Qingyun looked at Xu Gui, the deputy head of Azure Cloud Medical Hall, standing before him and calmly instructed him:
"Xu Gui, while I'm away, Azure Cloud Medical Hall will be under your management! Do whatever you think is best!"
"If that expert comes to Azure Cloud Medical Hall, you must satisfy every one of his demands! Understand?"
Xu Gui looked at the hall master before him, unable to keep a bitter smile from appearing as he nodded.
"Understood, Hall Master! I'll do exactly as you say!"
He had also learned that an unknown expert had destroyed Black Tiger Gang,
but he did not think this unknown expert would come to destroy Azure Cloud Medical Hall.
He had no idea what the hall master was worried about. The man actually wanted to run away.
After warning Xu Gui, Qingyun immediately turned and left,
then rapidly fled Blackwater County.
He caught up with his son and wife, and after sending them both to Lingyun County, Qingyun warned them:
"You two stay in Lingyun County for a week!"
"I'll return to Blackwater County and quietly keep an eye on the situation there!"
"I'll come to Lingyun County and bring you back within ten days!"
"Son, remember to protect your mother!" Qingyun said as he looked at his son, Qing Yan.
Qing Yan nodded.
"Don't worry, Father. With my early Tendon Refining Realm cultivation, protecting Mother in Lingyun County won't be a problem."
"Besides, we'll keep a very low profile!"
"But you, Father—be careful no matter what!"
Qing Yan said worriedly. He was no fool.
He had also guessed a thing or two about why his father was returning to Blackwater County.
It was probably for that Spirit Fruit he had asked Qing Yan to enter the mountains to find back then!
Qingyun nodded and turned to leave.
Along the way, he changed his appearance, altered his height, changed his clothes, and returned to Blackwater County.
Elsewhere,
Su Xian and Zhao Lie searched every room in Black Tiger Gang's headquarters.
They found a great deal of silver, as well as many martial skills and cultivation methods.
Among them, Su Xian saw many cultivation methods that were sold in Blackwater County's Black Market.
The most precious were two Fifth Grade martial skills: one saber technique and one movement technique.
There was also a Fifth Grade cultivation method—the Viscera Nourishing Realm cultivation method of Black Tiger Gang's leader, He Tianxing.
Without paying any attention to the silver, he recorded all the martial skills and cultivation methods into the Demon Strategy.
Su Xian fetched a bucket of water and poured it over He Tianxing's head.
"Cough, cough!"
He Tianxing awoke, feeling excruciating pain in his abdomen. His limbs also throbbed with intense agony!
After sensing himself briefly, he realized that all four of his limbs had been broken. Despair immediately filled his face.
"Tell me, how many other members of the Demon Race are there in Blackwater County? Where are they generally located?"
Su Xian sat in a grand chair, looking at He Tianxing before him. His expression was calm as he asked coldly.
Looking at Su Xian, a trace of terror flashed through He Tianxing's eyes.
"Senior, if I tell you where these demons are, will you spare my life?"
He Tianxing asked cautiously.
Su Xian smiled faintly at that. Beside him, Zhao Lie gave a cold laugh.
"He Tianxing, you're dreaming. Do you even have a choice?"
"I found plenty of things for interrogating people in your Black Tiger Gang."
"Are you thinking of trying out your own gang's methods?"
He Tianxing's face turned deathly pale.
He naturally knew Black Tiger Gang's interrogation methods. They were monstrously cruel—better death than life.
"Senior! You want to kill the demons in Blackwater County?"
"You can't! If the Lord of Azure Dragon Mountain finds out, he'll probably wipe out all of Blackwater County!"
He Tianxing hurriedly spoke, his voice filled with panic.
"Do you know what kind of demon the Lord of Azure Dragon Mountain is, and what cultivation level he has?"
Su Xian frowned slightly and asked softly.
He Tianxing was very perceptive and hurriedly replied:
"I don't know. I only know that his cultivation is at the Aperture Opening Realm!"
"A Sixth Grade Demon! His strength is unfathomable. I wouldn't last a single exchange against him!"
"I heard he came from Qingyang County, but I don't know what kind of demon he is either."
Su Xian nodded slightly upon hearing this.
Qingyang County was one of the six counties of the Great Yan Dynasty!
It was very far from Blackwater County. He did not know why the demons from there had come to Green Dragon Mountain.
