coobybook Chapter 478 Panlong Origin
Chapter 478 Panlong Origin
When Lin Zhao was brought before the three elders, she had always thought that the three elders were complete demons until she saw the three elders.
Different from the second elder who deliberately maintained the handsome appearance of a middle-aged man, the third elder looked like an old man in his twilight years in the mortal realm. You could even see age spots on his face, and he exuded a faint old air all over his body. He was wearing a coarse linen shirt with some patches on it.
However, when Lin Zhao saw this old man, he was even more nervous than when he faced the two elders, because this old man gave Lin Zhao a feeling that was somewhat similar to the former leader of the Phoenix Medicine Sect.
This meant that the other party was a cultivator in the Tribulation Crossing Stage, rather than the Fusion Stage. Furthermore, from Lin Zhao's spiritual perception, the spiritual energy flowing through the other party was pure, and he was definitely not a demon.
The old man closed his eyes and said in a vague voice: "Little girl, you look so much like Lin Yi. You must be his sister."
Lin Zhao didn't expect that the other party could see through all her disguises at a glance, and her expression changed slightly.
Her current disguise is aided by an eighth-grade elixir, so it is impossible to tell that she has arrived in the Tribulation Period.
Even if this old man was at the Tribulation Crossing Stage, he shouldn't have been able to see it so quickly.
"Curious how I figured that out?"
As a powerful being in the Tribulation Crossing Stage, the old man did not call himself "old man" to Lin Zhao, but just asked with a smile.
From the time Lin Zhao met him until now, the old man gave Lin Zhao the feeling that he was like an old man next door who came to have tea with her, close to nature and without any sense of distance.
"Little girl, some things should be seen with the heart, not with the eyes."
Lin Zhao straightened his back. Without knowing for sure what the other party's purpose was, he didn't even dare to conclude whether the other party was a demon or not.
Because the other party can see through her disguise at a glance, it means that the other party is also well versed in the art of disguise.
I think many of the disguises of the assassins in Panlong Tower are collected by this old man.
"You came here to destroy the former Panlong Tower, right?" The old man handed Lin Zhao a wine gourd.
Lin Zhao took it but didn't drink it.
The old man smiled and shook his head: "Little girl, don't be nervous. I don't have much time left. Before I die, if I can fulfill my wish, it will be a good death."
He had been waiting, observing, and pondering in Panlong Tower for all those years. The people he chose failed one after another, and turned to the evil path one after another. His hopes were dashed bit by bit. He no longer had the high spirits of a great being in the Tribulation Crossing Stage. All that was left was an aging heart. After being tortured in all kinds of ways, he had long lost any attachment to this world.
Lin Zhao uncontrollably sat down on the table opposite the old man.
The third elder said, "Grand Master and Second Master, I will not plead for them, but if most of the monks in Panlong Tower who are possessed by demons can be saved, please show some mercy, young lady."
Lin Zhao remained silent.
Seeing the suspicion and hostility on Lin Zhao's face, the third elder said kindly: "Would you like to hear a story?"
The story begins with three young men who agreed to train together and then found a powerful secret skill under a cliff.
They all have their own deep hatred. The eldest brother used to have a wealthy family, and they sent him to the immortal sect to learn skills. When he returned home after reaching the foundation-building stage, he learned that his family was wiped out by a Jindan-stage cultivator because they secretly stored a fifth-level spiritual plant; the second brother had a very beautiful wife, who gave birth to a well-behaved and lovely daughter for him, but his wife was favored by an old monster in the Yuanying stage and forcibly taken away to be used as a cauldron; the third brother came from a very small sect, which was used as a scapegoat in the game between the two dynasties. He was the only survivor in the entire sect.
The three people who received the inheritance fulfilled their original promise and shared what they got. In just a few hundred years, their cultivation reached the Nascent Soul stage. However, afterwards, conflicts arose among the three.
This was because the founder of that powerful secret technique was a true immortal. Before he passed away, he left most of his power in the final inheritance of the secret technique.
All three wanted to obtain this final inheritance. The eldest brother secretly entered the cliff obtained by secret technique without telling the other two and got it.
His cultivation level broke through to the fusion stage in just a hundred years. He found the Jindan stage cultivator who wiped out his entire family and killed the entire family of the Jindan stage cultivator, not even sparing the newborn baby. The entire family of the cultivator was killed and blood flowed like a river. Even three days of heavy rain could not wash away the blood on the bluestone slabs in front of the cultivator's family door.
The second and third brothers didn't know that he had already inherited the legacy. The second brother was unwilling to be left behind by his brothers, so he entered the cliff and also inherited the legacy.
Within half a year, his cultivation level had risen to the fusion stage, and this inheritance even helped him restore his handsome appearance of his youth according to his needs.
He found the Yuanying monster who had taken his wife, killed him, and took his wives and concubines for himself. At the same time, he also found the daughter his wife had given birth to him. He named her Qingwan, fed her rare elixirs, and took good care of his daughter's body.
The third brother saw that the two brothers had avenged their great hatred, but their behavior was moving in the direction they once hated the most. He suspected that there was something strange about the secret technique, so he also went up the cliff to explore.
It was at this time that the third brother realized that the reason this secret technique could allow cultivators to advance at such an abnormal speed was that it was overdrawing vitality and spiritual power, and it was irreversible.
Moreover, the increased cultivation level is not actually that much, but rather the power purchased with one's own lifespan and soul by borrowing the power of heaven and earth.
The final outcome of owing something to the heaven and earth is the day when all your strength is exhausted, and your body, soul and spirit will all be returned to the heaven and earth.
There is no way out, but there are ways to destroy people.
This is the ultimate tactic to defeat others.
Lin Zhao understood what the old man meant: "You are the third of the three brothers. You have inherited the last secret technique. Have you taken revenge?"
The old man chuckled: "Before I took revenge, those two dynasties had already collapsed, and the people who made my sect the scapegoat are gone."
Lin Zhao was choked.
"This True Immortal was also driven by hatred to create this secret technique. He wanted to destroy a True Immortal demon. In the end, he and the demon died together. Before he died, he left behind a legacy. He didn't expect the demon to hide himself in the final legacy. So the eldest and second brothers did not get the True Immortal's legacy, but the demon's magic power."
This is the reason why the two venerable old demons.
"Before I knew this news, I had already established the Panlong Tower with them. We established this force at the time so that desperate criminals like us could have the ability to seek revenge, instead of just watching their enemies get away with it. We trained them to be killers, and also wanted to provide a place for these desperate criminals to stay."
There is no word more suitable for these desperate criminals than killer.
Lin Zhao was not moved by this story. "With the strength of our predecessors, wouldn't it be easy to deal with them?"
The three elders were silent for a moment: "As you can see, I don't have much time left. In addition, every bit of power used in that secret technique consumes vitality and soul. My cultivation is even more consuming. Besides, the little girl also knows who is behind them."
Lin Zhao shook her head: "You just don't want to kill them yourself."