Chapter 146: Chu Chaoran

Over the past hundred years, if one speaks of romantic figures in the Daoist sects, the one who crowned the world as number one, the name of the Three-Corpse Daoist, even crossing the passage of time, is hard to erase that fierce and world-covering brilliance.

Before Chu Chaoran emerged, he was the undisputed number one, standing at the peak of the Daoist sects, looking out at the Gate of All Wonders, able to resonate with the ancestors of old, peeking into that realm of land immortals.

Sixty years ago, during the Jiazi Demon-Sweeping, the Three-Corpse Daoist and Chu Chaoran fought at the peak of Mount Dongyue. From then on, the title of number one expert under heaven became a swan song.

Even so, as time passed, his name still circulated in the mouths of many seniors, his influence like a ghost, as if it had never been erased.

It's just that Zhang Fan couldn't figure it out. In this way, the Three-Corpse Daoist and Chu Chaoran were mortal enemies.

Since Xiao Xiaole Funeral Home is an industry under Zhenwu Mountain, why would it worship the portrait of the Three-Corpse Daoist, and so blatantly, without any avoidance?

When Zhang Fan threw out such a question, even Sui Chunsheng and Zhan Xinyue looked at Liu Xingyu in unison.

For them, the Three-Corpse Daoist's identity was even more special. He was not only Chu Chaoran's lifelong enemy but also the strongest existence of the Wu Wei Sect in the past.

The Wu Wei Sect, that was a heresy.

"Since our curator practices the Daoist techniques of the Three-Corpse Daoist, hanging his portrait is reasonable," Liu Xingyu said indifferently.

To practice Daoist techniques, one must worship the Dharma techniques.

For example, to practice 【Five Thunders True Method】, one must worship the 【Nine Heavens Responding to Yuan Thunder Sound Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable】.

There are also those who worship the Dharma lineage founders, etc.

"What? Your curator practices the Daoist techniques of the Three-Corpse Daoist?"

As soon as this was said, let alone Sui Chunsheng and Zhan Xinyue, even Zhang Fan couldn't help but show a strange expression.

He couldn't help but look at this Liu Xingyu in front of him twice more, never expecting the other party to admit it so openly, without any cover-up.

"What kind of expression is that?"

Liu Xingyu looked at everyone's rare-to-see-it-all expression, but he didn't care.

"The Dao has no good or evil, the Dharma has no high or low... these techniques were passed down by True Person Chaoran," Liu Xingyu said in a deep voice.

"As a disciple of Zhenwu Mountain, why can't one practice them?"

"True Person Chaoran!?"

Sui Chunsheng and Zhan Xinyue looked at each other and remained silent.

They had heard elders mention before that back then, during the Jiazi Demon-Sweeping, at the peak of Mount Dongyue, no one could see it. In the end, only True Person Chaoran walked down. After that battle, Chu Chaoran seemed to have peeked into many secrets of the Three-Corpse Daoist, returned to Zhenwu Mountain, and recorded many Daoist techniques into secret books.

At first, these two juniors only took it as a rumor. Now it seems it's eight or nine out of ten true. Not only is it true, True Person Chaoran actually allowed his disciples to practice them.

"The Dao has no good or evil, the Dharma has no high or low... True Person Chaoran's breadth of mind is indeed not something our generation can understand," Sui Chunsheng said indifferently.

"I heard... when True Person Chaoran was young, he traveled the world, was quite interested in the Daoist techniques of various sects, and even changed his name and surname to worship in various..." Zhan Xinyue suddenly opened her mouth.

"Xinyue..."

However, before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Sui Chunsheng. The latter looked at Liu Xingyu with an unnatural expression and then apologized: "Daoist brother, don't take offense; my junior sister is speaking without thinking."

"It doesn't matter; this isn't any secret," Liu Xingyu shook his head, subconsciously looking at Zhang Fan.

If it were just now, he probably would have blasted a True Fire over, but seeing Zhang Fan's methods, his attitude was much better.

"What do you mean?" Zhang Fan was confused and leaned over to Zhan Xinyue's side, asking in a low voice.

"Actually, it's nothing..." Seeing this, Liu Xingyu was quite generous.

Who isn't frivolous when young, who isn't absurd when young?

Even Chu Chaoran, who is now called a living immortal, is no exception.

It is rumored that when he was young, in order to study the Daoist techniques of various sects, he changed his name and surname, traveled the world, and worshipped in famous mountains.

You know, investing in multiple sects is a taboo of the Daoist sects.

Therefore, according to many old people, Chu Chaoran's reputation when he was young wasn't very good, once regarded as a public enemy of the Daoist sects, like a street rat, everyone wanted to kill him.

