Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1525 The Untamed 5

The days that followed were just like usual. Jiang Cheng and Wei Ying had good personalities and tempers, and most importantly, they knew how to have fun. Many children from aristocratic families liked to follow them around, which made Lan Zhan, who wanted to get close to Jiang Cheng, very frustrated.

Lan Huan watched his brother envy the excitement of Jiang Cheng and Wei Ying from afar, so he encouraged him, "Wangji, you are about the same age as Master Jiang and Master Wei, you should move around more and communicate more."

Lan Huan felt a little distressed when he saw his brother Lan Zhan hesitating, so he suggested, "I heard that Master Jiang is good at playing the zither. I have just composed a little piece. Why don't you ask Master Jiang for advice?"

Lan Zhan was visibly happier when he heard this, and he even bowed his hands to express his gratitude: "Thank you, brother. I am sorry to bother you."

Lan Huan smiled and said, "It's okay, Wangji, you can also tell Master Jiang about the Lan family's string killing technique or the method of asking spirits."

No matter what, Lan Huan provided Lan Zhan with a ready-made excuse, so of course Lan Zhan had to take positive action. What's more, Lan Huan personally stepped in to encourage Lan Zhan, just like he did with the Lengquan incident. For a while, Jiang Cheng and Wei Ying had to be patient and interact with Lan Zhan.

Even though Jiang Cheng and Wei Ying couldn't stand Lan Zhan's strict behavior, they could still praise him by saying "Lan Zhan is good in everything except his temper which is unbearable."

Wei Ying likes to tease Lan Zhan the most to talk and change his facial expressions. According to him, Lan Zhan is a little old-fashioned and the most fun to tease.

Jiang Cheng is free of his bad taste. He admires Lan Zhan's character, talent, cultivation and knowledge. There is no need for Lan Huan to make excuses or encourage him. He and Lan Zhan have actually developed a friendship. As long as they don't go too far, he is happy to invite Lan Zhan to join them.

Lan Zhan felt that Jiang Cheng was beginning to open up to him, and while he was happy, he also began to worry about the Yin Iron. When he went to the back mountain with Jiang Cheng to eat hotpot that day, he couldn't help but say, "Jiang Cheng, what do you think about the Yin Iron?"

There are only three people here who witnessed Lan Yi and Yin Tie together at that time, so it’s no wonder that Lan Zhan said it directly.

But Jiang Cheng and Wei Ying couldn't help but look around and be alert. When they found that no one else was there, Jiang Cheng spoke unhappily: "What can I think?"

"I just think that the most urgent matter is not Yin Tie, but Wen Ruohan."

Wei Ying also agreed with Jiang Cheng's words, "Lan Zhan, don't forget that day when we Jiang's family went up the mountain, we saw your Lan's disciple whose spiritual consciousness was taken away by someone. We didn't tell him at the time, but the mark left on that disciple's neck was the Shura Mark."

The disciple's spiritual consciousness was almost gone, his skin was pale, and there were black and red marks on his neck and face left by direct tearing of flesh. That mark was what the five major families commonly called the Shura Seal.

The conditions for leaving this mark are extremely harsh. Being taken away alive is only one of the reasons. The physical body will also be processed by various elixirs and methods. The flesh and blood body that has not yet died has not been completely refined into a puppet, but the various methods used cannot cover up the traces. This trace is commonly known as the Shura Seal.

As for the technique of using living people to refine puppets, and the origin of the name Shura Seal, they naturally came from Xue Chonghai who committed evil deeds five hundred years ago.

The five major families today are the ones that reaped most of the benefits during the encirclement and suppression of Xue Chonghai, so Lan Zhan later found the Shura Seal, and Jiang Cheng and Wei Ying could recognize the Shura Seal at a glance.

Lan Zhan couldn't help but feel a little worried, "Wen Ruohan intends to collect all the Yin Irons. It's hard not to wonder if he will repeat what happened to Xue Chonghai."

Jiang Cheng, on the other hand, was not too worried. "Isn't this obvious? No matter what Wen Ruohan's original intention was, he wanted to collect all the Yin Irons and use them to achieve his so-called supreme power or authority. This would definitely harm the interests of other families. To a certain extent, the hundreds of immortal families would unite again."

