Starting Cultivation During a Trip

Chapter 362 - 193: Chen Dragon and Human Xiao! Li Yishan’s Father

To master [Three Corpses Illuminating Fate], is to become the Master of the Wuwei Sect.

Just a few words—seemingly simple, yet harder than ascending to the heavens.

Three Corpses Illuminating Fate: splitting the divine is difficult, fusing the divine even harder; thereafter, tribulations number in the thousands and ten thousands—who can, through Three Corpses Illuminating Fate, display Divine Techniques?

Precisely for this reason, to master this Technique means becoming Sect Leader—this stands as the very first law of the Wuwei Sect’s grand rules.

However, the Thousand-Year-Old Demon once wrote in a post that the founding Ancestral Master of the Wuwei Sect cultivated [Three Corpses Illuminating Fate]; aside from him, in the thousand-year passage of time, the only other to truly master this unrivaled miracle was [Three Corpses Daoist] alone.

Therefore, to become the Master of the Wuwei Sect, there are other paths and requirements; as long as one fulfills any one of them, one may take the seat of Sect Leader.

But regardless, mastering Three Corpses Illuminating Fate remains the first, immutable law.

"If Mr. Nian were to master Three Corpses Illuminating Fate, he would be the Master of the Wuwei Sect; but he is not—yet."

Lin Jianyue shook her head and whispered softly; though she’d never met that legendary giant, she knew well the rules of the Wuwei Sect.

Since Three Corpses Daoist, this Technique has gone silent—after a hundred slow years, even longer, perhaps none will ever succeed again.

"It’s also impossible that what he mastered is [Five Elements Mistaken King] or [Jia Sheng Gui Si]..."

Lin Jianyue shifted her tone, revealing yet another clue.

"You mean..." Zhang Fan’s heart jolted, as if he’d caught onto something.

"The cultivator of Five Elements Mistaken King is Chen Dragon."

Lin Jianyue murmured solemnly; upon mentioning the name, a deep dread flitted through her beautiful eyes.

"Chen Dragon—from among the Thirteen Zodiacs, Chen Dragon. He is the cultivator of [Five Elements Mistaken King]?" Zhang Fan showed a faint reaction.

This was his first time hearing intelligence about other Zodiacs from someone’s lips.

"I heard that ten years ago, at the foot of Dragon Tiger Mountain, it was he who first acted, who betrayed Human Xiao." Zhang Fan said in a low voice.

He’d heard this from Si Snake Bai Yujing, though he’d always harbored doubts.

After all, whether it was his mother’s identity or the true cause of her death—unless Zhang Lingzong told him himself, Zhang Fan wouldn’t believe a single word from anyone else.

Even so, even Zhang Lingzong’s words now aroused doubt in Zhang Fan’s mind.

Ever since leaving Zhenwu Mountain, he felt as if this world was illusory.

"I’ve heard... it seems that’s so..." Lin Jianyue echoed with some uncertainty.

"You know, ten years ago, at the foot of Dragon Tiger Mountain, there was a great battle—the Thirteen Zodiacs suffered heavy casualties..." Lin Jianyue said gravely.

Among the Thirteen Zodiacs, the Rabbit, Xin Sheep, Xu Dog, and Hai Pig were all recruited later; they’d never personally experienced those old incidents, so their knowledge was naturally lacking in detail.

"I don’t know what grudge there is between Chen Dragon and the previous generation Human Xiao. But I’ve heard Chen Dragon, even in his early years, already obtained the [Five Elements Mistaken King] Cultivation Method. For all these years, he’s delved deep, he’s trained..."

Within the Thirteen Zodiacs, only Human Xiao leads; aside from the Sect Leader, no one can mobilize them, not even the Lord of the Three Palaces.

Thus, to dare defy Human Xiao requires not only heaven-defying courage, but also earth-shaking strength.

Chen Dragon always harbored grand ambition, disguising himself well; until ten years ago, beneath Dragon Tiger Mountain, at last he seized the chance.

"I’ve heard, under Dragon Tiger Mountain, Five Elements Mistaken King erupted into the world—even the former Human Xiao was utterly shocked..." Lin Jianyue murmured softly.

People like that, when they don’t strike, all is calm; if they do, the heavens and earth overturn—there is no chance for reversal.

That day, Human Xiao fell.

The Thirteen Zodiacs underwent, in all history, their first and only abnormal change of power.

"Do you know who Chen Dragon is in real life? Where is he?" Zhang Fan asked, seemingly nonchalant.

"You want to go after Chen Dragon?" Lin Jianyue’s brows knit slightly, then she shook her head.

"I do not know his identity, nor do I know where he is..."

Among the Thirteen Zodiacs, their identities are known only to Human Xiao, and completely so.

Moreover...

"Chen Dragon’s [Five Elements Mistaken King] is already perfected. Your Divine Demon Holy Embryo is still half-baked; here in Great Night is Not Bright, you haven’t yet passed the Tribulation..."

In Lin Jianyue’s eyes, Zhang Fan’s ability to reawaken and retrain without having transcended Tribulation was already an inconceivable miracle—on this point, even Zhao Jie Xuan could not discern the truth.

In these circumstances, the urgent task is to achieve Unity of God and Escape from Tribulation, not to go courting death.

"Among the Thirteen Zodiacs, the Rat is most mysterious, Chen Dragon the strongest..." Lin Jianyue intoned.

"It’s not just that I don’t know Chen Dragon’s identity—if I did, you shouldn’t seek vengeance, either."

"If anyone in this world could kill him, your father would stand the best chance."

While speaking, a meaningful light flickered in Lin Jianyue’s eyes.

The news of the Great Spirit Sect King passing Tribulation was no secret; precisely because of this, Chen Dragon had vanished, grown all the more cautious—as if he dreaded that man might appear any moment seeking revenge.

"Him!?"

Zhang Fan curled his lips, recalling that absentee father of his—he barely knew what to say.

"Chen Dragon... Five Elements Mistaken King..."

Zhang Fan’s gaze flickered—like blades clashing; he drew a long breath, subduing his churning emotions.

Without doubt, this was the Zhang Family’s number one archenemy.

"And what about Jia Sheng Gui Si? Has this Inner Core Technique already seen someone train in it?" Zhang Fan pressed.

That day before the Imprisoned Immortal Temple, Zhao Jie Xuan had warned him: if you encounter someone cultivating [Jia Sheng Gui Si], you must retreat—eighty years ago, during the Daoist Sect Tribulation, this Technique was rumored to have resurfaced at Dragon Tiger Mountain.