Chapter 42 The storm breaks out again
The stone fort near Zishan remains the same as before, without much change.

"It turns out that Brother Ye has returned, and he brought three women with him! Oh, and that... bald-tailed dog." The people in the stone village greeted him warmly, and when they saw these three women with very different styles and as beautiful as fairies, they couldn't help but marvel at them.

These three women are naturally Zixia, Ji Ziyue and Yao Xi whose cultivation was sealed.

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As the news of Licheng spread widely, Ye Fan's many deeds also surfaced one by one. When Ji Ziyue heard that Ye Fan was forced into the sixth level of the Fire Region and was safe and sound, she laughed angrily and said, "Oh! I was sad for so long in vain! I thought you were dead and built a tomb for you!"

Finally, the rumors about Ye Fan became more and more outrageous, and even in restaurants and teahouses, there were absurd stories about the ancient saint fighting the three saints at night. At the same time, Ye Fan's sky-high bounty was also spreading in various cities.

For more than half a month, the situation in the Northern Territory was turbulent and it was difficult to calm down, but no one could find Ye Fan.

He did not feel any sense of crisis and suddenly transformed himself into a handsome young man.

In the past month, he and the three beauties traveled to dozens of cities and had a very pleasant time. During this period, Ye Fan and Zixia kept buying stones and then cut them in deserted places.

With the help of the digital secret, Zixia's source technique level was even slightly better than Ye Fan's. Ji Ziyue was amazed and refreshed her understanding of source technique.

Ye Fan has also accumulated a large amount of source stones. At present, he has been able to break through to the third level of the Dao Palace, but he is not satisfied and wants to be promoted to the fourth level of the Dao Palace. However, it is too difficult and requires 100,000 jin of source stones, which is a dizzying number. It is difficult to rely on gambling stones alone.

Zixia was even more terrifying. She had broken through the second small realm of level four and successfully survived a violent thunder tribulation, which made Ye Fan, Big Black Dog, Ji Ziyue and Yao Xi terrified.

Yao Xi? That's right, that's what you saw. Under Ji Ziyue's plea and Zixia's guilt, Ye Fan sealed her cultivation and released her.

Zixia's gourd attack was really heavy, Yao Xi was in a coma for three days before waking up. Fortunately, her consciousness was protected by a treasure, otherwise she might have lost her memory. Now she felt a pain in the back of her head when she saw Zixia, and she was determined not to turn her back to Zixia.

"It is estimated that after a while, the dispute over the ancient scroll will have a conclusion, and the major holy places will most likely sit down to discuss it."

"We have to transfer the people from the Stone Village first, and then go to the Holy Cliff to explore the Nine Secrets." Ye Fan said to Hei Huang.

The big black dog was shocked and asked, "How do you know the name Shengya?"

Since it was about the Nine Secrets, the three girls immediately became interested and pricked up their ears to listen.

"My ancient scroll was snatched away by Duan De. Fortunately, I secretly left behind one of the pieces of silk in advance. It said that the nine secrets were hidden there." Ye Fan did not avoid the three women and said directly.

"This place is very unusual. A great emperor once went there. When he faced the ancient cliff, he had some insights in his heart and paid tribute there." said Heihuang.

"What kind of place is this?" Ye Fan was even more surprised.

"It seems that there are rumors that a great ancient holy body fell there, and the blood dyed the stone cliff red. The ancient emperors were all lonely and invincible. They traveled to the ancient cliffs, most of them thought that if the holy body was still alive, it was worth their effort."

"Black Dog! Stop bragging! You keep talking about being the emperor. Don't be fooled by this little brat!" Ji Ziyue expressed his doubt.

"There is such a strange story..." Ye Fan touched his chin. He felt that what Black Emperor said might be true. After all, it could even recognize the bedroom of Emperor Wu Shi.

This is truly an unusual place. The nine secrets are hidden in that area, and he must go there.

However, he did not want to look for it at the moment. After all, he had the silk in his hand, and the Nine Secrets would not escape. He could just follow the map when the time came. Now, what he needed most was to improve his realm and properly place Zhang Wuye and others, rather than rushing to find the secret method.

