Chapter 70: Chapter 69: A Dark and Windy Night for Murder

’Evil Qi is a vile substance that even graded Martial Artists fear. It not only corrodes flesh, blood, muscle, and bone, but it can also corrupt one’s mind!’

’Those who use the ’Nine Blood Soul Blades’ use the Evil Qi in their own bodies as a catalyst to draw upon the ambient Evil Qi in the world to fight their enemies. Even their sabers turn blood-red...’

’This fighting style often means harming yourself by eight hundred to injure the enemy by a thousand.’

’In the future, when you encounter someone from the Blood Saber Sect, either end the fight quickly or stay as far away as possible. Otherwise, once the Evil Qi invades your body, even dying will be an impossible luxury!’

The moment he sensed trouble, Chu Fan didn’t hesitate. He slapped the window open with his left palm, and with a leap, jumped outside.

"SWISH!"

Before his feet even touched the ground, a blood-colored curved saber, carrying a sharp Sword Qi, was already rushing towards him!

The man had apparently anticipated this. After unleashing the "Nine Blood Soul Blades" at the door, he had quietly circled around to the window to lie in ambush.

Unflustered in the face of danger, Chu Fan took a step with his left foot and parried upwards with the Long Saber in his hand.

"CLANG!"

The sound of metal on metal rang out, sparks flew, and the curved saber was knocked away.

The two retreated three steps each.

Their Qi Blood Power was evenly matched!

"What coward is this, hiding your face and skulking around!"

The man from the Blood Saber Sect, who had a pointy mouth and monkey-like cheeks, stared intently at the black-cloth-masked Chu Fan and called out, "Friend, I am from the Blood Saber Sect. We have no prior grievances. Why..."

"BAM!"

But Chu Fan didn’t answer. He pushed off with the sole of his foot and shot forward like an arrow.

He had seen right away that the man’s probing words were just a stalling tactic.

While he was speaking just now, the man’s curved saber had been vibrating slightly, emitting a hum that was difficult for ordinary people to detect.

And the Blood Evil Qi was being drawn to that curved saber, gathering from all directions!

"Die!"

The Long Saber in Chu Fan’s hand, carrying a fierce and tyrannical Sword Force, slashed directly at the man!

"First Fold, Thunder Sting, Clouds Parting and Sun Shining!"

"Second Fold, Dragon’s Roar, Cyan Dragon Emerges from the Water!"

"Third Fold, Cloud Collapse, Dark Clouds Overhead!"

Three consecutive slashes, each one fiercer and heavier than the last!

By the time the third slash came down, it had already combined a threefold Sword Force.

The pointy-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man took the second slash and felt his opponent’s Sword Force crashing against him like waves, one after another.

It actually shook him so much that his qi and blood churned, and his limbs went numb!

A look of absolute terror appeared on his face as he exclaimed, "The ’Ninefold Thunder Shock Saber’!"

The "Ninefold Thunder Shock Saber"...

Who of the same realm would dare to face it head-on?

He used all his strength to shift to the right, dodging the Sword Gang pulsing from Chu Fan’s Long Saber.

Then, he thrust his right foot into the ground like a sharp blade and kicked upwards sharply—

But unexpectedly, Chu Fan did the exact same thing!

Their feet kicked at each other, sending dirt and snow flying into each other’s faces!

The next moment, both retreated two steps backward simultaneously.

Taking advantage of this gap, the pointy-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man once again thrust his curved saber into the ground and formed a strange Seal Technique with his hands.

The surrounding air suddenly grew thick. Even the residual blood from the corpses inside the house began to steam and rise as if it were alive, transforming into wisps of blood mist that converged on the two of them!

Chu Fan felt a stinging pain on his skin, as if countless sharp needles were pricking him.

He immediately pulled back, quickly putting distance between them.

Seeing this, the pointy-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man’s mouth twitched.

With his meager abilities, the area that the Blood Evil Qi could cover was already limited.

Now that his opponent had pulled away, his actions had backfired, trapping him in his own web!

He hurriedly reached out to grab the curved saber from the ground, turned, and tried to vault over the courtyard wall to escape.

"THUD! THUD! THUD!"

He had just started to flee when Chu Fan had already turned back, closing the distance in the blink of an eye!

’How can he be so fast!’

The man was aghast.

His opponent was clearly at the same "Blood Nourishing" Realm as him. It was only because he cultivated the "Ninefold Thunder Shock Saber" and his Sword Techniques were more tyrannical that he didn’t dare to face him head-on.

But his opponent’s speed... how was it like that of a "Bone Marrow Forging" Martial Artist!

"Die!"

Before he could react, a Fourfold Blade Force had already condensed on Chu Fan’s Long Saber.

A sharp, tyrannical blade glint illuminated the darkness and slashed down at him, both fast and ferocious!

