Chapter 29 Showing Off

The giant python rolled twice before its breath ceased.

Ye Bufan patted his chest, his confidence growing even stronger.

Immediately following that were two Early Stage Core Formation Iron-Back Bears, which were still killed in one strike by Master Yao Ling.

Ye Bufan stood at the back the entire time, hands behind his back, his expression becoming increasingly composed.

With Master Yao Ling, this gold-medal fighter, by his side, he couldn't be bothered to strike even if they encountered Yao Beasts of the same rank.

Although Master Yao Ling was only a wisp of a remnant Soul, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse; dealing with these Foundation Establishment and Core Formation stage Yao Beasts was child's play for her.

However, forcing her Soul Power to be used time and again made the already weak Master Yao Ling appear increasingly transparent.

After walking through a swamp filled with miasma, three Great Perfection Foundation Establishment Red Fire Leopards appeared in the forest ahead.

Ye Bufan had originally intended to take a detour.

Just then, three female Cultivators slowly walked up from behind; they were clearly True Disciples from other peaks.

Ye Bufan's eyes rolled, and a plan formed in his mind.

In order to show off in front of the female Cultivators, he actually chose to take the initiative and provoke the three resting Red Fire Leopards.

"You vile creatures, stop being so rampant!"

Ye Bufan shouted loudly and struck what he considered an extremely dashing sword stance.

Secretly, however, he was desperately urging the ring:

"Mother, hurry and strike, help me take them out in a second!"

"Fan'er, those Red Fire Leopards are not blocking our path, why..."

"If I tell you to kill, then kill! Why so much nonsense?"

The three Red Fire Leopards looked at Ye Bufan with bewildered expressions, thinking, we were just taking a nap here, how were we being rampant?

Is there no justice? Is there no law!

But seeing that Ye Bufan was merely a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, the three Red Fire Leopards were instantly enraged. They roared at the sky and lunged fiercely toward Ye Bufan.

A buffet delivered to their door—why not eat it!

Master Yao Ling sighed inwardly, but she could only be forced to act again.

Three streaks of white spiritual light shot out once more.

Blood splattered, staining the surrounding weeds red.

The three Red Fire Leopards shrieked and died on the spot.

Looking at the messy Yao Beast corpses covering the ground, and the three female Cultivators standing not far away, stunned and wide-eyed with shock.

Ye Bufan's vanity was satisfied like never before at this moment.

For a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, the sharp claws and pelts of these Yao Beasts were excellent Artifact Refining Materials that could be exchanged for a sum of Spirit Stones at the market.

But in order to maintain his image as an unfathomable Prodigy, Ye Bufan didn't even spare a glance at the spoils of war on the ground.

He kept his hands behind his back, raised his chin slightly, and walked with an arrogant, unbothered stride, drifting past the three female Cultivators and leaving behind only a seemingly aloof silhouette.

As he walked, Ye Bufan secretly glanced at the three female Cultivators behind him with his peripheral vision, the corners of his mouth curling up wildly at a forty-five-degree angle.

"Hmph, these women must have been deeply captivated by my dashing and handsome posture."

"Once we leave this Secret Realm, they will surely go crazy trying to find out who I am, and asking if I have a Dao Companion, hahaha!"

Ye Bufan did not know that his reputation as a piece of trash was already well-known to everyone in the Holy Land.

The three female Cultivators stood where they were, watching Ye Bufan's shoulders shaking and his crazed, half-laughing appearance, all of them exchanging bewildered glances.

"This Ye Bufan, I only heard before that his cultivation was poor, his Aptitude was terrible, and he looked plain and unremarkable."

"But seeing him today, it seems there is something wrong with his head."

A female Cultivator dressed in green Taoist robes lowered her voice, her face full of confusion as she said:

"He could have just gone around, but he insisted on provoking those three Red Fire Leopards."

"He killed them but didn't even take their claws or fur—what is this person thinking?"

Another good-looking female Cultivator covered her lips and sneered softly.

"Perhaps he really did secretly practice some incomplete Demonic Technique and suffered Qi Deviation, burning out his brain."

The women nodded in unison upon hearing this, deeply agreeing.

Ye Bufan, up ahead, was naturally unaware of the evaluation behind him. He had certainly enjoyed showing off, but Master Yao Ling in his storage ring had become increasingly ethereal.

Her pale white Soul body was nearly transparent; if not for the Soul-Nourishing Jade gifted by Lin Xiao, which was continuously transmitting nourishing power, she would have already fallen into a deep slumber by now.

"Fan'er, my Soul Power has been consumed too much; you must absolutely not be as reckless as before."

Master Yao Ling's voice came from the storage ring, her tone carrying a hint of exhaustion.

Ye Bufan, who was currently immersed in fantasies of being surrounded by beauties, frowned, his brows immediately knitting into a ' river' shape.

"Alright, alright, I know, stop nagging."

Hearing this extremely impatient tone, Master Yao Ling sighed helplessly and ultimately swallowed back the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

After traveling for several hours in this danger-filled Secret Realm, Ye Bufan finally passed through a mist-filled illusion and stepped into the place of Legacy marked on the map.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and the leaves rustled.

Ye Bufan felt his vision blur, as if something had flashed past at high speed.

It was Lin Xiao, who was executing the Thousand Shadow Illusory Tracking Steps.

However, with an Opportunity right before him, Ye Bufan had no heart to investigate, assuming it was just some kind of bird in the Secret Realm.

He didn't walk far before he saw a fruit growing at the root of a dead tree by the side of the path, its entire body crimson and emitting a scorching aura.

The surface of the fruit had clear patterns, with tiny streams of flame light surging within each one.

"This... is this a spirit-melting fruit!?"

Ye Bufan stopped abruptly, his eyes widening.

The spirit-melting fruit was extremely rare, a Heaven And Earth Treasure that could directly increase spiritual power after being consumed.

This fruit had almost no effect on Cultivators above the Golden Core stage.

But for Ye Bufan, who was only at the Foundation Establishment stage and had been looked down upon for years due to his low cultivation, it was nothing short of a heaven-sent Opportunity!

He was immediately overjoyed and lunged forward in a single bound.

Master Yao Ling in the storage ring, however, keenly sensed something amiss.

Logically speaking, the spirit-melting fruit was extremely fond of fire and should grow in places with abundant heat, such as volcanoes; how could it suddenly be growing by this forest path?

When things are abnormal, there must be demons. She immediately spoke up to warn him:

"Fan'er, this fruit has appeared too abruptly. The growth conditions for the spirit-melting fruit are extremely harsh; it requires a place with abundant earthly fire to gestate. Here..."

"Mother, you are overthinking it." Ye Bufan interrupted her without turning his head. "This is the Holy Land's Secret Realm; what kind of spiritual fruit can't grow in a Secret Realm?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Bufan plucked the spirit-melting fruit and swallowed it whole.

The sweet juice slid down his throat into his Dantian, and a scorching spiritual power instantly exploded within his body.

Ye Bufan's Meridians felt as if they were being pierced by a fire Dragon; his spiritual power surged, and his cultivation climbed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Feeling the spiritual power gradually boiling within him, Ye Bufan's eyes were filled with fanaticism and surprise.

"Hahaha, I, Ye Bufan, am truly destined by heaven! I can obtain Opportunities everywhere!"

Ye Bufan laughed at the sky, his face flushed, trembling with excitement.

But before he could be happy for too long, he felt a dizzying sensation spinning the world in his mind, and his eyelids became as heavy as a thousand jun.

Then his vision went black, and with a thud, he fell straight to the ground.