Chu Zixue surged forward with overwhelming momentum, and the commotion was huge.
It immediately drew the attention of some nearby demonic cultivators.
“Who provoked Fairy Zixue? Are they courting death?”
“She really was beautiful! If I could have a taste of her, I would die without regret!”
“Shut up. Quite a few core disciples are her suitors. If that gets back to their ears, no one can save you.”
Several Foundation Establishment demonic cultivators stepped out of their cave residences, and under their spiritual-sense probes, they all showed changed expressions.
Chu Zixue was the Heavenly Demon Sect’s number-one beauty, with countless admirers, but only a few dared to pursue her, because her father was Master Demonic Sword and she herself was extremely formidable.
Among her peers, only saintesses and saint candidates could compare to her.
They were curious about which immortal dared to provoke her.
Then they saw Shangguan Qingyao, and they were even more shocked.
Another beauty with formidable talent. She seemed to be chasing someone just like Fairy Zixue.
“Huh? Isn’t that Zhou Wangchen, the fellow who likes playing with puppets? Has this bastard gone crazy, daring to provoke these two beauties?”
Everyone was astonished and found it hard to believe.
Zhou Wangchen had some fame in the Heavenly Demon Sect. He himself was not strong, but his puppets were decent.
Right now, he actually dared to offend Chu Zixue, and on top of that, Shangguan Qingyao.
Even those saint candidates would not dare do that.
As for the fleeing “Zhou Wangchen,” he almost cursed out loud at that moment.
“Damn it, why did this woman come looking for me? Wasn’t she supposed to be in seclusion for a month?”
Ye Bufan kept slapping acceleration talismans onto himself, and his speed was astonishingly fast.
But Shangguan Qingyao and Chu Zixue were even faster, riding their respective magical artifacts like streaks of light as they closed the distance.
“M-Master, we can’t get away.”
Lu Luo’s little face was pale, and she had fallen completely into despair. She knew very well how miserable her fate would be if she fell into the hands of the two Senior Sisters.
“Why panic?”
Ye Bufan’s mind remained extremely calm. He glanced back and decisively threw out a flying eagle puppet.
“Just a mere Foundation Establishment level three puppet won’t be able to stop me.”
Shangguan Qingyao smiled lightly and flicked her hand, sending a jade ruler flying toward the puppet.
But in the next instant, her pretty face tightened slightly, and the jade ruler rapidly enlarged to block in front of her.
“Boom!”
A heaven-shaking explosion rang out. The puppet blew apart, and a shockwave swept through the trees within a hundred-zhang radius, briefly slowing the two women’s pursuit.
“That was ruthless enough. He directly self-destructed such an expensive puppet.”
Shangguan Qingyao’s beautiful eyes turned icy. Puppets of this level were rare, and an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator would be reluctant to self-destruct one to block an enemy.
“But now I am even more interested in you!”
Then she formed a hand seal, and a gust of Clear Wind wrapped around her graceful body as she forcibly pierced through the shockwave, drawing even faster toward Ye Bufan.
Meanwhile, Chu Zixue stared at the figure of the man fleeing swiftly while carrying Lu Luo, and her beautiful eyes filled with shock.
She could sense the familiar aura on him.
It was the cultivation cauldron’s!
“I can’t believe he really succeeded in Foundation Establishment. That Foundation Establishment Pill did its job.”
Chu Zixue was not alarmed but delighted.
That mysterious supreme-grade Foundation Establishment cultivator was still nowhere to be found.
But this Foundation Establishment stage cultivation cauldron was real enough, and it would definitely allow her to break through to Core Formation.
She immediately sent a voice transmission through the air, her voice carrying flirtation and temptation: “Ye Bufan, with cultivation that has only just stepped into Foundation Establishment, you won’t get away! Why not obediently become my cultivation cauldron? I can promise you any benefits you want!”
However, Ye Bufan completely ignored her.
Instead, billowing streams of blood light surged from his body, and his escape speed surged by a huge margin as he shot straight out of the Heavenly Demon Sect mountain gate.
That speed was no slower than a Foundation Establishment perfection cultivator’s.
“Since when did this old geezer cultivate Blood Escape Art? And he doesn’t fear dropping dead on the spot?”
Chu Zixue widened her beautiful eyes.
She knew full well that Ye Bufan did not have many years left to live, especially after cultivating Blood Spirit Art.
If he used Blood Escape Art, he would either be severely injured on the spot or die instantly.
Suddenly, she felt that something was wrong.
She took out the jade pendant her father had given her.
At this moment, the green light on the jade pendant blazed brilliantly, dazzling beyond measure.
“That supreme-grade Foundation Establishment cultivator… is this cultivation cauldron?! How is that possible!”
