The night is getting darker, and the noise of Ghost Market seems far away.
Lu Chen did not stay at the scene for too long. After confirming that no one around him noticed the movement, he quickly left the bloody alley with the body of the Ghost Face Mask member. After a few flashes, he disappeared into the depths of the shadow of Ghost Market.
Instead of returning the same way, he chose another more hidden abandoned waterway and sneaked back to the ground quietly.
A quarter of an hour later, he had returned to his heavily guarded official residence.
The stone door of the secret room slowly closed, blocking out all sounds and light from the outside world.
Lu Chen threw the body on the ground. He first carefully inspected the Darkwood Heart he had received and confirmed that its quality was Higher Vehicle, that its energy was pure, and that there were no problems before he carefully put it into his arms.
At this point, all the materials for refining "Soul-Nourishing Incense" have been gathered.
His eyes immediately fell on the still warm body on the ground.
Ghost Face Mask Organization.
This mysterious and powerful organization is like a large invisible net that seems to hang over the entire Nanling Prefecture.
From the initial Zhou Tong, to the later Soul Devour Zhang Tao, to tonight's group of killers with clear goals, they appeared in Lu Chen's vision again and again.
Why do they want to rob Darkwood Heart?
No, that's not right.
Lu Chen recalled what the man in black robe said before he died - "Your noses are really smart."
This shows that Ghostface Organization's target was the man in black robe from the beginning, not Darkwood Heart in his arms. Darkwood Heart was just an unexpected addition.
So, what secrets does a man in black robe hide who can make Ghostface Organization dispatch five elite killers to kill him?
Lu Chen's eyes flashed with a dark and deep light.
Fortunately, he has the most direct and effective way to obtain information.
He stretched out his right hand and slowly pressed it on the head of the Ghost Face killer.
The system operates quietly.
"Do you want to spend 20 years Demon Devil Lifespan to cast [Soul Devour] on the target?"
"Yes."
An invisible suction force erupted from the palm of Lu Chen. The remnant soul that was about to dissipate from the killer's corpse was forcibly pulled out by an irresistible force and turned into a stream of light cyan smoke, which poured into the palm of Lu Chen.
In an instant, countless chaotic and broken memory fragments rushed into Lu Chen's mind like a flood that burst a dam.
A qualified killer has a much firmer will than ordinary people. Even after death, the information in his residual soul is full of resistance and confusion.
Lu Chen frowned, and the power of his soul was highly concentrated, like rummaging for gold in a garbage dump, quickly sifting, peeling, and integrating these broken memories.
After a moment, he slowly opened his eyes, a trace of clarity and solemnity flashed in his eyes.
He guessed correctly.
The target of Ghostface Organization is indeed not Darkwood Heart.
The black-robed man he killed had an extremely special identity.
He is actually a refiner Alchemist who defected from Blood Demon Cult!
Blood Demon Cult!
This name made Lu Chen's eyes instantly turn cold.
The tragic battle of Anmin Ward, and the "Blood God Child" who finally escaped, are still vivid in my mind.
According to the broken memories obtained by Soul Devour, this defected refiner Alchemist has a high status among Blood Demon Cult and has participated in an extremely core plan - the cultivation and refining of "Blood God Child"!
The reason why he defected was because during the cultivation process, he secretly hid part of the core materials and stole a piece of residual information about the final refinement stage of "Blood God Child", hoping to take it for himself and start a new one.
Ghost Face Mask Organization, I don't know where I got this news, and chased him all the way to Nanling Prefecture.
What they want is the top secret information about "Blood God Child"!
Lu Chen immediately stepped forward and searched carefully on the body of the man in black robe.
Soon, he found a thin scroll made of special waterproof animal skin from the layer of the black-robed man's boots.
Unrolling the scroll, there was a strange blood-colored text on it, which densely recorded all kinds of incredible refining steps and material ratios. Many of the sacrificial techniques involved were so vicious and evil that Lu Chen couldn't help but frown.
This is the remaining information about "Blood God Child"!
Lu Chen's mind suddenly flashed with countless thoughts.
His "oriole behind" tonight not only allowed him to get the much-needed Darkwood Heart, but also accidentally intercepted an important operation of Ghostface Organization.
Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
On the plus side, he has obtained a piece of extremely valuable information. If this information is handed over to the senior management of Demon Suppression Division, it will definitely be a great achievement. He can even use this information to plan the layout of Blood Demon Cult and Ghostface Organization.
But looking at the bad side, he also got into big trouble with Ghostface Organization.
The thing that Ghostface Organization tried so hard to track down finally fell into his own hands. With their pervasive style of doing things, I'm afraid it won't be long before they are traced to themselves.
Lu Chen felt a heavy pressure when he thought that this huge and mysterious organization might list himself as the next "target".
"Trouble..."
Lu Chen whispered to himself, putting away the animal skin scroll and the bronze mask of Ghostface Organization.
He looked at the two corpses on the ground, a cold light flashing in his eyes.
Whether it is Blood Demon Cult or Ghostface Organization, they are both potentially huge threats.
The best way to deal with threats is to have the strength to crush them before they come to your door.
The top priority is to heal the soul as soon as possible, restore and improve one's strength.
He took out Darkwood Heart, Mind-Soothing Grass, Soul-Condensing Flower and other medicinal materials from his arms, and placed them one by one in front of him according to the ancient prescription records.
Finally, he took out a small jade bowl, forced a drop of bright red Essence Blood from his fingertips, and dropped it into the bowl.
According to Pill Formula, when refining Soul-Nourishing Incense, there is no need for a furnace or an open flame. Instead, one must use oneself Essence Blood as a guide and the power of the soul as "fire" to melt the medicinal properties of all medicinal materials into one furnace in the resonance of the soul.
If Lu Chen's soul had not undergone some kind of strange "transformation" under the impact of [Godslayer]'s will and became extremely sharp and condensed, I am afraid it would not have been completed at all.
Lu Chen closed his eyes, and the power of the soul slowly came out, like countless invisible hands, gently wrapping the several medicinal materials in front of him.
In his perception, these medicinal materials are no longer entities, but energy groups emitting different halos and energy fluctuations.
He carefully controlled the power of the soul, first probed into Mind-Soothing Grass, and peeled out the peaceful and tranquil essence of the vegetation inside it bit by bit.
Then came Soul-Condensing Flower, and the cool and pure medicinal power was also extracted by him like a cocoon.
The most difficult one is Darkwood Heart.
The moment his soul power touched Darkwood Heart, a biting cold Yin Qi suddenly came back, almost freezing his soul power.