SWDnovel Chapter 265 Collecting the Treasure Map
Chapter 265 Collecting the Treasure Map
After a brief silence, the other twelve cultivators finally reacted. They were immediately horrified, their faces turning deathly pale. Without a second thought, they moved at almost the same time, running at full speed in different directions, filled with fear.
Du Fan did not chase after them one by one. With a flick of his arms, he completed the hand seals in an instant. As soon as the four blue water blades flew out, he made the hand seals again.
In the blink of an eye, three waves of twelve water blades swept across all directions amidst a series of dense whooshing sounds, soon stirring up a bloody storm, with screams echoing one after another.
With a single wave of his hand, Du Fan sent fourteen packages flying off the corpses. He caught them in an instant and then swept them away with a flick of his sleeve.
At the same time, with a flick of his wrist, he took out twelve cremation talismans from his storage bag. With a flick of his wrist, the talismans suddenly formed twelve blazing fireballs in mid-air, shooting straight towards the surrounding corpses. In an instant, everything turned to ashes.
After doing all this, Du Fan didn't say a word. He flicked his robes and strode towards the Green Forest Village.
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After a short while, Du Fan appeared at the gate of the stronghold. Hundreds of gang members from various factions were still gathered there, looking arrogant and shouting loudly.
A flash of murderous intent crossed Du Fan's eyes. He clenched his fists tightly, then slowly relaxed them. He took a deep breath, stepped forward, raised his arm, and pointed at several people in the crowd, shouting, "You, you... and you, come here!"
After speaking, Du Fan ignored the shouts and curses of the others, his face darkened, and he turned and walked a hundred feet away.
The dozen or so people pointed to by Du Fan were the trusted subordinates of the fourteen cultivators. Du Fan had seen these people before in the council hall of Green Forest Village and had memorized them all.
These cultivators' confidants were not as ignorant and fearless as the other gang members. They clearly knew Du Fan's identity. Seeing that only Du Fan had returned, they were already extremely uneasy. Now that he had directly called them out, fear immediately appeared in their eyes. But they had no time to think too much at this moment. They could only follow him carefully.
"We pay our respects to our master..." Upon approaching Du Fan, these people bowed deeply to him, their tone and attitude extremely respectful.
"It seems you all understand my identity. Very well, listen carefully. The fourteen cultivators in your gang have now been killed by me. I will not concern myself with the future affairs of your gang. You will have to deal with them yourselves."
"Now, you and those guys at the village gate, get out of here right now! If anyone is still in this bamboo forest half an hour from now, you and your gang will all be killed without mercy!"
After speaking, Du Fan coldly swept his gaze over everyone present, then ignored their terrified expressions, snorted, and turned to walk straight towards the village courtyard.
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In the council hall of the Green Forest Stronghold, the four elders of the Green Forest Stronghold sat on wooden chairs, their brows furrowed, all silent. The other eight or nine bandits paced back and forth in the hall, looking anxious and restless. However, Sha Laosan and Tian Wu were nowhere to be seen.
At this moment, the entire council hall was deathly silent and extremely oppressive.
As footsteps approached, everyone in the hall couldn't help but change their expressions, their eyes sweeping over in a flash.
"Chief!" Upon seeing the newcomer, the four elders relaxed and immediately stood up to greet him.
"Don't worry, everything's fine now. Those people outside will leave in an hour at most, and they're unlikely to reappear." Seeing that the others were about to speak, Du Fan immediately waved his hand to stop them and said with a smile.
"Chief, this matter..." Upon hearing this, Elder Shen's mind was instantly shaken, and he was about to say something.
"We'll talk about this later. Where's Miss Tian?" Du Fan glanced at Elder Shen and interrupted.
"He was taken back to his room by Sha Laosan." Old Shen paused for a moment, then could only take a deep breath and say this.
"Well, inform the brothers in the stronghold that this matter is settled. Let those who want to rob go out and rob, and those who want to drink drink as much as they want." After leaving these words, Du Fan left the council hall, leaving only the four elders of the Green Forest and a group of bandits looking at each other alone.
In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Du Fan arrived at the bamboo house where Tian Wu was. At this moment, Sha Laosan was standing anxiously guarding outside the door.
"Chief, you're back!" Upon seeing the newcomer, Sha Laosan's face immediately lit up with excitement.
"You did a good job. Go help Old Shen." Du Fan nodded, glanced at Sha Laosan, and then gave the order in an unquestionable tone.
Although Sha Laosan was thick-skinned, he wasn't stupid. He had too many questions and wanted to ask something, but after seeing Du Fan's appearance, he immediately clasped his hands in a fist salute and left without saying another word.
