Chapter 262: The Marrow Cleansing Pool Opens

For Xiao Fan, keeping these Magical Artifacts was useless; he was not lacking in resources to Cultivate.

He currently didn't know exactly how many Spirit Stones were in his Storage Pouch, nor did he have the heart to count them; he would deal with that when he had time later…

Zhu Gang and the others stayed for a while longer, then one by one, they bid farewell and left…

Originally, everyone had intended to give Xiao Fan some dried meat, but unexpectedly, each of them ended up with a Profound Rank Magical Artifact.

It made everyone incredibly happy.

A smile always hung on Xiao Fan's face; ever since defeating Xiao Tian, the smiles on his face had been much more frequent than before.

After everyone left, only Xiao Fan and the Golden-Haired Lion remained in the Immortal Cave—one man and one beast.

Xiao Fan thought for a moment, then took Xiao Jin to the Spirit Beast chamber and dumped out all five thousand-plus catties of dried meat from his Storage Pouch.

Upon seeing this, the Golden-Haired Lion's eyes glowed with a greenish light, and drool even dripped out.

Xiao Fan muttered, "I reckon even if I'm not around in the future, this should be enough for you to eat for a while."

His tone was filled with emotion; after all, since the Golden-Haired Lion had started following him, it seemed it hadn't eaten many full meals…

The Golden-Haired Lion's ears perked up… its fist-sized lion eyes rolled around a few times, wondering what it was thinking.

This time, it didn't rush to pounce and eat; instead, it stood straight at the doorway of the Spirit Beast chamber.

Xiao Fan had no time to pay attention to it and turned back to the Secret Room.

There were still two days left; he needed to continue honing himself to reach the peak of the Half-step Tongtian Realm as soon as possible.

Then, in one go, Breakthrough to the Tongtian Realm!

After all, with only one arm, life was truly too inconvenient…

Returning to the Secret Room, Xiao Fan sat cross-legged, and his Divine Sense entered the star chart.

This time, he didn't take the Medicinal Pill he had refined himself, but instead directly consumed several Medicinal Pills left behind after the stars shattered.

Although the medicinal effect had diminished, it was still a fourth-grade Medicinal Pill, which the pills he refined himself simply couldn't compare to.

Holding a Top-Grade Spirit Stone in his hand, he practiced cross-legged…

His spiritual power constantly increased bit by bit, then was compressed and honed again…

…

Soon, two days passed quietly.

Xiao Fan came out of seclusion from the Secret Room and headed to the Outer Sect main hall.

Today was the day for the top ten to enter the Marrow Cleansing Pool.

Xiao Fan was very much looking forward to this day.

"I wonder what the difference is between the Marrow Cleansing Pool of the Jixian Sect and that of the Piaomiao Immortal Palace…"

Along the way, Xiao Fan was pondering this question.

Same name, but he didn't know how the effects compared.

Back then, Xiao Tian had only left Jingchuan for a short two months, and upon his return, his cultivation had reached the Tongtian Realm!

This must have had a great deal to do with Xiao Tian entering the Marrow Cleansing Pool of the Piaomiao Immortal Palace.

Arriving at the Outer Sect main hall, he had originally thought he had arrived very early.

But he discovered that it seemed everyone else had arrived, except for him.

Hu Rui, Nangong Lingxuan, and Qiao Rong—the three women were standing together.

Ji Bofeng and Yu Liang were also there… seeing Xiao Fan arrive, their expressions immediately darkened.

Yu Liang was alright; it was just that because of Xiao Fan, he had been in a bit of a sorry state later in the Secret Realm.

But Ji Bofeng had a deep feud with him, and at this moment, his eyes were burning with rage… so angry that he was grinding his teeth.

Originally, the first place was securely his, but in the end, it had fulfilled Xiao Fan!

He wished he could rush up right now and fight Xiao Fan to the death…

Hu Rui was all smiles and waved at Xiao Fan: "Over here."

Xiao Fan nodded and walked over.

Nangong Lingxuan glanced at Xiao Fan and nodded slightly as a greeting.

Qiao Rong was all smiles: "Senior Brother Xiao, you… eh… why does it feel like your cultivation has improved again?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Rui and Nangong Lingxuan were also stunned, and both of them began to size up Xiao Fan.

"Half-step Tongtian Realm!" Surprise appeared on Hu Rui's face…

Nangong Lingxuan was the same… this guy had Breakthrough again in just a few days?

"You actually reached the Half-step Tongtian Realm so quickly…" Nangong Lingxuan couldn't believe it.

When Xiao Fan first fought her, he had just reached the seventh level of the Huaqi Realm…

At that time, she was at the ninth level of the Huaqi Realm, and now she had just reached the Tongtian Realm, yet Xiao Fan was actually at the Half-step Tongtian Realm…

Didn't that mean that it wouldn't be long before Xiao Fan caught up to her?

For a moment, Nangong Lingxuan felt a bit uneasy.

Xiao Fan smiled bitterly… and didn't make a sound.

Ji Bofeng and Yu Liang, who were on the side, heard this, and their expressions were incomparably ugly…

This Xiao Fan actually had another Breakthrough?

Is this guy a freak?

It's only been a few days…

The other Outer Sect Disciples were fine, just a bit jealous and envious.

After all, they had no feud with Xiao Fan and hadn't met him in the Secret Realm…

Otherwise, nine out of ten wouldn't be standing here…

Before long, a stream of light flew in from outside the main hall…

This stream of light was very fast; in the blink of an eye, it had arrived above the main hall.

Everyone frowned and looked up, bowing respectfully in unison.

"Greetings, Sect Master."

Even Xiao Fan did the same…

The person who arrived was none other than Sect Master Xu Yongnian.

Sect Master Xu Yongnian was all smiles as he looked around at everyone, but when his gaze landed on Xiao Fan, he paused…

With his Realm, he naturally didn't need to look closely; at a glance, he could perceive that Xiao Fan's strength had improved.

He had reached the Half-step Tongtian Realm.

At this moment, the joy on his face was even greater.

The stronger Xiao Fan's strength, the better it was for his Jixian Sect.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the Marrow Cleansing Pool."

Sect Master Xu Yongnian smiled and waved his hand, a stream of light enveloping Xiao Fan and the others, then they all turned into a stream of light and disappeared…

Flying towards the Inner Sect of the Jixian Sect.