"Xiaoliang! Time to eat!"

"Coming! This one's a bit tricky!"

"..."

After yelling from the woodshed door, Sealed Yao Qingxue returned to the kitchen to help with the dishes.

This was Wu Liang's fifth day in the Peach Blossom Spring.

Thanks to Sealed Yao Qingxue transforming the woodshed into a training room using [Valkyrie's] abilities, Wu Liang could now eliminate Fierce Ghosts in his spare time every day.

Wu Liang initially thought he could handle all the Fierce Ghosts in the Tianshan Mountain Range in just a few days, but he underestimated their numbers.

In the past five days, he had eliminated over thirty Red Robe Level Fierce Ghosts, and even two City-destroying Level entities.

However, Sealed Yao Qingxue told him that the number he had removed was only about half of all the Fierce Ghosts in the Tianshan Mountain Range.

After all, the length of the Tianshan Mountain Range isn't just the distance Wu Liang traveled from the Celestial Pool of Tianshan to Bogda Peak.

Not only does it stretch continuously from the other side of Bogda Peak, but the range also includes many other peaks beyond the West Queen Mother Temple.

The places Wu Liang had traversed probably didn't even reach a third of the entire Tianshan Mountain Range.

"Stop hiding! You're already a City-destroying Level entity, you should realize you can't escape this room, so come out and try to get rid of me!" Wu Liang shouted with hands on his hips.

The one he was currently confronting was precisely a City-destroying Level Fierce Ghost.

But unlike the Queen Mother of the West or the white-haired Fierce Ghost on Bogda Peak, this one was incredibly cowardly!

Despite its City-destroying Level abilities, it kept hiding, and Wu Liang hadn't found its hiding spot since hitting its ghostly form once at the start.

The key issue is that using the [Ghost Compendium] to check its ghost information was of no help.

Because it clearly stated that as long as it wanted to hide, no means could reveal it, unless it started attacking.

Upon hearing the provocation, the City-annihilating Ghost hidden in the dark glanced again at Wu Liang standing at the center of the room.

Whether it was the mask on his face, the rust-covered kitchen knife in his grasp, or the mist occasionally swirling around him, they all carried the same aura as a City-annihilating Ghost.

Eliminate him? Am I insane?

Thinking this, the City-annihilating Ghost reluctantly continued to curl up in the darkness.

Its ability was particularly unique, allowing it to completely merge into darkness without being detected by any means, making it invincible for killings as a Fierce Ghost.

Especially after reaching City-destroying Level, this concealment became even more idealist.

The hidden dark environment wasn't just about existing in environments; it could even hide within the deep darkness of a person's heart before eventually manifesting from a living person's body!

However, ominously, when it initially tried to burrow into the dark depths of Wu Liang's heart,

it was astoundingly unable to find a single inch of space to invade!

"I can sense the blood on his hands, even comparable to the number of people I've killed as a ghost—why is there not a touch of darkness in his heart? This is impossible!" Shadow Ghost couldn't fathom this.

Thinking this, the Fierce Ghost again crept closer to Wu Liang through all imperceptible dark environments in the room, attempting to nestle into his heart.

It didn't expect to destroy him from the darkness deep inside his heart, but at least this human could never find where it was hiding if it succeeded.

With Wu Liang off guard, the Shadow Ghost had reached his feet.

"Now's the time!"

Outside, Sealed Yao Qingxue was urging Wu Liang to come out for dinner. While he responded loudly, the Shadow Ghost seized the opportunity to burrow into Wu Liang's body once more!

Whoosh—

In an instant, it again reached the inside of his heart.

This was a space akin to spiritual awareness, yet it was not a real existing place.

Only the Shadow Ghost could reach this space, and here, it could see the substance of the target's true self. Upon discovering any dark aspect, it could conceal itself there.

This was why it was certain Wu Liang could never find its hiding place!

"Here we go again... where exactly is the darkness?" Shadow Ghost thought, somewhat regretfully.

What it saw, reflecting Wu Liang's true self, was merely a mirror situated in space.

Getting closer, it could see a stark naked Wu Liang standing in the mirror, eyes closed as if meditating.

What was eerie was that no matter from what angle it was viewed, the mirror reflection contained no shadows.

Standing in front of the mirror, the Shadow Ghost, frustrated, asked, "Impossible! With so many City-destroying Level ghosts, you're implying endless slaughter! So why is there not a shred of darkness within your heart?"

As it questioned, Wu Liang in the mirror slowly opened his eyes with a disdainful expression and said, "Because I believe they deserved to die."

"Have you never felt regret or reluctance for your actions in life?" The Shadow Ghost almost gritted its teeth.

It couldn't believe a human could confront their inner heart so candidly.

Only hypocrites harbor true intentions!

Even genuine saints err; erring affects the heart, eventually breeding darkness as a matter of time!

Did this guy never err?

Yet, the eyes of Wu Liang in the mirror suddenly shifted to a serene calmness, with pupils devoid of any emotion, akin to a godly figure overlooking the mortal realm.

Clearly in reality, he spoke with a dispassionate observer's tone:

"My heart and my deeds are clear as the pure mirror."

"All acts are in accordance with truth."

Crack—

The mirror before the Shadow Ghost suddenly made a crisp sound, a visible crack appearing in its startled gaze.

The crack indicated the mirror's breaking was inevitable.

As fragments fell to the ground, Wu Liang, who had been in the mirror, stepped out.

This was a scenario the Shadow Ghost had never encountered, even after advancing from a regular ghost to City-destroying Level!

Why could this guy control his inner soul deep within his heart!?

Wasn't he bound to remain in the mirror, to be interrogated incessantly!?

Seeing the Shadow Ghost attempting to flee but unable to hide in this entirely shadowless space, mirror Wu Liang gently raised his hand and placed it on its forehead, softly saying:

"The truth cannot be confronted directly; you crossed the line.'

As soon as he finished speaking, the previously struggling Shadow Ghost suddenly became motionless, like it accepted its fate, collapsing powerlessly.

Meanwhile, in the woodshed still searching for the Shadow Ghost's trace, Wu Liang suddenly felt a weirdly nauseous sensation swelling in his heart.

"Ugh... cough cough cough..."

The next second, he unexpectedly vomited up a black, yarn-like ball.

The Puppet Ghost emerged from Wu Liang's shadow, marveling, "Boss, are you a cat? How can you cough up a furball?"

Bang—

Wu Liang punched its head, saying helplessly, "Although I'm not sure what happened, I seem to know this thing was indeed the ghost's original form, and it had already been eliminated... Hmm? Why do I know these things?"

Just as he was perplexed, a peculiar knowledge emerged in his mind.

Baffled, Wu Liang muttered to himself, "Wait... I think I also know the necessary conditions for a Red Robe to ascend to City-destroying Level now!"

The Puppet Ghost beside him, stunned with a swollen head from the hit, looked over incredulously.

Despite brushing so many ghosts in the woodshed, only a few Fierce Ghost Minions reached City-destroying Level, with those like the Phone Ghost and Rent-a-ghost at Red Robe Peak blocked from advancing.

Now, with Wu Liang suddenly saying this, doesn't it mean all Fierce Ghost Minions have the potential to become City-annihilating Ghosts?

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