Chapter 694

Chapter 694: The New Generation of Evil Techniques

Jiabang, Jin City

Chen Jinfa woke up from meditation, a powerful aura made him feel comfortable from the inside out. This feeling of gaining power is something he had never experienced before, it is more satisfying than any pleasure.

"Those people from before, one day they will regret it," Chen Jinfa thought.

Many memories came to Chen Jinfa’s mind, and he felt hatred towards those memories.

He used to be a cultivator, but with the lowest level of talent. Despite having a chance to be nurtured by the country in the early stages, many years had passed, and now it was not deemed worthy. He was given a book on cultivation but received no support.

Years passed, and the number of cultivators increased. He was left with a cultivation manual and no support.

He lived like an ordinary person, studied, graduated, found a job, and then became unemployed. His cultivation status didn’t help with his job.

In the early stages of cultivation, cultivators didn’t have many advantages over regular people. They were just slightly stronger and faster, but physical labor was being replaced by automation and robots.

After losing his job, Chen Jinfa made a risky decision to sell all his belongings to focus on cultivation. If he could reach the middle stage of Qi Refining, he believed he could find a better job.

Unfortunately, his decision failed, and he couldn’t even break through to the second level of Qi Refining with the resources he gained from selling his belongings.

Chen Jinfa started working as a laborer, but the days grew harder with the changing times.

Most labor-intensive industries have been replaced by automation and robots, leaving only a few jobs like machine maintenance. Even delivery and ride-hailing jobs are being taken over by technology.

The high unemployment rate is terrifying. Without official assistance to maintain their basic living needs, society might have been in chaos. But the basic support they receive only keeps them from starving, which might have been appreciated centuries ago, but now just makes them more resentful as they see the luxurious lives of the wealthy online.

Chen Jinfa thought he would live his life like everyone else, continuing on aimlessly until old age, sickness, or an accident took him.

However, two years ago, he had a remarkable encounter. He obtained a set of martial arts techniques that he had never heard of before, not even found on official cultivation websites.

Despite his doubts, Chen Jinfa decided to practice these techniques because they claimed not to require any consideration of his Spiritual Root aptitude.

With the new techniques, Chen Jinfa’s cultivation became much smoother, though still slow. Regular meditation practices made him increasingly impatient. Finally, following the technique’s guidance, he took a shortcut in his cultivation path – through plundering.

This technique had a secret method to plunder spiritual power refined by others. Despite some losses during the process, it was much quicker than his laborious self-refinement.

Chen Jinfa was not a bad person. In fact, he had always been an honest and kind person, often bullied by others. But for the sake of his future, he took a risk.

His first target for plundering was a friend he had known for years, slightly stronger with a cultivation level of Qi Refining third layer. He got his friend drunk with five bottles of strong liquor and then absorbed all his spiritual power, helping his friend breakthrough to the Qi Refining second layer.

From then on, Chen Jinfa felt like he had discovered a new world and started travelling around, continuously hunting down some cultivators.

He was very careful, targeting single men and even wanderers. Interestingly, in the kingdom of Jiabang, there were many wandering cultivators. These people mostly had talents of Four or Five Spiritual Roots, not meeting the official cultivation qualifications. However, they considered themselves as cultivators, different from ordinary people. Refusing to do the work that ordinary people do, they would rather be free wanderers, especially because cultivation required a lot of resources, often leading them to bankruptcy after selling off their properties.

Over the course of more than two years, Chen Jinfa succeeded many times. His cultivation had reached the later stage of Qi Refining, and he had also accumulated some money. As they say, luck brings wealth – and he had indeed come into a lot of luck.

"So many peers in Jiabang I didn’t know about. Seems like it’s time for me to lay low."

Chen Jinfa saw the news about the series of murders in Jiabang Empire online. The incidents had caused quite a ruckus, making many cultivators concerned and demanding official action.

