Gou in the world of comprehension

Chapter 1470 is truly both laughable and absurd.

Seeing the wicked glint in Zhao Heng's eyes, Su Fan immediately understood.

As expected, the evil spirit energy within him was not completely eradicated just now.

This is not surprising, after all, his current methods of manipulating evil energy are indeed still lacking.

These things can't be rushed; you can only improve them slowly over time.

Su Fan pondered to himself that those ancient cultivators who chose to break through in extreme environments must have spent hundreds of years mastering the extreme traits within their bodies.

Once he understood this, his slight anxiety vanished.

He has only recently broken through to the Integration Realm, so he will have plenty of time to study and ponder these matters in the future.

"Old Cai, come to South Street..."

Su Fan sent a message through his mind, and in just a moment, Cai Songlin rushed over excitedly.

Judging from his hurried appearance, he was probably waiting at the street corner for a long time and rushed over as soon as he received the news.

"Disciple Cai Songlin greets Martial Uncle..."

Su Fan raised his hand to indicate that he should not stand on ceremony, and then pointed to the chair next to him.

Cai Songlin respectfully took his seat to the left. He had already heard about what had happened in the hall.
Zhao Heng probably won't be able to stay in this cave market any longer.

That guy was so arrogant before; he not only seized control of his market, but also took away his financial power.

If Su Fan hadn't returned in time, he wouldn't know what to do now.

Now that my uncle has returned, he can finally be in charge of this cave market again.

"I've already dealt with Zhao Heng for you. From now on, just focus on your work. If anyone dares to try and steal your thunder again, just tell me..."

Upon hearing this, Cai Songlin stood up abruptly, bowed deeply to Su Fan, and spoke with deep gratitude.

"This disciple is deeply grateful for the great kindness of my martial uncle. In the future, if there is anything my martial uncle needs from me, I will do my utmost to help him..."

"Alright, you can go ahead and get busy..."

Watching Cai Songlin's departing figure, Su Fan's lips curled into a cold smile.

He just gave Zhao Heng a severe lesson, actually to make an example of him.

He would soon be heading to the front lines, and if he did not establish rules now, there would inevitably be people who coveted the profits of the cave market and came to take a share.

After all, money is a powerful motivator, and the Cave Market was a money pit that made a fortune every day, so it's normal for it to be coveted.

In the past, with his considerable wealth, he naturally wouldn't have cared about such a small amount of money.

But things are different now. When he broke through in the evil spirit realm, he almost went bankrupt. The annual income of this market is now of vital importance to him.

From now on, anyone who dares to block his path to wealth will have to pay the price.

Just then, the communication array plate at Su Fan's waist suddenly vibrated slightly.

He took the communication array plate from his waist and saw that it was a message from his Martial Aunt Hongling.

"The Zhao family has already sent people to your place. Zhao Heng was dealt with quite severely by you. For my sake, let's just let this matter go..."

Su Fan chuckled inwardly. As long as the Zhao family could produce enough spirit jade, he naturally wouldn't care.

“Since my master has spoken, how could I possibly disobey…”

Soon, another message from Hongling arrived.

"You little rascal, all you do is talk big. Once the fighting at the front eases up a bit, I'll come back to see you, and then you can do whatever you want with me..."

Upon seeing the message sent by his Martial Aunt Hongling, Su Fan paused slightly, a sense of anticipation rising within him.

He hadn't seen Hong Ling for several years, and to be honest, he really missed his martial uncle.

"Uncle-Master, please don't come anymore. I'm going to the front lines in a few days..."

"What's gotten into you? You used to hate going to the front lines the most..."

Su Fan smiled wryly. He hadn't wanted to go before because it wasn't necessary.

But now he is penniless, and if he doesn't go to the front lines to find a way to raise some spirit jade, he's afraid he won't be able to make a living.

In addition, the evil spirit nature within him can only be fully controlled in actual combat, and the front line is the best testing ground.

But these words were naturally not easy to say outright, so he joked, "I'm going to the front lines mainly because I want to be with my martial uncle every day..."

"You're all talk, but every time I fall into your hands, I've never seen you show any mercy..."

Although Martial Aunt Hongling is already a powerful figure in the Integration Realm, a woman is a woman. She may secretly enjoy being tormented by him, but she will never admit it.

Su Fan chatted with his Martial Aunt Hong Ling for a few more minutes before putting away the communication array plate.

The next morning, a Nascent Soul cultivator sent by the Zhao family arrived at the Cave Market to see Su Fan.

When the other party saw that Su Fan had broken through to the Integration Realm, their expression immediately became serious.

If Su Fan had been in the Void Refining Realm before, the Zhao family could have simply softened their stance and the matter might have been resolved.

But now that Su Fan is a powerful figure in the Integration Realm, things are not so simple.

The cultivator originally thought that the bargaining chips he brought were sincere enough, but in the face of Su Fan's breakthrough to the Integration Realm, these chips were obviously not enough.

