I Can Transfer the Side Effects of Evil Skills

In short, with the Qinxin Grass, everything was ready—all he needed was the final push.

And that final push was, of course, the poison from Su Qingyu’s Calamity Poison Body.

After all, Zou Feng was a Poison Cultivator who specialized in Poison Skills.

This made it a crucial, unavoidable factor in forging his Spirit Body.

Although he could buy some Exotic Poisons he’d never seen before at the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect...

However, the purchasing rights of Outer Disciples—and even their permission to view such items—were very limited. It was unlikely he could buy anything truly exceptional.

Besides, poisons and Elixirs were in different categories. Even at the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect, truly potent poisons weren’t available to just anyone.

These dangerous substances could easily cause significant chaos within the Immortal Sect if handled carelessly.

For Zou Feng, Su Qingyu’s poison had brought him benefits more than once in the past. Their Compatibility was perfect.

Using her poison as the ”final push” to forge his Spirit Body couldn’t be more fitting.

With this in mind, Zou Feng decided not to wait any longer and sent Su Qingyu a message directly.

But he wasn’t so thick-skinned as to just tell Su Qingyu to hurry up with her footbath so he could come over and... get started.

So, he used the gathering for old acquaintances from Great Yan—an idea Su Qingyu herself had just raised—as a pretext, suggesting they hold it the next day.

Su Qingyu replied quickly, agreeing to his proposal.

Su Qingyu also stressed that when she notified the others, she would issue the invitations in both her and Zou Feng’s names.

This was clearly a way to leverage the momentum from Zou Feng’s performance in the monthly assessment, encouraging even those who weren’t originally interested in the gathering to attend.

’Evidently, Su Qingyu has ambitions. It seems she plans on forming her own faction, just like those other associations...’

’But without backing from someone higher up, such organizations are ultimately just rootless duckweed, destined to fail.’

’As things stand, unless someone like Li Dingjie—the ”Celestial Sword” of the Celestial Essence Sword Sect who was discovered to be a case of Reincarnation Rebirth at the Kouxian Gate—was willing to join them...’

With the matter settled, Zou Feng rested for only an hour before heading to the Earthly Evil Gully once more.

Now that he had obtained the ”Kalpa Tribulation Evil Needle,” he naturally had to cultivate it until it registered on his status panel before he could rest easy.

He soon arrived at the Earthly Evil Gully. The disciples who guarded the place in shifts were all fairly familiar with him by now.

Now that they knew he had made it onto the Outer Sect’s potential ranking, they were even friendlier.

This time, Zou Feng still didn’t plan on entering the deeper regions of the Earthly Evil Gully. After all, having not even forged his Spirit Body yet, there was no need to venture further in.

But once he successfully forged his Spirit Body, he would definitely have to explore it.

Through previous observation, Zou Feng had discovered that the Evil Qi in the deeper areas possessed a kind of profound, spiritual ”pitch-blackness.”

This black Evil Qi seemed almost alive.

According to the disciples on guard, once one’s Evil-Drawing Art reached the Great Success realm, it was possible to comprehend a unique, personal form of Evil Qi in the depths of the gully.

Although Zou Feng couldn’t yet know what kind of Evil Qi he would one day comprehend...

...when he stared into the depths of the Earthly Evil Gully, he would sometimes glimpse what looked like a massive black dragon swimming within...

Of course, this wasn’t a real black dragon. It was a vision, born from Zou Feng’s own perception of Evil Qi combined with knowledge from his past.

But as his Realm advanced, such a vision had the potential to become reality.

’Therefore, Zou Feng suspected, when I finally enter the depths of the gully, I might just comprehend a certain move... the Dragon of the Darkness Flame?’

’After all, that move had left a deep impression on me in my past life, and it will subconsciously guide my development of Evil Qi in that direction.’

’Of course, if I really do comprehend this move from Evil Qi, a more accurate name would be the Dragon of the Darkness *Bane*.’

Zou Feng quickly pushed the thoughts aside, found a dry spot, sat down cross-legged, and began cultivating the ”Kalpa Tribulation Evil Needle.”

Since his Evil-Drawing Art had already reached Minor Success, his foundation was solid. As a result, cultivating the Kalpa Tribulation Evil Needle wouldn’t be difficult, at least not in the initial stages.

A night passed. Not only was the skill successfully registered on his panel, but his progress was also remarkable.

”Kalpa Tribulation Evil Needle (Initiate), Progress: 51%”

At this rate, he would likely only need another night or two of Cultivation to bring this skill to the Minor Success Realm.

’Insanely fast.’

The next moment, Zou Feng extended his palm. Amidst a swirl of Evil Qi, a pitch-black ”Evil Needle” rapidly formed.

Without even testing it, Zou Feng could sense just how insidious this thing was.

’Now, to test the Poison Attachment effect.’

He silently circulated his Poison Skill. The pitch-black Evil Needle soon developed a faint green glow.

This clearly indicated the Poison Attachment was a success.

However, the venom from his Five Poison Creatures had long since become colorless and odorless, unless he mixed it with other Cultivation Skills.

’So why did it turn green on the Evil Needle?’

He pondered for a moment and concluded it was likely a reaction between the venom’s toxicity and the Evil Qi. Thinking it was nothing serious, Zou Feng dismissed the thought.

He then immediately retracted his skill and left the Earthly Evil Gully.

「Meanwhile, in the Inner Sect’s Forget-Sorrow Valley.」

”Useless!” Wang Rui, a high-ranking member of the Purple Cloud Association, snarled at the timid Chen Bogong standing before him.

”You can’t even handle a simple task like this! What use does the Purple Cloud Association have for you?!”

Previously, when Vice-President Fu Jiaming learned that an Outer Sect member, Yang Haoyu, had died tragically on the Dao Discussion Platform, he had suddenly taken an interest in Zou Feng and proposed recruiting him.

As Fu Jiaming’s right-hand man, Wang Rui had taken note of the matter and immediately assigned it to Chen Bogong.