"Human, this is the camp of the Blue Blood Ghost. Its name is Cheng, just like me, it is dedicated to gathering spiritual metal for Lord Gu."

Outside the pitch-black camp, Yue gave a brief introduction.

"Oh!"

Xiao Mu responded.

He sensed that the camp only consisted of this tent. There was no other setup.

After carefully sensing, Xiao Mu figured the tent was empty, there was no Blue Blood Ghost present.

Xiao Mu waved his hand and directly took the Ghost Servant and Yue into it.

"Why is it empty?"

Inside the tent, Xiao Mu turned to look at Yue, a chill evident in his eyes.

Yue had a scared expression on his face and anxiously said, "It must have gone out. Human, I know how to summon it back."

"Summon it fast!"

Xiao Mu's face improved slightly, ordering Yue in a deep voice.

"Y-Yes."

Yue responded in panic.

Afterwards, he glanced at a table, focusing on a strange human-shaped, or to be precise, a ghost-shaped black stone lying on the table.

Immediately after, he explained, "Human, this is Cheng's lifebound stone. Part of its soul force is entrusted in it. Through this lifebound stone, we can communicate with it. I'll use this lifebound stone to contact it to return."

"Really?"

Xiao Mu was skeptical and cast a doubting glance at Yue.

Yue hurriedly said, "Yes, human, why would I dare to deceive you?"

"Alright, you give it a try."

Xiao Mu commanded.

After saying that, he gave the Ghost Servant a look.

"Hehe!"

The Ghost Servant let out a strange laugh, pulling out the Soul Blade.

"Overthinking, overthinking! How would I dare? How would I dare?"

Yue murmured to himself, looking terrified.

He timidly glanced at the Ghost Servant before cautiously picking up the black stone.

Then, he transferred a strand of Curse Blood Power into the stone. The Curse Blood Power entered the black stone, immediately blending with it, mingling with the residual Curse Blood Power of the original owner.

"Who?"

A voice arose unexpectedly from the stone.

The voice was as horrid as Yue's, revealing its Evil Ghost lineage at once.

"Cheng, it's me, Yue."

Yue said.

While speaking, he cast a glance at the Ghost Servant to reassure him with a look of 'don't worry, I won't cause any trouble', as if afraid that the Ghost Servant would impulsively attack him, acting very cautiously.

The Ghost Servant kept staring at him without any intent to relax.

This made Yue increasingly cautious, ensuring not to make the slightest misstep.

"Yue, what do you want?"

Cheng's voice echoed coldly, asking horrendously.

Yue obviously had a quick mind and instead of answering, he commanded in an aloof manner, "A distinguished guest is in your tent. Cheng, please return immediately."

"A distinguished guest? Which distinguished guest?"

From Cheng's voice it was evident that Yue's words had shocked it as it began speaking respectfully and cautiously.

"The name of our distinguished guest is not appropriate for you and me to mention. Cheng, please return immediately, do not let the distinguished guest wait for long. Otherwise, if the distinguished guest becomes angry, no one can save you."

Yue spoke coldly.

"Yes, yes, I'll be back immediately."

Cheng, who had put on an arrogant attitude just a moment ago, had suddenly softened, answering reverently.

"Human, it will be back soon."

Withdrawing the Curse Blood Power and setting down the black stone, Yue respectfully informed Xiao Mu.

"In that case, you can stand aside for now. We'll discuss further when Cheng returns."

"Yes, yes."

Yue carefully agreed, looking anxious.

He was still worried that Xiao Mu might kill him later, and was constantly thinking of a better way to save his life.

This period of waiting was somewhat long, nearly two hours.

In the meantime, Xiao Mu purposely searched the tent but couldn't find any spiritual metal.

It seemed that unlike Yue, this Blue Blood Ghost named Cheng had probably kept the spiritual metal with him.

Even after immediately returning upon receiving the message, Cheng, the frightened Blue Blood Ghost, took nearly two hours.

Close to two hours later, a Blue Blood Ghost haphazardly flew back and darted into the tent.

The Ghost Servant hiding at the tent entrance drew his blade and directly aimed at the Blue Blood Ghost.

"Ahh..."

The Blue Blood Ghost was no match for the Ghost Servant. Caught by surprise, it was immediately stabbed in the chest and was severely wounded on the spot.

"Suppress!"

