Arc 1The Tomb Expedition

Ye Fan built his cultivation and reputation through talismans, ghost-hunting, and rescuing Wu Haoqiang, while pursuing Bai Yunxi. He joined an archaeological expedition with Bai Yunxi, where they encountered a Millennium Zombie and escaped after Ye Fan’s talismans revived the sick team.

  • Ye Fan began cultivating in his new body, made talismans to earn money, and forced Ye Pengfei to repay his loan.
  • Ye Fan saved Song Bohui from a Red-Clothed Female Ghost and received twelve million yuan, then clashed with Ye Yinglan and Ye Hongwen over his treatment by the Ye Family.
  • Ye Fan met Bai Yunxi, recognized his unusual constitution, and sent him a prescription and Jade Buddha while declaring his intention to pursue him.
  • Ye Fan attended the Wu Family patriarch’s birthday banquet, where Liao Tingting’s family confronted him and Zhou Jinzhi questioned his prescription for Bai Yunxi.
  • Ye Fan drove off Ye Yinglan’s men, then rescued Wu Haoqiang from kidnappers with Qian Yu’s help.
  • Zhou Jinzhi arranged for Ye Fan to join an excavation in Shanxi Province, and Ye Fan left Wu Haoqiang in charge of his Qi-Gathering Turtle.
  • Ye Fan joined Bai Yunxi and Xiao Chi at the excavation, warned that a bronze ding was an evil artifact, and identified a depleted spiritual vein beneath the mountain.
  • Ye Fan recognized the tomb’s danger, confronted a Millennium Zombie with Bai Yunxi, and sold talismans that revived the sick expedition members before the team evacuated.
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Ch. 1A genius reborn

After transmigrating into a disgraced young master in a modern world, Ye Fan discovered he could finally cultivate despite the sparse spiritual energy. He left the hospital with the original owner’s savings to seek medicinal ingredients, intending to avoid the Ye Family unless they came after him.

  • Ye Fan recalled his former life in the Jade Cloud Sect, where his divine soul and insight made him talented but his lack of spiritual roots kept him from cultivating.
  • Ye Fan realized he had successfully drawn spiritual energy into his dantian in his new body, something he had failed to do in his previous life.
  • Ye Fan absorbed the original owner’s memories and learned how his stepmother had framed him in a prostitution scandal after he was expelled from the Ye Family.
  • Ye Fan left the hospital with the original owner’s bank card, which held about five hundred thousand, and planned to visit a pharmacy for medicinal ingredients.

Ch. 2Meeting a "Benefactor" on a Day Out

Ye Fan used medicinal herbs to build spiritual energy, then visited Antique Street to look for ways to make money. He left after forcing Ye Pengfei to repay a 200,000-yuan debt, while Ye Pengfei and his companion noticed that Ye Fan had changed.

  • Ye Fan spent more than 200,000 yuan on Chinese medicinal herbs and absorbed their effects in a bath, strengthening the spiritual energy within him.
  • Ye Fan went to Antique Street and overheard Ye Pengfei trying to please a woman by buying her a jade Buddha.
  • Ye Pengfei mocked Ye Fan for being kicked out of the Ye Family, but Ye Fan recognized him as someone who had borrowed 200,000 yuan.
  • Ye Fan pressed Ye Pengfei's acupoints until he agreed to transfer the money back.
  • Ye Fan left with the repayment, while the woman and Ye Pengfei remarked on how different he seemed.

Ch. 3Business was tough

Ye Fan struggled to make money in a world with scarce spiritual energy, so he crafted talismans and set up a stall beneath an overpass. After a frustrating afternoon of being mocked for his prices, he welcomed a young boy and girl as customers.

  • Ye Fan spent twenty thousand yuan on talisman-making supplies and medicinal herbs, then realized he needed money to support his cultivation.
  • Ye Fan made six working talismans, though creating each one drained all his spiritual energy.
  • Ye Fan set up a talisman stall beneath the Red Star Building overpass, where Master Yuan mistook his candied hawthorn for merchandise.
  • Ye Fan priced his Peace Talismans at thirty thousand yuan each, and a young couple left after calling him a nutcase.
  • Ye Fan spent the afternoon turning away four potential customers, then saw a little boy and girl approach his stall.

Ch. 4Feudal superstition

Ye Fan sold talismans to his young nephew Wu Haoqiang, who gave him a bank card containing a million, while insisting that talismans were feudal superstition. Wu Sihan later suspected that Ye Zhize and Liao Tingting had set Ye Fan up in the scandal that cost him his engagement.

