Though he hadn’t completely succeeded, he was just one final step away from Mortal Transformation.
He felt the surging Primordial Qi inside him, and his heart filled with an unprecedented confidence.
With just a few more days, he was certain he could break through to the next Realm.
By then, his power would reach a whole new level!
Outside the window, the first light of dawn was breaking.
Zhao Tianxing knocked lightly on the door, then pushed it open and ca in.
"I knew you weren’t asleep."
Zhao Tianxing forced a stiff smile and asked, "Have you co up with a plan?"
Chu Fan let out a slow breath. "The plan I’ve co up with is to seize the initiative. We’ll march on Seven Stars Castle with Master Cao and the others."
"That’s a crazy plan..." Zhao Tianxing chuckled. "But it suits you."
"I think so too..."
"Instead of waiting for them to gather their forces and attack us, we should hit them before they can assemble and catch them completely by surprise!"
"But..."
"It’s still too risky."
"We have no idea if the Moon Worship Sect is using Seven Stars Castle as its main base. If all their top masters are hiding there, charging in would be walking right into a trap!"
Chu Fan nodded slightly.
He had only toyed with the idea; he wouldn’t dare actually lead Master Cao and the others into such a dangerous gamble.
His real plan was to head to Seven Stars Castle alone after he achieved Mortal Transformation in the coming days!
If he went alone, he would have a chance to escape even if he was outmatched.
But if he went with Master Cao and the others, he’d be worried about them, and it would tie his hands.
Chu Fan sighed. "Tianxing, once the chaos begins, I’m afraid I won’t have ti to protect you..."
"You don’t need to!" Zhao Tianxing waved his hand. "That’s exactly what I ca to talk to you about."
"You’re the Seven Stars Gang’s sharpest blade, hidden in the shadows..."
"The key to victory or defeat rests entirely on you!"
"So, I’m telling you, when the ti cos, don’t hold back out of sentintality. Don’t worry about my safety or that of any of our other martial brothers..."
"Unleash your full strength and turn their world upside down!"
"The more enemies you kill, the better the Seven Stars Gang’s chances of victory!"
As he spoke, he took a small Jade Box from within his robes.
It was the Jade Box they had acquired from Corpse Handling. Inside was the remaining half of the wild mountain ginseng!
"Take it!"
Zhao Tianxing shoved the Jade Box into Chu Fan’s hands.
Chu Fan said nothing, silently accepting the Jade Box.
He had already consud the other half of this wild mountain ginseng on the day he reached the Great Success stage of his Ninefold Thunder Shock Saber.
Most of the imnse Primordial Qi currently in his body had likely been converted from that first half of the wild mountain ginseng.
After all, his Pollution Level had increased by a full point right after he ate it.
Even after eating nurous other Treasure Plants since, his Pollution Level hadn’t risen in the slightest.
Back then, he had seen how extraordinary the wild mountain ginseng was—capable of miraculous healing—and had persuaded Tianxing to save the other half as a life-saving treasure.
Tianxing had treasured it all this ti, never using it.
He never imagined that Tianxing would give it to him today.
"This thing is practically a second life..."
A hearty smile spread across Zhao Tianxing’s tan face. "My Cultivation is low, so I don’t know if I’ll be of any help this ti. This is the only thing I can do."
"Tianxing..."
Chu Fan stared silently at the Jade Box in his hand, a fire igniting in his heart.
Just as he spoke, footsteps sounded from outside.
It was Chen Xuan from the Moon Arrow Martial Arts Hall.
Behind Chen Xuan followed a grim-faced Cao Feng.
Chen Xuan stood under the old crabapple tree in the courtyard and unslung a bow from his back.
This was no standard-issue bow used by the Martial Arts Hall’s disciples. Its body radiated a crimson light like molten gold, as if the morning sun itself had been kneaded into the wood. Even the wind passing over it seed to carry a faint, subtle warmth.
Chu Fan and Zhao Tianxing hurried out of the house.
They had only taken two steps closer when they felt the warmth from the bow rush toward them, wrapped in a sharp Force. Compared to the cold, sharp edge of their teor Bow and Bengyue Bow, this one possessed a more profound and domineering quality.
"Master Chen, Master Cao..."
Chu Fan and Zhao Tianxing stepped forward quickly and bowed.
Chen Xuan nodded slightly, his fingertips tracing the gilded patterns on the bow’s limb.
The pattern snaked along the bow’s curve like the trailing tail feathers of a Red Fla Golden Crow, its tips dotted with fine points of golden-red light that trembled faintly in the morning sun.
"Old Cao won’t let or Wang Kaishan get involved..."
Chen Xuan spoke first, letting out a long sigh.
This wasn’t an ordinary gang war, nor was it a personal grudge match between Cao Feng and so old enemy.
This matter involved the crazed, arrogant, and mysterious Moon Worship Sect, and Cao Feng didn’t want to drag his two old friends into it.
The Moon Worship Sect had dared to slaughter everyone at the Blood Saber Sect’s Main Altar in the Inner City. What wouldn’t they dare to do?
They had already argued about this several tis before, back when Cao Yan first got into trouble.
Chen Xuan’s gaze fell upon Chu Fan. "Your teor Bow is no worse than the Bengyue Bow I gave Tianxing... but it’s no longer suitable for you."
After Chu Fan had rescued Cao Yan, Chen Xuan had beco aware of his strength—the ability to slay a Mortal Transformation expert.
He had an even stronger suspicion that Chu Fan was the Ghost-faced Man who had single-handedly slain three of the Moon Worship Sect’s Mortal Transformation experts four days ago.
"This bow has been with for many years."
Chen Xuan held the bow out to Chu Fan. "This bow’s na is Sunset. It was left to by my late father. The man who made your teor Bow was my senior martial brother. He once vied with for this bow, but in the end, my father still passed it down to ."
"With my current strength, I can only manage seven shots."
"Seven shots?!" Chu Fan and Zhao Tianxing were both astonished.
’Master Chen and Master Cao were both experts at the Mortal Transformation Realm. How could he only be able to draw such a powerful bow seven tis?’
Chu Fan took the Sunset Bow. It was incredibly heavy, several tis the weight of his teor Bow—well over a hundred pounds!
The mont his fingertips touched the Bow Embryo, a warm power seeped into his palm.
The teor Bow was made from three-hundred-year-old Purple Fir Wood and felt cool to the touch. This Sunset Bow, however, felt like placing one’s palm on sun-baked volcanic rock, emanating a resilient warmth.
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