Eternal Life

Nine Aperture Golden Pellet

“Someone drowned in the water?”

Fang Han immediately jumped into the water, and brought the man ash.o.r.e.

“He’s not breathing anymore, it’s just a floating corpse.” Upon realizing that the man was already dead, Fang Han’s heart abruptly tightened up. There must be a frightening cause for the body in front of him.

This man was already completely dead, his body completely swollen, with one long scar running down his body. Flipping him over, one could see that the wound was completely charred.

“This man was split by lightening?” Fang Han said as he observed the wound, thinking of those in the countryside who had been struck by lightning, who also had this burnt smell.

The clothes that this corpse were wearing, however, were very sumptuous – dark golden clothing with drops of water on top, as if water had rolled onto if from a lotus leaf without the slightest contamination. The clothing was also extravagantly soft and smooth. Fang Han, as a servant of the Fang Clan, had seen enough of these types of clothing, but for the material making the cloth, he had never experienced before.

“What to do? Should I report it, or what? A dead person… it is no small matter!” Fang Han was just about to drop the corpse and report it when he hesitated and thought: the clothes this person wore is that of a rich person, why would he have died here? If I report this and get tied up in this matter, won’t it become troublesome? I might as well bury him here, let him rest in peace, and pretend that nothing happened here. An extra job is not as good as no job.

Upon reaching the conclusion, Fang Han dragged the corpse, trying to find a place to bury it.

“Guang dang!”

At this time, from the breast of the corpse, came the sound of metal, and an iron box fell out. The box, although palm-sized, was very heavy and looked like an inkstone.

At the same time, a picture scroll also fell out.

“En?”

Fang Han picked up the gold and iron box and opened the picture scroll, and upon seeing the pitch black background containing the shadow of the dragon, believed it to be a portal to an unknown s.p.a.ce, and not a simple picture scroll.

“This picture scroll is a treasure, even after soaking in water it hasn’t been destroyed, as regular paper is destroyed as soon as it gets soaked by water. Although Fang Han didn’t recognize this picture, in accordance with common sense, he was able to deduct that it was a treasure.   

Afterwards, he once again took out the gold and iron box and held it in his hand, observing it. Atop the box, he found a small locked golden lock.

Curious, he picked up a rock from the riverside, and exerting his might, “Kacha!” broke the golden lock.

“This might be real gold, one liang gold, ten liang silver, the golden lock was also around four to five liang gold. But this is a dead person, to take or not to take? As the saying goes, officials love their wealth, to take is the right way to go.” Fang Han thought for a moment, “Pei, I am but a servant, what nonsense about officials, no matter what position, no matter what job, there is no sentence in the book saying I can’t take it. Might as well.”

[TL: This paragraph… btw, I just realized that liang is a unit of measurement, so the silver he received from the second lady was five liang. I will go change when I can, just a heads up]

Fang Han grabbed the gold and shoved it into his breast.

After grabbing the gold, “Ka cha!” he opened the box.

As soon as it was opened, the thing inside revealed itself.

A dark gold pellet about the size of the thumb which, surprisingly, had nine holes on it, each hole emanating a slight amount of herbal smell. As soon as Fang Han took a whiff, if felt as if everything had cleared up – it was simply divine. His body felt light and alert, his fatigue completely washed away.

Especially amazing was that these nine apertures seemed to be correspondent to the nine apertures of humans which controlled qi flow, unendingly swallowing and spitting qi, as if breathing. It seemed as if the inside contained some strange sort of vitality.

“This gold pellet, compared to the Fang Clan’s Ling’zhi pellet and Xue’can pellet, was better a thousand times.” Fang Han had seen those Fang Clan core disciples occasionally swallow such pellets during their training to help nurture them, those exquisitely refined pills. However, compared to the golden pellet with nine apertures in front of him, they couldn’t even compare, it was like the heavens and the earth.

“I also heard those disciples talk about rumors surrounding such great spiritual medicinal pellets, they can clear your muscles and bones, condition your inner organs, clear congestion, and increase vigor. Swallow one pill, and you can save many years of hardship in training your body, making up for a weak body. Could it be that this golden pellet is one of those medicinal pellets? Just by smelling earlier made me feel so great.”

Fang Han held the golden pellet as if he were holding a diamond, contemplating whether or not to immediately swallow it.

