Dual Cultivation: The Rise of Evil Young Master Ft. Fairy System
Chapter 31: Yes it is.

Chapter 31: Yes it is.

’Good! Good! Good!! I am a genius...’

"Indeed, it is..." Bai Long said with a smirk, as the leopard was behind his body’s father.

He didn’t even need to command it.

"You are a curse. It’s all because of you... You insolent so–" were the last words from his father’s mouth.

Pfft!

The father got killed. The leopard’s paw pierced through his chest, the sharp claws ripping through flesh and bone.

Blood splattered everywhere, staining the ground red. The smell of iron filled the air as the lifeless body slumped to the ground.

Thud!

The father’s dead body fell to the ground with a thud sound effect, but Bai Long had no emotion, not even happiness. Truth be told, Bai Long never took him seriously.

The rest of the Bai family members stared in shock and horror. Their expressions were a mixture of disbelief and fear.

A catastrophe had hit their family. They couldn’t believe what they had just witnessed. The patriarch was dead, and one of his sons was dead.

Good thing they don’t know that it was all Bai Long’s plan, from using the eagle to call a leopard and using that leopard to kill his father and grandfather.

They don’t even know the Phantom Leopard is under his control.

[Ding! The host has successfully killed 3 supporting characters.]

[You have obtained a black grade martial art technique — Phantom Walk.]

(Grades: Yellow, Orange, Blue, Red, Purple, Black, Saint, Emperor)

(Phantom Walk: Using the Qi, the user creates a standing afterimage of themselves that lasts 3 seconds while their real body is invisible for that duration and moves at an abnormal speed without any presence or breath. It can also be combined with other footwork.)

The world around Bai Long collapsed, and he found himself floating in a vast void of obsidian and starlight.

Above him, ancient characters glowed in black and violet light, forming an arcane circle inscribed with Dao runes. The vast blood sea was still there with a dragon eye, and a strange book... Looking closely, the book seemed to have some changes.

It didn’t take long for Bai Long to realize that as long as he could collect souls using his reverse dragon scale, he could open this book.

Nonetheless...

A figure, faceless and cloaked in a dark shadow-like robe, walked silently through an endless battlefield, leaving a phantom in its path.

"So fast..." Bai Long muttered.

He was seeing things inside his consciousness. It was an enlightenment projection, a quick mastery over martial art techniques where one would instantly learn it.

There were no footsteps, no Qi ripples, and even the wind didn’t move around the figure.

Wherever it walked, afterimages remained standing, while the true form slipped through space like smoke.

Then...

BOOM!

A flood of knowledge exploded into his mind.

Thousands of muscle micro-adjustments, Qi circulation patterns that moved like flowing ink.

A three-second severance of spiritual presence, achieved through precise control over the dantian and meridian nodes.

Shift the breath inward... Freeze the pulse... Pour Qi into the shadow vein... Move without being.

I exist... I don’t...

A poetic riddle echoed in his mind.

His body felt the technique even though he wasn’t moving.

It was like remembering something he never learned. Each motion etched itself into his muscles, each principle engraved into his bones, and each step burned into his soul.

Suddenly, his sea of consciousness cracked with light. The vision ended, and Bai Long’s eyes snapped open. He was back in reality.

But he felt it now.

’So this is... Phantom Walk. Drop by drop, ocean forms. Step by step, foundation builds.’

’Hahaha... This is perfect. Since I am breathless and can’t be sensed, it means I just have to make Yang Kai a little busy and I can rob that pendant. Alas, I wanted to enjoy the Immortal Master and make her moan beneath me, but fate won’t allow me... If I don’t kill her, I will die. But surely, the dragon scale would be happy to feed on an immortal soul.’

Bai Long was correct. He needs to kill that Immortal Master, even if she is a peerless fairy with jade-like skin and starry eyes. Otherwise, it would be bad for him.

He is like a bishop in a black square. She is like a queen in a white square. Unless she wants it, he can never get her. And needless to say, she doesn’t want him.

With a gaze, Bai Long commanded the leopard to attack Yang Kai. In case one might be wondering, he isn’t directly commanding it. The mother Gu in his heart is controlling the baby Gu in the leopard’s heart.

Howl!

With a howl, the leopard jumped, creating afterimages, but Yang Kai managed to dodge just in time to avoid a fatal strike. However...

Pfft!

He felt as if his soul had been brutally attacked.

"Yang Kai... Be warned. This is a leopard that has fathomed Shadow Dao. As long as he attacks your shadow, your soul will take the blow."

The sweet and gentle voice of the Immortal Master came from the pendant, instantly cleansing his mind.

"Ooh, I see... So that’s how it is... Wait, could it be as the Master stated!? The eagle was controlled using heart-controlling Gu, and now that Gu is inside the leopard... What a profound mind, capable of seeing the pieces like a sage." Yang Kai gritted his teeth. He knew such a person as Bai Long couldn’t be allowed to live. Otherwise, they would become the biggest villains later on.

For them, heaven and earth is a chessboard, and everyone is but a chess piece. One gone, another to control.

"Master... I think I should attack Bai Long and kill him. Fighting the leopard isn’t a wise choice," Yang Kai muttered under his breath.

"Logical answer. It is better to attack the Bai brat, who is weak, compared to fighting the leopard. Leave the leopard to Elder Wudi..."

Elder Wudi!?

Eh... Elder Wudi had already maintained a vast distance.

"That old bastard..." Yang Kai clenched his fist.

Think with a logical mind. Why should Wudi fight, putting his life on the line, when he can simply escape? Others’ problems aren’t yours.