You Really Can't Offend Women

As the Demonic Sect's Bone Flying Boat departed, Su Fan let out a sigh of relief.

That woman is finally gone.

Suddenly, a red light descended from the sky and merged into his arm.

Su Fan rolled up the sleeve of his daoist robe, revealing a crimson ghost face tattoo that had appeared on his arm.

What the hell...

He cast his Lightning Eye Dharma Eye to scan his body and immediately frowned.

"That woman actually cursed me..."

Fortunately, after repeatedly checking with his Lightning Dharma Eye, he found no other abnormalities.

It was likely just a mark to help her find him later.

Su Fan chuckled bitterly and shook his head.

Women are truly the most venomous. I really shouldn't offend women in the future.

They hold grudges like crazy.

But he didn't take it too seriously. The Ghost King Sect was far away in the Qin State anyway.

If I don't go there, what can they do to me?

Besides, this kind of secret curse wouldn't stay on him forever; it would gradually dissipate after a few years.

Su Fan found a room in a nearby shantytown. It was very clean inside, clearly having been unoccupied for a long time.

The previous resident was likely a Rogue Cultivator who had gone to the Qin State.

He would stay here for now. He definitely couldn't return to his old courtyard.

The Demonic Sect cultivators had been causing trouble in the Chu Kingdom and had even broken through Shaoyang Market Town. How could there not be informants for them here?

Although he didn't need to leave Shaoyang Market, he would need a new identity.

After this ordeal, at least twenty to thirty percent of the Rogue Cultivators in Shaoyang Market would likely be lost.

Changing to a new identity wouldn't be difficult.

Su Fan lit a candle, found a spot, and sat down cross-legged, placing several Storage Bags in front of him.

He first picked up the Storage Bag of the zombie man. The latter was already dead, so the Storage Bag was easily opened.

This Storage Bag was actually a five-sided one. Finally, he wouldn't have to worry about not having enough space.

If he had had such a large Storage Bag back then, he could have taken all the pickled vegetables and preserved vegetables in the dozen jars in his courtyard, as well as the Chinese cabbage and radishes in the cellar, in one go.

He took out the contents of the Storage Bag. There weren't many items.

A large pile of Spirit Stones, totaling over five hundred and eighty, including two mid-grade Spirit Stones.

Over twenty bottles of pills. Ten bottles were Corpse King Pills, used to strengthen zombie magical bodies. Five bottles were Soul Refining Pills, used to strengthen the soul. Five bottles were Qi and Blood Pills, used to strengthen qi and blood. The rest were miscellaneous pills from the Demonic Sect.

The Corpse King Pills were useless and couldn't be sold, so he'd keep them for later.

The Soul Refining Pills and Qi and Blood Pills were invaluable. These two types of pills were practically unavailable on the market.

Good things, of course, were for himself.

A stack of Talismans, including over a dozen Corpse Suppressing Talismans and six Spirit Locking Talismans. These were special talismans for the Zombie Path and were useless to outsiders.

There were also eight Yin Sha Body Protection Talismans, which Su Fan favored the most as high-grade protective talismans.

Two Magic Tools: one was the Golden Crow Hammer, used by the demonic cultivator to attack Su Fan, and the other was the protective Ghost Face Shield.

Both were typical Demonic Sect magic tools and couldn't be revealed publicly for now.

However, this Golden Crow Hammer was quite good. It was over a foot long, entirely black, and would be great for smashing people.

Over a dozen ancient books. Only one was a cultivation method, titled "Heavenly Corpse Secret Records."

As the name suggested, "Heavenly Corpse Secret Records" was a legacy from the Demonic Sect's Zombie Path, covering almost all knowledge and spells related to refining, controlling, and raising corpses.

There was also a "Mang Mountain Records."

It recorded various secret techniques, with a legacy from the Mang Mountain evil cult.

The Mang Mountain evil cult had once been prevalent in the Southern Barbarian regions. Its disciples were mostly violent, ruthless, and unpredictable in their actions.

Because they frequently caused trouble in the mortal world and committed many heinous acts that angered both gods and men, they were never tolerated by the immortal sects in various regions. Even the Demonic Sect had suppressed them several times, so the ancestral home of the Mang Mountain evil cult had been destroyed for many years.

This book contained over a dozen secret techniques, most of which were evil arts that even the Demonic Sect disdained to use.

However, a few of the secret techniques within offered a unique approach and were quite practical.

