301: Siege of Evil Spirits

After absorbing the Spiritual Qi that dissipated after the Berserk Giant Bear died, Xu Le finally walked into Ji Feng's home.

"Brother Xu, I misjudged you before. Please don't take it to heart. All of this is my entire fortune; consider it my apology to you."

On the table sat a dense array of Medicinal Pills, antiques, and calligraphy paintings. Next to them was a golden card with the number 16,800 on it, likely Contribution Points. Another bank card even had an amount of 368 million written on it.

One had to admit, Ji Feng was quite generous.

He had no intention of fighting back and had brought out all his belongings.

However, Xu Le felt that his life and reputation were worth more than this amount.

Seeing the killing intent in Xu Le's eyes, Ji Feng knelt down immediately. "Brother Xu, you don't need to lift a finger. These are all my gifts of apology, and I'll go to the Law Enforcement Bureau to turn myself in right away. After framing you for the sake of a meal and a favor, I haven't been able to sleep for nights on end, feeling like a complete scumbag..."

"How touching. It would be even more touching if your good brother wasn't blocking the way outside."

Xu Le snapped his fingers, turning Ji Feng, who was about to make excuses, into charred remains with electricity.

After wiping out the gang that framed him, led by Zhou Lingqi, the last trace of frustration in his heart vanished.

A thought suddenly popped up: Should he deal with the Gu Family as well?

Ultimately, he chose to let it go. He believed in repaying grievances and taking revenge, but he wouldn't kill just as a preventive measure.

Just like during this revenge mission, he hadn't searched a single pocket or taken a single bit of property.

The items on the table were tempting, but Xu Le felt that his revenge must be clean, leaving no room for any Impurities.

Returning to his former dormitory, Ye Beixuan was sitting by his desk.

"How does revenge feel?"

"Refreshing!"

"You might feel refreshed, but you killed over a hundred City Guards, more than thirty Law Enforcement Officers, three Law Enforcement Bureau Chiefs, and over forty witnesses. Even a captain from my Imperial Guard couldn't escape your clutches. Oh, and my third-ranked squad—they were the elite of the elite."

"They deserved to die; I have a clear conscience!"

"Sure, you have a clear conscience. But what did I do to deserve this? Xuanwu City was fine, but now the Law Enforcement Bureau is destroyed. You're out for revenge everywhere, the bureau's phones are ringing off the hook with no one to answer, order has collapsed, and my reputation is in tatters."

"I have a clear conscience. You should reflect on whether you've been working hard enough and if you've properly guided your subordinates' thinking. It's only because I have little bloodlust and a kind nature that I didn't involve more people. Just look at your Law Enforcement Bureau and City Guards..."

"Fine! Stop right there!" Ye Beixuan hurriedly made a timeout gesture. "Let's start over."

"The evil spirits outside Xuanwu City are acting unusually; there will definitely be a siege soon. Unfortunately, due to my poor leadership, my subordinates have suffered heavy losses, and I'm afraid we won't be able to withstand this offensive. Brother Le, do you have any good plans?"

Xu Le: "..."

"You're supposed to be a Legion Commander?"

Seeing that Xu Le responded better to persuasion than force, Ye Beixuan redoubled his efforts, nearly breaking into a mournful song.

Xu Le said helplessly, "Didn't I already agree to help?"

Ye Beixuan shook his head. "Nonsense. You agreed to redeem yourself through service, but you were clearly carrying out a justified revenge."

"Fine! Then I'm agreeing now, alright?" Xu Le said.

"You said it." Ye Beixuan chuckled and pulled out a phone. "Come over here!"

Amidst the roar of an engine, a massive dump truck drove over, with two sturdy men inside.

Opening the tailgate, the two men began unloading the cargo.

It was all A4 paper, carried box by box into Xu Le's dormitory. Before long, half the room was filled.

Holy crap, a whole truckload of paper. Eight packs per box, 500 sheets per pack. In a short time, forty boxes had been brought in—a total of 160,000 sheets of paper.

"Are you even human?" Xu Le's gaze could kill.

