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Chapter 244 - 219 [Harvest, Rage!]

Chapter 244: Chapter 219 [Harvest, Rage!]

Under the night sky, Duanmu lay lifeless on the ground, motionless, eyes staring wide and round with shock on his face, a look of dying without closing his eyes as if asking, "How could Ye Fan possibly be related to Chu Xuanji?"

"Magic battles often happen in an instant, seemingly causing no destruction to the outside world, invisible to ordinary people, smooth and undisturbed, but in reality, they are much more dangerous than battles between martial artists."

Looking at the deceased Duanmu, reflecting on the recent life-and-death struggle with him, Ye Fan felt impacted. From Duanmu’s surprise attack to his killing Duanmu, the time was extremely short, but he almost lost his life because of it.

When Duanmu used the Ghostly Gourd, triggering the Ghost Sect’s killing move "Ghost King Descent," if it weren’t for the crimson-gold crown hidden outside his consciousness suddenly appearing, he would likely have ended up in a soul-scattered state!

"The power of a magic artifact is truly formidable."

Recalling the recent fight, and summarizing the lessons learned, Ye Fan couldn’t help but shift his gaze to the Ghostly Gourd in his hand. With his strength, if Duanmu hadn’t relied on the Ghostly Gourd, he couldn’t have harmed him at all, which shows the power of the magic artifact!

Sighing, Ye Fan’s consciousness stirred, and telekinesis surged out, entering the Ghostly Gourd. He was astounded to find that the spiritual imprint Duanmu left in the Ghostly Gourd had vanished without a trace.

Ye Fan wasn’t surprised by this—the Ghostly Gourd, although Duanmu’s life-bound artifact linked with his spirit, naturally disappeared along with the dispersal of Duanmu’s soul and the vanishing of his telekinetic power.

Besides, as the spiritual imprint left by Duanmu in the Ghostly Gourd disappeared, the formations laid out inside it also dissipated, and the Ghostly Gourd instantly became an unowned object.

"I was originally worried about how to set up the ’Nine Star Gathering Spirit Array’ for cultivation. Now that I have the intermediate magic artifact, the Ghostly Gourd, everything seems straightforward."

Realizing this, Ye Fan’s mood improved considerably. He controlled his telekinesis to penetrate every corner of the Ghostly Gourd, familiarizing himself with its structure while intending to imprint his own mark on it, making it his own magic artifact.

"Pfft!"

After thoroughly familiarizing himself with the structure of the Ghostly Gourd, Ye Fan opened his mouth and spat out a drop of essence blood, shooting it into the Ghostly Gourd!

"Capture!"

Seeing this scene, Ye Fan didn’t linger, uttered a low shout, flicked his right hand, tossed up the Ghostly Gourd, and rapidly formed a sealing gesture with both hands.

As the sealing gesture was formed, the telekinesis Ye Fan infused into the Ghostly Gourd split, doubling and quadrupling, eventually forming countless invisible threads, merging with Ye Fan’s essence blood, covering every corner of the Ghostly Gourd.

In an instant, Ye Fan felt as if the Ghostly Gourd had become a part of his body, entirely under his control.

Ye Fan knew this signified that the treasure had changed hands—the Ghostly Gourd had completely become his first life-bound artifact!

Understanding this, Ye Fan also fully grasped the functions of the Ghostly Gourd.

Like all magic artifacts, as an intermediate magic artifact, the Ghostly Gourd could help magicians trigger magic, set up formations, and even gather Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi within it in an incredibly short time!

Besides, the Ghostly Gourd possessed several functions not found in other intermediate magic artifacts—sensing Heavenly Materials and Spiritual Treasures!

According to what Ye Fan learned from Chu Xuanji, only after a magician reached the Innate Great Perfection realm could they enter that legendary realm and sense the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasures of the world through spiritual sense.

The Heavenly Materials here weren’t secular antiques or paintings; instead, they were objects that contained Essence Qi.