One of them, a secret technique called "Void Spirit Method," particularly interested Su Fan.

It involved extracting the soul from a recently deceased person and using a secret method to swap it out, thereby concealing one's original aura.

This could be useful.

He had been marked by the Demonic Sect female cultivator. With the Demonic Sect's peculiar methods, if there were people from the Ghost King Sect in the market town, they might come looking for him one day.

Su Fan put the items into his storage bag with satisfaction and picked up a rectangular wooden box from the side.

This was a Corpse Raising Coffin from the Demonic Sect's Zombie Path, about two inches long and one inch wide, completely black as ink, emitting a chilling aura.

Su Fan swept it with his spiritual sense. Inside were two damaged Bronze Armored Zombies.

The Corpse Raising Coffin was filled with dense Yin energy, and the damaged zombies would slowly recover.

Su Fan hesitated. Should he learn this "Heavenly Corpse Secret Records"? The two zombies could be quite helpful.

Where else could he find such good meat shields?

They could take the hits for you when charging forward and cover your retreat.

If they lost an arm or a leg, just toss them into the Corpse Raising Coffin, and after a month, they'd be good as new.

Even if they died one day, you wouldn't feel bad about it; you could just raise another one.

But this was the territory of a righteous sect. If the zombies were exposed, he'd have to stick with the Demonic Sect.

As for demonic cultivation methods, Su Fan didn't really care.

People have good and evil, but laws are neither righteous nor evil.

If evil methods are used to help others, it's righteous; if righteous methods are used to harm others, it's evil.

The distinction between righteous and evil lies with the person, not the cultivation method.

Su Fan's physical body had already been modified by demonic cultivation, and he hadn't become particularly evil.

He'd see. He'd decide later.

He took out another demonic cultivator's storage bag, feeling quite expectant about this one.

Although this guy was just a minor follower in the Demonic Sect, he had participated in the market town's plunder.

He should have gotten some good stuff, right?

The storage bag was about two square feet in size. He poured out a large pile of items.

There weren't many Spirit Stones, only a little over a hundred, but there were many other things.

There were five Magic Tools alone. One of them was a mid-grade flying sword Magic Tool, likely looted from the market town.

Su Fan's spiritual sense strength was already equivalent to the mid Qi Refining stage, so controlling Magic Tools was no problem.

Magic Tools were indeed powerful, but based on his experience from several duels, they weren't entirely satisfactory.

At the mid Qi Refining stage, cultivators could only control one Magic Tool at a time.

When controlling a Magic Tool, one had to concentrate fully, making it difficult even to use Talismans.

Therefore, before breaking through to the mid Qi Refining stage, Su Fan's combat style would still primarily rely on close combat, with Talismans and Magic Tools as supplementary.

Of these Magic Tools, he'd only keep the mid-grade long sword Magic Tool.

He'd exchange the rest for Spirit Stones to buy more high-quality Talismans.

It was only him; if it were any other early Qi Refining cultivator, who would dare to play like this?

In addition, the demonic cultivator had two Magic Tools of his own.

One was a defensive Magic Tool, the "Yin Luo Umbrella," which the demonic cultivator used to block the surprise attack of the "Ice Needle Arrow Rain Talisman."

The other was the "Evil Ghost Banner," which sealed dozens of Yin spirits and ghosts. Before the demonic cultivator could even take it out, Su Fan had already decapitated him.

Besides Magic Tools, there were also dozens of bottles of pills.

Among them were fifteen bottles of "Yellow Spirit Pills" for the mid Qi Refining stage and eight bottles of "Foundation Cultivation Pills" for the late Qi Refining stage.

These pills, like those Magic Tools, were likely his share of the spoils.

The rest were auxiliary pills like "Rejuvenation Pills," "Qi Replenishing Pills," and "Detoxification Pills."

The only regret was that there wasn't a single bottle of pills usable by early Qi Refining cultivators.

There were over a dozen Talismans, all of which were Demonic Sect-exclusive Talismans like "Evil Ghost Talisman," "Ghost Howl Talisman," "Bone Soul Talisman," and "Spirit Tunneling Talisman."

He didn't even dare to use these Talismans, let alone sell them.

Additionally, there were over a dozen books, two of which were quite good.

One was titled "Ghost Path True Understanding," which was the basic inheritance for Ghost Path cultivators of the Demonic Sect.

The other was an ancient scroll titled "Primordial Chaos Technique," which was a rare cultivation method for the soul.

