I Am a Demon!

"Ha ha ha, it seemed the clan chief had truly recovered. Even I could no longer hide things from you." The Supreme Elder laughed heartily and strode inside.

He looked at Su Hao, and his expression suddenly froze again. Shocked, he said, "Your cultivation?"

Su Hao gave him an even stronger impression now, no weaker than Qi Condensation, Third Layer!

"I accidentally broke through." Su Hao smiled faintly.

"Accidentally?" Su Jingshan was stunned, his heart roiling like the heavens had been overturned. Cultivation required vast amounts of time even for geniuses, yet Su Hao had only left for a few hours and had already broken through again.

It was simply inconceivable.

This youth is even more terrifying than he was five years ago. And if he continues at this pace, he may surpass his father! The Supreme Elder thought to himself, becoming even more determined to support Su Hao.

Su Hao's father, Su Yuanshan, was an outstanding hero of his generation.

At thirty-three, he was already Great Flame City's foremost expert and greatest genius. His cultivation was unfathomable; at the very least, Su Jingshan could not see through it.

"What a pity. If he were here, the Su Family might already be Great Flame City's number one family." Su Jingshan secretly shook his head.

Su Yuanshan had left five years ago. Rumor had it that he had received news of Su Hao's mother and gone to meet her. Yet once he left, he never returned. Many even guessed that he was already dead.

"I can say with certainty that the Supreme Elder has been poisoned for more than five years. Your eyes are yellowing, and your fingernails have turned faintly purple. The poison you suffer from must be... Seven Insects Seven Flowers."

Su Hao looked at the old man and got straight to the point.

"How did you know?" Su Jingshan pulled himself from his thoughts, surprised once more. This poison was exceedingly rare. Back then, he had fought his enemy and, although he slew his foe, he had also been poisoned.

It was precisely Seven Insects Seven Flowers!

Over the past few years, he had sought out physicians everywhere, only to receive the same three words: It can't be cured!

Su Hao had been silent for five years, yet he had seen through the poison at a glance and directly named it. This made Su Jingshan believe all the more that Su Hao truly had a way to eliminate this hidden danger for him.

"I, Su Hao, remained silent for five years before rising in a single day. Do you think there is no one behind me?" Su Hao borrowed a tiger's hide as a cloak. He did not fully trust the Supreme Elder either.

Over five years, he had seen through the warmth and coldness of human relationships, the harshness of the world. This was a world where men devoured men. The only thing one could trust was one's own fist.

Strength was the foundation that decided everything.

Indeed. Su Hao was silent for five years, unable to open his qi sea. Yet today, he rose up with strength comparable to Qi Condensation, Second Layer, and his cultivation talent has soared. If there were no expert behind him, it would be hard to believe. Su Jingshan thought to himself.

He immediately raised his head and said, "May I ask what method the clan chief has to detoxify me?"

Su Hao smiled. "Supreme Elder, there is no need to ask. I guarantee that within one month, I will suppress the poison for you. Within one year, I will completely purge it."

From the inheritance of the Supreme Devil Lord, Su Hao had gained countless kinds of knowledge, but using that knowledge also required powerful strength.

To deal with the Supreme Elder's poison, he needed to reach Qi Condensation, Third Layer and condense an Innate Dao Fire. Only then could he suppress it.

Su Jingshan smiled, hope appearing in his eyes. After a pause, he reminded him, "Su Yuanba's eldest son has joined the Blazing Fire Immortal Sect. His cultivation is certainly not ordinary. If he returns, perhaps even I will be unable to suppress him. When that time comes, we will need the person behind you to step forward and resolve it."

"Don't worry. I have my own methods." Su Hao smiled, calm on the surface, though inwardly he was troubled by the matter as well.

"Good, then this old man will not disturb the clan chief's rest. I will also immediately send someone to deliver some resources. The clan chief will need such things for cultivation."

The Supreme Elder smiled. His words perfectly suited Su Hao's wishes.

He was indeed lacking resources now.

The Supreme Heavenly Demon Art was powerful, but the spiritual energy in the air was limited. Even the cleverest housewife could not cook without rice. With some resources, his cultivation would surely proceed with the wind at his back.

Before long, Su Hao's resources were delivered: more than a dozen black low-grade spirit stones. Besides those, there was the clan chief's jade pendant and a yellow paper spirit talisman, said to be capable of killing someone at Qi Condensation, Fourth Layer.

Su Hao solemnly put them away. Then his brows suddenly furrowed, as if he had remembered something. He silently left the family and headed straight for Endless Lake in the Green Forest Mountain Range.

The night was deep, and the world was frozen solid.

Su Hao moved swiftly, racing toward the frozen lake. "A drop of my blood attached itself to the lotus, allowing my soul to enter it as well. I was reborn through the Golden Lotus, but my dead body is still there. If the Great Elder sends someone to find my body, something may go wrong."

Although Su Hao's "corpse" was at the bottom of the lake, it could still be salvaged with some effort. If it appeared and was exposed before the Su Family, the current Su Hao would likely have nowhere to remain and would be slain as a demon.

Very soon, Su Hao approached Endless Lake.

However, when he arrived, his brows abruptly tightened. There were people ahead!

Su Hao silently approached within a hundred meters of the lake. Possessing an Innate Dao Body, his five senses were far sharper than those of ordinary people. Though the moonlight was dim, he could still clearly see the scene ahead.

"They really came."

Ahead were the two black-clad men who had killed Su Hao. One of them was soaked from head to toe, having just climbed out of the lake.

"Damn it, I'm freezing to death! That brat clearly had his throat slit by me. How could he possibly still be alive?" The black-clad man lifted out a black cloth sack.

He then untied it.

A corpse was revealed inside the sack. It had already turned somewhat pale, and its face was unmistakably Su Hao's.

"It's him!"

The burly man opened it and immediately turned deathly pale. "He's dead, absolutely dead! Then who exactly is that person in the Su Family? Could he be some demon transformed?"

"Don't talk nonsense. Are you trying to scare me to death? ...Come, let's return at once and report to the Great Elder." The other black-clad man spoke, carrying the cloth sack as he prepared to leave.

Yet the moment they stepped beyond the lakeshore, a fierce gust rushed at them. A fist and a kick struck toward the vital points of both men.

"Who is it?"

The two black-clad men were greatly alarmed, but their cultivation was not weak either—one at Qi Condensation, Second Layer, the other at Qi Condensation, Third Layer. As the fist and kick came at them, they swiftly raised their guard.

Then their gazes shot fiercely forward.

Su Hao turned his head, revealing his delicate features before their eyes. In an instant, both men were frightened so badly that their faces turned deathly pale, devoid of all color.

They held Su Hao's corpse in their hands, yet another Su Hao had appeared before them. Such a sight would chill anyone to the bone and send cold sweat down their spine.

"Are you human, a ghost, or a demon?" The black-clad burly man asked in terror, his voice trembling.

Su Hao shook his head, a cold smile curling across his lips. "Neither. I am... a demon!"