For example, an ordinary stone, after absorbing the essence of heaven and earth for a long time, would become an Essence Stone, which magicians yearned for in their dreams.

Similarly, an ordinary ginseng, after absorbing the essence of heaven and earth, would become a priceless Spirit Ginseng, which in the secular world would often be treated as thousand-year or ten-thousand-year ginseng.

The first time Ye Fan met Su Yuxin, he mentioned to Uncle Fu that if they could find the legendary Fire Spirit Fruit, it could cure Su Yuxin’s illness completely.

The Fire Spirit Fruit Ye Fan mentioned at that time was actually derived from an ordinary dragon fruit after absorbing the essence of heaven and earth.

Hmm?

Just as Ye Fan’s mood improved because he had acquired the Mid-level Magic Artifact, the Ghostly Gourd, he suddenly noticed the gourd trembling slightly, its mouth pointing towards Duanmu’s corpse.

Could there still be treasures?

Ye Fan’s mind raced, his feet shifted, and in an instant, he flashed beneath Duanmu, leaned over to check and immediately found the bag of Essence Stones Chu Ji had given him from Duanmu’s bosom; besides that, there were several Essence Stones the size of sesame seeds on Duanmu’s body, as well as a jade bracelet and a few specially made Yellow Papers.

Regarding this, Ye Fan reciprocated in kind and unceremoniously claimed them as his own—Duanmu had not only stolen the Essence Stones provided by Chu Ji but also, under Bai Luo’s instructions, attempted to assassinate him; not looting the treasures on Duanmu’s body would indeed be a disservice to the ’great gift’ Duanmu had presented him!

"This jade bracelet looks ordinary but is actually an extremely rare material for making Magic Artifacts; it could be refined into a Low-level Magic Artifact for Ruoshui’s use," he thought.

After the loot, Ye Fan pondered thoughtfully, "These Yellow Papers are specially made and can be forged into offensive talismans; keeping them for Yuxin and the others for self-defense isn’t a bad idea."

"What should I do with his body?"

As he thought, Ye Fan’s gaze returned to Duanmu. After a brief contemplation, he decided to call Zhao Meng to come and collect the body.

Although Ye Fan knew that the magical battle between himself and Duanmu was invisible and unnoticed by others, the two had stirred the Primordial Qi of heaven and earth during their fight, causing severe fluctuations in the Primordial Qi around the Tan Palace, which would definitely be noticed by the Yanhuang Organization members.

Even to Ye Fan, it seemed likely that members of the Yanhuang Organization might be rushing here at this very moment!

In such a situation, telling Zhao Meng the truth and having him collect the body seemed like the best option.

Thinking thus, Ye Fan didn’t linger. He immediately took out his phone and dialed Zhao Meng’s number.

"Xiao Fan, I just sensed a severe Qi fluctuation near the Tan Palace. Are you cultivating, or are you fighting someone?" As soon as the call connected, Zhao Meng got straight to the point.

"Uncle Zhao, I was just assassinated by someone from the Ghost Sect, and I killed him," Ye Fan replied truthfully.

"What... what?"

As a peak Innate Realm expert within the Yanhuang Organization, Zhao Meng was deeply familiar with the Ghost Sect and knew of its strength and terror. He was startled at first, and then thought of something else and asked, "Could it be Duanmu?"

"I don’t know his name, I only know he’s from the Ghost Sect," Ye Fan said.

"Xiao Fan, protect the scene well, I’ll head over immediately!"

Zhao Meng decided to go there himself; for him, both Ye Fan and the Ghost Sect were troublesome entities, and he needed to figure out what had happened.

Meanwhile.

An airplane flying from the capital of the Southeast Asia Special Zone, Bangkok, to Hanghu arrived punctually above Hanghu and began to descend.