"All right, enough talking. Tell me where the other demons in Blackwater County are. I can still give you a quick death." Su Xian said flatly.
He Tianxing's face was filled with despair. He nodded faintly,
then weakly told him the general areas and locations where most of the demons in Blackwater County that he knew about were active.
After listening, Su Xian nodded inwardly.
From what He Tianxing had just said, there should be another five or six demons in Blackwater County.
If he killed all of them, Su Xian's Demon Lifespan would almost certainly break through one thousand years!
With a thousand years of Demon Lifespan in hand, Su Xian was even confident he could break through to the Jade Liquid Realm without relying on the subsequent cultivation method!
Perhaps even the legendary Core Condensation Realm after that!
Su Xian nodded slightly.
Beside him, Zhao Lie walked up to He Tianxing and ended the Black Tiger Gang leader's life with one punch.
"Senior, what should we do with these things?"
Zhao Lie pointed at the precious treasures from Black Tiger Gang that they had searched out.
"Take them all back to Blazing Sun Martial Arts School. I'll go kill those beasts active in Blackwater County!"
Su Xian glanced at the treasures beside them and spoke calmly.
"Yes!" Zhao Lie nodded.
Su Xian rapidly left Black Tiger Gang's headquarters,
heading toward the general areas where He Tianxing had said the demons in Blackwater County were active.
Blackwater County had been divided into four areas by the demons.
Each of the four great demons of Green Dragon Mountain had demons active in Blackwater County.
Of the five demons remaining in Blackwater County, there was one Fox Demon, two wolf demons, one Yellow Weasel, and one Tiger Demon.
Su Xian was acting now to prevent Black Tiger Gang's destruction from alerting them and causing them to flee back to Green Dragon Mountain.
At noon,
Su Xian returned to Blazing Sun Martial Arts School.
The five demons active in Blackwater County had all been killed by him!
They had provided him with a total of six hundred and twenty-three years of Demon Lifespan!
That pushed his remaining Demon Lifespan directly past the one-thousand-four-hundred-year mark!
It reached 1,406 years!
"What a great harvest! What a harvest!"
Su Xian could not stop the corners of his mouth from lifting.
This was the first time he had ever possessed so much Demon Lifespan!
He could not help looking forward to charging into Green Dragon Mountain and slaughtering all the demons inside!
How many years of lifespan would that give him?
"However, the time isn't right yet! I still need to raise my martial skills to the Aperture Opening Realm first!"
After returning to Blazing Sun Martial Arts School, Su Xian did not rush to break through. Instead, he went straight to Azure Cloud Medical Hall.
To raise his martial skills to the Aperture Opening Realm, and even create his own cultivation method afterward,
he absolutely needed a solid foundation in Martial Dao Cultivation Methods!
Naturally, Su Xian had to obtain the martial skills and cultivation methods of Azure Cloud Medical Hall as well.
That might save him some Demon Lifespan,
although he already had more than 1,400 years of Demon Lifespan,
because once he truly began using it, those 1,400-plus years would be consumed in the blink of an eye.
When he arrived at Azure Cloud Medical Hall and saw Xu Gui, the acting hall master, standing before him, Su Xian could not help being stunned.
"You're saying that your hall master and his wife have both left Blackwater County?"
Su Xian was somewhat dumbfounded. He had not expected the hall master of Azure Cloud Medical Hall to be so timid that he would simply run away.
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Xu Gui looked at Su Xian and nodded repeatedly, unable to stop a bead of cold sweat from trickling down his forehead.
This was the ruthless man who had destroyed Black Tiger Gang.
Xu Gui was now somewhat afraid that he would go berserk and destroy Azure Cloud Medical Hall as well!
"Before leaving, the hall master said that if Senior had any requests, you only needed to state them. Azure Cloud Medical Hall would definitely satisfy them!" Xu Gui hurriedly said respectfully.
Before long, Su Xian had recorded all the martial skills and cultivation methods in Azure Cloud Medical Hall into the Demon Strategy.
There were two Fifth Grade martial skills, one Fifth Grade cultivation method,
and some lower-grade martial skills and cultivation methods.
The three Fifth Grade martial skills and cultivation methods had actually been found by Xu Gui in the bedroom of Azure Cloud Medical Hall's hall master.
After finishing all this, Su Xian returned to Blazing Sun Martial Arts School.
It was time to begin preparing to raise his martial skills!
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