Starting Cultivation During a Trip

Chapter 294: Chapter 168: A Cut Above! Zhao Jie Xuan and Li Changgeng

If Heaven has emotions, Heaven would also grow old. I wish to be the treasure in my brother’s palm.

The call of ”brother” echoed endlessly, lingering in the ears, even making the cold and clear mountain wind seem gentle at this moment.

Lin Jianyue swayed the hoe in her hand, watching Zhang Fan’s back slowly approach. The latter seemed not to hear, staring at the small characters on the pavilion pillar, lost in thought.

”Why isn’t brother paying attention to me?”

Lin Jianyue walked behind Zhang Fan, stopping five steps away, with a flash of a peculiar glint in her beautiful eyes.

”Thirteen Zodiacs... Thirteen Zodiacs... which one are you among the Thirteen Zodiacs?”

At this moment, Zhang Fan spoke.

Just one sentence made Lin Jianyue’s gaze flicker.

”Oh? What is brother talking about?” Lin Jianyue said lightly.

”Your cultivation surpasses that of the Hai Pig, so you should be among the Thirteen Zodiacs.”

Zhang Fan spoke softly and seriously, looking at the line ”was here” on the pavilion pillar. His right hand gently raised, a wisp of True Flame danced, burning brightly, eternally unextinguished.

Rumble...

In an instant, the terrifying fluctuations emitted by that wisp of True Flame spread around. The pavilion, ancient trees, and rock walls before them... seemed to gradually dissolve like ink wash, and upon focusing again, it was still that [Tomb of the Three].

Zhang Fan stood before the Tomb of the Three, as if he hadn’t moved since the beginning; the so-called climbing up the mountain to enter the pavilion was merely an outer scenery illusion.

”As expected of the seed of the Great Spirit Sect King, no wonder even the Hai Pig fell in your hands.” Lin Jianyue put down the hoe in her hand, applauding involuntarily.

Buzz...

At the same time, a faint medicinal fragrance floated, bits of cinnabar rose and gathered in the air, finally landing in Lin Jianyue’s palm, transforming into a transparent elixir, glowing like glass.

Zhang Fan turned around, his gaze slightly heavy, looking at the elixir in Lin Jianyue’s palm.

With his powerful primordial spirit, he had just fallen into that outer scenery illusion, mostly due to this elixir.

”This is called the Chaotic God Pill, it takes three years for the medicine to be pounded before forming this pill... but it’s my treasure.”

Lin Jianyue smiled faintly, opening her mouth, she directly swallowed the glass-like transparent elixir.

”Chaotic God Pill!?”

There’s no denying, each of the Thirteen Zodiacs has their specialization, Lin Jianyue’s Great Pill, even without ingesting, could influence the primordial spirit; it was indeed strange.

”Zhang Fan, although you haven’t yet crossed the tribulation and are somewhat slow to react, you’re better than expected.”

Lin Jianyue’s lips curled slightly, her eyes turned into crescent moons, and her pretty face held a playful tease.

”Is that so?”

Zhang Fan shook his head, looking towards the mountain bottom, murmuring softly: ”You, on the other hand, are much worse than expected...”

”What?”

”I won’t accompany you today, if you too are here for the Imprisoned Immortal Temple, then let’s spar another day.”

As the words fell, Zhang Fan let out a long breath.

Lin Jianyue raised an eyebrow, just about to speak, but the surrounding light and shadows began to melt away, the Tomb of the Three, the coins scattered everywhere, the secluded mountain path... all dissolved like ink wash.

Lin Jianyue’s face turned pale, regaining her senses, the surroundings were empty, Zhang Fan’s figure was nowhere to be seen, and she stood on the mountainside where she first met Zhang Fan, gathering herbs.

At this time, in Luoxia Town, at a teahouse on a corner of the street.

Zhang Fan sat there, his eyes seemingly closed yet open, as if in sleep. At this moment, his primordial spirit returned to the acupoint, and then he slowly opened his eyes, casting a focused gaze towards Luoxia Mountain not far away.

”Rabbit! There are indeed more than one of the Thirteen Zodiacs here.”

Zhang Fan recalled the small characters ”was here,” lost in thought.

When he first arrived in Luoxia Town and initially met Lin Jianyue, he felt something was amiss with this woman, yet he didn’t expect her to be one of the Thirteen Zodiacs.

”I just don’t know what her tactics are,” Zhang Fan murmured softly.

Each of the Thirteen Zodiacs has their specialization, and each individual’s abilities are different.

Before knowing the opponent’s details, Zhang Fan was reluctant to act rashly, especially before the Imprisoned Immortal Temple emerged; he didn’t want additional complications, prioritizing rescuing Jiang Lai.

Most importantly, just now, he sensed that besides the Rabbit in that mountain, there seemed to be another presence, even more hidden and unfathomable.

This made Zhang Fan more vigilant.

”There are only a handful of the Thirteen Zodiacs, surely there aren’t more than two here.” Zhang Fan fell into contemplation.

Earlier, Jiang Lai mentioned over the phone that among the Thirteen Zodiacs, there was someone from the Daoist Sect. Could this person already be in Luoxia Town?

If so, they might become a significant aid.

”Who could it be?” Zhang Fan’s thoughts raced.

He didn’t know much about the members of the Thirteen Zodiacs, except for those he had encountered: Rabbit Lin Jianyue, Si Snake Bai Yujing, Wu Ma Wuqilu, Rooster Day of the Metal Mao, Xu Dog Han Diyan, and Pig King Tao. The other members were almost completely unknown.

In fact, as a Guardian of the Wuwei Sect, the Thirteen Zodiacs themselves were very low-key and special. Aside from Human Xiao, no one else could command or drive them.

Therefore, the identity of each member is highly confidential and extremely mysterious.

”Si Snake!?” In his mind, Zhang Fan envisioned the figure of Bai Yujing, considered for a moment, and then shook his head in denial.

Si Snake Bai Yujing, unlike the other members of the Thirteen Zodiacs, is a Great Demon transformed into human form.

According to herself, Bai Yujing, besides being the Si Snake among the Thirteen Zodiacs, was also one of the Five Great Demons under the former Human Xiao, who was Zhang Fan’s mother.

The last time at the Observatory of Profound Mystery, it was with Zhang Fan’s help that she was able to free and unseal her primordial spirit.

Si Snake, although close to Zhang Fan, is not a spy within the Daoist Sect.