Chapter 1068: 661: Borrowing Someone Else's Knife to Kill! (4K)

Chapter 1068: Chapter 661: Borrowing Someone Else’s Knife to Kill! (4K)

“Fire Polygonum Multiflorum Root can calm the mind, nourish the blood, promote circulation, detoxify, strengthen muscles and bones, and replenish the liver and kidneys. It is often used in refining elixir pills of the seventeenth to twentieth grade. According to the pharmacopoeia, there are over seventy types of elixir pills made with Fire Polygonum Multiflorum as the main ingredient.”

In the thickets of the valley within the Divine Flame Mountain Range, Xiao Fan discovered a thick oval-shaped root with a reddish-brown hue.

Fire Polygonum Multiflorum, a seventeenth-grade heavenly material and earthly treasure.

With this, there’s only one ingredient missing before he can return to the Lianshan Holy Land.

Xiao Fan placed the Fire Polygonum Multiflorum into his space ring.

Suddenly, Xiao Fan felt an unsettling anxiety in his heart.

“Another puppet has been destroyed. This puppet was very close to me, which means the opponent will catch up soon.”

Xiao Fan realized that the Wan Family’s pursuers were closing in, and this time, it might even include the Divine King Realm Ancestor.

Given Mr. Wan’s strength, he was no match for Xiao Fan.

Therefore, Mr. Wan was likely to request the Ancestor to intervene.

“Not good, they’ve already pinpointed my exact location. It seems there’s no choice but to…”

Without hesitation, Xiao Fan headed toward the valley frequented by the Golden Crow.

At this moment, he could only gamble.

“We’ve found him!”

The Wan Family Ancestor was already fuming.

He had spent a long time searching for Xiao Fan, and now he was on the verge of losing face in front of the younger generation.

Finally, he had tracked down this impudent brat.

“Quick, let’s chase him!”

Mr. Wan had also spent considerable time locating Xiao Fan. Now, with the Ancestor’s support, their plan was foolproof.

“This direction… could it be?”

Mr. Wan and his cousin chased Xiao Fan for a while, and as they recognized the increasingly familiar landscape, they recalled a path leading to the underground caves of Divine Flame Mountain.

The Wan Family Ancestor noticed the expression on the younger generation’s faces. “What’s going on?”

“Ancestor, there’s a Daoist Temple ahead that connects to the underground caverns of Divine Flame Mountain. The cavern might be related to the Red Emperor.”

“The Red Emperor?”

The Wan Family Ancestor hadn’t anticipated encountering such a coincidence.

The Red Emperor was one of the Five Ancient Human Race Emperors. Who knows what relics the Red Emperor might have left beneath Divine Flame Mountain?

What started as a hunt for a petty thief now promised an encounter with the Red Emperor’s domain.

Growing excited, the Wan Family Ancestor quickened his pace.

Elsewhere, Xiao Fan arrived at the Daoist Temple.

“The Golden Crow’s aura… it seems the Golden Crow has returned. My chance has come.”

Within the dilapidated Daoist Temple, Xiao Fan sensed a scorching energy identical to the aura of the Golden Crow he had previously encountered.

Xiao Fan knew the power of the Golden Crow; he had seen it firsthand.

But Mr. Wan’s group had followed Xiao Fan here unaware, having neither seen the Golden Crow leave nor return—they knew nothing of its existence.

Xiao Fan entered the underground cavern through the Daoist Temple, then took out a puppet symbol to summon a puppet. He handed it an artifact imbued with his aura and sent it fleeing in the direction of the Golden Crow’s energy, while Xiao Fan himself took another passage to explore.

Before long, the Wan Family Ancestor, accompanied by the God Hunting Hound and other clan members, arrived at the underground cavern. The God Hunting Hound seemed uneasy, as if sensing a terrible presence lurking beneath Divine Flame Mountain.

“Ancestor, the God Hunting Hound appears to be acting strangely.”

Mr. Wan noticed something off about the hound.

“With my supreme cultivation level, could I possibly be afraid?”

“True enough.”

Mr. Wan and his cousin reminded themselves of the Ancestor’s incredible strength as a Divine King Realm expert, believing nothing could pose a threat.

Thus, the Wan Family group continued tracking Xiao Fan, choosing the alternate path—the one leading away from Xiao Fan’s escape route.

Xiao Fan ventured into a previously unexplored tunnel.

He still lacked the final ingredient, the Flame Buddha’s Hand, a rare fruit that grows within magma.

Xiao Fan deduced that the magma deep beneath Divine Flame Mountain likely contained the Flame Buddha’s Hand he sought.

The Red Emperor’s domain was truly extraordinary.

The heavenly materials and earthly treasures here grew incredibly quickly, and centuries of accumulation meant there were countless treasures.

As Xiao Fan traversed the untouched tunnel, he picked up many rare items along the way.

“Flame Buddha’s Hand!”

Xiao Fan spotted several hundred fiery-red leaves clustered around a dozen peculiar fruits within the magma. The fruits resembled a Buddha’s hand in shape and were undeniably rare.

The Flame Buddha’s Hand, an eighteenth-grade fire attribute spirit fruit—and he’d found over a dozen, enough to exceed the mission requirements.

Activating his True Qi, Xiao Fan relied on the Star Dream Detached Fire for protection. The magma was devoured by the Star Dream Detached Fire, leaving Xiao Fan unharmed.

Xiao Fan effortlessly collected all of the Flame Buddha’s Hands.

He let out a sigh of relief.

This expedition to Divine Flame Mountain had finally enabled him to gather all the necessary ingredients.

“In the past, Master would always gift heavenly materials and earthly treasures to me, so I became indifferent, thinking nothing of it. Now, after collecting these treasures myself, I’ve come to understand Master’s hardship.”

Xiao Fan contemplated deeply, feeling appreciation for Lu Changsheng’s effort.

Little did he know that Lu Changsheng had a system, making treasure collection effortless…

“Hmm?”

Xiao Fan inspected the Flame Buddha’s Hand and noticed its roots seemed to extend deeper into the magma below.

“Could there be something down there?”

Though Xiao Fan’s cultivation level would normally prevent him from venturing deeper, the Star Dream Detached Fire allowed him to endure higher temperatures and explore further below.

Descending into the magma, Xiao Fan went down three thousand zhang.

Even Xiao Fan was astonished.

The magma beneath Divine Flame Mountain was deeper than he’d imagined.

The Daoist Temple already connected to the cavern at a depth of ten thousand zhang. Xiao Fan had explored a further five thousand zhang in his search for treasures, and now, adding these three thousand zhang, he was eighteen thousand zhang deep.