Joy of Life: Invincible Starting from Basic Swordsmanship

Chapter 79: Sword Heart Demon Seed, Refining Resistance Factors

Fan Xian sat there, drinking one cup of tea after another until the teapot was empty.

Looking at the teapot that could no longer pour tea, Fan Xian probably came to a realization.

Fan Xian let out a long sigh and said, "How credible do you think what he said is?"

"That sentence? Was it he who said it to your brother, or was it the sentence that helped you ascend the throne?"

"Don't joke around, I'm serious. He said he'd help me if I didn't help him ascend the throne. Can he really do that?"

Seeing Fan Xian's serious expression, Ye Chengfeng teased, "What's wrong? Have you figured it out? You want to sit in that position?"

"How could that be? You and I both know what's so great about being an emperor? You get up earlier than the rooster and sleep later than the dog, and you're controlled in everything you do. Only a dog should be an emperor; that's why people like to call emperors 'dog emperors'!"

Fan Xian's words were truly from the bottom of his heart; he genuinely had no interest in being an emperor.

"It should be true, and the way to make you emperor, or rather, to leave Emperor Qing with no other choice, is very simple."

Ye Chengfeng didn't explain his meaning clearly, but Fan Xian understood it perfectly.

How could Emperor Qing have no other choice but to have all his sons die, leaving only him, the "illegitimate son"?

"That's exactly what I'm worried about. I don't care whether the Crown Prince and Li Chengze live or die, but Li Chengru is a good person, and the Third Prince is my cousin."

Fan Xian's words show that he does not acknowledge himself as Emperor Qing's son at all.

The touching display of fatherly affection that Fan Xian showed in front of Emperor Qing was also an act, and Fan Xian believed that Emperor Qing could see through it.

"Your concerns are valid. With that person's strength, killing Emperor Qing's sons wouldn't be too difficult."

"And this is even without any real power or influence. Do you think they wouldn't have some manpower?"

Fan Xian sighed and said, "That's exactly what I was worried about. I can see that although he appears very calm, there's an even stronger madness hidden in his eyes."

Ye Chengfeng was somewhat surprised by Fan Xian's evaluation of Li Chengzhu.

Because he thought so too, even though Li Chengzhu was hiding it very well, Ye Chengfeng still saw through some clues.

Moreover, Ye Chengfeng deduced this from the other party's acceptance of his control over the life and death of their spiritual body, as well as their willingness to sacrifice themselves to leave their physical body.

This includes the fact that the other party chose a robot body.

All signs indicate that the other party has an extremely erratic personality.

Ye Chengfeng can control Li Chengzhu, but he also does not reject Li Chengzhu's ideas.

Therefore, cooperating with them would naturally be a logical choice.

Of course, it's unrealistic for Ye Chengfeng to think he can completely control Li Chengzhu with just half-baked mental control.

"How about we have Wu Zhu take control of him, or even cripple his cultivation? What do you think?"

To allay Fan Xian's suspicions, Ye Chengfeng gave him another idea.

"Even if he were a stranger, I wouldn't do this, let alone if he were my own brother."

Fan Xian refused without hesitation.

"Well, now we can only take it one step at a time."

"Putting that aside for now, how much cultivation do you have left?"

Ye Chengfeng knew Fan Xian's personality, which is why he said that.

It would be better if this wasn't mentioned, because as soon as it is, Fan Xian gets depressed.

"You have the nerve to ask me? What did you put in my heart meridian? I was cultivating the Heavenly Dao Heart Method, and the true energy I had just cultivated hadn't even repaired my meridians before that thing absorbed it."

"Get it out for me right now."

Ye Chengfeng looked at Fan Xian with amusement and asked, "Are you sure?"

"Okay, hurry up and get it out for me."

Fan Xian did not hesitate. It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

Fan Xian, who was once a ninth-rank official, is now an ordinary person with no cultivation. He is indeed somewhat anxious about losing what he has.

"Alright, since you want it, I'll take it out for you. Of course, if the toxins erupt in your heart meridian after it's taken out, I won't be responsible."

Ye Chengfeng was about to make a move after speaking, but Fan Xian's lips twitched.

"Does it really take a year to detoxify?"

"Based on speculation, it would indeed take a year without external influences. Of course, you can find a way to detoxify yourself, such as by injecting the antidote directly into your heart."

Fan Xian immediately rolled his eyes.

"Directly inject the antidote into the heart? How could you even think of that? It'd be like a perforated heart! Do you think this era can solve that problem?"

"Don't worry too much. That thing won't keep draining your vital energy and blood. It just needs energy in the initial stages. Since it's a possible detoxification, we still have to abide by the law of conservation of energy!"

"Look at me, my cultivation level is only at the ninth rank now. You don't even thank me, and you're blaming me?"

Fan Xian suddenly felt something was wrong; Ye Chengfeng hadn't told him before that he was a ninth-rank official.

"Weren't you supposed to be at the upper eighth rank? How come you're at the ninth rank now? Is this what you call a drop in cultivation?"

"Isn't it all your father's fault? He poured his true energy into me, and I went through so much trouble to refine it and break through to the ninth rank. Now, because of you, my cultivation has plummeted. Who's to blame?"

"What? Emperor Qing infused you with his true energy?"

Fan Xian was no longer calm. He learned from the imperial physician that as long as someone who cultivated the same kind of true energy as him expended their own true energy, they could cure him.

But Emperor Qing did not do that, which made Fan Xian think more.

"Does Emperor Qing also cultivate domineering true qi?"

Fan Xian was still somewhat skeptical and wanted to confirm with Ye Chengfeng.

"That's right. Moreover, if you want to break through to the Grandmaster level by cultivating domineering true qi, you must first experience the true qi going berserk and your meridians breaking."

"If I hadn't saved you this time, you would very likely have broken through to the Grandmaster level if you had survived."

Fan Xian looked at Ye Chengfeng speechlessly, but he certainly believed that Ye Chengfeng was not lying to him.

However, not only were his meridians ruptured, but he was also poisoned, and the poison had entered his heart and lungs.

If it weren't for Ye Chengfeng's method of leaving something in his heart, Fan Xian would already be dead.

"Alas, fortune and misfortune are intertwined; it is all a matter of time and fate."

Fan Xian didn't blame Ye Chengfeng; he only blamed his own bad luck for insisting on chasing after Si Gu Jian's younger brother.

Although they discovered that Si Gu Jian's younger brother was Shadow, it was ultimately a case of more harm than good.

"Stop complaining. It's just that you can't cultivate true qi at first. After about a month, the sword intent seed in your heart will stop absorbing so much true qi. At most, it will consume some qi and blood."

"That's good. Nothing else. I'll be going now. I'm heading to Jiangnan soon, and I need to make some preparations."

After Fan Xian left, Ye Chengfeng's lips curled up slightly.

He just retrieved a trace of power from the Sword Heart Demon Seed within Fan Xian's heart meridian.

Ye Chengfeng prepared to refine this trace of power.

He had an idea: if he used the blood and energy of people in this era, could he become completely immune to radiation?

Fan Xian is definitely the best candidate to provide vital energy.

The reason is simple: Fan Xian is a combination of a frozen human and a human from this era.

Ye Chengfeng had reason to believe that Fan Xian definitely did not have such strong radiation resistance when he was born.

It must be that Ye Qingmei used some kind of special drug to enhance Fan Xian's radiation resistance.

Does that mean that Fan Xian has this resistance factor in his body?

Now that Ye Chengfeng has refined these resistance factors, will he be able to increase his resistance to radiation?