Be the Hardest Working Demon Cultivator!

Although there were still a hundred or so fierce ghosts left, it wasn't enough to lift it another time.

"Cultivation is indeed not easy!"

Tan Shuchang couldn't help feeling a great deal of emotion. Such a harvest had only advanced his own cultivation by a little over a hundred years; truly, cultivating was the hardest thing in the world.

Luckily, he still had the "fertile" Snake Desire Realm to seek out resources for cultivation.

"A Yin God, even if not comparable to the Greedy Venerable King, should be able to lift the lotus for me three times, right?" With this thought, Tan Shuchang, who had just stepped out of the sealed environment of the Blood Pool, was ready to return to the eerie game.

After all, he had just ascended to the throne, and he still had to diligently fulfill his role in this position.

There is a saying that goes, "A minor official needs a grand seat, a passionate official needs a cool seat, a secular official needs an elegant seat, an idle official needs a busy seat, and a male official needs a female seat." Although he had reached the highest position, this "idle official" still had to stay busy for a while!

However, it was at this time that Tan Shuchang suddenly realized someone seemed to be looking for him. So, torrents of "Blood Gods" howled out from beneath his feet, shuttling through the void, seeking out their target!

These "Blood Gods," who had obtained the ability to Shuttle Through Void, numbered ten thousand, and Tan Shuchang did not plan to recall these ten thousand "Blood Gods," allowing them to roam across the Jiawu Realm.

Otherwise, it would be somewhat wasteful of this ability's compatibility with the Divine Skill to ride the clouds and command the fog.

Subsequently, Tan Shuchang disappeared into the mist.

Naturally, this was him employing the Divine Skill of riding the clouds and commanding the fog.

A few breaths later, Tan Shuchang appeared in a place with mountains and waters, and also a young Cultivator with injuries on his body. Despite being young, this Cultivator's cultivation level had reached the stage of a hundred years of true cultivation.

It was this young Cultivator who had been seeking Tan Shuchang before.

He was holding a Magic Artifact, still toying with it.

"May I inquire what matter brings this fellow Daoist to seek me out?" Tan Shuchang clasped his fists in a polite greeting.

It was not until Tan Shuchang spoke that the young Cultivator came to his senses. Shocked by the sight of the ethereal Tan Shuchang surrounded by swirling mist, he hastily performed a grand salute and said, "Disciple Dai Huanzhen, I pay my respects to the Holy Master!"

Upon hearing such a title, Tan Shuchang was quite surprised, for how could such a young Cultivator of a hundred years of true cultivation come from the demonic path?

Who was he trying to fool?

Though Tan Shuchang couldn't have cultivated in the early years, through reading various books at the Tan family and befriending the water thunder Jiao from the mountain, he knew that the Cultivators from the demonic path were already in decline.

This knowledge was gradually confirmed after he heard from the leader of the demonic path, disciples of the Shangqing Temple, and disciples from Western Tuo Mountain.

Therefore, it was impossible for the demonic path to have such a splendidly talented disciple!

It wasn't that they couldn't find someone with talent; they simply lacked the resources.

Hence, Tan Shuchang moved slightly to the side, avoiding the young man's bow, and then spoke in a manner resembling that of the leader of the demonic path, "With your talents, joining the demonic path truly speaks of desperation. Moreover, I see that you are surrounded by Sword Qi, which suggests that you should be a Sword Cultivator.

Even if you cannot enter Mount Li Sword, Heavenly Sword Mansion would surely be willing to accept a rare talent like you."

"Holy Master is unaware, my current cultivation was not achieved through my own training. Even this powerful Sword Dao strength was not obtained by myself. Disciple Dai Huanzhen, although I was well-known in my earlier years, the word 'genius' does not fall upon me." Dai Huanzhen quickly explained.

Following that, Dai Huanzhen told Tan Shuchang all about his background.

He spoke of how he became famous at a young age for entering the realm of Integration of Man and Sword and for being fair and righteous, until he offended the son of the Sect Master of the Sharpening Sword Sect and was retaliated against.

The Sect Master's son of the Sharpening Sword Sect had not been able to do anything to him at first, but unexpectedly, they invited a disciple from the Heavenly Sword Mansion who injured him with a single strike.

Luckily, he managed to escape in time, thus avoiding capture.

But afterward, he was wanted by Qitian Pavilion and eventually captured by a son of the Tan family, who sent him into Hai Pig Tower in Qitian Pavilion, where he suffered for seven years.

Originally, he should have died there, but fortune fell from the sky, and a sword Dao force infused into his body, granting him his current level of cultivation.

And upon hearing such a legendary story, Tan Shuchang was somewhat surprised. After all, he had no personal relationship with this person; was this person so trusting of him?n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Was he not afraid that he would seize the Sword Dao strength from him?

Even though he genuinely didn't find it appealing—as he was not a Sword Cultivator and had not even stepped into the realm of Integration of Man and Sword to this point—it's always good to be cautious of others!

Moreover, in this world, what one should avoid most is to engage in deep conversation with shallow acquaintances.

Sometimes, even with true friends, one cannot speak the truth.

"May I ask if Brother Dai is seeking me out because you wish for my aid with something?" Tan Shuchang asked with a smile, willing as a form of recompense for hearing the other's secret to help him by eliminating a few disciples or elders from Mount Li Sword or Sharpening Sword Sect if needed.

As for his elder brother... that would have to be excused; it's not quite proper to desecrate the dead.

Forgiving when one is in a position to retaliate is a virtue, after all!

Besides, the person in question had been dead for quite some years.

"Disciple wishes to be accepted as a student under the Holy Master! Apart from that, I seek a trade with the Holy Master regarding the source of this Sword Dao strength residing in me," Dai Huanzhen said.

Following Tan Shuchang's extermination of thirty-three elders of Heavenly Sword Mansion, Dugu Jianying had no choice but to make some adjustments to the original plan.