Chapter 235 - 102: [I’m Actually Pretty Awesome, Aren’t I......] (11,000 words)_2
The old man’s arrogant smile slowly faded from his face. He squinted his eyes and stared at Chen Yan for a while, then slowly said, "And who are you, young man? You have some good perception and Tao Practice."
Chen Yan lightly tapped the iron jar with the stick in his hand, making a soft tinkering sound.
With each light tapping sound, Chen Yan slowly said, "To be able to use something like this, your Tao Practice is not bad either. Let me guess, you are a cultivator who failed to break through the Celestial Tribulation?"
The old man’s face tightened, but his eyes were fixed on the wooden stick in Chen Yan’s hand that was lightly tapping the iron jar.
Chen Yan nodded, "Yes, after all, who doesn’t want to break through to the Celestial Being in cultivation? But in this world, if you want to break through to Celestial Being, the only road awaits is failure. Let me guess again, you failed the tribulation, self-destroyed, your physical body destroyed, and you had no choice but to walk the path of ghost cultivation?"
The old man snorted coldly.
Chen Yan sighed, "What a pity, you probably lack some kind of Cultivation Technique, right? Your path of ghost cultivation is rather chaotic.
Ghost cultivators, if they take the proper path, either seek some treasures to nourish their Ghost Qi, and then slowly condense the Ghost Qi into a tangible entity, breakthrough the Celestial Tribulation again, and at that time, they can transform the intangible into the tangible, re-cultivating a Dao Body.
But obviously, you don’t have a good method to nourish your Ghost Qi? After all, it is a wicked path.
And for a wicked path, find someone compatible and possess them, turning guest into host, and continue to live freely. But the possessed body is inherently incompatible with the original soul, and such actions go against the Heavenly Dao, so even if you succeed in possession, your cultivation in this life is at an end, unable to advance further.
However... by the looks of it, you haven’t possessed anyone! You actually have two Primordial Spirits in your body?
Ha, it turns out to be an Inhabitation Technique!
You don’t even know the spell for possession, so you can only search for a human whose body is barely compatible with your ghost body, and then inhabit their physical body to barely survive? This Zhong Hongliang, is he the host body you found?"
The old man’s face stiffened and he said coldly, "You know quite a lot for a junior. Which sect are you from? It seems your elders have taught you quite a bit."
As he spoke, he took a deep breath. Through Chen Yan’s Qi Observation Skill, he saw the surrounding Primordial Qi gather, the Primordial Qi flowing on the old man’s body was majestic and powerful, and the aura surged upward!
In his perception, he felt that the opponent’s Primordial Qi cultivation was much higher than his own!
"Ascension Realm? Hmm, that makes sense... you failed to break through to Celestial Being, so you are naturally in the Ascension Realm. But... inhabiting someone else’s physical body, and your spirit body can never be fully compatible. How much of your true power can you actually exert? Moreover, this body of Zhong Hongliang is already quite old, right?"
The old man chuckled coldly twice, "No matter how much strength I can exert. Junior, you are just in the Guiyuan Realm. Didn’t your elders ever tell you that when you meet an opponent one realm higher, it’s best to turn around and run?"
Chen Yan’s gaze sharpened, and he said coldly, "Inhabiting and possession are different. When a ghost inhabits a human body, it cannot truly possess. It can only coexist with the original soul of the inhabitant.
Whenever a ghost inhabits a living human body, under the invasion of Ghost Qi, the inhabitant will suffer immensely! At a minimum, they will be bedridden and muddled, at worst, dead!
Zhong Hongliang, being inhabited by you, an old ghost, should have already died. Yet, he became famous in Port City for over ten years. No matter how healthy he originally was, nor how robust his life destiny, he couldn’t have withstood the invasion of your Ghost Qi—by normal means, he should only have lasted about five years before dying.
So..."
Chen Yan’s face showed a hint of coldness, "You inhabited Zhong Hongliang about thirteen years ago, right?"
The old man was startled and frowned, "How do you know?"
Chen Yan smiled, his grip on the stick tightened, "With Zhong Hongliang’s own life destiny, he couldn’t withstand you! But the inhabitation technique has too many limitations, you must find someone whose life destiny roughly matches yours, otherwise, no ordinary human could host you.
You must have had a difficult time finding such a body as Zhong Hongliang’s, so you were naturally unwilling to discard it after just three to five years. So... thirteen years ago, you did something for him!
To extend the time you could inhabit Zhong Hongliang’s body, to extend his life potential, you helped him steal someone else’s Life Chart!
Coincidentally, you encountered a little girl with an excellent Life Chart, blessed with fortune and longevity! Yet, you used insidious methods to steal her life destiny and transferred her fortune and longevity onto Zhong Hongliang.
In this way, Zhong Hongliang could withstand the lifespan damage from your Ghost Qi, allowing you to inhabit him longer. Correct?"
The old man stared at Chen Yan for a long time, then slowly said, "I see... the spell I used to steal the Life Chart was broken a month ago! It led to the rapid decline in the life span of this host body. I was always puzzled as to who could break my spell. So, it was you?
I hadn’t even come to find you, yet you sought me out?"
Chen Yan did not answer. Instead, he tapped the iron jar again.
Dong!
The old man’s face tightened.
Chen Yan sneered, "It’s not that you didn’t deliberately come to find me, it’s that... Zhong Hongliang’s life destiny was stolen. After my spell-breaking, Zhong Hongliang’s life was at its end! You must quickly find a new host body, which is why you simply couldn’t spare the effort."