Fantasy: Immortality Begins with Absorbing Demons

Chapter 654 Grandmaster Assembly

scoff!

Two bloodstains appeared on the palms of Chun Rongrong's hands.

She clasped her hands together and swiftly placed them on the wound on Han Yi's chest.

Countless green light spots spread from her palm, quickly illuminating the entire room in a green glow.

Green dots gathered, forming a strange six-pointed star symbol above Han Yi's head.

"amnesty!"

Chun Rongrong suddenly bit the tip of her tongue, and a stream of blood fell precisely into the center of the symbol.

boom…...

The six-pointed star symbol began to spin instantly, and strands of translucent green energy appeared, spreading throughout Han Yi's entire body in a short time.

"In my name, Chun Rongrong, I command you to take it all in!!!" Chun Rongrong stretched out her hand, and the green energy flowed rapidly into her palm.

At the end of the green airflow, there was a large amount of black blood-red impurities. If you listened carefully, you could almost hear the wailing of vengeful spirits struggling in pain and death.

Streaks of green light trailed out from black lines and shot into Chun Rongrong's palm.

As the green light entered, a look of gleeful endurance began to appear on her face.

The green airflow entered faster and faster, rotating as it entered, quickly forming a strong wind visible to the naked eye within the room.

The last green light slowly disappeared, and Han Yi's body was gradually released from its restraints, gently landing on the ground.

"Wound...this is...?!"

After feeling the binding sensation disappear, Han Yi carefully examined himself and found that the white hair on his chest and abdomen had indeed disappeared.

An unprecedented sense of alertness and comfort arose throughout the body, originating from the inside out.

puff!

At the same time, Chun Rongrong turned pale and suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood.

"You...?!" Han Yi's expression changed drastically the moment he saw her.

On Chun Rongrong's body, layers of fine white hair appeared, and then quickly grew wildly.

By now, how could he not understand the meaning behind Chun Rongrong's words?

A life must be repaid with a life.

"...How did it come to this...I..." Han Yi sighed deeply, unable to speak.

Clearly, the corrosive mark on her body had been transferred to Chun Rongrong using some kind of secret technique with severe side effects.

The so-called solution is nothing more than shifting the target of the procedure.

Chun Rongrong, who was already seriously injured, could no longer hold on.

"It's alright... I was already close to dying anyway..." Chun Rongrong's voice was weak, her face covered in blood. "Throughout my life, I know I've committed grave sins. To be able to avenge all my enemies before my time comes, and to see my lineage continue... I'm content..."

"..."

Han Yi fell silent, and Chun Rongrong grew increasingly weak, her entire body beginning to wilt and curl up.

"Senior... do you have any last words? If I can do them, I will do my utmost."

He took a deep breath, his tone solemn.

No matter what mistakes Chun Rongrong had made... she had ultimately done him a great favor. "I don't need it anymore... I'm already very satisfied..." Chun Rongrong smiled, and her body rippled with a faint, translucent light starting from her fingertips.

She slowly pulled a black animal hide scroll from her person.

"This is the path to the far north... the Demon Saint Palace... the Hundred Lineages of the Demon Clan are located there... all my legacies are left behind in the Myriad Manifestations School within the Hundred Lineages..."

If one day you reach the North, I hope you can continue the legacy of the Myriad Manifestations School... With the Star Emblem and the Ice Wolves... they will acknowledge your identity..."

Han Yi paused for a moment, then finally reached out and took the scroll.

He is a man of his word.

Without a doubt, accepting the scroll meant that he would agree to Chun Rongrong's requests as much as possible.

“Okay…I’ll remember this…” Seeing Han Yi shake his head and helplessly accept the scroll, Chun Rongrong’s body visibly relaxed, as if her last bit of energy had been exhausted.

"Judging by the time... Kou Hu should be almost done... My Four Seasons Demon Blade... isn't so easy to deal with..." She muttered to herself, her eyes vacant.

"Second sister, third sister...we...the three sisters...forever, forever..." She reached out her hand, as if grasping something in the void. Two lines of tears slowly flowed from the corners of her eyes, and finally, she fell limply, motionless, and breathless.

Han Yi slowly took a step back, bowed, and respectfully greeted the man.

"Senior, may you rest in peace!"

