53: The Soul-Capturing Bell: A Love Rival Appears.

The Stone Master, holding an incredibly sharp small knife, waved it over the source stone, quickly cutting away more than half of it, but no treasure was revealed, leaving only a fist-sized piece.

“It seems it’s empty.”

“More than half of it has been cut; there’s definitely nothing left.”

Jiang Yunfan turned a deaf ear to the others’ words. “Keep cutting.”

The Workshop Master said, “It’s already at the bottom; there’s no need to cut anymore.”

Jiang Yunfan said, “I’ve paid the Spirit Stones. I demand he continues cutting.”

Seeing that he wouldn’t give up, the Workshop Master felt displeased. If he won’t give up, I’ll make him give up completely.

“Keep cutting.”

The Stone Master continued to cut the stone.

The last bit of source stone split into two, and a green bean-sized seed fell out.

“There’s something!”

“It looks like a seed.”

“It should be a Spirit Medicine seed.”

“How many Spirit Stones can a Spirit Medicine seed be worth? It’s still useless.”

Jiang Yunfan immediately picked up the seed. “None of them recognize good stuff. That’s even better,” he thought. Aloud, he said, “Even a mosquito, no matter how small, is still meat. If I cultivate it into a Spirit Medicine, it can still fetch a good price.”

“Cut the next source stone for me.”

The Stone Master began cutting the next source stone, his knife work extremely fast.

A bell was revealed.

The bell rang, its sound captivating the Soul. Everyone around was injured in their Souls by the bell’s sound and spat out blood. Jiang Yunfan was protected by the pure yang treasure jade, so his Soul was unharmed.

“It’s a Spiritual Artifact.”

“It captivates the Soul; this is a demonic artifact.”

Everyone was shocked.

A low-grade source stone actually yielded a Spiritual Artifact.

The bell’s sound spread throughout Wangchuan City. People nearby were all affected by the bell’s sound to varying degrees, attracting the attention of many Experts.

Although the Workshop Master coveted it, he didn’t intend to take it for himself. After all, the Stone Workshop’s reputation was priceless. Even if he wanted it, he would buy it with Spirit Stones.

“Congratulations, Young Master, for cutting out a Spiritual Artifact. Your profit has increased a hundredfold.”

“Young Master, are you willing to sell this Spiritual Artifact? I can buy it at a high price.”

Jiang Yunfan was not short of Spirit Stones. He refused outright, “No sale.”

He picked up the soul-snatching bell and immediately imprinted his Spiritual Sense on it. He quickly left the Stone Workshop.

The Purple Lightning Vulture grew larger, instantly attracting countless gazes.

“It’s a Purple Lightning Vulture.”

Jiang Yunfan rode the Purple Lightning Vulture and left Wangchuan City.

Several Experts gave chase.

[Today’s Intel (red): Three Yin-Yang Realm, one Heavenly Human Realm Expert are in pursuit. Danger Level: SS.]

Jiang Yunfan was panicking.

“Go down.”

The Purple Lightning Vulture landed in a mountain forest.

“Shrink.”

The Purple Lightning Vulture became the size of a sparrow.

Jiang Yunfan tucked the Purple Lightning Vulture into his embrace. He took out an earth evasion talisman and used it to escape underground.

“An earth evasion talisman? You can’t escape.”

The pursuing Heavenly Human Realm Expert released his Divine Sense to search for Jiang Yunfan’s tracks.

His Divine Sense covered thousands of miles.

Jiang Yunfan had escaped thousands of miles away.

As soon as he emerged, he was locked on by Divine Sense.

“Damn it, they’re like persistent ghosts.”

Jiang Yunfan knew that he couldn’t escape. Although he had two Spiritual Artifacts, he stood no chance against a Heavenly Human Realm Expert.

His Master was recuperating within the pure yang treasure jade. His Primordial Spirit hadn’t recovered, so he couldn’t help.

Only the eight trigrams furnace was left.

“Senior, I’m being hunted. Please help me and save my life. I’ll be eternally grateful.”

“Alright, I’ll save you this once.”

With the Senior’s words, Jiang Yunfan breathed a sigh of relief. He continued to flee on the Purple Lightning Vulture.

The Heavenly Human Realm Expert was too fast and quickly caught up to Jiang Yunfan, a Domain imprisoning him and the Purple Lightning Vulture.

A middle-aged man appeared.

“Keep running! Why aren’t you running anymore?!”

“You’re the one who should be running.”

As soon as the words fell, the eight trigrams furnace flew out from Jiang Yunfan’s body. The Southern Bright Separation Fire incinerated the middle-aged man, whose face changed drastically. He hastily condensed True Essence to protect himself, but his protective True Essence was instantly burned away.

