NOVEL NEXT Ch. 111
Chapter 111: Memory of Daoist Kuishan
After speaking, Gu Fan opened his mouth wide and directly swallowed the entire Ten Thousand Transformations Golden Booklet in one gulp.
Then, the Soul Devouring Technique began to operate.
Unlike before, this time Gu Fan did not devour a living soul. Strictly speaking, what he devoured was something neither human nor ghost—formed from a combination of divine sense, spiritual power, soul force, and even special artifact spirit cultivation techniques.
It was precisely because of this that Gu Fan could view the opponent’s memories through the process of refinement.
At this moment, Gu Fan was immersed in browsing the memories within the Ten Thousand Transformations Golden Booklet...
A moment later, Gu Fan slowly opened his eyes, a trace of shock and disbelief within them.
It turned out that the Ten Thousand Transformations Golden Booklet was indeed just a scroll recording battle technique manuals.
And the consciousness within the Ten Thousand Transformations Golden Booklet was actually not an intelligence born of the booklet itself, but that of a Daoist Kuishan, who was once somewhat well-known in the Upper Realm!
The original body of the Ten Thousand Transformations Golden Booklet had merely been a scroll of battle techniques carried beside Daoist Kuishan.
Later, according to Daoist Kuishan’s memories, he and some friends seemed to have discovered a certain treasure!
So the group agreed to go together to that treasure site for exploration.
Everything was fine at the beginning, but eventually the group realized the treasure’s value was terrifyingly high. Some even started harboring thoughts of taking it all for themselves.
Once such thoughts took root, it was as if lured by demons, and people could rarely restrain themselves.
Naturally, Daoist Kuishan was no saint. So when conflict erupted and the group broke into a fight, he carefully set a deadly trap.
In the end, he succeeded in killing them all at the treasure site.
However, Daoist Kuishan was also struck down by their desperate resistance before dying, and his physical body was destroyed. Helpless, he had to use a special secret art to attach his divine soul and other energies onto the nearest object.
Thus, the current Ten Thousand Transformations Golden Booklet was formed.
And the treasure within that caused the rift among the brothers turned out to be one of the Four Ultimate Combat Techniques—the Domain Suppression of Myriad Phenomena!
Daoist Kuishan barely survived and obtained the technique, but it was useless.
He had no way to regain a physical body and could only preserve his divine soul inside the Ten Thousand Transformations Golden Booklet.
Eventually, it drifted into the Lower Realm, which led to his encounter with Gu Fan.
“So it turns out this thing really fooled me. The claim of mastering all Four Ultimate Combat Techniques is total nonsense. The Domain Suppression of Myriad Phenomena in my hands is still an incomplete version—only the first five layers. I’ll have to go back to that treasure site to get the rest.”
“But fortunately, this much is enough for me to cultivate for now. No need to rush.”
“Such a pity for that old thing though. After scheming for so long, I still ended up with the spoils!”
Having said that, Gu Fan felt quite pleased.
It was the same feeling as picking up money on the street—a true stroke of luck.
“Might as well exit the sea of consciousness for now. As for this Killing Aura… forget it. From now on, I’ll just cultivate the demonic path openly. Brahma God Sect doesn’t seem to distinguish between righteous and demonic anyway.”
With that thought, Gu Fan exited his introspective view of his sea of consciousness.
Opening his eyes, he found himself still inside his Cave Residence. After glancing at the Restriction and seeing no sign of it being disturbed, he let out a breath of relief.
Gu Fan looked at his right hand, then threw a fierce punch into the void.
A phantom of a giant elephant wreathed in golden light appeared behind him, raising its hoof and stomping down heavily!
Instantly, the entire space of the Cave Residence shook violently.
Seeing this, Gu Fan immediately stopped his punch, eyes brimming with delight.
“This Domain Suppression of Myriad Phenomena is really powerful. It’s once again pushed my strength beyond the threshold of a fist force of a million jin!”
