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Chapter 728 - 647: Overturning the Japan Cultivation World! Eight

Chapter 728: Chapter 647: Overturning the Japan Cultivation World! Eight

"Elder Xuan, it seems we don’t have a choice, do we?"

Ye Fan gave a bitter smile.

Initially, when he heard Elder Xuan mention that the spirit vein beneath Fuji Mountain had already been mined, he felt completely disheartened. The subsequent news that there were spirit stones within the Dai Yuan Family Mansion rekindled a glimmer of hope. However, Elder Xuan’s last statement was like a bucket of cold water, instantly extinguishing the flame of hope within his heart.

Even with great courage, he knew that attempting to snatch spirit stones right under the noses of the Japan Cultivation World’s supreme strongmen was tantamount to seeking death!

After all, any one of those strongmen, let alone all of them together, was far beyond his ability to contend with.

"As long as you can enter the place where the spirit stones are stored without those ants discovering you, you’ll be safe."

Elder Xuan spoke again, "By that time, even if those ants discover you, I can absorb the spiritual energy from the spirit stones within an extremely short amount of time and recover my strength—although the quality and quantity of the spirit stones there are poor, they are enough for me to regain a sliver of my strength and wield the Nine Heavens Mysterious Crown to kill those ants."

"Really?"

Hope shone in Ye Fan’s eyes.

According to Elder Xuan, as long as he could sneak into the Dai Yuan Family Mansion’s spirit stone storage without anyone being the wiser, even if he couldn’t silently take the spirit stones away, his life wouldn’t be in danger. They would just need to use the spirit stones for Elder Xuan to eliminate those supreme strongmen from the Japan Cultivation World!

Whether it was acquiring the spirit stones or eliminating those strongmen, Ye Fan was more than willing.

Taking away the spirit stones would elevate his realm, and he could retain some stones for potential crises. If escape became impossible, Elder Xuan could then absorb the spirit stones and take action.

If he couldn’t take away the spirit stones, he could still leave Japan unscathed—as long as Elder Xuan killed those supreme strongmen, no one in the entire Japan Cultivation World could stop him!

"Not just that, according to my perception, if I just absorb enough to wield the Nine Heavens Mysterious Crown, there should still be some spirit stones left for you. Those will be sufficient for your Martial Arts Cultivation to break through to the ’Half-step Qi Condensation Realm’, which is what you on Earth call the Half-step Gang Qi Realm," Elder Xuan indirectly provided an answer.

"If that’s the case, then there’s nothing to hesitate about. Of course, I must take the risk and try." This time, Ye Fan made his decision without any hesitation.

"Kid, you said it yourself it’s a risk. Let me be upfront—if you’re discovered by those ants before entering the place where the spirit stones are stored, I won’t be able to save you—with my current state, I can only kill one of those ants for you, or perform soul interference twice," Elder Xuan cautioned.

"If it’s as you said before, there’s obviously no choice. But as you just mentioned, as long as I can stealthily sneak into where the spirit stones are stored, I can be safe, then I certainly want to try."

Ye Fan’s expression was exceptionally determined, and his eyes flickered with a wise light, "Moreover, given the current situation, with the Japan Cultivation World laying a tight net of surveillance, escaping is going to be incredibly difficult. I might as well give it my all!"

"Your courage comforts me, but a single slip can cause everlasting regret. Be extra careful on your own."

Seeing Ye Fan’s resolute attitude, Elder Xuan felt very reassured. The path of cultivation was filled with unknowns and perils, many opportunities coexisted with risks, and one could not achieve much if they were always timid and cautious.

"Mhm."

Ye Fan responded, then stopped communicating with Elder Xuan through his mind and began to once again release his mental perception, sensing everything around him.

Immediately after, Ye Fan took a deep breath and focused, adjusting his spiritual energy to the optimal state.

Having done all this, Ye Fan’s figure flashed at the foot, disappearing into the woods like a specter, heading toward the lurking place at Fuji Mountain.

Since he couldn’t reveal his aura and could only use his physical strength, and to avoid the cultivators that occasionally appeared, the short distance of three kilometers took Ye Fan an entire hour to traverse.

An hour later, without alerting a single cultivator at the foot of the mountain, he finally entered Fuji Mountain.

Compared to the foot of the mountain, there were far fewer cultivators on the mountain, since the Dai Yuan Family was the only power there. However, Ye Fan didn’t dare to be careless and advanced stealthily, ensuring that he wouldn’t alarm anyone.

Finally, after two hours, Ye Fan arrived outside the Dai Yuan Family Mansion.

Like many other estates, the Dai Yuan Family Mansion was surrounded by walls, but unlike ordinary estates, there were no surveillance devices on their walls.

All this was because the Dai Yuan Family was one of Japan’s oldest Cultivation Families, and all its members were cultivators.

As a result, so-called surveillance devices were useless—the mental perception of the Dai Yuan Family members was much more effective than any surveillance equipment!

Although Ye Fan possessed the Ghost Ring that could conceal his aura, and there were no surveillance devices around the mansion’s walls, just to be safe, he didn’t recklessly infiltrate the mansion. Instead, he hid in a bush, carefully sensed for a moment to make sure that there was no one around for several hundred meters, then darted out of the bush, leaped over the wall, and entered the mansion.

