191: Liu Xiyan: How about you continue?

“You have a way to get Origin Stones?” Mo Fan stared blankly at Little Hei.

“Of course, meow. This cat is born with acute senses and is good at concealing its aura.”

“When it comes to perception and concealment, this cat ranks second, and no one dares to claim first place!”

Mo Fan looked at it silently.

“Uh—” Little Hei remembered what happened last time, and couldn’t help but feel a little guilty. It scratched its head and continued, “The spiritual energy resurgence in your era has only been a thousand years, and Origin Stones and Origin Qi haven’t been born yet.”

“So, meow, all the Origin Stones in your era come from our era. More or less, they will be branded with a trace of the unique aura of our era, and they will be somewhat out of place with this world.”

“This cat, relying on its perception talent, can easily find these Origin Stones by following the aura of the era. Isn’t that amazing, meow?”

Little Hei blinked its big, dark eyes, looking at Mo Fan proudly.

“More than amazing? It’s awesome!” Mo Fan gave a thumbs up, sincerely praising it.

Although Little Hei failed to sense bloodlines last time, that didn’t mean it was useless.

Mo Fan had witnessed Little Hei’s abilities.

Mo Fan considered his own perception abilities to be quite good.

But in the secret realm, Little Hei had silently found its way to him.

Even if he had cultivated the Breath Concealment Art to perfection, he couldn’t avoid being tracked by it.

And at that time, Little Hei’s cultivation was only at the Origin Reversion stage.

Under similar circumstances, Xu Wudi, a cultivator at the Peak Realm, had not detected Mo Fan’s whereabouts, and Mo Fan had even detected his aura in return.

Of course, he had witnessed it, but he hadn’t expected that Little Hei could actually use its super strong perception ability to find Origin Stones!

This guy was simply a treasure cat!

“Then sense it now, where are there Origin Stones?” Mo Fan asked with anticipation.

“No problem, meow~” Little Hei smiled proudly, shook its head, closed its eyes, and began to perceive seriously.

Soon, it opened its dark eyes, took a step, and walked out of the cave dwelling.

Mo Fan quickly followed.

A moment later, Little Hei arrived outside the cave dwelling.

It first carefully distinguished the direction, and then pointed to a distant mountain peak, saying, “There are quite a few Origin Stones there, meow.”

“Jade Void Peak?” Mo Fan was stunned for a moment, then nodded, “There are indeed Origin Stones there. Can you sense the quantity of Origin Stones?”

Little Hei nodded and said, “More than thirty thousand, less than forty thousand.”

Hearing this, Mo Fan was stunned.

Indeed, the Jade Void Academy’s Origin Stone reserves weren’t much either.

Last time he broke the blood-colored formation, he took away about half of the Jade Void Academy’s Origin Stone reserves.

“Do you want this cat to help you secretly take those Origin Stones?” Little Hei asked.

Hearing this, Mo Fan quickly shook his head: “No, no, those Origin Stones are used by the Jade Void Academy to maintain the normal operation of the mountain protection array. Taking them away would cause big problems.”

In fact, even if the Jade Void Academy didn’t need these Origin Stones, Mo Fan wouldn’t possibly steal them.

He was, after all, a part of the Jade Void Academy and had grown to his current level with the help of its resources. How could he have the face to do such a thing?

“Okay, meow.” Little Hei nodded, indicating understanding.

“Then sense again, see if there are any other Origin Stones elsewhere?” Mo Fan looked at Little Hei.

However, Little Hei shook its head.

“What’s wrong?” Mo Fan was puzzled.

“I can’t sense farther places for now, meow. The new Heavenly Dao is too hostile to this cat. This cat doesn’t dare to use its innate abilities casually for now,” Little Hei explained.

“Ah, this—” Mo Fan was dumbfounded, his face full of regret.

“Don’t worry, meow. Give this cat some time to adapt to the new Heavenly Dao.”

