A man from the Big Dipper, starting his charlatanship at Mount Tai.

......

Lin Xiu's combination of punches made Duan De feel intimidated.

"Ah? Lingbao Tianzun?"

Duan De's fat body instantly tightened.

Damn! He was saying that he felt uneasy when he was cursing Lingbao Tianzun. So, Lingbao Tianzun and the Underworld Emperor have a grudge?!

And yet, in front of the successor of Lingbao Tianzun, he vehemently criticized Lingbao Tianzun?!

Duan De's eyes darted around, his expression changed, and he smiled obsequiously again:

"Ahem, um, big brother, look, aren't we sworn brothers?"

"If I were truly the Emperor of the Underworld, I wouldn't have become sworn brothers with you."

"I am definitely not the same person as that Underworld Emperor who tricked Lingbao Tianzun!"

Faced with Lin Xiu's "furious" reaction, Duan De decisively cut him off!

What Underworld Emperor? He didn't know him! He was just Duan De!

Chapter 95 Ye Fan: Loyalty and Filial Piety Have Always Been Difficult to Balance (Third Update)

After Duan De severed his ties with the Underworld Emperor, he seemed to feel that his words were not very convincing, so he immediately pulled Ye Fan over as a shield.

Duan De: "Ye Fan! Don't you also feel that you and the Emperor are not the same person?"

Ye Fan was speechless: "........."

Ye Fan certainly wouldn't admit that he was the Emperor. For him, he only accepted the benefits that the identity of the reincarnation of the Emperor brought him. As for the enemies of the Emperor?

What enemy?

That's the Emperor's enemy! Not Ye Fan's enemy!

Besides, the Emperor's enemies should be thanking him!

It was because of Ye Fan that the former Emperor was finally gone!

From this perspective, the Emperor's enemies should actually give him money! To repay him for his heroic act of nailing the Emperor's coffin lid shut!

But then again...

Ye Fan knew very well that supporting Duan De in cutting off the Underworld Emperor at this moment was tantamount to going against Lin Xiu.

As an elder of the Holy Land, how could he go against the Holy Lord?

Therefore, he could only remain silent.

Hey~

Since ancient times, loyalty to the emperor and filial piety have been difficult to reconcile!

.......

"Oh? Fellow Daoist Duan is saying that he is not the Underworld Emperor?"

Lin Xiu's anger subsided slightly, and he asked in return.

"That's right! Of course I'm not the King of the Underworld!"

Duan De, with his neck stiff, reiterated his intention to cut ties.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, to be honest, the person I, Duan De, despise the most in my life is the Underworld Emperor!"

"Burying oneself into a rice dumpling or something is simply harming future tomb raiders!"

"In my opinion, the Underworld Emperor is a bastard and should be despised by all tomb raiders in the world!"

"Now I finally understand... I was born to end the Underworld Emperor!"

"My birth proves that the former King of the Underworld has truly passed away!"

"Even I have to admire myself! I've practically rid the world of a great scourge!"

Ye Fan: "........."

Ye Fan felt a strong sense of déjà vu about Duan De's words. Wasn't this the very line he had prepared to use to cut ties with the Emperor? How could Duan De have plagiarized his idea?

The thought that he and Duan Dexin were actually on the same wavelength sent a chill down Ye Fan's spine.

Duan De spoke with such fervor that Lin Xiu could hardly contain himself and raised his hand to say:

"Alright, since Master Duan is not the Underworld Emperor, I will let this matter rest for now."

"As for the matter of the Origin Qi, consider it the price for your insulting of Lingbao Tianzun, is that alright?"

"No problem! Of course, no problem!"

"Brother! I am greatly comforted to receive your forgiveness. From now on, I will follow you and excavate all the imperial tombs in the world!"

Seeing that Lin Xiu had verbally forgiven him, Duan De hurriedly took advantage of the situation and started calling him "Big Brother" quite naturally, even though he was initially reluctant to do so.

He said so much, partly to persuade Lin Xiu to stop pursuing the matter, and partly to continue cooperating with Lin Xiu.

Lin Xiu's power of evolution is truly a perfect match for his profession!