By looking at those cases, Chen Jinfa realized that many were his peers. It turned out that he was not the only one to come across opportunities, but these people were not as cautious as him and hadn’t managed to clean up the scene after committing the crimes.

This made Chen Jinfa feel a sense of crisis. He didn’t want to lose the opportunity he had finally obtained. He decided to avoid the spotlight, plan in the shadows, and then make his next move.

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"Boss, got the news that Qiu Weidao from Huaxia has come to Jiabang."

"Is that Qiu Weidao, the big boss of the Huaxia Police Headquarters?"

"Yes."

"Looks like they’re responding quickly, we should leave."

Muse said that over the past few months, there had been a major outbreak of cases involving evil practices, and he had long expected a reaction from Huaxia.

"Boss, where are we going?"

"We’re going to the North Immortal Kingdom. We shouldn’t go to Huaxia. It’s not time yet to confront Huaxia head-on. We need to go to a remote place with fewer people, where we can train more experts in evil practices."

Muse explained that the evil practices techniques are intentionally spread widely to distract attention. They are just a smokescreen to cover their real intentions of secretly grooming many experts in evil practices, including himself, who also practices these techniques.

The North Immortal Kingdom is sparsely populated, and Muse had already made preparations there. He has several businesses over there and it’s time for him to lay low.

The next day, Muse left Jiabang, while Qiu Weidao landed in Jingdu City in Jiabang.

The police leaders in Jiabang Empire warmly welcomed Qiu Weidao. After a brief chat, they started asking about the specific details of the case.

After prioritizing the investigation, Jiabang put in a lot of manpower and resources. They found many clues and even captured some people practicing forbidden dark arts. However, upon learning the truth, they felt a sense of dread.

"Senior Qiu, this matter surely involves a large organization pulling the strings behind the scenes. They are intentionally spreading forbidden dark arts. What are they trying to achieve?"

"Our side in Huaxia believes it’s the work of demons. In Penglai Continent, there are many remaining human traitors who are surely under demon control, acting as their spies."

"Oh, I see…"

"That’s why I personally came to Jiabang. Not only Jiabang, but the forbidden dark arts are slowly spreading throughout Shen Continent. We must organize against this – demons must be eliminated, and humans must not fall into internal strife."

"Senior Qiu, what should we do?"

"Investigate. In a few days, Huaxia and allied nations will classify some forbidden dark arts as prohibited practices, forbidding their practice. Anyone caught practicing them will be punished. This is a fundamental solution that must be tackled at an official level. Privately, we must crack down harshly – find one, eliminate one. There should be no mercy allowed, or else if forbidden dark arts spread widely, you know the consequences."

Before coming, Qiu Weidao consulted with relevant experts and fully understood the dangers of the widespread practice of forbidden dark arts.

It can be said that this evil way is even more terrifying than the time of cultivating immortality. Firstly, it spreads much more easily than in the time of cultivating immortality. Secondly, a cultivator’s status and wealth are closely linked in this era. With so many poor people in this era, some are willing to do anything, including killing, to obtain wealth and status. These people are not scarce, and now, there will be even more of them.

So, before things get out of control, it is necessary for them to seize the opportunity and completely eliminate these people.

"Senior Qiu, we understand. We will mobilize more forces to deal with this matter."

"Okay, I have brought dozens of experts in criminal investigation who can help you investigate this matter. I will personally oversee things in Jiabang. You can rest assured that no evil way will be able to defeat me."

Qiu Weidao said that no matter how much the evil way has developed, their cultivation speed cannot surpass the Nascent Soul stage. So, he can completely suppress these evil beings here.

The people of Jiabang were very happy to hear this. Jiabang is not like the Alliance of Three Countries where the practice of immortality develops slowly. The most powerful cultivators in Jiabang are only in the later stage of the golden core period, and they are very few. They are behind more than one era compared to Huaxia. With experts like Qiu Weidao overseeing things, they have more confidence.