“Once I’ve adapted, and then with the power of ‘All Beings Are Equal’ to deceive the new Heavenly Dao, this cat’s innate perception ability can be used freely~”

Towards the end, Little Hei looked proud: “Just wait a little longer. This cat has been adjusting itself ever since it came out. In ten to fifteen days at most, it’ll be ready. Then I’ll take you flying!”

“Ten to fifteen days?” Mo Fan pondered.

“Mm, ten to fifteen days at most, just wait, meow!” Little Hei said with certainty.

“Okay, then I’ll wait for you. Whether I can get rich depends on you!” Mo Fan said solemnly.

“Okay, meow, this cat won’t disappoint you, meow!” The black cat said with high spirits.

“Good brother!” Mo Fan was touched and couldn’t help but pat Little Hei’s head.

“Mm-hmm, good brother, add another spirit fish for me every day from now on!” Little Hei swallowed its saliva and said.

Mo Fan was dumbfounded.

I treat you as a good brother? You’re just craving my fish?

“Okay, no problem, I’ll add another spirit fish for you every day from now on!” Mo Fan solemnly promised.

As long as he could find Origin Stones.

What was a mere spirit fish?

The only slightly bad thing was… constantly freeloading on Senior Sister’s spirit fish, would she catch him and beat him to death?

Hiss—

Mo Fan broke out in a cold sweat and decided to find time to discuss it with the foodie Senior Sister Chen Sirou.

“Anything else? If not, this cat is going out to play, meow.” Looking at the beautiful mountains, Little Hei said with longing.

“Nothing else, you go.” Mo Fan said with a smile.

“Okay, meow, get the grilled fish ready, I’ll be back when I’m hungry—”

“Go, go, I know.” Mo Fan waved his hand, dismissing Little Hei.

With a whoosh, Little Hei turned into a black afterimage and disappeared into the horizon.

Watching Little Hei’s disappearing figure, Mo Fan shook his head and turned to walk back to the cave dwelling.

“Continue alchemy!”

...Deeply engrossed in alchemy, unable to extricate himself.

With experience, the next two Condensing Origin Pills were refined very smoothly.

In just five days, Mo Fan had two more golden pills in his hand, pulsating like hearts.

“Not bad, the quality is slightly higher than the first one. It should play a very good auxiliary role when breaking through to Origin Reversion.” Mo Fan put away the pills and grinned.

He estimated that with the Condensing Origin Pills, he wouldn’t even need to add points when breaking through to Origin Reversion.

“Not bad, very cost-effective—”

As this thought arose, Mo Fan was stunned, his head full of black lines.

Cost-effective my ass!

The cost of the materials for refining one Condensing Origin Pill was about 70,000 merit points!

70,000 merit points were worth 70,000 Origin Stones!

And 70,000 Origin Stones were worth 7 million attribute points, enough for Mo Fan to add points seven times!

“A huge loss—”

Mo Fan’s face was dark, looking up at the sky speechlessly.

But soon, he was relieved.

No choice, the military camp simply didn’t have that many Origin Stones for him to exchange.

“Forget it, it’s not a complete loss. Anyway, since I can’t exchange for Origin Stones, being able to refine Condensing Origin Pills counts as recovering some of the cost.”

After comforting himself, Mo Fan took out three fish from his system space, placed them on a porcelain bowl on the dining table, yawned, and went back to his bedroom to sleep.

Five consecutive days of high-intensity alchemy, even an iron man couldn’t endure it. He had to get a good night’s sleep to recover… When he woke up again, the sun had completely set, and the sky quickly darkened.

Little Hei was still not there, probably off frolicking somewhere.

But the grilled fish on the dining table had disappeared.

“This guy—” Mo Fan shook his head helplessly.

After a quick wash and changing his clothes, Mo Fan pushed open the door and rode his sword towards Hidden Sword Peak.

The Condensing Origin Pills were refined.

It was almost time to return to Jiang City.

If the Condensing Origin Pills could solve Grandpa Sun Er’s physical problems and help him reshape his primordial spirit.

