As Zhang Qingshan's figure disappeared from view, the worry in Ye Han's eyes faded.
On their way back from the Black Demon Forest, whenever they encountered demon beasts or cultivators, Zhang Qingshan seemed able to detect them in advance. He would lead Ye Han on a detour before they reached them, avoiding those beasts and cultivators.
It took them twice as long as the outward journey to return to the Azure Profound Sect.
Under Zhang Qingshan's guidance, they encountered no danger along the way.
This helped Ye Han understand why someone with Zhang Qingshan's personality-an honest man who was almost too kind for his own good-had managed to survive so long in the Cultivation World.
His ability to seek good fortune and avoid calamity seemed innate.
Whether it really was innate, though, Ye Han did not know. Zhang Qingshan had mentioned a fortuitous encounter, so perhaps he possessed some treasure that could guide him toward fortune and away from disaster.
Ye Han had noticed this back in the Claw Beasts' tomb. Zhang Qingshan certainly possessed some special treasure or cultivation technique.
Ye Han would not ask Zhang Qingshan exactly what it was.
After they returned to the cave abode, Zhang Qingshan took everything out of the storage bags and carefully sorted it.
Throughout the process, Ye Han asked about this and that, learning quite a few things...
For example, most of the treasures carried by the Two Fiends of Qin Mountain were sinister artifacts forged through special methods. Those methods were extremely bloody, requiring live human sacrifices or the extraction and plundering of cultivators' souls...
That bottle treasure, for instance, was a Soul-Searching Bottle refined through a special method. Those Soul-Refining Corpses were actually cultivators the fiends had killed and refined through special means to serve as their enforcers.
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