Wang Wu didn't hurry to leave but instead used his Passive Concealment Divine Techniques to lurk outside the entrance of the shattered secret chamber. He wanted to see who the betraying Snake Guard, who had cruelly tortured She Shoujiu, really was.

Never had he so urgently wanted to kill someone.

However, he waited for a few seconds and didn't see that person. Instead, he was greeted by the restaurant staff, a group of guests who heard the commotion, and bystanders who came after hearing the news.

"Shopkeeper Bai?"

"The shopkeeper?"

Some restaurant staff called out from outside, and many people were discussing it.

"What's going on? What happened just now?"

It seemed to be the voice of that Tiger Demon.

"Oh dear, it's Tiger Steward. We also have no idea what happened. Shopkeeper Bai previously hired that little bear cub and took it to the secret chamber. In the blink of an eye, a month passed, and Shopkeeper Bai never came out. We didn't dare to ask, and then suddenly today there was a loud noise, and the restaurant almost collapsed. Two out of three protective arrays were destroyed. Oh dear, something serious definitely happened."

"Exactly, Tiger Steward and Wolf Steward, you must find a way. Perhaps Shopkeeper Bai encountered some mishap during his cultivation and needs your assistance."

"No problem, everyone step back, step back. If Shopkeeper Bai truly had a mishap during cultivation, it might be dangerous, so don't disturb those esteemed ones."

The Tiger Demon let out a roar and began taking down the outer structures with a crackling noise, as if half the restaurant was about to collapse.

Hearing the commotion outside, Wang Wu felt something was wrong. If that traitor Snake Guard didn't show up, wouldn't he be considered the culprit?

"Crash!" was heard as the Tiger Demon charged in first, and seeing the situation inside the secret chamber, it immediately retreated.

"Danger! Step back, there's poison!"

A crowd hurriedly backed away, but there were also those who were unafraid. A chicken demon, resembling a phoenix, rushed in and then shouted hoarsely, "It's bad! Shopkeeper Bai is dead! Even his corpse is gone!"

"What!"

"Dead?"

"Who killed Shopkeeper Bai!"

"Quick, check if Shopkeeper Bai's belongings are still there..."

"What about his Snake Scale?"

"Speaking of which, the venomous fangs of a Third-Grade Great Demon are valuable..."

"Chicken Steward, could you have hidden them!"

"Shut the hell up! I just came in, and there's nothing left!" Chicken Steward was very angry, although he indeed wanted to be the first to rush in. When a fellow is in trouble, how can he stand by idly?

Avenging Shopkeeper Bai and inheriting his legacy is the righteous path!

"Nonsense!"

"I think this sneaky chicken looks like the killer!" a sinister voice came from the crowd.

"Who! Who's spreading rumors! You fools, isn't there supposed to be a little bear cub in this secret chamber? Where is it!"

"Yes, where is it? It can't be that it's neither alive nor dead. Did it take away all of Shopkeeper Bai's belongings, the Snake Scale, venomous fangs, and the shed skin?"

"Exactly, I think the same. Murder and robbery, oh dear, Shopkeeper Bai was kind to take in this outsider, and it dared to take his life..."

"Everyone must think clearly. That little bear cub was only Sixth Grade, but Shopkeeper Bai was Peak of Grade Three. There's something odd about this!"

"Yes, it's very odd. Shaman Village prohibits random magical combat, not to mention such a vicious murder case, unheard of! The killer is truly vicious; we must report it to the esteemed ones and ask them to uphold justice."

In no time, the tumult rose, with everyone rushing into the secret chamber to search meticulously, shouting to punish the culprit, eyes keen not to miss a speck of dust.

Amid this chaos, Wang Wu quietly slipped away, leaving the market and eventually revealing himself in a grove outside the town.

In just this short while, that Third Grade Bright Demon Pill had already amassed for him more than 200,000 points of spiritual qi, plus over 50,000 points of vitality.

To him, this was a true great supplement.

At this moment, he quickly opened the attribute bar and began to madly allocate points.

The first to be increased were agility, power, and defense.

Previously, affected three times by the Evil Wind Bone Plague, these three basic attributes had each permanently decreased by 9 points, currently all at 121 points. According to the pattern of increasing points, every increase of 30 points would result in a fivefold exponential growth.

Before 90 points, it required 2,500 points of spiritual qi for one increase; before 120 points, it required 12,500 points of spiritual qi for one increase; now, it needed 62,500 points of spiritual qi for one increase.

Terrifying!

This also means that without upgrading through Demon Pills, relying solely on spiritual qi for enhancement is a dead end.

Because exponential increases are too perverse.

Of course, this doesn't mean Wang Wu's attribute bar is tormenting him; it doesn't have the right. It's just that this truly is a dead end, like virtual wealth in the financial stock market.

Without tangible economy like Demon Pills, relying on a massive amount of spiritual qi to upgrade infinitely is, in itself, a paradox.

It's not that spiritual qi has no value, but it requires Demon Pills, Bloodline Talents, and Spirit Pills as anchors.

Wang Wu only understood this after contemplating She Shoujiu's Bright Demon Pill.

But right now, he truly had no choice; spiritual qi explosion is not fun.

In an instant, agility, power, and defense each increased by 1, consuming over 180,000 points of spiritual qi all at once. At the same time, Wang Wu felt an indescribable sense of discomfort.

