If nothing unexpected had happened.
It should have been the Treasure Gathering Universe Bowl that protected him.
He had never expected the Treasure Gathering Universe Bowl to possess the ability to protect one's soul as well.
But how had it entered his mind?
And after it went in, how was he supposed to take it out?
With that thought in mind.
An item suddenly appeared in Shen Fan's hand—it was the Treasure Gathering Universe Bowl, missing one corner.
"I can take it out too?"
A trace of shock appeared on Shen Fan's face.
"Then can I put it back in?"
As Shen Fan thought this, the Treasure Gathering Universe Bowl vanished from his hand once more and appeared within his mind.
"Hehe! It really works!"
After repeating this three or four times, Shen Fan was soon able to put it away and take it out as he pleased.
"This way, I won't have to worry about anyone discovering the Treasure Gathering Universe Bowl anymore!"
"Right!"
Shen Fan's eyes suddenly lit up.
"I wonder, while the Treasure Gathering Universe Bowl is in my mind, can it still copy and enhance things?"
Thinking of this, Shen Fan immediately took out the bowl.
Then he went to the storage room and dug out all the discarded waste pills from that pile of scraps and refuse.
Shen Fan had originally collected those waste pills with the intention of enhancing every last one of them.
But to play it safe and evade the Law Enforcement Hall's inspection, he had tossed them into the refuse.
They were waste pills to begin with, so they would not arouse anyone's suspicion.
After digging out all the waste pills, Shen Fan immediately placed them into the bowl.
Looking at the bowl filled to the brim with waste pills.
With excitement and anticipation, Shen Fan willed the bowl to be put away.
The next moment.
The Treasure Gathering Universe Bowl flashed and vanished from his hand.
The waste pills inside the bowl vanished along with it, appearing within his mind.
"It really works!"
Seeing this, Shen Fan immediately became excited.
"Then doesn't that make this bowl the equivalent of a Universe Pouch?"
Drawing inferences from one instance, Shen Fan instantly thought of another unusual use for it.
"If I put all my important things into the bowl, then store it inside my body, won't nobody be able to find them?"
"And the bowl's space is limited, but if I simply put a Universe Pouch inside it, wouldn't that also keep it from being discovered?"
Thinking of this, Shen Fan grew excited again.
This had practically opened up another way to use the Treasure Gathering Universe Bowl!
For example, if he placed the previously enhanced Supreme-Grade Universe Pouch into the Universe Bowl, then stored it inside his body, he would not need to worry about anyone finding it at all.
Afterward, Shen Fan let the waste pills and the bowl slowly enhance themselves within his mind.
Then he opened the cultivation manual Mu Xingtian had given him.
"Blood Spirit Unification Art? Why does that sound so sinister?"
Shen Fan thought to himself.
Judging from that old bastard Mu Xingtian's conduct, he was definitely no ordinary good man!
There was no way he had kindly taken Shen Fan as a disciple, nor had he given him a cultivation manual out of guilt.
He definitely had another purpose.
But Shen Fan did not know what that purpose was.
There was nothing on him worth coveting for an Enforcement Elder!
The only thing was the Treasure Gathering Universe Bowl, and Mu Xingtian did not know about that.
After thinking it over and over, Shen Fan still could not figure it out.
But after studying it, Shen Fan discovered that the body-tempering art Mu Xingtian had given him was astonishingly effective!
It was practically made for people like them, those with poor talent who could only walk the path of body cultivation!
The Blood Spirit Unification Art used the divine soul as its guide and blood and vitality as fuel, cultivating a strand of Blood Spirit Qi within the body.
When Blood Spirit Qi circulated, it traveled throughout the body and stimulated the power of one's blood and vitality, allowing the cultivator's strength to surge dramatically for a short time.
One strand of Blood Spirit Qi formed the first layer of the Blood Spirit Realm, equivalent to the first level of the Qi Refining Stage.