But after contemplating half a day, he still didn’t swallow it, as such a pill shouldn’t be eaten recklessly.

Those Fang Clan disciples, they used pellets to nurture themselves every day, always at a specified time, in specific quant.i.ties, and during appropriate moments.

Fang Han wasn’t stupid, of course he knew, even if it was a great spiritual medicinal pellet, if he didn’t use it correctly, he would receive backlash.

“Mr. Pract.i.tioner, your corpse was picked up by me, I am going to bury you, let you rest in peace, so give me these two treasures for reimburs.e.m.e.nt, and we shall not owe anything.”

Fang Han put the ‘Nine Aperture Golden Pellet’ back into the box while facing the corpse.

While talking, Fang Han began dragging the corpse.

Who would have thought that the corpse would actually sit up and say “Divine realm, who would have thought! The Yu’hua style is no doubt the top of the ten immortal styles schools! Fang Qing Xue, you are undoubtedly one of their most outstanding disciples, seems like the word has gained yet another genius. We can only wait and see if you manage to understand enough of the secrets of the Divine realm! Even if you enter the Divine realm, after a hundred years you will still die. Only if you understand the secret of longevity can you shed the shackles of death.”

“Zombie! No, according to rumors, zombies cannot speak, and in this broad daylight, they cannot appear either.” Who would have thought that his corpse would suddenly sit upright, and speak, Fang Han was shocked.

The corpse understood Fang Han’s words, and turned to look at Fang Han with its profound eyes, asking, “Are you the one who rescued me?”

“To think that you were still alive.” Fang Han asked calmly, as he paused.

“Why are you so calm? Looking at the clothes you are wearing, you are a servant. As a servant, upon discovering me, you should have reported it. You know, if you reported me, you would have been conferred a thousand liang of silver.” The corpse coldly eyed Fang Han, its tone questioning, as if waiting to see Fang Han’s reaction to determine its next action.

“Gaining a job is not as good as losing a job. Upon receiving silvers, being remembered is not good. Thinking like a king, the two treasures I received off your body is a great fortune. However, as you are still alive, these two treasures, I shall give back to you.”

Fang Han took out the ‘Nine Aperture Golden Pellet’ and the ‘Map of the Hidden Yellow Dragon Spring,’ and put it in the person’s pocket. Most importantly, he observed the man’s reactions, making sure he didn’t offend him. As for how the person died, Fang Han had no idea.

The man in front of his eyes, although strange, was not afraid to take lives.

“A great fortune, you speak well like a king. I, Bai Hai Chen feel similarly, what clan are you a servant of?” Bai Hai Chen thought of the ‘Nine Aperture Golden Pellet’ and ‘Map of the Hidden Yellow Dragon Spring’ that he had received, and then the hunt for him following his disclosure of the news.

“Long’yuan Province, I am a servant of the Fang Clan.” Fang Han licked his lips.

“You are a servant of the Fang Clan?” Bai Hai Chen face drained of all color, afterwards relaxing again. Looking around he asked, “Presumably, you do not want to be a servant, right? That is why you are here, secretly practicing the martial arts of the Fang Clan. You secretly learned. A servant, secretly learning martial arts, committing a taboo act, you are restless.”

“You are so powerful, just a glance, and you can tell so much.” Fang Han felt as if in front of Bai Hai Chen’s eyes, he had no secrets.

“Restless is good, being restless is good, Fang Clan servant I can help you train to the Divine realm like Fang Qing Xue.” Bai Hai Chen coldly laughed.

As he laughed, the charred portion of his face looked particularly evil.

“You are a servant, have no money and no influence, and yet you want to train in martial arts, that is impossible. Training your flesh requires the ability to spend tons and tons of silver to nurture your body. However, you have met me, and that can be considered your good luck! I will give you the opportunity to raise yourself up, and only need you to help me do a couple things.” Bai Hai Chen sat erect for a while.

“Secrets of the Divine Realm? You can help me train and understand the secrets of the Divine Realm!” Fang Han was shocked.

“You also know of the secrets of the Divine Realm? Seems like you secretly learned quite a lot.” Bai Hai Chen once again eyed Fang Han.

