novelraw Chapter 31 – Bring five people to protect in front of me!
Chapter 31 – Bring five people to protect in front of me!
"I was just doing a task!"
Ye Bufan's eye twitched, feeling an urge to curse out loud.
The enemy's treachery exceeded his imagination.
Luckily, he was cautious and suspicious, not getting too close to Liu Keqing, otherwise... someone else might have been played to death by these undercover agents without even knowing how they died!
But soon, Ye Bufan realized something was off.
"In Liu Wangchuan's place, I'm at most a weakling at the first level of Foundation Establishment. Is it really necessary to mobilize so many people just to deal with me?"
Ye Bufan's expression was uncertain.
There was definitely a conspiracy he wasn't aware of!
"Sigh, I just want to cultivate steadily, why force me? Why?!"
"No matter what the conspiracy is, once everything comes to light, I'll slaughter you all!"
Ye Bufan turned and walked towards the inn, feeling extremely upset.
He was truly filled with killing intent.
Back at the inn.
Ye Bufan sat cross-legged and took out a transparent jade bottle.
Upon opening it, a refreshing spiritual energy rushed out, sending a chill through Ye Bufan's body.
A voice timely sounded in his ear.
[Pure Heaven Water: Extremely yin and cold, has the effect of purifying the Golden Core and enhancing its quality.]
[Side Effect: Due to its attributes, the probability of enhancing the Golden Core's quality is extremely low, and the enhancement is not significant. There is an eighty percent chance it will freeze the Golden Core to death, causing instant death.]
[Negative Reversal: Due to its attributes, it can greatly enhance quality, up to two turns, with a one hundred percent probability. The probability of freezing the Golden Core to death is zero, with no damage.]
Ye Bufan's eyes almost popped out.
Pure Heaven Water could at most enhance by one turn, with a very small probability.
After reversal, it was a one hundred percent enhancement, and directly by two turns!
What kind of concept was this?
The "True Fire Beast Pill," regarded as a lifeline by the Little Sword Immortal, could only enhance by one turn.
Two turns, only legendary heavenly treasures could achieve that.
If this were taken out, it could be exchanged for three or four genuine magical treasures!
Not to mention the Little Sword Immortal, even a Elemental Infant True Lord would be tempted to act for their juniors.
"Struck it rich! The forty thousand spirit stones were so worth it, the reversed Pure Heaven Water can't be bought even for a million spirit stones!"
Ye Bufan was overjoyed, carefully putting away the jade bottle.
Just this item alone made his trip worthwhile!
"Next, it's time for the secret technique to enhance talisman drawing probability."
Ye Bufan pinched his shriveled storage bag and sighed deeply.
He was currently so poor it was alarming.
He couldn't even afford the spiritual herbs to refine pills.
He wanted to enhance his strength, and talismans were the best way, also a long-term source of funds for the future.
Afterward, Ye Bufan left the inn, merged into the crowd, and began searching again for the secret technique to enhance talisman drawing probability.
Several days passed.
He found nothing.
Even Old Xiao, the jack-of-all-trades, couldn't find any information.
However, Ye Bufan did learn what had attracted Yan Ruyu, the Little Sword Immortal, and those other prodigies at the last auction.
"The Cloud Thunder Sword! A pseudo-magical treasure with thunder attributes, rumored to be crafted by True Lord Cloud Thunder three thousand years ago after forming his core, for his descendants. It's said to be the most powerful among pseudo-magical treasures."
Old Xiao's face was full of envy.
Unlike magical treasures, which were too high-level for Foundation Establishment cultivators to activate, pseudo-magical treasures could be used!
Pseudo-magical treasures were already powerful, and with the destructive thunder attribute, if obtained by a talented Foundation Establishment cultivator, they would be virtually invincible.
Ye Bufan was also very envious.
He had an Immortal Binding Rope, but unfortunately, it wasn't offensive, only for trapping enemies.
"Who won the pseudo-magical treasure?"
