Treasure Gathering Immortal Furnace

And so, Lu Fan strolled leisurely, scanning with his divine sense while searching for traces of the evil cultivators.

About half an incense stick's time after Lu Fan had been flying slowly through the mountains, he vaguely sensed three auras hidden in the dense forest below.

"This kid in the sky is at the tenth level of Qi Refining. Let's join forces and take him down quickly," one of the evil cultivators said, looking up at Lu Fan.

Clearly, these three were planted in the jungle by Master Kurong specifically to carry out a sneak attack.

Whenever they encounter a lone individual, they immediately attack it in droves, instantly killing it, and then hide again.

The entire Tiandang Mountain is riddled with large formations and hidden assassins, making it a place fraught with danger.

If it were an ordinary disciple, they probably would have fallen victim to it.

"Alright! Let's get started!"

"superior!"

The three evil cultivators at the tenth level of Qi Refining almost simultaneously summoned their flying swords and attacked Lu Fan high in the sky.

Facing the three evil cultivators who had launched a sneak attack, Lu Fan smiled slightly, then suddenly leaned back and began to fall freely, while the magical sword beneath his feet flew into his palm.

As Lu Fan fell, the Sword Shadow Splitting Light Technique was unleashed, and twenty sword shadows flashed past the three evil cultivators.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh...

boom!

Lu Fan knelt on one knee, landing heavily on the ground, kicking up a large amount of dry leaves and dust. He then slowly stood up, and the sword shadow quickly returned to his longsword.

Thump, thump, thump...

Immediately afterwards, the corpses of three evil cultivators, whose throats had been slit with a single sword strike, also fell to the ground one after another. Clearly, these three were not even qualified to exchange a single blow with Lu Fan.

"Three bodies now, two more to go," Lu Fan thought to himself, and then put the three corpses into his storage bag.

Just as Lu Fan was about to continue his search.

boom!

A violent explosion suddenly erupted not far away, which immediately alerted Lu Fan, who quickly stepped onto his flying sword and soared into the sky.

"It seems there's been a big battle there. Maybe I can go and pick up some loot. If I can collect a couple more corpses of evil cultivators at the tenth level of Qi Refining, I can go back and collect my pills," Lu Fan immediately flew towards the direction of the explosion.

The further Lu Fan flew, the more uneasy he felt, because the fluctuations emanating from ahead were not all from the Qi Refining stage, but also from the Foundation Establishment stage.

When Lu Fan was on the verge of a great battle, he was shocked to find that more than ten disciples were facing a Foundation Establishment cultivator with disheveled faces.

This Foundation Establishment cultivator was none other than Chen Xuanli of Chen Family Fortress!

"It was him? It seems we've run into each other after all," Lu Fan sighed helplessly.

After all, Lu Fan had thought of this as soon as he learned that Chen Xuanli would also bring his clansmen to the Demon Extermination Conference.

After all, Chen Xuanli had some connection with Lu Fan and had even given him the Golden Marrow Pill. In his heart, he was unwilling to fight against the cultivators from Chen Family Fortress.

He just wanted to find a few evil cultivators to kill and that would be the end of it.

Unfortunately, Tiandang Mountain is only so big, it's hard to avoid running into each other.

"You little brats, how dare you bully my people! I think you should all stay here!" Chen Xuanli shouted, holding a Qingfeng sword and standing on a gourd-shaped magical artifact.

Below Chen Xuanli stood dozens of Chen Family Fortress cultivators, including Chen Zhiqi, Chen Yao'er, and Bai Rou'er.

Moreover, they all suffered injuries of varying degrees, clearly indicating that they had been discovered and attacked by the disciples of the Dao Sect and the One Qi Sect.

Knowing that his clansmen were no match for him due to their inferior cultivation, Chen Xuanli did not join Ku Rong in fighting Wang Qingzhu and the others, but chose to hide in the shadows to protect his clansmen.

