Treasure Gathering Immortal Furnace

"You think you can form a Nascent Soul within eighty years? Even Foundation Establishment cultivators with Heavenly Spiritual Roots, with the full support of their sects, wouldn't dare say they can form a Nascent Soul within eighty years!"

"Besides, with your mutated mixed spiritual root, how are you going to help me? Lead a Core Formation puppet to storm the Sword Pavilion? Get slapped to death by Gu Xin?"

"Are you crazy? Or possessed by a demon?"

Wang Qingzhu looked at Lu Fan with an extremely absurd expression.

She could tell from the fact that Lu Fan dared to confront two Nascent Soul elders and stand up for her that Lu Fan genuinely wanted to help her.

But such a reckless act is like a mayfly trying to shake a tree, courting certain death.

Wang Qingzhu knew she was beyond saving and there was no point in wasting Lu Fan's life on this stubborn mule.

"I might be a demon, but I'm not crazy," Lu Fan laughed.

"You can still laugh? I'm impressed by your stubbornness; you've never listened to me."

"If I'd known you were so stubborn, I should have just given you away to someone else. Why did I even pick you up?"

Wang Qingzhu was also really angered by Lu Fan.

During her travels years ago, by chance, she brought Lu Fan, who was still an infant, back to the Dao Sect, and thus, she became entangled in karma.

"Uncle-Master..." Lu Fan wanted to say something more.

But Wang Qingzhu clearly sensed something and said, "Don't say anything more. Gu Shuo is coming soon. If you want to help me, you'll have to survive first."

Lu Fan didn't dare to delay, raising his hand to release his flying sword and leaping up: "Uncle-Master! Take care!"

After bowing, Lu Fan immediately fled into the distance, disappearing into the horizon a few breaths later.

"Sigh, that silly boy," Wang Qingzhu sighed as she watched Lu Fan's departing figure.

Then Wang Qingzhu slowly took out a long sword and instantly activated the Sword Shadow Splitting Light Technique, with hundreds of sword lights expanding in all directions.

Boom boom boom!

After Wang Qingzhu's series of strikes, the surrounding trees were cut in half, and the ground was carved with trenches.

After doing all this, Wang Qingzhu stayed where she was and waited.

A short while later, a dazzling streak of light sped towards them from afar.

In an instant, Gu Shuo arrived with Gu Chen and the four Foundation Establishment deacons.

"Elder Wang, have you killed that thief?" Gu Shuo asked, looking at the devastation all around him.

"Can't you see for yourself? I've tried my best," Wang Qingzhu said, sheathing her sword.

"You, a Core Formation Elder, let a Foundation Establishment cultivator escape?" Gu Shuo's face darkened.

Gu Chen, who had recovered somewhat, was even more incredulous and shouted, "Wang Qingzhu! Did you even put in any effort?! You, a dignified Core Formation sword cultivator, can't even beat a piece of trash?!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Qingzhu's eyes turned cold, and she said, "You lost a top-grade magic weapon, and you also lost the Wind Feather Wings. Who among us is the trash?"

These words immediately startled Gu Shuo, who was standing nearby: "What! The Wind Feather Wings I gave you are gone too? You useless piece of trash who's good for nothing!"

At this moment, Gu Chen was being scolded by Gu Shuo and dared not argue back. He gritted his teeth and spat out Lu Fan's alias, "Li Niu!" He was so angry that he almost vomited blood again.

Gu Shuo also sensed something was amiss and said, "Elder Wang, what Gu Chen said isn't without reason. Even if that person has a Core Formation stage puppet, it's still only at the initial stage. As a sword cultivator, you have no reason not to keep him here."

"If I didn't win, I didn't win. I'm not going to waste my breath on you guys," Wang Qingzhu said, and then turned to leave.

Gu Shuo's face immediately darkened, and he raised his hand to grab at the air.

Just as Wang Qingzhu was about to escape, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her abdomen and collapsed to the ground. Cold sweat beaded on her forehead, and she was in extreme pain.

The Thunderfire Sword within her body instantly released lightning, constantly stimulating Wang Qingzhu's Qi Sea.

"Wang Qingzhu, don't forget, I also share the surname Gu. I can also activate the restrictions on this Thunderfire Sword. You'd better not pretend to comply," Gu Shuo said solemnly.

"Kill me?" Wang Qingzhu asked, enduring the excruciating pain in her abdomen.

"Hmph! Let's go!" Gu Shuo snorted, and Gu Chen, with a frustrated expression on his face, fled into the distance.

Wang Qingzhu suppressed the Thunderfire Sword within her body with all her might before slowly standing up.

Because the Thunderfire Sword within her body was sealed, it constantly controlled her golden core.

In this state, Wang Qingzhu couldn't even detonate her golden core, and if she had any whispered thoughts, the Thunderfire Sword would immediately render her immobile.

Under such tight control that leaves no room for error, one is like a living puppet, powerless to control one's own destiny.

...

three days later.

After being released by Wang Qingzhu, Lu Fan flew for three whole days, long since leaving the area of ​​the Misty Forest and Thousand Peaks City, and sped towards the Blood Spirit Sect.

On the way, Lu Fan finally had time to take out the Wind Feather Wings and float them in his palm.

"It seems that these Wind Feather Wings were made from some kind of cicada-like demon beast. Driven by true essence, their speed is comparable to that of a Core Formation cultivator."

"This ancient city hides quite a few treasures."

Lu Fan smiled, after all, he had extracted quite a few treasures from Gu Chen.

It's a pity he didn't remove the inner armor that could withstand the continuous attacks of the Core Formation puppet; otherwise, his strength would have been even greater.

However, with these Wind Feather Wings, coupled with his mutated wind attribute, his escape speed will undoubtedly be greatly enhanced.

Lu Fan then released his divine sense and forcibly invaded the Wind Feather Wing, erasing Gu Chen's divine sense. After this series of operations, he successfully made the Wind Feather Wing his master.

"Let me see how fast this escapes is," Lu Fan then activated the Wind Feather Wings.

The next moment, the cicada wings quickly attached themselves to Lu Fan's back, and in an instant, his figure, like a gust of wind, transformed into a white streak of light and disappeared into the sky.

"That's fast! The escape speed has more than doubled!" Lu Fan exclaimed in amazement.

If it were powered by true essence, it could probably increase threefold!

Like defensive magical artifacts, these speed-enhancing magical artifacts are extremely rare treasures, something that can only be encountered by chance.

After flying for most of the day, Lu Fan took out the map and checked it again to make sure the route was correct. Then he slowed down and headed towards a valley in the distance.

As the distance gradually closed, a long and narrow valley finally unfolded at the horizon.

Nestled among the mountains, the valley is densely covered with blood locust trees, their thousands of branches and leaves stretching out in layers, the leaves a deep crimson that looks as if they have been soaked in blood.

From a distance, the entire valley appears to be immersed in a thick, blood-red hue, eerily striking.

This place is Blood Spirit Valley!

Inside Blood Spirit Valley, clusters of brand-new buildings can be vaguely seen, and a protective array for the sect is also faintly visible.

After Lu Fan stopped, he saw a huge archway standing on the mountain road leading into the valley, with the three characters "Blood Spirit Gate" in bright red, like blood.

Even more terrifying, there were more than a dozen mangled corpses hanging on the archway, which should have been those of righteous cultivators.

"As expected of a heretical cultivator. Will I be killed for venturing into the mountain so rashly?" Lu Fan muttered to himself, pondering how to pay his respects to the mountain.

After all, there are probably two or three Core Formation evil cultivators guarding this place. If the visit fails, it will be difficult to escape.