Those collections would not only deeply shock a righteous cultivator, but would also move any person.
Xiao Wangyan wasn't sure if he had anticipated this, so he was in much better shape than the other two. "Comrades, we still need to work harder. We haven't found what we want most yet."
"Are you absolutely certain that Qu Jin tampered with Ji Mofan's body?" Li Jinchu held a fan to his nose, and the faint fragrance emanating from the wooden fan ribs eased the sour feeling surging in his chest.
“No one is more suspicious than him.” As Xiao Wangyan said this, he seemed to feel a chill and shuddered, as if trying to shake off the goosebumps on his body.
"His desire to collect Lu Tong's merchandise is simply obsessive."
“But Ji Mo Fan is actually a puppet created by the Demon Lord…” Fang Xuan stroked his chin, his focus had already shifted, “No wonder I lost to him in that Dao Inquiry Tournament back then, wasn’t this blatant cheating?”
"More than eighty years have passed, and you still remember things from so long ago?" Li Jinchu was taken aback by his surprising remark and didn't know what to say.
Moreover, this person probably has selective amnesia; he clearly faced off against himself once during that Dao Asking Conference.
The only person he could remember for so long was Ji Mofan. Even though Li Jinchu had won the top spot in that quiz competition, he was not worthy of leaving the slightest mark on Ji Mofan's heart.
Okay, okay, how is this any different from forgetting your mother after getting a wife?
"So what?" Fang Xuan asked matter-of-factly.
He can fight Li Jinchu anytime he wants, including right now; he can raise his hand and throw a punch.
But Ji Mofan never had another chance after that.
That's why his emotions changed so drastically when he learned that Ji Mofan might still exist in this world.
It's like a thirsty person walking in the desert suddenly discovering an oasis ahead that seems unreal.
Even knowing there's a 99% chance he'll encounter a mirage if he goes there, what if? What if he gets lucky and happens to encounter that 1% chance?
“But we can’t do anything to Qu Jin right now.” Giving up on trying to reason with him, Li Jinchu sighed. “Now that we’ve ascended to the upper realm, even if our strength isn’t an issue, we can’t defy the rules of heaven and interfere in the affairs of the lower realm at will.”
"What's there to be afraid of? At worst, I'll just quit being an immortal." Fang Xuan waved his hand dismissively.
A casual movement sent a shockwave through Li Jinchu.
It was so unconventional that it deeply shocked Young Master Li, who had grown up in a world of rules and regulations.
But thinking about it carefully... it doesn't seem like it's really not impossible.
Li Jinchu had actually kept this thought to herself for a long time.
He had always felt that Ji Mofan's death was a great pity.
It's not just a pity that his strength and talent were not even at the Nascent Soul stage before he was twenty, but also a pity for his talent as a person.
Although he would never show it in public, Li Jinchu privately admitted that his background played a significant role in his success.
If it weren't for the Li family's comprehensive upbringing of him, both physically and mentally, and their help in enabling him to join the Xiaoling Sect, the number one sect in the cultivation world, at the very beginning of his cultivation journey, he was certain that he would not have been able to achieve such brilliant success at such a young age.
But Jimo Fan's situation is completely the opposite.
He had no family support, and sect affairs only hindered him. But even so, he not only reached the pinnacle of cultivation for his age group, but also led the entire sect to great success.
If he had been given the opportunity to continue growing, Li Jinchu would never have imagined that he would have seen such an outstanding junior.
But he withered before he could fully bloom.
Exchanging a Xian Ge for a chance to become a Ji Mo Fan seems like a pretty worthwhile deal.
Li Jinchu felt that she hadn't been distracted for too long, only a few seconds.
But when he blinked and looked up again, Fang Xuan was no longer standing there.
Li Jinchu blinked, looked around, and finally her gaze fell on Xiao Wangyan. "Where is he?"
"After saying he wouldn't be an immortal anymore, he flew off in that direction," Xiao Wangyan pointed in a direction.
Li Jinchu turned around and said something was wrong.
He actually went to find Qu Jin.
*
As it turns out, the difference in strength before and after ascension is an insurmountable chasm.
Li Jinchu was only a step too slow; by the time he arrived, the daylilies were already cold.
Fang Xian squatted beside Qu Jin's corpse, rummaging through the storage ring on his hand.
"How do you open this thing?" he asked Li Jinchu, looking up. "Normally, it's opened when someone dies, isn't it?"
“...That’s how it should be normally.” Li Jinchu was silent for a while, then decided to ignore the bloody crime scene next to him and selectively ignore it, only talking to Fang Xuan. “But if the master’s willpower is very strong, and he spares a wisp of his soul to protect his weapon-forging products, then that’s another story.”
"Soul? You should have said so earlier. If you had just made his soul disappear, there wouldn't have been this problem." Fang Xuan said these terrifying words in a very light tone.
Li Jinchu paused for a moment.
Oh dear, I used to think Fang Xian always seemed so carefree that I didn't know what anger was at all.
His five fingers extended and opened and closed in the air, as if grasping something from the void and then twisting and tearing it apart. Nothing was visible to the naked eye, but after Fang Xuan did this, the ring that was originally stuck firmly on Qu Jin's finger easily fell off.
Even the shape has undergone subtle changes.
"Is this also one of Master Lu Tong's weapon-refining products?" Li Jinchu wasn't very knowledgeable about these things, so he asked Xiao Wangyan.
“There’s a stamp on the back of the ring,” Xiao Wangyan pointed out. “That’s Lu Tong’s mark. Other weapon refiners would have a hard time replicating it exactly the same.”
Fang Xian turned the ring around, intending to confirm whether Xiao Wangyan was telling the truth. However, the crafted artifact, which had just had its contract forcibly terminated, had some minor instability issues, and when he turned it around like that, everything inside spilled out.
The once empty ground was instantly filled with all sorts of crafted artifacts.
From small pieces of armor to large flying artifacts that can accommodate dozens of people at the same time, there are so many things that they've been crammed into the sky.
Without exception, everything could be found, in obvious or inconspicuous places, bearing the unique engraving of Lu Tong.
"Fang Xian, when will you stop being so clumsy?" Li Jinchu was almost hit by a fallen floor lamp and couldn't help but feel speechless.
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