Thousand Mile Kite, Night Malevolent Spirits

After being reminded by Little Qin, Chu Ge's first thought was to leave Linyuan City immediately.

But this idea only flickered through his mind.

Considering Lin Hongtu of the Demon Suppressing Division had been severely injured, he dismissed this rather risky notion.

Since Tian Youji had specifically sent someone to warn him, it was clear that the area outside the city was extremely dangerous.

If he left the city alone, it would be fine if he managed to escape safely.

But if he were to run into that Corpse Driver and Flying Head Zombie, he might not be able to escape unscathed.

He only had one life.

Without absolute certainty, Chu Ge was unwilling to take such a reckless gamble.

Furthermore, if he stayed within the city, he would at least have the support of Tian Youji and Hu Xuezhi, two Martial Cultivators in the Blood Change Realm, to bear most of the pressure.

The safety factor was much higher than leaving the city alone.

After thinking through these pros and cons, Chu Ge sent Steward Fu to the Wang Family that evening to ask if Wang Xiuyun had the old items ready.

At the same time, he personally went to the Tiger Martial Arts School to visit his master, Hu Xuezhi.

He hoped to hear his master's analysis of the current situation.

To his surprise, his trip was in vain.

Hu Xuezhi was not at the martial arts school; he was at the yamen assisting Tian Youji with official matters.

Given the current grim situation, Tian Youji was likely swamped with work.

Chu Ge did not dare to visit the yamen again late at night.

On the way back in the carriage, Through the lifted carriage curtain, he saw children being scolded and chased home by their parents on the street outside, and men in the now somewhat lively restaurants guessing games and making noise. Chu Ge felt a sense of emotion.

These ordinary people had only been notified a few days ago that the bandits outside the city had been dealt with and that an official from the Demon Suppressing Division had come to take charge. Only then had they relaxed and returned to their normal lives.

But now, one wave of trouble had barely subsided before another had arisen.

The yamen had only informed the wealthy gentry within the city about the danger outside.

The news had not yet reached ordinary households.

Many people were still in the dark.

Was this the bliss of ignorance or its misfortune?

He didn't have much of a compassionate disposition.

He simply sighed slightly to release his pent-up emotions before returning to his own residence.

Steward Fu had already returned, bringing good news.

"Young Master, the eldest daughter of the Wang family has prepared a batch of old items, over twenty pieces. However, it's inconvenient to transport them tonight. She said to come and trade tomorrow."

"Oh? Over twenty pieces?"

Chu Ge felt a bit surprised and pleased.

Although he wanted to get them right away, he had to respect the other party's attitude. He nodded slightly, "Tomorrow is fine too."

"Also, the eldest daughter of the Wang family said congratulations on your breakthrough to the Bone Training Realm, and there will be a congratulatory gift tomorrow."

Steward Fu sighed a little as he said this.

He truly hadn't expected his young master to actually achieve something. He used to think his young master was just playing around with martial arts.

"Even Wang Xiuyun knows I broke through."

Chu Ge was astonished and immediately realized that Little Qin, the constable, had likely blabbed when he went to the Wang family to deliver the message.

He didn't dwell on it too much. He needed to reveal some strength and potential to gain respect and make others willing to associate with him.

He disguised himself for self-preservation, not self-torture.

He instructed Little Spring Flower and the other maids to prepare scented bathwater and warm the room, while he himself went to the secret chamber.

The Thousand Mile Kite he had made yesterday was also complete and ready for him to try infusing with exotic power.

At the same time, in the Dragon Bell, Ding Ying and the other four had all finished their sacrifices.

Chu Ge had given up on inheriting martial arts like the Snow Blade Sword Technique. Such offensive martial arts, belonging to the mortal realm, were not of much use to him now.

The movement techniques he needed, those that were perfected or complete, were also absent from them.

After converting their martial arts, he gained fifty-three strands of exotic power.

This way, even after consuming eleven strands of exotic power due to cultivation and talent over the past two days, he still had one hundred and thirty-three strands remaining.

Chu Ge picked up the Thousand Mile Kite.

The Dragon Bell tattoo on his arm glowed faintly, and a strand of exotic power flowed out, infusing into the kite.