"You old scoundrel! You're only at the Foundation Establishment stage, yet you're bullying a bunch of Qi Refining stage cultivators instead of fighting my sect's senior uncles! Don't you feel ashamed?!" a Dao Sect disciple shouted.

"Shame? I am called a heretical cultivator by you. Since I have become a heretical cultivator, what is there to talk about shame or not?" Chen Xuanli shouted.

At this moment, the faces of the dozen or so disciples at the tenth level of Qi Refining were all ashen.

Clearly, they all knew their own level. This old man was at the peak of the early Foundation Establishment stage, and his gourd magic weapon was of medium grade, making it impossible for them to defeat him.

"Let's split up and escape! Let's find our sect's senior uncles to take revenge!" a Daoist disciple shouted.

"Escape? Hmph!" Chen Xuanli slowly raised his hand, took out more than a dozen apricot-yellow flags, and quickly planted them in various places below.

hum!

In an instant, a massive, invisible array was formed; it was some kind of isolation array.

Although it has no special attack effect, it would still require dozens of combined attacks for a Qi Refining stage cultivator to break through.

But these dozens of times were enough for Chen Xuanli to wipe them out completely.

Seeing this, Lu Fan knew that Chen Xuanli's lifespan was running out. If these dozen or so disciples launched a counterattack before they died, even if Chen Xuanli won, he would most likely not be able to leave alive.

Thinking of this, Lu Fan had no choice but to take action. He flew directly towards the isolation array, while simultaneously forming a hand seal with one hand, and the terrifying spiritual energy of the fortieth level of Qi Refining rapidly gathered in his Qi Sea.

"Go!" Lu Fan pointed.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh...

More than a dozen molten fireballs crashed directly into the isolation array, instantly creating a huge gap.

"Junior brothers, I'll hold him off, you all get out of here quickly!" Lu Fan shouted as he rushed into the formation.

Upon hearing that someone was willing to show themselves, the dozen or so disciples were overjoyed.

"Thank you, senior brother!"

"Senior brother is so righteous!"

"Don't worry, senior brother, we'll go seek help from our uncle immediately. You must hold on!"

A dozen or so disciples rushed out of the formation and fled into the distance.

When Chen Xuanli saw the person who had broken into the formation, his slightly cloudy old eyes widened in disbelief.

"Fellow Daoist Lu? You?" Chen Xuanli was clearly a little shocked.

Chen Zhi Qiu, standing below, was equally stunned upon spotting the figure in the sky: "Isn't that Senior Lu?"

"Senior Lu?" Bai Rou'er's gentle, watery eyes immediately looked over, and she was instantly shocked.

"Why would Senior Lu come here?" Chen Yao'er was also visibly surprised.

Looking at the frail and elderly Chen Xuanli, Lu Fan felt a pang of guilt. He bowed and said, "Fellow Daoist Chen, I'm sorry, I lied to you."

Chen Xuanli was not too upset when Lu Fan apologized, but sighed helplessly and then said, "Fellow Daoist Lu is a disciple of the Dao Sect, or a disciple of the One Qi Sect."

"Dao Sect," Lu Fan replied.

"It seems I'm getting old and my eyesight is failing me, failing to recognize your sect. But you don't need to apologize, I don't blame you," Chen Xuanli said, putting away his magic weapon and raising his hand.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, this is not the place to talk. You should take your clansmen and leave Tiandang Mountain as soon as possible. If our sect's Foundation Establishment cultivators arrive, it will be troublesome," Lu Fan advised.

Chen Xuanli did not respond, but instead pulled open his collar, revealing his withered chest, where a black skull mark was clearly visible.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, this is called the Heart-Drying Curse. It was planted by that old bastard Kurong. If I leave Tiandang Mountain even half a step, I will immediately explode and die. I can't escape," Chen Xuanli said helplessly as he closed his collar.

Upon hearing this, Lu Fan glanced at the Chen family cultivators below and asked, "Has everyone been implanted with it?"