I want to refute this, but it seems there's no room for rebuttal at all.

After all, Xi Heng had already had many experiences in the Tian Zhao era, so it wouldn't hurt to do it again in this life, right?

Judging from Yin Wanluan's attitude yesterday, it seems that he is not opposed to this point.

"Only Chen Fenghuo might not like it, but she also said last night that it's okay to do some mundane and taboo things."

It seemed that everything was continuing to develop as she had hoped.

"No... We haven't even established any relationship in this life yet, so why am I thinking about these things? Isn't that a bit strange?" Xi Heng sat up from the bed and shook his head to himself.

It must be because of practicing dual cultivation for too long that my mind is increasingly inclined towards such strange things.

Once the aftereffects pass, things will definitely return to normal.

She pressed her temples, trying to shift her thoughts to something more important.

After coughing twice, he looked out the window and determined that the sun was high in the sky. He then got out of bed, put on his wooden clogs, performed a cleansing ritual, and dressed.

Upon entering the hall, he poured out a fasting pill from the cabinet and swallowed it.

Continuing on to the courtyard, one can see Chen Fenghuo standing by the fishpond, scattering food for the fish.

Numerous red and yellow carp stirred the water to a near-boiling state, causing a constant struggle for the bait, which was only sprinkled in small quantities.

Chen Fenghuo sprinkled another handful, turned around and saw Xi Heng, and greeted him softly.

Her demeanor was not as calm as usual today, and her face was slightly flushed when I saw her, for some reason.

"Good morning." Xi Heng waved his hand and said, "I need to leave the hospital today to take care of some small matters, so I'll be leaving now."

“Okay…” the other party replied obediently.

On her way to the courtyard gate, the girl always felt that the other person's gaze was fixed on her.

Sometimes the gaze falls on the exposed neck, or the chest, waist and abdomen... in short, it's a more unusual gaze than usual.

However, she didn't think much of it. She opened the door and, following the information she had obtained yesterday, went to the place where the evil cultivators were currently being stored.

.........

Volume 1: Chapter 217 (Chapter 208), Heretical Cultivator

Morning at Ishiya-bo Market.

The girl in the white robe arrived at the edge of the market, in front of a spirit wine shop that few people frequented.

After recalling for a moment and confirming that the place in front of her was her destination, she took off her hood, revealing her silver-white hair, and stepped across the threshold.

A woman's voice immediately rang out from the counter.

Xi Heng looked back and threw a silver coin directly onto the table.

Treasures such as coins do not circulate in the cultivation world.

This coin, engraved with a phoenix pattern, is the code mentioned by Yin Wanluan, and various messages can be discerned from the differences in the size and specifications of the coin.

This place is also one of her properties, and the cultivators there are all Yin Wanluan's subordinates.

The other party smoothly took the money and then took out a brass key from under the counter and pushed it over.

And quite politely, he casually pointed the way deeper into the Spirit Wine Shop.

The girl in white took the key, turned around, and followed the direction the other person pointed to, heading towards the end of the dimly lit corridor.

Footsteps made soft thuds as they trod across the worn wooden floor and arrived at the brass door at the end.

Click.

Insert the key and turn it on.

The brass door creaked open slowly, revealing a downward staircase behind it.

Xi Heng continued down the stairs.

The further you walk, the more open the space becomes.

After walking several dozen steps in the dense darkness and silence, one could see blue-green fluorescent light floating below.

The field of vision gradually became clear.

The basement is decorated with three layers of sealing arrays, and it is these arrays that are emitting spiritual light, illuminating the room.

Above the magic circle stood several sturdy stone pillars, firmly binding three figures of different appearances with black iron chains.

Xi Heng realized that the effect of this array was to condense spiritual energy, making it difficult to absorb into the body, and forcibly creating an environment similar to one without spiritual energy within the array, making it difficult for cultivators to resist.

Above the magic circle, both of them had completely lost their strength and were unconscious with their heads drooping.

Only one woman on the left, whose mouth was sealed by a spell, was still trembling slightly. She let out a soft sob as Xi Heng approached, as if she had just been awakened by the sound of the iron gate opening.

"If I had arrived half a month later... these people would probably be dead, right?" the girl thought to herself.

The room contained more than just the three figures; a large, thick desk was piled high with wooden boxes and chests of various sizes, documents, scrolls, and other items used as evidence of the crime.

Xi Heng bypassed the three imprisoned evil cultivators and came to the table to open the scroll.

The written record details the crimes committed by only a few individuals, mentioning numerous witnesses, and there are also a large number of other artifacts on the table that can corroborate this.

It seems that all that's needed is to hand over this scroll, along with the sinner, to the Dharma Protectorate.

The girl nodded, put the scroll down, and then looked back at the various wooden boxes beside her.

Open and examine them one by one, starting from the nearest and moving further away.

Most of them were materials that were of little use to her, such as sparkling gems, various strange-looking worms that were either alive or dead, and a clump of blood that seemed to be dancing.

After scanning with his spiritual sense, Xi Heng gathered the items with more spiritual energy that resembled magical artifacts and, based on the descriptions on the scroll, determined the functions of each item.

"Perhaps something will come in handy..."

According to the consensus among cultivators, defeating demons and evil cultivators and obtaining spoils of war is the most normal thing to do—she is entitled to keep some of the treasures for herself.

Although it wasn't actually her doing, it was enough to report it.

Xi Heng tested all the evidence with strong spiritual energy fluctuations, but only one magical artifact was of some use to her—the swirling blood.

By touching it with spiritual energy, one can discern that this magical artifact can be used to amplify spells.

