As An Antique Shop Owner, It's Only Reasonable That I Know A Bit Of Magic - Chapter 125

Back in his room, Su Fan’s mind replayed the image of Ron’s earlier flustered and helpless state.

Su Fan knew she was genuinely grateful to him.

But he also genuinely found her foolish.

In an ordinary world, a ditzy beauty might be quite popular.

But in a horror movie world, such a teammate would only send one’s blood pressure soaring.

If Ron were placed in Jamie’s Dead Silence scenario, she’d probably have her tongue ripped out by Mary Shaw in no time.

What a pity, such a lovely lady, yet so foolish.

Su Fan shook his head, stood up, and went to boil some water.

Drinking tea at night might lead to poor sleep, but Su Fan had no plans to sleep tonight.

He had been so busy dealing with Lasher lately that he had neglected his usual cultivation.

Tonight, he would properly refine his energy all night long.

Having made up his mind, Su Fan checked the system prompts.

[You used Summon Object, parried the enemy’s attack, and disrupted the direction of the enemy’s magic. Summon Object proficiency +5!]

[You used Sword Art, severely wounded the demon Lasher, rendering it unable to move freely. Sword Art proficiency +7!]

[You used Manipulate Object, repeatedly inflicted control effects on the enemy during battle. Proficiency +5!]

[You recited the Purify Heaven and Earth Divine Incantation, captured the elemental demon, and subdued it. The power of the Divine Incantation has increased!]

[You used the Five Thunder Talisman, eliminated the demon Lasher. Talisman Compendium progress +4%!]

The situation during the battle changed in an instant; Su Fan hadn’t had time to check his gains.

Now, looking back after it was all over, he could say the harvest was bountiful.

The progress of his Talisman Compendium had now reached 99%. Just one small opportunity was needed to reach 100%.

Sword Art, as the primary means of dealing with enemies in this battle, gained the highest proficiency increase.

The prompt for the Purify Heaven and Earth Divine Incantation indicated its power had increased.

As for Summon Object and Manipulate Object, Su Fan had a feeling that as proficiency rose, he would be able to perform more precise operations in the future.

This trip to New Orleans had indeed been worthwhile.

Su Fan nodded in satisfaction.

Once the water boiled, Su Fan took it to steep a cup of fragrant tea.

After blowing on it gently, he sat in a chair and began to ponder.

He had a premonition that the bottleneck in his realm would be broken tonight.

The Qi in his dantian had been growing increasingly dense and solid.

Daoist internal alchemy cultivation for immortality is divided into four stages:
Refine Essence into Qi, Refine Qi into Spirit, Refine Spirit to Return to Void, Refine Void to Merge with Dao.

Strictly speaking, Su Fan should be at the Refine Qi into Spirit stage.

The first step of this stage was to condense the original Qi into liquid True Essence.

This process required the accumulation of daily cultivation and constantly solidifying one’s foundation.

Without the aid of any rare spiritual treasures or external forces, achieving this in less than a year was already quite a fast pace for Su Fan.

After a brief rest, Su Fan sat cross-legged on the bed.

Regulating his breath, focusing his spirit, visualizing his own body…

Simultaneously, the Qi within Su Fan’s body gradually began to condense into droplets…

One drop… two drops…

The condensation speed was much faster than Su Fan had anticipated.

Within his dantian, the dense, misty gas all transformed into droplets.

Once this process was completely finished, Su Fan’s cultivation bottleneck was also broken through.

[Jade Pure Realm: 10%]

A feeling of abundant power radiated from every limb and bone.

Even without testing, Su Fan could feel the changes in himself.

The power of his divine abilities when used now was far more formidable than before.

The strength of his blood, energy, muscles, and bones had also increased by who knows how many times.

Now, even if a tank were in front of Su Fan, he could tear it apart with his bare hands.

Moreover, the realm advancement was accompanied by an enhancement of the soul.

As Su Fan’s thoughts flowed, his spiritual sense surged out like a tide, penetrating obstacles, making every movement and scene in the surroundings form clearly in his mind.

Most of the nearby rooms were unoccupied, except for the one next door.

“Hmm?”

In his spiritual sense, Ron was undressing, preparing to take a bath.

Vast expanses of snowy-white skin were presented completely and utterly within Su Fan’s field of vision.

Due to the nature of spiritual sense, Su Fan instantly understood what it meant to have a truly omnidirectional, dead-angle view.

Startled, he quickly retracted his spiritual sense and rubbed his nose.
A noble man is cautious when alone and does not deceive even in a dark room.

His heart racing, Su Fan drove away the occasional flashing images in his mind, silently reciting inwardly.

“A radius of about 100 meters…”

Su Fan murmured to himself.

Normally, someone who had just gained spiritual sense would have a detection range of at most thirty meters or so.

The reason Su Fan could cover a hundred meters in all directions was entirely due to the soul points he had previously increased.

With spiritual sense, any abnormal situation in the vicinity would not escape Su Fan’s surveillance.

Marvelous.

This breakthrough could be said to be a qualitative leap in all aspects.

At present, apart from higher-level demons and even more advanced evil gods, ordinary evil spirits could no longer pose any threat to Su Fan.

With this thought, Su Fan was in high spirits, a smile unconsciously curling at the corner of his mouth.

A ray of dawn light shone on Su Fan’s cheek.

He turned to look out the window; the sky was already turning bright.

——————

“Thank you so much for your help, Su.”

Having been acquainted for so long, Sipp could be considered an old acquaintance.

This guy was reliable in his work, and his demeanor lacked the brash flamboyance common among some. Su Fan had a good impression of him, hence he didn’t mind being addressed so familiarly.

“Ron and I need to investigate in secret, to root out Lasher’s remaining followers within the Mayfair family and the Priest organization.”

“It’s a pity we can’t go back with you.”

“No need for regrets. Just do what you need to do.”

Su Fan picked up his suitcase.

“I’ll be at the antique shop. If you want to find me, you can come directly.”

“Definitely.”

Su Fan glanced at Ron, who was standing to the side.

“Don’t forget to send the promised lightning-struck wood.”

“Remember, it needs to be authentic peach wood or jujube wood. Don’t just send any random piece of wood over.”

“Got it!”

Ron looked somewhat displeased.

“Is that all you have to say at parting?”

“Oh, and my sword. Remember to send it over.”

“…”

Ron couldn’t help but roll her eyes.

“What else do you want me to say?”

Su Fan was speechless.

“Don’t act like you’ve suffered some grievous injustice, Chairwoman of the hundred-billion-dollar conglomerate family.”

“This staggering fortune would make ordinary people laugh themselves awake from a dream.”

“You…”

Ron hesitated, then finally sighed helplessly.

She could see it now; Su Fan truly did find her annoying.

“Not even a basic hug?”

Hearing her somewhat bashful tone, Su Fan scratched his head.

Finally, under Ron’s surprised gaze, he put down the handle of his suitcase, opened his arms, and gave her a light hug.

After waving goodbye to the two, Su Fan boarded the plane back to Los Angeles.

As the plane ascended, he let out a sigh.

Time to go home…

——————

After about four hours of flight time, he finally returned to that familiar city.

After retrieving his suitcase, Su Fan spotted two unexpectedly familiar figures.

Looking closely, it was actually Detective and Carl.

These two guys, one holding flowers, the other holding a sign with Su Fan’s name on it…

They looked just like starstruck fans greeting an idol, giving Su Fan an impulse to cover his face and turn around…