Ah!

A scream rang out.

The middle-aged man was incinerated into ashes by the Southern Bright Separation Fire.

The eight trigrams furnace returned to Jiang Yunfan’s body.

So powerful.

As expected of a Sacred Artifact.

“Kid, don’t provoke powerful enemies in the future. This time it was a Heavenly Human Realm Expert, and I could handle it. But if it were a Dharma Idol Realm Giant, I wouldn’t be able to.”

“Senior, you’re joking. You are a Sacred Artifact. Dealing with a Dharma Idol Realm Giant should be easy.”

“If it were other Sacred Artifacts, they would certainly have the power to kill a Dharma Idol Realm Giant. But I am just a Pill Furnace. I specialize in Alchemy, not combat. If not for the Southern Bright Separation Fire, I couldn’t even deal with someone at the Heaven and Man Realm Cultivation Level.”

So that’s how it is.

It seems I need to buy more high-level Talismans for self-defense.

Jiang Yunfan rode the Purple Lightning Vulture away. He opened the System map and had the Purple Lightning Vulture fly towards Sword Emperor Mountain... Ancient Ruins.

This is the borderland between Dongzhou and Huangzhou.

In ancient times, the Human Race and the Yao Race waged war here. This was the battlefield where the Human and Yao Races fought. Corpses littered the ground, and the Yin Qi here was extremely heavy, with Yin Spirits appearing and even ghost cultivators hiding among them, making it full of danger.

Danger is accompanied by Opportunity.

There are many ancient artifacts in the Ruins, some decayed, others preserved.

If one is lucky, they might even obtain the Legacy left by an Expert.

Many people like to come here to seek Opportunity.

A woman arrived at the Ancient Ruins.

It was Ji Yao.

She entered the Ruins.

Suddenly, a burst of mist assailed her.

Ji Yao released her Spiritual Sense, but it was blocked by the mist.

With her Spiritual Sense useless, Ji Yao was no different from a blind person. She knew the mist was not simple, which made her vigilant.

After wandering for a long time, Ji Yao was still going in circles.

“It’s an illusion array.”

“No, it’s a ghost wall.”

Ji Yao guessed it was a ghost wall.

A ghost wall is a ghost Dao Divine Ability, similar to an illusion.

Ji Yao released the Nirvana Divine Fire, incinerating in all directions.

The ghost cultivator hiding in the dark screamed. The ghost cultivator was burned to ashes by the Nirvana Divine Fire, and the ghost wall collapsed on its own.

The mist dissipated, and an area of over ten miles in radius turned into a sea of fire.

Ji Yao left.

No sooner had she left than a handsome man appeared. This person was none other than Ye Lingtian, the Young Lord of the Ye family, who had once sought Jiang Yunfan for a reckoning.

“What powerful flames.”

Ye Lingtian gazed at the sea of fire but dared not touch it easily.

He released his Divine Sense to investigate and discovered Ji Yao.

With just a glance, he was captivated by her peerless beauty and noble temperament.

“Who is peeking at me?”

Ji Yao coldly shouted. She condensed Nirvana Divine Fire in her palm, ready to incinerate the opponent’s Divine Sense.

Ye Lingtian used the Divine Ability, Great Universe Shift, and instantly appeared before Ji Yao. “Please don’t misunderstand, Miss. I only discovered you inadvertently with my Divine Sense and did not intentionally peek.”

“I am Ye Lingtian. May I know your esteemed name, Miss?”

Ji Yao ignored him and left directly.

Ye Lingtian was stunned. It was the first time a woman had ignored him. He liked her even more. He didn’t chase her, as that would only annoy her.

He believed they would meet again.

[Today’s Intel (red): Ye family Young Lord Ye Lingtian encountered Ji Yao in the Ancient Ruins and fell in love with her at first sight. The Host will become Ye Lingtian’s love rival.]

As soon as he received this intel, Jiang Yunfan was dumbfounded.

Ye Lingtian.

Didn’t this guy go to Nanzhou to find the sun flower?

Why did he run to the Ancient Ruins?

And he even bumped into Ji Yao.

A love rival suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Isn’t this just adding to his troubles?

If he hadn’t intercepted, Ye Lingtian, this love rival, would have been Lu Yun’s. Now he’s transferred to him.

This love rival crushes him in both Aptitude and background.

Although he wasn’t worried about Ji Yao falling for someone else, he was worried that Ye Lingtian, this guy, might disregard martial ethics and use force.

He had to find a way to kill Ye Lingtian.