Chapter 147: Three-Corpse Primordial Dan! Zhang Fan and Li Yishan (5k Big Chapter)

Evening, Xiao Xiaole Funeral Home.

The corpse-burning furnace was burning red, full power, wisps of thick smoke rising continuously from the chimney.

The old owl on the tree grinned. Under the eerie moonlight, its round eyeballs were like lanterns, hanging on the tree.

The black-furred, oily-skinned old cat sharpened its claws, combing the hair for one corpse after another.

The gray-skinned big rat was transporting freshly baked urns. At the work window, a group of foxes stood with their tails up, taking numbers.

White, flower-like shadows almost filled the hall inside the building. The sound of sobbing and low voices was endless, and the swaying white banners spun in the wind.

In the monitoring room, the video of the corpse-burning room during the day was replaying. When it fast-forwarded to Zhang Fan's move, a buzzing sound erupted, and large patches of snowflakes blurred the image.

"Brother, you should know that Daoist Dharma fighting, if not observed by the Primordial Spirit, is hard to see the truth. The monitor can't see anything."

Just then, Liu Xingyu, standing in the distance, spoke. He held a lighter in his hand, his thumb flicking, opening the lid, making a crisp, stress-relieving sound.

All phenomena are illusory. Seeing is not believing, hearing is not believing. The truth of this world can only be observed by the Primordial Spirit to see a glimpse.

By the same token, in Daoist Dharma fighting, the naked eye of mortals is hard to see the various wonders. But if observed by the Primordial Spirit, one can see Dharma techniques flying, great fire burning the sky, cold ice turning water into land... all phenomena rising together, wondrous beyond words.

"Peeking at a leopard through a tube, one can also see a glimpse..."

Just then, the man in front of the screen spoke. He stood up slowly, his height about the same as Liu Xingyu's, his appearance five or six points similar, but his temperament was more stable and restrained, unlike Liu Xingyu who pretended to be cold and aloof.

"Your 【Jiangong Li Fire】 is also a Daoist True Fire, but it is refined by borrowing heart fire, purely stimulated by emotions, taking shortcuts. Meeting an expert like him, you have defeat and no victory."

Bang...

As soon as the words fell, the lighter in Liu Xingyu's hand exploded, the stirred-up fire illuminating the dim monitoring room.

"Brother, I know this kind of thing. You don't need to say it again."

Liu Xingyu gritted his teeth, his palms vibrating, brushing away the stirred-up fire, but he didn't suffer any damage.

His eyes widened, as if anger was spraying out, and the veins on his forehead were vaguely visible.

Liu Xingchui, this older brother who was born of the same mother, had held him firmly in his hands since childhood. In front of him, he seemed to have no secrets at all.

"Nurturing emotions is a very time-consuming thing. You are usually silent and cold, but that is a method of nurturing anger and storing fire," Liu Xingchui said indifferently.

"Little brother, it seems your skill is not yet home, wasting this anger for nothing."

"Hmph."

Liu Xingyu snorted coldly and threw the ruined lighter into the trash can next to him.

"How was I to know that a small company like Night Without Light would have such an expert."

Liu Xingyu's gaze narrowed into a line, staring at the jumping screen, his eyes seemingly only left with Zhang Fan's figure.

"Night Without Light's temple is small, but the demonic wind is big," Liu Xingchui said indifferently.

"Don't forget, Bai Buran is also from Zhenwu Mountain. Speaking of which, he is of the same generation as the curator."

Xiao Xiaole's curator 【Meng Qingtong】 had been practicing at Zhenwu Mountain since early years and only came to Yujing City ten years ago, replacing Liu Liu Nan Xu to take over Xiao Xiaole Funeral Home.

Speaking of which, Meng Qingtong and Bai Buran are of the same generation.

"This guy named Zhang Fan... is not simple," Liu Xingchui said indifferently.

"Brother, do you know him?" Liu Xingyu couldn't help but ask.

"Heard of him."

Liu Xingchui said indifferently: "Recently, he has been showing his face in Yujing City. I heard that Xiong Qianqiu of the Xiong family, the newly arrived Xiong Ba, and Wang Xuangang of the Wang family... are all very close to him."

"A few days ago, he was also very close to the Jiangnan Province Dao Alliance, looking like an external staff member."

"Brother, how do you know so much?" Liu Xingyu couldn't help but ask.

"This isn't any secret," Liu Xingchui said indifferently: "How many times have I told you, go out more, don't just think about burning corpses and cultivation all day."

"Entering the world is also cultivation; the red dust is also refining the heart."

"You are at it again..."

Liu Xingyu muttered, but didn't dare to refute.

"Alright, don't take today's defeat to heart."

Liu Xingchui waved his hand, looked at Zhang Fan on the frozen screen, and turned off the video at will.