Only later, during the Great Tribulation of the Daoist sects, the experts of the world withered, so no one could care about him anymore. Plus, Chu Chaoran's momentum gradually formed, and he was the only survivor of the Great Tribulation of the Daoist sects, so the absurd things of his youth were gradually forgotten. Until today, these things are just anecdotes of the great when they were young, instead letting the high-above divinity have a hint of humanity.

"Never thought that old man had such a past."

Zhang Fan muttered softly, Chu Chaoran's appearance when promoting the quiet cultivation class appearing in his mind.

"True Person Chaoran is known as the 【Living Dictionary】 of the Daoist sects, having dabbled in the Daoist techniques of various sects. I heard that even the nine legendary Inner Dan Methods, he has studied extremely deeply," Zhan Xinyue opened her chatterbox, completely uninhibited.

In reality, this topic had already touched upon some secrets of Zhenwu Mountain.

"Indeed," Liu Xingyu didn't care, saying indifferently.

The older generation of the Daoist sects all knew that Chu Chaoran's obsession with the Daoist techniques of the world when he was young was close to demonic. Many secret books and mysterious arts of Zhenwu Mountain today were collected and compiled by Chu Chaoran.

Among them, the most precious are those related to the nine legendary Inner Dan Methods.

"The Dao is passed down through the ages, the nine extremes are respected..." Liu Xingyu said in a deep voice.

The nine Inner Dan Methods are extremely divine and hidden, their transmission trajectories are untraceable, and even Zhenwu Mountain doesn't have these nine Inner Dan Methods.

It's just that before Chu Chaoran entered the Pure Yang realm, he had collected many Daoist techniques related to the nine Inner Dan Methods.

For example, the 【North-South Sect Source】 practiced by Zhang Fan is derived from the 【Five Elements Wrong King】 among the nine Inner Dan Methods.

Furthermore, the secret and unshared 【Heart Demon Incantation】 is derived from the 【Divine Demon Sacred Fetus】 among the Nine Great Inner Elixir Methods.

These techniques are all top-tier and difficult to practice, treasured by Zhenwu Mountain.

Similarly, after the Jiazi Demon-Sweeping, Chu Chaoran obtained many techniques related to 【Three-Corpse Illumination】. Since then, this living True Person of the current age almost never left Zhenwu Mountain again.

The Three-Corpse Daoist was the number one expert under heaven in the past, and he himself was a huge treasure. After he fell, Zhenwu Mountain naturally gained many benefits. This is nothing strange.

Looking at it this way, the curator of this Xiao Xiaole Funeral Home should be practicing the secret books brought out by Chu Chaoran back then. No wonder he would hang a portrait of the 【Three-Corpse Daoist】 here.

As he spoke, Liu Xingyu took out a stack of files from the drawer and threw them in front of Sui Chunsheng.

"The curator is indeed not at home, but he also explained that if you are really difficult to deal with, give this to you."

"This is..." Sui Chunsheng picked up the file and started reading.

"The assets under Xiao Xiaole's name in Yujing City... the old mansion you mentioned is not on the handover list," Liu Xingyu said indifferently.

"What do you mean?" Sui Chunsheng frowned.

"Xiao Xiaole Funeral Home has been open in Yujing City for over thirty years, but our curator only took over ten years ago. The industry details handed over at that time did not include that old residence," Liu Xingyu said indifferently.

"In other words... the previous curator didn't see that old residence handed down?" Sui Chunsheng seemed to have grasped the key.

In this way, the property rights and usage rights of that old residence are still in the hands of the previous curator!?

"Who was the previous curator?" Sui Chunsheng pressed.

"I advise you not to ask. Asking is in vain. You wouldn't even be able to see that kind of existence," Liu Xingyu said indifferently.

"Who exactly is it?"

"Liu Liu Nan Xu!" Liu Xingyu's lips parted slightly, spitting out a name.

"True Person Liu!?" Sui Chunsheng's face trembled, looking extremely surprised.

Liu Liu Nan Xu, that is one of the three Celestial Masters of Zhenwu Mountain, and the youngest one, stepping into the Three Tian Shi realm at just over fifty years old, hailed as the genius of Zhenwu Mountain in the past hundred years, second only to Chu Chaoran.

That kind of existence, cultivating in deep mountains and mysterious views, let alone Sui Chunsheng, even the Jiangnan Province Dao Alliance President Lou Hechuan couldn't see her just because he wanted to.

In the world today, the only one who can freely drive this True Person Liu is that living immortal of Zhenwu Mountain.

"If you want to check, continue," Liu Xingyu spread his hands.

The reason he didn't take out this file earlier was, on one hand, he didn't want to get into trouble with the Jiangnan Province Dao Alliance, and on the other hand, involving True Person Liu naturally required caution.

