Chapter 1519 - Guangyuan City

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Pfft

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Chen Fan suffered another backlash for forcibly making a move. He convulsed, and sweat poured like rain. Saving Gongsun Jing this time was far more grueling than when he cut down twenty-odd minions before.

In that earlier strike, he had ignored the repercussions to his injuries and unleashed an attack with force comparable to a second-level Immortal Platform expert. One could imagine the severity of the backlash.

Chen Fan’s face turned ashen, and he began emitting death qi.

“Senior!”

The half-immortals’ expressions immediately changed when they saw Chen Fan vomiting blood. However, he couldn’t afford to pay them any attention. He hurriedly channeled his cultivation to stabilize his injuries. He absolutely couldn’t step in anymore. Otherwise, the hidden injuries might become irreparable.

Chen Fan channeled the Heaven Seizing Art and turned into the Heaven and Earth Furnace.

Although Sage Xuan’s attack had cracked the furnace, ensuring it couldn’t operate smoothly, any operation at all would speed up his recovery.

Moreover, the Heaven Seizing Art plundered the luck of heaven and earth. It was a real, supreme divine art. As long as the Heaven and Earth Furnace wasn't shattered to dust, even slowly, he would recover fragment by fragment.

“Oh, right.”

Chen Fan suddenly thought of Xuan Gan’s arm that was suppressed within the Wheel of Myriad Laws.

This was the arm of an Immortal King, dense with energy and Immortal King laws in flesh, blood, tendons, and bone. Surely refining it would aid his recovery.

Chen Fan tossed the severed arm into the Heaven and Earth Furnace and slowly refined it. He knew that only by fully refining the arm in the Heaven and Earth Furnace could he remain hidden from Sage Xuan’s detection.

Although the Wheel of Myriad Laws could also disrupt Sage Xuan’s deduction, for true peace of mind, the furnace was best.

Now that the Heaven and Earth Furnace was damaged, and his cultivation technique couldn’t circulate smoothly, refining Xuan Gan’s arm became slow and tedious, but it was still effective.

Thread by thread, Immortal King laws unraveled, slowly mending the Heaven and Earth Furnace. The vast energy within the blood and flesh was comparable to immortal elixirs, slowly healing Chen Fan’s injuries.

An hour later, the battle finally ended.

Having received the support of Chen Fan’s mid-grade immortal artifact, Gongsun Jing seized a decisive advantage the moment the one-eyed man's secret technique wore off. He attacked relentlessly, ignoring his injuries, and finally slew the one-eyed marauder.

With their towering leader toppled, the rest fell like dominoes. Gongsun Jing helped Ma Xinglong, Li Mu, and the others kill their respective opponents in turn, dispatching them with single, decisive strikes.

At last, the notorious marauders, who had so long terrorized innocents, were finally wiped out, erasing a blight from the land.

Gongsun Jing and the others returned to the swordfish ship, panting heavily for air. This battle took a lot out of them, but their faces were full of bright smiles.

These marauders carried considerable wealth. It seemed like they had robbed many people passing by this region over the past half year.

Finally, Chen Fan also stopped healing his injuries.

Gongsun Jing walked over with his men and cupped his fists. “Young Warrior, many thanks for your help this time. If not, I’m afraid we would have met our ends here.”

Chen Fan returned the salutations and said with a smile, “It’s no big deal. I only lent two weapons and didn’t help much. Moreover, you saved me first. Helping each other is only fair."

The dark-skinned Ma Xinglong’s face flushed with embarrassment. Previously, he was most opposed to Gongsun Jing saving Chen Fan; when the marauders appeared, he was even about to kill Chen Fan. He only stopped because of Gongsun Jing.

If it weren’t for Chen Fan, like Gongsun Jing said, they would have suffered huge losses even if they managed to escape.

Sighing deeply, Gongsun Jing marveled. A single kind impulse had saved them all. Fate truly worked in mysterious ways—every nibble, every sip, seemingly predetermined.

“Oh, right, I am Gongsun Jing. They are Ma Xinglong, Li Mu, Chen Kexia, and Yan Hongyi. We’re all from Guangyuan City’s Rolling Thunder Mountain Manor. May I ask for your great name?"

“Great name? I wouldn’t dare. My name is Chen Fan. Don’t call me a young warrior either. Just call me by my name.”

“Haha, then I’ll just call you Little Brother Chen.” Gongsun Jing laughed heartily and handed the spear back to Chen Fan. “Back to its rightful owner.”

To his side, Li Mu also handed the saber over with a hint of reluctance on his face.

Chen Fan put the two immortal artifacts away. He had plenty of immortal artifacts; for Gongsun Jing and the others, each was incredibly precious.

He also knew that Gongsun Jing wouldn’t accept it even if he tried to give the two immortal artifacts to them, as he couldn’t justify accepting them. Although he had saved Chen Fan once, the latter had returned the favor. They didn’t owe each other anything.

“Oh, right, these are the spoils we’ve obtained. We were only able to kill these marauders because of Little Brother Chen stepping in. So, it’s only right that you have a share.”

However, Chen Fan waved his hand, rejecting it. “You’re overstating things, Manor Master Gongsun. I really didn’t do much, so I’ll pass on the spoils. Just divide it among yourselves.”

“This...”

“No need to say anything more, Manor Master Gongsun. Truthfully speaking, I’m not really interested in the wealth of a group of marauders.”

Hearing this, Gongsun Jing had nothing to say.

Could they say that Chen Fan was arrogant? More like honesty. A man who could nonchalantly produce immortal artifacts certainly wouldn’t care about a few trinkets.

The swordfish ship sped out of the Illusory Domain, riding the wind and raising its speed to the limit, streaking across the sky.

According to Gongsun Jing, the Rolling Thunder Mountain Manor lay in Guangyuan City, on Matrka Heavenly Domain’s fringe near the Chaotic Demon Sea—a humble city by most standards, but their home.

In Guangyuan City, their Rolling Thunder Mountain Manor and the city lord's mansion, the Deng Clan, were the strongest forces.

Half a day later, a huge city came into Chen Fan’s view: Guangyuan City. The returnees aboard the swordfish ship could hardly keep the fatigue from their faces, exhausted yet elated to be nearly home.

Within the city gates, many martial artists were handling the administrative procedures to enter the city. Most of them were Void Immortals and Legends. Immortal realm experts were few, underscoring the city’s modest stature.

The swordfish ship entered Guangyuan City. Those martial artists made way for it, and the city’s troops also didn’t dare to stop them. Obviously, they knew that the ship belonged to the Rolling Thunder Mountain Manor.

The swordfish ship arrived at a mountain manor in the north of the city, which occupied a large area. Numerous buildings formed a cluster that stretched endlessly, creating a majestic sight.

“The Manor Master is back!”

As soon as the swordfish ship neared, the guards at the entrance of the mountain manor came up to give reports. Soon, a crowd gathered at the entrance of the mountain manor, young and old, all people from the mountain manor.