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"It's time to take action! I wonder if that goblin fruit still exists?"

After parting ways with Mengyao, Fan Tong returned to the warehouse and secretly cultivated, waiting for nightfall.

Who would have thought that what was initially thought to be a simple stumble upon an undiscovered goblin fruit would turn out to be guarded by a magical beast!

If there are magical beasts, does that prove that there are demons within the Fengqing Sect?

"The truth will come out sooner or later. Right now, it's more practical to get the goblin fruit and improve my physical strength." Fan Tong shook his head, shaking off the unrealistic thoughts in his mind.

Once you absorb the goblin fruit, your physical strength will basically reach the peak of the Human Spirit Realm, thus laying a solid foundation for rapidly improving your cultivation.

Under the cover of night, Fan Tong carried the Taiyi Ancient Sword on his back and stealthily arrived at Baibao Mountain, reaching the cliff where he began to search carefully.

"Excellent! It seems the demon spies haven't used this fruit yet!" Through the crack, Fan Tong saw the dark yellow fruit and was filled with excitement.

He took a deep breath and started moving around again. He first wandered around the area, but found no other disciples nearby. Then he quickly returned to the edge of the cliff.

"Come on, little snake, let me see where you are!" Fan Tong stepped over the vines and began searching for the gray pythons and the golden python.

A moment later, the previously calm Yama Ancient Sword suddenly trembled, and Fan Tong instantly realized that the golden giant python had appeared!

I was wondering why the Yama Ancient Sword gave a warning when the golden python appeared before, but this trip to Tianhuo City has finally confirmed the reason.

It's all because this giant golden python is a magical beast!

"Let's finish this quickly, lest things get complicated!"

Fan Tong activated his nameless martial arts technique, employing the moves of the Dragon Elephant Skill, and began running towards the middle of the cliff.

While dodging the obstruction of the ordinary giant python, they quickly approached the location of the goblin fruit and the golden giant python.

Seeing Fan Tong's provocative behavior, the golden python's eyes turned cold and focused. Its massive body coiled and twisted, its muscles taut beneath its skin, ready to launch an attack at any moment.

Suddenly, it raised its head high, opened its blood-red maw, revealing sharp teeth, and began to bite wildly at Fan Tong, who was coming towards it.

"Want a head-on clash? Then let's see who's more reckless!"

Fan Tong took a deep breath, his entire body surging with spiritual energy. He mobilized the spiritual power of the seventh level of the Human Spirit Realm, gripped the Taiyi Ancient Sword, and slashed out instantly!

The first move of the Taiyi Sword Technique: Qiankun Heavy Sword!

As the Taiyi Ancient Sword swung down, the air seemed to be pierced, emitting a sharp whistling sound, and the heavy sword slashed heavily onto the head of the golden python.

With a dull thud, the sword blade pierced deep into the giant python's head, blood splattering everywhere. The python let out a painful roar before slowly collapsing to the ground.

As if startled, the ordinary pythons quickly fled down the cliff as the golden python fell to the ground.

"Damn it! The snake's head is pretty tough!" Fan Tong quickly put away the Taiyi Ancient Sword, rubbed his aching arm, and hurried toward the goblin fruit.

As for the enormous golden python, the Yama Ancient Sword couldn't hold back any longer and emitted a ray of golden light, quickly devouring the demonic energy contained within the python.

"Got the stuff! I'd better hurry up and devour the demonic energy so I can go back and digest what I've gained!" Fan Tong put the goblin fruit in his pocket, and then, with the help of the Yama Ancient Sword, quickly absorbed the demonic energy from the golden python.

Within minutes, the golden python's corpse turned to dust and vanished in the middle of the cliff. Fan Tong stumbled to his feet and swayed as he ran towards the warehouse.

"Damn it! I need to hurry back and digest the goblin fruit, or I'll burst!" Back at the secret training ground behind the warehouse, he quickly took out the goblin fruit and swallowed it in one gulp.

Without time to think, Fan Tong focused intently on circulating the nameless cultivation technique, combining it with the medicinal power of the goblin fruit and the golden spiritual energy shared by the Yama Ancient Sword.

Time passed slowly amidst Fan Tong's occasional cries of pain. As the effects of the goblin fruit took hold, his physical strength steadily increased, and soon even the cries of pain disappeared.

The next day, as the sun rose, Fan Tong, who was cultivating, finally slowly opened his eyes.

"I really didn't expect this... ouch..."

Just as he was about to sigh, a foul stench interrupted his thoughts. Without thinking too much, he quickly got up and washed himself.

"That feels good!" After cleaning himself up, Fan Tong changed into a clean set of linen clothes, sat cross-legged next to the stone tablet, and checked the condition inside his body again.

After undergoing a cleansing and marrow-refining process, his physical strength finally reached the limit of the Human Spirit Realm. This also meant that he could recklessly improve his cultivation level and would no longer be constrained by his physical body for a short period of time.

The spiritual power of the eighth level of the Human Spirit Realm circulated rapidly in the resilient meridians, constantly flowing into the spiritual power vortex in the Qi Sea.

Yes, under the combined effect of the Goblin Fruit and the Yama Ancient Sword, Fan Tong's cultivation level broke through another level, reaching the eighth level of the Human Spirit Realm.

This also means that he has finally caught up with some of the direct disciples. Although he is still the lowest-ranking handyman disciple, in this dog-eat-dog world, cultivation is the foundation of everything.

"Dignity lies only in the sword, truth only in the fist! Eight more days, Han Qianliu, just you wait! As my opponent who has shown me what I'm capable of, you should feel honored!"

Fan Tong laughed and continued to adapt to the increased strength of his physical body and his suddenly soaring cultivation.

Over the next few days, Fan Tong spent his time consolidating his cultivation and improving his martial arts skills. During this time, he took out the Taiyi Sword Manual again, wanting to learn the next move, but found that he still couldn't turn to the next page, which frustrated him quite a bit.

Soon, the time came for the match against Han Qianliu.

Early that morning, Biluo arrived at the warehouse and pounded on the gate.

"Fan Tong, you lazy cat, why aren't you up yet! Hurry up, today is the day of your competition with Han Qianliu!"

"You little rascal, why are you here so early? Shouldn't you get some beauty sleep?" Fan Tong stood up from beside the stone tablet, relaxed her body after a night of cultivation, and then opened the door.

"You think I didn't want to? It's just that Senior Sister Mengyao was worried and told me to come over quickly." Biluo rolled her eyes at Fan Tong, who was making sarcastic remarks, and sent him a big mothball.

"Oh? What's wrong with Mengyao? Is something the matter?" Fan Tong's heart tightened when he heard Biluo mention Mengyao, thinking that something had happened.

"Tch! Look how nervous you are! Senior Sister Mengyao is a rising star in the sect right now, there's nothing going to happen to her!"

"It's good that Mengyao is alright. But what happened to me?" Hearing that Mengyao was alright, Fan Tong was relieved, then became a little curious.

"You? You're in big trouble now!"