"Spare me! No matter who you are, mighty one, please spare my life! I, Huang..."

Yet, to Huang Muxia's despair, that person seemed to hear but paid no heed. A large hand held a lid and covered his head. Instantly... all the light above disappeared, turning into pitch darkness.

Within the darkness, a large flame arose out of thin air.

Ding dong~

Chen Ku closed the lid, and in an instant, received a notification from the Transformation Diagram:

[The Diagram Master has slain Huang Muxia, obtaining one strand of Fourth Realm Evil Qi]

He exhaled slightly:

"Finally, I have avenged myself."

Huang Muxia had been on his little notebook for a long time. Initially, he collaborated with Zhao Chuanzu to plot against him, and later tried to kill him for a bounty. At that time, he lacked the strength to settle the score, but now...

After conjuring the Fire Beak Pot, relying on the power of this magical treasure, killing him for vengeance was easier than crushing an ant.

"Is this the power of a magical treasure? Just Fourth Realm, yet so formidable, it instantly annihilated a standout among the Fourth Realm like Huang Muxia."

Chen Ku was deeply shocked by the power of the Fire Beak Pot. He had experienced the power of those talisman papers and peach wood swords from Peace Path, but they couldn't compare to the Fire Beak Pot in his hand:

"In the world outside Ji Country, are real magical treasures truly this extraordinary?"

He stared blankly at the Fire Beak Pot.

A moment later.

He shook his head:

"Not very likely. If Qi Cultivators and magical treasure systems were truly superior to the martial artist system, where would Ji Country find space to survive? I guess... not all magical treasures are powerful, but this Fire Beak Pot is exceptionally powerful."

Chen Ku seemed to have found the answer.

After all, the original body of this Fire Beak Pot, according to the Transformation Diagram, was a Fourteen Realm magical treasure. When its original form fell, it transformed into a thousand-meter high volcano.

He was only able to manifest part of the capabilities of this original Fourteen Realm magical treasure now, especially the 'prohibition' inside it, which was manifested through forty-five strands of Fire Evil Qi, giving it such incredible and terrifying power.

"A Fourteen Realm magical treasure, only one prohibition has been manifested, yet it holds such power. I wonder how many prohibitions are there in the complete Fourteen Realm Fire Beak Pot?"

Chen Ku couldn't resist his greed for Fire Beak Mountain:

"One day, I must completely move that mountain and transform it into my Fourteen Realm magical treasure. By then... could I wreak havoc below the Fourteen Realm?"

At that moment.

His nose twitched slightly, and he turned his head suddenly:

"Hmm? Master?"

Chen Ku's heart skipped a beat, for he had sensed the scent of his master, Yang Luochen, rapidly approaching:

"Could it be... Master also plans to deal with Huang Muxia tonight? I can't let Master know about my actions; fleeing is the best plan, I'm escaping!"

He immediately fled underground.

Whoosh~~

Yang Luochen swept into the room like a gust of wind.

After entering, he searched around and found that, other than the broken screen, there was not a single trace of a person left in the room.

"Did I see a ghost?!"

Yang Luochen was shocked:

"Could it be that a ghost came to take Huang Muxia?"

He had clearly seen from a distance that someone had entered Huang Muxia's room before him, and it seemed like a fight had occurred between them.

Yet, in the blink of an eye, there was not a single trace of a person in the room, and Huang Muxia had vanished.

"Who is it! Someone, a thief has entered the master's room!"

At this moment, the members of the Twin Rivers Guild, who had been slow to react to the sound of the screen breaking in front of Huang Muxia, finally gathered.

"What bad luck! The job wasn't done, and I got a face full of dust!"

Yang Luochen's face darkened as he quickly turned to leave.

......

Meanwhile, in the distance, Chen Ku, who had already escaped from the Huang Mansion, stood in a shadowy corner, watching Yang Luochen leave Huang Muxia's residence, thinking:

"I was probably right, Master has the same goal as me. I was just a step faster, but it doesn't matter, acting first saves Master some trouble."

