Chapter 220: Qiu Hanyan’s Advancement, Guts Grown Bold

Gu Fan was momentarily stunned. How did Elder Qingshun know?

Seeing his surprise, Elder Qingshun chuckled and said:

“This item is generally a token carried by disciples of the Sacred Land. It is said that those who kill and seize the token can use it to enter the Sacred Land. However, there is also the risk of being hunted by the token’s original owner’s friends and family, as it contains a special identifying imprint.”

Gu Fan was dumbfounded—so it was common knowledge after all.

But as long as he could get inside, it was fine. So long as he could heal Ruo Xi before encountering the token’s former owner’s kin, it would be worth it.

He would then destroy the token. Surely he wouldn’t be so unlucky as to get caught the moment he entered?

Thinking this, Gu Fan cupped his hands in gratitude and said:

“Many thanks for clarifying, Senior. I will now head for the Sacred Land. May I ask where the entrance is?”

Elder Qingshun smiled and replied:

“What a coincidence. I am heading to the Sacred City in a few days. If you don’t mind, you can travel with me. When the time comes, you can naturally enter the Sacred Land using the token!”

Upon hearing this, Gu Fan nodded and thanked him:

“In that case, I’ll trouble you, Senior.”

“It’s no trouble at all. I only ask that you help me remove the remaining two injuries caused by Degenerate Energy in my foolish disciple.”

“It is my duty, Senior. Please rest assured, I will heal Fairy Hanyan’s injuries by tomorrow!”

Having said that, Elder Qingshun returned the gesture with a smile and soon departed from the Qiu Residence.

Not long after his departure, Gu Fan remained in the Side Courtyard. The next day, he had someone summon Qiu Hanyan.

When the two met again, the atmosphere had grown a bit strange.

Gu Fan seemed to have entirely forgotten everything that happened the previous day, greeting her with a smile.

Though Qiu Hanyan still appeared cold and peerlessly beautiful, there was now a visible trace of fear in her eyes.

She couldn’t help it. After yesterday, she had gone out to investigate what happened at the Jia Residence.

It was said that of the 1,600 people in the Jia Residence, only a little over a hundred survived.

Some had been lucky enough to be out and not yet returned. Others had been far enough away to escape the blast.

The remaining 1,500 were all killed. All around the site were shattered storage pouches and scorched pieces of metal.

The Jia Residence and many nearby families suffered great losses. Thankfully, the City Lord of Tianyun and Elder Qingshun arrived just in time.

With two Celestial Heart Realm Experts working together to stabilize the situation, things were brought under control. Otherwise, the death toll could have been five times higher, given the scale of the explosion.

Upon hearing this, a chill had crept through Qiu Hanyan’s heart.

Over a thousand lives lost at the hands of Gu Fan.

Yet he appeared completely unfazed—still smiling and greeting her as if nothing unpleasant had happened between them the day before.

Calculating and ruthless.

From the bottom of her heart, Qiu Hanyan feared this kind of Gu Fan.

“Fairy Hanyan, may I ask if your residence has any nourishing food suitable for mortals? This little girl has suffered these past few days and needs to recover.”

Hearing Gu Fan’s words, Qiu Hanyan snapped back to her senses and nodded.

“That was my oversight. I’ll have the servants bring some over shortly.”

Looking at the two lying on the bed beside Gu Fan—one large, one small—Qiu Hanyan felt even more puzzled.

Someone like him would actually care for others? He had slaughtered so many to save that little girl and risked his life to seize the Tianhai Spirit Ginseng to heal this woman.

She was truly curious what kind of person he really was.

Gu Fan heard Qiu Hanyan’s polite reply and only smiled:

“Then I’ll trouble you, Fairy Hanyan. If there’s nothing else, shall we begin the healing?”

As he spoke, he made a “please” gesture, smiling gently, looking like nothing more than a bookish scholar.

Qiu Hanyan hesitated briefly, then bent slightly and sat down.

The two were already familiar with the process. Gu Fan moved deftly.

He directly transformed his spiritual energy into a thread-like stream and slowly guided it into Qiu Hanyan’s meridians.

