Chapter 518: Bridge Toll

"You should thank the Heavenly Dao, otherwise I would have slaughtered you, you bald donkey!"

Lin Fan muttered to himself as he retracted the Extreme Realm Sublimation Talisman. If the Tathagata did not leave now, there would be no Tathagata Buddha in the Western Heaven from here on out.

"Brother Lin Fan, are you alright?"

Zhao Zhao Linger and the others immediately crowded around to check on Lin Fan with concern. They had been truly frightened after seeing Lin Fan vomit blood twice just moments ago.

"It is nothing, I only consumed a bit of my origin!"

Although the Phoenix Tribulation Rebirth Technique was miraculous and could quickly heal injuries, it consumed his own origin. Having used the Phoenix Tribulation Rebirth Technique twice, he had indeed consumed quite a lot of it.

"Ah? Then what should we do? You bad guy, are you really okay? How can you replenish your origin?"

Hearing this, the women became even more worried. The word "origin" sounded very important, and it must have a significant impact on Lin Fan.

"It is fine, isn't there a ready-made tonic right here?"

Lin Fan turned his gaze toward Sun Sun Wukong, who was still lying unconscious to the side.

"Ah, you bad guy, are you going to roast the monkey and eat it? I'm afraid that would be a bit hard to swallow, wouldn't it?"

Lin Yueru was somewhat surprised by this. Such an ugly monkey—would it taste good if roasted?

"Ouch, why did you hit me!"

"Who said I was going to eat it? I am just preparing to refine the origin within its body!"

As Lin Fan spoke, he walked over to Sun Sun Wukong, grabbed its head, and began to refine it. Soon, he had converted all of the monkey's flesh, blood, and cultivation base into his own origin. Now, not only had he replenished the origin he had lost, but he also had a reserve, so it would be fine to use the Phoenix Tribulation Rebirth Technique again in the future.

"I am fine now, no need to worry!"

Lin Fan tossed the monkey's fur aside, then turned to the women, who were still looking at him with concern.

"Then let's go. With all these dead people and dead demons, this is not a good place."

"Wait, we haven't taken the treasure yet. How can we leave now!"

"Treasure? What other treasure?"

The women looked at Lin Fan in surprise. The valley was clear at a glance, and they hadn't seen any heaven-sent treasures.

"The Void Sword Box and the Nine Void Swords of Young Master Kongxu!"

Lin Fan beckoned, and the Void Sword Box flew into his hand. Then, the fragments on the ground that had been shattered by Sun Sun Wukong reassembled themselves, restoring the nine small swords, each over an inch long.

Their blades were engraved with names: the Longyuan Sword, Zhanlu Sword, Juque Sword, Ganjiang Sword, Moye Sword, Tai'e Sword, Chixiao Sword, Yuchang Sword, and Chunjun Sword.

"Eh, you bad guy, I've heard of the names of these swords. And isn't the Moye Sword in the hands of Zhang Zhang Sanfeng?"

Lin Yueru leaned in to watch the excitement, and when she saw the names on the blades, she said with surprise.

"They were likely named in imitation of the famous swords. I just don't know if it was Young Master Kongxu who named them."

Lin Fan put the Void Sword Box away for the time being. He still needed to think about whether to distribute one sword to each of the nine women or let one woman use all nine swords alone. ===== CHAPTER 867 =====

"Let's go. This matter is settled, and we should continue on our way. Miss Dali Duan, everyone, farewell!"

Lin Fan led the women on their way. Now that the Fish Demon, Pig Demon, and Monkey Demon had all died at his hands, and even the human incarnation of the Great Sun Tathagata had been destroyed because of him, he wondered if the journey to the Western Heaven to retrieve the scriptures could even continue.

"Chief, Chief, hey, still looking? They've already left!"

Several subordinates nudged Miss Dali Duan, who was acting lovesick, and she finally snapped out of her dream.

"Where are they?"

"They've left, of course. Or did you want them to stay and watch you act lovesick?"

The Four Evils shook their heads helplessly. Their chief had absolutely no charm as a woman.

"How could this be? Last time they left without saying goodbye, and this time they left without saying goodbye again!"

"That's not true. Young Master Lin said goodbye to us very politely. It was you who were acting lovesick and didn't hear it, right?"

"Aiya, so annoying, back to the stronghold!"

Recalling that Lin Fan seemed to have greeted her before leaving last time as well, and she hadn't reacted in time, and now she hadn't reacted again, Miss Dali Duan turned and walked away in a flustered mood.

"Brother Lin Fan, you said that Young Master Kongxu became like that because he cultivated the Void Sword Scripture. Are you still planning to let us cultivate this Void Sword Scripture?"

At this moment, Zhao Zhao Linger asked with surprise after hearing Lin Fan say he wanted to find one woman to cultivate the Void Sword Scripture.

"He only ended up looking like a consumptive because his body was too weak. If assisted by a divine body-refining art, one wouldn't become like that. I think Yueru is suited to practice this!"

"No way! You bad guy, if I had to choose body-refining just to cultivate the Void Sword Scripture, wouldn't I become a woman covered in muscles? Just thinking about it is terrifying!"

Hearing this, Lin Yueru immediately jumped up. She did not want to become a muscle woman.

Seeing this, Lin Fan couldn't help but smile. He was just teasing her; look how anxious he had made Lin Yueru.

As their group chatted and laughed, they arrived at a riverside without realizing it, where several people were blocking the road demanding money.

"This bridge was built by my father. If you want to cross, you have to pay. Twenty wen per person!"

A flamboyant man dressed in pink silk sat by the bridge, with a lackey who looked like a steward serving him, and several retainers guarding the bridgehead, stopping the commoners to demand a bridge toll.

"Having to pay to cross a bridge, may you have no descendants!"

A fat auntie cursed while taking money out of her bundle.

"What were you muttering just now, with your foul mouth? For others, the toll is twenty wen, but for you, it's forty!"

Unexpectedly, the fat auntie's words were overheard by the steward, who then demanded double the toll.

"Why should others only pay twenty wen, while I have to pay double?"

"You have more meat on your body, so crossing the bridge costs double!"

"I won't give it!"

"Then cut off half the meat on her body!"

Several retainers held the fat auntie down and fished out twenty more wen to throw into the money box.

"Absurd! These guys are looking for death. I'm going to kill them!"

Lin Yueru was furious at this scene and prepared to draw her sword to slay this group of bandits and bullies.

"Don't be in a hurry, let's watch a bit more!"

Lin Fan found this scene familiar, so he stopped Lin Yueru.

"Wait, how much for you?"

After the fat auntie left, the steward stopped a tall, thin man.

"Ten wen. The lady just now was fat, so her toll was doubled. I am thin, so my toll should be halved."

"You're tall! Twenty wen, not a coin less!"

"Wait, I only have ten wen."

"No ten wen, no crossing. Get lost!"

The tall, thin man was dragged away by the steward and not allowed to cross. Just then, a man who looked like Wu Dalang walked over, also taking out ten wen to cross the bridge.

"What do you want now?"

The steward asked impatiently.

"The fat person just now was forty wen, the tall person was twenty. I am both short and small, so I should pay ten wen!"

"Are you even a person? If you're a person, you should pay twenty wen!"

At this moment, the flamboyant man sitting down stood up to chime in.

"Brother Lin Fan, they have a justification for everything. They want as much money as they want. Forget Yueru, even I want to teach them a lesson."

Zhao Zhao Linger also frowned and said to Lin Fan. ===== CHAPTER 868 =====