Cultivation Online novel Chapter 2304

Chapter 2304: A Shocking Discovery

"Even if you weren’t certain, you should’ve told me about it!" Tian Yang spoke loudly.

"Sorry..." Seeing his expression, Chao Shuying could only apologize like a child who knew they’d done something wrong.

"So, does this mean the illness is contagious?" Ren Xia suddenly asked.

"We considered that at first, but we don’t believe that is the case," Chao Shuying said. "If it were contagious, it would’ve affected all of us much earlier."

"If it’s not contagious, then they got it through other methods, such as their bloodline." Ren Xia remarked before turning to Tian Yang, staring at him with a perplexed face.

"What is it?" he asked. "If you know something, tell me."

She sighed before speaking, "What if the illness is caused by the Great Mammoth Body Refinement technique? What if it contaminated his bloodline? I considered this before, but I quickly tossed that thought away because if that were the case, his children would also be affected by the illness. Since it was exclusive to Kulas at that time, I thought that wasn’t the case. However, now that his children are also affected..."

Tian Yang and Chao Shuying’s eyes widened at Ren Xia’s speculation.

Although it sounded ridiculous, it was the most logical explanation.

"The Great Mammoth Body Refinement was something I acquired in Han Zexian’s Tomb, and the possibility that it might be a corrupted technique never crossed my mind, but now..."

While countless cultivation techniques in the world function flawlessly, there also exist those that are fundamentally flawed or even harmful to their users. The most common among them are techniques that grant immense power with little apparent effort at first—only for the cultivator to suffer a violent death later, when the hidden flaws of the technique finally manifest.

Such techniques are exceedingly rare in the modern era due to advances in cultivation knowledge. However, in the Primordial Era, when the cultivation world was still in its infancy, they were far more common.

Tian Yang couldn’t believe how naive and trusting he had been. Han Zexian was a mysterious individual, someone the world knew almost nothing about, so why had he trusted the man’s cultivation techniques so completely, without even questioning them?

Yet Tian Yang was far from alone in this. Almost everyone who had ventured into Han Zexian’s tomb had trusted its rewards without question. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Perhaps the merciless trials themselves were to blame, grinding away doubt. After all, who would believe that someone willing to design trials where failure meant death would leave behind a corrupted technique as a reward?

"There’s only one way to confirm this speculation..." Tian Yang suddenly spoke. "I have to study the technique until I have full comprehension."

"It’s too risky! What if it also affects you?!" Ren Xia rejected the idea.

Tian Yang smiled and said, "Relax, I am only studying it with the intent of increasing my comprehension. I am not actually going to train it."

Starting from that day, Tian Yang spent nearly all of his time studying the Great Mammoth Body Refinement technique.

Time continued to pass, and as Tian Yang’s comprehension of the Great Mammoth Body Refinement technique eventually surpassed even Kulas’ own understanding, more and more of Kulas’ children started to fall sick.

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