An alchemy furnace fell from the sky

"Your knife is no good!"

Xu Fu turned around, looked at the horrified Niu Ba, and gave him a harmless smile.

Xu Fu tried his best to smile gently, but he still scared Niu Ba to the ground. His distorted eyes and expression reflected the disbelief in his heart.

The knife isn't working?

He traded a hundred acres of land for this short blade, and it can pierce even the hardest cow leg bone in one go.

Why can't I kill this person in front of me? Why?

"who are you?"

Niu Ba's short blade fell to the ground with a crisp sound, and he trembled uncontrollably, even beginning to suspect that Xu Fu was a vengeful ghost sent to claim his life.

Xu Fu picked up the short blade, examined it, and nodded slightly.

The short blade is made of good material and is polished to an extremely sharp edge. In the eyes of ordinary people, it is already a rare "divine weapon".

But how could his physical body be harmed by mere ordinary iron?

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Niu Ba suddenly burst into wild laughter.

"Unbelievable! Unbelievable!"

Niu Ba laughed louder and louder, his laughter echoing throughout the hall.

Xu Fu frowned slightly, looking at Niu Ba as if he had gone mad.

"careful!"

"what……"

A delicate shout came from behind Xu Fu.

Xu Fu turned around abruptly and saw the dark-faced man lying on the ground, howling in pain. He also had a short blade beside him, but what was terrifying was that an ancient brass knuckle was now "embedded" in his back, with blood gushing out.

The dark-faced man tried to get up, but Shi Jiu'an had already come to his side, stepped on his shoulder, and pulled the brass knuckles off his back, causing the dark-faced man to fall to the ground again in pain.

Niu Ba's laughter stopped abruptly. He hadn't expected that the woman Xu Fu had brought with him was no ordinary person either.

To be able to smash a blunt, barbed knuckle duster into the body of a physical cultivator, that takes immense strength!

"You really won't give up!"

Xu Fu had by this time understood Niu Ba's scheme.

This person used laughter as a cover so that the dark-faced man could launch a sneak attack.

It must be said that Niu Ba's ability to still be thinking about turning the tide at this critical moment truly deserves the description of "brave and resourceful".

Unfortunately, he chose the wrong opponent!

"What a pity! What a pity!"

Niu Ba slapped his thigh hard and sighed repeatedly.

"What's a pity?" Xu Fu asked curiously.

"So close! So close!"

Niu Ba slumped to the ground, looking like he had accepted his defeat and was ready to be dealt with at anyone's mercy.

"what?"

A startled, questioning voice came from the dark-faced man.

He lay on the ground, clutching the miracle stone in his hand.

The miraculous stone was now emitting a bright, deep purple light!

"A...a...a seventh-rank Venerable?!"

The dark-faced man's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. His expression was a mixture of fear and confusion, as if he had even forgotten the wound on his back.

A seventh-rank Venerable!

This young woman is actually a top-tier expert!

This is the top expert he's always dreamed of meeting!

The dark-faced man had already realized that the seventh-rank Venerable had a close relationship with the boy, and that he, a third-rank body cultivator, was actually trying to kill a seventh-rank Venerable's companion.

Really looking for death!

The dark-faced man cursed Niu Ba in his heart. This foolish landlord had almost caused him to lose his life!

Without daring to hesitate any longer, the dark-faced man endured the excruciating pain and lunged forward, landing right in front of Niu Ba.

"Your Excellency, spare my life! It was all his instigation. I didn't know he was your enemy. Otherwise, I wouldn't have dared to do it even if you gave me a hundred lives!"

Ignoring the blood still gushing from his back, the dark-faced man grabbed Niu Ba by the neck.

"No need for you to do this, Venerable One, I will finish him off for you right now!"

Before Niu Ba could even explain, the dark-faced man suddenly tightened his grip and snapped Niu Ba's neck.

"Your Excellency...?"

Even at the very last moment of his life, Niu Ba's eyes were filled with disbelief.

His earlier "what a pity" was utterly ridiculous!

"father!"

Niu Zhuang ran in crying and rushed over, kicking his master with all his might—his father's killer.

But Niu Ba's strength was nothing to the dark-faced man. He broke Niu Zhuang's leg with just one punch. Just as he was about to strike again, he must have aggravated the injury on his back, and for a moment he was too painful to move.

"never mind!"

Xu Fu looked at Niu Ba's unseeing face and Niu Zhuang, who was lying beside him weeping, sighed, and turned to leave the hall.

He had no sympathy for Niu Ba; people like Niu Ba deserved to die!

But when he saw Niu Zhuang's appearance, he was reminded of Huang Dafu, whom he had just met.

These two men are about the same age as him, and they are both fatherless now.

Xu Fu didn't say anything more, but simply told Li Wuji and Shi Jiu'an to leave.

Seeing that Xu Fu was in low spirits, the two women did not know how to comfort him, and simply followed behind him silently.

"This is my home."

Upon arriving at a farmhouse, Xu Fu finally managed a smile.

"This is where you lived when you were a child!"

The two women looked around the small courtyard inside the low wall with some surprise, examining it carefully several times.

Xu Fu was not as excited as the two women.

After Huang Youcai took over the old house and courtyard, it changed hands several times. There were almost no traces of his childhood in the courtyard. Only the jujube tree by the wall remained the same as it had been many years ago. No matter how people changed, it quietly guarded the land beneath its feet.

Xu Fu longed to eat another sour jujube, one of the few snacks he had as a child. Every year when the sour jujubes ripened, he would invite his playmates from the village to his house to play. Together, they would use long poles to knock the sour jujubes down, and then they would gather together for a "big meal".

Everyone would wink and make faces at the sourness, which would make everyone laugh. If someone managed to get a sweet one, it would be like finding money.

Xu Fu's mouth watered just thinking about it.

Unfortunately, now is not the time to eat sour dates.

Xu Fu sighed slightly and was about to turn and leave when he suddenly heard a creak as the door of the old house opened.

Then a somewhat disheveled boy came out of the house, yawning as he walked, his eyes still sleepy, as if he hadn't woken up yet.

As soon as he stepped outside, a cool breeze blew, and the boy shivered, then sneezed loudly, a glistening snot almost running into his mouth.

The boy took a deep breath, and the snot crawled back into his nostrils like insects.

"God damn!"

Xu Fu laughed and called out.

The young man was stunned when he saw Xu Fu.

"Have you forgotten me?"

Xu Fu slapped the low wall and jumped into the courtyard.

"You are... Brother Fu?"

Gou Dan rubbed his eyes hard, his tone full of disbelief.

Xu Fu simply smiled and remained silent.

"Brother Fu! Why are you back?"

Gou Dan rushed forward, hugged Xu Fu tightly, and started crying as he laughed.