Best Young Master
Chapter 558 - 497: Breaking through to Innate Perfection (Part 1)

Chapter 558: Chapter 497: Breaking through to Innate Perfection (Part 1)

PS: Sorry, there was a bug in the last two Chapters, Nolan Xuan had already died; it should have been Nolan Qi in the text. It has been corrected now, thanks to the brother who pointed out the bug.

...

...

Five Saints Mountain.

Ye Fan did not know that Yan had directly sent He Yunting, the first actual authority elder of the Yanhuang Organization, to handle the affairs of the Nolan Family. Instead, he focused his attention on a military camp halfway up the mountain.

The military camp was small, consisting of a row of houses and a courtyard, with two flags flying over the courtyard.

One was the Five Star Red Flag of Huaxia, and the other was the flag of the North Korea Special Zone.

"Did you kill all the soldiers guarding the cemetery?" Ye Fan retracted his gaze and asked Ku Rong coldly.

"No... no, Wu Mu had introduced Evil Yin Qi into their bodies, causing them to faint..." Ku Rong reflexively responded.

"Heh, that Wu Mu is quite meticulous in his planning!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Fan immediately guessed Wu Mu’s intentions and was about to go to the military camp to help the soldiers dispel the Evil Yin Qi in their bodies when he saw Chu Xuanji flying towards him using Qi Manipulation.

"Why are you still keeping him around?"

As a cultivator who had reached the Great Success Realm of Gang Qi, Chu Xuanji used Qi Manipulation Flight, a near-magical skill that is remarkably fast. Seconds later, Chu Xuanji landed beside Ye Fan, his face expressionless as he looked at Ku Rong.

"I plan to hand him over to the Yanhuang Organization..."

Ye Fan explained and also shared his discovery of the Soul-devouring Blade and his conversation with Yan to Chu Xuanji, adding at the end, "Old man, to ensure there are absolutely no mishaps, strike his consciousness to prevent him from triggering any magic. After I revive the soldiers in the camp, let those soldiers notify the Yanhuang Organization to take him away."

"No... no..."

Startled by what Ye Fan said, Ku Rong shook all over and screamed in horror.

"Pfft——"

However... soon, Ku Rong’s screaming abruptly stopped as he spat out a mouthful of blood mist and wilted like frosted eggplant.

Seeing this, Ye Fan inwardly admired Chu Xuanji’s precise control over the Mind Attack, which neither destroyed Ku Rong’s consciousness nor left him with any combat ability, something he could not compare with.

"You grab him, and I’ll carry you over."

Although Chu Xuanji was indifferent to the fate of the world and unconcerned about the lives of the few soldiers guarding the cemetery, he had no objections to Ye Fan’s intention to save them.

"Alright!"

Ye Fan nodded, stepped forward, bent down, and grabbed the listless Ku Rong, lifting him like a little chicken.

Seeing this, Chu Xuanji no longer wasted words. He grabbed Ye Fan’s arm, activated his Gang Qi, and the three of them soared into the air, flying toward the military camp.

In the camp, all nine soldiers responsible for guarding the cemetery lay collapsed on the ground, unconscious, with Evil Yin Qi hovering over their heads, darkening their foreheads.

"We arrived just in time. Any later and the Evil Yin Qi would have invaded their consciousness. Then, not only would we need to dispel the Evil Yin Qi from their bodies, but we would also need to repair their consciousness. Otherwise, even if they were to wake up, they would become mentally deranged and perish completely within days," Ye Fan remarked as he arranged the nine soldiers in a row.

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Fan moved his mind and formed the handprints for the ’Lead’ character.

Upon completing the handprints, the Evil Yin Qi in the bodies of the nine soldiers seemed to be summoned, exiting their bodies and drifting towards Ye Fan, entering the Ghostly Gourd in his hands.

With the Evil Yin Qi expelled from their bodies, the nine soldiers did not wake up immediately but remained unconscious.

Ye Fan was not worried about this and, with a thought, a beam of telekinetic force shot from his forehead, affecting the black flag Ku Rong had placed on his body.

"Swoosh——"

The black flag rose on its own, and Ye Fan grabbed it in his hand.

