Published at 8th of November 2024 8:32 am

Chapter 241: Xu Fan’s Bumper Harvest

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After leaving the inspection checkpoint, Xu Fan drove straight to his villa in Star of Zhonghai.

Now that Tongtong and Xu Yixue had returned to Xu Yixue’s place, the villa in Star of Zhonghai felt empty, lacking Tongtong’s laughter and joy. Despite its luxurious decoration, the villa was missing a sense of liveliness.

Xu Fan held the two items he had acquired from the auction today and began to examine them closely.

The first item was the haunted Spirit Jade, which he had won for five million. Thanks to the haunted reputation of this Jade Token, Xu Fan managed to acquire it for just its starting price, making it the only treasure in the entire auction that was obtained at its starting bid.

The other item was even more incredible, a piece of Spiritual Medicine extremely rare on Water Blue Star, the Blood Bodhi that appears only once in a thousand years. With this Blood Bodhi, combined with the True Qilin Blood from his little pet Ben Ben, Xu Fan could refine a Blood Qilin Pill. With this pill, he could advance directly from his current Qi Cultivation Stage to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

If one were to categorize it according to the Martial World of Yan Country, the Cultivators’ Foundation Establishment Realm would correspond to the legendary Great Supreme State of Yan Country’s Martial Artists.

However, through Xu Fan’s eyes, the gap between Cultivators and Martial Artists would only widen with each increase in level.

If an average Martial Arts Grandmaster could possess eighty percent of the strength of someone at the Qi Cultivation Stage, then the power of someone at the Great Supreme State would most likely reach only fifty to sixty percent of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator’s level.

For instance, the middle-aged man from the Black Blade Organization that Xu Fan encountered today, though he was at the Martial Arts Grandmaster Realm, was merely stronger in combat and could easily defeat a group of Martial Artists from the Flame Dragon Organization who were in the Yin Qi and Physical Tempering Realms.

But this kind of Martial Artist would be at a disadvantage against Xu Fan. Although Xu Fan’s abilities were also equivalent to a Martial Arts Grandmaster, he possessed vastly more knowledge. Just the spell for concealing his Spiritual Energy fluctuations alone was something the people of this world could only dream of possessing.

With this spell, even if Xu Fan stood right above someone’s head, they wouldn’t be able to detect his presence at all, and it is known that in this world, Martial Artists can sense each other. It’s very rare for a Martial Artist to be several ranks higher and yet go undetected by others.

When Xu Fan wants to conceal his aura, he can use a spell to retract all his aura, and when he wants to detect an enemy, he can extend his Sea of Consciousness to cover and inspect the area in all directions, completely ignoring any obstructions. Who in the Martial World could achieve such a feat?

But for Xu Fan, this was just a routine operation.

To trap the Martial Arts Grandmaster from the Black Blade Organization, Xu Fan even used a few leaves from the trees.

This is not to belittle Martial Artists, but rather a demonstration of the dimensional superiority of Cultivation culture over Martial culture. On the path of self-improvement, Martial Artists could not possibly have the long-term vision that Cultivators do.

In the Cultivation World, Qi Cultivation and Foundation Establishment are merely small fry. Only at the Golden Core can one be considered a big brother in a region. To truly establish a sect, one must at least reach the Nascent Soul Realm.

Upon the lands of Water Blue Star, Xu Fan could now only hear of the legendary Great Supreme State as the pinnacle of combat power.

This was a realm that 99.999% of the martial artists in Yan Country’s Martial World could never achieve in their entire lives.

Since Xu Fan had arrived in this world, in just a few days, he had already reached the late stages of Qi Cultivation. Now, with the two key ingredients in hand to refine the Blood Qilin Pill, Xu Fan would be able to bypass all inner demons and Tribulation obstructions and directly upgrade to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

By then, Xu Fan would no longer need to care about Kunlun, Shu Mountain, or the Assassin Alliance.

The leap from Qi Cultivation to Foundation Establishment would increase his strength not just by one or two times, but his combat power would skyrocket by several dozen times.

Furthermore, many of the supernatural abilities from the Cultivation World in Xu Fan’s mind could not be executed at his current Qi Cultivation level. Once he reached the Foundation Establishment Stage, he would be able to unlock a portion of his cultivation knowledge—err, postures—and then, facing the endless spells and combat techniques of Xu Fan, any enemy could only tremble.

Xu Fan placed the two treasures he had acquired on the table, contemplating the harvest from his day out.

Firstly, on the intelligence front: he eliminated two foreign bounty hunters, learnt about the foreign Assassin Alliance, and through Mo Luo Dan, got detailed information on the current state of Yan Country’s Martial World, particularly the six top sects and the legendary Warrior Heroes Ranking. Xu Fan was particularly interested in the top few names on that list.

Back in his days in the Cultivation World, he often sought out young people with strong cultivation talent on the planets he visited, to nurture them as his disciples. Xu Fan had very high standards for taking on disciples, emphasizing aptitude, comprehension, and character; Mo Luo Dan, a simple brute, was merely someone Xu Fan took on temporarily for menial tasks and couldn’t be considered a true disciple.

If Xu Fan seriously wanted to take on disciples, he would likely have to look through that list of heroes.

The second gain was recruiting a somewhat capable new follower, Mo Luo Dan, and a meticulous thug, Zhao Dong.

Mo Luo Dan had been stuck in the Qi Drawing Realm for many years due to a lack of guidance. The Dragon King Kong Zen Xu Fan gave him was akin to a miraculous and profound technique compared to the martial arts of this world. Even if Mo Luo Dan was slow-witted, he should be able to advance to the rank of Martial Arts Grandmaster within a month.

Having such a follower, Xu Fan could avoid getting personally involved in many situations. After all, he was also a prominent figure in the Cultivation World—dealing with thugs in the streets every day was hardly fitting of his status.

Then there was the second follower, Zhao Dong. With Zhao Dong taking over the Hu Family’s business and power, Xu Fan would essentially have his own stable foundation. Living in this mundane world involved all sorts of trivial matters. Having connections in both the righteous and grey paths meant fewer troubles. His array of forces would help in avoiding much trouble.

This was a necessary measure; Xu Fan hadn’t intended to engage with these grey forces. However, having provoked the renown foreign Assassin Alliance, if they wanted to seek him out, they would have to go through local power domains—as evidenced by today’s situation with the two foreign assassins from the Sanki combo who had acquired guns from the black market.

With the pervasive reach of grey forces, many pieces of intelligence could be relayed to him, making things much easier. Above all, with his beloved daughter and Xu Yixue to protect, and with the power of the southern city plus the strength of Night Castle, Xu Fan could influence half of Zhonghai; ensuring their safety should be no problem.

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