  • Ye Fan recognized the boy at his stall as his nephew Wu Haoqiang and offered him six talismans for 180,000.
  • Wu Haoqiang said he did not believe in feudal superstition, but Ye Fan gave him and the little girl talismans and candied hawthorn.
  • Master Yuan checked Wu Haoqiang's card and told Ye Fan it held a million.
  • Wu Haoqiang told Wu Sihan that he had given Ye Fan money, and Wu Sihan said they could not leave Ye Fan with no options.
  • Wu Sihan explained that Liao Tingting's marriage arrangement had shifted from Ye Fan to Ye Zhize and suspected that the pair had framed Ye Fan.

Ch. 5Qi-Gathering Turtle

Ye Fan found a Qi-Gathering Turtle at the bird and flower market and brought it home, improving his cultivation. Later, as he sold talismans beneath the pedestrian overpass, a wealthy young man sought Master Yuan’s help with trouble, while Ye Fan suspected the fortune-teller was bluffing.

  • Ye Fan followed a trace of spiritual energy to an aquatic livestock shop and bought a Qi-Gathering Turtle for a thousand yuan.
  • Ye Hongwen learned Ye Fan was selling talismans and gave Ye Yinglan a hundred thousand yuan to deliver to him, but she planned to spend it on a Chanel bag.
  • Ye Fan practiced cultivation with the turtle’s help, drew talismans, and returned to his spot beneath the pedestrian overpass to sell them.
  • Master Yuan asked Ye Fan whether he had spent his million yuan, and Ye Fan said he had used most of it on spirit herbs and medicinal baths.
  • A richly dressed young man arrived in a Porsche to ask Master Yuan for a fortune reading, and Ye Fan suspected Master Yuan was bluffing.

Ch. 6The second talisman customer

Ye Fan sold Jiang Hailin ten talismans for five hundred thousand yuan, then went to the municipal library to study Earth’s plants. He left after Jiang Rou confronted him about Liao Tingting, while Liao Tingting wondered whether he had come to see her at all.

  • Ye Fan recognized the ghostly energy on Jiang Hailin and sold him five Peace Talismans and five Illness-Expelling Talismans, but said he could not yet make a Ghost-Expelling Talisman.
  • Master Yuan warned Ye Fan to lie low after making so much money, and Ye Fan decided to close up early and take a few days off.
  • Ye Fan went to the municipal library and rapidly read plant guides, using his nine-colored divine soul to remember what he saw.
  • Jiang Rou accused Ye Fan of still pursuing Liao Tingting, and Ye Fan realized she had mistaken his reason for being at the library.
  • Ye Fan left without speaking to Liao Tingting, while she wondered whether he had come to read instead of seeking her out.

Ch. 7An occult enthusiast

Jiang Hailin and his friends tracked down Ye Fan to seek help for Song Bohui, who had been possessed by a female ghost. Ye Fan recognized the ghostly energy on Qian Yu and agreed to hear their problem, while Jiang Hailin ended up carrying Ye Fan’s bags of snacks.

  • Jiang Hailin, Qian Yu, and their companions searched for Ye Fan, and Master Yuan led them to Wu Haoqiang’s school record to identify Ye Fan as the child’s uncle.
  • Jiang Hailin and his friends found Ye Fan and asked for his help after he noted the ghostly energy on Qian Yu.
  • Jiang Hailin explained that their midnight visit to a graveyard had led to Song Bohui being possessed by a female ghost in red.
  • Ye Fan’s talismans had briefly helped Song Bohui, but the ghost and Song Bohui’s soul were now struggling against each other.
  • Jiang Hailin carried Ye Fan’s four bags of snacks as Ye Fan asked what the group wanted from him.

Ch. 8The female ghost

Ye Fan agreed to exorcise the ghost possessing Song Bohui for ten million and discovered she was a vengeful opera performer from the Republican era. He sealed her inside a talisman, leaving Song Bohui safe for now but with several years of his lifespan lost.

  • Jiang Hailin and Qian Yu asked Ye Fan to save Song Bohui, and Ye Fan agreed to help for ten million with a one-million deposit.
  • After hearing that Song Bohui had tried to hang himself, Ye Fan went with Jiang Hailin to the hospital.
  • Ye Fan identified the ghost as a little over a hundred years old and explained that she haunted Song Bohui because he resembled the man who betrayed her.
  • Ye Fan forced the Red-Clothed Female Ghost out of Song Bohui, bound her, and sealed her inside a talisman after she tried to flee.
  • Ye Fan told Qian Yu that Song Bohui was safe for now, though the possession had cost him two or three years of his lifespan, and Jiang Hailin offered to take Ye Fan home.

