Southernmost City of Xuanmi Prefecture.
A teahouse in East Market.
"It's been over half a month. You haven't asked about it at all—how can you stay so calm?" Di Xing looked at Yunshan, frowning slightly.
"I've already obtained half of Zhang'an County's Incense Vital Qi. If this succeeds, it'll be a great merit. If it fails, I lose nothing. Why should I worry?" Yunshan listened to the storytelling voice downstairs with relish, utterly unconcerned.
"Aren't you afraid that the oddity in Cloud Mist Mountain will be devoured and vanish because of that Calamity Demon?" Di Xing frowned.
As though he had reached an exciting part of the story, Yunshan chuckled. "You said it yourself. I've already risen as far as I can as a City God Temple Priest. I need to make room for others."
"Whether that oddity in Cloud Mist Mountain lives or dies has nothing to do with me!"
Achoo!
Deep within Cloud Mist Mountain, atop a bare little hill.
Chen Mu, lying in a rocking chair beneath the midday sun, suddenly sneezed violently.
"I'm a Qi Refining cultivator on the verge of forming my Dao Foundation, yet I caught a chill and sneezed?" Chen Mu wore a helpless expression. "This Calamity Demon is really fucking strange!"
For the past half month, Chen Mu had been constantly tossing about deep within Cloud Mist Mountain.
He repeatedly swept the area with the True Hearing Supernatural Ability, then took turns bombarding himself with the Five Thunder Curse and Heavenly Demon Armor.
He flew and tunneled underground, hid inside Thousand Lantern City, and had even crawled into the Five Ghosts Bag, but none of it worked.
He could neither find it nor evade it, much less kill it.
Every day, a portion of his essence, vitality, and spirit vanished for