Chen Silin’s eyes lit up, and she quickly signaled to Jiang Fan, urging him to agree quickly.
Jiang Fan naturally understood her little sche.
She wanted him to help refuse the marriage proposal.
Seeing her pleading look, Jiang Fan sighed helplessly and said, "Alright then, I’ll bring Youran along to attend the ceremony."
"But I will make a fair judgnt."
"If the person is truly good, Miss Chen, you should marry him."
Chen Silin shot him a resentful look, staring at him intently.
Feeling uncomfortable under her gaze, Jiang Fan dared not linger any longer and cupped his hands in farewell.
Back at the Xu Family.
Even outside the gate, he could hear laughter and chatter, signaling that a night banquet was being held.
Jiang Fan stepped through the gate in surprise, and Xu Youran greeted him with a big smile.
"Fan, where have you been? Why are you back so late?"
"Quick, raise a toast to Yining and congratulate her."
Congratulate?
After a brief thought, Jiang Fan asked in astonishnt, "Did she break through to the Foundation Establishnt Realm?"
Just yesterday, she had borrowed money from him to buy a Pifu Pill.
Now the Xu Family was hosting an unprecedented night banquet, clearly celebrating Xu Yining’s breakthrough to the Foundation Establishnt Realm.
Breaking through Foundation Establishnt qualified one to stand independently as a martial artist.
In Lonely Boat City, that made one a notable figure.
Xu Zhengyan had only reached the first layer of Foundation Establishnt in his middle age.
Xu Yining breaking through at her young age was indeed a significant event in Xu Family history.
"I should be the one to toast you."
Seeing Jiang Fan return, Xu Yining ca over holding two cups of wine and handed him one.
"Without your money, I wouldn’t have been able to buy the Pifu Pill."
"Thank you."
Having broken through to the Foundation Establishnt Realm, Xu Yining was more composed than ever.
Her eyes shone with confidence.
Their relationship seed to change with the elevation of their realms.
This ti, she did not avoid the subject, holding the wine cup and saying:
"I was willful when I refused the marriage proposal back then."
"But I do not regret it."
In her mind flashed the figure of the No.1 Shadow Guard, whom she looked up to, and she said:
"Between you and , we are not on the sa level; it’s hard to pursue the sa goals."
"I hope you can let go of this grudge soon and focus on the martial path."
"Strive to beco even better."
Jiang Fan was speechless.
Who had a grudge?
He wished to marry Xu Youran!
Shaking his head, he did not explain further and responded with a light sip of his wine.
Invited to celebrate together, Ye Qingxue couldn’t help but feel indignant for Jiang Fan and softly reproached, "Yining, why say such things?"
"So many people are here; at least give him so face."
Xu Yining calmly said, "I just want him to beco better."
"If he had even half the qualities of the No.1 Shadow Guard, I would have accepted the marriage proposal."
Ye Qingxue was visibly taken aback.
Jiang Fan was not just half of the No.1 Shadow Guard.
He was the No.1 Shadow Guard in person!
She opened her mouth but, bound by the promise to keep Jiang Fan’s identity a secret, ultimately said nothing.
She rely probed, "Yining, I think Jiang Fan has a lot of potential."
"Since he and your sister aren’t formally married yet, why don’t I help bring you two together?"
At these words,
Xu Yining gave a look as if Ye Qingxue had gone mad: "Qingxue, did you take the wrong dicine?"
"I just escaped from the sea of suffering, and you want to go back in?"
Ye Qingxue stamred for a while, finally saying in resignation, "Well! One day, don’t regret it!"
Xu Yining wore a puzzled expression: "I will regret it? Because of Jiang Fan?"
She thought her good friend must be drunk.
After several rounds of toasts,
Jiang Fan left the banquet, intending to return to his training.
Today’s encounter with the Sub-Altar Master made him keenly aware of the gap between them; he had to quickly elevate his cultivation another level.
Only then could he hope to win.
"Jiang Fan, wait!"
He hadn’t walked far when Ye Qingxue suddenly caught up with him, speaking in a low voice:
"Can I ask you to save soone?"
Jiang Fan looked around to ensure no one was near and asked, "Who?"
"Zhu Jianshen."
Ye Qingxue said, "Zhu Jianshen was poisoned by a sinister toxin while on a mission for the Green Cloud Sect, and he returned to heal."
"But his condition is very complex, and no famous doctors from various places could help."
