Chapter 59: Privilege
After a moment.
The headless female corpse fell to the ground.
The dwarfish old man coughed repeatedly, struggled to his feet, and looked at Fang Qing with a face full of misfortune. “This old one admits defeat. Your Excellency may do as you please…”
‘To run into a demoness from the Joyful Union Sect the moment I stepped out—truly ill luck… Bah!’
Fang Qing was washing his hands with clean water. Upon hearing this, he glanced at Xu Hei. “You and that woman both seem to come from great demonic sect lineages. How did you fall to such a state?”
“Cough, cough… As for that woman, this one does not know. But the cultivation method and True Qi this one practices… they were obtained by chance when I went out seeking the Dao in my youth. The technique I cultivate is called Yin Origin Dao-Gathering Art. It indeed flowed out from the great southern demonic sect—the Yin Corpse Sect. There was even a note left in the Dao text, telling me that after ingesting Qi with ‘Yin Corpse Qi,’ I could go to the Yin Corpse Sect to take a master… But this one kept a cautious heart. After secretly investigating for a long time and learning the habits of that great demonic sect, I dared not go…”
Xu Hei gave a bitter smile as he answered.
“Oh? Tell me in detail…” Fang Qing grew interested.
“Those demonic sects—since they call themselves demonic, could there possibly be good people among them?” The bitterness on Xu Hei’s face deepened. “The Human Pill method originally spread from the demonic path… The cultivation methods they pass down often contain hidden traps and restrictions… Someone like this old one, who joined halfway, would either be treated as a slave to be driven about, or be sacrificed and refined into some kind of artifact. And if one’s cultivation grew higher, one might even become a great medicinal ingredient for another disciple’s breakthrough!”