Chapter 1704: Mysterious Severed Palm

Soon after, Jiang Fan rejoined the group.

The Great Venerable Red Demon looked at him with a strange expression. "You look like you've gained quite a lot," he said.

Jiang Fan suppressed a laugh, waving his hand repeatedly. "No, no, I just caught up with an old acquaintance."

Yue Mingzhu couldn't help but chuckle, extending a slender, jade-like finger to gently press down the corners of Jiang Fan's upturned lips.

As soon as she released her hand, they curled up again.

She smiled and said, "How many treasures did you get for your lips to be so curled that they can't be pressed down?"

Jiang Fan cleared his throat, covering his face with his sleeve. "Nothing of the sort. Let's hurry, the Heaven-Connecting Black Pillar won't hold out much longer."

Urged on, the White Tiger resumed its charge.

Yue Mingzhu covered her mouth with a laugh, then turned her head to glance in the direction of the large fissure. A fleeting shimmer of nine-colored light flashed in her eyes.

As if she had seen something, her eyes widened in astonishment:

"Is this...is this the same person?"

"His luck has actually multiplied several times!"

The last time she observed Wang Chongxiao's luck, it was already so immense it rivaled that of the entire Taicang Great Province.

Now, it seemed at least four or five Taicang Great Provinces combined couldn't match its potency.

It probably wasn't inferior to the entire Heaven Province.

"What is this guy's background?" Yue Mingzhu was deeply shocked.

She had never seen any being with such terrifying luck; not even the Sages or Giant Emperors could achieve this level.

Despite her shock, seeing the other party about to disappear from sight, she subtly changed her expression:

"Jiang Fan has been working so hard recently, he should get a little boost."

Immediately, she secretly cast a spell, taking a significant portion from Wang Chongxiao's luck.

An enormous, mountainous pile of luck was cut off and then transferred into Jiang Fan's body.

Jiang Fan, who was counting his treasures, suddenly felt an indescribable comfort and lightness throughout his body, as if he had just received a full-body massage.

"Good news really does lift the spirits," Jiang Fan chuckled. He set up an isolation barrier around himself and quietly began to examine the two spatial storage devices.

He had initially thought that, since he already possessed *Xitu*, these two spatial storage devices wouldn't impress him.

To his surprise, after scanning the *Xitu* within them, his jaw dropped.

His own *Xitu* was only fist-sized, and inserting the divine wood, time-freezing seeds, and immortal-binding vine into it already left him with little space.

However, the *Xitu* from both spatial storage devices combined amounted to a full *mu* of land!

Jiang Fan was stunned for a long while. How many things could he plant in this?

Even the top-tier seeds of natural treasures from the three realms—Heaven, Middle Earth, and Hell—might not be enough to fill it.

He was secretly excited. "It seems I need to focus on collecting seeds from now on. Whatever I grow, I'll use if I can, or sell it to Qiqi at a high price if I can't."

"Moreover, *Xitu* can be used indefinitely. It's like I own a gold mine that continuously produces gold."

Merging the two *Xitu* portions into one, Jiang Fan tucked them into a spatial storage device.

Then he examined the jade rod he had obtained.

This item was truly heaven-defying; Wang Chongxiao, a mere Human-Heaven Decay One, had directly immobilized two Human-Heaven Decay Five individuals with it.

If he had this magic treasure, battles at the Divine Transformation realm level during the Middle Earth War might be much easier.

Upon closer inspection, he discovered Angelic script on it.

Fortunately, he had been forced to learn Angelic script by the white-robed skeleton in the stone cone within the Myriad Calamity Sacred Palace.

Understanding it posed no obstacle.

"Immortal-Fixing Jade Branch," Jiang Fan murmured, observing closely. He realized it truly was a segment of a tree branch.

It had been infused with the law of time-freezing.

This was why, when activated, it could freeze people along with their thoughts.

However, the time-freezing law within it had been largely depleted by Wang Chongxiao's use.

He estimated it could still immobilize two Human-Heaven Decay Five individuals.

Jiang Fan couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache. "Wang Chongxiao, how could you waste my things like this? You don't cherish what isn't yours, do you?"

Once the time-freezing law within it was exhausted, Jiang Fan would have no other way to replenish it.

Carefully putting it away, Jiang Fan then looked at the shield.

This shield, however, was perfectly preserved. In future battles against Sage-level opponents, he wouldn't be unable to withstand even their residual aftereffects.

Finally, there was the Undying Bell of the Immortal King.

It was covered in cracks and severely damaged, yet even in this state, it was still at the level of a quasi-world artifact!

Ordinary magic artifacts, if shattered to such an extent, would mostly be reduced to scrap metal.

This showed that in its complete state, it must have been an extremely powerful world artifact.

Seeing much sand and dirt still on it, he activated his Divine Transformation power to clean it.

However, as he used his Divine Transformation power to clean the inside, a large lump of black material suddenly fell out.

At first, he thought it was black sand.

But on closer inspection, he realized it was a severed hand!

After washing away the black impurities, a smooth, jade-like, beautiful hand with long, slender fingers emerged.

It appeared to be a woman's hand.

What was surprising was that the hand was incredibly lifelike, as if it had only just been severed.

It bore no resemblance to something that had been buried underground for ten thousand years.

Jiang Fan's heart pounded.

He had seen the remains of the Sage of Misfortune, which, although well-preserved, still appeared dull after a thousand years, clearly identifiable as a corpse.

The severed hand before him, however, gave off a very fresh sensation.

He no longer dared to speculate about the level of strength of the being to whom this hand belonged.

He even took a step back, extremely vigilant.

He took out a discarded high-grade spirit artifact and carefully poked the hand. Only after confirming that the severed hand posed no threat did he slowly extend a finger to touch it bit by bit.

He only picked it up after confirming it was completely safe.

The hand's five fingers were tightly clenched, yet not completely closed.

It looked as if something was held in its palm.

Jiang Fan's heart stirred. Could something so tightly clutched by such a powerful being before death possibly be ordinary?

He tried to pry open the fingers, but they seemed fused with the palm, refusing to budge.

He considered whether to use his Flawless Domain or even destroy the hand.

But the thought was immediately quashed.

It was best not to act rashly with the severed hand of such an unknown entity, lest he fail to acquire its contents and instead trigger unpredictable risks.

With this in mind, he took out a separate spatial storage device and placed the severed hand inside.

To his dismay!

The moment the severed hand was placed inside, the spatial storage device exploded on the spot.

The severed hand dropped out of thin air, landing on Jiang Fan's leg.

Jiang Fan broke out in a cold sweat!

A spatial storage device couldn't hold this severed hand?

He tried two more times, with the same result each time.

All the spatial storage devices were crushed.

"Whose...whose hand is this?" Jiang Fan was numb with shock.

He had thought the Undying Bell of the Immortal King was his greatest gain, but it turned out this severed hand was!

Since spatial storage devices couldn't hold it, he had no choice but to carry it on his person, tucking it into his sleeve.

He would wait for Qiqi to arrive and ask her if she had any magic treasures specifically for prying things open.

"The Heaven-Connecting Black Pillar is here," Yue Mingzhu reminded him.

Her smile had long since vanished, replaced by a fierce anger burning in her eyes.

Jiang Fan also withdrew the barrier, stood up, and looked at the Heaven-Connecting Black Pillar before them. He said:

"Let's go! Let's give them a surprise!"

Not long after the group departed.

Inside the large fissure, Wang Chongxiao slowly regained consciousness, clutching his head.