After being dealt with by Kent Zheng, Leo Blaze had two ribs broken, and his body also bore several bruised indentations. Fortunately, this wasn’t too much of an issue. With the help of the Elixir, he could barely manage to heal these minor injuries. Compared to his injuries, he cared more about his strategy.<br><br>It so happened to be the start of the lunar month when Leo Blaze took the opportunity during another clash with him to casually reveal the information about "Mr. You" that he had learned from Lily White. As he noticed a subtle change in his expression, Leo Blaze's heart filled with joy.<br><br>In truth, he didn't know what the other party would do with this information; he just wanted to give it a try. After all, he had nothing to lose, and now it seemed he had succeeded. The other party definitely harbored their own selfish motives.<br><br>In the cavernous interior, time had no meaning, and the first day of the lunar month quickly arrived. This day was the optimal time for Master Dan to refine Elixir. He would be stuck in his alchemy room all morning, coincidentally while "Mr. You" was absent.<br><br>Although Breezy Haven wasn't large, it also wasn't small. After living there for such a long time, Leo Blaze had already figured out Kent Zheng's movements. However, he didn't do anything, staying quietly cross-legged in the Main Hall.<br><br>"Could I have been wrong? Is this guy not as greedy as I thought?" Leo Blaze pondered in his bed, wondering what had gone awry.<br><br>Fifteen days later, on the first day of the second lunar month, Kent Zheng still hadn't made a move. Just when Leo Blaze thought he had miscalculated, on the fifteenth day of the second month, Kent Zheng was absent from his usual spot in the main hall; he finally couldn't hold back.<br><br>Upon seeing Master Dan ignite the furnace, Leo Blaze quickly moved towards Master Dan's residence according to his original plan. As he approached the entrance, Leo Blaze suddenly stopped. He saw Kent Zheng standing guard at a distance without entering.<br><br>Seeing him carefully observing from the door, Leo Blaze immediately understood—someone was covering for him. He was keeping watch. This guy was more suspicious than he had imagined.<br><br>About half an hour later, Leo Blaze saw Dark Moon sneaking out from inside. Kent Zheng glanced at him, pulled out a black talisman, and stuck it on both of their knees, disappearing like the wind.<br><br>The door was only slightly ajar, like a trap tempting people inside. Seeing that someone else had scouted the way for him, Leo Blaze knew that even if the room was prepared, Kent Zheng had probably disarmed it. He cautiously moved forward; this was his chance.<br><br>Master Dan's residence was spacious but messy and filthy, with a strong smell of dead rats. Despite the poor conditions, Leo Blaze immediately spotted the most valuable item: a stone slab covered by a black-threaded copper coin net. As expected, this slab was what Master Dan referred to as the Celestial Codex.<br><br>He carefully approached, peering through the black threads to examine its content. Kent Zheng had definitely tried to secretly learn the Ascension Method, but from the scene, it seemed he hadn't succeeded. Leo Blaze carefully deciphered the contents of the Celestial Codex. The text was extremely cryptic and barely readable, resembling pictographic characters from a more ancient era.<br><br>Even though the evolution of Chinese characters over thousands of years is minor, he still struggled to read it. The more Leo Blaze read, the more something felt off. Didn't Master Dan say that achieving eternal life required internal and external elixirs to be practiced simultaneously? It seemed this guy wasn't practicing as the text indicated at all.<br><br>"Xibupuyin Gandharva... to spread blessings like clouds... with a wondrous body granting all comfort and liberation..." Moreover, this didn't look like any so-called Ascension Method but rather like a scripture.<br><br>"Hehe." A strange giggle sent chills down Leo Blaze's neck, causing him to turn abruptly, only to find no one behind him. In the wall, hollowed out into a niche, rested a narrow-necked blue and white porcelain vase.<br><br>"Something's not right." Alarmed, Leo Blaze began to retrace his steps; it seemed Kent Zheng hadn't cleared all dangers.<br><br>"Don't move." A sharp, thin female voice sounded from behind. Leo Blaze turned slowly once more, and what he saw sent chills down his spine. At the neck of the narrow vase, a pale girl's head emerged. Although she appeared to be a child, her skin wasn't the color of the living, especially with the frightening rouge on her cheeks.<br><br>Gazing at the tiny red dot in the center of her forehead, Leo Blaze became increasingly uneasy. In an instant, he also understood that this was the entity Master Dan used to read the Celestial Codex for him.<br><br>"Are you with that person just now? Hehe, you're in big trouble. As soon as I ring the bells, my dad will come back." Her braided hair was tied with red string to several bronze bells.<br><br>At her words, Leo Blaze's anxiety peaked, but the next second, his expression turned calm. "Go ahead, call him. It'll be just as well for your dad to know it was you who deceived him."<br><br>Seeing the jughead's face show a trace of panic, Leo Blaze inwardly sneered. He had guessed right. It wasn't just him trying to fool the illiterate Bald Master; whatever this thing was, it was doing the same!<br><br>The upper beam is crooked, and the lower beam is slanted—the whole Breezy Haven harbors scheming hearts!<br><br>"It's... it's not my fault. The writing is too messy; I can't read it. Dad forced me to read it to him. What could I do?" Jughead whimpered, nearly in tears.<br><br>Seeing Jughead panic, Leo Blaze quickly made a decision. "Alright, let's make a pact. I'll leave now, and you'll pretend you didn't see me. I'll pretend I don't know about you. It's for the best for both of us."<br><br>Jughead nodded after some hesitation. "Fine, hurry up and leave then. I'll act like you never came."<br><br>Leo Blaze cautiously moved towards the door, asking, "Since the Celestial Codex is fake, did you make up those potion recipes for him too?"<br><br>Jughead laughed awkwardly. "Yes, because those are the only things I remember. I pretended the recipes were from the book and told Dad. Don't worry, they won't kill anyone. I don't want Dad to die; I'm just afraid he'll abandon me once he finds out I'm useless. Look at me—no hands or legs—"<br><br>Just as Jughead went on, Leo Blaze abruptly raised his right hand, and smashed the jade pendant forcefully at the vase. The circular jade pendant, trailing a white shadow, struck the vase instantly. Cracks appeared, and under Jughead's terrified gaze, the vase fell to the ground heavily.<br><br>The vase shattered, spilling out viscera tangled with black Buddhist beads and drenched in filth, exposing them to the air. "Dad! It hurts, Dad, it hurts so much," Jughead's cries grew weaker and weaker.)
