Chapter 1165: This Is Not What I Stole

Jiang Fan was startled.

If he remembered correctly, the Heaven-Incinerating Clam Pearl could also speak human language.

It had said it was going to find its master, the Iceflame Demon Lord, and then vanished into the air.

How could this pearl be here?

Had it found its master?

But before Jiang Fan could call out, the Heaven-Incinerating Clam Pearl darted across the sky and quickly disappeared into the distance.

Jiang Fan muttered, "It sure runs fast!"

This spherical pearl had the effect of helping demon beasts break through the mid-Nascent Soul stage.

If he could bring it back, Yunshang and Nuxin could both advance their cultivation to the next level.

As he pondered this, a commotion suddenly erupted from the Asylum, and several terrifying Nine-Orifice Nascent Soul auras shot up into the sky.

Jiang Fan's mouth twitched. "Failed so quickly?"

"I thought your path of thievery was amazing!"

He took out the Bronze Grasshopper, decisively activated it, and prepared to escape!

Unexpectedly, Venerable Xuan Yi revealed himself from his invisible state.

This was caused by the spatial fluctuations suddenly surging from his palm.

Looking closely, the Yin Fish seemed to have been summoned, emitting spatial ripples.

Venerable Xuan Yi exclaimed in surprise, "Could it be a success?"

The next moment, the Yin Fish disappeared, replaced by a Yang Fish floating in Venerable Xuan Yi's palm!

Jiang Fan was astonished.

This guy actually stole it!

How did he do it? And so quickly!

After the incident where Venerable Six Paths and the Hellish Desolate Beast stole the True Spirit Blood, the remaining Incarnation Stage demon beast corpses should have been heavily guarded.

It should have been extremely difficult to even get close, let alone steal it.

And he stole it so quickly?

The thieving technique this person cultivated truly had some skill.

With a soft sound, space around them rippled, and it was Rat Xu, who had used a spatial technique to teleport back.

He urgently shouted, "Quickly activate the Bronze Grasshopper!"

But he looked up and saw that Jiang Fan had already activated the Bronze Grasshopper, looking ready to run at any moment.

He couldn't help but stare. "You react that fast, kid?"

Jiang Fan felt guilty.

He was planning to escape by himself; he just didn't expect Rat Xu to return so quickly.

"I've been quick to react since I was a child!"

With that, he activated the Bronze Grasshopper.

Ninety percent of the Nascent Soul power within him was instantly drained.

The Bronze Grasshopper also expanded to a height of one *zhang*.

Its two thick, powerful legs bent, gathering strength.

Jiang Fan's gaze swept over it, found handles on the grasshopper's back, and immediately gripped them.

Rat Xu didn't think much of it either.

He immediately grabbed the other handle, and Venerable Xuan Yi followed suit.

At this moment, all the Nascent Soul experts from Mount Sanqing had been dispatched and were rapidly approaching their location.

Some of them even used spatial artifacts!

In the nick of time, the grasshopper suddenly leaped forward.

Its legs unleashed unparalleled immense power.

The hundred-zhang-tall mountain peak beneath its feet collapsed from the force of its legs.

The grasshopper transformed into an afterimage, crushing through the atmosphere, creating black cracks in the sky.

It was moving so fast, it was almost shattering the void!

Jiang Fan immediately felt an unprecedented impact, almost throwing him off the grasshopper's back.

His entire skeleton creaked under the pressure of the unparalleled explosive speed, as if it was about to fall apart.

Fortunately, this process lasted for a very short time.

When the Bronze Grasshopper stopped, Jiang Fan and the others were already five hundred *li* away from Mount Sanqing!

At such a distance, even a Nine-Orifice Nascent Soul expert would need some time to catch up.

Jiang Fan looked with wonder at the shrunken Bronze Grasshopper in his hand.

As an artifact for escaping, the Bronze Grasshopper was undoubtedly an excellent tool.

"Phew! We pulled off another big one successfully!"

Rat Xu exhaled slowly, a smile on his face.

Faintly, the aura of thieving madness emanating from him deepened.

Jiang Fan mused inwardly.

Rat Xu seemed to become more insane with each act of thievery.

If his madness reached its peak, would he then see through the fog and awaken into a state of divine enlightenment?

He vaguely began to understand the essence of the madness of Nascent Soul cultivators.

Rather than madness, it was more like the sublimation of their obsession with the path they cultivated.

