Chapter 15: Return to the Demon Tribe

“Master, what’s wrong?”

Seeing Lin Fan’s frantic expression, Ye Qinghong walked over and asked curiously.
“What a waste of heaven’s gifts… what a reckless waste!”

Lin Fan’s hands trembled as he picked up a medicinal herb from the ground.

“It only blooms once every twenty thousand years, and just like that, it’s gone…”

“Master, this flower… is it very precious?”
Seeing Lin Fan’s heart-wrenching expression, Bai Ling walked over and asked cautiously.

“It’s more than just precious!”

Lin Fan was so angry he stomped his foot on the spot.

“This is the Netherworld Equinox Flower!”

“Netherworld Equinox Flower?!”

Before Bai Ling could speak, Ye Qinghong had already screamed in shock.

“Could it be that… one of the ten great holy-grade spirit herbs, the Netherworld Equinox Flower?!”

“That’s right.”

Lin Fan nodded with a grave expression.

The Netherworld Equinox Flower, the head of all holy-grade spirit herbs.

It had a blooming cycle of twenty thousand years and only one flower would bloom each time.

Its stamen could be used to refine the holy-grade immortal pill, the Soul-Locking Pill.

And the Soul-Locking Pill was the finest among holy-grade immortal pills.

According to ancient records—whoever consumed a Soul-Locking Pill, regardless of their cultivation level, could have their soul reshaped and rise from the ashes if it ever suffered a heavy blow.

“But Master—”

Ye Qinghong was a little confused.

“Isn’t this flower fine? How is it a reckless waste?”

“Sigh!”

Lin Fan let out a heavy sigh.

“You don’t understand~ When picking the Netherworld Equinox Flower, the stem, root, and leaves must be kept intact.

Otherwise, its medicinal properties as a spirit herb will be greatly diminished. And this one…”

Ye Qinghong instantly understood.

The Netherworld Equinox Flower before them had been snapped in half at the waist.
Apart from the petals being relatively intact, there was no trace of any stem, root, or leaves.

[Isn’t it just an ordinary medicinal herb? Is it necessary to be so excited?]

Just as Lin Fan was lamenting with regret, the System’s faint voice suddenly echoed in his mind.

“Ordinary?!”

Hearing the System’s words, Lin Fan couldn’t help but become furious.

“If it’s so ordinary, why don’t you go find one for me to see?!”

[Are you talking… about this?]

A panel suddenly popped up in front of Lin Fan.

“What?! Th-th-this…”

Looking at the item information on the system panel, Lin Fan felt completely shocked.

On the golden panel, countless holy-grade spirit herbs were displayed.

The quantity of each type of spirit herb started at one hundred thousand.

However…

“One Netherworld Equinox Flower costs two hundred thousand Forging Immortal Points? Is this a robbery?!”

Lin Fan questioned angrily.

[This System’s prices are very fair, okay? Every treasure is worth more than its price.]

“You…”

Lin Fan was choked with anger, but he was helpless.

“Senior, these medicinal herbs… is there something wrong with them?”

The blue demonic beast walked over and asked cautiously.

“No… it’s nothing…”

Lin Fan waved his hand at the blue demonic beast.

‘What could be done if something was wrong? The herb was already destroyed anyway.’

Lin Fan couldn’t help but think of his subordinates from his previous life.

This style of being more of a hindrance than a help was quite similar to his former subordinates.

“I wonder how the Demon Clan is doing now…”

Thinking of this, Lin Fan couldn’t help but feel a bit emotional.

“How about… I go take a look?”

After making up his mind, Lin Fan took out a cauldron from his storage ring.

“Ling’er, Qinghong, Master has something to take care of alone. You two go back first.”

“Huh?”

Bai Ling was stunned for a moment.

“Master, where are you going?”

“Just a small matter, I’ll be back soon,”
Lin Fan handed the cauldron in his hand to Bai Ling.

“There are a few pill recipes on the table in my room, you can practice with those first.”

“Oh… okay.”

After sending Bai Ling and the other off, Lin Fan directly transformed into a cloud of black mist and shot towards the direction of the Demon Clan.

At the same time—

A certain branch hall of the Demon Clan.

“Congratulations, Lord Blood-Fiend, on successfully breaking through to the Demon Evasion Realm (equivalent to the Great Ascension Realm).“

In the main hall, several men in black clothes holding demon forks bowed to Blood-Fiend.

“Hahaha—”

Feeling the abundant demonic power within his body, Blood-Fiend couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

“A hundred years… this lord has finally broken through!”

“For Lord Blood-Fiend to have entered the Demon Evasion Realm at such a young age, it’s no exaggeration to call you the number one demonic genius of the Xianling Continent!”
a demon soldier at the side said fawningly.

“No…”

Blood-Fiend shook his head in denial.
“The number one demonic genius, from ancient times to the present, there has only been one person…”

“I wonder if Lord Blood-Fiend is talking about… Lin Fan?”

A demon soldier asked tentatively.

“Who else could it be but him?”

Mentioning Lin Fan, Blood-Fiend’s eyes were filled with respect.

“To severely injure the entire Celestial Realm with his strength alone, on this point alone, no one in the entire Demon Clan can surpass him.”

“It’s just a pity…”

Blood-Fiend’s gaze dimmed.

“Even so, he still couldn’t escape the fate of falling…”

As soon as Blood-Fiend’s voice fell, a demon soldier stepped forward and said, “My lord, although Lin Fan was fierce, he is ultimately in the past. To revitalize the Demon Clan now, we must still rely on you, my lord.”