The sunlight was gentle, and a faint smile, a hint of relief, crept onto Chun Rongrong's pale face.

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Huayang City, General's Mansion.

"Master!!!"

A heart-wrenching cry echoed through the sky.

All the people inside the mansion looked miserable and dejected.

Bang!

The door was kicked open.

Fang Jiulian, holding Kou Hu in his arms, walked out step by step with tears in his eyes.

Wherever he went, everyone lowered their heads, silent and sorrowful.

Kou Hu, a grandmaster of martial arts, head of the Kou family, a top-tier bloodline family, general of the prefectural army, one of the strongest people in Yunzhou, and one of the key figures.

Fallen.

His fall not only meant that the government army lost its pillar, but also that there was no one left in Yunzhou who could rival Liu Quan.

Party strife will cease to exist. This is because the so-called moderate symbiotic faction, including the former elders of the Yuanmiao Sect in Yunzhou, is about to be purged.

Liu Quan's political and military power were combined into one, making him the de facto supreme ruler of Yunzhou.

The radical faction he represented, based on extreme bloodlines, quickly rose to power and then swept across the entire Yunzhou like wildfire.

This is a huge change, a huge transformation, and also... a huge disaster!

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Spring is in full bloom, the sun is shining brightly. Birds are chirping, and petals are falling in profusion.

puff.

The last shovelful of soil was poured in, forming a perfect arc-shaped mound.

Han Yi patted the mound with a shovel, tamping it down. Zhong Han took out a stack of yellow paper money and weighed it down on top of the mound with a brick.

"Okay, it's time for us to go back."

Han Yi stared intently at the tombstone.

The tomb of the three sisters in green: Chun Rongrong, Xia Yingying, and Qiu Xiaoxiao.

His birth year is unknown, so only a rough year of death can be given.

To fulfill Chun Rongrong's last wish, he secretly commissioned someone to steal back the remains of Xia Yingying and Qiu Xiaoxiao.

This is not difficult to handle.

After all, now that even Kou Hu of the government army is dead, no one cares about this trivial matter from the past.

Unfortunately, due to the wind and rain, the two bodies were no longer intact.

The remains were incomplete, but the three sisters were eventually reunited. "Who would have thought... that the peerless warrior who could beat Kou Hu to death... would be buried in small mounds of earth..."

The sound of ** also rang out from behind him.

"Everyone dies. No one is an exception." Han Yi said without turning his head.

"Is Kou Hu confirmed dead?"

"That's right... I saw it with my own eyes. Fang Jiulian carried Kou Hu's body to the burial." He said as he walked, "There's no way it could be fake. That would be a huge blow to the army... to everyone's morale... Especially now, in these turbulent and unstable times, if this were a ruse, Kou Hu would probably be dead even if he didn't die."

Dressed in white, he moved with light steps and slowly appeared beside Han Yi.

"You guys chat first, I'll head back now." Zhong Han smiled and took her leave. Han Yi's relationship with ** wasn't a big deal within the Nine Turns Sect; everyone knew it.

If the two meet and talk, it's likely they have something important to discuss.

Therefore, Zhong Han was also afraid that it would be inconvenient to stay here, so she left on her own.

"I must say, your senior sister is really a good person. She has a great personality, a good family background, and her looks are top-notch. I think she's interested in you too. Why don't you just marry her? You're not getting any younger anyway."

Watching Zhong Han leave, he gently nudged Han Yi.

"Get married? I'm asking you, how can you think about anything else in this turbulent situation?" Han Yi didn't directly object. "Our Nine Turns Sect is still wanted by the authorities. If the Tianfu army attacks, all our peaceful life will be ruined."

"The government troops... they're overwhelmed right now." ** chuckled, "Kou Hu is dead. Without him, who can stop you? Don't even mention Fang Jiulian. Those few times you two secretly fought outside the city, neither of you could do anything to the other."

"You actually knew about this...?" Han Yi was somewhat surprised.

During the time when Jiuqumen was suppressed by the government army in the Black Mist Mountain, after making some breakthroughs, he also secretly infiltrated the military camp several times and fought with Fang Jiulian.

But while he made progress, the situation on the other side also changed.

Each time, they were evenly matched, with no clear winner.

