The Five Hells King Cauldron hovered in the deep sea, sneaking forward in a streamlined posture. Although it had a sheer size as large as a house, its stealthy movement was incredibly smooth, fast, and completely silent. At this time, it was already a thousand zhang deep at the bottom of the sea. Ordinary Divine Ability Realm experts could not even come down here, because the water pressure at a depth of a thousand zhang was astonishingly massive, so much so that even Daoist gang qi would find it hard to endure. Unless one was an expert who had cultivated to the Heaven-Man Realm, they could not travel freely at a thousand zhang underwater.
However, under Long Xuan's manipulation, the Five Hells King Cauldron sneaked forward very easily, making it the absolute safest.
Having successfully cultivated the "Myriad Water True Qi," Long Xuan had a natural affinity with water currents, and her compatibility was extremely high. Using her true qi to manipulate the Five Hells King Cauldron to sneak through the water also brought out the best in both.
"Hmm? Fang Han came down. Let's float up and take a look!" Seeing the faint green light flashing on a folding screen inside the King Cauldron, which was Fang Han's Wood Sovereign True Qi, Long Xuan hurriedly drove the King Cauldron to float up. She saw Fang Han diving down and immediately gave the King Cauldron's folding screen a slap; a beam of light rolled out from it and guided Fang Han down inside.
"Fang Han, what did you just go out to do?" Long Xuan saw Fang Han return to the King Cauldron completely dripping wet. Clearly, because he had dived down, his true qi was subjected to the pressure of the water force and failed to properly protect his body, allowing water vapor to seep in and drench his clothes. Before cultivating Daoist gang qi, true qi was still considerably fragile.
"Nothing much, just went out to take a look at how the battle between the Demonic Commander and the three Taiyi Sect disciples went," Fang Han said calmly. He had just gone out alone and killed three Taiyi Sect true disciples who were entirely spent. He knew he had already caused a catastrophic disaster; if the matter was not exposed, it would be fine, but once exposed, there would be no safe haven for him left in the entire world. This time was not like talking back to Hua Tiandu.
That was at most just an act of talking back.
This time, however, it was murder, and the victims were true disciples.
Even in sects like the Yuhua Sect or the Ever-returning Immortal Island, true disciples were all unimaginably precious. If anyone killed them, the sect's headmaster and elders would seek out the killer to fight tooth and nail! Let alone the true disciples of the Taiyi Sect? For the number one sect of the immortal dao, even the death of an outer sect disciple was a monumental matter.
Fang Han knew perfectly well in his heart that he feared it wouldn't be long before the deaths of the three true disciples Yao Dian, Xia You, and Yu Fen would create a massive sensation in the entire Dao arts world and immortal dao circle! Although the talisman edict sent out by those three disciples didn't mention him and pinned everything on the Demonic Commander's head, if it truly triggered a great war between the immortal and demonic paths and a meticulous observer found some traces, it would ultimately be dangerous.
However, although Fang Han knew it was dangerous, he was not afraid either; he was willing to stake it all.
Anyway, if he couldn't defeat Hua Tiandu within ten years, his death was absolutely certain. Since he only had ten good years left anyway, he might as well go crazy for a bit. What's more, if he didn't kill Yao Dian's trio, perhaps he wouldn't even have to wait ten years; in two or three years, these three would make him wish he was dead.
"Apart from death, there is no greater disaster. I am not afraid; a sky-shattering disaster is just a sky-shattering disaster." Fang Han secretly turned ruthless in his heart, yet he didn't reveal the slightest bit to Long Xuan. There was no benefit for Long Xuan in knowing such a monumental matter. He had long hidden the corpses of the three inside the Yellow Spring Diagram, waiting to slowly deal with them during future cultivation.
"So how did their great battle go?"
Long Xuan didn't suspect Fang Han. In truth, even if Fang Han outright told her, she still wouldn't believe Fang Han could possibly have murdered Yao Dian's trio. Because such a matter was fundamentally something they could not afford to bear; even Hua Tiandu wouldn't dare kill them, unless it was an expert of the Longevity Realm! Figures strictly among the top-tier demonic emperors, demonic sovereigns, and immortal dao supremes.
"I couldn't see clearly, and afraid of being discovered by them, I hurriedly rushed back." Fang Han said: "Yao Dian's trio were no match for the Demonic Commander, and they were very likely killed by the Demonic Commander."
"That's impossible. Even if the Demonic Commander abolishes the three's divine abilities, he wouldn't kill them. They are, after all, true disciples of the Taiyi Sect, unless he wants to spark an immortal-demonic great war. We must be extremely careful in the future; Yao Dian's trio will not let us off." Long Xuan shook her head, deeply understanding the severe implications.