How to describe it? It's like the entire national economy suddenly injecting 18 trillion, invisible yet palpable, but just uncomfortable.

His body was the same.

This was a sign of qigong deviation.

Fortunately, Wang Wu could still maintain it. He could land gently through successive steps.

At this moment, without hesitation, he upgraded the Healing Talent from Level 15 to Level 17.

The Heart of the Earth was upgraded from Level 5 to Level 7.

Fury Talent was upgraded from Level 6 to Level 7.

His Life Value and Physical Strength were fully maxed out to 8,000 points.

The Secret Technique Eternal Life was upgraded to Level 5, Copper Head Iron Bone was upgraded to Level 5, Turn the Tide was upgraded to Level 5, Qi Gathering and Transformation was upgraded to Level 5, Thunderous and Swift was upgraded to Level 5.

In total, he poured in 400,000 points of Spiritual Qi.

At this moment, the uncomfortable feeling Wang Wu had worsened.

Truly, just one step away from qigong deviation, from the collapse of his internal economy.

Nonetheless, for Wang Wu, it was still controllable.

The Bright Demon Pill had a total of 1,200,000 points of Spiritual Qi. He had already consumed 550,000 points, and his body could temporarily store a maximum of 200,000 points, but it would dissipate after 24 hours.

This makes 750,000, which seems a lot short of the total of 1,200,000 points.

But the problem was that the crack in She Shoujiu's Third-Grade Bright Demon Pill wasn't fixed; it didn't always leak wildly at a specific frequency.

Wang Wu's mad upgrades were essentially a decompressive rescue treatment for the Bright Demon Pill.

Initially, after transferring 150,000 points of Spiritual Qi via the Spiritual Essence Gourd, it was equivalent to the first decompressive rescue treatment for the Bright Demon Pill.

Before that, under his Five Demon Pill System, the leakage rate of the Bright Demon Pill reached over 10,000+ per second!

But after that, the rate climbed to over 12,000+ per second, forcing Wang Wu to heavily invest, rapidly channeling Spiritual Qi into the reservoirs of agility, Power, and Defense.

This was the second decompression, with remarkable results, and the leakage rate fell to over 8,000+ per second.

Then, he continuously invested in all attributes that could be upgraded.

In an economic crisis, major projects and initiatives must kick off, like work-for-relief schemes.

The focus isn't the project, but finding a temporary outlet for the Spiritual Qi resources.

This is very important.

So when upgrading all possible projects, oh no, attributes to their limits, the third decompressive rescue plan succeeded, with the leakage rate of the Bright Demon Pill dropping continuously to over 3,000+ per second.

Calculating based on the 200,000 points of wandering refugee Spiritual Qi he could temporarily host, he could last for about 70 seconds more.

It sounds short, but these 70 seconds were lifesaving indeed.

Don't forget he still had a Companion Demon Vine that was eager to grow.

And don't forget he had an even larger reservoir, the Inheritance Soul Jade, which still lacked 500,000 points of Spiritual Qi to be fully repaired.

Wang Wu once didn't believe in this thing much, mainly because he felt sorry for the Spiritual Qi and Vitality, but this time, the Inheritance Soul Jade truly came to his rescue.

So he planned to feed the Inheritance Soul Jade some dog food.

Of course, Wang Wu still didn't want to repair it completely.

For him, as long as it's sufficient.

At this moment, Wang Wu removed the restrictions on the Companion Demon Vine, a precise 20,000 points of Vitality and 30,000 points of Spiritual Qi were injected, directly triggering the Companion Demon Vine's advancement mode, from Fifth Grade to Fourth Grade.

Even minor decompression like this directly affected the leakage rate of the Bright Demon Pill, dropping directly from over 3,000+ per second to over 2,000+.

Then, Wang Wu began injecting Spiritual Qi into the Inheritance Soul Jade.

Taking 50,000 points of Spiritual Qi as a unit, with each unit injected, the leakage rate of the Bright Demon Pill would decline by one level.

So practically, after Wang Wu had injected four units into the Inheritance Soul Jade, the leakage rate of the Bright Demon Pill already decreased to over 30+ Spiritual Qi per second, with no leak of Vitality at all.

"Success!"

"The market intervention succeeded!"

Wang Wu exhaled a long breath of stale air, feeling a huge relief, and by this time, it had been less than a minute since She Shoujiu's death.

He didn't believe that the traitorous Snake Guards could lock onto or investigate this Bright Demon Pill in such a short amount of time.

From now on, he no longer needed to supply repair funds to the Inheritance Soul Jade; he'd better cut off its dog food cautiously and conservatively!

Then, he transferred all valuable materials from the two Storage Pouches into one, and let the Companion Demon Vine extend a small root elsewhere to Concealment.

Now, he had a plan. She Shoujiu couldn't die in vain, and those traitorous Snake Guards who targeted him couldn't get away easily.

As for the moment, he had only one thing to do: in the shortest time possible, upgrade his three Seventh Grade Tongqiao Demon Pills.

Because indeed everything was ready, whether in terms of Vitality, Spiritual Qi, or knowledge reserve, all conditions were met.

Once these three Tongqiao Demon Pills were upgraded, he might be able to further control She Shoujiu's Bright Demon Pill, and then, make it his own.

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