All the evil beasts in the world, I feed on demons and monsters

Chapter 376 Talent
The catalogue provided guidance.

Ji Ran tried shaking the "Cause and Effect Chart", but no matter how he shook it, the purple light always pointed in one direction, like a compass.

Ji Ran gently squeezed the Three Corpse Qi in her hand; it felt cool to the touch and had a sense of transparency.

At this moment, he bent down and picked up Liu Dajiao's corpse. On the rice paddy, there was only a green leaf; the rest of the body had rotted away.

The tender green leaves are like a scroll of books. When you open it, you'll find tiny, densely packed characters carved out by insects.

"Hidden Seeds" is an extremely unique secret technique for concealing souls. It can seal and conceal any kind of soul.

However, like the "Six Ghost Talismans," this scripture requires basic knowledge of talismans, which one lacks. Therefore, even if one understands it, one cannot cultivate it.

Ji Ran felt a little sorry.

This world may seem to accept all those who cultivate, but learning talismans is itself a form of selection. Simply put, it's like an ordinary student trying to solve advanced math problems; without talent, this path is blocked.

"wrong."

Ji Ran suddenly looked at the Three Corpse Qi in his hand—this thing was unclean.

From Liu Dajiao's words, Ji Ran was able to see beyond his peasant appearance and the essence of an artist.

With a wide range of interests including animal husbandry, farming, carving, medicine, engineering, and architecture, he is like a Leonardo da Vinci.

Moreover, after his talent is enhanced by his obsession, he can see something deeper and take countermeasures.

Behind the scenes, someone was exploiting the Three Corpses' obsession to seize the souls of all living beings in the entire Southern Han Dynasty. But he, a mere mortal, used his talent to create a secret technique called "Hidden Seeds," which "hid" the souls of everyone in the village.

Ji Ran looked at the corpse on the ground, sighed softly, took his broadsword, dug a pit on the mountaintop, and buried the two rice plants together.

Ji Ran understood that Liu Dajiao's actions were to save lives, but they were destined not to be understood.

He would only be seen as a madman by the villagers. When you see yourself and your loved ones transformed into something neither human nor ghost, you will also hate the perpetrator to the core.

But Liu Dajiao couldn't explain it, nor could he. Because he had hidden the true souls of his fellow villagers, leaving behind only memories, endless memories filled with the freshest resentment.

"Ugh."

Ji Ran buried the two people, the cold wind billowing his clothes as he let out a sigh.

Unfortunately, Liu Dajiao's status was too low, and she was born in the chaotic Southern Han kingdom. Her talent allowed her to see more deeply, but not more broadly.

Ultimately, he was just an ordinary person, a commoner who toiled in the fields. His limited perspective prevented him from fully realizing his potential.

If he knew even a little about cultivation, he wouldn't have been tricked by that old Buddha, and he wouldn't have ended up with the blessing of infatuation yet still having no cultivation at all.

The Buddha-faced Rice hadn't lied to him. He was indeed suppressing a demon; he himself was Liu Dajiao's creation, but having broken through to a higher realm, he could alter people's memories. Liu Dajiao was merely a mortal, so naturally, she couldn't stop him.

He altered Liu Dajiao's memory, making him "believe" he was an ordinary person. Furthermore, Nafumiao also tampered with the memories of others, using the environment to stabilize this memory alteration.

Regardless of how sinful the old Buddha himself was, or how many wicked thoughts he harbored, he did do one good deed in some respects. If it weren't for him, Liu Dajiao would probably have lost control long ago.

Ji Ran looked at the [Three Corpse Qi] in his hand, a cold smile appearing in his eyes.

If it weren't for the trip to Yingzhou, I might still be seeing things through a fog. But now that I understand the commonalities between the mad beast and the alien devourer, I naturally understand what Liu Dajiao's change in temperament represents.

A tyrant who controls a person with a different kind of body cannot be "manipulated" except by uncontrollable rage. Therefore, obsession should not have brought about such a drastic change in Liu Dajiao.

Unless, the obsession is not pure.

