Brocade Guard

Great Zhou Dynasty.

Ping An County.

Cold!

Bone-chilling cold!

Pain!

Heart-wrenching pain!

The cold and pain intertwined, ironically making Chen Fan a bit more awake. Then, a flood of information surged into his mind.

Immortal Dynasty, millennia-old families, martial arts sects, barbarian shamanism, demons, ghosts, and monsters...

All sorts of information poured into Chen Fan's mind, causing his head to swell and ache violently. At the same time, he was rapidly absorbing this information.

After a long while, he finally digested these memories that were not originally his.

The good news was that he had transmigrated, becoming a Brocade Guard with the same name in the Great Zhou Dynasty, finally getting the imperial salary he had dreamed of in his previous life.

The bad news was that he had been attacked by a demon, and demonic energy and poison had entered his body. He was seriously injured and wouldn't live long!

This was absolutely terrible!

He was going to die just after transmigrating!

Wasn't he a disgrace to transmigrators?!

Chen Fan endured the pain in his body and slowly opened his eyes. Suddenly, rows of blurry golden-red characters appeared before him.

"Is this just eye floaters or am I hallucinating?"

He squeezed his eyes hard and opened them again. As a result, the golden-red characters became even clearer!

[Name: Chen Fan]

[Realm: Divine Treasury Realm (First Gate: Skin Devil King)]

[Techniques: Body Tempering Fist (Minor Accomplishment), Blade Draw Slash (Minor Accomplishment)]

[Martial arts can be continuously deduced by consuming lifespan!]

[Deduction cannot be performed when lifespan is less than one year!]

[Killing demons can steal their remaining lifespan to deduce martial arts!]

[Current remaining lifespan: Three days (70 years)]

[Consuming lifespan to deduce martial arts is not possible in the current state!]

[Note: Demon lifespan cannot be converted into own lifespan!]

"Seventy years."

"Normally, I could live for seventy years!"

"But now I've been attacked by a demon, seriously injured, and demonic energy has invaded my body, penetrating my internal organs, and demonic poison is afflicting me, so I only have three days left to live!"

"If I want to survive, I must improve my strength, suppress the demonic energy and poison with my own Blood Essence, and allow my body to continuously improve!"

"My cheat allows me to spend lifespan to cultivate. Since I can't spend my own life, I'll spend the lives of demons!"

"I will kill demons, steal their remaining lifespan, deduce martial arts, and push the Body Tempering Fist and Blade Draw Slash to their limits, thereby increasing my strength and extending my life!"

Chen Fan thought to himself.

Body Tempering Fist was a compulsory martial art for Brocade Guard members. As long as one passed the assessment and joined the Brocade Guard, they could obtain this martial art.

The name Body Tempering Fist sounded very common, but it was the most universally applicable martial arts foundation technique created by the Great Zhou Dynasty's founder. It was suitable for almost all martial arts novices.

With the help of this technique, one could cultivate to the peak of the Divine Treasury Realm, breaking through the five major gates of the Divine Treasury Realm in one fell swoop: Skin Devil King, Bone Vajra, Sinew Bodhisattva, Blood Martial Saint, and Marrow Asura!

If one could cultivate to the peak of the Divine Treasury Realm, they would not be considered weak in the Brocade Guard. They could at least become a Centurion, or even be promoted to Chiliarch based on accumulated merits!

As for the Blade Draw Slash, Chen Fan had exchanged it for merit points after participating in several demon extermination missions after joining the Brocade Guard.

The original owner's martial arts aptitude was not too bad, and he was also very diligent in his cultivation. He passed the assessment and joined the Brocade Guard at the age of fifteen, and it only took him a year to cultivate these two martial arts to Minor Accomplishment.

With these two techniques, he was not considered weak among the Brocade Guards in Ping An County's Centurion Office.

Perhaps in a few more years, after his martial arts realm improved, he could also become a Squad Leader of the Brocade Guard, in charge of ten people.

Unfortunately, a pot often breaks at the well, and a general can hardly avoid dying in battle. A sudden emergency patrol mission led him to encounter a very powerful demon.

All five of his companions died in battle, and the original owner had actually died as well, which led to Chen Fan's transmigration!

"Doctor, how is Brother Chen Fan?"

A voice of inquiry sounded outside the door.

