Cultivation through Skin Making

Chapter 637: 233. The First Teacher, Defeated (6.3K Words – Seeking Subscription)

Clear Bamboo Mountain, a deep, serene pond.

Wind blows, the pond stirs, ripples like wrinkles on old skin appear, and with an inadvertent glance, you might see a strange face emerging upon the water surface…

The fishing rod is stuck in the damp soil, Song Yan stretches his body, resting his head on his hands against the old tree, his gaze quietly cast afar, a faint self-mocking smile at the corner of his mouth.

He has already understood that he has been swept into a cosmic disaster.

His senior sister, and that Reacher senior brother both dread this star catastrophe like a tiger, evident in its bizarre dominance.

Be it the wide open ghost gate or the beast devouring the star raft, none he can contend with now, let alone the one behind it all.

“Heh…”

“Hahaha.”

Song Yan couldn’t help but laugh, and after laughing he sighed softly, then looked up at the copper coins light and shadow of the rustling green leaves falling on his face. The light and shadow flickered unpredictably, so did his face, like alternating continuously between nightmare and reality.

A feeling of “out of the tiger’s den, into the dragon’s lair” arose in his heart. But having escaped the tiger’s den was already a near-death experience, let alone this dragon’s lair? He, can he still have such good luck? Maybe, when the next crisis strikes, he will die.

Dark flames started to burn in his eyes, hysterical light.

He’s never been one to give up easily, so even in the face of this unknown fear, he wouldn’t give up.

At this moment, he heard footsteps.

The footsteps were unhidden, lightly crushed fallen leaves that nobody had swept.

An elder’s voice came from behind.

“Seems you’ve already felt it.”

Song Yan did not know when Elder Dan had arrived, but upon hearing, he remained calm and rose, saying: “Greetings, Elder.”

The purple-robed, wild-bearded elder nodded slightly, suddenly sternly said: “I tell you, you’re now in big trouble, you’ve encountered the forbidden talisman Xi text, those Xi texts are words that dictate reality, once read, their contents will definitely occur. You read the ’Ghost Gate Chapter’, and should have died tragically, but because you couldn’t understand the characters above, though you faced inevitable death curse, you temporarily escaped a disaster.

But… just because you escaped today, it doesn’t mean you’ll escape tomorrow!

Nobody knows when the curse caused by those Xi texts will explode, when the hand from the wide open ghost gate will drag you into the unknown evil ghost world!

Perhaps… in that world, even if you die and the path is erased, with cause and effect gone, the divine soul cannot transcend, but will sink forever!”

Shush!

Ning Yunmiao appeared at this point as well, slightly saluting Elder Dan, then quietly listening to these words. After hearing she sighed softly, and asked: “Elder Dan, what should be done? Is there a way to remove this curse?”

Elder Dan said: “Yunmiao, haven’t you heard of the Three Realms Forbidden Talisman, has anyone solved Xi? Or has anyone survived after seeing those characters?”

Without waiting for a reply, he shook his head himself and said: “Absolutely no one.”

Ning Yunmiao thought for a moment, and said: “Then… is it possible for junior brother to become the talisman holder, or the container for this talisman?”

Upon hearing this, Elder Dan’s face displayed an odd smile, he bowed his head as if holding back, suppressing the curve of his lips, but it seemed the words were truly humorous, he finally couldn’t hold it and burst out in exaggerated laughter.

Ning Yunmiao closed her eyes slightly, knowing the answer already.

In fact, before asking, she already knew the answer.

The Three Realms Forbidden Talisman, contains mysterious omens, even suppressing just a single character has already exhausted the powers of many top-notch experts in the Myriad Swords Star Realm, immobilizing those experts who could only sit at one place without movement and requiring rotation to leave.

Moreover, her junior brother?

Additionally, this isn’t the Xi text essence of the forbidden talisman but just the curse it triggers, what talk is there of suppression?

Song Yan instead calmed down, he asked calmly: “Then what does the elder intend to do with me?”

Elder Dan said: “If the Xi text is within your body, then naturally seize the moment it’s just born, weak, to seal and suppress it, so that its evil doesn’t affect this part of the Great Thousand Worlds.”

Song Yan said: “Then how is it determined whether the Xi text is within my body or not?”

Elder Dan said: “Just by the fact you’re still conversing normally with me, can be determined.”

Song Yan puzzledly said: “May I ask elder, what does this mean?”

Elder Dan said: “Talisman, borrowing the power of a saint.

Yet, unknown why, many talisman characters, following saints all vanished without a trace, thus we can comprehend and claim for personal use, combine with cultivation techniques, and utilize.

But the saint behind the forbidden talisman, yet remains… those many experts suppressing the Xi character in the Myriad Swords Star Realm occasionally still sense terrifying strange thoughts from within the Xi character.

Those thoughts, enough to drive anyone insane, since you haven’t gone mad, then the curse isn’t counted as severe, and the Xi text is definitely not within your body.”

Song Yan’s heart gave a sudden “thump”, secretly exposing a bitter smile.

Ever since returning from the Pole Sword Platform, he increasingly feels disorder within, the sixteen sword intent containing talisman embryonic form he comprehended in the Sword Tomb, and his personal “Freedom” talisman character being in a state of unknown agitation.

Like something moving madly within, except that the thing seems incomplete, as if just forming, and unable to break out completely amidst the encirclement of this “seventeen talisman characters”.

Although thinking this, he couldn’t possibly say it out loud, his face naturally showed a relaxed expression.

Elder Dan looked at his expression, said: “Good.”

Ning Yunmiao also nodded: “Junior brother is indeed good.”

Then she leisurely said: “To hear the way in the morning and die in the evening, if one has a sword in hand, why ask for future? If future exists, wield the sword and walk; if no future exists, wield the sword and carve; life and death, thus it is.”