CHAPTER 168: CHAPTER 116: ROOTING OUT EVIL

Unexpectedly, she came.

"Don’t get me wrong, I have a friend from Changsong Prefecture who said they’ve encountered demons over there and asked for my help."

"It can’t be helped; by then, I might have to ask for Uncle Master’s help."

Xu Guang just smiled.

Neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

But the place Jiang Zi Yun mentioned actually surprised him a bit.

It was indeed on the way.

Yesterday brought another heavy snowfall; the world was desolate, with no trace of people along the paths.

Occasionally a gust of wind would blow by, and the accumulated snow would fall from above, adding a touch of bleakness.

Xu Guang sat on General Wei’s back; the heavy cloak and General Wei’s body, akin to a furnace, made him feel no hint of coldness.

He closed his eyes, pondering cultivation after reaching the Fifth Grade.

The "Jade Cicada Molt Divine Technique" had already reached Level 12, which was the current limit he could enhance, both physically and spiritually.

He didn’t want to cultivate into a monster, so he was very cautious about enhancing, unless he felt he’d accumulated enough, he wouldn’t easily break through.

’At Fifth Grade, what requires cultivation is the condensation of the Gold Attribute, ultimately causing changes in the five internal organs, as if nurturing five divine beings within.’

’But there’s a problem, the birth of the Gold Attribute is really too slow...’

’I can directly enhance the skills of the Jade Cicada Molt Divine Technique with experience points, but condensing the Gold Attribute cannot appear out of thin air...’

Xu Guang pondered his future path.

In the short term, he didn’t plan to expose his breakthrough to the Fifth Grade, but this involved obtaining resources, which he found a bit troubling.

Strangely, he thought of General Wei’s Celestial Register blessing; if he could communicate with those believers and considering the density of yin energy and concentration of fierce ghosts in that world, as long as he dared to take risks, he could obtain plenty of resources.

But...

Thinking about it, it’s another half a year; those believers haven’t prayed since, not knowing if they haven’t encountered danger or... are already dead.

Forget it; I hope this time out in the wilderness, I can lure a Fifth-Grade expert from the Celestial Destiny Sect, through whom I might find a way to secure cultivation resources.

With this in mind, before he knew it, they had entered the area interwoven between Chuannan Prefecture and Changsong Prefecture.

It was the Broken Soul Valley that Xu Guang hadn’t traveled last time.

Although a valley, it’s not narrow, with smooth, tall, and unscalable cliffs on both sides, at least sixty to seventy meters high.

Behind lay towering mountains, rumored to house at least over thirty groups of bandits and villains.

In truth, in these turbulent times, many initially turned to banditry out of desperation, but later, accustomed to the joy of looting, the resources acquired far exceeded what they could obtain as good citizens at the foot of the mountain, thus becoming lawless individuals.

The most infamous villain here, allegedly ungoverned by heaven, was rumored to have innate strength, with his most famous feat in Jianghu being the slaying of Song Family’s Song Xuanlong.

The Song Family had always harbored a murderous intent towards this person.

Of course, Jiufeng Mountain, being a righteous sect, naturally also had a bounty on such villains.

Shen Muyu’s carriage slowly stopped, she and Jiang Zi Yun stepped out; both donned in tight outfits, their elegant figures fully displayed.

Shen Muyu was expressionless, but her eyes betrayed an irrepressible excitement.

Jiang Zi Yun, on the other hand, wore a smile, appearing quite indifferent.

"So this is the Broken Soul Valley, the so-called three-no-governance place?"

Shen Muyu took a step forward, gripping the divine sword in her hand comparable to a Slaying Buddha.

"Let me see what’s so ’uncontrolled’ about it."

Given her status, the horse she rode wasn’t ordinary, capable of matching a Seventh-Grade demon beast.

Even pulling a carriage didn’t affect the horse’s speed at all.

Xu Guang spread out his spiritual power, vigilantly watching the surroundings.

They passed through the Broken Soul Valley without incident.

Shen Muyu felt a bit disappointed, looking at the cliffs on both sides, where occasionally, some unidentified individuals would poke their heads out.

Jiang Zi Yun quietly said, "Traveling with Xu Guang, given General Wei’s presence, those bandits wouldn’t dare to stir up trouble."

"..."

Since the bandits couldn’t be found, they might as well go slay those demons, then head to the Shen Family to stir up trouble.

Coincidentally, he and Jiang Zi Yun were headed to the same place.

...

In the woods, a middle-aged man dressed in snow-white clothes, resembling camouflage, was watching a caravan slowly traversing the snowy ground from a distance with a wicked grin.

His face bore a sinister look.

Suddenly, a flash of cold light swept by.

He heard a scream.

A corpse fell from the tree.

Xu Guang landed.

The middle-aged man suddenly turned back, seeing on the snow, corpses strewn about, blood flowing, staining the ground red.

Xu Guang was expressionless.

"They say you were the only one who went to Cloud Water Village?"

The man’s adam’s apple moved, swallowing a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, "Yes... "

Xu Guang nodded, "Care to share?"

He exuded a subtle domineering aura that left the man with no thought of resistance.

Terror flickered in his eyes.

"Cloud Water Village is a Ghost Village! The villagers are all evil ghosts!"

Xu Guang narrowed his eyes, looking at him seriously, "Are you lying to me?"

"No, absolutely not, everything I said is true. I went to Cloud Water Village with several brothers before, and we were haunted in our sleep; I barely escaped."

A Martial Artist without even Eighth Grade Minor Cultivation escaping from evil ghosts?

Xu Guang didn’t believe it, but the man’s earnest description of the evil ghosts’ characteristics was too detailed, not seeming fabricated.

Ghost Village?

Interesting.

Perhaps the fierce ghosts are intelligent, deliberately letting the man in front of them go?