Xu Guang quickly returned to the normal rhythm of life in the Master Hall.

After General Wei broke through to the Sixth Grade, he was no longer anxious about his own breakthrough.

General Wei is his brother, and there's nothing shameful about assisting one's brother.

Just as well, taking advantage of this peaceful time, he could work hard to gain experience, enhance other professions, research the Celestial Register during his leisure, and by the way, search for the last Turtle Shell Fragment.

Compared to ordinary Innate Techniques, he was more eager to practice the Jade Cicada Molt Divine Technique coveted by Yu Rong.

He was indeed somewhat looking forward to it.

Outside, the world was in turmoil, though Qingshuo County was unaffected, people's hearts were already in disarray.

General Wei, this great mountain of security, regardless of Xu Guang's 'mediocre' strength, still attracted many to visit and seek refuge.

Xu Guang did not show up, and let the disciples of the sect handle it.

But Tie Kuang thought of taking the opportunity to recruit some subordinates, yet he had to consider Xu Guang's attitude and carefully visited him to ask about his stance and opinion.

"Just don't use my name."

Those people were a mixed bag, good and bad, and Xu Guang didn't want to damage his reputation.

So Tie Kuang used very strict standards to recruit some external masters.

He also assigned more than fifty people to Xu Guang to provide daily food for General Wei.

Xu Guang later observed those recruited and found that Tie Kuang indeed did not use his banner, recruiting those people in the name of the Iron Armor Sect.

So Xu Guang no longer paid attention to these matters.

The shadow of the sword was like a dream, silent in the courtyard.

Xu Guang's body was like a white crane, his waist moved with the long sword, light and nimble, suddenly leaping, briefly suspended in the air, nearly flying.

"Good sword."

Slaying Buddha returned to its sheath.

This sword had really helped him a lot; he had many weapons, but Slaying Buddha was the best.

At first, he was quite resistant to this name, after all, in the Jianghu, the Buddhist Sect was relatively powerful too.

However, since this sword was a gift from Shen Muyu, he couldn't change its name.

"This should have been forged with some spiritual materials, truly extraordinary."

Looking up at the sky, a strange sound came from the courtyard.

It was the Earth Rhinoceros.

Seeing Xu Guang, the Earth Rhinoceros fawningly nudged its body, like a maggot.

Xu Guang went up and tossed an elixir to the creature, and the Earth Rhinoceros immediately reacted like an excited husky, circling around Xu Guang.

"Alright, let me get some of your blood."

Having obtained the Hundred Beasts Secret Record after killing Wang Ran, he hadn't had the chance to cultivate it. Cyan Ox Mountain didn't have any notable Demon Beasts, but the Earth Rhinoceros had good self-healing abilities, so Xu Guang planned to preserve some. To avoid affecting its daily work progress, he intended to draw just a little each day.

The Earth Rhinoceros glanced at General Wei and obediently stood still, allowing Xu Guang to pierce with the long sword and collect a good amount of blood.

"You fellow, so afraid of death, once the Feng Shui earth veins of Qingshuo County are sorted out, I'll let you go."

Xu Guang made his promise.

But the Earth Rhinoceros had no intention of leaving Xu Guang. It couldn't be deceived by General Wei's ascension; it cherished life dearly and, having been enslaved and beaten earlier, naturally wanted to find a backer.

Thus, even though Xu Guang's rewards were given, the creature didn't eat them, instead, offering them obediently to General Wei.

...

Black Market.

Xu Guang rode an elephant into the market.

To welcome him, Su Yan specifically did not open the market today.

"This Great Beast of yours?"

Su Yan observed the Great Beast and Xu Guang, shock in her eyes.

"A little progress," Xu Guang casually said.

Su Yan's eyes remained shocked, "It seems it could even contend with an Innate Expert; the blood and energy of such a massive Demon Beast are truly terrifying."

Xu Guang neither affirmed nor denied. Recently, there was too much discussion about General Wei in the city, and he didn't want to say more, letting them guess.

He was somewhat surprised that Su Yan could immediately discern the changes in General Wei.

