Everyone is worried, Shen Fan returns safely

“It’s been almost ten days, why hasn’t Junior Brother returned yet!”

On Zhan Yue Peak, everyone was pacing anxiously.

Especially Qiao Linger, her eyes fixed on the life tablet in the main hall.

Ever since Shen Fan joined Zhan Yue Peak, his life tablet had been moved here.

Wind Dao Ling said indifferently, “The life tablet is intact, which means this kid is still alive!”

Shen Duanshan said suspiciously, “This kid wouldn’t have run away, would he?”

Qiao Linger said angrily, “What are you saying, Senior Brother!”

Shen Duanshan slapped his own mouth, “Bah, bah, bah! Look at me!”

Maple Red Leaf pondered from the side, “From the news that has come back these past few days, I deduce that Junior Brother must have been chased!”

Third Brother Su Jian echoed, “That should be it. Five or six days ago, Grand Elder Liu Qingfeng returned from Shan Shui Market and auctioned off fifty thousand substitute death skulls at a high price. It’s said they were pure wild substitute death skulls. Such a quantity of wild substitute death skulls could only come from our hands!”

Wind Dao Ling frowned, “So, he didn’t deliver the goods to Chun Nong Valley?”

“That shouldn’t be!”

Maple Red Leaf shook her head, “If that were the case, Chun Nong Valley would have sent word long ago, but there’s been nothing so far. This indicates that the transaction was successful. As for these fifty thousand corpse puppets…”

At this point, Maple Red Leaf couldn't help but look at Qiao Linger.

“We’ll have to ask Junior Sister Ling'er, won’t we?”

Qiao Linger’s eyes flickered, and she stammered, “Ask… ask me what for? I don’t know!”

“Such a quantity of substitute death skulls, looking across the Four Great Immortal Sects of the entire Great Li Kingdom, only we could produce them. But what Revered Master gave to Junior Brother has already been successfully traded. So where did these fifty thousand substitute death skulls come from?”

“I, I, I… I don’t know either!” Qiao Linger nervously turned her head away, not daring to look at everyone.

“Ling'er, tell the truth!”

Wind Dao Ling roared.

Qiao Linger was so frightened that she tearfully confessed everything.

“Revered Master, spare me! Those were all things my brother brought up from the mine pit after my brother and I discovered it!”

Hearing this, everyone suddenly understood.

“So that makes sense!”

Maple Red Leaf continued to analyze, “Shan Shui Market is notoriously chaotic. Anyone who leaves there is basically robbed. If nothing unexpected happened, Junior Brother should have also been robbed, but he hasn’t died yet, which means he escaped death and is now hiding somewhere!”

Shen Duanshan worried, “I just don’t know if Junior Brother traded first and then auctioned, or auctioned first and then traded. If it was traded first, wouldn’t that huge sum from Chun Nong Valley have also been stolen?”

Third Brother Su Jian spread his hands, “What’s the difference? Even if it was traded later, the substitute death skulls were still in Junior Brother’s hands! How is that different from directly stealing money?”

Slap!

Shen Duanshan helplessly slapped his forehead.

“So what do we do now!”

Everyone turned their gaze to Wind Dao Ling.

“Revered Master, Grand Elder spent a fortune to auction back a batch of substitute death skulls. If we now say that these substitute death skulls came from our Tianxuan Sect, do you think Grand Elder would be furious?”

“He wouldn’t die of anger, but he certainly wouldn’t let us off!”

“Especially knowing that the fifty thousand substitute death skulls were also auctioned by Junior Brother, Grand Elder would probably skin him alive!”

“Ah? What should we do then!”

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…

Wind Dao Ling snorted coldly, “What else can we do? Deny it to the death! What can he do to us? We’ve all been on Zhan Yue Peak these past few days, we haven’t even gone out. Who can prove that they came from us? Furthermore, we’ll drag out the mine pit cooperation for a few more months, then they won’t know anything!”

Wind Dao Ling wasn’t worried about these things.

What he was worried about now was Shen Fan’s safety.

However, at this moment…

A familiar figure appeared at the end of the mountain path.

In just over a month, Shen Fan had adapted to the pressure on the mountain and could go up and down freely!

“It’s Shen Fan!”

Maple Red Leaf caught a glimpse and immediately exclaimed.

Immediately after, everyone else looked over.

Seeing that familiar figure, Qiao Linger’s eyes immediately welled up with tears, and then she ran over.

“Brother!”

A fragrant breeze wafted over, followed by a soft body throwing itself into his embrace.

“Brother, I thought something had happened to you. If your life tablet hadn’t been intact, I would have been preparing to look for you!”

“Silly girl, with the life tablet intact, I’m naturally fine. Why worry unnecessarily!”

Shen Fan patted Qiao Linger’s head and walked straight towards Wind Dao Ling.

So many days had passed in a flash.

Seeing familiar faces again, Shen Fan didn’t know why, but he felt a sense of surviving a disaster.

But then again.

If it weren’t for the Corpse King, Shen Fan probably really wouldn’t have been able to escape from the Qian Gang’s hands!

Facing that Golden Core Great Expert, Shen Fan had even prepared to die!

“Disciple Shen Fan, greets Revered Master!”

Shen Fan came before Wind Dao Ling and knelt on one knee.

“What exactly happened? Why were you delayed for so many days?”

Wind Dao Ling asked worriedly.

“Alas!” Shen Fan sighed.

Then he confessed truthfully.

“Actually, Disciple had also stored some substitute death skulls before, so I thought of selling them at a high price in Shan Shui Market. Who would have thought I would encounter a robbery? That Qian Gang within Jiangnan Province is a shameless Gang that lives by highway robbery. At the critical moment, if it weren’t for the Chun Nong Valley Elder who maintains order in Shan Shui Market, I’m afraid Disciple wouldn’t have seen Revered Master again!”

“The battle was fierce then. Even though Disciple hid far away, I was affected and chased by the Qian Gang’s people to the Northwest, entering Canglan Province, and fortunately rescued by Yannan City, the general of Yandang City!”

Shen Fan briefly recounted his experiences of these past few days.

The process was fraught with danger and difficulties, without any traces.

During this time, Shen Fan glossed over the situation of being robbed, directly concealing the matter of the Corpse King.

It didn't arouse anyone's suspicion at all.

“Was the transaction successful?”

After seeing Shen Fan safe and sound, everyone finally asked the most worrisome question.

“Mm!”

Seeing Shen Fan nod heavily.

Everyone immediately cheered.

“That’s great! Haha!”

“So many days of effort were not in vain after all!”

“Junior Brother, where are the Spirit Stones?”

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…

Subsequently, Shen Fan took out the qiankun bag and handed all the High-Grade Spirit Stones from Lu Mumu’s transaction to Wind Dao Ling.

“Revered Master, one hundred thousand substitute death skulls, all traded at a price of five thousand each, totaling fifty thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones!”

“Haha! Good, good, good!”

Wind Dao Ling contentedly took the qiankun bag.

“This is only one-third of our harvest this time. There are still two-thirds of the substitute death skulls that haven’t been sold. If they were all sold, our Zhan Yue Peak would achieve financial freedom. Plus, if we cooperate with Tianxuan Sect in the future to jointly develop the mine pit, there will be a continuous stream of income!”