Chapter 67
July 15th was the date Lu Ya had previously set for distributing the first batch of one thousand bone-repairing pills.
The place where the pills were distributed was in the central square of the new base. In addition to the first one thousand disabled people with special abilities who got the numbers to collect the pills, the strong men from the five major families of the base, the base media and most of the people who did not have to work that day gathered around the square, surrounding the area tightly. They all wanted to see with their own eyes whether the legendary bone-repairing pill was useful.
Sheng Xi stood behind Sheng Heqing.
They still have doubts about Gu Fan's strength. Whether Gu Fan can produce a thousand bone-repairing pills this time and whether they can achieve the legendary effect will determine whether they should launch further tests on Gu Fan.
As the agreed time of distributing medicine at nine o'clock drew closer, the discussion in the crowd grew louder.
Sheng Xi had suffered a loss once, so this time he just waited patiently and did not provoke Lu Ying.
Suddenly, two figures flew over from the direction of Fairy Peak, one of them was flying a sword and the other was wearing flying boots.
Both of them were wearing dark armor. The man's posture was as straight as a sword and as strong as a pine tree. Although the woman was shorter than him, she also had a dignified and heroic air.
Everyone stopped talking at the same moment and followed the two men until they landed in the center of the square.
This was the first time Gu Fan had made a public appearance since settling in Fairy Peak. Even Lu Ya had not appeared in front of everyone for a long time.
People who were familiar with Lu Ya quickly noticed the difference in Lu Ya.
Twenty-year-old Lu Ya looks more energetic than twenty-eight-year-old Lu Ya.
Lu Ying had doubts, but she didn't ask here.
This was about whether a person could regain their youth, about whether Gu Fan had a magic medicine that could restore a person's youth. Sheng Xi finally couldn't help himself and said to Lu Ya with a smile, "It's been a long time since we last met. Young Master Lu seems to have become younger? Could it be that Miss Gu has developed some new elixir recently?"
He was the only one who asked the question, but everyone was waiting for Gu Fan and the others' answers, especially the several strong men who were already showing signs of aging.
From ancient times to the present, no one can resist the temptation of immortality.
Gu Fan said generously, "Yes, I do, but the quantity is limited. I keep it for my own use. I do have a few longevity pills that can strengthen the body and extend life by ten years."
After saying that, Gu Fan took out four longevity pills and gave one to the heads of the Li, He, and Wang families respectively. He gave the last one to Lu Ying and said with a smile, "Aunt is still young, but it's good for you to use this pill in advance. It will be useful after all."
Lu Ying smiled and took it on the spot.
Marshal Li and Marshal He saw it and ate it too.
Marshal Wang did not move for the time being.
Gu Fan said to the four marshals, "I have a limited supply of elixirs. I will only give them to those who are useful and have made contributions to protecting the base. If there are still talented people who are both benevolent and brave behind the base, I will also give them elixirs as appropriate. I also ask the marshals to pay more attention to such talents and cultivate more of them for the base and for humanity."
This not only explains why she suddenly sent medicine to the four marshals, but also explains why she didn't send medicine to Sheng Heqing.
Although the Wang family had been close to the Sheng family before, Marshal Wang also fought in the Beast Tide War, and the Wang family army also sacrificed more than 40,000 soldiers.
Marshal Wang held the pill and looked at Sheng Heqing.
Sheng Heqing had his thick eyelids drooping, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Gu Fan nodded to Lu Ya, and flew on her sword again, flying above the one thousand people waiting to receive medicine. She said some words of encouragement. In short, as long as everyone was wholeheartedly contributing to the base, she would do her best to ensure the supply of the four kinds of elixirs, but if anyone was injured in a private fight, or bullied the weak and violated the base laws, she would not send the medicine.
She used her spiritual power when she spoke, and everyone present could hear it clearly.
After saying everything that needed to be said, Gu Fan took out the spirit stone and placed a formation around the thousand people to hide their figures.
There is a spiritual tablet inside the black ring, and on the spiritual tablet are several formations, including this invisibility formation.
After deducting the spirit stones needed for the array's core, Gu Fan distributed a thousand pills before explaining, "It will take about two hours for the medicine to take effect. During this time, you will have to endure unbearable pain. I will set up an invisibility array. Except for not being able to leave the array boundary, everything else will remain unaffected. People outside will not be able to see you until the treatment is complete, when I will retract the array."
