Chapter 59: The Three Great Iron Laws

  Mo's joy was short-lived, as the dark soul curse soon took effect. He rapidly aged at a terrifying rate of almost one day older per year.

  He was terrified and tried every means to control the strange phenomenon happening on his body, but with little effect.

  If this goes on, he will soon die a natural death like an ordinary old man. Fortunately, Yu Zitong's primordial spirit was even more unbearable at this time.

  Yu Zitong had been inside Mo Daifu's body for a long time and was actually showing signs of being assimilated by the other party's yuan spirit.

  "Assimilation" is a passive possession behavior, where an external yuan Shen that has lingered in someone else's body for a long time is unconsciously and silently assimilated by the yuan Shen of the host body, influencing each other, but ultimately only one consciousness can remain.

  Yu Zitong saw this and had no choice but to take the initiative to give up his life.

  He was so unwilling because he had a good heart, but feared the three iron laws of the Xianxia world:

  Firstly, cultivators must not perform soul-snatching on ordinary people; otherwise, the snatched body will collapse on its own due to being unable to withstand the soul-snatching.

  Secondly, only when a person with high magical power performs the soul transfer on someone with low magical power can it be successful without suffering from the opponent's backlash. Moreover, the greater the difference in magical power, the safer it is.

  Thirdly, a cultivator can only undergo one transmigration in their lifetime, regardless of the level of their magical powers. If they attempt to do so for a second time, their primordial spirit will inexplicably disappear.

  The three iron-blooded laws that have been tried countless times but never broken, unknowingly restricted many scoundrels who attempted to use the technique of seizing and replacing to stir up trouble, and those who tried to use this technique to escape disaster. Heaven still has a warning for such rebellious behavior, and will not allow cultivators to use this technique to make the world chaotic and uncontrollable.

  So Mo Dafu was a cultivator, Yu Zitong didn't dare to be afraid, and he could have a life-and-death struggle with the opponent, fighting for this flesh body. However, Mo Dafu was just an ordinary person, without any magical powers on his body, and he couldn't bear the behavior of snatching at all. He was probably only halfway through, and the contested body would completely collapse.

  And even if he were to find another person's body to hide in, he would still be unable to avoid the fate of being assimilated again. He would once again face an awkward predicament, and it would be even worse. Because his magical powers would drastically decrease with each entry and exit of his primordial spirit, he would soon lose them all, unable to move freely in and out, and would end up trapped inside another person's body, ultimately being assimilated away.

  After becoming a Yuan Shen, he had no physical body to meditate and replenish, the Fa Li he carried was used once and reduced by one, and it would gradually dissipate with the passage of time. He didn't know how much longer he could hold on.

  So Yu Zitong would never venture out again to try his luck unless he could find a cultivator with low magical power who could withstand the loss of their primordial spirit.

  With the opponent's body on the verge of collapse due to the blood curse, leaving his own primordial spirit with nowhere to hide, and facing the danger of being assimilated by the opponent's primordial spirit, under these two enormous pressures, Yu Zi Tong, who was desperate to survive, had no choice but to temporarily put aside the grudge between them. He reluctantly contacted Mo Daifu, telling him all about the situation and the pros and cons involved.

  Mo Dafu heard this and initially felt some anger, but soon realized the great opportunity it presented. Without hesitation, he made a deal with Yu Zitong, revealing his true nature as a cunning hero.

  First, Mo Dafu must control his consciousness according to the method taught by Yu Zitong, and try to avoid assimilating the other party's yuan Shen. Yu Zitong then teaches the other party some secret techniques, allowing them to slow down their aging speed and temporarily possess magical powers.

  Secondly, Mo Dafu had to find a child with spiritual roots who could cultivate the Long Spring Skill. He would teach him how to cultivate this skill and then wait for the right moment when he would use his temporarily acquired magical powers to seize the child's body and be reborn.

  Mo Daifu had doubts about this and wanted to personally cultivate this skill, but naturally he didn't achieve anything and was even ridiculed by Yu Zitong. Only then did he realize that someone without spiritual roots couldn't cultivate magical powers, and he was indeed an ordinary person with no spiritual roots in the eyes of a cultivator.

