To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

When Bai Ziming's head fell to the ground, Yanfa Peak fell into silence.

"We won!"

Meng Wei, Song Chibo, Wu Yan, and other acquaintances of Gu Fan cheered, ignoring the angry stares of the Bai family members, and clapped in praise.

Once the quiet atmosphere was broken, the discussion immediately erupted.

When Bai Ziming pulled out the Blood Transformation Divine Blade, not only Bai Mingxuan thought he was bound to win, but most of the people present also thought so.

Even those who knew Gu Fan was skilled in formations did not expect him to forge a short spear into a formation flag.

If Gu Fan hadn't modified the shape of the array flags, Bai Ziming would have realized at a glance that Gu Fan was preparing to set up an array, making this backup plan ineffective.

In contrast to the cheering crowd, Bai Mingxuan's face was ashen.

In his view, while Gu Fan's strength far exceeded expectations, Bai Ziming's defeat was mainly due to Bai Ziming's own lack of ambition.

"If we hadn't been careless at the beginning, causing the Xuanjia Shield to break; if we had immediately unleashed all the sword energy of the sword pellet when we saw Gu Fan using a high-grade magic weapon; if we had ignored the formation and focused solely on activating the talisman to kill Gu Fan..."

But the most difficult thing in the world is the word "if".

Fighting to the death may not necessarily lead to death, but hesitation and indecisiveness will certainly lead to an even faster death!

Bai Ziming is already dead, but he still has to clean up this mess.

As the battle concluded, Liu Tianjun stood in mid-air and proclaimed loudly, "Today's victor is Gu Fan!"

After speaking, Liu Tianjun took out his token again and lifted the barrier around Yanfa Peak.

Bai Mingxuan sighed, landed on Yanfa Peak, and walked towards Bai Ziming's corpse.

Suddenly, a blade of light landed heavily in front of Bai Mingxuan's feet, forcing him to stop.

Bai Mingxuan turned his head in the direction from which the blade light had come, and met Gu Fan's cold gaze.

"Bai Ziming has lost; everything he has is mine!"

"Including this corpse!"

"Furthermore..." Gu Fan stepped forward, his tone stern, and said, "The Bai family must also fulfill the promises made to me in the Spirit Contract of Absolute Conquest."

Bai Mingxuan clenched his fist almost imperceptibly and nodded slightly.

"Alright, you may dispose of Bai Ziming's belongings as you see fit, but may I take his body back?"

If Gu Fan were to take Bai Ziming's body away and publicly grind it to ashes, the Bai family would lose face, and even he would be reprimanded by the clan.

"As for Qi Yan..."

"What, does the Bai family want to go back on their word? Do you dare to violate the rules of the Absolute Contest Sect?" A calm voice came from the sky.

Everyone looked up and saw a figure in black robes appear in the sky at some unknown time, which none of the people present had noticed before.

"Senior Brother Zhou is here!" Gu Fan recognized the voice immediately.

"Senior Brother Zhou!" Liu Tianjun recognized the person as Zhou Furui.

As Zhou Furui landed from the air, Liu Tianjun stepped forward and cupped his hands, saying, "Greetings, Senior Brother. What brings you here today, Senior Brother?"

Zhou Furui said softly, "It's nothing, it's just that the people from Wendao Peak have been bullied, so someone has to come and see."

"People from Wendao Peak? Who?"

Not only Liu Tianjun, but Bai Mingxuan and the others were also stunned when they heard this, and then they realized what was happening and all looked at Gu Fan.

"Senior brother." Gu Fan stepped forward and bowed.

"Hmm." Zhou Furui nodded slightly and chuckled, "Well done, it saved me a lot of trouble."

As Zhou Furui spoke, his gaze turned to Bai Mingxuan.

The seemingly casual words sounded like thunder in Bai Mingxuan's ears, while Zhou Furui's calm gaze seemed to conceal boundless killing intent.

Bai Mingxuan dared not meet Zhou Furui's gaze, and turned to look at Gu Fan in disbelief, roaring wildly in his heart.

Welcome to the fantastical world of Xianxia novels! The entrance is here:

"Why didn't you say so sooner!"

"What are you pretending to be from a poor family for!"

