Chapter 4039 — Han Jingyi's Beloved
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As the young master of the Chongtian Pavilion, Xu Lingchong had only ever been on the receiving end of flattery; when had he ever stooped to flattering anyone himself? But when you are under someone else's roof, you must bow your head. In a situation like this, if he failed to read the room, he would only bring misery upon himself.
Yet no sooner had Xu Lingchong called out "Brother Pao" than the mysterious man sent him flying into the corner with a single kick, nearly injuring him internally.
"Brother Pao? Is that yours to say? Are you suggesting you and I are equals?" The mysterious man's tone was unfriendly.
Startled badly, Xu Lingchong ignored his pain and hastily corrected himself: "Lord Pao..."
"Mm, your aptitude isn't bad, and you harbor hatred in your heart—just right for cultivating my unique art, the Chrysanthemum Treasure Manual." This Junior Brother Pao nodded. "Actually, you needn't worry too much. The ultimate secret of the Chrysanthemum Treasure Manual is possession and rebirth! Though you are currently incomplete, an imperfect man, so long as you cultivate diligently with me from now on and reach the requisite level of power, you will one day be able to possess another's body and be reborn!"
Possession and rebirth—even in the cultivation world, where masters gathered like clouds, such a thing was exceedingly rare. For all his breadth of experience, Xu Lingchong had only ever heard rumors of it and never truly encountered it.
He had never imagined that the Chrysanthemum Treasure Manual the mysterious man wanted him to cultivate would actually contain such a legendary divine technique!
"Wonderful! Wahahahaha, I'm going to possess Wei Zhao!!!" Xu Lingchong's gloom of recent days was swept away in an instant. No man truly wished to be a eunuch; given even a sliver of hope, he would clutch at it as his last lifeline.
"Mm, hatred is good." A cold smile flickered at the corner of Junior Brother Pao's mouth, and he handed Xu Lingchong a sheet of paper. "These are the notes I've compiled from my own insights—they'll be of great benefit to your cultivation of the Chrysanthemum Treasure Manual. Take them for reference! Also, swallow this pill; it is meant to complement the cultivation of the Chrysanthemum Treasure Manual. As for this Star Ink Stone, I've used a small portion of it—you may take the rest. This mysterious senior brother of yours will teach you how to use it!"
"Thank you, Lord Pao! Thank you so much!" Xu Lingchong, suspecting nothing, took them and nodded his thanks repeatedly. His mind was now consumed by a single thought: possession and rebirth!
Watching Xu Lingchong's performance, Junior Brother Pao and the mysterious man exchanged a glance and smiled silently together.
West Island. Having just returned from the auction on the Far North Island, Ning Xuefei could hardly wait to summon her closest confidante. Had Wei Zhao been present, he would have been astonished to see this good friend of hers—for it was none other than Han Jingyi!
Ever since coming to Cloud Stair Island, Han Jingyi had kept up her hobby from the mortal world, forever fond of tinkering with strange mechanisms, and Ning Xuefei, the young miss of the Ning family, shared the same interest. After a chance meeting, the two had taken to each other at once and soon became the closest of friends.
Unfortunately, technology on Cloud Stair Island was limited, and without electronic components, Han Jingyi could no longer build her automated cauldron, and thus could no longer refine pills. The two could only study other ingenious mechanisms together.
Ning Xuefei might not care for cultivation, but like the Rubbish King, she was a bona fide artifact forger!
While chatting with Han Jingyi, she had inadvertently discovered that the two of them actually shared a common "master"—Sun Jichuan. To varying degrees, both had received his guidance.