Thick-skinned as he was, even Ye Beixuan felt a bit guilty now. He set down a pile of Yiyuan Mind-Nourishing Pills and a card with 20,000 Contribution Points:

"Take these first. You know I'm poor; I can only offer a subsidy of 10 Contribution Points for each paper figurine. After we repel the evil spirits, I'll calculate your military merits and Contribution Points."

Watching Ye Beixuan flee, Xu Le shook his head; the guy wasn't so bad.

But he couldn't actually make 320,000 paper figurines. Ye Beixuan knew that too; by leaving 20,000 Contribution Points, he likely just hoped for a minimum of 2,000.

Only then did Xu Le release The three women, telling them to go home and rest and come back tomorrow morning to help make paper figurines.

Knowing the matter was resolved, The three women bid Xu Le farewell.

Xu Le didn't sleep. Instead, he took out his phone and continued to Cultivate the fourth volume of the Star Pattern Deduction Technique.

By dawn, Xu Le had finished reading the four volumes and then began taking Medicinal Pills to Cultivate.

His previous Breakthrough had completely digested the medicinal power. Now, after taking the pills, his rapid progress resumed.

He took photos of the Spirit Medicine in his hand and sent them to three Alchemists he favored, but none of them responded.

Xu Le wasn't in a hurry and continued to Cultivate.

He didn't stand up until there was a knock on the door and The three women arrived to help process the Materials.

He gave each of The three women two bottles of Medicinal Pills.

"Brother Le, this is too precious. I can't take your things for nothing," Liu Yilin said, her face flushing.

"It's not for nothing. These were sent by Ye Beixuan. You have to help process the Materials," Xu Le said, not taking the credit.

The three women knew full well that what they were doing could be done by any Spirit Tamer. The key to turning the mundane into the miraculous was Xu Le.

After Xu Le spoke for a long while more, Liu Yilin finally accepted the pills.

The three women began helping to process the Materials, and Xu Le also started making paper figurines.

This time, he didn't make only paper dogs; he created 1,200 Heavy Cavalry before starting on Archers.

After making another 1,800 Archers, Xu Le put down the paper figurines and told The three women to take a break.

"Brother, we aren't tired yet," Xu Huan said, full of energy.

Xu Le said disdainfully, "Rest for a bit, then Cultivate. Only by balancing work and rest can you achieve maximum efficiency."

"Oh!" The three women nodded blankly.

However, the idol filter in their hearts began to shatter.

Seeing how powerful Xu Le was, they had imagined him Cultivating silently through countless lonely nights, never relaxing even while eating or sleeping.

But after spending time together recently, they even felt like they were working harder than Xu Le.

Was it an illusion?

Unable to stay idle, The three women took the pills and began to Cultivate.

Sensing the medicinal power being refined and the Soul power fed back by their ancestral spirits being converted into pure Mental Energy, The three women's progress began to skyrocket.

The once-massive amount of Soul power began to dwindle rapidly.

Xu Huan felt that after at most two more pills, the Soul power fed back by her ancestral spirit would be exhausted, leaving her feeling somewhat helpless.

That was power accumulated by the Golden Dragon over eighteen years!

If she used pills afterward without that accumulated Soul power, the effect would surely be much worse.

Xu Le, who possessed a spirit Domain, immediately noticed The three women's situation. He spent 800 Contribution Points in the Xuanwu Treasure Vault to buy a bottle of Five Tigers Soul-Strengthening Pills.

There were twelve pills in a bottle—four for each of them—which could nourish their ancestral spirits and accumulate Soul power.

It wasn't that Xu Le was stingy, but if The three women took too many, it would exhaust the potential of their ancestral spirits. They had to take it slow; too much of a good thing could be harmful.

As for Xu Le himself, only a single drop of the Ghost's massive Divine Soul power had been refined. After all, the Ghost was a god while Xu Le was currently human; to fully refine that massive power, he would likely have to become a god himself at the earliest.

Time passed slowly.

Three days later.

Xu Le heard a sharp, ear-piercing signal flare fly into the sky and immediately knew that the evil spirits had begun their siege of the city.