Chu Zixue cried out in shock, her stunning face filled with disbelief, and her mind briefly went blank.
Her spiritual root aptitude was exceedingly high, and her foundation was extremely solid. Even with her father’s help, she still had not managed to become a supreme-grade Foundation Establishment cultivator back then.
What about Ye Bufan?
His aptitude was abysmal, he was already in his twilight years, and he had cultivated a demonic art that shortened lifespan while swallowing the most demonic Foundation Establishment Pill.
And yet he became supreme-grade Foundation Establishment?
That was far too much of a blow to Chu Zixue, who had pride deep in her bones.
“Supreme-grade Foundation Establishment? Cultivation cauldron?”
Shangguan Qingyao, who was also chasing from afar, heard it and was stunned as well.
She looked again at the fleeing “Zhou Wangchen.”
She felt a ridiculous, ghost-like absurdity.
However, her reaction was very quick. Her clear eyes lit up, and she even grew excited: “A supreme-grade Foundation Establishment yang spiritual root… this… even for Nascent Soul, it can increase the odds a little!”
The higher the cultivation of a yang spiritual root, the more it could help female cultivators break through.
Legend had it that a female Old Ancestor of the Joyous Union Sect achieved Nascent Soul partly because she had control over a Core Formation stage male cultivator with a yang spiritual root.
Of course, that male cultivator had a high-grade yang spiritual root.
“He is mine!”
Chu Zixue knew she had misspoken and snapped angrily.
“Giggle, Fairy Zixue, that is not up to you.”
Shangguan Qingyao laughed, took out a flying shuttle magical artifact directly, and leapt onto it lightly.
With a slight infusion of power, the shuttle shot out like lightning.
That speed was much faster than before.
“Cloud Piercer Shuttle? You think I don’t have one?”
Chu Zixue slapped her storage bag, and a feather flew out, rapidly enlarging before she stood firmly upon it.
Its speed was no slower than Shangguan Qingyao’s.
When the Heavenly Demon Sect disciples saw this scene, their jaws nearly dropped.
“Damn it! Cloud Piercer Shuttle and Flying Heaven Feather! Why did they even bring out pseudo-artifacts? Who exactly is that kid?”
In the cultivation world, there were the levels of magical artifacts, magic treasures, and heaven-reaching spirit treasures.
Magical artifacts were used at Foundation Establishment, while magic treasures could only be activated by Core Formation cultivators.
Between them was the pseudo-artifact.
It was a supreme-grade magical artifact refined by a Core Formation cultivator. After being nurtured for many years, it would undergo a qualitative change, and the longer it was nurtured, the more astonishing its power became.
As the Heavenly Demon Sect, the number-one demonic sect of Zhao Kingdom, only a tiny handful within it were qualified to possess pseudo-artifacts.
And these two had been used by the Grand Elder and Master Demonic Sword when they were young.
They had been nurtured for over a hundred years.
They never would have imagined that two heaven’s favored daughters would actually use pseudo-artifacts just to chase after a male disciple!
“That guy definitely is not Zhou Wangchen.”
Someone noticed the clue.
Although Zhou Wangchen had some fame, he would rather die than dare provoke these two.
“Then who is he?”
At once, all kinds of guesses sprang up.
Meanwhile, Ye Bufan fully unleashed Blood Escape Art and completely escaped from the Heavenly Demon Sect.
“Blood Escape Art can actually last this long? How is that possible?”
Shangguan Qingyao, who had chased out of the Heavenly Demon Sect, was extremely shocked.
A Foundation Establishment level one cultivator using Blood Escape Art could not even sustain it for a few breaths, yet this fellow had actually run dozens of li before showing any sign of exhausting his blood essence.
If not for the pseudo-artifact, he might really have let the other side escape.
Chu Zixue was even more dazed.
When they had captured Ye Bufan back then, he had been nothing more than an ant, a frail old man who could be captured alive with ease.
But now, his strength had undergone a truly qualitative leap.
“Ye Bufan, you are supreme-grade Foundation Establishment, and you have a bright future ahead. Why run? Besides, you can’t get away anyway.”
Chu Zixue took a deep breath, and a seductive expression appeared on her stunning face, fully displaying her charm.
“Boom, boom!”
However, what greeted her was the explosion of two puppets. The ground churned, huge pits were blasted open, thick smoke rose up, and a shockwave formed that slightly hindered her pursuit.
That made Chu Zixue somewhat annoyed.
It was the first time she had ever failed so badly to charm a man.
“Hmm?! Where did he go?”
Shangguan Qingyao, who was beside her, froze for a moment as Ye Bufan and Lu Luo suddenly vanished from her senses.