Immortal Reincarnation Tribulation

Chapter 189 Wang Longyu

"Also, as you were about to leave after killing that monster, a thought suddenly came to my mind: if you leave like this, I will lose something very important forever. And this thought was particularly strong, so I came out."

This time, the ghost woman put away her smile, looked at Du Fan, and said solemnly.

"Alright, Ghost Girl, we'll meet again!" Du Fan smiled slightly, clasped his hands in a fist salute, and turned to leave.

The ghost woman stared at Du Fan's retreating figure for a long time, until he disappeared into the distant third peak, before revealing a relieved smile.

At this moment, the dullness in her bright eyes had been replaced by brilliance, as if there was expectation and hope...

As a gentle breeze blew by, her slender figure gradually faded and eventually disappeared into the canyon.

It must be said that Du Fan felt very depressed during the time he was talking to the ghost woman, especially when he thought of her unwavering gaze and the endless wait, which made his heart ache.

At that moment, the pink figure of the Qixia Sect suddenly appeared in Du Fan's mind.

When Du Fan left, the man's eyes, like the ghost woman's, were filled with unwavering determination and resolute determination.

He never imagined that being waited for by someone would be such a heavy thing, so heavy that it was unbearable...

"I won't keep you waiting too long," Du Fan said with a gentle smile.

Half a day later, Du Fan emerged from a level-two magical beast cave, and the number of Nether Stones in his storage bag had noticeably increased.

Two days later, Du Fan stood atop the third peak. Not far in front of him were several mountain springs, from which gurgling water flowed down a river to the cliff, where it transformed into a waterfall and a stream in the canyon.

Du Fan glanced back at the canyon, his expression calm, then turned and strode down the mountain.

A day later, Du Fan was sweeping through the level-two magical beast caves on the mountainside of the third peak. When he collected more than ten pieces of Nether Stone from one of the caves, his brows suddenly furrowed, and he muttered:

"Someone actually came here? Could it be Qian Yu and Liu Xianglian?"

Five hundred feet away from him, at the critical point covered by his divine sense, two figures stood there. However, this distance was still too far for Du Fan's divine sense; he could only vaguely sense the presence of the two people.

"Whether it's the two of them or not, the cultivators who can come here are definitely not ordinary people. It's best not to provoke them if possible. I already have over a thousand Nether Stones on me, so there's no need to take such a risk for a few dozen Nether Stones in that area."

After pondering for a moment, Du Fan made a decision, bypassed the two men, and continued walking towards the bottom of the mountain.

Of course, when encountering a level 2 monster cave and there is no one else around, a bloodbath is still necessary.

Now, his experience in combat and his mastery of various spells have reached a level of consummate skill.

With his minor mastery of the Copper Iron Arm Forging Technique, even facing five level-two magical beasts simultaneously would only take Du Fan a short while to kill them one by one, and he could even do so with ease.

Another day passed, and when Du Fan stepped into the second peak, the number of Nether Stones on his body had reached a terrifying 1,500, enough to make all the cultivators undergoing trials in Dongshi Mountain look up to him in the dust.

With only one day left until the end of the trial, Du Fan did not plan to continue collecting Nether Stones. Instead, he prepared to increase his speed and return directly to the foot of the First Peak.

Du Fan roughly calculated the distance and felt that the time should be about the same.

In fact, if he had traveled without any obstacles, he could have arrived there in a few hours. However, the trial at Dongshi Mountain would not have been so easy.

"If someone offers me Netherstones, why should I be polite? I'll just accept them." A cold glint flashed in Du Fan's eyes. After a sneer, he unleashed his movement technique and headed straight for the summit of the second peak.

As he continued forward, Du Fan sensed more and more cultivators within the range of his divine sense. He tried his best to avoid them, and only when there was no way to avoid them would he choose to go to the weaker one.

If the other party does not show any murderous intent, Du Fan will naturally not take the initiative to make a move.

When the cultivators saw Du Fan rushing towards them, they immediately showed their fear, because the direction Du Fan was heading already indicated his strength.

Therefore, in Du Fan's eyes, the weaker cultivators rarely provoke him; instead, they all seem to be on high alert.

Faced with this situation, Du Fan didn't bother to pay attention and simply transformed into a streak of light, passing by them in a flash, causing the cultivators to secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

When Du Fan arrived at the summit of the second peak, a sudden thought struck him, and his eyes gleamed with a strange light and excitement.

He suddenly remembered that the cave of the level-four magical beast that he and Youmingzong Qianyu had fought a few days ago should be nearby.