Seeing this scene, the spiritless Ku Rong had no reaction, seemingly resigned to his fate.

"This flag can be given to Ruoshui for self-defense in the future," Ye Fan thought to himself, then moved his consciousness, triggering thoughts into the black flag to erase the Spiritual Imprint Ku Rong had left on it, turning the black flag into an ownerless object.

Meanwhile, the nine soldiers gradually opened their eyes, looking around bewilderedly at Ye Fan, Chu Xuanji, and Ku Rong as if they had just woken up.

"You were previously subjected to magic, falling into unconsciousness. The Magician who cast the magic on you has already been defeated by my master and me," Ye Fan said after a moment of thought, breaking the silence first.

Magic?

Magician?!

Stunned by Ye Fan’s words, all nine soldiers were shocked.

Initially, as common soldiers, they were unaware of what Magicians and Magic entailed, but because of their special mission—guarding the cemetery—they had interactions with the Yanhuang Organization’s North Korea Special Zone Office and gradually became aware of the Cultivation World, fully understanding the fearsomeness of Magicians!

"Thank... Thank you!"

After the shock, the squad leader among the nine soldiers got up and saluted Ye Fan in thanks.

"You’re welcome."

Ye Fan smiled and responded briefly, then pointing to Ku Rong, he added, "This is the disciple of that Magician. He and his master came here to use magic to knock you unconscious to draw on the Heroic Souls of the cemetery."

Shua!

Hearing Ye Fan’s words again, including the squad leader, all nine soldiers immediately turned their eyes to Ku Rong, their gaze filled with anger!

All nine soldiers were military personnel, and their mission was to guard the cemetery, holding high reverence for the heroes buried here.

Now, hearing from Ye Fan that Ku Rong and his master were here to draw on the Heroic Souls, one can imagine the fury in their hearts!

"He has already had his cultivation disabled by my master, and he can no longer use magic. I’ll leave him in your hands to contact the Yanhuang Organization’s North Korea Special Zone Office to take him away," sensing the anger in the eyes of the nine soldiers, Ye Fan, worried that they might kill Ku Rong in a fit of rage, spoke again.

"Phew~"

The leader of the class slightly closed his eyes, exhaled a stifled breath, adjusted his emotions, and refocused his gaze on Ye Fan, "Sorry, we failed to control our emotions. Rest assured, we will hand this scum over to the members of the Yanhuang Organization to receive the punishment they deserve!"

"If that’s the case, then we’ll take our leave first."

Upon hearing this, Ye Fan nodded, then signaled to Chu Xuanji with his eyes.

Chu Xuanji, understanding the hint, did not trigger his Gang Qi to employ Qi Manipulation Flight and instead quickly left with Ye Fan.

Even so, their speed, resembling teleportation, astounded the nine soldiers!

"How impressive!"

"Could this be the legendary Martial Arts master?"

"No way, once I’m discharged, I’m going to cultivate too!"

"Class... Class leader, why didn’t you ask who they were?"

"Yeah, if you had asked, we could find them to learn cultivation in the future..."

"Snap!"

The class leader first slapped his forehead, cursing himself for being foolish, then directly slapped the soldier, "Why didn’t you remind me earlier?"

As his words fell, the class leader hurried out of the military camp, intending to catch up with Ye Fan and Chu Xuanji to inquire about their identities and to inform the Yanhuang Organization, but he only saw the vast Five Saints Mountain, unable to locate them at all.

Soon after, the other eight soldiers also ran out, all showing disappointed expressions.

...

"Old man, shall we go check out the place where Wu Mu died?" not far from the military camp on the mountain road, Ye Fan suggested.

"We should take a look. The Soul Summoning Banner must not fall into the wrong hands." Chu Xuanji nodded, then grabbed Ye Fan and propelled with Qi Control Flight towards the place where Wu Mu had died.

A moment later, Ye Fan and Chu Xuanji found Wu Mu’s body, gruesomely mangled.

The Soul Summoning Banner lay not far from Wu Mu’s body, swirling with rolling Yin energy and emitting black smoke, continuously absorbing the evil Yin Qi from around, looking quite eerie.