This purple rain came from Ghost Golden Sheep, and in his own storage space, he also kept a special item—[Ghost Golden Sheep's Evil Thoughts].

It is likely that it was the evil thoughts of Gui Jin Yang that distorted Liu Dajiao's talent.

Ji Ran tried to extract a small piece of the Ghost Golden Sheep's primordial spirit.

hum!
The next moment, a blackish-purple wisp of smoke surged from the rhomboid crystal, shooting into the primordial spirit like a venomous snake!

Stab it!

And that tiny fragment of primordial spirit actually opened one eye. A strange eye with a square pupil. A perverse, evil thought, an infinitely magnified, twisted, and dark idea, was about to burrow into Ji Ran's mind!

boom!
However, a wisp of crimson flickered, and the killing intent of the primordial spirit tore apart that fragile evil thought! Ji Ran tossed his hand, and the corrupted primordial spirit was immediately wrapped up by the black tree.

"have eaten."

The Black Tree of Time possesses the ability to degenerate intelligence. This evil thought is also a kind of intelligence. Letting it consume it is equivalent to extinguishing this evil thought.

The black tree trembled joyfully and immediately began absorbing the primordial spirit.

The Three Corpse Qi in Ji Ran's hand also changed, turning into a clear, light purple.

【Three Corpse Qi - Folly (1/28)】

At this moment, what he holds in his hand is the purest form of his obsession, stemming from Liu Dajiao's deep-seated desire!

stab~
Ji Ran's right cheek revealed a mouth, and he swallowed the Three Corpse Qi he was holding. A clear and sharp mind immediately surged into his heart!
Your talent has been enhanced.

[Turbid Immortal Body - Folly: 3.57%]

The second stage of the Turbid Immortal Body has begun!

and……

Ji Ran tapped his head, feeling that he had become "smarter." Some problems he couldn't understand before, and some moves he couldn't figure out, now seemed to have cleared up like the sun breaking through the clouds.

Bang!

At that moment, Ji Ran held the hilt of the knife but did not draw it, but a section of the broken beam next to him was suddenly cut off!
This kind of slash is very weak, but it has a name that defines its level – Blade Momentum.

This is a manifestation of the condensation of Qi and the intent of the sword!

It represents the realm of a master swordsman!
This breakthrough, based on insights gained from combat and catalyzed by talent, was finally achieved!

[Master of Knife Skills 1%]!
Moreover, Ji Ran felt that he should now be able to understand the Dao of Talismans.

He recalled that before he killed the Buddha-faced Rice, the Buddha had said there was some treasure and books here. With that thought, Ji Ran turned and walked out of the ruins of the main hall, heading towards the other buildings.

Under the sunlight, the beasts revived, but fortunately, most of them were attached to the ground and houses and could not move.

Whoosh!
The Heavenly Demon Sword Embryo danced, annihilating all the mad beasts and reaping all their evil energy.

Liu Dajiao's body was untainted by evil energy, not because he didn't have it, but because his evil energy was not within himself, but rather from the evil thoughts of Gui Jinyang.

Da da da.

Ji Ran quickly found the warehouse.

The gold in the storeroom had all grown sharp teeth, but Ji Ran didn't mind and put it all into his Jade Ring. However, he didn't even look at the evil spells of the Maitreya Cult, only took the simplest book of talisman explanations, and then burned down the mountain temple.

Bear--!
The flames surged and climbed.

The gilded tiles on the roof ridge melted in the high temperature, and the hot wind brought the unique, burnt aroma of sandalwood and flesh, mixed with decay and fragrance.

Ji Ran strolled down the mountain path. Behind him, on the shrine, a purple soul flower bloomed on the black tree, and a golden crow lazily rested. His black robe billowed in the heat, and the sunlight stretched his tall, slender figure.

"grown ups!"

Yuan San and the others breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Ji Ran. Beside them, Vlad instantly transformed into a blood-red shadow and vanished, lingering around Ji Ran's fingertips.

"Let's go."

Ji Ran glanced at the group of people still carrying purple flesh and gestured, "Let's go to your village."

"it is good!"

(End of this chapter)