My Master Only Breaks Through on the Edge of Death

Half of a petrified dragon scale had already been nibbled on by Fierce White.

Xu Fan curiously took the half petrified dragon scale to test its hardness and was amazed to find that with his current strength, he couldn’t even break this dragon scale.

"Little guy, you’ve been sleeping for so many years, yet you’re still the size of a palm."

Xu Fan held Fierce White with one hand, gently stroking its head with the other hand.

"Raww~" Fierce White gave a gentle growl at Xu Fan.

"Are you saying you’re never going to grow?" Xu Fan asked with a smile.

Fierce White nodded its head.

"Do you like eating this petrified real dragon?" Xu Fan asked again.

"Raww~"

"Alright, you like to eat it whether it’s petrified or not, good, I like this habit." Xu Fan chuckled.

"No rush, this entire petrified formation is yours, you can eat it slowly." Xu Fan said with a smile.

Fierce White jumped on Xu Fan’s shoulder, rubbing its little head against Xu Fan’s face to show its closeness.

Placing Fierce White on the body of the petrified real dragon, Xu Fan returned to the small courtyard and went back to being a couch potato.

The second day, as Xu Fan was lying in the small courtyard soaking up the sun, Qiu Ziyuan, the most inconspicuous Sect Leader of the Hidden Spirit Sect, came to visit.

"Greetings, Great Master." Qiu Ziyuan greeted respectfully.

"Stand up, what brings you here?" Xu Fan asked kindly.

He had always had a good sense of Qiu Ziyuan, who had managed the sect affairs flawlessly since their time in the Lower Realm without making any significant mistakes.

This was indeed commendable.

"Great Master, there are more and more Quasi-immortal and True Immortal disciples in the sect, and the sect’s current tasks are not enough for allocation."

"As a result, the newly promoted Quasi-immortal disciples have no resources other than the sect’s basic welfare provisions."

"I’ve discussed with Pu Tao, we can send sect disciples to open academies in various parts of the Immortal World to earn Fairy Jade, thus giving them something to do."

"Have we reached this stage so quickly?" Xu Fan queried.

"Master, almost a third of the 4th generation disciples have been promoted to Quasi-immortal. The number has surged, and it’s hard for the sect to arrange suitable tasks." Pu Tao answered.

"So you want the sect to provide Illusionary Formation Immortal Artifacts for teaching students, then open your own academies." Xu Fan interpreted.

"Yes, exactly." Qiu Ziyuan nodded.

"This plan works. If there are truly no tasks to assign, let the disciples start their own businesses. As long as they don’t go to the frontier battlefields, anything is negotiable." Xu Fan pondered.

It’s not that he’s unwilling to let disciples contribute to the Human Clan, but the current battlefield situation is uncertain, and the rules of the battlefield have been broken.

Now the Golden Immortal Great Luo can freely take out the True Immortal. If the disciples were sent there now, any of them performing well would be targeted by the opposing Golden Immortal Great Luo.

A mere wave of the hand could result in a huge loss of excellent human cultivators. There are still many willing to do this.

"Pu Tao, it’s up to you now." Xu Fan waved.

"Keep the academies well-distributed, and make sure you don’t steal business from each other." Xu Fan added.

"Understood."

"Just graduated and already planning to open an academy, that’s really something." Xu Fan laughed heartily. Let those disciples have their fun, as long as they don’t die.

"Master, 130 million Fairy Jade have been credited from the Golden Device Academy revenue." Pu Tao’s voice echoed.

"Good, use these Fairy Jade to buy some Immortal Mines and refine more Illusionary Immortal Artifacts for those future academies." Xu Fan instructed.

"As you command, Master."

Xu Fan lay in the courtyard, gazing at the clouds in the sky, and it took him three days to snap out of it.

Outside a secret realm within the Unbounded Fairy World.

Ye Xiaoyao was sitting on the ground, helpless.

"Old Jian, it’s been over two years of this fuss, have you not figured out the secret method to open this hidden treasure of the Unbounded Fairy World yet?"

"Don’t rush, try this secret method again." Old Jian suggested in Ye Xiaoyao’s heart. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Then, a secret method was transferred into Ye Xiaoyao’s mind.

After a short learning period, Ye Xiaoyao hand-sealed a secret imprint, and slapped it towards the gate of the secret realm.

But there wasn’t a reaction to open it, rather it induced a backlash from the secret realm’s gate, and he was directly flung away by a repulsive force.

"Old Jian, let’s stop testing. Wait until you recall it, and then let me know. I can’t take this torture anymore." Ye Xiaoyao, who had been knocked into the mountainside, grumbled with a gloomy face.

Who could stand being flung around seven or eight times a day?

"No, it should be this secret method. Where did the problem arise?"

"Xiaoyao, don’t be discouraged, try this secret method again."

Another secret method was transferred into Ye Xiaoyao’s mind.

"No, I rest, I won’t try again." Ye Xiaoyao completely gave up.

"How did you confuse these secret methods? Keep in mind, you were once an Immortal Emperor!" Ye Xiaoyao grumbled internally.

"The memories of my time as an Immortal Emperor are vast, confusing a few things is normal."

"Besides, you little brat, just a bit of setback and you back off, how are you going to help me get my revenge in the future?"

"Try these few secret methods again. If they don’t work, let’s rest for a while and try again." Old Jian encouraged Ye Xiaoyao.

"It’s easy for you to say. You’re not the one being knocked into the mountain." Ye Xiaoyao retorted.

"Well, there’s something inside that will help you become a Golden Immortal sooner. You can decide whether you want it or not." Old Jian replied indifferently.

Ye Xiaoyao hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and began to attempt the new method to open the secret realm.

The result was just a few new human-shaped pits appearing on the distant mountain wall.

"Why is it wrong, did I really mix up the secret methods?" Old Jian muttered in Ye Xiaoyao’s mind.

Back in the courtyard, Xu Fan who had just gotten some free time, looked at Li Xuandao with a headache.

"Let’s put the Immortal Emperor’s secret treasure aside for now, I have other important matters here. Wait until after our trip, then I will accompany you to the Unbounded Fairy World." Xu Fan addressed Li Xuandao, who was trying to assign him tasks.

"As you wish, Master." Li Xuandao respectfully replied before walking away, looking rather regretful.

"The Immortal Emperor’s secret treasure...sounds like a headache. I’ll deal with it when I have spare time." Xu Fan muttered, lying on a lounge chair.

At that moment, a beam of white light suddenly shot into Xu Fan’s arms.

Only to see Fierce White biting and gnawing at a piece of petrified dragon scale shard.

Xu Fan watched with interest, lifting Fierce White by its tail to his eye level.

"What kind of species are you, that even this hard, petrified real dragon scale doesn’t stump you."

Fierce White, held by Xu Fan in mid-air, whimpered, its head moving in the direction of the petrified dragon scale shard, trying desperately to reach out for it.

"Pu Tao, look up in the ancient records, are there any turtles that feed on true dragons?" Xu Fan suddenly asked.

"In ancient times, there were three kinds of turtles who fed on the dragon clan, Land Greedy, Area Swallower, and Void. Master’s Fierce White does not match any of these three types." Pu Tao replied.

"Alright, there’s nothing else to do but wait until it grows bigger to see what it is."