Boom!

A huge golden semi-spherical bubble rose from the forest, like half a giant golden egg suddenly poking out from the ground.

The next moment, the golden egg abruptly shattered, and a massive shock wave leveled the entire forest.

In the deep pit at the explosion center, Cui Xiangming struggled to crawl out of the soil. His one hand and one foot were blown to pieces, and his meridians and Dantian were shattered. He was almost a cripple.

Old Hu, who was not yet dead, also crawled out of the soil. His hands were intact, but everything below his knees was gone. He lay on the ground like a dying earthworm.

Cui Xiangming looked around in horror, muttering, "The kid... self-destructed... how could... how could a Foundation Establishment cultivator self-destruct..."

In all his years, Cui Xiangming had never seen a Foundation Establishment cultivator self-destruct.

Foundation Establishment cultivators live for hundreds of years, and each one of them cherishes their lives. Who would want to self-destruct?

But Shu Han was different. He seemed to deliberately show weakness, letting the two of them gather together, and intentionally self-destruct.

"Crazy!"

Cui Xiangming screamed to the sky. However, a flash of black light appeared before his eyes, and a black long sword cut through the sky, descending from the sky and directly plunging into the struggling Old Hu's head, ending his life.

Cui Xiangming was shocked, his residual divine sense sensed people approaching. At this moment, something suddenly sprang out of the pit, surrounded by black energy.

Cui Xiangming recognized it as the Black Claw magic treasure abandoned by Shu Han. However, logically, with Shu Han's self-destruction and death, the Black Claw magic treasure should have been masterless, so why did it emerge from the ground on its own?

Just as Cui Xiangming was puzzled, the black long sword turned around, hovering in front of him. The sight that made him die unwillingly appeared. A person walked down from the pit, and it was the intact Shu Han.

Cui Xiangming's bloodshot eyes were about to pop out. His remaining hand pointed at Shu Han, almost out of breath.

"You... you... Weren't you dead?"

Shu Han caught the flying Black Claw, emagic powerting black energy all over his body. He walked up to the dying Cui Xiangming and laughed, "Whether I'm dead or alive, what does it have to do with you? Anyway, you're about to die. Why not make some final value before death, and tell me, who sent you to kill me?"

Cui Xiangming shouted angrily, "Phew! Even if I die, I won't tell you!"

Swish!

The black flying sword plunged into his skull.

"Then go to your death!"

Following that, Shu Han began to search through his belongings, muttering to himself, "Even if you don't tell me, can't I find out for myself? Besides, even without your telling, I could guess who it is just with my toes." Soon, he found Cui Xiangming's storage bag and took out the Golden Silkworm's secret order. He glanced at it, which recorded his portrait.

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Shu Han sighed and scratched his head, "This is not good to handle! It's not just the Golden Silkworm Association!" With that said, he began to collect the spoils of this explosion.

After stripping Cui Xiangming and Old Hu's storage bags, Shu Han began to dig on the spot, searching for their magic treasures. He was covetous of the two sound magic treasures.

Firstly, the power of these two surpassed his claw and sword, and secondly, sound magic treasures were the core components of the Silent Heartbreak Formation.

After a long search, Shu Han finally found two dust-covered magic treasures in the pile of dirt. The Frost Edge Harp and the Rolling Thunder Drum.

The main bodies of these two magic treasures were not damaged, but all the strings of the Frost Edge Harp were broken. Fortunately, there were enough strings in Cui Xiangming's storage bag for replacement. However, one side of the Rolling Thunder Drum exploded, and Shu Han didn't know what to use to mend it.

But to Shu Han's delight, both of these magic treasures were mid-stage Foundation Establishment magic treasures. Cui Xiangming was truly a member of the Golden Silkworm Association, using high-quality items.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Shu Han incinerated the bodies of the two with a fire and then stood up to return to Willow Mountain.

...

A little earlier, Shu Han's main body was working in the fields when he suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his face turning red. This startled Shangguan Ruolin who was working nearby. How could he suddenly spit out blood while working so well?

Then, Shu Han sat down on the spot to recover for a moment, then walked towards Shangguan Ruolin with a pale face.

The feedback from the self-destruction of his avatar made the main body also uncomfortable, and Shu Han's essence and magic power suddenly dropped by thirty percent. He sat down beside Shangguan Ruolin and said, "Senior, I have one good news and one bad news, Which one do you want to hear first?"

Shangguan Ruolin turned to look at him, asking in surprise, "I'm more curious about how you managed to cultivate a good news and a bad news from just planting crops."

Shu Han was speechless, "I'll explain this to you later."

Shangguan Ruolin then said, "Give me the bad news first."

Shu Han said, "The bad news is that our current situation isn't very good, we probably can't casually appear in the cultivation world anymore. Because Shangguan Ruotong has now united all the sects and commercial associations in the North of the Great Cloud and issued a bounty of five hundred medium-grade spirit stones to capture us."

"What!"

Shangguan Ruolin was shocked and jumped up. Anger filled her face, she cursed, "That damn girl, I knew she would pull a stunt like this!" Then, she grabbed Shu Han's clothes and asked, "How do you know this? Aren't you always with me?"

Shu Han spread his hands helplessly, explaining, "I have two avatars who have been gathering information outside."

Shangguan Ruolin's eyes flashed with displeasure, but in the end, she didn't say anything and sat down with a huff, asking, "What's the good news?"

Shu Han laughed, "The good news is, we've silently learned about this bad news, so we won't walk into their trap! Shangguan Ruotong's scheme will not succeed!"

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Ruolin's face completely chilled. She shoved Shu Han down, grabbing his collar in anger, "Kid! Are you trying to make fun of me? I've been tolerating you for a long time, you're asking for it!" With that, she raised her small fists and started to pummel him. Shu Han got up and ran, with an irate Shangguan Ruolin chasing after him.

The older women working in the distance saw the two of them chasing each other in the fields and laughed at each other, "Look, these siblings have such a good relationship!"

Eventually, Shangguan Ruolin, panting for breath, didn't manage to hit Shu Han even once. She shouted, "Stop running! Come here, we need to discuss what we're going to do next! We can't just join a random sect to gain qualifications to go to the space where the Heavenly Creation Fluid is located, we need to think of another way right now!"

Shu Han walked over and said, "Actually, I've already thought of a plan. Although we can't show ourselves, my avatar can join a sect to obtain the qualifications."

"Your avatar technique is indeed remarkable, but it's easy for a Golden Core stage cultivator to see through a fake avatar. It's impossible."

Shu Han shook his head and said, "Senior, I'm not talking about the avatar technique, but the incarnation technique! I have a technique that can refine an External Incarnation. This incarnation is not like an avatar, but a second body that absolutely cannot be seen through!"

Shangguan Ruolin understood instantly, asking in surprise, "You have such an amazing technique!?"

Shu Han nodded.

"Teach me!"

Shu Han was speechless, "Okay... No problem..."

At this moment, a woman from Zhang Village suddenly ran over, shouting all the way, "The men are back! They've dug up the snow lotus!"