Chapter 1324: Walking Into the Wrong Spirit Pool

Heavenly Secret Pavilion.Secret Chamber.

A loud bang! The sturdy secret chamber disintegrated into neat fragments of various sizes, flying outward.

Three streaks of divine light—one purple, one white, and one black—circled Jiang Fan, resembling a rapidly moving, multicolored rainbow. Wherever the rainbow passed, fine cracks appeared in space. These were clearly void rifts! Such marks could only be made by a Venerable!

"Gather!" Jiang Fan flicked his finger. The multicolored rainbow separated, transforming into the Violet Sword, Snow Whisper Sword, and Serrated Sword, which then slid into the scabbards on Jiang Fan's back.

Gazing at the gradually settling void rifts before him, excitement filled Jiang Fan's eyes.

"The power is far greater than I imagined!""I originally thought it would only have the power of a Nine-Orifice Nascent Soul's strike, making it invincible among Nascent Soul cultivators.""However, its power far exceeds the Nascent Soul realm, almost reaching the level of a Soul Transformation strike!"

Jiang Fan also understood the reason. The Great Evolution Sword Array required high-grade spirit artifacts as swords. But all the swords Jiang Fan had found were peak-grade spirit artifacts! How could a minor-completion sword array constructed from high-grade artifacts compare in power to one made from peak-grade artifacts?

With this sword array, he finally possessed an attack capable of threatening a Soul Transformation Venerable!

Of course, this did not mean he could stand as an equal to a Soul Transformation Venerable. A Soul Transformation Venerable was not a puppet standing still, allowing Jiang Fan to kill them with his sword array. They were beings with near-teleportation speed! The sword array would struggle to keep up with their speed. It could only serve as a surprise killing move!

"Hmph! Venerables are no longer unattainable," Jiang Fan exhaled, feeling a sense of relief and accomplishment. He finally gained a sliver of confidence regarding the impending arrival of the Ancient Giants.

Besides that, the third aspect of the Brahma Saint True Spirit Art, the Thick Earth Aspect, had reached complete mastery. The physical strength it granted him was invincible within the Nascent Soul realm.

"I wonder whether my physique is stronger or weaker compared to Xue Qianzhang, that half-giant at the peak of Golden Body, who is about to enter the Dharma Aspect realm." Jiang Fan pondered for a moment. Both of them had physiques that reached the peak of the Nascent Soul realm. One cultivated through the Ancient Giant bloodline, while the other used a body-tempering method that combined demonic and human cultivation. It would be great if he could meet this person; then he could test who was superior.

He looked down at his body, covered in dust and sweat, feeling sticky. With a thought, he used spatial manipulation to teleport to the front of a large hall. This was a secret bathing area in the Heavenly Secret Pavilion he had created using the spiritual bathing liquid from the Green Pearl. Only disciples who had performed meritorious deeds were allowed to bathe there to enhance their cultivation.

Currently, everyone was in seclusion, so it should be unoccupied. The hall was sealed by a formation, indicating it wasn't open for use. But the formation couldn't stop Jiang Fan; his spatial manipulation could pass right through it.

However, the spiritual pool was divided into two halves by a formation and a brick wall. Presumably, one half was for men and the other for women. He called out Little Qilin and asked, "Which side is the men's spiritual pool?" Little Qilin had been in the sect when the spiritual pools were built, so it should know.

Little Qilin pointed to the right without hesitation: "There."

Jiang Fan was suspicious: "Are you sure?" Normally, it should be men on the left and women on the right, shouldn't it?

Little Qilin nodded: "Yes, I've been in there."

Then there was no problem. Jiang Fan felt relieved, used his spatial manipulation to pass through the seal, and entered the right-side spiritual pool.

Inside the spiritual pool, nine-colored mist swirled indistinctly. Xia Chaoge lay comfortably inside, with only her head visible. With a look of enjoyment, she softly groaned, "After cultivating, a bath feels so good. It's just that coming in secretly feels a bit against the Heavenly Secret Pavilion's rules."

