[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-nothing-is-taboo":3,"chapter-nothing-is-taboo-nothing-is-taboo-chapter-356":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Nothing Is Taboo",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2310741,4514,"Chapter 356: Wen Fa (Requesting Monthly Tickets)","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-356",356,"\u003Cp>My lord’s Dao name is “Wen Fa.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This method is quite popular among sons of prominent clans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as one captures a sufficiently powerful wraith and binds it within oneself, one gains immense combat power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, one can combine different wraiths to eliminate weaknesses in one’s combat ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prominent families possess the capability to capture various wraiths for their descendants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this method carries grave risks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more wraiths one binds within the body, the greater the chance of wraith corruption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And since this method is ultimately a “shortcut,” its reputation among the great clans of Huaming is poor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who choose this method are seen as lacking ambition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Typically, the eldest legitimate sons in a family would never choose this method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, Fu Jingyu and Miao Yu would never cultivate this method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My lord cultivates this method and does not require a true seed, but he needs Ghostwhisker Wood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If “Thousand Transformations” and “Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell” could be tattooed onto his body, his power would surge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, he has already sold that true seed in advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The price satisfied him greatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sand Monster was indeed a wraith he bought at great cost specifically to counter alchemists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The alchemist’s sword pellet is completely ineffective against this wraith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The damage from abdominal fire is also severely limited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sand had already reached Xu Yuan’s feet and was about to swarm around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan stomped his feet, and the Fire Wheel rose, lifting him high into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sand, however, whooshed upward, transforming into a swirling storm of dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan, face grim, shot toward the alchemist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forget everything else—dare you strike my goose? I’ll kill you first!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The alchemist spat out his own sword pellet and blocked a few strikes, but it was instantly shattered by My Lord’s sword pellet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He released another external pill, which transformed into a great cauldron, and hid himself inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword pellet carved deep grooves into the cauldron with several strikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few more strikes and the cauldron would be split open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The alchemist trembled and cried out: “My lord, save me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the Wu Xiu beside him also gave his all, roaring: “My lord, save me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had swallowed the pill the alchemist gave him, but it had no effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, his entire body was covered in foul sores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He coughed incessantly, spitting out mouthfuls of black blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His whole body burned hot, as if on fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My lord gritted his teeth and lightly brushed his finger over another tattoo on his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thick black mist burst forth from the tattoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the mist, three blood-red ghostly eyes floated and sank, opening and closing intermittently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black mist whooshed out, engulfing the alchemist and the cauldron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan’s sword pellet pierced in—and instantly felt overwhelming weight; intense yin energy surged, threatening to corrupt the blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xu Yuan had already arrived swiftly, opened his mouth, and—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six-flow abdominal fire rolled out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black mist let out a shrill shriek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abdominal fire was its perfect counter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Xu Yuan’s abdominal fire concealed three hairpins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each hairpin pierced one of the ghostly eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thick black blood oozed from the eyes; the mist instantly shrank into a clump.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seizing the opportunity, the sword pellet stabbed through the cauldron and pierced straight through the alchemist’s forehead with a wet *plop!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant the alchemist died, the cauldron clanged to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Fu, nearby, jumped up joyfully, slapping his large webbed feet together in the air—*pat-pat-pat!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good job, Fan Zhe!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My lord flew into a rage: “How dare you kill my man!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He brushed his right hand over a spot on his left arm—a jet-black, monstrous spike erupted from a tattoo on his left forearm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spike was grotesque, writhing like a living thing as it coiled around his entire right arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spikes grew along the arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the palm’s front, a blade-like spike extended a full zhang in length.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the strongest wraith he had bound upon his entire body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had reached the fifth-flow level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rarely dared to use it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he was a fifth-flow Fa Xiu, his entire method relied on wraiths for combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more wraiths he activated, the greater the risk of wraith corruption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single fifth-flow spike was already his limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the battle dragged on, this spike would creep upward along his arm until it eventually swallowed his entire head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan had slain the alchemist and released his pent-up fury; he turned and spat a gout of fire at the swirling sandstorm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six-flow abdominal fire made the sandstorm wary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan landed back on the ground and secretly gripped the Doghead Gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sand followed, hissing as it surged toward Xu Yuan once more from the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once it entered the “stall’s” range, it suddenly could not coalesce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sand flowed around Xu Yuan, yet always avoided him entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a fly without a head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan gripped the Yin-Yang Guillotine, opened his Yin-Yang Eyes to examine the Sand Monster—and suddenly his heart stirred; the Pi Dan instantly flew out and spread itself behind his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A jet-black spike suddenly pierced the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Straight for Xu Yuan’s occiput.