Chapter 84: Women are so hard to appease!

Ye Chen walked on the streets of M Country, rainwater mixed with fresh blood, continuously flowing beneath his feet.

Although the rain washed away the bloody smell, the stench of blood remained strong, as if he were amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

When Ye Chen reached the border of M Country, behind him there was not a single living person from M Country left.

And the number of vengeful spirits in his Ten Thousand Souls Banner had reached 1,960,000.

Ye Chen's trip was completely a one-sided slaughter.

"I can't suppress it anymore."

Ye Chen said, looking at the Ten Thousand Souls Banner in his hand constantly emitting black qi.

The Ten Thousand Souls Banner now, from its original faint black qi, has turned into a dense, gloomy black qi, its power greater than imaginable.

Now it truly is that the Ten Thousand Souls Banner is filled with vengeful spirits covering the sky and earth.

However, most of them are ordinary people's souls, and some are incomplete souls; those incomplete souls have been taken by the powerful beings from beyond the starry sky.

Ye Chen temporarily doesn't know what those powerful beings beyond the starry sky are doing with the souls of M Country's people, but he can tell without thinking that it's certainly nothing good.

"Now the Ten Thousand Souls Banner truly lives up to its name."

Ye Chen said, and his figure vanished from the spot.

He intended to refine the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, as the abundance of ordinary souls would not help much in enhancing it.

At best it would only increase the quantity.

"Instead, we can use the resentment, killing qi, blood qi, etc., here to refine it, making the Ten Thousand Souls Banner more like a demonic artifact."

Ye Chen said it and did it; he immediately sat in the high air, began to absorb the resentment, killing qi, blood qi, etc., here and integrate them into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

With Ye Chen's tempering, the black qi of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner became ever denser, black without a trace of impurity.

【Ten Thousand Souls Banner: After absorbing resentment, killing qi, blood qi, and many other negative energies, it completely transforms into a demonic artifact; when the host brandishes it before righteous cultivators, they are extremely likely to face endless pursuit—use with caution.】

【But… speaking of which, how could we cultivators be timid? If they dare to pursue the host, we dare to counterattack—damn them!】

After hearing the system's words, Ye Chen couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

"System, you really… know how to talk."

And at this moment, Hunyan also spoke.

"This is the first time I've seen such a magical artifact, yet you're walking further and further down the demonic cultivator's path."

"It's just a demonic artifact; I'm not a demon."

Ye Chen replied.

Hunyan remained silent; being a demon has no special definition—it's merely a classification based on cultivation methods, artifacts, and conduct.

"It's time to go back."

Ye Chen said, looking at the Ten Thousand Souls Banner in his hand.

In the next instant, his figure vanished from the spot, heading toward home.

These past few days, the paper-person Ye Chen showed no flaws; Gan Yi also came to look for him, though the visits became fewer, and nothing happened these days—everything seemed unusually calm, so calm that Ye Chen felt it was somewhat unreal.

"Could this be the calm before the storm?"

Ye Chen felt a murmur in his heart; it was simply too peaceful.

During this period, no assassins came to trouble his parents, and even that person wrapped in a misty vapor never appeared again, leaving Ye Chen feeling somewhat incredulous.

During his absence, Zhang Hai and Ji An, following his instructions, delivered the traditional Chinese medicine to Lin Ruoxi, of course, in the guise of a prize.

They did it very well, without revealing any flaws.

When they saw the paper-person Ye Chen, they were a little surprised, because he had told them he was going out, but many miraculous things had happened to Ye Chen's body, so they had grown accustomed to it.

So they showed no unusual expression.

Ye Chen thought about these matters, but soon he set them aside and thought about the paper person.

"I can refine a few more paper persons; there's no other reason—they're just really useful."

Ye Chen thought to himself.

After having the paper-person Ye Chen, many things no longer need him to do personally; he can just leave them to the paper-person Ye Chen, and with it he can better pursue what he wants to do.

Ye Chen's speed is fast; crossing the Pacific took only four hours, though he could have been faster, a minor mishap occurred on the sea surface.

A demonic beast attacked him; he dispatched it with ease, but this also made Ye Chen realize that the ocean's anomalies have begun.

Ye Chen knows that those are not beasts artificially induced, nor are they born from interference by powerful beings beyond the starry sky; therefore, this is an anomaly generated by the planet itself.

The recovery of spiritual energy has sped up!

Just as Ye Chen was hurrying back, Zhang Hai's phone suddenly rang.

Seeing it was Zhang Hai's call, Ye Chen frowned slightly, "Is it Zhang Xiaoxiao calling, or Zhang Hai himself?"

Ye Chen, doubtful, answered; the instant the call connected, Zhang Xiaoxiao's voice sounded: "Brother Ye Chen, have you forgotten me?"

"Ah?!"

Ye Chen felt a bit dazed, "What?"

Zhang Xiaoxiao, hearing Ye Chen's doubtful tone, snorted displeasedly, "You said you'd reply after you were busy, but days have passed and not a single message!"

"Ah… this…"

Ye Chen suddenly recalled that, when he was at the Superpower Association, he had indeed said that, but these past few days he's either been killing people, on his way to kill, or cultivating, so he forgot about it.

"Well… I've just finished being busy, sorry, Xiaoxiao."

After Ye Chen said that, Zhang Xiaoxiao snorted again, "I'm ignoring Brother Ye Chen!"

After Zhang Xiaoxiao finished speaking, Ye Chen heard a "beep"—the call was hung up.

Ye Chen froze on the spot, his expression rather comical.

"No… I…"

"A little human girl just gave you a hard time; you really are… a weirdo."

Muddy Eye's voice sounded suddenly, and the bewildered Ye Chen became even more bewildered.

"Woman, no, girl, no, female student, seems not either... Anyway, it's so hard to coax no matter what!"

Ye Chen roared in his heart, but only Muddy Eye could hear his helpless roar.

"Just kill them."

Muddy Eye said, it has lived for countless years, and regarding these people it has its own view; since those people would disturb its Dao heart, it would be better to slay them early; familial love and friendship, to it, are nothing but illusory things, it doesn't care.

Ye Chen did not respond to Muddy Eye's words, but instead shook his head helplessly.

Seeing that Ye Chen did not intend to continue the topic, Muddy Eye also sensibly closed its mouth.

At this time, Ye Chen was not far from home; before that, he planned to first go to the authorities to have a look, and tell them some matters about the strong ones from outside Xingkong.

This was not because he wanted to curry favor with the authorities; rather, it would help when the great change occurs, so that the authorities could react quickly and give him a chance to develop.

In short, Ye Chen went with selfish motives.