"Formidable! Formidable!"
The soldiers were filled with respect. They pounded their chests with their left hands and tapped the ground with the weapon in their right hands again and again. There was reverence in their eyes, but there was also heat and yearning.
"This slash…" Lu Chen opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. This blade was too terrifying. Not only him, but even Fang Yuqi would have a hard time dodging it. It would simply kill whoever it slashed.
"A Desperate Strike." Fang Yuqi wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and explained, "He's a veteran and has already cultivated General's Bane to an extremely deep level. Although his combat strength has been greatly reduced in his old age, he still has one saber move. With one saber move, he can release all the Bane's Energy that he accumulated. It's a desperate strike. They're veterans who have fought for half their lives and are also the foundation of Fengxian Town."
With that, Fang Yuqi waved her hand. "Elaborate burial!"
"Yes!"
The soldiers stepped forward, their iron armors thick.
A group of soldiers carried the old man's body and left. Lu Chen and Fang Yuqi walked towards the ghoul together. The ghoul's body was broken in half, but it was not dead. Its lower body twisted, and its upper body crawled back and forth with its arms.
Before Fang Yuqi could make a move, Lu Chen's peach wood sword flew out first and stabbed into the ghoul's eye socket.
"Roar~~" With a wail, the ghoul from Fengxian Town finally died.
"Amitabha!" A Buddhist proclamation sounded. Great Priest Ben Ming walked over from afar with Huang Mei'er. Huang Mei'er's [Vajra] talent had already disappeared and returned to his original appearance.
He didn't seem to be injured. He just lowered his head and played with the two glass beads in his hand.
"What can I do for you, Great Priest?"
Because of Yuanzhen, Lu Chen did not have a good impression of the Ku Chan Temple. The last time he told Fang Yuqi, he had set up the Ku Chan Temple and killed a few of them. This time, he did not look good either.
"You flatter me." Great Priest Ben Ming put his palms together and looked sad. "Heaven has the virtue of giving birth to all living beings. This ghoul had killed countless people. This poor monk wants to bring the corpse back to the Ku Chan Temple to recite the Rebirth Mantra for seven days so that the dead can rest in peace as soon as possible. Please allow me, General."
"Is that so?" Fang Yuqi hesitated.
This ghoul was special. It might have some secrets on it. However, Huang Mei'er had contributed previously, so it was not easy for her to reject it. She was in a difficult position.
Lu Chen did not show any expression and bowed. "Great Priest, you're right. I had also contributed a little. I want to recite the Supreme Scripture of Salvation of Misery for a few days to expiate the souls of the dead. Please don't be stingy and give me some."
"…"
Fang Yuqi almost laughed out loud. With a straight face, she pretended to be in a difficult position for a while and said, "In that case, each of you can have half."
Just as Great Priest Ben Ming was about to speak, Lu Chen beat him to it. "Alright, I'll do my best. Since I came first, I'll handle the upper body of this ghoul."
"…"
Great Priest Ben Ming lowered his eyes. He was speechless for a moment. At the side, Huang Mei'er suddenly raised his head and said naively, "Master, I want those eyes."
…
Huang Mei'er played with a pair of scarlet eyes and left. The two halves of the ghoul's corpse were left to Lu Chen, and the storm calmed down.
Soon, night fell.
Lu Chen returned to the Changchun Temple. Only now did he have the time to pay attention to the screen in front of him.
[Name: Lu Chen]
[Cultivation: Qi Refinement Level 2]
[Spell: Transportation Technique, Uninitiated (Upgrade conditions can be opened!)]
…
Among the spells, there was another one, [Transportation Technique]. This was obtained from the human face last night. The exact power was unknown, but it was an Authentic-level transportation spell.
"Open!"
[Transportation Technique Upgrade Conditions]:
[1: One skeleton (Unachieved!)]
[2: Cultivate for a day (Unachieved!)]
[3: Five Spiritual Sand (Achieved!)]
…
"Skeleton?"
Lu Chen thought of the ghoul's corpse.
After dinner, Lu Chen brought the little black tiger to the Town Guards Mansion without any obstructions and met Fang Yuqi. "Yuqi, did you find anything?"
"No." Fang Yuqi shook her head and pushed open a room with Lu Chen.
There was a long table in the middle of the room. On the long table lay the corpse of the ghoul that had been cut in half. In the night, it looked especially terrifying. Fang Yuqi explained, "I had someone check it this afternoon. There was nothing on it. The scales were too thick, so it was not convenient to dissect it."
"Mm, forget it if you didn't find anything."
"It's not completely nothing. This set of scales can at least be made into armor. Its defense is not bad."
"It's not too bad. Leave the rest of the skeletons for me."
"Mm."
