163: Harvesting clues

"A third-rank secret technique? You think quite highly of me!"

"I can certainly help you ask, but... can you afford it?"

Liu Hong walked over to a specially made, extra-large chair and sat down. Her fat piled up in layers, as if the oil inside was about to spill out.

"Senior Sister, do not worry about the Spirit Stones; I still have some savings."

After sitting down, Liu Hong did not look at Xu Bin again but instead stared at Liu Xuan with great interest.

"Where is this little brother from, and where do you Cultivate?"

Her eyes were curved, and she smiled naturally when speaking; her voice was also quite pleasant and full of magnetism.

Setting aside her 400-jin figure, she was more attractive than most women.

But Liu Xuan could not set it aside!

She was truly too fat; he could not bring himself to do it, and just thinking about it made his scalp tingle.

"This one is Fang Li. I treat the four seas as my home; I am just a Loose Cultivator!" Liu Xuan said, cupping his hands.

"A Loose Cultivator?"

"The life of a Loose Cultivator is not easy!"

"Have you ever thought about settling down? I can let you join our Nether Fire Sect and even gift you some property. In the future, you only need to Cultivate with peace of mind; wouldn't that be wonderful?"

Liu Xuan: "..."

Why did this sound so familiar?

He had clearly used the illusory god treasure robe to make his appearance as plain as possible. Could he be spotted even like this?

Then again, everyone's aesthetic tastes are different. What looked plain to him might be someone else's preferred type.

"Thank you for your kind offer, Fellow Daoist, but I am used to being free and cannot stay in a Sect!"

"It is fine!"

Liu Hong glanced at Xu Bin and continued: "If I am not mistaken, the person who needs the Possession secret technique is Fellow Daoist Fang, right?"

"I can help you find the secret technique, and I will not even charge you Spirit Stones, as long as you become my Dao Companion for three years and Dual Cultivate with me every day."

Liu Xuan was not surprised that Liu Hong could guess that he was the one who needed the Possession secret technique, but there was no other way.

If he did not follow Xu Bin, without his Divine Sense control, Xu Bin would be an idiot, unable to even communicate.

If he disguised himself as Xu Bin and came alone, it also would not be good.

Although no one could see through the disguise of the illusory god treasure robe, he did not have Xu Bin's complete memories, and others could easily analyze flaws from the side, thus raising suspicions.

But controlling Xu Bin to come together was different. In special situations, he could temporarily search Xu Bin's Divine Soul memories to cope, and if problems arose, he could let Xu Bin take the blame.

"It is indeed this one who needs the Possession secret technique!"

"However, I do not get close to women. Can Fellow Daoist change the condition?"

Liu Xuan looked righteous, like a bitter Cultivator who had seen through the Mortal World.

"You do not get close to women!"

"Not getting close to women is good!"

Liu Hong's gaze towards Liu Xuan became even more intense. "Fellow Daoist Fang, do not be in a hurry to refuse me. After Dual Cultivating with me, you will naturally realize the wonders of it."

"Many people who Dual Cultivate with me refuse at first, but later they beg me, and they cannot even get a turn!"

Seeing Liu Xuan frown slightly, Liu Hong stopped the topic. "Fellow Daoist Fang, please wait a few days. I will ask about the secret technique for you first, how about that?"

She had only heard of the Possession secret technique and was not sure if she could find it.

"Thank you!"

Liu Xuan cupped his hands to say goodbye and left with Xu Bin.

He had no hope of obtaining the secret technique from Liu Hong, so there was naturally no need to stay and disgust himself.

After the two left, the smile on Liu Hong's face disappeared, and she ordered her subordinates beside her: "Investigate this Fang Li for me. I need all his information!"

"Yes!"

The subordinate obeyed and left.

"Fang Li!"

Liu Hong repeated this name. She vaguely felt that this person had more Yang Qi than ordinary people; Dual Cultivation with him would definitely be a great supplement!

...

Divine Fire Tower.

