Starting Cultivation During a Trip

When Zhang Fan was ten, he was sent by Zhang Lingzong to an orphanage for a year.

The orphanage was called "Sanqi Orphanage," and it was there that he met Ge Shuangxiu.

A year later, Zhang Fan left "Sanqi Orphanage" and shortly after returned having mastered the Divine Demon Holy Embryo.

The following year, their family was ambushed under Dragon Tiger Mountain, marking the onset of the Divine Demon Tribulation that plunged them into a Great Night where they didn’t awaken, lasting a full ten years.

"Treating the orphanage like a nursery school, are you really your parents’ biological child?" Ge Shuangxiu looked at Zhang Fan with suspicion, unable to resist saying.

"Nonsense, of course... I should be." Zhang Fan affirmed confidently.

"Oh, your ex-girlfriend is still upstairs; I’ve already knocked her out?" Ge Shuangxiu abruptly changed the subject.

"Xu Zhixia? She’s here too?" Zhang Fan was momentarily stunned.

"Should I kill her too?"

"Uh... better not, we parted amicably, and I don’t hold such a grudge against an ex." Zhang Fan chuckled awkwardly.

"Hmm? How did you know she was my ex-girlfriend?"

"I’ve heard bits and pieces about your family’s affairs, especially yours," Ge Shuangxiu admitted openly.

"Heard? Heard from whom?" Zhang Fan asked, seemingly intrigued.

The matters of their family are known to quite a few yet not everyone; especially about him, his identity hasn’t been fully exposed yet.

"Rat!" Ge Shuangxiu said, barely moving his lips, and uttered a name.

"You’re the contact person!?" realization dawned on Zhang Fan.

"Sorry, I accidentally strayed into the wrong path."

Ge Shuangxiu laughed heartily, his laughter extraordinarily cheerful.

"Talent shines wherever they are." Zhang Fan laughed, realizing it was his own people after all.

"Who actually is Rat?"

Zhang Fan asked without reservation, pulling Ge Shuangxiu for answers, their friendship forged in the orphanage ran deep as the ocean.

"I don’t know either." Ge Shuangxiu spread his hands open.

"You don’t even know when you’re his contact?" Zhang Fan displayed a look of doubt.

This role is not for everyone; at the very least, one must have Rat’s absolute trust and be extraordinary to take it on.

"That sort of existence wouldn’t trust anyone; I don’t even know if He is male or female." Ge Shuangxiu spoke solemnly.

"Rat has many shadows, and He keeps Himself in an absolutely safe place."

Speaking to this point, Ge Shuangxiu looked at Zhang Fan and said solemnly, "Ten years ago, when your family was ambushed under Dragon Tiger Mountain, Rat was also there, but that was just one of His shadows."

"He never truly involves Himself in any disputes or calamities; it’s laughable that outsiders still think He took severe injuries in that great battle and has been in seclusion healing since then."

"Aware of danger and evading it, seeing tribulation and hiding from it."

Zhang Fan’s gaze deepened, recalling Jiang Wansui’s evaluation of Rat.

"What attitude does Rat have now?" Zhang Fan asked straightforwardly.

"You want to join forces with Him to deal with Chen Dragon; His sending me here is his attitude." Ge Shuangxiu stated solemnly.

"What do you mean?"

"Before meeting you, I set five contact points, only Rat knows them, and then He informed you through another line," Ge Shuangxiu explained.

The other line he spoke of was naturally Meng Qiwu; they each contacted Rat separately without knowing about each other.

"I set the contact at Red Sun Building just today," Ge Shuangxiu continued solemnly.

"But the Jiangnan Province Daoist Alliance, the Ge Family, and the Qiu Family all knew about this intel."

"This intel couldn’t have leaked from your side." Zhang Fan’s face slightly darkened.

"It’s unlikely the other line had issues either."

Meng Qiwu and he shared the same line of fate; if he fell, this pride of Zhongnan Mountain would also be exposed.

"You mean..."

"I conjecture it’s information released by Rat," Ge Shuangxiu speculated.

"He’s evaluating me." Zhang Fan stated gravely.

"He’s also testing me, testing my abilities and even our relationship..."

Ge Shuangxiu said calmly, "I don’t think He doesn’t know about your relationship with me."

"His sending me to contact you probably isn’t mere coincidence either."

"Truly shrewd to the extreme." Zhang Fan said solemnly.

