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Chapter 546 - 486 - : The Inevitable Battle - Part 1

Chapter 546: 486 Chapter: The Inevitable Battle - Part 1

When the first streak of red dawn pierced through the sky from east to west, Ye Fan slowly opened his eyes, concluding his meditation cultivation.

Last night, he had made his way into the mountains, reaching the depths of Changbai Mountain after three hours. However, since the herbs grew on the cliffs and were hard to find at night, he started with meditation cultivation to restore the power he had expended.

After a night of meditation cultivation, Ye Fan had restored the power he had exhausted through fighting and traveling the previous evening, but his martial arts cultivation had not improved at all, making the breakthrough into the Innate Great Perfection seem infinitely far away.

"If one wishes to enhance their martial arts cultivation, they must absorb the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to enhance the purity and quality of their power, forming essence of power. Only when the existing essence of power is saturated can new Power Seeds form in the new vital acupoints," he thought.

Gazing at the slowly rising red sun in the east, Ye Fan frowned slightly.

Because he practiced the Nine Heavens Profound Skill, his cultivation methods and breakthrough techniques differed from other cultivators.

Ordinary cultivators only formed Power Seeds in their Dantian to store power. Once there was enough essence of power, the Dantian would expand, allowing them to break through until they reached the Innate Great Perfection, where the Dantian could expand no further. Instead, they would compress all the Gang Jin into Gang Qi, entering the Gang Qi Realm.

He, however, did not need to expand his Dantian, but needed to form Power Seeds in all 108 acupoints within his body to step into the Innate Great Perfection Realm. Afterward, compressing all the Gang Jin in the 108 vital acupoints into Gang Qi was necessary to enter the Gang Qi Realm, making the process several times harder than for ordinary cultivators!

Of course, with great effort comes great reward—his special cultivation method significantly improved his physical strength, power quality, and quantity beyond that of ordinary cultivators, allowing him to challenge opponents beyond his level by relying solely on his martial arts cultivation!

"Now, the speed of enhancing my martial arts cultivation through meditation is too slow; it’s better to enhance my magic cultivation through meditation. This way, I can also devote some of my energy to studying the third level of ’Qi Rushes to the Sky’."

Ye Fan pondered thoughtfully. His body harbored 108 Power Seeds, but he had only one Mind Power Seed. Enhancing his magic cultivation through meditation seemed much easier than enhancing his martial arts cultivation.

Once his magic cultivation improved, if he broke through to the Innate Great Perfection Realm, then the power of his flying knife assassination would be significantly enhanced!

The Qi Rushes to the Sky was his primary killing move in his martial arts domain. If he could break through to the third level, it would allow him to strike with 27 times the power of a normal hit, and with the amplification of the Black Iron Fist set, it would be 54 times. This power exceeded even that of the flying knife assassination!

Although the flying knife assassination was covert and suited for catching an opponent off-guard, Ye Fan knew that now, with the entire Huaxia Cultivation World’s attention on him, those martial arts geniuses prepared to attend the Qing bang competition were likely aware of the prowess of his flying knife assassination and would take extra precautions.

Thus, the threat posed by the flying knife assassination had greatly reduced, naturally making it necessary to think of a new trump card!

Deep in thought, Ye Fan did not notice, nor could he have detected, that hundreds of meters away in a grove, Chu Xuanji, with white hair, held an ancient compass, activating the Divination Skill.

"Master Wumu hasn’t shown up, but why is there still a symbol of great misfortune? Could it be that Xiao Fan’s herb-seeking journey will encounter an assassination by a foreign Gang Qi realm expert? Or perhaps an encounter with a demon beast that mutated after absorbing the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi?"

Understanding Master Wumu’s character, since he had humiliated him that day, Chu Xuanji believed it highly possible that Wumu might seek revenge, and it would likely target Ye Fan.

Having this thought, he divined for Ye Fan before he set off to gather herbs and, discovering signs of great misfortune, followed him all the way.

