Chop Them For Me

After entering the Green Demon Mountain Range, Zhou Cheng, Qin Meng, and Lin Ru began their search for demonic beasts.

Since only the divine sense of a King Realm expert can be projected outward, the three of them had to rely on their five senses to search carefully.

However, Zhou Cheng had brought the Ice Snow Phoenix along. Since the Ice Snow Phoenix could fly, searching for demonic beasts became much easier.

Before long, the Ice Snow Phoenix, high in the sky, located a Green Wolf Demon.

Green Wolf Demons are generally large, two to three times the size of ordinary wild wolves. This particular Green Wolf Demon had a strength of the seventh level of Body Tempering.

Qin Meng and Lin Ru did not intervene. Zhou Cheng gripped the God-Slaying Saber, his figure flashed, and with a single strike, he plunged the blade straight into the Green Wolf Demon's throat.

The God-Slaying Saber pierced through the back of its neck.

Blood sprayed upward.

But the sprayed blood instantly turned into a faint blood mist, which was swallowed clean by the Demon God Garment.

"Your Demon-Subduing Saber Technique has increased in cultivation progress by 1 for slaying a demonic beast and ridding the human race of a pest."

"Your Demon God Garment has swallowed the Green Wolf Demon's blood energy, entered the Demonized state, and increased in grade by 1."

"Your God-Slaying Saber has killed a Green Wolf Demon, becoming sharper, and increased in grade by 1."

Zhou Cheng pulled out his saber, and the Green Wolf Demon crashed to the ground.

Looking at the fallen Green Wolf Demon, Zhou Cheng felt somewhat uncomfortable; after all, this was his first time killing a demon.

After steadying himself, Zhou Cheng did not stop his pace and continued to search for the next demonic beast.

With the Ice Snow Phoenix, Qin Meng, and Lin Ru helping him search, they soon found another demonic beast.

This time it was a Swine Demon, also a relatively common type of demonic beast. This Swine Demon was weaker than the Green Wolf Demon, only at the peak of the sixth level of Body Tempering.

However, the Swine Demon's physique was two sizes bulkier than the Green Wolf Demon's. Zhou Cheng swung the God-Slaying Saber in his hand, executed the Demon-Subduing Saber Technique, and sliced open the Swine Demon's windpipe in one strike.

Whether it is a martial artist or a demonic beast, the throat is a fatal point for a single strike.

After finishing off the Swine Demon, Zhou Cheng's Demon-Subduing Saber Technique, Demon God Garment, and God-Slaying Saber increased by 1 once again.

It seems that every time I kill a demonic beast, I can increase by 1, Zhou Cheng thought to himself. If that were the case, after killing dozens of demonic beasts, his Demon-Subduing Saber Technique could break through to the Proficient stage.

"Dozens, is it?"

Then let's set a small goal and strive to reach it tonight!

Zhou Cheng began to search for the third demonic beast.

Just as Zhou Cheng was hunting demons in the Green Demon Mountain Range, Zhou Wei was standing in his courtyard, looking at the star-filled sky.

After being washed by the showers during the day, the starry sky tonight was cleaner than in previous days. The night breeze was cool, and the heat had dissipated.

Luo Shui came to Zhou Wei's side and draped a cloak over him: "Are you thinking about the Grand Tutor's affairs?"

Zhou Wei shook his head: "No, I am thinking about the mysterious expert who saved me last night." He paused and added: "That mysterious expert was definitely not just passing by."

Luo Shui speculated: "He used a long saber and had a tall build; could it be Wei Zheng from the Saber Sect?" Like the members of the Demonic Cult, she also thought of Wei Zheng of the Saber Sect.

Zhou Wei's eyes were deep: "I also thought of Wei Zheng, but we have no ties to the Saber Sect and are complete strangers to Wei Zheng. Why would Wei Zheng save me?"

He looked up at the twinkling stars: "I can't figure it out."

Then he asked: "Li'er will be back in two days, right?"

He had been assassinated and his heart meridians were injured. Upon hearing the news, Zhou Li, who was at the Sun Moon Sword Sect, had rushed back in a hurry.

Mentioning his eldest son Zhou Li, Luo Shui revealed a smile and said: "Li'er is already on his way, and Sect Master Chen is coming with him."

