Thus, the task of laying Zuo Er to rest fell to Bai Yu.
Bai Yu handled everything himself and gave Zuo Er a grand funeral.
From beginning to end, he personally played the funeral tune, earning lavish praise from Zuo Er's family.
What they did not know was that the tune Bai Yu played was called the Soul Extinguishing Tune.
It was a tune from the middle volume of the Zhu You Yin Fu Jing, and it had only one effect: destroying yin souls.
Whether Zuo Er had become a ghost after death or not, there was no chance of that from this day forward.
The deceased was currently emotionally stable.
Zuo Er's coffin was successfully buried, and his elder sister, the gang leader's wife, gave everyone at the morgue five taels of silver.
Master Lin and Master Bai had rendered outstanding service, so they were specially awarded twenty taels.
Bai Yu and Uncle Jiu accepted the silver and exchanged a smile.
A few more strange tales spread through the streets, nothing more than someone being wrapped in Killing Intent and receiving the evil retribution they deserved.
The funeral was successfully completed. Participation: 86%. Family satisfaction: 88%. Two additional rewards may be selected.
Ordinary rewards: Qi and blood +35, life experience +166. Optional rewards: Black Wolf Heart Sutra, Mountain Cleaving Saber Technique, Iron Wire Fist, saber technique experience +1308...
Bai Yu was overjoyed. He had not expected such an unexpected gain!
There was actually an internal cultivation method: the complete Black Wolf Heart Sutra, Profound Rank, Low Grade!
And it was a Profound Rank cultivation method. People would fight until their heads bled over it in the Black Market.
It turned out that Liu DuLong, the Black Wolf Gang's deputy leader, had soft ears and could not withstand his wife whispering sweet nothings on his pillow. He had secretly passed the Black Wolf Heart Sutra on to his brother-in-law.
Bai Yu chose the Black Wolf Heart Sutra first.
A vast and complicated trove of knowledge appeared in his mind. When he closed his eyes, he could see diagrams of qi and blood circulation routes.
Then, he selected saber technique experience.
Saber technique experience +1308!
In an instant, it felt as though he had pierced through a thin membrane. The Soul Severing Saber Technique broke through directly!
Soul Severing Saber Technique: Minor Accomplishment, 277/100000.
The current Bai Yu could unleash three moves in succession in the blink of an eye, each one lethal!
Bai Yu smiled faintly and began cultivating the Black Wolf Heart Sutra.
He sat cross-legged in meditation, and a diagram of qi and blood circulation surfaced in his mind.
He concentrated his mind within his body and slowly guided his qi and blood along the circulation route described by the cultivation method.
Bai Yu clumsily circulated his qi and blood, continuously guiding it onward.
Without realizing it, an hour passed.
At last, after one cycle, a strand of internal force emerged from his qi and blood.
Qi and blood -5! Internal force +0.5!
Bai Yu opened his eyes, unable to hide the delight in them.
This Black Wolf Heart Sutra truly deserved to be called a Profound Rank cultivation method. Its effects were immediate.
It could convert qi and blood into internal force, at a ratio of roughly ten to one.
Bai Yu's interest was piqued at the sight of something rare, and he spent the next few days cultivating the Black Wolf Heart Sutra.
After cultivating the Black Wolf Heart Sutra to the point where practice made perfect, he gained an additional 3 aptitude points.
As his proficiency steadily increased, the time needed to complete one cycle kept shortening, and the efficiency of converting internal force rose dramatically.
The internal force within Bai Yu's body became increasingly vigorous and abundant.
That day, he circulated all the internal force in his body and poured it into the Foot Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian.
The surging internal force was like a flood, smashing through layer after layer of obstruction.
The meridian that had always resisted being opened now naturally fell into place, flowing freely without obstruction.
He pressed on while the iron was hot, guiding his internal force to strike the final Hand Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian.
Sure enough, the final meridian also burst open with a bang.
All twelve meridians were fully unblocked!
Bai Yu coughed and spat out a mouthful of black blood.
These were the accumulated hidden injuries and impurities within his body, all expelled at this moment.
Bai Yu suddenly opened his eyes, a brilliant light blazing within them.
