22: Return to the city

The Three-Turn True Essence Pill is reputed to allow an Innate Realm expert to directly level up.

However, after completely refining it, the remaining two Meridians were not fully opened.

Even the Yin Wei Meridian, one of the two Yin Wei and Yang Wei Meridians, was only opened by a small fraction.

Upon careful thought, it felt reasonable.

It must be because the Ziyang Pill had significantly widened the Meridians, greatly increasing their capacity; what was originally a Medicinal Pill sufficient for an ordinary person to level up...

...originally required only a bowl of water to achieve a Breakthrough, but now, with the expanded Meridians, it likely required a basin of water.

However, this was not entirely a bad thing.

By laying a foundation with several, or even ten times the True Qi capacity of the Innate Realm, once a Breakthrough to the Vajra Realm is achieved, his strength would surely undergo an earth-shattering change.

As for the Blood Sabre Manual and the Wind and Thunder Vajra Body, they needed to be read completely before they could be reflected and deduced on the panel; it wouldn't be finished in a short while.

Now was not the time to Cultivate.

Chu Jiang looked toward the edge of the altar, where a blood-colored long saber was stuck diagonally into the ground.

It shone with an eerie light in the darkness; the blade was like blood, and the hilt was like bone. The bloodstains on the blade seemed not yet dried, emitting a pungent, bloody stench.

This long saber, just by being stuck there quietly, exuded an aura of sharpness; decades of time had left no traces of aging upon it.

It was like a brand-new precious saber.

This saber had withstood a full-force strike from a Transcendent Great Strength Vajra Palm without suffering any damage, which was enough to prove its extraordinary nature.

Chu Jiang pulled out the blood-colored long saber and wiped the blood off; two small characters were engraved on the blade—Blood Sun.

"Blood Sun Saber!"

The name of this saber was good; he liked it.

"It is a good saber, but it lacks a scabbard!" Chu Jiang frowned slightly. It would be a pity if such a good saber did not have a scabbard.

"Lord Chu, this is what I pulled off that monster, please take a look..." Lu Feiyang presented a dark red scabbard. He had found this scabbard back when Chu Jiang went to retrieve the saber.

Although the monster was quite disgusting, in order to get Chu Jiang to remove the Southern Border Gu technique from his body, he had to do his best.

The moment he thought about a Gu worm crawling inside his body, he shuddered.

Chu Jiang took the scabbard, a strange look appearing in his eyes. He didn't know what Materials this scabbard was made of, but it felt cold in his hand, like touching a piece of ice.

It was a perfect match for the Blood Sun Saber.

"Well done!"

Chu Jiang did not skimp on praise at all. Having subordinates was great; whatever he needed, he didn't even have to ask, and someone would bring it to him.

Liu Guangwu was stunned on the side. How could this guy be even better at bootlicking than Ma Han? Originally, his status in the team could have ranked third, but this guy made him feel a sense of crisis.

No, he had to think of a way to drive this guy away.

"Lord Chu, could you please remove the Gu worm from my body? I feel like something is gnawing on my flesh; it's really uncomfortable." Lu Feiyang put on a pitiful expression. Although he hadn't discovered anything unusual in his body, he tried to describe himself as miserably as possible.

Hearing Lu Feiyang's words, Chu Jiang couldn't help but laugh out loud.

This silly boy actually thought he had really implanted a Gu worm into his body.

It was still easier to trick a second-generation heir who had just started out in Jianghu; he had basically no experience. If it had been someone else, it really wouldn't have been this effective.

"Alright, come here!"

Chu Jiang suppressed the urge to laugh, called Lu Feiyang over, and poked randomly at his body.

Then, he deliberately sucked his palm toward his back.

"It is done; the Gu worm has been retrieved!"

Lu Feiyang was overjoyed and laughed, "Hey, I really don't feel it anymore! This Gu worm is so magical. One day I'll ask my old man to hire someone to teach me how to play with it."

Looking at Lu Feiyang's exaggerated expression, Chu Jiang even doubted whether he really knew the art of Gu. The expression was just too damn realistic.

