Exploring Immortality Cultivation
Chapter 481 - 235: Ghost Cultivator Killing Path, Partner of Justice?

After realizing Zhen Chan was actually the soul of an Ancient Method Great Power, Xian Tianwei didn't care much about his opinions anymore. "You don't understand, objects that are imbued with spiritual power can only hold it for a limited time, so it's better to choose the places where the attacker has exerted a lot of force."

Zhen Chan chuckled, "Young ghost, do you know what these marks are?"

Xian Tianwei thought for a moment before answering, "It seems like he used a sword to nail a little monster here..."

"He wanted to absorb grievance and evil Qi, so he stabbed this little monster with a sword. A trace of vicious ghost energy was introduced into the sword, and then absorbed by this killer to nourish himself."

Xian Tianwei was astonished, "You can tell all that?"

Zhen Chan nodded, "Every little demon has similar wounds. This person tirelessly kills so many defenseless demon creatures, probably for this very reason. Look, he obviously has the power to destroy the entire village in a moment. Yet, he tortures them one by one, and it's worth noting that he always ends up killing the victims personally with a sword, almost like a ritual."

Chen Feng frowned, "You mean, the sword he's using is a Ghost Dao Magic Sword?"

Zhen Chan said, "Perhaps it's a demon sword nourished by life exchange and essence blood infusion."

A Magic Sword can only align with a few specific laws. In the hands of someone without those laws, these artifacts are useless, but in the hands of cultivators who do possess the specific laws, they become powerful divine weapons.

As for Demon Soldiers, they are weapons created through Spirit Awakening Demon transformation. During the chaotic period of the Nine Demons, the Golden Sword Demon King, who was smashed by De Bui using the Elephant Phase Wave Skill, exemplifies this. However, these carefully refined demon swords share a relationship with their owners akin to Jarvis and Wang Qi, similar to an avatar. The terrifying aspect of a demon sword is that it can grow indefinitely, reaching even the level of Immortal Artifacts.

Xian Tianwei turned to Chen Feng, "Brother Feng, what do you think about what he said..."

"So-called grievance and evil Qi are souls transformed under extreme emotion. Such special types of spiritual energy are more readily converted into mana compared to ordinary nature's spiritual energy, from the perspective of intrinsic forms, they are special values more conveniently transformed into other special values," Chen Feng pondered, "And this conclusion about Ghost Cultivators also coincides with our previous findings about the Yin and spirit domain cultivation methods."

Zhen Chan added, "That murderer, when attacking these demon creatures, may not have used his true power, but the refining step must definitely be of True Cultivation. These shallow sword marks, the residual aura on them, are definitely stronger than those on the deep sword marks."

Xian Tianwei immediately exited the illusion, "I'm going to get a sample!"

Chen Feng also left the illusion and saw Wang Qi looking up at the sky. Knowing well, Wang Qi must be processing the case with several threads of thought. He approached and asked, "Brother, what are you thinking about?"

Wang Qi frowned, "Why here?"

Grievance and evil Qi are products of extreme emotions. Compared to these little monsters who have yet to complete their Spirit Awakening cultivation, innately spirited humans are more suited to practice Ghost Path. His sparing a few humans also seemed very suspicious.

Chen Feng coughed lightly, "This was the first time the murderer attacked Spirit Awakening Village."

"What had he done before?"

"He was killing humans, mostly the riffraff and idlers from the streets and alleys," Chen Feng explained, "And there were also some noble bullies' evil servants and lackeys."

Wang Qi said, "I thought he was someone who extremely detested the Demon Clan."

"Apparently, he has a set of his own standards, only killing the 'Demon People,'" Chen Feng sighed, "Maybe something traumatic happened to him when he was young, perhaps a wild demon beast harmed his family or maybe he was wronged by the nobility. Or perhaps, he is simply a moral fanatic ─ disdainful of both the demon clan and punishing the corrupt members of the human clan, without opposition."

"Dark history? What a ridiculous setup," Wang Qi nonchalantly kicked a stone, "The moment he went from victim to perpetrator, he became unworthy of sympathy."

Chen Feng detected the chill in Wang Qi's tone and asked, "Are you thinking ..."

"Jarvis is well-versed in Immortal Alliance Law; now it's definitely a death sentence," Wang Qi closed his eyes and searched his memory a bit, "His first crime in Divine Capital happened three years ago, and at his most rampant, there were four massacres within one month. However, after this year's Lantern Festival, there were no crimes, presumably because his cultivation had broken through... Even excluding this time, he has already met the criteria for the death penalty."

Chen Feng wanted to persuade him further, but just then, Xian Tianwei ran over, shouting, "There is a new breakthrough! Come over and have a look?"

Chen Feng sighed deeply, "Brother, let's go back together later, there's something I need to talk to you about."

The three quickly walked to the temporary gathering point of the law enforcement officers. Several officers were gathered around a transparent test tube, examining a peculiar liquid within it which, for some unknown reason, was a purplish-black color with streaks running through it.

Mystic Void Spirit Liquid, a special reagent. In its liquid state, its internal molecules still maintain the anisotropic orderly arrangement of crystal molecules, retaining a stable spirit power field. If alien spirit power were introduced, the inherent balance of the spirit power field would be disrupted, forming a new dynamic equilibrium. This process manifests on the reagent by changing color and properties.

Simply put, it's a type of liquid crystal sensitive to spirit power.

A Golden Core Stage law enforcement officer, Fu Silu, smiled at Wang Qi, "You've been a great help to us. Based on the molecular arrangement pattern of this Mystic Void Spirit Liquid, we've recalculated the mana eigenvalue of that enemy, which is much stronger than the last fuzzy approximation we had."

Wang Qi asked, "Is there a way to identify the holder of this mana through a general survey?"

Fu Silu's face stiffened, and he sighed, "It would be nice if we could do that."

This method proposed by Wang Qi was feasible everywhere in Shenzhou, but not in Divine Capital.

Here, a large number of intermediate skill cultivators were exploiting a thousand-year-old treaty, refusing to obey the Immortal Alliance's governance. They did not directly confront the Immortal Alliance, but their various forms of non-violent non-cooperation annoyed the Alliance to no end. Precisely because they did not violate the Immortal Alliance Law, the Alliance could find no grounds to revoke their privileges.

Wang Qi snorted, dissatisfied with the outcome. He took the results of the intrinsic form, adjusted his own mana, and simulated the aura of the murderer. Then, he gathered his mana power intent in his palms and asked Zhen Chan, "Old man, this kind of, or similar, Qi Intent, have you ever felt it?"

Zhen Chan's voice was puzzled, "Our Luofu Xuanqing Palace rarely collects the mental methods of the Ghost Path, but I have seen all the famous Ghost Path cultivation methods from ancient times... this... from this pure murderous intent, it should also be a famous cultivation method, but why do I have no impression of it at all."

"You've never experienced such Ghost Path cultivation, huh..." Wang Qi murmured softly, "Looks like I won't be able to find it in my Guardian Room."

After receiving a copy of the evidence from the law enforcement officer, Wang Qi had nothing else to do. He sat in Spirit Awakening Village, waiting for Chen Feng. Once Chen Feng was done with his affairs, the two of them headed towards Divine Capital.

On the way, Chen Feng asked Wang Qi a question, "Brother, do you know the fundamental reason why I'm shunned?" (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for and support it at qidian.com. Mobile users please read it at m.qidian.com.)

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