...

Fang Che sped through the cold night wind, heading towards the destination indicated by the Golden Horned Flood Dragon.

The wind was bone-chilling.

He didn't know what he was feeling inside, just a tangle of emotions like a mess of twine.

Usually, Ren Chang was very silent, not saying much throughout the day. Fang Che would often head out on patrol as soon as he arrived, almost having no impression of him.

The only thing that left an impression was one sentence.

"...Another day has passed."

This was what Ren Chang would say every single day.

So much so that every time Ren Chang said this sentence, those still in the hall would begin preparing to clock out.

Those in a good mood would even repeat it with a smile every time Ren Chang said it.

Whenever Ren Chang rose, as soon as he opened his mouth, several people would echo, "Another day has passed!"

Later, after learning of Ren Chang's experiences, Fang Che began to understand him, realizing that each day seemed like torture for him.

But today, his suffering was ending.

So he finally asked: Has today passed?

Fang Che answered: It's over!

He would feel so relieved, perhaps even joyful.

Perhaps what he really wanted to ask was: Has this life passed?

It's good; after all, in this lifetime, he could make some contribution, which can be considered meaningful!

As his thoughts wandered.

Fang Che ran through the piercing cold wind, feeling the blood in his chest burning wildly.

The burning made his heart ache!

Ahead was an abandoned temple, with a figure in white curled up inside, eyes filled with venomous light.

He didn't intend for this.

But after arriving in Baiyun State, he fought once, barely escaping but seriously injured.

He desperately needed to absorb human blood and life energy to heal.

He barely made it to the night and deliberately waited until midnight to grab someone and start sucking blood, unexpectedly getting caught by an old fellow.

And that old man was so reckless!

He had barely taken a few sips of blood when the man arrived. Thinking of this makes him gnash his teeth with hatred.

The injury was still quite severe. After this tumult, he would need to find someone else to drain soon; one person might not be enough. If it were the blood of an unmarried maiden, it should suffice...

While pondering.

Suddenly he sensed an aura soaring from afar at tremendous speed.

Could it not be coming for me?

My whereabouts shouldn't have been discovered.

Just then, a blade of light sliced through the roof of the temple, coming down like a thunderbolt from a clear sky.

With a scream, he drew his sword to block, but with a thunderous crash, he was blown through the wall, flying tens of feet, his insides ablaze.

He shouted, "Misunderstanding!... I'm not from the Demon Sect..."

The second cut from Fang Che was already falling crazily.

Bam!

The man in white vomited blood.

With the third slash, his sword broke, arm snapped!

Swish!

The fourth strike, the man desperately tried to flee, but the blade severed both his legs.

The fifth cut, his head went rolling away.

The entire process.

Fang Che didn't utter a single word.

Like a flash, he skimmed low to the ground, grabbing the yet-to-fall head in hand. With a kick, he lifted the headless body, caught it too.

Then, holding the corpse in one hand, he sped back like a gale.

Blood flowed in torrents, ceaselessly dripping from the corpse's wounds, which Fang Che ignored completely, letting it pour like slaughtering a chicken.

You come to Baiyun State to suck blood, then I'll let your blood rain over Baiyun State!

On his return, he encountered several Guardian Hall members also heading this way to search.

"Steward Fang?"

"It's me. The one who killed Ren Chang has been killed by me. Returning for the blood sacrifice!"

"Thank you, Steward Fang."

Several people were overjoyed and hurriedly followed Fang Che back.

At the scene, seven or eight people had already gathered, and the forensic doctor was carefully repairing Ren Chang's body.

Fang Che landed with a whoosh: "Set up the altar!"

"Ren Chang, the demon race you discovered, I have already killed!"

"Your efforts were not in vain. Baiyun State will always remember you!"

"Ren Chang, today is finally over."

Ren Chang lay on the ground, his pale face still retaining his final smile.

As if to say: It was worth it!

Kong Xiang was snuggled close by his side.

Her face was peaceful and happy.

"Salute, send the hero home with honor!"

Thirteen people, including the forensic doctor, stood neatly straight and all bowed in salute together.

"May we meet again in the next life! May your future life be full of blossoms, with no regrets."

...

Back at the Scholar Residence.

Fang Che only felt utterly exhausted.

It wasn't physical tiredness but mental fatigue.

He stood on the roof of the Scholar Residence, watching the flickering lights of ten thousand homes in the dark night, silently sighing in his heart.

Under this peaceful nighttime, how many demons were lurking?

How could they be eradicated?

He stood quietly as strands of nature's spiritual energy naturally flowed into his body. The power of the Water Cloud Sky Fruit was still continuously unfolding.

The surging spiritual energy and combat insights from successive fierce battles repeatedly cycled through his mind.

If heaven had eyes, who among the wicked in this world could escape?

Suddenly, he thought of the first cut of the Hentian Heavenly Saber Technique.

Hentian no eye.

A sudden rush of fierce Evil Qi gushed uncontrollably from his body.

It rushed straight into the starry sky.

Torrential, unstoppable.

And at that moment, some internal shackle shattered, spiritual energy surged in like the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers.

Second grade general!

In the starry night, spiritual energy, invisible to the naked eye, poured into Fang Che's body like an upside-down Milky Way.

