Wild Dogs

He opened the storage bag, and a jade box flew out. He carefully opened it, looked at the three eyeballs inside, and couldn't help but rub his hands together.

This jade box contains the eyeball he left behind when he killed the Three-Flower Blue-Eyed Python. It is quite valuable and can be put to good use.

He first obtained the two ordinary eyes of the Three-Flower Blue-Eyed Python, which greatly helped improve the cultivator's pupil techniques.

Although Yang Fan didn't master any pupil techniques, if he could refine these two eyeballs, he could also master some pupil techniques.

He immediately sat down cross-legged and began to refine the two eyeballs. Anyway, there was still some time before the Heavenly Mystery Palace opened, so time was not a problem.

Over the next few days, he patiently refined the essence. Although people occasionally opened the secret chamber to investigate, he turned a deaf ear and focused solely on his cultivation.

A few days later, he finally managed to completely refine the two eyeballs of the Three-Flower Blue-Eyed Python into his own eyes.

Because he absorbed the essence of the Three-Flower Blue-Eyed Python, Yang Fan's eyes also gained some of its abilities.

The three-flowered blue-eyed python's single eye is used to create illusions, so its two eyes have the ability to see through illusions and gain insight.

However, he had only absorbed and refined the essence of the eyeballs, and was still far from mastering a complete pupil technique.

But Yang Fan was already very satisfied with this level of achievement.

After refining the two ordinary eyeballs, he picked up the blue eyeball, which was the key to the Three-Flower Blue-Eyed Python's illusions.

Yang Fan has many tools to dispel illusions, such as the Holy Pearl, but he has very few things that can create illusions.

Although the Holy Bead can also create illusions, Yang Fan's control over it is not strong enough.

If we could have this eyeball as an aid, we might be able to create even stronger illusions by relying on it and the Holy Pearl.

The thought of creating illusions to deceive his way through the Heavenly Mystery Palace filled him with excitement.

He endured the excruciating pain, took out a knife, and gently cut his forehead, from which blood flowed out.

Without hesitation, he shoved the blue eyeball into the wound on his forehead. As blood and essence rushed in, the eyeball immediately struggled to escape.

But Yang Fan forcefully suppressed it, allowing the essence blood to continuously invade it. After a while, his eyes finally calmed down.

He began refining it. This blue eyeball was much more difficult to refine than the other two. It took him nearly half a month to refine it to about 70-80%.

Although not completely under control, it can still be manipulated smoothly.

With a thought, Yang Fan immediately retracted his eyeball back to his forehead, making it appear completely smooth.

As his thoughts shifted again, his blue eyes would pop out once more, creating a small illusion under his control.

Although the illusion wasn't realistic enough, Yang Fan firmly believed that if he continued practicing, he would soon be able to control it as easily as an extension of his own arm.

This excited him greatly, and after staying there for a long time, there was finally new progress.

As Yang Fan's cultivation level broke through, the Hundred Flowers Palace not only strengthened its surveillance but also sent far fewer items.

Before his breakthrough, they sent all sorts of supplies to help Yang Fan form his core, but once he actually broke through, all the supplies were taken away.

Clearly, the Hundred Flowers Palace wanted him to break through to the Core Formation stage, but they didn't want him to become too powerful.

Yang Fan was fully aware of these plans and was not surprised at all.

After all, how could the Hundred Flowers Palace possibly confide in an outsider like him?

Yang Fan himself didn't have any particular ideas about the Hundred Flowers Palace.

He continued to manipulate his eyeballs, and in the days that followed, he used the resources in his storage bag to cultivate while simultaneously enhancing his illusion-making abilities.

Under his control, the illusion became increasingly refined, and with the addition of the Holy Pearl, everything went incredibly smoothly.

That day, while he was manipulating the sacred bead, his divine sense detected someone approaching. He quickly put away the bead and the eyeball and sat quietly like an old monk in meditation.

A moment later, the door to the secret room suddenly opened, and footsteps came in.

Yang Fan looked up and saw Xiao Ling leading a few people in.

Xiao Ling glanced at him, a complex expression on her face.

She waved.

"You may all step back. I need to check on this person's cultivation progress."

"You all guard the area and set up protective barriers so that no one can detect this person's true strength."

The group retreated, and Xiao Ling then set up a soundproof array around them to isolate divine senses.

After making these arrangements, she looked at Yang Fan with a complicated expression.

Yang Fan's expression changed slightly, thinking she was about to turn hostile.

He raised an eyebrow.

"I wonder what business the princess has with me, and what she needs me to do? I will do it immediately."

He bowed respectfully, but the wariness in his eyes was undisguised.

Xiao Ling snorted coldly.

"You don't need to be so nervous. If I wanted to harm you, I have plenty of ways to do it."

"You should have also discovered that there are several layers of restrictions around this secret room. Once activated, killing you would be as easy as turning one's hand."

Yang Fan snorted coldly and raised his eyebrows.

"What you say is indeed true; killing me is indeed as easy as turning one's hand."

"But if you kill me, who will explore those restrictions for you? Who will break into the Heavenly Mystery Palace for you?"

"Since we are both hesitant to act against each other, why not cooperate and benefit both sides instead of making things a lose-lose situation?"

He stood up calmly.

Xiao Ling nodded.

"You're right, that makes sense."

Yang Fan raised his head.

"If that's the case, why do you insist on stopping my cultivation resources?"

"I don't think your Hundred Flowers Palace is so poor that it can't even provide me with cultivation resources."

He gave a mocking smile.

Xiao Ling nodded.

"It's my fault. I'll arrange for someone to supply you with the materials as soon as possible, so don't worry."

Yang Fan was somewhat surprised, not expecting her to be so easy to talk to.

He looked Xiao Ling over carefully, and she turned her head away somewhat awkwardly.

Why are you staring at me?

Yang Fan looked away.

"Nothing much, I just felt that the Palace Master was unusually easy to talk to today. Could it be that something good happened to him?"

Xiao Ling bit her lower lip lightly and shook her head.

"What good could possibly come of it?"

She stood up and paced back and forth, appearing somewhat anxious.

Yang Fan frowned. Xiao Ling clearly wanted to talk to him about something.

Xiao Ling glanced at Yang Fan, opened her mouth as if to speak, but couldn't utter a word.

After a long while, she gritted her teeth and set up another layer of soundproof barrier around herself.

Only after confirming that the barrier would not transmit the situation and sounds inside did she make up her mind and walk in front of Yang Fan.

As Xiao Ling approached, Yang Fan clenched his fists slightly. If she were to attack him, he would fight to the death, even if he couldn't win.

After a long while, Xiao Ling gritted her teeth.

"You actually saw everything that happened that day, didn't you?"

Yang Fan was taken aback. He thought Xiao Ling was going to talk about something important, but it turned out to be just these kinds of things.

He was about to shake his head in denial when he suddenly realized that if he did, he would understand what the other person was talking about.