Hundred Poisons Corrupting Light Miasma

Thinking about his current predicament, Su Fan's temples throbbed with worry.

He sighed. He could only take things one step at a time.

Su Fan took Wang Zhi's Storage Bag from his waist. He had been on tenterhooks these past few days and had never opened it to take a look.

He really was a clan disciple from a demonic sect. Despite being only at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, he actually carried a Ten Directions Storage Bag.

Su Fan took everything out of the Storage Bag.

There was not much inside, but Su Fan was still utterly shaken.

There were several thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones alone, not to mention more than a hundred Mid-grade Spirit Stones.

Robbing and killing really was the fastest way to get rich. The ancients truly hadn't lied to me.

Besides the spirit stones, there were several dozen bottles of Qi Refining pills and other supplementary pills combined.

He did not recognize many of the pills. In any case, none of them were what he needed.

There were nearly a hundred talismans, most of them mid- or high-grade Protective Talismans from the demonic sect.

This guy isn't bad. He and I are fellow travelers.

There were four magical artifacts in total: the high-grade offensive artifact "Soul Severing Cone," the mid-grade auxiliary artifact "Heart Bewildering Bell," and the mid-grade defensive artifact "Blood Patterned White Bone Shield."

He would be staying in demonic sect territory for some time, so these artifacts would come in handy.

The "Blood Patterned White Bone Shield" in particular was a mid-grade defensive artifact. It was something one could encounter only by chance in the market town; even with spirit stones, one might not be able to buy it.

The last artifact was a small black boat called the "Yin Wind Boat."

It was about a foot long, with a pitch-black hull. There was a slot underneath for inserting spirit stones.

Its surface felt extremely rough. He had no idea what material it had been refined from.

This was the artifact Su Fan most wanted. After seeing Wang Zhi use it several times in the market town, he had wanted to make it his own.

Without a flying artifact for transportation, he might be captured by the demonic sect before he even reached Shaoyang Mountain.

Su Fan was extremely satisfied with the "Yin Wind Boat" because it was incredibly fast.

Its only flaw was that it consumed spirit stones.

According to Wang Zhi, inserting a Low-grade Spirit Stone would not let it fly very far. He normally used Mid-grade Spirit Stones.

What a wasteful bastard.

There was also a pile of books. Su Fan opened a few and flipped through them, nearly gagging himself sick.

He had never figured out Wang Zhi's background. Only after looking through these books did he learn that this fellow actually followed the Joyful Union Path.

Most of the books were dual-cultivation manuals from the Joyful Union Path, along with all kinds of aphrodisiac secret arts and pill recipes.

Many of those pills were probably potent aphrodisiacs. No wonder he liked changing brides every night.

Although practicing the Joyful Union Path was not shameful in the Cultivation World, since it was a legitimate lineage passed down from ancient times,

Su Fan, who had grown up in a Confucian social environment, had never been able to accept it.

Besides those, there were two beautifully crafted boxes, one large and one small.

Su Fan opened the large box expectantly. When he saw what was inside, he nearly vomited from disgust.

It was all women's underwear, and every piece had been worn.

That fellow looks so honest and dignified. How could he have such a bizarre fetish? He's practically a collector.

What a waste of such a beautiful box. He could have put anything in it.

After inspecting the large box, Su Fan had no expectations left for the small one.

He picked up the small box and examined it. Could this one also be full of disgusting things?

When he opened the box, Su Fan's eyes went wide.

He felt a hot current shoot from his spine straight to the back of his head, and the blood throughout his body grew feverishly hot.

What the hell...

Inside the box lay a jade talisman.

It was precisely the Second-tier Protective Jade Talisman Su Fan had dreamed of obtaining.

This jade talisman was called the "Hundred Poisons Corrupting Light Miasma." Once activated, it could unleash a miasma to protect the user.

It could not only shield him, but also control the poisonous barrier to attack enemies or corrode an opponent's Spirit Qi Barrier and magical artifacts.

"Ha ha..."

Su Fan threw back his head and laughed excitedly. He finally had a genuine trump card.

With this Second-tier Jade Talisman, encountering someone in the Late Qi Refining stage would no longer be a problem.

Apart from those things, the rest were merely miscellaneous odds and ends.

