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Chapter 562 - 501 Weird

Chapter 562: Chapter 501 Weird

Time flowed like water, and ten days passed in a blink of an eye.

Halfway up the Five Saints Mountain, Ye Fan was seated cross-legged in the jungle, his eyes tightly shut, motionless, as if an old monk had entered meditation.

At this moment, he was immersed in a state of meditation, using his mind to manipulate the essence of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, continuously circulating it along the route of the Grand Circulation, cleansing his body and marrow while absorbing and refining the essence into the Essence of Power.

One cycle, two cycles, three cycles...

After eighty-one cycles, Ye Fan absorbed and refined a strand of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, and a pure Essence of Power was produced within his body.

"It’s time to rush into the ninety-ninth vital acupoints!"

Ye Fan thought to himself, then controlled the newly created Essence of Power, surging towards the ninety-ninth vital acupoint within his body.

Under Ye Fan’s manipulation, that powerful Essence of Power rushed like a torrent, irresistibly towards the ninety-ninth vital acupoint within his body.

Just as before, when the Essence of Power shot into the ninety-ninth vital acupoint, it was as if there was an invisible gate outside the acupoint, blocking all the Essence of Power from entering, preventing it from advancing even half a step!

With the barrier in place, Ye Fan could only break through it in order to store the Essence of Power in the ninety-ninth vital acupoint and condense a Power Seed.

"Break for me!"

After an unsuccessful impact, a sharp pain transmitted from Ye Fan’s acupoints and meridians, but he clenched his teeth, endured the pain, and manipulated the Essence of Power to strike the acupoint barrier again.

Once!

Twice!

Thrice!

After the ninth impact, the invisible gate formed by the barrier of the ninety-ninth vital acupoint shattered, and the Essence of Power burst into the acupoint.

"Huff~"

Ye Fan let out a sigh of relief to himself, then concentrated his mind to compress the Essence of Power, striving to form the Power Seed.

Having had experience with condensing Power Seeds before, Ye Fan soon condensed the ninety-ninth Power Seed.

"Even if I absorb and refine the remaining essence of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, it won’t be enough to assault the hundredth vital acupoint."

Having succeeded in charging the ninety-ninth vital acupoint, Ye Fan realized that there was only a sliver of essence left outside the crimson Gold crown, not enough to meet the needs of assaulting the hundredth vital acupoint, so he had to stop his meditation cultivation and slowly opened his eyes.

"The essence of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi is insufficient?"

Not far away, Chu Xuanji, also engaged in meditation cultivation, sensed the fluctuation in Ye Fan’s aura, suddenly opened his eyes, saw Ye Fan’s slightly regretful expression, and couldn’t help asking.

"Hmm, the essence of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi is basically used up now. I’ve only formed ninety-nine Power Seeds within my body. I still need nine more Power Seeds to break through to the realm of Innate Great Perfection!"

Ye Fan said this and planned to store the remaining essence of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi within his body, which he could use to recover strength when necessary.

This was similar to when Wu Mu fought Chu Xuanji—if Wu Mu hadn’t consumed a Plant Essence beforehand, storing a large amount of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi inside his body, he wouldn’t have been able to hold out for so long.

"Ninety-nine Power Seeds are equivalent to ninety-nine Dantians—your Power storage amounts to ninety-nine times that of an ordinary Peak stage Innate martial artist, and the quality is comparable to the Power of a martial artist at the realm of Innate Great Perfection, which is simply unbelievable."

Chu Xuanji said this and couldn’t help but inwardly exclaim about the terror of the Nine Heavens Profound Skill, "Although this cultivation method is difficult and slow to progress, it has many advantages. First, your bodily functions far surpass those of cultivators at the same level. Furthermore, the quality and quantity of your Power far exceed them. Once you step into the realm of Innate Great Perfection, you will possess strong combat power merely based on your Martial Arts Cultivation. If you add your Magic Cultivation to that, then even the average Half-step Gang Qi realm master wouldn’t be a match for you, only the absolute dominators of the Half-step Gang Qi realm could pose a threat!"

"By the way, once you step into the Gang Qi Realm, would you be able to store Gang Qi within the 108 vital acupoints?" Chu Xuanji thought of something towards the end and asked.

"I don’t know, my memory of this cultivation method only extends to reaching the Innate Great Perfection. I have no knowledge of what comes after," Ye Fan shook his head.

"Oh?"

Chu Xuanji was surprised by the answer, then thought for a moment and said, "Although I don’t know why you have such an incredible cultivation method in your memory, I think it’s very likely related to the crimson Gold crown. Maybe once you break through to the Innate Great Perfection, you will be able to learn the subsequent cultivation method."

"Well, I can only take one step at a time."

Ye Fan nodded, feeling in his heart that if he were to step into the realm of Innate Great Perfection, it was very likely that something bizarre would happen.

This was an intuition.

He didn’t know why he had this intuition, but it was strong!

"Old man, I’m going to take a bath first, I’m almost stinking,"

Seeing that Chu Xuanji was no longer speaking, Ye Fan realized that his body was smelly, covered in black dirt.

All that filth had been expelled from his body—during the process of absorbing and refining the essence of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, the essence followed the route of the Grand Circulation to shatter and refine his body.

"Hmm."

Chu Xuanji nodded his head but didn’t continue with his meditation cultivation. Instead, he stood up, ready to leave the place after Ye Fan had finished bathing.

Soon, Ye Fan came to a small river halfway up the mountain by himself. He quickly undressed and stepped into the river to wash.

After a thorough half-hour wash, Ye Fan emerged from the river to change into a new set of black robes and returned to Chu Xuanji’s side.

