153: Problem half solved

The Mysterious Person's resentful gaze fell upon Chu Shengfan, as if Chu Shengfan were the enemy who had killed his father.

A wave of hallucinatory light pulled away from his body and then converged in mid-air, gradually forming a Treasure Mirror with both sides capable of reflecting images.

As the Treasure Mirror pulled away, the Mysterious Person also revealed his true face—he appeared to be about thirty years old, with disheveled hair, dark eyebrows, and a slightly weather-beaten face.

"As expected of someone with Luck, you even have such a secret treasure protecting you. But it is impossible for a mere lower-tier Uncommon Rank Contract Master to turn the tables on me.

Mirror Demon, shine."

The Treasure Mirror spun in the air several times and then faced Chu Shengfan. In the next moment, an extremely bright pillar of light shot out from its surface.

Chu Shengfan only felt a burst of heat in his palm, and then the phantom of a giant tree enveloped him.

The light pillar shone upon the phantom of the giant tree, and the energy erupting from it was completely absorbed by the tree's shadow, making it entirely impossible to reach Chu Shengfan inside.

Chu Shengfan spread his palm and looked at the seed mark of the Ancient Medicine King Tree; it was now incredibly hot, causing a slight stinging sensation in his palm.

The Mysterious Person looked at the phantom of the ancient tree with a very grave expression; he actually felt an aura similar to a 'King' from a mere phantom.

What exactly was this youth's background? Was he a descendant of some King Race, or perhaps a World Walker from some Hidden Family?

However, since this youth had seen his true face, he had to die no matter what. He was just a mere Uncommon Rank; even if that phantom protected him, there had to be a time limit.

Thinking this, the Treasure Mirror spun again, splitting from one to two, two to four... until it had split into sixteen Clones.

All the Treasure Mirrors formed a circle in the Void Realm, surrounding Chu Shengfan at the very center, and simultaneously shot out blinding pillars of light once more.

Instantly, Chu Shengfan was surrounded by blinding brilliance, and his figure could no longer be seen.

The leaves on the phantom of the ancient tree withered, and the lush, flourishing branches and leaves dried up in an instant, as if the ancient tree had fallen into deathly silence in a single moment.

A gray-black aura was released from the phantom of the withered tree toward the surroundings, coming into contact with the jade-like ground, the surrounding statues, the light pillars in the air, and the Treasure Mirrors floating in the sky.

As if bringing some law of deathly silence and extinction, the ground was corroded into holes, the brilliance instantly dimmed, and the smooth surfaces of the Treasure Mirrors seemed to gain the traces of age, becoming dark and unclear.

Finally, under the Mysterious Person's terrified gaze, that aura enveloped him. In just a moment, his body gently turned into fly ash and dissipated in the air.

'Clatter.'

The Treasure Mirror fell onto the jade-like ground, making a crisp sound.

The entire space fell into a deathly silence. Chu Shengfan was even a bit dazed now as he looked at the phantom of the giant tree outside his body.

Was the seed Grandpa Sun gave me actually this powerful?

After a few seconds, clear 'kacha kacha' cracking sounds appeared in this space, and the pitch-black night outside leaked through the cracks in the jade firmament.

"Boom!"

With a clear, thunderous roar, this space completely shattered. When Chu Shengfan looked around again, the world had already changed.

There were gray-green walls and inky-green stone bricks beneath his feet. The phantom of the ancient tree had long since retracted into Chu Shengfan's body. He carefully examined his surroundings and found that this seemed to be the small alley where he had first met the Mysterious Person.

Two or three meters in front of him, the Treasure Mirror, its surface covered in cracks, lay quietly on the ground. Not far from the Treasure Mirror was a palm-sized Jade Figurine Statue whose surface was even more terrifying and covered in cracks.

These were the Mysterious Person's two Source Beasts, yet the Mysterious Person himself seemed to have never appeared at all, as not a single trace of his existence could be found.

Chu Shengfan jogged a few steps, picked up the Treasure Mirror and the Jade Figurine Statue, and then left the alley in a hurry.

It wasn't until he merged back into the surging crowd that Chu Shengfan had the chance to let out a long sigh of relief. At least now, the 'human fruit' incident was half-resolved.

All that remained was for him to hide the 'human fruit' inside his body well, as long as he wasn't discovered by the Wu Family.

The Mysterious Person was dead, and Chu Shengfan was in no mood to wander around. After identifying his direction, he headed toward the small courtyard.

About half an hour later, Chu Shengfan returned to the small courtyard.

At the first sight of Chu Shengfan, Sun Chunchen had a smile on his face. "It seems the trouble has been resolved."

Chu Shengfan walked into the house and nodded to Sun Chunchen, a grateful smile on his face. "It's all thanks to your seed, Grandpa Sun. Otherwise, I would have died at the hands of that Mysterious Person."

Sun Chunchen's expression was indifferent, as if it were only natural for the Mysterious Person to die at the hands of the seed. "Stretch out your palms and let me see the state of the two seeds."

Chu Shengfan spread both of his palms out in front of Sun Chunchen.

The 'human fruit' in his right palm had already changed from a round seed shape to a state with two small leaves, as if it had already sprouted and begun to absorb energy to grow.

The seed from Sun Chunchen in his other hand was still in the form of a seed, but its color had undergone a new change—one side was emerald green while the other was black-gray. The black-gray part seemed identical to the aura of deathly silence it had released.

Looking at the changes in the two seeds, a look of contemplation flashed in Sun Chunchen's eyes, especially as his gaze lingered on the unsprouted seed in the left palm for a particularly long time.

"In the future, you must tell me promptly if any new changes occur in the seeds in your hands, especially this one on the left. Although it will take the initiative to protect you,

its state of existence is also the most unstable and it could suddenly perish at any time. The day it sprouts will be the day you contract with each other."

Chu Shengfan looked at the seed in his left palm, his eyes burning with excitement. Even as a mere seed, it could instantly kill an upper-tier Spirit Rank Source Beast and Contract Master.

If it truly sprouted, just how powerful would it be? Chu Shengfan found himself unable to imagine it for a moment.

"Grandpa Sun, I have a doubt. Before that Mysterious Person died, he seemed to say that he felt the aura of a King Race from this seed."

"Hmph, that man's knowledge was somewhat broad if he could even perceive the aura of a King Race," Sun Chunchen snorted softly, seemingly quite disdainful of the Mysterious Person.

"He was right. This seed indeed comes from a King Rank Source Beast, the Ancient Medicine King Tree. Furthermore, it is not just any ordinary King Rank Source Beast seed; it is one of the six King Seeds condensed by the Ancient Medicine King Tree using all its accumulated energy before returning to silence.

It carries a portion of the Ancient Medicine King Tree's aura, which is why it can display such formidable combat power. So, you must treat it well in the future; it will be your ultimate trump card and protective talisman on your path of growth."

Chu Shengfan looked at his palm in a daze. King Rank? What a distant Realm. Now, a seed connected to that Realm was actually in his palm.

He felt as if he were in a dream.

After staring blankly for a moment, Chu Shengfan seemed to remember something and placed the Treasure Mirror and the Jade Figurine Statue on the table.

"These are the two Source Beasts left behind by that Mysterious Person. I've never seen this kind of Source Beast before. Do you recognize them, Grandpa Sun? Is there any value that can be extracted from these things?"