After reading the game to understand the protagonist's chance, she took all of them.
Chapter 5: The Cunning Old Man
Although this young man in front of him was cunning and treacherous, his expression did not seem false when he said what he said after receiving the inheritance.
I know that people’s hearts are evil, but I still have a conscience.
Perhaps such people are the most suitable ones to survive in the world of cultivation.
However, whether or not one can survive to the end is still undetermined... hehe.
"I have been dead for many years. I left this remnant soul only to pass on the last skills of Xuanyin Juemai to future generations, so that they will not suffer any more. Now that my wish has been fulfilled, I have nothing to worry about anymore."
"You can also take the remaining things in the bamboo house."
With a sigh, the old man's voice became farther and farther away, until it disappeared into the depths of the secret realm, as if he had lost his last chance of survival.
Bai Lan was silent for a long time, saved the file, then took a few steps forward, stepped over the threshold, and saw the scene inside the bamboo house clearly.
In the simple and dust-free room, on the cushion in the center of the room, there was a weathered and old skeleton.
Is this the old man who just spoke?
"Host - Host -! Are you there -" The system's cautious voice came from outside the bamboo house.
Seeing that Bai Lan hadn't moved for a long time, the small system finally couldn't stay there anymore and decided to come down to check on Bai Lan's situation.
Bai Lan's expression changed, and he glanced at the skeleton in front of him, a smile flashing in his eyes.
She turned around blatantly, revealing her biggest weakness, her back: "I'm here, you...!"
Just as Bai Lan turned around to look at the system, a faint blue light flashed in the eye sockets of the skeleton behind him.
In an instant, an invisible pressure swept over Bai Lan's body. Even if there was only a remnant of the soul of the Jindan stage cultivator left, it was enough to make Bai Lan unable to move.
The nameless dark blue flame wrapped her tightly, and the old man's consciousness instantly invaded Bai Lan's sea of consciousness.
It's seizing one's body.
Tsk, that cunning old ghost, pretending to be dead to deceive her, but in fact he still has a trace of soul left.
Bai Lan had expected this, so he was not surprised at this moment.
She snorted coldly, but was in no hurry to reload the file. She just silently observed the movements of the old man's soul and spoke slowly.
"Old man, your soul is so weak that only a shadow is left, and you still want to learn how to possess other people's bodies? Wouldn't it be better for you to go on your journey quietly?" Bai Lan said with a smile.
The old man didn't expect Bai Lan to be so calm, and his heart sank.
Could it be that this kid really has a backup plan?
But...he has already died once. If he succeeds in taking over another's body today, he will make a profit. If he fails, he will die anyway, which is not a loss.
"If a cultivator came here, I would know I cannot defeat him, so I would not have any intention to do anything. I would only ask him to swear an oath to fulfill my last wish. But you are a mortal, little ghost. The soul of a mortal is as fragile as paper. I will not let go of such a good opportunity to seize his body."
Bai Lan laughed: "You are so shameless. As an old man, you want to take over the body of a little girl like me. If you succeed, how will you deal with it in the future? Aren't you embarrassed?"
"Hmph!" The old man snorted coldly and did not answer. He just let a wisp of his remaining soul dive into the depths of Bai Lan's sea of consciousness, attempting to have a final life-and-death battle with her.
Bai Lan knew his own strengths and weaknesses. As the old man said, the souls of mortals were as fragile as paper and could never compete with cultivators.
The system then followed the sound and floated over, but when it saw the scene in front of it, it was so frightened that its voice broke: "Oh my God! Quick, quick reload the file, host!"
A Jindan stage soul was devouring the spirit of his host, but his host just stood there as if nothing had happened... as if he was, watching a show! ???
The system is about to be scared away.
"Why are you panicking?" Bai Lan chuckled and looked at the old man meaningfully. In the confused sight of her soul, she clicked the load button just before the old man's consciousness collided with hers.
Time instantly went back to one minute before Bai Lan stepped into the bamboo house, and everything was as peaceful as it was one minute ago.
The skeleton in the bamboo house was still sitting quietly, waiting for Bai Lan to fall into the trap.
Bai Lan stood in front of the bamboo house and glanced at the skeleton in the house with a smile: "Senior, there is no need to play dumb with me, I know you are still here."
The skeleton paused, still saying nothing and continuing to pretend to be dead.
"Please stay in the room for a few more days. I will come to collect your body after you die in three days." Bai Lan smiled and waved at the skeleton, then turned and left.
The blue flames in the skull's eye sockets flickered: "Youngster! How did you know that I am still alive!"
"I don't believe that a person as sinister and cunning as yours would not resort to some tricks to backstab others." It sounded like a mockery, but Bai Lan said it in a declarative tone, which made the irony even more obvious.
The old man knew he was in the wrong, but he still had a glimmer of hope: "Little devil, all this is just your conjecture."
"Okay, I don't have much time left, so I won't continue to play tricks with you. Let's say goodbye now." Bai Lan didn't argue with him. After saying this lightly, he slowly walked out of the bamboo house.
"Youngster, wait a minute!" the old man said in a deep voice.
Bai Lan kept walking.
The old man had already said everything that needed to be said.
"Junior! Junior!!! Come forward! I still have treasures to give you! Don't go!" the skull shouted anxiously.
Perhaps the noise he made was too loud, and one of the skeleton's ribs was broken by the sound of his own voice.
The bones had become brittle due to aging and weathering.
The broken rib fell on the wooden floor, making a "danger~" sound that was crisp and pleasant.
Bai Lan left without any mercy, leaving only the old man shouting loudly behind him.
"Host, what were you doing just now! You scared me to death. If you were really swallowed by that old man and didn't have time to reload the game, you would be dead." The system pulled Bai Lan's sleeve with lingering fear.
"I'm just curious about how the cultivator took over another body, and the blue flame in his soul, which is a bit strange. So I looked at it for a few more seconds. Little system, you are too timid. You need to practice more in the future." Bai Lan was helpless.
"It's not that I'm timid! It's that you're too bold!" the system retorted.
Bai Lan touched the system's head and said, "Let's go and take a look at the other bamboo houses first to see what good things are there. It was originally the inheritance of Long Aotian. I am looking forward to it."
Of the remaining three bamboo houses, one was a library, one was an alchemy room, and the last one was filled with ashes and skeletons of unidentified objects.
"Go to the library and find me the mantra for practicing how to draw Qi into the body." Bai Lan ordered the system to do the work.
"I should have known not to come down to see you. Now I have to be ordered around by you to do work. Humph." The young man in gray robe shook his sleeves, but still floated into the library to look through the books on the shelves.
Bai Lan went to the other two bamboo houses to investigate the situation.
She looked carefully and found that one of the bamboo houses was probably a storage room for storing monster bones. However, due to the passage of time and the lack of processing for many years, many materials were no longer usable.
The old man must have been dead for more than a thousand years, otherwise, given the toughness of the monster's bones and skin, these monster materials would not have decayed into this state in just a hundred years.
There weren't many things in the alchemy room, except for the alchemy furnace in the center and two storage bags, which were quite eye-catching.
The alchemy furnace is bluish-gray in color, with a thick layer of ash on it.
After taking a handkerchief and brushing away the dust on it, he saw rows of intricate runes engraved on the alchemy furnace, which looked very mysterious.
While Bai Lan was studying the furnace...
"What's wrong with this old guy? He has such a big library, but he doesn't even have a formula for drawing Qi into the body." Bai Lan instructed the system to search the entire library, and finally spoke angrily.
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