I Have an Omen System-Chapter 80 - 78: Secret Ambush

Just as Qin Xuan was wondering where to find some Righteous Cultivators, he emerged from the bamboo forest and saw a woman standing gracefully at a bend in the mountain path.

The woman wore a light blue dress. Her figure was slender, her collar was slightly loosened and in disarray, revealing a large patch of snow-white skin. She was covering her face and weeping, looking utterly pitiful and stirring one’s compassion.

Qin Xuan could tell she was faking it with a single glance.

How could a young woman be out here in the desolate wilderness... not to mention the fluctuations of True Essence coming from her.

She was clearly a Righteous Cultivator.

Unfortunately, her Cultivation was too low, only at the Qi Cultivation Second Layer Realm.

He released his Divine Sense, spreading it outwards in all directions like tentacles.

A clear picture of the surroundings entered his mind’s eye.

’Whoa, a honey trap?’

Qin Xuan’s eyes lit up. This was suddenly getting interesting.

Besides the woman, he also found two burly men hiding in the surrounding bushes. Their auras were unstable, as if they had just broken through to the Qi Cultivation Third Layer.

When the woman saw Qin Xuan, she acted as if she’d seen her savior. Crying a river of tears, she made to throw herself into his arms.

"Young Master, you must help me... Ugh!"

But before she could finish speaking, a spray of dark red blood suddenly gushed from her throat as a sharp pain shot through her.

The woman looked down in terror and saw a silver-white sword tip piercing through her chest.

The next moment, all the blood in her body gurgled along the sword’s fuller and into the blade.

Her blood, along with her True Essence, was drained dry in an instant.

All that was left was a pretty bag of skin covering withered bones, which fell lightly to the ground.

A weak trickle of power, better than nothing, flowed back into him through his Lifebound Longsword.

"A demon... a Demon Cultivator!"

The two burly men hiding in the bushes stared with eyes as wide as bronze bells, their pupils constricting rapidly as they cried out in astonishment.

Qin Xuan shook his head. "That’s rich. You try to kill me for my treasures, and that’s fine, but when I rid the world of a pest, I’m a Demon Cultivator?" 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

’Our methods are just a little different, that’s all.’

Qin Xuan flashed a grin, revealing a set of white teeth, and strolled toward the two men.

"You, you stay back..."

The two burly men cried out in terror. They wanted to flee but found themselves frozen in place.

Their True Essence had solidified, and they couldn’t move an inch.

Their faces turned deathly pale with fright. Their Adam’s apples bobbed as they tried to scream, but fear choked the sound in their throats.

Qin Xuan planted a foot on one man’s back and gently tapped his face with the cold tip of his sword.

"I’m going to ask you a few things. Answer honestly."

"If I’m satisfied with your answers, I’ll let you go."

The burly man nodded hurriedly, his voice trembling. "My lord, please ask... This humble one guarantees he’ll tell you everything he knows!"

Though he said this, a venomous look flashed in the depths of the burly man’s eyes.

He thought to himself, ’This demon is too despicable! He actually killed my wife’s younger sister.’

’Once he’s gone, I’ll report him to the Taiyi True View and kill this demon to avenge her!’

Qin Xuan: "Where are we?"

The burly man quickly lowered his head and said respectfully, "My lord, this is Dingyang County in the Jade Wind Country."

Dingyang County?

’...It seems the Sect’s Teleportation Array isn’t very accurate.’

A map of the Jade Wind Country appeared in Qin Xuan’s mind.

The Taiyi True View was in Yong’an County, a thousand li from Dingyang County.

"Alright, second question."

Qin Xuan continued, "Where is the Danxia Sect?"

"The Danxia Sect?" The burly man was taken aback. "My lord, this humble one has never heard of that Sect..."

PFFT... A spray of warm blood gushed out.

The burly man’s eyes widened in disbelief as all the blood was drained from his body, turning him into a withered skeleton in an instant.

Qin Xuan took out a cloth and slowly wiped the blood from his longsword. "So dishonest. Daring to say you don’t know."

