Chapter Fifty-Seven: Exchanging for the Cloud Chariot

  "The leader of the bandits and his subordinates have all been eliminated, there shouldn't be any existence that can threaten Shixiong in this mountain forest. But, where did Shixiong go?" After searching for a long time, Sun Hao was nowhere to be found, and Kong Fang's heart also became anxious.

  Although this forest looks very peaceful, who knows if another group of bandits will emerge, after all, the previous group of bandits built their lair in the mountains.

  Kong Fang suppressed the anxiety in his heart and could only continue searching forward.

  "Big Brother, where are you?" Xingyun Zhou flew forward quickly, and Kong Fang's voice also echoed through the mountains.

  Sun Hao, who was rushing frantically through the mountain forest, heard a faint cry from afar and suddenly froze. However, in that brief moment of distraction, Sun Hao charged forward several dozen meters before being tripped by a protruding tree root and landing on the ground with a thud, his face covered in dust.

  Sun Hao, however, was not in the least bit concerned. He flipped over onto his back, gazing up at the sky with a vacant expression, but his ears perked up high as he listened intently for the faint sound from earlier to reappear.

  But the sound just now was like an illusion, and when he listened carefully, it disappeared again.

  "Am I hallucinating?" Sun Hao's eyes were filled with sorrow, and then he immediately got up from the ground, grasping two handfuls of mud and continuing on his way like a madman.

  "Big brother, where are you?" This time the voice was much closer and sounded even clearer.

  "Bang", Sun Hao directly crashed into a large tree, the big tree didn't even sway a few times. Fortunately, Sun Hao had magical powers to protect himself and was unharmed.

  "It's my junior brother's voice, this time I heard it clearly, it's really him, he didn't die." Sun Hao's eyes suddenly burst out with excited light, and he saw that he jumped up with force, his body instantly rose into the air, and then borrowed power from the big tree a few times. Sun Hao quickly arrived at the top of the tree.

  Parting the branches that blocked his view, Sun Hao looked in the direction of the sound, and indeed, a silver cloud boat was flying towards him, hugging the treetops.

  "That's the Cloud Chariot that my junior brother and I rode before. My junior brother is indeed fine, haha, I knew it, how could someone as clever as him fall into the hands of those damned bandits?" Sun Hao burst out laughing, but this time tears flowed from his eyes again, though they were tears of excitement.

  Since entering the Qizong, Sun Hao has never had a true friend. The people around him are only two kinds: one is jealous of his talent and extremely dissatisfied with him in their hearts, even evolving into resentment; the other is those who treat him with courtesy and respect. Neither of these two types of people can become his friends until Kong Fang enters Huoyun Hall.

  Kong Fang was said by the other elders to have no great achievements because he only had the earth attribute, but Sun Hao found that Kong Fang never gave up and continued to work hard to improve his alchemy skills. Moreover, as time passed, not only did Kong Fang not fall behind like the elders predicted, but he also showed an even more terrifying talent. However, this also led to Kong Fang walking down his old path, being isolated by the other inner disciples.

  Thus, the two people with extremely outstanding talents became good friends.

  This time, in order to help Kong Fang accumulate contributions, Sun Hao pulled Kong Fang together to do the task, but who would have thought that on the way back to the Returner's Path, they encountered such a thing. This made Sun Hao, who had just made friends with Kong Fang, feel extremely regretful and felt that he had harmed his good friend. At this time, seeing that familiar Flying Cloud Boat again and hearing the repeated echoes of the sound, the excitement in Sun Hao's heart was something that outsiders could not understand.

  "Master, Master's brother." Sun Hao wanted to respond with a sound, but his throat was like being blocked, and he could only make a low, hoarse voice, and the sound was extremely small, and only he himself could hear clearly.

  Sun Hao strained his whole body, wanting to burst out with a louder voice to remind Kong Fang that he was right here. Just then, Sun Hao discovered that he still had two handfuls of mud in his hands.

  "Junior brother is back, what else do you have to use?" Sun Hao immediately threw away the mud in his hand and patted his face to calm himself down a bit. Then...

  "Master's younger brother, I'm here." A voice full of excitement and thrill suddenly echoed through the mountain forest.

  Upon hearing the sound, Kong Fang was startled and hastily looked in the direction of the sound. He found Sun Hao standing at the top of a tall tree far away.

  Kong Fang was overjoyed in his heart and hastily manipulated the Cloud Chariot to fly there.

  Sun Hao regarded Kong Fang as a true friend, and Kong Fang himself was no exception. Moreover, Kong Fang was even lonelier than Sun Hao, because he didn't belong to this world at all.

  Xingyunzhou arrived nearby, and Sun Hao immediately jumped in.