When Du Fan pushed open the door, he was slightly taken aback. To his surprise, Tian Laoda's room had been tidied up very neatly. All kinds of items were arranged in an orderly manner, and the whole room was bright and clean, without a speck of dust. The pile of dirty and messy clothes that he remembered so vividly in the corner was no longer there.
"Finally, she's starting to look like a woman."
Du Fan smiled, walked a few steps to the bedside, pulled over a wooden chair, and sat down.
On the wooden bed, Tian Wu lay quietly. Her delicate and flawless face, her pert nose, her long eyelashes, and her smooth forehead all exuded beauty. However, this beauty was overlooked by many.
From this angle, the woman's figure was curvaceous and shapely. With each breath, her two soft breasts swayed slightly, captivating the heart. Even Du Fan felt a little blush and his heart race at the sight.
At this moment, her eyes were closed and she had fallen into a coma. However, between her heroic brows, there was still a trace of annoyance left before she fell into a coma.
"This girl is quite feminine when she's quiet. I really don't want to wake her up..." Du Fan sighed softly, but in the end, he still separated a wisp of his divine sense and carefully infiltrated the woman's primordial spirit space.
A moment later, Tian Wu slowly woke up. A moment of confusion flashed in her beautiful eyes, but she quickly regained her senses and sat up instantly. Just as she was about to do something, she suddenly saw Du Fan sitting to the side with a half-smile.
"Are you alright? Where are you hurt?" Tian Wu, disregarding her anger at being knocked unconscious by the other party, immediately showed concern, constantly looking at Du Fan with deep care in her crystal eyes.
"Besides being injured, have I never left any other impression on you?" Du Fan touched his nose and said somewhat awkwardly.
"Judging from your current appearance, you should be alright?" After a while, Tian Wu suddenly smiled sweetly, her beautiful eyes slowly narrowing, her long eyelashes very thick, but they could not hide the dangerous aura in her eyes.
"Actually, I did suffer some minor injuries." Du Fan's heart skipped a beat when he saw this, and he sensed something was wrong, so he quickly spoke up.
"It's just a minor injury, then I'm relieved." Tian Wu's smile widened, making her even more charming.
However, to Du Fan, that smile was like death beckoning him. He immediately became breathless and felt a sense of dread. He subconsciously added, "Actually, it wasn't too bad. In the battle just now, my internal organs were somewhat damaged."
"Really? How could you be so careless? Let me take a look." Tian Wu's words were gentle and soft, causing ripples in her heart.
"Hehe, it's not too serious, really. It's normal for men to get hurt sometimes, Miss Tian, don't worry." Du Fan chuckled twice, and without realizing it, he had already left the wooden chair and quietly taken a few steps back.
"Since the chieftain says so, there should be no major problems. However, before I lost consciousness, I seemed to have been knocked unconscious by someone. I don't remember the details very clearly, so please remind me, chieftain." Tian Wu got up from the bed, smiling, and moved closer to Du Fan as she took a step.
"Miss Tian, you've just woken up, so you should take good care of yourself. We can deal with other things later."
The crisis at Green Forest Stronghold has just been resolved, and there are still many things I need to personally attend to. Well, Miss Tian, please rest well. I'll visit you again another day. Haha, no need to see me off, I'll take my leave.
Du Fan's eyes twitched. Without further hesitation, he moved, transforming into a streak of light, bursting through the door, and instantly disappearing into the distance.
"Li Daoming, what else can you do besides get injured and run away? If you're still a man, stop right there!" A deafening, piercing scream suddenly rose from the bamboo house, echoing through the Green Forest Stronghold.
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Half a day later, Du Fan found himself in a cave. This time, he did not use his injury as an excuse. After what happened today, given his kindness to the Green Forest Village and his current prestige, he could do whatever he wanted without needing a reason or explanation.
After sitting cross-legged, Du Fan waved his arm, and packages scattered on the ground, laid out in a row. There were fourteen packages in total, which were taken from the fourteen cultivators who were hiding in the Jianghu forces.
Next, with the aid of his object manipulation technique, Du Fan carefully inspected all the packages on the ground.
After a short while, just as Du Fan had expected, apart from a fragment of a treasure map in each of their packages, there was nothing else in their bags that caught his eye.
The spirit stones these people possessed combined amounted to less than two hundred, along with a dozen pale yellow demon cores. As for pills, only the two cultivators at the second level of the Qi Refining stage had a few Qi Refining Pills; the rest were just worthless miscellaneous items.
As the saying goes, without hope there is no disappointment, so Du Fan remained calm and showed no sign of frustration.