Ch. 9Money at Last

After earning more than ten million, Ye Fan went to Cang City's medicinal herb market to buy blood ginseng. He left with the herb after striking Ye Yinglan and throwing Zhao Liang to the floor.

  • Jiang Hailin asked Ye Fan whether the ghost incident would have lasting effects, and Ye Fan said it might shorten both brothers' lifespans.
  • Ye Fan promised Jiang Hailin a prescription for an expensive herbal decoction to restore yang energy.
  • Ye Fan received twelve million from Qian Yu and Jiang Hailin, then drove to Medicinal Herb Street to find blood ginseng.
  • Ye Yinglan and Zhao Liang arrived at the shop and tried to buy the blood ginseng Ye Fan had already chosen.
  • Ye Yinglan accused Ye Fan of stealing family money, so he slapped her, then threw Zhao Liang to the floor when he attacked.
  • Ye Fan took the blood ginseng and left as Ye Yinglan vowed to get back at him.

Ch. 10I want to marry someone like him

Ye Fan reassured Qian Yu about his shortened lifespan and prescribed the same medicinal broth Jiang Hailin was using. On Medicinal Herb Street, Ye Fan became captivated by Bai Yunxi and declared he wanted to marry someone like him, while Qian Yu tried to manage Ye Fan’s outrageous confidence.

  • Qian Yu asked Ye Fan for Jiang Hailin’s prescription and learned he had lost about six months of his lifespan.
  • Ye Fan told Qian Yu to use Jiang Hailin’s prescription and rein in his sex life while his body recovered.
  • Ye Fan spotted Bai Yunxi and told Qian Yu he wanted to marry someone like him.
  • Qian Yu explained that Bai Yunxi valued wealth and ability, and Ye Fan confidently claimed Bai Yunxi was interested in him after he smiled.
  • Bai Yunxi left in his car, and Ye Fan agreed to have dinner with Qian Yu at Lanzhou Beef Noodles.

Ch. 11The Ye Family's reaction

Ye Yinglan told Ye Dinghong that Ye Fan had slapped her, but Ye Dinghong defended Ye Fan and urged her to treat him better. Ye Hongwen confronted Ye Fan about the slap and his money, but Ye Fan accused him of using his mother’s inheritance to support his mistress and blamed Ye Zhize for ruining his reputation.

  • Ye Yinglan told Ye Dinghong that Ye Fan had slapped her after she questioned his three-million purchase, and Ye Dinghong told her to be friendlier to her older brother.
  • Ye Fan absorbed the spiritual energy from blood ginseng until a knock at the door interrupted his cultivation.
  • Ye Hongwen confronted Ye Fan about hitting Ye Yinglan and asked where he had gotten three million.
  • Ye Fan said Ye Yinglan had accused him of stealing, then accused Ye Hongwen of spending his mother's inheritance on his mistress and her children.
  • Ye Fan blamed Ye Zhize for ruining his reputation, while Ye Hongwen suspected Ye Fan had been framed but did nothing to clear his name.

Ch. 12A Cousin from the Wu Family

Wu Sihan invited Ye Fan to the Wu Family patriarch’s seventieth birthday, while Jiang Hailin visited to buy more talismans. The chapter left Ye Fan planning to find a jade pendant as a birthday gift and turn it into a protective charm.

  • Wu Sihan ran into Jiang Hailin, who explained that he had come to ask Ye Fan for help with ghost hunting.
  • Wu Sihan and Jiang Hailin visited Ye Fan, who greeted them in Mickey Mouse pajamas and served them milk.
  • Wu Sihan invited Ye Fan to the Wu Family patriarch’s seventieth birthday, and Ye Fan agreed after realizing he would need to bring a gift.
  • Jiang Hailin asked Ye Fan to sell him more Peace Talismans and Illness-Expelling Talismans, and Ye Fan told him to return the day after tomorrow.
  • Ye Fan said he would find a jade pendant for the patriarch and carve a Protective Formation into it.

