Chapter 316: Chapter 316

The stunning beauty sized up Ding Fan from head to toe.

If it had been any other man who saw himself with her radiant beauty, he would have been dumbfounded by now, if not showing a lecherous grin.

But when Ding Fan saw her, he just briefly sized her up and then looked away. To the stunning beauty, this was practically ignoring her existence. This made the beauty, who was always held in high esteem by others, somewhat uncomfortable.

"This man is your sworn brother? He looks shabby and doesn't seem to have any skills," the stunning beauty said disdainfully, glancing at Ding Fan.

Ding Fan frowned slightly. He hadn't expected that without provoking her, she would target him right from the start.

"Qi Luomei, this is not the Sect, you better watch your words," Cheng Bufan said sternly. He was displeased with how the stunning beauty disrespected Ding Fan.

"Fine, I won't talk then," Qi Luomei huffed. Fınd the newest release on 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵·𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖·𝙣𝙚𝙩

"Big brother, what happened to your injury?" Ding Fan decided to ignore Qi Luomei on the side. Although she was unreasonable, she had some connections with Cheng Bufan, and besides, a good man doesn't quarrel with women, so there was no need for Ding Fan to do the same.

"It's a long story," Cheng Bufan sighed and then spoke without any hesitation.

"A couple of days ago, an Exotic Treasure appeared in Heavenly Pool in Changbai, attracting many from the Cultivation sects and some Ancient Martial Sects to the pool, all vying for that treasure... Speaking of which, I've never mentioned my sect. My sect is called Quanzhen Xuanmen... That day, my Quanzhen Xuanmen triumphed over everyone and obtained the Exotic Treasure."

Having heard Cheng Bufan's words, Ding Fan knew that in the Cultivation World, the appearance of an Exotic Treasure would indeed cause many sects to fight each other, so Ding Fan wasn't surprised.

Cheng Bufan continued. "At that time, my Quanzhen Xuanmen was worried that the Exotic Treasure would be intercepted on the way back, so they sent my junior sister, Qi Luomei, to escort the treasure back to the sect. But unexpectedly, on the road, they were ambushed by a group of formidable people, who called themselves the Six Princes of West Mountain.

They snatched the treasure from my junior sister's hands..."

"Cheng Bufan... you can't just put it that way. When those Six Princes of West Mountain came to rob us, you were right beside me. If we're talking blame, you share it too!" Qi Luomei said.

Cheng Bufan glanced at Qi Luomei beside him, then turned to Ding Fan to add, "At that time, my junior sister was escorting the treasure to the Beijing region, and as the secular representative of our sect, I naturally had to support. But just then, the treasure was taken... I wanted to retrieve the treasure, but those people's cultivation was too high, and I was seriously injured by them..."

"Talking now is pointless, Cheng Bufan, you better think of something quickly. If our master investigates this, then we are in big trouble," Qi Luomei remarked.

Ding Fan, having heard this, got the gist of it. "Big brother, do you know where those people who robbed you are?"

"I do know. Those people who robbed us were secretly tracked by my men, and they marked the trail along the way. So finding them is not challenging at all," Qi Luomei said.

"Big brother, how about I go and see if I can retrieve the Exotic Treasure," Ding Fan said thoughtfully to Cheng Bufan.

"You?!" Qi Luomei was almost laughing hysterically as if she had heard the funniest joke in the world. "Don't get me wrong—I don't look down on you, but do you know what kind of people those Six Princes of West Mountain are? Even the weakest among them is at the Human Level Peak. Moreover, the oldest among the princes is at the Earth Level First Grade.

Don't tell me you can deal with someone of Earth Level Cultivation."

After saying this to Ding Fan, Qi Luomei turned her head towards Cheng Bufan. "I think it's best to quickly contact people from the sect to send some capable people over. Bringing some incompetent people here won't solve our current situation."

Incompetent? She was referring to Ding Fan.

Ding Fan's brow furrowed deeply. If this wasn't his big brother's matter, he really wouldn't have bothered with it at all. Ding Fan wasn't Lei Feng. There was no need for him to go around doing good deeds everywhere.

Ding Fan grabbed an iron nail and threw it out with a flick of his wrist.

As the iron nails emitted a series of sharp screeches, they shot directly towards the legs of the chair on which Qi Luomei was sitting.

Qi Luomei was startled by the sharp screeches, and before she could recover, the chair she was sitting in suddenly lost its balance.