"Come on, your turn," Qin Xuan said with a smile, looking at the other burly man.

The other burly man’s face was ashen, a chill running down his spine. "My... my lord, I don’t know where the Danxia Sect is either."

"I swear, I’m absolutely not lying to you..."

Qin Xuan clicked his tongue. "Tsk, looks like you really weren’t lying."

"It’s fine. You can go. I’ll let you off this time, but you won’t be so lucky the next time we meet."

Qin Xuan turned and walked away.

The burly man, feeling as if he had received a great pardon, knelt and kowtowed. "Thank you, my lord! Thank you, my lord!"

He was just about to scramble to his feet and run when Qin Xuan, with his back still to him, suddenly said, "By the way, what was it I just said?"

The burly man froze. "My lord, you said you’d let me go, but not the next time we meet."

Qin Xuan whipped around, a wide grin on his face. "So... we’ve met again."

The burly man’s face was a mask of shock. "My lord, you..."

PFFT!

The longsword pierced his throat. The burly man’s pupils dilated as his head separated from his body. All of his dark red blood was devoured by the sword, leaving behind a skeleton of gleaming white bones.

"I truly am a Demon Cultivator who keeps his word."

Qin Xuan sheathed his longsword and sighed with feeling.

It was a shame their Realms were too low; the boost to his Cultivation was minuscule... Qin Xuan had discovered that ever since breaking through to Foundation Establishment, he needed more and more blood to advance.

Massacring a city was an option.

’Yeah, if I massacre a city today, the Cyan Cloud Sect will kill me tonight. They probably wouldn’t even wait until morning.’

He took out the Blood Flood Dragon Pearl and released the Flood Dragon Demon Fire to destroy the corpses and erase all traces.

In an instant, the three gleaming white skeletons were consumed by the raging flames. All traces were erased, and they turned to ash that scattered between heaven and earth.

The blood-colored Demon Jade in his robes flashed with red light. A series of numbers flickered and then settled.

Trial Progress: 3/1000

...

Just then, a familiar voice sounded from behind him.

"Hahaha, Junior Brother Qin, what fine methods."

Qin Xuan’s heart skipped a beat.

He had just extended his Divine Sense for dozens of zhang and clearly detected no other Cultivators. How could someone appear so suddenly?

"No need to be surprised. My Cultivation is higher than yours, so naturally, you couldn’t detect me."

Wei Qingyi laughed heartily and swaggered out from behind Qin Xuan.

Wei Qingyi had also disguised himself appropriately. In particular, the ghastly green robe woven from Ghost Vine had been replaced with an ordinary white one.

His eyes, however, were still not those of a normal person. They were an eerie, jade-green with vertical pupils, making him look like a Demon Cultivator.

Seeing that it was Wei Qingyi, Qin Xuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Senior Brother Wei’s concealment technique is truly brilliant. I really couldn’t detect you at all."

Qin Xuan said this from the heart.

Though he said this, Qin Xuan’s Lifebound Longsword was already held in a reverse grip in his palm, his Positional Divine Technique, [Heart-Eroding Nail], ready to be unleashed at a moment’s notice.

He had seen this kind of scene many times before.

There was no guarantee that Wei Qingyi wouldn’t try to kill him in the very next moment!

"I told you before, I’m participating in the Incense Master assessment."

Wei Qingyi laughed. "Master Chen ordered me to ensure you achieve a Grade A rating. However, before I left, someone gave me a huge sum of Merit Points and asked me to kill you on the way."

"Guess whether I agreed or not."

Qin Xuan’s heart tightened. He offered a compliment, "Senior Brother Wei is a man of noble character. You surely must have refused."

"Otherwise, you wouldn’t be able to answer to Master Blood Tyrant Demon Child."

’[Heart-Eroding Nail] isn’t enough.’

The Six-winged Cyan Cicada was now held secretly in a reverse grip in his palm!

Wei Qingyi shook his head. "How could I not? Of course I agreed!"