Chapter 517: Receiving the Heart of the Sea Enchantress

Jiang Fan knew how precious a natural bloodline was.

Yet, he never imagined it could be so valuable. Even the Demon Emperor yearned for it. That Core Formation fourth-layer Colorful Poison Toad, who had once tried to claim this natural bloodline, was truly aiming too high, like a toad trying to eat swan meat.

However, this item was useless to Jiang Fan, a human. Little Qilin also possessed a more mysterious spatial talent. Giving this natural bloodline to it would truly be redundant.

Glancing at Haimi, Jiang Fan said, "You performed well today."

"This natural bloodline is your reward."

If Haimi hadn't intervened, today's troubles would have been far greater. Rewards should always be given for merit. This was only right.

"Ah? For me?" Haimi waved her hands repeatedly, overwhelmed. "No, no, no, Haimi cannot accept such a divine object."

Yaoyue, standing nearby, swallowed hard. She longed to ask if she could have it if Haimi didn't want it. But she knew that if she opened her mouth, she would certainly be met with Jiang Fan's disdainful gaze. Given their relationship, it was already good that Jiang Fan hadn't struck her dead. And she wanted the talent of a Soul Transformation Realm demon?

Jiang Fan cut off a small piece of seven-colored profound ice, which sealed the natural bloodline, and casually tossed it to Haimi.

"If your master gives it to you, you should accept it," he said. "I hope you can give me another surprise next time we meet."

Haimi immediately fumbled, as if she were holding a red-hot iron ball. She couldn't hold it steadily.

"Master..."

Haimi's heart was filled with deep gratitude. Before, she had only thought Jiang Fan wasn't bad. Now, she felt genuine gratitude from the bottom of her heart. This natural bloodline was a heaven-defying treasure that even the Demon Emperor desperately sought. Jiang Fan could have easily exchanged it for top-tier resources he could use, yet he directly rewarded it to her!

A mist welled up in her eyes. She recalled an ancient human saying she had once seen: A scholar dies for his confidant; a woman adorns herself for her admirer.

She prostrated herself and bowed. "Master, Haimi will sincerely be loyal to you and never forget this kindness."

Previously, she had been forced to call him Master. Now, she truly recognized Jiang Fan as her Master from the depths of her heart.

Jiang Fan said, "No need to be so polite. Hurry and leave. It'll be troublesome if they wake up again."

Haimi bowed repeatedly before standing up and leaving with Yaoyue.

As they walked to the boundary between heaven and earth, Yaoyue sat on the back of the corpse puppet, her mood incredibly heavy. In contrast, Haimi, holding the natural bloodline, had a radiant face filled with joy. The stark contrast made Yaoyue feel a bit stung.

With a snort, Yaoyue said, "A dignified Demon King bowing to a human as a subordinate. Don't you feel you've lost your dignity?"

Haimi put away the natural bloodline. She looked at Yaoyue with an amused gaze: "What, Priestess Yaoyue, are you jealous?"

Yaoyue's expression froze, and she quickly said, "Who's jealous? Jealous that you knelt down and recognized a human as your master? Am I crazy?"

Watching Yaoyue's overreaction, Haimi rested a hand on her pale cheek and smiled serenely. "Alright. Actually, I'm the one who's jealous of you."

Yaoyue's expression froze. She pointed to herself: "Jealous of me? What is there to be jealous about me?"

Haimi looked back at the figure that was no longer clearly visible, then towards the distant sky of the demon race. She sighed softly: "Of course I'm jealous, you have a good destiny now."

Yaoyue sneered: "Go ahead and be sarcastic! I admit, I've had terrible luck. But I will certainly find a way to remove the Mind-Linking Worm, and then I'll kill him with one strike!"

Haimi watched her quietly, yet it didn't seem like sarcasm. Instead, she said very seriously, "You don't know how fortunate you are. Jiang Fan is so good even to me, a mere slave. I can't imagine how happy one would be to be his woman."

