I Can Merge Techniques

Chapter 460: Chapter 152: Fierce Soul Sacrifice Strengthens the Ten Thousand Souls Banner; Baili Bing’s Mighty Rescue at the Red Flame Sect

Watching Cyan Snake’s reaction from the side, Mo Yunzi understood...

Her mysterious master and his Demon Pet were likely no strangers to the dirty business of killing for treasure and looting corpses.

Chu Fan first picked up Mo Daozi’s bizarrely shaped black longsword. It was cool to the touch, with a faint Demonic Qi coiling around it.

His knowledge of Artifact Refining was quite lacking, so he couldn’t determine the grade of Magical Treasures and Secret Artifacts.

However, before he killed Mo Daozi, Mo Yunzi had already revealed all of her senior brother’s secrets to him.

This included the Demon Snake Sword, a Profound Weapon of the Lower Grade.

Although the sword was far inferior to his Five Elements Cauldron, it was still quite valuable—a nice windfall.

Chu Fan’s gaze swept over and landed on the withered index finger of Mo Daozi’s left hand. His eyes suddenly lit up!

There, he was wearing an ancient-looking ring!

"A Sumeru Ring!"

Chu Fan was overjoyed.

Demon Suppression Envoy Yue Mankong had once told him that even among the veteran Demon Suppression Guards in the Demon Suppression Bureau, those who possessed a spatial storage Magical Artifact like a Sumeru Ring were as rare as a phoenix’s feather.

He never expected that Mo Daozi, a cultivator at the Second Heaven of the Acupoint Realm, would be so wealthy!

Seeing his eyes gleam as he was about to yank the ring off, Mo Yunzi couldn’t help but call out a reminder. "Young Master, Sumeru Rings are all sealed with their original owner’s Divine Soul Mark. Forcibly breaking it could result in a backlash. It would be better to return to Qing Province City and find an expert in the Demon Suppression Bureau who specializes in this to help, and then..."

Her words stopped abruptly as her beautiful eyes widened in an instant.

She watched as Chu Fan’s Divine Sense probed into the ring unimpeded and he began to methodically take out the items one by one.

"Th-This... how is this possible?!"

Mo Yunzi’s mind reeled in shock. ’The Young Master clearly just opened his Sea of Consciousness and entered the Divine Power Realm less than a day ago! How could his Divine Soul Power be strong enough to so easily erase the Divine Soul Mark of a cultivator at the Second Heaven of the Acupoint Realm?!’

Of course, she didn’t know that Chu Fan hadn’t used his Divine Sense to forcibly break the Divine Soul Mark inside the Sumeru Ring. Instead, he had used the Map of Mountains and Rivers to perform Refinement on the ring itself.

Chu Fan paid no mind to Mo Yunzi’s shock and focused on taking stock of his haul.

Mo Daozi’s collection was quite eclectic...

All sorts of Talismans glimmering with different lights, bizarrely shaped Magical Treasures, and many minerals and Spiritual Materials he didn’t recognize were piled up in a small heap.

Fortunately, he had the knowledgeable Mo Yunzi and Cyan Snake by his side. Although the two of them couldn’t identify every single item, they managed to recognize seventy to eighty percent of it by pooling their knowledge.

The value of these items far exceeded that of the Lower Grade Profound Weapon, the Demon Sword!

Normally, after obtaining such a rich bounty of spoils, Chu Fan should have been ecstatic.

But perhaps because he had experienced this sort of thing too many times, his heart was completely calm at this moment.

He narrowed his eyes, thinking to himself, ’This Mo Daozi was incredibly cautious in battle, summoning two Demon Puppets to protect himself ahead of time. But in the end, he wasn’t cautious enough... or rather, he underestimated me.’

According to Mo Yunzi and Cyan Snake’s judgment, if he had thrown out all these Talismans and Magical Treasures without regard for the cost, he could have probably killed even two or three cultivators at the Second Heaven of the Acupoint Realm.

Unfortunately, Mo Daozi never got the chance to use them.

"Chu Fan..."

Just then, Cyan Snake spoke up timidly, pointing a finger at a peculiar plant in the pile of items. It was azure all over, with leaves shaped like crescent moons. Her eyes were filled with longing. "That Moonlight Grass... can you give it to me? It can purify Demonic Power. If I consume it, I’m eighty percent sure I can break through to the Profound Demon Realm..."

Hearing this, Chu Fan felt a bit helpless.

He recalled how back in Cyan Yang Ancient City, he had given Cyan Snake quite a few Elixirs and Treasure Plants to help her break through, hoping she would become a powerful asset against the Moon Worship Sect.

Who would have thought that after several months, from Cyan Yang City to the much larger Qing Province City, she would still be stuck at the peak of the Spirit Demon realm.

Seeing Chu Fan’s displeased expression, Cyan Snake’s pretty face flushed slightly, and she hastily explained, "The Demon Race’s cultivation mostly involves absorbing the essence of the sun and moon to temper our bodies and Demon Cores. We rarely have suitable inherited Cultivation Techniques. It’s completely different from the human path of Qi Refining and Divine Communication, so our progress is naturally much slower..."

She paused, then quickly added a solemn promise, "But if I break through to the Profound Demon realm, my strength will be comparable to a high-level or even peak-level human in the Divine Power Realm! Dealing with ordinary Divine Power Realm cultivators will be as easy as crushing an ant!"

At the side, Mo Yunzi rolled her eyes. She was clearly unimpressed by Cyan Snake’s "crushing an ant" metaphor, but she didn’t voice any objections.

Chu Fan pondered for a moment.

The Seven Stars Gang was new here and did indeed need a Divine Power Realm expert to hold down the fort.

If Cyan Snake could break through, it would indeed bolster the Seven Stars Gang’s prestige.

It was just a stalk of Moonlight Grass.

He had even given away a Seven-leaf Star Orchid, so why would he care about a single Treasure Plant like this?

That young miss from Medicine King Valley had given him a ton of good stuff, after all. He hadn’t even had the time to go through it all yet!

With a flick of his finger, Chu Fan sent the Moonlight Grass flying toward Cyan Snake. "Take it. Break through as soon as possible, and don’t disappoint me again."

Cyan Snake’s face immediately lit up with a grin. She carefully tucked it away as if it were a priceless treasure and said repeatedly, "Don’t you worry! When I get back this time, I’ll go into secluded cultivation. I won’t come out until I break through!"

After putting away Mo Daozi’s Sumeru Ring, Chu Fan turned his attention to the corpse of the large Demon Race man.

A thorough search, however, left him greatly disappointed.

Besides a broadsword of decent quality that was a Profound Weapon, the big man only had a few low-denomination silver notes, some broken silver, and two low-grade Defensive Talismans.

"What a poor bastard!"

Cyan Snake, resentful, kicked the stiff corpse and spat.

"Wait." Chu Fan raised a hand to stop her, a meaningful smile playing on his lips. "He might not be as poor as he looks."

He closed his eyes and focused his mind, his Divine Sense probing into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.