Starting Cultivation During a Trip

Chapter 357 - 191: Special Recruitment Slot! Farewell, Lin Jianyue (2)

So, it’s safe to say that Zhang Fan today has no sense of security at all.

Although he has already stepped into High Skill, he still feels it is insufficient.

Because Zhang Fan knows that if his family is exposed, what they would have to face is something he cannot currently bear.

Now, not only can Zhang Fan not help his dad, but he might also become a burden.

In such a predicament, he wouldn’t waste time getting involved in disputes.

"Are you sure? The president is quite optimistic about you, you might get a special recruitment, just like Ma Buting." Sui Chunsheng advised.

Although organizations like the Daoist Alliance always require exams and background checks up to three generations, there are exceptions with a few special recruitment slots each year, personally handled by the president.

"Then it’s even more off the table." Zhang Fan muttered to himself.

He knew that after the Gusu Xuanmiao Temple incident, Lou Hechuan had been targeting him, and Zhang Fan didn’t want to be under such an elder’s watch all the time.

The main reason he got so close to the Jiangnan Province Daoist Alliance and tagged along with Sui Chunsheng was to get a sense of the Wuwei Sect’s movements in Yujing City, otherwise, he’d feel too insecure.

Right now, Zhang Fan’s greatest fear is the other side going for broke and directly exposing his identity.

Thus, when there is any hint of trouble, he is more proactive than anyone else, as long as it has nothing to do with him, he doesn’t care who deals with it.

"By the way, how is Jifeng Pavilion?"

Zhang Fan shifted the topic and asked about the young disciple from Maoshan.

"Always staying by Qi Ji’s side to take care of him..." Sui Chunsheng replied.

After losing his junior sister and injuring his senior brother, it was indeed quite miserable. Fortunately, after the accident, Jiang Hu helped with many things, considering the camaraderie of fellow sect members.

"If he knows Fang Changying is dead, he might feel a bit better. Do you want to tell him?" Sui Chunsheng asked.

"If I were him, I’d feel even worse." Zhang Fan said indifferently.

"Why?" Sui Chunsheng was startled, showing a look of confusion.

"For such a deep hatred, one must seek revenge personally. Now that the person is dead, wouldn’t that feel stifling?" Zhang Fan said softly but firmly.

If it were him, he would pray to the gods, hoping his enemy lives well, waiting until his own Divine Techniques reach great success, then he’d be the first to take him down.

Just like before, Xuquan Han Land Disgust had repeatedly tried to kill him.

Since then, Zhang Fan would wake up every morning and bless Han Diyan, hoping everything went smoothly for him, waiting to kill him himself.

"Not everyone is as twisted as you." Sui Chunsheng shook his head.

He had met Jifeng Pavilion more than once, considered him to be a nice young man, without any murderous or vicious tendencies, naturally not as vengeful as Zhang Fan.

"Little Sui, look who’s here."

Just then, a loud voice came from outside the door.

Zhang Fan looked up and saw a lean man walk in. His face was sallow, he didn’t look too well, and had a scar on his forehead, seemingly left by a sharp weapon.

"Brother Hong, you’re back from Dian Nan."

Sui Chunsheng looked at the newcomer, quickly stood up to greet him, seemingly quite familiar.

"Let me introduce you, this is Zhang Fan, my friend..."

"This is Brother Hong..."

"Zhang Fan, my young brother? I’ve heard Little Sui mention you, just call me Hong San."

While speaking, the newcomer placed down the bag he was carrying and extended his hand for a light shake with Zhang Fan.

"Hong San!?"

"Brother Hong is the third in his family, so we also call him Brother San..."

Sui Chunsheng introduced.

More than a decade ago, Hong San joined the Jiangnan Province Daoist Alliance, making him a veteran in the organization. He started with boiler management...

At that time, the Jiangnan Province Daoist Alliance also had cremation services business. Later, Hong San left the Jiangnan Province Daoist Alliance to venture into business, also dealing with the dead, since it’s a basic need.

Birth, old age, sickness, and death are inevitable for everyone.

Even so, Hong San’s connection with the Jiangnan Province Daoist Alliance remained strong. His network was extensive, with extraordinary reach, and he would sometimes collaborate with the Jiangnan Province Daoist Alliance, providing assistance.

The Jiangnan Province Daoist Alliance reciprocated by introducing plenty of business to him.

Now, Hong San is the largest urn merchant in the entire Jiangnan Province, controlling a reliable supply chain, considered a leader in the industry.

When Sui Chunsheng just started his work, he interacted frequently with this senior, forming a very close relationship.

He learned much about the workings of the field through Brother Hong’s guidance.

"Look at the good stuff I’ve brought for you."

Speaking, Hong San took out two bottles of wine from the bag. Inside the crystal-clear bottles were unidentified bones soaking, appearing coarse and solid, with a light yellow hue, with visible blood streaks in the bone structure.

"This is..."

"Tiger Bone Wine... and not from young tigers or old ones, it’s from a mature tiger with the richest vitality..." Hong San said in a lowered voice.

"Tiger bone is..." Zhang Fan opened his mouth to speak but stopped.

"Imported goods, properly documented."

Hong San noticed Zhang Fan’s concern and grinned.

As he spoke, he took out two pieces of cut and polished tiger bone from the bag, squarely shaped and exuding a translucent brilliance, placing them on the table.

Historically, tiger bone was a top material for alchemy, used in many sects’ secret recipes for elixirs. However, due to policy changes, it became hard to find, and even if found, it was extremely expensive.

Apart from this, tiger bone was also used in Talisman Refining and Refining Magical Artifact, possessing intricate mysticism.

Maoshan has a talisman called the [Exorcism Talisman], made from high-quality tiger bone.

It’s said that placing this technique on the beam of one’s home keeps the entire family healthy, warding off deathly diseases, proving its fascinating power.