Successive Breakthroughs! Optimizing the Evil Dispelling Talisman!

"This…"

Wen Cai was immediately choked up, and his heart grew even more terrified.

How did Senior Disciple Brother suddenly become so powerful?

He used to feel like he was just average!

Qiu Sheng, standing by, remained silent, occasionally glancing at Lin Fan.

He felt an indescribable sense of deflation and envy.

He used to think Senior Disciple Brother's talent was just okay, perhaps not even as strong as his own.

He just felt he was too lazy, and with a little effort, he could surpass Senior Disciple Brother.

But now?

The gap had instantly become so immense that it was impossible to catch up.

This was a demon at the half-step Xiantian Realm!

If it were him, he'd probably be a corpse in just a few seconds!

But Senior Disciple Brother?

He killed it with such ease, as if it were nothing significant, with a calm expression!

This disparity was too despairing.

"Let's all get some rest early. It's truly safe now."

Lin Fan chuckled and waved his hand.

He just gained merit and could optimize again!

Who had time to sigh here!

"Let's go."

Uncle Jiu took another look at Lin Fan, his heart filled with joy.

Without further words, he led the three of them toward the Ren family's main hall.

The group hadn't even entered the Ren family's main hall yet.

Suddenly, a faint demonic aura lingered in the air again!

"No, there's more!"

Uncle Jiu's eyes flashed, and he exchanged a look with Lin Fan.

Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng hadn't reacted yet.

They saw the two of them already speeding towards the courtyard on the left!

Left Courtyard, Main House.

Uncle Jiu and Lin Fan sped along.

Following the residual demonic aura, they stopped before the door of a lavish room.

"Master Ren's room?"

Uncle Jiu immediately recognized the room before them.

"Let's go in and see."

Lin Fan didn't waste words and stepped forward with Uncle Jiu.

Creak!

The two pushed open the door.

They saw a middle-aged man in a beige pajama set walking with his eyes closed.

Master Ren seemed to have lost his mind, completely unaware of his actions.

He was searching every corner of the room, the floor covered with the large and small storage boxes from the bookshelves.

Beside the bedside table, they saw a shriveled, strange red flower emitting faint wisps of demonic aura!

"Master, it should be this one."

Lin Fan looked at Uncle Jiu and said decisively.

Uncle Jiu held a talisman between his sword fingers, chanted a spell, and pressed it towards Ren Fa's forehead.

"Uncle Jiu… what are you…"

Master Ren's eyes snapped open, filled with haze and confusion.

It was as if he had woken from a deep dream.

Uncle Jiu stepped forward, examined Ren Fa, and after confirming he was unharmed, slowly said, "The Flower Demon in the mansion was causing trouble just now, but Lin Fan has already killed it."

"Good, good, good!" Master Ren's eyes lit up, then he asked in confusion, "I was blinded by the Flower Demon?"

"No, it's because of this flower!" Uncle Jiu pointed at the withered red flower. "Can you tell me who gave you this pot of flowers?"

"Impossible, this flower is..."

Ren Fa said, then suddenly froze. Looking at the withered flowers all over the ground, he wailed, "My Prosperity Flower! How did it wither?"

"Prosperity Flower?"

Uncle Jiu stepped forward and asked.

"This red flower is called the Prosperity Flower. They say it brings wealth and prosperity to the family. A merchant from the southwest gave it to me over ten years ago after much persuasion. It cost me several hundred taels..."

Ren Fa's face was bitter. Looking at the withered flower, his heart bled.

Uncle Jiu's expression turned serious. "This is not some Prosperity Flower. A Flower Demon was gestating within it."

"What?"

Ren Fa was startled and his eyes widened.

Lin Fan chuckled and reminded him, "Demons and Ghosts usually only incapacitate humans to absorb their Yang energy and strengthen themselves. However, you weren't just not having your Yang energy absorbed, you were also blinded and rummaging through your house..."

"Rummaging through my house..." Ren Fa suddenly exclaimed, shouting repeatedly, "This is bad, this is bad!"

Ren Fa quickly ran to a hidden compartment in the corner, blocking Uncle Jiu and Lin Fan's view with his back.

He then slowly lifted the compartment's partition, revealing a thick stack of land deeds.