“That’s right, that’s right.”

The demon soldiers all echoed in agreement.

“Mm, very good—”

Although he knew this group of demon soldiers was flattering him, Blood-Fiend still showed a look of enjoyment.

“You may all leave. I’m a bit tired from the recent breakthrough. This lord wants to rest for a while,”

Blood-Fiend instructed his subordinates.

“As you command!”

Outside the branch hall, Lin Fan looked at the somewhat desolate demonic domain, his heart filled with a thousand emotions.

“If I remember correctly, this should be a branch of the Demon Clan, right? To think that in just a thousand years, it has declined to such a state…”

Relying on the memories in his mind, Lin Fan quickly arrived at the entrance of the main hall.

The guards discovered Lin Fan and questioned him loudly.

“Just an idle person, came to stroll around,”
Lin Fan replied nonchalantly.

“Insolent!”

The guard roared.

“The sacred land of the Demon Clan, how dare you desecrate it?!”

“Sacred land?”

Hearing the guard’s words, Lin Fan couldn’t help but frown.

“A sacred land looks this dilapidated?”

“B*stard! How dare you look down on the sacred land of the Demon Clan! You’re courting death!”

The guard said, then charged forward with his demon fork.

Boom!

Lin Fan merely raised his hand slightly, and in the next second, the two demon guards were thrown directly onto a tall stone statue.

“Huh? My demonic power… is back?!”
Feeling the flow of demonic power in his body, Lin Fan was overjoyed.

[Oh, my bad, I forgot to tell you~]

The System suddenly popped out from Lin Fan’s mind.

[Currently, your demonic power as an offensive means is only effective against the Demon Clan~]

“What did you say?!”

Lin Fan felt both shocked and angry.

“Is this operation of yours—for me to go slaughter my own kin?!”

[I’m doing this to save your face, okay? Otherwise, how would you establish your authority in the Demon Clan?]

The System replied irritably.

“That’s true.”

After hearing the System’s explanation, half of Lin Fan’s anger dissipated instantly.

[Tell me, I’ve helped you so much, how do you plan to thank me?]

The System asked Lin Fan with a grin.

“After I complete the mission, I’ll refine you into a better-looking puppet,”
Lin Fan replied with an indifferent expression.

[You, you, you… you repay kindness with ingratitude! I… I’m not talking to you anymore!]

The System replied exasperatedly and then fell silent.

“Brat, you have some nerve! To actually attack people of my Demon Clan!”

A guard clutched his chest and struggled to stand up from the ground.

“I don’t want to waste time with an ant like you. Tell your boss to come out and see me,”

Lin Fan said with a calm expression.

“You… you just wait!”

The guard said, then staggered into the hall.

“Hm? This is…”

Lin Fan suddenly noticed that the appearance of the statue at the entrance looked a little familiar.

After getting closer to examine it for a long time, Lin Fan was greatly shocked.

“This… isn’t this me?!”

“Brat, I’m warning you, you’d best stay away from the statue of our Demon Lord! Otherwise… Mmph…”

The guard lying on the ground didn’t finish his sentence before Lin Fan used a spell to seal his throat.

“Noisy.”

After dealing with the source of the noise, Lin Fan circled the statue and examined it closely.

“I didn’t expect this statue to have quite a bit of charm…”

Lin Fan nodded, very satisfied in his heart.

“It truly has some of my style from back then!”

As his gaze moved downwards, a line of small, carved characters came into Lin Fan’s view.

“In memory of Demon Pig Lin Fan, great rooster… huh?!”

Lin Fan clenched his fists, the veins on his forehead bulging.

“Five out of ten words are wrong… which d*mn illiterate wrote this?!”

[Hahaha—]

After reading this line of small words, the System could no longer contain its emotions and burst out into unrestrained laughter.

[Demon Pig? Great rooster? I’m dying of laughter… I never thought your Demon Clan had so many talents…]

“Laugh my a** off!”

Just as Lin Fan was flying into a rage, the guard had already brought Blood-Fiend to the entrance of the hall.

“My lord, it’s him!”

The guard pointed smugly at Lin Fan, who was standing by the statue.

“You’re their leader?”

Before Blood-Fiend could speak, Lin Fan questioned him first.

“I am. May I ask, Your Excellency… Ah!”

Before Blood-Fiend could finish, Lin Fan grabbed him.

“You’ve come at the right time… explain to me, what is this thing?!”

Faced with this sudden turn of events, Blood-Fiend was completely dumbfounded.
He stared blankly at Lin Fan, his blood-red eyes full of shock.

‘How is this possible…’

Blood-Fiend found it hard to accept.

‘This lord is at the Demon Evasion Realm, why is it that in front of him, I don’t even have the strength to resist? Wait… this is?!’

Blood-Fiend caught a glimpse of the black star-shaped mark on Lin Fan’s neck.

“The Demon Lord’s Mark?!”

Blood-Fiend screamed in shock.

“You… you are Lin Fan?!”

“Not bad, you can still recognize me,”

Lin Fan said in a playful tone.

“B-but…”

Blood-Fiend stammered.

“Aren’t you already… dead?!”

“Whether I’m dead or not, you don’t need to worry about that for now. But…”

Lin Fan threw Blood-Fiend in front of the stone statue.

“If you can’t give me a reasonable explanation today, then you can really die…”