Everything Under Control, Lin Tian's Cursed Hidden Technique
Everything Under Control, Lin Tian’s Cursed Hidden Technique
Lin Qiuhan thought to herself, and was about to turn back to ask Lin Tian about it.
After all, when Young Master Gu suddenly brought it up today, it made her think for a long while, and she realized that something was truly very wrong.
Some time ago, Lin Tian had absolutely no interest in cultivation whatsoever.
Let alone cultivating on his own initiative—even if someone urged him to cultivate, he wouldn’t budge.
So what exactly happened?
To make his temperament change, to become somewhat arrogant and conceited, and even know Alchemy? And even instruct the elders on some precious techniques?
Could there be some expert guiding him from behind? Or perhaps...
That last possibility made Lin Qiuhan shudder, and she didn’t want to think about it further.
However, when Lin Qiuhan walked back, she discovered that Lin Tian was already gone.
This left her slightly stunned, and she sighed.
“Forget it, I gave him another lecture, he’s probably a bit angry and went back to his own courtyard.”
“I’ll ask him about this matter tomorrow.”
“What exactly happened to Xiao Tian?”
Lin Qiuhan shook her head and didn’t bother with it any further.
She turned and returned to her own courtyard as well.
She still had her own matters to attend to—her daily cultivation lessons weren’t yet complete.
But at the thought of seeing Young Master Gu again tomorrow,
she suddenly found herself looking forward to tomorrow.
Her beautiful eyes sparkled, as if starlight had been sprinkled into them.
If only time could pass faster, if only tomorrow would come quickly—how wonderful that would be.
And just as Lin Tian and Lin Qiuhan were having their dispute, Gu Changge also received the System’s notification as he had wished.
<*Ding!* Lin Qiuhan has grown suspicious of Lin Tian’s change in temperament. Lin Tian loses fifty Fortuity points. Fatums plus two hundred fifty.>
Sure enough, things were developing in the direction Gu Changge had anticipated.
After all, in his previous life he had read countless web novels and was well-versed in all sorts of tropes.
He had read quite a few villain novels too.
He naturally knew how, in this kind of situation, to squeeze dry a Fortuitous One of the mighty-expert Body Possession genre.
First those closest to him, then his family, and then the Body Possession exposed to the public...
Everything was under Gu Changge’s control—Lin Tian couldn’t stir up any waves at all.
If his guess was right, this Lin Tian probably wouldn’t sit around waiting for death either; he would make a move against him.
Gu Changge was actually quite curious.
What methods could this Lin Tian use?
Assassination? A dead end.
Poison? Even more unworkable.
Then that left only the final resort.
It seemed it would be the Cursed Hidden Technique.
...
Lin Tian returned to his own courtyard with a gloomy expression all the way.
The words Lin Qiuhan had said to him made nameless fury rise in his heart.
As the Heaven-Slaying God King, in his previous life he had dominated the scene, sweeping across all directions—when had he ever imagined he would suffer such humiliation as today?
Even a woman looked down on him?
What did she mean, “if only you had one percent of that Gu guy’s excellence”?
Lin Tian was extremely displeased and furious in his heart.
When a God King is displeased, naturally someone has to die.
“It just so happens I went and prepared all the materials this afternoon...”
“Although its power is less than one ten-thousandth of its complete state, dealing with a mere youngster like him will be effortless.”
“Hehe, Gu brat, you brought this on yourself...”
Lin Tian’s face held a trace of coldness.
Gu Changge was someone from the Beyond, and with the Lin Family’s Prime Ancestor protecting him, ordinary methods simply couldn’t affect him.
With his current strength, dealing with Gu Changge head-on was also unrealistic.
So the final method Lin Tian thought of was the Cursed Hidden Technique!
The reason he dared to be so confident was precisely because he possessed an ancient secret art.
It could be called extremely insidious and devious, involving the Otherworldly Sky Demon, capable of killing a person without them ever knowing.
He had once even relied on this secret art to successfully ambush and severely wound a God King of the same realm!
In his current state, although it was difficult to unleash its true power, dealing with a mere youngster was more than enough.
Of course, this Cursed Hidden Technique required a great price.
Using lifespan as the Source, offered in sacrifice to the Otherworldly Sky Demon.
But Lin Tian didn’t care about that.
Besides, once his strength improved in the future, replenishing his lifespan would be effortless.
“Soak the Ninety-Nine Ecstasy in the Blood Essence of eight types of poisons, then light three different Beast Bone Waxes, borrow the momentum of heaven and earth, draw down the power of the outerworld, then use Human Skin Ghost Money to communicate and build a bridge...”
Lin Tian had already prepared the materials this afternoon.
This was also exactly why Lin Qiuhan hadn’t been able to find him.
With his status as a Lin Family disciple, finding these materials outside was all too simple.
Afterward, Lin Tian recalled the proper steps, arranged these items at various positions within the courtyard, and began drawing upon the power of the outerworld.
Then he closed his eyes and sat cross-legged in the center, his mouth beginning to chant incantations.
These materials were all extraordinary—some were even made in underground shops from human skin or the bones of other races, containing different essences.
Over all these years, Lin Tian had some savings, so he could afford it.
Weng!
Soon, runes flickered, and a sinister, terrifying atmosphere instantly enveloped the entire courtyard.
If anyone barged in at this moment, they would probably be scared senseless.
This sight was simply too horrifying.
Huhuhu!
As Lin Tian chanted,
in an instant, a scarlet wind whipped up on the spot, and red hairs inexplicably drifted down from between heaven and earth, filled with black, frigid yin energy.
But strangely, this phenomenon existed only within this small courtyard—outside, everything remained pitch black.
The moonlight was hazy, yet it seemed to be cut off.
“Performing this now is indeed still too much of a strain...”
Beads of sweat the size of beans began appearing on Lin Tian’s face.
Although his expression remained resolute, it was clear that performing this Cursed Hidden Technique was no simple matter for him.
The next moment, an eerie, frigid sensation descended, black runes interweaving in all four directions.
Between heaven and earth, faint, smoke-like shadows seemed to drift down.
“Take his life, extinguish his True Soul.”
Lin Tian instructed the air indifferently, simultaneously recalling Gu Changge’s appearance in his mind.
“The price is fifteen years of my lifespan.”
A sensation of having a portion of his life essence extracted came over him.
At the same time, a faint connection to his mind and spirit formed.
Lin Tian immediately felt himself weaken, and couldn’t help but shake his head.
After all, this was his life Source.
Soon, he sneered again, utterly confident. “Even if you dodge this time, you won’t come out of it well.”
These Otherworldly Sky Demons were the most insidious and devious of things.
Encountering them basically meant one’s soul shattering and dying on the spot.
Even if one was lucky enough not to die, they’d end up a drooling idiot for the rest of their life.
The sinister wind came quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it vanished just as quickly.