Since it resembles blood, the amplified element is naturally blood magic.

Xi Heng extended his index finger to touch it, and the boiling blood flowed down his skin and climbed up the back of his hand, leaving a strange arrow-shaped blood mark.

After re-acknowledging the mark as her master, the girl infused the mark with spiritual energy and simultaneously drew a blood arrow technique with her fingers.

With a flick of the fingertip, a thick arrow of blood, like a spear, shot out and pierced the solid stone wall of the basement, eroding a hole half a meter wide.

It hisses.

"It's increased in power by at least 40%? Not bad."

She only used the spiritual power of the third level of Qi Refining, but she achieved the effect of the fourth level of Qi Refining.

Then, she looked at the tattoo on the back of her hand.

I didn't think it was ugly, so I let it stay.

Other evidence with spiritual light should be collected. Although there are some good magical artifacts, none of them are suitable for her.

Xi Heng ignored the treasures and turned to look at the three people trapped in the formation behind him.

Then she saw that the only woman who was still conscious was staring at her with scarlet eyes like a demon.

This scene resembles something out of a horror movie.

If a timid mortal were to do so, even without sensing the other party's lingering power, they would still be terrified and lose their composure.

But Xi Heng merely gave him an intrigued look.

The other two cultivators, who were in the spiritless zone, had already fainted.

The man's gaze remained intense and sharp, his eyes still carrying a strong sense of bloodlust and killing intent.

It reminded her of the many formidable enemies she encountered on the northern frontier battlefield, some of whom were reckless and madmen who disregarded life and death.

The two locked eyes, and the woman trapped on the stone pillar let out a faint sob, as if she had something to say, but her throat was blocked by some kind of magic.

The girl realized that the other party wasn't trying to say anything meaningless, like begging for mercy.

He then approached him, squatted down, and used his index finger and thumb to pry open his chin.

On the surface of the blood-stained tongue, there was a talismanic script.

This kind of verbal seal is really simple; it only requires circulating spiritual energy in a regular pattern for a short while.

He let go, and the red-eyed woman in front of him, who looked like a ghost, retracted her tongue, gritted her teeth, and coughed a few times.

After a moment of hesitation, he finally spoke:

“The item you just took is my magical artifact, ‘Yang Xue’.”

"Oh...so you're that Blood Cultivator." Xi Heng initially thought the woman in front of him was from the Demon Academy.

After all, the two people beside him were men, one of whom was withered and smelled of insects, clearly the insect cultivator mentioned in the intelligence.

The other person's face was severely damaged, with three huge gashes as if torn by a beast's claws, making it impossible to recognize their appearance.

The other party ignored him and only said weakly:

"This magic weapon was obtained by me in a mortal tomb. At first, it was just a low-grade magic tool, but it can absorb essence blood. If you don't use your own, you will have to use someone else's... If you take this item, you will inevitably go down the path of evil cultivation."

"Oh?" the girl replied casually.

“In the future, you will also end up in prison and die, just like me.”

"I see." Xi Heng said calmly, "In this world, no one has ever been able to imprison me."

She committed many crimes when she was in the Zhao state.

But all of this was merely laying the foundation for her ascension to the throne.

"Then use it," the other party said, forcing a cold tone.

"I will wait for you in the pure fire, so that you will suffer from thirst and blood erosion, go astray and die."

"Okay."

The girl gave a perfunctory answer and casually raised her hand to strike the back of the other person's neck.

The spiritual energy struck and restricted the meridians, causing the already weakened person to instantly lose consciousness.

Xi Heng reopened the seal on his mouth, returned to the table, and put all the evidence into his storage bag, which could barely hold half of it.

Then, he used the tablecloth as a bundle to wrap the remaining half of the body before leaving.

Back at the restaurant counter, he had the people in the wine shop bring him the body of the evil cultivator.

Afterwards, he left the inn and led them to the Pure Fire in the center of the market.

A moment later, as the teleportation technique was activated, the spiritual light twist ended, and Xi Heng found himself in the empty and silent Pure Fire Sect.

After glancing around, he followed the route given by Yin Wanluan, leading the winery cultivators carrying the evil cultivators behind him, and headed towards the guardian hall in the central part of the Pure Fire Sect.

Along the way, they occasionally encountered other members of the Pure Fire Cult dressed in white robes, but most of them recognized Xi Heng, the cultivator who had received the blessing of the Pure Fire.

With just a brief explanation and the display of the Dharma Protector's Hall token previously given to her by Yin Wanluan, she could easily pass through various inquiries and interrogations.

The journey was extremely smooth.

Meanwhile, the cultivators in the Dharma Protector Hall who were in charge of managing these tasks seemed to be from Yin Wanluan's faction and had already received the news.

Upon seeing Xi Heng and his belongings, he showed no suspicion whatsoever. He simply followed the rules and imprisoned the evil cultivator in the Dharma Protector's Hall prison, collected various pieces of evidence, and determined the reward for his actions. With that, the task was accomplished.

I completed today's goal in less than ten minutes.

After bringing back the winery monk who had come with her, the girl took advantage of the free time to stroll around the Stone Valley Market for a while, bought some small fasting pills that were said to taste good, and then left to return to her own courtyard.

Upon returning to the Pure Fire Capital, Xi Heng clapped his hands and said...

"These are so simple."

Yin Wanluan had already arranged everything perfectly for today, so I didn't need to think too much; I just needed to follow the process.

Having such a good boss makes things easy.

Humming a song softly, I walked slowly.

Before long, they returned to the gate of their home.

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