I Become a Martial Arts God in the Chaotic Demon World

"Threatening me with a sect that exists in name only? Ridiculous!"

Han Zheng casually tossed Tan Qingzhu's corpse to the side and glanced at the scarlet bloodline that had appeared on his arm. He gave a disdainful sneer.

Over the years, the Demon Cleansing Bureau had been rounding up the Blood Demon Sect, and the Taoist priests of Heavenly Gate would kill any member of the Blood Demon Sect on sight.

There were countless people in the Martial World marked with the Blood Curse of the Blood Demon Sect—whom could they dare take revenge on?

Han Zheng rummaged through Tan Qingzhu's body.

Of course, not because he had any strange proclivities. He'd never laid a hand on her while she was alive, let alone now when she was dead.

What Han Zheng wanted to see was what other valuables Tan Qingzhu had managed to procure from the Zhang Family.

That woman must have deceived many; her personal wealth should be considerable.

However, the result somewhat disappointed Han Zheng.

Tan Qingzhu's sleeves and the hem of her skirt appeared loose, but in reality, there was a thin small pocket tight against the skin.

Inside were various small knives meant for poisoning, some no bigger than a razor blade.

There was also a variety of poisonous powders, several hundred taels' worth of silver notes, and two black booklets.

Han Zheng had no use for the small knives and poisons.

But the two black booklets turned out to be the cultivation techniques of the Blood Demon Sect—one called "Demon Evil Skill," and the other "Black Blood Demon Evil Skill."

The booklet of Demon Evil Skill seemed worn, as if it had been frequently read, whereas the Black Blood Demon Evil Skill looked much newer.

After flipping through them, Han Zheng figured out that Demon Evil Skill belonged to the Postnatal Realm, while the Black Blood Demon Evil Skill was a technique of the Innate Realm, both belonging to the techniques of the Black Demon Hall of the Blood Demon Sect.

Thinking it over, Han Zheng roughly understood why Tan Qingzhu carried these two techniques with her.

The Blood Demon Sect, now having dissolved into the Martial World, faced a significant issue when it came to passing on techniques to their disciples.

Other sects had dedicated masters to teach, naturally without worry. Techniques could be taught step by step; one need not carry them around, only memorizing a part was enough.

However, the remnants of the Blood Demon Sect, always in hiding, hardly had the chance for detailed instruction of martial skills to their disciples.

The safest was to provide techniques of the Postnatal Realm to those in the Postnatal Realm.

Once you reached the Innate Realm, you would find a way to contact the elders of the sect to obtain techniques for the Innate Realm.

Tan Qingzhu's own strength was mediocre, having advanced to the Innate Realm by amassing resources through deception and charm.

She likely hadn't perfected the Demon Evil Skill yet, so she hadn't practiced much of the Black Blood Demon Evil Skill after receiving it, just carrying it with her until the former was perfected.

Han Zheng stroked his chin, considering whether or not to practice this Black Blood Demon Evil Skill.

Although Han Zheng had the Dragon Elephant Prison Suppressing Power in terms of Inner Strength, after breaking through from the Dragon Elephant Wisdom to the Dragon Elephant Prison Suppressing Power, the technique had become somewhat skewed.

If the Dragon Elephant Wisdom was considered a technique inclined towards power, then the Dragon Elephant Prison Suppressing Power was a technique that focused solely on power and even had half the attributes of a Martial Skill.

Thus, Han Zheng's strength was great, but his Inner Strength was simply vigorous and profound, without any special attributes—the most pure, unattributed Inner Strength.

After practicing the Blood Slaughter Shura Blade, Han Zheng was able to condense the power of Blood Slaughter, but it was a different kind of strength, not associated with Inner Strength.

The Black Blood Demon Evil Skill, however, cultivated the purest Demonic Qi, and it could be merged with Blood Slaughter, complementing the Blood Slaughter Shura Blade perfectly.

The Blood Demon Sect too was a major force on the Demon Path, and although the Black Blood Demon Evil Skill was just one of its branch techniques, it was definitely not weak and was considered top-tier among the Innate Level techniques.

After pondering for a moment, Han Zheng decided to practice the Black Blood Demon Evil Skill.

Why not practice something that would enhance his strength?

For Han Zheng, techniques held no distinction between good and evil, only strong and weak—if not, he would not have practiced the Blood Slaughter Saber Technique without any hesitation in the past.

However, this broken temple was full of corpses, and Han Zheng could no longer stay. He didn't know if more people from the Zhang Family would come after him.

Stepping out of the broken temple, Han Zheng checked his direction and headed straight towards Bai Jiang Prefecture.

He also wanted to check out the ruins of the True Martial Sect that Tan Qingzhu had mentioned.

If he hadn't known about it, it might have been fine to let it go, but now that he knew and had in his possession the key to enter the inner arrays of the ruins, it would be a shame to give up now.

There was no rush to report to the Demon Cleansing Bureau; Zhang Tianyang hadn't specified a time he must arrive at Kai Ping Prefecture. A delay of a few days was feasible.