"How can this still be checked?" Sui Chunsheng couldn't help but smile bitterly.

He knew that the matter of the old residence's dragon energy had come to an end. From the moment Liu Xingyu took out this file, it was equivalent to drawing a period for this case.

Involving a Three Tian Shi, you say you can check it just because you want to? Let alone not finding anything, even if you did find something...

"Forget it, this kind of thing is not something we can control," Sui Chunsheng shook his head and asked: "Can I take this file back?"

"It's for you to take back," Liu Xingyu gestured.

As long as this file is placed on Lou Hechuan's desk, he will naturally weigh the pros and cons.

Some things don't weigh four liang without being on the scale, but once on the scale, a thousand jin won't be able to hold it down.

At this moment, Zhang Fan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. This trip was indeed not in vain. It seemed their family's old residence matter was over, and the Jiangnan Province Dao Alliance shouldn't be able to find him.

But at this moment, Zhang Fan also had a doubt in his heart. The old residence he had lived in since he was a child was actually an industry of Zhenwu Mountain. Was this just a coincidence?

If not, what was the relationship between their family and Zhenwu Mountain?

"Damn, not telling me about family matters, huh."

Zhang Fan muttered in his heart, but Zhang Lingzong's figure appeared in his mind. He had never seen a father who guarded against his son like a thief, telling him nothing, completely treating him as an outsider.

Of course, it couldn't be ruled out that Zhang Fan originally knew everything, but just forgot many things. After all, his 【Evil God】 was still drifting outside!!!

"Since that's the case, we'll leave first."

The matter was settled, Sui Chunsheng stood up to say goodbye.

"What Daoist technique does your curator practice?"

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Just then, Zhang Fan's voice suddenly sounded, attracting everyone's gaze.

Zhan Xinyue smiled, but Sui Chunsheng was somewhat awkward. Cultivating Daoist techniques is everyone's secret and privacy. Asking it so openly was really somewhat abrupt and presumptuous.

"Uh... I mean what is the Three-Corpse technique he practices? Purely curious," Zhang Fan also knew it was somewhat impolite and smiled awkwardly.

"Daoist brother, don't take offense," Sui Chunsheng greeted, his eyes also filled with curiosity, staring at Liu Xingyu with extreme sincerity.

"I don't know either."

Liu Xingyu shook his head and said in a deep voice: "I heard that back then, True Person Chaoran returned to Zhenwu Mountain and went into seclusion for three months, obtaining three volumes of secret books, recording the Three-Corpse technique. There are three major techniques and nine minor arts, among which the most important is..."

"What is it?" Sui Chunsheng and Zhan Xinyue said in unison.

"Actually, your Dao Alliance should have records too," Liu Xingyu said with deep meaning.

The existence of the Dao Alliance is to supervise all sects and factions in the world, especially Zhenwu Mountain. Having a living True Person is naturally a key focus object.

Things Liu Xingyu knows can't be considered secrets in the Dao Alliance.

"The introductory technique of Three-Corpse Illumination, and also its most important heart method."

"Introductory technique, important heart method?"

"What exactly is it?"

"Split Spirit Great Method!" Liu Xingyu's lips parted slightly, spitting out a name.

At this moment, Zhang Fan's heart moved slightly, his breathing becoming somewhat heavy.

"However, the Split Spirit Great Method is divided into two types: 【Small Split Spirit】 and 【Large Split Spirit】..." Liu Xingyu said in a deep voice.

"Is there any difference?" Zhan Xinyue pressed.

This kind of opportunity to expand one's Daoist horizons is rare, not to mention it's about the number one expert under heaven.

"I heard the curator mention that Small Split Spirit is splitting a part of the Primordial Spirit, mysterious and hidden, ghostly like a Dan."

"This part of the Primordial Spirit split out is called 【Primordial Dan】."

"Primordial Dan? What is it used for?" Zhang Fan couldn't help but ask.

"It is said that 【Primordial Dan】 contains all the memories, emotions, experiences, etc., of the cultivator, equivalent to a backup of the Primordial Spirit, but it itself has no consciousness and no movement."

"Once the main body's Primordial Spirit perishes, the Primordial Dan can awaken under special conditions, slowly grow, and become a new Primordial Spirit."

"Can it even be like this?" Sui Chunsheng and Zhan Xinyue were like opening a door to an unprecedented mountain.

In their cognition, the Primordial Spirit is subtle and deep; increasing it by a tiny bit carries the risk of life and death.