"No!"

The man’s face was drained of color as he subconsciously raised his curved saber above his head.

"BOOM!"

"SQUELCH!"

They were over two meters apart, yet the blade glint from Chu Fan’s slash was so condensed it was almost tangible. It first struck the man’s curved saber, knocking it away, and then, with undiminished force, landed on his head!

A line of blood ran straight down from his forehead. The curved saber fell from the man’s hand, and his body collapsed to the ground.

Chu Fan searched the two corpses, one inside and one outside, for a moment. He found two coin purses, put them away, and quickly returned home.

As soon as he entered the house, he set his saber aside and began performing the Twelve Forms Fist.

This Fist Technique could circulate qi and blood, allowing for the rapid expulsion of the Evil Qi that had seeped into his body.

Chu Fan was not alarmed.

The man was only in the "Blood Nourishing" Realm. There was no way his "Nine Blood Soul Blades" could have reached Great Success, so the amount of Evil Qi he could draw upon was limited.

Otherwise, wouldn’t the "Nine Blood Soul Blades" be an invincible Demon Blade?

"Huh!"

Just as Chu Fan was circulating his qi and blood to expel the Evil Qi, he was stunned to discover a force within his body that was devouring and dissolving it!

’Is this... the medicinal power from Tianxing’s half a wild mountain ginseng?’

Upon closer inspection, he realized that the force devouring the Evil Qi was indeed the residual medicinal power of the wild mountain ginseng in his body.

That half a wild mountain ginseng Tianxing dug up was truly extraordinary!

Before long, all the subtle abnormalities in Chu Fan’s body had completely vanished.

He stopped performing the Twelve Forms Fist and sat down on the edge of his bed.

The Blood Saber Sect’s "Nine Blood Soul Blades" was indeed a sinister technique.

When fighting someone who cultivated this blade art, if the battle dragged on, Evil Qi would inevitably invade the body.

Not to mention how troublesome it would be to expel the Evil Qi later, just the moment it entered the body, one’s Qi Blood Power would be disrupted, becoming difficult to control.

On top of that, your whole body would feel like it was being pricked by countless needles, and your meridians and bones would feel both numb and itchy!

If this were cultivated to the Perfection Realm...

’The Nine Blood Soul Blades... interesting.’

Chu Fan’s expression flickered.

After killing Huang Yu that day, he had performed Refinement on the man’s blade and obtained the Technique for the "Nine Blood Soul Blades."

But these past few days at the Seven Stars Gang, even if he wanted to cultivate it, he didn’t dare to act rashly within the gang.

Having witnessed the power of the "Nine Blood Soul Blades" firsthand today, his interest was piqued.

His "Ninefold Thunder Shock Saber" had already reached Great Success. It was only because fusing multiple layers of Sword Force was too tyrannical that he had to wait until he reached "Bone Marrow Forging" or even "Bone Tempering" before daring to attempt fusing the Sixfold Blade Force.

During this time, he could actually cultivate the "Nine Blood Soul Blades" every night after returning home!

If he could master this Sword Technique, dealing with people from the Blood Saber Sect in the future would be a piece of cake.

Chu Fan closed his eyes, about to glance at the Map of Mountains and Rivers panel and then examine the cultivation memories from Huang Yu—

’Wait!’

He had just closed his eyes, but he suddenly snapped them open again, his eyes wide!

[Dharma Master: Chu Fan]

[Spiritual Essence: 183]

[Pollution Level: 1/100]

[Cultivation: Second Realm of Foundation Establishment, Blood Refining 93%]

Chu Fan’s "gaze" was fixed on the "Pollution Level" column.

During the day, the Pollution Level was clearly 0. How did it suddenly become 1?

To this day, he still didn’t know what the "Pollution Level" actually was.

But judging from the name, it was definitely not a good thing.

Chu Fan had also thought of the Blood Moon.

But the people of this world seemed to have long grown accustomed to the Blood Moon.

Chu Fan’s brows furrowed tightly.

Where did this 1 point of Pollution Level come from?

’Surely I wasn’t polluted just by being tainted with some of the Evil Qi drawn by the "Nine Blood Soul Blades"?’

If that were true, wouldn’t the Pollution Level of those Blood Saber Sect disciples who cultivate the "Nine Blood Soul Blades" already be in the thousands, or even tens of thousands?

Besides, what would happen once the Pollution Level got high?

’Would I grow ominous red hair all over my body?’

’Or would I descend into madness and suffer Qigong Deviation?’

But it’s not like I’ve seen anyone from the Blood Saber Sect descend into madness.

Tomorrow, I must find Master Cao and ask him about this.

Chu Fan suppressed the turmoil in his heart and began to absorb the fragments of Huang Yu’s cultivation memories.

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