Ch. 13Young Master Ye! Unmatched under heaven

Ye Fan met Bai Yunxi again at Zhou Jinzhi’s jade shop and discovered that Bai Yunxi’s ice marrow constitution caused a dangerous cold affliction. After Bai Yunxi rejected his advances and left, Ye Fan bought a Jade Buddha for him and wrote him a prescription and a love note.

  • Ye Fan bargained for a jade pendant at Zhou Jinzhi’s shop, where he ran into Bai Yunxi.
  • Ye Fan recognized Bai Yunxi’s ice marrow constitution and told him that sleeping with a woman would worsen his condition, prompting Bai Yunxi to leave in anger.
  • Ye Fan asked Zhou Jinzhi to deliver a Jade Buddha to Bai Yunxi and insisted he would keep trying to win him over.
  • Ye Fan wrote a prescription to ease Bai Yunxi’s cold attacks, added a romantic promise, and boasted to Zhou Jinzhi about his medical knowledge.

Ch. 14A Peerless Master

Ye Fan had Zhou Jinzhi deliver his letter with the Jade Buddha and then told Wu Sihan he intended to pursue Young Master Bai. The chapter ended with Wu Sihan checking Ye Fan's gift for the old master and finding it was only a five-thousand-yuan Jade Pendant.

  • Ye Fan asked Zhou Jinzhi to deliver his letter with the Jade Buddha and threatened to use a Nightmare Talisman if the letter was lost.
  • Zhou Jinzhi called Old Master Bai and passed along Ye Fan's prescription for Physician Hua to examine.
  • Wu Sihan visited Ye Fan and asked whether he had harassed Young Master Bai, and Ye Fan admitted he wanted to pursue him.
  • Ye Fan said he needed ten billion before officially pursuing Young Master Bai, leaving Wu Sihan speechless.
  • Wu Sihan asked about Ye Fan's gift for the old master, and Ye Fan said he had prepared a Jade Pendant worth five thousand.

Ch. 15The Wu Family banquet

Ye Fan attended the Wu Family banquet, where he dismissed his broken engagement with Liao Tingting and mingled with several young heirs who respected his mystical abilities. The banquet ended with Elder Zhou arriving and heading straight toward Ye Fan, surprising the guests.

  • Ye Fan presented the Wu Family with a jade pendant and learned that Wu Haoqiang trusted his talismans despite his father throwing them away.
  • Liao He and Liao Tingting confronted Ye Fan over the broken engagement, but Ye Fan rejected their remarks and Wu Sihan defended him.
  • Ye Hongwen scolded Ye Fan, who refused to accept orders from the Ye Family and dismissed him.
  • Song Bohui, Jiang Hailin, Qian Yu, and Zhu Zhongqiu greeted Ye Fan, who checked Song Bohui's recovery and advised them to avoid dangerous activities.
  • Qian Yu asked whether Ye Fan had taken liberties with Bai, and Ye Fan clarified that he wanted to court him.
  • Zhou Jinzhi arrived at the banquet, exchanged pleasantries with Wu Tengming, and went directly to Ye Fan, leaving Song Bohui puzzled.

Ch. 16A way to treat him

Zhou Jinzhi asked Ye Fan about the prescription he had written for Bai Yunxi, and Ye Fan revealed a shocking way to treat Bai Yunxi’s condition. After Zhou Jinzhi stormed off, Wu Sihan warned Ye Fan about his influence and told him to apologize.

  • Zhou Jinzhi asked Ye Fan where his prescription came from, and Ye Fan said he had written it himself.
  • Ye Fan predicted that Bai Yunxi had six months left and said medicine could only prolong his life.
  • Ye Fan proposed sleeping with Bai Yunxi to balance their cold and fiery energies, making Zhou Jinzhi leave in anger.
  • Jiang Hailin and Qian Yu reacted to Ye Fan’s outrageous suggestion, while Ye Fan insisted he had done nothing wrong.
  • Liao He explained Old Master Zhou’s influence to Liao Tingting and criticized Ye Fan for offending him.
  • Wu Sihan warned Ye Fan to be polite to Old Master Zhou and urged him to apologize, but Ye Fan denied that he had offended him.

Ch. 17The consequences of breaking down the door

After Ye Yinglan broke into Ye Fan’s apartment and interrupted his cultivation, he defeated her and her men, then spoke with Qian Yu about the medicinal herbs. The door opened again while Qian Yu was inside, leaving them facing a possible new intruder.