When their path sublimated to its extreme, it would form a domain.

And then they would awaken into a state of divine enlightenment!

"Alright, this operation was successfully completed."

"Thank you both for your hard work."

Rat Xu interrupted Jiang Fan's thoughts, looking at the two with a beaming smile.

Venerable Xuan Yi, holding the Yang Fish, said with fervent eyes:

"Are all the Incarnation Stage demon beast corpses in there?"

Rat Xu replied, "I didn't look closely, but everything from the secret room surrounded by four Nine-Orifice Nascent Souls is in there."

The implication was that there was not only the Incarnation Stage demon beast corpse but also other things.

Venerable Xuan Yi's eyes lit up. "So, shall we divide the spoils now?"

Rat Xu chuckled slyly. "No rush. I need you two to help me with one more small favor."

He looked towards Mount Sanqing and said, "Those Daoists are chasing us closely. We need two scapegoats."

"You two will just have to work a little harder."

With that, he snapped his fingers. "You two should sleep for a bit."

The "madness" within Venerable Xuan Yi instantly erupted to its extreme, causing a dizzying effect.

He swayed unsteadily, then soon collapsed to the ground.

Jiang Fan was startled for a moment, then also swayed unsteadily and fell unconscious.

Rat Xu succeeded.

He first approached Venerable Xuan Yi and took the Yang Fish from his hand.

He noticed a piece of an artifact peeking out from Venerable Xuan Yi's embrace.

But he was too lazy to take it.

He was only interested in stealing; knocking someone out and taking things was considered robbery.

It was not his path.

Afterward, he came before Jiang Fan with a beaming smile.

"You too, kid, hand over my Bronze Grasshopper!"

He pried open Jiang Fan's hand, and his smile suddenly froze.

"Eh?"

"Where's my Bronze Grasshopper?"

He quickly searched Jiang Fan's body, but it was empty; even his spatial storage artifact was gone.

The Bronze Grasshopper, of course, had been tucked into the Sky Thunder Stone by Jiang Fan.

Then he had the little qilin carry the Sky Thunder Stone and teleport away to hide.

In any case, the Bronze Grasshopper was never going to be returned, not in this lifetime.

"Kid, where did you put my spiritual artifact?" Rat Xu anxiously demanded.

He was busy stealing at the front, but Jiang Fan had picked his pockets from behind.

Jiang Fan strategically played dead.

Since the Bronze Grasshopper was missing, Rat Xu wouldn't dare do anything to him for now.

Once he found the right opportunity, he would give Rat Xu another big surprise.

The Immeasurable Ring should be able to be activated one more time.

However, just as Rat Xu was about to shake Jiang Fan awake, the air suddenly grew hot.

Rat Xu's expression changed drastically, and he gasped, "The Iceflame Demon Lord?"

"He's chasing us again?"

At this moment, how could he still care about Jiang Fan? He abandoned him and prepared to flee.

He took out a spatial scroll and tore it.

But the spatial power within it was suppressed by an invisible force, making it impossible to activate!

A cold voice came from all directions.

"Knowing you coveted Mount Sanqing, I've already set up a vast net around it."

"This time, you won't escape."

As the voice faded, a fiery red giant net, enveloping the boundless heaven and earth, appeared from the void.

It rapidly contracted towards their location.

Jiang Fan opened a slit of an eye, revealing a look of surprise.

He finally understood what the Heaven-Incinerating Clam Pearl had been aimlessly circling for.

It was weaving a giant net to obstruct spatial transmission.

Rat Xu's face changed dramatically, revealing an anxious expression.

He also knew that he probably wouldn't escape this time.

The Iceflame Demon Lord would definitely kill him.

However, as long as he didn't hand over that item, the Iceflame Demon Lord would surely spare his life.

Thinking of this, a thought flashed through his mind, and he took out the Yin-Yang Fish containing all his belongings.

He stuffed it into Jiang Fan's embrace.

If he wasn't caught, he would come back for it.

If he was caught, he would find a way to escape and then demand it from Jiang Fan.

After stashing the Yin-Yang Fish, he decisively ran towards the distance.

The giant net immediately followed, rapidly closing in on him.

After he had gone far, Jiang Fan sat up, somewhat dumbfounded, and pulled the Yin-Yang Fish from his embrace.

He said with a bewildered expression, "Can someone please vouch for me! I didn't steal this! Someone just insisted on stuffing it into my arms!"