“I also secretly learned that the mortal realm has ten levels, and that the tenth level is G.o.dly transformation. By training one’s flesh and body to the peak, the brain will be able to gain ma.s.sive amounts of nutrients which will allow one to generate mana, which is needed to use the many types of magic.” Fang Han recited all the things he had learned from Ju’ling Hand Fang Tong, word for word.

“Not bad, in the human body, the head is the most mysterious organ, any martial arts training, all cannot affect the mind. This is the theory of the Divine Realm.” Bai Hai Chen continued, “In order for you to call me teacher, you must accomplish these tasks I am about to give you. First, you need to look for a chance to enter the Yu’hua school and learn the Yu’hua Fei’sheng’jing. Secondly, you must kill Fang Qing Xue!”

[TL: So I have no idea how to translate the move name so I just left it as is]

“Yu’hua school, Fang Clan first lady, Fang Qing Xue!”

Fang Han was once again shocked, he knew that rumor had it that the Fang Clan ancestor was a disciple of the Yu’hua immortal, and that one hundred years earlier had flattened the world. As for the first lady, Fang Qing Xue, she had forever been at the Yu’hua school studying, and was well on the road to becoming an immortal.

“Although joining the Yu’hua school doesn’t seem to help me pull my head out of the ground, but promise me that if I succeed, you will help me become someone who will shock the world.”

Fang Han mustered his courage, and spit out a bunch of bullc.r.a.p. He knew that the person in front of him was rather weird, and realized that the more shocking his words, the more chance he had of receiving the acceptance of the person in front of him.

“You just wait to experience? You really are still naïve.” Who would have known that Bai Hai Chen would, upon hearing his words, coldly laugh, “Right now is the time to pull your head out of the ground, train in the longevity secret of the Divine Realm, have someone from the Ten Immortal schools teach you! Master it, and shock the world! All countries will bring tribute to you.” It seemed as if Bai Hai Chen had managed to see into the depths of Fang Han’s heart. “Da’li Empire, although its territory is huge, its population numerous, but in reality, in the eyes of the Ten Immortal schools, they are nothing more than playthings. The Mo’dao great emperors, all born with the greatest innate talent under the sky, like innate G.o.ds, if they are unsatisfied with the Da’li Empire, they can burn it down whenever they want. There are other empires as well, such as the Bo’yue Empire, the Da’zun Empire, the Da’shi Empire, etc. One by one, they cannot match with the Da’li Empire.”

[TL: Hard stuff…]

“There are that many other empires! Innate G.o.ds, what kind of people are they to proclaim themselves emperor?”

Fang Han was thoroughly shocked.

As a servant of the Fang Clan, the outlook wasn’t bad, but he had always thought that everything on the earth was part of the Da’li Empire, and never realized that under the sky there would be so many empires! Countries! So how large was the entire world?

“The earth is large, the heavens are large, even the void is large. How large your heart is, the world is that large! I have helped you open your eyes, Mo’dao great emperors with their devil magic and the Ten Immortals have all lived for so, so long. Da’li Empire’s Emperor has lived for ten thousand years, but can he live past ten thousand years? As for great emperors, they can live past ten thousand years! The Ten Immortals, their disciples have trained to the Divine Realm and come to the Da’li Empire, all those aristocrats, they have to treat the disciples with the utmost respect, afraid of not treating them well enough. This time Fang Qing Xue trained to the Divine Realm, and I’m afraid the Da’li Empire will crown her princess, and that will be my doom. The ‘Map of the Hidden Yellow Dragon Spring’ that I received is that of the Mo’dao great emperor’s yellow spring, at the Huang’quan Mountain, where he left his magic weapon of infinite power.” Bai Hai Chen watched Fang Han’s eyes, it seemed as if he were watching an idiot. “If you enter the Divine Realm, you will be exposed to these things, and you will have entered the mystical world. If you don’t enter the Divine Realm, you will be stuck in human empires, forever a bug. Such a pity, I had hope of entering the Divine Realm, but I have fallen short. Okay, this was all to expose your eyes to the real world, if you really want to come in contact with this world, you must rely on the Fang Clan, and first enter the Yu’hua school. Okay, first respect your teacher! I don’t have much time left.”

[TL: Most pain I’ve been through in a long time. Sorry if this doesn’t make sense… I couldn’t really figure it out too much either ]