Chapter 483

Li Xuan turned and left.

He wanted to see how his disciple was stirring things up, and how he was going to bring the Yuzhou Spirit Sect to its knees.

…

“Ah, Young Master Shen?”

Fang Hao wore a face of surprise. The man who cut off the supply of intelligence was actually Shen Haizhou!

“Fang Hao?”

Shen Haizhou was also stunned.

“You know each other?”

Xu Yan was surprised.

Then he remembered that Shen Haizhou once mentioned a friend of his who raised a Devouring Toad. Since Fang Hao also raised a Devouring Toad, it meant Shen Haizhou’s friend was Fang Hao himself.

Fang Hao chuckled, “Young Master Shen has been a big customer of mine all these years. Thanks to his…benevolence, I’ve been living comfortably.”

Shen Haizhou looked suspiciously at Xu Yan and Meng Chong, and then at Fang Hao for a good while. He felt something about Fang Hao seemed different.

“You guys know each other?”

Fang Hao put his arm around Shen Haizhou’s shoulder with a cheerful grin. “Of course. These are my two senior brothers.”

Shen Haizhou was utterly stunned.

“Fang Hao, I never thought you’d have such hidden depths. No wonder you could forge such an extraordinary item.”

“Don’t get me wrong. I only ran into my master recently. It was his favor that allowed me to become his disciple.”

Fang Hao patted Shen Haizhou’s shoulder. The young master of the Shen family was quite different from other true disciples of Spirit Sects and clan members. He didn’t act high and mighty, nor oppress loose cultivators often.

He was an oddity within the Spirit Sects and major clans.

Shen Haizhou, with a look of envy on his face, seemed to have remembered something. He started acting slyly and pulled out the Spring Night Mirror from his storage bag.

“Brother Fang, this Spring Night treasure has been improved quite a bit. You can give it another try. I’ve recently collected a bunch of excellent pictures of beauties, and there are tens of different positions…”

While he was speaking, he activated the Spring Night Mirror and images of beauties appeared on it.

Seeing this, Fang Hao hurriedly snatched the Spring Night Mirror from Shen Haizhou’s hand, stuffed it back into Shen Haizhou’s arms and protested, “Brother Shen, you’re insulting me. I, Fang Hao, am an upright man. Why would I engage in such inappropriate activities?

“Although the method of forging this Spring Night Mirror was provided by me, this object has nothing to do with me. Such a vulgar item is unworthy of me, Fang Hao.”

Shen Haizhou was dumbfounded. When did he, a young master from a major clan, sit with Fang Hao, a chubby loose cultivator, to discuss such a thing? And now he is even denying it!

“Fang Hao, you’re not being brotherly now. I recall lending you numerous albums of beautiful women, which you studied for many days and nights…”

Shen Haizhou looked unhappy.

“You mustn’t make things up!”

Fang Hao quickly covered his mouth.

His slightly plump face turned slightly red. He looked at his two senior brothers with an earnest face and said, “Brothers, don’t believe his nonsense. Shen Haizhou here is a bit of a weirdo and collects some vulgar stuff. He often forces people to watch those things with him. He’s very low.”

The first time I viewed those albums of beautiful women wasn’t of my own volition. As a mere loose cultivator, how could I resist the coercion of Young Master Shen? I was forced!

Under the furious gaze of Shen Haizhou, Fang Hao dragged him away.

Xu Yan’s mouth twitched. He remembered Shen Haizhou’s box of treasures, for which he willingly paid millions of Spirit Crystals to redeem.

“I didn’t expect our junior brother to have this hobby!” exclaimed Xu Yan.

He watched Fang Hao and Shen Haizhou huddle together. The two chubby fellows hit it off, hence their friendship.

After Fang Hao promised to forge a higher-level and more magnificent Spring Night Mirror for him, Shen Haizhou gave in. He returned with a guilty face and apologized to Xu Yan and Meng Chong, “It’s all my fault. I pressured Fang Hao to view vulgar items with me. I apologize! I was wrong!

“Fang Hao is a man of integrity. Although I forced him, he kept his eyes closed the whole time, so he didn’t actually see anything.

“It’s all because of my bad habit. Fang Hao has nothing to do with this!”

Xu Yan and Meng Chong: ….

The two looked at Shen Haizhou with strange faces, wondering what Fang Hao had promised to make him so willing to belittle himself.

Fang Hao laughed awkwardly, “Senior brothers, Young Master Shen has a few quirky habits. Don’t mind him. He’s a decent guy, actually.”

He cursed Shen Haizhou in his heart. Why did he have to exaggerate things like that!?