  "Big brother, how did you end up running all the way to a place like this? You scared me half to death." Although he said so with his mouth, Kong Fang was actually very pleased in his heart.

  Sun Hao felt a little embarrassed, previously he thought Kong Fang was killed, so he rushed to avenge him. But now Kong Fang is alive and well, if he still says that he came here for revenge, Sun Hao would be too ashamed to speak up.

  At this time, Sun Hao was extremely disheveled. He had been rushing wildly along the road and hadn't used his magical powers to protect his clothes, so they had all been torn into strips by tree branches. Fortunately, there was a flow of magic on his body's surface that automatically circulated, which is why he hadn't gotten hurt.

  Kong Fang looked at Sun Hao's disheveled appearance, and his heart had already guessed why Sun Hao would run to such a far place in such a short time, and he couldn't help but feel moved.

  "Put on this set of clothes." Kong Fang took out a set of clothes from his storage ring and threw them to Sun Hao.

  Soon, Sun Hao put on the new clothes. Then the two sat in the Flying Cloud Chariot, letting it automatically fly towards Qierong Island, and they started talking about what had happened before.

  "Junior brother, what happened after you left? I saw the white cloud boat flying suddenly to the northwest direction earlier and thought something had happened to you." Sun Hao asked.

  Kong Fang's eyes revealed a hint of confusion, and he said: "Actually, I'm also very curious. At that time, I was trying to lure them away, so I ran around randomly in the mountains and forests. Later, I don't know if I accidentally entered someone's hidden territory or not, but those bandits were suddenly killed one by one. Then it was what Shixiong saw - that white cloud boat carrying the remaining people fleeing in a hurry. Only then did I rush back to look for Shixiong."

  Kong Fang brought out the excuse he had prepared long ago.

  Sun Hao didn't think much about it, he was already happy that his junior brother wasn't dead, why bother with that powerful hidden cultivator. Of course, this was also because Sun Hao didn't believe Kong Fang could kill those people, after all, when they had accelerated the speed of the Cloud Soaring Boat earlier, Sun Hao had a deep understanding of it, and he secretly suspected that among those people there were those who had entered the Spiritual Realm.

  Those who enter the spiritual realm are not at all comparable to those in the mortal realm.

  Sun Hao didn't want to mention what had happened before, so he proactively changed the subject: "Younger brother's greatest gain this time is still breaking through the bottleneck from quasi-spirit treasure to lower-grade heavenly spirit treasure. As long as younger brother returns to the sect and studies carefully for a while, with younger brother's talent, you will definitely be able to grasp the secrets within in a very short period of time. At that time, younger brother can also obtain the three-star soul refining method."

  Kong Fang nodded with a smile, but what he thought of was not the Soul Refining Method, but the competition with Su Yun two days later. Kong Fang made up his mind to thoroughly suppress Su Yun and that arrogant Luo Qing, letting them know that not just anyone could be trifled with.

  ……

  In the midst of things

  Kong Fang and Sun Hao came out of the Tianji Hall, and the contribution points in their soul symbols had been stamped with a seal. Only after being stamped with this seal did these contribution points truly belong to Kong Fang and Sun Hao themselves.

  Sun Hao then went to Lingbao Hall to withdraw the Cloud Chariot, while Kong Fang made a few rounds in all directions, just to let Zhao Yong's people discover that he had returned safely.

  Sun Hao should have already left the Lingbao Hall, and Kong Fang walked towards the Lingbao Hall after circling around. Kong Fang wanted to exchange the Yunyun Chuan he obtained this time, as well as the storage ring and the giant knife of the bandit leader for contribution points. These things that are easy to expose secrets are not suitable to be placed on the body, and exchanging them for contribution points is undoubtedly the best. Moreover, Kong Fang also wanted to use these contribution points to exchange for a silver Yunyun Chuan in the equipment repository.

  Although the contribution points exchanged from Lingbao Hall are somewhat less than the value of the three treasures themselves, Kong Fang is still very happy to have a real Yunyun Chuan. The three treasures can be said to have exchanged for more than 1,000 contribution points, and even after exchanging for a Yunyun Chuan, there are still some left for Kong Fang.

  Adding up the harvest at Blue Central Gate, Kong Fang now has nearly a thousand contribution points as well, and the distance to the Five Polarization Mirror is approaching one-tenth.

  "With the Cloud Chariot, I'll have a lot more freedom in what I do from now on. I won't need to come to the Lingbao Hall and rent one temporarily, so it's also less likely that people will notice me." Although he spent 1,000 contribution points, Kong Fang didn't feel any heartache at all.

  However, such a thing can only be done by Kong Fang who does not need to exchange soul refining methods.