Chapter 1419: Fangirl

The Star Lord sent a message: "Of course it's related!"

"He only temporarily evaded the first disaster; it will soon return, and in his current state, he likely won't survive it."

"For a sage to survive a perilous calamity, they need an immense amount of merit to protect them."

"Now, you've killed over half of the Dharma Aspect realm cultivators in Heavenly Relic City, incurring widespread anger. As their protector, he was powerless against you."

"This will cause some of Heavenly Relic City's half-giants to waver in their faith in the Merciful Sage."

"Unstable faith, in turn, makes it difficult for merit to accumulate."

"So, you've created a significant problem for the Merciful Sage."

"If he perishes in the calamity, you'll be at least thirty percent responsible."

Hearing this, Jiang Fan slapped his thigh, exclaiming regretfully:

"I knew I hadn't killed enough!"

"If I had massacred half of Heavenly Relic City and escaped unscathed, wouldn't that have been even more effective?"

"Should I go back and kill more now?"

The Star Lord found herself growing fond of Jiang Fan.

This fellow acted decisively and ruthlessly, which was entirely to her liking.

But she shook her head. "Don't even think about it," she said.

"Before, the Great Wine Sacrifice was secretly obscuring the Merciful Sage's perception."

"Now he's on guard and won't be easily cut off from sensing anymore."

Taking one last look at the ravaged city below, she said meaningfully:

"In any case, be wary of half-giants from now on."

With the Merciful Sage watching, she couldn't be too explicit, so she could only offer a subtle warning.

Jiang Fan calmly replied, "Senior, rest assured, I have never considered half-giants to be part of our human race!"

"And in the future, even less so!"

The Star Lord said, "As long as you understand."

Jiang Fan cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Senior, for clarifying my doubts. We shall meet again."

The Star Lord subconsciously nodded. "Be careful on your way..." she began.

Before she could finish, she suddenly reacted, grabbing Jiang Fan as he ascended into the air, and chuckled exasperatedly:

"You brat, you almost led me astray!"

"Who said you could leave?"

"Come back with me to Star Mountain obediently and get married!"

She now understood why Venerable Mirror of Compassion had reminded her to keep a close watch on this fellow before departing.

This boy was truly slippery!

With this in mind, she conjured another swath of starlight, sealing every part of Jiang Fan's body except his eyes, nose, and mouth.

Anyone who saw him would have mistaken him for a giant silkworm cocoon.

Soon after.

Guixu Province, Western lands.

A majestic immortal mountain, towering as if to touch the heavens and connect with the stars, came into view.

It continuously released incredibly pure spiritual energy.

The overly dense spiritual energy condensed into mist, swirling around the immortal mountain like a misty shroud.

The spiritual energy here was the most abundant Jiang Fan had ever witnessed across all provinces.

Even various secret realms couldn't compare to this immortal mountain's abundance.

Nourished by such vibrant spiritual energy, the wild grass on the mountain grew as tall as trees, and even small spirit beasts were several times larger than their usual size.

Even bees were the size of a fist!

For a moment, Jiang Fan even thought he had entered the Celestial Realm.

The Star Lord said, "This is an immortal mountain from the Celestial Realm; all the spiritual energy in Guixu Province originates from here."

"If you cultivate here, you won't need elixirs or great pills to forcefully open your Ninth Aperture."

The mention of the Ninth Aperture caused Jiang Fan a slight furrow of his brow.

The Ninth Aperture was not easy to open.

Many people were stuck at the Eighth Aperture, unable to advance to the Ninth.

What they lacked were spiritual treasures of heaven and earth.

Such items were incredibly rare.

Jiang Fan, in fact, possessed one, but only half of it.

The patriarch of the Azure Cloud Sect had left behind a legacy item for future generations: the Aperture-Opening Divine Nail.

This artifact was one of the rare divine objects capable of opening the Ninth Aperture.

Unfortunately, only half of it existed, and the other half was nowhere to be found.

The immortal mountain before him, capable of allowing one to naturally open their apertures, clearly possessed unimaginable power.

As they neared the mountaintop,

a chorus of joyful female voices reached their ears.

