Jinyiwei

Cold!

Bone-chilling cold!

Pain!

Heart-wrenching pain!

The cold and pain intertwined, strangely enough, it made Chen Fan a little clearer. Immediately after, a torrent of information flooded his mind.

Immortal Dynasties, ancient aristocratic families, martial arts sects, barbarian witchcraft, Demons and Devils, ghosts, monsters...

All sorts of information poured into Chen Fan's mind, making his head swell and split with pain, while he rapidly absorbed this information.

After a long while, he finally digested these memories that originally didn't belong to him.

The good news was that he had transmigrated, becoming a Jinyiwei of the Great Zhou Dynasty with the same name, finally eating the imperial grain he had dreamed of in his previous life.

The bad news was that he was attacked by Demons and Devils, with Sha Qi and Demon poison entering his body, severely injured, and on the verge of death!

This was simply terrible!

He was about to die right after transmigrating!

He was probably a disgrace to transmigrators?!

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

"Is this eye floaters or am I hallucinating?"

He squeezed his eyes hard and opened them again. The golden-red text became even clearer!

[Name: Chen Fan]
[Realm: Spirit Concealment Realm (First Stage: Skin Devil King)]
[Cultivation Techniques: Body Tempering Fist (Minor Accomplishment), Draw Sword Slash (Minor Accomplishment)]
[Consume lifespan to continuously deduce martial arts!]
[Cannot deduce when lifespan is less than one year!]
[Killing Demons and Devils allows stealing their remaining lifespan to deduce martial arts!]
[Current remaining lifespan: Three days (70 years)]
[Current state does not allow consuming lifespan to deduce martial arts!]
[Note: Lifespan of Demons and Devils cannot be converted into one's own lifespan!]

"Seventy years."

"Normally, I can still live for seventy years!"

"But now, I've been attacked by Demons and Devils, severely injured, coupled with the Sha Qi entering my body and invading my internal organs, as well as the interference of Demon poison, I only have three days left to live!"

"From now on, if I want to survive, I must increase my strength, suppress the Sha Qi and Demon poison with my own qi, and continuously improve my body!"

"My golden finger allows me to cultivate by spending my life. Since my own life cannot be spent, I'll spend the lives of Demons and Devils!"

"I must kill Demons and Devils, steal their remaining lifespan, deduce martial arts, and push Body Tempering Fist and Draw Sword Slash to the extreme, thereby increasing my strength and extending my life!"

Chen Fan thought to himself.

Body Tempering Fist was a mandatory martial art for Jinyiwei members. As long as one passed the assessment and joined the Jinyiwei, they would obtain this martial art.

Although Body Tempering Fist sounded very generic, it was actually the most versatile foundational martial art created by the Great Zhou's founding emperor, suitable for almost all martial arts novices.

With this technique, one could cultivate to the peak of the Spirit Concealment Realm, breaking through the five major stages: Skin Devil King, Bone Vajra, Tendon Bodhisattva, Blood Martial Saint, and Marrow Asura.

If one could cultivate to the peak of the Spirit Concealment Realm, they wouldn't be considered weak within the Jinyiwei, at least able to hold a position as a Baihu, and even accumulate merit to be promoted to a Qianhu!

As for the Draw Sword Slash, it was a martial art that Chen Fan exchanged with accumulated merit points after participating in several encirclement and suppression operations against Demons and Devils after joining the Jinyiwei.

The original body's martial arts aptitude wasn't too bad, and he cultivated diligently. He passed the assessment and joined the Jinyiwei at fifteen. In just one year, he had cultivated both martial arts to minor accomplishment.

With these two techniques, he was not among the weaker Jinyiwei in the Ping'an County Baihu Office.

Perhaps in a few more years, after his martial arts realm improved, he could also become a Jinyiwei Xiaoqi, leading ten men.

Unfortunately, as the saying goes, even the strongest pot will eventually break, and generals often fall in battle. A sudden urgent patrol mission led him to encounter a very powerful Demon and Devil.

All five companions died, and the original body had also died, leading to Chen Fan's transmigration!

"Doctor, how is Brother Chen Fan?"

A voice inquired from outside the door.

"Can't save him!"