"Can't be saved!"

"There's no hope!"

"Just wait for death!"

Another old voice replied.

Chen Fan: "???"

I... I think I can still be saved!

"His external injuries aren't that serious, and his bones and tendons are intact. But the fatal thing is that he encountered a Five-Colored Toad demon. This demon is extremely poisonous, and its demonic power is filled with extremely Yin energy."

"This demonic poison and Yin energy are intertwined into a Yin poison, which has invaded his internal organs. In less than three days, he will be corroded to death by this Yin poison."

"With my medical skills, I am really unable to turn the tide!"

The old voice added.

"Then can you prescribe some medicinal soup to let Brother Chen Fan pass away peacefully?"

The first voice asked again.

Chen Fan, who had accepted the memories of the original owner, recognized the voice as Wang Chao, his immediate superior, the Squad Leader of the Brocade Guard.

Wang Chao had recruited him into the Brocade Guard, and Wang Chao had taken care of him a lot during this year. Wang Chao could be considered the original owner's benefactor.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Chen Fan coughed hard twice. Wang Chao outside the door heard it, immediately opened the door, came to Chen Fan's bed, and asked nervously:

"Brother Chen Fan, how do you feel?"

Wang Chao was tall, with a leopard's head and ringed eyes, a swallow's forehead and tiger's beard, and a face full of messy stubble. He looked fierce, but after getting along with him for a long time, one would know that he just looked evil, but his heart was very kind.

Through the original owner's memory, Chen Fan knew that he was alone in this Ping An County, without parents, without a home, an orphan who grew up eating from many families. This setup also fit his identity as a transmigrator.

So the original owner now lived in the Brocade Guard Centurion's station, and would eventually die in this Centurion.

"Chief Wang, I heard what you said. My life is coming to an end."

"Our Great Zhou Brocade Guard, monitors aristocratic families and sects, slays demons and ghosts, rides in fine clothes on mighty horses, wears brocade and gorgeous clothes, Embroidered Spring Blades shine like snow, with imperial power granted, how majestic!"

"If it weren't for Chief Wang's pity back then, I, Chen Fan, might still be a hooligan beggar in Ping An County."

"Being able to know Chief Wang and join the Brocade Guard in this life, I can be considered to have no regrets even in death."

"It's just that when I think about how I'm about to die, I still have some regrets in my heart."

"Thinking that I have joined the Brocade Guard for a year, although I have participated in several missions to encircle and suppress demons, I have never personally killed a demon."

"Since I joined the Brocade Guard, I have made it my duty to slay demons and eliminate evil. I never thought that before dying at the hands of demons, I would never have killed a demon. It is truly a major regret in life."

"Chief Wang, before I die, I want to personally kill a demon once. I wonder if my wish can be fulfilled?"

Chen Fan looked at Wang Chao pitifully, and said almost pleadingly.

"This..."

Wang Chao hesitated after hearing this.

The main task of their Brocade Guard is indeed to monitor aristocratic families and sects, and to slay demons and ghosts, but note, it is to slay demons and ghosts, not to capture them alive.

Moreover, all demons who have opened their spiritual intelligence are not easy to deal with. Where could he go to catch a demon for Chen Fan to kill at this time?

Moreover, looking at Chen Fan's appearance, he probably couldn't even lift the hundred-forged Embroidered Spring Blade, let alone kill a thick-skinned monster?

"Little brother, you probably have trouble even walking now. Even if Lord Wang really catches a demon for you, how can you kill them?"

At this time, the thin doctor with white hair and beard also walked to Chen Fan's bed with his medicine box on his back, and asked.

"May I ask, doctor, can you help me fulfill my last wish?"

Chen Fan looked at Shen Qing, the best doctor in the Hall of Universal Aid in Ping An County, and asked in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

"I can concoct a large dose of medicine for you. After drinking it, it can suppress the Yin poison in your body for twelve hours. During these twelve hours, I can guarantee that you will be no different from ordinary people."

"After twelve hours, the medicinal effect will dissipate, and the Yin poison will completely erupt. At that time, you will die and your Dao will disappear!"

"I wonder if you dare to drink it?"

Shen Qing looked at Chen Fan and asked.

"I dare!"

"What's there to be afraid of?"

Chen Fan said decisively.