Just as he was sighing with emotion, several sounds of air-tearing came from afar.
Upon hearing this, Gu Fan immediately activated the Restriction, and with a flicker of his figure, appeared outside the Cave Residence.
“Gu Fan, Junior Brother, what just happened? I felt a surge of powerful energy flash by.”
“Indeed, I sensed some Killing Aura.”
Seeing that it was two senior brothers from Overlord Peak, Gu Fan immediately clasped his fists politely and said:
“Apologies for the disturbance, Senior Brothers. I was just cultivating a new technique in my Cave Residence and failed to control the force properly, disturbing you both.”
After hearing this, the two exchanged glances, both seeing shock in the other’s eyes.
If they remembered correctly, this Junior Brother Gu Fan had only joined for less than ten days, right? And he was already able to study such a terrifying battle technique?
Wasn’t this level of talent simply monstrous?
“Junior Brother Gu Fan, you are too modest. Since it’s not anything dangerous, we’ll take our leave first.”
Gu Fan smiled and nodded. It had to be said, the atmosphere of Overlord Peak was rather pleasant.
At this moment, one of the senior brothers suddenly remembered something and quickly turned back to say:
“Don’t forget, Junior Brother, in five days it will be the Ten Peaks Battle. You’ll be representing the new disciples who entered this year!”
Gu Fan’s expression shifted. He had indeed heard about this from Fang Xue.
But he hadn’t taken it seriously at the time. Who would’ve thought it was actually decided that he’d participate?
“Oh right, Junior Brother, Senior Sister Fang mentioned that the sect’s rewards this time are quite generous. It’s said the winner can obtain a Tri-colored Yuan Crystal Stone the size of a human head!”
Gu Fan’s expression darkened slightly, but the trace of hesitation that had just surfaced immediately vanished, replaced with a look of earnestness:
“Anything concerning Overlord Peak is my responsibility. Please rest assured, Senior Brother!”
The two smiled and nodded before leaving.
Gu Fan, on the other hand, was now preoccupied with that Tri-colored Yuan Crystal Stone the size of a head.
“If I bring that thing back to nourish the flower, could it directly produce a second lotus seed?”
Gu Fan mused joyfully.
The lotus seed of the Evil Lotus was a great item. The previous one had essentially given him a combat cheat.
He had been looking forward to the second one for quite a while.
Only, every time he checked recently, the Evil Lotus was lacking in energy.
This Yuan Crystal might just give it a boost.
With that in mind, Gu Fan pulled out the Tri-colored Yuan Crystal Stone he had won from the previous Arena Battle from his Storage Pouch.
Why not let the Evil Lotus have a taste?
After considering it, Gu Fan added several more Restriction layers around the area.
Though it would be essentially useless before Fang Xue’s realm,
Gu Fan believed he was guarding against gentlemen, not villains!
Once everything was in place, he turned and disappeared inside the Cave Residence.
At the same time, in the Apocalypse World.
Large snowflakes had already begun to fall from the sky, covering the ruins of the city in a blanket of white.
As if nothing had changed.
Gu Fan appeared in the same old manner on the platform of the hospital. This place was now the core region of his Shelter.
All food was stored here, and the cultivated vegetable plots were gradually expanding. Even in winter, plenty of vegetables were still stored in the cellar.
Now, the entire eastern and southern districts of Chi City had basically come under Gu Fan’s control.
These two locations were considered the wealthiest areas of Chi City back then. The southern part was primarily a commercial and recreational zone.
The eastern part was a newly developed industrial park, with quite a few factories inside.
Many of them operated in e-commerce. During the last visit, Nurse Xia Yan had led a group and discovered a logistics warehouse of snack specialties.
Inside, they found many preserved goods, mostly meat products that could be stored for several years.
Nurse Xia Yan had even laughed and said that with this, they had meat for the New Year. This might be the happiest Spring Festival since the Apocalypse began.