Are you crazy? Who asked you to hunt for treasures in the emperor's harem?

"insanity?"

Ye Fan looked puzzled.

"Ok!"

Miao Qingcheng nodded, "To be precise, it's the breath of the Gu worm's nest... When I was young, I went to Miaojiang to investigate some things, and fought with the Gu King and the Witch King... I accidentally learned about the existence of the 'Wanli' Gu, which allows a special Gu worm to sense the breath of the nest across thousands of miles, and the Gu worm will move towards the sensed nest information... and no matter how people who are infected with the 'Wanli' Gu escape, they will be sensed by the Gu worm..."

"Is that so... This 'Wanli' Gu can't even be detected by itself..."

After listening to Miao Qingcheng's explanation, Ye Fan couldn't help but frown.

"Ye Fan, you haven't been poisoned by the Wanli Gu, have you?"

Hearing Ye Fan's muttering, Miao Qingcheng's expression suddenly changed, and Wen Zheng also looked worried.

"It's not me, it's Axin, uh, a very good friend of mine... because of the existence of the 'Wanli' Gu, she has been hunted down for almost twenty years..."

Ye Fan looked somewhat helpless.

"This... if we want to solve the Wanli Gu... it's probably not an easy task. From what I know, even the Gu King and the Witch King can't solve it!"

Miao Qingcheng frowned, "But I happen to have a way to reduce the aura of the Wanli Gu, so that the insect can't sense it so accurately... But people who are infected with the Wanli Gu still can't stay in one place for too long..."

As she spoke, a light flashed in Miao Qingcheng's hand, and a small incense burner the size of a baby's fist appeared in her hand. "This thing... ahem... to be honest, I borrowed it from the cave where the Witch King was..."

"Then let Axin use it for a while, and return it later~"

Ye Fan took the small incense burner handed over by Miao Qingcheng and changed the subject, "By the way, Elder Wen Zheng, Old Miao, why did you come to Qinhuai City?"

"News from the ancient secret realm!"

Miao Qingcheng and Wen Zheng said in unison.

"Another ancient secret realm... Is this ancient secret realm really that good... Why so many people flock to it... I heard from Grape that the One Emperor, Two Supremes, Three Sects, Four Marquises, Five Factions, Six Killers, Seven Groups... and a bunch of other sects with some strength have sent people to Qinhuai City through various channels..."

Ye Fan muttered in confusion.

"Indeed... the temptation of the ancient secret realm is too great... the strongest forces in the current Misty Continent, the One Emperor, Two Supremes, Three Sects, Four Marquises, Five Factions, Six Killers, and Seven Groups... are all more or less related to the ancient secret realm..."

"The president of the Black Moon Chamber of Commerce, Yao Yue, was able to take root in Qinhuai City because he obtained a treasure called the 'Nightlight Cup' in the ancient secret realm..."

"The old general Lei Zhentian who was so powerful decades ago is also..."

"The nine-star doctor of the royal family is also here..."

…………

Ye Fan chatted with Miao Qingcheng and Wen Zheng until late at night before getting up and returning to Qushui Liushang.

"Big brother, you're back. Axin and I were just wondering where you went~"

As soon as I walked into the room, Liu Mengying came to greet me.

"Oh, I went out for a stroll, and I met Lao Miao and Elder Wen Zheng on the road..."

..........

The next day,

Liu Mengying and A Xin followed Ye Fan to the small inn where Miao Qingcheng was staying.

After seeing Miao Qingcheng, Ah Xin hurriedly thanked her. After all, the small incense burner Ye Fan gave her was made by her...

"Ye Fan, you came at the right time. I have a pill for you. I bought it at a high price a few days ago. This pill is called Ye Gu Pill. It is a very rare pill. It can help Xuan cultivators break through to the Marquis level..."

Wen Zheng suddenly stopped talking, because he suddenly found that the fluctuation of the profound energy in Ye Fan was not right...

"Ye... Ye Fan, you... you have broken through to the Marquis level... and... the seventh level of the Marquis level?"

Wen Zheng's face was filled with shock. He was immersed in the joy of Ye Fan being alive yesterday and didn't pay attention to Ye Fan's Xuan Qi cultivation. Now, after taking a closer look, he found that the Xuan Qi fluctuations on Ye Fan's body were actually at the seventh level of the Marquis Rank, or even more.