"Next time there is a chance, I would like to meet this Zhang Fan."

"Brother, they came to find the curator today. The curator was clearly there. Letting the Dao Alliance people know might not be good. After all, a strong dragon doesn't suppress the local snake," Liu Xingyu thought of the day's events and couldn't help but say.

Although the matter investigated by the Jiangnan Province Dao Alliance had nothing to do with their Xiao Xiaole, and even less to do with Meng Qingtong, closing the door and not seeing them somewhat offended people. If the Dao Alliance found out, it would probably cause trouble later and invite unnecessary trouble.

Since ancient times, the people don't fight with officials, and the rich don't compete with officials. Since entering the world, even Daoist people can't avoid dealing with the above. The Dao Alliance represents the above.

"Everything that needed to be explained has been explained. Whether to see them or not is not important. Didn't you give them the relevant files?"

Liu Xingchui waved his hand: "What's more, the curator is in seclusion and has reached a critical moment. At this time, even if Lou Hechuan came personally, I'm afraid he wouldn't see him."

As soon as this was said, Liu Xingyu couldn't help but show a look of curiosity.

"Brother, you say what Daoist technique the curator is practicing, having been in seclusion for over two months. Usually, he would go on a long trip every half a month."

"Do you know why the curator goes on a long trip every time?" Liu Xingchui asked instead of answering.

"Why?" Liu Xingyu shook his head, indicating he didn't know.

"To search for the Three-Corpse Primordial Dan!"

"Ah?"

Liu Xingyu was stunned and couldn't help but show a strange expression.

"Does that thing really exist?"

Three-Corpse Primordial Dan is the 【Three-Corpse Illumination】 method of peeling off one's own Primordial Spirit using the 【Small Split Spirit Method】 and refining it into a Dan.

No one knows what the real 【Three-Corpse Primordial Dan】 looks like.

It itself has no consciousness and no movement, and even as long as the main body's Primordial Spirit is not dead, it is in a dead state, knowing nothing and feeling nothing.

"The Three-Corpse Daoist has been dead for a cycle of sixty years. If he really left behind a 【Three-Corpse Primordial Dan】, how could there be no movement at all?" Liu Xingyu couldn't help but say.

Three-Corpse Primordial Dan is a backup of the cultivator's Primordial Spirit. Once the latter perishes, the Primordial Dan will transform into a new Primordial Spirit under special conditions.

This is also the terrifying part of 【Three-Corpse Illumination】. A cycle of sixty years has passed. If the Three-Corpse Daoist really left behind a Primordial Dan, left behind a backup, logically speaking, there should be some movement.

"This kind of thing can only be activated and transformed under special conditions, and the process is extremely long, counted in centuries," Liu Xingchui said in a deep voice.

Heaven is fair and selfless, Yin and Yang are balanced. Having the ability to reach heaven must have the tribulation of killing the body.

Especially like the nine Inner Dan Methods, exceeding common sense, riding above the mortal world, naturally there are trials upon trials. Any method cannot have no limitations.

Three-Corpse Primordial Dan, if not activated by special conditions, is a dead object.

"Three-Corpse Primordial Dan contains all the knowledge, experience, secrets... and even special powers of the Three-Corpse Daoist."

For any Dao cultivator, that is a cultivation treasure, surpassing any mysterious technique secret book.

"I know this thing is a treasure, but does it really exist?" Liu Xingyu showed a look of doubt.

"Of course it exists."

Speaking to this point, Liu Xingchui paused slightly before saying: "Do you know that uncle-master suppressed at the back mountain of 【Nanxuan Palace】 of Zhenwu Mountain?"

"Of course I know." Liu Xingyu's expression was solemn.

Although they are outside in the world, they have to return to the mountain every year for advanced studies and reporting.

The one suppressed at the back mountain of Nanxuan Palace is named Zhuo Kuangsheng, who is Chu Chaoran's junior brother.

I heard he was extremely talented, achieving High Merit at the age of twenty, and was valued by Chu Chaoran, who accepted him as a disciple on behalf of his master, becoming the junior brother of this living True Person of the current age.

"It is said that he only fell into the demonic path because he practiced the forbidden 【Heart Demon Incantation】," Liu Xingyu could not help but say.

"Actually, there are hidden circumstances."

"Could it be..." Liu Xingyu's heart moved slightly, as if he had guessed something.

"Before the age of thirty, being able to achieve High Merit is already a dragon and phoenix among people, one in ten thousand. This uncle-master achieved this realm at twenty. Think about it, how is it possible? Unless there is a heaven-defying creation."

"You mean..."

"Correct, that uncle-master found a 【Three-Corpse Primordial Dan】 when he was young. Such a creation allowed him to step into the High Merit rank at twenty," Liu Xingchui muttered softly.

