To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

Looking at the remaining dust, a thought came to Gu Fan's mind.

Within the sea of ​​consciousness, the stars trembled, and a divine general with two heads and four arms slowly stepped out, holding a crystal-clear bamboo in his hand, the bamboo leaves shimmering with a cool, faint light.

The divine general raised his hand and waved a bamboo, instantly scattering thousands of bamboo shadows. The bamboo leaves, like sharp flying knives, slashed densely at Du Chen.

Du Chen was already riddled with holes. As his ghost cultivator body continued to deteriorate, his consciousness also fell into chaos. Faced with the attack of the Glazed Cleansing Bamboo, he was no longer able to dodge and was instantly shredded into countless strands of gray mist by the bamboo leaves, which dissipated in the wind.

The divine general slowly stepped back, transforming into a ray of light, and returned to Gu Fan's sea of ​​consciousness.

This was the first time Gu Fan had used the Glazed Cleansing Bamboo to launch a full-scale divine sense attack.

Previously, he knew that the Glazed Pure Heart Bamboo was a rare spiritual root, whose quality was no less than that of the Immortal Peach Tree of the Peach Blossom Spring Li Family. He also knew that it could nourish the divine sense, refine the inner demons, and even launch a divine sense attack.

However, the importance of spiritual consciousness is beyond words. The risk of damage is too great. No one has ever been able to force him to use his full strength. He has only had a brief sparring session with Chang Yuan once.

Unexpectedly, today's attack successfully killed Du Chen, a Nascent Soul ghost cultivator. Its power far surpassed the divine sense secret techniques released by the members of the Rebirth Sect.

From manipulating the formation to Chang Yuan's attack, to Taihao Divine Light severely injuring Du Chen, and the final blow from the Glazed Pure Heart Bamboo, every move Gu Fan made shocked everyone.

Everyone looked at Gu Fan, their eyes filled with disbelief.

Gu Fan felt the intense gazes on him, his face remained calm, but his heart was filled with inexplicable excitement.

Having undergone the tempering of the Great Void Divine Wind, the visualization of star charts through the Star Evolution Divine Method, and the nourishment of the Glazed Pure Heart Bamboo, his spiritual strength has approached that of a Nascent Soul cultivator due to the triple effects.

More importantly, the Crystal Pure Heart Bamboo seems to have an extremely strong restraining effect on the Yin body of ghost cultivators.

Gu Fan had also consulted Chang Yuan about the spiritual attack of the Glazed Pure Heart Bamboo.

According to Chang Yuan, the pure light released by the Glazed Pure Heart Bamboo is more of a purification than an attack.

The Crystal Pure Heart Bamboo was originally pure and unblemished. After taking root in Gu Fan's sea of ​​consciousness, it became bound to him. From then on, it regarded any external divine consciousness or inner demons that tried to harm his soul as filth.

Seiko will mercilessly remove any filth.

......

With Du Chen dead, Xie Linyuan and the others, having calmed down from their shock, looked at the devastated Reincarnation Palace and felt a pang of regret. They stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Thank you for your help, fellow Daoist."

"Fellow Daoist, you're too kind." Gu Fan came back to his senses and said calmly, "Since Du Chen has become a ghost cultivator, it is no longer just a matter for the Rebirth Sect. How could I stand idly by?"

"Fellow Daoist, your righteousness is admirable." Xie Linyuan nodded in praise.

The Golden Core cultivators of the Rebirth Sect also spoke one after another, showering praise upon them with compliments.

Only Su Nanzhi stood beside Gu Fan with a smile, quietly watching this scene.

Gu Fan remained somewhat indifferent to the compliments from the crowd, offering little response.

He didn't know Xie Linyuan before, and after today's events, his impression of him was mixed, hard to describe in a few words.

Xie Linyuan was willing to risk everything to eliminate Du Chen. Even with the Soul Seal set in place, he meticulously laid out a deadly trap, demonstrating remarkable fortitude.

However, it is difficult to ignore that too many innocent people were sacrificed in the process.

His biological daughter, Yun Shuwan, was just one of them; the majority were cultivators and mortals from the Qin Kingdom—not the mortals whose lifespans were drained by the Rebirth Talisman, but mortals like the Lin family, imprisoned in jail.

The chains binding Du Chen's nascent soul were originally made from pure resentment.

These resentments did not arise out of thin air. Now, thinking back, the many strange things about the Qin state have become clear.

