"I don't understand military affairs, and I can't play politics.
I think in a situation like this, we just need to kill them until heaven and earth turn upside down."
Qi Yuan voiced his strange opinion.
"I'll see if I can subdue some underlings in the Attire Forbidden Area and send them to help you."
After chatting with Jin Li for a long while, Qi Yuan logged out of the game.
The demons in the Attire Forbidden Area were difficult to deal with during the day.
He had to wait until nighttime to log in and handle them.
Spending too long in the game caused too much mental strain, so Qi Yuan did not remain in the game world continuously.
"I need to change my schedule."
Qi Yuan felt that during this period, he should grind the game at night and sleep during the day.
"I need to speed up my progress and clear the game. Maybe then I'll be able to gather all the Fragments of Heavenly Dao.
According to the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment theory, Heavenly Dao is the finest Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object.
If I establish my foundation with Heavenly Dao, then among the chief disciples of the Five Peaks, I should be the leader!"
Qi Yuan thought this to himself.
"It's still early. Time to walk the knife."
"Recently, I need to walk it more diligently. I feel like it's about to grow a brain."
"It'll probably develop spiritual intelligence in about a month?
Why is it happening so early?
Could it be related to my comprehending Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment?"
Qi Yuan walked his ordinary iron Kitchen Knife, pondering these matters.
"Once it develops spiritual intelligence, if I wield it, will I be able to chop a Core Formation True Person to death?"
Qi Yuan looked forward to it greatly.
He had modified the Spirit Forging Art for a long time.
The knife it cultivated would surely be extraordinary as well.
In the short term, he could not break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, and his strength could not undergo a qualitative change, but the knife could grant him extraordinary power.
Qi Yuan wandered leisurely along the main road of the Shinguang Sect.
At that moment, a group of disciples in black fitted uniforms hurried past.
These disciples belonged to the Shinguang Sect Golden Light Hall.
The Golden Light Hall was the Shinguang Sect's Enforcement Hall, responsible for both external and internal affairs.
These people were hurrying toward the mountain gate, clearly because something urgent had happened again.
However, upon seeing Qi Yuan, the Golden Light Hall disciples still halted. "Greetings, Eldest Senior Brother."
Qi Yuan looked at the enforcement disciples of the Golden Light Hall, especially their leader, and nodded. "No need for such courtesy. Hurry on your way."
"Thank you, Senior Brother," the leader, Zheng Jianghe, replied. Then the group hurried away.
Qi Yuan was fairly familiar with Zheng Jianghe.
Because he was rather... unconventional, he had been taken to the Golden Light Hall several times, and he had become acquainted with Zheng Jianghe.
As he watched Zheng Jianghe's retreating back, a string of words surfaced in Qi Yuan's mind.
This was a cultivator with a strong sense of justice. At this moment, all he wanted was to kill.
"I wonder what happened down the mountain." Qi Yuan simply sat on a rock, too lazy to walk, and let his knife bask in the sun.
The surrounding Shinguang Sect disciples were also discussing the matter, apparently talking about the Golden Light Hall enforcement disciples' hasty departure.
"So many Golden Light Hall disciples went out. What happened?"
"You don't know? Recently, several murder cases have occurred within our Shinguang Sect's territory."
"Murder cases?"
"Last night, Xu the Benevolent's son in Rong City was getting married. It should have been a joyous occasion, but alas, when dawn came, people discovered that all eighteen members of Xu the Benevolent's household had been killed.
Especially the newlywed bride—she was violated before being murdered. It was truly too tragic!"
"This is the conduct of vile criminals!"
"There have already been three such cases near Rong City.
In every one, a young maiden was violated on her wedding night, and her husband's family was wiped out!"
"What wicked man has such audacity, daring to commit evil under our Shinguang Sect's rule!"
Some were filled with righteous indignation, some were heartbroken, and some remained indifferent.
"What is there to guess? Naturally, it's those demonic disciples of the Black Mountain Sect!"
Upon hearing "Black Mountain Sect," everyone present changed expression slightly.
The Great Shang Kingdom had three great sects, and the Shinguang Sect was one of them.
The three great sects were the Shinguang Sect, Suspended Mountain, and the Demonic Desire Sect.