No one understands such mysterious things.
However, when Gu Fan set up the center of the formation and activated it, in the eyes of everyone outside the formation, the thousand people seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.
After Gu Fan flew with her sword, the entire base was once again shocked by her "magical powers".
Gu Fan stood beside Lu Ya, imitating him with a serious and cold expression, as if he were an otherworldly sage.
Lu Ya looked at her, his face was cold but there was a smile in his eyes.
Two hours later, Gu Fan took back all the spirit stones. The one thousand people inside were almost lying on the ground exhausted because they had just experienced the pain of limb regeneration, but without exception, none of them had any disabilities anymore.
When Marshal Wang saw this, he took the longevity pill given by Gu Fan without hesitation, and completely drew a clear line with the Sheng family.
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After distributing the pills, Gu Fan left Lu Ya to answer some questions and flew back to Fairy Peak on his sword.
With his cultivation level improved so much, Gu Fan now makes full use of the daytime and can refine a hundred bone-repairing pills a day. The task that was previously estimated to take a year and a half to complete can now be completed in another half a year.
But the first batch of red ginseng has not grown yet, so she has to wait a little longer.
In the evening, Lu Ya came back.
"Since you don't give Sheng Heqing face, the Sheng family may take action." Lu Ya analyzed.
Gu Fan said: "I just hope they act quickly. The other four families in your base are all pretty good, only the Sheng family is annoying."
Lu Ya: "Then I'll leave for a while? I'm at the base, they probably won't dare to do anything."
Gu Fan: "I think so too. It's just right. You can go find Xinghe and the other four and give them the Marrow Cleansing Pill."
Lu Ya caught the porcelain bottle she threw to him. Since the Marrow Cleansing Pill could not change the level of the crystal core, he naturally did not need to persuade Gu Fan to keep the Marrow Cleansing Pill to cultivate his Taoist partner and replenish his vital energy.
He continued to talk about the Sheng family: "Your suppression of A-level psychics is obvious to all. If the Sheng family takes a risk, they may send Sheng An to take action, or try to persuade Marshal Wang Shu."
If an S-level expert could really capture Gu Fan, the Sheng family would leave immediately after capturing Gu Fan, and the other families in the base would have no way to stop them. In case Marshal Wang Shu was willing to cooperate with the Sheng family, the Sheng family could use two S-level experts to deal with Lu Ya and Marshal He without even having to leave the base.
Gu Fan said confidently, "In terms of attack alone, I couldn't beat you before, but now we're evenly matched. Plus, I have the formation to assist me, so even if Sheng An and Wang Shu come together, I'm not afraid."
Lu Ya looked at her with a smile.
Of course he knew her current strength, so he felt at ease leaving the base and cooperating with her to set a trap for the Sheng family. However, thinking back to how cautious Gu Fan was when she first came to the base, and how she had now developed a fearless demeanor, Lu Ya actually felt a sense of accomplishment.
After the discussion, Lu Ya stayed with Gu Fan in the cave for another three nights, and then left the base in a low-key manner.
No matter how low-key he left, the Sheng family still got the news because there was only one entrance to the entire base.
Sheng Heqing can no longer sit still. If he allows Gu Fan to continue winning over people's hearts, the Sheng family's voice in the base will become increasingly weaker.
Originally, the Lu family was severely damaged, and the underage psychics in the base would prefer the Sheng family when joining the army. Now that the Lu family has Gu Fan's help, not to mention those young people, even some people within the Sheng family army have begun to think about switching to the Lu family, thinking that the more they join the Lu family army, the greater the probability of obtaining elixirs.
Who would believe that the Lu family has no secrets at all?
Wang Shu has now drawn a clear line between himself and him, but as long as he can capture Gu Fan, Wang Shu will still form an alliance with him.
The A-series strongmen are no longer useful, so Sheng Heqing called Sheng Xi and Sheng An and decided to send his two sons to Fairy Peak together. Sheng Xi will act more cautiously, while Sheng An will be responsible for fighting Gu Fan.
Sheng An lowered his eyes and nodded.
He has always been like this. He was carefully hidden by Sheng Heqing since he was born. He wanted his son to pretend to be ordinary in front of others and even endure the ridicule of the clan members to avoid suspicion from other families. At the same time, he had to receive intensive training in the use of supernatural powers in a place where no one was around.