This is a secret, and he heard it from the curator mentioning it unintentionally.

"Is the 【Three-Corpse Primordial Dan】 really that magical?" Liu Xingyu couldn't help but say.

"Originally, that grand-uncle-master had extremely high natural talent and was also burdened with the 【Three Corpse Origin Elixir】, so his aspirations were very high, and he forcefully practiced the Heart Demon Incantation..."

Speaking to this point, Liu Xingchui couldn't help but sigh.

The Heart Demon Incantation, derived from the 【Divine Demon Sacred Fetus】, how could it be so easily practiced?

This is a method of entering the Dao through madness, abandoning life and forgetting death.

Originally, with Zhuo Kuangsheng's talent and concentration, even if the practice failed, he wouldn't have gone crazy and entered demonic deviation. Unfortunately, his madness had already risen, his consciousness spirit was restless, and in a moment of thought, he was eager for quick success, actually pressing all his hopes on the 【Three-Corpse Primordial Dan】.

That treasure might be able to solve any difficulty in cultivation, but the Three-Corpse Daoist's life was contained within it, all-encompassing, vast as the ocean. Even if one drives the Primordial Spirit like a boat, galloping within it, there is the danger of wind and waves.

"He failed. His Primordial Spirit was almost swallowed by the Three-Corpse Primordial Dan. If True Person Chaoran hadn't discovered it in time, perhaps even his life wouldn't have been preserved."

Liu Xingchui couldn't help but sigh.

Since then, this peerless genius fell, like crazy like a demon, suppressed at the back mountain of Nanxuan Palace.

"What about that 【Three-Corpse Primordial Dan】?" Liu Xingyu couldn't help but ask.

"Naturally, it was destroyed," Liu Xingchui lowered his voice.

"Do you know that that 【Three-Corpse Primordial Dan】 was nourished by Zhuo Kuangsheng's Primordial Spirit and almost awakened? If it really happened, that would be endless trouble."

"Looking at it this way, isn't that thing..." Liu Xingyu hesitated.

"That's right, it is both a great medicine for seeking the Dao and a demonic tribulation for cultivation... I heard True Person Chaoran leaves his Primordial Spirit every month to travel the world, just to search for the lost Three-Corpse Primordial Dan."

Speaking to this point, Liu Xingchui and Liu Xingyu both fell silent.

Perhaps inspired by Zhuo Kuangsheng, Meng Qingtong, who also came from Zhenwu Mountain, had a near-paranoid fanaticism for the 【Three-Corpse Primordial Dan】, almost going on a long trip every half a month to search for this object.

But this time it was different; he hadn't come out for two months.

"Could it be... the curator found it?" Liu Xingyu couldn't help but say.

"I don't know."

Liu Xingchui shook his head, his expression solemn: "Even if found, I hope what he found is the most ordinary kind."

"The most ordinary kind? How? Does this thing have grades?" Liu Xingyu was puzzled.

"Can a twenty-year-old backup and a forty-year-old backup be the same?"

"No one knows how many Three-Corpse Primordial Dans that number one under heaven left behind... The higher his cultivation, the more dangerous the Primordial Dan he left behind..."

"I heard the curator say that the most important Three-Corpse Primordial Dan is..."

Speaking to this point, Liu Xingchui paused, hesitating.

"What is it? Brother, there are no outsiders here." Liu Xingyu pressed.

Liu Xingchui pondered for a moment before saying: "The Three-Corpse Primordial Dan he left at the peak of Mount Dongyue before he died, from birth to death, spanning his entire life, even hiding his last battle with True Person Chaoran."

"Mm? That's not right..."

Hearing this, Liu Xingyu couldn't help but show a look of doubt.

"Jiazi Demon-Sweeping, peak of Mount Dongyue, weren't there only True Person Chaoran and the Three-Corpse Daoist present? How could he leave behind a Primordial Dan? And who spread this news?"

"How would I know?"

Liu Xingchui shook his head: "This is just a rumor..."

"But the curator is adamant, certain that the most important 【Three-Corpse Primordial Dan】 really exists, and for so many years, True Person Chaoran has been searching..."

Liu Xingchui's voice became lower and lower, echoing in the dark monitoring room.

At this moment, in the curator's office upstairs, a "rumbling" sound came, like thunder brewing, like mysterious mechanisms being born.

Late at night.

Hongfu Garden, inside the room.

Zhang Fan sat cross-legged on the bed, the bright moonlight shining through the window, draping over him.

His hands were clasped three inches below his navel, just supporting a golden seal, which was none other than Long Hu Mountain's 【Majestic Spirit Demon-Suppressing Golden Seal】...

Ever since obtaining this Dharma seal, Zhang Fan practiced with it every day.

