Chapter Twelve: A Good Man Does Not Abandon!

  "Haha, you little brat is wrong this time. In my heyday, I, Old White, was invincible and unparalleled in the world. The legacy of the 'Primordial Chaos Sacred Body' is nothing but a trivial matter, how could it be non-existent?" Old White said with great satisfaction.

  Xiao Fan's expression changed slightly, and then he revealed an excited look: "Could it be that you really have the inheritance of the 'Primordial Chaos Sacred Body', this is great!" If Lao Bai had obtained the inheritance method, then Xiao Fan would be able to embark on the path of cultivation.

  What is a sudden turn of events, what is a reversal of fortune? This is Xiao Fan's current mood. Xiao Fan had already given up hope, thinking that he could only live out his life in this small Xuan Shan City as a second-rate citizen, feeling disheartened and demoralized. But then he suddenly heard that he too had a way to cultivate, which was truly a heaven-sent joy, earth-shaking news, an enormous shock! Xiao Fan was so excited that he almost shouted out loud, feeling that tonight the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, the starlight is dazzling, everything is wonderful.

  "Lao Bai, you're really too good." Xiao Er Shao's eyes were misty with emotion, and he almost hugged the White Jade Turtle Lao Bai to give him a few kisses.

  "Don't be so quick to rejoice, I haven't finished speaking yet." Old White chuckled, seemingly, it's not that simple...

  "Could it be that you've been deceiving me all along..." Xiao Fan was taken aback, looking at Lao Bai with great puzzlement.

  "Hmph, you little brat, don't underestimate me. In my heyday, I was invincible and roamed the world unchallenged. Why would I cheat a small fry like you?" Old White snorted in disdain, then said: "The legacy of the 'Primordial Chaos Sacred Body' is indeed on my person, but for now, I cannot give it to you. If I did, it would be your death sentence."

  "Why?" Xiao Fan was puzzled.

  "The inheritance of the 'Primordial Chaos Sacred Body' requires a series of trials, which test one's mental strength, that is to say, spiritual power. Judging from your current level of spiritual power, you're even weaker than an ordinary person, and it's impossible for you to pass the trial." Old White said leisurely.

  Xiao Fan was taken aback, and hadn't expected the inheritance of the "Primordial Chaos Sacred Body" to be so troublesome. According to Old White's words, he himself didn't seem to meet the requirements. This was like having a piece of fatty meat placed in front of him, his stomach growling with hunger, yet being told that this piece of meat was poisonous - how could he bear it?

  "What should I do?"

  Old White chuckled and said, "Don't worry, since we've come to this world together, I won't abandon you. For now, focus on cultivating your body and raise your cultivation to the peak of the Tempering Body realm; the cultivation of the Tempering Body realm has nothing to do with the meridians and dantian in your body. As long as you can endure the suffering and follow my plan, you can reach the peak of the Tempering Body realm within a year."

  "I can reach the peak of Quenching Body Realm in less than a year." Xiao Fan thought of the Quenching Body Pill he had just obtained and couldn't help but smile excitedly. The peak of Quenching Body Realm, after taking the pill, it would only take one day to succeed, why waste time.

  "You little kid is really fearless, this world has many ordinary people who are stuck in the mortal realm for their entire lives and can't break through. It's not easy for you to reach the peak of the mortal realm either." Old White thought that Xiao Feng was narrow-minded and had no cultivation experience, didn't understand the difficulties of cultivation, and it was really laughable.

  Xiao Er's face turned serious, and he said: "Let's make a bet. If I can break through to the peak of the Tempering Body Realm within three months, you have to take responsibility for solving the problem of me not being able to obtain the inheritance, guaranteeing that I can smoothly obtain it. How about it?" In his heart, he was secretly laughing. He didn't say that he could break through in one day because one day was really too short a time. Lao Bai would have guessed that he had other methods, so he only said three months to distract Lao Bai's thoughts.

