Chapter 70: Lake Illusion

"The Supreme Qiankun Art is the ancestral unique skill of the Lu Family, but our Mingyue Lu Family lost this cultivation method many years ago. That Small Thousand Leaves Hand is just an insignificant subsidiary technique, not even one ten-thousandth of the power of the Supreme Qiankun Art!"

Lu Erye was very excited, as if his hatred for Lu Fan had dissipated by more than half, actually explaining patiently.

"Oh! There is such an origin? Then this thing cannot be kept!" As soon as Lu Fan's voice fell, his large hand gripped violently, the jade slip shattered, the light curtain dissipated, and it could no longer be traced!

"What are you doing?" Lu Erye's expression changed drastically, his face gloomy to the extreme. The Supreme Qiankun Art was right in front of him, but it was destroyed by Lu Fan.

"What am I doing? Can't you see for yourself?" Ye Fei sneered and said faintly: "This cultivation method is mysterious, but unfortunately it is only a fragment, keeping it will only harm others and oneself."

He said this, but Lu Erye wouldn't believe it. He immediately remembered Lu Fan's act of pinching the formula just now, his expression shocked, saying: "You are a Rune Master, your Spiritual Power is strong, you must have remembered it! Tell me quickly, otherwise..."

He hadn't finished his threatening words, but Lu Fan didn't even look at him, grabbed the Universe Bag from Lu Tianchou's waist, and walked toward Qiuxiang with a smile, saying:

"Qiuxiang, I have already solved this kid, you don't have to worry!"

He looked indifferent, as if defeating a late-stage Bone Tempering Realm Great Martial Master was just an ordinary act. Clearly, he was just a half-grown boy, but he addressed a youth older than him in this way, with the demeanor of a senior expert.

Qiuxiang nodded gently, looking happy. Lao Taijun was also overjoyed; Lu Fan defeating Lu Tianchou without any danger was truly beyond her expectations, and she was very satisfied.

"Good! This is the demeanor of a Lu Family junior! Little Fan'er did not disappoint Grandmother!" Lao Taijun praised Ye Fei twice, then said coldly to Lu Erye: "Why don't you get out!"

Lu Erye's expression was a bit ugly. He didn't dare to disobey his old mother. But he hated Lu Fan too much, and all his anger was vented on Lu Ran, "You did a good job, why don't you hurry and carry him away!"

At this moment, Lu Ran seemed to have recovered his composure, his face somewhat indifferent, extremely rudely lifting Lu Tianchou and leaving the small courtyard.

This courtyard had originally been very elegant, but under Lu Fan's means, it was already unrecognizable. The garden was ruined and messy!

"Fan'er, help me in, I have something to tell you!"

Lao Taijun's tone was slightly solemn, changing very abruptly, which made Lu Fan slightly stunned. However, he didn't hesitate, helped Lao Taijun back into the room.

Then Lao Taijun ordered Qiuxiang to close the door tightly, looking very cautious. She turned out a bronze mirror from an inconspicuous box and handed it to Lu Fan carefully.

"This was handed to me by your grandfather three years ago, originally intended for your eldest brother. But for three years, there has been no news of your father and brothers. Grandmother is old, I fear I cannot wait for them, so I can only entrust it to you!"

Lao Taijun sighed lightly, feeling slightly desolate. Her husband disappeared for no reason, her children and grandchildren were at odds, and every day was torture.

"This bronze mirror... is somewhat strange!"

Lu Fan was slightly stunned, already seeing the array attached to the bronze mirror, but it was very secretive, and its purpose should also be quite strange.

"Little Fan'er is indeed clever, this bronze mirror is the key to our Lu Family treasury!"

Lao Taijun looked at Lu Fan with love. She never expected that after three years of not seeing him, her little grandson would have such a change; she would have no regrets even if she died!

"This mirror is the key to the treasury? Erye doesn't know how many times he has sent people to rummage through boxes and cabinets, but found nothing. If he knew, I fear he would be so angry he would die!"

Qiuxiang looked surprised, staring at the bronze mirror and saying incredulously.

"Don't mention that rebellious son!" Lao Taijun looked hateful, interrupted Qiuxiang, then grabbed Lu Fan's hand and entrusted him: "Little Fan'er, take advantage of your second uncle's lack of preparation and open the Ye Family treasury quickly. Before your grandfather disappeared, he once said that the misfortune of the Lu Family lies entirely in the treasury, so it all depends on you!"

Lu Fan was slightly stunned. From Lao Taijun's words, the strangeness of the Ye Family seemed to be closely related to the treasury!

He became interested instantly, comforted Lao Taijun, and then, led by Qiuxiang, walked toward the Lu Family treasury.

The Lu Family residence was very large. Led by Qiuxiang, Lu Fan walked through walls and courtyards for more than half an hour before arriving at a medicine garden in the back mansion.

"Baicao Yuan!" Lu Fan stared at the stone tablet in front of the medicine garden, ancient and vigorous, clearly of great age, but what did this have to do with the Lu Family treasury? He looked at Qiuxiang with some surprise, and was about to ask, but the other party walked in with a happy face.

Baicao Yuan was arranged with quite a few Youming Stones, so even at night, the scenery around could still be distinguished. Qiuxiang seemed very happy, checking carefully in front of each herb, and even took a watering can to water them.

