Chapter 17 Top-Grade Magic Treasure

Seeing Ye Fan grimacing in pain, Murong Wan froze for a moment before unexpectedly bursting into laughter.

This smile nearly hooked Ye Fan's soul away; it was the first time he discovered this side of the ice beauty.

"Senior Sister, you look even more beautiful when you smile. You should smile more often in the future."

"You... glib-tongued... you deserve a beating!"

After a brief daze, Murong Wan hurriedly shook her head and distanced herself from Ye Fan again, as if returning to her usual icy self.

"You... stop doing these meaningless things... I won't fall for you," Murong Wan said, her pretty face flushing red.

"Senior Sister, are you really not going to give me even a single chance?" Ye Fan continued to play the pity card.

"This..."

Murong Wan bit her red lips tightly, and after a long while, she made a seemingly impossible request.

"Fine... as long as you can take first place in the Trial Assembly a month from now, I'll consider becoming your true Dao Companion."

"Trial Assembly?"

The so-called Trial Assembly was a decennial grand event of the Joyous Union Sect, where all Qi Refining Realm Disciples under the age of thirty could participate.

Valuable rewards would be given based on the final results, and the top spot even had a chance to obtain the legendary foundation establishment pill, greatly increasing the odds of a successful Foundation Establishment.

Competition in past Trial Assemblies had always been extremely fierce; even with Murong Wan's cultivation at the eighth level of the Qi Refining Realm, she might not necessarily take the top spot.

She proposed this condition clearly wanting Ye Fan to back down, but to her absolute surprise, Ye Fan actually agreed.

"First place in the Trial Assembly... very well. For Senior Sister, I would go through mountains of blades and seas of fire, let alone a mere Trial Assembly."

Ye Fan's confidence actually gave Murong Wan a heart-fluttering feeling, and it took quite an effort for her to barely regain her composure.

"Talk about it after you've done it."

Murong Wan turned to leave, but Ye Fan called out to her again.

"Senior Sister, you haven't taken your Medicinal Pills yet."

"I don't need them."

"Senior Sister, you'd better think carefully. If you don't want them, I'll just throw them all away."

Seeing Ye Fan's serious expression, Murong Wan's willow-like brows furrowed tightly. After a while, she spoke as if resigned to fate.

"Fine, take this. It's enough to compensate for the value of these Medicinal Pills."

Dao Companion Murong Wan gifted the Host a top grade Magical Artifact, the Heart Protection Mirror. After a tenfold value amplification, the Host obtained the top-grade magic treasure, the golden armor immortal robe.

golden armor immortal robe: A top grade defensive Magic Treasure that can automatically block and reflect all types of attacks.

"top grade... Magic Treasure?!"

When these four words were put together, even Ye Fan couldn't stay calm.

The quality of a Magic Treasure is far above that of a Magical Artifact; even Core Formation Realm Cultivators cannot claim to have one each.

In a small cultivation Family, it would be enough to be considered an heirloom.

As for a top-grade magic treasure, it was even more rare and sought after; there might not even be a few in the entire Joyous Union Sect.

Compared to offensive Magic Treasures, defensive ones are even harder to come by. After all, survival is the absolute priority.

The strength of a top grade defensive Magic Treasure is far beyond ordinary imagination. With this protecting him, Ye Fan would Innately stand in an invincible position.

Seeing Ye Fan smiling foolishly without stopping, Murong Wan clearly misunderstood something and hurriedly said not to overthink it—this was just a return gift for the Medicinal Pills.

After speaking, Murong Wan fled back to her room like the wind, feeling her heart racing wildly, causing the peaks of her chest to heave incessantly.

"How can this be... could I really have fallen for him?!"

Ye Fan was completely immersed in the joy of obtaining a top-grade magic treasure, not even noticing when Murong Wan had left.

"Is she in seclusion again?"

Ye Fan gave a helpless smile and collected his thoughts before snapping out of it.

Although many things happened today, and some were beyond Ye Fan's expectations...

...overall, they were still within a controllable range and developing in a favorable direction.

Especially Murong Wan's attitude, which had clearly changed. Ye Fan was even certain that even if he couldn't take first place in the Trial Assembly, Murong Wan still wouldn't escape his grasp.

Thinking of this, Ye Fan was in a great mood and went back to tinkering with the Spirit Medicine seedlings he had bought.

Murong Wan's Immortal Cave covered a vast area, providing more than enough space for Ye Fan to plant Spirit Medicines, making it a hundred times more suitable than those barren spirit fields.

Ye Fan was already well-versed in this kind of work, and now with the help of his cultivation, he was even more adept, quickly preparing a Medicine Field.

He planted the Spirit Medicine seedlings he had bought one by one. With the spiritual energy of this blessed land, it wouldn't be long before they bloomed and bore fruit. Ye Fan seemed to see countless Spirit Stones beckoning to him.

These were all raw materials for refining his little blue pills. Once mass production began, it would be enough for him to earn staggering wealth.

"I almost forgot. I wonder how Elder Tie is doing!"

Ye Fan cursed himself for forgetting this. If Elder Tie had a Dao Companion, it would be fine, but if not, something might happen tonight.

"I hope Elder Tie doesn't run into any trouble."

Tie Wuqing hadn't noticed anything unusual when he left, only feeling a strange, inexplicable heat.

At first, he thought the weather had changed, but unexpectedly, this heat didn't subside; instead, it grew more intense.

"Wait, is it that Medicinal Pill?!"

With Elder Tie's skills, he quickly identified the problem, but he didn't take it to heart, easily suppressing the medicinal properties with his internal energy.

"Hmph, just a Medicinal Pill refined by a mere Outer Sect Disciple. How could it make this old man yield?"

Elder Tie had a confident expression, but the heartless reality soon gave him a slap in the face.

"Wait... something's wrong... something is very, very wrong!"

Given Tie Wuqing's status, he naturally had a Dao Companion, but at this age, besides the routine during cultivation, there was almost no communication between them.

His Dao Companion, Zhuo Fang, had also been a well-known beauty in the Joyous Union Sect in her youth.

Although she didn't achieve Core Formation very early, because of her youth-retaining techniques and consumption of some Heaven And Earth Treasures, Zhuo Fang looked only in her forties, completely different from Tie Wuqing's white-haired, youthful-faced elderly appearance.

Zhuo Fang looked at the almanac; there were still some days left until their agreed cultivation time, and she couldn't help but feel quite resentful.

"That old ghost, he never thinks to visit me more often. He's really not afraid of me cuckolding him."

Zhuo Fang looked indignant, even plotting a way to scare Tie Wuqing.

Unexpectedly, just as she thought of this, the Immortal Cave's Barrier was broken without warning. This sudden turn of events caused Zhuo Fang's expression to change drastically.

One must know that this was the Punishment Hall located in the heart of the Joyous Union Sect. For someone to dare break the Barrier and barge in was truly inconceivable.

Zhuo Fang was about to berate the intruder, but when she saw Tie Wuqing barging into the Immortal Cave, she froze on the spot.

Tie Wuqing was panting like a bull, his eyes bloodshot, and his beard was practically bristling.

He stared blankly at Zhuo Fang, unable to stop himself from swallowing hard.

"You old ghost, what's gotten into you in the middle of the night?!" Zhuo Fang cursed instinctively.

"It's an emergency! No time to explain!"

"What are you doing... I... ah... you devil..."

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