  Xiao Fan hopes to obtain the inheritance as soon as possible through this, and he believes that Lao Bai will definitely have a way to let himself go through the test and obtain the inheritance of 'Primordial Chaos Holy Body'.

  "Good." Old White also smiled, wanting to see how Xiao Fan would reach the peak of Quan Ti in three months.

  "In fact, without three months, I can reach the peak of Quan Ti in just one day."

  Since Lao Bai had already agreed, Xiao Fan was no longer restrained. A shy expression appeared on his face as he took out the Tempering Body Pill from his storage bag, opened the bottle, and poured out the golden light-emitting medicinal pill into his hand, ready to swallow it in one gulp.

  "What...!" Lao Bai's eyes widened: "You little scoundrel, you've cheated me! This is a Tempering Body Pill, it can directly bring one to the peak of the Tempering Body realm."

  "You're really clever, you can even recognize the Tempering Body Pill." Xiao Fan chuckled and swallowed the pill in one gulp, then looked at Lao Bai with a smug expression: "You'd better think carefully about how to help me obtain the inheritance of the 'Primordial Chaos Sacred Body'."

  Xiao Fan thought proudly in his heart, no matter how much you brag about your past accomplishments, you still got played by me.

  "Alright, you win this time. This old turtle doesn't want to argue with you." Although Old White was just a turtle, his words carried weight. Even though he had been swindled by Xiao Fan, he wouldn't deny it.

  "Hehe, forgot to tell you, the Tempering Body Pill can indeed bring you directly to the peak of the Tempering Body realm, but this process isn't quiet and peaceful, hehe, the Heavenly Way is fair, although it gives you a shortcut, this shortcut isn't easy to walk on, oh kid, who told you to cheat? Enjoy this process well..."

  Lao Bai's sinister tone had just fallen, and Xiao Fan's face changed drastically. He felt a surge of heat rising from his lower abdomen, as if he was standing in a furnace.

  "So hot..."

  Xiao Fan's entire body turned red, like burning charcoal, and he felt as if he was in a sea of fire, being burned to a crisp.

  Xiao Fan grabbed a cup of water from the table and gulped it down, but to no avail. He then picked up a jug of wine and poured it over his head, but his body only grew hotter and more uncontrollable.

  "Hey, kid, don't waste your efforts. The Tempering Body Pill contains a hint of true fire, which is specifically used for tempering the body. This fire will refine the impurities in your body from the inside out, and this process is extremely painful. Normally, people who cultivate to the Tempering Body stage do so by gradually refining their physical body, purifying the impurities within, which is also very exhausting and takes a long time. Even if you follow my plan and cultivate for a year, it will still be an extremely painful experience. And now, you want to take the Tempering Body Pill and reach the peak of the Tempering Body stage in one step? Ha! That's like accumulating all the suffering you would have endured over a year into one moment. Enjoy it while it lasts!" Old White took a sip of his wine, smiling sinisterly.

  "I feel like I'm going to burn up completely." Xiao Fan's face was ferocious, and he shouted loudly.

  It turned out that Xiao Fan's body surface indeed burst into flames, and even burned his eyebrows and hair. In the blink of an eye, the dignified Xiao Er Shao, the second young master of the City Master's Mansion, and the number one dandy of Xuan Shan City, became a little bald head...

  Moreover, the clothes that Xiao Fan was wearing were also burned to ashes. In an instant, a small white sheep with flames on its body appeared before Bai Yu Wu Gui Lao Bai's eyes.

  "Ah..." Xiao Fan's entire body was engulfed in flames, and as the flames burned, threads of black gas continuously evaporated and dissipated, which were the impurities within his body. At the same time, threads of blood energy also rose up with them.

  "Water... I want water..."

  Xiao Fan let out a loud roar and rushed towards the small lake nearby, then with a splash, he jumped right into it.