“Mmh…”

Qiu Hanyan let out a muffled moan as usual. Even though this wasn’t her first time experiencing this terrible sensation, her face still turned a bit red.

Gu Fan appeared calm and composed. Since his objective had already been achieved, there was no longer any need to maintain the pretense, so he directly cleared the sixth blockage.

Just as Qiu Hanyan thought they would pause for a while as usual, Gu Fan once again drove forward and began advancing toward the seventh blockage.

Qiu Hanyan’s expression changed, and before she could even react, the seventh point burst open directly!

In the next moment, her entire body surged with Mysterious Power, forming a complete circulation loop.

Immediately, the aura of the Late-stage Divine Moon Realm erupted, and an extremely sharp momentum burst into the sky with a roar.

Qiu Hanyan’s eyes lit up with joy. She hadn’t expected it to be completely unblocked in one go.

As her realm was restored, the Mysterious Power that had been accumulating within her for so long began to boil.

Without further hesitation, she decided to take advantage of the momentum and charge into the Solar Radiance Realm!

Gu Fan withdrew his hand and stood to the side, watching with mild surprise.

This woman’s talent was not bad. In terms of realm alone, reaching the Solar Radiance Realm at her age even surpassed both him and the Holy Son.

However, he knew very well that combat strength did not correlate directly with talent. A high cultivation realm did not equate to high fighting power.

Take himself, for example—he had just broken through to the Late-stage Divine Moon Realm, yet he could still smash a Mid-stage Solar Radiance Realm cultivator to death with a single punch!

He could even trade blows with a peak Late-stage Solar Radiance Realm expert.

As for his old rival, it was the same. With only Half-step Yang Spirit Realm cultivation, he could kill someone at the Mid-stage Yang Spirit Realm.

Although his realm was inferior to Qiu Hanyan’s, his combat strength was far beyond her!

In the center of the courtyard, Qiu Hanyan closed her eyes and made her breakthrough, her aura surging like a rainbow.

For a time, Solar Radiance Realm auras rose in various parts of the Qiu Family, all observing from afar. Qiu Daoqi even came personally.

Upon discovering it was Gu Fan’s courtyard, he didn’t enter right away but waited quietly to the side.

At this moment, Qiu Hanyan’s breakthrough was already halfway through, but Gu Fan slightly furrowed his brows.

“The accumulation is still a bit lacking. If she can push through this last breath, she’ll reach the Solar Radiance Realm. If not, she’ll have to start all over again…”

Gu Fan muttered quietly.

However, he had no intention of helping. He and this woman were not friends—at best, they were using each other.

To her, he was merely a tool; he treated her the same.

Gu Fan felt no reason to lend a hand.

Just then, Qiu Daoqi beside him noticed the issue as well.

As a seasoned Late-stage Solar Radiance Realm expert, he naturally saw Qiu Hanyan’s current predicament.

Unable to advance, yet unwilling to retreat.

After all, the momentum of breaking through while riding the “surge” of shattering bottlenecks was extremely rare.

Seeing this, he grew anxious.

He no longer cared whether Gu Fan minded or not and directly leapt to Qiu Hanyan’s side.

A surge of purest Mysterious Power burst forth.

With this added force, Qiu Hanyan’s aura rose sharply once more.

Then, following several bursts of aura, she let out a skyward roar.

Her entire body erupted with the unique aura of the Solar Radiance Realm!

“Success! I’ve finally reached the Solar Radiance Realm!”

Qiu Hanyan was so thrilled that she nearly forgot her composure, shouting with laughter.

The feeling of breaking through to a new level of power deeply intoxicated her, giving her an illusion of invincibility in the world.

Suddenly, she turned to look at Gu Fan, eyes filled with an eager gleam.

Gu Fan raised an eyebrow, sneering internally.

Looks like the breakthrough had emboldened her—she was actually thinking about challenging him.

He saw Qiu Hanyan put thought into action and say to him:

“Mister Gu, do you dare spar with me without using that metallic oval-shaped orb?”

Gu Fan let out a soft chuckle.

“Miss Hanyan, today is not a day for killing.”

“I suggest you think this through when you’ve calmed down. This kind of suicidal behavior—just how stupid is it?”

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