Chapter 582: Chapter 582 The True Face of the Evil Spirit Chapter 582: Chapter 582 The True Face of the Evil Spirit Speaking of Jiang Fan.
He didn’t know how deep he had descended following the staircase.
It seemed to be deeper than the height of a mountain.
Yet he still hadn’t reached the bottom.
The narrow passage gradually widened.
Soon, he reached the very bottom.
A red glow accompanied by rolling heat waves came rushing in.
It flowed calmly, releasing astonishing heat waves.
In the center of the magma pool, there was a circular black boulder.
Most of it was submerged in the magma.
At first glance, it looked like an egg.
But it was enormous, extending hundreds of feet.
On the boulder, there was an ancient and dilapidated small temple.
The temple was very small.
Like a roadside shrine.
One would have to crouch to get inside.
The rolling heat waves couldn’t suppress the Yin Qi drifting out of the temple.
What made Jiang Fan shudder was.
That outside the temple, against the wall, there was a corpse sitting.
Who knew how long it had been dead.
Yet the flesh was still crystal clear, the hair jet-black, lifelike.
It wore a mysterious robe with six peculiar patterns painted on it.
Some patterns looked like evil spirits, some like beasts, some like humans, and some like Asura…
Jiang Fan vaguely recognized something, muttering:
“Are these patterns the Reincarnation Six Paths of legend?”
The Evil Spirit nodded: “That’s right.”
“This is the Nascent Soul corpse I mentioned.”
“Do you see the red ring on its finger?”
“That is the Space Storage Device.”
“Back then, I used an illusion to hide this corpse, deceiving the Tiger Demon Emperor, or else the Space Storage Device would have been taken by him.”
“Now it’s yours for the taking.”
He took a deep breath.
His tone was filled with uncontrollable excitement.
“My remnant soul has wandered for fifty years, finally finding a body to take refuge in.”
“Boy, thank you for everything.”
“Meeting you was an old man’s good fortune.”
“If you ever need help in the future, you can always find me.”
“This favor of reincarnation, no amount of repayment would be too much.”
Jiang Fan clasped his fists and said: “Senior, you are too kind.”
“You have also guided me a lot along the way.”
“We have evened the score.”
Although their initial meeting was far from pleasant.
After reaching an agreement, the Evil Spirit had indeed given him much guidance.
The treasures of Liu Li, the Heavenly Thunder Stone in Jin Yunlie’s stomach.
The most crucial guidance was helping Jiang Fan locate the hidden storage point on the Great Wall.
Without this, the Human Clan would have faced certain defeat in the battle of Boundary Mountain.
Now he again guided Jiang Fan through shortcuts, seizing many treasures ahead of the people from the Ten Thousand Tribulations Holy Temple.
To say he wasn’t grateful would be false.
The Evil Spirit also remained silent for a long time, reluctantly saying:
“Place the Ancient Heart Mirror on that corpse’s chest.”
“My remnant soul will enter its body.”
“At that point, you won’t have to worry about me anymore.”
“Take the Space Ring and the Ancient Heart Mirror I promised to give you along with it.”
“Our fate, for now, ends here.”
Jiang Fan rolled his eyes: “Those words.”
“As if we were a loving couple.”
His eyes showed a hint of melancholy.
The Evil Spirit let out a few elderly laughs.
And then fell silent, speaking no more.
Jiang Fan remained silent.
He sighed slightly, then leaped onto the boulder.
He strode to the corpse.
After confirming the corpse was truly dead, he took out the Ancient Heart Mirror from his pocket.
After studying it for a while, he sighed: “Senior, I wish you the best.”
He squatted and placed the Ancient Heart Mirror on the chest of the corpse.
The sound of a faint electric current could be heard.
A small, broken, transparent humanoid figure, about the size of a fist, walked out slowly from the mirror with its hands behind its back.
It stepped onto the corpse’s forehead.
Just as it was about to dive in completely, it suddenly stopped.
It looked at Jiang Fan with a blurry face and scolded with a laugh:
“Boy, why haven’t you taken the Ancient Heart Mirror and Space Storage Ring and left?”
“Be careful, if I occupy this body and change my mind, you’ll suffer a huge loss.”
Only to see that Jiang Fan had retreated several steps at some point.
With a complex expression, he sighed softly: “Junior has a question, I’ve always wanted to know.”
The Evil Spirit nodded: “Ask.”
Jiang Fan said: “May I ask what is your full name, senior?”
All along, he had never asked the other party’s name and origin.
But now he asked suddenly.
The Evil Spirit was silent for a moment, calmly spitting out four words.
Jiang Fan nodded lightly.
He retreated further, saying: “Then…”
“Junior Jiang Fan, congratulates the Six-Path Master on… returning to your original body.”
The Evil Spirit was greatly surprised.
His muddy face twisted like mud, and his voice turned sinister and sharp:
“How do you know this is my original body?”
A hint of panic appeared on his face.
Clearly, Jiang Fan’s words greatly exceeded his expectations.
Jiang Fan said calmly: “I not only know that this corpse is actually the body you left behind.”
“I also know that there is nothing in the Space Storage Device.”
“I even know that you… never really intended to return to your original body.”
“The body you truly wanted…”
The Six-Path Master’s facial features twisted even more.
The palm-sized soul body kept floating, shouting sinisterly: “How did you…”
He saw that the Ancient Heart Mirror, suspended in mid-air, was reflecting him.
Instantly, his heart was startled, and he exclaimed: “You can use the Ancient Heart Mirror?”
“But in the southwest military camp, you still let me control it?”
“Wait! You’ve been wary of me all along?”
Jiang Fan said calmly:
“I never forgot, from the moment we met.”
“You who needed to consume human blood to strengthen yourself.”
“How could I, and how dare I not be cautious?”
The Evil Spirit, or rather, the Six-Path Master.
Now emitted a sinister aura.
“Good boy, I underestimated you.”
“Yes! I never intended to return to the original body.”
“But even if I wanted to, it’s impossible.”
The Six-Path Master clasped his hands together, looking up at the sky.
“There are rules in this world.”
“A remnant soul cannot return to its original body.”
“It can only seize a new body, and it can only do so once.”
Jiang Fan’s eyes turned slightly cold.
“So, when you suggested finding a body for soul transference, you actually meant to seize mine?”
The Six-Path Master shrugged: “Why not?”
“A rare Infinite Spirit Root, even stronger than I was back then.”
“Also possessing the powerful Purple Sword, and many mysterious cultivation techniques.”
“More importantly, your cultivation has soared rapidly, and you’ve consecutively gained the great opportunities like Five Magnetic Yuan Mountain, Void Flow Five Forces, Five Magnetic Divine Light, and others.”
“I can’t think of a reason to refuse such a perfect body.”
Jiang Fan said coldly: “Why not seize me from the start?”
“Back then I was just in the Foundation Establishment Realm, much easier to seize than now, right?”
The Six-Path Master, like an old friend in no rush to make a move.
Conversing leisurely, very interestedly.
“Because I was too weak back then.”
“But now, after a period of rest, I’ve recovered quite a bit.”
“I’ve even tailored some means specifically for you.”
“It’s just, you were too smart and caused a slight change in the plan.”
The Six-Path Master pointed to the Space Storage Device on the corpse, saying:
“This Space Storage Device is actually a trap.”
“Anyone who touches it would be immobilized, and then their body would be drained by my corpse to become nourishment.”
The Space Ring’s surface twisted.
Shedding its disguise, revealing its true form.