Chapter 123: The Duty of the Southern Sichuan Steward
Ping Shan County.
Xu Guang's figure was like a crane, soaring into the sky, swiftly running across the rooftops of various buildings.
Those few Innate Killers, Xu Guang already knew their origin.
They came from this Ping Shan County.
He was currently short on money, even a mosquito's leg is meat, so he made a detour to see.
In Ping Shan County, he finally understood how these people had remained hidden.
They scattered into more than a dozen small factions, and with the external influence minimized through Shen Suzhen, it's no wonder no one discovered them all these years.
Divine Thought spread out.
Quickly searching the city for their lair.
A moment later, Xu Guang left Ping Shan County with a large bundle on his back.
He came silently and left without a trace.
...
Thirty miles outside the city, Xu Guang took only a hundred breaths to return to the group.
"Where did you go?"
Jiang Zi Yun suddenly asked.
Shen Muyu also cast a curious look.
Xu Guang didn't hide it, directly showing the items on his back.
"Went to check on Shen Suzhen's collection."
Shen Muyu pouted.
Jiang Zi Yun recalled the incident with the Ghost Shark using infants for cultivation; even thinking with their backside, they knew there would be nothing good.
"Don't go astray, my sixth uncle thinks highly of you."
"My senior sister also has faith in me, don't worry, I'm just looking."
Xu Guang's greatest interest in these things was actually a thought about something; this stuff must absolutely not spread out.
If, in the future, walking in the Jianghu, one encounters such beast-like masters more than human, what will the world come to?
He's not a sympathetic man, just one who, when capable, injects some light into this broken world.
It's not a grand gesture.
This method of surpassing Innate is peculiar, though it leads to alienation, it indeed saves a lot of resources.
These people seemed to serve as experimental subjects, each left many manuscripts.
From their writings, one can see, for each person the time to surpass Innate was not quick, the fastest took three years, yet it consumed much less Spirit Crystal.
For this, Shen Suzhen gave each of them, at most, only two Spirit Crystals.
The greater part of their Primordial Qi came from animal cubs.
Every one of them was covered in blood.
Imagine, without Shen Suzhen's two Spirit Crystals, these people, after surpassing Innate, might have lost all humanity.
This method is truly distorted and warped.
If it spread across the Jianghu, Xu Guang believes, cultivators will swarm like the carp crossing the river, Spirit Crystals will be hard to find, but some animal cubs can easily meet the need.
After reading, Xu Guang exhaled Qi Force, demolishing several manuscripts.
He then pondered the thoughts he had before.
In Qingshuo County, he killed Wang Ran and obtained a Secret Technique named "Hundred Beasts Secret Record."
He intended to Cultivate it, even melted the Corpse Devouring Blood, but his power grew too fast, with few demon beasts catching his eye.
He hadn't considered this Secret Technique before, but now, knowing the Barbarians' cultivation method and having witnessed the experiments of Ghost Shark and Shen Suzhen firsthand,
he suddenly realized, this Hundred Beasts Secret Record technique seemed somewhat akin to the Barbarian methods.
Though it uses Demon Beast Essence Blood, merged into oneself, it isn't as easily influenced by beast nature.
Could this Secret Technique have connections with Ghost Shark and the forces behind it?
How did Wang Ran obtain this Secret Technique?
What kind of existences are the Barbarians?
Thinking of this, Xu Guang couldn't help but feel sentimental.
Life is truly unpredictable,
Everyone is the protagonist of their own story, but who they meet, what they encounter, apart from themselves, can anyone else truly understand everything about the other?
The depths of the world, Zouchuan Dao's waters, are far deeper than he imagined.
General Wei's long trunk gently brushed against Xu Guang, as if sensing his inner emotions.
"You guy, you just wait to be fed, I'm different, I must scheme and compete."
Xu Guang suppressed his thoughts.
No matter how deep this world's waters are, power is the only truth, if power is sufficient, to overturn this world, what of it?
Several days later.
Morning.
The carriage and General Wei arrived at the border between Changsong and Chuannan Prefecture.
The sun was rising high, its golden light dazzling, illuminating the world and warming humanity.
The ice was melting into trickling streams, slowly flowing into the distance.
Xu Guang stretched lazily on General Wei's back, placed down his straw hat, gazed directly at the sun, then shifted his gaze to Chuannan Prefecture City, sprawling like a black Great Beast across the vast land.
"Chuannan Prefecture, your Elephant Master has returned!"
The curtain of the carriage suddenly lifted, and Jiang Zi Yun stifled a laugh.
Shen Muyu also pursed her lips.
Even Zhuang Yue, who had been driving all the way, chose this moment to reveal a strained look as he held back laughter.
Xu Guang was somewhat embarrassed, putting his hat back on, his face hidden from view.
His voice was cold.
"Zhuang Yue, what are you laughing at?"
Zhuang Yue: ...
...
At the bustling gates of Chuannan Prefecture, a sudden silence fell.
In the distance, a giant golden creature approached, its steps seemed to shatter the earth, as the ground trembled slightly.
The passing commoners were all wide-eyed and open-mouthed until a Jianghu Martial Artist exclaimed.
"It's Elephant Master Xu Guang!"
Someone shouted in surprise.
General Wei's appearance was too unique, in the entire Zouchuan Dao, it was the only one of its kind tamed, the soldiers at the gate recognized it and opened the main gate.
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