  Finally, after a successful body-snatching, Mo Dafu would have sufficient buffer time to help the other party find a suitable physical body and assist in the body-snatching.

  The above terms seem to be more favorable to Mo Dai, but this is also an unavoidable thing. Who let Yu Zitong face the crisis of being assimilated? He is in a disadvantageous position and can only suffer losses, but whether he really suffered losses or not, only he himself knows.

  In the above process, Yu Zitong had suggested that Mo Dafu go to his family's hiding place to seek help, but the experienced Mo Dafu was unwilling to give him a handle, and flatly refused without any room for discussion. This made Yu Zitong hate him so much that his teeth itched with anger in the following days.

  What happened afterwards is not worth mentioning, Mo Dafu failed to find a suitable candidate in the past few years, and disheartened, he entered the Seventh Mystic Gate, then unexpectedly took in Han Li and taught him Long Spring Technique and so on. These are almost the same as what Mo Dafu said, and even Han Li himself experienced it.

  Han Li let out a long sigh after hearing these words, and most of the doubts in his heart were cleared up.

  However, he saw Yu Zitong stop and no longer continue to speak, his face sank, and he said coldly:

  "You haven't told me yet, what was the reason for Mo's death!"

  "There's nothing good to explain, it's just that Mu Daifu underestimated your progress in Longchun, his magical powers are far inferior to yours, and he couldn't even take away from you, instead being absorbed by you." Yu Zitong's voice hesitated for a moment before speaking the truth.

  "So that's what you're saying, the first yellow light sphere that entered my body was Mo Dafu's primordial spirit, and the second green one is you." Han Li said lightly.

  "This... I thought so too at the time, didn't you think that Your Excellency and Mo Daifu would die together?! In order not to waste this flesh, I just wanted to borrow it for a bit." He was somewhat embarrassed.

  "Hum! I'm afraid it's not a coincidence, but rather something you deliberately designed."

  "Yu Zitong, when you first passed on the technique of Mo Daifu's Duoshedafa to him, I'm afraid you didn't have good intentions and deliberately didn't mention whether it was successful or not, which is related to the profundity of the method."

  "With your original design, Mo Dafu used the self-mutilating Soul Devouring Technique and my Fourth Layer Changchun Skill. The size of our skills are about the same, once we start fighting to the death, it's just right for us to mutually destroy each other and both perish together. Then it would be convenient for you, this third party who is fishing for benefits, to take advantage of the opportunity and occupy my body, successfully seizing control. I'm guessing correctly, aren't I, my fellow cultivator Yu Da?" Han Li said in one breath, calmly expressing his judgment.

  Yu Zitong listened and was speechless for a long time. After a while, he let out a sigh and did not refute, somewhat disheartened.

  "I originally praised you, just casually saying it, but now I'm truly complimenting you. You're really smart and have surpassed even the clever Fox in Meng Jiu Ren."

  "You guessed it right, all of this was indeed my design. However, I didn't expect that your cultivation talent would be so good, and you actually reached the sixth layer of Long Spring Skill in such a short period of time, only one layer lower than me. Not only did you easily devour Mo Daifu's primordial spirit, but even my own primordial spirit, which was severely damaged from cultivating, wasn't a match for yours. On the contrary, I lost even more primordial energy."

  But his tone suddenly changed, and he became arrogant:

  "Mò Jū Rén is just an ordinary person, yet he dares to want to be on equal terms with us cultivators, calling each other brothers? Is he worthy?"

  "What's even more unbearable is that he actually used despicable means to destroy my physical body, and now he wants to set foot on the immortal path? What a pipe dream!" Yu Zitong gritted his teeth and said, it seems that he has been harboring hatred for Mo Dafu in his heart for a long time, and only now is he revealing it without any reservations.

  "But you're different, your innate spiritual roots are exceptional, and your talent surpasses others. It's a pity to be stuck in the mundane world. If you're willing to help me find a suitable physical body and assist with the possession, I'll act as your guide and introduce you to the elder of our family, taking you on as an apprentice. What do you say?"