The eerie exchange between the two Fourth-Grade experts in the city reached the ears of the crowd.

Thus, a new round of discussion began, questioning whether Xu Guang's actions and his final words before leaving were true or false.

This incited an intense debate among the Martial Artists.

Some believed that Xu Guang was insane. After all, Jiufeng Mountain had nurtured him, yet he was ungrateful and disloyal. Not only did he kill Lin Zushan, the number one within the Inner Sect, but also Elder Yuan Feng of Sword Seal Peak.

The death of Yuan Feng was right before their eyes, an undeniable truth.

Shen Muyu, with a wooden expression, watched as Wan Lingxiao and others tidied up Yuan Feng's corpse and said.

"Purple Cloud, why… did he kill Uncle Master Yuan Feng?"

Yuan Feng hailed from Sword Seal Peak and was of the same generation as her father. Shen Chong had once possessed an even more remarkable leadership quality than Lin Zushan, commanding respect from almost all disciples of that generation.

By valuing what Shen Chong valued, even though Shen Chong had rebelled into Buddhism, when Shen Muyu returned, he was still cherished by Sword Seal Peak.

Shen Muyu's relationship with Yuan Feng was also very close.

Jiang Zi Yun shook his head, "We've known him for so long, he wouldn't kill without reason. Today's events..."

"Don't you find Du Bo's arrival a bit too coincidental? Xu Guang had just left the city when he led people to chase after him. If Xu Guang hadn't employed some strange means, who knows what the outcome would have been…"

Shen Muyu remained silent.

Jiang Zi Yun continued, "I don't really want to say this, but I must. Your Uncle Master Yuan Feng might be in cahoots with Du Bo and them."

Shen Muyu looked up in shock, biting her lip and saying nothing.

...

Meanwhile.

In a dimly lit room.

"Xu Guang once shot such an arrow, but back then, he paid the price with his lifespan. He killed five people in a row, and the cost he paid must not have been small. How confident are we that we can kill him?"

A masked man asked in a low voice, greed shining in his eyes.

Xu Guang's words before his departure completely angered the Dragon Gate, and in the Underworld, the bounty on Xu Guang further increased.

People in the Underworld, especially those with 'part-time jobs' in the Dark Tower, are always willing to risk their lives for money.

"Don't forget, the reason Xu Guang is truly famous is that he has a Kunlun Beast by his side! That beast is also Fifth Grade in strength. Given its size, even a Second Shedding Zhenren could only barely hold on, and for us... it might be a bit demanding, right?"

"Then we should find more people. Among the Thirty-Six Great Bandits, I heard some are not fond of Xu Guang either, perhaps we could try."

"That's also feasible, but this matter cannot be leaked. I'll find a way to investigate Xu Guang's whereabouts, and we… will strike with certainty!"

They were brimming with confidence.

...

In the mountains, Xu Guang sat on General Wei, consuming Spirit Crystals like flowing water, while the Qi Force in his body continuously recovered, and his aura no longer seemed exhausted.

The glaring white hair and withered face spoke of his distress.

Xu Guang looked at his reflection in the water without concern.

He didn't rely on his looks for a living; these were trivial matters.

He pondered about where he ought to go.

It should be somewhere not far from Wangdang Mountain, and relatively secluded.

Preferably in the Yongzhou area.

In that region, Guanghan Hall and Senluo Demon Sect were at each other's throats, with various Sect forces entangled, and he just needed a place to settle, blend in with the chaos, and rack up experience.

He took out the gains from Lanshan City previously and began to meticulously tally them.

First was the Secret Technique 'Kunpeng Soar'. Its essence lies in burning the internal Qi and blood, injecting it into several acupoints within oneself to trigger extreme speed, considered a type of overdraft Secret Technique with significant cost.

However, the description of the Secret Technique was very profound. General Wei had abundant Qi and blood, and after burning it, even if he couldn't achieve triple speed, he could augment his speed by seventy percent to double.

For General Wei, that was sufficient.

Given General Wei's stature, if he could master this Secret Technique, he might be able to use it as easily as employing a body technique by a human Martial Artist.

Yet transforming a Secret Technique from human cultivation to one usable by a Demon Beast is not a simple task.

Xu Guang wasn't in a hurry; taking time with this matter was fine. The Secret Technique was universal, usable by Fifth Grade and Fourth Grade, only the original amplification would slightly decrease.

Such a long-lasting tool was worth spending some time researching.

He then looked at the two items obtained from slaying Yuan Feng, one being a Fifth-Grade Pill Formula. The elixir was called Life Pill, an extremely compressed Wood Attribute elixir, with a straightforward and brutal effect of restoration, prolongation of life, and strengthening of the physical body.

It was considered a rather fine Pill Formula, and the pharmacological descriptions within greatly enlightened Xu Guang.

The other was a manuscript from a Fourth-Grade expert during a breakthrough. The resulting Alien Body wasn't particularly strong, not even birthing Divine Techniques.

The first half mainly detailed his process of researching the Alien Body, from the intertwining resonance of Gold Attribute and Visualization Image to the resonance between his internal organs and the world, identifying which acupoints would mutate upon each consumption of Gold Attribute resonance, which acupoints were worth contemplating, and which were traps.

His true breakthrough came from observing a Fifth-Grade Water Attribute Demon Beast named Fuquan, discovering some acupoints, thus achieving a breakthrough, all documented in detail, providing significant help for future breakthroughs.

The latter half proposed a novel viewpoint that an Alien Body without Divine Techniques wasn't entirely without the possibility to breakthrough to Third Grade Celestial Sea.

This was an insight gained from the observations of the Barbarians.

When Barbarians cultivate to Fourth Grade, they condense Barbaric Patterns, resembling Divine Techniques of Alien Bodies, up to five patterns.

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