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spike was blocked by the Pi Dan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spike struck repeatedly; though it failed to pierce the Pi Dan, it drove two chi deep into its surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan withdrew swiftly, and the Pi Dan retreated with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spike vanished into thin air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My lord’s face darkened as he stared fixedly at Xu Yuan; then he raised his hand again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spike suddenly erupted from Xu Yuan’s left waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan wrapped the Pi Dan around his entire body; though the strike was blocked, it still wounded My Lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan gritted his teeth, peeled the Pi Dan off his body, and wrapped it backward around the spike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan seized the spike!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My lord pulled hard—the spike vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sand swirled endlessly around Xu Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The windstorm howled, obscuring Xu Yuan’s vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spike kept stabbing out from the flying sand; Xu Yuan could only wrap himself in the Pi Dan again, defending passively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan gripped the Yin-Yang Guillotine, his vision splitting in two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He closed his left eye, shutting out all things of the Yang world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind and sand could no longer obscure his sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too bad the Tigerhead Guillotine could not sever My Lord’s evil spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These evil spirits, in a certain sense, had become My Lord’s “yin soldiers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his other hand, Xu Yuan toyed with the tortoise shell, gently exhaling a breath of fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abdominal fire scorched the tortoise shell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divination: Today is auspicious!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Fu crept stealthily behind My Lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly spat a mouthful of saliva.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then turned and fled!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spread his wings and flew low, instantly covering hundreds of zhang, landing on a tree, and turning back to watch the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My Lord’s body was splattered with a few droplets of saliva—and instantly felt weak and feverish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn!” My Lord cursed inwardly. This goose is an auspicious creature—how can it spread disease?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan tucked away the tortoise shell and toyed with the three hairpins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gently shook them—*ding-ding-ding…*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My lord suddenly felt his soul being hooked by iron claws, dragged out of his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He staggered involuntarily, agony searing through his mind; in a daze, he thrust blindly at Xu Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sinister dagger suddenly dropped from directly above Xu Yuan’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind and sand here were raging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xu Yuan was no longer affected by the wind and sand; after blocking with his Pi Dan, he easily dodged aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Three Hairpins suddenly shot out, slicing across the my lord’s neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His neck was covered in tattoos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a thick layer of scales surfaced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Three Hairpins scraped past, sparking a trail of fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan swiftly moved beneath his feet, constantly shifting position to deny the sinister dagger any opening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Three Hairpins flew out again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All aimed at the my lord’s vital points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neck, third eye, chest, and more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The my lord had scales protecting all these vital points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan then changed position again, swiftly leaving a series of wounds on his legs and abdomen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ghost Physician Steals Life” was activated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The my lord grew extremely weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xu Yuan suddenly flashed to the side, bringing down his Yin-Yang Guillotine—severing the Wu Xiu’s head!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wu Xiu was already on the brink of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet before dying, he let out a final scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This enraged the my lord completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lunged at Xu Yuan without regard for his own safety, swinging the sinister dagger wildly—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan shook his silver bell and effortlessly dodged aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The my lord now had no technique left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, if Xu Yuan had merely held out, the my lord’s illness would have erupted slowly—victory would have been his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xu Yuan wanted to provoke him, to force him into a desperate fight—killing the Wu Xiu was the purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fellow was a Fifth-Rank; if he suddenly regained his wits and fled, Xu Yuan might not catch him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He held a high rank and noble origins—letting him escape would bring endless trouble!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The my lord roared: “I’ll kill you! What are you, to dare kill my man…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He charged and struck recklessly; Xu Yuan grew even calmer, quietly winding the Beast Sinew Rope around his ankles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got him!” Xu Yuan thought, then unleashed everything—he hurled a bundle of counting rods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They clattered and flew wildly, blinding the my lord’s vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the Three Hairpins burst from the chaos, piercing straight into both of the my lord’s eyes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hss—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They emerged from the back of his skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The my lord froze, all strength draining away, collapsing like a pile of rotting meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1640,"2026-06-20T12:07:24.624Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","a988c7a27373e5780b51a726c7ec71ec8e845d341c0affb5717aca2a2b737343","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-357","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-355",413,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fnothing-is-taboo-cover.jpg"]