“Junior brother, don’t feel awkward. It’s a common thing among men,” said Xu Yan after a moment of silence.

Next, the four discussed a plan of action, as well as intelligence about the Yuzhou Spirit Sect. Shen Haizhou revealed the latest information.

“The Yuzhou Spirit Sect and the Su family are still hunting Brother Xu and Brother Meng, and they’re also after that mysterious loose cultivator force.”

Besides, the spirit mine of Yuzhou Spirit Sect remained the same.

“If that’s the case, let’s get to work.”

Xu Yan said with a grave voice.

“Brother Shen, you can just wait for the news.”

As for this matter, Shen Haizhou was only responsible for providing information and would not participate in it.

Before leaving, Xu Yan sent a voice message to Shen Haizhou, “Brother Shen, what did my junior brother promise you that made you so willing to cooperate?”

Shen Haizhou smiled awkwardly and said, “Brother Fang promised to refine a more mysterious Spring Night Mirror for me, which can reflect all my treasures into it.”

“Brother Xu, I wish you success. I still need to continue collecting treasures. There’s only one chance. In the future, Brother Fang may not be willing to refine the Spring Night Mirror!”

Shen Haizhou expressed regret.

Xu Yan twitched at the corner of his mouth. This Shen Haizhou was hopeless.

Mount Yuxin was an unknown peak in Yuzhou.

The mountain was not high, with sparse vegetation, and few human presences.

However, beneath this mountain lay a vast spirit crystal mine, one of the two spirit crystal mines owned by Yuzhou Spirit Sect.

The seemingly desolate mountain was in fact secretly protected by a powerful individual.

A Refining God elder from the Yuzhou Spirit Sect presided over this place. Instead of forcing Loose Cultivators to mine the spirit crystal mine, disciples of the Yuzhou Spirit Sect were doing the mining.

This was a task for the disciples of the lower ranks of the Yuzhou Spirit Sect, and also a form of training.

It was designed for secrecy and to temper the disciples. After all, for the disciples of the Yuzhou Spirit Sect, mining in the spirit crystal mine did not require them to work themselves to the bone but rather just to complete the tasks.

Also, after completing the tasks, they would be rewarded with spirit crystals.

This was why the disciples of the lower ranks of the Yuzhou Spirit Sect eagerly took part in the mining.

On Mount Yuxin, spirit swallows were raised. These spirit birds were used for communication, agile, fast, and very alert.

They also served as guards to a certain extent.

Of course, not all patrol duties were given to these spirit swallows. After all, there were always some methods that could prevent the spirit swallows from alerting promptly.

“Junior brother, how long will it take to set up the formation and completely seal off Mount Yuxin?”

Xu Yan asked solemnly.

“Fifteen minutes!”

Fang Hao pondered for a moment before he replied.

Mount Yuxin was not small, and he could not manage to set up the formation in an instant.

“I’ll deal with the people on alert.”

Meng Chong volunteered.

“I’ll take care of the spirit swallows. You prepare for the formation.”

After Xu Yan finished speaking, he took out a small bottle and silently made a round trip around Mount Yuxin.

In the small bottle was a pill refined by Su Lingxiu, which confused the spirit swallows. It was effective only on spirit swallows, and it could not be detected.

Meng Chong quietly knocked out every patrolling martial artist hiding in the dark.

Fang Hao paced around Mount Yuxin, and every once in a while, he’d set up one piece of formation equipment. Before anyone knew it, he had finished placing the formation equipment.

This was the first time Fang Hao had set up such a large-scale formation.

“The formation is set. Three layers of formation were overlapped. Once activated, it won’t be detected, those outside won’t notice the abnormalities, and those inside, even if they do notice, won’t be able to get out.”

“Blocking a Refining God Heavenly Man for an hour is not a problem at all.”

Fang Hao was excited. This was his first move against a Spirit Sect, moreover, it’s the number one Sect in Yuzhou, feeling both excited and exhilarating.

With his current strength, he could trap a Refining God initial-stage martial artist for an hour without problems.

“Let’s go and kill that Refining God Heavenly Man.”

Xu Yan said coldly.

Once the Refining God Heavenly Man was killed, the rest of the Yuzhou Spirit Sect disciples wouldn’t be a concern. They all could be trapped inside the formation.

The three of them changed into the clothes of the Yuzhou Spirit Sect’s patrolling martial artists, retracted their auras, changed their appearances, and then entered through a hidden entrance of Mount Yuxin.

As they entered, a thick spiritual energy gushed out from the cave.

“This is indeed a spiritual mine. No wonder those Loose Cultivators are willing to mine here despite the hardship.”

Fang Hao sighed.