So far, Master Wumu had not appeared, but the omens of great misfortune for Ye Fan had not only persisted, they had become even clearer, which perplexed Chu Xuanji.

He was well aware that the Gang Qi realm experts outside Huaxia, due to their fear of the Yanhuang Organization and the entire Huaxia Cultivation World, would mostly not dare to take the huge risk of entering Huaxia stealthily.

As for a beast absorbing the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi and mutating into a demon beast comparable to Gang Qi realm experts, that only happened once globally at Mount Tian, involving a mutated White Tiger.

Back then, the mutated White Tiger had attacked a village near Mount Tian and was killed by the itinerant Bodhi Wu Yin using a supreme spell from the Wu Shang Buddha Sect!

"The sign of great misfortune for Xiao Fan must still stem from Master Wumu!"

After pondering, Chu Xuanji still adhered to his initial judgment, a flicker of murderous intent passing through his eyes.

Out of respect for Yan and due to a proud warrior’s dignity, he wouldn’t slay Wumu using his superior strength, but if Wumu tried anything against Ye Fan, Chu Xuanji would not let him survive!

...

Nolan Manor.

Having not slept all night, Nolan Changfeng arrived at an estate in the middle of an artificial lake.

Like the other buildings in the manor, the lakeside estate was also built in Qing dynasty style.

It was the residence of Nolan Mingde and also the center of Nolan Manor; it also served as the Array Eye of the formation in the manor, gathering the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi from the surroundings, making it quite suitable for cultivation.

As the absolute overlord of the Half-step Gang Qi realm, Nolan Mingde also knew that breaking through to the Gang Qi realm was not something that could be achieved overnight, nor could it be rushed.

As a result, after another failed attempt to break through to the Gang Qi realm, Nolan Mingde did not continue his retreat last night. In fact, due to the matter of Nolan Xuan being killed, he wasn’t even in the mood for cultivation.

"Dad, although Xiao Xuan was killed by that little beast Ye Fan, it fundamentally stemmed from those two people from Changshi Village," said Nolan Changfeng, surrounded by a murderous aura, his eyes filled with intense killing intent. "Therefore, not only must we make that little beast’s head accompany Xiao Xuan in death, but those two from Changshi Village must join them too!"

"We cannot rush this matter."

Nolan Mingde shook his head. He was deeply saddened and angered by Nolan Xuan’s death, but he knew they couldn’t touch Elder Miao and Miao Xiuling until after Master Wumu had dealt with Ye Fan; otherwise, if Ye Fan truly waged a massacre at Nolan Manor, it would spell disaster for the Nolan clan!

"Dad, that little beast is just bluffing; he won’t stay in Changshi Village to protect those two," perhaps overflowing with rage, Nolan Changsheng was eager for vengeance and couldn’t wait a moment longer.

"He has now entered Changbai Mountain, and it’s very likely he’ll leave from Changshi Village when he descends."

Nolan Mingde, seeing the vengeful urge in Nolan Changsheng, thought for a moment and said, "Let’s wait for him to leave Changbai Mountain before we make a move on those two."

"Okay!"

Nolan Changfeng nodded, then asked, "By the way, Dad, did Wu Mu say when he would make a move on that little beast?"

"Wu Mu won’t take action personally; instead, he has instructed his senior disciple, Ku Rong, to do it."

Nolan Mingde replied, "Currently, Ku Rong is at the realm of Innate Great Perfection but isn’t confident about killing that little beast. Therefore, Wu Mu wants to craft a top-grade high-level magical artifact, the Soul Summoning Banner for him! That’s also why Wu Mu came to our family to exchange for the Soul-devouring Blade—the crafting of the Soul Summoning Banner requires a large amount of resentful energy and spirits."

"And if he can’t craft the Soul Summoning Banner, or say he can’t do it within a few years, what then?" Nolan Changfeng couldn’t wait that long.

Nolan Mingde shook his head and said, "That won’t happen. According to Wu Mu, he is going next to the North Korea Special Zone. That area was a battlefield in the 1950s, where over a million soldiers were buried, abundant with resentful energy, more than enough for him to craft the Soul Summoning Banner. If nothing goes wrong, he should be able to do it very soon."

