Goodbye Li Waner, seeking advice

Early the next morning, Shen Fan arrived at the market.

Hongcui Brothel was not yet open.

However, the guests who had stayed overnight had all left early, their legs trembling, leaning on the railings.

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“That’s how it is!”

Shen Fan recounted everything Xue Hanzhou had asked him to do, in full detail.

Seeing this, Li Wan’er chuckled, covering her mouth, “It seems the relationship between this master and Disciple is even worse than we imagined!”

“Is that true?”

Shen Fan felt a surge of surprise, “But didn’t Xue Jin say that Xue Hanzhou is Xue Qiutian’s illegitimate son? With that connection, what conflict could they possibly have?”

Li Wan’er: “If Xue Hanzhou is merely a sacrifice for Xue Qiutian’s Cultivation, then do you think Xue Hanzhou would just sit back and wait for death?”

Shen Fan immediately found it unbelievable: “A sacrifice for Cultivation? That’s truly hard for me to imagine!”

Li Wan’er sighed helplessly and said, “Do you know how Xue Qiutian has controlled the Tianxuan Sect all these years? It’s because he obtained some powerful Cultivation Techniques from our Nine Nether Corpse Puppet Sect’s Corpse King, which allowed him to control so many people in the Tianxuan Sect. But this Cultivation Technique has a drawback: it requires Corpse Disassembly!”

“Corpse Disassembly?”

This term immediately startled the Corpse King in Shen Fan’s mind.

If there was anyone most familiar with this term, it was none other than the Corpse King.

“Kid, is he also from our Nine Nether Corpse Puppet Sect?” the Corpse King asked, sensing the aura from Li Wan’er.

“That’s right, he is our Nine Nether Corpse Puppet Sect’s current Senior Sister, Li Wan’er!” Shen Fan introduced.

“Buzz!!”

The next moment, Shen Fan felt an invisible force collide with the treasure gathering cosmos bowl.

“What do you want to do?”

The treasure gathering cosmos bowl immediately issued a warning, making Shen Fan vigilant.

“You old geezer, still thinking of sending a message to Li Wan’er?”

Shen Fan was furious and immediately activated the treasure gathering cosmos bowl.

The next moment, the Corpse King let out a hoarse scream and repeatedly knelt to beg for mercy.

“I won’t dare again, I won’t dare again, I truly won’t dare again!”

“You originally intended to Possess and harm me. Even if I killed you, it wouldn’t be excessive. If it weren’t for the fact that you still have some value, I would have spared your life. Yet you still thought of escaping?”

Shen Fan’s words were filled with chilling killing intent, making the Corpse King beneath the treasure gathering cosmos bowl feel a sense of desperate killing intent.

It was as if Shen Fan killing him was just a matter of a single thought.

Seeing the Corpse King, who was already cowering in his mind, Shen Fan finally let him go.

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Li Wan’er continued: “That’s right, we’ve been investigating all these years. Xue Qiutian must have obtained the Corpse King’s Legacy. He gave birth to Xue Hanzhou, likely for Corpse Disassembly!”

Shen Fan couldn't help but feel curious: “Then why didn’t he use Xue Jin for Corpse Disassembly? Xue Jin is also his son!”

“Hehe!”

Li Wan’er suddenly let out a playful laugh, “This world is truly pitiful, truly ridiculous.”

“Do you know? I’ve seen too many strange people.”

“How strange?”

“For example, a man having a tryst with his lover. When an earthquake occurs, he can directly abandon his lover, without even putting on his pants, to save his wife.”

“Regarding Xue Jin, we also investigated it, but the true inside story is not what Xue Jin wants to see at all. We have been hiding this matter.”

“The reason Xue Qiutian didn’t use Xue Jin for Corpse Disassembly, and why he framed Xue Jin and forced him away back then, was actually to protect Xue Jin. Otherwise, do you think Xue Jin could have escaped from the slander, false accusations, and encirclement of the Tianxuan Sect?”

“Fatherly love! Sometimes, thinking about it is truly ridiculous!”

Upon hearing this, Shen Fan was completely stunned.

