"Although you're a ghost, you can't trust ghosts too much. That Ghost King might not be willing to avenge you. If you trust him, why not trust me? In the future, I'll kill all the ghosts except you." Lin Fan patted her shoulder and said, "Alright, rest. Do you still want to go back to the Soul Nurturing Tower?"
Qu Linglong shook her head.
Lin Fan nodded and did not put her back into the Soul Nurturing Tower.
He then returned to the bed and pointed at the couch. "You can sleep there."
Qu Linglong nodded and curled up on the couch. Soon, she began to breathe evenly.
It was Lin Fan's first time seeing a ghost sleep. He was amazed.
It turned out that ghosts needed to sleep too.
He looked away from Qu Linglong and opened the panel. The panel showed:
Vitality: 10000
Cultivation Method: Qi Disciple Stage Six (+) Demonic Blood Technique (Perfect) Zishu Transformation Technique (Perfect) Burning Blood Technique (Stage Two Boiling Blood) (+)
Martial Skills: Blood Bursting Fist (Perfection), Eighteen Berserk Blood Blades (Perfection), Cloud Steps (+), Blood Shadow Steps (Perfection), Barbaric Bull's Strength (Perfection), Black Tiger Fist (Entry) (+), Thunderclap Palm (Perfection)
Phantom Art: Sinister Wind Palm (+) Ghost Shadow Steps (+)
Magic: Fire Snake (Perfection), Rushing Thunder Finger (Perfection)
Corpse Energy: 0
Yin Energy: 0
Demon Energy: 0
Demonic Energy: 28462 (5 times)
…
In the past two months, in order to increase his Qi Disciple Stage and Thunder Finger, Lin Fan had used up all his Corpse Energy, Yin Energy, Demon Energy, and more than a thousand points of Demonic Energy.
Now, he only had about twenty thousand points of Demonic Energy left.
Seeing that he could increase his Qi Disciple Stage, Lin Fan's gaze fell on the plus sign behind his Qi Disciple Stage. When he focused on it, the words appeared. Convert the existing 96,000 points of Vitality to Qi Disciple Stage Six to increase this technique to Qi Disciple Stage Seven.
The amount of Vitality needed to increase his Qi Disciple Stage Seven would increase exponentially. When he was at Stage Five and Six, he used 24000 and 48000 points of Vitality respectively.
Now, it was reasonable to spend 96,000 HP.
However, the cost was a little too high. 96,000 HP required 19200 points of Demonic Qi, which was still within Lin Fan's acceptable range.
He didn't hesitate and directly leveled up. After leveling up, he was drenched in sweat as usual. He went to take a shower and then came back to check the interface.
The panel displayed.
HP: 10000
Cultivation Method: Qi Disciple Stage Seven; Blood Devil Technique (Perfection); Zi Shu Transformation Technique (Perfection); Burning Blood Technique (Second Stage Boiling Blood) (+)
Martial Skills: Blood Bursting Fist (Perfection), Eighteen Berserk Blood Blades (Perfection), Cloud Steps (+), Blood Shadow Steps (Perfection), Barbaric Bull's Strength (Perfection), Black Tiger Fist (Entry) (+), Thunderclap Palm (Perfection)
Ghost Arts: Yin Wind Palm (+), Ghost Shadow Steps (+)
Magic: Fire Snake (Perfection), Rushing Thunder Finger (Perfection)
Corpse energy: 0
Yin energy: 0
Demonic aura: 0
Demonic Qi: 9,262 (5 times)
…
After leveling up just now, he used up more than half of his Demonic Qi. He noticed that the plus sign behind the Burning Blood Technique had appeared again. Thus, he shifted his gaze and stared at the plus sign behind the Burning Blood Technique.
The words appeared on it. To level up this technique to the third stage, Blood Qi Soldiers requires 3,000,000 Vitality points. Host does not have enough Vitality points, unable to level up.
3,000,000 Vitality points!
Just as he had expected, the number of Vitality points required to level up the Blazing Blood Technique increased exponentially.