Observed by the Primordial Spirit, one could see wisps of golden radiance like airflow surging, being absorbed by Zhang Fan, entering the square inch of the Spirit Platform, and merging into the ghostly Primordial Spirit.

His True Yang was bathed in this brilliant golden light, becoming more vigorous and vast.

"Whoosh..."

Just then, Zhang Fan opened his eyes and let out a long breath, actually tinged with a faint golden glow, intertwining with the bright moonlight shining down, as if in a state of Dragon and Tiger intertwining.

"This Dharma seal is truly wondrous, especially this golden light..." Zhang Fan played with the 【Majestic Spirit Demon-Suppressing Golden Seal】 and couldn't help but marvel.

Within the Daoist sects, there is an extremely profound secret spell called the Golden Light Spell. Golden light covering the body has the ability of ten thousand gods blessing.

Zhang Fan hadn't practiced it, but absorbing the power of the 【Majestic Spirit Demon-Suppressing Golden Seal】 had the same effect.

This golden light can not only refine the Primordial Spirit but also amplify the power of True Yang. If one uses this to drive Daoist techniques, the power would be doubled.

"If I drive the Fire Dragon Dan Sword with this golden light, wouldn't that be amazing?" Zhang Fan thought proudly.

He knew this was his biggest trump card and had to be hidden well unless absolutely necessary.

It must be said that this 【Majestic Spirit Demon-Suppressing Golden Seal】 was the best birthday gift Zhang Fan had received in ten years, although he still didn't know who the person who sent the gift was.

According to Zhang Lingzong, ten years ago, it was because it was Zhang Fan's birthday that his parents took him out to eat, which led to the accident, and his mom died in a car accident.

His birthday became his mom's death anniversary. Since then, Zhang Fan almost never celebrated his birthday again.

It was only in college that Xu Zhixia insisted on fulfilling her duties as a girlfriend, and he had a few decent birthdays.

"Counting it up... Mom's death anniversary is coming soon. I don't know if Dad will come back."

Zhang Fan was thoughtful, jumped down from the bed, and walked to the door of the next room.

This room was where the family stored miscellaneous items and was usually never opened.

Zhang Fan pushed the door and walked in. Dust filled the air, obviously not having been entered for a long time.

He came to the corner, uncovered the canvas, and the old sofa was piled with miscellaneous items.

Zhang Fan still remembered this sofa was moved from the old residence. There was a hole burned by him playing with fire when he was a child. For so many years, Zhang Lingzong hadn't thrown it away.

"This is Mom's stuff!?"

Zhang Fan dug out a big cardboard box, all of which were a woman's things. Inside was a red silk scarf; he remembered seeing his mom wearing it when he was a child.

"What is this?"

Zhang Fan rummaged in the box for a while and pulled out a small bag, which made a dull sound when shaken and was somewhat heavy.

He saw the bag opened and poured out the contents, which were small wooden carved dolls, each only half the size of a palm.

"These are my toys from when I was a child? No impression at all."

Zhang Fan frowned. Perhaps because he was missing the 【Evil God】 and was still in the Great Night Without Light, his impression of things from when he was a child, and things shortly after the accident ten years ago, was not very deep.

"Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit..."

Zhang Fan scanned them. There were exactly twelve of these small dolls, corresponding to the twelve zodiac signs.

His gaze narrowed slightly, remembering what Si Snake Bai Yujing of the Mysterious View had said to him.

"Li Linglong is the previous generation's Dog."

"Don't know if such ghost talk can be believed," Zhang Fan curled his lips and put the dolls back.

Just then, a special box entered Zhang Fan's line of sight.

That box was only the size of a palm, a bit like the box for Tongrentang's Angong Niuhuang Wan, and it even had a seal on it, written with...

"Minors please open in the company of parents..." Zhang Fan raised his eyebrows, his expression becoming strange.

He looked closely and found that next to this line of words, there was another line of small characters.

"Specifically for Little Fanfan!"

Next to it was a small heart drawn.

"..."

"What the hell is hidden so well!?"

Zhang Fan hesitated for a moment, but found the seal had long been torn open. He opened the box, but found it empty, with only a pill-shaped groove inside.

"Mm!? Taken away? This box was opened?"

Zhang Fan's frown deepened. He remembered that since these things were placed here, no one had moved them.

Dad opened it!?

Zhang Fan remained silent, but the scenes in his brain were jumping rapidly.

He remembered that after moving to Hongfu Garden, he seemed to have entered this room and touched this box. At that time, he seemed to have seen this box...

"At that time, it seemed... maybe it was opened... did I take it out?" Zhang Fan's gaze narrowed into a line.

Suddenly, his brow twitched, as if he had thought of something.

At that time, there was another person by his side. That was the first friend he made after transferring schools, and also the only friend he brought home...

"Li Yishan!!"

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