Chapter 164: Returning Empty-Handed

"Not good!" "Retreat quickly!"

Suddenly, a purple light rushed out from the depths. Su Shi'an reacted instantly, unleashing a defensive artifact to block the attack of this purple light.

*Boom! *

However, in just an instant, the light curtain released by the defensive artifact was shattered by this purple light, and the remaining power continued to slam into the artifact itself.

*Pfft! *

Cracks appeared on the shield artifact in an instant. With the artifact damaged, Su Shi'an's divine sense was naturally backlashed, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

But fortunately, relying on this second-grade defensive artifact, he blocked this beam of purple light.

"This place is dangerous. Let's leave first."

Sensing the faint restriction light curtain in the depths, Su Shi'an's scalp went numb, and his heart felt some fear. This one strike just now had injured him somewhat; if a few more came, I'm afraid he himself wouldn't be able to hold on.

"Yes, Great Elder."

Su Fan heard this and didn't hesitate, taking the first step to retreat backward.

Returning, the two accelerated their speed. With the Light Body Technique all the way, in less than the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, the two were out of the cave entrance.

*Hoo! *

After exiting the cave entrance, both Su Fan and Su Shi'an took a deep breath. Su Shi'an, in particular, still had a lingering fear on his face.

"The cave dwelling inside is not simple. By my estimation, the array inside is at least third-grade. This cave dwelling is not something we can break."

"Let's hide this place first, and wait for me to go back and report to the Clan Leader."

Su Shi'an said calmly.

Su Fan naturally had no objections. He also knew clearly that the cave dwelling inside was not simple. The array restriction on the periphery could injure the Great Elder; how dangerous was it inside? I'm afraid only after the Clan Leader arrives might there be a chance to probe it.

Of course, by that time, it would certainly not need him anymore.

When the two returned to the Taihe Market again, it was already half a month later.

Returning to the Taihe Market, Su Shi'an immediately returned to Yu County. Originally, Su Shi'an wanted to take Su Fan back.

After all, staying outside alone is quite dangerous. This time he encountered villains, and it was thanks to Su Fan's own strong strength.

But Su Fan did not agree. First of all, in the Taihe Market, as long as you don't go out, it is quite safe.

Secondly, the resources here are definitely much better than those of the Su Family. How could the Yu County market compare to this holy land for loose cultivators?

Su Shi'an thought about Su Fan's explanation and felt it made sense, so he didn't force him, only exhorting Su Fan not to go out rashly again.

After Su Shi'an left, Su Fan tried refining the Po Yuan Pill again.

"Haha! Finally succeeded!"

"Good!"

A few days later, Su Fan's excited laughter came from the cave dwelling. Opening the alchemy cave dwelling, Su Fan walked out. Although he looked a bit exhausted, the joy on his face washed away this trace of fatigue.

Looking at the two cyan spirit pills in the jade bottle in his hand, Su Fan laughed uncontrollably.

Refining two Po Yuan Pills in one furnace—although the success rate was still very low and he was still losing money, at least he had succeeded in refining them.

Being able to refine Po Yuan Pills meant Su Fan's alchemy skills had improved again. Not to mention becoming a second-grade alchemist, at the very least, he could become a quasi-second-grade alchemist.

Breaking through to a second-grade alchemist in the future would also be easier.

Of course, with these Po Yuan Pills, Su Fan's breakthrough to the ninth layer of Qi Refining was not far off.

Calming his mood, Su Fan summoned Lin Wei. Looking at his cultivation, he was not far from the fourth layer of Qi Refining.

With the spirit pills and spirit stones he provided, plus his own spirit root, Lin Wei's cultivation progressed very quickly.

Su Fan was naturally very satisfied. He had observed Lin Wei's character for a long time, and it was quite good; at least he was not the kind of person who would be ungrateful.

He was worth his investment.

Now that Mu Lizi and his group had been taken out by him and there was no one threatening him, he could again take out a portion of spirit pills for Lin Wei to sell.

After pointing out some problems in Lin Wei's cultivation, Su Fan took out five bottles of Yellow Bud Pills and one bottle of Qi Refining Powder.

"Yellow Bud Pills—take one bottle for yourself, and sell the rest slowly. Be careful."

"Yes, Senior."

Lin Wei didn't ask what happened to the people who were following him before.

Having been in this market for so many years, although he was well protected by his grandfather, he had also seen enough of the deceit and treachery.

Since the Senior didn't say anything, it meant it had already been dealt with, so he was relieved.

So he soon took his leave. He had to sell the spirit pills the Senior gave him, earn money as quickly as possible, and repay the Senior.

He knew clearly that being able to have today was inseparable from the Senior's guidance.

He had nothing to help the Senior with, so he could only put effort into this aspect.

After Lin Wei left, Su Fan took out his own storage box and then took out the storage boxes of Mu Lizi and the other three again.

These days he had been busy refining pills, and he hadn't dealt with the belongings of those people.

Now that he had time, he naturally had to sort them out properly.

All four were storage boxes, and Mu Lizi's storage box was the largest, even better than Su Fan's current storage box.

Clearly, this guy's net worth was not small, but now they had all become Su Fan's collection.

First were the spirit stones. Pouring out the four people's storage boxes, first came a large pile of spirit stones, with various attributes.

A rough count showed there were nearly four or five hundred.

Averaged out, it was about a hundred per person, which was about right. Su Fan hadn't expected these people to have thousands of spirit stones in their hands; that was impossible. Even some Foundation Establishment early-stage cultivators didn't have thousands of spirit stones in their hands.

A few hundred spirit stones didn't have much attraction for Su Fan.

However, the artifacts of the few were quite good, especially Mu Lizi's. Those few artifacts were all high-quality items.

After sorting through the four people's artifacts, there were a full six first-grade high-tier artifacts, among which Mu Lizi alone had three.

The golden copper bell, the silver needles, and that black gourd.

The other three each had one high-tier artifact.

Besides these, there were six first-grade mid-tier artifacts left, which Su Fan naturally didn't look highly upon.

The rest, such as some spirit talismans, spirit pills, etc., were not of high value.

Excluding that Demonic artifact, the total value of these things in the four people's storage boxes was nearly five thousand.

It could be considered a not-so-small number.

Su Fan estimated that these people were definitely repeat offenders; otherwise, it would be impossible to have such a large net worth.

As for the value of that Demonic artifact, it couldn't be assessed. Su Fan had already handed it over to the Great Elder, who would re-refine it, remove the Demonic blood-baleful Qi inside, and add some materials; perhaps it could be refined into a second-grade artifact.

Then the value would be high.

It could be said that this trip had an income of nearly six thousand—one-fifth of a Foundation Establishment Pill!

Seeing this, Su Fan was also happy and couldn't help but want to learn from them and go rob others.

It was truly too "fast to make money."

Of course, this thought was dismissed in an instant.

"If you walk by the river often, how can you not get your shoes wet?" Didn't Mu Lizi and his group ultimately lose their lives?

It was better to honestly pursue the great cause of alchemy; that was the right path.

After sorting these out, Su Fan prepared to take out some things he didn't need and sell them, while keeping the artifacts and such. If he didn't use them himself, Lin Wei and the family's disciples could use them. ===== CHAPTER 165 =====