Chapter 1673: A Windfall Profit

Previously, when Jiang Fan traded with Yun Wanxiao, the latter was reluctant to give him Angel Blood. After providing it, Yun Wanxiao specifically warned him not to touch it, claiming it would harm his body. However, Yun Wanxiao was unaware that Jiang Fan had encountered Angel Blood long before. The fact that Yun Wanxiao deceived him and prevented him from touching the Angel Blood surely meant he was trying to hide something.

There weren't many things on Jiang Fan related to the Heavenly Realm. The hidden danger of the "Six Thunder Scripture" was not difficult to connect.

Yun Wanxiao stared at Jiang Fan in surprise. "You were already on guard against me activating the Six Thunder Scripture?" he asked. "How did you know? Did Chaoge tell you?" If Jiang Fan hadn't been wary, the little green dragon wouldn't have immediately poured out the Angel Blood to resolve the crisis. The human and the beast must have secretly communicated long ago.

Jiang Fan calmly replied, "If Chaoge knew the Six Thunder Scripture was harmful, he wouldn't have given me the Yin-Yang Sky." He continued, "I know because I was once controlled by your Angel Race." He gazed into Yun Wanxiao's eyes, trying to discern something, but Yun Wanxiao unfortunately knew nothing about it either.

"There are other Angel Races in the Central Land Realm? Something like this happened?" Yun Wanxiao looked surprised and doubtful, realizing this information needed to be relayed to the higher-ups of the Angel Race. But that was no longer important. The immediate priority was to eliminate Jiang Fan!

His eyes gleamed with cold light, his killing intent so strong it even overshadowed Liu Bianhuang. "How dare you touch my Chaoge! I'll tear you to shreds!"

Jiang Fan's eyes flickered with a cold light, and a jade talisman dropped from his sleeve. It was precisely the domain that the Master of Jiangshan Yipin Tower had given him before leaving, one of the few life-saving items that hadn't been intercepted by the Giant Emperor and the Ten Sins of the Central Land. He decisively crushed it.

A domain fluctuation of the Five Decays of Heaven and Man swept across the surroundings. Everyone became wary, but when it swept over them, it had no effect. Only when it swept over Yun Wanxiao did he frown, faintly feeling a change in his body. He tried to resist this domain, but he had already exhausted his Holy Source and had used up his power of law while fleeing from the Dead Soul earlier. He was simply unable to resist the domain before him and could only rely on his powerful cultivation to suppress it as much as possible.

"What kind of domain is this?" Yun Wanxiao exclaimed in alarm.

The next moment, a shocking scene unfolded before him. The crown merged on his head inexplicably vanished. Then, his left hand felt empty as the gourd he tightly clutched in his palm also disappeared into thin air. When they reappeared, they were all in Jiang Fan's hands!

Jiang Fan put the crown back on. An unparalleled pillar of light, two hundred and sixty zhang tall, shot straight into the sky, overshadowing all the heroes of the hundred realms. As for the Primordial Heaven-Imprisoning Gourd, he hung it at his waist. He stared at Yun Wanxiao with cold eyes. "Did you really think my things were so easy to take?"

Yun Wanxiao's gaze sharpened, and he sharply demanded, "Give them back to me!"

Jiang Fan sneered, "It's not over yet!" With a hum, a white bone sword appeared in Jiang Fan's palm—it was clearly the holy sword Yun Wanxiao had been nurturing within his body, filled with holy energy. Next, Yun Wanxiao's spatial storage device also flew into Jiang Fan's hand.

Yun Wanxiao was a mix of shock and rage. "What did you do to me?"

Jiang Fan tossed the white bone sword into the Heavenly Thunder Stone and put the spatial storage device into his pocket, calmly saying, "This is the domain of a highly respected elder of my Human Race. It is called 'One Thousandfold Return.' Anything you take from me, you must repay ten thousandfold under this domain." He added, "It's a pity you're too poor. You took my gourd and my merits, but you could only repay me with a sword and a spatial storage device. You really got off easy."