The more Blood Spirit Qi one possessed, the greater one's strength became.
But in the early stages, it required a large amount of blood and vitality medicinal herbs to assist cultivation, making it rather expensive.
Yet when Shen Fan thought of its effects after cultivation, he immediately itched to give it a try.
Before long, the horizon began to glow with the pale white of a fish's belly.
Shen Fan did not cultivate the Five Elements Heavenly Spirit Art before dawn as usual.
The danger from what had happened last night had not yet passed.
He did not know what things were like outside now.
Had Old Man Duan been caught?
If he had been caught, would he expose Shen Fan?
No!
If he had truly been caught, one Soul Searching Technique would expose Shen Fan!
At that thought, a chill rose up Shen Fan's back.
"I really can't stay in this damn Heavenly Xuan Sect any longer!"
Shen Fan cursed under his breath.
"I have to find an opportunity to leave this place as soon as possible!"
He had planned to leave last night, but when he thought of the law enforcement squad still searching, he had not left. Instead, he had waited until Mu Xingtian returned.
In the blink of an eye, three days passed.
During that time, Shen Fan had tried to go down the mountain to the market town to gather information, but the law enforcement disciples stopped him every time.
It was not until three days later that the law enforcement disciples left and allowed the sect's disciples to come and go freely.
Only then did Shen Fan have the chance to leave the mountain.
Upon arriving at the market town.
Shen Fan immediately began asking around everywhere.
Baishitong had already been killed, and Shen Fan had no one trustworthy here.
Left with no other choice, he could only enter a shop run by the Heavenly Xuan Sect.
"Senior Brother, do you remember me?"
Shen Fan removed his bamboo hat and asked with a smile.
"You are?"
The somewhat plump shopkeeper wore a puzzled expression.
"I came here some time ago to sell you some Supreme-Grade Spirit Rice!"
"Oh! It's you, that fool... Ahem, ahem, so it's you, Junior Brother!"
The fat man blurted it out without thinking, then abruptly slammed on the brakes.
"Did Junior Brother bring something good today?"
"Senior Brother truly has an eye for treasures! I had intended to come see you three days ago, but the law enforcement disciples stopped me from going down the mountain. I don't know what happened in the sect!"
As he spoke, Shen Fan took out a Supreme-Grade Qi Induction Pill.
This Qi Induction Pill had been enhanced by Shen Fan from that pile of waste pills.
He was now completely penniless, and he had even given Old Man Duan all his Universe Pouches.
"I'm at the Waste Elixir Chamber now. Do you know that I found this Qi Induction Pill among that pile of waste pills and scraps? Maybe some Senior Brother dropped it!"
"No way, Junior Brother. You're that lucky?"
The fat man revealed a surprised expression, took the Qi Induction Pill, and began examining it.
A moment later, shock appeared on his face.
"It really is a Supreme-Grade Qi Induction Pill! With this quality, I'm afraid even the elders of Elixir Forging Peak couldn't refine it!"
Hearing this, Shen Fan immediately grew nervous.
It seemed that in the future, he could not casually take out enhanced pills to sell!
Otherwise, there would be no way to explain them!
Fortunately, this was only the lowest-grade Qi Induction Pill. Though the fat man was puzzled, he did not say anything.
Instead, he muttered, "It's not as if this has never happened before. Perhaps that disciple thought his refinement had failed and threw it away, but after it was discarded, the pill cooled down, further stimulating its medicinal potency and thereby reaching this grade!"
Listening to the fat man talk himself into an explanation, Shen Fan immediately breathed a sigh of relief. This way, he would not need to make up an excuse to fob him off.
"A low-grade Qi Induction Pill goes for around fifty Contribution Points, a middle-grade one for a hundred, and a high-grade one for two hundred. How about I give you five hundred for this Supreme-Grade one?"
Upon hearing that price, Shen Fan could not stop the corners of his mouth from rising.
"We're all family. Whatever price Senior Brother says goes!"
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