After awakening, the female supporting character in the abused novel only wants to ascend to immorta

Chapter 478 The Origin of Panlong
Lin Zhao was brought before the three elders. He had always thought that the three elders were complete demons until he saw them.

Unlike the two elders who deliberately maintained the handsome appearance of middle-aged men, the third elder looked like an old man in his twilight years from the mortal realm. He even had age spots on his face and exuded a faint air of old age. He wore coarse linen clothes with some patches on them.

However, Lin Zhao was even more nervous when he saw this old man than when he faced the two elders, because the old man gave Lin Zhao a feeling that was somewhat similar to the former sect leader of the Phoenix Medicine Sect.

This indicates that the other party is a cultivator in the Tribulation Transcending stage, not some Integration stage cultivator. Moreover, in Lin Zhao's divine soul perception, the spiritual energy flowing on the other party's body is pure, and he is definitely not some kind of demon.

The old man, with his eyes closed, said in a muffled voice, "Little girl, you look just like Lin Yi. Are you his sister?"

Lin Zhao was surprised that the other party saw through all her disguise at a glance, and her expression changed slightly.

Her current disguise is aided by an eighth-grade elixir, making it undetectable even to ordinary Tribulation Transcending cultivators.

Even if this old man is at the Tribulation Transcending stage, he shouldn't have been able to see it so quickly.

"Are you curious how I figured it out?"

Despite being a powerful figure in the Tribulation Transcending stage, the old man did not address Lin Zhao as "this old man," but instead asked with a smile.

From the moment Lin Zhao met him until now, the old man has always felt as approachable and natural as an old neighbor inviting him for tea, without any sense of distance.

"Little girl, some things you have to see with your heart, not just your eyes."

Lin Zhao straightened his back. Unsure of the other party's purpose, Lin Zhao didn't even dare to determine whether the other party was a demon.

Because her disguise was so easily seen through, it meant that the other party was also well-versed in the art of disguise.

It's likely that many of the assassins in Panlong Tower used disguises from this old man's collection.

"You came here to destroy the former Panlong Pagoda, is that right?" The old man handed Lin Zhao a wine gourd.

Lin Zhao took it but didn't drink it.

The old man smiled and shook his head: "Little girl, don't be nervous. I don't have much time left. If my wish is fulfilled before I die, then I can die a worthy death."

Over the years in Panlong Tower, he waited, observed, and pondered. One by one, the people he had chosen failed and went astray. His hopes were dashed little by little. He had long lost the vigor of a great master in the Tribulation Transcending stage, and all that remained was a weary heart. After all the torment, he had long since lost all attachment to this world.

Lin Zhao's body moved uncontrollably and he sat down on the table opposite the old man.

The three old Taoist priests said, "Elder and Second Elder, I will not plead for them, but if it is possible to save most of the demon-possessed cultivators in the Panlong Tower, please be merciful, young lady."

Lin Zhao remained silent.

Seeing the suspicion and hostility on Lin Zhao's face, the three elders asked in a kind tone, "Would you like to hear a story?"

The story begins with three young people who made a pact to train together and discovered a powerful secret technique at the foot of a cliff.

Each of them carried their own deep-seated hatred. The eldest brother, once from a wealthy family, was sent to a celestial sect to learn martial arts. When he returned home after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, he learned that his family had been wiped out by a Golden Core cultivator because they refused to share a Level 5 spiritual plant with a nearby Golden Core cultivator. The second brother had a beautiful wife who bore him a lovely daughter, but his wife was coveted by a Nascent Soul stage monster who forcibly took her as a cultivation vessel. The third brother came from a very small sect, which was used as a scapegoat in the power struggle between two dynasties, leaving him as the sole survivor. The three who received the inheritance fulfilled their initial promise to share what they gained. Within a few hundred years, they all reached the Nascent Soul stage. However, conflicts arose among the three afterwards.

Because the founder of that powerful secret technique was a true immortal. Before his ascension, the true immortal left most of his power in the final inheritance of the secret technique.

All three wanted to obtain this final inheritance. The eldest brother secretly entered the cliff obtained through the secret technique without telling the other two and obtained it.

His cultivation level broke through to the Integration Stage in just a hundred years. He found the Golden Core stage cultivator who had wiped out his entire family back then, and killed the Golden Core stage cultivator's whole family, not even sparing the newborn baby. The cultivator's entire family was covered in blood, and even three days of heavy rain could not wash away the bloodstains on the bluestone slabs in front of the cultivator's family's gate.

The second and third brothers were unaware that he had already received the inheritance. The second brother, unwilling to be left behind by his brothers, entered the cliff and also received the inheritance.

Within half a year, his cultivation level rose to the Integration Stage, and the inheritance even restored his handsome appearance from his youth according to his needs.

He found the Nascent Soul cultivator who had taken his wife, killed him, and took the cultivator's wives and concubines for himself. At the same time, he also found the daughter his wife had borne him, named her Qingwan, fed her rare elixirs, and carefully nurtured her body.

Seeing that his two brothers had avenged their great enemy, yet their behavior was heading in the direction they had once hated most, the third brother suspected that the secret technique was strange and also went up the cliff to investigate.

It was only this time that the third brother learned that the reason this secret technique could allow cultivators to advance at such an abnormal speed was that it overdrawn their life force and spiritual power, and that this was irreversible.

Moreover, the increased cultivation level is not actually that much cultivation level, but rather a power purchased by borrowing the power of heaven and earth and using one's own lifespan and divine soul.

The ultimate consequence of owing favors to Heaven and Earth is that on the day one's power is exhausted, one's physical body and soul will be returned to Heaven and Earth.

There is always a way out, but there are also ways that seem impossible.

This is the ultimate technique.

Lin Zhao understood what the old man meant: "You are the third of the three brothers. You have obtained the final inheritance of the secret technique. Have you taken your revenge?"

The old man chuckled: "Before I took my revenge, those two dynasties had already fallen, and the person who made my sect a scapegoat back then is gone too."

Lin Zhao choked.

"This powerful True Immortal was also driven by hatred to create this secret technique. He did it to annihilate a demonic True Immortal. In the end, he perished together with the demon. Before he died, he left behind a legacy, but the demon also hid himself in the final legacy. So the eldest and second eldest did not receive the legacy of the True Immortal, but rather the demonic power of that demon."

This is the reason why the two Venerable Ones are old demons.

"Before I learned of this news, I had already established the Panlong Tower with them. We established this force so that outlaws like us would have the ability to take revenge, instead of just watching their enemies enjoy themselves. Training them as assassins was also to provide these outlaws with a place to hide."

Nothing is more suitable for these reckless desperados than a killer.

Lin Zhao was not moved by the story. "With your strength, wouldn't it have been easy to deal with them?"

The three elders remained silent for a moment: "As you can see, my days are numbered. Furthermore, every bit of power used in that secret technique consumes my life force and soul. My cultivation has been greatly depleted. Besides, the little girl knows who is behind them."

Lin Zhao shook his head: "You just don't want to kill them with your own hands."