He had already had some suspicions when he first saw that trio of vampires.
After discovering that the doctor in the clinic was a blond vampire, he became completely certain.
Su Fan, who had loved all kinds of supernatural-themed movies in his past life, certainly wouldn’t have missed the many foreign monster films.
Aside from the horror ones, other series with superpower themes were also within his range of interest.
This magical romance film about vampires and werewolves that set off a global craze was included among them.
Although the various melodramatic plot points in the middle left most people speechless, the box office was truly impressive.
The lead actress, Kristen Stewart, also became famous worldwide thanks to this film.
Su Fan remembered the plot clearly—it revolved around a seventeen-year-old girl named Isabella and all the chaos that surrounded her.
While watching, Su Fan had frowned at the strange acting of the female and male leads.
The overly clingy, tangled romance scenes were sped through with a single tap.
The vampire battles and the werewolf transformation scenes, however, were watched with great relish.
“Am I considered to have wandered into a female-oriented novel?”
Su Fan’s mood was subtle as he pondered.
Whatever—never mind all that. Finding the bat demon was what mattered.
Demons are different from evil spirits.
Most people don’t pay attention, but in reality, most evil spirits in Western horror films have a setting similar to that of earthbound spirits.
Those that can cross space to harm people are mostly special individuals, or they simply possess cursed objects.
This is also why evil spirits in haunted houses choose to possess human bodies—they hope to leave the place of death through a human body.
Therefore, the casualties they cause are actually quite limited. Aside from the occasional few who deliberately seek death by getting close, ordinary people living normal lives really aren’t in as much danger as one might imagine.
But demons—these things have no movement range restrictions, and their physical strength and regenerative abilities far exceed what ordinary people can imagine.
Once they reach a certain level of power, it won’t be over until dozens or hundreds of people die.
【The Jeepers Creepers in the original movie wasn’t this powerful. This is undoubtedly an enhanced version.】
With such a strong self-healing ability, if he didn’t take advantage of its weakness to finish it off, and instead let it catch its breath and develop for a while, Su Fan wouldn’t be able to sleep peacefully.
Besides the bat demon, there was also a female vampire who had escaped.
“Her name should be Victoria…”
Su Fan’s index finger gently tapped the table in front of him.
The original film didn’t portray Victoria much.
Su Fan only knew that this one was James’s partner.
Interestingly, most vampires in Twilight are deeply devoted—once they’ve chosen a partner, they love them deeply.
Victoria had the least courage among the three vampires; she was the first one who wanted to run at the time.
But because her partner James was killed, this one, in the third installment, gathered a vampire army in Seattle, all to kill Bella and take revenge on Edward.
In the end, she even refused to flee, insisting on facing the male lead Edward head-on.
In the literal sense.
The result was predictable.
This shows the influence of love on vampires in the movie’s worldview.
And the werewolves also have the concept of an imprinted soulmate—one for a lifetime, loving and protecting her with their whole being.
Thinking of this, Su Fan couldn’t help but pause and rub his temples.
He had just recalled the love triangle scenes between the male lead, the second male lead, and the female lead.
Bella standing between a vampire and a giant wolf, like that person facing the velociraptor in Jurassic Park.
No, he needed a moment to recover.
It seemed that having a good memory could also bring unexpected negative effects.
【Hurry up and finish off the bat demon, rest in the mountains for a bit, then leave.】
Having made up his mind, Su Fan let out a long breath. He didn’t go to sleep immediately, but instead began checking the system messages in his head.
【You roamed freely between heaven and earth, feeling the relationship between yourself and the outside world amidst mountains and rivers.】
【The endless flowing river gave you inspiration, allowing you to comprehend a trace of the essence of mountains and rivers.】
【Essence of Mountains and Rivers: A combination of the essence of mountains and the essence of water—as heavy and immovable as layered mountains, yet as endlessly generative as a winding river.
Can be integrated into swordsmanship, and also into boxing techniques.】
Can be integrated into swordsmanship and boxing techniques?
Probably because both of these skills had already touched the realm of intent.
Su Fan understood in his heart and continued reading.
【You felt relaxed and your thoughts flowed freely. The Tongtian Talisman’s ability to communicate with heaven and earth, combined with your own cultivation realm, finally allowed you to absorb external spiritual energy for your own use.
But be careful—external spiritual energy is mottled and impure, and the impurities within can have adverse effects on a person.】
【You used your wind-controlling divine ability to cleverly track down the bat demon hidden in the mountain forest, pushing an already proficient divine ability to an even higher level.】
【In the future, perhaps this method can be used to discover more hidden details.】
【You used swordsmanship to fly and severely wounded the mutant bat demon. Swordsmanship +80】
【You used swordsmanship to kill two vampires. Swordsmanship +20】
【You used the Tongtian Talisman’s book-combining method to seal the vampires’ movements. Tongtian Talisman +60】
Reading through the long string of notifications, Su Fan felt quite satisfied.
This time wasn’t like before—he had only killed two vampires and severely wounded one bat demon.
But the gains were by no means small.
Perhaps, in addition to cultivation, going out to travel would also be a good choice.
It could both relax body and mind, and allow him to gain insights during the journey.
Su Fan turned on the desk lamp, took out a book from his bag, and began reading.
In the past, he might have taken advantage of a vacation to sleep in for a few days.
But now, not only did he need to advance his cultivation, he also had to study Daoist philosophical texts to cultivate his mind, and additionally familiarize himself with feng shui, formation arts, and information on related spiritual objects.
Time was truly limited.
Thinking of this, the scene he had seen when he touched the ancient texts that day surfaced in Su Fan’s mind.
The mysterious being in the deep sea had put considerable pressure on him.
Since he began cultivating, this was the first time he had truly felt the threat of death.
It forced Su Fan to abandon his previous unhurried cultivation habits.
【In terms of cultivation, I can’t afford to slack off…】
But before that, he should brew a cup of tea first.
Boil water, set out tea utensils, brew…
Before long, the rich fragrance of tea spread throughout the room.
Su Fan took a sip of the fragrant tea and began his study time.
But just then, a knocking sound suddenly came from the door.
Su Fan frowned, set down the book he had just opened, and stood up.
At this hour, could the inn still have some matter to attend to?
He twisted the door handle, and what appeared from behind the door was a young face that could be considered pretty.
Judging from her jeans and jacket, she was probably a high school student.
“Something you need?”
Faced with Su Fan’s direct question, the girl’s eyes shifted somewhat unnaturally to other places, and her facial expression was rather strange.
But for some reason, Su Fan always felt that this look was somewhat familiar…
