Chapter 1208: Living Person

Jiang Fan subtly shook his head."Pitting an egg against a stone? You seem to be overestimating yourself!"

With the black stone sculpture containing an attack from the Soul Refiner Venerable, the Divine Movement Sect would certainly not dare to act recklessly. Besides, only one Eight-Orifice Nascent Soul remained. Jiang Fan didn't even need to use the black stone sculpture.

The goat-bearded old man's pale face showed no emotion. "Alright," he said. "Then, as you wish. It's just a pity that your sect will also be implicated because of you. With a disciple like you, they've truly hit rock bottom."

Having spoken, he took a step towards Jiang Fan. The terrifying might of an Eight-Orifice Nascent Soul surged forth like a rolling flood.

Huang Quan's eyes narrowed. "Kid, you really know how to stir up trouble," he said. "This is an Eight-Orifice Nascent Soul!" He had just explained to Jiang Fan the terrifying nature of entering madness. Martial artists of this realm are extremely dangerous; one should never provoke them. But Jiang Fan, for all his good, had done just that.

"I have my own way to deal with this!" Watching the goat-bearded old man approach, Jiang Fan's gaze turned slightly cold, and the golden snake pattern on his brow throbbed. With a whoosh! The phantom of a small snake, transformed into lightning, plunged into the goat-bearded old man's body. It quickly suppressed his soul.

The goat-bearded old man, suspended in mid-air, suddenly plummeted, falling stiffly to the ground. His eyes were dull, and he looked like a walking corpse.

At the same time, Jiang Fan established a connection with the golden snake phantom within the old man's soul. "Rise!" With a thought from Jiang Fan, the goat-bearded old man stood up and approached Jiang Fan expressionlessly. His eyes were hollow and lifeless, indicating he had no consciousness.

"Jiang Fan, what is this?" The Heavenly Secret Pavilion Master was somewhat shocked. An Eight-Orifice Nascent Soul, subdued so easily?

Jiang Fan breathed a sigh of relief and simply said, "Puppet Domain." If I can't control a Soul Refiner Venerable, can I not control an Eight-Orifice Nascent Soul like you?

"Take out everything you have on you." At this command, the goat-bearded old man searched himself and quickly produced a spatial storage device. "Open it!" With dull eyes, the goat-bearded old man silently chanted a spell, and the spatial storage device instantly opened.

Jiang Fan showed a hint of pleasant surprise. This was far more powerful than Wu Manyue's puppetry or the Great Yin Sect's Yin Corpses! To be able to command the opponent to open their spatial storage device! This was Jiang Fan's first time opening the spatial storage device of an Eight-Orifice Nascent Soul. He was extremely eager to see the multitude of treasures inside.

The first thing that caught his eye was a medium-grade crystal mine! This single crystal mine alone made his use of the golden snake pattern worthwhile! Next was a bottle of Lingtian Pills, with only five inside. With good luck, the Heavenly Secret Pavilion could gain another Nascent Soul realm expert. Following these were several relics collected from the ancient battlefield; although damaged, they still held some value. Finally, there were several bottles of dark green spiritual pills.

He opened and sniffed one, immediately understanding what it was: "Poison-Warding Pills!" "The Divine Movement Sect often operates in various ancient tombs, so they inevitably encounter poisonous miasma." "It's completely normal for them to carry such spiritual pills; this is also why they can run rampant across the ancient battlefield." He immediately poured them out and distributed one to each person from the Heavenly Secret Pavilion present. With Poison-Warding Pills, he wouldn't need to waste his lightning power.

As for the goat-bearded old man, Jiang Fan's eyes flickered. "What is your name?" he asked. The goat-bearded old man murmured to himself, "Venerable Golden Hook."

Jiang Fan nodded. "Venerable Golden Hook, return to the Divine Movement Sect and tell their sect master that the Heavenly Secret Pavilion has been annihilated. You will lie low among them and await my commands." "Yes!" Venerable Golden Hook immediately ascended into the air and departed.

The Heavenly Secret Pavilion Master showed concern. "Is it alright to let him go like this?" "Distance will affect the puppet technique's effectiveness."

"Just follow him," Jiang Fan replied. Distance indeed affected the effect, as was the case with the Soul Refiner Venerable earlier. When he disappeared from sight, Jiang Fan lost connection with him.

The group immediately followed. They arrived at the place where the domain fluctuations had erupted.

From a distance, a female corpse, clad in red armor with a lifelike face, was embedded in the stone wall. It looked as if she had been instantly extinguished by some boundless force.

The Myriad Tribulations Sacred Hall and the Divine Movement Sect were locked in a fierce battle near the female corpse. The Myriad Tribulations Sacred Hall, relying on their lightning abilities, had been running rampant on the battlefield, so they dispersed their personnel. An Eight-Orifice Nascent Soul expert led a group of ten. How could they be a match for the Divine Movement Sect? After merely a dozen rounds, the Myriad Tribulations Sacred Hall reluctantly abandoned the female corpse and fled.

The Divine Movement Sect Master grinned. "A female corpse in the Soul Transformation realm, so easily ours!"

At this moment, Venerable Golden Hook returned. The Divine Movement Sect Master immediately asked, "Elder Golden Hook, what happened to them?" Venerable Golden Hook replied expressionlessly, "All killed." Upon hearing this, the Divine Movement Sect Master was not surprised. Under the absolute power of an Eight-Orifice Nascent Soul, how could the Heavenly Secret Pavilion's weak Nascent Souls possibly survive? With this, the Blood Saber was also retrieved. Now, they had also obtained a female corpse from the Soul Transformation realm!

"This corpse can still release a domain; it's truly incredible. She's clearly been dead for a thousand years. However, this is even better; her value is higher. If she can be refined into a puppet, our Divine Movement Sect will have a Venerable guarding us!" "Dig her out!" At his command, the elders immediately began carving into the stone.

The people from the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, watching this scene from a distance, were filled with envy. They had no ill intent towards the female corpse itself. However, in the corpse's hand was a small flag, definitely no ordinary item. At the same time, the armor on her body had not decayed after a thousand years, certainly a spirit-grade protective artifact. Unfortunately, it all benefited the Divine Movement Sect.

Only Yue Mingzhu frowned, saying, "This female corpse, something isn't right." In her eyes, this place was not one of surging fortune. On the contrary, great danger lurked.

Jiang Fan's heart tightened, and he also considered retreating. It was one thing for this female corpse to be so well-preserved, but to still emit a domain? It was truly bizarre. "Let's go!" He decisively led his people away.

Soon after, the Divine Movement Sect chiseled away the stone and lifted the Soul Transformation realm female corpse out.

Gazing at the beautiful, youthful face of what appeared to be an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl, the Divine Movement Sect Master showed a hint of disbelief. "Such a young Venerable! A thousand years ago, she must have been a famous beauty, perhaps even a peerless one? Alas, she withered away, becoming a spirit of the dead."

The Divine Movement Sect Master gently squeezed her cheek; the texture was still supple. Moreover, there was warmth. Wait! The Divine Movement Sect Master recoiled his hand as if shocked by electricity, a trace of surprise on his face.

"She... she's not dead?" It was understandable for the body to be intact; a Venerable's physique was incredibly powerful, and it was indeed possible for it not to decay in a sealed environment. But, still alive? How could that be?

Suddenly, he remembered the Great Wine Sacrifice's past warning to them. If they encountered "living people," they should immediately hide. In the battlefield, there could be no living people!

As he thought this, a bead of cold sweat trickled down his forehead. And what made his heart, and the hearts of all Divine Movement Sect disciples, shrink dramatically was this: The female corpse's eyes... slowly opened!