“Hey! This is my grandfather's grave...” Lu Ming quickly looked up to explain, but the heavenly lightning had absolutely no intention of listening.
A bolt of heavenly lightning as thick as a water bucket, carrying a world-destroying power, came crashing straight down toward him.
Terrified, Lu Ming scrambled frantically, picking up the grandfather's corpse from the ground and tossing it directly over his head to block the strike...
“Thank you for your hard work, Grandfather!”
Lu Ming figured that with how impressive the old man had looked, he should be able to block the lightning, right?
Boom... Crackle...
At this moment, Lu Ming, who had draped the cloak of invisibility over himself once more, had not expected the grandfather's corpse to actually block the heavenly lightning.
Just as he tossed the old man over his head, he had quickly put the cloak of invisibility back on.
He was afraid that if the old man failed to block the strike, the lightning would hit him instead.
He figured that if he wore the cloak, the heavenly lightning might not see him and would stop striking.
Whether it would actually work was anyone's guess, but he had to try.
Seeing that the grandfather had indeed blocked the lightning, Lu Ming quickly put away the gilded coffin amidst the lingering crackle of electricity.
The moment the lightning dissipated, he quickly stashed the old man's corpse away as well.
He was his grandfather now, after all, and had just saved his life.
Once he returned, he would ask the Grand Elder to help find a burial spot surrounded by mountains on all sides so the old man could rest in peace.
“How could you die?” Just then, Lu Ming heard an incredulous cry of disbelief.
Turning his head, he saw Ye Fan standing not far away, looking utterly despondent.
What was wrong with this guy? What did his death have to do with him?
As it turned out, after Ye Fan had consumed a recovery pill and healed himself, he had just deactivated his protective array when he heard footsteps.
Frowning, he thought, Someone else is coming? This never ends.
He immediately summoned his spirit sword, preparing to run the newcomer through.
At the same time, he felt he had to kill that mortal as soon as possible to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage. Staying in the Qi Refining stage was simply too stifling!
It made killing people so inconvenient.
“Junior Brother!” Unsurprisingly, it was Tu Feifei.
Ye Fan quickly pulled back the sword he was about to unleash.
The sudden reversal of his sword qi almost injured him again.
He could not help but curse inwardly. Damn it, women really do slow down my blade.
“Junior Brother, are you alright?” Seeing the signs of battle inside the cave, Tu Feifei asked with concern.
“I'm fine,” Ye Fan said coldly.
He then turned around, preparing to enter the passage behind the stone door.
“Junior Brother, can I go with you?” Tu Feifei quickly called out.
“Sure,” Ye Fan agreed, continuing forward.
This woman might still be of some use. He would let her follow and get some benefits.
Tu Feifei blushed. As expected, Junior Brother has feelings for me too. Otherwise, he wouldn't have let me follow him.
Delighted, Tu Feifei followed closely behind Ye Fan into the passage.
The journey was safe until they were about to exit the passage, where they encountered several defensive formations blocking their path.
Watching Ye Fan break through them with ease, Tu Feifei's eyes filled with stars of admiration.
Wow! Junior Brother is so amazing.
At the same time, she could not help but feel overjoyed. Junior Brother must like me too. He's intentionally showing off his abilities in front of me. Otherwise, how could he be so incredibly good at breaking formations...
No, once we get back, I must ask Grandfather to talk to the Sect Master about making us Dao companions. Junior Brother is so outstanding. If I don't act quickly, what if the other senior and junior sisters snatch him away?
Just as Tu Feifei was fantasizing about whether she should have two or three children with Ye Fan, a black needle shimmering with an eerie light pierced straight through Ye Fan's shoulder.
“Ah! Hus—Junior Brother, what's wrong?” Tu Feifei's tongue slipped, almost calling him the wrong thing.
She rushed to his side in panic, only to see black blood oozing from his shoulder.
“Oh no, it's poisoned...” With that, she quickly retrieved a pill radiating a soft white glow from her storage bag and handed it to him.
“Junior Brother, I have a detoxification pill here. Take it quickly.”
Ye Fan frowned slightly as he took the pill and swallowed it.
He could not understand why there would be such ordinary traps here.
His attention had been entirely focused on traps that contained spiritual energy, never expecting to encounter a trap meant for mortals.
A single moment of carelessness had led to his downfall.
Afterward, Ye Fan and Tu Feifei forcefully destroyed all the traps in their way.
When they finally crossed the passage and entered the spacious cavern outside, Tu Feifei looked at the messy ground and could not believe her eyes.
“Junior Brother, did someone beat us to it?”
What kind of person was this? They had not even spared the dirt and sod!
Ye Fan's lips twitched as well. He could not understand how someone could be so utterly shameless.
At the same time, he knew his earlier suspicion had been correct.
Someone had snuck in while he was fighting.
However, the things belonging to him, Ye Fan, would not be so easy to keep!
“Let's go,” Ye Fan said.
The two of them then quickly rushed further inside.
Just as Ye Fan caught sight of Lu Ming, before he could even make a move, he saw Lu Ming suddenly engulfed by a bolt of heavenly lightning.
Once the lightning dissipated, the area was completely empty.
Forget about Lu Ming, not even a speck of dust remained.
Ye Fan could not help but feel a wave of disappointment. “How could you just die like that!”
Hearing this, not only was Lu Ming curious, but even Tu Feifei looked puzzled.
Was the person who had just been struck by lightning someone important to Ye Fan?
Wearing his cloak of invisibility, Lu Ming stared at Ye Fan, even more confused. What is wrong with this guy? Wasn't he trying to kill me? If I got struck dead by lightning, shouldn't he be happy?
At the same time, he was shocked that Ye Fan was the one who had made it in alive.
Glancing at the woman beside him, he wondered if Ye Fan had won by relying on her.
While Lu Ming was lost in thought, he saw Ye Fan take slow, deliberate steps toward the spot where the lightning had struck.
As he walked, the aura around him began to shift.
Beside him, Tu Feifei's eyes widened in shock.
“Foundation Establishment!”
Hearing Tu Feifei's exclamation, Lu Ming was also taken aback. Is this guy really that incredible? He didn't even need to go into seclusion; he just took a few steps and broke through to Foundation Establishment?
Lu Ming took another look and realized that Ye Fan was indeed already in the Foundation Establishment stage.
Holy crap... This guy is definitely not simple! He's absolutely a formidable rival for a protagonist like me. No wonder our paths cross so often. But I'm still in the Qi Refining stage right now. I might not be a match for him! Plus, there's a woman at the late Foundation Establishment stage right next to him. The odds aren't in my favor. I'll wait until I reach Foundation Establishment before taking him out!
Lu Ming had no intention of letting someone who harbored such intense murderous intent toward him live.
With that, Lu Ming turned and left.
As he reached the entrance of the passage, his eyes darted around, and he pulled a spiritual herb from his storage bag and tossed it onto the ground.
Once he exited the passage, he dropped another one.
After leaving the cave entirely, he dropped yet another.
Then, he quickly sped away from the area.
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