Chapter 1058: That's a Good Girl

This set of mid-grade celestial artifacts consisted of nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine supreme-grade ultimate treasures—celestial swords, with boundless power. It was far stronger than ordinary mid-grade celestial artifacts and could rival common high-grade ones.

But now, Mo Qingxuan was stunned. This set of mid-grade celestial artifacts had actually been swallowed by the man before her.

Terrifying, truly terrifying.

Mid-grade celestial artifacts already possessed artifact spirits. Swallowing them whole like that should have caused the spirit to burst out from inside his body. What Mo Qingxuan couldn't fathom was that she had completely lost contact with the artifact.

Though she was the daughter of the Demon Suppression Sect's leader, obtaining this set of combined celestial artifacts had been no easy feat.

Among celestial artifacts, combined sets were the most valuable, surpassing ordinary ones.

This Heaven's Origin Desolate Sword Formation ranked among the top twenty celestial artifacts in the Demon Suppression Sect. It integrated offense and defense, and when attacking, it unleashed continuous desolate sword energy. Even a Golden Immortal at the Great Perfection stage would exhaust themselves and die within the formation.

Even an Ancestral Immortal would need considerable effort to deal with it. Yet now, such a treasure had been swallowed by this man. If her strength weren't so far beneath his, Mo Qingxuan would have been tempted to kill him on the spot.

"What's wrong? You look so down. Can't bear to part with that set of celestial artifacts?" Mo Qingxuan's face was ugly and furious, but she dared not voice her anger. Seeing this, Lin Fan asked with a chuckle. He loved watching people who wanted to kill him but didn't dare.

Mo Qingxuan shook her head. "What exactly do you want? Let's end this here. I'll leave the treasure ground and give you all the treasures on me."

Lin Fan looked slightly surprised, as if taken aback. "What kind of person do you take me for? You brought me into this treasure ground. How could I do something as ungrateful as driving you away? Rest assured, as long as I'm here, nothing will happen to you on this trip."

Mo Qingxuan looked at Lin Fan, her heart filled with despair. She felt she had encountered a madman. But thinking about it, if he weren't mad, how could he have publicly killed the Kunlun Divine Sect's candidate for sect leader?

And how could he have slain the Black Demon Hall Master?

All of this proved that he was a madman.

At that moment, Lin Fan pulled Mo Qingxuan closer. "Tell me, what's the situation here? We've walked quite a distance, but I haven't seen a single shadow."

Mo Qingxuan didn't know what to say, but she dared not hide anything. "This is just the outer edge of the treasure ground. The real treasures are in the central area."

"Oh, I see." Lin Fan nodded, a faint smile curling at the corner of his mouth, then his gaze fixed on the distance.

The treasure ground was rich in spiritual energy, but also fraught with hidden dangers. Though his strength was formidable, he dared not be careless. Who knew what might happen? He had to tread carefully.

Now that he had Mo Qingxuan by his side, if inevitable danger arose, he would simply toss her out.

Though Mo Qingxuan was beautiful, anyone who tried to set him up was an enemy—man, woman, young, or old—all would be slaughtered without mercy.

Moreover, Lin Fan had no idea what this treasure ground was about. The fact that Mo Qingxuan dared to bring a few people here suggested she knew some hidden secrets.

…

In a certain void.

Qin Shengjun appeared in the void of the treasure ground with three Kunlun Divine Sect disciples.

"I've brought you in. The rest of the fortune depends on yourselves." Qin Shengjun had agreed to the Kunlun Divine Sect's terms and would not go back on his word.

He had known about this treasure ground long ago. Before he had even achieved martial immortality, he had obtained the key to its center. But back then, his strength was insufficient, and he dared not reveal it. Later, as his power grew, he had visited once, but due to his own limitations, he couldn't go deep and only searched the periphery.

Yet even the periphery yielded many treasures. Qin Shengjun had gathered them all, forging his legend on the Endless Continent.

Now that his strength had improved, as long as he entered the central area and obtained the inheritance, his path to defying heaven would be fully opened.

The Nine Sects, Six Factions, and others would all be beneath his notice.

The three Kunlun Divine Sect candidates exchanged glances, not daring to follow Qin Shengjun. Eventually, they banded together and left.

After they departed, a faint smile appeared on Qin Shengjun's lips. How could he share such a treasure ground with others? Bringing them in was fine.

Now that he had stripped the periphery of all its treasures, leaving not even a chicken feather, even if they turned the place upside down, they would find nothing useful.

At that moment, Qin Shengjun vanished from the spot and flew toward the central area.

A mysterious aura there was calling to him.

Lin Fan and Mo Qingxuan had been walking all the way without finding anything useful. Lin Fan, sharp-eyed, noticed that the outer area seemed to have been picked clean.

In the periphery, there were small caves that had clearly been disturbed, their contents completely emptied.

Then Lin Fan turned to Mo Qingxuan. "If you know something, you'd better tell me. Otherwise, the pleasant atmosphere between us might change."

This treasure ground was strange, unlike ordinary secret realms. In normal secret realms, flying toward the center would yield treasures, but they had searched for so long without any gain.

Mo Qingxuan's expression shifted slightly, but she hid it well. "I really don't know about this place. I've never been inside before."

Lin Fan smiled, then gently raised his finger, a wisp of Buddhist light coiling around his fingertip.

"Do you know what this is?" Lin Fan asked with a smile.

Mo Qingxuan frowned, feeling that the aura was somewhat unsettling.

"This is a Buddhist divine ability called the Great Conversion Buddha Light. Its effect is to convert those who don't speak the truth. Your cultivation is at the early Ancestral Immortal stage, but converting you would still be simple. Once converted, you'll lose all freedom and become like a walking corpse. If I were to use it on you, from then on, you'd have to obey my every command—I could make you do anything..." Lin Fan spoke softly and slowly, as if discussing something trivial.

But to Mo Qingxuan's ears, these words stirred a wave of terror.

Become a walking corpse?

Lose all freedom completely?

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

"Ahead, we need to open another dimension to enter the real treasure ground." Mo Qingxuan no longer concealed anything and spilled everything. She realized this man was truly terrifying.

A smile curled at the corner of Lin Fan's mouth. He patted Mo Qingxuan's head. "That's a good girl. Cooperate well, and I'll keep you safe. It's been a while since I've done the 'cruel hands on a beauty' thing, but my touch hasn't gotten rusty."

Mo Qingxuan: "..."