  Xiao Fan jumped in, and the small lake churned up a piece of turbulence, with water vapor rising, carrying a hint of black gas. In an instant, the entire small lake turned into a black color, and all the fish in the water were belly-up on the surface, silent and still, poisoned to death by the toxins released from Xiao Fan's body...

  It was strange that the flames on Xiao Fan's body were still burning, but they didn't evaporate the water in the small lake. Instead, they refined the black impurities within Xiao Fan's body, and at the same time, a wisp of blood energy continued to rise up, which was also being refined away along with the impurities.

  By the small lake, several passersby saw a little bald head bathing in the lake, with flames all over its body and waves of stench floating in the air. The whole small lake seemed to have turned into a latrine spreading stench at that moment...

  "Really smelly..."

  "That person down there looks kind of familiar."

  "A bit like Second Master..."

  "Shh, don't talk nonsense, how could Second Master possibly be bald?"

  "It seems like Second Master is coming, hurry up and don't let him see us."

  As soon as they saw that it was Xiao Er Shao in the small lake, several servants were so frightened that they didn't dare to stand by and watch anymore, and quickly left.

  "Ah..." Xiao Fan's face was twisted in agony, his entire body burning with flames from the inside out. Unimaginable pain invaded his nervous system, and he felt like he was on the verge of collapse.

  "Kid, the hardships of cultivation are already letting you experience them ahead of time. If you feel like you can't take it, I can help you get rid of this suffering. However, once it's gone, you'll never be able to cultivate again." Old White said to Xiao Fan by the lake.

  "Cultivation is going against the heavens, cultivators who want to possess great strength must first endure endless suffering. No one's cultivation can be smooth sailing, on the path of cultivation, you may fall at any time and suffer even greater pain than what you are experiencing now; Moreover, as a 'Primordial Chaos Sacred Body', once you embark on the path of cultivation, the difficulties you will face will be a million times more than what you are facing now. So, think carefully whether you want to take this path or not."

  "If you can endure the suffering of cultivation, with your physical body, it is very likely that you will be able to roam freely in the world in the future. However, there is also a possibility that you may perish midway through your cultivation. The cruelty of the cultivation world is beyond your imagination. Once you enter the cultivation world, you will no longer have control over your own life. If you are not strong enough, even your life and death will be out of your control. The cultivation world is extremely cruel, to the point where it's unimaginable."

  "If you give up, you are still the first young master of Xuanshan City and can still dominate in Xuanshan City for a lifetime."

  "You figure it out yourself."

  Bai Yu Wu Gui's tone changed from his previous cheerful one, his words were serious and echoed in Xiao Fan's mind, stimulating Xiao Fan's nerves.

  "Gave up, able to enjoy a lifetime of wealth and glory, why so painful..." Xiao Fan's heart seemed to have voices whispering.

  "But I've already died once and been reborn, how can I be content with such a mediocre life..."

  "A real man has things he will and won't do. I, Xiao Fan, may not consider myself a real man, but I'm also not someone who can't bear hardship. Since heaven gave me another chance at life, bringing me to this world, I won't give up easily..."

  "In the history of emperors, none did not take longevity as their goal. They hired alchemists to refine elixirs and used every means to seek immortality, but none succeeded. They were unfortunate. Now, a path to immortality has appeared before me, an opportunity that ancient emperors never had. If I give it up, that would be truly unforgivable..."

  At this thought, Xiao Fan's eyes flashed with a firm gaze. At this moment, he seemed to think that the pain on his body was nothing. What fear is there in small pain for being able to step onto the pinnacle of life?

  A good man in the world, how can he lightly give up. Perhaps the road ahead is confusing; perhaps the road ahead is full of danger. However, if one does not take a step forward, how will he know that the road ahead is wonderful?

  Looking at Xiao Fan's determined eyes, the White Jade Turtle also showed a satisfied expression, and smiled lightly. Everything was understood without saying a word!