If Fang Chen didn't come down, Ruan Xiaofang couldn't do anything. Although he was also an official disciple, he wasn't arrogant enough to step into Fang Chen's pavilion.
Seeing Fang Chen leisurely drinking tea on the second floor, Ruan Xiaofang was furious.
"Fang Chen, I don't believe that you won't come down for the rest of your life." After waiting for a while, Ruan Xiaofang sneered and turned to leave.
Looking at Ruan Xiaofang's back, Fang Chen shook his head slightly.
Ever since he had joined the Spirit Stream, Fang Chen had been cultivating. This was because the Spirit Stream contained an extremely wild Spirit Aura, which benefited Old Ancestor Bronze greatly.
In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed since he joined the Spirit Stream. On this day, Fang Chen was cultivating when he suddenly saw a flash of lightning in the sky.
This flash of lightning stayed for a very short time. In the blink of an eye, it disappeared from the Northern Region.
After the flash of lightning disappeared, Fang Chen suddenly discovered that a meteor had fallen in the Northern Region. His face changed slightly. In the next moment, Ancestor Bronze spoke.
"There's movement." Ancestor Bronze said in a low voice.
Fang Chen was shocked and asked hurriedly, "Ancestor, what's the matter?"
"I vaguely felt a wild aura not far from Water Leaning City. It shot straight into the sky. It seems like a supreme treasure is about to appear." Ancestor Bronze said softly.
"A supreme treasure is about to appear."
Fang Chen was puzzled. Then, he recalled the strange lightning and meteor he had just seen and fell silent.
After pondering for a moment, Fang Chen stopped thinking about this matter. According to Ancestor Bronze's senses, the supreme treasure that had appeared was definitely extraordinary. With his current strength, he wasn't qualified to compete for it.
"I'd better cultivate in peace." Fang Chen said to himself.
Then, Fang Chen left the independent courtyard and prepared to head to the Spirit Pagoda to cultivate.
The Spirit Pagoda was a unique pagoda of the Spirit Stream. This pagoda towered into the clouds. It was said that there were a total of 99 levels, but no one had been able to reach the top.
To put it bluntly, the Spirit Pagoda was the strengthened version of the Soul Sea. Cultivating in the Spirit Pagoda could make a warrior's soul extremely powerful.
Fang Chen's cultivation had reached a bottleneck. He needed to go to the Spirit Pagoda to cultivate.
Fang Chen had just left the pavilion when he was surrounded by people.
Seeing Fang Chen come out, several official disciples quickly walked to Fang Chen's side and surrounded him. Fang Chen also knew the person in the lead. It was Ruan Xiaofang, who had threatened to avenge Meng Yu.
"Brat, aren't you quite capable? I thought you would hole up in your pavilion and not come out for the rest of your life." Ruan Xiaofang looked at Fang Chen, his eyes filled with killing intent as he sneered.
Fang Chen looked at Ruan Xiaofang, carefully sizing him up.
This was because this was the first time he had made a move after entering the Soul Stream.
Swoosh
Fang Chen didn't say anything. After sizing up Ruan Xiaofang, he suddenly threw out a punch. With a bang, his fist hit Ruan Xiaofang's body.
Caught off guard, Ruan Xiaofang took a few steps back. After he steadied himself, his face was filled with anger.
"Fang Chen, you are courting death!" Ruan Xiaofang roared in anger.
Seeing Ruan Xiaofang's anger, the official disciples who had followed him whispered, "Big Brother Ruan, he is just a newcomer. Let us deal with him."
After saying that, the three disciples instantly unleashed a fierce attack towards Fang Chen.
Bang Bang Bang
Fang Chen used the Daluo Soul Killer Flame. His early-stage Orange Rank soul instantly erupted. In front of him, three Soul Flames appeared. These three Soul Flames instantly rushed towards the three people.
Ah!
The three people's strength was far inferior to Fang Chen's. They simply couldn't resist Fang Chen's Daluo Soul Killer Flame. The Soul Flames instantly burrowed into their heads. The three of them let out miserable cries as they fell to the ground.
"Trash," Fang Chen said.
At this moment, Ruan Xiaofang squinted his eyes and looked at Fang Chen. His eyes were filled with passion as he laughed wildly. "Kid, you dare to compare souls with me? What a joke."
As he spoke, Ruan Xiaofang's mid-stage Orange Rank soul instantly erupted. A wild soul aura surrounded his body.
In the next moment, Ruan Xiaofang's body flashed. His soul aura turned into a long spear and rushed towards Fang Chen.
Disciples of the Soul Style were most proficient in soul attacks. To Ruan Xiaofang, Fang Chen's soul attack was too clumsy. At this moment, he was very confident that he could defeat Fang Chen in one blow.
The Soul Spear carried a wild aura and instantly appeared in front of Fang Chen. Seeing this, Fang Chen sneered and once again used the Daluo Soul Killer Flame.
Boom!
The Soul Flames and the Soul Spear instantly collided. A deafening sound rang out as the two of them continuously retreated.
"How is this possible?"
Seeing his Soul Spear blocked by Fang Chen, Ruan Xiaofang's eyes were filled with confusion. The strength of his soul was clearly suppressing Fang Chen's soul. How was Fang Chen able to block his attack?
