"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for intercepting the Opportunity of the Son of Destiny, Jiang Yan. The Host has been awarded 3000 Luck Points."
Zhou Fan flew with Yuesu to a Luoning Inn in Hunyao Town and booked two rooms.
Sitting alone in his room, Zhou Fan checked his panel.
"Host: Zhou Fan
Luck Points: 39800
Body Refining Realm: Early Stage Yuan Hai
Qi Refining Realm: Early Stage Soul Transformation
Physique: Great Sun Undying Body, Extreme Overlord Body (Intermediate Stage)
Spiritual Root: Earth Grade Yin Spiritual Root
Cultivation Technique: Yin Yang Dao Dian · Basic Chapter (Perfection), Yin Yang Dao Dian · Advanced Chapter · One/Two (Perfection), Yin Yang Dao Dian · Advanced Chapter · Three (Introduction), Bawang Jue (Major Achievement)
Lifespan (Remaining): 2909 years
Dao Companion: Yaya, Jiang Xun'er, Jiang Qingzhi (3/5)
Dao Companion Buff: Qi Refining cultivation speed increased to 6 times the original; Physical Body recovery speed increased to 3 times the original (Body Refining cultivation speed increased to 1.5 times the original)
Offspring: 1002 (no Spiritual Root) / 11 (Inferior, Ordinary Spiritual Root) / 0 (unborn)
Cultivation Arts: Alchemy (Fourth Tier), Artifact Refining (Third Tier), Formation (Second Tier), Talismans (First Tier)
Evaluation: How about the title 'Extreme Overlord Divine Venerable'?"
Originally, breaking through from Body Refining Fifth Tier to Sixth Tier required 45000 Luck Points, but after becoming Dao Companion with Jiang Qingzhi, it only required 30000 Luck Points.
Zhou Fan could now advance to the Sixth Tier, but doing so wouldn't maximize his benefits.
Once he accumulated 108000 Luck Points, he would first advance his Physique to the Supreme Yang Sacred Body, which would significantly reduce the Luck Points required for Breakthrough.
Then, he would take another female lead from Jiang Yan and become her Dao Companion, further reducing the Luck Points needed for Body Refining Breakthrough by three times.
After making his plans, Zhou Fan was about to get to know Yuesu better when he suddenly received a message from Chitone.
"Human, I've found out where Chu Yanran, who possesses an Ice Heavenly Spiritual Root, is currently located."
"She is currently in the Fearless Sect in Triangle State, one of the three candidates for the Saintess of the Fearless Sect."
Chu Yanran...
Zhou Fan would never forget that name; all the past events flashed before his eyes. They had spent over ten years together, and in the end, she had happily run off with a scoundrel from the Cultivation World.
Triangle State, Fearless Sect.
Qingyun State was remote. To reach Central State from Qingyun State, one had to first teleport from Qingyun State to Triangle State, a transfer station, and then from Triangle State to Central State.
The Fearless Sect was the number one Sect in Triangle State. It was rumored that this Sect not only had Soul Transformation Divine Venerables but also Void Tempering Supreme Venerables.
After much deliberation, Zhou Fan told Chitone to come and meet him, stating that there was no need to continue investigating the matter.
He then sent a message to Qin Li, asking Li Di to meet him in Hunyao Town, outside the Demon Beast Mountain Range.
Three days later, Chitone returned first.
After commending her, Zhou Fan took out the recently acquired Storage Ring of a Fourth Tier Cultivator and let Chitone choose what she wanted.
Chitone was not polite; she directly took all the precious herbs from the Storage Ring. She stated that she could rapidly restore her cultivation by devouring these items containing the energy of heaven and earth, and she was already close to recovering to the Fifth Tier.
Zhou Fan sent Chitone away, telling her to keep an eye on Jiang Yan in her spare time from cultivation and to send him a message when Jiang Yan ventured deep into the Demon Beast Mountain Range.
Chitone left, and half a month later, Qin Li arrived.