He dared not delay and immediately contacted the Zhao family head to report the news of Su Fan's breakthrough to the family.

Upon learning of this, the Zhao family's higher-ups discussed the matter overnight and dispatched several of Zhao Heng's elders with more cultivation resources to the Cave Market.

After all, Su Fan was able to easily kill a ninth-tier beast king when he was in the Void Refining Realm. Now that he has broken through to the Body Integration Realm, his strength is probably already unfathomable.

Zhao Heng's elders had long harbored deep resentment towards him.

If it weren't for Zhao Heng, that spoiled brat, being so arrogant and daring to embezzle Su Fan's assets, the family wouldn't have suffered such a huge loss for no reason.

Thinking about all this, the higher-ups felt their hearts bleed.

The compensation sent by the Zhao family this time left even Su Fan speechless. In addition to a sum of extremely valuable spirit jade, there were also top-grade pills, immortal talismans, Dao artifacts, and all kinds of rare materials—it was practically everything imaginable.

Finally, Su Fan's storage ring was no longer empty of coins.

To his even greater surprise, the Zhao family also transferred all of their 10% stake in the Cave Market to him.

This sincerity impressed Su Fan.

As news of Su Fan's breakthrough to the Integration Realm spread throughout the Guangfa Dao Sect, the sect's higher-ups immediately sent people to deliver generous rewards.

If it weren't for the tense situation during the war, the sect would have even held a grand celebration ceremony for him.

Also delivered was a new identity jade talisman.

This is not special treatment, but rather the usual practice of all sects of the human race's Daoist school.

In this realm, cultivators at the Integration Realm are already at the top level. Once they break through, they will be able to access levels they have never known before.

This identity jade talisman is just like that; it is not only a symbol of identity, but also an information platform exclusively for cultivators at the Integration Realm.

It's somewhat like a BBS forum from my previous life, a community for all cultivators in the Integration Realm to communicate.

Su Fan was somewhat surprised after activating the platform.

It turns out that these powerful figures at the Integration Realm are also quite gossipy in private.

They are usually dignified and solemn, but on this platform, they completely let down their guard.

It's common to see a group of Nascent Soul cultivators arguing endlessly over trivial matters.
Some people even directly challenged each other to fights on the platform—can you believe it?

All of this is truly laughable and absurd.

However, this platform was indeed useful. Su Fan learned many strange and secret stories that low-level cultivators could not access, and he could even find clues about some situations in the upper realm here.

He even saw records on the platform about a powerful figure from the Celestial Race descending in his true form without permission, intending to attack him. To Su Fan's even greater surprise, the platform also supported transactions between cultivators at the Integration Realm.

He then listed a whole set of cultivation supplies that he no longer needed after breaking through to the Integration Realm. Unexpectedly, in just a moment, someone messaged him privately wanting to buy them.

Because so many people contacted him, the platform simply held a small auction for the supplies, which eventually sold for nearly twice the original price, allowing Su Fan to make a small profit.

In addition to the gifts from Guangfa Daozong, other sects in Xinguangtian also sent their disciples to deliver congratulatory gifts.

Not to be outdone, the various families within the Guangfa Dao Sect also prepared generous congratulatory gifts and sent them over.

This has always been a practice in the New Guangtianyu region.

In just a few days, Su Fan received wave after wave of people coming to congratulate him at his cave dwelling in the cave market.

He truly hadn't expected to receive so many congratulatory gifts after breaking through to the Integration Realm, and these gifts greatly alleviated his "financial crisis."

Although it's still not as much as it used to be, at least I'm not as destitute as before.

Of course, as Su Fan broke through to the Integration Realm, his top position on the "Beast Slaying Ranking" also disappeared automatically.

After all, no cultivator at the Integration Realm is allowed to participate in the ranking of the Beast Slaying List.

However, the information platform exclusively for cultivators at the Integration Realm does have various rankings, but Su Fan doesn't have the mind to pay attention to them right now.

Several months later, Su Fan arrived at the front line through the base's teleportation array.

As soon as he stepped out of the teleportation hall, he saw that his senior uncle Hongling, dressed in a bright red robe, was already waiting outside the hall, with dozens of powerful figures from the Guangfa Dao Sect at the Integration Realm standing beside him.

Clearly, the sect had specially arranged for so many important figures to come and welcome this newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator.

Su Fan was flattered and quickly stepped forward, bowing deeply to everyone.

"Su Fan... greets all senior brothers..."

Although Su Fan was respectful, none of the Nascent Soul Realm experts from the Guangfa Dao Sect dared to put on airs in front of him.

From the moment Su Fan appeared, a look of horror flashed in everyone's eyes.

The leading late-stage Nascent Soul Realm experts were alright, but the remaining cultivators couldn't help but gasp in shock.

They couldn't even see through Su Fan's cultivation level.

The only explanation is that Su Fan's strength is unfathomable. Whether it is physical body, magic power or divine sense, he has crushed them, which is why this situation has occurred.

