Chapter 1745: 再做一筆交易

"Ah!" she instinctively screamed, sensing death, but quickly realized she felt no pain. A bewildered expression spread across her face.

Jiang Fan was also stunned. This... was this time reversal? No, there were no laws of time around. It was the Saint's legacy! Within a thousand zhang of him, one could fear no injury or death.

Jiang Fan was still a bit unconvinced. He drew Zi Dian and swung it at Tian Ge, cutting her in half at the waist. As a result, Tian Ge's separated body rejoined. Indeed! Within the range of the Saint's legacy, death was simply impossible.

But there were drawbacks. The thousand-zhang grassland shrank to a five-hundred-zhang radius, and the outer five hundred zhang of grassland quickly decayed into mud. Restoring Tian Ge's life twice consumed more than half of the Saint's legacy in this place. Once the Saint's legacy was depleted, its restorative effect would cease.

Jiang Fan's heart stirred. "If a loved one died, bringing them here, wouldn't they be able to come back to life?" However, he quickly shook his head, dismissing that possibility. Tian Ge's two resurrections only restored her body because her soul had not dissipated. Once a person's body and soul were destroyed, bringing them here would be useless. Unless he could carry the Saint's remains with him and retrieve them immediately when someone fell in battle, he couldn't save them in time.

But, take away the Saint's remains? Jiang Fan looked at the Saint's face and found he couldn't see it clearly even up close. He didn't believe he could easily take away a being he couldn't even clearly see. Furthermore, the Primordial Grand Saint, even after death, was suppressing the Hell Realm passage, protecting the peace of the Central Lands. How could he take them away?

Dispelling his thoughts, Jiang Fan looked at Tian Ge again. Since he couldn't kill her, he could only capture her for now and deal with her after leaving this place.

"I'll spare your life for now!" Jiang Fan grabbed her with a large hand and stuffed Tian Ge into his spatial mirror. He used the last section of the Immortal Binding Vine to tie her up. After tying her, there was not a single piece left over.

"Your family is too numerous; my Immortal Binding Vine isn't even enough!" Jiang Fan mumbled to himself and then exited the spatial mirror.

Inside the mirror, it immediately became lively. Tian Jian and Tian Qin looked at their new companion with astonished expressions, both exclaiming:

"Third Sister, how did you get captured too?"

Tian Ge blinked, looking blankly at them: "First Brother, Second Sister, and Mother, how did all of you get captured by him?"

The family members looked at each other, utterly silenced. Their entire family had been captured by the same human. Could anything be more absurd than this?

After a long while, Tian Qin awkwardly cleared her throat and said, "Don't worry. Father is still outside; he will rescue us."

Tian Jian also looked extremely embarrassed, but he quickly realized something and glared fiercely at Tian Ge, saying coldly: "You wretch, you actually stole our Dark Faction's realm artifact! Do you know what a huge disaster you've caused?"

Tian Qin also just realized it, her pretty face turning slightly cold. "Third Sister, you've gone too far!"

The Asura Empress, who had been pretending to sleep, suddenly sat up, her phoenix eyes glaring at her with a murderous glint. "Your ambition truly isn't small! You dare covet the Central Lands' Saint puppet! Where is the Eye of Hell? Hand it over!"

Tian Ge shrank her neck, instantly plummeting from the harmonious atmosphere of family reunion into an icy abyss. She said guiltily, "The Eye of Hell... was tricked away by the Lord of Tongyuan."

"What?" Tian Jian and Tian Qin's expressions changed drastically, spittle flying everywhere. Poor Tian Ge was tied too close to them and had nowhere to hide, ending up with her face splattered with their spittle.

The Asura Empress's vision went dark. "Our Dark Asura clan's realm artifact has just fallen into the hands of the Hell Realm! Tian Ge, you've caused a major disaster! Your Imperial Father won't spare you!"

Tian Ge made a long face and whimpered, "I didn't know the outside world would be so treacherous. The Lord of Tongyuan is an old monster; his treachery is one thing. That Jiang Fan is even younger than me, yet how can he be so malicious? Locking me up with all of you, isn't he trying to kill me? He's truly wicked!"

Hearing Jiang Fan's name, the family members all gnashed their teeth.

The Asura Empress sighed deeply and said, "Look at it from another perspective: it's fortunate that your Eye of Hell fell into the hands of the Hell Realm. If it had fallen into Jiang Fan's hands, that would have been truly fatal."

Outside.

The battle between the Lord of Bian's clone and the Lord of Tongyuan did not last long. With a soul-shattering explosion, a significant portion of the Lord of Tongyuan's remnant soul body was destroyed, making him even weaker than he already was. The Lord of Bian's clone held him with one hand and raised the other to tear open a void rift.

Before leaving, she glared fiercely at Jiang Fan. "You bastard, our business isn't finished."

"Then finish it!" Jiang Fan quickly called out to her, "Wait! Let's make a deal."

Hearing the word "deal," the Lord of Bian's clone felt a faint pain in her chest and retorted, "First, give me back the Book of Life and Death!"

Unexpectedly, Jiang Fan said without hesitation, "Alright." Saying this, he even pulled out the Book of Life and Death. The Lord of Bian's clone was taken aback, finding it hard to believe that Jiang Fan was actually willing to return the Book of Life and Death! A suspicious look crossed her face. "You'd be so kind?"

Jiang Fan said, "Of course, I won't give it to you for free. Let's make an exchange. Give me the Eye of Hell, and I'll return the Book of Life and Death to you."

*See? What did I say? How could this guy be so kind?* She snorted lightly, "The Eye of Hell is much more powerful than my Book of Life and Death. If I exchange with you, wouldn't I be at a disadvantage?"

Jiang Fan seemed to have anticipated her words and calmly said, "No matter how powerful the Eye of Hell is, it's not your innate artifact. After taking it back to the Hell Realm, will it truly become yours?"

These words made the Lord of Bian's clone hesitate. The Hell Realm had more than one realm lord; how could she alone decide the fate of this realm artifact of a former traitor? Its ownership would certainly be decided collectively by all realm lords. As the one who obtained it, and as the most powerful realm lord, it would most likely still end up in her hands, but she would probably have to pay some price for it. Instead of that, why not just get her Book of Life and Death back?

"Alright, we'll exchange!" The Lord of Bian's clone readily took out the Eye of Hell. A black crystal pillar with eerie eye patterns, emitting a captivating power. It was indeed the Eye of Hell.

Jiang Fan said with a half-smile, "Where is my Memory Silver Sand? Can I see it?"

The Lord of Bian's clone's expression stiffened, and she reluctantly took out another Eye of Hell. The first one, she squeezed it hard, and it transformed into Memory Silver Sand. So, she had also played a trick, intending to use Memory Silver Sand to trick the Book of Life and Death back.

She huffed, "I just grabbed the wrong one, don't overthink it."

Jiang Fan smiled without speaking. This woman actually tried to use his own trick against him.

He said, "You might as well give me all the Memory Silver Sand. You won't be able to trick anyone anyway."

The Lord of Bian's clone gritted her teeth, extremely displeased. "Take it!" She threw both items over. Jiang Fan let them fall to the ground, and only after confirming there were no traps did he return the Book of Life and Death.

The Lord of Bian's clone clutched the Book of Life and Death, squeezing and examining it thoroughly, sighing in relief only after confirming it wasn't Memory Silver Sand. A powerful realm lord, surprisingly, was forced to develop anti-fraud experience.

She gave Jiang Fan a disgusted look. "Consider yourself human for once! Let me ask you, is there anyone else in your Central Lands who has obtained another Book of Life and Death?"