The entire process, he stood with Chu Fan.
Cui Fu carefully recalled what had happened before, finding it difficult to fathom when Chu Fan had actually made a contingency plan.
"Xiao Fan, you said you had a trump card that would prevent the Mu Nan Sect from acting rashly?"
He asked when he didn't understand.
Despite being older than Chu Fan, Cui Fu felt no shame in asking him.
Chu Fan nodded.
Cui Fu scratched his already thinning scalp and asked curiously, "When did you make your move? I didn't see it?"
As a major sect, he found it hard to imagine what kind of trump card would prevent them from acting rashly.
Facing Cui Fu, with whom he had become friends, Chu Fan did not hide anything and instead asked, "Do you remember that genius from the Mu Nan Sect named Wu Hong?"
Cui Fu gave a hum and then asked, "Is he the trump card you left?"
"Didn't you notice that he has been in a coma since we came out of the cave?"
Reminded, Cui Fu suddenly had an epiphany and excitedly asked, "You... you tampered with him?"
Chu Fan nodded while sipping his tea, "Unless I personally intervene, he will never wake up in this lifetime!"
"If the Mu Nan Sect dares to challenge me, they will pay a heavy price!"
Cui Fu nodded and said no more, his admiration for Chu Fan growing.
When they were still at the Fa Sect ruins, he had seen Chu Fan casually release Wu Hong and had wanted to remind him, thinking that if She Tongguang was no longer threatened, he would inevitably go back on his word.
However, he then thought of Chu Fan's absolute strength, and even if She Tongguang reneged, it wouldn't cause much of a splash, so he didn't say anything further.
He hadn't expected that Chu Fan's plan had already been laid out without anyone noticing.
Given Wu Hong's importance in the Mu Nan Sect, it was indeed easy to control them and prevent them from acting rashly.
With the rear concerns resolved, Cui Fu asked nothing more.
Anxious to know if the ancient dan he obtained was effective against his peculiar poison, Chu Fan did not linger in the Treasure Pavilion. He returned to his residence with the ancient dan and then took out one.
Taking a deep breath to calm his mind, Chu Fan brought an ancient dan to his nose, preparing to infer the ingredients used to make the pill from its scent.
Knowing the ingredients, he could then understand their properties and infer the effects of the medicine. Although Chu Fan's medical skills were also at a monstrous level, this ancient dan was something that had been preserved for a long time, and many of the ingredients used to refine it were ones Chu Fan had never encountered, thus he could not deduce the ingredients.
Unable to discern it by smell, Chu Fan could only taste it.
He used a small knife to scrape off a layer of powder from the pill and put it into his mouth, carefully perceiving the sensation it brought.
He was cautious, not because he was worried about being poisoned, but because ancient dans were too rare and valuable, and should be used wisely.
After carefully tasting it, the light in Chu Fan's eyes dimmed considerably.
The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
He had finally managed to find an ancient dan and thought that with its miraculous effects, it could resolve the peculiar poison in his body.
However, after a slight taste, Chu Fan knew that his expectations for the ancient dan were a bit too high.
These two ancient dans, judging by their properties, were mainly for internal injuries and healing, and would have little effect on detoxification.
Despite the disappointment, it was not enough to make Chu Fan despair.
Before taking action, he had actually been somewhat prepared, knowing that these two ancient dans might not be able to resolve the peculiar poison in his body.
After all, ancient dans were like modern medicines, with an unimaginable variety.
And he didn't think his luck was that good, to have just obtained two ancient dans whose effects could resolve the peculiar poison in his body.
Although the two ancient dans could not resolve the peculiar poison in his body, Chu Fan still put them away and kept them on his person.
The medicinal properties of ancient dans were extremely potent.
If the peculiar poison were to suddenly erupt at any time, it would cause considerable damage to his meridians and affect his combat prowess.
Taking the ancient dan could, to some extent, slow down the damage the peculiar poison inflicted on him, so it wasn't entirely useless.
He still needed to continue searching for ancient dans, or even ancient dan formulas that could resolve the peculiar poison.
At the same time, the events that transpired at the Fa Sect ruins quickly spread outwards.
Upon learning that a young man under thirty had knocked a third-grade Grandmaster of the Mu Nan Sect into serious injury with a single punch, many people who walked the path of martial arts considered it a rumor.
However, as more and more people came forward to confirm the truth of the matter, everyone was stunned into silence.
They all speculated about the identity of this powerful young man under thirty, and how he had suddenly appeared.
Such a formidable young generation should have had their name spread far and wide by now.
The Five Great Hidden Families and the Five Great Sects all received this news.
Even the hidden families and major sects with deep foundations and strong capabilities found it difficult to accept this news at first, and had to contact the Mu Nan Sect to verify its authenticity.
Their keen interest was primarily due to the strength displayed by Chu Fan, which surpassed the understanding of countless people.
It was like a task that only adults could accomplish being completed by a three-year-old child; no one could easily believe it.
They knew that if the facts were indeed true, then this young man's talent would be absolutely the best in the world.
Secondly, the people from the Five Great Hidden Families and the Five Great Sects also pondered why such a discrepancy existed with Chu Fan.
In this era of declining spiritual energy, the path of martial arts was extremely difficult to tread.
They all wondered if Chu Fan, possessing such strength at such a young age, had found some shortcut that allowed him to be free from the restrictions of this era.
If their families or sects could also obtain such a shortcut, the appearance of powerful individuals would be like products on an assembly line, one after another, making them the world's number one would be effortless.
Therefore, they were all investigating Chu Fan's identity, origins, and current whereabouts, wanting to befriend him and observe him up close.
The next day.
Chu Fan was preparing to head to the Treasure Pavilion to ask Cui Fu when they could go to find the Star Chart. His phone suddenly rang.
Seeing that it was Zhu Fei calling, he immediately answered.
He had already told Zhu Fei not to contact him unless necessary, so a call from him meant something important.
"Boss, do you have any conflict with the Mu Nan Sect?"
"Quite a few members of the Mu Nan Sect are carrying your portrait and looking for you everywhere!"
Before answering the call, he had thought something had happened.
It turned out to be just an inevitable event. Chu Fan hummed and said, "Don't worry or be nervous!"
"Do what you need to do!"
"If anyone from the Mu Nan Sect finds you, just tell them you're with me, and they can find me at the Treasure Pavilion."
Seeing that his boss seemed to completely disregard the Mu Nan Sect, Zhu Fei's heart surged with excitement. Even from the other end of the phone, he nodded subserviently.
In the Glorious Grand Hotel in Nanyun City.
*Slap...*
A delicate, jade-like hand suddenly slapped her phone heavily onto the table.
"Even if you've changed your face, I know it's you!"
"Still hiding from me? Let's see where you can hide this time!"