Xu Jiaojiao had said so much, so Jin Xuan naturally stopped making things difficult for Jin Chuan. He merely sneered. “Let’s go!”
After saying this, he turned and left with Xu Jiaojiao. Seeing this, the others released Jin Chuan and followed them.
Jin Chuan fell straight to the ground. Jinbao and Yuanbao rushed over to help him up and asked anxiously, “young master, are you all right?”
Jin Chuan coughed twice. The wounds on his face looked rather serious. Just as he was about to speak, the wound at the corner of his mouth began to throb with pain. “Hiss, I’m fine. Don’t tell Father and mother when we get back.”
Jinbao was puzzled. “Why? Young master jin Xuan went too far!”
Jin Chuan shook his head. “It’s fine. Don’t trouble Father with such trivial matters.”
After the farce ended, the surrounding crowd gradually dispersed as well.
Feng Luan remained standing where she was instead of leaving. She had not helped from beginning to end. The corners of her lips lifted slightly. “He seems very cowardly…”
Ye Chi was speechless, but it was quite normal. If she really was that person, her personality would certainly have changed after reincarnation. It was nothing strange.
Feng Luan, however, seemed to have changed hardly at all. She was still as scheming as she had been in her Past Life and still enjoyed tricking people.
Feng Luan saw Jin Chuan stand up with the support of his attendant. The fat on his body trembled along with him. He was approximately eight feet tall and appeared to weigh more than two hundred pounds. Yet he looked as though he were merely bloated from excess fat, his entire body swollen.
She slowly walked up to Jin Chuan. When he raised his eyes, he saw Feng Luan.
Although Jin Chuan had never had any substantial contact with Feng Luan, he had heard of this Feng Luan, who, like him, was known throughout the black tortoise kingdom as a good-for-nothing. He frowned. “Miss Feng, is there something you need?”
The surrounding crowd had already dispersed, but the constant stream of people coming and going from the Drunken Immortal Pavilion made it impossible for the area to become quiet. Moreover, they were still on the street. Everyone turned to look, astonished by the meeting between the two good-for-nothings.
“You’ve been poisoned.”
Those words exploded in Jin Chuan’s mind like thunder. His lips turned pale, and his fierce eyes fixed on Feng Luan. “My father invited many famous physicians, yet none could diagnose that I had been poisoned. How did you determine it?”
Jinbao and Yuanbao were also surprised. They did not really believe Feng Luan’s words. After all, she was an utterly useless good-for-nothing—how could she possibly know medicine?
Feng Luan’s calm eyes swept over Jin Chuan. “Do you want to know?”
“Tomorrow at noon, come find me at the courtyard in the rear mountain of the feng family. Oh, right. I not only know that your cultivation reached the second-tier spirit practitioner stage and became fixed ten years ago, I also know that your cultivation is currently retreating little by little.”
Jin Chuan’s pupils widened. “You…”
Feng Luan chuckled. “One last thing: aside from me, there may be no one in this world who can cure you.”
After saying this, she turned and left, leaving Jin Chuan rooted to the spot.
How… how did she know that his cultivation was currently retreating?
Jin Chuan’s face paled. He had always thought he was naturally fat. Could it really be because he had been poisoned? Who exactly wanted to harm him?
Seeing that Jin Chuan looked unwell, Jinbao asked in a low voice, “young master, what’s wrong? Are you uncomfortable anywhere? Let’s hurry back and find a physician.”
He was furious inside and hated Jin Xuan and the others intensely. When the young master had once been praised as a genius, Xu Jiaojiao had fawned over him in every possible way, and even Jin Xuan had acted as the young master’s lackey.
Yet now they had humiliated their young master so disgracefully.
Furious waves churned in Jin Chuan’s heart. Feng Luan had pointed out the problem exactly. Some time ago, his cultivation had begun dissipating little by little, and he had now fallen to a first rank spirit practitioner.
Soon, he would become an ordinary human.
Jin Chuan was unwilling to accept this.
“It’s nothing… Let’s return to the residence first.” Jin Chuan’s face was pale as he secretly made a decision.
Meanwhile.
Feng Luan was on her way back to the residence. As she walked, she discussed Jin Chuan’s meridians with Ye Chi in her Sea of Consciousness.
“What are ice-type meridians?”
Ye Chi explained, “They are rare meridians found in this world. Cultivation can begin while one is still in the womb. However, these meridians disappeared a hundred years ago. Now, they have appeared in this tiny Black Tortoise Kingdom.”
Feng Luan understood. It seemed that these ice-type meridians were indeed exceptional.
“How can they help me?”
Ye Chi continued, “ice-type meridians allow for extremely rapid cultivation. If you can recruit him, his spiritual power can supply you for talisman inscription. There is a book called 《Talisman Codex》 on the first level of the bookshelf. You can look through its records of a talisman.”
“Talisman Codex?” Feng Luan was somewhat surprised.
Ye Chi said, “Yes, but this Talisman Codex only contains the middle volume. There should also be an upper and a lower volume, but they are currently nowhere to be found.”
Feng Luan chuckled. “They’re both with me.”
Upon hearing this, Ye Chi was also surprised. “In that case, you possess the complete 《Talisman Codex》. For thousands of years, talisman masters have fought desperately to obtain this compendium.”
Feng Luan had never expected to obtain such a treasure by accident. However, the lower volume of the compendium was on the Ancient Martial Continent. Once she had the opportunity, she would certainly return and retrieve it.
“By the way, that talisman is extremely powerful. It can absorb another person’s spiritual energy attack and convert it for your use, though it can only unleash seventy percent of the original power. Also, the requirement for refining this talisman is that Jin Chuan’s spiritual power must reach the spirit saint level.”
“However, this depends not only on Jin Chuan’s spiritual power, but also on your talisman master rank.”
This talisman was truly astonishing. It could absorb another person’s ultimate technique into the talisman and make it one’s own.
It was equivalent to reflecting seventy percent of the opponent’s power back at them.
Feng Luan was deeply tempted by this talisman. “It seems I’ll have to recruit Jin Chuan properly.”
There would be many things awaiting her in the future, and countless difficulties and powerful experts she would encounter. If she had this kind of talisman at her side, she would have at least a seventy percent chance when facing an expert stronger than herself.
As soon as she reached the entrance of the Feng Residence, she saw several guards standing there. They seemed to be waiting specifically for her.
A smile spread across Feng Luan’s lips. “The good show is about to begin.”
It seemed Feng Qingqing had already complained. This formation was probably meant to capture her and take her before Feng Cheng.
Feng Luan walked over unhurriedly. The guards blocked her path. “Master asks the eldest miss to come with us.”
Feng Luan cast a light glance at the guard, her eyes filled with an unreadable smile. She spoke lazily. “Didn’t I say that if Feng Cheng wants to see me, he must come and invite me personally?”
The guard had seemingly never expected Feng Luan to dare speak like this.
“Don’t refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit.”
A chill showed between Feng Luan’s brows. “Tell him to come invite me himself.”
With that, Feng Luan lifted her foot to walk inside. The guards moved forward to stop her. Her white robes fluttered, and her thin lips parted slightly. “Lin Yu.”
A white light flashed, and a two-meter-tall Silver Wolf appeared in the courtyard. It was imposing and majestic. The pressure of a fifth rank caused the guards to freeze, unable to move, their legs trembling.
“Those who stop me will be killed without exception.”
Upon receiving the command, Lin Yu threw back his head and howled at the sky. His green pupils stared fixedly at the group of guards as he bared his sharp fangs.
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