Chapter 516 - The End is Night (2/2)

Chen Fan replied readily.

He had decided to spare the Dragon Lord, but he didn’t expect to gain another servant, so he was pleasantly surprised by the Dragon Lord’s offer. The Chen Family would be doubly safe under the protection of Hua Yunfeng and the powerful Immortal State Warrior.

Chen Fan quickly finished the Covenant of Soul and Spirit with Dragon Lord. Since the Dragon Lord had wanted to kill Chen Fan, Chen Fan had made the terms of their contract extra stringent, turning the Dragon Lord into a slave.

As soon as the contract was signed, the Dragon Lord kowtowed and announced.

“My real name is Xie Yan and it is an honor to serve you, my lord. I wish you live long and prosper.”

“Xie Yan?”

Chen Fan nodded and produced the scroll from the gourd and tossed it to Xie Yan.

“This is my gift to you as a token of goodwill. From now on, you will be the Sect Guardian of the North Qiong Sect. ”

“What?”

Xie Yan looked down at the scroll and saw the word on its spin that read: “Sword Art of Nine Abandonments.” He was immediately overtaken by disbelief and excitement.

“Master, you… you are giving this to me?”

“Yea, yea. Keep your s.h.i.+rt on. If you serve me well, I might give you even more powerful arts.”

Chen Fan smiled derisively.

“Yes, my Lor— I mean.. yes, Sect Master.”

Xie Yan kowtowed to Chen Fan while his body shook uncontrollably in elation.

By then, Chen Fan had finally won the Dragon Lord over to him. Reigning by fear was never as effective as by reward and mutual understanding.

Chen Fan had communicated his unG.o.dly power to his subject by tossing away the Sword Art. Nothing spoke louder about Chen Fan’s power than a simple action.

“This is the Exalted Cultivator’s source of power. Even Lin Shuming would hold it and claim it for himself. However, Chen Beixuan didn’t even care and tossed it away as if it was useless. I think the rumor does hold some truth. Maybe Chen Beixuan is indeed a reincarnation of an ancient Curmudgeon.”

The thought that Chen Fan was not a twenty-year-old teenager, but a mighty curmudgeon who had survived eons filled Xie Yan’s heart with more fear than respect.

Meanwhile, Curmudgeon Chen looked around the room, nodding from time to time approvingly.

“Sect master, I say the Exalted Cultivator is overrated. All he had left for us was this scroll, and nothing else. No Dharma Treasures nor Elixirs. What a letdown.”

Xie Yan complained.

“Hehe, you just have to know where to look,”

Chen Fan cracked a smile and started an art

“Hur!”

A ray of azure light shot out from Chen Fan’s hand landed at the opposite wall.

The wall flickered under the light and then disappeared, revealing a sizable stone chamber.

Within the chamber was a gurgling spring a few meters in length and width. The water deep, sealing in a tremendous amount of Spirit Qi inside. It wasn’t until they came close to the spring did they realize that the water was actually made out of condensed Spirit Water.

Against the spring were a few patches of garden plots that were filled with strange-looking plants.

“It is…”

Xie Yan rounded his eyes in utter disbelief.

“This is the real Cave Abode. It’s a Spirit Source that was a few times more powerful than that at the Warg Valley. I wonder how long it takes an Exalted Cultivator to find it.”

A smile surfaced on Chen Fan’s face.

The Spirit Water at the Warg Valley had helped him reach the peak of Ethereal Enlightenment, and now with this new Spirit Source, he should be able to reach the Divine Sea very soon. Unlike Spirit Water, the Spirit Source had a nearly unlimited supply of Spirit Qi.

“Plus, the plants around the source were all superior-grade Spirit herbs.”

Chen Fan examined the roomful of herbs eagerly.

“Fire Fruit, Rainbow Lotus, Silver Grain… each and every one of them were well over a thousand-years-old. With the help of the Earth Magus Tripod Cauldron, I can finally create a batch of real ‘Grand Pills’.”

There was no time to waste, Chen Fan jumped into action right away.

At his level of attainment, he could survive months without any sustenance. He drank the Spirit Water and ate the Essence Gathering Pill when he was hungry.

As Chen Fan worked industriously to improve his cultivation, the world outside was changed rapidly because of his battle against the Immortal State Warriors.