After they had a good drink, Zhou Fan noticed that Qin Li's Realm was still at the Late Stage Core Formation. As someone who had been through it, he knew that this was because Li Di's experience was still shallow and his state of mind was insufficient.
To allow Li Di to temper his heart in the Mortal World, Zhou Fan asked Qin Li to do something for him.
Qin Li happily agreed, feeling that as long as he helped Zhou Dage more, their relationship would surely grow closer.
Zhou Fan told Qin Li to take a cross-state Formation to Triangle State, try to join the Fearless Sect, and help him gather more information in advance, paying close attention to Chu Yanran.
Qin Li said it was no problem; he also wanted to explore the outside world more, as self-isolation would not temper his heart.
Neither of them used their cultivation to dispel the alcohol that day, drinking to their heart's content.
That night, in the Luoning Inn, they lay on one bed, sleeping foot to foot.
Waking up from his sleep, Zhou Fan found Qin Li clinging to him. Pushing away the soft and fragrant Li Di, Zhou Fan got out of bed.
Qin Li also groggily woke up. He looked at Zhou Fan, wanting to say something, but in the end, he just smiled and said,
"Zhou Dage, I'll wait for you in Triangle State."
"I'll be there in about seven years."
Zhou Fan gave Qin Li the Fourth Tier Cultivator's Storage Ring, along with the remaining resources inside.
Qin Li's heart pounded as he took the ring, his expression flushed as he put it on his finger. Seeing this, Zhou Fan quickly reminded him, "Li Di, don't overthink it. This ring is for storage."
Qin Li: "Zhou Dage, I will take good care of this ring."
..."If anything happens, contact me with a cross-state transmission talisman. If you encounter a life-or-death danger, use the instant space son bead to call me over."
"Mm, I know, Zhou Dage, you're so good to me."
That afternoon, Qin Li bid farewell to Zhou Fan.
For the next year, Zhou Fan stayed in Hunyao Town, waiting for Jiang Yan's storyline to progress while gradually conquering the "Heart of a Vicious Woman."
As he delved deeper, Zhou Fan discovered that this "Heart of a Vicious Woman" was a black-cut, pink-cut black.
On the surface, she appeared to be a rogue Cultivator who harmed people with poison, but beneath that, she disguised herself with a layer of tragic circumstances and hidden suffering.
However, upon cracking open that layer, the true nature of the "Heart of a Vicious Woman" was that of a Devil Head obsessed with poison and indifferent to human lives.
The story she told Jiang Yan might have been true, and her initial careful selection of rogue Cultivators who disregarded human lives might also have been true.
But as she poisoned more and more Cultivators and became increasingly infatuated with the Dao of Poison, ordinary Cultivators became no different from Yao Beasts for testing poison in her eyes.
Naturally, Zhou Fan had to severely punish such a devilish woman.
Holding the five volumes of the Heavenly Fragrance Medical Poison Body Cultivation Technique that Yuesu craved, Zhou Fan only needed to use some tricks to successfully ensure that this female Cultivator, who appeared as fragile as a willow but was utterly wicked on the inside, received her due punishment.
Before reaching point B, Zhou Fan even used his Divine Sense and fingers to carefully inspect it.
After all, with such a devilish woman, one had to be extremely cautious. Who knew if she had poisoned point B?
After a thorough inspection, Zhou Fan nodded with satisfaction.
It seemed his long efforts to build a relationship with her were not in vain. Although Yuesu still seemed somewhat unwilling on the surface, her actions did not lie.
...
"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for becoming good friends with the Heavenly Fragrance Medical Poison Body, Yuesu. The Host has been awarded 8000 Luck Points."
After this incident, Yuesu also came to terms with it. It seemed there was nothing bad about following the powerful Zhou Fan.
She got the five volumes of the Heavenly Fragrance Medical Poison Body Cultivation Technique as she wished, experiencing joy second only to developing poisons every day.
Three months later, Zhou Fan, supporting a slender waist, was enjoying the scenery from behind when he suddenly received another message from the System.
"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for becoming close friends with Yuesu. The Host has been awarded 4000 Luck Points."