“You mean, Xue Qiutian did all this to Xue Jin to protect him?”

“If this is true, how will Xue Jin face Xue Qiutian?”

Shen Fan couldn't imagine if Xue Jin would completely lose his Dao Heart when he learned the truth.

No!

He had already become a demon; he probably wouldn’t become even crazier!

After understanding this situation.

Shen Fan continued to ask: “Then what do you think I should do next? Should I follow Xue Hanzhou’s instructions and join Zhan Yue Peak?”

“Regarding Zhan Yue Peak, it is indeed a major concern for our Nine Underworld Corpse Kui Sect. Since you have this opportunity, my suggestion is to join it. As far as I know, the number of people in Zhan Yue Peak is not many, but each one is an elite.”

Li Wan’er said gravely.

“The Peak Master, Royal Xuanji, is the previous Kingdom Lord of the Great Li Kingdom, a Golden Core Late Stage Realm expert, whose strength is unfathomable. Due to his impending death, he has been in seclusion, attempting to break through to the Golden Core Peak Realm, and has not appeared for a hundred years.”

“He only has one Elder under him, named Wind Dao Ling, a former Elder of the Lingjian Sect, who serves as the acting Peak Master and is also a Golden Core Early Stage Realm expert!”

“He has only four Disciples under his name, and no one has joined for so many years. Countless Personal Disciples of the Tianxuan Sect have tried desperately to join, but they have all been turned away!”

Hearing this, Shen Fan found it even more incredible: “The conditions are so strict? Can this Xue Hanzhou really get me in?”

Li Wan’er narrowed her eyes and pondered: “I estimate that what he values is your own background. Although your talent is low, Zhan Yue Peak doesn’t look at talent when recruiting. There are only four Disciples under his name, but two of them were once considered useless by everyone, and now, they have already become unreachable powerhouses for all Disciples of the Tianxuan Sect. You have been treated that way by Xue Qiutian, and were even almost killed by the Soul Searching Technique. Perhaps, what he values is precisely this condition of yours, which is why Xue Hanzhou would have you do this!”

Shen Fan nodded in sudden realization: “No wonder! With my talent, Xue Hanzhou wouldn’t even look at me on a normal day. How could he treat me like this? If I didn’t know better, I might have really thought he was some Righteous Path leader who single-handedly shouldered the world’s burdens!”

“Oh, right! You said you let Xue Qiutian use the Soul Searching Technique on your Divine Soul. How did you survive?”

At this moment, Li Wan’er suddenly changed the subject and asked.

Shen Fan’s mouth twitched slightly. It seemed he couldn’t avoid suspicion after all!

And the Corpse King, imprisoned by Shen Fan, immediately became nervous. How he wished Li Wan’er could discover the clue!

Seeing this, Shen Fan could only take out the white bone jade pendant and sighed, saying, “Actually, I was able to survive thanks to the white bone jade pendant you gave me!”

“How so?”

“I found the Corpse King’s Seal location!”

“What?!”

Li Wan’er sat up in shock, “Really?!”

Seeing Li Wan’er’s excited reaction, Shen Fan nodded heavily.

“How is the Corpse King now?”

Shen Fan shook his head gravely: “The situation is very bad. Three hundred years ago, the main reason our Nine Underworld Corpse Kui Sect was ambushed was because the Corpse King’s Corpse Disassembly failed. Xue Qiutian stole the Corpse King’s Corpse Disassembly Great Art and the Blood Soul Pearl, forcing the Corpse King into a deep sleep. When I saw him, he was still sleeping. However, fortunately, over all these years, the Tianxuan Sect, using the three sects’ defiling and dark methods, extracted souls and absorbed blood from their own Disciples, and performed Alchemy and Artifact Refining, resulting in their flesh and blood bodies being discarded in the wilderness. The Corpse King guided and absorbed this residual blood to survive. He said there are a total of four white bone jade pendants, and he can only leave if all of them are collected. Otherwise, relying on just one, it’s impossible to take him out. So he handed the remaining Legacy to me and let me leave, asking me to inform you of the situation and find an opportunity to rescue him later!”

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