Copper Skin Across His Entire Body!

While Li Changsheng was undergoing grueling cultivation, Baiye City's outer city grew increasingly restless. Incidents of martial artists being ambushed and killed by Cunning Wolves continued to occur.

At a restaurant somewhere in the outer city.

Qin Wuyang and another woman sat on the third floor of the restaurant, looking outside through the window.

"Qin Wuyang, I never expected you to leave the inner city for the outer city to deal with the Cunning Wolves," the woman said with a smile.

Qin Wuyang replied blandly, "You were willing to remain in the Demon Suppression Division as a high-ranking Demon Suppression Envoy. Demon Suppression Envoys have to eliminate demons regularly, which is extremely dangerous. With your status and background, wouldn't it be better to stay in the inner city?"

"I'm not cut from the same cloth as those people in the inner city. Those fellows are nothing but worms gnawing away at the heartwood!" the woman snorted coldly.

Qin Wuyang laughed. "It's fine for you to say that to me, but if the big shots in the inner city heard it, even the Eldest Miss of the Jiang Family would not escape being targeted!"

"By the way, why did you come to the outer city to handle the Cunning Wolves? From what I know, you specifically came out of seclusion. There should be something very important going on, right?" the woman asked.

Qin Wuyang hesitated for a moment before revealing it. "According to intelligence from the Qin Family, a demon treasure was born within the hidden Demon Cave of Qingfeng Demon Stockade—the Crimson Blood Treasure Vine. The Crimson Blood Treasure Vine is not only important to demons; it is also important to us martial artists. It aids blood changing and may even help me achieve Seven Revolutions of Blood Changing and attain Treasure Blood!"

"You've cultivated to Six Revolutions of Blood Changing?" the woman asked in surprise.

"That's right!" Qin Wuyang nodded. "If I wished, I could break through to the Viscera Realm in the span of a breath. But I would naturally be unwilling to enter the Viscera Realm with only Six Revolutions of Blood Changing, so I want to complete Seven Revolutions of Blood Changing. Yet completing Seven Revolutions of Blood Changing is far too difficult. Even the Qin Family currently lacks this sort of resource, but the Crimson Blood Treasure Vine can help me break through. An Alchemist can refine the Crimson Blood Treasure Vine into Crimson Blood Secret Medicine, and no Alchemist in the outer city can produce Crimson Blood Secret Medicine. That Crimson Blood Treasure Vine must still be in the hands of some martial artist in the outer city, or it may already have fallen into the hands of the Cunning Wolves."

"Why don't you gather up all those martial artists and search them one by one? It's not as though the big shots in the inner city have never done such things before," the woman asked curiously.

"Jiang Qingyun, there is only one Crimson Blood Treasure Vine. Even if it is refined into Crimson Blood Secret Medicine, it will only be enough for one person to break through. There are so many factions in the inner city—if we really did that and found it, who would it belong to? So this time, the big shots of the inner city said that all of us may investigate, but we are not allowed to cause trouble. It has to be fairer," Qin Wuyang said.

"So that was it."

Jiang Qingyun understood. She had not returned to the inner city in a long time and had not maintained much contact with the Jiang Family, so she naturally did not know what the inner city's big shots were thinking.

"Qin Wuyang, are you interested in helping me find the Cunning Wolves? Quite a few Cunning Wolves have infiltrated the outer city now. Even the Demon Suppression Division is willing but powerless," Jiang Qingyun said.

"If I discover Cunning Wolves, I will kill them. But if you want me to work for you, forget it. I still need to find the Crimson Blood Treasure Vine!" Qin Wuyang refused. To him, seizing the Crimson Blood Treasure Vine was the most important matter at present.

More than a month later.

Li Changsheng emerged from seclusion. This time, he had successfully raised his cultivation to the realm of copper skin across his entire body. With his current combat strength, he could easily kill many Bone Refining Realm martial artists.

Azure Steel Martial Hall.

Li Changsheng arrived at the Martial Arts Hall and quickly learned something: Senior Brother Qin Xun had been severely injured and was currently recuperating within the hall.

"Senior Brother Du Hai, how did Senior Brother get injured?"

Li Changsheng asked Du Hai.

"Junior Brother Changsheng, Senior Brother was severely injured by a genius from the inner city!" Du Hai said.

"Severely injured by an inner city genius?"

Li Changsheng soon learned the truth. Senior Brother had been competing with a group of martial artists for a demon treasure, but because he blocked the path of an inner city genius, he had been casually and severely injured by him.

"A demon treasure?" Li Changsheng asked again. "What is that?"

Du Hai explained, "Demon treasures are treasures nurtured by Demon Caves, but not every Demon Cave can nurture one. It requires a certain amount of luck. When we wiped out Qingfeng Demon Stockade before, the Demon Cave there produced such a demon treasure. However, a Tendon Refining Realm martial artist who entered that Demon Cave secretly took the demon treasure. Later, the Cunning Wolf Tribe learned of this, which was why they sent a large number of Cunning Wolves inside to search for it. Ten days ago, the demon treasure was still discovered. That Tendon Refining Realm martial artist was killed by the Cunning Wolves, and then multiple martial artists appeared, wanting to snatch the demon treasure from the Cunning Wolves. But according to the latest news, the demon treasure is still in the hands of the Cunning Wolves."

Li Changsheng guessed that this demon treasure must also be extremely valuable to martial artists. Otherwise, an inner city genius would not have come to the outer city to fight over it.

Afterward.

He went to visit Senior Brother Qin Xun. Unlike before, Senior Brother looked terribly pale and utterly dispirited, as if the spirited and high-spirited Senior Brother of old had already died.

He said nothing, merely offered a few simple words of greeting before leaving.

He knew that Senior Brother had likely suffered a devastating blow. It was said that the inner city genius was only seventeen years old and had severely injured Senior Brother in a single move—a casual move from his opponent. Had he struck seriously, he likely could have completely killed Senior Brother with one move.

That was precisely why Senior Brother had been struck down into such a dispirited state.

Li Changsheng did not linger in the Martial Arts Hall. After greeting his master, he left the hall and made another trip to the Demon Suppression Division, mainly to gather intelligence from them.

On his way back from the Demon Suppression Division, Li Changsheng suddenly encountered a group of people. At that moment, the Demon Slaying Dao Fruit issued frantic warnings.

"Six warnings—six demons!"

This warning from the Demon Slaying Dao Fruit was different. It seemed to be warning him of Level 2 Minor Demons. This was probably because his strength had improved, or because the Demon Slaying Dao Fruit had reached Level 2 and could now warn him of Level 2 Minor Demons.

The group just now consisted of a young master accompanied by several servants. Those servants had to be Level 2 Minor Demons, while that young master was very likely a Level 3 Minor Demon, perhaps even a Level 4 Minor Demon.

"With so many demons gathered together, if I follow this young master, wouldn't I be able to find the Cunning Wolf Tribe's main base in the outer city?"

Li Changsheng guessed as much.

Thus, he followed them in secret, but did not get too close. He merely pretended to be walking casually.

Before long, the group entered a rather large estate.

"Zhang Manor!"

He did not approach Zhang Manor. Instead, he memorized the location and did not even pause his steps, simply walking away.

He could be certain that Zhang Manor was at the very least a Cunning Wolf den. There might be many Cunning Wolves inside, but with his strength, he definitely could not swallow them all. Should he report it to the Demon Suppression Division?

If he reported it to the Demon Suppression Division, they could wipe them out in one fell swoop, and he would also render a great service.

But if he did that, he would need to find a suitable reason. Otherwise, how would he explain discovering this demon den?