Why did the Lin family suffer such an injustice for no reason?

Why was Lin's father, who was clearly convicted of a serious crime, only imprisoned and not executed? Instead, he was imprisoned for several years and was tortured by the prison guards from time to time.

There were also the prisoners that Lin's father mentioned, who nearly filled the entire jail, and the hidden resentment of the people in the lower city.

All of this is the source of the chains of resentment.

Thinking of this, Gu Fan turned to look at the Hall of Reincarnation.

The previous battles had all taken place outside the hall, and no one had paid much attention to what was happening inside.

When Du Chen broke free from the chains of resentment, the resentment devoured Yun Shuwan's body. The extremely dense resentment should have completely erupted and even engulfed the entire Samsara Palace.

Nothing as expected happened.

A strange, swirling black cloud hovered above the pool in the Reincarnation Palace, with wisps of resentment falling downwards and landing on the emerald lotus leaves, causing them to tremble slightly.

The next moment, the lotus leaf swayed gently, and the surrounding resentment diminished as if it had been absorbed.

"This... is the Lotus of Reincarnation?" Gu Fan asked in surprise, pointing to the lush green lotus leaf.

Xie Linyuan nodded and said in a deep voice, "That's right, this is the Lotus of Reincarnation, and also the source of this calamity."

Gu Fan nodded slightly upon hearing this.

It is not an exaggeration for Xie Linyuan to call it the source of the disaster.

Without this precious lotus, Du Chen might have passed away after passing on the Samsara lineage, becoming a sect patriarch remembered by later generations, or at least not degenerated into a demon who harmed all living beings.

However, gazing at this precious lotus, Gu Fan suddenly remembered the filthy cauldron in Luoxian Peak.

The pattern carved on the precious tripod was a lotus flower design.

The filth within the cauldron included resentment, which was now being absorbed by this lotus leaf.

Although it lacked a floral crown, it was enough to evoke many thoughts in him.

"Could it be... that the Lotus of Reincarnation was originally a method used by the cultivators of the Immortal Ship to purify that precious cauldron?" The more Gu Fan thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

As for why the Lotus of Reincarnation separated from the Cauldron, and why the Cauldron only erupted many years after it fell, due to the long passage of time and the death of Du Chen, it is destined to be difficult to verify.

Gu Fan shook his head slightly, clearing his mind of distractions, and looked at Xie Linyuan, asking in a deep voice, "Fellow Daoist, what are your plans regarding this precious lotus?"

Although Duchen is dead, the source of the trouble still exists.

The news of the Lotus of Reincarnation will surely spread with the cultivators who left today, and will soon reach all over the Western Continent.

How could a Nascent Soul cultivator not be tempted by a precious lotus that could extend one's lifespan by a thousand years?

Even if the Nascent Soul cultivator from Chu is not interested, what about the Nascent Soul cultivator from Chen?

If the news spreads to the Eastern Continent, the situation will only get worse.

The demonic cultivators of Yan Kingdom are a group of madmen who believe that all worlds will eventually return to nothingness, while the demonic cultivators of Wu Kingdom are butchers who regularly extract the life essence of mortals. It is no problem for either of them to absorb lifespan to cultivate the Reincarnation Lotus.

Upon hearing this, Xie Linyuan decisively replied, "I am only half a step away from breaking through the Core Formation stage and forming the Nascent Soul stage. My original plan was to kill the old thief Du Chen and then attempt to break through the Core Formation stage."

"If successful, it will make the Nascent Soul cultivators of the five kingdoms hesitant to act, and then they can destroy the precious lotus in full view of everyone."

"If we fail..."

Xie Linyuan didn't finish his sentence, but Gu Fan already understood what he meant.

If one fails, one will naturally perish and one's spiritual essence will vanish, and the Lotus of Reincarnation will no longer be of concern.

Upon hearing that Xie Linyuan intended to destroy Baolian, Gu Fan couldn't help but think more highly of him.

The fact that he could ignore such temptation shows the strength of his mind.

"In that case, I shall take my leave. I wish Master Xie all the best in achieving the Nascent Soul stage."

After Gu Fan finished speaking with his hands clasped in greeting, he turned to leave.

In the coming period, this place will surely be in turmoil, and he does not want to get involved in the battles between Nascent Soul level cultivators unless absolutely necessary.

Seeing this, Su Nanzhi immediately followed behind Gu Fan.

Just then, Xie Linyuan suddenly called out, "Fellow Daoist, please wait."