He had a renewed understanding of this Rat hidden in the shadows.

"If you can’t even break such a situation, there’d naturally be no talk of dealing with Chen Dragon, and there’d be no reason for collaboration." Ge Shuangxiu said meaningfully.

"This is letting me submit a pledge of allegiance." Zhang Fan squinted his eyes.

"Right now, they’ve sealed off this street area with Jiangnan Province Daoist Alliance, not even a mosquito can fly out."

Ge Shuangxiu said gravely, "When Ge Zhenyan came down, he’d already informed the outside experts; at most ten minutes, they’ll arrive."

"Heaven and Earth Net indeed." Zhang Fan couldn’t help but admire.

"There’s a way; we can join forces to kill them all, then break through."

"..."

Zhang Fan twitched his lips and remained silent.

Ge Shuangxiu’s solutions were always this simple and practical.

A purely causal elimination method; back in ancient times, truly a demon king.

"Killing is the last resort." Zhang Fan shook his head.

The current era isn’t like ancient times; such wanton killing in Yujing City, killing members of both Daoist Alliance and Pure Yang Family, the commotion would be too great.

Zhang Fan still wanted to stay under the sun for a few more days.

"How about this, I’ll have my Primordial Spirit emerge later to attract their attention; you take my physical body northward, tear open a gap there, and I have people arranged for support."

Before coming, Li Miaoyin couldn’t quite relax about Zhang Fan, so she proposed a backup plan fearing he’d encounter trouble.

Just you? "Ge Shuangxiu raised an eyebrow, hesitating.

"Too risky."

"I know you’re different now, but none of those besieging tonight is weak."

"Which experts are there?" Zhang Fan was unperturbed; for him, it was a rare practice opportunity, a great tribulation must yield great fortune.

Cultivators should have the spirit to see tribulation as opportunity.

"You know, next month is Transcendent Zhenren’s disciple ceremony, many Pure Yang Family members are out purchasing gifts lately," Ge Shuangxiu said earnestly.

"You’re in luck; quite a few experts from the Ge Family and the Qiu Family are in Yujing City."

"Ge Zhenyan the waste can be ignored, an outwardly fierce but inwardly timid person; Ge Family has another formidable figure named Ge Changfeng, in the Great Master Eighth Realm, mastering the Ge Family’s ’Ling Department Skill,’ capable of inviting gods to descend."

"He’s a character."

"Additionally, Lou Hechuan that old fellow is also here; he may have one foot into the Sect Leader Realm, also a character."

"He’s the president of Jiangnan Province Daoist Alliance indeed," Zhang Fan’s mind conjured Lou Hechuan’s image.

"This old man who I thought only reported and took the blame now seems deeply concealed; if truly at Sect Leader Realm, certainly dangerous."

"Either of these two alone is extremely dangerous," Ge Shuangxiu said gravely.

"Don’t underestimate the depth of the Pure Yang Family."

Saying this, Ge Shuangxiu looked intently at Zhang Fan, "I know you’ve cultivated the Divine Demon Holy Embryo, but the Nine Great Inner Elixir Techniques are not unbeatable; otherwise, your dad wouldn’t have encountered tribulation back then."

"Moreover, if you dare to reveal the Divine Demon Holy Embryo Technique, you’d instantly become a target of all; the entire Daoist Sect would know Zhang Lingzong’s son is in Yujing City."

"I’m aware, any more experts?" Zhang Fan asked.

"There’s another, even more troublesome," Ge Shuangxiu said solemnly.

"Someone from the Qiu Family!?"

"Qiu Ancestral Lineage, Pure Yang Family, this family is even more formidable."

Saying this, Ge Shuangxiu’s eyes grew sharp, flashing a chill.

"You’ve cultivated Divine Demon Holy Embryo, you should know that born creations have one strong and one that suppresses."

"Nine Treasures suppress Nine Techniques."

"Correct, among the Nine Treasures, it’s the Innate Seal that suppresses the Divine Demon Holy Embryo."

"Eight hundred years ago, the Innate Seal fell into the Qiu Family’s hands for a full century."

"This family specializes in suppressing the Divine Demon Holy Embryo; ten years ago, masters from the Qiu Family also appeared at Dragon Tiger Mountain!!"

Ge Shuangxiu’s words echoed like a valley’s sound in Zhang Fan’s ears, causing his gaze to chill.