Chapter 4323 Taking Advantage of the Fire

Duanmu Feng announced the conclusion of today's Saint Spirit Convention, and the reactions of the people present varied.

Those who drew later-ranked arena battles were ecstatic, especially the Tenth Arena of Fifth Little Demon; many felt they had a chance to win and cheered joyfully.

However, those who drew the First Arena and Second Arena were either dejected or even crying loudly. This was simply a death group with no suspense.

Ye Bufan's expression was the most relaxed. After greeting Purple Moon Mountain and Piaoxiang Valley, he took Xuan Yuan Linglong and Yuhua Ling back to his residence.

The people from the two great Sects did not stop them at all. After all, the arena battles would take place tomorrow, and rushing to Cultivate now would not yield much better results.

Moreover, Ye Bufan and Ku Xuzi had brought them too much shock before; at this moment, there was only respect and admiration, without the slightest doubt.

Upon returning to the residence, without any hesitation, he immediately set up a Restriction and then brought the two into the Dragon King Palace.

Ku Xuzi pulled up a chair and sat in front of the door, basking in the sun while acting as a Protector.

Previously, to avoid the prying of the Sky Gazing Mirror, Ye Bufan had not rushed to help the two improve their strength. Now that the first round of assessment had passed, there was no longer any burden.

This way, even if the two's strength skyrocketed tomorrow, everyone could only guess, as no one dared to question the Sky Gazing Mirror's detection.

The Dual Cultivation technique was skillfully executed. Three hours later, Ye Bufan had successively helped the two complete their advancements, both remarkably reaching Yuansheng Second Grade.

Then, he imparted the Concealment Technique to the two, although it was not very significant for Xuan Yuan Linglong.

He had already decided that tomorrow he would claim to have consumed a heavenly pure divine fruit, which would allow the Spotless Spiritual Root to advance by a major Rank without any problems.

He guessed that the Evil Lord of Myriad Beasts would not question it, and even if he did, no one said there was only one heavenly pure divine fruit; the appearance of a second one was also reasonable.

As for Yuhua Ling, he would adjust her Qi to display Yuandi First Grade externally. At that time, defeating Ximen Yu, who was Yuandi Fifth Grade, would not be too surprising.

After making preparations, the three returned to the room. Ye Bufan asked the two to consolidate their cultivation, and he pushed the door open and walked out.

In the courtyard, besides Ku Xuzi sitting leisurely, there was another person standing opposite him, who was Duan Fengling.

She stood there with a gloomy expression, clearly a bit impatient, but she dared not show any dissatisfaction towards Ku Xuzi.

Seeing Ye Bufan come out, she immediately stepped forward: "I need to talk to you alone."

As soon as she finished speaking, Ku Xuzi's figure flashed and disappeared, leaving only the two of them in the courtyard.

Ye Bufan said, "Now, what do you want to say?"

Duan Fengling asked, "Where is Elder Gui?"

In the entire Qianyuan Mountain, the person she was closest to was the Second Elder Gui Fengzhen, who was both a Master and a mother to her. But that day, she left and never returned, and there has been no news since then, neither alive nor dead.

Ye Bufan said, "Where your Sect's Elder went, it seems you shouldn't be asking me, right?"

Duan Fengling snorted coldly: "I asked Baili Xuanyi, and he said you must know, or that Elder died at the hands of you and your Master."

Ye Bufan secretly sighed, Baili Xuanyi really knew how to shift blame, but he had to admit that this time he judged people accurately. He indeed knew the most about this matter.

Seeing his reaction, Duan Fengling immediately confirmed her guess, "Hurry up and tell me, where is Elder? Is she in your hands?"

"Since you ask, I'll tell you. She died, at the hands of that Ghost Face Mask Man, and it has nothing to do with me."

In Ye Bufan's eyes, Gui Fengzhen, as bait, deserved her death and was not worth regretting at all.

Hearing that Gui Fengzhen was dead, Duan Fengling's expression changed: "Elder died at the hands of the Mask Man, how do you know?"

Ye Bufan frowned. He had just told the other party this news out of sympathy, fulfilling his benevolence, but this woman insisted on being aggressive.

"How I know, does it concern you? I have no obligation to tell you."

Unexpectedly, Duan Fengling's tone became even sharper: "I order you, first, to explain the matter clearly, and second, to return Elder's Storage Ring to me."

As soon as she finished speaking, Ye Bufan couldn't help but laugh: "Order me? By what right?"

"Because your woman's life is in my hands."

Duan Fengling had a confident posture, "Don't forget that Yuhua Ling and I are in the same group for the arena battle. If you don't answer my questions properly, she will be a corpse tomorrow."

Only then did Ye Bufan understand why this woman had come knocking and at this particular time. It turned out she thought she could threaten him.

"How dare you threaten me? Get out of here!"

If Yuhua Ling were truly a Yuan Huang Ninth Grade, this threat would still be useful, after all, it was just information, far less important than his woman's life.

But now Yuhua Ling was already a Yuansheng Second Grade. A mere Yuan Emperor threatening someone with a Yuansheng's life sounded like a joke.

Facts aside, emotionally, Ye Bufan had completely lost all good impression of this unscrupulous woman, and even felt a hint of disgust.

"You…"

Duan Fengling was utterly astonished. She had thoroughly investigated Ye Bufan beforehand and knew that he doted on his women immensely.

It was precisely because of this that she felt she had him by his weak spot, thinking she could make him do whatever she wanted, and even retrieve Gui Fengzhen's Storage Ring.

But she never expected that he wouldn't fall for her trick at all.

"You, surnamed Ye, don't think I'm joking with you. If you dare defy my wishes, Yuhua Ling will surely die in tomorrow's arena battle…"

"You ungrateful girl, get out of here!"

Before she could finish speaking, Ku Xuzi made his move. An invisible immense force directly threw her out of the small courtyard.

"You all just wait for me…"

Duan Fengling fell face first, got up from the ground but dared not linger, fleeing from here in a sorry state.

Ye Bufan smiled slightly. This Master was truly thoughtful, knowing that at this time he needed to hide his strength, he didn't let himself act, directly driving away this ungrateful woman.

Just as he was about to return to the room, another figure appeared at the courtyard gate. It was Ximen Yu, the Core Disciple of the Soul Chasing Sword Sect.

Ye Bufan frowned: "What are you doing here?"

Ximen Yu didn't know what had just happened and was somewhat surprised by his attitude, but he still said, "I heard that the heavenly pure divine fruit is in your hands?"

As soon as he spoke, Ye Bufan knew what this guy's purpose was. This was another one trying to take advantage of the situation. Clearly, the other party didn't know that the heavenly pure divine fruit had already been taken by the Evil Lord of Myriad Beasts.

"That's right, it's with me."

He said with a sneer, "Are you going to tell me to give you the fruit, otherwise you'll harm my woman in tomorrow's arena battle? Is that it?"

Ximen Yu was stunned for a moment, then his face filled with wild joy: "You're a sensible person. It seems you've already prepared yourself mentally. In that case, quickly take out the heavenly pure divine fruit.

Tomorrow, let Xuan Yuan Linglong admit defeat herself, and I guarantee she will be unharmed."