Chapter 343: Fang Xue’s Request

On Holy Son Peak, Lin Yi took the healing medicine, and only after resting for a while did he finally open his eyes.

Gu Fan, who was beside him, saw him awaken and immediately handed over a cup of spirit wine.

“Drink a cup, it will help with your injuries. This stuff is said to have been brewed by Ying Langtian’s predecessor, the Holy Son.”

Lin Yi accepted the wine cup without the slightest doubt and downed it in one gulp.

After savoring it for a moment, he smiled.

“It truly is good stuff.”

Gu Fan poured him another cup and then asked:

“How did this battle feel?”

Lin Yi paused but did not intend to hide anything.

“It’s strange. Jiang Tianxin’s strength has improved so rapidly, yet his foundation is very solid. It doesn’t seem like the result of some shortcut secret art.”

In the cultivation world, some took one steady step after another, while others pursued speed recklessly.

Some shortcut secret techniques, though allowing one to quickly reach a certain level of strength, often left the foundation hollow and unstable, making advancement later extremely difficult, even trapping someone in their current realm for life.

But after exchanging blows with Jiang Tianxin, Lin Yi found none of those problems. That was what puzzled him.

“Moreover, his strength is very strong. If we had continued, I would most likely have lost.”

Gu Fan nodded slightly, then said thoughtfully:

“I felt a familiar aura on him, one that belonged to Ying Langtian.”

Lin Yi had already heard Gu Fan say this at the scene earlier.

Hearing it again now, he could not help but ask in doubt:

“What does that mean?”

“To put it simply, in his soul aura, I sensed Ying Langtian’s presence.”

“Could it be that Ying Langtian somehow possessed him?” Lin Yi blurted out, imagining wildly.

Gu Fan shook his head.

“No. Although there is Ying Langtian’s aura, Jiang Tianxin is still himself.”

“Beforehand, I checked—Ying Langtian’s corpse had indeed disappeared.”

“I believe Jiang Tianxin devoured some kind of substance within Ying Langtian’s body. That substance gave him Ying Langtian’s cultivation. Though he hasn’t fully digested it yet, in the future he will definitely become even stronger than Ying Langtian.”

Lin Yi was shocked when he heard this. Such a thing was even possible?

“It can be done like this? Isn’t this similar to Brother Gu’s Soul Devouring Technique from before?”

“It’s different…”

Gu Fan shook his head.

“When I use the Soul Devouring Technique, devouring living souls is merely to serve as raw material for cultivation. The cultivation still has to be done by myself.”

“But Jiang Tianxin’s method is more like directly seizing another person’s many years of cultivation. Even if there are losses in between, they wouldn’t be much. Simply put… it’s like stealing someone else’s cultivation achievements!”

“And look at Jiang Tianxin’s divine ability at his brow—it was precisely Ying Langtian’s technique!”

Hearing this, Lin Yi was even more shocked.

This sort of method was far more sinister than ordinary demonic techniques.

Such a heaven-defying ability, without spending too much of his own time cultivating, only needing to plunder other prodigies’ cultivation to rapidly rise…

This was like being lured into true demonic temptation!

Not only could he seize others’ cultivation, but even their unique divine powers could be taken.

Who could resist such temptation? In the end, it would inevitably lead to endless killing.

Just then, a voice sounded.

“Rest assured, this isn’t caused by some cultivation technique.”

Gu Fan looked up and saw a white figure appear in the grand hall.

“Senior Sister Fang Xue, weren’t you in seclusion?”

Fang Xue showed no reserve, picked up a cup, and drank a mouthful.

“I was indeed in seclusion and missed Jiang Tianxin’s challenge. But from watching the battle between the two of you, I also noticed some issues.”

“You both should know Ying Langtian possessed a special constitution. In fact, that Divine Pattern Eye at his brow was also an attack method granted by his constitution.”

At this moment, Lin Yi asked:

“Then Senior Sister, what you just said—that Jiang Tianxin’s issue isn’t a cultivation method problem—does that mean it’s related to Ying Langtian’s constitution?”

Fang Xue nodded calmly.

“Jiang Tianxin should have the same special constitution as Ying Langtian. After being his opponent for so many years, I can see that much.”

Gu Fan immediately understood her meaning.

Because they had the same constitution, he could absorb Ying Langtian’s cultivation without hindrance?

But the reason such constitutions were called special was precisely because of their extreme rarity.

One could even say that in a whole grand era, the chance of two people with the same constitution appearing simultaneously was nearly nonexistent.

Yet these two not only belonged to the same sect, but even to the same lineage. To call this coincidence was something no one would believe.

“The same constitution, in the same sect, even in the same lineage—this must have been premeditated, right?”

Lin Yi hesitated as he spoke, glancing at the two.

Gu Fan had already pieced things together.

“Obviously, Jiang Tianxin was someone Ying Langtian deliberately kept by his side. When the time was right, with his strength, he could directly devour Jiang Tianxin and further increase his power!”

Fang Xue agreed with this possibility and added:

“It’s just unfortunate that Ying Langtian was too arrogant, never imagining that he would be slain by Gu Fan. Now, instead, Jiang Tianxin has turned around and devoured him, gaining a heaven-defying opportunity.”

Lin Yi finally understood everything.

Of course, all this was just speculation among the three, and none dared say it was certain.

But according to Fang Xue’s clues, this explanation was undoubtedly the most fitting.

“But are we really letting Jiang Tianxin go just like that? Brother Gu, are you sure about letting him off?”

Fang Xue gave no opinion, only watching Gu Fan’s decision.

Gu Fan smiled.

“If it were before, I would have simply killed him outright. But now my position is different—I must consider more, especially after today, with so many disciples watching.”

Lin Yi paused, then said:

“Then wait for some time and strike later?”

Gu Fan still shook his head. He took another sip of wine before continuing:

“Don’t worry, he won’t give you the chance.”

“A man who could endure under Ying Langtian for so many years, seizing his chance to break free and rise, would not let a few of my words shake his vigilance.”

“You mean…”

Gu Fan gazed into the distance.

“Believe it or not, if you tried to find him now, you wouldn’t succeed. If it were me, right after that battle, I would never have stayed in the sect to heal. The right path would be to immediately find an excuse and leave the sect.”

Lin Yi smacked his lips, feeling speechless.

Sure enough, his own thinking was too simple.

It seemed Brother Gu had already foreseen this. Jiang Tianxin could not be killed this time.

“But perhaps that’s for the best. I’m curious to see just how far Jiang Tianxin’s strange constitution can take him. Maybe meeting him again in the future will even bring me a surprise.”

After finishing, Gu Fan turned toward Fang Xue and asked:

“Now that the matter of Jiang Tianxin and Ying Langtian is settled—Senior Sister Fang Xue, what brings you here this time?”

Lin Yi was briefly stunned, then looked at Fang Xue.

Fang Xue pursed her lips, then looked straight at Gu Fan.

“I’m about to break through. I need your assistance in order to achieve the most perfect breakthrough into the Three Blossoms Realm!”

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