Immediately, the kite, with paper-cut pigeon eyes pasted on its surface, began to move on its own without any wind.

The two pigeon eyes opened, their blood-red pupils spinning.

As Chu Ge gently pulled the kite string made of spider silk, the kite easily glided into the air.

"It seems to be successful. Although it wasn't made with an eagle's eye, it should still have some effect."

Chu Ge nodded and walked out of the secret chamber with the kite.

He leaped onto the rooftop.

He cut out a paper-cut 'pigeon eye' from the surface of the kite.

He placed it on his forehead and then slowly let the kite fly.

Suddenly, a strange scene occurred.

The exotic power within the kite began to circulate and consume, forming a mysterious connection along the kite string in his hand.

The exotic power within the paper-cut pigeon eye on his forehead also began to deplete, and the paper-cut grew hot.

Chu Ge felt a burning pain on his forehead, as if his 'heavenly eye' had been opened.

The pigeon eye paper-cut on his forehead transformed into his vertical pupil, and his vision gradually pulled him high into the sky.

It was as if he had become the kite, overlooking some scenes within the city.

He could see pillars of aura of varying strengths, like smoke and fire from qi and blood.

These were the qi and blood of living beings.

The Thousand Mile Kite was more than just for observing scenery.

It could also, like the qi-observing abilities of jianghu sorcerers, observe the strength of a person's vital energy.

Especially the Thousand Mile Kite made with a pigeon eye, which contained pigeon blood, making it particularly sensitive to the intensity of qi and blood.

He could see that the many qi pillars in the city were like intermittent faint red lines, mixed and tangled, extremely weak, as if they would sway with a gust of wind.

These were the auras of ordinary people.

As the kite string lengthened, Chu Ge could even gradually see some blurry scenes outside the city.

Although this Thousand Mile Kite, which he made for the first time, could not truly peer a thousand miles, it could currently observe scenes within a range of one to two li.

This was his first attempt at this experience of ascending to a high place to gaze afar, and Chu Ge was excited and having a great time.

He had the kite fly a little closer to the Wang Family.

He looked at the blurry scenes and many auras inside the Wang Family from afar for a while.

Among them, several pillars of aura were strong, about the thickness of a pinky finger, and longer than the red lines of ordinary people. These were likely Wang Family guards.

There was also a particularly thick pillar of aura, about the thickness of a thumb and very long.

Chu Ge compared it to the thickness and length of his own qi and blood and guessed that this qi pillar might be Wang Xiuyun.

"The eldest young lady of the Wang Family is quite thick and long."

Just as Chu Ge was about to fly the kite towards the County Yamen.

He suddenly vaguely glimpsed a black pillar of aura in the night sky above the Xue Men River pier not far away, which was different from the usual faint red qi pillars. It was exceptionally strong, about the thickness of a baby's fist, and abnormally long, raging like a beacon fire.

"Hmm? What is that?"

Chu Ge's heart stirred, and he slightly adjusted the kite string in his hand.

The blood-red pigeon eye on the kite rotated, looking into the distance.

Under the faint moonlight, a disheveled head bizarrely and silently flew through the night sky.

A pair of fangs were very ferocious in the moonlight, and below the head's neck hung a string of things that looked like grotesque intestines.

"Flying Head Zombie?!"

Chu Ge's heart leaped, and he almost lost his composure, quickly starting to reel in the kite string.

He had only looked a few more times and had actually seen this monstrous thing.

As the kite flew back, the Flying Head Zombie suddenly swooped down.

Faint screams could be heard from afar, and a weak red line of qi and blood snapped.

When the disheveled Flying Head Zombie flew up again, it seemed to have a new head entangled beneath its ferocious intestines.

Almost simultaneously, through the Thousand Mile Kite, Chu Ge saw what looked like a thin black line quickly pass through the opposite street and head towards this street.

Whoosh--

His heart tensed, and he didn't have time to see clearly what kind of aura that black line represented.

He quickly reeled in the kite, jumped off the rooftop, his face looking very grim.

Hunting!

The evil Corpse Driver from outside the city seemed to be using the Flying Head Zombie to hunt living people, and even seemed to be testing something.

This behavior was too reckless and brutal.

