Cultivation: Starting from a Fighting Cock

Chapter 77 The Nascent Soul Ancestor's Backup Plan

The cave was eerily quiet; you could even hear the wind blowing and the firelight flickering.

A sigh escaped his lips. Having learned the whole story, Zhao Kun knew that he had no chance of surviving today.

His sigh was a sigh for himself, and also for the blind Taoist priest.

How unfair fate is, how cruel destiny is! He said, "You must have suffered a lot these past four hundred years, Ancestor."

The blind Taoist priest was immediately enraged by his words and shouted in a shrill voice, "What pain do I have? I only feel the joy of revenge! You don't understand at all..."

Realizing he had lost his composure, the blind Taoist priest abruptly stopped speaking.

He immediately changed his expression, smiling as he approached Zhao Kun, and said with a sinister grin, "I don't know if I'm in pain, but I know you're going to be in a lot of pain."

Zhao Kun remained silent, his inner tension growing, but he feigned composure on the surface.

He couldn't help but fear everything the blind Taoist priest was about to do to him, but amidst the fear, he also felt a faint sense of anticipation and relief.

He knew that he would soon be free.

Anyway, my days are numbered. Dying at the hands of the blind Taoist priest is no different from dying at the hands of illness.

"Humph!"

Zhao Kun's reaction displeased the blind Taoist, who couldn't help but snort coldly.

Killing someone who isn't afraid of death brings no sense of accomplishment or satisfaction.

However, the blind Taoist priest didn't care about that anymore. He made some simple arrangements around Zhao Kun and then began to search Zhao Kun's soul.

He spread his five fingers on his left hand and pressed them on Zhao Kun's head.

His arm still bore a gruesome wound inflicted by Kong Shen's punch at the Zhao residence a few days prior. With his current strength, he could only perform a soul search on the sick and weak Zhao Kun; he would have difficulty dealing with any other member of the Zhao family.

Soon, Zhao Kun began to tremble all over, and he gradually lost consciousness.

His body trembled uncontrollably, making "ah ah ah" sounds, and the stone chair beneath him shook as well.

The blind Taoist priest quickly extracted Zhao Kun's memories, recalling everything that had happened every year and every day since his birth.

The entire process lasted a full half hour before Zhao Kun's memories were extracted.

After reading Zhao Kun's complete memories, even the blind Taoist couldn't help but sigh with regret.

A pitiful person whose talent was envied by heaven.

"what is this?"

Suddenly, the blind Taoist priest realized that something seemed to be sealed deep within Zhao Kun's soul.

He felt extremely strange and immediately enveloped his soul in it.

In an instant, a divine light pierced through the blind Taoist's forehead.

The blind Taoist priest's soul was also destroyed. His physical body froze, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud, lifeless.

"Cuck!"

Outside the cave, a crow took flight from a tree and fled into the distance at top speed.

Inside the cave, Zhao Kun also fainted.

The entire cave fell into a deathly silence.

"Ok?"

"I'm awake?"

Half an hour later, Zhao Kun suddenly woke up and immediately checked his situation.

Then, he read the original owner's memories and quickly understood everything that had happened.

"So it was Zhao Yang. I never expected him to turn into this inhuman and ghostly state."

After untying the ropes, Zhao Kun stood up from the stone chair and kicked the blind Taoist's corpse, turning it over.

He still had some impression of Zhao Yang, this junior, but he never expected that there would be such a secret four hundred years ago.

Zhao Kun's soul was damaged by the blind Taoist's soul-searching technique, and now his brain is like a paste.

The new master simply sent him into a deep sleep for a while.

"Your name is Zhao Kun. These past seventeen years have been tough for you. When you wake up, you will have a bright new life, and at that time, you will have a great opportunity." The one controlling Zhao Kun's body is none other than Nascent Soul Ancestor Zhao Chen.

No, to be precise, it was a wisp of Zhao Chen's remnant soul from his previous life.

