Judging by its spatial capacity, this Universe Pouch should have been a mid-grade one.
It was dozens of cubic meters in size, and there were actually over a thousand spirit stones inside.
Among them were no fewer than a dozen Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
The pills were even more numerous than the stars in the sky.
There were even traces of second-grade pills.
Besides that, there was also a second-tier mid-grade spell named the "Profound Water Freezing Art."
There were also two identity tokens.
One was a Heavenly Xuan Sect Inner Sect Disciple token, bearing the three characters "Leng Ningshuang."
"Leng Ningshuang? Is that her name?"
Shen Fan flipped through the disciple token and muttered to himself.
Then, he picked up the other token.
"Icefire Sect, Leng Ningshuang!"
"What? This person... is actually from the Icefire Sect!"
Shen Fan felt a chill shoot from the soles of his feet straight to the crown of his head.
Before he could even grow excited over this windfall from heaven, the Treasure Gathering Universe Bowl within him suddenly began flashing with golden light violently, without warning.
The golden light flashed wildly within his Spirit Abode like one alarm after another, as though foretelling some imminent crisis.
"What's going on?"
Shen Fan's heart leaped into his throat, and even his hands trembled slightly with nervousness.
He had never encountered such a situation before. An unprecedented sense of terror instantly enveloped him.
As the Treasure Gathering Universe Bowl's golden light continued flashing within his Spirit Abode, Shen Fan felt a powerful sense of danger sweep through his entire body like raging tides.
A sense of crisis born from his sixth sense instantly swept through his entire body.
"Something's wrong. Not just wrong—twelve parts wrong out of ten!"
That woman had long since left, yet this sense of danger only grew stronger, impossible to shake off.
Shen Fan's gaze fell upon the Universe Pouch in his hand once more, his eyes filled with vigilance and suspicion.
"Could there be something wrong with this Universe Pouch?"
Looking at the two disciple tokens he had just taken from the pouch, Shen Fan's pupils suddenly contracted. He instantly understood. "Fuck your grandfather, you bitch!"
Shen Fan was beside himself with rage. He viciously hurled the Universe Pouch to the ground, then hurriedly picked it back up and turned to run outside.
That woman was probably already wanted by the sect. These disciple tokens had tracking functions, and the Law Enforcement Hall's patrol might already be rushing this way.
That woman had actually used him as bait to draw the law enforcement officers in, buying herself time to escape. It was simply too sinister.
"None of you bastards are good people!"
Shen Fan was on the verge of tears, his heart filled with grievance. "Everyone in the masses is a bad person! Being a good person is fucking suffocating!"
Yet at this critical moment, Shen Fan's gaze suddenly sharpened, and he quickly calmed down.
He then made a snap decision, grabbing a handful of spirit stones, a handful of pills, and the second-tier mid-grade spell, the "Profound Water Freezing Art," from the Universe Pouch and stuffing them all into the Treasure Gathering Universe Bowl.
After finishing all that, he immediately grabbed the Universe Pouch and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Help! Help! Somebody! Somebody!"
As Shen Fan's cries continued to ring out, bursts of air-splitting sounds came from all around—the sounds of flying swords and various other aerial artifacts cutting through the night sky.
In the blink of an eye, Law Enforcement Hall disciples surged in from all directions like a tide, surrounding Shen Fan so tightly that not even water could pass through.
"Who goes there?"
"Don't move!"
"Get on the ground immediately!"
The Law Enforcement Hall disciples swarmed forward, their offensive artifacts all aimed at Shen Fan in unison. The atmosphere was so tense it was suffocating.
Shen Fan immediately lay prone on the ground, held the Universe Pouch high, and shouted, "Senior Brothers, Senior Brothers, I'm Shen Fan, a Miscellaneous Disciple from the Waste Elixir Chamber!"
At that moment, the crowd automatically parted to make way as Mu Xingtian, an elder of the Outer Sect Law Enforcement Hall, walked in with a gloomy expression.
Seeing Mu Xingtian, Shen Fan felt as if he had grabbed hold of a lifesaving straw and immediately cried out, "Master..."
Before Shen Fan could continue, Mu Xingtian swept him with a glance. A powerful pressure descended upon Shen Fan like a mountain, making him gasp for breath in great heaves, nearly unable to breathe.
"E-Elder!" Shen Fan cried out with difficulty.
Only then did Mu Xingtian withdraw his pressure and ask coldly, "Why are you shouting so loudly here?"
Shen Fan waved the Universe Pouch in his hand and hurriedly explained:
"Reporting to Elder, just now, a woman suddenly fell from the sky above the Waste Elixir Chamber and landed in the storage room.
I saw that she was seriously injured and dressed in the inner sect robes of our Heavenly Xuan Sect. Thinking that this was the sacred ground of the Heavenly Xuan Sect, I did not suspect her. I kindly rescued her and roughly bandaged her wounds with medicinal herbs I had usually gathered in the mountains.
But who would have thought that after this inner sect female disciple woke up, she said she was deeply grateful to me and gave me her Universe Pouch.
When I looked inside, I was completely dumbfounded. There were actually over a thousand spirit stones, countless pills, and two disciple tokens.
One was indeed an Inner Sect Disciple token of our Heavenly Xuan Sect, and that woman's name was Leng Ningshuang. The other disciple token was actually from the Icefire Sect!"
The moment I saw it, I knew she was a traitor. What inner sect disciple would get injured within her own sect?
Besides, this afternoon, an inner sect female disciple had also come to the Waste Elixir Chamber looking for something.
Putting those things together, I knew she was a traitor. So I hurried out with the Universe Pouch to seek help. Who would have thought I would run into all of you!
Elder, hurry and chase her! She only left a moment ago—she ran down this small path!"
Shen Fan spilled out the cause, course, and outcome of everything in one breath, terrified that being even a little too slow would bring about a fatal disaster.
Hearing this, Mu Xingtian curled his hand into a claw. A powerful suction force came, and the Universe Pouch flew directly into his hand.
Then, he sent his divine sense into it and took out the disciple tokens.
Right afterward, he casually tucked the Universe Pouch away, as though it were only natural.
"So it really was her!" Mu Xingtian said coldly. "Zhou Yun, take a team of disciples and pursue her in this direction!"
"This disciple obeys!"
As soon as the words fell, a law enforcement disciple led a group away at high speed, vanishing into the night.
"You few, go check the Waste Elixir Chamber!" Mu Xingtian ordered another group of Law Enforcement Hall disciples.
"Yes!" After receiving the order, that team of Law Enforcement Hall disciples also quickly departed.
Within the forest shrouded by night, only Mu Xingtian and Shen Fan remained.
"You... come here!" Mu Xingtian beckoned Shen Fan over.
"Master!" Seeing no one else around, Shen Fan was delighted and walked over excitedly.
"How is it? How has your cultivation of the technique I gave you been going?"
Mu Xingtian kindly stroked Shen Fan's head, a gentle smile appearing on his face, like a fine master concerned for his disciple.
"Reporting to Master, when I first began cultivating it, the qi and blood in my body nearly burned dry. Fortunately, I found some medicinal ingredients at the market that could restore qi and blood, and only then did I barely manage to endure.
Now, I have reached the first layer of Blood Refining!"
As he spoke, Shen Fan gave a low shout. Blood Spirit Qi erupted from his dantian and coursed through his entire body, like a spark setting the prairie ablaze, igniting the qi and blood within him.
A vigorous force burst forth from Shen Fan's body as he threw a punch at a large tree beside him.
Boom—!
With a deafening crash, the large tree snapped in response, wood chips flying everywhere.
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