  • Liao Tingting’s family discussed Ye Fan’s insult and Liao He’s findings about his recent abilities and connections.
  • Ye Yinglan brought men to confront Ye Fan over his remarks about Liao Tingting and ordered them to break down his door.
  • Ye Fan, newly advanced to the second layer of Qi Refining, beat Ye Yinglan’s men, slapped Ye Yinglan, and threw her outside with a warning.
  • Qian Yu arrived, followed Ye Fan inside, and told him he had found the requested medicinal herbs.
  • The door slowly opened, startling Qian Yu as he feared another trespasser.

Ch. 18The cute little girl who came seeking help

Tang Nuan asked Ye Fan to rescue Xiao Qiang, who had been kidnapped, and explained that a Peace Talisman had saved her from a car accident. Ye Fan used Xiao Qiang’s comic book to locate him, then set off with Tang Nuan and Qian Yu, who drove them toward the paper figure’s destination.

  • Tang Nuan told Ye Fan that Xiao Qiang had been kidnapped and asked him for help.
  • Tang Nuan explained that a Peace Talisman had protected her from a car accident and then turned to ash.
  • Ye Fan learned that Xiao Qiang had kept his comics and used one to create a paper figure that pointed toward him.
  • Ye Fan discovered his car was out of gas, so Qian Yu offered to drive him and Tang Nuan.
  • Qian Yu followed the paper figure’s directions while wondering whether Ye Fan’s magic was real.

Ch. 19Rescue

Ye Fan and Qian Yu rescued Wu Haoqiang from the kidnappers, leaving him unconscious but safe. At the Wu Family home, Tang Ning learned that Wu Haoqiang had escaped and was eating at KFC with Tang Nuan.

  • Qian Yu followed Ye Fan to the abandoned factory, where the kidnappers demanded a ransom for Wu Haoqiang.
  • Ye Fan released knockout smoke to incapacitate the kidnappers, then dislocated their limbs and carried Wu Haoqiang out.
  • Ye Fan used a Mind-Clearing Talisman on Wu Haoqiang, but he remained unconscious, so Ye Fan and Qian Yu left him to wake naturally.
  • At the Wu Family home, Tang Ning worried when Wu Sihan said the family could not reach the kidnappers.
  • Tang Nuan called Tang Ning and said she and Wu Haoqiang were eating at KFC after the kidnappers passed out; Wu Haoqiang confirmed he was safe and said he had called the police.

Ch. 20Food Poisoning

Ye Fan rescued Wu Haoqiang from kidnappers and sent him home with Qian Yu, while the Wu Family pieced together what happened. At the Ye Family, Ye Yinglan and Ye Zhize plotted around Ye Fan’s growing influence, and Bai Yunxi learned that Ye Fan had written his prescription and sent him a Jade Buddha.

  • Ye Fan treated Wu Haoqiang and Qian Yu to food, then asked Qian Yu to take the boy home while claiming the kidnappers had food poisoning.
  • Wu Houxuan learned that the five kidnappers had been found unconscious with dislocated limbs, and Qian Yu brought Wu Haoqiang safely back to the Wu Family.
  • Wu Haoqiang told Tang Ning and Wu Sihan that Ye Fan had rescued him after Tang Nuan found Ye Fan, and Wu Sihan suspected Ye Fan had located the kidnappers through unusual abilities.
  • Ye Yinglan complained that Ye Fan had beaten her men and attacked her, while Ye Zhize warned her not to confront Ye Fan directly because the Wu Family backed him.
  • Bai Yunxi learned that Ye Fan had written his prescription and sent the Jade Buddha, then called Ye Fan an interesting person.

Ch. 21The opportunity Zhou Jinzhi offered

Ye Fan bought medicinal herbs with the twenty million Wu Haoqiang’s family transferred to him, then accepted Zhou Jinzhi’s offer to join an ancient tomb excavation where Bai would be present. Before leaving in six days, Ye Fan entrusted Wu Haoqiang with his Qi-Gathering Turtle and gave him a Jade Pendant.

  • Wu Haoqiang told Ye Fan he had persuaded his father to transfer twenty million, and Ye Fan joked about repaying him with a cheap buffet.
  • Zhou Jinzhi told Ye Fan that Bai would accompany his maternal grandfather, Xiao Chi, to an ancient tomb excavation in Shanxi Province and arranged for Ye Fan to join as an ancient literature researcher.
  • Zhou Jinzhi gave Ye Fan a work badge and told him to gather in Falling Wind Town in six days.
  • Ye Fan asked Wu Haoqiang to care for his Qi-Gathering Turtle, gave him a million-yuan bank card for its food, and explained that he was going to pursue his future wife.
  • Ye Fan gave Wu Haoqiang the finished Jade Pendant, and Wu Haoqiang asked whether it could make a car fly in a crash.

