Getting the crucial intelligence had made being branded with a curse worth it.
Once I caught Red Protector in a month, I could finish off that Old Ghost, Hong Xiangyun, for good.
After hearing me, Hong Xiangyun nodded slightly.
She looked very satisfied as she calmly said to me again,
"You're very good."
With that, her body burst apart with a buzz, turning into red mist and vanishing.
The instant Hong Xiangyun's body exploded, the wooden carving of the vicious beast that had summoned her began making cracking sounds.
In the blink of an eye, it was covered in dense fissures.
Then, with a buzz, green ghostly flames shot out and burned the entire carving to ruins.
Only then did my expression darken.
The ingratiating look in my eyes turned cold as I instinctively touched my aching chest.
"Ten Thousand City Waterfall..."
As I spoke,
Li Feihu, who was kneeling on the ground, cautiously asked,
"G-Grand Martial Uncle, can I... can I get up now?"
"Get up. That thing has already left."
Only then did Li Feihu rise to his feet, still asking cautiously,
"Grand Martial Uncle, you... you were just lying to her, right?"
I turned to look at Li Feihu. This streetwise fellow really did have some sense.
I nodded slightly.
"That's right. She's a ghost cultivator we've been tracking. She's extremely powerful. Even against her true body, I might not be a match for her."
"Ah! S-so strong..."
In Li Feihu's eyes, I was already incredibly formidable.
After all, whenever his master Huang Yougui bragged, he always brought me up.
And he had just witnessed what I could do.
Now that I said she was powerful, it naturally shocked him.
I ignored him.
As I spoke, I lifted my shirt and glanced at my chest.
A red