Then, with his foundation, it was entirely possible for him to become a Peak Realm expert in a short time.

This way, when problems arose in the future, he would have an extra helper.

Of course, before that, he had to go to Hidden Sword Peak to see if Liu Xiyan had already gotten the Origin Stones.

A moment later, Mo Fan landed on the sword-drying square in front of the Sword Pavilion.

While there was still a bit of light, Chu Qian and Xu Jing were busy moving the spirit swords drying on the square into the Sword Pavilion.

“Let me.” Mo Fan walked up to Xu Jing, took the sword box from her hand, and strode into the Sword Pavilion.

“Tha-thank you…” Xu Jing quickly thanked him, then turned to move other sword boxes.

However, just as she had stacked the sword boxes and was about to move them, Mo Fan appeared again.

“Go rest.” Grabbing the sword box from Xu Jing’s hand again, Mo Fan turned and left.

“You, you, you…” Xu Jing hesitated, wanting to speak but stopping.

“What about me?” Mo Fan turned around, puzzled.

“You, you walk slower…” Xu Jing said softly.

Mo Fan: “…”

“I, I can…” Xu Jing followed Mo Fan, her face red.

“Then I’ll share half with you.” Mo Fan nodded, giving a few sword boxes to Xu Jing.

Seeing this scene, Chu Qian, who was nearby, was instantly petrified, standing in the evening breeze in a daze.

“Heavens, I’m just collecting swords, why do you have to shove dog food down my throat?!”

Chu Qian wanted to cry: “Too much, it’s too much!”

“Se-Senior Sister…” Xu Jing turned back and walked up to Chu Qian.

“What’s wrong, Jingjing?” Chu Qian was startled, her expression quickly returning to normal.

“Let me help you.” Xu Jing snatched the sword box from Chu Qian’s hand and quickly walked inside.

Chu Qian looked bewildered and quickly said, “Uh, thank you, Junior Sister is still the best~”

However, soon, Chu Qian’s face darkened.

Mo Fan appeared again, and he and Xu Jing each lifted one side, walking side by side into the Sword Pavilion.

“What a sin—!” Chu Qian looked up at the sky speechlessly, feeling as if the air itself was sour.

Before long, Xu Jing came out and helped Chu Qian organize the sword boxes.

“Jingjing, what day is it today?” Chu Qian suddenly asked.

“The eleventh.” Xu Jing subconsciously said.

“What month?” Chu Qian asked again.

“November?” Xu Jing became a little puzzled, “Senior Sister, why are you asking this?”

“Nothing, Senior Sister is celebrating a holiday today and wants to go down the mountain to be quiet.” Chu Qian said.

“Ho-holiday? What holiday?” Xu Jing looked bewildered.

What holiday was November 11th?

Why didn’t I know?

“Singles’ Day…” Chu Qian said seriously.

“Ah, ah?” Xu Jing looked confused.

There’s such a holiday?

“Haha, Senior Sister was just joking. Senior Sister has an appointment with friends tonight and is going to have a small gathering~” Chu Qian said with a bright smile.

She came from an ancient, declining martial arts family, and two friends who entered the sect with her had recently been promoted to inner disciples, so they planned a small gathering to celebrate.

“Oh, I see.” Xu Jing suddenly understood and quickly said, “Then Senior Sister, hurry up, don’t be late.”

“It’s okay to be a little late, let’s finish the work first.” Chu Qian shook her head, picked up the stacked sword boxes, and walked into the Sword Pavilion.

At this moment, Mo Fan just came out: “Give them to me. It’s already dark. Senior Sister should hurry down the mountain to meet her friends.”

Chu Qian hesitated for a moment, looked at Mo Fan, then at Xu Jing, and finally nodded, handing the sword box in her hand to Mo Fan, and turned to run down the mountain.

“Then I’ll trouble Junior Brother and Junior Sister~”

“No trouble.” He shook his head and smiled, then started to get busy.