What Ruan Xiaofang didn't know was that Fang Chen's soul had reached the Orange Rank in the past. However, later on, he met a soul cultivator who had fallen a long time ago. He received the inheritance of that almighty and became a soul cultivator. As a result, his soul was compressed to the Red Rank.
In general, although Fang Chen's soul was compressed, his foundation was very solid. Although his soul was now at the early-stage Orange Rank, and Ruan Xiaofang was at the mid-stage Orange Rank, there was practically no difference between the two.
Therefore, Fang Chen easily blocked Ruan Xiaofang's attack.
"As expected of a disciple of the Soul Style."
Fang Chen looked at Ruan Xiaofang and grinned.
Ruan Xiaofang's soul attack was clearly much more tyrannical than Fang Chen's.
Since soul attacks couldn't defeat his opponent, then he would use sword techniques to defeat him.
Whoosh!
Fang Chen activated the sword body, and a wild sword intent instantly soared into the sky. In the next moment, the Hidden Star Sword in Fang Chen's hand suddenly drew a strange trajectory. Then, an incomparably powerful sword light appeared in front of Fang Chen's eyes.
This sword light of water and fire contained a tyrannical sword essence and an illusory aura. Its power was very strong.
Crash!
Fang Chen's wrist shook, and the Hidden Star Sword suddenly stabbed towards Ruan Xiaofang. Seeing this, the latter was slightly startled and prepared to use a soul attack to resist.
However, it was too late. In the sky, the powerful sword light had already arrived in front of Ruan Xiaofang.
Bang!
Ruan Xiaofang desperately threw a punch, trying to block Fang Chen's attack. However, it was useless. The tyrannical sword light of water and fire made Ruan Xiaofang temporarily enter an illusion.
Then, the sword light of water and fire directly blasted Ruan Xiaofang's fist away and stabbed towards Ruan Xiaofang.
Puchi!
Fortunately, Ruan Xiaofang dodged in time. Otherwise, the sword light of water and fire would not have pierced his arm, but his chest.
"Damn it!"
Ruan Xiaofang was furious that his arm was injured. He was humiliated to be beaten like this by a newcomer. He was unwilling.
"I want you to die!"
Ruan Xiaofang roared angrily. In the next moment, he urged his soul to the extreme and launched a fierce attack on Fang Chen.
It was also at this moment that Fang Chen's Hidden Star Sword appeared in front of Ruan Xiaofang.
Puchi!
The Hidden Star Sword did not hesitate to pierce Ruan Xiaofang's abdomen. With a bang, Ruan Xiaofang's body fell to the ground, and his aura was weak.
"This is just a lesson."
Fang Chen had just arrived at the Soul Stream, so he did not want to casually kill people. So this time, it was just a lesson for Ruan Xiaofang.
However, even if it was a lesson, being stabbed by the Hidden Star Sword would require at least three months of lying in bed to recover.
Fang Chen glanced at Ruan Xiaofang and turned to leave.
The three disciples that Ruan Xiaofang had brought with him quickly ran over and worriedly asked, "Big brother Ruan, are you alright?"
At this moment, Ruan Xiaofang had finally awoken from his shock. His expression was complicated as he looked at Fang Chen's departing figure.
Touching the wound on his abdomen, Ruan Xiaofang felt a lingering fear in his heart. If Fang Chen had used just a little bit more strength, his qi sea would have been pierced. If that had happened, Ruan Xiaofang would have truly become a cripple.
However, Fang Chen had held back. When the Hidden Star Sword pierced Ruan Xiaofang's body and was about to reach his qi sea, he stopped his attack.
Ruan Xiaofang was helped up by his three disciples. His expression was complicated. In the end, he shook his head and turned to leave.
After defeating Ruan Xiaofang, he leisurely went to the front of the Spirit Pagoda.
The Spirit Pagoda was in a plaza. Fang Chen saw a towering Spirit Pagoda in the plaza. He could clearly feel the dense spiritual fluctuations around the Spirit Pagoda.
"This is the Spirit Pagoda." Fang Chen narrowed his eyes as he looked at the towering Spirit Pagoda.
At this moment, there were many disciples in front of the Spirit Pagoda. They were all here to cultivate.
There was an old man standing guard in front of the Spirit Pagoda. Every time a disciple wanted to enter the Spirit Pagoda, they would have to pay some high grade spirit stones.
"You have to pay spirit stones to enter the Spirit Pagoda," Fang Chen muttered to himself.
Fang Chen's words were heard by a disciple to the side. The disciple turned to look at Fang Chen and said, "You must be a new disciple."
Fang Chen nodded. The disciple continued, "No wonder you don't understand the Spirit Pagoda. This Spirit Pagoda needs energy to support it in order to operate. With such a large Spirit Pagoda, the amount of energy it consumes is astronomical. The Desolate Sect provides for so many disciples to cultivate. Naturally, they would have to collect some compensation."
With so many disciples in a Sect, the daily expenses would be huge. Therefore, the Sect had specially set up a few places to collect spirit stones to earn money for their daily expenses. This greatly reduced the pressure on the Sect.
"The Spirit Pagoda requires ten thousand high grade spirit stones for two hours."
After hearing the disciple's words, Fang Chen understood. To him, spirit stones were nothing.
"Show me your token," said the old man.
Fang Chen took out his official disciple token and handed it to the old man. After the old man inspected it, he said, "Pay the spirit stones."