With a startled cry, the foreigner's grip tightened, and Lu Fan felt as if his neck were caught between two mountains.
*Puff...* The Golden Silkworm Gu worm slammed into the foreigner's head.
*Puff...* A hidden blade pierced the foreigner's abdomen.
*Thump...* The foreigner collapsed onto the ground.
*Thump...* Lu Fan was also thrown to the ground.
"Brother Fan! Brother Fan..." Zhuge Xian rushed over and hugged Lu Fan.
"Cough cough..." Lu Fan coughed violently. Damn it! He had almost died.
"Brother Fan! You're not dead... you're not dead!" Zhuge Xian cried tears of joy, not knowing what else to say.
"Now you know why I told you to fight the stone men!" Lu Fan glanced at Zhuge Xian and said with a wry smile.
"Mm! I know. If we can't win, we just let the other side beat us up!"
"Pfft..." Lu Fan spat out a mouthful of blood! He wasn't killed, but he was about to be angered to death.
"You bastard! I'll kill you..." Patriarch Duanmu never imagined that Lu Fan could kill two soul realm powerhouses. How was this kid's body trained to be so strong! Hmph! No matter how he trained, he had to die today.
*Whoosh...* Patriarch Duanmu leaped into the air and lunged directly at Lu Fan. The treasure sword in his hand shot out a sword energy, piercing towards Lu Fan from several yards away.
"Be careful..."
*Swish swish swish...* Instantly, three figures rushed forward rapidly.
True Master Yiqing, Master Haidu, and the old nun Suzhen all charged towards Duanmu. Now that Lu Fan was injured and lying on the ground, if he were hit by Duanmu, his life would be in danger. Therefore, the three of them rushed towards Duanmu at extreme speed, intending to stop him.
However, Patriarch Duanmu was clearly enraged and ignored the danger behind him. His body shot towards Lu Fan like a bullet.
"Get away!" Lu Fan suddenly pushed Zhuge Xian away.
*Puff...* Duanmu's treasure sword, from its energy to its blade, instantly plunged into Lu Fan's abdomen. It was as if he wanted to embed the hilt as well, showing how furious Patriarch Duanmu was.
*Puff puff puff...!* The blades in the hands of the three strong men beside him also pierced into Patriarch Duanmu's body simultaneously. To gain something, one must pay a price. This old fellow wanted Lu Fan dead, and he paid with his own life.
*Thump...* Patriarch Duanmu fell to the ground.
*Whoosh whoosh...* Seeing that things were not going well, the other two foreigners instantly threw their long swords into the air, controlled their swords to fly, and escaped!
"Bastards! Don't run... watch me kill you..." Suddenly, a hoarse voice echoed. A disheveled old Taoist priest was seen panting as he climbed up from the mountain pass, still shouting and gesturing wildly at the two foreigners flying in the air.
Everyone felt a collective urge to faint.
Zhuge Xian, ignoring the antics of the disheveled old Taoist priest, saw Lu Fan pinned to the ground by the treasure sword and tears streamed down her face: "Brother Fan! Are you okay? Are you going to die?"
Lu Fan's face was pale, and his body was trembling. He laboriously took out a small pill and popped it into his mouth, then took out a small packet of powder. Gritting his teeth, he said to Zhuge Xian, "Xian girl! Help me pull out the sword!"
"The treasure sword is already stuck in the rocks on the ground. Let me do it!" Old nun Suzhen stepped forward and pulled the treasure sword out.
*Puff...* Lu Fan quickly pressed the powder onto the bloody wound. *Whoosh whoosh...* After taking a few breaths, his Shennong Health Preservation technique circulated within him, and after a moment, Lu Fan's complexion recovered considerably.
"Kid... kid... you're not going to die, are you?" The disheveled old Taoist priest hurried over and shouted at Lu Fan.
"Old fellow! There's another original stone on Kunlun Mountain, why didn't you help me invite it? If you had invited it, perhaps I wouldn't have been injured!" Lu Fan rolled his eyes at the disheveled old Taoist priest and said.
"Kid! Kunlun Mountain is the foremost divine mountain! It's two thousand five hundred kilometers long. Where am I supposed to find that stone? I'm already exhausted climbing this broken mountain, my back is almost broken, and you want me to climb Kunlun Mountain? I won't go!" The disheveled old Taoist priest shook his head.
"Then why did you climb up here with so much effort?" Lu Fan said indignantly.
"I came to collect your corpse! If you die, there won't be anyone to collect your body, and the wild dogs on the mountain will benefit!" The disheveled old Taoist priest said carelessly.
"Uh..." Yiqing and the others rolled their eyes to the heavens...
"Old fellow! What nonsense are you talking about? Brother Fan will be fine!" Zhuge Xian, standing nearby, immediately shouted angrily.
"Little girl! Your Brother Fan is seriously injured. Although he won't die, he... he might not be able to have children anymore!
Although I'm a little older, I am dashing and handsome, elegant and graceful, and..."
"Get lost! Go be crazy somewhere else!" Zhuge Xian pushed the disheveled old Taoist priest aside and went to hug Lu Fan: "Brother Fan! Don't worry, even if you lose that ability, I will still treat you well. I'll carry you down the mountain!"
"Pfft..." Lu Fan spat blood. What do you mean I've lost that ability? You old scoundrel, you're talking utter nonsense.
"Little girl! Think about it again, okay? This Taoist priest isn't that casual. Once this village is gone, there won't be another..." The disheveled old Taoist priest continued to shout from behind, still unwilling to give up.
*Whoosh whoosh whoosh...* The people in front leaped down the mountain.
"Hey... hey... wait for me! I'm afraid of heights!" The disheveled old Taoist priest immediately shouted at the top of his lungs from behind.
"Fine! If you don't wait for me, then so be it. Hmph! I won't share any good things with you!" The disheveled old Taoist priest said, then walked towards the corpse of Patriarch Duanmu. He reached out and took a storage ring from Patriarch Duanmu's hand. Then he picked up Patriarch Duanmu's treasure sword. Finally, he went and searched the two foreigners thoroughly, and then slipped into the Grand Hall of the Laojun Pavilion.
When Lu Fan and the others returned to Zhuge Villa, Zhuge Qingyun and the others were stunned when they heard that Lu Fan had actually killed two soul realm powerhouses and was severely injured while saving Zhuge Xian. It was simply impossible.
Lu Fan recuperated in Zhuge Villa, and the three rogue cultivators also stayed in the villa.
Three days later, Lu Fan's body had recovered considerably. He could get out of bed and walk.
"Brother Fan! You... your function is really useless now, isn't it?" Zhuge Xian secretly sneaked into Lu Fan's room and asked with a blushing face.