Who gave you permission to refine demons like this?

On the other side, Lin Sheng and Cao Xingyi carefully examined the storage bags they had just received.

Cao Xingyi couldn't wait any longer. He pulled out a shriveled thing that looked like dried squid and exclaimed, "Wow, not bad luck!"

"They can steal this too."

Lin Sheng looked over curiously: "Senior brother, what is this?"

"The deep-sea specialties from the East China Sea can nourish the mind when eaten, making them excellent mental tonics."

"After all, things that can cure the brain are always relatively rare."

Lin Sheng stuffed the items from Cao Xingyi's hands back into his storage bag. He glanced at it and saw that there were quite a few precious plants and meats inside, and he estimated that there were probably quite a few good things as well.

Faced with these things, he couldn't help but feel tempted, so he asked, "Senior brother, since we can't really sell these things anyway, what do you think about our dojo...?"

Upon hearing this, Cao Xing was stunned for a moment, and Lin Sheng realized that he had said the wrong thing.

Just as he was about to say something more, Cao Xingyi patted him on the shoulder: "Junior brother, what you said is the same as what I thought."

Lin Sheng was somewhat surprised: "Really?"

"I just didn't expect you to have such thoughts, junior brother. I didn't realize you'd turned bad."

Lin Sheng felt relieved: "They all came from a dojo like Nine Knives, so why not take them? Returning them might just arouse suspicion."

"Junior brother is right. I'll discuss this with Master when we get back and see if we can keep some of it."

"It's unlikely we'll get all of them, since they're essentially part of the evidence..."

As Cao Xingyi spoke, he gradually fell silent, his brows furrowing.

Lin Sheng noticed the other person gradually quieting down and asked, "What's wrong, Senior Brother?"

Cao Xing flicked a finger, and a thought entered Lin Sheng's mind. Instantly, he understood what had happened.

It turned out that Su Ren and Duan Xiaoyi's operation was disrupted, allowing Xie Dahai and other key figures to escape. Although they left a sensory mark when they disappeared, this sensory mark did not last long, and Cao Xingyi, Lin Sheng, and others needed to chase after them quickly.

Cao Xingyi didn't delay: "I've already shared the whereabouts of the two people heading in the same direction with you, junior brother. I'll handle the rest."

"No matter which one it is, these guys are not at the Pure Blood Realm, so you can rest assured, Junior Brother."

"Also, it's time to try out your new knife."

Several days ago, Cao Xingyi learned from Lin Sheng that he had obtained his magic weapon, the quality of which amazed him.

"Yes!" Lin Sheng was a little excited, both for the anticipation of being able to use his weapon and for the anticipation of facing an opponent of the same level as him.

Finally, I can fight some monsters of the same level!

The two then separated and rushed off in different directions.

Lin Sheng moved quickly along the way, using the senses in his mind to navigate through street corners and bends.

He used the Shadow Bee technique repeatedly while speeding away, closing in on his target.

What puzzled him was that the targets he sensed were gradually merging, and the previously different trajectories were gradually converging.

When I arrived at the location by following my senses, the first thing I smelled was salty savory odor. Looking around, I realized that I had arrived at the nearby Fish Killing Alley.

Kill Fish Alley is far from the center of Hequan Town, almost to the outer edge. It is not only perpetually filled with the smell of rotting fish, but also extremely damp, with a constantly slippery feel underfoot.

Many unwanted fish intestines, scales, and other debris are disposed of here after processing, so apart from fish shops and essential houses, few people live here.

However, Lin Sheng noticed something unusual about the place: an excessively strong smell of blood.

"This level of skill is impossible to achieve when killing fish."

He looked into the deep alley ahead, where the smell of blood was wafting from around the corner.

At the same time, the sensations in my mind were pointing straight ahead, and one of them was disappearing.

Lin Sheng slowly drew his sword and stepped forward.

But immediately a dazzling display of blades appeared before his eyes, and Lin Sheng swiftly drew his sword to block them.

At the same time, he used the Shadow Shot to land on the rooftop next to him and saw what was happening below.

Chang Fangyuan held a knife burning with black flames in one hand and gripped the neck of a Nine Blades Sect disciple with the other, his fingers deeply inserted into the man's throat.

Lin Sheng knew without a doubt that the dead Nine Blades Sect disciple was the very same person whose senses had just vanished from his mind.

Having failed in his first attack, Chang Fangyuan was filled with rage, while crimson blood continued to seep into his body through his fingers.

Seeing this chilling scene, Lin Sheng said, "It really is a forbidden technique! You demonic villains!"

"Who's the demonic one! I'm a cultivator from a Taoist academy recognized by the imperial court!"

Chang Fangyuan pointed his knife at Lin Sheng and roared.

Seemingly realizing that his approach wasn't likely to persuade the other party, he gritted his teeth and cursed, "If those dojos hadn't forced me, if they hadn't been unwilling to share resources, why would I have thought of doing this!"

"They never intended to give me those cultivation techniques or spells!"

Then he chuckled, his eyes bloodshot: "Fortunately, fortunately I obtained an even more powerful technique. None of those guys from the Nine Blades Sect can beat me; they're just jealous!"

"Now that I have the strength, I naturally deserve more cultivation resources, but since they won't give them to me, I have to take them myself. So it's perfectly reasonable for me! This is the rule that cultivation should follow!"

After saying that, Chang Fangyuan threw away the corpse in his hand and laughed loudly.

Lin Sheng looked at the other party with hostility. He now felt that this technique was indeed extremely cruel, not only taking away a person's life force but also affecting their rationality.

"I hope my senior brother can make some progress, otherwise I'm worried I won't be able to control myself."

Lin Sheng swung his sword, and the slash formed from Xuan Qi rushed straight towards Chang Fangyuan.

"You use a knife too!"

"Alright! Let me test its quality!"

Chang Fangyuan raised his sword and slashed upwards, the raging black flames directly shattering the oncoming strike.

Then, in a flash, he appeared above Lin Sheng and slashed down with a blade wreathed in black flames.

Lin Sheng swung his knife to block, and the force from his hand was still manageable, but then an even more intense force pressed down on him, causing his body to sink.

He looked over and saw that Chang Fangyuan clearly hadn't exerted any force at all.

The black flames climbed up and onto Lin Sheng's Hunting Blade, and a look of joy flashed in Chang Fangyuan's eyes.

This black fire was something he cultivated after his strength increased following the acquisition of the forbidden technique. Once you get tainted by it, it's like a leech, thorny and troublesome.

Of course, he could also use his strength to crush him, but after exchanging blows, he realized that the person in front of him was about the same strength as him and there was no way he could get rid of him.

"Tell me! How did you know where I was?!"

"Are you with that Wu Desi guy?!"

Chang Fangyuan unleashed a powerful strike, sending Lin Sheng flying into the alley below and crashing into an abandoned courtyard.

He landed in the courtyard shouting, "That was the first cut! Every cut after that will be harder than the last. If you don't speak up, you'll end up as a pile of bone fragments!"

Lin Sheng slowly emerged from the dust and smoke, carrying a knife wreathed in black flames, which had already climbed halfway up the blade.

His face was calm, without the slightest hint of panic, which was beyond Chang Fangyuan's expectations.

"As expected of the Nine Blades Sect, which started with swords, they really fell for their trick."

"But it won't happen again."

Lin Sheng brandished the Hunting Blade, and to Chang Fangyuan's astonishment, the black flames dissipated.

The Hunting Blade gleamed in the sunlight, its profound energy no longer held back.