A guest room on the top floor.

Liu Xuan stood on the platform extending outside the building, looking into the distance at the Nether Fire Sect's mountain gate opposite.

A total of nine mountain peaks surrounded it in a semicircle. The purple-red flame on the top of the highest peak in the middle burned quietly, reflecting the entire Sect in a gloomy light.

Nether Fire! This was a Divine Ability born when the core Cultivation Technique of the Nether Fire Sect was Cultivated to a certain Realm.

It could refine one's own Soul and burn the Divine Soul of others. It belonged to the upper level among third-rank Cultivation Techniques.

The disadvantage was that the Cultivation process was very dangerous, especially when having a Breakthrough in Realm; one careless mistake could burn oneself to nothing.

'Nether Fire Spirit Refining Technique!', Cultivators who practiced this Cultivation Technique could not save their lives with Medicinal Pills like the foundation establishment pill or the Soul-Returning Life-Restoring Pill when having a Breakthrough in a major Realm. Failure to Breakthrough meant death!

The outermost of the nine peaks, which was entirely purple and bare without a blade of grass, was the Three Poisons Peak.

Liu Xuan was considering whether to sneak in and see the beautiful woman who touched his Soul, the Three Poisons Ancestor, with his own eyes.

Calling her a beautiful woman was only because she had a natural young married woman temperament.

In fact, according to the information Xu Bin knew, the Three Poisons Ancestor had no Dao Companion. Apart from some Disciples, she did not even have any friends.

She had been in closed-door training for years and basically did not participate in the various affairs of the Sect. Even her Disciples rarely saw her.

"Forget it! Next time."

This thought was rejected by Liu Xuan as soon as it was born. The Nether Fire Sect's mountain gate was not like Nether Fire City.

In addition to having a Golden Core True Person guarding it, there was also a third-rank Sect Grand Formation protecting it. Sneaking in with the illusory god treasure robe would not be a big problem, but once exposed, it would be difficult to escape!

If it were not for the Possession secret technique, Liu Xuan would not even have come to Nether Fire City, so why would he risk going to the Nether Fire Sect just to see a beautiful woman?

"Senior Brother Xu, this is the book you wanted!"

A female Cultivator wearing the five-colored Disciple robe of the Nether Fire Sect came to the room holding a thick stack of books.

"Put it down!"

Xu Bin said lightly. The female Cultivator put down the books and then exited the room.

After she left, the spiritual light in Xu Bin's eyes dissipated, turning into a dull appearance.

Liu Xuan picked up the books and flipped through them. They were all books recording some information related to Possession.

This was the territory of the Nether Fire Sect, so he could let Xu Bin mobilize his subordinates to search, which made finding these books much easier.

One hour later.

Liu Xuan flipped through all the books roughly. Although they were not the original secret technique, but just some related records and descriptions, it was not without gains.

Some points were more detailed than the "Biography of True Person Taiyin Exterminating Demons" he had read before.

Performing the Possession secret technique did not necessarily require a cultivation base above the Golden Core; under certain conditions, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator could also do it.

It just required very harsh conditions, needing the Divine Soul to be condensed to a certain extent, and also needing a Heaven And Earth Treasure to protect the Divine Soul when it leaves the body.

The target of a Golden Core Cultivator's Possession did not necessarily have to be a Cultivator of the same Realm; some Foundation Establishment Cultivators with special Physiques could barely work.

Generally, there was an iron rule after Possession: it was difficult to improve the cultivation base again, and it was impossible to have a Breakthrough in a major Realm.

Therefore, Possession was generally a last resort; either the Physical Body was destroyed, or it was used to heal injuries with a special Physique body.

"Healing injuries!!"

Liu Xuan's heart was shaken violently!

Wasn't True Person Xiao's Lifespan shortened because he was injured? He was actually only over eight hundred years old and theoretically still had more than a hundred years of Lifespan.

"Could it be that he wanted to Possess me for this reason?"