Chapter 30: Advancement

Lu Fan scanned the scene, seeing the expressions of the three and understanding their thoughts, and laughed lightly: "Arrays have constant forms and can be transformed into power. This array has been here for at least several hundred years, and the path to advancement is actually very simple..."

He paused abruptly, looking up at the sky, swaying his body in a sloppy manner. The meaning was obvious: he was asking for benefits!

Seeing Lu Fan stop talking, Xiulan was so angry her teeth itched, but she had no choice. Gui Xiansheng was experienced and nodded: "Xiulan, please invite Master Young Master Lu to sit inside, we will discuss it in detail!"

Lu Fan smiled slightly, not in a hurry, and followed Xiulan into the central courtyard. Sitting in the main hall, he picked up a teacup and gulped it down. He had said a lot of nonsense along the way, half to show his strength and half to probe, and his throat was already dry.

Everyone sat down. Gui Xiansheng was thinking about how to open the conversation with Lu Fan, while Xiulan was thinking about how to get back at Lu Fan and teach him a lesson.

Neither of them spoke. Lu Fan drank until he was half-full and said directly: "The method for this forbidden array to advance is simple. It doesn't matter if I tell you, just give me ten Soul-Returning Grasses!"

As soon as he finished the first sentence, Gui Xiansheng and Xiulan were happy. But hearing the second part, their faces turned bitter and gloomy.

Gui Xiansheng, in particular, stared at Lu Fan unkindly and said coldly: "Soul-Returning Grass is a forbidden drug, we don't have it!"

Lu Fan rolled his eyes and said nonchalantly: "Forbidden drug? You respect the Sacred Martial Hall's ban? Without Soul-Returning Grass, what kind of Sacrificial Grand Ceremony are you holding!"

After these words, Gui Xiansheng's face turned black, cold, and his ghost energy dissipated, his heart in turmoil: "How did you know?"

In an instant, cold wind rose in the hall, and Zhu Ge Qing Ming quietly activated his True Qi, staying alert. Lu Fan acted as if he didn't see it, showing an impatient expression, clearly implying the question was redundant.

Xiulan came to her senses, immediately remembering the events of last night, and couldn't help but blurt out: "You eavesdropped on our conversation last night?"

"Eavesdropped?" Lu Fan glanced at Xiulan sideways and said innocently: "That ruined temple isn't your home. I just happened to pass by, and your voices were so loud, you can't blame me!"

After saying this, he spread his hands, acting as if he wouldn't hold it against her. Xiulan was so angry her teeth itched; how could there be such a coincidence in the world, seeing them twice in one day, both at such critical moments.

Seeing this, Gui Xiansheng slowly breathed a sigh of relief. Although he felt Lu Fan was extremely strange, he didn't seem to be deliberately targeting them, and said leisurely: "Soul-Returning Grass is extremely precious. You are also a Rune Master, you should know its value. Asking for ten at once, we can't take them out!"

Zhu Ge Qing Ming, on the side, had a shifting expression, his heart filled with confusion. He naturally knew about Soul-Returning Grass, and it wasn't as simple as Gui Xiansheng said. He was curious, what did Lu Fan want this stuff for? And in such a huge quantity!

"Humph! What is a Sacrificial Grand Ceremony, do you think I don't know?" Lu Fan said contemptuously: "You want to summon the split soul of some deity, right! Without enough soul power, it won't work!"

As soon as these words fell, the other three in the hall were shocked, looking at him in disbelief.

Zhu Ge Qing Ming's eyes flashed with brilliance, shocked to the extreme. His gaze shifted between Gui Xiansheng and Xiulan, finally returning to Lu Fan, deep in thought.

The deities Lu Fan spoke of were actually the original bodies of the masters of various realms. In order to collect faith from the world, they deified themselves and fooled the believers of the sects under them.

Of course, the deity the Skull Society wanted to summon in the Sacrificial Grand Ceremony clearly didn't have such a background. It was likely just the split soul remnant of some slightly stronger guy.

"Young Master Lu is truly not an ordinary person, knowing even such things. I was negligent before." Gui Xiansheng narrowed his eyes and actually laughed, "Good! Soul-Returning Grass can be given to you, but you must help me with one more thing!"

He clearly hadn't finished speaking, but Lu Fan laughed and said lightly: "It seems our Dark Rune Master is not qualified! I'll take on the Sacrificial Grand Ceremony!" He glanced at Xiulan, who was full of indignation and a hint of embarrassment!

Gui Xiansheng was slightly shocked, never expecting that a young boy like Lu Fan would see the problem so clearly. He didn't need to say much, the other party guessed it, taking the initiative.

He couldn't help but regret it, but thinking about the importance of the Sacrificial Grand Ceremony, he suppressed all doubts, made up his mind, and instructed Xiulan:

"Xiulan, find two forbidden rooms for Master Young Master Lu, and accompany him well for these two days, and learn from him!"

He stared at Lu Fan again, flicked his sleeve, and two jade boxes flew out, landing in front of Ye Fei. "These are two Soul-Returning Grasses. After the matter is done, the remaining herbs will be delivered together!"

Lu Fan smiled lightly, wiped his hand, and put them directly into his Universe Bag, smiling at Xiulan: "Lead the way!"

Zhu Ge Qing Ming followed behind Lu Fan, his heart churning. Lu Fan's performance this time couldn't be considered shocking compared to before. But the information hidden behind it scared him.

