200: You really want to eat it?

A moment later, in the messy hall, Fang Bai sat around the dining table with the mother and daughter.

As for Mukaihara, he really did go to stir-fry some dishes.

There was no helping it; this young man was far too brutal, a complete madman with whom one couldn't reason at all.

Just now, while he was cooking, this guy had gone in again to give him an inhumane beating, muttering, "Are you trying to poison me?"

After the beating, he walked out looking refreshed.

Mukaihara: ... He felt like dying!

Before long, a battered Mukaihara emerged, trembling as he carried the dishes.

Fang Bai looked at the food and frowned. "Is this it? Is this how you treat a guest? Couldn't you have made a few more meat dishes?"

The expressions of the mother and daughter remained strange.

Mukaihara managed to understand Fang Bai's meaning through his phone and said in a trembling voice, "I'm truly sorry, but this is all we have. Our family only eats meat once a week..."

"Useless trash!"

Fang Bai scolded angrily, "You're a grown man, and you let your family eat this?"

Mukaihara lowered his head, not daring to speak, though a flash of hatred flickered in his eyes.

Fang Bai narrowed his eyes, then said indifferently, "Sit down and eat with us."

"Huh?"

Mukaihara was startled and then found it hard to believe. "Really?"

Fang Bai raised an eyebrow. "You don't want to?"

"Thank you! Thank you!"

Mukaihara hurriedly sat down and picked up his chopsticks to take some food.

Unexpectedly, Fang Bai's expression instantly changed. "Aiya! You're actually eating it?"

Bang!

Mukaihara was sent flying again. This time, Fang Bai used a bit more force, knocking him unconscious instantly.

Yumi's eyes sparkled as she looked at him. "Brother Fang Bai, you're so cool!"

Fang Bai said modestly, "I'm just average. I'm usually a very polite person... Damn it, this kind of beast is truly a brain-dead son of a bitch! I despise this kind of trash the most!"

Yumi: ... Really... so polite.

"Are you the person Yumi saved by the river?"

Clear Leaf finally snapped out of it and looked at Fang Bai with a gasp.

Fang Bai didn't deny it and nodded. "It's me."

Clear Leaf lightly covered her mouth, her expression complex.

If it weren't for Fang Bai today, what kind of inhumane torture would they have suffered?

"Let's eat first."

The mother and daughter watched Fang Bai eat with gusto, while they themselves were somewhat distracted.

After finishing the meal, Yumi looked at Mukaihara. "Brother Fang Bai, what about him?"

Fang Bai glanced at the unconscious Mukaihara and felt a bit of a headache. "How about we just bury him?"

Mother and daughter: ... Fang Bai looked at Yumi and said, "How about you two stop living here? Weren't you accepted by that martial arts hall? Why not just go live there?"

Yumi also thought it made sense, but... "But I don't have the money to study at the martial arts hall..."

Fang Bai waved his hand. "Don't worry about that. Leave it to me."

Since Yumi had saved him, he was more than happy to help, but he had to wait until he recovered some of his strength.

After cleaning up, Mukaihara was locked in a small dark room. They couldn't let him go for now, or it would surely lead to trouble.

Fang Bai returned to the medical clinic.

"You're leaving?"

Hearing this, Old Master Hisamura's face broke into a wide grin.

"Wait, old man, are you really that happy to see me go?"

Old Master Hisamura nodded. "Of course. This scourge is finally leaving."

Fang Bai: ... Your mom!

"That Mukaihara truly is a beast, but you actually didn't kill him?"

Fang Bai shrugged. "Kill him in front of the mother and daughter? Wouldn't that make me the villain?"

Old Master Hisamura looked at him silently. "I think you're even more unhinged than a villain."

Fang Bai's face immediately darkened.

"By the way, weren't you looking for demon beasts? It just so happens that there's a mountain between the village and the Cangwu Martial Arts Hall where demon beasts might exist."

Hisamura suddenly said.

Fang Bai's eyes lit up. "Why the hell didn't you say so earlier!"

It seemed his decision was the right one!

Old Master Hisamura said calmly, "Speaking of which, you haven't given me the reward you promised. Settle the bill before you leave."

Fang Bai patted his shoulder. "Old man, given our relationship, it's not too much to ask for some credit, right?"

Old Master Hisamura remained expressionless and replied calmly, "Sure. As long as you can tell me what my name is, I'll waive it for you."

Fang Bai's face stiffened.

Holy crap! Who the hell knows what your name is?

Old Master Hisamura suddenly pulled out a crystal. Fang Bai's eyes lit up. "A demon crystal!"

Old Master Hisamura tossed it to him. "This is a treasure I've kept for many years. I'll let you use it for now, but the reward must be doubled."

Fang Bai's mouth twitched. "A mere Rank 4 demon crystal, and you've 'kept it for many years'?"

However, he didn't mind the double reward; after all, this demon crystal could help him recover quite a bit of power.

Fang Bai didn't dawdle and went straight back to his room to begin cultivating!

Old Master Hisamura felt the fluctuations in the room and narrowed his eyes.

"This young man..."

An hour later.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~

In the room, a faint power surged from Fang Bai's body, and arcs of lightning began to coalesce around him... Not only that, the shadow beneath him seemed to be endowed with life as it began to wriggle... The energy of the Rank 4 demon crystal had been completely consumed. Fang Bai opened his eyes, a flash of joy crossing them.

"I, Fang Bai, am back!"

His internal injuries were already healing!

Although the strength he could currently exert was less than Rank 3, it should be enough for this place!

With a thought from Fang Bai, the ring on his hand flashed with light, and dozens of spirit plants appeared in the room!

The surrounding energy fluctuations immediately became turbulent.

Outside, Hisamura noticed the commotion and looked back just as two dark shadows flew out of the room.

He raised his withered hand, activated his Alien Energy, and the dark shadows came to a steady halt, hovering before him.

They were two demon crystals—one Rank 5 and one Rank 6!

Old Master Hisamura took a deep look toward the room before putting the demon crystals away.

He had long suspected that Fang Bai was not simple. The other's cultivation was definitely not as straightforward as he claimed; after all, even he couldn't see through this young man.

Oh well, consider it as sowing a seed of goodwill.

Night fell.

Fang Bai walked out of the room.

He let out a comfortable groan.

He was different from before!

A few minutes ago, he was as steady as an old dog, acting submissively; now, damn it, anyone who dared to touch him would die!

Fang Bai's strength had still not returned to its peak, but he could easily insta-kill any opponent below Rank 5.

He greeted Hisamura and then headed to Yumi's house.

"Brother Fang Bai, you're here?"

Yumi was overjoyed to see Fang Bai.

Fang Bai asked, "Your father hasn't run away, has he?"

Yumi shook her head. "I did as you said and haven't fed him."

Fang Bai nodded.

"By the way, my mother is looking for you."

Yumi said suddenly.

Fang Bai was curious, but he nodded anyway and went to Clear Leaf's room alone.

As soon as he entered, Fang Bai's eyes widened.

"Wait, Auntie, do you like sleeping naked?"

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