Chapter 169: Ruo Xi’s Little Scheme

Gu Fan had a headache, looking helplessly at the girl beside him whose smile bloomed like a flower.

"You’re just counting on me to help you, aren’t you?"

Ruo Xi shook her head and said:

"I really don’t have many options left, but I have no other choice. The Three Families are besieging the Qiao Family, and sooner or later, we’ll be wiped out."

"Right now, you’re the only one I can think of."

"Besides, in our world, passing down techniques and teachings is considered a great favor. I brought you into this Mysterious Power cultivation system, so that counts as at least half a teacher’s grace, doesn’t it?"

Gu Fan suddenly turned his head, squinting his eyes to stare motionlessly at the girl in front of him.

That sentence just now... seemed to carry a deeper meaning.

What did she mean by 'our world'? What did she mean by 'this Mysterious Power cultivation system'?

It felt as if Ruo Xi knew he didn’t belong to this world.

Yet Ruo Xi simply smiled at Gu Fan, as if she hadn’t realized the issue with what she had just said.

Or perhaps... it really was unintentional?

Gu Fan pondered silently, not agreeing right away.

Instead, he asked:

"So, according to what you said, I’ll be working for you for the rest of my life?"

"Not at all. I promise that if the Qiao Family can survive this crisis, I won’t use any excuse or reason to delay your own journey!"

"Of course, if failure becomes irreversible, you’re free to run for your life. There’s no need to throw yourself into a sure-death situation."

After listening, Gu Fan pondered for a moment.

"I guess that’s the only option. Hopefully, Fairy Ruo Xi will keep her word."

With that, Gu Fan’s figure flickered and vanished instantly from the spot, reappearing in the battlefield of the Divine Moon Realm.

The fight was at its most intense, and the sudden appearance of a figure startled both sides.

"Where did this Celestial Profound Realm brat come from? Courting death!"

An elder battling the Qiao Family’s eldest roared savagely and threw a punch at Gu Fan.

"Watch out!"

The Qiao Family’s eldest shouted a warning, but fell silent a second later.

Gu Fan lowered his gaze toward the elder, his eyes devoid of emotion, as if looking at a dead man.

Then, he raised his right hand and struck with a palm.

A wild gale surged forth, Gu Fan striking after yet arriving first.

An unremarkable palm landed directly on the elder’s fist.

Crack!

A chilling, tooth-aching sound of bone shattering rang out.

The next moment, the elder’s entire right arm swelled, then burst like a punctured water balloon, turning into a mist of blood that evaporated instantly!

"Ah!!"

The elder screamed miserably and retreated frantically.

But Gu Fan had already made his move—how could he let him escape?

"A mere ordinary Divine Moon cultivator dares to run his mouth!"

In the next moment, he followed up with a punch. The others beside the elder didn’t even have time to react before they saw the old man get sent flying like a ragdoll for several hundred meters, his fate unknown!

The Divine Moon Realm experts from the Three Families all changed color!

Two moves to leave an old Divine Moon cultivator’s life or death uncertain—this level of strength surely surpassed even the Solar Radiance Realm!

In truth, Gu Fan knew that without using the Green Lotus Phenomenon, his actual strength could at most deal with an ordinary True Yang Realm cultivator.

Someone like this old man shouldn’t have gone down so easily.

But unfortunately, the fool had voluntarily stepped into close range with Gu Fan.

There was nothing to be done then—Gu Fan was confident that within five meters, in close combat, no one in the same realm could match him.

Even a Holy Son would be no match!

One could only say this elder’s actions were like an old man hanging himself—courting death!

At that moment, the Qiao Family’s eldest stood frozen, mouth wide open, unable to close it for a long while.

"T-Two moves and he’s done for?"

Just now in the Qiao Family’s grand hall, this guy didn’t even go all out?

The key point was—how old could he be? He definitely didn’t look over twenty!

Gu Fan looked at the Qiao Family’s eldest with a mischievous smile and said:

“Master Qiao, I didn’t expect you to be so respectful to the elderly and caring toward the young. You hit that old man quite gently, didn’t you?”

The Qiao Family’s eldest face darkened. Who was this brat mocking?

What respectful to the elderly and caring toward the young—wasn’t that just mocking him for going easy and slacking off?

The worst part was, he really couldn’t refute it. Without Gu Fan’s intervention, he truly wouldn’t have been able to take down that old thing in a short time.

While the two were talking, the Divine Moon Realm experts from the Three Families on the other side immediately reined in the fourth-generation juniors and distanced themselves from their respective opponents, unwilling to continue the fight.

Each of them had their assigned opponent, but now an unexpected variable appeared... no, counting the now-freed Qiao Family’s eldest, there were two! In this situation, who would dare keep fighting?

If they got ambushed, they might not even have the chance to beg for mercy and would end up just like that elder moments ago!

Naturally, the Qiao Family members didn’t pursue them either.

Thus, the battlefield, which had been chaotic moments ago, suddenly quieted down because of Gu Fan’s single strike.

The two camps faced off again, but now a strange silence lingered between them.

At this moment, a Divine Moon Realm expert from the Bai Family spoke coldly:

“Young man, you look unfamiliar, not like one of the Qiao Family. Why are you opposing our Three Families?”

With someone taking the lead, the Xun Family also tried to persuade:

“Indeed, young man, why stand with these doomed people at your age? Come to our Xun Family and you’ll be treated as an honored guest.”

“Our Dongye Family is the same. Choosing any of our Three Families would be far more beneficial than siding with the Qiao Family. Why pick such a foolish path?”

Facing someone like Gu Fan, the Three Families first thought of recruiting him. If they couldn’t recruit him, then they’d have to eliminate future threats.

As for whether they could defeat him?

What a joke. The Three Families had as many as three Solar Radiance Realm experts. If pushed, their Old Ancestors would personally act and instantly suppress Gu Fan!

Gu Fan, upon hearing the recruitment attempts, looked helpless.

“I don’t want to either, but the Qiao Family gave me something none of you can.”

The Three Families exchanged glances and burst into laughter:

“Impossible! Though the Qiao Family was once powerful, with our Three Families united, there’s nothing they can offer that we can’t match!”

“Whatever terms they offered you, we can meet them all!”

“Haha, indeed. Tell us, young man, what could the Qiao Family possibly give you that we can’t?”

Seeing this, Gu Fan could only feign a sigh and said:

“They gave me a wife—one from their direct bloodline. I don’t lack much, just a warm bed and a sweet little wife. Can any of you meet that condition?”

As soon as the words left his mouth, Ruo Xi, hiding to the side, blushed and muttered to herself, cursing him as shameless.

Across from them, the cultivators of the Three Families turned black-faced.

This was indeed something they couldn’t provide!

For some reason, in the Bai Family, Xun Family, and Dongye Family, female descendants were extremely rare in every generation.

In the current fourth generation, there were only two or three, some already married, and the rest hadn’t even grown up yet!

They couldn’t possibly offer child brides, right?

They were still respectable major families—not about to stoop to such lengths for a Divine Moon Realm cultivator, no matter how talented he was!

Seeing the Three Families speechless, Gu Fan helplessly spread his hands and said:

“So it’s not going to work out? In that case, there’s nothing left to talk about!”

After saying that, Gu Fan slowly descended in front of the Qiao Family members.

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