Chapter 89 Violet Sun Paradise
“Violet Sun Paradise…” Only now did he understand why he had ended up running across Li Xiaoman and those disciples. It wasn’t entirely random, as their sect was actually so close.
Ye Fan turned around and was about to leave, not wanting to have any interaction with Li Xiaoman’s sect. When they had met each other today, Li Xiaoman had acted completely cold and indifferent. Although she offered him money, she acted aloof and remote, as if she were giving charity.
“Telling me to live well as a mortal and not to stray from the proper path. Do I really look like that…?” He mocked himself, not actually hurt or resentful. Their meeting had pa.s.sed by without leaving any mark on him. If they were able to laugh and smile without concern when they met, then sometimes just a light brief encounter was the best option.
Ye Fan had already walked several meters away before he suddenly stopped. He had always been wondering how he could get rid of the Jiang Family’s knight. Just now he abruptly wondered if he could use the Violet Sun Paradise to relieve this peril.
His strength was not powerful enough to fight with them. All he could do was use his brain. “There definitely must be a reason why I can’t throw them off. No matter how powerful they are, they can’t continuously use such a keen spiritual perception to continuously track me.”
As one of the Yan’s six Blessed Paradises, the Violet Sun Paradise definitely had Dao Glyphs carved onto the ground. They condensed a mysterious power that isolated them from the rest of the world. If he could enter it, it might be possible for him to be cut off from the outer world.
“Yes, I can use this place!” Carefully thinking about, Ye Fan decided to walk deep within the mountain range.
“With such a dense Spiritual Qi, no wonder it was given the t.i.tle of a Blessed Paradise.”
The sky was already darkening, but it was still possible to see purple clouds floating around the mountain range. The Violet Sun Paradise was truly just like its name. Violet mist would bubble out, and occasionally a blazing sun would streak across the sky.
Although this was just the outer area, he could sense this land was not ordinary. The mountains and valleys were green, clear springs bubbled, lush vegetation grew, and many plants seemed to be spiritual, specks of light flickering upon their leaves.
Arriving in front of the Violet Sun Paradise gate, he carefully observed it to see if he could simply slip in, but immediately rejected that notion. The main gate was guarded by people, as well as a powerful beast.
The two-headed beast was covered with lumps and sores, its form that of a huge crocodile. However, it had a pair of wings that spread out to appear like two small mountains. Its huge blue eyes glowed with light.
“Huh? There are a couple youngsters kneeling there. What are they doing?” Ye Fan was surprised to find a couple of sixteen or seventeen year old youngsters kneeling in front of the gate.
A patrolling cultivator asked, “What are you guys doing? Your talent is too ordinary. No matter how hard you try, you won’t be able to achieve anything.”
“Immortal master, please just give us another chance.”
That cultivator sighed, saying, “You guys kneeled here for so many days. I’m not heartless. But your apt.i.tude is just too mediocre and there’s no way for you to pa.s.s the tests. You should hurry and leave.”
“Immortal master, we don’t want to ask for anything more, we just want to take the test one final time.” That youngster continued to kneel as he begged bitterly.
“Fine, I’ll give you another chance. Half a month later, there will be another selection of disciples. Whether you can grasp this opportunity and continue staying here will be up to you.”
“Many thanks, immortal master!” Those youngsters all kowtowed together.
Hearing this, Ye Fan also walked over.
It’s most likely something on my body that they are able to track.
Ye Fan first eliminated the green copper, as it was too mysterious. Many cultivators had held it without being able to sense anything when he obtained it. Now that it had entered his golden Sea of Bitterness, there was even less chance of that occurring.
Was it the Dao Scripture? This also didn’t seem likely. As long as he didn’t use the mystical arts, his golden Sea of Bitterness would be completely quiet. It was silent like divine iron, completely invisible to others.
“Is it that Source that gave away my whereabouts? It also doesn’t seem that likely.” Ye Fan thought it over many times without coming to a conclusion. “I can’t care that much about it right now. I should first refine this Source.”
Over the next few days, this bamboo forest was very calm without any outsiders coming to disturb them. It was a place that very much suited cultivation. Those powerful knights of the Jiang Family also hadn’t found him.
Ye Fan started to refine the Source. He would firmly hold it in his hand and carefully refine it, each day only dissolving a small piece of it. He was afraid if it was too much, the Source’s enormous Life Qi would all rush out and explode with waves of power, definitely causing other people to notice.
The sixth day, as the moon lit up the sky, Ye Fan once more refined a small amount of the Source. Just at this moment, his Sea of Bitterness suddenly exploded out with tsunami waves, the sound absolutely shocking. He hastily stopped, hiding away the Source.
“It really is troublesome…” His special physique made him feel helpless. He had thought he would be able to control it, but the result was that the frightening sound still exploded out. The strangeness of his Sea of Bitterness was too startling. If other people were to study it, it would definitely lead to a huge ruckus.
“Looks like there’s no way for me to completely refine this Source. All I can do is wait until after I leave before continuing.”
