Supreme Emptiness

Yu Peiyuan couldn't believe her eyes.

A handsome young man with fair skin, dressed in black, had subdued Wei Chaoran with just one hand.

She couldn't believe her eyes: "Jiang... Junior Brother Jiang?"

It was no wonder she doubted, for even Wei Chaoran beside her had his expression frozen.

Jiang Fan appearing in Taicang State? On the Heavenly Ascending Ancient Road? At the 9,500th layer?

Who could believe it?

Soon, Wei Chaoran reacted, attempting to snatch back the ring, and shouted in a low voice, "This is none of your business!"

"Get out of the way!"

Jiang Fan glanced at him lightly, and with a casual wave of his hand, unleashed an overwhelming force that Wei Chaoran couldn't resist, throwing him away.

Wei Chaoran hurriedly stabilized his figure, stumbling as he landed, looking down at his wrist, where a clear five-fingered red mark had been pinched.

He looked at Jiang Fan with some suspicion: "You... what is your cultivation?"

He was, after all, at the Nascent Soul Realm, and that throw just now left him with no power to resist.

Jiang Fan gazed at him deeply.

Wei Chaoran and the two disciples from Sanqing Mountain exchanged glances, which he noticed.

Combining this with the blue seed in Yu Peiyuan's hand, he understood seven or eight-tenths of the situation.

He said coldly: "How many people in your life will take a knife for you?"

"Such a person, and you actually conspire with outsiders to harm her!"

He stepped in front of Yu Peiyuan and said, "Stay away from Wei Chaoran in the future, he doesn't deserve your brother-sister bond."

Yu Peiyuan still didn't understand what was happening.

Until the one-armed disciple from Sanqing Mountain coldly questioned, "Wei Chaoran, you didn't say there was another helper!"

To get here, one must have fought their way up from the 9,500th step.

How could any of them be simple?

With a sudden outsider appearing, they naturally had to reconsider their cooperation with Wei Chaoran.

At this moment, Yu Peiyuan woke up as if from a dream, incredulous: "Brother Wei, you... collaborated with them to deceive me?"

She found it strange why, when leading the two into the lair of the blood-colored giant beast, they suddenly woke up at the last moment.

It turned out to be Wei Chaoran who warned them.

Wei Chaoran wanted the blue seed in her hand, and the two from Sanqing Mountain wanted her ability to sense fortune and misfortune.

So they joined forces.

Ridiculous that she was sold out by Wei Chaoran, yet blocked a deadly blow for him and even gave him the blue seed as a gift.

"Wei Chaoran!" The huge sense of betrayal made Yu Peiyuan both sad and angry.

She glared at Wei Chaoran with tears in her eyes!

Now that he was exposed, Wei Chaoran didn't pretend anymore and went to the side of the two disciples from Sanqing Mountain.

He said coldly, "Blame yourself!"

"Master initially valued me the most, and that opportunity for tribulation transcendence should have been left for me!"

"But you overshadowed this brat and got the blue seed, so Master began considering giving it to you!"

"You took my opportunity, and I didn't kill you by my own hand, that's already considering our brother-sister bond!"

Yu Peiyuan bit her red lips tightly, heartache rendering her speechless.

Jiang Fan observed him coldly and said, "Wei Chaoran, don't you feel ashamed saying this?"

"Qi Yin Master initially designated you to accompany me to the Divinity Transformation Relics, but you were afraid of losing out and had your Junior Sister go."

"Being too selfish, you let the opportunity fall into your Junior Sister's hands."

"Can you blame others for that?"

Wei Chaoran snorted coldly: "Mind your own business!"

"Senior Brothers, this person is merely a disciple of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion. Though his strength is considerable, it's not beyond our capability. The three of us together, it won't be hard to handle him!"

"Then, I'll leave my Junior Sister to your disposal, just please make sure there's no trace left for me."

In other words, after using Yu Peiyuan, remember to eliminate her!

Originally, he hadn't planned to do this.

As long as he got the blue seed, that was enough.