3,000,000 Vitality points were an astronomical number to Lin Fan right now. It was just like how he felt when he was working as a worker in his previous life.
Fortunately, this world was not his previous life, and he wasn't the same as he was in his previous life. In his previous life, he was an ordinary person who was powerless in certain matters.
Although this world was full of danger, it was also full of opportunities. As long as he was willing to work hard, there was nothing he couldn't achieve.
Next, he decided to investigate the Tian Luo Sect. However, he still considered the power of the sect and not directly attacked.
The sects in the world were powerful.
Especially when some of the sects had formed an alliance, their power would be even more powerful.
Although the sects were not official forces, in this world, martial arts were used to break the rules. As long as the martial arts were powerful enough, one could not ignore or be afraid of them.
Moreover, these sects were merely forces that developed their martial arts. The imperial court had always been courteous to the sects because if these sects were to join forces, they could definitely fight against the imperial court.
Therefore, unless it was absolutely necessary, one should not attack the sects unless one had solid evidence.
For example, Lin Fan had attacked the Luo Tian Sect just because he listened to Qu Linglong. What if Qu Linglong was lying? What if her information was false? What if the Spirit King was not in the Luo Tian Sect? These were all factors to consider.
Therefore, he decided to investigate first. After leveling up, he rested for a while and went on his way after notifying Lei Jun. Since he was investigating the enemy, it was considered a spy activity. Naturally, he could not let too many people know about his whereabouts. Therefore, he only brought Qu Linglong along.
Along the way, he put Qu Linglong into the Soul Cultivating Pagoda and flew to Kangzhou on his Sword Kinesis Flight.
When he arrived at Kangzhou, Lin Fan secretly hid outside the Luo Tian Sect. He began investigating carefully.
At night, he performed the Rat Transformation Skill to convert the Yang Qi in his body into Yin Qi. During the day, he disguised himself as an ordinary businessman and went around the Luo Tian Sect to investigate.
Soon, he noticed something. On the second night, he saw a Spirit Saint level spirit entering and leaving the Luo Tian Sect. When they left the sect, Lin Fan did not follow them. He continued to investigate.
Finally, on the third night, he saw a red-faced spirit entering the Luo Tian Sect surrounded by a group of spirits.
Lin Fan let Qu Linglong out of the Soul Cultivating Pagoda and asked her to identify it. Qu Linglong identified the red-faced spirit as the Spirit King.
Regardless of whether the red-faced spirit was the Spirit King or not, at least a spirit had entered the Luo Tian Sect. This was evidence that they were colluding with spirits.
With this evidence, Lin Fan could totally mobilize his men to destroy the Luo Tian Sect.
At that moment, Lin Fan brought Qu Linglong back to the Capital City.
What he did not know was that a few strange cases had happened in the Capital City during the few days he was in Kangzhou. Similar to the case of the Luo River pleasure boat outside the Capital City, they were all arson cases. Although there were not many casualties, it was against the Emperor's authority to have such strange cases happen right under his nose.
As the director of the Jingye Agency, he had an undeniable responsibility. However, these arson cases happened continuously without any signs of stopping.
Moreover, Lin Fan was nowhere to be seen during the investigation of these cases. This gave the people who were jealous of him an opportunity to take advantage of him.
On this day, a military officer from the Empire complained about Lin Fan during the Empire's imperial court meeting.
This military officer was known as the Ever-Victorious General. His name was Gao Zhan. Gao Zhan was the Empire's No. 1 general. He had achieved many victories during border rebellions and invasions by enemy countries. He was proud of his achievements.
Gao Zhan claimed to be the best in the world. However, he had heard a bad rumor in the past half a year. It was said that Gao Zhan could only contribute during the war. He could not do anything when encountering demons and spirits. He had to rely on Lin Fan during crucial moments.
In this world, demons and spirits were the biggest threat. Therefore, Lin Fan's fame gradually overshadowed Gao Zhan's. Gao Zhan was unhappy, so he took the opportunity to suppress Lin Fan.