The three great sects were the three strongest sects in the Great Shang Kingdom.
Yet if one were to speak of the sect that was most not to be provoked, it was absolutely the Black Mountain Sect, beneath the three great sects.
The Black Mountain Sect only had several Core Formation True Persons holding down the fort.
In terms of strength, it naturally could not compare to the three great sects.
However, the Black Mountain Sect's sect master had acknowledged a godfather named Black Chicken Old Demon.
This old demon was a giant among demonic cultivators at the middle stage of the Divine Infant Realm. He was also a Rogue Cultivator, one who would repay even the smallest grievance with vengeance, making him extremely troublesome.
The Black Mountain Sect had always acted as Black Chicken Old Demon's filial sons and worthy grandsons.
And those demonic disciples of the Black Mountain Sect, borrowing Black Chicken Old Demon's might, had become ever more overbearing and tyrannical, constantly committing evil.
The Black Mountain Sect's reputation had thoroughly rotted in the Great Shang Kingdom.
Unfortunately, Black Chicken Old Demon was too powerful, and he was a Rogue Cultivator, making him especially difficult to deal with.
If they could not ensure his immediate death, those sects would likely suffer his retaliation.
That was why the Black Mountain Sect could act so arrogantly.
The Shinguang Sect disciples discussed it endlessly, and some felt deeply stifled.
What could they do when Black Mountain Sect disciples committed evil?
They could only condemn them in secret.
This time, the Golden Light Hall enforcement disciples were heading to Rong City, but they would likely return empty-handed as well.
Nearby, Qi Yuan heard this and muttered, "An otherworldly version of Chang Wei?"
No, even more detestable than Chang Wei.
As night was about to fall, Qi Yuan killed a chicken and simmered a pot of chicken soup.
He had expended too much in the game and felt somewhat weak.
He needed to nourish himself.
Of course, he shared the chicken soup with Jiang Lingsu as well.
After all, Jiang Lingsu had given him the Technique Jade Slip last time, which had helped him greatly.
"Mmm, it smells wonderful." Jiang Lingsu drank a full bowl of chicken soup, a glistening trace still hanging from the corner of her mouth. "Eldest Senior Brother, your black chicken soup is quite good. If you can't continue cultivating immortality in the future, becoming a cook and opening a tavern would be pretty good too."
"Then you'll have to endorse me." Qi Yuan glanced at her. Though Jiang Lingsu was not very old, both her looks and bearing were excellent—far prettier than those so-called post-'98 and post-'00 starlets from his previous life.
"Carry salt?" Jiang Lingsu did not understand.
However, the topic did not continue. Qi Yuan needed to start grinding the game.
At night, Qi Yuan entered the game.
The Attire Forbidden Area was silent and still.
Suddenly, a deathly pale arm stretched out from the earth.
Qi Yuan had logged in.
Holding the Great Treasure Sword, he continued to sneak forward.
Before long, he arrived at a grove.
Many garments hung from the trees.
If one did not look carefully, one might think human corpses were hanging there one after another.
Qi Yuan chose an area with fewer Attire Demons.
He raised the Great Treasure Sword, vigilantly watching his surroundings.
"Sure enough, once night falls, their senses weaken significantly, and their connection with one another weakens too. But to what extent?"
During the day, if he appeared so openly with the Great Treasure Sword in hand, the Attire Demons would have discovered him long ago.
But now, they had not.
This showed that their senses truly weakened at night.
Qi Yuan walked over and thrust the Great Treasure Sword into a dudou.
That dudou instantly shattered.
He looked around. The other Attire Demons still hung from the trees without the slightest reaction.
Qi Yuan smiled. "Doesn't that mean I can quietly kill every Attire Monster in a single night?"
With that thought, he walked toward the second Attire Monster and repeated the process.
Experience +200.
With the Great Treasure Sword in hand, he killed with ease and casualness.
However, when he killed the thirtieth Attire Demon, the Attire Demons hanging from the trees finally reacted and woke one after another.
Yet unlike their neat uniformity during the day, at night they seemed chaotic, like headless flies.
"The hunting hour!" Qi Yuan felt that this was his opportunity.
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