Chapter 166 - Lord God of Alien Races (2/2)
The so-called Connate Spirit Wood were chunks of wood that were taken off from the Connate Spirit Trees. These Connate Spirit Trees were able to cultivate for thousands of years to form Primordial Spirits. Over time, these Primordial Spirit would get more powerful until they were able to detach themselves from the Connate Spirit Trees and become Immortal Spirits, or Ghost Deities.
“It seems that this particular Connate Spirit Trees had failed his cultivation during the Tribulation Transcendence of Thunder. However, its body was still filled to the brim with Spirit Qi, enough to allow me to complete one-fifth of my Dao Body progression.”
Despite himself, Chen Fan pushed the Spirit Wood aside and said lightly: “I am sorry, not interested.”
Jin Yi cracked a smile and said, “This piece of Spirit Wood is a gift. The Medicine G.o.d Valley Sect would love to befriend a young hero like yourself.”
“Really?” Chen Fan gave the girl a cold look and said: “Thanks but no.”
Jin Yi tried to hold in her anger, but the flames danced in her eyes nonetheless.
The Medicine G.o.d Valley Sect was a prestigious group and never had one refused a gift from them. However, should she know that her connection with the group of ambushers was discovered and was not a secret to Chen Fan, she might understand Chen Fan’s cold and distant att.i.tude.
As soon as Chen Fan learned the Medicine G.o.d Valley Sect’s true colors, he made up his mind to plunder the Sect. When he conquered their sect base, Chen Fan would have all their sect treasures, including this piece of Spirit Wood.
Everyone was shocked when they heard Chen Fan refused Miss Jin Yi’s offer.
So far, Chen Fan had p.i.s.sed off nearly all the powerful players in the conference: the Li Family, Lu Family, Medicine G.o.d Valley Sect and the Diamond Temple. Even a Physique Refinement grand master would fear the combined might of these powerful groups.
After Jin Yi left, people started to become hesitant to trade items with Chen Fan. The boy was already in the Medicine G.o.d Valley Sect’s bad book and that made him a dangerous person to be a.s.sociated with. Although the Medicine G.o.d Valley Sect did not have a particularly powerful martial artist, everyone relied on them to produce remedies and elixirs.
Chen Fan sat back into his chair and started the Soul Refining Art. He slowly transformed the Devotion Energy into pure Soul energy and infused the fresh energies into his Divine Sense.
Two days later, during the Martial Arts Conference…
A wave of loud commotion erupted near the entrance.
“The elder of the Medicine G.o.d Valley Sect is here?”
“Oh my gos.h.!.+ That’s Elder Qi! He is a Dao-Reaching Level spellcaster!”
“Elder Qi had been living in seclusion for over eight years, who would think that he would show up here today? He must be invited here by the Lu family.”
The crowd made way for Elder Qi. Lu Tianlong accompanied the old man who wore a traditional Taoist robe and a long white flowy beard. As the elder of the Medicine G.o.d Valley Sect, he was an honored guest, and his prestige was no less than the lord of any martial arts family.
The old man’s eyes were half closed, but a glinting light flashed in the slits.
The strange light in his eyes was the telltale sign of the extremely concentrated Dharmic energy inside of him. He was only a half-step away from reaching the Dharma Cultivation level. There was only a very small number of these cultivators remaining in China. Although their combat ability was not as strong as a martial artist, they possessed unimaginable powers that could kill a Martial Artist with ease.
As soon as Elder Qi entered the manor, he walked over toward Chen Fan.
“I smell trouble.”
“Spellcasters are cunning and tricky fighters, they had a natural advantage over Physique Refinement Grandmasters.”
“I think this boy is in knee deep trouble.”
People around Chen Fan gloated at his impending doom.
The battle at the lakesh.o.r.e path had already been a public secret and everyone knew that Miss Jin Yi was involved. Just yesterday, Chen Fan had refused Jin Yi’s gift, it was a clear sign that Chen Fan had no intention in mending their ties.
Lo and behold, walked over to Chen Fan and asked lightly: “Are you Chen Beixuan?”
“That’s me.” Chen Fan looked up.
“Did you know that that the Body-Refining-pill and the Essence Enhancing Pill you sold were actually stolen from the Medicine G.o.d Valley Sect?” Elder Qi shook his head and lamented: “Not long ago, we found a traitor in our sect. He had stolen countless elixir recipes, including the recipe for the Body-Tempering-Pill and the Essence Enhancing Pill.”
“What?” Everyone was shocked by the revelation.
People looked to Chen Fan with pity. Most of them knew that Elder Qi was lying.
However, as an elder of a prestigious sect, and a Dao-Reaching Level caster, his word was the truth. After all, in a martial artist’s dictionary, strength was always before truth.
“Oh Really?” Chen Fan asked with surprise.
“Sigh! Yes, it’s very unfortunate.” Elder Qi faked a mournful look and continued: “Luckily, my disciple Jin Yi had met you at this event so that we could recover our treasures. Don’t worry, young lad, we will reward you heavily if you cooperate with us.”
“What if I don’t give them back?” Chen Fan asked calmly.
“Well, then you are the enemy of the Medicine G.o.d Valley Sect!” Elder Qi’s benevolent look disappeared as he raised his voice. “We will punish you according to our sect rules. For those who steal from the sect, death shall be the final verdict!
“Those who helped him will meet the same end!”
Despite his deity-like appearance, his words had brought out the murderer in him.
Suddenly, a deadly silence fell over the hall. None of the martial artists dared to speak up for Chen Fan. Even Lu Tianlong who had been cozying up to Chen Fan just one-day ago had crossed his arms over his chest and kept his gloating silence.
Chen Fan and Tong Shan were left alone to face the ire of the Medicine G.o.d Valley Sect.