After a while, the turmoil in Lizhou not only did not subside, but intensified. Compared with the extremely healthy Ye Fan, another focus figure of the day, Duan De, could be described as in a state of utter disgrace.

The unscrupulous Taoist priest was indeed a character. Under the circumstances at that time, he actually found an opportunity and escaped successfully.

However, his life was not going to be easy. All the holy places started to search for him at the same time. Wu Dao, one of the Thirteen Great Bandits, was roaring and chasing him. The demon tribe was also entangled. Duan De had been on the run for half a month. He was so tired that he almost vomited blood. He was almost skinned alive. Finally, he couldn't hold on any longer and threw the ancient scroll away.

Even so, his situation was not much better. Wu Dao, one of the thirteen major bandits, seemed to have locked onto him and was chasing him day and night without stopping.

Some people saw that after half a month, Duan De had lost a lot of weight and was covered in blood. But surprisingly, he was still alive and well, showing no signs of collapse, and fled towards Zhongzhou.

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"Lei Bo! Do you deserve to be bitten? Let me check your cultivation!" After saying that, he bit Lei Bo.

"Hmm! Not bad, pretty resistant to bites! Awooo!"

"Heihuang! I was wrong. I let the secret slip by accident!" Lei Bo was knocked to the ground by Heihuang and tried his best to resist.

Upon learning that they had to move away, many elderly people fell silent. They have lived here for generations, and it would be difficult for anyone to accept that they had to leave suddenly.

"We have to move away. There will be no peace here in the future. There will be a huge storm." Ye Fan explained patiently.

In the end, Ye Fan had no choice but to ask Uncle Zhang Wu to come and briefly describe the situation in Zishan.

Hearing that the holy places were coming, Master Zhang Wu's face changed and he sighed, "Our ancestors asked us to stay here. Do we have to evacuate now?"

Black Emperor let go of Lei Bo's huge head and said, "Leave. Your clan will be blessed in the future."

The three girls took this opportunity to stroll around the stone village, and Zixia was attracted by the stone tools in each household.

"Sister Zixia! What's so interesting about these stone mills and stone benches? You've been walking around here for a while." Ji Ziyue really didn't understand.

Yao Xi also stepped forward, stroking the stone tools with her hands, and said, "Despicable woman! What did you see with the source technique?" Along the way, she also understood that Zixia must have colluded with Ye Fan a long time ago, and even the source technique and many secret techniques were exactly the same. I was really blind at the beginning, such a quiet girl turned out to be so sinister!

At this time, an old Taoist priest who looked to be about 60 or 70 years old with white hair suddenly appeared in this family. The style of his robe was very ancient and different from the ones used today.

"Ah! Senior, you suddenly appeared and scared us!" Ji Ziyue patted her chest and screamed. Yao Xi silently retreated behind Zixia.

"My friend, I will pay one hundred kilograms of energy for this stool. Would you mind giving it to me?" The old Taoist looked at Zixia, revealing a bit of imposing aura and pressure.

"Senior, this is the Ice God Source! I'm afraid that a hundred kilograms of source cannot be taken!" Zixia ignored the pressure and answered neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Interesting! Are you from a source magic family? Don't worry, the divine source is useless to me. Let me help you cut it open and see your level!" The old Taoist stroked his beard and looked at the three women. "You have such a high level of cultivation at such a young age. Which holy land family are you from?"

The old Taoist kept chatting with them while he kept working. Stone chips flew everywhere, and he cut them very carefully, as if he was afraid of damaging some treasure, and peeled them off layer by layer.

"This is Ji Ziyue from the Ji family, this is Yao Xi, the Saintess of Yaoguang, my name is Zixia, and I come from the Zi Mansion."

"Hmm? The one who's peeking at us from a distance must be Ye Fan! Come here, boy, let me take a good look at this peerless rapist!"

Ye Fan smiled awkwardly: "Senior, those are all rumors." He and Hei Huang walked over slowly.

Suddenly, the old Taoist paused, and a chill came over him: "Girl, good source technique!"

(End of this chapter)