Just as the two of them were about to close the door and leave, Lu Chen stopped in his tracks and his ears twitched.
"What's wrong?"
"There's a sound."
Lu Chen retreated again and sized up the ghoul's corpse repeatedly. His eyes narrowed as he said, "Look at its forehead."
Fang Yuqi turned around and saw that the ghoul's forehead was collapsing bit by bit.
"Be careful!"
There was a flash of gold, and a small insect-shadow crawled out from between the ghoul's eyes. It was a cicada, a golden cicada with wings on its back and six legs on its belly. It spread its wings and flew around the room.
Lu Chen said in surprise, "What is this, a spirit worm?"
"It looks like a Two-Winged Golden Cicada." Fang Yuqi frowned and suddenly widened her eyes in surprise. "The Golden Cicada has no eyes. This is a spiritual herb!"
As she spoke, she reached out and pushed open the door.
The night wind blew in and the golden cicada spread its wings and flew out of the room. The two of them hurriedly chased after it and saw the golden cicada land in the flowerbed outside the house.
In an instant, it took root on the ground.
A green grass grew out. Its leaves were like zen wings, growing larger and larger.
In just a dozen breaths, a golden flower bloomed. The roots began to wither. Fang Yuqi reached out and plucked the flower. She carefully placed it into a jade box and carefully counted. There were a total of 36 petals.
"What's this?"
"Golden Cicada Flower. It has two lives, one as an insect, and one as a flower. When it is an insect, it can parasitize the owner's body. When the body dies, the insect will live. When it turns into a flower, ordinary owners can at most produce three to five petals. This ghoul is not ordinary. It actually made the Golden Cicada Flower bloom with thirty-six petals."
"What does it do?"
Fang Yuqi explained, "There are two medicinal effects. One can increase the speed of Qi cultivation, and the other can temporarily increase one's comprehension, which is beneficial for practicing spells."
The low-level Qi Practitioners were very poor. They might not even see a few spiritual herbs in their lives.
Fang Yuqi and Jiang Hong'e were slightly better off. One had the support of the Town Guards Mansion, while the other had the support of the Qianqing Sect. Even so, they still valued the Golden Cicada Flower so much.
It was obvious that this was no small matter.
"That's not bad." Lu Chen nodded. He was also slightly happy.
Fang Yuqi said happily, "Leave the Golden Cicada Flower with me for now. Tomorrow, I'll ask Daoist Qiu to refine a batch of pills. The effect will be improved a little. I'll give it to you then."
"Daoist Qiu? He knows how to refine pills?"
Lu Chen was a little surprised. He recalled the old Daoist priest he had met once. He didn't expect him to have such a unique skill. No wonder he could become a Revered Elder.
"Yes, he's the only one in the entire Fengxian Town who knows how to refine pills."
"Alright, you decide."
Roar! Roar!
Just as Lu Chen finished speaking, he saw a little white tiger running over from afar. As it ran, it howled and came to Lu Chen's feet, surrounding him and barking non-stop.
Roar! Roar!
A small black head poked out from Lu Chen's embrace and started to cry out as well.
"She gave you the little white tiger?"
"Yes, Jiang has Yingying by her side. The two little guys kept fighting for favor. They've been arguing, so it might as well let me take care of it."
Lu Chen placed the little black tiger on the ground. The two little fellows played around and chased after it. They were extremely intimate.
Fang Yuqi led Lu Chen to another room.
Creak!
The door was pushed open. The oil lamp was lit. The entire room lit up. Fang Yuqi introduced, "This is Father's saber room. If you lack a saber, you can choose from here. There's no better place in the entire Fengxian Town."
"That's not good…"
"Hmph, what's not good?"
"Uh… pretty good."
Lu Chen looked around and saw all kinds of long knives hanging on the wall. It was exactly the same as Fang Yuqi's room.
"As expected of father and daughter." Muttering under his breath, Lu Chen did not decline and went forward to choose seriously.
In the end, he chose a sheathed short saber. The blade was slightly narrow and two and a half feet long. It was completely black and had a blood groove on both sides. The hilt was slightly long, and it could be held with one hand or two hands.
There were two words engraved on the blade:
Yan Ming!
Fang Yuqi blushed and explained, "This saber is called the Yan Ming Saber. It was originally forged together with the Jinghong Sword in my hand. Unfortunately, this saber was not Thousand Refinemented and could not become a magic artifact."
"It's a couple, right?"
"…"
Lu Chen did not care whether it was a magic artifact or not. In any case, it was a saber. As long as it was handy, it was fine. He unsheathed his saber and cut his left palm. Blood splattered all over the saber.
The saber never left his side, and he fed it with blood.
On this day, Lu Chen began to raise his saber for the first time!