Treasure Gathering Immortal Furnace

"Just do your best. I have another treasure here, which I obtained at an exchange meeting many years ago. You can use it for self-defense. If you are defeated in a battle, you can use this treasure to escape and save your life." At this point, Ancestor Jing took out a pearl from his storage bag.

A drop of essence blood was sealed inside the bead.

"What is this?" Lu Fan stared at the essence blood, his face showing surprise.

"This is a drop of pure essence blood from a tenth-tier demon beast, the Bloodwing Sky Demon. This demon is most skilled in blood escape. Its essence blood can provide you with super speed in a short period of time. As long as you crush this pearl, even a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator will not be able to catch up with you," Ancestor Jing said slowly as he handed the pearl to Lu Fan.

Looking at the drop of essence blood sealed within the precious pearl, Lu Fan was also filled with shock.

A tenth-tier demonic beast—what does that even mean!

That's a terrifying existence that has reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm!

Even a single drop of essence blood is an extremely precious thing!

"Ancestor, this is too precious!" Lu Fan hurriedly declined.

"Don't refuse. This item isn't very useful to me. When we fight the Sword Pavilion, I'll be too busy to help you. Consider this Bloodwing Heavenly Demon's essence as your trump card. If things go wrong, you can also escape with Friend Ye," Ancestor Jing said, raising his hand slightly.

"How far can this drop of essence blood travel?" Lu Fan asked.

"A tenth-tier Bloodwing Heavenly Demon already possesses the power to traverse space, covering tens of thousands of miles in an instant. Its essence blood is naturally also excellent, enough to help you escape danger. As for how far, I don't know, and I've never used it myself," Ancestor Jing shook his head.

Lu Fan nodded slightly, then cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Ancestor!"

"Remember, if you don't use this pearl, you must not break the outer wall, otherwise the Bloodwing Heavenly Demon's essence blood will be immediately consumed," Ancestor Jing instructed, then raised his hand and said, "Go."

Lu Fan carefully put away the precious pearl before leaving the dojo and returning to his cave.

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After returning to his cave, Lu Fan took out the precious pearl and examined it.

The essence blood of this Bloodwing Sky Demon is indeed rare, after all, a tenth-tier demon beast is an extremely terrifying existence.

However, this kind of treasure also has a drawback: once used, its speed cannot be controlled, making it a one-time consumable.

And most importantly, it seems that this thing cannot be replicated using the Heaven-Mending Furnace.

After all, to replicate essence blood, the bead must be broken, but once the bead is broken, it will be consumed immediately.

Even if you put the broken beads in, at most you can replicate the precious beads, not the essence blood.

Because the precious pearl and the essence blood are not one thing; they are two different things.

"It's such a heaven-defying item that can't be replicated, it's really a pity," Lu Fan sighed helplessly, then threw it into his storage bag.

Lu Fan then sat cross-legged on the futon, took out several Golden Essence Pills and Soul Nourishing Pills, and planned to go into seclusion for ten months.

Since he reached the peak of the early stage of Core Formation by absorbing the essence of Ye Lingxi, the primordial yin obtained from this absorption was pure energy. In addition, Ye Lingxi was also in the Core Formation stage, so Lu Fan's breakthrough in seclusion was a natural outcome.

After taking several Golden Essence Pills and Soul Nourishing Pills, Lu Fan immediately entered a meditative state.

In ten months, he must raise his cultivation level to the mid-stage of Core Formation, and at the same time, his spiritual sense strength must reach the late-stage of Core Formation.

After all, waging war against the Sword Pavilion, even against a Core Formation cultivator, is not an easy task.

Since he was able to kill Gu Shuo, who was in the mid-stage of Core Formation, the Sword Pavilion would naturally not only send one or two Core Formation cultivators, but would probably also adopt a group attack approach.

Therefore, Lu Fan must do everything he can to improve his strength.

In the following months, Lu Fan relied on the Golden Essence Pill, along with his innate aptitude for breakthroughs.

In less than three months, he successfully progressed from the peak of the early stage of Core Formation to the middle stage, and everything fell into place naturally.