"Of course. Don't you know who I am? In this Huayang area, what is there that I don't know?"

Swish!

He suddenly opened his folding fan and fanned himself a few times in a showy manner.

“You…” Han Yi narrowed his eyes and stared at him intently for a while.

"Old Hu, you've broken through?" he asked, sounding somewhat surprised and uncertain.

"Something I've gained occasionally, nothing much, keep it low-key." He looked smug, as if he wanted the whole world to know.

"You... that's really amazing... it's only been a few days, and you've already broken through the shackles of Martial Master and entered the Grandmaster realm..." Han Yi exclaimed.

He was about the same age as him, but in every aspect—family background, talent, and strength—he was in no way inferior, and even slightly superior. What's even more outrageous is that if this guy were a martial arts fanatic, focusing solely on martial arts and doing nothing else, that would be one thing.

Crucially, he also studied poisons, possessing an unparalleled mastery of the pharmacology of various toxins.

Han Yi couldn't imagine how high his cultivation level would be if he had only focused on one skill and relied on his talent.

Compared to him, my own cultivation level, achieved purely through the system, pales in comparison. "You still have the nerve to talk back to me?" he scoffed. "Do you know how many years I've been stuck at the Martial Master level?"

"Huh? I really didn't know." Han Yi said with some curiosity.

"Five years! That's five years! My best years of youth, a full five years!" he exclaimed dramatically. "In the end, let alone Fang Jiulian, I couldn't even beat you."

If it weren't for the fortuitous guidance I received from a master from the Grandmaster's Guild, I'd probably still be far behind you. When it comes to being freakish, you're the real deal.

He gave Han Yi a thumbs up.

"Grandmasters' Gathering? What's that?" Han Yi asked, immediately intrigued.

"You don't know? That's normal." He explained simply, "This is a martial arts organization that is spread throughout the Great Xuan Dynasty. It belongs to the government and is an invisible organization formed by martial artists under the imperial court in order to explore the martial arts path."

You should know about the Demon Hunting Guild. It's a subordinate force of the Grandmaster Guild.

"The Demon Hunting Society..." Han Yi pondered carefully.

He had naturally come into contact with the Demon Hunting Society; in fact, he had come into contact with it many times.

Even the first pot of gold he earned after arriving in Yunzhou came from the Demon Hunting Association.

I had heard people talk about the background of the Demon Hunting Association back then, saying that it had the support of the imperial court. Now it seems that the Grandmaster Association is the one behind it all.

"Grandmasters' Guild...Grandmasters' Guild...Judging from the wording, could it be that all its members are Grandmasters?"

"That's natural," he said. "Not only must they be grandmasters, but they must also be grandmasters who belong to the imperial court. And your Jingtian Manor, and even the entire Yunzhou, mostly have their own sect's grandmasters."

Furthermore, the Grandmasters' Association is a relatively secretive organization that doesn't publicly disclose its existence, which is why I said it's normal that you haven't heard of it.

"Okay, I see." After learning the inside story, Han Yi lost interest.

He now somewhat understood the purpose of the Grandmasters Association. Compared to sects with grandmasters who had complete lineages, most of the grandmasters who could join the official organization were independent cultivators, or simply those specially trained by the imperial court.

They may be quite capable, and they may not lack resources.

But the only thing needed is to communicate with strong individuals of the same level.

After all, the imperial court was mostly composed of families with bloodlines, and martial arts experts were a minority.

That's why the Grandmasters' Association, a platform for communication and exchange, came into being.

"Once you break through to Grandmaster, would you like me to introduce you? I'm currently in the Grandmaster Guild, and aside from everything else, getting you in is definitely within my capabilities," he said with a smile.

"The Grandmasters Association offers good benefits to newcomers. I'll also get a reward for recruiting you."

"No rush, let's talk about it later." Han Yi frowned slightly. Hearing this, he inexplicably thought of the infamous pyramid schemes of his past life… which also seemed to require newcomers to recruit others…

Grandmasters Association...

It just seems like they're constantly trying to recruit people to join... I don't know if it's reliable or not.

“Your martial arts cultivation is still far from sufficient. There’s no rush.” He nodded. “However, there is one matter that requires your immediate decision.”

"What is it?" Han Yi saw his serious expression and knew that he was about to get down to business.