Chapter 47: Chapter Forty-Seven: The Wail

Pei Kuang fell silent.

Lv Fang's words were not without reason!

But the Yao and Man clans' Clan Same Realm already held the advantage, and now they had joined forces; a head-on clash would probably…

"Woo woo…"

A wail rose up!

Pei Kuang's face took on a Grave Expression as he looked east — this was the cry for help from the human race's Clan Fortune Kun.

The desolation that pierced straight through the soul made him shiver uncontrollably all over, the kind he could not stop.

After an inner struggle, Pei Kuang gave a tragic, heroic laugh:

"Lord Wenguan, I, Pei Kuang, will follow you! At worst, I'll die! This is far more glorious than dying on the battlefield. If such a heaven-sent matter has fallen on me, I refuse to be a sinner of Great Zhou, a sinner of the human race!"

"It's not that dramatic!" Lv Fang gave a wry smile and shook his head:

"I don't have a Voice-Transmitting Jade Talisman, but you do. Use it to gather everyone you can. The Yao-Man Alliance sounds intimidating, but if they want to truly seal off a region, they must guard all four directions."

"So long as we gather enough people, we only need to charge one direction."

"No matter how strong the Yao and Man clans are at the same realm, they can't stop us. When the time comes, everyone charges the Clan Fortune Kun together. Once we succeed in devouring the Yao and Man clans' Clan Fortune Kun, the skies will be wide and the Kun free to roam!"

"Good!" Pei Kuang took out his Voice-Transmitting Jade Talisman and called out to a close friend from the same Daoist temple:

"The Yao and Man clans have joined forces to stop us from approaching the human race's Clan Fortune Kun. Round up everyone you know — we'll gather together and take them on!"

"The Yao and Man clans have joined forces to stop…"

Pei Kuang, who was in the middle of transmitting his message, saw Lv Fang walking east and hurriedly stopped, asking: "You're going…?"

Lv Fang didn't even turn his head: "I'm going ahead to scout. You gather everyone, then head east along this road. I'll leave a Book Spirit behind to wait for you."

Pei Kuang hesitated, then finally said: "What if I can't gather anyone, and none of them are willing to go?"

Lv Fang gave a bitter smile: "If truly no one is willing to go, there's nothing for it. The only thing I can do is kill as many Yao and Man as I can. I'm afraid of death too, but some things just have to be done!"

Pei Kuang bowed all the way to the ground, then suddenly straightened his back and said:

"Lord Wenguan, rest assured! If truly no one is willing to go with me, even if I'm alone, I'll crawl — yes, crawl — to drum and cheer for you!"

"That would be far too foolish!" Lv Fang shook his head, summoned his Black Armor to cling to his body, transformed into a streak of light, and sped off toward the east.

The current situation was not in his favor!

He had only a single wisp of Book Fragrance left!

His previous Book Fragrance had been spent seven or eight tenths on Ascend Realm to Seventh Rank Realm and on pursuing Lian Yi; the current wisp had only just condensed.

Now he had to face the Yao-Man Alliance as well.

Lv Fang was not entirely sure his Book Fragrance would be enough, not entirely sure his strength would be enough, and even less sure whether the speed of his Mysterious Gate Flying Armor would let him scout ahead and withdraw safely.

He disliked this feeling intensely!

He could not rush!

Devouring the Clan Fortune Kun was not something that could be done in a short while.

Lv Fang wanted to Ascend Realm first before scouting ahead. After traveling for roughly half a day, he found a hidden crevice in a giant boulder, just big enough to squeeze into and sit cross-legged.

Ascending a stage was certainly easier than Ascending Realm.

The storage pouch of the Blood-Winged Bat contained only some materials and pills, none of which he could use for now.

In his treasure pouch, Lv Fang still had several dozen Heavenly Dao Stones and six Grand Haoran Haoran Zhengqi Pills; these would let him Ascend to Seventh Rank Second Stage, and he would be content.

He took out an oval, low-grade Heavenly Dao Stone and absorbed the Heavenly Dao Qi within.

The time it takes one incense stick to burn.