Immediately, he returned to the Medicine King Hall.

Not long after Chen Ku returned to the Medicine King Hall, Yang Luochen also returned to meet with a few shopkeepers.

"Did you succeed?" the Store Manager asked.

After Yang Luochen recounted the night's events, the shopkeepers exchanged puzzled glances:

"Did we see a ghost? Could Huang Muxia disappear into thin air?"

Chen Ku sneaked over in disguise and listened to a few sentences. Seeing the shopkeepers' perplexity, he was reassured and went back to sleep and rest in the courtyard.

The next morning came in the blink of an eye.

As news of the Huang Mansion's incident spread, the entire city was in an uproar.

"How can a person just vanish into thin air?"

"I think he's mostly scared of the Medicine King Hall targeting him and fled overnight."

"Huang Muxia, being the eighth best fighter in the city, even if someone wanted to assassinate him, it wouldn't be silent. It's more likely he fled."

Amid the public's heated discussions,

Huang Muxia was missing, his life or death unknown, and overnight, the Twin Rivers Guild was leaderless. All the clan elders who had been waiting for news from the Prefecture City at Huang Muxia's behest were suddenly panicked.

Then.

Those who had secretly negotiated with the Medicine King Hall before renewed their visits.

In less than half a day, when the clan elders saw their people beginning to split into two factions, with many starting to adapt with the changing winds, they couldn't hold on any longer.

The sect leader was missing, the organization in the Prefecture City was going nowhere, and with the Medicine King Hall's presence, they lost the will to resist.

On February 22, without a sound, the Twin Rivers Guild's account books and many business contracts were brought to the Medicine King Hall by some people.

Though Yang Luochen and the shopkeepers knew they didn't kill Huang Muxia, faced with the prosperous opportunity delivered to their doorstep, how could they refuse it?

And so,

after the bloody battle at the Firewood Iron Shop, the Medicine King Hall seized the vital business hub of the Intermediary without bloodshed this time.

In an instant, they opened multiple sales channels for pills.

And as for Chen Ku, after doing a good deed without leaving his name, he just took a long nap and then got up to feed the Flower Fox Mink.

He placed the corpse of the Five-colored Peacock in front of the Flower Fox Mink.

The Flower Fox Mink, which had been nurtured by Chen Ku overnight in the Transformation Diagram, had all its Flame Qi dissipated, and was once again full of vigor.

Looking at the Five-colored Peacock in front of it, its animal instincts as a transformed beast made it drool with desire.

Suddenly, it grew into its true form, opened its mouth, and swallowed the Five-colored Peacock whole, as if it were two hand-torn chickens.

The Five-colored Peacock was not only a Fourth Realm demon, but its body also contained a massive amount of Five Elements Bloodline Spiritual Energy.

Boom!

Almost the instant the Flower Fox Mink swallowed it, a powerful wave began to emanate from its entire being.

"Is it going to break through?"

Chen Ku had originally speculated, not expecting that after the Flower Fox Mink ate the demon meat of the Fourth Realm peacock, there were signs of a breakthrough, so he immediately put away the Flower Fox Mink and took it to his small courtyard outside the city, saying:

"In the Inner City, if you break through, demonic aura will be hard to suppress and might be detected. Breakthrough here."

Chen Ku thought of the Five-colored Peacock Transformation, which included a technique called 'Demon Beast Breathing Skill,' and with a thought, he recited it to the Flower Fox Mink:

"Try it out, see if this Demon Beast Method suits you? Can it help you digest the demon meat?"

The Flower Fox Mink memorized it and attempted breathing according to the similar method, then shook its head.

Seeing this, Chen Ku frowned.

He transformed into a Five-colored Peacock and felt he could use it.

"Could it be the difference in species, that the bodies are not the same cause?"

"Forget it, use your body to digest first, and try to break through slowly."

Chen Ku with a thought, said:

"Since the Five-colored Peacock's owner could research a suitable cultivation technique for the peacock, maybe there are cultivation techniques suitable for other demon beasts. I'll go look for its owner?"