It seemed this demonic cultivator's cultivation direction was primarily the Ghost Path, with the soul cultivation path as a secondary focus.

Besides these items, the rest were miscellaneous goods, most of which bore the mark of the Demonic Sect and were temporarily unusable.

Wait a minute...

Su Fan took out a box from the pile of miscellaneous items. He carefully opened it, revealing an unremarkable gray robe.

This is...

Su Fan believed he wasn't mistaken. This was a high-grade Magic Robe.

This item was worth a fortune in Spirit Stones; even disciples of the sect might not be able to afford it.

This must have been secretly kept by the demonic cultivator himself. Now it's his lucky day.

This robe is called the "Immaculate Treasure Robe," woven from finely spun ice crystal silk and inscribed with six miniature magic formations.

They are "Immune to Water and Fire," "Eternal Spring," "Spotless," "Spirit Gathering," "Size Manipulation," and "Golden Light Protection."

The "Golden Light Protection" formation, in particular, can be passively triggered three times a day.

The value of this robe is immeasurable.

In any case, Su Fan would absolutely not exchange it for Spirit Stones. Such a good item, not to use it himself would be an offense against heaven.

Except for the two demonic cultivators, the remaining evil cultivators were much more meager.

However, the magic tools from the two evil cultivators he killed in the small courtyard brought him some pleasant surprises.

One was the "Bone Corroding Sand," which specialized in breaking through the spiritual energy shields of Immortal Sect cultivators and could also corrode magic tools.

Su Fan had personally experienced it; the Adamantine Talisman was instantly broken, making it extremely insidious and malicious.

The "Bone Corroding Sand" was stored in fist-sized jars, and there were currently seven jars left.

Su Fan liked this kind of item that could ambush others the most; it always achieved unexpected results.

The other item was a long black rope called the "Ghost Luo Whip," refined from the hair of women on the verge of death after being tortured.

The "Ghost Luo Whip" was as thick as a baby's arm and stretched about thirty feet when unfurled. How much hair from how many women would that take?

Holding the whip, he felt a sinister aura permeate the air, and a chill swept over him.

With a slight flick, boundless resentment emanated from it.

It was as if countless wronged souls were screaming and struggling to break free.

This thing was too damn evil.

Looking at the spoils of this expedition, besides a few magic tools and pills that could be quickly converted into Spirit Stones.

Most of the other items came from the Demonic Sect and were temporarily unusable.

After careful consideration, Su Fan decided to study the "Heavenly Corpse Secret Records." He didn't need to learn everything, but mastering basic corpse control techniques was essential.

The two Bronze Armored Zombies in the Corpse Raising Coffin should be utilized.

He wasn't going to harm anyone; it would just give him an extra trump card for protection.

Additionally, he would also spend time looking into the "Ghost Path True Understanding." It wouldn't hurt to understand more about the Demonic Sect.

The "Nether Demon Forging God Art" was a must-cultivate technique. Although it was a legacy of the Demonic Sect's soul cultivation path, there were too few cultivation methods for refining the spirit.

Techniques specifically for refining the soul were rare even in Immortal Sects and Demonic Sects. Usually, only elite disciples within a sect had the chance to study them.

How could a rogue cultivator like Su Fan, from the lower rungs, find such secret sect techniques?

Now that he had cultivated a Demonic Sect body cultivation method, if he were to practice a few more Demonic Sect spells in the future, would he be considered someone who cultivated both immortal and demonic paths?

For some reason, Su Fan had a feeling that the Demonic Sect would not let this matter rest.

The Chu Kingdom's Immortal Sects had performed so poorly in this conflict between immortals and demons, which also gave the Demonic Sect an opportunity.

At any time, the Demonic Sect might make a comeback.

With this thought, Su Fan sat down cross-legged.

The immediate priority was to break through to the Mid Qi Refining stage as soon as possible.

He took out a Qi Nurturing Pill, thought for a moment, and put it away. Then he took out a Yellow Spirit Pill.

He now possessed the Lightning Dao Body, which had not only transformed his physical body but also greatly improved his cultivation aptitude.

Trying the Yellow Spirit Pill should be fine, right?

Su Fan popped the Yellow Spirit Pill into his mouth and began circulating the Primordial Chaos Technique.

After nine cycles of cultivation, he opened his eyes, filled with surprise.

The effect of the Qi Nurturing Pill was nowhere near that of the Yellow Spirit Pill.