About ten minutes later, all the spirit swords were moved back by Mo Fan and Xu Jing and returned to their original positions.

Mo Fan and Xu Jing sat on the grass in the square, watching the stars and the moon.

The bright moonlight shone on Xu Jing’s face, which was as clear as white jade.

At this moment, she seemed very happy, her eyes sparkling, making the moonlight seem a bit dim in comparison.

“The moonlight is so beautiful tonight.” Looking at the bright full moon, Xu Jing couldn’t help but exclaim.

“Yes, it’s just that the wind is a bit noisy.” Mo Fan said with a smile.

Suddenly, Mo Fan’s expression hardened, and he reached out towards Xu Jing’s face.

“Wh-what’s wrong?” Xu Jing was startled, her face instantly turning red down to her neck.

“Don’t move, there’s a mosquito.” Mo Fan said.

“A mo-mosquito?” Xu Jing froze.

How could there be mosquitoes on Hidden Sword Peak?

With a whoosh, Mo Fan pinched a mosquito that was glowing with a reddish light.

“Strange, how can a mosquito survive on Hidden Sword Mountain where sword qi crisscrosses? Has it become a spirit?” Mo Fan found it unbelievable.

“So, so powerful—” Xu Jing was equally surprised, somewhat disbelieving, and at the same time, she let out a sigh of relief.

After an unknown amount of time, Xu Jing’s heartbeat slowly calmed down.

Mo Fan flicked his finger, killing the mosquito, and was about to retract his arm.

However, just then, an abrupt voice rang out.

“Mo Fan, I—”

The words were cut short halfway through.

“Sorry, I didn’t see anything, you two continue…”

Liu Xiyan took a deep breath and quickly turned to leave.

“Ma-Master?” Xu Jing was startled, anxious, and weakly reached out in the direction Liu Xiyan had left, “I, I, I didn’t…”

Mo Fan: “…”

“Let me explain.” Mo Fan shook his head, stood up, and walked towards Liu Xiyan.

“Elder, you’re looking for me, have the Origin Stones been obtained?”

“Sorry, I… I didn’t see anything.” Liu Xiyan rubbed her temples, feeling a bit of a headache.

Her appearance was too ill-timed, wasn’t it?

Mo Fan probably hated her to death.

“Haha, hahaha, if I say it was actually a misunderstanding, would you believe me?” He laughed awkwardly a few times, at a loss for words.

“Mm, I believe it. Whatever you say it is, it is.” Liu Xiyan said perfunctorily.

Mo Fan: “…”

Well, there was no way to explain it.

A moment later, Liu Xiyan smiled and took out a dark blue spatial storage bracelet, handing it to Mo Fan.

“Inside are the Origin Stones I applied for from the Sect Master.”

Pausing, Liu Xiyan continued, “Sorry, the academy’s Origin Stone reserves are indeed not much. This is already the limit of what can be used.”

“Thank you, Elder.” Mo Fan didn’t act coy either, taking the storage bracelet and thanking her.

He really needed this item.

“How about—” Liu Xiyan hesitated, wanting to speak but stopping.

“What is it, Elder?” Mo Fan was puzzled.

“How about you find Jingjing… to continue?” Liu Xiyan asked cautiously.

Mo Fan covered his forehead, his head full of black lines: “I said it was a misunderstanding! I was just swatting a mosquito!”

“Do you think there would be mosquitoes on Hidden Sword Peak?” Liu Xiyan smiled.

This excuse was not very clever at all.

Mo Fan spread his hands, too lazy to explain: “Elder, I’ll take my leave. I’m going back now. I look forward to your good news.”

“Okay, I will officially begin my seclusion now. I won’t come out until I become a Sword Immortal.” Liu Xiyan said.

“Go for it, Elder, we’ll be relying on you to protect us from now on!” Mo Fan said seriously.

“See you in three months.” Liu Xiyan said.

“See you in three months.” Mo Fan said.