Crack! The Heavenly Dao Stone shattered into powder! The Grand Haoran Haoran Zhengqi on Lv Fang's body increased somewhat. Continue!

One Heavenly Dao Stone after another crumbled to powder, and the Grand Haoran Haoran Zhengqi on his body grew at an extremely rapid pace.

In the blink of an eye, a night had passed.

A sliver of fish-belly white appeared at the horizon.

Lv Fang, curled up in the crevice of the giant boulder, had Grand Haoran Haoran Zhengqi on his body flickering with brilliant, mysterious light.

The Heavenly Dao Stones were all used up; of the six Grand Haoran Haoran Zhengqi Pills, five had been used, and the last one had just been consumed as well.

If he had not Ascended even a single stage…

No matter how many heavenly materials and earthly treasures he had consumed before, it would all be useless — not a shred of strength would have been gained.

If this last Grand Haoran Haoran Zhengqi Pill failed to push him into Seventh Rank Second Stage, he would have to consider whether to consume his Book Fragrance.

Pop!

A faint sound rang out.

Lv Fang's eyes snapped open. He had finally entered Seventh Rank Second Stage, and the momentum on his body had increased considerably once more.

For him, the increase in momentum was far more useful than the increase in Grand Haoran Haoran Zhengqi.

After all, he had condensed less Grand Haoran Haoran Zhengqi than others from the start; even if it became equal later, at the same realm he would still have less than them.

But momentum was different.

Currently, all of his extraordinary abilities consumed stamina and momentum.

Only with sufficiently abundant momentum did he have the confidence to face the Yao and Man clans' prodigies without falling behind.

"Xiao Yunru is hailed as the foremost person of Great Zhou's Seventh Rank Third Stage. I was able to slay him, so even if the Yao and Man clans' prodigies hold the advantage at the same realm, I imagine I won't fall far behind them."

Thinking of this, Lv Fang crawled out of the crevice. Upon sensing that the Book Spirit Yan Chixia had returned to the Ink Brush Book Realm, he summoned it out.

Seeing that the Book Spirit Yan Chixia was still at the Seventh Rank Third Stage realm, an expression of "just as expected" appeared on his face.

He was at Seventh Rank Second Stage; it should have been Sixth Rank Second Stage.

But due to the restriction of the Lower Upper Realm, it had remained stuck at Seventh Rank Third Stage.

The Book Spirit Yan Chixia bowed and said: "Young Master, Pei Kuang has gathered two people; as for whether they actually come, it's still under discussion…"

Lv Fang smiled and interrupted, "I already know everything."

His mind was linked with the Book Spirit; although he could not see what the Book Spirit saw from afar, he had learned the general content from it.

As long as Pei Kuang was not someone who said one thing and did another, and was willing to gather people, whether those people were willing to come was beyond Lv Fang's control.

Having met only once by chance, Lv Fang needed to confirm Pei Kuang's stance.

If Pei Kuang feared death and acted hypocritically, Lv Fang still had enough time to find someone else to gather everyone together.

"Third Senior Brother is truly muddled; how could he forget to give me the sound-transmission jade tally?"

Lv Fang complained.

If he had a sound-transmission jade tally, he could ask about the situation of the Clan-Fortune Kun, or gather others himself to organize an assault on the Demon Alliance's defenses.

The treasure bag did contain sound-transmission jade tally-like items for humans, demons, and barbarians, but such things required either sufficient strength to directly view the information inside, or a special seal to unlock and use them.

Who knows how the Clan-Fortune Kun is doing!

Lv Fang planned to go ahead and scout the situation; if the Clan-Fortune Kun could not hold out, he needed to intervene, regardless of whether it was useful or not.

If the Clan-Fortune Kun could still hold on, they would proceed according to the previous plan.

"Yan Chixia, stay here. If Pei Kuang leads people past this place, simply tell them to continue forward. I will wait for them ahead. If anything unexpected occurs, return directly to the Ink Brush Book Realm!"

This method had been tried several times yesterday without any problems.

Yan Chixia could enter and leave the Ink Brush Book Realm at will, and could stay at a certain distance from Lv Fang, effectively giving him an extra pair of eyes.