Although the two had a good relationship, it was all initially for the sake of interest exchange; he wouldn't ask too many questions.

Su Yan saw through Xu Guang's mind and took out the prepared items.

"These are all the goods related to the Turtle Shell I've obtained recently, take a look."

Xu Guang glanced over them and showed disappointment, "There is nothing I want."

Su Yan was also quite helpless about this.

"Should I contact the black markets in the neighboring counties?"

"Forget it."

Su Yan nodded, pondered for a moment, and suddenly spoke.

"I think I need to leave Qingshuo County."

"Hmm?"

Su Yan's face lit up with a smile, "A few days ago, I received a promise that will help me break through to Innate within half a year. By then, I suppose I'll be responsible for the black market in other places."

"Congratulations."

Xu Guang sincerely congratulated Su Yan.

"But my Great Beast can't make it." Su Yan sighed helplessly.

"Its father has gone mad, and no one dares to go to Kunlun for any price."

"Ah Wei's father?"

Realizing she hadn't told Xu Guang about General Wei's origins, Su Yan explained carefully, and it was the first time Xu Guang learned about General Wei's background.

He was a bit surprised, but not too shocked.

Though he hadn't seen other Great Beasts, he felt General Wei's talent was somewhat frightening.

A Demon Beast of Overlord Level, no, it could be called a Demon King.

"You're not thinking of going to Kunlun, right?" Su Yan's eyes were odd.

"You enslaved its child, you're not thinking of going to Kunlun to throw yourself to that Demon King, are you?"

What enslavement, what kind of talk is that?

That's my brother in arms.

Xu Guang refuted in his heart but said aloud, "I'm not that stupid."

Going to Kunlun to throw himself to Ah Wei's father was indeed not a good idea, the path too long and arduous, it would be an insurmountable mountain for him.

Great Zhou has Three Paths and Six States, Kunlun is far in the northernmost Hualin Dao, over thirty thousand miles distant from Qingshuo County, at the very edge of Zouchuan Dao. Too distant.

"That's good."

There were a few matters in this black market trip.

Firstly, regarding General Wei's feed, Seventh-Grade Elixirs now had a very weak effect on General Wei, literally just sugar pills. He wanted to ask Su Yan to find some spiritual materials, things like Profound Earth.

Secondly, regarding the haunted house in the black market, that thing also needed dealing with.

"The black market sells everything, but it doesn't have everything. Do you hear what you're saying?"

"Things are too chaotic outside, and I want to help General Wei grow as quickly as possible."

Su Yan was quite speechless, "Do you know what these massive demon beasts are like in the wild?"

Xu Guang looked at her curiously.

"Most of them sleep all day long, minimizing their energy consumption as much as possible."

"If you don't mind, I can report your situation. You should be able to apply for quite a few spiritual treasures."

Xu Guang thought for a while and shook his head, "Forget it, I don't want to get too deeply involved with the people behind you."

He already had a general idea of how he would advance to the Sixth Grade.

Even if he really wanted the backing of a major power, Jiufeng Mountain was still stronger than the Thirty-Six Northern Bandits.

The Thirty-Six Great Bandits, after all, were known as great bandits.

He led General Wei to the outside of the ghostly presence.

Su Yan had long since cleared everyone out.

Xu Guang, with numerous suppression objects prepared in advance, led General Wei towards the hut.

With Yin-Yang Eye, one could clearly see the black aura crisscrossing and spreading in the void, as if there were a spring of surging black aura inside the hut.

General Wei didn't like this environment at all; with a slight hum, countless micro-lights emerged around it.

Under these micro-lights, the endless black aura disintegrated instantly upon contact.

Although the hut was eerie and sinister, it could be suppressed by Xu Guang using Feng Shui and suppressed by General Wei, who had ascended to the Sixth Grade, which was to be expected.

"Ah Wei, try smashing this broken house."

At the same time, Xu Guang threw out suppression objects utilizing the principles of the Qian Kun Trigrams to seal all surroundings to prevent any fierce ghosts from escaping.

General Wei stepped forward, gathering fine stones with its long nose to condense a huge object and then swung it down fiercely.