Xiao Mu seized the opportunity and threw a Suppressing Evil Talisman to subdue the Blue Blood Ghost.

"Human!"

The Blue Blood Ghost's face changed upon seeing Xiao Mu, its ugly ghost face quickly distorted.

Immediately after, it saw Yue and immediately suspected the reason, a look of anger spreading across its face as it loudly accused Yue, "Yue, you dare betray ghosts, throw your lot in with humans. You even tricked me?"

At this point, it had already realized that Yue's earlier words about Lord Gu waiting in its tent were a lie.

There certainly was someone waiting in the tent, but it was a real human.

"Yue, don't say it like that, I'm just trying to survive."

Yue steps forward, his expression was as if everything was justified, he didn't feel the slightest sense of guilt for betraying the ghost.

"Lord Gu will definitely kill you, definitely! He will inflict the cruelest punishment on traitors like you."

The ghost, Yue, gritted his teeth in hatred, fiery anger reflecting in its blood-red ghost eyes as it stared at Yue.

Yue's face changed, he genuinely feared Lord Gu and couldn't refute what the ghost said, he just lowered his head, lost in his thoughts.

"Search its body and find the Spiritual Metal."

Xiao Mu commanded the Ghost Servant.

"Yes, Master."

The Ghost Servant agreed and immediately began searching body of the ghost.

Before long, the Ghost Servant stood up in disappointment, looking at Xiao Mu, "Master, I couldn't find any."

"Hehe! So you guys wanted to snatch the Spiritual Metal."

Seeing this, the ghost, Yue, began to laugh viciously. "Kill me then. The Spiritual Metal is hidden on me, but you'll never get it."

"Really?"

Xiao Mu was skeptical, "Since the Spiritual Metal is on you, it will automatically fall out once you vanish after we kill you, right?"

"Why don't you try?"

A more intense sneer appeared on Yue's face.

"Wait, don't kill it yet. The Spiritual Metal has peculiar properties. If we kill this ghost, it will disappear as well."

Yue suddenly advised anxiously.

"Traitor!"

Yue spat out viciously, his eyes, filled with fury, were almost spewing fire as he looked at Yue.

"Oh!"

Xiao Mu frowned slightly.

If that was the case, it would indeed be troublesome.

He glanced at Yue and threatened, "If you do not want to suffer, I suggest you just hand it over, otherwise, I have dozens of ways to make you wish you were dead."

"Ptui!"

Yue was not afraid at all, he glared maliciously at Xiao Mu, "Torture me all you want, see if I will give in."

"Since you asked for it, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Xiao Mu sneered, then drew out the Peach Wood Sword.

Upon seeing the Peach Wood Sword, fear immediately filled Yue's face. This was no ordinary sword, the faintly emitted Thunder Power from the blade made him shudder.

However, he quickly gritted his teeth, his fear quickly turned into resentment as he shouted, "Come on, do you think I'm scared?"

Xiao Mu's face darkened, he raised his sword to strike.

He planned to use a small amount of Thunder Power, slowly torturing the Blue Blood Ghost.

"Wait, this guy is stubborn. Even if you torture him, he won't give up the Spiritual Metal."

Yue suddenly spoke.

"Hmph, you certainly know me well."

Yue glared at Yue furiously, not backing down at all.

Yue ignored him and turned to ingratiatingly look at Xiao Mu, "I know where he hid the object. I can help you find the Spiritual Metal."

"You... How dare you!"

Yue's face drastically changed and he yelled at Yue.

"Oh!"

Xiao Mu's face brightened, "Then you go ahead and try to find it."

"Yes."

Yue agreed loudly, clearly pleased to be able to help Xiao Mu.

He had one thing very clear in his mind: only by proving his importance to Xiao Mu, would he be spared.

He immediately began searching Yue's body.

He seemed to know Yue very well. He paid no heed to Yue's cursing as he ripped open Yue's body, searching through it thoroughly.

Before long, he tore open Yue's ear and took out a packet.

It resembled an oil-paper bag, which was tightly sealed.

After opening it, not only did he find more than twenty pieces of Spiritual Metal, but he even found a secret manual--Blood Slicer Technique.

"Master, I found some good stuff!"

Yue's face lit up with joy as he kneeled down in front of Xiao Mu. He held the twenty pieces of Spiritual Metal and the Blood Slicer Technique manual high above his head, offering them to Xiao Mu.

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