Chapter 264
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Chapter 264: Reversing the Curse
When Xu Yuexian heard Xu Fan’s words, she nearly dropped the purple spirit pearl in her hand.
“Don’t drop it; opportunities often come this way.”
“She can take over your body, but you can also counter her.”
“When that happens, her inheritance and treasures will be yours,” Xu Fan said with a smile.
While sealing the celestial tool spirit, he learned about its past lives and couldn’t help but lament how fate played tricks, choosing to target his disciple of all people.
The trading company that dealt with Xu Yuexian was also in on it.
“Thank goodness for Master,” Xu Yuexian said gratefully.
“I suspect you’ll run into that trading company again in the ruins. When you do, just take everything they offer.”
“Those items will help solidify your foundation,” Xu Fan said, stroking his chin.
“Master, once my cultivation grows stronger, I’ll be the one protecting you,” Xu Yuexian said, touched. It seemed like nothing had ever been too difficult for her Master.
“Then work hard and aim to reach the Great Ascension stage soon,” Xu Fan said with satisfaction. With his current abilities, he wasn’t worried about anyone below the Great Ascension stage.
“Understood,” Xu Yuexian replied with a smile.
“Master, my cultivation is stable now, and I want to go out and explore. I feel like an opportunity is coming my way…” Xu Yuexian said.
“Forget about opportunities for now. Focus on cultivating in the sect and improving your fighting strength,” Xu Fan replied, handing her three jade plates.
“Don’t leave the sect anytime soon. You need to replace your entire set of treasures, and at the Transformation Stage, you can barely use the secret technique to activate the celestial tool.”
“I thought your brother would be the first to break through to the Transformation Stage, but you beat him to it.”
“These three jade plates contain three secret techniques suited for you, and your Illusory Three Realms Body needs some strengthening.”
“Alright, go back to cultivating when you’re free. Your current fighting strength is only slightly better than when you were at the Nascent Soul stage.”
Xu Fan’s lecture sent Xu Yuexian back to her little hill to cultivate.
Watching the beams of light from Xu Yuexian’s retreating figure, a flicker of worry crossed Xu Fan’s eyes.
For some reason, he’d been feeling lately like someone was watching him, as if trying to drag him into a massive vortex.
It was just a feeling, but it lingered, unconfirmed.
Meanwhile, outside a fairy city on the central continent, a swordsman rushed into the teleportation formation, carrying a severely injured boy surrounded by dark energy, as if cursed.
Just as Xu Fan was trying to make sense of his unease, Wang Xiangchi’s urgent message interrupted him.
“Master, Wujie has been injured and is under a deadly curse. The life-saving methods you gave me aren’t enough to heal him. Please, think of something.”
Attached to Wang Xiangchi’s message were images of Jian Wujie’s injuries and details about the curse.
Xu Fan stopped his deductions. He was now certain—he was being watched.
He slowly raised his head to the sky and murmured, “Is this a backup plan you left behind after merging?”
“There are plenty of powerful figures in the cultivation world. Why target me?” Xu Fan sighed.
This sense of fate didn’t sit well with him, a man who just wanted to live quietly until the end of the universe.
At the center of the Lin Sen Fairy City teleportation formation, a figure transformed into a beam of sword light and shot out of the fairy city.
The members of the Elder Council of Lin Sen Fairy City, who were about to intervene, were stopped by Ning Dao.
For someone who had made great contributions to the fairy city, overlooking a small mistake wasn’t a big deal, especially since there was a valid reason behind it.
Once the sword light left the city, it turned crimson and flew toward the Hidden Spirit Sect.
At this moment, Xu Fan was also piloting a spiritual boat, heading straight towards Wang Xiangchi.
“Master, am I going to die?” Jian Wujie, weak and in Wang Xiangchi’s arms, asked softly.
“No, you will soon meet your long-awaited Master Ancestor,” Wang Xiangchi said, speeding ahead with only one thought in his mind: to reach Xu Fan and save Jian Wujie.
“Master, this is the key to open the secret realm of Cang Jian Gate; please keep it safe.”
Jian Wujie, with bloodied hands, lightly tapped Wang Xiangchi’s shoulder, leaving a small sword imprint there.
Then, Jian Wujie gently closed his eyes, awaiting death.
From the moment he was cursed by that beast race, he had a premonition that he might not survive.
“Don’t give up; once you see your Master Ancestor, you’ll be saved,” Wang Xiangchi urged, looking at Jian Wujie’s closed eyes in panic.
At that moment, a spiritual boat appeared in the distance.
“Your Master Ancestor is here to pick us up! Wujie, hold on!” Wang Xiangchi shouted.
In a haze, Jian Wujie tried to open his eyes but realized he only had a sliver of awareness left and no strength to control his body.
Wang Xiangchi carried Jian Wujie onto the spiritual boat.
“Master, please save Wujie,” Wang Xiangchi pleaded.
“What nonsense,” Xu Fan replied.
The Five-Spirit Enlightened Monkeys beside Xu Fan produced a drop of wood essence and began to perform a secret technique.
“Master, I’ve tried the wood essence; it doesn’t work,” Wang Xiangchi said.
“Shut up! Don’t disturb me while saving a life.”
A drop of wood essence transformed into mist and enveloped Jian Wujie, with one-third of it transferring its understanding into Jian Wujie’s forehead.
Then, Xu Fan took out another drop of water essence, which turned into spiritual mist and merged into Jian Wujie’s forehead.
The Five-Spirit Enlightened Monkeys followed suit, with spirit herbs transforming into spiritual light as they entered Jian Wujie’s body.
The sky filled with thousands of spirit herbs and healing spirit pills.
“This cursed technique is intriguing; a Transformation Stage curse has such power,” Xu Fan remarked as he watched a wisp of dark energy being drawn from Jian Wujie.
“Master, can the curse on Wujie be lifted?” Wang Xiangchi asked with concern.
“Isn’t this already a form of salvation?” Xu Fan responded.
“Thank you, Master,” Wang Xiangchi said joyfully.
Seeing Jian Wujie lying on the ground being treated, Xu Fan couldn’t help but sigh; after all, he was the protagonist, surviving even a curse at the Foundation Establishment Stage.
“This curse is quite fascinating; it’s actually a secret technique that absorbs the essence to replenish the body,” Xu Fan said after breaking down that dark energy.
“What does that imply? Has Wujie’s essence been completely absorbed by that cursed being?” Wang Xiangchi asked.
“Yes, if we follow standard methods, even if we manage to revive your precious disciple, he would ultimately lose his essence and become an ordinary person who cannot cultivate,” Xu Fan explained.
“Can you think of a way to preserve Wujie’s cultivation?”
“It’s difficult, but it’s not impossible,” Xu Fan said, stroking his chin.
“What’s the method?” Wang Xiangchi asked eagerly.
“Reverse the curse, absorb the essence from that cursed being.”
“Then your precious disciple’s essence won’t just be preserved; in the end, his essence will far surpass that of other cultivators at the same stage,” Xu Fan elaborated.
“However, the success rate is quite low,” Xu Fan continued, stroking his chin again.
“What is it?”
“Less than ten percent.”