But his gains weren’t small. His Sea of Bitterness had once more grown larger, and eight more Divine Symbols had appeared above it. Ye Fan had long since smelted them into that lump of divine iron, continuously hammering and refining it upon that green copper to imitate its Dao Glyphs.
The next day, the calm was broken apart as several young cultivators arrived here and noticed Ye Fan.
“You are… that little beggar!” Their expressions were astonished. Those were the disciples he had coincidentally met a couple days ago, but Li Xiaoman was no longer with them.
Yesterday, Ye Fan had made a huge ruckus and some senior cultivators had come to investigate without finding anything. These few people were also curious, so they came to check it out early in the morning.
“How did you enter my Violet Sun Paradise? Did you come looking for junior sister Li?” Those people were very astonished, never thinking they would see Ye Fan here.
“Your Violet Sun Paradise’s Sect Leader coincidentally met me and said my talent was extraordinary and that he simply had to take me as a disciple…” Ye Fan randomly blurted out some nonsense.
These people naturally wouldn’t believe that, their expressions all turning dark. One of the women coldly said, “Little beggar, your skin is really thick.”
Just at this moment, a middle-aged man appeared within the bamboo forest. He circled around a couple times before stopping and saying, “I can sense the aura of a Source.”
“Respects to senior uncle master!” The young disciples all hastily bowed.
Ye Fan was startled. This man senses were too keen. That Source had already been sealed by him, but he still managed to sense it.
“No need to be so polite.” This middle-aged man’s face was rosy and his hair was black, but his eyes seemed to be very experienced, not matching up to the rest of his body.
“His true age has already long since pa.s.sed seventy or eighty years…” Ye Fan inwardly speculated, feeling as if this was a frightening expert.
“Your body…” His gaze fixed on Ye Fan.
“”Respects to senior,” Ye Fan bowed.
“Are you a disciple of my Violet Sun Paradise?”
“No.”
The middle-aged didn’t seem to move, but he instantly appeared beside Ye Fan as if he had teleported through s.p.a.ce. He grabbed onto Ye Fan’s wrist.
“Senior, what are you…” Ye Fan was very startled, believing he was about to attack him.
“Your physique…” This middle-aged man became extremely startled. He then shook his head and sighed. It was obvious he was very experienced and knowledgeable, immediately forming a judgment in just an instant.
During that short moment, Ye Fan felt extremely tense. But it was fortunate that his Sea of Bitterness was deathly silent. A darkness froze his golden Sea of Bitterness, turning it into a deathly still place. When the middle-aged man probed there, he didn’t find any abnormalities.
This caused Ye Fan to very amazed. When he wished to conceal it, he was actually able to hide it from even such an expert.
“Do you have a Source on your body?” asked the middle-aged man.
Ye Fan saw that there was no way to deceive him. He took out the small wooden case and said, “I don’t know if this is a Source or not, but it is something pa.s.sed down by my family ancestors.”
The middle-aged man opened the wooden case, taking a look and saying, “Not bad, it really is a Source. Although it’s not pure, it’s still rare. Are you willing to trade it with me?”
“This…”
“You can’t cultivate so this Source is useless to you. Don’t worry, I definitely won’t let you take a loss. If you are willing to trade, I will definitely give you enough wealth that you wouldn’t be able to spend within ten lifetimes.”
“But I don’t want to trade…” Ye Fan felt very awkward. By entering the Violet Sun Paradise he had temporarily broken away from the Jiang Family’s knight, but he hadn’t expected this Source to expose him, causing him to feel helpless.
“Do you really not wish to trade?” asked the middle-aged man. His expression was very calm, not at all pressuring him.
“I…”
“It’s fine. Since it’s like this, I won’t make it hard on you. It’s just a Source. It’s not indispensable to me.” Saying this, he turned and left. He only walked a couple steps before completely disappearing right in front of everyone’s eyes.
Ye Fan’s heart s.h.i.+vered; this was definitely an expert.
“I never thought that a little beggar like you would have a Source. Although it’s an impure small source, it’s still much more valuable than spiritual medicines.”
The various young men and women all had strange expressions, never having expected to find such a spiritual item on Ye Fan’s body. Some of them naturally coveted it.
“Little beggar, you really don’t know how to grasp chances. Do you know who that person was? That was the Violet Sun Paradise’s second top expert. Without even cultivating a hundred years, he’s much more powerful than the other various ancestral masters. If you had given the Source to him as a present, it would definite sow good Karma between the two of you. The benefits in the future would have been endless…”
The young men and women all offered various terms, wanting to obtain the Source, but Ye Fan couldn’t possibly agree.
Only when these few people left did Ye Fan mutter to himself, “Although I’ve temporarily escaped from the Jiang Family’s knights, now that I’ve been exposed by this Source, who knows how many troublesome things will occur.”
An hour later, Li Xiaoman appeared within the bamboo forest, accompanied by the young men and women who had just left.
Li Xiaomen didn’t ask Ye Fan why he appeared her, very calmly saying, “Ye Fan, you aren’t a cultivator. Holding on to a Source is useless to you. It would be better for you to exchange it for ten lifetimes worth of good fortune…”
Ye Fan directly declined, saying, “I’m not exchanging…”