However, the improvement of his spiritual strength was rather slow, and it took him three months to just reach the threshold of the late stage of Core Formation.

Faced with this, Lu Fan could only continue his seclusion.

Time flies, and the days pass in the blink of an eye.

Another six months passed. With the powerful assistance of the Soul Nourishing Pill, Lu Fan's spiritual sense successfully reached the late stage of Core Formation. However, Lu Fan was not in a hurry to leave seclusion and continued to consolidate his cultivation.

At this moment, there is only one month left until the agreed-upon date of the great battle with the Sword Pavilion.

At this moment, Elder Jing, who was staying in his own dojo, had already sent out communication talismans to his old friends, seeking outside help.

However, just a few days after the talisman was sent out, a flying boat arrived.

However, the people standing at the bow of the ship were not the outside helpers that Old Ancestor Jing had sought, but Shi Fengtian and Ye Lingxi.

Since Ye Lingxi returned to the Thousand Shadows Sect nine months ago, she has been seeking Shi Fengtian's help.

Shi Fengtian originally did not want to get involved in the feud between the Xuan Yang Sword Sect and the Sword Pavilion; he only wanted to go into seclusion to cultivate his divine sense.

However, Ye Lingxi was his only closed-door disciple, and she had also become Lu Fan's Daoist partner. It would be too unreasonable for him, as her master, not to step in.

Therefore, Shi Fengtian hastily emerged from seclusion after only nine months.

"Fellow Daoist Shi! I never expected you to come. This is quite a surprise to this old man!" Ancestor Jing was indeed very surprised to see Shi Fengtian.

After all, given Shi Fengtian's personality, he hated getting involved in the affairs of other sects the most, so it was quite unexpected that he came with Ye Lingxi.

"Old Jing, your Xuan Yang Sword Sect really knows how to take advantage. Not only did you steal my good disciple away, but you've also set your sights on me," Shi Fengtian said with a displeased expression.

"Fellow Daoist Shi, what are you saying? This young friend Ye and Junior Nephew Lu have become Daoist partners. In addition, my Xuan Yang Sword Sect and your Thousand Shadows Sect have been friends for thousands of years. Now that the Xuan Yang Sword Sect is in trouble, how can you stand idly by?" Ancestor Jing laughed.

"Don't try to pull strings with me. I'm only here because of my disciple," Shi Fengtian said, still looking quite displeased.

Ancestor Jing smiled. Regardless of anything else, Shi Fengtian's arrival was indeed unexpected.

Shi Fengtian's Thousand Shadow Clone Technique is a renowned technique throughout the entire Feng Kingdom, and among early Nascent Soul cultivators, he is a top-tier expert.

"Old Jing, I am here to help your Xuan Yang Sword Sect only because your Xuan Yang Sword Sect still has three Nascent Soul cultivators."

"Why are you the only one left now? Where did Tianhuo and Old Monster Jiang go?" Shi Fengtian didn't sense any other Nascent Soul auras from the Xuan Yang Sword Sect at the moment, so he asked.

Shi Fengtian wasn't stupid; he wasn't sure if the Xuan Yang Sword Sect could withstand the Sword Pavilion's attack at this moment.

If the Xuan Yang Sword Sect is powerless to fight against the Sword Pavilion, even if he lends a hand, it will not make much difference.

"Senior Brother Tianhuo is preparing to break through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm and is currently in seclusion. I have also sent a message to Junior Brother Jiang. He will be back soon," Elder Jing said with a smile.

In reality, the Nascent Soul cultivator surnamed Jiang from the Xuan Yang Sword Sect never received the transmission talisman from Ancestor Jing. Transmission talismans can only be used when the two parties are not too far apart, such as when they are both within the territory of the Feng Kingdom, or separated by a country.

However, if the distance exceeds the distance of several countries, the sound transmission talisman will be unable to travel that distance.

The reason why Elder Jing said this was to appease Shi Fengtian. As long as he could find two or three outside helpers, together with them, it would be enough to deal with Sword Pavilion.

As for whether his old friends would lend a helping hand, Old Ancestor Jing had no idea.