With continuous breakthroughs in her cultivation, she had gained many abilities. One of them was the ability to pass through restrictions, similar to Little Qilin's past spatial talent.

"But, this is the spiritual liquid my Martial Uncle obtained," she thought. "No one would blame me for using it, right?"

At the mention of her Martial Uncle, Xia Chaoge slowly opened her eyes, her gaze full of tenderness. "Where is Martial Uncle now? Why hasn't he returned after so long? He didn't go to the Heaven Realm and stay with that female Asura called Hongxiu, did he? He's truly a philanderer, with so many at home, yet still thinking about others outside. When he returns, I definitely need to have a good talk with him..."

*Splash* — A sudden sound of water came from behind her, without warning, as if something had fallen into the pool. Xia Chaoge was startled, quickly stood up, and turned to look.

Upon seeing, she froze. In the spiritual pool, Jiang Fan, dressed in black, stood holding Little Qilin. He was also looking around. When he turned, he, too, froze on the spot like Xia Chaoge.

Xia Chaoge blinked. No, was she bathing in the spiritual liquid for too long and hallucinating? She actually saw her Martial Uncle in the women's bath! He was still outside and hadn't returned. Even if he returned, he wouldn't come to the bath, would he? Even if he came to the bath, he wouldn't come to the women's bath, would he? Martial Uncle isn't that kind of person.

"It must be a hallucination," Xia Chaoge murmured, rubbing her eyes. However, no matter how much she rubbed, Jiang Fan remained in front of her. Furthermore, his gaze was moving. From her face, it shifted to her fair neck, then her collarbone, then her chest...

Xia Chaoge's eyes widened, and she quickly squatted down, hiding her body in the nine-colored spiritual liquid. Only her head was visible. Her small mouth trembled slightly as she uncertainly called out, "Martial Uncle?"

Jiang Fan's mind went blank. "Chaoge?" he said.

The two stared at each other. Both confirmed that neither of them was hallucinating!

Xia Chaoge's pupils constricted, and she instinctively almost screamed, but quickly reacted and covered her mouth. If anyone heard her and came over to find Jiang Fan and her in the spiritual pool, they wouldn't be able to clear their names even by jumping into the Yellow River. Martial Uncle and martial niece bathing together. This... this was too scandalous, no less shocking than Hongxiu's conversation with Jiang Fan in the Moon Realm!

Her face flushed instantly, turning as red as a steamed crab. Steam seemed to billow from her head. Her eyes were so filled with embarrassment that tears almost welled up, and her voice was as faint as a mosquito's buzz: "M-Martial Uncle, this is the women's spiritual pool."

Only then did Jiang Fan snap back to reality and quickly turned his back to her. His old face was beet red. What had he done? He actually ran into the women's spiritual pool and peeped at his female martial niece bathing? Good heavens! If this got out, he'd be too ashamed to live.

Thinking this, he grabbed Little Qilin and demanded, "Didn't you say this was the men's spiritual pool?"

Little Qilin blinked its big eyes. "It is the men's spiritual pool! Rebel Bone and Little Tiger and I have all been here. Sister Chaoge even brought us here herself."

Jiang Fan almost spat out a mouthful of old blood. "You're little spirit beasts, of course you can come in! Can I be compared to you?" So, Little Qilin thought that since it was male, and it could come in, Jiang Fan could too. But it was too late to say anything now.

Jiang Fan's old face was crimson. Awkwardly, he said, "Chaoge, you heard it too. Martial Uncle didn't do it on purpose. I'll leave now."

Xia Chaoge squatted in the water, her hands covering her chest. After the initial panic, she had calmed down considerably. Listening to Jiang Fan's apology, she pouted slightly and muttered plaintively, "It's always an accident."

"Always?" Jiang Fan was speechless. "Don't talk nonsense. There's only been this one misunderstanding between us; never before. What do you mean 'always'?"