew at full speed without stopping for a moment, it would take at least a hundred years to fly from the Great Yan Dynasty to the Thick Earth Plateau.

The fact that Luo Yan could travel freely to the Thick Earth Plateau to purchase goods must mean that he had access to some ancient teleportation array.

"You mean, the Night Clan and the nations of the Thick Earth Plateau have gone to war?" Lu Fan asked.

"War is unlikely, but it will definitely break out within the next hundred years, so we can no longer go to the Thick Earth Plateau," Luo Yan said. He added, "However, senior need not worry. The Thick Earth Plateau is too far from our Canglan. Let them fight it out; it has nothing to do with us."

"That's true," Lu Fan nodded slightly.

After all, the two places are extremely far apart, and the ancient teleportation array can only teleport one or two people at a time, and it also costs a huge amount of spirit stones. Even if the Night Clan attacks the Thick Earth Plateau, they will not set their sights on Canglan, as the cost is too high.

Moreover, according to the records of the Immortal Cultivation Miscellany, the Night Clan had fought against several allied nations of the Thick Earth Plateau more than once in the past tens of thousands of years, which was nothing new.

As for why the war broke out, we have to go back to ancient times. The Night Clan were also human at that time, but their ancestors made a mistake.

In ancient times, the true demons invaded the cultivation world, and the ancestors of the Night Clan not only did not help resist the true demons, but also became their lackeys.

Later, with the help of reinforcements from the previous realm, the ancient cultivators repelled the true demons and then began to settle scores with the ancestors of the Night Clan.

They were driven to the most desolate and dangerous region in the cultivation world, the Polar Night Realm. After millions of years of reproduction, those cultivators evolved into the Night Clan as we know them today.

The Night Clan now believe that they have been trapped in the Dark Night Realm for millions of years and have long since atoned for their sins, and they want to leave the Dark Night Realm.

However, in today's cultivation world, with numerous nations and sects and a fixed power structure, there is nowhere left for the Night Clan to hide.

Thus, the great war began.

"Senior, I'll accept the spirit stones," Luo Yan said, taking the storage bag and bowing. "Senior, if there's nothing else, I'll take my leave."

"Okay, go ahead," Lu Fan nodded slightly.

Luo Yan then left in a hurry.

Lu Fan tossed the Azure Nether Iron into his storage bag and immediately transformed into a streak of light, rushing towards the Xuan Yang Sword Sect, intending to return to his seclusion.

There are so many things to do during this seclusion.

To solidify one's cultivation, one must forge the Azure Netherworld Devouring Light Sword, cultivate the True Qi Technique and the Sword Shadow Splitting Light Technique, while also focusing on enhancing one's divine sense.

There's also the need to accelerate the training of the Three-Eyed Raven so that it can reach the level of a fifth-tier spirit beast as soon as possible.

After several days of flying, Lu Fan returned to the Xuan Yang Sword Sect.

Upon his return, the scene that greeted him truly took him by surprise!

In the three months since I left, the former site of the Xuan Yin Sword Sect next to the Xuan Yang Sword Sect has been completely razed to the ground!

Moreover, the scenes of cricket fighting, farming, and watering vegetables that used to be visible inside the gate are no longer seen.

It seems that the two Grand Elders have learned that the curse has been broken and have begun to strictly discipline the disciples within the sect.