Mission: Seduce the Master!

Xie Qing opened his eyes on the second day after being thrown into this space. He narrowed his eyes, feeling slight wounds all over his body, but what bothered him most was a slight itch in his head.

"The seal has been activated… I'm inside the barrier," Xie Qing realized.

A special seal blocked his memories regarding things like the locations of sects, countries, important natural resources, and so forth. This was done to prevent information leakage.

After all, devilish cultivators have many ways to read memories, so this precaution was necessary.

His first actions were to quickly check his surroundings and where he had landed. Although he had no map, and no information due to the place being too isolated.

The only thing the young man discovered was a dilapidated house built in an old style, a small pond, and a broken well.

But, unfortunately, there were no signs of life here, as if everything around had died out. Xie Qing didn't even find any bones, perhaps this place had been long abandoned.

"Hmm? People must have lived in this place. As far as I remember, the old map showed this area as a dead zone, where a large amount of malicious energy was concentrated. As it turned out, devilish cultivators were conducting mass slaughter and absorbing the souls of the local residents."

This happened before the great war, so it was difficult for Xie Qing to match the area. Many changes had occurred—in terms of terrain and buildings.

Distinctive changes included the air being much heavier, the Qi being less abundant, and the devilish Qi being plentiful.

"I wonder what I look like?" the young man pondered and looked into the pond: "Oh?"

His appearance was quite good—the young man before him had white hair and red eyes, his physique was thin, his skin pale, his nose neat, and his eyebrows looked sinister.

Such a sinister appearance was quite fitting. The young man smiled and checked his cultivation.

"Oh, I see. A cultivator at the Soul Nascent second stage? It must have been chosen as a medium level to avoid suspicion!" Xie Qing nodded to himself, then discovered something curious: "By the way, devilish Qi naturally gathers around me. Is this the effect of the pill?"

Surprisingly, with his Qi, he could not only control it but also absorb it—without harm.

Usually, if a righteous cultivator stays in an environment with too much devilish Qi for too long, their soul begins to be infected, and their Dao Heart becomes covered in malice. This is why all devilish cultivators are so crazy.

"Interesting!" Xie Qing smiled.

There was a lot of devilish Qi within a hundred miles. He sat in the lotus position and began to meditate. After two seconds of meditation, his Qi was replenished, and all his wounds disappeared.

A whirlwind of devilish Qi formed around him. If one looked closely, one could see that as the Qi entered Xie Qing's dantian, it was purified.

After two hours, he suddenly broke through to the second level of Spiritual Ascension!

"Amazing…" Xie Qing raised an eyebrow, feeling a slight tremor in his body—every cell trembled with excitement from the level increase: "I suppose this environment is very good for me. Although I feel disgust, power is neither sinister nor righteous. And if I find the Source of Evil…"

The young man licked his lips. The devilish cultivators, unknowingly, had let a hungry tiger into their nest.

***

"Damn!"

Hao Shen cursed, slamming his left hand on the table. His right hand was missing. Ma Lu was in no better condition, half of his body was cut off, making him look like a Geod*de.

The atmosphere was gloomy, and the mood of these two was grim. As leaders of the devilish path, they had lost to the leaders of the righteous path. Yes, there were three of them at the time, while their opponents were four cultivators.

However, in the eyes of ordinary people, this made no difference. Therefore, Hao Shen felt insulted.

"Also, we let in moles!" he angrily snorted, not knowing what to do with himself.

"Get rid of them, that's all. Since when can righteous cultivators withstand the pressure of devilish Qi? Besides, they will be discovered immediately if they can't control the devilish Qi," Ma Lu replied calmly, looking grim.

"You're right, but…"

Hao Shen shook his head. Their defeat still left many scars on his soul. The wounds inflicted by Xu Mei had not healed yet.

"Bastards…"

A strong anger filled his heart, but there was nothing he could do. Issuing an order to closely monitor every suspicious person, Hao Shen went into secluded cultivation.

Ma Lu looked in the direction where Hao Shen had gone and shook his head.

"Useless son of a bitch."

***

Xie Qing reached out and grabbed an apple hanging from a tree. He curiously examined it.

"***! Everything about these bastards is devilish, even the apple!" Xie Qing cursed in his thoughts, looking at the black apple with veins inside: "How disgusting. I don't even want to eat it!"

He had been walking for about twenty kilometers and was near the ruins of a city. There was an apple tree here, and he thought it would be nice to have a snack, but in the end, his appetite was completely gone.

Sighing, the young man turned around and started walking towards the city ruins. Suddenly, when he reached a certain distance, the city began to change its appearance and turned from ordinary ruins into… a somewhat strange but lively city.

Noise and commotion could be heard beyond the city gates, which was somewhat different from Xie Qing's expectations. The young man narrowed his eyes and checked everything with his spiritual consciousness, realizing that he had passed the test and could see the true face of the city.

"Interesting. So, they check you for devilish Qi and only then let you pass? Maybe if something like this is turned into a more normal form, it can avoid the interference of evil? It will be interesting!"

Taking out a notebook, Xie Qing examined the formation and wrote down everything he saw. Thanks to his level of cultivation in this world, there was little he couldn't see. So, the formation was soon recorded.

The gates were unguarded, and entry was free. The first thing Xie Qing saw was the city's residents.

They, surprisingly, looked relatively normal, but… thanks to his special vision, he could see that their true identities were monsters!

"Animal spirits… evil spirits. Amazing!"

In terms of cultivation level, they were only at the first to fifth stage of Enlightenment, which was too weak. However, it was amazing that someone had gathered so many evil spirits in the city!

The buildings were quite ancient—this style was used in ancient times, so it was surprising to find something like this. However, considering the history of this area, it wasn't that surprising.

The young man smiled, feeling the intense gazes on him. He pretended not to notice the pursuit, then went between the buildings, where there was a dead end.

"Hehe, kid, hand over your belongings and we won't touch you… we swear by the Heavenly Dao! Hahahaha!"

"Damn, who would have thought we'd meet a human? Don't you know? The city of evil spirits hates humans. Blame yourself for being stupid, ahahaha!"

Xie Qing turned his head and saw two burly men, about three meters tall. They were dressed in chainmail armor, looking like guards. These two evil spirits were wolves.

"What?" Xie Qing smiled and fully turned to face them, curiously examining them: "Wolf evil spirits, interesting. They say that if you absorb their souls, you can get a small blessing from the Moon!"

"Huh?"

"What?"

The two wolves looked at each other, were silent for a few seconds, and then began to laugh loudly, clutching their stomachs. They laughed as if they had heard about a pig becoming immortal.

"Hahahaha! Brother Cao, look who we found! How funny!"

"I heard, I heard! Brother De, he underestimates us. Hahaha. Absorb our souls? Pfft! Hahahaha!"

Xie Qing also smiled and began to laugh. Compared to the two wolves, who had a rough laugh… the young man's laugh was beautiful, like the singing of birds.

"Why are you laughing? Is it hysteria before death?" said one of them, named Cao, who smirked: "Listen, kid, we two brothers will generously allow you to say your last words! And then we'll eat you with your bones, hehehe!"

"What?" The young man chuckled, looking interested. He took two steps forward, but in the eyes of the wolves, these two steps seemed like hundreds.

The two wolf brothers felt something appear behind them. They looked around and saw that a wall blocked their path. A bad feeling arose in their hearts.

"This…"

Turning their heads, the two thieves saw Xie Qing, who was smiling brightly at them, looking friendly. From this smile, they felt so terrified, as if they had wandered into a tiger's den… and the exit was blocked!