"The Soul Summoning Banner can autonomously absorb evil Yin Qi?"

Seeing this, Ye Fan couldn’t help but be startled. In his memory, no magic artifact could do this.

Chu Xuanji, unusually frowning, said, "It’s good that we came. Otherwise, whether the Soul Summoning Banner falls into the hands of magicians with evil intentions or if it continues to autonomously absorb evil Yin Qi, it will pose a huge threat in the future."

"What do you mean?" Ye Fan asked confused.

"The resentful spirits inside the Soul Summoning Banner are formed from the combination of the resentful spirit from the Nolan Family’s ancestral treasure sword, the Soul-devouring Blade, and over a million resentful spirits from the North Korea Special Zone, far more formidable than I imagined. It has reached the point where it can autonomously absorb evil Yin Qi. Once the resentful spirits in the Soul Summoning Banner absorb enough evil Yin Qi, they will become even more powerful," Chu Xuanji explained, his expression slightly serious. "At that time, the Soul Summoning Banner will surpass the level of a top-grade high-level magical artifact, and perhaps even a magician at the level of Great Perfection of Gang Qi would struggle to manage it. When that happens, the resentful souls will break free from the formation’s constraints within the Soul Summoning Banner and exist in the world as Yin Demons, harming the living."

"What should we do?" Ye Fan asked.

"I plan to bring it back and collaborate with Yan to kill the resentful spirits."

Chu Xuanji pondered, saying that due to the overwhelming power of the resentful spirits, although he could harm them with his strength, completely exterminating them was extremely difficult. If he were to join forces with Yan, it would be much easier.

"Kill the resentful spirits?"

Ye Fan’s expression changed, blurting out, "Those souls include many Huaxia soldiers. They died at the hands of the enemy defending the country and its people, shedding their blood, the heroes of Huaxia! If the resentful spirits are killed, wouldn’t that erase their souls as well?"

"If we don’t kill the resentful spirits now, once it grows and breaks free from the Soul Summoning Banner, killing it will be as hard as reaching the sky," Chu Xuanji explained, "As for those Huaxia soldiers’ souls being devoured by the resentful spirits, they have already disappeared from this world."

Upon hearing this, Ye Fan’s heart stirred, showing a moment of hesitation.

Noticing Ye Fan’s unusual behavior, Chu Xuanji couldn’t help asking, "What’s wrong?"

"I can use the Crimson Golden Crown to absorb the resentful spirits, converting them into the pure essence of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to enhance my strength..."

"Then what are you waiting for?"

Chu Xuanji was initially startled, then interrupted Ye Fan with some surprise.

"Master, although those heroes’ souls have been devoured and no longer exist, they became part of the resentful spirits. If I use the Crimson Golden Crown to absorb the resentment and convert it into the essence of Heaven and Earth, to cultivate and increase my strength, I will feel uneasy, and it might even leave a Heart Demon," Ye Fan said with a wry smile. Although he longed to increase his strength, deep down, he did not wish to do so, otherwise, he would be no different from Wu Mu.

"Silly boy, that’s where you’re wrong. Put yourself in the shoes of those deceased soldiers if you were them, would you want your soul to be part of a resentful spirit that harms the living?" Chu Xuanji asked.

"No," Ye Fan instinctively shook his head.

"Then what are you hesitating for?" Chu Xuanji asked with a smile.

"But... but..."

"Stop hesitating, I can tell you unequivocally that if those Huaxia soldiers have spirits in heaven, they would rather their souls be refined into the essence of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to help you improve your cultivation rather than being senselessly destroyed by Yan and me!"

Seeing that Ye Fan was still hesitant, Chu Xuanji interrupted again, "Because, by helping you improve your cultivation, their sacrifices have meaning—you possess a patriotic heart and can continue their legacy—defending the nation!"

...

...

PS: I recommend a passionate fantasy new book "The First Under Heaven," by author Heavenly Thunder Pig, a friend of Feng Kuang, who has previously written a book of ten million words, the quality is assured, brothers and sisters who love fantasy might want to take a look~

.

.(To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to give recommendation tickets and Monthly Tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)