A Timely Gift

A Low-Grade Essence Blood Pill, smelted from the essence and blood of a dog demon, can enhance Blood Essence and nourish the physical body after consumption.

A Low-Grade Essence Pill can warm and nourish the meridians, improving cultivation.

Inside the four-star dungeon of the Mortal Prison within the Demon Slayer Division, Fang Mu obtained two pills after killing a dog demon.

Fang Mu swallowed the Essence Blood Pill directly, with no need for him to refine it. The Essence Blood Pill would melt on its own, enhancing his Blood Essence and nourishing his physical body.

He had been continuously taking on demon-slaying missions at the Demon Slayer Division's mission hall for half a month.

Although he only killed minor demons and refined Low-Grade Essence Blood Pills and Essence Pills, the quantity made up for the quality. At least, they were better than the pills distributed by the Demon Slayer Division monthly.

His clone's cultivation had already reached the fifth rank of the Martial Realm. Fang Mu wasn't sure how strong his main body's physical strength was.

However, he could already defeat his clone in combat.

The further one advanced in cultivation, the harder it became to train, requiring a large number of pills to assist.

Currently, Low-Grade pills had little effect on him or his clone.

Fang Mu needed to kill stronger demons, but his half-month of frantic mission-taking had already caused quite a stir.

If he were to take on missions for demons above five-star prison level, he would definitely be suspected, which would surely bring a lot of trouble.

Fang Mu, conflicted, carried his tin box towards the Demon Slayer Division's mission hall.

"Ouch!"

Fang Mu was lost in thought, and as he reached the corner outside the mission hall, he suddenly bumped into someone.

His physical body was so sturdy that he was only pushed back a few steps, while the other person stumbled and fell.

"Bastard! Which son of a bitch walks without looking!"

An angry voice rang out. Fang Mu looked up and saw Tu Qing, his nemesis.

"Take off your hat. I want to see who it is that walks without looking."

Hearing Tu Qing's enraged command, Fang Mu calmly removed his black hat.

Given Tu Qing's character and his narrow-mindedness, he certainly wouldn't let this go, which was why Fang Mu proactively took off his hat.

"Huh! Fang Mu? It's you, you scoundrel! You walk without looking, are you rushing to be reborn?"

Tu Qing was a little surprised to see Fang Mu and cursed at him.

He had been busy lately and hadn't had time to pick a fight with Fang Mu, almost forgetting about him.

Looking at the tin box in Fang Mu's hand, Tu Qing seemed to have an idea and suddenly revealed a sly smile.

"It seems you've been quite leisurely lately. Wen Xuan isn't available to capture demons, so you've been free to come to the mission hall to take on tasks."

Hearing Tu Qing's words, Fang Mu's eyes flickered.

"Lord Wen Xuan takes care of me. I haven't been assigned any missions recently. What business is it of yours that I'm here to pick up tasks?"

"Yo! You've gotten tougher in just a few days? You're speaking so arrogantly now?"

Tu Qing stared at the grim-faced Fang Mu and said sarcastically.

"Lord Tu, this kid is just too leisurely. Doesn't he like slaying demons? Don't you not have a dedicated Demon Slayer Envoy yet?"

A shifty-eyed man following Tu Qing suddenly offered a bad idea.

Hearing the shifty-eyed man's words, Tu Qing's eyes suddenly lit up. He gave the man a look of approval.

Tu Qing looked at Fang Mu and commanded, "I, as a black-robed Demon Slayer Envoy, order you to become my exclusive Demon Slayer Envoy."

"I am Lord Wen Xuan's exclusive Demon Slayer Envoy!"

Fang Mu was very excited and angry, wanting to refuse Tu Qing.

"Hmph! This isn't a negotiation with you. It's fine even if you are Wen Xuan's exclusive Demon Slayer Envoy; we can share."

"This is a six-star Mortal Prison demon I captured this time. You can kill and deal with it."

"Don't say I'm treating you unfairly. Anything valuable on that demon can be yours as a reward."

