114: A combination of kindness and severity

Fang Huai had a rare good night's sleep.

When he woke up, Yun Hui was no longer in the room.

As Fang Huai walked out of the house, Yun Ping greeted him with a face full of joy, her words lacking their usual restraint:

"Immortal Master, the warm water is ready. Quickly, come wash up."

"Why are you still calling him Immortal Master? Call him brother-in-law!"

Yun Hui's giggling voice drifted over: "Husband, hurry and wash up. The food prepared for you is getting cold."

Yun Ping spoke cautiously, "Brother-in-law, please wash up."

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Fang Huai didn't answer, but he took the warm towel from Yun Ping's hand and wiped his face.

Then he walked to the dining table and began eating the food.

His behavior was a tacit acceptance of Yun Hui's words, which made Yun Ping overjoyed.

"How is the cultivation of the Insect Concealment Art progressing?" Fang Huai asked.

The two sisters' faces immediately flushed red as they said, "The two of us have no foundation in cultivation, so learning this kind of Cultivation Technique is a bit difficult. We haven't even reached the Entry Level yet."

Fang Huai did not reproach them. He found a random gray label on Yun Ping and spent 1 point to exchange [Insect Concealment Art Perfection] onto her.

Then he said, "Yun Ping, I'll give you twelve hours to cultivate the Insect Concealment Art with all your strength."

Although Yun Ping was a bit confused, she did as she was told.

To her shock, the originally obscure and difficult Insect Concealment Art seemed to be fully understood in an instant.

She could clearly feel her mastery of the Insect Concealment Art rising rapidly.

Entry Level, Proficiency, Minor Achievement.

Fang Huai watched Yun Ping, sighing inwardly: this label exchange function was very difficult to use for improving himself, but it was so simple for improving others.

Twelve hours later, Fang Huai took back the [Insect Concealment Art Perfection].

At the same time, Yun Ping's cultivation progress was abruptly halted, and she looked at Fang Huai with even more astonishment.

"Immortal Master Fang, how did you do that?" the two sisters asked.

Fang Huai didn't answer. Instead, he took out the soul sealing bottle containing Feng Wuwang's soul.

Roasted by spirit fire, Feng Wuwang frantically slammed against the bottle, his mouth full of curses and pleas for death.

Afterward, Fang Huai put away the soul sealing bottle and said, "There's no need to worry about how I did it. You only need to know that following me brings infinite benefits. But if you betray me, even if you die, I have ways to torture you for all eternity."

Immediately after, Fang Huai used the same method to help Yun Hui grind her Insect Concealment Art to Minor Achievement.

Over the next few days, Fang Huai used [Skinning Technique Perfection] to help the Yun Family Sisters raise their Skinning Technique to Minor Achievement.

He then arranged for Yun Ping to spread the word that starting today, the Number Eight Purification Bureau would add services for processing the carcasses of Early Stage and Middle Stage Qi Refining Yao Beasts, though with limited time and quantity.

He took this action partly to make it easier for the Yun Family Sisters to absorb the blood and Qi of the Yao Beasts by processing them, thus quickly improving their Body Tempering Art, and partly to facilitate the next step of his plan.

At the same time, he arranged for Yun Hui to call Toad Old Seven to the Purification Bureau.

Fang Huai didn't speak upon seeing Toad Old Seven; he simply let out his pressure of Qi Refining Perfection.

Toad Old Seven was pressed to his knees, feeling as if a giant boulder were crushing his chest, making it hard to breathe.

After Fang Huai withdrew the pressure, he hurriedly said, "Congratulations, Immortal Master, on your further progress in cultivation."

Fang Huai clapped his hands and called out the Yun Family Sisters, signaling for them to withdraw their Insect Concealment Art.

When the sisters' First Level of Qi Refining auras were revealed, Toad Old Seven's eyes widened, full of disbelief.

Didn't the Yun Family Sisters lack Spiritual Roots?

Even if there were special Cultivation Techniques that could help those without Spiritual Roots succeed in Qi Refining, it would still require Spirit Stones and time.