Immediately, he blew a breath onto the Five-colored Peacock, transforming into an incarnation.

"It's been missing for three days, if it's truly someone else's spirit pet, they would be anxious by now, or they might have reported it, should I go directly to the government office to check? If it's a pet of some noble person, just appearing there would suffice for the owner to come and find it."

The Five-colored Peacock incarnation nodded, flapped its wings, and flew towards the government office.

...

Over at the Magistrate's Office.

Qi Wanshan frowned, looking at the Bird Seeking Order from the Commandery Princess in his hand, sighed, and chose to stamp it, preparing to post it around the city.

Secretly thinking to himself:

"I said all along I should have procured some poisonous insects to feed the little master, now the bird is lost, and we have to post notices, is it just idleness?"

But just at this moment.

A government official rushed in, excitedly saying:

"Sir, sir, you told us to investigate the Commandery Princess's missing Divine Bird, it's here, perched on a tree right behind the magistrate office, such a beautiful bird."

"Found it!?"

...

At this moment, the Five-colored Peacock transformed by Chen Ku had already heard from the people in the magistrate office about the peacock's owner.

"Marquis of Han Shou's Mansion? Commandery Princess Guan Hongluan?"

After hearing from the lower-ranking officials where Guan Hongluan lived, flapped its wings and flew towards the largest and most beautiful garden in Baojiao County.

Inside the garden.

When Chen Ku's incarnation flew over here, at a glance, he saw a woman in red armed with a long Azure Dragon Crescent Blade practicing martial arts in the garden.

Despite being a woman, she brandished her long Azure Dragon Crescent Blade on the vast empty ground, every slash and step like that of a warrior on the battlefield!

Suddenly, the woman stepped forward and swung her blade!

Whoosh!

A massive sword energy expanded from the long Azure Dragon Crescent Blade, in an instant widening and thickening, extending forty meters out, icy cold and bright, as if seeking to cleave heaven and earth apart!

The Five-colored Peacock transformed by Chen Ku witnessed this and its pupils shrank intensely:

"What kind of martial art is this? Such terrifying range and power? Comparable to my one and only Supreme Level 'Mountain Roar Tsunami Seal'? Is it, World-Surpassing Martial Arts?"

Whoosh~

The woman, after one swing, was drenched in fragrant sweat, as if she had poured all her Qi Power into the strike.

"The Commandery Princess's Dragon Subduing Refining God Sword grows in power, not yet Fifth Realm, but it has the strength to kill at the Fifth Realm! As expected of the Marquis Mansion's World-Surpassing Martial Arts!"

Not far away, two maids from the Marquis Mansion who accompanied her looked at their mistress with awe and admiration.

Suddenly, they saw a streak of five-colored brightness from the forest afar, and the two maids exclaimed in delight:

"Ah, it's Ling'er!"

"Ling'er, it really is Ling'er!"

"Commandery Princess, quick, look, Ling'er has flown back!"

Practicing with the big blade on the open ground, Guan Hongluan swiftly turned, seeing the Five-colored Peacock perched hundreds of meters away on the wall.

She looked at her spirit pet with joy and immediately extended her hand:

"Ling'er, come quickly, where have you been!"

At this gesture.

The Five-colored Peacock transformed by Chen Ku blinked its eyes and flapped its wings, flying over to perch on Guan Hongluan's wrist.

Guan Hongluan raised her hand and took out a pill from her sleeve, anxiously saying: "Where have you been, worried me to death, are you hungry, haven't had pills for a few days?"

Chen Ku smelled the pill, slightly surprised:

"Fourth Realm Foundation Pill?"

Feeding a pet Fourth Realm Foundation Pill?

So extravagant?

He himself hasn't even eaten one yet, Medicine King Hall produces only one or two a month, selling each for tens of thousands of taels of silver, and even then, they can't meet the demand.

Despite such thoughts, he did not hesitate to take it up with his mouth and swallowed it.

Gulp~

Mother of mercy, Fourth Realm pill is indeed fragrant, this is cozying up to a rich lady.

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