Chapter Forty-Six Arrival

  A gentle breeze rustled by my ear, and in the dark world, a faint light appeared.

  The darkness turned into light, and Lu Fan slowly opened his eyes.

  Blue sky and white clouds, clear wind blows against the hem of clothes.

  "You've finally woken up, feeling pretty bad, huh?"

  What entered his eyes was Huan Yue's mischievous smiling face. Lu Fan was greatly shocked and immediately stood up.

  At the moment he stood up, his feet were unstable, and below was a soft layer of feathers. A strong gust of wind almost blew him over, but the weight of the heavy sword behind him was enough to keep Lu Fan from being blown away in the first instant. He activated his aura, and Lu Fan stabilized his body.

  As he looked closely, Lu Fan suddenly discovered that he was currently on the back of a gigantic bird.

  White clouds sweep past me, gazing out at the distance, far-off mountains quickly disappearing from view.

  Obviously, the giant bird's speed was unmatched. Huan Yue quickly pulled Lu Fan down and let him sit on the bird's back.

  "Don't worry, I won't fight with you now. We'll settle our accounts slowly."

  Huan Yue's face lit up with a bright smile, revealing two adorable tiger teeth.

  Behind him, Lu Ming's voice came over.

  "Lu Fan, you've finally woken up. After sleeping for a whole day and night, you should be well-rested by now."

  Lu Ming said as he sat down directly beside him, handing Lu Fan wine and meat.

  Smelling the aroma of food, Lu Fan suddenly felt a bit hungry. As for the food, Lu Fan carefully thought back and only then remembered that he had fainted during his battle with that dead fatty.

  Lu Fan looked around and asked, "Where's Xiao Hei?"

  Suddenly, Lu Fan saw Xiao Hei lying there, snoring loudly, apparently still resting.

  Huan Yue smiled and said, "You're quite a person. As soon as you wake up, you don't ask about your own condition, but instead care about this wild beast. Sigh... You're called Lu Fan, right? I'm Huan Yue, from now on you can call me Sister Huan Yue."

  Lu Fan slightly raised an eyebrow, the Huan Yue in front of him looked no older than himself, yet he called her "sister".

  Smiling lightly, Lu Fan didn't say a word and started eating meat and drinking wine. Seeing that Lu Fan had no intention of calling her "sister", Huan Yue felt slightly annoyed again and said: "You're such a person, I'm being so friendly with you, yet you still have this expression."

  Lu Ming said beside him, "Lu Fan, it was Miss Huan Yue who helped us deal with the flying beast, and also because of her that you weren't taken away by the city guards of Dongshan City. Miss Huan Yue is also going to Wu Dao Academy, maybe in the future we'll be fellow disciples."

  Lu Fan was slightly stunned upon hearing this. This woman who would fight with him every time they met, was actually being so friendly?

  Huan Yue raised his head and said: "What's wrong? Shouldn't you say thank you when someone does a favor for you?"

  Lu Fan put down his wine bag and swallowed the meat in his mouth, saying: "Thank you, Miss Huan Yue."

  Huan Yue smiled and said: "This is more like it. But don't think that just because you snatched my treasure, the matter is settled. Once you've recovered your strength at the academy, I'll come find you to settle the score."

  Lu Fan sighed twice, and he knew that the beautiful girl in front of him wouldn't let him off so easily. However, this girl named Huan Yue was actually quite all right. She was straightforward and direct.

  After some thought, Lu Fan said: "Miss Huan Yue, I really can't return the treasure to you. How about I give you some elixirs as compensation instead?"

  Huan Yue exclaimed in surprise, "You still have elixirs? I should have searched you thoroughly when you were unconscious. Tell me, what kind of elixir is it? Ordinary elixirs don't count, I know that treasure is something extraordinary. Don't think about deceiving me with some worthless stuff."

  Lu Fan turned around and blocked the view of Huan Yue and Lu Ming, then took out a small bottle from his ring.

  "The Hundred Refine Pill is considered a fifth-grade pill, consider it compensation for you."

  Upon hearing the three words "Bai Lian Dan", Lu Ming spoke up: "Is it Iron Face Sir who gave it to you?"

  Lu Fan nodded slightly, and Lu Ming's eyes showed a hint of envy and jealousy. On that day, in front of the Lu family gate, he had also squeezed into the crowd to watch the fight. As for Iron Face Sir, Lu Ming was also deeply impressed. At this moment, seeing the Hundred Refinements Pill that Iron Face Sir had refined on that day actually in Lu Fan's hands, it was easy to imagine Lu Ming's astonishment and admiration.

  In an instant, Lu Mingdao said: "Indeed, your relationship with Iron Face is very good."

  "It's just a fifth-grade dan medicine, I really thought it was some good dan."

  Huan Yue somewhat disapproved, took over the medicine bottle, and lightly sniffed it.

  "It's okay, ordinary goods. But I think you can't come up with anything good now either. I'll take the dan medicine, that's one-tenth of what you owe me paid off. In the future, when you have something good, I'll slowly peel it from you."

  Lu Fan thought to himself, so you also know it's exploitation.

  Huan Yue smiled and put the dan medicine into a small red cloth bag at her waist, then said: "Alright. Lu Fan, I have some questions to ask you now. You must answer me honestly."

  "What's wrong."

  Huan Yue suddenly moved closer, staring dead at Lu Fan's eyes and said: "Firstly, what's with your sword? It's so heavy. Even with my strength, I almost couldn't lift it up. Tell me, with your cultivation being only at the early stages of Nei Gang, how are you able to wield such a heavy sword?"