Great Zhou consisted of nineteen routes, each overseeing ten or more, and even dozens of State Mansions.

And the State Mansions were responsible for several, or more than a dozen counties.

Apart from the State Mansion, there were independent areas that served as cities.

Some cities were very large, even larger than the Prefecture City of Kai Ping Prefecture, the capital of Southern Mountain.

Others were quite small, even smaller than Black Stone County.

Compared to the State Mansion, the difference of these cities lay in that their jurisdiction was limited to the city itself and did not include the surrounding counties.

These standalone cities were established for various strategic reasons or other considerations, with some even coming directly under the jurisdiction of the Court.

Baijiang Prefecture was among the smaller Prefecture Cities in the Southern Mountain's thirty-four State Mansions, although its area was still several times larger than Black Stone County.

After arriving in Baijiang Prefecture, Han Zheng changed into a set of black martial artist clothes with short sleeves and donned a conical bamboo hat.

This was the favored attire of martial artists roaming the Martial World.

The short-sleeved martial attire was form-fitting and lightweight, with the black color being more dirt-resistant, while the bamboo hat served not only to shield from the sun but also to conceal half of the face.

Thus, Han Zheng's attire did not stand out at all, appearing very unassuming.

He checked into an inn and prepared to cultivate for two days, aiming to elevate his realm to the Late Stage of the Innate Transcendence Realm.

Han Zheng learned from Tan Qingzhu that the Zhang Family had started to secretly release information, attracting many martial artists to the heritage site, with plans to act in three days' time.

At the moment, no one except the Zhang Family knew the exact location of the heritage site, so everyone could only wait for the Zhang Family to send out a signal before entering the site.

Han Zheng swallowed the last two elixirs he had obtained from Song Xingfeng, and immediately a tremendous surge of elixir power began to overflow.

The Qi Blood Power within Han Zheng's body surged violently, crazily circulating at an extremely fast speed.

His Qi Blood Marrow gradually began to undergo a very peculiar transformation, becoming thick and heavy like Mercury.

At this point, the weight of a single drop of Han Zheng's blood was even more than twenty times that of before!

The majority of martial artists stepping from the Middle Stage to the Late Stage of the Innate Transcendence Realm would experience an increase of six to seven times in weaker Qi Blood Power, while most would surge by ten times.

Those who could surge more than ten times were already considered to have a profound foundation, yet Han Zheng's Qi Blood Power had brutally increased by twenty times.

Han Zheng's arduous cultivation was nearly complete at this point, continuing to cultivate would only allow him to slowly accumulate some power, but he would not be able to break through to the Perfect Innate Transcendence Realm and condense the Water and Fire Immortal Clothes.

Without a method to break through from Li Jingzhong, Han Zheng could only wait until he joined the Demon Cleansing Bureau and comb through the demon bureau's archives and learn for himself.

Zhang Tianyang had said that the Demon Cleansing Bureau had all kinds of cultivation techniques and records.

If you wanted to find the cultivation experiences of those who came before, you could find plenty, whether from the Taoist, Buddhist, or the Demon Sects.

Even the most niche Martial Arts paths, you could almost always find in the Demon Cleansing Bureau.

The only prerequisite was you needed enough Merit Points to exchange for them.

After entering the Late Stage of Innate Transcendence Realm, Han Zheng did not idle and immediately entered the Taotie Furnace to start cultivating the Black Blood Demon Evil Skill.

Now, with an ample Hunger Level in his possession, he could even push the Skill Levels of Innate Level cultivation techniques to Perfect in one breath.

After spending one thousand five hundred points of Hunger Level, Han Zheng elevated his Black Blood Demon Evil Skill directly to the Perfect level.

He reached out his hand, and True Qi flowed within him.

A black Demonic Qi emerged in Han Zheng's palm, wild and grim, cold and ruthless.

Even while operating the Black Blood Demon Evil Skill, an Evil Qi in Han Zheng's body emerged involuntarily.

At this moment, if he were to execute the Blood Slaughter Shura Blade, the combined force of the Demon Evil and Blood Slaughter would even increase its might.

The Blood Slaughter Saber Technique and the Blood Slaughter Shura Blade that Han Zheng had cultivated before both belonged to the Demon Path category of martial skills.

But this Black Blood Demon Evil Skill was a genuine secret cultivation technique of the orthodox Demon Path, distinctly different from martial skills in experience.

People say that Demon Path Martial Arts belong to the evil and heretical paths, quick to yield power but prone to causing one to lose control and fall into a demonic state.

For example, this Black Blood Demon Evil Skill, when practiced, would naturally produce Evil Qi, which would certainly impact the Mental State.

Furthermore, Evil Qi, being an unnatural force, is not as easily controlled as True Qi, and a mistake in practice could easily damage the body's meridians – indeed making it perilous.

But in Han Zheng's view, these were all excuses of the weak.

You blame the cultivation technique for your own unstable Mental State that's easily influenced by external factors?

If your control is so poor that you can't contain the Evil Qi, that is your own failure.

The strong never complain about their environment, let alone adapt to it; they change it.