Chapter Seventeen: Earth Concealment

  Quietly waiting, the night falls, everyone sits and waits for the treasure to be born. Lin Fan quite likes these three people, but at the same time doesn't like them much either. These three people don't have even a bit of worldly experience, let alone the basic requirement of being a small person first then a gentleman. If this treasure were to fall into the hands of the four of us, who would it belong to?

  At midnight, a squirrel appeared on Lianhua Mountain. It agilely shuttled through the mountain forest and soon arrived at the top of Lianhua Mountain, where the four people were resting. The squirrel slowly approached Lin Fan's luggage and then used its front paws to open the luggage for inspection, but found nothing. Then it went around Lin Fan again.

  After a while, the squirrel arrived at Lin Fan's luggage again, grabbed several ink pens with its front paws and held them in its mouth, running down the mountain. A short while later, the squirrel appeared again, stealing all the yellow paper from Lin Fan's luggage in batches.

  The next morning, Lin Fan was shocked to find his things gone: "There's a thief."

  "Thief?" Everyone stopped meditating and came over to take a look.

  "My yellow paper and ink brush are gone." Lin frustratedly made a few holes in a bamboo tube, filled it with ink, and inserted the brush into the hole, avoiding the embarrassment of grinding ink on the spot.

  "This..." Gu Yan, as the leader of the group, didn't know what to say. The yellow paper and brush were not worth much money, but thieves would sneak out in the middle of the night and climb mountains just to steal these things, which was really too much trouble for the thief. Gu Yan asked: "Could it be that you lost it when you went out yesterday?"

  "Impossible." The guy who eats, how can he possibly not check.

  Bai Mudao said, "The formation I set up is called the Ji Tu San Jue Formation. It utilizes the Xuan Kong Fei Xing Pan based on the Luo Shu Jiu Gong diagram. The formation I set up is a dead formation. Whether it's an ordinary person or a Da Luo Golden Immortal, no one can enter the formation without me detecting it."

  Ye Wushuang smiled and said, "That little thief isn't human."

  "Not a human?" Lin Fan seemed to have realized something and looked around him thoughtfully. "Elder Gu, I'll go to the nearby market."

  "Alright, go and come back early." Gu Yan nodded.

  The nearest market to Lianhua Mountain is fifty miles away, Lin Fan didn't have yellow paper and ink brush, he could only use the most superficial magic technique, ride the wind and travel, at a speed of no more than twenty miles per hour (five kilometers per hour), but it was a straight line, avoiding the pain of walking.

  After flying for a while, Ye Wushuang could still see Lin Fan's back: "It doesn't matter, does it? The Blood Shadow Sect is coming and going, and Lin Fan has no way to deal with the enemy..."

  As soon as the Blood Shadow Sect was mentioned, Gu Yan's eyebrows twitched. His biological father had once been the master of Yun Qing Men Tian Xing Sect, but later he was bewitched by a female demon and became a member of the Blood Shadow Sect, eventually becoming its leader. All this left an enormous shadow on his childhood to present life. Gu Yan said: "I'll go patrol around, you guys stay here." He didn't know if he could find anyone from the Blood Shadow Sect, but he hoped to learn why his father betrayed Yun Qing Men and the righteous path.

  ……

  Lin Fan flew by, ignoring the sympathetic gazes of the disciples on the mountain. There were even worse ones, who directly rode their swords to Lin Fan's side: "Brother Dao, why are you crawling?"

  Lin Feng replied: "Attain nature, return to simplicity and truth."

  The busybody rolled his eyes and left in a huff.

  Ximen Shuai watched with a smile in the mountain forest, all of this was naturally his plan. He was a bit afraid of Yun Qingmen's four disciples, so he secretly stole Lin Fan's yellow paper and brush. This way, Lin Fan would definitely go to the nearest market from Lianhua Mountain. Ximen Shuai always thought himself very patient, there were still many Orthodox and scattered disciples around here, and it was possible that Yun Qingmen had dealings with them, so he slowly followed. However, he really didn't expect that after Lin Fan left the talisman paper, his speed would be so slow, slow to the point where Ximen Shuai regretted not leaving at least one for Lin Fan.

  Two hours later, Lin Fan finally flew out of the vicinity of Jiulang Mountain Range. Ximen Commander had set up a blockade on the necessary path to check if anyone was secretly following and protecting Lin Fan. The answer was no, there was only Lin Fan alone. Since that's the case, Ximen Commander appeared very generously, flying out from the mountain forest, blocking Lin Fan's way: "Young brother, the green mountains remain unchanged, the green waters flow forever, we meet again..."

  Lin Fan hastily fell down and landed on the mountain side. Ximen Commander followed beside him: "Little brother, you took the things, I carried the black pot, isn't it very inappropriate?"

  Lin Fan said: "You originally wanted me to take the blame, you took things."

  "Ah... you must have misunderstood." Ximen Shuai said: "I originally wanted to let the Blood Shadow Sect disciples take the blame, I'll just take the things."

  You're really shameless, what you mean by letting the Blood Shadow Sect take the blame is to kill yourself and frame them for it, then they'll take away your stuff.

  Ximen Shuai accompanied Lin Fan down, patiently saying: "We are all cultivators, I don't want to make things difficult for you either. Just hand over the thing and it's fine." Originally, Ximen Shuai still wanted to beat up Lin Fan, but seeing Lin Fan's current flying speed, Ximen Shuai realized for the first time that bullying the weak was really not right.

  "What if I don't pay?"

  Ximen stretched out his fan and gently fanned the air, smiling: "Then I'll strip you bare." You don't even have a Qiankun ring, so things can only be placed on your body.

  Lin Fan was shocked: "Do you want Long Yang?"

  "...General Xi Men scowled with a black line on his face and gritted his teeth: "I only like women."

  "......" Lin Fan's face was filled with regret: "Actually, I've liked you for a long time."

  Ximen's body broke out in goosebumps, and he cursed loudly: "Damn it!" His right hand condensed into a fist with true energy, hitting Lin Fan's face. Under the heavy blow, Lin Fan's body quickly fell into the mountain, disappearing into the forest.

  Ximen Shuai wiped his fist on his clothes and then chased after him, only to be shocked to discover that Lin Fan was nowhere to be seen. This was impossible! In just the blink of an eye, how could Lin Fan have disappeared? Ximen Shuai looked around in the forest, sensing Lin Fan's presence. A person with high cultivation would have a higher sense of awareness and could easily break through the Obstruction Technique.

  He flew quickly in a circle, and Ximen Shuai was very certain that there was no one within this range. So how could Lin Fan have disappeared? Suddenly, Ximen Shuai sensed that the restriction he had set up eight miles ahead had been breached by someone. Ximen Shuai rushed to pursue, but still did not see Lin Fan's figure.

  A restriction closer to the market was triggered, and Ximen Shuai seemed to have an epiphany. He flew over hastily, landed, and touched the ground with his left palm. It was indeed Earth Escape. Ximen Shuai silently recited the incantation, raised his left hand, and a web of true energy about half an acre in size shot out and covered the land. "Quickly!" he shouted.

  The net rose up and became a small net, pulling out a person from the ground. Looking again, it was not Lin Fan but someone else.

  Lin Fan was caught in the True Energy net, and his heart was also filled with shock and bewilderment. This was one of his best escape techniques, and even the Sect Master might not be able to catch him easily. He had made the first move and circled around half a circle, but how did this guy manage to chase after him all the way? Lin Fan didn't know that Ximen Shuai had set up a restriction in the vicinity, and his every move was being watched clearly by Ximen Shuai.

  P.S: New book is out, seeking recommendation votes!