26: Causal investment, successive critical hits

Even though Su Fan was their Revered Master, it was impossible for him to protect them forever.

This treasure hunt was also Su Fan's deliberate attempt to train them. He didn't want his Disciples to hide in the Sect their entire lives, becoming spiritless, bloodless good-for-nothings in an ivory tower.

Such people, once they ventured outside, would quickly be devoured until not even a speck of them remained.

If they encountered an enemy and still bowed and announced their Sword Cultivator move before acting, then they would truly be not far from death.

Su Fan and Chu Qinglian left Dongyang City. As soon as they settled in the bamboo forest, Su Fan quickly checked the System rewards.

Granting the Divine Movement Talismans and Array Breaking Talismans to his Disciples just now also triggered the Ten Thousand Times Return.

“Ding!”

“You gifted ten 'Divine Movement Talismans' to your Disciples Xiao Ling'er and Chu Wuchen, successfully making a Karma investment!”

“Critical hit multiplier being determined...”

“Congratulations, Host! Three Thousand Times Critical Hit triggered!”

“Reward Return: Obtained ten 'Ten Thousand Mile Shuttle Talismans'.”

Ten Thousand Mile Shuttle Talisman.

The user can ignore spatial distance and shuttle within a ten-thousand-mile range, making it an absolute divine item for travel or escape.

“Ding!”

“You gifted ten 'Array Breaking Talismans' to your Disciples Xiao Ling'er and Chu Wuchen, successfully making a Karma investment!”

“Critical hit multiplier being determined...”

“Congratulations, Host! Eight Thousand Times Critical Hit triggered!”

“Reward Return: Obtained ten 'One Finger Annihilation Talismans'.”

One Finger Annihilation Talisman.

The user points a finger, condensing all their spiritual power to unleash an ultimate strike without reservation.

Not bad!

Treasures!

For Su Fan at this stage, one was a means of escape, and the other was a means of attack—both were rare and excellent Magic Treasures!

Although they were far from the Medicinal Pills and Divine Swords returned earlier, their practicality was a winning point.

Essential Divine Artifacts for murder and robbery!

“Peak Lord Su, are we just waiting here? Don’t we need to go into the city to support them?”

Chu Qinglian’s eyes were filled with worry.

Inside the auction house, there were many powerhouses in the Origin Opening Realm, Foundation Establishment Realm, and even Core Formation Realm.

Each of them had a cultivation far surpassing Xiao Ling'er and Chu Wuchen.

With their mere Spirit Gathering Realm cultivation, they were truly being too reckless.

Extremely dangerous!

Su Fan, however, shook his head.

“As long as someone is there to support them, they will never truly grow.”

“What I, Su Fan, want are not useless, flashy fighters, but Disciples who have truly seen blood.”

Unperturbed by honor or disgrace, calm in the face of change.

What Su Fan wanted to cultivate were Disciples who could break through sieges and escape encirclement in times of crisis.

Not fools who would only announce their names and shout out Sword Cultivator moves...

Linglang Heaven, Dongyang City Auction Branch.

Xiao Ling'er and Chu Wuchen did not enter at the same time; they discussed and decided to act separately.

When Chu Wuchen entered the auction house, he instantly attracted many gazes.

He wore a white robe, with empty sleeves, but two fiery red fire crystal stone longswords were strapped to his back.

With a bald head, cloth shoes, and longswords on his back, he could only be described as peculiar.

And most importantly...

He had no cultivation.

“Young Master, are you here to purchase collectibles or participate in the auction?”

A female cultivator in a green dress walked up to Chu Wuchen with a smiling face.

Chu Wuchen was initially a little nervous, even a bit uneasy.

But then he thought of how his Supreme Sword Bone was taken and his arms were severed, and he no longer felt any uneasiness or guilt.

For such a blood feud, he was merely collecting some interest in advance.

“My Revered Master sent me to acquire an item, but this item is extremely special. Although Linglang Heaven has it, it may be difficult to trade for.”

Chu Wuchen walked into the exhibition hall on the first floor, scanned it, and then sighed.

He showed a troubled expression.

The female cultivator in green also quickly followed.

