novelraw Chapter 206 : Divine Soul Imprint
Chapter 206 : Divine Soul Imprint
Chapter 206: Divine Soul Imprint
How could Qiu Hanyan not understand what Gu Fan meant?
However, thinking about how her injury caused by Degenerate Energy couldn't be healed without his treatment, she chose not to say more.
This matter could only be borne by the Qiu Family for now. As for what the Jia Family would do after the treatment and Gu Fan's departure from the Qiu Residence, that would be between them.
"In that case, I’ll trouble Mister Gu. Hanyan will take her leave first."
"Fairy, take care."
After leaving the other courtyard, Qiu Hanyan walked straight toward the clan's grand hall. The maid beside her probed cautiously:
"Miss, this Mister Gu is taking advantage of your need for healing..."
Unexpectedly, Qiu Hanyan’s expression changed, and she rebuked coldly:
"Silence! How dare you speak so wantonly about Mister Gu!"
The maid was so frightened she immediately knelt down.
"Remember this: before my injuries are healed, no one is allowed to speak carelessly about Mister Gu. If anyone delays my important matters, you all know what the consequences will be!"
After speaking, Qiu Hanyan turned and left.
Inside the courtyard, Gu Fan squinted slightly. Just a wall apart—how could she possibly think he couldn’t hear these words?
This was a warning to him.
She and the Qiu Family would only ensure his safety until his treatment ended. If he still wanted to use the Qiu Family’s power to deal with the Jia Family afterward, it would be nearly impossible.
However, Gu Fan didn’t mind. As long as Qiu Hanyan honored her promise to introduce her teacher, a Celestial Heart Realm powerhouse, that would suffice.
At that time, if Qiu Hanyan could say a few good words on his behalf, that would already be the best outcome he had anticipated.
As for the Jia Family...
Perhaps he couldn’t destroy them, but escaping wasn’t an issue.
Thinking of this, he chuckled and didn’t dwell on it further.
Instead, with a flip of his wrist, a token appeared in his hand.
It was the very token seized from Jia Bing, used to enter the Sacred Domain.
Gu Fan then began to carefully sense it.
"Since this thing is supposedly a precious item and the key to entering the Sacred Domain, it should be activatable..."
Thinking this, Gu Fan decided to give it a proper try, starting with a drop of blood.
Moments later, the token remained completely inert, confirming that blood was useless.
"Could it be Mysterious Power?"
He tried channeling Mysterious Power again. After over ten seconds, he gave up. The token still showed no response.
"Essence and Blood doesn’t work... Mysterious Power doesn’t work... Could it be Spiritual Energy!"
With that thought, he began testing. Gu Fan channeled Spiritual Energy into the token, but unfortunately, he still failed in the end.
Now, he began to doubt—was this really the so-called precious item?
Or had Jia Bing simply tricked him?
If that were true, then Jia Bing’s mental fortitude was extraordinary!
Even under the threat of death, he dared to gamble on Gu Fan not recognizing the item.
Gu Fan pondered, feeling somewhat unwilling.
Just now, he had even considered asking Qiu Hanyan directly. But he feared that if this thing was truly valuable, the Qiu Family might covet it.
"I’ve tried several possibilities... All failed. Could it be that this thing is a passive item, only responsive at the right place and right time?"
"No... There’s still one method I haven’t tried!"
Grasping at the last straw, Gu Fan transformed his Divine Sense into pure soul power and channeled it in.
In the next moment, the token burst into radiant light, illuminating the entire courtyard like daylight.
Then, a surge of soul power poured out endlessly from the token.
Seeing this, Gu Fan instantly grew excited.
He hadn’t expected that soul power really was the key to activation!
And judging by this reaction, this thing might truly be a precious treasure!
Yet, before he could celebrate for long—
The soul power within the token gathered into the back view of a woman.
Just from her aura alone, one could feel the might of her power.
Then came a cold, mocking laugh.
"I've memorized the scent of your divine soul. You killed my younger brother, and I will hunt you down to the ends of time. I will not rest until one of us is dead!"
After speaking, with a swoosh, all the soul power vanished, and the token slowly returned to its original form.
Gu Fan opened his mouth in shock, feeling as if a strange mark had suddenly appeared within his divine soul...
"Have I... been marked? And she’s going to hunt me down?"
He looked utterly dumbfounded. Hadn’t he just taken a token...
Wait! The token!
Could this thing be someone's identity token? Now that the person was dead, and he was the first to activate it, had he been mistaken as the one who killed the original owner?
Then, the soul power just now must have been the original owner's elder sister. She used the token to mark him, treating him as the enemy who killed her younger brother?
Gu Fan’s face twisted in pain. This... this was too damn unlucky. What was supposed to be a precious treasure had turned into a death curse!
"Good one, Jia Bing. I can’t believe you set me up like this!"
With a darkened face, Gu Fan tried using his powerful divine sense to wash away the mark.
But clearly, since the person was confident enough to rely on this to seek revenge, it meant this mark wasn’t something Gu Fan could easily remove.
In the end, after five or six failed attempts, Gu Fan finally chose to give up.
This thing was like a leech, stuck to his divine soul, with no means to counter it.
In the end, Gu Fan could only give up.
"Let’s take it one step at a time. I’ve always had decent luck. Surely I won’t be caught the moment I enter the Sacred Domain?"
Comforting himself, Gu Fan returned to the room to adjust his condition and prepare to use the Tianhai Spirit Ginseng on Ruo Xi.
Elsewhere, Jia Bing, who had been rescued and brought home, was lying on the bed howling in pain!
The life-threatening crisis when facing Gu Fan had numbed his senses at the time. Now, waves of pain surged over his entire body like a tide.
"Ah! My hands, my meridians!"
"Gu Fan! I want you dead and unburied!"
At that moment, the Jia Family Head walked in, holding a piece of heavenly material and earthly treasure.
Seeing Jia Bing wailing non-stop, his fury grew even stronger as he roared:
"Shut up! Are you a man or not!"
"I told you long ago to focus on cultivation, to focus on the family!"
Hearing his father speak like this, Jia Bing howled even louder in pain.
"Father! I want to kill Gu Fan. Help me kill him! I want him dead!"
The Jia Family Head snorted coldly, then melted two mysterious herbs capable of regenerating severed limbs and slowly injected them into Jia Bing’s body.
Then, as the medicinal effect took hold, two new arms slowly grew from Jia Bing’s body.
"This person hurt the bloodline of my Jia Family. Naturally, I won’t let him go easily!"
Saying this, he injected another mysterious herb that could repair meridians into Jia Bing's body. Then, using nearly Half-step Celestial Heart Realm-level powerful mysterious power, he slowly refined it, constantly mending and nourishing the shattered meridians.
"Father! He must be hiding in the Qiu Family now. Believe me, I know he’s in the Qiu Family. With your relationship with the old man of the Qiu Family, you can definitely ask them to hand him over!"
"I want to lock Gu Fan in my dungeon, torment him for an entire year, make him suffer every torture in the world, and finally die in pain!"
"Father! You must avenge your son. I beg you, Father!"
The Jia Family Head’s eyes darkened. In the end, he let out a harsh snort and said coldly:
"Shut up, unfilial son! You stay home and recover your body properly. You don’t need to teach me what to do about Gu Fan!"
Finishing his words, he ignored Jia Bing's cries and strode out.
At the door, he said to the newly stationed guard:
"Watch the young master. Until he has fully recovered, he’s not allowed to leave the Jia Residence!"
"Yes, Master!"