Chapter 212: Chapter 117: The "Key" Is Actually the Demon Suppression Stele! Breakthrough: Entering the Realm of Strength, Qi Blood Transforming Force, and Microscopic Control

A few rays of sunlight slipped through the cracks in the window, tracing several lines of light in the dark room.

The Paperman remained motionless.

"Sir?"

"Get up and at ’em!"

Chu Fan called out twice more.

Finally, the Paperman trembled slightly, slowly unfurled, and straightened up.

It was no bigger than the palm of a hand, yet it was strikingly lifelike. As its joints moved, it seemed to gain a spark of life.

The Paperman slowly floated up, its voice transmitting, "Do not resist. I must attach myself to you and borrow your body to cast a technique."

With that, it flew straight over and stuck itself to Chu Fan’s forehead.

An unfamiliar consciousness quietly seeped into Chu Fan’s mind.

The next moment, Chu Fan felt as if his own consciousness had been imprisoned in a dark dungeon, his control over his body vanishing in an instant.

"Don’t panic. Just relax."

Yue Mankong’s voice echoed in his mind.

Chu Fan didn’t panic. He just squatted in that dark place, drawing circles in the dirt.

"Huh!"

The moment he took over Chu Fan’s body, Yue Mankong let out a soft exclamation. "He hasn’t even passed the five hurdles of Foundation Establishment, yet the Primordial Qi in his body is this immense? Just how many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures have you consumed?"

’A great many? Hardly,’ Chu Fan’s consciousness replied from his dark corner.

"..." Now was not the time to investigate this. Yue Mankong quickly focused his mind, mobilizing the Primordial Qi within Chu Fan’s body—a power that even Chu Fan himself couldn’t wield freely.

The Demon Suppression Guard Token on the table suddenly flew up and hovered in mid-air, glowing with a faint golden light.

"In my name, let this message travel a thousand miles! Activate!"

Yue Mankong barked a low command, his hands a blur of lightning as they formed several Seal Techniques.

Streaks of light shot into Chu Fan’s Demon Suppression Guard Token.

Strange patterns and Runes immediately appeared on the Token. The patterns flickered, and the Runes’ light waxed and waned...

Yue Mankong brought two fingers of his right hand together and closed his eyes.

A moment later...

He opened his eyes and gently tapped the Demon Suppression Guard Token.

The Array on the Token immediately began to spin rapidly. An invisible message seemed to pierce through space, speeding towards the distant Demon Suppression Bureau.

"Every Token from the Demon Suppression Bureau is engraved with a communication Array..."

Yue Mankong’s voice rang in Chu Fan’s mind. "The Token’s holder can use a unique Seal Technique, along with their Divine Sense and Primordial Qi, to activate the Array and send a message back to the Demon Suppression Bureau."

"Since I’m occupying your body now, I’ll pass all this knowledge on to you."

"Next time you run into trouble, you can..."

"How do I activate it with Divine Sense?" Chu Fan’s consciousness asked from its dark corner. "And I can’t activate my Primordial Qi either."

"..." The possessed "Chu Fan" blinked.

’What an excellent question.’

He was actually speechless.

After a moment of silence, Yue Mankong sighed. "Then you should just cultivate properly and break through the five hurdles of Foundation Establishment as soon as possible."

He didn’t know if making an exception and recruiting a kid who hadn’t even passed the five hurdles of Foundation Establishment would cause a huge stir in the Demon Suppression Bureau.

Nor did he know if the other Demon Suppression Envoys would treat this as a joke.

But Chu Fan’s performance in the Blood Refining Array that day had been truly bizarre to the extreme...

’How could someone in the Bone Tempering Realm possess such terrifying power?’

’This body is surprisingly strong.’

’Could it be that he accidentally ate some kind of peerless treasure?’

Yue Mankong asked the same question he had asked in the forest that day. "Chu Fan, how many years have you been cultivating?"

Squatting in his dark corner, Chu Fan said, "A little over three months... Sir, now that the message has been sent to the Demon Suppression Bureau, can you leave my body? I’m a bit uncomfortable in this state."

In the room, "Chu Fan’s" eyes snapped open. "Cultivating for... how long?"

He thought he must have misheard. Chu Fan must have said "three years."

But how could one mistake "three years" for "three months"?

Chu Fan’s consciousness in the darkness could only repeat, "A little over three months, almost four."

Yue Mankong fell silent.

As a dignified Demon Suppression Envoy of the Demon Suppression Bureau, he had never seen such a monstrous talent!

Perhaps...

’Did I hit the jackpot?’

His Divine Sense Avatar was simply too weak to waste time on such questions.

Yue Mankong didn’t press further. He reached into Chu Fan’s robes and took out the piece of White Bone.

The White Bone was a lustrous white, but it faintly emanated an ominous aura.

"Senior, what are you doing?"

Chu Fan was slightly taken aback.

Yue Mankong didn’t answer. He just quickly formed seals, and streams of Runes flowed from his fingertips, wrapping around the White Bone like chains before being deeply branded into it.

A wisp of black energy flashed across the surface of the White Bone before it fell silent, becoming indistinguishable from an ordinary bone.

"The Resentful Spirit within this White Bone, though only a small part of the original, is not to be underestimated. It must be sealed, or it could bring you a fatal disaster at any moment."

Yue Mankong explained, "I have only sealed the Resentful Spirit; I have not harmed it."

"In the future, once my main body escapes its predicament, I will naturally find a way to help you purify the Resentful Spirit within the White Bone."

Chu Fan finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you, Sir. In that case... after the message reaches the Demon Suppression Bureau, how long will it take for them to send someone?"

"The journey is long. It will take at least half a month," Yue Mankong replied.

’Over half a month...’ Chu Fan’s heart sank slightly.

That was a bit too long.

With his current strength, he was no match for the Moon Worship Sect.

’Life is like a game of chess, full of unpredictable moves.’

His original plan had been simple: use the various factions in Cyan Yang Ancient City to hold back the Moon Worship Sect, buying himself time to accumulate Spiritual Essence and complete the Refinement of the Demon Suppression Stele.

But during the Refinement, the Demon Suppression Stele had actually drilled into his body.

After that, he hadn’t wanted to get entangled with the Moon Worship Sect, planning only to hide from them and lie low within the Seven Stars Gang to slowly grow stronger.

But he’d planned for sun, and it had rained; he’d planned for rain, and it had suddenly turned sunny again...

He shattered the Seven Stars Gang’s Blood Refining Array, only to discover their collusion with the Moon Worship Sect. He had no choice but to go with the flow, joining Master Cao to seize the Seven Stars Gang Sub-Branch and thwart their plan to send Blood Nourishing Realm Martial Artists to the Moon Worship Sect.

Because of this, Master Cao and Li Qingxue would surely be targeted by the Moon Worship Sect.

They had even protected Chu Fan, letting him hide in the shadows behind them.