When Sheng An was a few years old, he would cry and make a fuss, but the younger he was, the easier it was for him to completely develop the habit of obeying Sheng Heqing and even make it an instinct under this training method.
After Sheng An became sensible and obedient, Sheng Heqing recalled the past few years. The child only showed a second expression besides silence and obedience when Gu Fan was flying in the air with a sword.
Sheng An is not only his son, but also a dual-system S-level expert he cultivated, and his most loyal and obedient warrior.
"This is the most powerful anesthetic I've developed. It can even bring down S-rank monsters. If you just find a chance to get close to Gu Fan, you'll definitely succeed."
Sheng Heqing whispered to his son.
Sheng An nodded again.
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On the evening of the tenth day after Lu Ya left, Sheng Xi brought Sheng An and quietly entered Fairy Peak.
Gu Fan did not install surveillance cameras around Fairy Peak because the area was too large. Besides, on Earth, she no longer had to be so timid and cautious.
However, since she guessed that the Sheng family might take action in the near future, Gu Fan temporarily set up a formation around Fairy Peak, so that she would know if anyone broke in.
Such a large formation consumes more spirit stones. If it weren't for waiting for the Sheng family, Gu Fan would not use it normally.
Late at night, in the stillness of the cave, Gu Fan stopped practicing, quietly flew out of the cave, and flew towards Sheng Xi and Sheng An.
The night concealed her figure. She flew to a place where her spiritual sense could cover the two of them, and then Gu Fan stopped at the treetop.
Sheng Xi spent a lot of money to get information from a worker who had come here to build a villa, that Gu Fan lived in a cave on the main peak of Fairy Peak.
He brought Sheng Eucalyptus and approached quietly.
Gu Fan had no interest in Sheng Xi and had been observing the ten-year-old child.
We have arrived at Fairy Peak.
Sheng Xi whispered to Sheng An, "You go hide over there, I'll lead her out."
Sheng An looked at the dark cave entrance halfway up the mountain and asked Sheng Xi, "Is she really here?"
Sheng Xi: “Yeah.”
Sheng An then pointed the tranquilizer gun in his hand at Sheng Xi's lower back.
Sheng Xi looked back in disbelief.
The child who was obviously very strong but always silent and obedient finally showed a trace of disgust on his face.
Sheng Xi didn't have time to see more clearly and fell to the ground with a bang.
Sheng An looked up, then lay down beside Sheng Xi, his black and white eyes looking at the stars in the night sky with a little confusion.
He didn't like being ridiculed by other kids even though he was obviously stronger than them.
He didn't like hiding in the explosion-proof area with the Sheng family, even though he was capable of protecting the base with those soldiers.
He could not forget the mess he saw when he walked out of the explosion-proof area, nor could he forget the image of Lu Ya leading the rescue team searching for survivors.
What he could not forget even more was the back of the woman named Gu Fan, flying high into the sky on her sword.
Like a bird, free and unrestrained.
He also wanted to become a bird and fly.
Suddenly, a figure flying a sword appeared in the night.
Sheng An sat up suddenly.
Gu Fan landed beside him and asked curiously, "Why did you attack him?"
In front of Gu Fan, Sheng An turned back into a child. He was nervous, stuttered, and rubbed his hands at his sides again and again.
Gu Fan waited patiently.
Sheng An finally found his voice: "You are good people. I don't want to hurt you. I want to fight monsters with you."
He was so nervous that his words trembled, but his eyes when he looked at Gu Fan were clean and warm.
Gu Fan thought, when the senior brother who was in charge of recruiting people for the sect asked her with a smile if she wanted to practice Taoism, she probably had the same look in her eyes, right?
"Okay, I can teach you how to fight monsters, but before that, I want to take care of the bad guys who sent you here."
Upon hearing this, Sheng An immediately set fire to Sheng Xi, who was not far away, and then said to Gu Fan, "And Sheng Heqing."
Gu Fan: "He is your father after all."
Sheng An's eyes were extremely cold: "He is just a scum who harmed my mother."
Gu Fan understood, grabbed Sheng An's shoulders, and lifted the boy onto the sword.
So that night, Sheng An rode the flying sword that he had longed for, landed in front of Sheng Heqing, and killed him with one strike while Sheng Heqing's eyes were bloodshot.
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