"His mother asked our City Lord Mansion to find a more skilled Divine Doctor, so I thought of you."
Heh!
Jiang Fan didn’t think twice: ", save him? Do you know our grudge?"
He went on to explain their enmity.
Upon learning of the feud, Ye Qingxue was astonished.
After a mont of thought, she turned to him and said, "I still suggest you give it a try."
"The Zhu Family has a thousand-year Fire Well, which produces a few Fire Spirit Pearls every ten years; it is imnsely beneficial for those at the Ninth Layer of Qi Cultivation."
"If your aptitude is strong, three pearls can help break through to Ninth Layer Perfection in Qi Cultivation."
"You could ask the Zhu Family to provide them in exchange for treating Zhu Jianshen."
Does the Zhu Family really have such treasures?
Jiang Fan felt a stir of excitent.
Though he was reluctant to save Zhu Jianshen, the allure of the Fire Spirit Pearls was irresistible.
"What are his symptoms?"
Ye Qingxue then described everything she knew.
After listening, Jiang Fan chuckled: "What sinister toxin, it’s corpse poison transmitted from contact with a woman who practices evil cultivation!"
"Removing this poison is quite an ordeal."
"Alright, I agree."
Ye Qingxue’s face lit up with joy: "I’ll accompany you tomorrow."
After a night of cultivation
Jiang Fan drank several bottles of top-grade Qi Cultivation Liquid, yet his cultivation did not increase a bit.
"It gets harder as you go higher."
Looking at the sun outside the window, Jiang Fan stood up.
The remnants of the Blood Bat Palace could reappear at any mont; he needed to increase his cultivation quickly.
The Fire Spirit Pearls from the Zhu Family had to be obtained.
Before leaving,
he took down the Thunder Pattern Spiritual Wood Sword hanging by his bed and strapped it to his waist.
Against a strong opponent like the Sub-Altar Master, ordinary divine weapons were ineffective.
Their strong Spiritual Power made it impossible for ordinary blades to get close.
Only by catching them off guard with the electrical effect of the wooden sword could he have a chance to win!
Leaving the Xu Mansion,
he put on the mask of the No.1 Shadow Guard in a small alley.
Soon after, he t up with Ye Qingxue.
"Aren’t we going to the Zhu Family?" Ye Qingxue asked in surprise, noticing they were heading in the opposite direction.
Jiang Fan replied, "Removing corpse poison requires a special material."
He went to the largest material shop in Lonely Boat City.
After so searching, he found a bronze-colored, spiky bramble.
"Luckily, they have it here," Jiang Fan said.
Ye Qingxue looked curious and reached out to touch it.
"Don’t touch it!" Jiang Fan stopped her in ti.
"This is Iron Blood Thorns; you can’t touch it directly with your hands, or it will cut your flesh painfully."
Ye Qingxue quickly withdrew her hand: "So magical? What’s the golden one next to it?"
She pointed to a similar-looking but golden bramble nearby.
"That’s the more potent Soul-stealing Thorns; touching it inflicts excruciating pain on the soul, a pain that makes one wish for death."
"Only patients with severe conditions need it."
The patient, in this case, was clearly Zhu Jianshen.
Jiang Fan put on gloves and picked up the bronze Iron Blood Thorns: "This will suffice. The Soul-stealing Thorns could kill Zhu Jianshen."
At that mont,
Zhu Jianshen walked in with his followers and shouted from a distance, "Shopkeeper, give another piece of pain-relieving antelope horn."
Suddenly,
he spotted Jiang Fan and imdiately showed a mocking grin.
"Well, the No.1 Shadow Guard is here to buy materials? Who are you trying to bring back to life this ti?"
Glancing at the Iron Blood Thorns in Jiang Fan’s hand, he waved grandly and said, "Shopkeeper, I want everything he’s holding."
The shopkeeper’s eyes lit up: "Alright, alright! I’ll pack it up for Young Master Zhu."
He wants to seize even this?
Jiang Fan picked up the Soul-stealing Thorns, and Zhu Jianshen waved his hand again: "I want this too!"
"I am a major custor here; I have priority for all materials."
The shopkeeper imdiately complied and took away the Soul-stealing Thorns as well.
Jiang Fan showed a peculiar smile.
The healing materials bought by the patient himself.
What a deal!
He said aningfully, "Young Master Zhu, enjoy."
Finished speaking, he left for the Zhu Family with Ye Qingxue ahead of him.
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