While shocked, everyone also looked peculiar. *Wait, isn't 'One Thousandfold Return' the standard for a big profiteer? How can it be associated with 'highly respected'?* They couldn't imagine a greedy, black-hearted merchant looking 'highly respected'.

Yun Wanxiao was furious. "So, you anticipated I would attack you?" he raged. "You dug a trap and waited for me to jump into it?" He had thought he was the hunter, catching Jiang Fan, his prey, off guard. In the end, Jiang Fan was the true hunter; he had dug a giant pit and waited for Yun Wanxiao to fall in!

Jiang Fan calmly said, "I didn't deliberately frame you. If you had truly helped me, I would have repaid your favor afterward. If you intended to scheme against me, you would naturally fall into the trap." It turned out that when he was controlled by the Six Thunder Scripture last time, he was deliberately feigning weakness for Yun Wanxiao. This allowed Yun Wanxiao to take his crown and merge the two crowns. This way, Jiang Fan could obtain the strongest merged crown without shedding a drop of blood. Of course, if Yun Wanxiao had truly been a righteous person, Jiang Fan would have had to waste two uses of the Primordial Heaven-Imprisoning Gourd to forcibly kill Liu Bianhuang and Tian Jian. As for their crowns, they might not have fallen into his hands so easily, for after all, there were still Prince Xiang, Yun Wanxiao, and other powerful experts from various realms around. Fortunately, Yun Wanxiao didn't disappoint him. Jiang Fan only expended Xia Chaoge's golden feather and the Tower Master's domain to successfully obtain what he wanted, and not a single precious use of the Primordial Heaven-Imprisoning Gourd was wasted.

Yun Wanxiao laughed in anger. From their first meeting, he had sensed the Six Thunder Scripture on Jiang Fan and decided to use him as a pawn. He never expected that Jiang Fan had been completely toying with him the whole time!

"Jiang Fan!!!" he roared, his sudden surge of killing intent dislodging his hair crown. His long black hair wildly scattered and swayed. Clearly a holy angel, yet at this moment, he gave off the aura of a demonic overlord. "You! Deserve to die a thousand deaths!"

After a brief moment of stunned silence, Liu Bianhuang also sneered, "Jiang Fan, you're too clever for your own good! Look around you, are you still gloating?" Jiang Fan knew without looking that he had become everyone's target, including Prince Xiang! The two-hundred-and-sixty-zhang light pillar, the uncrowned king, had already become the target of all. But his expression remained calm, as if it had all been anticipated.

"Luzhu."

"What is it, husband?" Luzhu ran over and linked her arm through Jiang Fan's.

Jiang Fan gently patted her hand and said, "Can I ask you for a favor?" Luzhu's eyes held only Jiang Fan's reflection, and she nodded repeatedly. "I told you I'd listen to anything you say. From now on, you don't need to ask my opinion; I'll agree to whatever you want me to do, as long as you don't leave me again."

Jiang Fan smiled gently. "I hope you stay in the Ancient Wilderness Hunting Ground until the hunt ends."

Luzhu asked, puzzled, "I'm to stay alone? Where are you going?" Jiang Fan looked around at the groups of hostile experts from various realms, surrounding him like wolves and tigers. He quietly took out a blue wishing paper and said, "I'm going to a very distant place!" He glanced out of the corner of his eye at the long black river behind him. With so many people attacking, and the terrifying Prince Xiang among them, Jiang Fan couldn't even hold his ground for a single encounter. The only place he could escape to was inside the black river!

If he went there, he would fall into an unknown battlefield, and whether he could return was uncertain. Therefore, he needed Luzhu to stay in the Ancient Wilderness Hunt, representing the Central Land. Even if he couldn't return, if Luzhu survived until the end, the war in the Central Land would cease.

But before leaving, he wanted to make a grand move!