"This technique... so you are a Medicine Planter!" Looking at the herbs around, Lu Fan suddenly realized. It was understandable that Lao Taijun liked this girl, but when Lu Erye saw Lu Tianchou appear, he was also nervous about Qiuxiang; clearly, the other party was not just a simple maid in the Lu Mansion.

Medicine Planters were very rare and could cultivate precious spirit herbs, which was precisely the reliance for Martial Artists' cultivation. The status of a Medicine Planter was naturally unusual, even more precious than an ordinary Rune Master.

"Hee hee!" Qiuxiang put down the watering can, seemingly a bit embarrassed, twisting the corner of her clothes with her plain hands, and said prettily: "Young Master Fan, I am just interested in these flowers and plants, I am not a Medicine Planter!"

Lu Fan smiled slightly, teasing: "A Medicine Planter is extremely precious, it seems I made a big profit by taking action just now. If Lu Tianchou had succeeded, no one would be left to look after this medicine garden of my Lu Family!"

Qiuxiang smiled, pursed her lips, and said: "Young Master Fan, Lao Taijun's pills are not enough, let's go pick some herbs!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Fan's heart tightened. The scene of Lao Taijun taking the pills appeared before his eyes again. These pills were strange, and although they were refined from poisonous herbs, they could stimulate potential vitality.

Qiuxiang and Lu Erye both understood this situation, and judging by their previous performance, they didn't seem to have any intention of harming Lao Taijun. Lao Taijun still took them, so naturally, there was a reason she had to take them.

He had to figure out the reason, and he had to understand the specific effect of these pills, otherwise, even if Lao Taijun stopped taking the pills, I fear her body would be overdrawn too much and she wouldn't be able to hold on.

Lu Fan remained silent, and Qiuxiang seemed to have noticed it too, walking quickly with Lu Fan toward the depths of Baicao Yuan.

There were strange flowers and exotic herbs all around, very rare in the market, and not shallow in age. If Lu Fan had seen these in the past, I fear he would have been overjoyed, for Martial Dao cultivation. He didn't lack various methods, but he lacked spirit herb resources.

But today he had no mind for it, calculating his encounters in the Lu Family over the past few hours in his heart. Lu Erye's strangeness, his hatred for him like a vast sea, didn't look like what an uncle should have for a nephew.

And the Lu Tianchou he had just taught a lesson was even more inexplicable. Great Qian was an unknown number of thousands of miles away from Shenfeng, and it was definitely not something a Great Martial Master could cross; he must have come through a long-distance teleportation array, and I fear he had an astonishing purpose.

His thoughts were complex, and he arrived at a remote corner of Baicao Yuan. The surroundings were covered by an array, and filthy turbid Qi overflowed, with poisonous mist floating.

His protective True Qi was eroded, and he only then came to his senses slightly. Subconsciously looking at Qiuxiang, he saw that she was protected by a blue light, without any True Qi or treasure to protect her body, yet she treated the poisonous mist as nothing.

"This is..." He was slightly stunned, his Spiritual Power exploded, wanting to take a peek at the reality of that blue light, but found he couldn't do it at all. However, even so, his expression was not confused, but instead pleasantly surprised, saying incredulously: "Ten-Thousand Wood Spirit Body, it is actually the legendary Ten-Thousand Wood Spirit Body!"

Qiuxiang was slightly stunned, "Young Master Fan, what are you talking about, Qiuxiang doesn't understand!"

Lu Fan smiled slightly, but didn't explain, instead asking: "Qiuxiang, do you have a talent for identifying herbs, even if you haven't seen them in your memory, you can still figure out the spirit and age of the herbs in the first time, and even guess their uses?"

Qiuxiang was incredulous upon hearing this, "Young Master Fan, how did you know?"

This talent of hers had only been exposed in the last two years, and Lu Fan shouldn't know about it. Moreover, she had never told anyone about this ability, and Lu Fan couldn't possibly know.

Lu Fan smiled faintly: "This is the Ten-Thousand Wood Spirit Body, one might not appear in billions of people. If those big forces knew about you, I fear they would come to seek you from thousands of miles away at any cost."

"How could that be? Qiuxiang is just a maid, who would value her!" Qiuxiang didn't believe it, just thinking Lu Fan was joking with her. But she didn't say much, just carrying a basket, picking herbs in a muffled way.

Lu Fan stared at Qiuxiang, his brows somewhat puzzled, and couldn't help but think of Lu Tianchou.

"Could it be that the Great Qian Lu Family sent Lu Tianchou here for Qiuxiang? This is understandable, but the Ten-Thousand Wood Spirit Body is so rare, they should have sent an elder, at least a Martial Venerable! A mere Bone Tempering Realm Great Martial Master is simply not worth entrusting with this heavy responsibility!"

He was suspicious and uncertain in his heart, thinking wildly. Qiuxiang had already picked the herbs very skillfully, saying softly: "Young Master Fan, I am done, let's go to the Lu Family treasury!"

Lu Fan only then came to his senses, suppressed the distracting thoughts in his heart, nodded slightly, and followed Qiuxiang to a pond in the center of the medicine garden.

This pond was only three or five feet in radius, and it was actually just a small water pool. But there was a clear spring gushing out from the center of the pool, and the surrounding Origin Qi was abundant, refreshing.

"Earth Heart Spirit Spring! No wonder this medicine garden is so extraordinary. With this Earth Heart Spirit Spring to irrigate the herbs, even if they are just ordinary medicinal herbs, over time, they can turn into spirit herbs!" ===== CHAPTER 71 =====