This was clearly some evil cult attempting to sacrifice to some evil god. According to the previous situation, they were even going to summon an evil god's avatar. Even at his peak, he wouldn't dare to touch such things.

What was Lu Fan's confidence, getting involved with these people? And he had planned it long ago, entering voluntarily.

He couldn't figure it out, but his heart wasn't filled with fear, but excitement. The more mysterious Lu Fan was, the better his background, so his old injuries could be saved.

After a while, the three of Lu Fan arrived at a row of forbidden rooms. Mysterious light appeared, ghost energy was strict, and these forbidden rooms were actually connected to the Ten Thousand Ghost Fierce Spirit Great Array.

"I like this place!" Slightly surprised, then a wave of wild joy appeared, and Lu Fan rushed in. Closing the door tightly, he seemed unable to wait to start practicing.

Zhu Ge Qing Ming was slightly stunned, never expecting Lu Fan to be so bold. This forbidden room was connected to that array; entering it, wouldn't his life and death be in the hands of others?

He couldn't understand, but remembering Lu Fan's previous performance, he calmed down. He just thought the other party was bold because of his skills, but he himself wasn't willing to step into another forbidden room, sitting directly outside Lu Fan's room, claiming to be guarding Lu Fan's safety.

Inside the forbidden room, Lu Fan sat cross-legged, his face calm. Patting the Universe Bag at his waist, he took out the two jade boxes, opened them, and took out two Soul-Returning Grasses emitting cold ghost energy.

He didn't even look at them, picked them up, and put them in his mouth, chewing "crunch, crunch." In three or two bites, he swallowed them directly.

"Hmm! The taste is okay!" He nodded slightly, closed his eyes, and held his breath, seeming to start refining.

At the core of this array, a light screen floated in the void, and every move in Lu Fan's forbidden room was projected on it. Gui Xiansheng and Xiulan opened their mouths wide, their faces filled with shock.

"Soul-Returning Grass, bone-chilling cold, how did he swallow it just like that? Although this stuff can increase soul energy, the method of taking it isn't like this, right?"

Xiulan exclaimed, her brows knitted together, and all sorts of doubts surfaced in her heart.

Gui Xiansheng slowly returned to calm. He had seen Lu Fan's performance before and was already numb. Swallowing Soul-Returning Grass wasn't much.

Inside the forbidden room, once the Soul-Returning Grass entered his stomach, surging soul power surged, impacting Ye Fei's internal organs and penetrating his limbs and bones.

The cold evil power attached to it also began to act up. The True Fire Qi was immediately activated, wandering between Ye Fei's acupoints and meridians, cold and heat intersecting, surging.

He seemed to have turned into a furnace, the True Fire Qi burning fiercely, refining the cold evil power.

The evil energy dissipated, but the surging soul energy became violent, and Lu Fan's body couldn't contain it. His meridians and acupoints swelled together, his whole body grew a circle, his face was ferocious, and he was in extreme pain!

"True Fire Qi, burn for me!"

He shouted, and a flame seemed to shoot out of his mouth. His large hands patted his body wildly. The True Fire Qi spat out in the acupoints on his body, turning into fire snakes. In the blink of an eye, his clothes were burned away.

The violent soul energy had nowhere to go, rushing wildly in Lu Fan's body. From the surface to the inside, it entered the deep bones...

Refining blood into essence, changing tendons and cutting bones!

The barrier of the Tendon Refining Realm shattered abruptly, and a violent aura generated on Lu Fan, condensing into a vortex, crazily sweeping the heaven and earth origin energy, entering Lu Fan's dantian.

After a quarter of an hour, Lu Fan calmed down again, his breathing long, his naked body faintly rippling with brilliance, tempting the heart.

He slowly opened his eyes, glancing sideways at a void, smiling and saying: "Watched for so long, that should be enough!"

At the array core, in front of a light screen, Gui Xiansheng and Xiulan's expressions changed drastically. They saw a large hand suddenly appear on the light screen, slapping it, and it collapsed.

Gui Xiansheng hurriedly took out a magic tool, wanting to condense the light screen again to monitor, but it lost its effect, shocked and unable to understand. He could only shake his head and give up, not knowing that Lu Fan, without monitoring, had become unscrupulous.

Lu Fan felt his own aura, nodded with satisfaction, "Martial Master in the Tendon Refining Realm, spiritual power also reached the level of a Second-Tier Rune Master, just make do for now!" Taking out spare clothes, he changed into a set and started planning again.

"With the soul power of a Fifth-Tier Ghost King, it's enough to push my spiritual power cultivation to the level of a Third-Tier Rune Master. It seems this Ten Thousand Ghost Fierce Spirit Great Array must be taken down early!"

If these words fell into Gui Xiansheng's eyes, he would probably be furious. It turned out that Lu Fan's previous words were just to deceive them. He had no intention of improving the grade of this forbidden array, but had other plans.

"This can't blame me! A mere ten Soul-Returning Grasses, wanting a Fifth-Tier forbidden Profound Array, is too wishful thinking." He shook his head and muttered to himself: "Greed is not enough to swallow an elephant! I also want to take down the guy summoned by the Sacrificial Grand Ceremony, that's the best of both worlds!"

He didn't waste time, slowly stood up, and started pacing in the room, occasionally pinching tricks and practicing, slowly probing. ===== CHAPTER 31 =====