Inside the cabin, Ye Wenhao was seated in first class, accompanied by his secretary and a few other major economic leaders from Jiangnan. In the economy class, there were some staff members accompanying them.

They formed a visiting delegation of Jiangnan’s political circle, which had visited Nangang, Taiwan, and the Southeast Asia Special Zone over the past few days to observe local economic developments and learn from their success. Today, they were returning from Bangkok.

Like many political bigwigs, Ye Wenhao’s office had two phones: one red for internal calls, and one white for external ones; besides these, he also had two mobile phones. One was a work phone with a monitoring system installed by superior departments, and the other a private one.

As the plane started landing, Ye Wenhao took out his private phone, turned off airplane mode, and the signal indicator appeared on the screen.

"Buzz... Buzz..."

As the signal appeared, Ye Wenhao’s phone immediately started vibrating. He picked it up and was surprised to see that it was a call from Chu Ji. He pressed the answer button, "Hello."

"Why can’t I get through your phone at all?" Chu Ji asked somewhat irritatedly.

"I just flew back from Bangkok, the plane just landed," Ye Wenhao said, already feeling that Chu Ji must have something urgent to say, he proactively asked, "What’s the matter?"

"Well, there’s been an incident..."

"Are you talking about Xiao Fan?"

This time, before Chu Ji could finish, Ye Wenhao slightly changed his expression and immediately interrupted her, getting up and walking forward.

"Yes."

Chu Ji spoke, and, recalling Qin Yan’s previously haughty demeanor, anger surged within her, making her tone a bit impolite, "Your official wife sought out Xiao Fan!"

"What did she want with Xiao Fan?" While he asked that, Ye Wenhao had already guessed something, his expression turning ugly.

"What else could it be?

Chu Ji said irritably, "To show off her cool, noble, and wealthy facade, making Xiao Fan draw a clear line with you, a man of noble status, so as not to affect your family!"

"Sss~"

Upon hearing this, Ye Wenhao’s lips twitched with anger, then, suppressing his anger, he worriedly asked, "Is Xiao Fan alright?"

"What do you think?"

Thinking of how Ye Fan almost succumbed to demonic cultivation, Chu Ji completely lost her temper, angrily saying, "That vile woman claimed to represent the Ye Family and the Qin family, said that Xiao Fan’s presence displeased all members of the Ye Family and the Qin Family, not only making Xiao Fan distance himself from you, but openly calling him derogatory names and insulting Sister Ling Yun as a vile woman, even revealing the past to Xiao Fan!"

"What... what?" Ye Wenhao trembled with anger.

"You know, Xiao Fan’s talents in cultivation are exceptionally demonic. He had always been unable to break through to the Innate Realm, merely because of the emotional knot regarding his family. Now, he finally resolved that emotional knot, and that vile woman acted in such a way, almost causing him to succumb to demonic cultivation, creating a new emotional knot!"

By the end, Chu Ji was so angry that her body trembled, wishing she could immediately confront Qin Yan and slap her several times to vent her anger.

"Xiao... Xiao Fan, is he okay now?" Although Ye Wenhao was furious, he was more worried about Ye Fan’s safety.

"He’s fine now."

Chu Ji honestly replied, and then thought for a moment, "I’m telling you about this not to create discord or affect your family, Ye Family, and Qin family’s stability. But because of tonight’s incident, all the efforts you made earlier might be wasted—Xiao Fan cares deeply about you having abandoned him and Sister Ling Yun back then!"

"I... I understand."

Hearing Chu Ji’s latter statement, Ye Wenhao felt a pang in his heart and hung up with a bitter taste in his mouth. His expression then dramatically changed, from anguish and self-blame to intense anger!

That anger scared everyone in the cabin, making them all tighten their throats, not daring to breathe!

Who has angered Governor Ye?

No answers.

Due to the distance, they could not hear Ye Wenhao’s phone conversation, but they were certain of one thing: someone was going to have a bad time!

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PS: The first release!

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