Fang Qingwei had actually appeared on the sea as well! This was something Fang Han never expected. Logically speaking, this little fish Fang Qingwei could not possibly stir up any big waves, and he had never placed her in his eyes.
But now, it seemed he had guessed wrong.
Fang Qingwei's cultivation had now advanced drastically. Although she had not stepped into the Divine Ability Realm, her strength was already equivalent to his own when he first formed the Yama Golden Body, comparable to an Asura. It seemed that taking one more step, she could vaguely break through that layer of realm. Even though taking that step was very difficult, she was at least at the limit.
If relying on Fang Qingwei's own aptitude, she would need to train for another ten years before possibly tempering her physical body to the limit.
It could be said with certainty that Fang Qingwei had received teachings from an expert.
"That gourd in her hand… why does it resemble my Seven Fiends Gourd? But there is no golden rainbow within the Seven Fiends Gourd? The Heavenly Wolf Smoke could not possibly have such immense power! The power of the Heavenly Wolf Smoke is only equal to the strength of thirty or forty horses. While this golden rainbow is ten times greater! That's right! Hua Tiandu summoned Fang Qingwei! Could it be that Hua Tiandu re-refined my Seven Fiends Gourd? And then gave it to Fang Qingwei? It must be so, what a good method, a great trick. This way, after Fang Qingxue finishes exploring her seclusion, she will have nothing to say, and it also lets Fang Qingwei restrain me and fight with me, making things difficult for Fang Qingxue. This killing two birds with one stone is truly brilliant… Such trickery is entirely enough to be a sect headmaster."
In his mind, a flash of inspiration flickered instantly, and right away, the entire sequence of events was guessed by Fang Han.
At this very moment, a trace of chill could not help but rise in his heart. Hua Tiandu's methods were so brilliant, looking down from above, quickly creating such massive trouble with just a few strokes.
Regarding Fang Qingwei, Fang Han did not dare treat her excessively. Taking out his anger was fine, but killing or maiming her was absolutely unfeasible. First of all, he would not be able to pass Fang Qingxue's obstacle. Furthermore, within the Yuhua Sect, he was currently still under Fang Qingxue's protection; if Fang Qingxue turned to kill him, he feared no one would be able to protect him.
If Fang Qingwei lacked strength, he would not care at all. Now that she actually possessed strength, opposing him at every turn would be endlessly troublesome.
"Motherfucker, I might as well go all the way…" Killing intent flashed in Fang Han's heart, and he even cursed with foul language, showing the anger in his heart. "But I must first secure the Five Hells King Cauldron Great Pill Furnace before saying anything else! Pity, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, I cannot store it into the Yellow Spring Diagram. Moreover, refining a pill furnace of this level requires a long time. I must force these people back first."
Protecting the "Five Hells King Cauldron", this great pill furnace, Fang Han released his Wood Sovereign True Qi to permeate the surroundings. Instantly, those people attacking in succession felt Fang Han's powerfulness and also halted, including Fang Qingwei, who retracted the Ruyi Golden Smoke and stood far away.
Together with Fang Qingwei were a total of ten people. Among them, five had extremely composed auras and had reached middle age, with no magic treasures on them save for one or two spiritual artifacts, but they were all experts of the Divine Ability Realm! However, they had not refined true qi, simply spinning around in the first realm of the Divine Ability sequence. At a glance, they were overseas rogue cultivators! Only a rogue cultivator could reach the Divine Ability Realm and still have no magic treasures.
If it were a Divine Ability expert from a major sect, the sect would definitely bestow them with treasure artifacts.
Furthermore, the sect would grant cultivation methods to let disciples cultivate true qi.
Rogue cultivators had no cultivation methods and could not refine spiritual artifacts themselves, so they could only go to dangerous places to search and try their luck for immortal encounters. Spiritual artifact-level magic treasures were common goods in ancient times; as long as one had some tiny divine abilities and a bit of luck, going to dangerous places would allow one to find them, but treasure artifacts were not so easy.
Of the remaining five people, Fang Qingwei made up one, and there was another person Fang Han was extremely familiar with, actually Ye Nantian! The one whose martial arts were crippled by him in the Mountain and River Ranking tournament, and who was subsequently rescued by "South Wanluo."
Another one was also known to Fang Han, having been violently beaten by him: Silver Snake Sword Yuan Jiankong!
Aside from this, that Young Island Master of Everless Island was actually among them as well, having also been violently beaten by Fang Han. Moreover, he looked extremely identical to one of the rogue cultivators, clearly a father and son pair.
Evidently, one of the rogue cultivators was the Everless Island Master!
The last one turned out to be a true disciple of the Yuhua Sect! Though Fang Han did not recognize him, looking at his attire, it was the Daoist robe of a Yuhua Sect true disciple.
Five Divine Ability Realm rogue cultivator island masters, one Yuhua Sect true disciple, and four inner sect disciples with life-and-death grudges against Fang Han. This time, enemies surely walked on a narrow road.
"Fang Han, it's actually you!" Fang Qingwei was the first to clearly see Fang Han's face and body. She was initially startled, and then a trace of sinister coldness was contained in her eyes.
"Haha, haha! Turns out we are fellow disciples. This makes things easy to handle. You internal sect disciples actually dared to come over to kill the Target Island Master this time, truly audacious. But you can go back now; the sea is perilous, and it is unfit to stay long." Fang Han halted on the spot, using his true qi to wrap the house-sized "Five Hells King Cauldron," his gaze sweeping and looking toward Ye Nantian: "Ye Nantian, your martial arts were crippled by me, and yet you recovered so quickly? Looks like Wanluo's magic power is quite good."
"Senior Brother Wanluo's magic power, how is it something you can imagine." Ye Nantian said with gritted teeth. Regarding Fang Han, it could be said he hated him to the bone, wishing he could gnaw his bones and drink his fresh blood.
"You are the newly promoted true disciple Fang Han? And you? Long Xuan!" Just at this moment, that true disciple of the Yuhua Sect spoke up.
"So it's Senior Brother Cang Baizi, two years ago you advanced to the Divine Ability Realm, became a true disciple, underwent secluded cultivation for two years, and recently emerged again. Your magic power has grown much more vigorous. To think you actually came out to sea this time. Could it be you too wish to explore Guixu?" Long Xuan clearly recognized this true disciple.
"My coming out this time is, firstly, taking up the entrusted task from Senior Brother Wanluo to look after Fang Qingwei, Yuan Jiankong, Ye Nantian, and Xiao Shi, these four disciples. Secondly, to come out and accumulate experience. Hearing the Forty Great Thieves are running rampant on the sea, I came along by the way to wipe out one or two. Thinking that you guys actually completely pre-empted us." A sinister and cold smile surfaced on Cang Baizi's face, staring intently at the Five Hells King Cauldron. A flash of greed crossed his eyes before being covered up: "Fang Han, you actually obtained the Five Hells King Cauldron, your contribution to our Yuhua Sect is truly massive. Let us go! We shall return together and hand it over to the sect."
"Hand it over to the sect?" Fang Han licked his lips. "It seems there is no such rule in the sect regulations."
"Of course there is no such rule, but your ability to kill this Target Island Master is also owing to our blockading the Evil Ghost Gorge from the outside. A share of the credit lies with us. According to Yuhua Sect rules, if two people obtained a magic treasure and both have merit, the treasure should be handed over to the sect, allowing the sect to arbitrate."
Cang Baizi shrugged his shoulders.