Ch. 22Old Man, Switch Seats

Ye Fan traveled to Falling Wind Town for an archaeological expedition, where he reunited with Bai Yunxi and won a place beside him on the journey by trading Xiao Chi a protective jade pendant. On the bus, Bai Yunxi recognized that Ye Fan might be the expert behind his medicine and fell asleep leaning on him.

  • Ye Fan arrived at the fully booked inn, where he found Bai Yunxi and arranged to share Yang Fei's room after explaining that Zhou Jinzhi had recommended him for the archaeological expedition.
  • Ye Fan read the inscription on a bronze ding at a glance and warned Yang Fei that the antique was an evil artifact linked to the deaths of grave robbers.
  • The next morning, Ye Fan asked to sit beside Bai Yunxi and persuaded Xiao Chi to switch seats by giving him a jade pendant that Zhang Wentao said could ward off harmful energies.
  • Ye Fan recognized Bai Yunxi's medicine as the prescription from his letter and claimed he was the extraordinary expert who had provided it.
  • Bai Yunxi felt warmth through Ye Fan's hand, fell asleep against his shoulder, and left Xiao Chi watching them with dismay.

Ch. 23Too Hard to Please?

Ye Fan traveled with Bai Yunxi and the group into the mountains, where he tried to win Bai Yunxi over with food and accidentally saved him from a venomous snake. At their campsite near the tomb, Ye Fan sensed a depleted spiritual vein and warned Zhang Wentao that the dense yin energy could kill people who entered.

  • After the bus stopped, Ye Fan offered to carry Bai Yunxi and share pork jerky, but Bai Yunxi refused both offers.
  • Ye Fan learned that Xiao Chi was Bai Yunxi's maternal grandfather and worried that he had offended him by calling him an old man.
  • Near the campsite, Ye Fan threw his fruit knife past Bai Yunxi and pinned a venomous snake to a tree, then offered to roast it for him.
  • Ye Fan sensed that a depleted spiritual vein lay beneath the mountain and told Zhang Wentao that the dense yin energy could make people die inside the tomb.

Ch. 24A Problem with His Constitution

Ye Fan connected the tomb to an ancient text about a princess and discovered that Bai Yunxi might have a rare Heavenly Yin Constitution. The chapter ended with Bai Yunxi slapping Ye Fan after he asked whether Bai Yunxi wanted to sleep with him.

  • Ye Fan recognized the tomb's eighteen surrounding coffins as matching the text about a princess who married eighteen men, and Yang Fei confirmed she was buried there.
  • Ye Fan told Bai Yunxi to stay out of the tomb because its owner was a lecher, then shared his candied hawthorn with him.
  • Ye Fan sensed Bai Yunxi's growing yin energy and asked whether he had a Heavenly Yin Constitution and was born at a yin year, month, and hour.
  • Bai Yunxi denied Ye Fan's claim, but remembered occult practitioners warning his family about his constitution and advising them to conceal his birth date.
  • Ye Fan asked Bai Yunxi whether he wanted to sleep with him, and Bai Yunxi slapped him and went into his tent.

Ch. 25Evacuating the Ancient Tomb

Ye Fan protected Bai Yunxi from a Millennium Zombie that tried to lure him away, and the group decided to evacuate the burial ground. The Illness-Expelling Talismans Ye Fan sold to Zhang Wentao helped the sick expedition members recover, allowing the team to leave safely.

  • Bai Yunxi followed a palace-robed woman out of his tent, but Ye Fan struck her with a Lightning Talisman and revealed she was a Millennium Zombie.
  • Ye Fan fought off the zombie with talismans while Bai Yunxi fired his pistol, and the creature retreated after Zhang Wentao said other zombies had trapped him.
  • Zhang Wentao explained that corpse energy had sickened much of the camp, and Bai Yunxi agreed the expedition should evacuate before nightfall.
  • The next day, Xiao Chi remained healthy because Bai Yunxi's Jade Pendant protected him, while several soldiers and support staff were ill.
  • Ye Fan gave Yang Fei an Illness-Expelling Talisman, then sold all ten of his remaining talismans to Zhang Wentao for two hundred thousand each.
  • Zhang Wentao used the talismans to revive the sick expedition members, and the archaeological team left the burial ground.
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