Lin Fan’s strength might not amount to much in the great sects and powerful families, but to a yin-yang family like the Liu family, it was already terrifying enough.
The flames burned the black fox to ashes.
Bang, a crystal-clear white pill, about the size of a thumb, fell to the ground.
The flames gradually vanished.
Lin Fan stepped forward and picked up the pill that had fallen to the ground.
“A second-grade illusion spirit pill.” Lin Fan examined the crystal-clear pill. To be honest, this was his first time seeing an illusion spirit pill.
Liu Zhengdao, meanwhile, slowly walked over. “Lin Fan, give me the illusion spirit pill!”
There was an unmistakable command in his voice.
“Oh?” Lin Fan looked back at him with an amused smile. “I was the one who killed this black fox, so the illusion spirit pill in its body naturally belongs to me.”
It was perfectly normal for Liu Zhengdao to demand the illusion spirit pill even after seeing Lin Fan’s strength.
Any monster that had reached the illusion spirit realm would form a spirit pill inside its body. The higher a monster’s cultivation, the greater the power contained within its core.
These spirit pills were also a resource fiercely fought over in the Yin-Yang Realm.
They were indispensable to both cultivators and Buddhist practitioners. Cultivating through meditation alone was far too slow. These spirit pills, on the other hand, allowed one to absorb power rapidly.
Liu Zhengdao said coldly, “But this monster was killed on the territory of our four great yin-yang families. Naturally, the spirit pill belongs to the four great yin-yang families.”
Every faction had divided up its own ‘hunting grounds’. Each family and each sect had its own territory, and they could hunt monsters and obtain spirit pills only within those boundaries.
After all, there were only so many monsters, and resources were limited. If everyone ran around to different territories hunting monsters at will, all order would completely collapse.
“I’m a demon hunter and a rogue cultivator. According to the rules, when a demon hunter or rogue cultivator hunts a monster alone anywhere, the spirit pill belongs to them, doesn’t it?” Lin Fan said indifferently.
Liu Zhengdao’s eyes shifted slightly as he sneered, “But this monster was killed through our combined efforts! How can you say that you killed it alone?”
Lin Fan’s eyes instantly turned cold. So he was going to play dirty?
Seeing the chill in Lin Fan’s eyes, Liu Zhengdao showed no fear. Instead, he took another step forward. “Can you withstand the fury of the four great yin-yang families?”
Lin Fan was indeed a genius, and there was no denying that he was powerful. But no matter how strong he was, he was only a third-grade layman. The four great yin-yang families were absolutely united when it came to matters concerning monster cores.
They had four third-grade laymen among them. Why would they be afraid of Lin Fan?
Lin Fan said coldly, “Get lost.”
The corner of Liu Zhengdao’s eye twitched. “What did you say?”
“Exactly what it sounded like.” Lin Fan asked, “Can’t you understand?”
Embarrassment appeared on Liu Zhengdao’s face. He took a deep breath and sneered, “Fine. Fine.”
With that, he swept his sleeve and turned to leave.
Lin Fan watched his retreating back, disdain showing on his face.
To be honest, Lin Fan had no need for the illusion spirit pill.
That was also what made the Shu Mountain cultivation method so special compared with the methods of other sects.
Whether it was Quanzhen or Zhengyi, both required monster cores for cultivation. Relying on meditation alone was simply too slow.
But this method also had serious drawbacks.
Monster cores all contained a monster’s yao qi. One had to be extremely careful while absorbing it, taking it in little by little. Moreover, the further one cultivated, the harder it became to advance. Those who relied on monster cores for cultivation would gradually find their minds affected over time. Anyone whose will was not sufficiently firm could very well suffer cultivation deviation.
The cultivation method of Shu Mountain, however, absorbed the essence of the sun and moon through meditation and had none of these side effects.
Besides, monster cores were exceedingly precious to every organization, which meant that the amount any one person could receive was extremely limited.
Of course, sects and families like these naturally had meditation techniques for cultivation. But without monster cores, their cultivation speed was torturously slow.
Even the most elite sects, Quanzhen Sect and Zhengyi Sect, possessed the finest meditation techniques, but their speed was probably less than half as effective as the Shu Mountain cultivation method.
That was why Lin Fan had reached the third-grade layman realm after only a year, despite his young age.
However, although Lin Fan did not need this monster core, if something belonged to him, then it belonged to him.
If he was in a good mood, he could give it to Liu Zhengdao. But if he did not want to, Liu Zhengdao could not take it by force. Otherwise, he would be crossing Lin Fan’s bottom line.
Lin Fan found the little fox lying in the grass where it had been thrown. It was trembling violently.
Lin Fan said, “You haven’t become a monster yet, so I won’t kill you. Go find a way to survive on your own. If you become a monster someday and want revenge, I’ll welcome you anytime.”
With that, Lin Fan turned around and woke Du Zhengguo and Du Yu, who had been frightened unconscious and were lying on the ground.
When the two came to, they rubbed their eyes and looked around in terror.
No matter how wealthy they were, the two of them were ultimately ordinary people. It was hardly strange that they had fainted from fright after seeing a monster.
“Mr. Lin, what happened to that monster?” Du Zhengguo asked Lin Fan nervously.
Lin Fan said, “It’s been dealt with. The construction site can continue operating now.”
“Really?” Delight appeared on Du Zhengguo’s face. He then asked, “What about Little Liu?”
“Liu Zhengdao? He had something to do and left first,” Lin Fan said.
He knew that the Du family and the Liu family were closely connected, so he did not mention what had happened earlier.
Du Yu drove Lin Fan back to his own home.
By the time Lin Fan got home, it was already half past one in the morning, quite late indeed.
He yawned and was just about to go to sleep when he discovered a message from Su Qing on his phone. She said she would wait for him at the entrance to the neighborhood the next morning.
“That little pest is deliberately trying to ruin my morning workout.” Lin Fan complained, then lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
He woke up early the next morning. After washing up quickly, he remembered Su Qing’s message and hurried toward the neighborhood entrance.
Two beautiful girls were standing there. One of them was Su Qing, the famous school beauty of Qing City No. 1 High School.
Standing beside her was her best friend, Wang Cai’er.
Wang Cai’er wore a white T-shirt and denim shorts. She looked youthful and beautiful. Although she could not compare with the school beauty Su Qing, she was still a stunning girl.
Wang Cai’er frowned at Su Qing. “Qingqing, I came all the way over this early to go to school with you, only to end up waiting here with you for someone else. The two of us are supposed to be top-tier beauties, so who exactly is this person making us wait around?”
“Lin Fan.” Su Qing kept her eyes on the entrance, as though waiting for Lin Fan to appear.
Wang Cai’er’s expression instantly changed. Lowering her voice, she said, “My dear Su, the school beauty, I can’t believe I forgot to remind you. You shouldn’t get so close to that Lin Fan. My uncle works at the police station, and after I learned that you were spending so much time with him, I specifically asked my uncle to look into him. His family is in terrible shape. Any one of your other admirers would be countless times better than him.”