Starting Cultivation During a Trip

"You’re looking more and more like a master, reminds me of Zhou Yi," Ge Shuangxiu couldn’t help but say.

Zhang Fan remained silent, just staring at the Mighty Spirit Demon-Suppressing Gold Seal and the Black Iron Plate in front of him.

"What are you looking at?"

"Old Ge, do you think we can fuse this Black Iron Plate into the Mighty Spirit Demon-Suppressing Gold Seal?" Zhang Fan pondered.

The room was silent, Ge Shuangxiu’s eyes widened, staring intently at Zhang Fan and then at the Black Iron Plate.

"Are you crazy? I’ve already told you, don’t mess around before figuring out what kind of... treasure this is."

"Right now, you should be thinking about when Chen Dragon will arrive."

"How would I know? I’m not his father," Zhang Fan glanced sideways.

"Maybe soon, or maybe she won’t come at all, who knows?"

Zhang Fan shook his head, looking out at the lake scenery through the window.

...

At this very moment, in Qin Ancient Town.

South Suburban Cemetery.

Driving past this cemetery, it’s fifteen kilometers to officially enter the town center.

"In a place like this, not even ghosts would come, so why are we here guarding it?"

At the cemetery entrance, four experts from the Jiangnan Province Daoist Alliance gathered, looking at the desolation around them, they couldn’t help but complain.

In their opinion, their leader must have washed their head and had water seep into it this morning.

In broad daylight, who would come to this cemetery?

What’s even worth guarding in a place like this?

"Don’t talk nonsense, it’s said that over forty years ago, the Daoist Alliance once eradicated some evil cultists in this town, and all their bodies were piled up here to be burned. Smoke billowed and blotted out the sky," an older man said softly.

"So what? You said it yourself, it’s been over forty years. Even ghosts wouldn’t come here," a young man couldn’t help but say.

"Alright, someone will come to change shifts in half an hour," said a man wearing gold-rimmed glasses, trying to comfort them.

"Maybe a ghost will really crawl out of the grave, after all, those cultists are said to have died miserably," a chubby man said with a light laugh.

"If they crawl out, they’ll eat you first."

The group bantered back and forth, passing the time.

"Eyes wide as saucers, shooting out shrewd lightning, ears standing like antennas, listening for any suspicious sound..."

Just then, a melodious voice came from afar.

The group looked up and saw a young boy walking from a distance, hair messy, a smile on his lips that revealed two little tiger teeth. Even though he wore earphones, the music was playing out loud, and his entire body swayed rhythmically with the music.

"Hey, badmouthing people behind their backs will rot your tongue," the boy said with a light chuckle.

"Where did this little brat come from?" the young man raised an eyebrow, scolding harshly.

"Li Nu, kill them all."

At that moment, a cold voice came from behind.

Behind the boy, a beautiful woman walked slowly, a vermillion mark at the center of her brow.

"Meow..." the boy cheered happily, and then a terrifying aura erupted into the sky, majestic like a great beast, sinister like a withered mountain.

Their expressions changed dramatically, and in an instant, they were frozen in place, with their Primordial Spirits devoured by the boy.

"Delicious... even better than cat food."

The boy showed a greedy expression, rubbing against the woman with the vermillion mark.

"Master, what’s wrong?" the boy noticed something amiss, unable to hold back from asking.

"The nearer the hometown, the more apprehensive one feels; it’s been many years since I’ve returned," the vermillion-marked woman said mildly.

"Master, there are Celestial Master Realm experts hidden in this town, and not just one," the boy sniffed the air.

"The cats of Ailao Mountain, second-best sense of smell in the world," the vermillion-marked woman gave a cold smile.

"Those people from the Daoist Alliance..."

"Let’s go, let’s stir up a storm," the vermillion-marked woman said with a calm expression, slowly walking towards Qin Ancient Town.