"A thousand meters southwest, the place where the spirit stones are stored is under that cliff."

Ye Fan landed silently, flashed into the thicket, and Elder Xuan promptly used mind transmission to inform him of the exact location of the spirit stone storage.

Hmm?

Hearing Elder Xuan’s transmission, Ye Fan immediately released his mental perception and clearly sensed that the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to the southwest was much denser, especially around the cliff, which was nearly ten times that of other areas.

After confirming the location of the Spirit Stones, Ye Fan didn’t act rashly and carefully sensed everything around him while his gaze swept the surroundings like a blade.

About half a minute later, Ye Fan made sure there was no one around before he cautiously flashed out of the bushes, crouching and tiptoeing, running wildly along the edge of the thicket as lightly as a dragonfly skimming the water, almost noiselessly.

There were people ahead!

Having run around five hundred meters, Ye Fan’s heart skipped a beat, and he immediately halted, crouching behind the bushes, peering through the gaps at the front.

Just as he had sensed, two cultivators appeared up ahead, walking toward the place where Ye Fan was hidden.

Despite the darkness and limited visibility, Ye Fan could clearly see that the figures emerging were a young man and a young woman.

"That China monkey is really too arrogant, not only did he kill Brother Chen, he also dared to destroy the Jingguo Shrine in front of Uncle Daiyuan Jia and Master Mafeng Zuo Tian, seizing the Heroic Souls of those World War II veterans... Even if he dies a hundred times, it wouldn’t be enough to quench our hatred!"

The girl, dressed in a white kimono, had a face filled with venom that belied her youthful age, and her eyes brimmed with murderous intent.

"Qingzi is right. Considering the crimes of that China monkey, his soul should be extracted and burnt with Yin Fire, to let him suffer in a way that he can neither live nor die, tortured eternally!"

The boy in black kimono, standing beside the girl, nodded in agreement, his killing intent even thicker, as though he wished to tear Ye Fan to pieces right there and then.

Hearing the two’s resentful and murderous words, Ye Fan didn’t make any careless moves or even spare a glance at them, but instead kept his breath concealed, hiding in the bushes, perfectly still.

"Boy, if you were in the Xuan Realm, you would definitely be favored by assassin organizations—you were simply born to be an assassin!"

Impressed by Ye Fan’s performance, Elder Xuan couldn’t help but praise him through mind transmission.

"When I collect the Spirit Stones, if they don’t discover me, then all the better. But if they do, Elder Xuan, after you’ve dealt with those strongmen, I wouldn’t mind wiping the Dai Yuan Family off the map of the Cultivation World!" Ye Fan responded with a mind transmission, brimming with killing intent.

"Er..."

In Consciousness Space, Elder Xuan was taken aback at first, then realizing Ye Fan’s usual way of doing things, he came to terms with it.

All along, Ye Fan never showed mercy to his enemies, and when it was time to take decisive action, he never hesitated!

After the young man and woman left, Ye Fan flashed once more out of the bushes.

Perhaps because the distance to the cliff was no longer far, Ye Fan didn’t rush to move forward but deliberately slowed down, just in case.

"Elder Xuan, why do I feel that something isn’t quite right?"

Soon enough, when Ye Fan was less than two hundred meters from the cliff, he halted and carefully sensed his surroundings, communicating with Elder Xuan through mental perception again.

"What’s the matter?" Elder Xuan asked.

"Essence Stones, also known as Spirit Stones in your terms, are the most precious wealth of cultivators. According to normal logic, any force would protect Essence Stones with utmost care."

Ye Fan voiced his concern, "But as you’ve seen, along the way, I only encountered two people and no one else. I even sensed through my perception that there were no people around the cliff. This is too strange."

"Didn’t you notice that there’s a Killing Array set up around the cliff?" Elder Xuan questioned in response.

Huh?

Hearing this, Ye Fan quickly used his perception to meticulously sense and was shocked to discover that around the cliff, there was not only an ’Enchanting Soul Array’ meant to deceive the senses but also a terrifying ’Yin Yang Kill Array’.

As a Half-step Gang Qi Realm Cultivator, Ye Fan had a profound understanding of formations and almost instantly detected that the ’Yin Yang Kill Array’ had divided all the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi around the cliff into yin and yang. If anyone trespassed, the Evil Yin Qi would enter the intruder’s body at the first instance.

Given the intense concentration of Evil Yin Qi around the cliff, even a Gang Qi Introduction Realm cultivator who intrudes would face a situation of nine deaths and one life.

"So, the Dai Yuan Family has replaced personal guards with a Killing Array. Once someone breaks into the array, even if they’re lucky to survive, the strongmen of Dai Yuan Family can arrive in time to slay the intruders," Ye Fan quickly grasped the Dai Yuan Family’s intention behind such an arrangement.

"You’re right."

Elder Xuan affirmed Ye Fan’s judgment and then warned, "Boy, at this point, the only way to get the Spirit Stones is to break the formation. And once you do, it will surely alarm those insects—looks like I am destined to go on a killing spree for you today!"

"What kind of uproar would it cause to slaughter all the strong figures of the Japan Cultivation World in one night?"

Ye Fan remained silent, asking himself this question in his heart.

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