As for Yin Iron, Jiang Cheng thought about it and finally told Lan Zhan his opinion, "From the records, Yin Iron is a thing that can absorb spiritual energy, resentment, ghost energy, spiritual consciousness, cultivation, and even the vitality of the human body. So I think if we want to properly deal with Yin Iron, at least we have to figure out what Yin Iron is and what its function is."

Wei Ying agreed deeply, "Ah Cheng really hit the nail on the head!"

"According to Jiang's records, this Yin Iron was not made by Xue Chonghai, but he got it from somewhere unknown."

"It seems that Xue Chonghai initially only used Yin Iron to absorb spiritual energy from other places to support his own cultivation, but later discovered that Yin Iron could not only absorb spiritual energy, but also almost all the 'Qi' between heaven and earth. So he increased the intensity of the experiment and used Yin Iron to absorb resentment and ghost energy. In the end, he even absorbed the spiritual consciousness and cultivation of cultivators, and even their vitality, and thus created puppets."

In this regard, Jiang Cheng stated a cruel fact: "I even have reason to suspect that, just like Wen Ruohan now, even if he has harmed the small families around Qishan and has even begun to actively provoke the other four major families, as long as he does not go too far, the hundreds of immortal families will not be able to unite easily."

"So Xue Chonghai must have used Yin Iron to do many things that the Hundred Immortal Sects could not tolerate. As his power expanded, he attempted to unify the world. The Hundred Immortal Sects were forced to unite and eliminate Xue Chonghai and all the forces he led."

For teenagers, their world is mostly still black and white, but Jiang Cheng, as the young master of the Jiang family, has been involved in the internal affairs of the Jiang family very early, so although he is not lacking in justice, he has more considerations than others.

Only Wei Ying could understand what he said. Although Lan Zhan understood what Jiang Cheng meant, he was not willing to think about it deeply. After all, the Lan family's consistent image was glorious and bright. The education he received since childhood also made him into a real gentleman who was bright and shining like a pearl and benefited the world.

However, Jiang Cheng and Wei Ying only conducted a slightly in-depth investigation of the five major families and uncovered many secrets that could not be made public. In particular, the current leader of the Lanling Jin family, Jin Guangshan, was full of evil and even lusted after women and even harmed the wife of his trusted subordinate.

So if they hadn't been suddenly invited to attend the Lan family's classes, Jiang Cheng and Wei Ying would probably be plotting to cancel the marriage between Jiang Yanli and Jin Zixuan.

It was precisely because Jin Guangshan was so unbearable that Jiang Yanli had a mediocre feeling towards Jin Zixuan. In addition, Jin Zixuan was young and even dissatisfied with Jiang Yanli's appearance behind her back. Jiang Yanli gradually withdrew her feelings and now regarded Jin Zixuan as just an ordinary peer from a family friend.

In the golden autumn of October, the school is about to end, and everyone takes advantage of the festival to come to the back mountain of Yunshen Buzhichu to light lanterns, which is the final excitement.

Jin Zixuan was wealthy and had many people around him. The disciples from the five great families were all gathered in a line, and of course the Jin family members were close to the Jiang family members.

The maids surrounding Jin Zixuan couldn't help but tease Jin Zixuan and Jiang Yanli, the famous engaged couple: "It is said that this Kongming lantern can fulfill everyone's wishes, but Miss Jiang has everything, so she probably doesn't have any wishes that need to be fulfilled by gods."

Everyone couldn't help but make a fuss at Jiang Yanli and Jin Zixuan, but Jiang Yanli didn't bother to care. Jin Zixuan was two years younger than her, and even though they were an engaged couple, he didn't give her much face. But she regarded herself as an older sister, and it was not easy for her to argue with a younger brother, so she could only remain silent.

Jiang Cheng saw that Jin Zixuan clearly had feelings for Jiang Yanli, but he hurt Jiang Yanli unscrupulously for the sake of so-called face. As Jiang Yanli's younger brother, why should he tolerate Jin Zixuan's pretentiousness?

Jiang Cheng immediately sneered, "Some people don't even consider their own qualities. Since my sister is good in everything, she naturally needs a good man to match her. We can't choose one whose father is a playboy. I'm worried that if the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked."