Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 1272: Defense Runes on the City Wall

Chapter 1272: Chapter 1272: Defense Runes on the City Wall

Originally, Huang Yuanhu and the others were keen on the Spirit Beast corpses and Spatial Rings from fallen Martial Artists, yet they dared not harbor any extravagant hopes.

After all, without Fang Bai, such a result would not have been possible, and naturally, everything should belong to Fang Bai.

However, to their surprise, Fang Bai made a sweeping gesture and ended up leaving almost everything to them.

Although the two most valuable Beast Cores were taken by Fang Bai, the remaining Cultivation Resources were still substantial enough to excite them immensely.

However, Huang Yuanhu and the others did not let excitement cloud their judgment; they all turned their heads toward Sun Guangyi and Li Jingren, with a hopeful look in their eyes.

Even though Fang Bai did not care about those Cultivation Resources, without the permission of these two Stewards, they dared not lay claim to them.

"What are you all looking at us for?"

"Since Senior Fang has agreed, go ahead and take what you want!"

Sun Guangyi and Li Jingren exchanged glances and smiled, waving their hands.

"Thank you, Steward Sun, Steward Li!"

A dozen disciples from the Golden Crow Manor cheerfully said.

Sun Guangyi rolled his eyes and said irritably, "Why thank us? This is Senior Fang’s benevolence; you should be thanking him!"

"Thank you, Senior Fang!"

Then, a dozen disciples from the Golden Crow Manor, facing the direction of the dense forest, chorused together.

"Alright, enough chat! Come over here! Pick whatever you like, if you’re too late, there won’t be anything left! Steward Sun, Steward Li, would you two like to pick something?"

Fang Bai’s voice immediately came from the dense forest.

Hearing Fang Bai’s voice, the dozen disciples from the Golden Crow Manor no longer hesitated and joyously dashed toward the dense forest, fearing they’d miss out and the best items would be taken by others.

Sun Guangyi and Li Jingren weren’t particularly interested in the Cultivation Resources and understood that Fang Bai was just being polite. They smiled and responded, "Let the younger ones divide the items among themselves; we’ll not partake. We’ll thank Senior Fang on behalf of the youngsters."

Seeing Xia Chenyu remaining still, and not joining in the division of the Cultivation Resources in the dense forest, Sun Guangyi and Li Jingren were not surprised, thinking that with her relationship with Fang Bai, she naturally wouldn’t lack Cultivation Resources in the future, so there was no need for her to participate.

A hundred breaths later, Fang Bai and the others continued their journey, and the joyful expressions on the faces of the dozen disciples from the Golden Crow Manor indicated they had obtained quite a bounty.

Although the path through Black Wind Gorge was extremely difficult to navigate, it posed no obstruction to Fang Bai and his companions. They executed their movement techniques with fluid grace, crossing the thousand-li Black Wind Gorge in just half a day.

Walking another two to three hundred li forward, a vast manor nestled between mountains and rivers appeared before everyone.

"Senior Fang, that is our Golden Crow Manor," Sun Guangyi said as he pointed at the manor ahead, his tone tinged with emotion.

This outing had brought them through many perilous events, especially the encounters in the Forest of Myriad Medicines and Black Wind Gorge. Had it not been for Fang Bai, these dozen people might never have seen the Golden Crow Manor again.

Li Jingren and the others also harbored similar thoughts, their looks at Fang Bai filled with even deeper gratitude.

"Hmm, it’s a good place."

Fang Bai looked towards Golden Crow Manor and nodded with a smile.

To the east, west, and north of Golden Crow Manor, artificially planted Fire-attribute Spiritual Medicines stretch as far as the eye can see, half of which are over a thousand years old, falling into the category of high-grade Spiritual Medicine.

This also shows the profound foundation of Golden Crow Manor as a top-tier Sect, far beyond the reach of ordinary ones.

Threads of scorching Fire Primordial Qi emanated from countless Fire-attribute Spiritual Medicines, swirling around the courtyard, making the temperature within dozens of miles of Golden Crow Manor much higher than other places.

If not a Fire System Martial Artist, those powerful enough might manage, but those weaker would truly struggle to stay for a long time in such high temperatures.

Golden Crow Manor resembled a small city, its high walls isolating the inside from the outside.

Most surprisingly, on the already exceedingly sturdy walls, one could see indecipherable runes spaced every few meters.

Fang Bai’s gaze swept over those runes, knowing they were merely low-tier Defense Runes, making the walls even more solid and hard to breach.

Although the walls of Golden Crow Manor were grand and majestic, some areas of the wall’s outer layer were mottled and peeling, clearly very ancient and in need of repair.

In the center of the wall facing south, two thick iron gates were firmly shut.

The iron gate, made from back iron mixed with many special materials and also featured Defense Runes, was so sturdy that even Innate Experts could not easily breach it.

"Those walls and the iron gate were cast by the predecessors of my Golden Crow Manor and have survived for thousands of years,"

Seeing Fang Bai examining the walls, gates, and the runes with interest, Sun Guangyi explained, "When casting the walls and gates back then, the ancestors of the manor had spent a considerable amount of money to invite an Array Master to carve Defense Runes on them to reinforce the walls and gates and strengthen the manor’s defenses."

Li Jingren chimed in: "Thanks to the foresight of the manor’s ancestors who created such sturdy walls and gates, otherwise during several crises afterward, the manor might have suffered great losses."

He then sighed, "It’s just a pity that the effects of those Defense Runes cannot last forever. Every three to five hundred years, we have to spend a huge sum to invite an Array Master to check and re-carve the Array Runes."

During this conversation, they had already arrived at the gate.

The disciples of Golden Crow Manor on duty at the gate had already seen Sun Guangyi and the others from afar but, for safety’s sake, without verifying the identities of Sun Guangyi and the others, they wouldn’t easily let them in.

"Steward Liu, quickly open the gates, guests of honor have arrived."

As each of them took off the jade medallion representing the identity of Golden Crow Manor disciples from their waist and threw it towards the ramparts, only after an elder on the gate had checked did Sun Guangyi loudly say.

Upon hearing this, the steward named Liu, his gaze first landing on Fang Bai showing a trace of surprise, immediately ordered several disciples to open the gate and personally went out to welcome them.

"Steward Sun, Steward Li, you finally came back! Steward Li, your arm..."

Steward Liu walked up to Sun Guangyi and Li Jingren, and was just about to exchange pleasantries when he noticed that under Li Jingren’s clothing, his left arm was missing, which took him by surprise.

Li Jingren gave a bitter smile: "My arm is gone. If not for Senior Fang, I might have lost my life too. Steward Liu, let me introduce, this is Senior Fang Bai..."

Fearing that Steward Liu, due to Fang Bai’s youth, might show negligence, Li Jingren introduced him solemnly and briefly related how Fang Bai had helped them on their cultivation journey.

After hearing this, Steward Liu’s face was full of amazement, and he looked at Fang Bai again.