Seeing that Lin Fan didn't even look back, the fourteen disciples naturally didn't dare to have the slightest bit of hesitation, and hurriedly urged their horses to fly away.
At this time, even Lei Jun did not hesitate. He stuck out his tongue at the old man behind him and urged his horse to move faster.
Behind them, the old man revealed a sinister smile and waved his walking stick. Suddenly, ghostly cries filled the air. No one knew how many ghosts there were, but it was enough to make one's scalp go numb.
The sky was getting dark.
It was not safe outside the city.
Hearing the ghostly cries behind them, everyone felt a chill down their spines and their hairs stood on end. They hurriedly patted their horses' backs, but the horses' speed was not as fast as the ghosts.
Soon, Lei Jun's curses and the two disciples' cries of pain came from behind. It was obvious that they had been attacked by ghosts.
"Use blood as a sacrifice to the saber!"
Lin Fan shouted. He pulled out his saber and cut his left arm. Blood flowed out and dyed the saber red. Then, he held the saber behind his back.
What he did was merely to set an example and set a good example.
By using blood as a sacrifice to the saber, the saber would be imbued with a murderous aura.
This was a way for warriors to protect themselves when they encountered powerful ghosts.
Human blood had a certain suppressive effect on ghosts. If the saber was dyed with blood and formed a murderous aura, the murderous aura would seep into the ghost's soul. It was the same principle as ghosts forcing Yin Qi into the human body.
Once the blood entered the soul, it would be a great threat to the soul and would be very difficult to expel.
Swish swish swish swish …
Everyone drew their sabers and sliced open their left arms, using their blood as a sacrifice to their sabers. Then, the sabers danced around their bodies, covering their bodies with saber light, not giving the Ghosts any chance to attack them.
This included Lei Jun. Although Lei Jun's Lightning Body Tempering was powerful and his body contained lightning, at his level, the lightning was weak and could not completely block out the Yin Qi. Especially when the ghosts attacked him in groups, he had no way to block them. He could only use his blood as a sacrifice to the saber.
After a warrior cultivated the Blood Nurturing Technique, the quality of their blood would be very high. It was not something a normal person could compare to.
Blood was very precious to a warrior. It was not something a normal person could compare to.
Sacrificing blood to the saber would damage a certain amount of Qi and blood, which would also have a certain impact on one's cultivation.
However, his life was more important at this moment, so he couldn't care too much about it.
The blood-red saber spun, and the saber aura formed a shield. The ghosts were afraid and did not charge forward. They only let out angry roars.
Behind him, the malicious-looking old man looked at Lin Fan's back, his eyes flashing with a strange light.
He ran all the way back to the city.
Lin Fan turned around to count the number of people and discovered that two disciples were missing. Other than Lei Jun, there were twelve disciples left.
Those two disciples were obviously dead.
Lei Jun clutched his back. It was obvious that he had been bitten by a ghost.
Lin Fan glanced at him. "Lei Jun, are you alright?"
Lei Jun played it down. "It's fine. How can those little ghosts hurt me?"
Although Lei Jun's Vitality wasn't strong, he had tempered his body with lightning, so he was qualified to say such words. If it were any other disciple, not only would they not have the qualifications, they probably wouldn't even be able to enter the city.
Returning to the inner disciples' area, he went to report to Xue Hansan.
This time, the team's operation was quite fruitful.
They killed a total of nine zombies and five bronze-armored corpses, but they also lost six lives.
There were gains and losses.
However, Xue Hansan was still quite satisfied.
That was because compared to the elite disciples, these inner disciples' results were not bad at all.
On this day, the elite disciples lost four people. They killed three bronze-armored corpses and eleven hairy zombies.
Although the hairy zombies outnumbered them, they were only half as many as bronze-armored corpses.
And this time's zombie extermination was mainly targeted at bronze-armored corpses.
Even killing a hundred hairy zombies was not as important as killing one bronze-armored corpse.
"Not bad, not bad at all. You're all heroes."
Xue Hansan's gaze swept across the fourteen disciples with a gratified expression. Finally, his gaze landed on Lin Fan. Although he didn't say anything, he was grateful in his heart.
Without Lin Fan, he probably wouldn't have achieved such a good result, and he wouldn't have been able to report to his superiors.
Then, he immediately distributed the points to everyone.