But now Jiang Fan had exposed him,

If Yu Peiyuan went back to complain, could he avoid punishment?

It's common for disciples to fight among themselves, but colluding with outsiders to harm fellow disciples is intolerable by any master.

Yu Peiyuan's pupils widened: "Wei Chaoran! You beast!"

He actually intended to murder her!

Wei Chaoran's eyes flashed coldly: "Blame Jiang Fan for meddling!"

"After you die, remember to find him!"

"Do it!"

All three of them struck at once.

Each of them was at the Nascent Soul level on a left-hand path, reaching the Nascent Soul Level in some respect.

If it were a three-on-one with an equal-level left-path Nascent Soul, there would naturally be no doubts.

Unfortunately, they faced Jiang Fan.

"Divine Lord of Vastness!"

"Heaven and Earth Alone!"

A Divine Image and an Emperor Image appeared side by side, unleashing unparalleled power towards the three attackers.

The faces of the three, including Wei Chaoran, changed dramatically; the strike made them feel the pressure of facing a true Nascent Soul.

Even as they joined forces to resist, they were shaken immediately, their blood churning and spitting blood from all seven orifices.

Especially the one-armed disciple from Sanqing Mountain, whose remaining arm was mercilessly severed by the Emperor's Sword, letting out a pig-like scream.

Just one strike swept away the three left-path Nascent Souls.

Wei Chaoran wiped the blood from his eyes, full of shock.

In just a month, the disciple of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, who was at Jiedan Eighth Layer when they met, had become so terrifying?

Jiang Fan looked at them indifferently, then turned to the equally stunned Yu Peiyuan and asked, "How should we handle these three?"

The two disciples from Sanqing Mountain were easier to deal with.

Wei Chaoran, however, was a disciple of Qi Yin Master, and this time Qi Yin Master sent them here, asking Jiang Fan to assist his disciples.

How could he justly kill the master's disciple without permission?

Unless Yu Peiyuan requested he take action.

However, Yu Peiyuan's answer didn't surprise him.

She glared coldly at Wei Chaoran for a full five breaths, then shouted, "Get lost! I never want to see your heartless self again!"

Having narrowly escaped death, Wei Chaoran gave Yu Peiyuan a complex look and decisively headed down the steps without continuing the challenge.

As for the remaining Sanqing Mountain disciples,

Yu Peiyuan didn't want to cause too much trouble for Jiang Fan. Killing them would undoubtedly lead to severe retaliation from Sanqing Mountain and Tianji Pavilion.

She glanced at the Sanqing Mountain disciple, now with both arms severed, and her anger subsided as she snorted:

"To be frank, there's a very dangerous omen in the space beneath our feet!"

"If I had led you there, you'd have died already!"

"You've lost both arms, which serves you right; let's call it even today!"

"If you dare to cause trouble for Junior Brother Jiang, don't blame me for revealing everything, even you won't get away easily!"

Heaven and Sea Pavilion won't let an elite disciple be plotted against without consequence.

The two Sanqing Mountain disciples exchanged glances, abandoning any thoughts of retaliation.

First, they feared Heaven and Sea Pavilion, and second, Jiang Fan's strength was absurdly powerful and not easy to provoke.

The two nodded and left in disgrace.

Yu Peiyuan let out a long breath, then felt a bit embarrassed and said, "Junior Brother Jiang, am I too soft?"

"Even after all this, I let them go."

Jiang Fan patted her shoulder: "A bit, but I don't dislike it."

It was precisely because she had a kind heart that Jiang Fan was willing to help her.

"You just mentioned there's a very dangerous area beneath us? What's going on?"

Jiang Fan asked.

He hadn't immediately entered the stone staircase space because Concubine Yunxia was still on the previous step.

Once she arrived, they would enter together.

So he needed to understand first.

Yu Peiyuan shook her head, frowning: "I can't explain it, I've never sensed danger on such a scale."

"Even when encountering the two late-stage Nascent Soul Tiger Demons in the Divinity Transformation Relics, it wasn't like this."