After becoming a Taoist partner with my senior sister, my master changed

Chapter 249 The Truth

"Who are you exactly?"

Master Zhang widened his eyes, staring at the raging purple-gold lightning, a trace of fear flashing in his eyes.

"Didn't I tell you that I'm from the Lü clan of the Qing Dynasty?"

Lin Chuan looked indifferent, glanced at Mr. Zhang who was looking fearful, and there was a hint of impatience in his tone.

"I have no grudge against you. Let's just go our separate ways." Master Zhang frowned and said in a deep voice.

"But you wanted to kill me just now." Lin Chuan raised his eyebrows, and a cold look flashed in his eyes.

"That's all a misunderstanding. If you feel offended, I can apologize to you." Mr. Zhang took a deep breath and bowed.

"How do you apologize..." Lin Chuan didn't finish his words.

"Clang!" A sharp metal collision sound suddenly exploded from behind Lin Chuan.

A woman with disheveled hair appeared like a ghost. Her skin was almost transparent white, emitting a faint cold light. Her slender fingers turned into sharp claws and fiercely grabbed Lin Chuan's "Starry Night", splashing a string of dazzling sparks.

Lin Chuan didn't even turn around, his voice icy yet tinged with a hint of teasing: "Brother, this is really not very kind of you. I told you earlier that I knew where your pet was hidden, so why did you let her attack me from behind?"

He changed the subject, his tone suddenly rising, and pretended to understand, "Oh, I see. You must be looking down on me!"

"..."

Mr. Zhang's eyes suddenly changed, a trace of determination and madness flashed across his face. Without hesitation, he rushed to the side, picked up his son, and threw him towards the woman, while shouting at the top of his lungs, "Eat him!

The woman's body first froze, and a look of pain suddenly appeared on her face, her facial features twisted with tangled emotions.

But in an instant, the pain was completely swallowed up by madness. She let out a sharp and strange laugh, fell to the ground with a "plop" like a hungry beast, and began to eat voraciously.

"Do you want to know the truth about all this? I can tell you."

As he spoke, he observed the woman's progress unnoticeably.

"Then take your time, I'm not in a hurry."

Lin Chuan looked calm, with his arms folded across his chest and a faint smile on his lips.

Master Zhang snorted coldly, his face expressionless, but in his heart he sneered: "Hmph, ignorant boy, the more arrogant you are now, the more you will cry later. Let's see how long you can keep your complacency!"

Lin Chuan slowly brought a stool over, gently took Jiang Wanying into his arms, and sat down steadily. He fixed Master Zhang with a half-smile and urged, "Hurry up and tell me, are you dawdling here to buy time?"

"..."

"Ahem. This story has to start with my great-great-grandfather..."

Mr. Zhang's ancestor was a cultivator, but his talent and aptitude were so poor that he was like a dim light among all the cultivators.

The worst part is that this guy is lazy at heart and loves to spend his days lying down. So, he spent years hanging around in a small sect, doing odd jobs.

Later, Master Zhang's ancestor got into a fight with a fellow errand disciple over a spirit stone. The errand disciple had an older brother who was an outer sect disciple. Leveraging this connection, the older brother quickly arrived and, without further ado, broke Master Zhang's ancestor's legs, destroying his tendons and veins. Then, he threw him off a cliff like trash.

Coincidentally, Mr. Zhang's ancestors were very lucky and did not die after falling off the cliff. Instead, they turned a disaster into a blessing and found a secret book on controlling corpses.

This secret technique is truly bizarre. Practicing it doesn't require talent or realm. Once mastered, one can control corpses. Those controlled corpses not only retain their previous realm, but can even increase their realm by devouring other living creatures.

However, everything comes at a price. The controller needs to have at least one intimate contact with the corpse, and then must feed it with their own blood essence every day to maintain control over the corpse through the power of their bloodline.

"So, how did you convince yourself to take action against Matchmaker Wang?"

A hint of curiosity flashed in Lin Chuan's eyes. He could understand the county magistrate's daughter, but this matchmaker Wang...

"Humph, who told you that I had to do it myself..."

As time passed, the secret book of corpse-controlling technique was passed to Mr. Zhang's father.

This person had a very creative mind and came up with an extremely bold idea: could he use his offspring to establish a connection with the corpse, and then control the corpse "linked" by his offspring behind the scenes.

After all, the corpse is controlled by the power of blood, and I and my descendants are connected by blood. Theoretically, this idea is still very feasible.

So, he set his sights on the least favored Mr. Zhang, and then...

The experiment failed, and the son took control of the body and killed his father.

"The theory is not feasible? Your father's idea is wrong?" Lin Chuan was very interested, with curiosity glittering in his eyes.

"No, his failure is inevitable because I am not his biological son at all." Master Zhang said with a complicated expression and a wry smile.

Lin Chuan: "..."

"666"

"and after?"

"Later..." Master Zhang glanced at the woman on the ground and saw that her belly was slightly bulging and she was still eating frantically.

Later, Mr. Zhang inherited the family business and, through his deep study of the secret art of controlling corpses, he mastered this strange technique to perfection.

However, despite his extraordinary skills, he was unable to embark on the path of cultivation due to his limited talent.

Feeding the corpse with essence and blood day after day was like a chronic poison eroding his body, causing his health to deteriorate.

He didn't want to die, and he didn't want to give up his corpse-controlling skills. So, he set his sights on his son and daughter-in-law.

He discovered that his daughter-in-law was the person with a yin time and yin fate as recorded in the secret technique.

The corpses of people with this kind of fate are extremely difficult to control after death, and they will suffer backlash if they are not careful.

However, once you successfully master it, you can solve the problem once and for all, and you will no longer need to spend essence and blood on feeding it every day.

Such a huge temptation instantly expanded Mr. Zhang's greed. He completely disregarded family ethics and began to plan a cruel conspiracy.

He first plotted to kill the county magistrate's daughter, and then demanded the body back on the grounds that "living and dead are all members of the Zhang family."

At first, his son was very resistant to this matter. But Master Zhang used the six concubines as bargaining chips to achieve his goal. Under the temptation of interests, his son finally wavered.

After everything was ready, Mr. Zhang hesitated. After all, the theory had not been proven yet. So, he set his sights on Matchmaker Wang who was about to leave.

He killed Wang the matchmaker and forced his son to bully her, and thus the theory was confirmed.

In ecstasy, Mr. Zhang quickly asked his son to strike while the iron was hot and take control of the county magistrate's daughter.

But Master Zhang was extremely resistant at the time and would rather die than yield. In desperation, Master Zhang had to force-feed his son the special products of Da Chu and locked him in a room with the county magistrate's daughter.

After a while, Mr. Zhang walked into the room again with trepidation. The sight before him horrified him: his son was emaciated, his face as pale as paper, and his breath as weak as a candle in the wind, nearly dead.

However, when he tried to drive the corpse of the county magistrate's daughter, he found that he seemed to be able to control it.

This sudden "success" made Mr. Zhang feel mixed emotions. He didn't know whether to be happy or regretful for his son's miserable condition.

At the same time, Matchmaker Wang suddenly lost control and rushed out of Zhang's house...

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