After Ning Weisheng led his men away, he couldn't help but frequently turn back to look at the place where Ji Mofan and Fang Xuan were fighting.
The sword energy flashed continuously, indicating that the battle within was still in full swing.
He wasn't actually that worried just now, since Fang Xian wouldn't dare to openly harm Ji Mo Fan in front of all the Yun Cang Sword Sect disciples.
But at this moment, everyone is far from the emperor's reach. If Fang Xuan acts unreasonably and secretly harms Ji Mo Fan, none of them can help him.
"You all rest here." Thinking of this, Ning Weisheng turned to look at the other disciples around him, "I'll go back and see how Senior Brother is doing."
Before anyone could respond, he drew his sword, placed it under his foot, and rushed back to where the two were fighting.
But the place was now completely empty.
All that remained were trees shattered by the sword energy, and damp earth strewn with fallen branches and pebbles.
Fang Xian and Ji Mo Fan disappeared together?
He was filled with surprise and doubt, and subconsciously took out the locator.
Strangely, even after tearing off several sheets, he still couldn't locate Ji Mofan's position.
Ning Weisheng's expression suddenly turned ugly.
There are three possibilities when a locator becomes invalid.
First, the other party is in a completely different space from the person using the talisman;
Secondly, something is deliberately hindering the connection between the two parties;
Thirdly... the person being sensed is already dead.
Ning Weisheng forced himself not to make the worst-case scenario plan, but the image of Ji Mofan's weak appearance kept flashing before his eyes.
He irritably rubbed the back of his head with his hair and swung his sword, hacking at the surrounding trees for a long time.
There wasn't a trace of it, not even a faint trace of residual spiritual energy.
Where did the eldest brother go?
Ji Mo Fan naturally flew away on his sword.
Although he wasn't particularly skilled in talismans, he was quite proficient in formations.
He drew a barrier on his clothes with blood, which blocked the locator's detection.
Fang Xian was initially quite reluctant, but he insisted on taking another look at the tenth level of his Yun Cang Sword Technique, "Solitary Fishing in the Cold River."
Then he was rejected by Ji Mofan without any emotion.
That's a joke. Fishing alone in the cold river consumes a lot of spiritual energy. Even just pretending to do it is exhausting.
He wouldn't use it carelessly.
"Where are you taking me?" Fortunately, Fang Xuan wasn't the type to dwell on things for too long. He didn't see the lone fisherman on the cold river, and he wasn't frustrated for long. He immediately changed the subject.
"Didn't I say I was going to sell myself to you?" Ji Mo Fan rode his sword ahead, glancing back at him. "Of course, I'm taking you to find opportunities."
Fang Xian looked at him with a puzzled expression.
Ji Mo Fan knew that he wanted to ask how he knew where there was an opportunity to find.
He didn't answer, but just smiled, channeling his spiritual energy into the Snow Embracing Sword, and he flew even faster ahead.
Ji Mofan didn't say anything, and Fang Xian didn't ask any more questions. Anyway, he didn't think Ji Mofan had any intention of harming him, so he just silently followed along.
For a moment, only the whistling wind could be heard.
Ji Mofan finally led Fang Xuan to a dead tree.
The enormous banyan tree resembled a ghostly hand emerging from the ground, its withered branches reaching upwards as if trying to grasp the distant sky above.
Fang Xian casually tapped the trunk of the big tree.
"Hmm?" He touched the dry bark under his palm again, somewhat puzzled.
"This isn't an ordinary dead tree?" He turned to look at Ji Mofan, who was standing casually to the side.
"He's not that stupid," Ji Mofan complimented him.
That's barely an exaggeration.
Fang Xian walked around the withered tree, making several crisscrossing strokes on the ground with the Heavenly Remnant Seal in his hand, but still couldn't find any other clues.
Seeing that Fang Xuan's next move was to raise his hand and split the broken piece of wood in half to see how much it weighed, Ji Mo Fan couldn't help but draw his sword.
The Snow Embracing Sword collided with the Heavenly Remnant Seal, and Fang Xuan withdrew his attack. "You know how to open it, right?"
Although it was a question, Fang Xian was clearly very certain of the answer.
"Why don't you try channeling your spiritual energy into the tree trunk?" Ji Mofan sheathed the Embracing Snow Sword.
Without a doubt, Fang Xian sheathed his sword and placed both palms on the withered plant.
The wood-attribute spiritual energy, tinged with a light green, flowed along the meridians in Fang Xian's hand, gradually converging into the withered branches.
As if injected with fresh blood in an instant, the withered tree immediately blossomed with vitality again.
The branches, which had been dry and fragile, became supple again, and even the canopy above them was beginning to sprout new buds.
"This is truly the first time I've ever seen a door opened this way," Fang Xuan exclaimed.
Ji Mo Fan nodded silently to himself.
If he hadn't heard of this opportunity in his previous life, even if he had happened to find this place now, he probably would have just ignored this dead banyan tree as an ordinary tree.
Even if they discover that it is the entrance to a place of inheritance, they will be just like Fang Xian before, circling the tree three times without figuring it out.
However, the cultivator who obtained this opportunity in his previous life was too flamboyant and ultimately died from the machinations of others because of his possession of such a treasure. The opportunity he obtained also changed hands several times before finally falling into the hands of an auction house.
As a result, his story was used by the auction house as a way to add hype to the auction items, and was embellished and told as a legend at the event.
The reason why Ji Mo Fan knew this was still related to Qi Fengyu.
He had heard about the serendipitous nature of this opportunity from somewhere and insisted that Ji Mofan take him down the mountain.
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