Chapter 365: Initiative

This Breakthrough had come completely unexpectedly.

Xiao Fan let out a breath and looked at the black compass in front of him.

At this moment, the black compass had lost all its luster and had completely turned into a piece of trash.

Or rather, ever since Wanxiang absorbed it, it had become a piece of trash.

"I never expected Wanxiang to have this kind of use…"

Xiao Fan muttered to himself, his face full of joy. The stronger Wanxiang was, the more benefits it would bring him.

Wanxiang had just devoured the Dharma patterns and the residual spiritual energy within the black compass.

It had only absorbed the Dharma patterns, while the remaining spiritual energy had entered his body and fed back into Xiao Fan himself.

This had greatly increased his strength.

"Does this not mean that if I find more treasures similar to this black compass in the future, my strength…"

Thinking of this, Xiao Fan could not hide the joy on his face.

A moment later, Xiao Fan stood up, scanned the room that had turned into ruins, and sighed.

He left the room and asked the inn to change him to another one.

On the other side, after the few Thunder Fire Sect Disciples returned to the inn prepared for them by the Treasure Pavilion.

They immediately informed the Thunder Fire Sect's leading Elder, Feng Wuxiu, about the incident.

Feng Wuxiu remained expressionless as he listened to the Disciples from his Sect recount everything that had happened at the market.

They described Xiao Fan as heinous and pushed all the responsibility onto the Jixian Sect.

"Elder Feng, those people from the Jixian Sect went too far. Even knowing we are Thunder Fire Sect Disciples, they were still so ruthless… And that item was something we had our eyes on first."

"Elder Feng, you must stand up for us…"

Although only one of them was injured, the others also hated Xiao Fan and wanted Feng Wuxiu to step in for them.

"What is the cultivation level of the person who injured you?"

Feng Wuxiu remained expressionless, his gaze fixed on the Tongtian Realm Seventh Layer Disciple who had been injured by Xiao Fan.

"He… is at the Tongtian Realm Fourth Layer…"

The Disciple's face flushed, but he still stated Xiao Fan's Realm.

"Trash!"

Feng Wuxiu roared angrily, causing the surrounding Disciples to immediately quiet down, not daring to speak further.

"A mere Tongtian Realm Fourth Layer, yet you were not his match, and you still dare to ask me to stand up for a bunch of trash like you?"

Feng Wuxiu had an eccentric personality; he gave the group of Disciples a harsh scolding and forbade them from going out for the next few days, ordering them to stay obediently in the inn and wait for the auction to end.

The few looked unsightly, but they dared not resist and left after bowing.

After they left, Feng Wuxiu, who was alone in his room, still wore a gloomy expression.

"Tongtian Realm Fourth Layer, yet he could defeat a Tongtian Realm Seventh Layer… Could this person be the new Prodigy from the Jixian Sect's inner Sect mentioned in the intelligence reports…"

"No wonder the Jixian Sect dispatched three Yuanhun Realm experts; was it just to protect him…"

The various factions had always been at odds, so even within the Jixian Sect's inner Sect, there were spies from other Sects.

However, they were hidden quite secretively, making them difficult to detect easily.

Similarly, within the other three Sects, there would also be spies from the Jixian Sect.

For such a Prodigy Disciple, if he grew up in the future, he would be a threat to the other Sects.

Facing such a Genius, there were only two choices.

The first was to win him over, have him join their own Sect, and provide protection.

The second was to eliminate him to avoid harboring a future threat.

This kind of killing off a Genius was not a new occurrence, but something that had been happening for a long time.

The next day, early morning.

Xiao Fan, who had changed to a new room, slowly opened his eyes, his gaze incomparably deep…

"I should call those two and go out together."

Xiao Fan muttered to himself. Leaving his room, he first knocked on Hu Rui's door.

Seeing that the person who arrived was Xiao Fan, Hu Rui was taken aback, her face slightly flushed: "Xiao Fan, it's so early in the morning, why are you here?"

What could he possibly want by coming over so early in the morning?

"Uh… are we still going to the market today? I think shopping yesterday was quite interesting."

Hu Rui: "…"

Hu Rui was suspicious; had Xiao Fan changed his nature?

Yesterday, the two women had begged him for half a day before he was willing to go out, yet today, he was actively asking to go out first thing in the morning?

However, Hu Rui readily agreed.

"Then, we'll meet at the inn entrance in a quarter of an hour."

Then, Xiao Fan knocked on Nangong Lingxuan's door.

Nangong Lingxuan was wondering who would be coming over so early in the morning.

When she opened the door and saw it was Xiao Fan, her expression was also a bit unnatural.

"What are you doing here so early in the morning?" Although Nangong Lingxuan's face was cold, her tone was very gentle.

After all, the two were already familiar with each other.

"Uh… let's go shopping later. I think shopping yesterday was quite good," Xiao Fan said.

Nangong Lingxuan looked Xiao Fan up and down with suspicious eyes, wondering if he was sick.

To think he would actually take the initiative to suggest shopping.

However, she hesitated slightly before nodding in agreement; after all, she really hadn't had enough shopping yesterday.

"Then, we'll meet at the inn entrance in a quarter of an hour," Xiao Fan said with a smile, then left and headed to the inn entrance alone to wait for the two women.

A quarter of an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

But Xiao Fan still didn't see any sign of the two women.

"Strange…" Xiao Fan was suspicious, but he shook his head, thinking that these two women were probably just dawdling.

Another half-quarter of an hour passed, and he still didn't see the two women.

Another quarter of an hour passed…

Half an hour…

Finally, after Xiao Fan had waited for a total of one hour, he finally lost his patience. Just as he was about to go upstairs to find them, he saw their figures walking down.

The two women came down together, and neither of them was wearing the purple robes of the Jixian Sect.

Hu Rui smiled and said: "Let's go."

Nangong Lingxuan stood by without speaking, nodding slightly…

Xiao Fan: "…"

After being late for so long, they didn't even mean to apologize?