"Hahaha."

"You!"

Looking at Tu Qing, who dropped the demon capturing bag and left with a hearty laugh, Fang Mu's face was filled with anger and frustration.

Watching Tu Qing disappear, he was almost overjoyed. It was truly like a pillow arriving just when he felt sleepy.

He was worried about how to kill some high-level demons, and now someone had delivered them to his doorstep.

Putting his hat back on, Fang Mu went to the mission hall to turn in his mission and exchanged his Merit for a subordinate Demon Slayer.

Although this wasn't a true official rank, it came with some benefits.

Not only would he receive a silver coin subsidy each month, but the monthly rations of rice, meat, and vegetables would also be more than that of an ordinary Demon Slayer.

Most importantly, he would receive a Nourishing Yuan Pill each month. Even a tiny bit was still something, so he couldn't waste it.

After hurriedly leaving the mission hall, Fang Mu, carrying the demon capturing bag, entered the Mortal Prison dungeon with a face full of dejection and suppressed rage.

From outside a corner of the Demon Slayer Division, Tu Qing, who had been secretly observing Fang Mu, couldn't help but show a slight smile.

Not long after, he saw Fang Mu emerge from the Mortal Prison dungeon, covered in blood with his clothes tattered and torn, looking disheveled.

"Yo! Isn't that Fang Mu? Why are you looking so pathetic?"

Tu Qing, with a face full of smiles, walked out from the corner and blocked Fang Mu, teasing him.

Fang Mu dodged to the side, not wanting to speak with Tu Qing, but was stopped by his lackey, Sun Hou.

"Kid, you don't have much skill, but you've got a big temper! Lord Tu Qing is talking to you, are you deaf?"

Looking up at Sun Hou, who was spouting nonsense, Fang Mu noticed the dim blood essence around him.

Fang Mu believed that with just one punch, he could definitely blow his head off.

However, Fang Mu ignored Sun Hou and instead looked at Tu Qing, saying, "My mission is complete, and I need to go back and rest."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Mu turned to leave.

"Who said your mission is complete!"

Tu Qing flashed and blocked Fang Mu's path, taking out several demon capturing bags and throwing them at him, saying, "I'll trouble you to go and slay these demons as well."

"You!"

Fang Mu's face was filled with rage, and he stared at Tu Qing with fire in his eyes.

But in the end, he still picked up the demon capturing bags from the ground and turned towards the Mortal Prison dungeon.

"Hahaha!"

Listening to Tu Qing's hearty laughter from behind him, Fang Mu, as he entered the dungeon, had a slight smile on his face.

"Laugh all you want, there will come a day when you regret it."

This time, that scoundrel Tu Qing was really ruthless, throwing four demon capturing bags at him at once.

Demon capturing bags also have star ratings. The higher the star rating, the better the quality, and the more expensive and rare they are.

Fang Mu looked at the four demon capturing bags and found that two were four-star and two were five-star, which were not low.

However, demons below five-star in the Mortal Prison no longer posed a threat to him.

He had tested it many times; even when he released the demons, those below five-star could still break through his powerful physical defense.

After easily killing two four-star minor demons, Fang Mu took the elevator down towards the five-star area.

The materials in each star-level dungeon area were different.

Almost the further down you go, the stronger the defensive capabilities of the walls, the higher the construction costs, and the rarer the materials.

Therefore, strict regulations were in place for demon storage to prevent them from being mixed up and misplaced.

Entering an empty five-star dungeon, Fang Mu felt a bit emotional. Fortunately, this dungeon didn't have anything like surveillance.

Otherwise, if he used his demon refining realm to refine demons, he might actually be discovered.

According to his memory, it seemed that every Demon Slayer Envoy's Demon Slaying Token, as well as the tokens stored in the Demon Slaying Hall, contained a trace of their own soul power.

As long as the Demon Slayer Envoy died or was killed by a demon, or even if their physical body was occupied, the Demon Slaying Token and the Demon Slaying Hall token would shatter. This served as a warning notification.