"He's beyond saving!"

"Just wait for death!"

Another aged voice replied.

"???"

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

"His external injuries aren't that severe, and his bones are all intact. But the fatal thing is he encountered a Five-Colored Toad Great Demon. This demon is incredibly venomous, and its demonic energy is filled with extreme Yin Sha Qi."

"This demon's poison and Yin Sha Qi have combined into a strand of Yin Sha Poison, invading his internal organs. Within three days, he'll be completely corroded by this Yin Sha Poison and die."

"With my medical skills, I am truly powerless to help!"

The aged voice added again.

"Then can you at least prescribe some medicine to help Brother Chen Fan pass on peacefully?"

The first voice asked again.

Having accepted the original body's memories, Chen Fan recognized the voice. It belonged to his direct superior, the Jinyiwei squadron leader Wang Chao.

He had been recruited into the Jinyiwei by Wang Chao. Over the past year, Wang Chao had looked out for him in many ways. Wang Chao could be considered the original body's benefactor.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Chen Fan coughed forcefully. Wang Chao outside the door heard him, immediately opened the door, and came to Chen Fan's bedside, asking nervously:

"Brother Chen Fan, how are you feeling?"

Wang Chao was tall, with a leopard's head and ringed eyes, a swallow's forehead and tiger's whiskers, and a full beard flying wildly. He looked fierce and intimidating, but those who had interacted with him for a long time knew that he only looked fierce; his heart was very kind.

Through the original body's memories, Chen Fan knew that he had no one to rely on in Ping'an County, no parents, no home, and was an orphan raised by the community. This configuration fit his identity as a transmigrator.

Therefore, the original body now lived in the Jinyiwei Baihu Office's barracks and would eventually die within the Baihu Office.

"Captain Wang, I heard everything you said. My time is short."

"Our Great Zhou's Jinyiwei, monitoring aristocratic clans and sects, slaying demons and devils, ghosts and monsters, clad in fine clothes and riding fine horses, in brocade robes, with embroidered spring blades reflecting snow, authorized by imperial decree – how majestic!"

"If it weren't for Captain Wang's compassion back then, I, Chen Fan, might still be a scoundrel beggar in Ping'an County."

"To have met Captain Wang in this life and joined the Jinyiwei, I can die without regret."

"It's just that the thought of dying soon still leaves me with some regrets."

"I've been in the Jinyiwei for a year. Although I've participated in several missions to encircle and suppress demons and devils, I've never personally killed one."

"Since joining the Jinyiwei, my mission has been to slay demons and eliminate devils. To think that before dying by the hands of demons and devils, I've never slain one myself – this is truly a great regret in life."

"Captain Wang, before I die, I wish to personally slay a demon and devil just once. Can this wish be granted?"

Chen Fan looked at Wang Chao pitifully, almost begging.

"This..."

Wang Chao hesitated, wanting to speak but stopping himself.

Their Jinyiwei's main task was indeed to monitor aristocratic clans and sects and slay demons and devils, ghosts and monsters. But note, it was to slay demons and devils, ghosts and monsters, not capture them alive.

Moreover, which demon or devil that had gained sentience was easy to deal with? Where would he find a demon for Chen Fan to kill right now?

Besides, looking at Chen Fan, he probably couldn't even lift the hundred-forged embroidered spring saber, let alone slay a thick-skinned demon or monster?

"Young brother, you can barely walk right now. Even if Lord Wang really catches a demon and devil for you, how will you slay it?"

At this moment, the thin doctor with white hair and beard, carrying his medicine box, walked up to Chen Fan and asked.

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

Chen Fan looked at Shen Qing, the best doctor in Ping'an County's Jishetang, and asked in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

"I can refine a potent medicinal decoction for you. After drinking it, it can suppress the Yin Sha Poison in your body for twelve hours. During these twelve hours, I can guarantee you'll be no different from an ordinary person."

"Twelve hours later, the medicinal effect will dissipate, and the Yin Sha Poison will erupt completely. At that time, you will die!"

"Do you dare to drink it?"

Shen Qing looked at Chen Fan and asked.

"I dare!"

"What is there to not dare?"

Chen Fan stated resolutely.