Master of Strange Dao

This Heart Blade absolutely surpassed your previous realm, clean and sharp, with not a trace left, even slicing through the Heart Field.

I dare say, among sword cultivators of the same tier, ninety-eight percent are not your match now."

Lin Fu's face looked a bit pale, that strike hadn't been easy for him to withstand.

His realm had just advanced, and he sensed it, years of accumulation brought his Blade Dao to the next realm.

This most extreme Heart Blade had already exceeded the limits of his current strength.

However, he truly didn't want to hear the nagging of the Heart Demon any longer, it was simply too annoying, even more so than when it was trying to manipulate him.

Heart, thought, force, and will achieve the utmost resonance, which spurred him to deliver that seemingly unadorned strike.

He ignored the delighted Heart Demon, sitting where he was, silently with his eyes closed, regulating his Qi, settling his realm, and digesting his insights.

The Heart Demon circled around him, curled its lip.

"Tch, you don't want to pay attention to me, I don't want to pay attention to you either, you slowly stabilize your realm, I'm leaving."

The Heart Demon's body once again turned into black mist, slowly seeping into the protection, completely disappearing.

Lin Fu didn't mind him, on one hand, he didn't believe the Heart Demon intended to jump out and cause trouble.

No need, with an Eighth Tier cultivator of the Blade Dao stationed here, it could attempt to seize the body any time it wanted.

But Lin Fu could clearly sense that the Heart Demon was genuinely tired of this body-seizing business.

Moreover, with the binding of the Heavenly Devil Great Oath they all swore together, the Heart Demon now had nowhere to go besides seeking out the elder brother it kept thinking about.

The Heart Demon quietly left the Gu Family, Lin Fu knew what the Gu Family's protections were, how to enter and exit, he actually knew.

Following the routes Lin Fu had used to come and go before, it snuck out of the Gu Family, and then through the dark corners, out of the city.

Being out here was like a dragon returning to the sea, freely, it had regained its freedom.

As a Heart Demon, without a body, without a Divine Soul, at this moment even without having condensed any Demonic Qi, it actually felt even freer.

It headed to where Yu Ziqing had previously mentioned, towards where Yu Ziqing was.

When it saw that barrel of Demonic Qi, its desire to grab onto a thigh had grown so strong it was like an obsession.

No one should stop it, whoever tried to stop it would get killed.

It didn't tell Lin Fu, but it had actually sensed, the production of that Demonic Qi was because of a Heavenly Demon.

A bona fide Heavenly Demon, and that Heavenly Demon was surely already dead.

If it wasn't dead, with the Heavenly Demon as the foundation, the birthed Demonic Qi couldn't have become ownerless, nor could it have lacked even a trace of Devil Thought.

As a devil, when it took form, acquiring independent consciousness, it naturally knew many things.

That knowledge and information were like the bloodline inheritance of some powerful demon clans, allowing descendants to innately understand many things.

As a Heart Demon, it actually belonged to the Human Devil type, born from humans, meant to disturb human minds and bewilder rationality.

And Heavenly Demons were born from the transformation of heaven and earth, meant to obstruct the path, blocking the paths of all living beings, especially humans.

Such big shots died miserably, so there was no need to mention the Heart Demon.

Being a devil had no future, times had changed.

It needed to find a thigh to cling to, ride the waves of the era, and take a righteous path.

...

Yu Ziqing, along with Cece, sat in a teahouse, drinking a locally produced tea, the tea soup was clear, not so heavy, with a slight sweet and mellow return in taste, he quite liked it.

Apart from some private venues, wanting to listen to people brag, teahouses, and good brothels were the best places.

Those bawdy houses and similar places didn't count, those who went there didn't have the time to listen to people brag, they went there for serious business.

But a brothel was still not an option, Yu Ziqing wasn't foolish, after Cece came here, her mindset had somewhat changed, even if she didn't say it, Yu Ziqing could see that Cece must not have had an easy time before, and in Kuihou Country, a woman who had not grown ungraceful, acquainted with human relationships, showing her face in various dealings only knew these things unless she was raised as an Oiran from a young age, there were no other circumstances.

He certainly wouldn't take Cece to a brothel, so he could only come to a teahouse to listen to people brag.

In these days, besides continuing to see if there was a second kind of Green Feathered Duck, he was doing this task.

Listening to those rumors, roughly seeing in which areas they spread, and then narrowing down the range where that devil was.

With the range shrunk, finding a devil became much easier.

Now he almost got some leads, maybe soon, there could be a new brand of devil pill in his hands.

A pleasant surprise, purely a pleasant surprise.

After staying in this small town at his feet for two days, Yu Ziqing set off again, took out his hastily drawn map, added a stroke, and drew a circle.

That devil must be within the range of this circle, slowly search, circle around, gradually narrow down the range, it could definitely be found.

After advancing for about two hours, Yu Ziqing suddenly stopped, and the Yin God that had closed its eyes abruptly opened them, the mouth slightly opened, revealing a smile.

He had sensed it.

The devil was nearby.

He continued forward a few dozen steps, after confirming it, Yu Ziqing whispered.

"Cece."

In a flash, the Despair Abyss unfolded, encompassing everything moving within a few miles range into the Despair Abyss.

A cloud-like black aura suddenly became extremely apparent.