Although the points were distributed evenly, because they lost six people, there were fewer people, so everyone got more.
After receiving the points, everyone was also excited and left together.
Lin Fan also left with everyone. Then, he turned back. He wanted to exchange his points for silver.
He had earned a total of 2,271 points this time with the addition of the commission.
Xue Hansan didn't hesitate and directly gave him an exchange ticket.
After receiving the exchange ticket, Lin Fan asked for leave from Xue Hansan. He said that he wanted to go back and take a look. He wouldn't be back at night.
Xue Hansan agreed. At this time, there was no need to talk about discipline. The Internal Affairs Department couldn't be bothered to care about this.
Xue Hansan only reminded Lin Fan to be more careful outside.
He didn't say anything, but he was worried. Recently, the ghosts and monsters in the city were very fierce.
Lin Fan took the exchange ticket and left the inner disciples' area, heading towards Guang Wu Street.
The sky was completely dark, but with Lin Fan's current strength, he wasn't afraid of the night.
When he reached Guang Wu Street, he went home.
Lin Haishan, his wife, and Xia Qiusheng were eating. They ate very simply. When they saw Lin Fan, they were very surprised. Xia Cuilan hurriedly made two more dishes.
Because they were afraid that Lin Haishan and his wife would be afraid and feel burdened, Lin Fan and Xia Qiusheng didn't talk about zombies and ghosts during the meal.
After the meal, the uncle and nephew went to the courtyard and quietly talked.
Lin Fan handed the exchange ticket to his uncle. Xia Qiusheng couldn't help but be shocked when he saw it. He then frowned and reminded Lin Fan to take it easy and not try to be brave.
Lin Fan nodded and said, "Uncle, I won't leave tonight. I'll stay at home."
Xia Qiusheng said, "Afan, it hasn't been very peaceful at night recently."
Lin Fan said, "It's because it's not peaceful that I want to stay at home."
Xia Qiusheng said, "Afan, did something happen to you?"
Lin Fan told Xia Qiusheng about the old evil cultivator he met on his way back to the city. Xia Qiusheng listened with a serious expression. "Okay, then we'll be more alert at night. Also, I'll arrange for people to come over."
Lin Fan nodded and said, "Uncle, I'll go to bed first."
With that, he went back to his room. Lin Fan's room was already prepared.
Lin Fan entered the room and sat cross-legged on the bed.
Today's killing was tiring and he used blood as a sacrifice to his saber. His Vitality must be weak. As expected, when he opened the panel, his Vitality dropped.
Name: Lin Fan
Vitality: 600 (+)
Martial Arts: Blood Forging Body Tempering First Level "Phloem Realm" (Great Mastery)
Martial Arts: Blood Crushing Fist (Great Mastery) Eighteen Blades of Berserk Blood (Entry) (+) Cloud Walking (+) Blood Shadow Steps (Entry) (+) Bull's Strength (Great Mastery)
Phantom Arts: Sinister Wind Palm (+) Ghost Shadow Steps (+)
Corpse Qi: 1491
Yin Qi: 160
Demon Qi: 0
… …
His Vitality dropped from 606 to 600. It was normal for a plus sign to appear at the end.
Lin Fan first needed to replenish his Vitality. After a day of accumulation, he had obtained 1491 points of Corpse Qi. These 1491 points included 174 strands of Corpse Qi from humans, 353 strands from fur zombies, and 964 strands from bronze-armored zombies. Among them, bronze-armored zombies had the highest Corpse Qi quality, followed by fur zombies. Human corpses had the worst Corpse Qi, and the conversion rate was also the worst.
Lin Fan decided to use the 174 strands of Corpse Qi from humans first. He first converted 20 strands of Corpse Qi into Vitality, increasing his Vitality to 606. At this time, the plus sign disappeared, and his Vitality was full.
Then, Lin Fan decided to upgrade his martial arts.
The reason why he had stayed at home today was because he was worried about his parents' safety.
When he returned to the city, the evil cultivator's gaze made him uneasy. Intuition told him that the evil cultivator wanted to deal with him. He had to be on guard.
Dealing with ghosts and zombies was different. Blood Crushing Fist and Bull's Strength were more effective against zombies.
Of course, Saber Arts were more effective against ghosts. He decided to upgrade Eighteen Blades of Berserk Blood.