In the Dantian, spiritual energy increased rapidly, spiritual mist rolling, increasingly dense...

An hour later.

The East became faintly bright.

A streak of Purple Energy appeared across the long sky.

Fang Che took a long breath in and a long breath out; the exhaled spiritual energy coiled around the whole yard in an instant before returning to his body.

His eyes opened, with Evil Qi spilling over.

"It is but one word: kill!"

...

In the vast mountains.

The snow was gleaming white.

Mo Gan Yun and three others were struggling to fend off a Demon Beast; all four were injured and in a dire state.

Human and Demon Beast blood had already stained the snow-covered landscape for tens of feet.

This Demon Beast was too fierce, and in the successive combats, each of the four repeatedly brushed with life and death, narrowly escaping danger thanks to mutual support, and finally now, both sides were nearly spent.

Yu Zhongge roared, "Push harder, enhance with Elixir Pills, kill this Demon Beast, and the Red Pearl Spiritual Fruit it guards will be ours!"

The four simultaneously felt a surge of spirit.

They each stuffed a handful of Elixir Pills into their mouths and charged again.

They had Elixir Pills, but the Demon Beast did not.

...

Moments later, with the Demon Beast's corpse beside them, the four were sitting in a slouch, each munching on a Spirit Fruit, battered but satisfied.

"Yu Zhongge, your luck is unbelievably phenomenal!"

Mo Gan Yun said with utmost envy.

This mission, with Yu Zhongge responsible for finding the route, had proven his luck to be extraordinary.

He led the team across the snow-laden Snow Mountain, all flat with the heavy snow, making it impossible to tell where the ravines were, relying solely on luck, and suddenly fell into a mountain ravine.

They hurriedly followed to help him, only to discover a Nourishing Vein Vine down below.

Eating it could continuously warm and nourish the meridians for half a year.

After sharing it among themselves, they took down several Demon Beasts, and Yu Zhongge got bitten by a Snow Breeze Snake, known for its chilling poison, but its gall bladder was a rare Spiritual Medicine!

Named for its fast and light movement on snow.

This poison was naturally no big deal for Yu Zhongge, but he was furious and pursued the Snow Breeze Snake.

As a result, the four of them happened upon a valley of snakes, filled with Snow Breeze Snakes. They chopped down tens of thousands of them and discovered two Dragon Saliva Fruits inside a snake hole, which could nurture meridians and enhance cultivation!

So the four shared them.

Then for two days, they had no gain, but when Yu Zhongge led the group to find a cave to rest, they stumbled right into the lair of this powerful Demon Beast.

And this cave actually had a Red Pearl Spiritual Fruit!

Such an event, Mo Gan Yun and the others had only read about in some novel stories but never dreamed of encountering themselves.

But this time, following Yu Zhongge truly opened their eyes!

This luck was heaven-defying, as if he were a treasure-hunting sensor.

Mo Gan Yun felt like he was truly seeing the impossible.

Too incredible.

Jing Shuanggao was muttering to himself on the side.

Mo Gan Yun leaned over, only to hear Jing Shuanggao questioning life as well, muttering, "...Was Yu Zhongge a Treasure Hunting Mole in his past life?"

...

Unlike the cold here.

Elsewhere.

The heat was intense enough to melt gold and iron.

Inside the mountain.

Was a flowing river of lava.

Beside the lava river, was a figure like flame.

It was Huo Churan.

But his body was covered with scars, almost unrecognizable.

"Huo Churan, when you can enter this river to find and consume the Fire Spirit Fruit, you can leave and seek revenge."

A strange voice like a burning flame sounded leisurely.

"If you can't achieve it, you'll burn to death here."

After the voice fell, several fiery red snakes suddenly flew out from the lava river, fiercely pouncing on Huo Churan.

Huo Churan roared, grabbing one, his skin sizzling from the burn, but he swiftly cut open the snake with a snow-white, peculiar blade, extracting and swallowing the gall bladder.

The other snakes were already biting him, his body aflame.

But Huo Churan seemed unfazed, clutching each writhing snake, slicing them open, and devouring their gall bladders.

He even skinned the snakes, eating the fiery red flesh piece by piece.

This was his food.

In his eyes burned the extreme flames of hatred.

"Fang Che! Mo Gan Yun! Ding Jie Ran!"

"Wait!... Just wait!!"

...

Morning.

The Guardian Hall was in session.

"In six days, there have been over ninety battles, and our Guardian Hall has lost twenty-two people."

Song Yidao's gaze was heavy: "Thirty-five members of the Demon Sect were slain!"

He looked up, found Fang Che in the crowd, and continued, "Most commendable is Steward Fang. Among them, he alone killed seventeen. Merit Points, up to six thousand six hundred!"

"In this regard, praise Steward Fang."

"The day after tomorrow, a collective memorial for our fallen brothers."

"According to custom, the first wave is over. The remaining members of the Demon Sect have all successfully gone into hiding. I urge everyone to remain vigilant and capture the Demon Sect members, one by one, for execution!"

"Here, I wish safety to all our brothers!"

"Brothers, what is guarding? Guarding is not privilege, guarding is not leisure!"

"The lights of ten thousand homes..."

"Rests on our shoulders!"

"The lives and deaths of the people..."

"Are on our backs!"

"Dismissed!"

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