Supreme Emptiness

Wherever the eye can see.

All are decayed shelves, along with several rotten and rusty divine weapons.

Some divine weapons have even turned into sludge.

Jiang Fan had encountered similar situations several times, so he wasn't surprised.

Unless it's a spiritual artifact, it's hard to withstand the erosion of thousands of years.

And he also noticed the sword box mentioned by Yu Peiyuan.

It leaned against the corner of the wall, the only non-decayed thing in the hall.

Quite conspicuous!

Jiang Fan flashed over.

Yet, he didn't act impulsively.

He found it somewhat odd.

Why wasn't the sword box placed on the shelf?

But instead, it was leaning against the wall separately?

Thinking it over, he punched a gust of wind from a distance to knock the sword box to the ground.

Swish—

An astonishingly chilling light suddenly shot out from behind the wall behind the sword box.

It grazed past Jiang Fan.

With terrifying power that made his heart race!

Boom—

Immediately.

The great hall behind him was struck by this chilling light, causing the walls to collapse.

The lingering force caused Jiang Fan's hair to stand on end.

It was a strike capable of killing a Nascent Soul.

Looking closely.

Embedded within the wall was a palm-sized pocket crossbow.

Inside, three finger-length crossbow arrows were loaded, ready to be fired.

Except for appearing slightly ancient, it seemed to have suffered little from the erosion of time.

"Spiritual Weapon Pocket Crossbow!"

Jiang Fan was delighted in his heart.

He quickly leaped forward, cautiously excavating it from the wall.

"Three crossbow arrows; if caught by surprise, they might kill a Nascent Soul up close!"

Just when the talisman arrows were used up, this spiritual weapon pocket crossbow came just in time.

He decisively loaded it into the Heavenly Thunder Stone.

Only then did Jiang Fan turn to the sword box.

He drew the Purple Sword and remotely prodded the sword box open.

Originally thinking it would contain an unrivaled spirit sword, unexpectedly, like the divine weapons outside, it was rotten beyond recognition.

"Done yet?"

A struggling shout came from afar from Yu Peiyuan.

Jiang Fan hurriedly closed the sword box, grabbed it, and bolted out of the Divine Weapon Vault.

Seeing Jiang Fan emerge.

Yu Peiyuan then backed away, escaping the great hall.

At this moment, her hair was disheveled, her chest was covered in blood, gasping for breath.

Guessing she took a few more punches just now.

"Senior Sister Yu, are you okay?"

Yu Peiyuan ignored her injuries, snatched the sword box eagerly and opened it.

But then, her face froze.

Indignant she said, "Almost lost my life, just for this?"

Angrily, she threw the sword box along with the sword inside to the ground.

The broken sword shattered upon impact.

The sword box alone remained intact.

Hmm?

Jiang Fan was in disbelief; could the sword box be a spiritual artifact?

Thinking back, the owner of this place devised malicious traps to prevent the sword box from being taken.

His heart raced uncontrollably.

But he didn't reveal any expression, to prevent Yu Peiyuan from also realizing the sword box's value.

Instead, he disdainfully kicked the sword box.

Sending it flying into the bushes.

"I was nearly killed by the trap inside, and it's just a pile of junk."

Jiang Fan looked genuinely disheartened.

Yu Peiyuan naturally heard the loud commotion earlier.

Feeling slightly apologetic, she said.

"Sorry for making you take such a risk."

"Next time we find good stuff, I'll let you pick first."

She patted Jiang Fan's shoulder to console him.

Jiang Fan was surprised.

This girl, though calling him a fool, wasn't actually bad.

Alright.

Considering she helped him get the crossbow and sword box, if there's anything in the third treasure spot, she can share a bit too.

"Alright, let's go to the next place."

Yu Peiyuan said, frustrated.

Going to two places in a row.

Found absolutely nothing worth having.

"Senior Sister Yu, you go first, I need to… relieve myself."

"I got scared by the sudden Nascent Soul strike."

Jiang Fan suddenly said.

Yu Peiyuan was taken aback, then glanced between Jiang Fan's legs.

Looking slightly disgusted.

This guy, could he have peed himself?

Seeing Jiang Fan undo his trousers, she quickly turned and ran off: "Hmph, I haven't left yet!"

Jiang Fan smiled faintly.

Watching her until she was out of sight beyond the corner of the path.

Only then did he adjust his pants and hurried over to pick up the sword box from the bushes.

Finally, it's in hand!

Up until this moment, his harvest was already sufficient, making it worth the Flame Mark.

Whatever he finds next is pure profit.

Roar—

Suddenly.

A fierce beast roar echoed throughout the secret realm.

Low and penetrating.

Like a tiger's roar intimidating a commoner.

Jiang Fan's body swayed, his vital energy disturbed.

Showing a look of surprise and doubt on his face: "This... what is this?"

"Could there be something alive inside the relic?"

Yu Peiyuan was startled too.

Quickly peeked over and waved: "Fool, come quickly!"

"There's something wrong in this relic, seems like there's some fierce creature!"

Jiang Fan quickly walked over, saying solemnly: "Let's quickly regroup with Senior Qi Yin."

Although there was still a circled area unexplored.

Comparatively, life is more important.

Yu Peiyuan hesitated and said: "Rarely do we come here, should we leave empty-handed?"

"The roar sounded far away."

"Let's search a bit longer."

"If we're truly in danger, we can find my master then."

Jiang Fan thought about it; the relic's size was limited.

If there was truly an unbeatable danger, using Cloud Shadow, he should be able to quickly reach Senior Qi Yin.

So he said at once: "Alright! Follow me!"

Considering Jiang Fan had the luck to find the Divine Weapon Vault, this time Yu Peiyuan didn't complain.

Before long.

They followed an inconspicuous path to its end.

A vast nursery enclosed by a fence came into view.

"Ah! It's a medicine garden!"

Yu Peiyuan couldn't believe it, shaking Jiang Fan's shoulders: "Fool!"

"Luck of the fool, indeed!"

"You actually found such a place!"

"We're rich, we're rich!"

Jiang Fan raised his eyes to look.

The vast nursery was desolate, devoid of any vitality.

Not looking like there was anything good at all?

Yu Peiyuan, however, exclaimed excitedly: "Don't mind the barren ground."

"Perhaps underground, heavenly materials and earthly treasures may be thriving!"

"This relic has existed for countless years; the age of the herbs, I shudder to think how old they might be!"

"Come, let's search separately!"

"You focus on the ground, any hint of sprouts or anything alive, don't overlook."

Saying that.

She energetically picked a direction and began to search.

Jiang Fan stroked his chin.

Searching for stuff is his specialty.

Taking out the Sky Observation Treasure, Jiang Fan immediately started searching.

Even in the vast medicine garden, with the Sky Observation Treasure overseeing, he scanned it in an instant.

All was deathly still.

Not a single…

Wait!

Jiang Fan's gaze suddenly became serious.

At the far corner of the medicine garden, there was an expanse of pitch black scorch.

As if some extremely hot flame had roasted this area.

Nearby were scattered some huge scorched claw prints.

"Could it be that roaring beast earlier?" Jiang Fan felt uneasy.

But soon, he noticed with contracted pupils.

In that corner, astonishingly, there were some small, flame-like, azure seedlings.

Millennial heavenly materials and earthly treasures?