From Beast Abilities to Sect Grand Master

Next day.

Lin Fan woke up to the aroma of a sumptuous breakfast made by Ho Jie.

"Wash up and come have breakfast," Ho Jie chuckled when he saw Lin Fan sitting up on his bed.

Lin Fan nodded and went to fetch water from the well outside the hut.

After he was done washing up, he looked at his breakfast on the table.

It consisted of buns, dumplings, and noodles.

Having someone take care of you like this was a luxury that Lin Fan appreciated very much.

He wasted no time and slurped up the noodles.

After his cultivation practice last night, which had used up all his energy, he was already starving.

Lin Fan recalled the point about Li Rong being a Ghost Cultivator, so he stopped and asked, "Do you have any idea about Ghost Cultivators?"

Ho Jie's eyes opened wide as he thought for a moment.

"Ghost Cultivators are widely feared as they cultivate using dead men's spirits.

"Their techniques come in many different forms; you'd better be careful dealing with them.

"In fact, Skin Puppet Diao was one of them.

"Last but not least, when they are powerful enough, they can separate their spirits from their bodies and take over someone else's body.

"Which is why they are generally despised."

Lin Fan frowned at the thought of fighting someone with the ability to deal with spirits.

When Ho Jie saw Lin Fan frowning, he hesitated for a moment.

Finally, he said, "I know of someone who can deal with Ghost Cultivators effectively. I can go and try to get an artifact from him that can help you."

"Let me go with you." Lin Fan was intrigued by the prospect of knowing someone who could deal with Ghost Cultivators.

However, Ho Jie stopped him and said, "I think it's best for you to stay and wait for me."

Lin Fan cursed the Dark Lotus Sect and nodded.

But he wasn't comfortable letting Ho Jie go alone, so he suggested, "Let Ho Ming go with you. He is just as capable as I am."

"Ho Ming..."

"That's it, I shall let Ho Ming know." Lin Fan insisted, and he went off to Sword Peak immediately.

He wasn't sure what was between the uncle and nephew, but he was glad that he could let them be with each other.

As expected, Ho Ming agreed without any hesitation.

They set off immediately to seek help from Ho Jie's acquaintance.

Lin Fan then focused on his cultivation for the subsequent days.

...

Tai Mountain.

Li Rong was in her flamboyant bright red robes, sitting on a throne made of skulls and bones.

In front of her was a man wearing armor.

She lifted her head, licked, and swallowed a cherry.

"So, Officer Yi, you've decided to join our sect."

General Yi bit his lips, looked down at the ground, and said, "Yes. After the betrayal from the Emperor and all the sects, why would we let them enjoy their lives?

"Revenge for General Tan is the only thing I want now."

"As the Lady Saint of the Lotus Seat, I welcome you. I assure you that your revenge will be duly served."

Li Rong shifted her posture to the side, exposing her long legs.

Disciples of hers looked on with lusty eyes.

She smiled at all the attention she got.

Officer Yi tried to avoid the sight by lowering his head even more.

Li Rong laughed with her hand covering her mouth and said, "Looks like you have some getting used to."

She then leaned forward, exposing her cleavage, and continued, "But first, I need you and your men to infiltrate and kill everyone in Hong Feng city."

"Kill everyone?" Officer Yi startled.

"Isn't that what you wanted? Death to all who betrayed you? If you aren't sure about what you want, you and your men may leave now," Li Rong said.

Officer Yi thought for a moment and nodded his head.

"Good. My men will brief you on the details," Li Rong said and waved him away.

When Officer Yi walked out of the room, her disciple beside her came forward and asked,

"Lady Saint, are you sure he is able to slaughter the whole city?"

"We will step in when they fail, after all I need all the spirits I can gather for the Thousand Ghost Elixir.

"With it, I would be able to separate my spirit from my body and take over anyone's body.

"And in particular, Zhang Yi Nian.

"His Soul Transformation Level as a physique cultivator would certainly help the Dark Lord,"

Li Rong said as she squinted her eyes.

She had to hurry up as Huo Ren Yi was on his way to 'help' her.

It would make her look bad in front of the Dark Lord if she needed his assistance.

When she thought about this, she asked the disciple about the status of capturing the physique cultivators from Qing Feng Sect.

"He... failed. The Qing Feng Sect disciples were able to see through his ploy," the disciple updated Li Rong of the man in black robe's failure. Experience tales at My Virtual Library Empire

"Expected of that fool. Change of plan, concentrate on Hong Feng City instead. Zhang Yi Nian will have to appear by then," Li Rong was disappointed but changed her plans accordingly.

Her experiments yielded nothing so far as the physique cultivators' level was too low.

They died shortly after, unable to withstand the torture rained upon them.

The only way forward for her was to try and take over Zhang Yi Nian's body.

...

"Argh," Lin Fan cried out in pain as he absorbed the last bit of the acid venom into his poison gland.

He was finally done with it.

Now the poison he puffed out contained acidic attributes which would burn through the victim's skin and flesh.

As for the Spirit Fold of Myriad Forms, he was now able to control up to ten paper men at once.

Now, he only had to wait for Ho Jie and Ho Ming to return.

In the meantime, he could only continue with his daily routine of cultivating at the Physique Peak and the wooden hut.