He estimated that the demon-subduing formation was most likely taken away by the two people after they returned. However, judging from their appearance, the two people probably wouldn't be interested in the two hundred or so Nether Stones in the demon beast's cave.

If he was lucky, and the monster didn't return to the cave after chasing him to the cliff, wouldn't he have gotten a huge advantage...?

Thinking of this, Du Fan's breathing quickened, and he decided to take the risk and go to investigate.

If it weren't for the ghost woman, Du Fan wouldn't have taken the risk again. However, since she clearly stated that the Nether Stone might be closely related to the "Yin Ghost Technique," it would be worth the trip.

Moreover, in his opinion, the risk was not great. He only needed to approach within a hundred feet of the cave and carefully scan it with his divine sense. If the demonic beast was still in the cave, he would immediately turn around and leave.

In the time it takes to eat a meal, Du Fan stood on a black tree. He was a little uneasy at first, but after a few breaths, his face showed great joy.

"My luck is unbelievably incredible! Could it be related to my life force? Not only is that level four magical beast gone, but even that demon-subduing formation wasn't taken away!"

Now, inside that monster cave, there is only a pile of Nether Stones, nothing else. On the open ground outside the cave, a large, shiny black array stands proudly, exactly as it was when he left.

While overjoyed, Du Fan also had doubts. The cave was one thing, but such an obvious large formation was there. Even if Qian Yu and the other hadn't taken it away, surely others could see it...

Du Fan was suddenly speechless, but he scanned the area three times with his divine sense and finally confirmed that there were no traps. Then he leaped down from the black tree and ran wildly towards the level four magical beast cave.

After a short while, Du Fan left the cave. His storage bag now contained not only 230 Nether Stones, but also more than ten array tools and array flags, which were components of the Demon-Subduing Array.

Traveling at full speed, Du Fan quickly stepped into the foot area on the back of the first peak. There were several groups of cultivators around him, all of whom seemed to be turning back.

Among them were both those in teams and lone travelers like him. These cultivators seemed to keep to themselves, without exchanging words or engaging in any fight, and soon they parted ways again.

Du Fan stopped when he reached the summit of the first peak, his gaze turning icy as he looked at the five cultivators in front of him.

Of these five cultivators, two were at the sixth level of Qi Refining and three were at the fifth level. They stood in front of Du Fan with hostile expressions, clearly indicating that they were a group from the Eastern Beginning Mountain Trial.

The leader had met Du Fan once before; he was none other than Wang Longyu, the horse-faced man who had tried to recruit Du Fan into the team when Du Fan first entered Dongshi Mountain.

"Fellow Daoist, you were unwilling to join our team back then, but now you must be returning with a full harvest," Wang Longyu chuckled, speaking in a sinister tone.

"I'll only say it once, get out of here!" Du Fan said coldly, his expression unchanged.

Wang Longyu was furious upon hearing this, his eyes narrowing slightly. Just as he was about to call for his companions to attack, his expression shifted. He glanced into the distance, seemingly wary, and thus refrained from acting immediately. Instead, he coldly snorted and continued:

"Fellow Daoist, don't refuse a polite offer only to be forced to drink a forfeit. Let me offer you a suggestion: if you decide to join our team now, it's not too late. You just need to share the Netherstones you've obtained with us, and then... you!"

But before he could finish speaking, Du Fan suddenly moved, transforming into a ghostly figure and closing in on him.

This scene left Wang Longyu somewhat astonished. The difference in strength between the two sides was quite obvious, yet the other party still dared to do this, and with unusual decisiveness. This meant that either the other party was crazy, or this person had extremely confident backing. Obviously, the former was unlikely.

"Could the group behind him be his accomplices?"

The thought involuntarily popped into Wang Longyu's mind, but he didn't have time to think about it further. Seeing the opponent's swift and unpredictable movements, he dared not be careless in the slightest.

A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and he immediately took out a defensive talisman, quickly unleashing it before making a hand seal and beginning to activate a rather powerful spell.

The other four were also stunned when they saw this, but they quickly showed expressions of shock and anger. They moved their ten fingers and chanted incantations. Before long, various colorful lights appeared.

On the way, Du Fan swiftly slapped his hand into his storage bag, and with a flash of blue light, it transformed into a blue wooden stick, which he grabbed in his hand. It was none other than the low-grade magic weapon of the stick that he had seized from the monk Huineng.

He suddenly channeled his magical power into the blue wooden stick, causing it to hum and emit a dazzling blue light.

With a flick of his hand, Du Fan conjured countless cyan staff shadows.