Chapter 131: Reward—Tri-colored Yuan Crystal Stone

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the other five people, excluding Xingyao, instantly changed.

The leading male disciple looked somewhat disbelieving.

“This Senior Brother, please think it through. The Holy Son of your sect has made a pact with our Sacred Son. Do you intend to ruin the relationship between our two sects for your own selfish desire?”

“Indeed, Senior Brother, do not be rash. If there is any misunderstanding, we can discuss it. Don’t ruin your future!”

Gu Fan chuckled softly and raised his hand to touch his face.

“Do I look that kind? Now there are people who dare to haggle with me… Looks like I’ve been far too restrained since coming to the Upper Realm!”

With that, Gu Fan raised his hand and suddenly threw a punch at the five.

“You dare!”

“Daring to ambush us!”

The five shouted angrily and immediately joined forces to defend against the strike.

But even at their peak, they were no match for Gu Fan—let alone now, right after a great battle!

In an instant, the five of them were blasted away by the punch, crashing to the ground, spitting blood from their mouths!

Xingyao’s face turned pale, yet she still rushed to block in front of Gu Fan.

“Senior Brother, please show mercy. I was the one who agreed to this. I will repay the rest!”

“Heh, it’s the first time I’ve seen an installment payment. You disciples of Pure Radiance God Sect truly pioneer new paths for the cultivation world.”

Xingyao bit her lower lip with her pearly teeth, her expression full of unease.

After all, this was something she had promised yet failed to fulfill. Reason and emotion both dictated that she was at fault.

Although she felt disappointed in the behavior of her fellow Senior Brothers, she could not simply watch them die!

“Senior Brother jokes. I was too presumptuous, thinking you would be like me, but…”

“But you didn’t expect your dear Senior Brothers to be this shameless. Or perhaps they don’t believe their lives are worth that much. No matter.”

Gu Fan stepped forward, his terrifying aura blanketing the area.

“Let me help them recall the fear of death just now.”

At that moment, one of the disciples lying on the ground opened his mouth.

“Even if you saved us, now that you’ve injured us, we’re even. Do you really intend to kill us?”

Gu Fan was truly speechless. Why did people like this still exist?

“Utterly ridiculous. Why didn’t you try bargaining when facing the Blood Yaksha? In the end, it’s just because you think I’m easier to bully!”

“Maybe in your eyes, I’m far less terrifying than the Blood Yaksha. You know the Yaksha would kill you for real, while you think I won’t. Is that it?”

“But don’t forget—this is the Rift Battlefield. If a few disciples die here, do you think your Sacred Son could really determine the cause of death?”

After hearing these words, the five finally understood Gu Fan’s meaning.

Their faces instantly turned deathly pale.

They looked at the youth before them, his face cold and indifferent, and even vaguely saw the black gas of murderous intent continuously rising from his body!

It was a killing aura born only through slaughter at the extreme!

Xingyao still shook her head and pleaded:

“Senior Brother, if you kill them, the Sacred Son will surely hunt you down. They each have a life lantern. If you kill them, part of your aura will remain.”

Gu Fan actually had a decent impression of this female cultivator, but her constant pleading was starting to irritate him.

His brow furrowed as he looked at her coldly:

“Then it depends on whether you can make them hand it over. I said from the beginning—don’t even think about freeloading off me. I saved your lives. Now, whether you fulfill your promise is up to you.”

“And your good Senior Brothers had the gall to act like I owed it to them to save them? And you think Tri-colored Yuan Crystal Stones are enough?”

“Or maybe I’ll pretend I never saved you at all. I’ll go fetch ten Blood Yakshas right now. Whether you live or die, that’ll be up to you!”

At this moment, how could Xingyao still not understand—Gu Fan was no longer just seeking payment.

What bothered him more was their attitude.

Thinking of this, she turned to the several Senior Brothers with a cold face and shouted:

“Even now, you still want to cling to your belongings?”

“Junior Sister, you—!”

“Shut up! If you don’t want to die, then hand it over!”

Xingyao was nearly infuriated to death by these Senior Brothers. These external possessions could still be recovered later.

She could sense that Gu Fan truly had the intent to kill!

To still covet these things with death looming—utterly wooden-headed!

Seeing their Junior Sister like this, and facing Gu Fan’s pressing threat, the five could only snort coldly and each took out treasures from their storage pouches.

Xingyao waved her hand and collected all the items.

Among them was a single Seven-colored Yuan Crystal Stone, along with thirteen stalks of spiritual plants.

Each one was an extremely rare medicinal herb.

Gu Fan waved his hand and stored everything into his storage pouch, then cupped his fists toward Xingyao.

“Since the transaction is complete, I won’t linger.”

Xingyao sighed, speaking with a trace of guilt:

“No matter what, thank you for saving us, Senior Brother. Take care.”

Gu Fan nodded, glanced at the five people behind her, and immediately vanished.

As soon as Gu Fan left, the group finally let out a sigh of relief.

“That person is utterly unreasonable, a brute!”

“Though the killing aura on him is indeed thick. Seems like he has quite the body count.”

“Hmph, so what? I still don’t believe he’d dare to kill us. It’s said that the Holy Son of Brahma God Sect holds even more authority in their sect than our Sacred Son! If he killed us, he’d be executed by the Holy Son. In the end, I bet even if we refused to pay, he’d only dare threaten us!”

At this moment, Xingyao snorted coldly with some annoyance.

“Senior Brothers, you’d better hold your tongues! He hasn’t gone far. Be careful he doesn’t come back to kill you!”

Hearing this, the few who were just blustering immediately shut their mouths.

The leading male disciple tried to smooth things over.

“Junior Sister, let’s leave it at that. We all risked our lives to save you just now.”

“True. But don’t forget, I also sent people to rescue you. Otherwise, we’d all be stewing in the Blood Yaksha’s cauldron soup right now!”

Xingyao muttered sulkily and stopped speaking.

No matter how much she said, those Senior Brothers had indeed saved her just now—she couldn’t push things too far either…

The group exchanged glances, saying no more. They stayed put to rest and heal, preparing to continue exploring the Rift Battlefield.

On the other side, Gu Fan found a safe spot and directly passed through the Bronze Gate, arriving in the Apocalypse World.

On the hospital rooftop, Gu Fan appeared with a leap next to the blood pool.

At this moment, the Evil Lotus seemed to have hit a bottleneck. Its size no longer increased and remained about three meters tall.

However, its tendrils fully extended, stretching dozens of meters in length.

In terms of color, it had shifted from purple to deep purple, with a tendency toward black.

Sensing Gu Fan’s presence, the Evil Lotus, as always, reacted with joy and excitement—like a child.

Gu Fan smiled and stroked the tendrils that reached out to him, his expression visibly relaxed.

These days, the pressure brought upon him by the Holy Son was overwhelming.

Especially after the Heavenly Demon transformed into the Holy Son and fought him—he understood clearly that a battle with the Holy Son was inevitable!

Back in the Lower Realm, Zhu Yang had once told him that the Upper Realm housed many prodigies, some even more terrifying than himself.

At the time, he hadn’t taken it seriously. Only now did he realize—there truly were people with such monstrous talent that even with his cheat, he still felt pressure!

“But so what? No matter how great the talent—before a cheat like me—they’ll all kneel eventually!”

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