Extra's Strategy: Cultivate Protagonists, Become Invincible-Chapter 83: Mu Ran’s Golden Finger?

According to the first law fragment that he had managed to decipher a few minutes ago, it was impossible to activate any ’law fragment’ here without a cultivation level above the Soul Reformation Realm.

Since Mu Ran had been allowed to leave the stadium after writing this ’law fragment’ on the ground, didn’t that mean he had actually activated the law?

He was above the soul reformation realm?

That’s impossible! How far inside the main storyline are we? Even many Elders of the Crimson Snow Sect had not reached that mysterious realm. It didn’t make sense for Mu Ran to be wasting his time there if his cultivation was so high.

There had to be a secret trick somewhere!

Han Xuhan glanced at Qian Yun, who was tentatively approaching his spot, clearly curious to know why Han Xuhan had staged such a big drama over Mu Ran’s carvings.

Seeing him made Han Xuhan fall into deep thought. If the chain of events described by the Qian Yun was correct, then there were few possibilities that Han Xuhan could think of. The most obvious one was that...

Mu Ran’s soul was above the Soul Reformation realm; or at least, there was a soul above the Soul Reformation realm inside Mu Ran’s body!

It was a total cliche in cultivation novels.

Han Xuhan had read plenty of such stories in his previous life. But encountering such absurdities in real life was entirely a different matter. This made things much more complicated.

Following the assumption that there really was a soul so powerful residing inside Mu Ran’s body, Han Xuhan could finally connect the dots behind his strange behavior during their mission.

If the portal in the woods was something the demonic cultivators had hidden carefully, then it would naturally be impossible for Mu Ran to discover its traces with his low cultivation base.

But what if the powerful soul inside his body had helped him find the portal? Then such abnormalities actually started making sense!

Mu Ran’s desperation to enter the fog and his half-assed explanation also fell into a logical chain following this assumption.

The soul inside Mu Ran’s body must be compelling Mu Ran to enter the fog and look for a certain target!

The compulsion could either be absolutely forced or more like a deal. Mu Ran was trying his best to accomplish his part of the deal, which could explain his behavior.

Han Xuhan felt his head aching after reaching the end of the logical deduction. There was no point in contemplating further down this rabbit hole of imagination. His current predicament didn’t have much to do with Mu Ran’s secret soul grandpa.

"You’ve been staring at empty air for quite a while now. And your aura suddenly grew unstable for a few seconds just now. Have you discovered something?"

A deep, rumbling voice came from behind. Han Xuhan turned to face the cyan-robed man and nodded after thinking things through for a couple of seconds.

"Brother Yun, could you describe exactly what happened after my acquaintance wrote these texts on the ground? I need more details."

Qian Yun shook his head.

"Did you expect me to keep observing others without any reason? Most of what I told you comes from the mouths of people who were standing closer to your friend before he left this place. They were discussing the information and making a clamor after his departure. They even tried to copy his carvings, none of which worked."

Of course they didn’t work. The activation of the ’law fragment’ required a power beyond the Soul Reformation realm!

Han Xuhan sighed and looked down at the texts. While filling these words up with qi had let him understand their meaning, he had no idea how to actually make the ’law fragment’ do what it was meant to do.

He obviously had to use qi as a fuel and a medium. But he hadn’t even managed to step into the Physique Transformation realm. Using the required power to activate this mechanism was a pipe dream for him.

"If you can’t really figure out how he left, you might as well tell me all the information you’ve gathered about this place so far. You do need to keep your part of the agreement we made, remember?"

Qian Yun sounded very disappointed.

Han Xuhan decided to tell him how to decipher the words on the walls. Of course, he wouldn’t give away such precious information for free.

The information provided by Qian Yun so far could hardly match up to the information Han Xuhan was about to reveal.

So a plan beneficial to both parties had to be carried out.

"Brother Yun, let’s make a smaller deal.

"Another deal?" Qian Yun didn’t sound interested. "What are you offering in return?"

"Information precious enough to outweigh everything you’ve offered so far."

The cyan-robed man’s breathing hitched abruptly.

"There is only one thing that can be so precious to me here. Don’t tell me you’ve found a way to—"

Han Xuhan shushed him halfway with an emphatic gesture, pointing at the other cultivators in the stadium.

Qian Yun’s excitement became apparent even in his tone and body language.

"Good! If your information can help me decipher these texts, I’ll owe you a precious one! What’s the price? What do you need in return?"

With a dry chuckle, Han Xuhan added the condition he had come up with when he had decided to reveal the information.

"The price is... Every time you manage to decipher a sentence from the walls, you’ll have to point it out to me and tell me the exact meaning. I myself cannot possibly run around this entire stadium reading every word written on the walls. It’d take too long!"

Qian Yun nodded immediately. The condition was hardly disadvantageous to him.

Han Xuhan looked around to check if anybody was listening in or paying an unusual amount of attention to them before he whispered the method of deciphering the texts to his new friend.

But upon hearing the explanation, Qian Yun seemed dumbstruck for a good few seconds.

"No wonder nobody has managed to figure it out! The rest of us haven’t got the courage to cultivate in this place, full of spiritual poison mixed in the air. What if the qi here was problematic too? Didn’t you think of that?"

Hearing Qian Yun’s question, it was Han Xuhan’s turn to be stunned. The shocking realization made him curse out in English.

"...Holy shit!"

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