  Lu Fan slowly said: "Can this question be left unanswered? It concerns my martial arts skills."

  Huan Yue smiled and said, "Alright. But you should also know that because of this heavy sword of yours, ordinary Cloud Heaven Birds can't carry you, so I had to specially find the best Umbrella Bird to take us flying. If you don't tell me, I'll throw you off the Umbrella Bird and let you make your own way."

  Lu Fan turned his head to look at Lu Ming for confirmation, and the latter nodded, proving that Huan Yue's words were all true.

  Lu Fan swallowed his saliva, no wonder this bird was so huge, just the back alone had an area of several miles. It turned out to be the emperor of the Cloud Heaven Bird, the Sky Covering Bird!

  "Unfortunately," Lu Fan said, "because of this sword I have shed blood to acknowledge its master, I can use it, but others cannot."

  What Lu Fan said was half true and half false. The blood recognition was indeed correct. His master, Wu Chen, had set a restriction on the sword after refining it, allowing Lu Fan to recognize it once. However, the effect of recognition only applied to the Ice Heart Meteorite on the sword, while other parts, including its weight, remained unchanged. As for others being unable to use it, that was simply nonsense.

  However, Huan Yue obviously couldn't see through his lies.

  Suddenly enlightened, Huan Yue let out a sound of realization and said: "No wonder. I was just saying, the sword that even I could barely lift, how did you manage to lift it? Alright, consider yourself honest. Second question, how did you get that wild beast to follow you? I remember back then, it even burned you together with everything else."

  "This is an easy question," Lu Fan replied with a smile. "I'll take it away, so you won't kill it. Then I'll feed it some roasted meat, and it will follow me."

  "What? A piece of roasted meat?"

  Lu Fan smiled and said: "Right, it's a piece of roasted meat."

  Huan Yue rolled her eyes "A piece of roasted meat in exchange for a spirit beast that can possess, you're simply having a stroke of dogshit luck. No, it's not just one stroke of dogshit luck, all the dogshit luck in the world is almost being trampled by you."

  "Murmuring to herself, Huan Yue said softly: 'How can I just not find such a spiritual beast.'"

  Lu Fan smiled lightly and said: "You can try taking the barbecue into the mountain forest, maybe you'll encounter one."

  Huan Yue said in a clear voice: "You think it's easy to find a spiritual beast? Alright, last question, where did you learn the art of spiritual beast possession. Are you also from the Wan Shou Pavilion?"

  Lu Fan frowned and said: "What is this Beast Pavilion?"

  Huan Yue's voice was somewhat lost as he said: "You don't even know about the Wan Shou Pavilion, yet you can use the Ling Shou Attachment Technique?"

  Lu Fan shook his head and said: "I really don't know. And what is a spiritual beast possession?"

  Lu Ming couldn't help but say, "Lu Fan, don't you remember what happened that day? Your Xiao Hei suddenly possessed your arm and then you defeated that dead fatty with one punch."

  Lu Fan carefully thought back and finally remembered, a black arm, a swimming black dragon.

  "Is that a spiritual beast possession?"

  Huan Yue rubbed her temples, feeling a bit weak.

  "That's right. It's the Spiritual Beast Possession, a powerful technique that uses the Feral Beasts. It allows one to instantly merge with a Feral Beast and gain its power. Extremely high talent is required to use it, and the Feral Beasts that can be possessed are called Spiritual Beasts."

  Lu Fan stared blankly and said: "In that case, I am also considered a person with extremely high innate talent?"

  Huan Yue gazed at him, saying: "Those who cultivate a technique and succeed are considered to have extremely high innate talent. Someone like you, without cultivating any technique, yet able to wield it on your own, is called a 'Heavenly Born Spiritual Warrior' in the Wan Shou Pavilion. It's not even possible to describe it as having high innate talent; one can only say that you're a freak of nature. Either way, your Aragami must be special, allowing it to attach itself to you on its own. In any case, regardless of which explanation is true, you've certainly hit the jackpot."

  Lu Fan couldn't help but laugh, unexpectedly the little black thing he brought back with a piece of roasted meat was so useful. It seems that when it wakes up, he should give it more good food to eat.

  Xiao Hei seemed to have sensed Lu Fan's thoughts and actually laughed in his sleep, his eyes narrowing into a slit.

  "I won't talk to you anymore. It's really depressing chatting with someone as lucky as you. I'll go cultivate myself, and when I reach a higher level, I'll call for you."

  After finishing speaking, Huan Yue walked to one side and sat down to cultivate.

  Lu Ming looked at Lu Fan and also stood up, saying: "I feel the impact too. Lu Fan, you should cultivate well. The speed of the Yitian Bird is fast, it should arrive in a day."

  Lu Fan nodded and watched as Lu Ming walked aside to cultivate. What he was practicing turned out to be the Blazing Golden Body as well.

  Lu Fan walked over to Xiao Hei's side and looked at Xiao Hei who was still snoring. Lu Fan had a smile all over his face.

  Lu Fan took a deep breath and assumed the Five Hearts Facing Heaven posture, also beginning his cultivation.

  The aura consumption was severe, and his body also had some injuries. Lu Fan needed to adjust his state to its peak in the shortest time possible. Because at the Wudao Academy, there was still an entrance trial waiting for him.

  The smile on his face slowly faded away, and Lu Fan became immersed in a state of cultivation.

  The next day, the speed of the swallow slowed down gradually.

  Lu Fan opened his eyes and looked around, a city came into view.

  Two huge characters were written on the city gate: Peng Cheng!

  Martial Arts Academy, I've finally arrived.