Master of Strange Dao

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The village chief didn't ask anything, but it was obvious that even the village chief started to act like Yang.

Even Er Han, who hadn't been beaten for two months, got a severe beating, as the village chief controlled it so precisely that Er Han's entire body swelled uniformly.

For a time, the villagers were as silent as cicadas in winter.

Because now the village chief could control how to beat them without killing them but still ensure they received the harshest beating.

The atmosphere in the village, which had relaxed for only a few days, became tense again. With a stern face, leaning on a cane, the village chief stood there, and no one dared to slack off.

In such circumstances, Yu Ziqing didn't even dare to mention going out.

Every day was about Body Refinement and occasionally sneaking to You Zhen's place for some Body Cultivation classes to plan for the future.

If he wanted to awaken any Divine Skills, he had to prepare in advance and build up his foundation. Completely relying on fate and luck wasn't something a big figure would do.

Time flew by, and a year passed.

The array materials sent by King Xiang were mostly squandered by Yang, and the Mountain Protection Array, which could encompass the entire Jinlan Mountain, was finally preliminarily set up.

If this Big Array were to be as perfect as those of great sects, it wouldn't be a task completed in one or two years, needing at least a few decades of constant refinement and adjustment.

The Big Array had merged into a whole, with the Earth Fire planted already drawn out to provide power; once activated, it could withstand a significant enemy for a while.

Yang stood at the edge of the locust forest, preparing to set off.

"Why don't I go with you?"

"The place I'm going to doesn't have any Devil Thoughts or Devils, so it's useless if you come."

"Don't stop me now and require me to rescue you when the time comes. I can handle being overshadowed by others, but don't make it hard for me."

"Hahaha…" Yang laughed heartily, and the seriousness and gravity dissipated, "Alright, I'll wait for you to come and rescue me then."

"Phew, phew, phew, don't jinx it before you leave!" Yu Ziqing was taken aback and quickly spat several times.

"Alright, don't worry, I'm cautious; I didn't like to go out casually in the past, but now, I have no worries."

Yang showed a white grin, and his eyes transformed from the rectangular pupils of sheep's eyes into the eyes of a wise and profound human.

"I'm not that easy to kill."

"Then I wish you a smooth journey." Yu Ziqing composed himself and saluted.

He certainly remembered that Yang had been a Dao Cultivator.

The former dean of Langya Institute.

Even without Entering Dao, he could trap and kill a generation of bigwigs from the White Sun Evil Cult.

Now, having become a Sixth Tier Monster, he would only be stronger. Given time and opportunity, he might even kill Eighth Tier cultivators.

Yang dashed out from the southern part of the locust forest and quickly disappeared.

The village chief quietly watched Yang disappear, leaning on his cane, looking at Yu Ziqing.

"You can't stay idle either, can you?"

"..."

"Go, keeping you home only harms you," the village chief said deeply and calmly, "As long as you come back alive each time."

Yu Ziqing took a deep breath and nodded heavily.

"I promise to come back alive each time."

"If provoked by someone you can't beat, come back first, remember him, and I'll come to kill him for you later."

"Alright."

"Don't worry, either. I won't rush it. My goal is at least the Ninth Tier and strong Ninth Tier; I won't cut off my future."

The village chief's words were calm. With his old and slightly hunched figure, they unexpectedly reassured Yu Ziqing.

"Alright, I'll be waiting to complain to you."

Heading out again, Yu Ziqing brought Cece along.

Because this time, he was going to Kuihou Country, and Cece had lived there for a time before.

He needed to find the Green Feathered Duck to see if he could replicate the job transfer proof.

Firstly, this could select some usable hungry ghosts to let them change jobs.

Secondly, he could prepare to try and see if he could give one to that Tomb Ghost.

If he could persuade this big brother to change jobs, it would be perfect.

Otherwise, if this big brother, an Eighth Tier Tomb Ghost, stayed in that Grotto Heaven, Yu Ziqing really didn't dare to provoke him.

If he provoked him, it would be even more troublesome than a regular cultivator provoking a Heavenly Demon.

A few days later, Yu Ziqing arrived at the small border town where Cece had come to purchase before.

The missing city gates still hadn't been installed; the city gates were wide open, allowing anyone to come and go.

Upon stepping into the city, Yu Ziqing immediately sensed the mixed aura of fish and dragons.

Not only were cultivators with bloodthirsty aura, who had obviously just killed, present, but also those with Evil Dao aura, Devil Dao cultivators, as well as the Alien Clan and Demon Clan.

Some spiritual beasts were directly being sold on the streets.

Following this, Yu Ziqing sensed the aura of a hungry ghost.

He followed the sensing along the main road, reaching a side street.

He saw a bare-chested body cultivator standing in front of a cage, shouting loudly.

Inside the cage, there was a small hungry ghost, curled up in a ball, huddled in a corner.

"You've never seen a real hungry ghost, have you? Heard of Dali's Almsgiving Town? With a hungry ghost, there will be no danger of deviation in cultivation. It's something I barely captured."

Yu Ziqing didn't rush to act, but his face had already cooled down. He glanced at Cece nearby.

"You say, is this person brainless, duped and actually believing it? Or is he deliberately deceiving people despite being brainless?"

The nature of these two scenarios was entirely different.

"Master, just grab and ask. There's nothing to worry about in this place."

As Cece finished speaking, Yu Ziqing had already vanished from his spot.

He stood before the cage, grabbing the brawny man by the neck and lifting him in the air, while crushing the cage with one hand. Cece stepped up, stroked the little hungry ghost's head, and carried it out.

"Robbing spoils ruins the rules…" The brawny man said stubbornly, despite being grabbed.

"How much?"

"Eight hundred Spirit Jades!"

"Alright." Yu Ziqing pulled out eight hundred Spirit Jades, shoved them at the man, "Now it has nothing to do with the transaction; it's a personal vendetta."

From afar, two robed cultivators about to intervene immediately turned away upon witnessing this, and the onlookers around tacitly backed off.

Personal vendettas wouldn't be interfered with in this gate-less small town.

If you broke things in a street fight, just pay it off; if you killed someone in the street, with nobody left to complain, breaking a few rules was fine, just pay.

As long as taxes were paid on transactions, other matters wouldn't concern the city lord.

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