“May I ask if the treasure the Young Master is looking for has a name?”

Chu Wuchen stopped in place and frowned.

“This item, though rare, is not a treasure; it is far from being called a treasure.”

“This item is incredibly ugly, vulgar, and disgusting, yet it is highly valuable and priceless.”

“This item is neither a Medicinal Pill, nor a Cultivation Technique, nor a Magic Treasure, yet it can control the minds of dozens of people, making it a demonic object.”

“And most importantly, this item only exists in Linglang Heaven; there is no second one in the Nine Heavens and Ten Realms, the Four Seas and Hundred Peaks!”

Inside the exhibition hall, besides the female cultivator in green, there were three or four other customers.

Upon hearing this, they all became interested.

“What is this item? It sounds like an evil object from the Demonic Sect.”

“Indeed, incredibly ugly yet priceless, it must be a Magical Artifact of an evil cultivator.”

“And it can control the minds of dozens of people, it’s definitely a demonic object.”

Everyone speculated, only the female cultivator in green frowned.

“Young Master, does the treasure you described have a name?”

Chu Wuchen started walking again.

As he walked, he looked up in thought, seemingly trying hard to recall the item’s name.

But he just couldn't remember.

“This person has no cultivation and is acting erratically. Could he be crazy?”

“I think so. This person has severed arms but carries two swords, like a mad Sword Cultivator.”

“So he’s a cripple!”

The surrounding whispers reached the ears of the female cultivator in green.

Her originally smiling and polite expression gradually became a bit colder.

Her tone also became somewhat impatient.

“Young Master, if you can tell me the name of the treasure, Qing’er will immediately help you find it.”

“But if you cannot, Qing’er will have to ask you to leave.”

Chu Wuchen’s expression immediately became anxious.

“Wait, wait!”

He anxiously paced in circles around the exhibition hall, round and round.

After three full circles, he suddenly showed an expression of realization!

“I’ve got it!”

Everyone’s gaze immediately focused on Chu Wuchen.

Their curiosity had also been piqued.

How could they, who had lived in Dongyang City for decades, have never heard of such a treasure?

Chu Wuchen kept them in suspense, only speaking in a deep voice at the very end:

“This item is... the head of your Pavilion Revered Master, Gu Dandan!”

Boom!

As soon as Chu Wuchen finished speaking, a fire crystal stone longsword flew out from behind him, with an Array Breaking Talisman attached to it, burning as it stabbed into one of the display cases, retrieving the treasure inside.

A pair of fiery red Profound-grade long boots!

The sudden turn of events stunned both the customers present and the female cultivator in green.

Someone dared to act in Linglang Heaven?

And in broad daylight?

In front of so many people?

“How dare you!”

Although the female cultivator in green was just a small sales assistant, she now displayed the strength of a Spirit Gathering Realm third-layer.

She gestured, and an ice-blue sabre shot over from twenty meters away, landing in her palm.

“Where did this madman come from, daring to cause trouble in Linglang Heaven!”

With the longsword in hand, the female cultivator in green thrust it out, suppressing him with the powerful aura of a Spirit Gathering Realm third-layer.

In her eyes, Chu Wuchen had no spiritual power fluctuations on him at all; he was just an ordinary person, or at most, only had Qi Refining Realm cultivation.

A madman with no cultivation, daring to cause trouble in Linglang Heaven?

He simply didn't want to live!

But before her longsword could reach Chu Wuchen, it was blocked by a fiery red longsword.

“Tell Gu Dandan that these boots are the interest I’m collecting!”

“Within seven days, I will come for her head!”

Chu Wuchen's sword struck the female cultivator in green, actually breaking through her protective Magical Artifact and sending her flying ten meters back into the wall.

A muffled groan, her life unknown.

Then Chu Wuchen broke open the main door with a sword and flew towards the South City Gate.

After a period of chaos, the female cultivator in green regained consciousness, realizing what had happened belatedly.

The Dongyang City branch of Linglang Heaven had been robbed?

She quickly ran to the manager's room on the first floor to report the incident.

Subsequently, more than ten people flew out of Linglang Heaven on their swords, chasing in the direction of the South City Gate!