As the person in charge of the Bai family's external affairs, Bai Mingxuan naturally knew who the person in front of him was.

The previous true disciple of the Lingxiao Sect, and the top disciple of the Wendao Peak, was once favored by the sect leader to become a Golden Core True Person. However, due to a mistake in his cultivation, he had to step down from his position as a true disciple, causing a great uproar in the sect.

At this thought, a great doubt arose in Bai Mingxuan's mind.

"Wasn't it said that the head of Wendao Peak had stopped accepting disciples?"

According to the Bai family's records, the head of Wendao Peak had taken on disciples more than once, but all of them had problems with their cultivation. Zhou Furui was just the one with the highest talent among them.

More than sixty years have passed since Zhou Furui, and there has been no news of Wendao Peak accepting any more disciples.

Therefore, even though Bai Mingxuan knew that Gu Fan knew how to form formations, he did not take it too seriously.

After all, the Dao of Talismans, the Dao of Weapons, and the Dao of Arrays have commonalities. It is normal for Gu Fan, who is skilled in weapon crafting, to have some understanding of arrays.

But no matter how doubtful he was, faced with the undeniable facts, Bai Mingxuan had no choice but to admit defeat.

He closed his eyes helplessly for a moment, and when he opened them again, all his doubts and anger had vanished, and Bai Mingxuan had returned to his calm and polite demeanor.

He stepped forward a few paces and bowed respectfully, saying, "Greetings, Senior Uncle Zhou."

Then, without waiting for Zhou Furui to ask, he took the initiative to say, "The Bai family dares not disobey the sect rules. Bai Ziming has only himself to blame, and the Bai family will never hold Fellow Daoist Gu accountable for him."

"But he is still a member of the Bai family. We cannot bear to see his body left to rot in the wilderness. We are willing to use spirit stones to redeem his body."

"I promised Fellow Daoist Gu Fan that I would release Qi Yan after the battle, and the Bai family is willing to keep the agreement. However, Qi Yan is my son-in-law, and my daughter was found to be pregnant half a year ago. I just can't bear to see my flesh and blood separated from me."

Zhou Furui frowned slightly and looked at Gu Fan: "What do you think, Junior Brother?"

Gu Fan was also surprised upon hearing Bai Mingxuan's account and asked in a deep voice, "Where is Qi Yan?"

Bai Mingxuan hesitated for a moment before replying, "After discovering that Qi Yan had tipped them off, I punished him and prepared to bring him back to the clan as a warning to others. However, my daughter happened to be pregnant, so I imprisoned him on Qingyun Peak."

Gu Fan's face darkened.

The word "severe punishment" sounds simple, but its implementation can vary greatly.

Seeing Gu Fan's expression, Bai Mingxuan immediately added, "Qi Yan is not in any danger, and the Bai family will not make things difficult for him in the future, so you can rest assured, fellow Daoist."

Gu Fan remained silent for a moment, then collected Bai Ziming's corpse and the scattered talismans into his storage bag.

"I need to see Qi Yan first. As for the matter of redeeming Bai Ziming's body, we can discuss it in three days."

"No problem." Bai Mingxuan immediately nodded in agreement: "Fellow Daoist, please come with me."

Gu Fan turned around and exchanged a few words with Zhou Furui. Then he turned back and saw Meng Wei's surprised look. He nodded to him and then followed Bai Mingxuan to fly towards Qingyun Peak.

......

Qingyun Peak, a secluded courtyard at the foot of the mountain.

This is Gu Fan's second time here.

Gu Fan followed Bai Mingxuan into the courtyard, and after crossing several covered bridges, he saw Bai Qiaoyun walking over with her pregnant belly.

The smile on Bai Qiaoyun's face vanished the moment she saw Gu Fan, and she looked at Bai Mingxuan with surprise and uncertainty.

Bai Mingxuan sighed and whispered a few words in Bai Qiaoyun's ear.

"How can this be..." Bai Qiaoyun was about to speak when Bai Mingxuan stopped her with his hand. She could only stomp her foot helplessly and then turn and leave.

Bai Mingxuan gave Gu Fan an apologetic smile and then led him forward, winding his way to a side room.

Gu Fan stepped forward and pushed open the door, where he saw Qi Yan holding a book and reading attentively.