"Well... sort of. My cultivation is different from that of ordinary people."

Ye Fan scratched his head, not quite sure how to explain it to Wen Zheng.

"It...it's only been a short time...and...and...Mengying...you...you have also broken through to the Marquis level?"

After Wen Zheng sensed it, he discovered another thing that surprised him.

"Well, Elder Wen Zheng, I had a breakthrough a while ago~"

Liu Mengying nodded slightly and took up the conversation.

"Um... Elder Wen Zheng, the Ye Gu Dan you just mentioned was bought at a high price a few days ago..."

At this time, Ye Fan spoke up, "You didn't happen to buy it from the Black Moon Chamber of Commerce, did you?"

"Exactly!"

Wen Zheng nodded, "This Ye Gu Dan is a quasi-yellow-grade elixir. To some extent, it is more precious than those yellow-grade elixirs that treat the injuries of king-level Xuan practitioners, because this thing can help Xuan practitioners break through shackles. It is a kind of thing that changes talents. The special effect of this Ye Gu Dan, plus the difficulty of refining it is greater than that of yellow-grade elixirs, is basically out of stock... I was lucky this time. I went around the Black Moon Chamber of Commerce and happened to find someone selling this Ye Gu Dan!"

Wen Zheng said this with great pride and relief, but he found that Ye Fan and Liu Mengying both looked a little strange.

"Ye Fan, Meng Ying, what's wrong with you?"

Wen Zheng frowned slightly.

"Elder Wen Zheng, the Ye Gu Dan in your hand was made by my elder brother... and given to the Black Moon Chamber of Commerce for auction~"

Liu Mengying was speechless.

"Yes!"

Ye Fan nodded at Wen Zheng's inquiring gaze, "I refined that Ye Bone Pill according to the recipe in the library, but I'm not sure about the effect... so I gave it to the Black Moon Chamber of Commerce and asked them to help auction it..."

"I'm going to... this..."

Hearing this, Wen Zheng couldn't help but be shocked.

"Wait a minute, Ye Fan, you just said that you made the pill according to the recipe recorded in the library?!"

Soon, Wen Zheng came back to his senses.

"Well, I happened to see it among the books on the basics of talismans on the first floor of the library. I thought it was quite interesting, so I gave it a try, and then I succeeded!"

Ye Fan replied quickly.

"Ye Fan...you are really not an ordinary genius...the Alchemy Academy was originally set up to see if there is anyone with great talent in alchemy...but hundreds of years have passed...and there is no one...until you appeared..."

Wen Zheng's voice was full of emotion.

"By the way, Ye Fan, did you come to Qinhuai City for the ancient secret realm?"

At this time, Miao Qingcheng took over the conversation, "If so, we can go explore it together. This ancient secret realm is extremely dangerous, so it is better to go together... Especially this time Ming Dianying wants to announce the news of the ancient secret realm to the world. I suspect that the danger of the ancient secret realm is beyond Ming Dianying's ability to handle it, and he wants other Xuan practitioners to be pathfinders..."

"We came to Qinhuai City to look for treasures... As for the ancient secret realm, we'll take a look at it later. If it's on the way, we might go there..."

At this point, Ye Fan frowned slightly, "Lao Miao, is that ancient secret realm really that good?"

"As for the ancient secret realm, it's really good. It's possible to reach the sky in one step, but it's also really dangerous. Even a monarch-level strongman dare not guarantee that he can escape unscathed..."

"Yang Lie, the previous leader of Zijinxuan, one of the three sects, was a true monarch-level warrior. During an exploration of an ancient secret realm, he was strangled to death by a formation..."

“Although Zijinxuan is still one of the three major sects, its limelight has been completely overshadowed by Xueyue City and Xuanhuo League!”

Miao Qingcheng did not ask any further questions about the treasure hunt that Ye Fan mentioned, but instead explained the matter of the ancient secret realm to him.

"That's it!"

Ye Fan understood immediately, and then he turned his head to look at the old man with tattered eyebrows and beard, and his clothes were also torn, "By the way, who are you? It's uncomfortable to be stared at by you! Are you a pervert?!"

Ye Fan looked quite depressed, because the other party had been staring at him since he met him yesterday...

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