From the items in Wang Zhi's Storage Bag, it was clear that he was definitely a direct-line clan disciple. Otherwise, he would never have obtained such a lucrative assignment.

Not to mention that Second-tier Jade Talisman, the "Hundred Poisons Corrupting Light Miasma." It was probably left to him by a direct-line elder of his family.

Who would have thought that this idiot had not even kept it on him?

Perhaps he had never experienced any real crisis.

Since his aptitude was poor, he had simply decided to smash the jar and give up.

This fellow had cultivated the Joyful Union Path without any intention of achieving some great Dao. He was purely seeking pleasure.

Although escaping from Shaoyang Market Town had been quite dangerous, the harvest had been enormous.

A single Second-tier Jade Talisman was enough to offset all the risks.

The Bone Boat sailed for another month before finally reaching Black Profound City in eastern Liangzhou.

With Black Profound City at its center, the True Demonic Sect's territory stretched nearly ten thousand li in every direction.

The True Demonic Sect's mountain gate was in the nearby Black Profound Mountain Range, and Black Profound City sat at the foot of the mountains.

The Bone Boat's docking point was outside Black Profound City. Dozens of Bone Flying Boats were already moored there, with large numbers of cultivators gathered and waiting to board.

Su Fan climbed down from the Bone Boat and glanced back.

He sighed. Getting off was easy, but getting back on would be difficult.

Su Fan only intended to use the token in his hand for boarding a flying boat this one time.

Once he entered Black Profound City, Su Fan planned to destroy every item belonging to Wang Zhi.

Besides, apart from special periods during the conflict between immortals and demons in the Western Wilderness, Liangzhou had no Bone Boats flying to Yongzhou.

Su Fan had no idea how he would return to Yongzhou in the future.

He followed a main road toward Black Profound City. Pedestrians streamed along it, and the scene was exceptionally lively.

Large numbers of cultivators also flew through the air on magical artifacts, continuously whistling overhead.

The sky shimmered with escaping lights, while all kinds of flying boats streaked across it.

Su Fan's eyes could barely take it all in. He had seen prosperous metropolises before,

but no matter how large or prosperous the cities of his previous life had been, they had never had so many people flying through the sky.

At the city gate, Su Fan displayed his Identity Jade Talisman and entered smoothly.

The moment he entered the city, the rich spiritual energy rushing toward him made Su Fan shiver.

The concentration of spiritual energy here was at least several times higher than in Shaoyang Market Town.

He found an inn, destroyed all the True Demonic Sect clothing and the Identity Jade Talisman, then destroyed Wang Zhi's living soul and corpse as well.

He changed into a black Daoist robe, altered his build and appearance, changed to another living soul, used the Void Spirit Art, and then left the inn.

The shops lining both sides of the streets stood row upon row, while pedestrians wove through the roads. The city was extraordinarily prosperous.

Su Fan had originally thought that regions controlled by demonic sects would be much the same as those controlled by immortal sects.

But after walking around the city, he discovered that the shops in Black Profound City sold resources from immortal sects as well.

Not only that, but there were even some Rogue Cultivators in the city who cultivated immortal-sect techniques.

That was absolutely unimaginable in areas controlled by immortal sects.

Not to mention demonic cultivators—even demonic-sect magical artifacts could not be shown in public. Once an immortal sect discovered them, there would be serious trouble.

It seemed that demonic-sect-controlled regions were relatively tolerant toward Rogue Cultivators.

Although Black Profound City was quite good, Su Fan did not want to stay there.

After all, he had just killed a demonic-sect disciple. He did not dare remain within the True Demonic Sect's territory.

Wang Zhi's identity would be exposed before long.

Su Fan found a shop and completely disposed of the useless items in his possession.

He found a Spirit Rice shop in the city and bought several thousand jin of Spirit Rice in one go.

Then he found a fairly large pill shop by the roadside and bought thirty bottles of Origin Returning Pills, along with some supplementary pills.

He also replenished his healing medicines and supplementary talismans, bought a map of Liangzhou, and then left Black Profound City.

Not long after leaving Black Profound City, Su Fan took out the "Yin Wind Boat" in an uninhabited place, inserted a Mid-grade Spirit Stone into the slot, and piloted the flying boat away.