Chapter 617: Seclusion

Beside the spirit tree, a new round of battle began.

This time, it was still the royal side led by Liu Liyue confronting the Shijue Sect and the Qian Yuan Sect.

But this time, the situation of both sides was vastly different!

Liu Liyue and her royal group had just been following her to hunt down Xiao Fan; although they had consumed some spiritual energy while traveling, they hadn't used up much.

As for the Shijue Sect and the Qian Yuan Sect, those two groups had just been fighting to the death, and now they were all battered and scarred, like a defeated army!

Facing Liu Liyue and her group at this moment, they were practically in a position where they were at the mercy of others.

On the other side…

Xiao Fan flew for nearly an hour before finally meeting up with Wei Zhongshan.

"Big Brother!" Wei Zhongshan was very excited to see Xiao Fan.

Xiao Fan nodded. Thanks to consuming a large number of Medicinal Pills, his spiritual energy had now recovered seven or eight tenths.

Previously, Wei Zhongshan had been hiding in a mountain cave nearby.

Xiao Fan followed him inside. The spiritual energy within the Immortal Cave was dense, and Wei Zhongshan took out all the spirit tree fruits he had gathered.

"It's all here."

Wei Zhongshan was very honest. Xiao Fan took a look; Wei Zhongshan had brought out over 70 pieces, which was about the total amount the other party had taken.

"Very good."

Xiao Fan looked deeply at Wei Zhongshan and nodded.

If the other party had hidden some away, Xiao Fan could have understood.

But now it seemed he hadn't done so, which was also a way of showing loyalty to him.

Xiao Fan thought for a moment, put away 40 fruits, and left the remaining 30-plus fruits behind.

"These are yours," Xiao Fan said indifferently.

"This?" Wei Zhongshan was flattered. He would have been satisfied if Xiao Fan had only given him a few fruits.

After all, these spirit tree fruits were rare and possessed the miraculous effect of cleansing the marrow and cutting the essence.

Yet Xiao Fan had actually left him more than 30!

One had to know, if it weren't for Xiao Fan covering the rear and unleashing Sword Qi to block those three groups led by Liu Liyue…

Wei Zhongshan wouldn't have had the time to pick so many later.

"Take them," Xiao Fan said, then took out a Storage Pouch and threw it to Wei Zhongshan.

It was the very one he had snatched from Wei Zhongshan earlier.

Xiao Fan didn't even know how many Storage Pouches he had on him now, so he didn't care about this one.

"Thank you!" Wei Zhongshan didn't act coy; he accepted the fruits and the Storage Pouch.

"I plan to go into seclusion. What about you?" Xiao Fan looked at Wei Zhongshan. "Do you plan to follow me afterward, or do you want to leave on your own?"

Xiao Fan intended to keep his promise. Since the other party had truly led him to find these spirit tree fruits, he had no intention of making things difficult for him.

Even if Wei Zhongshan intended to wait for him and hang out together in the Secret Realm from now on, he wouldn't mind.

After all, having learned the other person's ancestral Secret Technique, Xiao Fan felt a bit embarrassed.

"I will also go into seclusion, and afterward, I plan to continue following you, Big Brother!" Wei Zhongshan considered it and said with a serious face.

His current Realm was at the Eighth Level of the Yuanhun Realm, which counted as one of the stronger people in this Secret Realm.

But the Secret Realm was too dangerous; acting alone would definitely lead to suffering a big loss.

Moreover, he felt that by following Xiao Fan, he might be able to obtain more Opportunities.

Xiao Fan nodded. "Then I will go find a place to go into seclusion first."

After saying that, Xiao Fan left and went to open up a stone cave nearby by himself.

Then, he buried the stone cave with huge boulders, so that outsiders couldn't see anything unusual!

Inside the stone cave, Xiao Fan sat cross-legged. His eyes shone, and he took out the dragon blood grass along with a large quantity of spirit tree fruits.

As soon as the dragon blood grass appeared, it emitted a thick wave of spiritual energy; even without consuming it, the spiritual energy it emitted at this moment could nourish his body!

As for these spirit tree fruits, each one was the size of a grape. Although a single one was not as good as the dragon blood grass, Xiao Fan estimated that the spiritual energy contained in twenty fruits would be about comparable to this one stalk of dragon blood grass.

"I wonder what Realm these will allow me to reach!"

Xiao Fan let out a breath. At the same time, he wasn't sure if the commotion would be large if he had a Breakthrough in this Secret Realm.

Previously, in the Mysterious Giant's Secret Realm in Wuhuang Province, there had been no sound when he had a small Realm Breakthrough!

"Forget it, whatever!" Xiao Fan muttered. As long as his strength continued to rise, at least reaching the Third Level of the Yuanhun Realm, he would be able to easily suppress Liu Liyue even if he met her later!

Xiao Fan didn't rush to consume these fruits first; instead, he took some grade 4 pills to replenish his spiritual energy, allowing himself to recover to his Peak state!

Then, he began to consume these spirit tree fruits!

Three grape-sized fruits entered his stomach, and Xiao Fan felt dense spiritual energy filling his whole body!

"To think there would be such abundant spiritual energy!" Xiao Fan was overjoyed and hurriedly began to refine the power of these fruits.

These fruits not only contained massive spiritual energy but also had the effect of cleansing the marrow and cutting the essence.

A foul-smelling black substance began to exude from Xiao Fan's body; this black substance was sticky and felt very disgusting!

A quarter of an hour later, Xiao Fan slowly opened his eyes; he had already finished refining those three fruits.

And his own aura was now getting closer and closer to the Late Stage of the First Level of the Yuanhun Realm!

Xiao Fan felt sticky all over, so he simply took off all his clothes. He didn't go to wash up, but instead continued to consume and refine the fruits.

These Impurities expelled from his body were all the accumulated Impurities within his body.

After this cleansing of the marrow and cutting of the essence, it could make Xiao Fan's Aptitude better and his Physical Body even stronger!