If there were an Oscar for Best Actor, he would definitely give him a vote.

Chu Jiang shook his head, sheathed the Blood Sun Saber, and came to the corpse of Blood Sabre Wang Qi.

The shattered skull was still leaking traces of residual blood, and the brain matter inside was clearly visible.

As he approached, Chu Jiang sensed a mysterious energy.

It was emanating from the brain of Blood Sabre.

Chu Jiang pried open the brain with his bare hands and pulled out a meat core the size of a longan, which was glowing with a red light.

It seemed that the energy of the entire body originated from this.

"What kind of ghost thing is this? Whatever, I'll just keep it for now."

This was a condensed object of a demon; he didn't dare to consume it directly, fearing some mutation might occur.

He would study it after going back.

After taking the meat core, there didn't seem to be anything important left here.

It was time to leave.

"Wang Qi, since I have taken your Legacy, I will naturally fulfill your last wish."

"I haven't encountered that mysterious person in your letter yet; whether they are alive or dead is unknown, and whether to erect a monument for them remains an unknown, so today I will erect a monument for you first!"

Chu Jiang looked at the corpse of Blood Sabre and muttered silently.

"Lu Feiyang, carry the corpse of Blood Sabre on your back, we are leaving!"

Hearing Chu Jiang's words, Lu Feiyang felt as if ten thousand horses were galloping in his heart.

"Me?"

"Lord, you aren't joking, right..."

He was about to break down. He was most afraid of blood, and this guy's upper body was basically gone—it was too gruesome to look at. How was he supposed to carry him? This guy was half demon.

"Don't dawdle, hurry up!"

Chu Jiang's words carried an unquestionable tone. Even though Lu Feiyang was reluctant, he had to bite the bullet. Otherwise, it wouldn't be fun to be poisoned with Gu again.

Ma Han gave Lu Feiyang an expression of "good luck to you," and immediately followed in Chu Jiang's footsteps.

"Haha, Young Master Lu, I believe in you. This glorious task is entrusted to you!" Liu Guangwu couldn't hold back his laughter. Why was he so happy to see Lu Feiyang suffer?

"Damn..."

Lu Feiyang greeted all eighteen generations of Liu Guangwu's ancestors in his heart.

He only knew how to kick someone when they were down.

"Liu Guangwu, since you are laughing so happily, you go help carry the corpse too. Don't let the corpse fall apart!"

"I will wait for you outside the underground palace!"

Chu Jiang's voice came from afar, causing Liu Guangwu's laughter to come to an abrupt halt.

"Come, come, Brother Liu, this is a glorious task." Lu Feiyang pulled Liu Guangwu's hand and walked toward the corpse of Blood Sabre, throwing the words back at him.

He was already overjoyed in his heart.

"One of us on each side. You support the bottom, and I'll support the top..."

Liu Guangwu wished he could slap himself right now. Why was he so unable to restrain himself?

By the time he came to his senses, his hand had already been placed on the corpse of Blood Sabre by Lu Feiyang.

"Brother Liu, is your complexion not looking too good?"

Lu Feiyang was trying every way to mock Liu Guangwu; he had to annoy him.

"Alright, alright, stop talking nonsense, carry it!"

The two of them had to expend a great deal of effort to move the corpse. Although Blood Sabre Wang Qi was dead, his body was unusually heavy.

By the time they carried the corpse outside the underground palace, both of them were panting.

Chu Jiang found a place for Blood Sabre Wang Qi and buried him in the ground.

He erected a monument for him.

Chu Jiang casually glanced at the people behind him. There had been thirteen people when they arrived, and now only seven remained; five had died in this battle.

Chu Jiang didn't dwell on it too much; in a battle of this level, it was impossible for no one to die.

As for Bai Ruoxue, Li Yu, and others, they had already left before Chu Jiang and his group after recovering some of their strength.

Chu Jiang bowed to the tombstone of Blood Sabre Wang Qi and turned around to say.

"Return to the city!"