Chapter 760

Chapter 760: The Unlucky Pangolin

In Xu Fan’s courtyard, Li Xingci was having a friendly chat with his master.

"Elder Ran Tian’s injuries have healed, right?" Xu Fan asked casually.

"Yes, they have."

Li Xingci scratched his head. Lately, he’d come to realize that sometimes, too much happiness isn’t a good thing.

Take him, for example. He was happy with two jars of Tianyang Wine, but his wife insisted on adding another jar, saying it would help his recovery and improve his health.

Xu Fan pulled out a jade box.

"After you go back, take one pill a month for three months straight, and you’ll be fine," Xu Fan said.

Li Xingci opened the jade box and found three turquoise spirit pills, each about the size of a marble.

"Master, I don’t think I need this," Li Xingci said awkwardly. No matter how many lifetimes he’d lived, in any world, a man couldn’t admit he was lacking.

"Your soul is one thing, your body is another," Xu Fan replied.

"If you’re feeling weak, you need to replenish yourself. If you don’t take care of it now, it could cause problems later," Xu Fan said meaningfully.

Hearing this, Li Xingci quietly put the jade box away.

"I called you here not just because of your health, but also to discuss your techniques and methods," Xu Fan explained.

Three jade plates were laid out on the table.

"These are the advanced techniques of the Cycle of Rebirth Technique. Since you can’t enter the cycle right now, focus on mastering these abilities," Xu Fan said.

"Thank you, Master."

Li Xingci knew that while he’d been enjoying himself, his master had been busy deducing divine abilities for him.

Despite their somewhat unusual relationship, Li Xingci felt deeply moved.

"As for the Golden Immortals in the Cycle of Rebirth world who want to take you as a disciple, just ignore them," Xu Fan continued.

"My cultivation level isn’t high enough yet. Even if I try to shield you, they’ll find other ways to interfere. For now, just be patient with them."

"If they go too far, let me know, and I’ll help you settle the score," Xu Fan said, a hint of resignation in his voice.

He had no choice. Those who wanted to recruit his precious disciple were all at least Golden Immortal level. Even though his own cultivation was advanced, it still fell short compared to those true Golden Immortals.

"I understand, Master," Li Xingci said as he put away the jade butterfly.

"When you have some free time, go to the treasure vault and ask Grape for a list of spirit herbs. You’ll need to personally search for them in the cultivation world," Xu Fan instructed.

"What’s this about, Master?" Li Xingci asked, puzzled. This kind of task usually wasn’t his responsibility.

"These are spirit herbs for stabilizing pregnancy and nourishing the spirit. Some are rare and hard to find, and I’m not sure if the sect has any in stock," Xu Fan said with a chuckle.

"Is Tian’er pregnant?" Li Xingci asked, surprised.

"I deduced it from your appearance. It’s likely accurate, unless something unexpected happens."

"Master, I’ll take my leave now."

Li Xingci left in high spirits, and Xu Fan didn’t need to guess to know the silly boy was off to hunt for spirit herbs.

“Fourth Brother already has a second child,” Xu Fan said, starting to count on his fingers.

Finally, not sure what he had calculated, Xu Fan let out a deep sigh.

“No one gives me peace of mind,” Xu Fan muttered, pursing his lips.

At the Elder Council headquarters, inside a tea house,

Ye Xiaoyao sipped his tea, watching the bustling crowd below.

Lately, the Elder Council had been launching a massive crackdown on the beast race, and most of the Great Ascension Masters at headquarters had taken on missions to eliminate the demons.

“Stop guessing. If you think that artifact great master is your Junior Brother Xu, just go and see for yourself,” Old Sword said in Ye Xiaoyao’s mind.

“Impossible! There are plenty of people with the same name in the cultivation world. Even an artifact master could share his name.”

“Besides, even if my brother Xu is a prodigy, he couldn’t possibly become an artifact great master in such a short time.”

“And certainly not someone powerful enough to subdue the Golden Winged Roc’s avatar, capture the Purple Jade Flood Dragon, and turn the Golden Devourer Tiger into ingredients,” Ye Xiaoyao denied, though a voice inside him insisted this person was the Junior Brother Xu he had been thinking about for so long.

“Logically, even the most talented individual would need at least five or six thousand years to reach the level of an artifact great master.”

“But there’s another possibility: your Junior Brother Xu might be the reincarnation of a great being who has already awakened his past memories,” Old Sword suggested.

“We’ll see when the time comes. Meeting someone of that caliber isn’t easy,” Ye Xiaoyao said resignedly.

Just then, Ye Xiaoyao’s communication artifact buzzed.

“Mandatory task: Assist the Sacred Land of Purple Cloud in exterminating the Blood Crocodile Clan,” Ye Xiaoyao read, frowning.

“Strange. Why would this mandatory task fall to me?” Ye Xiaoyao quickly messaged a colleague.

“Everyone’s been assigned tasks. The Elder Council has started a full-scale purge of the beast race, leaving no top powerful families untouched.”

Reading the explanation, Ye Xiaoyao’s brow furrowed.

“Go on, fight more and reap the rewards. Your Immortal Sword isn’t complete yet,” Old Sword urged in Ye Xiaoyao’s mind.

Reluctantly, Ye Xiaoyao got up and began gathering a team to carry out the mission.

In the City of All Demons, the Earth Crystal Spider led the demons toward the harshest regions.

“I wonder if we’ll ever return,” the Earth Crystal Spider sighed.

“Let’s move while the sects and sacred lands haven’t noticed the City of All Demons. We need to leave quickly,” a puppet beside him said.

The Earth Crystal Spider nodded, guiding the demons onto the Bone Boat as they flew toward their destination.

With the three strongest beast kings in the demon race subdued by Xu Fan, the balance between the human and demon realms began to shift.

The top powerful families of the beast race were now all targets of the Elder Council.

Led personally by Ming Kong, they swept through one clan after another.

The tides in the demon realm were turning. The powerful clans with a history of slaughtering humans began searching for hidden places to hide.

Meanwhile, the small clans with no grudge against humans started surrendering and aligning themselves with nearby human sects and sacred lands.

While fishing on the Ten Thousand-Mile Giant Lake, Xu Fan suddenly received news from the pangolin he had sent as an undercover agent in the demon realm.

“What has that pangolin been up to after making contact? Why hasn’t there been any news from him for so long?” Xu Fan asked curiously.

“After arriving in the demon realm, the pangolin initially won over many little demons by spreading the ideas you taught him.”

“But before he could make progress, he was captured by a top powerful family of the demon race and turned into a demon slave. He only just escaped during the chaos,” Grape explained.

Hearing about the pangolin’s misfortune, Xu Fan couldn’t help but chuckle.

How could this demon be so unlucky? Xu Fan had hoped he’d bring back some interesting surprises.

“What’s the pangolin’s condition now?” Xu Fan asked.

“His cultivation has fallen to the Void Refinement stage, and both his body and true spirit are on the brink of collapse.”

“Without treatment, he has at most three years left,” Grape said.