Chapter 736: Metasoul Infant Girl

There were drag marks, making him easy to track. Furthermore, Jin Zhongming was moving very slowly, dragging such a heavy corpse. So, it wasn't long before Jiang Fan caught up to him in front of a range of rolling ice mountains. Seeing Jiang Fan, Jin Zhongming's face changed dramatically.

"Jiang Fan!" he cried. "I declare my withdrawal from the Giant Sect. From now on, I will have nothing to do with the Giant Sect's affairs."

Jiang Fan's face was filled with coldness. "I'm sorry," he said. "I'll only believe your corpse has nothing to do with the Giant Sect."

Whoosh—

He swooped down on his sword, immediately unleashing 'God Lord Vastness,' giving Jin Zhongming no chance of survival.

Jin Zhongming gritted his teeth, took out a jade talisman imbued with spatial power, and crushed it on the spot. "Senior!" he shouted. "I agree to all your conditions!"

With a bang, the jade talisman shattered. A powerful spatial silver light formed a silver gate in front of Jin Zhongming. From within the gate, a snow-white, jade-like hand suddenly reached out and lightly struck Jiang Fan.

In an instant, the divine image behind Jiang Fan vanished as if a candle flame had been extinguished by the wind. A deadly aura made Jiang Fan's heart pound with alarm. He quickly activated his lightning divine ability to teleport away!

"Oh? Cloud Shadow?"

From the giant gate, a young girl slowly emerged, wearing an orange-red short-sleeved top with a diagonal button closure and a goose-yellow long skirt. Her dark hair was styled into elaborate, swept-up buns, with two long pink ribbons flowing freely, giving her a vibrant and lively youthful aura. Her figure wasn't tall, but her slender, straight, and well-rounded legs conveyed a sense of strength. Her impossibly narrow waist was cinched with a light cyan silk sash, and her chest was accentuated by a tempting curve. However, she wore a Peking Opera mask, obscuring her true face. From her exposed snow-white eyes, it was clear she was a young girl, and her voice possessed the unique tenderness and pleasantness of youth.

"Odd," the girl muttered softly. "It's still cultivated to the perfected realm."

Jin Zhongming, relieved, immediately knelt on the ground. "Senior, this junior is willing to return with you to the Jiangshan Yipin Tower and become your auction item," he pleaded. "I only ask that you keep your promise and protect my life."

The girl before him was none other than a terrifying expert Jin Zhongming had accidentally encountered days ago. She claimed to be the Vice-Manager of the Jiangshan Yipin Tower, named Gu Xin'er. She had told him that recently on the Tai Cang Continent, noblewomen were looking for strong and robust young male slaves, and he perfectly fit the criteria. She asked if he was willing to sell himself, and the price she offered was to save his life at a critical moment.

How could Jin Zhongming agree? Wasn't it better for him to remain as the senior disciple of the Giant Sect? Why would he go to Tai Cang Continent to be a slave?

Later, the girl gave him a spatial jade talisman, promising that within ten days, he could ask her to save his life once. Jin Zhongming had never wanted to use it. Even when Jiang Fan was on a killing spree, or when the Qingyun Sect was besieging the Giant Sect disciples, he had endured and refused to use it. But he never expected that he would ultimately be forced by Jiang Fan to use the jade talisman.

"That dog!" Jin Zhongming gritted his teeth, hating Jiang Fan fiercely. He had annihilated the entire Giant Sect and now he had been forced to become a commodity, about to be sold into slavery. This blood feud couldn't be repaid even if Jiang Fan died a hundred times!

"Senior, could I ask you to kill this person?" Jin Zhongming turned his hope to the girl before him. His intuition told him that the girl's power was terrifyingly formidable; killing Jiang Fan would be effortless.

Gu Xin'er extended her small, snow-white hand. "Price," she said. "I am a merchant; I don't do losing business. Everything requires payment."

Jin Zhongming's face stiffened. He didn't think someone who could casually give away a spatial jade talisman would care for the low-grade materials he possessed. He could only give up unwillingly. "I'll remember this debt for now," he thought bitterly.

Gu Xin'er withdrew her hand and giggled. "Then our transaction is complete. Come with me!"

She turned to walk towards the spatial gate. Suddenly, as if sensing something, she glanced at the sky. She saw a sudden flash of lightning across the sky and earth. The dazzling lightning, so bright it blinded people, covered even the daylight. It was Jiang Fan, who had returned, risking danger to suddenly kill his way back.

A 'Cloud Shadow' sped directly towards Jin Zhongming. He aimed a palm strike at his head, intending to make him follow Xue Wanzhong's fate. It wasn't that Jiang Fan failed to notice the girl's danger. Rather, Jin Zhongming absolutely had to die! Jin Zhongming had witnessed Jiang Fan use the Five-Magnet Divine Light and his Void Current Lightning Energy. While Jin Zhongming might not yet fully grasp the implications of what he had seen, if he reached the Tai Cang Continent, he would quickly learn about the bounty on Jiang Fan's head. Jiang Fan did not want to bear those consequences. Therefore, he risked danger to rush back and kill him.

However, just as he was about to succeed, Gu Xin'er's small mouth curved slightly, and her small hand casually grabbed him. Effortlessly, she seized Jiang Fan's arm mid-lightning assault. "My merchandise cannot be damaged by you."

Jiang Fan was greatly startled! She could even grab him like that? What was this woman's cultivation level? Perfected Core Formation ninth layer?

He reacted extremely quickly. The moment she grabbed him, he decisively activated his poison core. Intense venom surged from his arm. Gu Xin'er's palm instantly felt a stinging pain, as if bitten by a snake. She instinctively let go. Taking this opportunity, Jiang Fan raised his sword and thrust it towards Jin Zhongming nearby.

"Presumptuous!" Gu Xin'er, slightly annoyed, let out a soft cry. The sound contained immense heavenly might, causing Jiang Fan to tremble violently, unable to move as if struck by lightning. This... this is a Nascent Soul expert? No, where did another Nascent Soul expert come from? And a girl roughly his age?

But Jiang Fan absolutely could not let Jin Zhongming leave alive. He said in a deep voice, "What is your relationship with Jin Zhongming?"

Gu Xin'er examined Jiang Fan but did not answer, merely stating with cold eyes, "While I'm in a good mood, don't provoke me. Leave at once!" Her cold voice contained a trace of Nascent Soul power, shaking Jiang Fan and making him stumble backward.

Jin Zhongming's anxious heart finally settled. This girl was actually a Nascent Soul 'old monster'! With her protection, what could Jiang Fan do to him?

"Hahaha! You dog!" Jin Zhongming roared spitefully, his eyes gleaming with malice. "What can you do to me? Just you wait, when I return after achieving cultivation success, I will ensure you die without a burial place!!"

Jiang Fan looked at him, then warily at the girl. Reluctantly, he said, "Senior, you just referred to him as merchandise. Are you perhaps from the Jiangshan Yipin Tower? How about I make a deal with you too?"

Gu Xin'er's eyes flickered. "Speak."

Jiang Fan pointed at Jin Zhongming. "I'll exchange something for him, can that be a deal?"

Gu Xin'er slightly shook her head. "No."

Jiang Fan gritted his teeth, reached into his bosom, and pulled out a shimmering, lightning-infused token. It was precisely the Thunder Manifestation Token, inscribed with the 'Cloud Shadow.'

"A complete Thunder Manifestation Token!" Gu Xin'er was startled, her eyes revealing excitement. She was clearly tempted.