It was a backup plan specifically arranged for Zhao Chen's second incarnation.

About nineteen years ago.

When Nascent Soul Ancestor Zhao Chen arrived in Wuzhen, after some investigation, he decided to leave one of the Nascent Soul Immortal Treasures in the Zhao family of Wuzhen.

At the same time, he also gave Zhao Chongwen a pill and instructed him to give it to his wife the next time she became pregnant.

At that time, her eldest son, Zhao Qian, had just been born, and less than a year later, Zhao's wife became pregnant with Zhao Kun.

Zhao Chongwen naturally followed the old ancestor's instructions and secretly gave the pill to his wife.

Of course, Zhao Chen also set up a backup plan for Zhao Chongwen, automatically erasing Zhao Chongwen's memories afterward to prevent anyone from performing a soul search on him.

As a result, Zhao Kun was born weak and sickly, and suffered from a strange disease that even Fairy Su's Hundred Calamities Removal Pill could not cure.

In reality, this was precisely the method Zhao Chen had devised, with the aim of causing Zhao Kun to die before the age of twenty. This was a crucial opportunity; once Zhao Kun passed away, it would awaken the lingering remnant soul he left behind.

With this remnant soul waiting in Wuzhen, the success rate of Zhao Chen's second incarnation in obtaining the Nascent Soul Immortal Treasure will greatly increase.

Unexpectedly, it wasn't Zhao Kun who died of illness, but rather the blind Taoist priest's soul-searching that caused Zhao Chen's remnant soul to awaken.

"Waking up at this time is quite appropriate."

Zhao Chen quickly sorted through all the information. "Unfortunately, this body is too weak. I should acquire cultivation as soon as possible in order to gain a foothold in Wuzhen."

Back then, Zhao Chen was preparing for reincarnation and couldn't leave behind a powerful remnant soul.

Therefore, at this moment, Zhao Chen's remnant soul only possessed the divine soul power of the Foundation Establishment level.

His physical body is very weak, and once Zhao Kun's physical body is destroyed, his remnant soul will also quickly dissipate.

Let's get out of this cave first!

Zhao Chen set off immediately. Now that the strange illness was gone, he was no longer coughing, but his body was still weak, and he would get tired and pant heavily after walking only a short distance.

It's too far; this place is too far from Wuzhen.

In his current state, he couldn't possibly walk back. He searched for a place in the mountains and forests where he could settle down and cultivate.

Once he recovers a little of his cultivation, he will be able to return to Wuzhen.

……

"Big Yellow, are you sure we're over here?"

Under the moonlight, a chicken is holding a dog, flying low close to the ground.

"Wang!"

Big Yellow gave a warning; it was very close, it had locked onto Zhao Kun's scent.

Ji Cheng landed on the ground with it and said, "Don't get too close, you'll be easily detected."

Just to be on the safe side, he told Da Huang to stay where he was. They didn't know who had kidnapped Zhao Kun yet, so they shouldn't alert them.

Ji Cheng can then go.

He has mastered the "Hidden Chicken Killing Technique" to a minor level, possessing the ability of an "invisible fighting chicken," which can shield him from the perception of martial artists and the divine sense of cultivators, making him impossible to detect.

Soon, Ji Cheng, using the "Treading Clouds and Flowing Wind Steps" technique, quickly disappeared into the mountains and forests.

Following the direction Da Huang had pointed out, he quickly spotted Zhao Kun. However, Zhao Kun was sitting cross-legged in a pit.

This is a trap dug by a hunter to catch animals. It has been abandoned for too long and is full of fallen leaves and dead branches.

Anyone who didn't know better would think he had accidentally fallen into a trap.

At this moment, Zhao Kun was hiding in the pit, seemingly blending into his surroundings, making him quite well concealed.

"What is this doing?"

Ji Cheng was slightly surprised. Looking at Zhao Kun's posture, something seemed off; it looked like he was cultivating.

(End of this chapter)