"Is that so? We can head to Guixu right now! With ample pills and the protection of the King Cauldron, you have also successfully cultivated true qi, so the danger is significantly lessened. Once we come out of Guixu, if we can locate one or two ancient miraculous treasures and greatly increase our strength, we won't fear Yao Dian and the others either." Fang Han said calmly.
"Mhm. My true qi has just been successfully condensed and requires a long period of nourishment. Here in the deep sea, it is the perfect time to recuperate, condense, and absorb water qi." Long Xuan nodded, gave the folding screen a turn, instantly hiding herself, and went into secluded cultivation.
Fang Han also hid behind a folding screen and sat cross-legged in meditation, while his spirit entered the Yellow Spring Diagram.
"Tsk tsk! Tsk tsk! Fang Han, you are truly willing to endure a thousand cuts to drag the emperor off his horse. Daring to even kill Taiyi Sect true disciples; right now, even my heart feels a little bit terrified."
Floating on the Yellow Spring River were three corpses with their heads smashed into mush, exactly belonging to Yao Dian, Xia You, and Yu Fen. Just a moment ago, these three were all-powerful disciples of the number one sect of the immortal dao, able to beat whomever they wanted to beat, kill whomever they wanted to kill, and bully whomever completely displeased their eyes. Now, they had turned into breathless corpses.
The reason he brought the corpses of these three along was, firstly, for the magic treasures on their bodies, and secondly, just in case. He happened to know that the great immortal dao sects possessed supreme divine abilities to resurrect the dead. Bai Haichan having him preserve his corpse to wait for the headmaster of the Qunxing Sect to revive him was precisely one such example.
Now that the corpses were completely gone, how could they still be resurrected?
Looking at these three corpses, Yan was also somewhat uneasy and worried. Killing true disciples of other sects could still be weathered over, but killing true disciples of the Taiyi Sect would have unimaginably severe consequences. Who didn't know that the Taiyi Sect always styled itself as the Heavenly Dao? They were formidable and domineering. It had always been only them killing others, and others were absolutely not allowed to kill them.
Back when the Yellow Spring Demonic Sect was highly powerful, they also maintained a deep apprehension towards the Taiyi Sect.
"The Taiyi Sect has a massive business, ten times stronger than my Yuhua Sect, with abundant resources. The true disciples are impossibly affluent. A person does not become rich without windfall wealth, and a horse does not grow fat without night fodder. No matter how impoverished and destitute these three disciples might get, they are still a hundred times wealthier than the Target Island Master. Now, all their magic treasures and pills belong to me."
Fang Han laughed heartily. Utilizing true qi, he hauled up the three corpses and stripped off all the clothes on their bodies. The clothes on their bodies, however, were already thoroughly tattered; they were originally treasure artifact dharma clothes, but had been destroyed by the Demonic Commander's Great Disintegration Art. Even the grand arrays inside were shattered, rendering them completely beyond repair.
After stripping them off, Fang Han shook his head and tossed them into the Yellow Spring River. Even after treasure artifacts shattered, the materials were still good materials. Fang Han prepared to subsequently let the ten Asuras devour them and fuse them into their outer shells, making their outer shells even more solid.
On the corpses of Yao Dian and the others, not a single flying sword could be found. All of them had been shaken to dust by the Great Disintegration Art. Even those three extremely powerful treasure artifacts—the "Golden Crystal Wheel," the "Jade Purifying Bottle," and the "Wind Thunder Flag"—had only some wreckage left.
To think the Great Disintegration Art was this piercing and ferocious.
Seeing this made Fang Han smack his lips repeatedly.
"Could it be that I am just this utterly unlucky? Killing three Taiyi Sect true disciples and obtaining nothing at all? Had I known it would turn out this way, it would have been better not to kill them." Fang Han secretly sighed about his bad luck in his heart. Suddenly, an extremely tiny item on the bodies of the three came into his sight. It was a small brocade pouch kept among their underclothes.
Each person had a palm-sized brocade pouch, colored black and white, embroidered with two yin-yang fish. Obscure magic power fluctuations emanated from the brocade pouches; they seemed to be pretty decent treasures.
"Hundred-Treasure Pouch! The Hundred-Treasure Pouches on Taiyi Sect disciples." Seeing these three palm-sized yin-yang fish brocade pouches, Yan couldn't help but cry out: "Three thousand years ago, the people of the Taiyi Sect stated they wanted to equip their disciples with Hundred-Treasure Pouches. But lacking a material called Void Crystal Stone, it was hard to refine. I never expected that three thousand years later, they finally managed it. This Hundred-Treasure Pouch contains a certain amount of space inside; although it is vastly inferior to the Yellow Spring Diagram, it is still a magic treasure that possesses a void space of its own. However, it is not a Dao artifact, possessing no other functions, solely able to store items."
"So you are saying, the pills and treasures of these three are all inside the Hundred-Treasure Pouches?" Fang Han laughed heartily, opening the Hundred-Treasure Pouches one by one.