He felt incomparably refreshed all over, and even his ears and eyes seemed to have become much sharper.
With all twelve meridians opened, he had officially stepped into the Fifth Rank Bone Tempering Realm!
Next, he needed to use qi and blood and internal force to temper his bones.
Only by making his bones incomparably hard could they withstand the tremendous power of his body.
His attribute panel became:
Name: Bai Yu. Aptitude: 11 Qi and blood: 666 Strength: 166 Internal force: 66 Cultivation: Fifth Rank Bone Tempering Realm. Cultivation methods: Four Elephants Five Elements Fist (Mastery), Black Wolf Heart Sutra (Practice Makes Perfect) Martial skills: Soul Severing Saber Technique (Minor Accomplishment), Dark Turtle Breath Concealment Art (Practice Makes Perfect), Swallow Soaring Step (Practice Makes Perfect), Vajra Iron Shirt Skill (Mastery) Divine ability: Immortality. Other skills: Playing the Suona (Mastery), Essence Nourishing Powder (Practice Makes Perfect), Zhu You Yin Fu Jing (Practice Makes Perfect), Blood Talisman Art (Practice Makes Perfect), archery (Practice Makes Perfect), and more.
Bai Yu allowed himself a small moment of pride.
Over these past few days, his strength had advanced by leaps and bounds.
His fist techniques, saber techniques, cultivation methods, and talisman arts had all grown one after another. Even if some change occurred in Jiang City in the future, his chances of staying alive would increase greatly.
However, he soon calmed down and said to Old Mo:
"Old Mo, the third law of the Cautious Path is: never become smug and lose yourself."
"When people are at their proudest, their guard is at its weakest. That is when they often make unwise decisions."
Old Mo hurriedly pulled out his little notebook and began recording with his paws.
The Cautious One said: The third law of the Cautious Path is, never become smug and lose yourself.
There were also the second and first laws before it.
The little notebook was called Quotations of the Cautious One.
Bai Yu smiled and stroked the dog's head.
"You can be taught."
Having broken through to the Bone Tempering Realm, Bai Yu finally let out a sigh of relief.
He went out to buy a roast chicken, intending to reward himself.
After walking several hundred meters, he arrived at Widow Sun's shop.
Widow Sun's roast chicken was among the best on Willow Street, and its flavor was exceptionally authentic.
Whether they ate roast chicken or not, many people liked to stroll over here.
A large crowd had gathered outside the roast chicken shop.
Bai Yu thought to himself:
Looks like quite a few people are craving roast chicken today.
After listening outside the crowd for a while, Bai Yu finally grasped the general situation.
It turned out that government troops had gone out to suppress bandits, repelled the river pirates on the White Dragon River, and reclaimed the grain ships.
The grain prices in the city fell accordingly, and everyone rejoiced.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Widow Sun offered a twenty percent discount at her roast chicken shop.
After waiting and waiting, Bai Yu finally bought a roast chicken too.
It had to be said, Widow Sun's roast chicken truly lived up to its reputation.
That plump, succulent chicken breast alone was worthy of the name.
Bai Yu carried a lotus-leaf parcel and swayed leisurely back home.
Compared with usual, the people passing by all had a little more joy on their faces.
Bai Yu thought to himself:
Could my earlier premonition have been wrong? Could nothing have happened after all?
Earlier, he had always vaguely felt that trouble was coming. Now, it seemed to have been nothing more than a minor disturbance.
After thinking it over, Bai Yu still decided that it was better to be prepared.
His experience of scrambling for groceries in his previous life told him that with grain in hand, the heart did not panic.
Over the course of one morning, Bai Yu carried five sacks of rice home.
Since there had not been much work lately, he planned to make another magical artifact.
The lower volume of the Yin Talisman Scripture recorded quite a few methods for crafting magical artifacts, most of them Peach Wood Swords, coin swords, Bagua mirrors, and the like.
Their power was usually not great, and they could only restrain certain yin and evil things.
They were unlike the magical artifacts of the immortal path, which possessed astonishing destructive power.
Bai Yu decided to make a Soul-Suppressing Banner.
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