329: More tortoise shell fragments were found, and Xu was suppressed and not released.

“This Ghost Cry Saber is almost a Medium Grade Magic Treasure, but it’s a Demonic Weapon. If an ordinary person uses this Demonic Saber, their mind will be affected, and there’s a possibility of Qi Deviation.”

After going back, I’ll use the Ten Thousand Refinements Art to re-refine it with the strange lightning, and it should still be usable.

The Ghost Cry Blade Art, a Qiankun Level blade technique, was created by the first wielder of the Ghost Cry Saber. It’s a powerful blade technique that greatly increases in power when paired with the Ghost Cry Saber.

As for the Bloodthirsty Great Law, this thing requires absorbing human blood to Cultivate, so he directly tossed it aside.

The Murder Diary recorded Old Freak Jiyin’s every killing, including how many people he killed, his set goals, and any Opportunities he encountered.

There were dozens of pages.

“Qing Province… Jiuli… Mountain of Severed Sky, there’s a mysterious ruin, dangerous.”

Old Freak Jiyin wrote down a to-do item at the end, listing this ruin in the Mountain of Severed Sky as the top must-visit location.

Old Freak Jiyin, at Heaven and Earth Realm sixth level, found it dangerous, so this mysterious ruin is probably not simple. That old fellow likely wanted to upgrade the Ghost Cry Saber to Medium Grade and further improve his Realm before exploring this ruin.

Unfortunately, it all benefited him now.

However, Qing Province is too far from here. After his trip to the imperial capital, he could go and investigate it thoroughly.

On this trip, there are quite a few to-do items for the imperial capital.

Becoming the Lord Shao Si.

The advanced chapter of Azure Wood Emperor Skill.

Ice-attribute martial arts.

Blade techniques.

Activating Fu Yunxuan’s Phoenix Marrow Physique.

And the Saint Token given by Qi Dachun to go to Jixia Academy.

And so on.

“Why does this turtle shell fragment look familiar? It seems to be part of the one Yuwen Hua, that old fellow, has.”

Chu Jiang muttered softly.

“Scan!”

“From Mount Relying Sect, Kaoshan Ancestor’s table mat (2), indestructible, a rare item.”

Indeed.

It really was Kaoshan Ancestor’s item. He pieced these two fragments together, and judging by the patterns, the complete version of this item should have four pieces. By some strange coincidence, he ended up with two of them.

He wondered if collecting all of them would reveal some ancient secret technique.

He was somewhat expectant.

Chu Jiang put away these two turtle shell fragments.

The air whistled as the Spiritual Rhinoceros Sect Master and the Grand Elder flew out, respectfully bowing in the Void Realm towards Chu Jiang’s location.

“Thank you, Senior, for your great kindness. If not for your intervention, our Spiritual Rhinoceros Sect’s thousand-year Legacy would have been destroyed!”

A Qiankun Level strong practitioner was far beyond what their Spiritual Rhinoceros Sect could contend with.

Regardless of Chu Jiang’s reason for killing Old Freak Jiyin, it was an undeniable fact that he indirectly saved the Spiritual Rhinoceros Sect.

“This is a small token of our appreciation, please accept it, Senior!”

The Spiritual Rhinoceros Sect Grand Elder presented a brocade box.

Upon opening it, a scorching red fire bead floated in the air, and the surrounding Void Realm subtly twisted.

“A Fourth Grade Fire Spiritual Bead?”

Chu Jiang’s face showed a hint of joy. This was a rare item, containing extremely pure fire attribute energy with numerous marvelous uses.

“Give me your Spiritual Artifacts, and this Lord will refine them for you!”

The Spiritual Rhinoceros Sect Master and his Grand Elder were overjoyed, realizing that an Opportunity had arrived.

“Senior, this is my Spiritual Artifact, the green fish flying sword!”

“Senior, this is mine, the golden dragon thunder flag!”

The two successively took out their Spiritual Artifacts.

Several hours later.

The brand new green fish flying sword and golden dragon thunder flag landed in their hands.

After Chu Jiang’s refining, the power of the green fish flying sword had increased by at least forty percent.

“So strong…”

The Spiritual Rhinoceros Sect Master had initially thought a ten percent increase would be impressive, but it actually increased by forty percent.