"An unknown Golden Core cultivator bought it for eighteen thousand spirit stones."
"…Damn rich."
Ye Bufan lamented the wealth of the Golden Core cultivator.
Eighteen thousand spirit stones!
But he was also puzzled, as Golden Core cultivators had no use for pseudo-magical treasures, so why spend so much on it?
Could it be for their juniors?
But pseudo-magical treasures were only useful to those with deep mana, ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators couldn't handle the consumption, and talisman treasures were better.
Powerful, no mana consumption, except for the long activation time and being a one-time consumable, there were no other drawbacks.
"By the way, a secret shop will open in a few days. I've heard Golden Core cultivators will participate, you might find the secret technique you need there."
Old Xiao said respectfully.
Ye Bufan had heard Old Xiao mention secret shops before, but he only knew about those at the Qi Refining level.
These secret shops were where people hid their identities to trade items.
Ye Bufan nodded, feeling hopeful.
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If the secret shop didn't have it, he really had no other way.
Just then, his expression suddenly changed.
"Keep an eye on the secret shop news, notify me when it opens."
Ye Bufan tossed Old Xiao a communication token and quickly merged into the crowd.
Moments later.
Back at the inn.
At this moment, Mo Hong and four others were already seated inside.
"Junior Brother Ye, you've been quite lax these days! You didn't even know Xu Zhengyi left the city!"
"If it weren't for Junior Sister Liu constantly monitoring Xu Zhengyi's movements, he might have already escaped!"
Mo Hong's eyes were unfriendly, very dissatisfied with Ye Bufan's passive attitude.
"I encountered a bottleneck in my cultivation recently, was a bit negligent."
Ye Bufan showed an apologetic expression, but inwardly he sneered.
Once the task was done, this guy would probably make a move against him.
"Bottleneck? With your lower grade spiritual root, everything is a bottleneck."
Wu Feng's brothers snorted coldly.
"Alright, alright, now that Xu Zhengyi has left the city, preparing to return to Shangqing Palace, this is a great opportunity."
Liu Keqing smoothed things over, then threw a flirtatious glance at Ye Bufan.
Ye Bufan's lips twitched slightly.
Mo Hong picked up the topic, "Junior Sister Liu has already investigated, accompanying Xu Zhengyi is only a female cultivator at the third level of Foundation Establishment, we have a great chance."
"Let's move out!"
The group of six quickly set off, quietly leaving the city.
They rode swiftly, finally spotting Xu Zhengyi by dusk.
On a desolate hillside, under a big tree, a couple was being intimate.
It seemed like dry wood meeting a raging fire, planning to stay the night there.
"Such a good mood!"
Mo Hong sneered, that person was most likely a Foundation Establishment female cultivator Xu Zhengyi hooked up with in Liuyun City, not from Shangqing Palace.
Originally, they thought of using Liu Keqing's beauty trap, but now it seemed unnecessary.
In such a deserted place, a sudden beauty would indeed be conspicuous.
"Let me enjoy it later."
Wu Feng's brothers were parched, eyes filled with lust.
Though the distance was far, they could see the female cultivator's graceful curves.
She was a mature woman.
No one could say no to a mature woman.
"Conceal your aura, sneak up!"
Mo Hong gestured, and the group of six held their breath and advanced.
Meanwhile, Ye Bufan's eyes flickered.
As they approached, he felt an inexplicable unease.
So...
He slowed his pace, letting the five move ahead, his hand quietly gripping a few top-grade second-tier "Clear Wind Talismans."
In the end, he was a good fifteen meters behind his teammates.
"Swish!"
At the moment they were thirty meters away, Wu Feng made the first move, directly summoning a bronze mirror, aiming it at the entangled Xu Zhengyi.
"Hiss!"
The bronze mirror emitted rolling black light, mixed with wailing sounds, as if fierce ghosts were roaring, fiercely striking towards Xu Zhengyi's head.
And just as Wu Feng acted.
Ye Bufan suddenly retreated.