"Dressed Up, Keep Dressing Up! Strengthening Again"

"You asked for death, so I'll grant it! I wasn't looking to spill blood today, but so be it!"

The Sallow Man was furious. If this had been Vajra Temple, he might have thought twice. But some kid who'd come out of nowhere actually dared to provoke him.

He really didn't know when to quit!

"Keep putting on a show! I'll let you put on a show!"

A familiar voice rang out. Before the Sallow Man could react, a tremendous force struck him and sent him flying.

Thud~

The Sallow Man slammed hard into the ground. A palm print marked his face, and his cheek swelled up high.

"You..."

The Sallow Man's expression shifted. He wasn't good at close combat, but the young man had managed to hurt him before he could react. This opponent was no pushover.

"Keep putting on a show. Go on, show me what you've got!" Lin Chen looked down at the Sallow Man.

"You're asking for it! I'll kill you!"

The Sallow Man roared. Ghostly energy surged from him, and in an instant, two figures flew out of his body: the two Vicious Ghosts he had been keeping.

"This... this..."

At the sight of the ghosts, Wu Hongbin and his bodyguards turned deathly pale. So this was what people with extraordinary abilities could do? How were ordinary people supposed to fight against that?

Yet a hint of excitement flickered across Lin Chen's face. Two ghosts meant another thousand or so points of Origin.

Whoosh~

Lin Chen activated his Blood Qi True Flame and rushed straight at the two ghosts. Before they could attack, the Blood Qi True Flame engulfed them, reducing them to ashes.

"Any more?"

Lin Chen stared intently at the Sallow Man. The two Second-order Ghosts had earned him two thousand points of Origin. He was only seven hundred short of strengthening again!

"You..."

The Sallow Man was aghast. The ghosts he had been keeping hadn't even had a chance to attack before Lin Chen wiped them out?

"No more?"

Seeing the Sallow Man's expression, Lin Chen looked disappointed. "Can't you put in a little more effort and keep more ghosts?"

"I'll fight you to the death!"

The Sallow Man let out a furious roar. Ghostly energy churned around him, enveloping his entire body. His features twisted into a hideous mask.

"Benefactor Lin, be careful! He's using Ghost Possession. His strength will increase considerably!" Master Yi Jie hastily warned him.

"Ghost Possession?"

Lin Chen's eyes lit up. It was much like what Hu Xiaoling had been before: two beings in one body. Kill one, and he'd get two lots of Origin. One arrow, two birds!

Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Chen swung his Blood Qi True Flame-wreathed fist and slammed it into the Sallow Man.

"Argh~"

The Sallow Man let out a piercing scream as the Blood Qi True Flame struck him. The ghostly energy around him dispersed by half in an instant. Before he could react, Lin Chen's fist came down again.

"Slain Third-order Ghost, Origin +2000."

With just two punches, all the ghostly energy around the Sallow Man vanished. The Third-order Ghost had been killed on the spot!

As the ghostly energy dissipated, the Sallow Man's figure emerged. His face was pale, and he collapsed to the ground, clearly having paid a heavy price for using Ghost Possession.

"What else have you got? Go ahead and use it. I can take it." Lin Chen looked at the Sallow Man.

The Sallow Man opened his mouth as if to say something, but no sound came out.

"Damn, you're cursing me out that badly? No manners!"

Lin Chen's face darkened. He stamped down, and with a thud, the Sallow Man's head turned to ash beneath the Blood Qi True Flame.

"Slain Second-order Evil Cultivator, Origin +1000."

"Origin:"

"Martial Arts Available for Strengthening: Phoenix Undying Body, First Layer (1/9)"

Lin Chen smiled at the panel, then turned to Master Yi Jie nearby. "This guy counts as an Evil Cultivator, right?"

"Of course. Using ghostly methods to harm ordinary people for personal gain makes him an Evil Cultivator through and through!" Master Yi Jie replied solemnly.

"That's right, that's right!"

Wu Hongbin, standing nearby, nodded repeatedly. The Sallow Man had been someone even Master Yi Jie hadn't dared confront head-on, yet Lin Chen had killed him in the blink of an eye.

At that moment, Wu Hongbin finally understood that Lin Chen was far stronger than Master Yi Jie!

Lin Chen glanced at the corpse on the ground and curled his lip. "Guess he won't be putting on a show anymore!"

"I don't think he'll ever put on a show again," Master Yi Jie said with a sigh.

He was dead. What was there left to put on a show about? Playing dead?

Wu Hongbin and the bodyguards were speechless. The man was dead—what the hell was there to put on a show about?

"Now we can treat Miss Wu," Lin Chen said to Wu Hongbin.

Back in the room, Lin Chen unleashed the full force of his Blood Qi True Flame and approached Wu Xue, who lay on the bed. Ghostly energy immediately surged around her, and a figure crawled out of her body.

"Huh~"

Lin Chen looked at the figure in surprise. "Isn't this her best friend? How'd she turn into a ghost?"

"Her best friend?" Wu Hongbin froze. It was Wu Xue's best friend who had made her fall into a coma?

"I understand now!"

Master Yi Jie's voice rang out. "That man used Miss Wu's best friend to raise a ghost, making Miss Wu lower her guard so the ghost could enter her body. Otherwise, with a protective talisman from Vajra Temple, ordinary ghosts couldn't get near her."

The Wu Family were important benefactors of Vajra Temple, so they would naturally receive protective talismans that actually worked. Yet Wu Xue had still been haunted by a ghost. Master Yi Jie hadn't thought much of it before, but now he understood the reason.

"Can ordinary people raise ghosts too?" Lin Chen's eyes lit up. Maybe he could raise some ghosts himself, then kill them for Origin and become self-sufficient?

"Without the methods of the Ghost Raising Lineage, raising a ghost is like feeding it with your own life. In the end, you'll simply become its food," Master Yi Jie said calmly.

That dangerous?

At Master Yi Jie's words, Lin Chen immediately gave up on the idea of becoming self-sufficient. He didn't have the methods of the Ghost Raising Lineage.

The ghost had already taken shape, and the fate of Wu Xue's best friend was easy to imagine! But she had brought it on herself. If she hadn't tried to raise a ghost to harm Wu Xue, she wouldn't have ended up like this.

Thud~

Lin Chen swung his fist, wrapped in Blood Qi True Flame. The ghost inside Wu Xue instantly turned to ashes and vanished. As soon as it disappeared, color returned to Wu Xue's face.

Master Yi Jie stepped forward and examined Wu Xue. Then he said, "Benefactor Wu, Miss Wu is out of danger. Still, she'll need to spend more time in the sun over the next couple of days."

"Dad, Xu Huan tried to hurt me! There was a ghost!" Wu Xue cried in terror, sitting bolt upright in bed.

Wu Hongbin hurried over and held her. "Dad's here. You're safe now. It's all over."

Wu Xue calmed down and looked around the room. When she saw Lin Chen, she clearly froze. "It's you!"

"Miss Wu, we meet again. Do you believe now that I wasn't trying to hit on you?" Lin Chen said with a light laugh.

At his words, embarrassment appeared on Wu Xue's face. When she'd met Lin Chen the previous night, she'd thought he was trying to hit on her and had even made up the story about seeing a ghost. But now she understood that Lin Chen hadn't lied to her.

"Xue, you should thank Master Lin. If he hadn't stepped in, you could've lost your life," Wu Hongbin said hastily.

He had seen how ruthless Lin Chen was—he'd beaten a man's head to ash. He didn't want Wu Xue to leave Lin Chen with a bad impression.