Yaoyue was speechless. Jiang Fan was indeed enviably good to Haimi. And Haimi was merely Jiang Fan's slave. For a moment, she gazed at the bright sky in the distance, feeling dazed.

On the battlefield, about fifteen minutes later, Jian Linyuan was the first to get up. He cautiously surveyed his surroundings, then woke up his junior brothers and sisters.

"Senior Brother Jian, what happened?""How did I... fall asleep?""Huh! The battle's over?""When?""How did it end?"

While their minds were still foggy, they were surprised to find that the battlefield had quieted. Jiang Fan was extracting demon cores from the piles of demon beast corpses. Hearing the commotion, Jiang Fan waved: "Hurry over, or I'll take all the demon cores myself."

The few of them suddenly woke up as if from a dream. There were currently over a thousand demon beast corpses. The number of demon cores was terrifyingly high! Who cared why they had fainted? They all rushed forward to extract demon cores, each according to their ability.

A full hour passed. Only then did the eight of them, drenched in sweat, finish clearing the battlefield. Jiang Fan obtained about two hundred demon cores, Jian Linyuan between 150 and 160. The others got between seventy or eighty and over a hundred. Everyone's face was filled with surprise and joy. These were worth thousands of merit points.

"We've received too much," Jian Linyuan said, holding his heavy bag. But he wasn't too happy. They hadn't played a decisive role in this battle. They had relied entirely on Jiang Fan: initially suppressing the Black Spider, then his corpse army suppressing the demon beast army in the middle phase. Later... Jian Linyuan found that he couldn't remember what had happened at the end. He only remembered the Black Spider approaching Jiang Fan and delivering a fatal blow. After that, his memory was blank. Could something have happened then? Jian Linyuan's eyes flickered, and he began to ponder.

Jiang Fan interrupted his thoughts, saying, "You shouldn't say that. You could have chosen not to participate, but you still decided to take the risk with me. These demon cores are your reward for the risks you took."

Hearing him say this, everyone then sheepishly put them away.

"Let's go back," Jiang Fan continued, "lest the defenders on Boundary Mountain still worry about the demon beast army."

At Boundary Mountain, Li Qingfeng gazed at the horizon. The sun was steadily rising, but his heart sank bit by bit.

"Shouldn't we be leaving now?"

Inside the Giant Sect's stronghold, Jin Zhongming impatiently slammed his foot against the city wall and said, "Do we really have to accompany him to our deaths?"

Not far away, Liang Feiyan immediately became annoyed. "Jin Zhongming! How dare you speak like that? Isn't Junior Brother Jiang pursuing the demon priestess to avenge the fallen disciples from various sects? And you're getting impatient!"

Ever since they decided to wait for Jiang Fan, the disciples of the Giant Sect had been complaining non-stop. There had been no pause in their grumbling. Now he had said such a thing, which directly angered Liang Feiyan.

Jin Zhongming looked over coldly and snorted: "His pursuit is his business. But we don't need to wait for death with him! Once the demon beast army arrives, we'll all be annihilated. Can he bear that responsibility?"

Li Qingfeng heard this. He gave the Giant Sect a cold glance and calmly said, "There's still one hour left of the promised half-day. If your Giant Sect doesn't want to wait, then leave." He didn't expect these people to be grateful to Jiang Fan. Such people, who spoke coldly as soon as the battle ended, might as well leave early. Anyway, if Jiang Fan ran into trouble later, they probably wouldn't offer aid.

Jin Zhongming was overjoyed. This was the exact sentence he had been waiting for. "Good, it's Elder Li who told us not to wait! Don't blame us! Let's go!" He brushed the broken ice off his backside and immediately set off with the elders and disciples of the Giant Sect. They were eager to leave. Who wanted to die with Jiang Fan?

As they reached halfway down the mountain, they heard shouts of surprise from the mountaintop.

"They're back! Jiang Fan is back!"

Li Qingfeng let out a cheer.