Seeing that the land deeds were all there and accounted for, Ren Fa let out a long sigh of relief.

"Master."

Lin Fan called out to Uncle Jiu in a low voice, then glanced sideways at Ren Fa.

He shifted his feet slightly, and the view became perfectly clear.

The two then exchanged a look, understanding each other without words.

These land deeds were the Ren family's greatest assets.

From shops to roadside stalls, there were also many plots of land.

It seemed the other party wasn't just trying to take his life, but also his wealth.

Uncle Jiu asked, "Master Ren, did you have any disputes with this merchant who gave you the flower?"

"I spent several hundred taels, what disputes could I have?"

Ren Fa spread his hands helplessly. "If there were any disputes, I'd be the one causing trouble for him!"

"That's true."

Uncle Jiu nodded and asked no further questions.

However, this matter was quite peculiar.

Using demons to do their bidding had a distinct flavor of Evil Cultivators!

"Master Ren, get some rest early. We'll talk if anything comes up."

Lin Fan nodded at Ren Fa and said no more.

He left with Uncle Jiu.

As soon as they were outside the door.

Lin Fan asked, "Master, did you notice anything unusual?"

Uncle Jiu shook his head and said gravely, "Not yet. Just stay vigilant. This matter is not as simple as it seems."

"Understood, Master. You should get some rest too. We still have to open the coffin and move the grave tomorrow."

"Go rest."

They parted ways and returned to their rooms to rest.

In the room.

Lin Fan returned to his room and immediately closed the door.

Finally, he had some time to upgrade his Daoist magic.

Lin Fan sat cross-legged, took a deep breath, and slowly said, "System, upgrade Purple Heaven Divine Thunder!"

[Ding! Host has consumed Skill Points. Purple Heaven Divine Thunder has been upgraded from Beginner to Minor Accomplishment!]

[Ding! Host has consumed Skill Points. Purple Heaven Divine Thunder has been upgraded from Minor Accomplishment to Major Accomplishment!]

[System Notification: Host's Skill Points are insufficient. Purple Heaven Divine Thunder cannot be upgraded further!]

Zzzzt!

Thunder rumbled in Lin Fan's mind!

Streaks of divine thunder tore through the heavens and earth!

"Major Accomplishment is enough. What a fierce upgrade!"

Lin Fan's eyes flashed with a hint of light, a pleased expression on his face.

This was more than ten times stronger than the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder that had instantly killed the Flower Demon just moments ago!

This improvement was too outrageous!

Now, even if he had to fight across levels, fighting a true Xiantian Realm cultivator might not be impossible, right?

As expected, the higher the improvement, the more exaggerated the Skill Points required.

No big deal, I'll just lie here for another day, and it'll be more than enough to reach Grand Perfection!

"Only Merit Points left."

Lin Fan looked at his nearly depleted Skill Points, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and pouted.

Calming Heart Talisman or Soul Suppressing Talisman?

He already had powerful offensive Dao Arts like the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder.

The Five Thunders Spell could easily deal with minor Ghosts and Monsters, let alone the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder.

"Soul Town Talisman, Calming Heart Talisman..."

Lin Fan stared at the two Talisman Arts, deep in thought.

He had just earned fifty Merit Points, it was time to spend them!

"Query optimizable Dao Arts."

[Detected Host's Calming Heart Talisman (Grand Perfection), optimization requires 30 Merit Points]

[Detected Host's Soul Suppressing Talisman (Grand Perfection), optimization requires 30 Merit Points]

"I'll take the Soul Suppression Talisman."

Lin Fan glanced at them and decided to add more offensive methods.

After all, the Calming Heart Talisman was too supportive.

The Soul Suppressing Talisman at least had some effect in suppressing opponents.

Lin Fan shouted in his heart, "System, upgrade the Soul Suppressing Talisman!"

[Ding! 30 Merit Points deducted, Soul Suppression Talisman is upgrading!]

As the System's voice fell!

In Lin Fan's mind, wisps of evil energy swirled up!

The figures of Ghosts and Monsters and zombies swayed, flying towards him!

In an instant!

The patterns of the Soul Locking Evil Dispelling Talisman were drawn!

A faint golden light flashed, and the malevolent energy was instantly sealed!