"That’s good."

Having heard this, Nolan Changfeng breathed a sigh of relief, but his expression soon turned dark again, "I really want to tear that little beast into pieces myself!"

This time,

Nolan Mingde was silent.

Because he sensed that Ku Rong’s presence was approaching them.

A moment later, Wu Mu arrived at Courtyard No. 1 with Ku Rong.

"Mingde, to help you kill Chu Xuanji’s disciple sooner, I’m taking Ku Rong to the North Korean Special Zone now and came to bid farewell," Wu Mu said frankly without sitting down as he entered the hall.

"Everything is in Master Wu Mu’s hands now!"

Nolan Mingde gave a respectful bow, then, along with Nolan Changfeng, escorted Master Wu Mu and his disciple Ku Rong out of Nolan Manor.

"Master, we’ve already obtained the Soul-devouring Blade, why not extract the spirits from the blade first and initially craft the Soul Summoning Banner into a mid-level magical artifact?" Ku Rong couldn’t help but voice his confusion after they had left Nolan Manor nearly three miles behind.

Last night, after Nolan Mingde and Wu Mu reached an exchange agreement, Nolan Changfeng retrieved the Soul-devouring Blade and handed it over to Wu Mu right away.

Initially, Ku Rong thought Wu Mu would craft the Soul Summoning Banner last night, but Wu Mu spent the night in meditation and cultivation, and after he finished, he immediately took him to bid farewell to Nolan Mingde.

"The spirits inside the Soul-devouring Blade are more formidable than I anticipated and are not easy to extract and integrate into the Soul Summoning Banner," Wu Mu explained. "Furthermore, while we could first craft the Soul Summoning Banner as a mid-level magical artifact and upgrade it to a high-level artifact with absorbed resentful energy once we reach the North Korea Special Zone, the effect wouldn’t be as good as crafting it in one go——I plan to set up the Soul Summoning Array in the North Korea Special Zone and absorb the lonely souls’ resentful spirit. Once the time is right, then I’ll extract the spirits from the Soul-devouring Blade."

"I see," Ku Rong suddenly understood, then again inquired, "Master, since the spirits in the Soul-devouring Blade are stronger than you expected, then the Soul Summoning Banner must surely become a top-grade high-level magical artifact, right?"

"Heh! If I, as your master, completely absorb the resentful energy of a million lonely souls in the North Korea Special Zone, along with the spirits from the Soul-devouring Blade, the Soul Summoning Banner will become the most powerful magical artifact in this world! It might even rival the Sect Suppressing Demon Artifact of the ancient Cultivation World’s Demon Sect!" Wu Mu said with a cold smirk.

"Sss—"

Upon hearing this, Ku Rong involuntarily gasped.

As the senior disciple of the Ghost Sect, he had seen numerous records about the ancient Cultivation World and was well aware of the Demon Sect’s strength back then.

The strength of the Demon Sect, besides the formidable power of its sect leader, largely depended on possessing a powerful Demon Artifact!

According to the records, that Demon Artifact was more powerful than any magical artifact from the righteous path at that time, even claimed to be a legendary ’semi-magical weapon’!

"Master, based on what you’ve said, if I wield the successfully crafted Soul Summoning Banner, killing that bastard will be as easy as turning over my hand!" Excited at the prospect of wielding a Soul Summoning Banner comparable to the ancient Cultivation World’s Demon Artifact, Ku Rong was as thrilled as if injected with adrenaline.

"Hmph, not only that. Your master is already one foot into the Peak of Gang Qi. Once the Soul Summoning Banner is crafted, even Chu Xuanji won’t be able to do anything against me!" Wu Mu gave a sinister smile, his eyes filled with anticipation, "And once I successfully step into the Peak of Gang Qi, even if Chu Xuanji doesn’t come for me, I will go to him and show him who truly is the number one Magician!"

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