"Cough, cough, cough, you, uh, get to the point. Where is that fragment now? Where did you put it? I need to retrieve a fragment now," Wang Yufan said to Zen Old Monk.

Zen Old Monk heard Wang Yufan keep talking about that fragment and felt that Wang Yufan was a bit unreliable.

"It’s not that I don’t believe you, it’s because that outsider has already given me a shadow. Although you brought out that miniature temple seal before, I still can’t just say it," Zen Old Monk said. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Wang Yufan heard that it was still the same result, then without saying a word, he pointed a finger directly at the old monk’s forehead.

At this moment, a scene appeared in Zen Old Monk’s spiritual world.

Two figures appeared; one was Wang Yufan’s figure, looking a bit young, but Zen Buddhist Monk Yichan recognized him at a glance. The other person wore a kasaya, with kind eyes and a benevolent face, and he was sitting on a futon in the main hall of the former Dao Realm Temple. Needless to say, this was Master Lingfa, the abbot of Dao Realm Temple at that time.

Scene after scene from that year flashed through Zen Buddhist Monk Yichan’s mind. After about a dozen breaths, Wang Yufan spoke:

"Now you should believe me, right?"

Hearing Wang Yufan’s words, Zen Old Monk nodded.

"amitabha, this old monk believes you, benefactor, but this fragment..."

Zen Old Monk stopped halfway through, seeming to have some unspoken difficulty.

"You have preserved the item I once asked you to guard until now. I know you’ve been through a lot, and it even caused your Dao Realm Temple to be destroyed. I promise you, I will have that fellow Liu Wuxie build a Dao Realm Temple for you here. As for you, you are currently in a state that can be considered soul possession. I can help you reshape your body and restore your cultivation to its former strength. How does that sound?"

Wang Yufan said to Zen Old Monk.

Upon hearing this, Zen Buddhist Monk Yichan’s eyes gleamed, and he quickly said:

"If the benefactor can truly do that, then this old monk will be eternally grateful."

"It’s nothing, it’s what I should do. If it weren’t for that fragment, your Dao Realm Temple wouldn’t have fallen to this state," Wang Yufan said.

However, just after Wang Yufan finished speaking, Zen Old Monk continued:

"Benefactor, about that fragment you just mentioned, it’s not that this old monk can’t speak of it; it’s because that fragment is nowhere else but on my person."

Hearing Zen Old Monk’s words, Li Qiye, who was beside him, said:

"Since it’s on you, why don’t you hurry up and take it out? What are you talking about?"

"Alas, it’s not that I don’t want to take it out. It’s just that when I died, that fragment merged into my soul, and the reason I’ve been able to survive until now and even possess the body of a great demon is because of that fragment. Otherwise, after all this time, even in a soul state, there would come a time when it would dissipate."

As Zen Old Monk narrated, Wang Yufan had already spread his divine sense and swept over his body. Sure enough, after a sweep, Wang Yufan found traces of that fragment at the location of Zen Old Monk’s heart. However, that fragment was not in Zen Old Monk’s soul now, but had directly appeared in the heart of this physical body.

Wang Yufan extended one hand, and a blood-red pearl floated above his palm. When Li Qiye and Zen Old Monk saw this blood-red pearl, they felt dizzy and nauseous. Seeing everyone’s reaction, a surge of power directly emanated from Wang Yufan’s body, immediately eliminating their discomfort.

"Master, what is this pearl you’re holding? Why have I never seen you take it out before?" Li Qiye asked.

"Little Qiye, even I have never seen this pearl that Master has taken out, let alone you," said Little Black, who was in Li Qiye’s arms.

And Zen Old Monk also looked at Wang Yufan with a face full of questions. Hearing everyone’s words, Wang Yufan smiled and said:

"This pearl is called a soul stabilizing pearl, specifically used to protect the soul from dissipating." After Wang Yufan finished speaking, his eyes looked towards Zen Old Monk.

Zen Old Monk’s eyes were fixed intently on the soul stabilizing pearl in Wang Yufan’s hand.

Wang Yufan coughed twice, and only then did Zen Old Monk realize he had been a bit out of sorts.

"Old monk, I will take that fragment away soon. Once I take it, your soul will definitely leave this body, and then it will dissipate within a quarter of an hour. The soul stabilizing pearl in my hand can protect your soul from dissipating, and then I will find something else to reshape your physical body." Wang Yufan said.

Hearing Wang Yufan’s words, Zen Old Monk was extremely excited. Although he had lived for a very long time, his soul being in a demon’s body always felt very awkward, and besides, an ordinary human body could not withstand his soul.

At this moment, Wang Yufan spoke:

"Sit down. I’m about to start taking out that fragment now. It might hurt a little, but I believe you can endure it."

Hearing Wang Yufan’s words, Zen Old Monk said:

"Benefactor, rest assured, this old monk knows. Having lived this long, this little bit of pain can still be endured... Ah..."

Zen Old Monk hadn’t even finished speaking when Wang Yufan directly began. A piercing pain shot from his heart towards Zen Old Monk’s four limbs and hundred bones. Zen Old Monk now felt like cursing.

Didn’t he say it would only hurt a little?

Was he really not deceiving this old man? He thought about it and then felt it was wrong. Because the young man standing in front of him was already an old monster who had lived for nearly ten thousand years; pretending to be old in front of him was a bit excessive.

But Wang Yufan clearly said it would only hurt a little just now, so why did he almost die from the pain?

"Are you alright? Does it hurt that much?" Wang Yufan asked Zen Old Monk while working.

"Amitabha. That, benefactor, it’s fine. This old monk was a bit too excited just now. Please continue, benefactor," Zen Old Monk said, forcing himself.

After hearing the old monk’s reply, Wang Yufan said "Oh" and continued operating. He had accidentally discovered this fragment in the Dao Realm back then. Even when he had reached the Shenzun Realm, he hadn’t been able to figure out any use for this fragment. Wang Yufan felt that this fragment seemed to have fallen from something extraordinary.

Although he had all the knowledge left behind by the system, he knew there was still a small portion he didn’t know. Perhaps the information about this fragment was in that unknown part of the information. He had entrusted this fragment to Master Lingfa of Dao Realm Temple for safekeeping back then because he himself had not yet become the strongest in this universe and world.