For the next month or so, Su Fan attended various celebratory banquets almost every day, which was quite annoying.

But he couldn't refuse, as these banquets were all set up to celebrate his breakthrough to the Integration Realm, and everyone who came to the banquets brought congratulatory gifts.

In the past month or so, Su Fan received so many gifts that his hands were almost sore, but he accepted them all without hesitation.

Since the other party is willing to give it, he naturally has no reason not to accept it.

It wasn't until more than a month later that the "celebration frenzy" gradually subsided. Su Fan finally had some free time, so he went to see his Martial Aunt Hong Ling as soon as possible.

The two spent several days causing trouble in Uncle Hongling's cave before finally giving up.

In the early hours of the morning, Su Fan lay comfortably on his Uncle Hong Ling's bed.

Aunt Hongling lay to one side, propping her chin up with her hand, watching him with a smile.

Thinking about her incredibly wanton behavior just now, she couldn't help but blush.

I don't know what happened, but today she seemed to be possessed, completely revealing her most wanton side.

After all, she is a woman, and she should be more reserved in this regard, and she will not easily show her most sordid side to her lover.

But today she completely let go. Thinking back on some of the romantic scenes from the past few days, even Aunt Hongling herself felt it was an eyesore.

That's so embarrassing.

"You really want to fight on the front lines..."

“Otherwise, I’ve been a member of the Guangfa Dao Sect for so long, and with the war so intense, I should at least do my part…”

Martial Aunt Hongling knows Su Fan too well; she didn't believe a single word he just said.

"I do not believe……"

Hearing that his Martial Aunt Hongling didn't believe him, Su Fan chuckled.

"Then I'll tell you, the old man on the front lines did it so he could be with you every day, would you believe me..."

"Then I'm even less inclined to believe it..."

Although Aunt Hongling is a woman, she is, after all, an old witch who has lived for over ten thousand years. She is not someone that Su Fan can fool with a few sweet words.

"Alright, mainly because I just broke through to the Integration Realm, I had to come to the front lines to see how much my strength had increased..."

"That's pretty much it..."

"Besides these, it's also because I miss my martial uncle so much..."

"You're already a Nascent Soul cultivator, so stop calling me 'Uncle-Master'..."

"Uncle-Master, I just like calling you that, especially since we..."

Hearing Su Fan still address his martial uncle, Hong Ling's heart skipped a beat. Before he could finish speaking, she covered his mouth with her hand.

"Then you can't call me 'Uncle-Master' like that in front of others anymore..."

"Then what should I call you, junior sister...?"

"You're such a bad guy..."

As they talked, they started playfully fighting again, and in the end, no one knows who first got the urge to steal, they ended up rolling around together.

For the next two weeks or so, there was little fighting on the front lines, so Su Fan and his Uncle Hong Ling had a rare period of leisure and spent almost every day together.

Sometimes, we would brew a pot of spiritual tea in Hongling's cave and listen to her tell interesting stories from the front lines.

Sometimes we would stroll side by side in the valley outside the camp, watching the morning mist drift over the lush grass-covered slopes and listening to the rustling of the wind through the branches of ancient trees.

Hong Ling always treated him casually, shedding the majesty of a Nascent Soul Realm expert and displaying more of a woman's gentleness.

Only Su Fan knew that his current relaxed demeanor was merely a facade he dared to shed in front of her.

Taking advantage of this rare moment of closeness, Su Fan also took the opportunity to inquire about the specific situation at the front lines from Hong Ling.

The key points of the defense line, the areas where evil spirits often appear, and the rules for cooperation among cultivators from various sects.

Martial Aunt Hongling was naturally very open with her knowledge, even explaining in detail some hidden dangers that were only known among cultivators at the Integration Realm.

Hearing this information from the front lines, Su Fan felt a heavy weight on his heart.

He knew very well that he could not be like other Nascent Soul Realm experts, spending every day on the defensive line participating in collective defense.

It wasn't that he was afraid of anything else, but rather that once he was in the public eye, he had no chance to unleash the evil energy within him.

That thing is too sinister; it's something you can't show to anyone.

Every time he circulates his spiritual power, as long as he slightly arouses the source of evil spirits, he doesn't look like a proper thing at all. Instead, he exudes the strange and wicked aura of a wicked cultivator.

Su Fan could even imagine the chaos that would ensue if other cultivators saw this aura; the entire Guangfa Dao Sect would likely be in an uproar.

Thinking about all this, Su Fan couldn't help but frown, feeling as if his heart was stuffed with a wet cotton ball, feeling both suffocated and heavy.

When he channeled his evil energy, his gentle demeanor instantly vanished, transforming into something extremely sinister and eerie, exuding an aura of malevolence that inspired fear.

He had tried to suppress this extreme trait, but the source of evil had long been integrated with his physical body, spiritual power, and soul, as inseparable as blood.

Su Fan knew in his heart that ever since he acquired the characteristics of the evil spirit within his body, he could only embark on the evil path from now on, with no turning back.

(End of this chapter)