As for the previous losses?

This time, he actually made up for all the previous losses by going down into the tomb.

Lin Xiu and Ye Fan nodded, then raised their fingers to the sky:

"Alright, since my second brother has said so, I, as the eldest brother, have no reason to kill him with my own hands. Let's put this matter behind us for now."

"We really can't be stuck in the past."

"In the future, the vast universe awaits us!"

“Yes! That’s right! And the vast universe! The great tombs of the entire universe are waiting for you to visit!” Duan De replied immediately.

"The Holy Lord is right, our goal is the stars and the sea!" Ye Fan immediately chimed in.

And so, the three brothers, whose bond was stronger than gold, rekindled their old friendship, displaying a touching display of deep brotherly affection.

........

After the cut was completed, the three of them smoothly moved on to the next step: dividing the spoils.

"Judging from the expressions of my second and third brothers, they must have had a good trip?" Lin Xiu asked with a smile.

"Hmph! With Daoist Master's help, is there anything I can't accomplish?" Duan De's lips twitched slightly as he began to slowly pull out something.

Ye Fan was much more efficient, taking out all the resources he had stored for Lin Xiu.

Before long, Duan De and Ye Fan laid out all their spoils on the table.

A jade slip radiating spiritual energy, inscribed with the scriptures of sages;

A piece of bone, as clear as jade, containing a trace of energy;

Several sealed vials of strange blood, shimmering with rosy light, were full of divinity, but were not the blood of saints;

A multitude of dazzling sources;

And some metals and ores that are full of charm and spiritual energy.

Lin Xiu's gaze swept across the area, focusing on the saint's bones and precious blood.

He could sense that within that section of the saint's bone, there seemed to be a faint fragment of true spirit remaining.

Just as I predicted, the tomb of that powerful being contained sacred relics and scriptures, which must have been obtained by that powerful being during his lifetime.

Most importantly, within the sacred bones... fragments of that saint's true spirit still remain.

The state of the True Spirit Fragment was even worse than that of a trace of True Spirit in the Great Perfection Holy Body, but it still had some effect on Lin Xiu's Soul Character Ancient Talisman.

After all, Lin Xiu's Soul Character Ancient Talisman cannot truly advance by absorbing souls; advancing with a wisp of a cultivator's true spirit is simply a shortcut.

......

“We can share the words of the sages among the three of us.”

"I'll take a portion of the precious blood, and all the sacred bones. As for the remaining source, divine weapons, and forging materials, Ye Fan, you can take forty percent, and the rest will go into the Holy Land's treasury," Lin Xiu proposed his distribution plan.

【Um? 】

Why didn't I hear my name called?

[Damn it! This heartless reincarnation of the Immortal Emperor, one day I, the Daoist Master, will suppress you!]

Although he thought this in his heart, Duan De still held back his words, only asking with a displeased expression:

"Hmm? Fellow Daoist Lin, isn't your profit sharing unfair? What about mine?"

Upon hearing that Lin Xiu had no intention of giving it to him, Duan De immediately jumped up.

What does it mean that Ye Fan chose a small portion himself, and the rest went into the Holy Land's treasury?

What about him?

You're already thinking of double-crossing me after only the first split, huh?

.........

Lin Xiu raised his eyes and sneered, "Oh? Daoist Duan, are you sure the profit sharing is wrong?"

"In that case... how about we bring out all your hidden treasures and redistribute them?"

Since Duan De was shameless, Lin Xiu didn't hold back and directly exposed the fact that Duan De was hiding things.

Upon hearing this, Ye Fan's defenses crumbled instantly.

"Damn it! You fatso! I've been watching you like this, and you still managed to hide some treasure? Confess! How much did you eat?!"

Enraged, Fan grabbed Duan De by the collar and slammed him onto the table.

Duan De's face turned purplish-red, and he quickly explained:

"Ahem, I just grabbed a little bit! Really, just a tiny bit!"

"Oh? Are you sure it's just a little bit?"

"Have you forgotten that I can tell fortunes?" Lin Xiu retorted.

Duan De: "........."