Chapter 23: Forbidden-Breaking Talisman

Lu Fan didn't notice anything that happened at the Shanjin Town Rune Master Guild. At this moment, he slowly opened the forbidden room door and walked out, one step at a time.

He was in a sorry state, his clothes soaked in blood, layer upon layer, looking like a bloody suit of armor.

Every step seemed to exhaust all his energy, yet every time he landed, he looked leisurely and intoxicated.

The people cultivating in the hall were all dumbfounded, looking on in disbelief.

"Madman! Madman! This Lu Fan is definitely a madman!"

"...! This guy scared me; I thought he was dead, how did he end up in this ghostly state!"

"Damn it! Why are you shouting? A Martial Warrior is tougher than us, and we're going to be scolded by that tigress Ling Yao again!"

The sounds of exclamation and discussion surrounded him, but Lu Fan remained oblivious. He had no such thoughts at this moment; the hundredfold gravity and the Weak Origin Barrier were indeed proving to be of great use.

In three hours, his True Qi was completely squeezed dry, not a single bit left.

His potential was also stimulated. When he stepped here for the second time, he no longer had the previous feeling, and the speed at which his True Qi recovered was enough to offset the consumption here.

If he fully recovered, he wouldn't feel the slightest bit of strain here.

Xiao Ling'er's eyes widened, looking on in disbelief. She didn't have a deep understanding of this place, but seeing Lu Fan in this state, she finally understood.

"Lu Fan, are you okay! Should we go out and rest for a while?" She looked worried and walked quickly to Lu Fan, wanting to support him.

Lu Fan shook his head slightly, stopped her, and smiled lightly: "I'm fine, this is closed training, you should cultivate with peace of mind!"

"Hee hee! Come here, I'll show you something!" Xiao Ling'er giggled, pulled Lu Fan to face away from the crowd, and shook her wrist, revealing a silver talisman.

"Forbidden-Breaking Talisman!" Lu Fan was slightly stunned, recognizing it instantly, "You don't mean to..."

"Let's go out for a breeze! It's so boring here!" Xiao Ling'er pouted, looking playful and cute. A little girl like her was indeed not suitable for this kind of place.

"Besides, you can't cultivate in this state anyway, and this damn place will drag your body down. Why not go to the Spirit Street together to find some spirit herbs or precious pills..."

Xiao Ling'er chattered on and on.

The speaker had no intention, but the listener did. Lu Fan's eyes lit up, and he immediately had an idea, "Let's go, let's go out for a stroll!"

Lu Fan grabbed the Forbidden-Breaking Talisman and immediately stepped forward. His speed wasn't much faster, but compared to the stumbling steps from before, it was much better.

The Martial Refining Hall students who were paying attention were all horrified, unable to believe that someone dared to defy Ling Yao's orders—there was going to be a good show to watch.

Liu Yang looked gloomy, a trace of mockery appearing at the corner of his mouth as he looked at the forbidden rooms of Nie Xing and Wang Wu. He closed his eyes and cultivated slowly.

*Lu Fan, at the year-end competition, I will kill you! * he thought.

As soon as he walked out of the Wulian Tower, Xiao Ling'er became cheerful, taking a breath quite exaggeratedly, as if she had escaped death.

"Ah! The air of freedom is truly fresh!"

She puffed out her small chest, like a flower bud about to bloom, overflowing with youthful vitality.

Lu Fan glanced at her slightly, having nothing to say, and strode forward, like a whirlwind, disappearing ten or so feet away in the blink of an eye.

Xiao Ling'er was stunned, her small face looking like a bitter melon, stamping her feet in anger, "Lu Fan, you dare to toy with me, you'll regret it!"

Lu Fan didn't have the heart to care about a little girl's thoughts. He had just walked out of the Wulian Tower.

Without the pressure of a hundred times gravity, his True Qi recovered several times faster.

In his internal organs and meridians, a stream of True Qi generated for no reason. Like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, in the blink of an eye, it condensed into a vast ocean of True Qi.

That wasn't all; the slowly circulating True Qi began to surge in his body, impacting from the surface meridians to the deep tendons and bones. Once successful, he would be a Tendon Refining Realm Martial Master.

"No! Without the right spirit herbs to assist, I can't break through at all. I'll go to Ling Yao's residence and see if there's any harvest."

Lu Fan muttered to himself and already had a plan. His footsteps were like wind as he ran toward the Spirit Street.

Manager Qiu of the Caizhi Studio had been absent-minded for the past two days, looking outside from time to time. When customers came in, he would first smile, but upon seeing their faces, he would look indifferent again.

The clerks often discussed privately, saying the old man was old, senile, and his eyes were failing.

In short, he was useless, making several senior clerks covet the manager's position, their hearts burning.

As soon as Lu Fan stepped into the Caizhi Studio, Manager Guo immediately walked over, smiling, his excitement hard to contain, "Good kid, you finally came!"

Lu Fan smiled slightly and said lightly: "I had a one-month agreement with Manager Guo, and it's about these few days, so I came to deliver the refining method for this body-tempering prescription to you."

As soon as he finished speaking, he casually took out a slip of paper and handed it over, asking nonchalantly: "Manager Guo, do you have any Yin Soul Grass here?"

As soon as the words fell, Manager Qiu was horrified, trembling, and the slip of paper in his hand almost fell.

Those who were secretly watching this place shook their heads, thinking: *This Manager Guo is really old and frail, useless; we need to find another way out. *

"Yin Soul Grass? Why are you asking about such a forbidden drug?" Manager Guo took a deep breath, immediately lowered his body, afraid that others would hear.

