After thinking about it, Cao Kun understood somewhat; it must be because of the demon girl's cultivation technique.

Cao Kun placed his hand on the back of the ghost girl's chest, allowing evil energy to invade her body and probe her cultivation level.

"So he's only just entered the rank of 'Grade One'." Cao Kun withdrew his hand, realizing why his opponent was so weak, having fainted in a single exchange.

It's no wonder that someone of the highest rank who gathers evil spirits would be dizzy after being struck by yin fire and then jumping out of the car to escape.

"You dare to stand up for others abroad just because you're a top-tier evil cultivator? Should I say you're stupid, or that you're too confident?"

Cao Kun shook his head and tore off the talisman from the ghost woman's body.

While waiting for the other woman to wake up, Cao Kun took the Japanese woman's clothes and went to the side to examine them.

He found a small black folding fan with a Japanese style inside the Japanese woman's Taoist robe.

A cell phone, a wallet—that's all I have.

Cao Kun put his phone aside and looked at the small black folding fan.

At first glance, this small folding fan looks quite ordinary, only slightly more refined in its workmanship and made of better quality wood than a typical Japanese-style folding fan.

But Cao Kun realized that this folding fan was not so simple.

This folding fan is tainted with malevolent and evil energy.

This folding fan must be some kind of low-class magical artifact, similar to his scalpel.

Of course, "not in the mainstream" is a classification given by Cao Kun.

These kinds of magical artifacts are useless against powerful ghosts, but they are quite effective against ordinary people and weaker ghosts.

After examining it, Cao Kun realized what the folding fan was for.

This folding fan can store evil energy within the body. When fighting an enemy, a casual wave of the fan can produce an effect.

It's more efficient and effective than setting up things on the spot.

"The idea is good, but it's a bit weak; it can only store a limited amount of evil energy."

Cao Kun made a comment that was neither a compliment nor an insult, then put the folding fan aside and opened the Japanese woman's wallet.

The first thing is a driver's license.

The Japanese don't have ID cards. What they usually use to prove their identity is a driver's license, passport, or insurance certificate. This is something they completely learned from their master, the United States.

Cao Kun looked at the name on the driver's license—Yamashita Seiko.

Upon seeing this name, Cao Kun's gaze turned rather strange.

The name sounds very sophisticated, but in southwestern China, the homonym means "to give birth at the foot of a mountain."

Opening the wallet's inner compartment revealed a considerable amount of Japanese currency and US dollars.

Suddenly, Cao Kun saw a piece of paper.

He took it out and found that the piece of paper looked like a dog.

However, this piece of paper exuded a strong aura of malevolence, even more so than the fan.

"Could this be the shikigami of the Japanese Onmyoji?"

Cao Kun held the piece of paper between his fingers, then rummaged through his wallet. Finding nothing else of value, he casually tossed it aside.

He held the piece of paper between his fingers and said to the Japanese woman, "Stop pretending, I know you're awake."

The demon girl remained with her eyes closed, showing no reaction.

"Do you need my help?" Cao Kun said calmly. "Are you sure you want to keep pretending?"

The demon girl's eyelids twitched slightly, and she opened her eyes; she was indeed awake.

She replied in equally fluent English, "How did you know?"

Cao Kun: "The breathing of a sleeping person is different from that of a waking person."

When I took the piece of paper from your wallet, your breathing noticeably quickened, and your heartbeat accelerated.

"I have no reason to feel aggrieved that I lost to someone as cautious as you."

The demon girl glanced at her unrestrained body but didn't pay much attention.

She confidently displayed her beautiful figure and asked Cao Kun, "Am I pretty?"

Cao Kun: "You're trying to seduce me?"

The foreign woman was taken aback by Cao Kun's directness and asked, "You stripped me naked because you want me, right? I'll do as you wish, and I'll definitely cooperate with you."

Cao Kun: "You're pretty shameless."

The Japanese woman's face darkened for a moment, then she smiled again: "Say whatever makes you happy."

Cao Kun ignored her question and instead waved the piece of paper in his hand: "Is this your shikigami?"

The Japanese woman's smile froze: "What exactly do you want?"

Cao Kun: "Answer my question first."

The demon woman: "And then what?"

Cao Kun: "That's something that happens after you've answered."

The demon woman: "Will you let me go?"

Cao Kun: "Perhaps."

The demon girl rolled her eyes and said, "Yes, that's my shikigami. My strength isn't enough to possess my own shikigami."

This was a gift from my master when I came to the United States.

I never expected that it would fall into your hands before I even had a chance to use it.

Cao Kun: "So, this is a dog-type shikigami?"

“That’s right.” The Japanese woman seemed very cooperative.

Cao Kun: "How strong is this shikigami?"

The demon girl said, "Dealing with evil spirits below the fifth rank is no problem."

Upon hearing this, Cao Kun smiled.

Those below the fifth rank of the Evil Gathering Realm are not afraid of this shikigami, as he is at the seventh rank.

However, the possibility that the Japanese woman was lying cannot be ruled out.

However, judging from the sinister aura emanating from this piece of paper, Cao Kun was confident that he could subdue it, and the ghost woman was probably not lying.

Cao Kun continued, "Which sect are you from?"

The demon girl said, "I don't belong to any sect, but my master used to be from the Nine Chrysanthemum Sect."

"The Nine Chrysanthemum Sect?" Cao Kun knew of this sect.

This sect is divided into two branches: one studies astrology and geomancy, and the other studies Taoist magic.

You can tell from what they've learned that everything they've learned came from the Dragon Kingdom.

Of course, what they learned was not the orthodox way of the Dragon Kingdom; they followed crooked and evil paths, the way of evil cultivators.

Therefore, Cao Kun was able to detect the evil energy within the ghost woman's body.

Cao Kun: "I don't recall the Nine Chrysanthemums Sect having a tradition of signing shikigami contracts. Are you lying to me?"

The demon girl: "No, my master was originally from the Nine Chrysanthemums School, but later he met an Onmyoji and left the Nine Chrysanthemums School."

She also possessed shikigami in this way.

Cao Kun nodded. This reason was plausible, but he didn't know if it was true or false.

Cao Kun: "What level of cultivation does your master possess?"

The demon woman said, "My master has long since transcended evil and built an evil altar. On this evil altar, I enshrine my true self."

"Evil Platform?" Cao Kun frowned slightly.

When evil gathers, it becomes an evil platform.

The Way is the foundation, while evil cultivation is the platform.

This forms the biggest foundation for both sides in the future.

It can be said that only when one reaches this stage can one be considered a true cultivator.

Cao Kun was a seventh-rank cultivator of the Evil Gathering Realm, but he was utterly no match for the experts of the Evil Platform.

"The Japanese have such experts?" Cao Kun was somewhat skeptical.

But then I thought, this is heretical cultivation, not Taoist cultivation.

In this degenerate age, it is almost impossible for a Foundation Establishment cultivator to be born.

However, there is still a chance that a heretical cultivator will emerge and build an evil platform.

The atmosphere in Japan is similar to that in the US; there's a fair share of evil influences within the country.

This natural environment for cultivation seems to make sense.

Cao Kun walked up to the ghost girl and pinched her chin: "No wonder you cooperated with me so well. When you woke up, you had already used a secret method to notify your master, right?"

"Is your master already on his way to rescue you?"