The massive force caused a sonic boom, the black aura hovering in the air disintegrated instantly, and chilling howls began to echo.

General Wei finally reached the front of the hut, but to Xu Guang's shock, the hut seemed to have grown legs and moved several meters backward.

This scene surprised General Wei as well.

Curiosity flashed in its eyes, and then it violently struck again.

Bam!

This time, it hit.

The hut exploded with a crash.

The black aura seemed to burn fiercely in an instant, and an eerie aura spread through the air.

A dark shadow flashed but before it could escape, the ground suddenly shook, and an almost visible pressure violently radiated from General Wei.

Xu Guang also saw the dark shadow, was it… a leg?

A leg covered in black hair, rigid and rotting, somewhat twisted and deformed, a human leg?

No, upon looking closely at what was on the leg, Xu Guang couldn't help but gag, nearly vomiting his meal from the night before.

The varying lengths of black hair on the leg turned out to be wriggling worms, twisting and squirming on the leg.

Horrifying and grotesque.

Whizz!

A strange dark light flashed across that monstrous leg.

Before Xu Guang's eyes, a scene immediately unfolded.

A mud pit in yellow earth, blood rain falling from the sky, within the pit lay countless rotting corpses, and in front of the pit knelt numerous figures, both male and female, both old and young.

These individuals held their free hands in mid-air, large wounds dripping blood slowly downward.

As if participating in some sort of ritual.

A man dressed in ritual attire stood at the forefront, suddenly seemed to sense something, and abruptly looked towards the direction where Xu Guang and General Wei stood.

Rumbling~

The scene dissipated entirely.

'What was… that?'

A hair on the monstrous leg suddenly detached, transforming into a shadow the size of a baby, rushing towards General Wei, as if recognizing it as the culprit it couldn't escape from.

The shadow became clearer as it moved away from the leg, with a green face, tusks, dark skin, baby-sized…

When the monster appeared, the suppression objects laid down by Xu Guang trembled frantically, unable to contend with this ghost using his Feng Shui array.

If it weren't for General Wei, Xu Guang could only avoid the confrontation temporarily.

But now...

Squeak!

Upon nearing General Wei, before it could take action, the baby's body emitted a noise as if it was being corroded by something.

Followed by an anguished scream.

A ghostly treasure the size of a finger dropped to the ground.

The scene was silent for a moment.

Xu Guang's eyes widened.

He looked as if he had seen an unfathomable treasure.

A single leg hair could transform into a ghostly treasure?

This monstrous leg! It was truly a treasure.

Without needing his provocation, the black hairs on the monstrous leg, one by one, almost manically flew out, each shadow transforming into a baby-like fierce ghost while soaring through the air.

General Wei found the ant-like attack provocative, and unusually, a trace of anger appeared in its eyes.

It lifted its long nose, emitted a low roar, and everything around began to collapse and disintegrate.

The endless leg hairs fell off one by one.

Until only that blue-black monstrous leg was left.

But at that moment, the air around the monstrous leg suddenly split open, voices of ghostly wails and howls of countless beings emerged from it.

A pitch-black bone hand suddenly grabbed the monstrous leg.

The tear in space vanished.

The surrounding black aura dissipated along with the disappearance of the monstrous leg.

Xu Guang stood in his original spot, squinting his eyes.

What was… that?

Another ghost?

Could ghosts cooperate with each other?

The ghosts previously encountered seemed to show intelligence only when disguised, often driven merely by instinct.

No, suddenly he realized, although he only saw it for a moment, that hand seemed similar to the monstrous leg, it felt like… it was from the same person?

Damn!

Xu Guang's face turned unpleasant.

Who knows if that ghostly thing has memory and whether it would hold a grudge against him.

Fortunately, although the monstrous leg wasn't left behind, all its leg hairs were crushed by General Wei, leaving behind various-sized ghostly treasures.

'Could it be that woman was just a matured leg hair previously?'

A chill spread through Xu Guang's heart.

[Feng Shui Master's Log: Feng Shui Subdues Demonic Entities, Experience +800]

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