Translator: CinderTL
Xu Sanyan finished dressing, while Bai Qingyu beside him pulled up her collar to cover her fair, jade-like arm. The carriage came to a halt in a secluded alley.
Xu Sanyan leaped out of the carriage and turned back with a smile, "Let's meet again if fate allows."
With that, he turned and left without looking back, a perfect example of heartless detachment.
Bai Qingyu's expression was conflicted. She wanted to follow him and beg him to cure her, but she was also worried about the conditions he might impose, which she might not be willing to accept.
After a moment of hesitation, she looked up again, but Xu Sanyan's figure had already disappeared.
"Sigh..."
Bai Qingyu shook her head with a bitter smile. After all the twists and turns, she had returned to Dafeng Town, only to lose a batch of goods and her chastity. This journey had truly been...
...
Following his memory, Xu Sanyan arrived outside the former Ma family mansion. Not far away, in a small alley, was the courtyard where he had buried the Blood Demon's corpse.
Xu Sanyan listened carefully. Inside the house, there were the sounds of three people breathing—one heavy and two light, likely one man and two women.
As the sky gradually darkened, Xu Sanyan leaped silently into the courtyard and approached the eaves. Through the paper window, he could see a kerosene lamp burning inside the house.
"Master, it's getting cold. We should prepare some charcoal," a middle-aged woman said.
A deep male voice responded, "Hmm."
Knock, knock, knock—
Xu Sanyan stood up and knocked on the door.
"Who is it?"
"It's me."
Based on Xu Sanyan's experience, when someone says "it's me," the people inside usually automatically associate it with someone they know.
Creak—
The door opened. The three people inside had no idea that with the opening of this door, the gates to hell had also been opened.
"Who are you...?"
The man frowned at him, trying to figure out who he was.
Xu Sanyan stepped inside and lightly pressed a finger to the back of the man's neck. The man immediately fainted.
Before the two women could make a sound, Xu Sanyan had already knocked them out. However, he didn't take their lives. Once he confirmed the Blood Demon was still here, he could kill them later.
He then grabbed a shovel from the yard and began digging at the spot he remembered.
After a while, three sharp, knife-like fingers emerged from the deep pit. Continuing to dig, a slender, pitch-black figure over three meters tall was revealed.
The Blood Demon was still there and had not yet decayed.
Xu Sanyan breathed a sigh of relief, then with a wave of his sleeve, the chests of the three people caved in, and they died instantly.
Actually, whether these three were killed or not didn't matter, but since it was convenient, he just did it.
After cleaning the dirt off the Blood Demon, Xu Sanyan decided to refine it right there. Carrying a three-meter-tall corpse would be quite inconvenient.
Xu Sanyan sat cross-legged, placing the Blood Demon horizontally in front of him. He bit his middle finger and began drawing a bloody, sinister symbol on the Blood Demon's body.
As he channeled his spiritual power, the bloody symbol gradually disappeared beneath the creature's black skin.
The Blood Demon's skin began to bulge, as if countless insects were crawling beneath its flesh.
Whoosh—
Suddenly, the Blood Demon opened its vertical eye on its forehead. Its upper body straightened up, and its head turned stiffly to look at Xu Sanyan with lifeless eyes.
A thick, black mist began to rise inside the room, enveloping both the Blood Demon and Xu Sanyan. The three corpses on the ground withered as their vital essence was completely drained.
In an instant, Xu Sanyan felt a surge of murderous intent rushing to his head, as if a demon from beyond was whispering in his ear,
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The endless voices stirred Xu Sanyan's heartstrings, and boundless killing intent erupted from his body. His narrow eyes slowly opened, revealing blood-red pupils.
"Kill!"
Xu Sanyan's mind was in chaos, consumed entirely by this single thought.
As time passed, the black mist grew denser. The blood demon enveloped in the mist resembled a pool of dark ink, gradually dissolving and merging into the black fog.
The black mist was slowly absorbed by Xu Sanyan, and the ink-like essence of the blood demon seeped into his body.
After an unknown amount of time, the bloodlust in Xu Sanyan's eyes faded slightly, granting him a moment of clarity.
"The Clarity Technique!"
Xu Sanyan suddenly remembered the "Clarity Technique," a method paired with the "Blood Demon Corpse Refining Art," specifically designed to suppress the ferocious and malevolent energy within one's heart.
Without hesitation, he focused his mind and began to perform the Clarity Technique.
Gradually, the crimson in his eyes faded, and the black mist that filled the room was slowly absorbed by him. Xu Sanyan felt an itch on his back, as if something was wriggling there.
He recalled that when Ma Tianqing practiced this technique, a pattern resembling an ink painting was left on his back. Xu Sanyan assumed the same would happen to him.
The sky began to clear, and before he knew it, the night had passed. Xu Sanyan finally let out a sigh of relief—the Blood Demon Refinement was complete!
This was the first technique he had mastered!
Now, he finally possessed a method of the immortal arts, even if it seemed somewhat sinister. Xu Sanyan didn't care about that; as long as it was effective, it was good enough.
The room was in disarray, and the bodies of the family of three on the ground had shriveled into desiccated corpses. With a gentle squeeze, their bones turned to powder.
"Wow!"
Xu Sanyan marveled. This was even cleaner than the absorption by the Bloody Dagger—nothing was wasted.
Now that his journey to Dafeng Town was over, as long as he mastered the "Life Coffin Art," he could head to the upper sect to seek the next stage of his cultivation.
However, he was unsure which sect possessed the "Ultimate Truth and Serenity Sutra." If he could directly join that sect, it would be even more convenient.
As he pondered, Xu Sanyan stepped outside and noticed that the former Ma residence had been renamed the Bai residence.
"What a coincidence," Xu Sanyan chuckled softly. He had been planning to "borrow" a few horses from the Bai residence.
In the main hall of the Bai residence, a middle-aged man sat at the head of the table, his face filled with anger as he questioned Bai Qingyu.
"So, you encountered bandits?"
"Yes."
"And the goods were stolen?"
"Yes."
"All the accompanying personnel died?"
"Yes."
"And then someone saved you?"
"Yes."
"That person made a deal with you?"
"Yes."
"Then he took your body?"
"Yes."
"And then he sent you back?"
"Yes... no."
Bai Qingyu shook her head. "He was already coming to Dafeng Town; he just brought me back along the way."
The Bai family patriarch looked frustrated. In other words, this trip had cost him a lot of goods, many of his men had died, and his daughter had lost her chastity.
A total loss!
The Bai family patriarch was so enraged that his face turned red.
In contrast, Bai Qingyu remained calm. "That person also said he could cure my illness, but he wants something of interest in return."
The Bai family patriarch looked puzzled. "He already took your body—isn't that enough?"
Bai Qingyu replied seriously, "Father, it's not like that. Taking my body was the condition for saving me from the bandits. Curing my illness is a separate matter."
The Bai family patriarch looked at his naive daughter and crushed the teacup in his hand. She was still defending that man?
He took several deep breaths, forcing down his anger, and repeatedly consoled himself:
She's my own flesh and blood!
She's my own flesh and blood!
Just as he managed to calm down, a servant came in to report, "Master, a young man who claims to have saved the young lady's life is here to see you."
Instantly, the Bai family patriarch's face turned red again.
(End of the Chapter)
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