Warming Wine to Take Heads, Then Attending Another Hongmen Banquet

In less than a quarter of an hour, Little Meng returned.

He came in smiling, carrying several lotus-leaf parcels in one hand and a sword in the other.

"Back so soon?"

Qi Zhenyan was warming some wine when he called out to Little Meng.

"Top-grade Osmanthus Wine. Not bad. Senior Brother Qi even had something this good hidden away."

Little Meng inhaled the wine's fragrance and nodded in praise. He set down the lotus-leaf parcels in his hand and took out the marinated beef and Braised Pig Head wrapped inside.

"I bought some food."

As he spoke, Little Meng placed the sword he carried on the table and looked at Qi Zhenyan with a smile. "I also picked up a sword along the way."

"Hmm?"

Qi Zhenyan examined the sword on the table closely, and his pupils suddenly contracted in shock.

He recognized this sword.

It was the very sword that had severed the tendons in his cousin's hands and feet—the Ye Family's retainer, Ghost Shadow Sword Li Sui.

The sword was here. As for the man... that went without saying.

Ghost Shadow Sword Li Sui was a Seven Apertures expert. Less than a quarter of an hour had passed, and he had even needed to buy wine and food. Going there and back... had killing Ghost Shadow Sword taken only a single strike?

Little Meng had actually become this strong?

"The head has been taken, yet the wine is not even warm!"

Li Yu nodded at Little Meng. "Not bad! You've improved greatly during this time!"

After cultivating the Human Immortal Martial Dao Li Yu had given him, Little Meng had only opened six apertures—eyes, ears, nose—but his strength had improved tremendously.

A mere Seven Apertures Ghost Shadow Sword was still someone he could cut down with one strike.