"Sect Master Chen is coming too?" Zhou Wei was stunned.

Luo Shui nodded: "The news of the Phoenix Divine Beast appearing in the capital has already spread, and Sect Master Chen is coming for that reason. Besides Sect Master Chen, Li'er said that a large group of experts from their Sun Moon Sword Sect is following as well."

"Not only the Sun Moon Sword Sect, but experts from the Shaolin Temple, the Ten Thousand Stars Sect, and the Saber Sect will also arrive one after another."

"The capital is entering a troubled autumn."

The night grew heavy.

The silver moon hung high in the night sky.

Three hours after Zhou Cheng entered the Green Demon Mountain Range.

"Your Demon-Subduing Saber Technique has killed forty-nine demonic beasts, reaching 100% cultivation progress at the Entry level, breaking through to the Proficient stage!"

On the system panel, the light of the Demon-Subduing Saber Technique flared, and the Entry level had changed to the Proficient stage.

After killing forty-nine demonic beasts, Zhou Cheng felt no fatigue; instead, he felt his blood boiling.

Now, both his Roaming Dragon White Tiger Fist and Demon-Subduing Saber Technique had entered the Proficient stage, leaving only the Wind-Facing Willow Steps yet to break through to the Proficient stage.

Weaponry section:

Earth Cauldron: Low-grade Spirit Tool (Progress 10)

God-Slaying Saber: Low-grade Spirit Tool (Progress 56)

Demon God Garment: Low-grade Spirit Tool (Progress 55)

If he killed forty more demonic beasts, his God-Slaying Saber and Demon God Garment would be able to advance to mid-grade spirit tools. However, Zhou Cheng glanced at the night sky; it was already the hour of the ox, past one in the morning, so he decided to return tomorrow.

Zhou Cheng followed the original path, heading toward the outskirts of the Green Demon Mountain Range.

Just as Zhou Cheng and his group were heading back along the path, they suddenly heard laughter, and then saw a large group of people walking out of the Green Demon Mountain Range from another direction.

By the moonlight, Zhou Cheng clearly saw the attire of the other party.

People from the Grand Tutor Mansion?

At this moment, Gao Jun and the others from the Grand Tutor Mansion also spotted Zhou Cheng and his group.

"Zhou Cheng?" Gao Jun was surprised. He had seen Zhou Cheng at a poetry gathering, so he recognized him, but why would Zhou Cheng come to the Green Demon Mountain Range in the middle of the night?

Training?

However, usually only family disciples at the seventh level of Body Tempering or higher came to the Green Demon Mountain Range for training, and Zhou Cheng was only at the third level of Body Tempering.

Zhou Cheng glanced at the Black Fox held in the other party's hand, ignored them, and prepared to leave with Qin Meng and Lin Ru.

"Stop!" Gao Jun suddenly shouted.

Over twenty people from the Grand Tutor Mansion surrounded them.

Gao Jun looked at Zhou Cheng and asked suspiciously, "Zhou Cheng, what are you doing in the Green Demon Mountain Range?"

Listening to the condescending tone of the interrogation, Zhou Cheng replied, "What I am doing in the Green Demon Mountain Range is none of your business!" Looking at the people from the Grand Tutor Mansion surrounding him, he said coldly, "Get lost!"

Gao Jun was stunned.

Usually at poetry gatherings, Zhou Cheng, who was only at the third level of Body Tempering, would avoid him upon seeing him. Now, he was actually telling him to get lost?

"You're courting death!" Gao Jun was enraged and suddenly swung a palm toward Zhou Cheng.

Gao Jun was fifteen years old and an expert at the eighth level of Body Tempering. If this slap landed, it could knock all the teeth out of an ordinary seventh-level Body Tempering practitioner.

However, just as his palm reached in front of Zhou Cheng, it was grabbed by someone.

Qin Meng gripped Gao Jun's hand with cold eyes and twisted it; the sound of cracking bones rang out.

Gao Jun let out a miserable shriek as his right hand was twisted into a mangled mess—it wasn't just fractured, it was completely shattered. Gao Jun was in so much pain he nearly fainted, and he roared, "Hack them to pieces! Hack them all to pieces, including this brat Zhou Cheng!"