Chapter 44: Zhang Chulan Dug a Pit and Buried Himself!

The Eight Marvelous Techniques born from the Jiashen Uprising still poison the world today.

Then what kind of impact would a living person who carries the secret of immortality cause?

During the Jiashen Uprising, Zheng Zibu, one of the Thirty-Six Rebels, who attained the Tongtian Lu, saw his entire family wiped out, his nine clans sacrificed to heaven, and even his hometown village repeatedly slaughtered clean.

Zheng Zibu’s fate is a warning to Zhang Chulan.

Just one Zheng Zibu, who attained the Tongtian Lu, was enough to cause such a nine-clan extermination—and even wiped out everyone in his own village.

Someone like Luo Fu, who holds the secret of immortality, will make everyone he has ever known since childhood a target for the Immortals.

And Pianpian , before this, Zhang Chulan had foolishly and desperately tied his own family to Luo Fu.

Now the wheel of fortune has turned.

This enormous black Guo , Zhang Chulan cannot possibly Shuai it off, even if he wanted to.

“I… I…” In that instant, Zhang Chulan regretted it to his very bones.

He slapped himself hard across the face.

Instantly, a crimson palm print appeared; Zhang Chulan laughed and cried at once: “What do I do now?”

Xu Si, gleeful, said: “Itachi’d better pray right now that Luo Fu truly carries the secret of immortality—and that this secret is fully exposed. Otherwise… hehe! Itachi know what’ll happen!!”

“Big Brother Xu, Itachi can’t just stand by and let me die!” Zhang Chulan dropped to his knees with a thud, clutching Xu Si’s leg tightly: “I haven’t helped Sister Bao find her origins or her family—I can’t die!”

“Let go!! Let go of me!!” Xu Si kicked Zhang Chulan several times, but Zhang Chulan refused to release his grip.

After struggling for a long while, Xu Si sighed helplessly: “Say what Itachi need to say—first, let go of me. No matter how bad things get, we must find a way to respond, right?”

Feng Baobao, still utterly unaware of the gravity of the situation—or incapable of understanding it—bent down, patted Zhang Chulan’s head, and said: “Don’t be afraid. If Xu Si won’t help Itachi, Sister will!”

“Sister Bao!” Zhang Chulan truly showed genuine emotion now.

Xu Si and Xu San’s faces instantly darkened.

Zhang Chulan was already the target of the Immortal world because of the Qiti Yuanliu. If his actions exposed Feng Baobao’s secret, Xu Si and Xu San would truly want to kill him.

“Zhang Chulan!” Xu Si looked down at him, his tone grave: “Itachi’re clever—Itachi don’t need me to spell it out. Itachi already know how serious this is! Itachi know Bao’s situation. I don’t want Itachi dragging her into this. Do Itachi understand me?”

Gazing at Feng Baobao’s bewildered face, Zhang Chulan clenched his teeth and said: “I understand. If trouble truly comes to Sister Bao because of me, I’ll bear it alone!”

Xu Si exhaled in relief and added: “Don’t worry too much. After all, this is all just speculation. Maybe Luo Fu doesn’t even carry the secret of immortality—maybe this is all just a farce, just a bigger one than usual.”

Zhang Chulan gave a bitter laugh: “A farce? If someone whose life is valued more than the Emperor’s is just a farce, then aren’t the Eight Marvelous Techniques and the Jiashen Uprising just childish games?”

His gaze turned to Luo Fu, who stood across from Wang Bing, neither side yet beginning their match; Zhang Chulan now truly ground his teeth.

In his eyes, Luo Fu was nothing but a bad omen.

Back then, he had to move house just because he fought with Luo Fu. Who knew that years later, by sheer coincidence, he’d become a classmate at Nanbukai University?

What drove Zhang Chulan mad was that at Nanbukai University, Luo Fu tormented him for two full years.

Two years later, when his own identity was exposed, Luo Fu suddenly transformed into a Xiantian Immortal—his strength even surpassing Zhang Chulan’s.

Zhang Chulan had quietly tried to shift the Qiti Yuanliu trouble onto Luo Fu, and everything had gone smoothly—until Luo Fu, once again, made a dazzling turn and became the epicenter of the secret of immortality!

All of Zhang Chulan’s prior schemes had dug him a pit so solid he’d buried himself inside it—and even added reinforced concrete for good measure. Now, he couldn’t even climb out.

No matter how Zhang Chulan explained now that his family had nothing to do with Luo Fu, no one would believe him.

After all, he’d told everyone without exception that he and Luo Fu were childhood friends, and that their fathers were brothers raised as sworn siblings.

Both his grandfather Zhang Xilin and his father Zhang Yude had favored Luo Fu.

He himself had said all these things.

Now, this pit—he hadn’t just fallen into it; he’d dug it himself and buried himself in it.

It was only thanks to Zhang Chulan that, despite his cunning, he wasn’t the kind of person who blindly blamed others.

Otherwise, he’d now be cursing Luo Fu with all his might.

On the training ground.

As soon as the referee declared the match begun, Luo Fu and Wang Bing instantly unleashed their techniques.

In the stands.

Wang Ai and Lu Ci received news about Luo Fu at that very moment.

Both instantly widened their eyes, their breathing quickening.

“What’s the rush?” Lu Jin, who had been watching Wang Ai, sneered: “Isn’t it just beginning? Didn’t Itachi say yesterday Itachi had full confidence in your grandson?”

Wang Ai knew his reaction had been excessive.

But the news he’d just received was simply too shocking.

The secret of immortality?

The Jiashen Uprising had once turned the Immortal world into a river of blood; countless ancient families and sects vanished, and even those who survived were greatly weakened.

The number of ordinary people caught in the carnage was incalculable.

And that was only from the Eight Marvelous Techniques and the Jiashen Uprising. Now? A person who carries the secret of immortality?

Merely imagining the terror this news would cause if it spread made Wang Ai’s scalp tingle.

In his eyes, Luo Fu was now a pile of dog shit—touching even a speck would bring misfortune for generations, and his entire family would suffer.

Don’t think this impossible. The Thirty-Six Rebels of old had spouted nonsense that ruined countless families.

If Luo Fu now stepped forward and publicly declared he had given the secret of immortality to the Wang family,

no matter how ancient the clan or how prestigious the Four Great Houses, they would vanish within days.

Even if the Wang family was powerful, it couldn’t withstand the entire Immortal world—especially with the Company watching. No matter how miraculous or powerful Immortal techniques were, they couldn’t withstand the Company’s targeting.

(End of Chapter)