He had considered leaving the city alone today, escaping this place of trouble. Fortunately, he hadn't rashly gone out.

Otherwise, he might end up being the second unlucky soul to cross paths with a Flying Head Zombie after Lin Hongtu.

Chu Ge quickly leaped off the rooftop. Suddenly, he felt the yellow paper corresponding to the Auspicious Ruyi Charm rapidly blackening, issuing a warning.

"Huh?"

At the same time, outside the courtyard, a blurry black shadow flickered into the yard, accompanied by faint, murmuring malevolent energy.

"Blood food. Blood food, those just now were too weak. There seems to be someone with abundant Qi and Blood in this courtyard, a slightly tastier morsel."

Inside the Chu Family corridor, the red lanterns instantly brightened.

Chu Ge frowned, looking at the lanterns.

Almost simultaneously, in the darkness, a pair of eyes seemed to be staring intently at his back with malice, filled with evil.

"What is that!?"

He suddenly let out a low growl. His heart felt a premonition, instinctively sensing danger and something amiss. His Qi and Blood surged instantly, emitting a terrifying, imposing aura of Robust Vitality. His eyes blazed with intensity as he spun around and threw a punch.

BOOM!

This punch was incredibly fierce, carrying an immensely powerful force that resonated with the sound of thunder, surging outwards.

In the darkness, the black shadow that had suddenly lunged forward was instantly struck with immense shock. It felt that the blood food, which should have been prey, had suddenly surged with powerful, terrifying Qi and Blood, rising incredibly and unbelievably.

"Screech—"

In the empty courtyard, a piercing sound suddenly emanated, as if it originated from one's mind, drilling into their head.

The force of Chu Ge's punch, fueled by his boiling Qi and Blood, struck like a powerful river encountering a midstream boulder, surging violently to the sides. The two streams of force swept through the courtyard, snapping branches, flattening grass, and sending stones and sand flying.

In an instant!

Dust billowed, and flower petals scattered.

Then, it was calm again.

Chu Ge's bright, sharp tiger eyes scanned the surroundings, but he detected no sign of any person or Monster.

It was as if his punch had only hit empty air.

But his intuition told him he had definitely hit something just now.

He paced around the courtyard in bewilderment, sensing a cold, eerie aura in the air.

Other than that, there was nothing else.

"What was that just now? Could it be some Malevolent Spirit conjured by a Corpse Driver?"

He thought of the black lines he had observed earlier, his vigilance heightened. He moved closer to the Auspicious Ruyi Charm.

Using its warding function, he checked if he was in any danger.

This was truly strange.

It was the first time he had hit something but couldn't even find its shadow, let alone offer it as a sacrifice.

"No way? Why is it so weak?"

He wasn't sure if there was still any threat around.

However, judging by the now calm Shadow Lanterns and the charm, it seemed he was safe for the moment.

"Young Master!"

At this moment, a servant, alerted by the commotion, rushed over with a club.

Chu Ge told him he was practicing martial arts and sent the servant away.

He then waited in the courtyard with high vigilance for a while longer.

He listened to the sounds outside.

It wasn't until half an hour later, when he was certain there was no further danger, that he abandoned the idea of going to the yamen and suspiciously entered his house.

Tonight was destined to be a sleepless one.

After this incident, Chu Ge was no longer in the mood to enjoy the service of his maids.

However, fortunately, the warning from the Auspicious Ruyi Charm was steady, bringing him peace of mind.

Even if there was danger, with the charm's reminder, he could be prepared in advance.

For now, he could only quickly expend the Exotic Power within the Dragon Bell and begin cultivating the Tiger Crouching Technique. Every bit of strength he could gain was worth gaining.

However, at his current cultivation speed, even with enough pure Exotic Power to refine and enhance his Qi and Blood, it would not be accomplished in a short time.

Chu Ge looked inward at the tiger head formed by his Qi and Blood, sighing.

"On the path to thickening and lengthening this pillar of Qi, I still need to work hard for three more months before I can reach the peak of Blood Change."

"But the Corpse Driver's attack might happen in the next day or two! I need to be fully prepared. The Wine Spirit Wine Pot... I wonder if it can refine in time."