Only a few days had passed, and the two sisters had actually stepped into the Qi Refining stage.

Could it be that Immortal Master Fang had some special method?

Fang Huai said in an indifferent tone, "Do you want to be like them?"

Toad Old Seven's breathing instantly became rapid.

If one could cultivate immortality, who would want to practice martial arts?

Despite how he acted all high and mighty in front of Mortals, he was nothing in front of immortal cultivators; a single breath from them could easily wipe him out.

Now that Fang Huai had said this, he was clearly giving him a chance to become an immortal Cultivator like the Yun Family Sisters.

Originally, because he was afflicted by Fang Huai's Vow Fiend, he had been unhappy all day, but if Fang Huai could let him refine Qi, then that was a different story.

Toad Old Seven immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed several times, saying:

"Immortal Master, I want to, I want to even in my dreams! As long as you let me refine Qi, I will go through fire and water for you."

Fang Huai walked up to him, helped him up, and said, "I don't need you to go through fire and water for now. I need you to find some people for me."

"Find some people?" Toad Old Seven's eyes were full of confusion.

Upon hearing the type of people Fang Huai wanted to find, he was even more confused. He wanted to ask, but he saw a cold light flash in Fang Huai's eyes.

"Don't worry, sir, I will certainly satisfy you."

Toad Old Seven swallowed hard, understanding that the Immortal Master before him didn't need him to know anything, only to execute the task... at the underground blood jade tree.

Fang Huai absorbed the lifespan evil qi into his Spiritual Root and injected the remaining portion into the blood jade tree.

"Not bad, my Spiritual Root has grown another thirty percent."

Fang Huai said with satisfaction; the quality of his Fiend Spiritual Root had already reached the level of a Four-Spiritual Root.

Moreover, after the Fiend Spiritual Root absorbed the lifespan evil qi, several black stripes appeared on it, clearly adding some further mutations.

And after the blood jade tree absorbed the lifespan evil qi, its spirituality became even stronger, and the connection between the Blood Jade Mother Worm and Fang Huai became even closer.

Li Zhu said, "Brother, you are truly bold, actually planting a blood jade tree right under the noses of the Sanxian City Cultivators."

"I just don't know what you intend by planting this thing and using the Blood Jade Worms to force the Yun Family Sisters into becoming Qi Refining Cultivators?"

Fang Huai's eyes flickered. "The bold will feast, while the timid will starve."

"My plan is indeed dangerous, but if it succeeds, the position of Sanxian City Lord might not be out of reach."

Seeing the look of doubt on Li Zhu's face, he snorted, "Don't forget your vow. If I die, you won't survive either."

"So, you'd better hope my plan succeeds."

"Next, I'm going to wear you and return to the Corpse Fiend Sect. You'd better protect me well and don't let me die there."

Li Zhu said in shock, "The Corpse Fiend Sect has already been destroyed. Besides the demonic creatures and evil souls that haven't been wiped out yet, there are only the Guardian Disciples of All Righteous Sects. Why are you going there?"

Fang Huai didn't answer. He grabbed the white fox fur on Li Zhu's head and shook her into a fox fur coat.

Then his figure flickered as he headed straight for the north gate of Sanxian City.

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All Righteous Sects had already taken full control of the former territory of the Corpse Fiend Sect.

As far as the eye could see, many Righteous Cultivators were escorting Demonic Cultivators marked with Slave Seals, moving in various directions.

As for the Mortal towns governed by the Corpse Fiend Sect, they were being frantically looted after losing the Sect's protection.

Fang Huai sighed; in times of chaos, the status of Mortals was the most lowly.

Under the rule of the Demonic Gate, although life was hard, they could at least keep their lives. Now that they had lost the Sect's protection, they had become lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

At this moment, he had disguised his appearance to look like an immortal with a sage-like air, wearing the clothes of a Righteous Cultivator, stepping on a Flying Sword as he blatantly sped across the sky.

After a few days, he finally arrived at the site of the Corpse Fiend Sect.