As for the golden dragon thunder flag, after being re-tempered by the Ten Thousand Refinements Art and the strange lightning of heaven and earth, the flag body emitted a faint arc of purple lightning, causing a sense of dread.

Its power increased by at least sixty percent, comparable to a top-tier high-grade Spiritual Artifact.

In a confrontation, not only strength matters, but Spiritual Artifacts and Magic Treasures are also very important. A powerful Spiritual Artifact or Magic Treasure can greatly boost one’s combat power, bridging a certain gap in Realm.

The Spiritual Rhinoceros Sect Grand Elder was inwardly shocked. This Senior’s strength was extraordinary, and he didn’t expect him to also be proficient in Artifact Refining.

Truly a peerless talent.

After the matter concluded.

Chu Jiang also disappeared from the Spiritual Rhinoceros Sect.

“Thank you, Senior!”

The two bowed in gratitude again.

...

Hundreds of miles away.

The black dog was waiting. Seeing Chu Jiang hadn’t returned for a long time, he raised an eyebrow and said, “He didn’t die at Old Freak Jiyin’s hands, did he?”

At least three hours had passed, which was too long.

But he didn’t dare to get close to check. If Old Freak Jiyin noticed him, he wouldn’t even be enough for a single slap.

“Forget it, I’d better retreat early!”

He guessed that the Lord might have already lost the fight and fled.

Whoosh!

The Void Realm whistled.

A figure appeared before him, and a jar of blood was thrown to the black dog.

“This is Old Freak Jiyin’s blood.”

Chu Jiang said indifferently.

“This… this is really his blood!”

It matched the remaining Bloodline on the compass.

The black dog was slightly surprised. Such a large jar of blood—did this Lord really kill Old Freak Jiyin?

“Lord, is Old Freak Jiyin dead?”

The black dog asked uncertainly. A great evil Cultivator who had been on the run across several prefectures must have many trump cards. Even seriously injuring him would be difficult, let alone killing him.

Chu Jiang nodded.

The black dog was greatly astonished. Although he had anticipated that this Lord’s strength might be stronger than the previous ones, he didn’t expect it to be this strong.

Old Freak Jiyin died directly in his hands—fierce, truly fierce.

After a brief conversation.

The two disappeared from their original spot.

Chu Jiang parted ways with the black dog in Yuzhou City and went alone to his second destination.

...

Days and months passed, stars shifted.

In Tian Province, Wu Mountain Commandery, a dark figure was traversing the Void Realm.

He was searching for Xu Bufa, a Qilin Army traitor. Intelligence indicated that he had hidden in Wu Mountain, the largest mountain range in Wu Mountain Commandery, spanning three thousand li, making him hard to trace.

However, multiple intelligence verifications from Yan Luo Temple had narrowed his range to a three-hundred-li radius southwest of Wu Mountain.

Chu Jiang’s Divine Sense began to spread, searching every inch of land, even underground.

As time passed.

“Found you!”

Chu Jiang let out a sinister chuckle, looking towards a sheer cliff.

Bang!

His Black Dragon Saint Hand reached forward, and in an instant, rocks flew, the cliff exploded, raising a thousand layers of mist.

“Which bastard dares to bully your Grandpa Xu? Are you looking for death?!”

Xu Bufa, leading several traitors, burst out from the cliff, cursing loudly.

“Not good… it’s a Heaven and Earth Realm strong practitioner!”

“Retreat!”

Xu Bufa was slightly startled and quickly used a Escape technique to retreat, flying deeper into Wu Mountain.

Bang!

Clang!

Several figures attempted to use their Escape technique, but directly crashed into an invisible wall, falling head over heels.

“Suppress!”

All five traitors, including Xu Bufa, were suppressed.

Everything inside the cliff was also confiscated.

Chu Jiang did not kill this group of people; the mission required them to be captured alive.

“You bastard, you dare to touch me, what the f—…”

Xu Bufa cursed angrily.

Whoosh!

The mouth of the purple gold gourd opened slightly.

“No——”

The few people screamed.

Chu Jiang was too lazy to listen to their clamor and directly sent them into the purple gold gourd to suffer. The refining power inside would definitely make them wish they were dead.

Chu Jiang tore through the Void Realm with his bare hands, disappearing into invisibility, and flew towards the third destination of this mission—Xing Province, the Ogre Tree…