"Two days ago, Yan called me to inform me about the Nolan Family’s outcome—Nolan Mingde’s cultivation was crippled, and he was locked up in the Yanhuang Organization’s secret prison headquarters. Members of the Nolan Family like Nolan Changfeng, who were involved in criminal activities, have been arrested, but the trial verdict has yet to be announced. Unless something unexpected happens, the main members of the Nolan Family will likely spend the rest of their lives in prison."

To avoid disturbing Ye Fan’s cultivation, Chu Xuanji had been keeping Ye Fan’s personal mobile phone and the special communicator from the Yanhuang Organization for the past ten days, during which he received the call from Yan.

Just now, Chu Xuanji had been so concerned with whether Ye Fan had broken through to the realm of Innate Great Perfection that he forgot to mention the call, so when he saw Ye Fan approaching, he relayed the call’s content.

The Nolan Family was finished!

Chu Xuanji’s words echoed in Ye Fan’s ears, and his mind was as clear as a mirror.

Other than the contacts and influence accumulated over hundreds of years, the Nolan Family was able to dominate in the Northeast largely because they had Nolan Mingde, a Half-step Gang Qi realm powerhouse, and several family members at the Innate realm.

Now that the Yanhuang Organization had captured the core members of the Nolan Family, leaving behind only the weaker younger generation, maintaining the Nolan Family’s glory would be more difficult than reaching the heavens.

On one hand, due to this blow from the Yanhuang Organization, the government forces in the Dong san Provinces will definitely not continue to act as a protective umbrella for the Nolan Family.

Consequently, the Nolan Family’s enemies in the underworld, business world, and the cultivation world will certainly kick them while they are down and seek revenge for past grievances. With the younger and weaker members of the Nolan Family, they would be incapable of resistance.

"Apart from the Nolan Family, the Ghost Sect must have suffered as well, right?" Ye Fan asked.

"With Wu Mu committing such heinous acts, his disciples naturally couldn’t escape."

Chu Xuanji snorted coldly: "The Yanhuang Organization wiped out the Ghost Sect entirely, all of its disciples had their Martial Arts Cultivation crippled, and from now on, the Hua Xia Cultivation World will no longer have the Ghost Sect as a sect!"

"They brought disaster upon themselves and deserve no sympathy!"

Ye Fan had no pity for the destruction of the Ghost Sect; on one hand, the Ghost Sect, led by Wu Mu, was almost at a point of irreconcilable enmity with him. On the other hand, from top to bottom, the members of the Ghost Sect were all ill-intentioned, and leaving such people would only harm society.

"Now, with only three months left until the Qing bang competition, what’s your plan? Are you going to continue searching for medicinal ingredients or find a place to continue your cultivation in seclusion?" Chu Xuanji spoke again, inquiring about Ye Fan’s upcoming plans.

"Currently, my Magic Cultivation has already broken through to the realm of Innate Great Perfection. As for Martial Arts Cultivation, due to the incredibly unpredictable nature of my Cultivation Method, it’s virtually impossible to make a breakthrough in a short period unless I’m as lucky as I was this time."

Ye Fan indirectly gave his answer, "On the other hand, if I can find all the ingredients to refine the ’Lifespan Extension Pill’ before the Qing bang competition, I can use the ’Dan Tribulation’ induced by the pill’s refinement to absorb a massive amount of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi with the Crimson Golden Crown and convert it into essence for my cultivation."

Chu Xuanji’s eyes lit up at this.

Not only was his strength remarkable, but he was also well-versed in ancient books, skilled in medicine, and alchemy; he knew well that the ’Lifespan Extension Pill’ is one of the most difficult elixirs to refine in this world. According to ancient texts, refining the Lifespan Extension Pill is also an act of defying Heaven’s will and changing fate, which requires bearing Heaven’s punishment.

The so-called punishment, according to the ancient texts, refers to the Dan Tribulation.

Actually, the Dan Tribulation is also a form of Heavenly Tribulation, where Heaven attacks the person refining the elixir.

For ordinary people, both Dan and Heavenly Tribulations are full of crises, a scenario of nine deaths and one life. However, Ye Fan, owning the mysterious Crimson Golden Crown, not only faces no danger but can also turn misfortune into a blessing and upgrade his strength.

Not long ago, Ye Fan used a Heaven-defying Fate Changing Technique to extend the Old Master Ye’s life, which is an example.

"The main ingredients for the Lifespan Extension Pill are yin spirit flowers, Immortal Grass, Sky Cold Mushroom, and Snow Lotus King, while the other auxiliary ingredients are relatively easy to find, available at auction houses. So far, you have three of the main ingredients, just missing the Snow Lotus King. To find it, you’ll have to go to Mount Tian," advised Chu Xuanji after pondering for a moment.

"I plan to head directly from here towards Mount Tian, striving to find the Snow Lotus King as soon as possible."

While speaking, Ye Fan suddenly sensed a slight fluctuation in the Crimson Golden Crown inside his body.

Ye Fan was shocked, and he fully mobilized his mind to sense it, only to find the fluctuation very fleeting, as if it had never happened.

What surprised Ye Fan even more was that with the appearance of that fluctuation, his thoughts were inexplicably interfered with—he became more determined to go to Mount Tian.

"Could it be that the Crimson Golden Crown is interfering with my thoughts? Is it eager for me to go to Mount Tian??"

After his surprise, Ye Fan couldn’t help but ask himself and then suddenly remembered something important.

His mother, Ling Yun, had committed suicide by jumping off a cliff on Mount Tian!

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