Yet 【Three-Corpse Illumination】's 【Small Split Spirit】 can actually peel off a part of the Primordial Spirit and refine it into a Dan. If the main body's Primordial Spirit perishes, the Primordial Dan can transform into a new Primordial Spirit. It's simply unbelievable.

"Theoretically speaking, as long as the Primordial Spirit is strong enough, one can peel off enough Primordial Dans. It's just that... every time a part of the Primordial Spirit is peeled off, the main body becomes weaker and needs a long time to recover, and the risk is huge..."

The Primordial Spirit is subtle; increasing or decreasing by a tiny bit carries the risk of life and death. Peeling off the Primordial Spirit to make a Dan seems like a backup to leave a way out, but in reality, it is placing oneself in a dead end to find life.

No one can leave countless Primordial Dans. Being able to leave one Primordial Dan is already a great creation and gift.

"Also, not all Primordial Dans can awaken in the situation where the main body perishes. It requires extremely special conditions. Even if it awakens, wanting to transform into a new Primordial Spirit requires an extremely long time."

Everyone heard this and realized something. Small Split Spirit is indeed wondrous, but it also has many limitations and risks.

Even so, those who can master this method are one in ten thousand.

"Primordial Dan, for other cultivators, is also a rare treasure."

"How so?" Zhang Fan couldn't help but ask.

"It contains the memories, experiences, knowledge... of a cultivator's entire life, surpassing any mysterious technique secret book," Liu Xingyu's eyes flashed with a hint of longing.

For Dao cultivators, the Primordial Dan has the same effect as Descending Truth incense; both can baptize the Primordial Spirit, transforming and sublimating it.

However, the risk here is also extremely huge. After all, within the Primordial Dan, there are countless memories, experiences, knowledge... vast as the ocean. The impact on the Primordial Spirit can be imagined.

Taking a pearl from the ocean, how much one gains depends entirely on one's own creation. A slight carelessness, and one might be buried at the bottom of the sea.

"Looking at it this way, this Primordial Dan is really a good thing."

"It's just a legend..." Liu Xingyu waved his hand.

Primordial Dan can only be refined by practicing 【Small Split Spirit】. How wondrous and dangerous is this method? Even if it is just the introductory technique of 【Three-Corpse Illumination】, it is not something ordinary people can practice, let alone truly refining a Primordial Dan.

Therefore, this thing only exists in legends, and no one even knows what it looks like.

If it is said that there really is a Primordial Dan in this world, that would be the 【Three-Corpse Primordial Dan】, which contains the Three-Corpse Daoist's entire life, perhaps even the cultivation method of 【Three-Corpse Illumination】.

It is rumored that back then, after the Jiazi Demon-Sweeping, there were many experts who searched the world's mountains and Daoist temples, wanting to find the 【Three-Corpse Primordial Dan】 but couldn't.

"Logically speaking, an existence like the Three-Corpse Daoist, since he mastered 【Three-Corpse Illumination】, wouldn't he leave a way out for himself..." Zhang Fan was thoughtful.

"Three-Corpse Illumination, how wondrous is it? Our cognition of him is not even one in ten thousand, so how dare we speak recklessly?" Liu Xingyu shook his head.

Sixty years have passed, and the Three-Corpse Daoist has long turned into a handful of yellow soil, buried in the dust of time.

He cannot be resurrected from the dead.

"So certain?" Sui Chunsheng couldn't help but say.

"This brings us to 【Large Split Spirit】," Liu Xingyu said in a deep voice.

"It is said that there is a saying of 【Small Split Spirit】 and 【Large Split Spirit】 in the method of splitting spirits, and one can only practice one of them..."

"What is Large Split Spirit?" Zhan Xinyue couldn't help but ask.

"This brings us to the 【Great Soul-Splitting】," Liu Xingyu said in a deep voice.

"Alright, stop using fancy words. What exactly is that Large Split Spirit?"

Sui Chunsheng's appetite was whetted, and he urged hurriedly.

"Actually, I'm not too clear either. It's just that once when I returned to Zhenwu Mountain, I heard a senior in the sect mention it..."

"【Large Split Spirit】 in 【Three-Corpse Illumination】 can split the Primordial Spirit into three. One is good, two is fierce, three is evil..."

"Transforming one into three, three generating infinity, each practicing, illuminating the original life, cutting off the three corpses, the immortal sect flows."

Liu Xingyu looked at the three of them, his low-muttered voice sounding like thunder, stirring up rolling waves in Zhang Fan's heart.

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"One becomes three, three beget infinity, each cultivating independently, reflecting the true life-fate, severing all three corpses, the Immortal Sect lineage."

Liu Xingyu looked at the three of them, his low, murmuring voice resounding like a thunderclap, stirring up rolling waves in Zhang Fan's heart.

(End of chapter)