Lu Fan frowned, guessing: "Forbidden drug? Could it be because of the Sacred Martial Hall..."

The Sacred Martial Hall was a powerful force in the Heaven Origin World. Calling it orthodox was not an exaggeration.

Lu Fan, however, was clear that this force was established by his great enemy Yuwen Pojun, and could be considered the foundation of Yuwen Pojun.

"Not bad! It's the thousand-year ban of the Sacred Martial Hall. Yin Soul Grass is an extremely yin and extremely filthy thing; why are you, at such a young age, asking about these things?"

Lu Fan smiled lightly, not taking Manager Guo's warning to heart at all, waved his hand, and left the Caizhi Studio directly.

Since the Sacred Martial Hall had issued a thousand-year ban, it was impossible to get this kind of thing through regular channels. Lu Fan didn't stroll around, left Tianyuan Academy directly, and walked toward Yuyang City.

Yuyang City was the capital of the Mingyue Empire, with a population of tens of millions, divided into East, South, West, and North cities. Ye Lu Fan went to the East City Rune Master Guild nearby.

This East City Rune Master Guild was naturally not comparable to the Shanjin Town Rune Master Guild, occupying half a street, and the hall was incredibly grand.

Lu Fan stepped in, and a welcoming girl came over, in a bright outfit, dignified and elegant, smiling and bowing to Ye Fei: "Sir, welcome to the Rune Master Guild, my name is Xing Yu, very happy to serve you!"

Lu Fan nodded, this place was indeed more upscale than Shanjin Town, and this girl was quite pleasing to the eye, saying lightly: "Call your President over, I have something to find him for!"

Xing Yu was startled; no one had ever asked to see the President, and it was just such a half-grown boy. He wasn't old, but his tone was quite big.

"Sir, the President is not in the guild. If you have something, you need to make an appointment in advance!"

Xing Yu smiled slightly; she had dealt with all kinds of people, and she had ways to deal with even more unreasonable requests.

Lu Fan frowned; he naturally heard the meaning in Xing Yu's words, clearly trying to fob him off.

He didn't care, saying lightly: "Oh? Really? President Zu Qing Tan of Shanjin Town told me that your President has been here these past few days!"

Before he had even finished speaking, Xing Yu was already startled. Zu Qing Tan was a good friend of their President. This teenager could report it so casually, so he probably had a great background. If she neglected him, she would definitely be scolded to death by the President.

"This, this... let me report..."

She stammered, clearly panicked, but before she could speak, Lu Fan had already stepped forward and drilled directly into the guild.

People in the Rune Master Guild were all madmen, staying in rune rooms for years to study rune seals and experiment with various seal techniques.

A guild president was even more of a madman among madmen, wishing he could eat, drink, and sleep in the rune room.

Lu Fan knew these people very well, and Xing Yu's little thoughts couldn't hide from him!

"Hey! Wait, you can't just break into the Rune Master Guild!"

Xing Yu was panting, unable to keep up with Ye Fei's pace. In a few moves, passing through halls and rooms, Lu Fan had already reached the depths of the guild.

Rows of forbidden rooms with strict restrictions, with all kinds of movements inside, booming, shaking, and clattering.

Lu Fan scanned them casually, immediately chose the forbidden room with the strictest restrictions, waved his hand, and cast a seal, and the restriction collapsed with a bang.

"Boom, boom," "Ahem,"

A series of explosions burst out inside, and there was even foul smoke, making Lu Fan frown. He sniffed lightly and his expression changed drastically.

"Fourth-tier refined medicine? This method is too careless; one mistake and the array will be destroyed and people will die!"

He suddenly took a step and entered it.

Smoke dispersed, and a hunched old man was dancing and gesturing in front of an array, trembling.

He was adding medicinal materials to a cauldron from time to time, never noticing that his forbidden room had been opened.

"Old man, get out of the way!" Lu Fan shouted, and without thinking, he drilled over.

The old man was clearly already in a trance and couldn't react in time, being bumped by Lu Fan and stumbling out.

His figure paused, Lu Fan raised one hand, and his True Yang Qi surged. The hot fire furnace in front of him was like nothing, grabbing it and swinging it in mid-air.

The cauldron that had been booming on the array was captured in the void, and with a flick of his hand, it floated on its own.

The old man bumped into the wall, only then able to scream in surprise. Bewildered, he turned around and saw Lu Fan, his face horrified: "Where did this brat come from, don't touch my medicine cauldron!"

Just at this moment, Xing Yu brought the guild's Great Martial Master Commander Wang in, both looking horrified.

Commander Wang reacted first. He hadn't guarded well and had let a child break into the President's forbidden room. If he didn't capture him immediately, his position as commander would probably be unstable.

"Stop! Where did this stinky brat come from, hurry up and surrender!"

He said it like that, but he had already attacked, leaping out. His Great Martial Master cultivation was revealed, True Qi dispersed, almost condensing into a steel aura?

"Peak Great Martial Master!"

Frowning slightly, Lu Fan saw the other party's cultivation at a glance. But he didn't pay any attention, drew a line with one hand, and actually formed a seal, casting a spell and hitting the medicine cauldron with rune seals.

His True Yang Qi was stimulated to the extreme, and a feeling of dryness and heat spread out, even more intense than the rune fire on the array in this forbidden room.

"This is..." The old man stalled, looking unbelievable, "True Fire Pill Refining? This is a realm that only a Qi Refining Realm Rune Venerable is qualified to touch! How could this kid..."

He had seen this miraculous, god-like skill when he was young, following his master. He never expected to see it again on a teenager, truly unbelievable.

The Rune Dao opportunity was right in front of him; he had to seize this teenager!