While Su Mo was consolidating his gains, the outside world was in turmoil.
During this time, Guande Martial Arts School's five prodigies—Zhong Wanyu, Qi Yaxue, Zheng Mengyang, Qin Shuqin, and Jin Guangqing—had made a dazzling showing in the hunt for Fire Worship Cult demons.
With Guande Martial Arts School's senior members constantly going out to slay cult demons, the Fire Worship Cult had inevitably turned its attention toward the school.
Guande Martial Arts School had been so forceful of late, and with the authorities offering generous bounties, many Fire Worship Cult demons had been killed or captured by the school's senior members.
Among them, Senior Brother Liu Feiliang, Second Senior Sister Ao Lingyu, and Senior Sister Lin Yutong had been especially fearsome. A great many Fire Worship Cult demons had fallen to them.
It could be said that they had killed every Fire Worship Cult demon they encountered in the middle and late stages of the Meridian Opening Realm.
There was also Senior Brother Luo Lianbo.
Recently, Senior Brother Luo Lianbo had reportedly slain a cult demon in the late stage of the Meridian Opening Realm.
The authorities had rewarded him handsomely: eight hundred taels of silver!
The bounty for Meridian Opening Realm demons varied according to their cultivation.
Six hundred taels for the early stage, seven hundred for the middle stage, eight hundred for the late stage, and one thousand for the peak!
The news that Senior Brother Luo Lianbo had slain a late-stage Meridian Opening Realm cult demon had caused quite a stir in several large towns around Qingshan Town.
After all, a late-stage Meridian Opening Realm expert was strong enough to serve as the magistrate of a large town. The magistrate of Qingshan Town, Yuan Chengshan, was one such expert.
This had also made the surrounding martial