I'm a demon cultivator

Chapter 34: Corpse in the Sophora japonica

In the dim room, there was only a faint glow from the fire. A chill came in from outside with the wind, bringing up gusts of cold air like smoke.

The house was quiet at this time.

The sturdy blacksmith just stared at the scholar who broke into the room without moving.

The face was hidden in the darkness, making the expression impossible to see, but in the eyes, uncontrollable malevolence was materializing and condensing into a faint green light.

This is the malice of the dead towards the living.

"Get out." Finally, the sturdy man spoke, his voice hoarse but deep.

"Sir, you are joking. Now that I'm here, why should I leave?" Tan Shuchang was in a very happy mood, because with his magical power "Water Reflecting Lotus Cover", he had already sensed the number and location of the evil spirits.

If we don't count his military advisor, there are exactly nine of them, not one more and not one less.

He originally thought that he had to rely on scheming against Langshou Ghost Town in order to obtain enough evil spirits, but he never expected that he could catch nine evil spirits in just this one trip!
Upon hearing this, the strong blacksmith fell into silence.

But the next second, the sturdy man raised his head slightly, as if looking at Tan Shuchang, or looking at a certain direction outside the house, and he could only be heard mumbling: "Why do you force me? Why do you all force me?"

After muttering to himself a few times, the sturdy man tore off his face skin, revealing a gray-brown head of flesh and blood.

It was some dried meat, still remaining on the skull.

"I promised her that I would not harm anyone else. I sucked her blood dry, so I can't suck anyone else's. Why did you force me to kill you?"

The sturdy man continued to speak, and when he finished speaking, his appearance had changed drastically.

His face was like a mummy, his body was tall, and on his gray-white robe there was a blood-red word "葬" (burial). The iron hammer that had been held by the evil spirit suddenly turned into a long banner with the same word on it, which was "差" (bad).

The malicious domain has unfolded, bringing with it gusts of cold wind.

"I will refine you into a human pill!" The sturdy man who revealed his true form roared at Tan Shuchang.

Tan Shuchang didn't know why this evil ghost looked so irritated, but he didn't care about that, and he didn't care what kind of past story this evil ghost said.

He took action.

So, it took the strong man less than a breath from roaring loudly to begging for mercy.

"I... I still want to avenge her! Please don't kill me! Let me go, I'll kill another three hundred people, and then I can avenge her!"

"Didn't this girl you are talking about die in your mouth?" After hearing this, Tan Shuchang expressed his displeasure, because there was no complete logic in it.

Then, as blood began to emerge under his feet, he pounced on the evil ghost, and the ghost disappeared without a trace.

"The ghost-suppressing technique originated from the underworld is really useful!" Tan Shuchang couldn't help but say again. This evil ghost was no match for him because he had just attacked with a secret technique that came from the underworld.

This secret method has no name, just four simple words - a way to suppress ghosts.

The secret technique that originated from the underworld and is specifically used against ghosts is widely circulated in the Jiawu Realm. Almost every sect of immortal cultivation practices some of it.

However, there are only a few immortal sects that can compile all these secret techniques.

Because these secret techniques only show their amazing power when facing evil spirits and ghosts. If they are used against cultivators, it is no different from taking off pants to fart. Sometimes, they can't even hurt a mortal who has not practiced cultivation.

Therefore, for such a targeted secret technique, the requirement of each immortal cultivation sect is that although the disciples must be able to master it when they go down the mountain, they only need to know one or two tricks.

However, Tan Shuchang knows them all.

With the power of the Tan family back then, it was not difficult to collect all these secret techniques against ghosts. At that time, Tan Shuchang, who was born as an illegitimate child, was not allowed to practice, so he could only read these secret techniques against ghosts to relieve his desire for practice.

Over time, he actually learned all those secret techniques against ghosts.

After suppressing the rebellious ghost messenger, Tan Shuchang followed the induction and found the dilapidated thatched hut. At this time, the old butcher was boiling a pot of hot water in the thatched hut. When he saw Tan Shuchang, he couldn't help but sighed and said, "Young man, you shouldn't have come."

"Old sir, I wonder why I shouldn't come?" Tan Shuchang still broke into the room, but he was still very polite when he spoke.

"You are really polite, young man, but not much!" The old butcher said slowly after taking a look at the door fragments all over the floor. After he said this, his eyes began to emit a creepy green light.

"I just need to eat a person to recover to my prime, and you come at this time. Do you think you should come?" The old butcher's voice was hoarse, and when he opened his mouth, gusts of cold wind whistled out.

"Then I really shouldn't have come..." Upon hearing this, Tan Shuchang nodded at the reasonable logic.

"You young man are quite good at pretending!" The old butcher let out a sharp laugh.

However, Tan Shuchang was somewhat unhappy to hear such compliments, so he took action first, this time using another secret technique to suppress ghosts - the Three Methods of Suppressing Ghosts.

Just like the rebellious ghost catcher, this old butcher could not survive a single round, but unlike the ghost catcher, the ghost was suppressed by Tan Shuchang, but the body of the old butcher was still there.

And there is still some warmth.

Tan Shuchang couldn't help but take a closer look, and then realized that the ghost here was using the method of snatching the flesh of living people. Or in other words, the old butcher took the initiative to give his body to this ghost.

The latter view is a simple guess made by Tan Shuchang based on his identity as a butcher and the environment he lives in.

Then, Tan Shuchang prepared to find the remaining seven evil spirits.

However, as soon as he walked out of the thatched hut, he saw the seven evil spirits walking towards him.

This was also the first time that Tan Shuchang met General Huai. After taking a look, he found that there was something wrong with the other party, so he took action, and then Tan Shuchang knew what was wrong.

Except for General Huai, the other six evil spirits are real.

The ghost-suppressing technique easily suppressed the six evil ghosts brought by General Huai. However, after being suppressed, General Huai was directly transformed into a tree root, and he himself disappeared.

So Tan Shuchang called for his military advisor.

"How is this going?"

And this scholar ghost knew the reason.

"Your Excellency may not know that General Huai's true form is actually a corpse in a locust tree. The combination of the corpse and the locust tree gives it the incredible ability to split itself into two bodies, but this also limits it, preventing it from successfully upgrading its killing pattern."

(End of this chapter)