Chapter 1341 - Causing a Stir

Chapter 1341 - Causing a Stir

After getting rid of Earthly Fiend Star, Chen Fan massacred the small fries. Next, he collected all the treasures in the Ominous Star Fortress.

The Ominous Stars Alliance had committed arson, murders, and looting, so they should be beyond rich.

Unfortunately, reality left him disappointed. The fortress was no different than a barren land, with nothing more than a thousand pieces of immortal stones. Poorer than beggars, they had no true wealth.

He had imagined a windfall after exterminating the Alliance, but instead found emptiness. It felt less like raiding a thief’s den than stumbling into a pauper’s hut. The bitterness made him want to cry, but no tears came.

Still, there was some consolation.

“The Ominous Star Fortress is very sturdy. Countless materials went into its construction; it’s almost refined to the level of a mid-grade immortal artifact.”

The house had nothing, so he decided to take the house itself. After all, the nine chiefs had poured their hearts and souls into it, investing a sea of resources into it.

Had they not focused on the fortress, Chen Fan would have found some decent treasures.

If he handed the Ominous Star Fortress to the sect, it would fetch a large sum of merit points.

Chen Fan put the Ominous Star Fortress away, spread his Wings of Rain Dragon, and disappeared into the horizon in a flash. In Chenzhou, no one yet realized that the notorious Ominous Stars Alliance had been annihilated.

......

Merit Hall, Featherlight Sect:

Several elders sat in meditation leisurely. The low-class disciples were all in seclusion, cultivating hard for the martial meet three years away. With fewer disciples around, almost no one came to take missions.

Suddenly, Chen Fan appeared in the great hall.

“

Hmm

, Chen Fan? You’re back? Here to abort your mission?”

An elder got a good look at Chen Fan and said righteously, “You can’t abort a mission after taking it. Think carefully. I can give you a little more time.”

Chen Fan waved his hand expressionlessly, and nine corpses appeared neatly on the ground.

Bang, bang, bang.

“I’ve killed the Nine Ominous Stars, please check.”

𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

“This is?”

The elders couldn’t believe their eyes and nearly jumped up to their feet.

They didn’t believe that Chen Fan could complete the mission. Even a late-stage Void Immortal expert couldn’t deal with the nine chiefs of the Ominous Stars Alliance and their numerous subordinates easily.

Chen Fan said, “These are the corpses of the chiefs of the Ominous Stars Alliance, all nine of them, no more, no less. Verify them, Elders.”

One of the elders walked up to the nine corpses and examined them. A mirror appeared in his hand; its light swept over each body, projecting their living faces into the glass.

“

Hmm

?” Chen Fan’s heart moved. This mirror could recall souls; it was no ordinary artifact.

“So hateful... Chen Fan, I won’t let you go even as a ghost.”

The curse echoed like it came from hell, vicious enough to make hair stand on end.

“There’s no mistake. They are the nine ominous stars. All of them are Void Immortals. Hmm? The head chief, Earthly Fiend Star, was a peak middle-stage Void Immortal, yet he still fell to you.”

The elder, holding the mirror in hand, checked the corpses' identities.

“How truly unexpected. You killed even the Earthly Fiend Star, an expert close to the late-stage Void Immortal level. It seems like you’ve become stronger since your duel with Lin Heng.”

“Eh? I heard that when he dueled Lin Heng, he was in the middle-stage Invincible Legendary realm. Why is he an early-stage Invincible Legendary realm now?”

“That’s true. He’s not concealing his cultivation. He really is in the early-stage Invincible Legendary realm. What is going on here? Perhaps he suffered grave injuries in that battle. But if so, how did he manage to slay those bandits? Truly baffling.”

The elders sized up Chen Fan. By now, his name was gaining weight in the Featherlight Sect.

Chen Fan took out the Ominous Star Fortress and asked, “Oh, right, Elders, this is the Ominous Star Fortress, a trophy I obtained. There shouldn’t be any problems, right?”

An elder said, “Of course, there are no problems. Everything you’ve obtained during your mission is your trophy. The sect wouldn’t ask you to hand it over.”

“That’s good, then.” Chen Fan sighed in relief.

If the sect made him hand it over without compensation, the mission would have barely been worth it.

“In that case, I’d like to exchange the Ominous Star Fortress for merit points.”

Chen Fan handed over the Ominous Star Fortress.

Although the fortress was on the verge of becoming a mid-grade immortal artifact, the alliance's crude refinement methods left it flawed. Even if promoted, it would still rank at the bottom among mid-grade artifacts.

“Oh? You want to exchange it for merit points? Although the method used to refine this is very rough, it’s still a top-tier low-grade immortal artifact. You don’t want to keep it? Fine, give it to me. I’ll calculate the merit points for you.”

“Thank you, Elder.” Chen Fan nodded, then asked, “I wonder if there are any other seventh-grade missions available?”

“What? You still want to take on a seventh-grade mission?” An elder nearly choked.

“Of course.” Chen Fan nodded, as if it were only natural.

“...Fine. Since you insist, we’ll arrange it.”

For the next year, Chen Fan went around completing missions, completing seventh-grade missions one after another, setting off quite a stir in the Featherlight Sect.

Chen Fan's killing of Lin Heng on the Heavenly Punishment Platform made the people aware that he possessed Void Immortal-level combat strength.

However, during this period, there was no shortage of late-stage Void Immortal-level experts in the seventh-grade missions he had taken on.

Even so, he completed them miraculously, bringing justice to all these evildoers. His terrifying strength shocked the people once more.

People found it hard to accept: how could a country bumpkin from the lower realms outshine even the heavenly prodigies of the upper realm? But facts spoke louder than doubts.

From then on, no low-class disciple dared provoke him again. As for the high-class and elite disciples, they remained indifferent; until Chen Fan reached the immortal realm, he wasn’t even qualified to stand on their level. To them, his feats were impressive, but ultimately trivial.