I'm an antique shop owner, so it's reasonable for me to know some magic

Chapter 529

Andrei's roar gradually faded into the distance.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

As Shen Xuanxuan gradually sensed the commotion around him, he gradually regained consciousness and discovered a fact that puzzled him.

He's still alive.

Although his chest was in excruciating pain and his eyelids were stuck together so he couldn't open them, he was definitely still alive.

The scenes before he fainted replayed in his mind. Since he couldn't open his eyes anyway, Shen Xuanxuan simply began to review the situation in his mind.

He never imagined that Officer Andrei, who had always been by his side and worked diligently for him, would be the mole.

The latter showed nothing unusual; his pure ignorance and the helplessness of an ordinary person in the face of paranormal phenomena were a completely genuine expression of his feelings.

but……

Shen Xuanxuan subconsciously took a deep breath, trying to clear the chaotic thoughts in his mind, but forgot about the gunshot wound in his chest.

The expansion of his chest cavity caused his muscles to tear, making his face twitch in pain.

"Master Shen seems to have woken up."

Some familiar voices rang out from not far away.

Shen Xuanxuan quickly recognized that it was the voice of that powerful nun and made a deduction in his mind.

[So that's how it is. Miss Selva saved me?]

He must have wasted too much time down there, making her worried and coming down to check on him, which led her to save him.

If you calculate her age, this little girl is old enough to be your daughter, but in the end, she had to be rescued by him to save her life.

"Should we prepare some water for him? He's been unconscious for so long without eating."

After hearing Miss Selva's words, Shen Xuanxuan realized that his throat was almost parched.

"Don't worry, cultivators can already absorb external Qi to replenish themselves and maintain bodily functions. They won't die even without drinking water."

Upon hearing this voice, Shen Xuanxuan felt his fist harden.

That kid is still so annoying.

Compared to him, Miss Selva is truly a goddess reincarnated overseas.

"Let him have a little drink..."

As Miss Selva's voice came, Shen Xuanxuan felt his head being lifted up, and then a cool liquid came into contact with his mouth.

Moved, Shen Xuanxuan took a deep breath and finally opened his heavy eyes.

Instead of Selva, what came into view was a completely unfamiliar face.

Long black hair, pale skin, and lips that were jet black beneath a veil, as if they were covered with an excessively thick layer of lip rouge.

The icy air penetrating the back of his head caused Shen Xuanxuan's previously sluggish mind to start working rapidly as if by a stress response!
The one feeding itself water wasn't a person! It was a ghost!
The one who was taking care of him just now was actually a ghost!
Where is my sword?
Shen Xuanxuan instinctively reached for his ever-present peach wood sword, but the movement aggravated his wounds, causing him to stiffen.

"The bullet wound hasn't fully healed. Moving around could cause it to tear open again. Just lie still."

The young man's voice came from one side.

Shen Xuanxuan turned his head and saw him sitting opposite Miss Selva, flipping through the book in his hand, looking calm and composed.

"Where is this place? Where are those demonic fetuses?"

“They have been dealt with by Theresa. Except for Andrei, all the police officers and ordinary people have returned to normal.”

"By the way, Andrei has already been executed on the spot."

The young man answered.

"Impossible!" Shen Xuanxuan denied instinctively.

"As the mother of the demonic fetus, they willingly bound themselves to it, sharing life and death. Once the demonic fetus perishes, they too will..."

"This problem is no challenge for Theresa. She has an extremely high level of expertise in purifying souls."

He was taken aback when the young man interrupted him before he could finish speaking.

Could it be that he has been living in China for so long that he is ignorant and unaware that foreign religious sects have reached such a level of research on the soul?
On the other side, Theresa looked somewhat uneasy as she stirred the cappuccino on the table.

The truth is, of course, not what Su Fan said.

When Shen Xuanxuan was ambushed and on the verge of death, it was he who personally went to resolve the situation.

However, with people at the scene either dead or unconscious, the only evidence to prove this is the notification from Su Fan's system.

[Your scheme to use Soul-Stealing (Remnant) to directly extract the evil spirit residing within an ordinary human body, thus preventing its reincarnation, was aborted.]

[Soul Capture (Fragment) Proficiency +20.]

[Note: As your proficiency increases, you will have the opportunity to acquire complete supernatural powers. Please continue your efforts to improve your spiritual cultivation.]

The souls of these ghost fetuses were not wasted; instead, Su Fan used soul-capturing techniques to refine them and infuse them into the astrologer ghost.

Alice brought the latter, the first employee to be recruited, here.

The ghosts they encountered afterward were increasingly powerful, and the astrologer ghost, a reserve force, had to be phased out before it could even be used, which was clearly unacceptable to Su Fan.

Thus, this enhancement came about.

They also carried out the process of refining the soldiers and horses at the same time.

The reason everything went so smoothly was naturally due to the blessing of the [Soul Capture] supernatural power.

Shen Xuanxuan, on the other side, seemed to barely accept Su Fan's explanation. He struggled to sit up and checked his injuries. After a moment, his gaze toward Su Fan became somewhat solemn.

"My wound shouldn't be healing this fast... Did you do this?"

"Strictly speaking, it is thanks to the elixir."

"Pills? You're also skilled in alchemy?"

Shen Xuanxuan was utterly astonished.

Refining elixirs and crafting weapons is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and requires unparalleled financial resources to support it.

If the other side really can produce such a miraculous healing elixir, he'd better carefully consider their background.

"It wasn't me, it was my deceased elder. He left behind not only numerous books, but also a bottle of healing pills. It was the medicinal power contained in it that saved your life."

Su Fan could lie without batting an eye.

In reality, what saved Shen Xuanxuan was just a healing pill that he had casually refined before, and he didn't even use a whole pill.

However, his current identity is that of a somewhat skilled self-taught young cultivator, so he cannot show too much abnormality.

Shen Xuanxuan remained silent for a while before finally speaking as if resigned to his fate.

"Thank you for saving my life. But I don't know what you need me to do."

There is no free lunch.

The other party would not use such a precious pill for me for no reason; they must have something in mind.

Shen Xuanxuan was not averse to it; on the contrary, he felt that he had made a great profit by being able to escape with his life, and he was still feeling fortunate.

"When I came down with Theresa, I heard the evil spirit say that you are a Taoist priest of the Zhengyi sect... I want to see how the so-called orthodox Taoist tradition differs from what I have learned on my own."

(End of this chapter)