Wu Tao Wen Guan

Chapter 1 The Mysterious Legacy

"I'm not dead?"

Lin Fan stared blankly at the familiar room, the deeply etched decorations, and the unforgettable old photograph.

He peered at his Dantian. "Damn!"

A wisp of purple energy was slowly rotating within, like a galaxy!

And the scar on his right hand, the overwhelming fatigue throughout his body.

All of this told Lin Fan that he was not dead!

Lost in thought, something suddenly materialized in Lin Fan's mind!

This is…

The Supreme Harmony Codex?

Lin Fan's eyes suddenly blazed with a sharp light.

A year ago, while gathering herbs on the mountain, he had discovered a Ganoderma lucidum at the cliff's peak. However, while picking it, he lost his footing and plunged into the valley below.

At the very last moment before losing consciousness, he had suddenly seen:

In the void!

A pair of eyes, as brilliant as exploding stars, suddenly opened!

In an instant!

Countless energy storms capable of destroying heavens and earth fled in haste!

As if these eyes belonged to an unfathomably terrifying existence!

"You've finally arrived."

A hollow yet resonant and ancient voice quietly spread.

Following this.

A maiden with flowing hair and a proud demeanor materialized in the void.

Her beauty was peerless, capable of shaming all living beings!

Her might shook the universe, capable of instilling terror in all beings!

Before Lin Fan could ponder further, the woman instantly moved, pressing her lips against his.

A fragrant scent entered his mouth, making Lin Fan dizzy. In a daze, he saw a flood of fragmented information in the maiden's beautiful eyes:

Chaos began, eight serpents born, calamity befell heaven and earth, disorder plagued humanity!

The Nine Heavens Profound Maiden, wielding the Supreme Harmony Codex, embarked on a mission to eradicate sin…

But she could not withstand the evil might of the Eight Serpents and perished in Phoenix Feather Gorge…

The Cataclysm of the End is fast approaching…

"What is going on?"

Lin Fan wanted to ask at that moment, but found his throat utterly incapable of making a sound. He could only silently accept everything that was happening.

Gradually, his head began to throb with intense pain. He couldn't help but close his eyes, losing the last vestige of consciousness.

When he woke up again, he was here.

His home, the Lin family residence in Luofeng Village, Shimen Town, Yunqing City, Huaxia Tianjiang Province.

At present, the Lin family's simple grey-tiled house was adorned with red banners and decorations, exuding joy.

The courtyard was bustling, with tables, chairs, pots, and pans set up everywhere.

"Little Xue, you're finally getting married off!"

"Isn't that the truth? If she hadn't insisted on taking that crippled fellow with her, with her looks, she'd have her pick of any young man in ten surrounding villages!"

"Keep your voice down, Little Xue will be unhappy if she hears you."

"Tsk, tsk, everyone knows that ever since her husband passed, she and Little Fan have been living like a couple."

"Little Fan is also unlucky. He fell while collecting herbs on the mountain and became a vegetable. Otherwise, Little Xue might have ended up with an outsider, right?"

"Hahaha…"

"That's what they call keeping the 'fat water from flowing to outsiders'!"

A group of women, gathered together washing vegetables and cutting meat, chatted and laughed merrily.

Inside the main house.

A ray of sunlight shone through the dim window, illuminating Xia Xue's beautiful and flawless face.

When she was ten years old, she was already a renowned beauty.

White!

Her complexion was exceptionally fair, a one-in-ten-thousand kind of white.

Spiritually radiant!

Her large, expressive eyes were like two crescent moons, and when she smiled, there was an indescribable charm that could steal a man's soul.

Villagers all said this girl would become a big star one day!

But before she turned twenty, suitors had already worn down the threshold of the Xia family.

However, Xia Xue did not marry the village chief's nephew, nor the son of the town's cardboard factory owner. Instead, she resolutely married Lin Feng, a high school classmate with whom she shared deep affection.

The Lin family had two brothers. Their parents had died early, and their family's financial condition couldn't be described as just average; it was the poorest in the village, so poor that they could barely afford meat a few times a year.

Therefore, to support this family, to give Xia Xue a better life, and to ensure his younger brother could study, Lin Feng resolutely boarded a train heading south.

But it had been five years.

There was still no news of Lin Feng.

Some said he was wronged at a construction site, falling from a tall building, and others extorted a large sum of money from the contractor.

Others said he was working in a coal mine when a collapse occurred, burying him forever underground.

Rumors abounded!

In short, in the hearts of the villagers, he was already dead!

Xia Xue paid no heed to these rumors.

She continued her life as usual, farming, gathering herbs, and taking care of her younger brother-in-law, Lin Fan.

Waiting for her husband to return.

"Little Fan, no matter where sister-in-law marries, I'll take you with me."

"Sister-in-law has money now. Tomorrow, I'll take you to a big city hospital. I'll definitely cure you!"

Xia Xue never imagined that one day she would sell herself for a hundred thousand yuan!

But besides Old Wang, who else would agree to her terms?

"The groom is here!"

"Little Xue, what are you doing?"

"Quick, get ready…"

Aunt Li rushed into the house in a hurry. Seeing Xia Xue's tear-reddened eyes, she couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness and comforted her,

"Little Xue, heaven helps those who help themselves. You and Little Fan will both get better."

Aunt Li helped Xia Xue up and walked her outside, saying, "The groom has already arrived at the main gate. Don't delay the auspicious time."

Xia Xue sighed mournfully, her expression filled with sorrow.

At the main entrance.

The old wooden door was completely blocked by a group of people.

"Old Wang, you ugly thing, marrying such a beautiful wife like Little Xue and only giving five yuan? Is that how you plan to settle it?"

"Exactly!"

"Let us tell you, if you don't appease us properly, you won't even get through this door!"

"…"

A group of people, while opening the red envelopes they had snatched to check them, shouted loudly.

At this moment, a raspy, lascivious voice sounded from outside the door: "I, Old Wang, am still a young lad!"

"Hahaha…"

As soon as these words were uttered, the crowd erupted in laughter.

Wang Fu, dressed in a sharp suit, stood outside with great spirit.

One of his shoulders was lower than the other, and one leg was crookedly supporting his body. He was incredibly excited, his face beaming.

An elder behind him nudged him, and he finally remembered he was the groom.

He took out a large pile of red envelopes from the plastic bag he had been carrying, stuffed them through the gap in the door, and then shouted, "One, two, three!"

Boom!

With a deafening bang.

The dilapidated wooden door was forcefully kicked open by the Wang family members who had come to escort the bride.

The crowd, unable to dodge, clutched their red envelopes tightly and almost fell.

Wang Fu was smug. Even if he was scolded a few times, he didn't care.

"Where's my wife? Where's Little Xue?"

Wang Fu stood in the courtyard, arrogantly surveying the Lin family's humble grey-tiled house.

"Yo, Old Wang, how much money did you make raising pigs these past two years to get so full of yourself?"

"Exactly, have you forgotten what it was like to be a bachelor?"

"Old Wang, look at your shifty eyes, Little Xue must have been scared away by them."

With no one from the Lin family to take charge, the relatives and neighbors spoke without restraint, beginning to mock the overbearing Wang Fu.

"Run?"

"Where would she run?"

"I paid a hundred thousand yuan in betrothal gifts, which is enough to marry a young maiden."

"Little Xue~!"

Wang Fu, with a booming voice, bellowed loudly.