Qi Luomei, along with the chair, fell heavily to the ground.

"Ouch..." Qi Luomei was genuinely taken aback by the fall. As a delicate beauty, she hadn't expected someone to be so ungentlemanly as to attack her.

Ding Fan ignored the unreasonable Qi Luomei beside him and directly looked towards Cheng Bufan. "Big brother, what do the marks left by the people your sect sent to follow look like?"

Cheng Bufan did not hesitate and took out several identifiers from his pocket. "It's these marks."

Ding Fan memorized the identifiers, ensuring he had a clear idea in mind. "Big brother, let me go and have a look..."

Cheng Bufan nodded. "Second brother, I'll leave it to you then. If you can't handle this situation, I believe no one else could be of much use coming here."

"As brothers, there's no need for thanks, I'm leaving now." Ding Fan didn't delay and immediately turned and left.

"Idiot... overestimating yourself, who do you think you are? You think you can retrieve that Exotic Treasure? Pah! Just wait to die out there!" Qi Luomei climbed up from the ground, unhappily watching Ding Fan's retreating figure.

Cheng Bufan glanced at Qi Luomei beside him. "You'd better hope my brother brings back that Exotic Treasure. You're the main escort responsible for it. Losing it under your watch... Just think about it, if the Exotic Treasure isn't recovered, with the temper of the elders in the Sect, how do you think they'll treat you?"

After finishing his words, Cheng Bufan ignored Qi Luomei and turned to go upstairs.

After hearing Cheng Bufan's words, Qi Luomei spaced out for a moment. She knew full well that what Cheng Bufan said was true; she was in charge of the transport, and losing the Exotic Treasure wouldn't be overlooked.

Just as Cheng Bufan was about to go upstairs, Qi Luomei hurriedly asked, "Do you have confidence in your brother?"

Cheng Bufan stood on the steps, looking back at Qi Luomei. "I've said it before... if my brother can't do this, no one else can."

Having said that, Cheng Bufan turned and went upstairs...

Who Cheng Bufan was, Qi Luomei knew well; Cheng Bufan was extremely proud, and there weren't many people he praised. And praises like those he had for Ding Fan were even rarer.

"That unremarkable fellow, could he really be that powerful?" murmured Qi Luomei.

Ding Fan, following the trail marks given by Cheng Bufan, soon found the markers left by Quanzhen Xuanmen.

Along the way, Ding Fan followed the markers. This journey actually took him dozens of miles out...

A couple of hours later, Ding Fan realized he was in a forest, beginning to doubt if this area was still under Yanjing City's jurisdiction.

Ding Fan continued searching along the path, but this time he didn't find any more markers. Instead, he saw a corpse.

The body had been slashed countless times, covered in blood, evidently dead beyond any doubt.

In the corpse's palm, Ding Fan indeed found one of the trail markers, confirming this person must have been a Quanzhen Xuanmen disciple following the six young masters of West Mountain.

Now that the trail had ended, just as Ding Fan was deciding whether to continue in this direction or return and inform Cheng Bufan, a sudden voice rang out.

"Hand over the Magic Artifacts on you, and I'll spare your lives!"

Upon hearing this voice, Ding Fan estimated the voice was at most three to four hundred meters from his location.

It was getting dark, and visibility was poor. Although he heard the voice, he couldn't see what was happening there.

Ding Fan was very cautious, his body flickering twice as he sped in that direction.

Indeed, Ding Fan hadn't gone far before he saw a group of people. To avoid exposing himself, he immediately hid behind a large rock and carefully observed the situation outside.

Not far from Ding Fan, a young man and woman in long robes were surrounded by six Martial Artists.

The robed couple were young.

The woman, tall and with refined features, had skin like smooth porcelain. Despite wearing long robes, the ethereal aura about her eyes made it hard to look away from her face.

By the picturesque woman's side stood a very handsome and heroic man. Both appeared to be in their early twenties and were heirs of Ancient Martial Arts.

"Sister Xian Shui, don't be afraid, as long as I'm here, I'll definitely protect you," said the handsome man as he pulled a longsword from his storage ring.

The man held his sword ready. "You blind thieves daring to rob us, we must teach you a lesson today or we'll never live it down!"

"Fuck! What an idiot!" Among the six, a short man spat disdainfully, "****, I won't repeat myself, leave your Magic Artifacts, and you can go, otherwise, don't blame us for being rude!"

"Dream on!" The handsome man swung his sword, not saying another word, and directly charged at the short man!