"Senior Sister Chen, aren't you ashamed? You actually embroidered Jiang Fan's face under your pillow and kissed it all night!"

"Heh, are you even more vulgar? You've embroidered his name on your belly warmer! What, do you want to smother him to death with your chest?"

"Alright, alright, stop bickering. We're all good sisters."

"Shut up, you wretched hypocrite, you're the most vulgar! Go ahead and look at erotic drawings, but you even cut out the heads and replaced them with Jiang Fan's!"

Jiang Fan, who was now close by, looked utterly stunned.

What kind of audacious language was this?

Was this something a grown man like him should be hearing?

He couldn't help but mutter, "Senior, shouldn't the atmosphere on your Star Mountain be reined in?"

Caught off guard, the Star Lord couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

But then, as if remembering something, she glared with her phoenix-like eyes and said:

"Isn't it your fault for being too flashy?"

"Why did you go to the Celestial Realm for no reason, rescue the Star Abyss Great Venerable, challenge the Five-Star Giant King, and slay the Immaculate Great Venerable?"

"You've made it so that my young female disciples of Star Mountain can't even concentrate on their cultivation!"

Pfft!

Fairy Ziwei couldn't help but let out a soft laugh.

Guixu Province and Hunyuan Province had close interactions, so images of Jiang Fan in the Celestial Realm had been transmitted here quite early.

His various heaven-defying deeds had caused a significant stir.

Among the younger generation, the impact was even more profound.

Young men were filled with fervor, diligently cultivating and taking Jiang Fan as their role model.

Young women, on the other hand, mostly adored him.

What girl wouldn't be drawn to such a handsome and incomparably valiant favored son of heaven?

As Star Mountain consisted entirely of female disciples, the trend was even more pronounced.

The behavior of these senior sisters was actually considered normal now.

To her knowledge, several particularly obsessed senior sisters were diligently saving up supreme-grade spirit stones, preparing to travel to Taicang Great Province to meet Jiang Fan in person.

It was truly insane.

In the entire sect, only she and her master remained relatively calm.

She was calm because she knew Jiang Fan.

Her master was calm because it was her nature; the more others praised the images, the more she dismissed them.

However, Jiang Fan's fame was widespread.

All the disciples were discussing him, and wherever the master went, Jiang Fan's deeds were the topic of conversation.

Her ears were practically calloused from hearing about it.

That's why she could recite Jiang Fan's deeds backward out of sheer exasperation.

Jiang Fan was speechless. "You can blame that on me too?" he asked.

As they landed on the mountaintop, the disciples were startled and hastily stopped their conversation in a panic.

They all stepped forward to pay their respects.

"Greetings, Great Venerable!"

The weakest among them were at the Core Formation realm, while the strongest had reached the Seven Apertures Nascent Soul realm.

Aside from being all women, their most striking feature was their youth.

The youngest were around ten, and the oldest were only in their early thirties.

A Seven Apertures Nascent Soul cultivator in her early thirties would be considered a heaven-favored prodigy of her generation, not just in Taicang Great Province, but in any province across the Central Lands.

Yet, on Star Mountain, this seemed almost natural and expected.

This was attributed to the immortal mountain's excessively dense spiritual energy; cultivating slowly here was almost impossible.

The Star Lord glared at them.

"Cultivate more when you have time. Isn't it embarrassing to be discussing Jiang Fan all day?"

This group of disciples was truly bringing shame upon her!

Several disciples were chastised and looked disheartened.

A slightly younger female disciple, who seemed particularly favored, quietly muttered:

"How can cultivation be as important as Brother Jiang Fan?"

The Star Lord angrily turned and glared at Jiang Fan.

Her look conveyed: *Look at what you've done, turning the disciples of Star Mountain into such obsessed creatures!*

Just then,

everyone's gaze, without prior agreement, converged on Jiang Fan.

There was no helping it; he was simply too conspicuous.

His entire body was wrapped in starlight by the Star Lord.

Only his eyes, two nostrils, and mouth were visible.

Even a New Year's pig wasn't trussed as tightly as he was.