Chu Fan's key fateful turning point

"Brother Ye, it's rare to come out, let's drink until we drop today!"

Outside the small town, Yao Wu, dressed in an apothecary's robe, rubbed his hands and gave a fawning smile to Ye Guicang before him.

"Brother Wu, you don't look like an apothecary or alchemist at all. Clearly, Medicine Spirit Valley has the strictest regulations on alcohol."

Long-term drinking, whether of ordinary alcohol or spirit wine mixed with Spirit Medicine, leads to numbness of the senses, so most alchemists are extremely averse to alcohol.

"The ones you're talking about are ordinary apothecaries, not a martial arts practitioner like me. In the decades we've known each other, how many times have you teased me with those words? I think you just don't want to let me taste your collection!"

The Ye Guicang before him held quite a reputation in the cultivation world. He was one of the few Loose Cultivators at the Peak Star Realm. He had only two major hobbies: alcohol and the sword, which earned him the elegant nickname, Drunken Sword.

Over the decades, many Cultivators had come to him seeking the spirit wine he brewed.

Yao Wu was the greediest one among them.

But precisely because of this, the two were able to become close friends.

The previous exchange was merely a joke between the two.

So, after Yao Wu finished speaking, both of them looked at each other and smiled.

"Brother Wu, please. After learning you were coming out, I had already prepared the fine wine."

Ye Guicang reached out to invite Yao Wu into the room.

"Good, good, good. I've been craving this for a long time. If it weren't for the excuse of bringing Disciples out this time, I don't know when I would have been able to get out."

Usually, those leading teams for training were Elders at the Peak Nirvana Realm or Early Stage Star Realm; there was no need for someone like Yao Wu, a Peak Star Realm expert, to step out.

However, just as he was about to enter the small courtyard to taste the fine wine, a faint light slipped into his waist.

The message Miao Yun sent in the town tavern had clearly arrived.

"Hm?" Yao Wu sensed something wrong and hurriedly checked the information Miao Yun sent.

After confirming the news, his expression changed drastically.

Seeing Yao Wu's expression, Ye Guicang couldn't help but take it seriously.

Based on his understanding of Yao Wu, the other party wouldn't show such a look unless it was a very important matter.

"Brother Ye, take your natal flying sword, we need to rush to Wolf Howl Cliff in the west to intercept someone!"

"What happened?" Ye Guicang asked hurriedly upon seeing this.

"You must know about the wanted order issued by the Three Saints Sect earlier. Now, that Jiang Wang has appeared here with Chu Fan, a Disciple of the Three Saints Sect who has fallen into the Demonic Path. They are definitely trying to return to the Northern Territory through Wolf Howl Cliff!"

The moment he heard this, a cold light flashed from within the small courtyard, and Ye Guicang's natal flying sword appeared in his hand.

He was a reasonable man; Jiang Wang coming here alone must have a motive. Regardless, they had to stop the other party here.

The two immediately rushed towards Wolf Howl Cliff. During this process, Yao Wu sent messages to Medicine Spirit Valley and Miao Yun respectively.

Notifying Medicine Spirit Valley was to have them contact the Three Saints Sect to thoroughly keep the people there, and informing Miao Yun was to ensure her own safety.

At this moment, Jiang Wang and Chu Fan were completely unaware of this.

After all, neither of them could have guessed that a Disciple of Medicine Spirit Valley happened to be hiding in the tavern, and was carrying a Magic Treasure that masked their aura.

They had only just left the town a short while ago, and they had taken a different route than Yao Wu and Ye Guicang.

However, their destination was the same: Wolf Howl Valley.

This place had strong winds that even those in the Longevity Realm found hard to resist all year round. When passing through the valley, it made a mournful wolf-howling sound, hence the name.

This was also one of the few areas that led directly to the Northern Territory.

Although Righteous Path Cultivators had sent people to guard it in advance, facing Jiang Wang, who was at the Peak Star Realm, they could only hold him off for a moment.

Not to mention that Jiang Wang had already notified his subordinates in advance, asking them to deploy support ahead of time.

Meanwhile, inside the Three Saints Sect.

Su Ming, who had returned from the heaven-reaching pagoda, was Cultivating within the Time Acceleration Formation, with his fiancée, Luo Ningshuang, by his side.

Since the awakening of the Innate Dao patterns, Luo Ningshuang's Cultivation speed could be said to be advancing by leaps and bounds.

Coupled with the Jade Pool Golden Canon from the Jade Pool Holy Land beyond the domain, and the help of Spirit Pills and precious medicine, Luo Ningshuang had successfully stepped into the Longevity Realm.

Even the Jade Pool Empress, who resided in the jade pool heavenly lock, had to sigh that Luo Ningshuang's talent was even stronger than hers back in the day.

At this moment, the Meridians and Dantian within Su Ming's body were completely covered in cracks, as if they could shatter at any moment.

This situation had persisted for some time, meaning Su Ming could Breakthrough at any moment.

However, just at this moment, the System's voice suddenly rang out.

【Host, the current event of Chu Fan fleeing to the Northern Territory has become a critical destiny node.】

Upon hearing this, Su Ming opened his eyes instantly.

"System, you mean..."

【Consuming one million destiny points gives a probability of killing Chu Fan.】

"System, after Chu Fan dies, what will happen to the remaining destiny?"

【Having lost the core protagonist of destiny, you can plunder all remaining destiny and use these destiny points to exchange for all the Opportunities in this world that should have belonged to the protagonist of destiny, including the future.】

The reason Su Ming asked that before was because he was worried that if Chu Fan died, he wouldn't be able to farm destiny points anymore.

Moreover, relying on the ability to burn destiny, he could also severely damage the protagonist's destiny.

But now the System told him there was a chance to kill Chu Fan and obtain all the destiny points. Su Ming, who was unwilling to gamble in both lives, was finally tempted at this moment.

As long as he won, he could kill Chu Fan and plunder all the destiny.

But once he lost, he would lose one million destiny points, and Chu Fan would successfully enter the Northern Territory, continuing to be his enemy in the future...

Even if he could continue to squeeze destiny points from Chu Fan later, one million destiny points was a real loss.

Just as Su Ming was struggling with whether to take this gamble, Uncle Meng's voice suddenly came from outside.

"Young Lord, Qu Xiangyang has suddenly come to find you, saying he has a very important matter."

Hearing this, Luo Ningshuang, who was beside him, stopped Cultivating and opened her beautiful eyes to look at Su Ming.

"It's fine, you continue Cultivating. I'll go see what's going on."

Su Ming left the Time Acceleration Formation directly and came before Uncle Meng.

"Uncle Meng, what exactly happened?"

"Young Lord." Qu Xiangyang, who was on the side, spoke: "We received news from Medicine Spirit Valley. Their Elder has discovered the whereabouts of Chu Fan and Jiang Wang. They are at Wolf Howl Valley!"