Flesh-Bone Green Robe's Food

Ge Hongshan's eyes darkened as he exposed the origins of this evil creature in a single sentence.

Yet the three elders present all looked confused. Clearly, they had never heard of this so-called Flesh-Bone Spirit Puppet.

Seeing their confusion, Ge Hongshan took a deep breath and said grimly,

"Flesh-Bone Spirit Puppets were evil creatures that appeared in ancient times. They should have gone extinct long ago."

"Their physical forms are weak, but they possess the uncanny ability to harm the living in their dreams."

"Ordinary spells can't stop them."

As he spoke, Ge Hongshan looked at Qi Rui.

"Now there's only one option left: Elder Qi, you must enter the dream yourself, sending your primordial spirit into your disciple's dream to confront the Flesh-Bone Spirit Puppet."

"But this technique carries some risk. Since you'll be entering your disciple's dream, the projection of your primordial spirit can only reach the Core Formation stage at most."

"If even a Core Formation cultivator can't defeat that Flesh-Bone Spirit Puppet, then you may not be able to save your disciple. Worse, your soul could be injured."

Ge Hongshan quickly explained the situation to Elder Qi Rui, who was so anxious for her beloved disciple.

He truly didn't know how to deal with this ancient evil creature.

If it were cursing him to death, Ge Hongshan was confident he could fend it off in the dream.

After all, most creatures of this kind were weak. They could only harm low-level cultivators with unstable souls, or ordinary mortals.

He had no idea how Elder Qi's beloved disciple had managed to provoke this long-vanished ancient evil creature. Out of caution, Ge Hongshan was already preparing to withdraw.

Ancient evil creatures like this were exceedingly uncanny. They were utterly unlike ordinary demons and monsters. It was best to keep one's distance and steer clear.

After Ge Hongshan finished speaking, the other two elders fell silent as well.

All three looked to Qi Rui, waiting for the decision of this female elder, who was so anxious for her beloved disciple.

On the bed, the female disciple named Qin Haie screamed without pause.

Her right shoulder, left foot, wrists... the monster kept tearing away her flesh, spattering blood all over the bed.

The sight of flesh being torn off someone alive was utterly gruesome and horrifying.

In the dream, Qin Haie wailed desperately, shouting at the air around her.

"Master! Save me! I don't want to die! I really don't want to die!"

The woman was sobbing her heart out. Where was the pride and arrogance of a demonic cultivator prodigy now?

She was crying so hard that tears and snot streamed down her face. She looked filthy and hideous.

Elder Qi Rui remained silent as she watched her disciple wail on the bed, pitiful and miserable, and listened to her heartrending cries in her sleep.

At last, she sighed.

"Good disciple, your master will help you."

With that, Qi Rui waved her hand. The bed in the main hall floated out and landed directly in the courtyard.

The beautiful little courtyard, once reserved for Qin Haie and gifted to her by her master, Elder Qi, now echoed with Elder Qi's cool, indifferent voice.

"Cai'er, Mo Huan, see your junior sister off."

"She's screaming so miserably and crying so gratingly. Don't let her suffer any longer."

At Elder Qi's words, the two female disciples waiting outside the courtyard immediately bowed in obedience.

"Yes!"

The next moment, a flash of sword light, and blood sprayed through the air.

The piercing screams in the courtyard stopped at once. The woman on the bed let her arm fall limply, and bright red blood dripped silently from the bedframe.

In the main hall, now quiet once more, Elder Qi looked at the other three elders and smiled.

"I've put you three senior brothers to trouble tonight."

"Please join me in the front hall for a drink. Your junior sister has prepared a banquet to thank you for your help."

Elder Qi Rui had just lost her beloved female disciple, yet now she wore a beaming smile, not the slightest trace of grief.

It was as though the one who had died were no more than an insignificant dog.

The other three elders laughed heartily too, not finding anything strange about it.

"Excellent! I've been eyeing that Drunken River Spring Elder Qi has kept stashed away for ages..."

"Hahaha... Tonight's the perfect time to have a cup!"

The four elders left together, laughing and looking perfectly companionable.

After they were gone, maids soon came into the room to clean the bloodstains from the floor.

The stiff, motionless corpse lying on the bed was quickly carried away as well.

Qin Haie came from a fairly well-off family, so her body could be sent out of the Demon Refining Sect intact. Most likely, it would be taken back to her hometown for burial.

But by then, no one in the Demon Refining Sect cared about the matter anymore.

After all, the exceptionally gifted young demonic cultivator had vanished at that moment, and she was of no further value.

In the dimly lit earthen house, Li Muyang opened his eyes.

A flicker of surprise crossed them.

"Why did she suddenly die..."

He closed his eyes in confusion and brought up the system interface again.

He hadn't been mistaken. Flesh-Bone Green Robe had successfully killed Qin Haie.

On the system interface, Flesh-Bone Green Robe's bubble was now completely hidden.

Only when Li Muyang touched it with his thoughts did the bubble appear.

Inside the dark bubble, the chibi Flesh-Bone Green Robe floated motionlessly.

But in its hands, it clutched a crying little doll.

It seemed to be a woman's soul.

The chibi Flesh-Bone Green Robe held the little doll and nibbled at it, bite by tiny bite.

Its mouth was so small, though, that it would probably take ages to finish.

Li Muyang shook his head and exited the system interface.

"Could Flesh-Bone Green Robe be eating Qin Haie's soul..."

Although it was chibi-style and looked cute, just thinking that it was eating a living person's soul made Li Muyang's scalp tingle.

The main thing was, this thing had killed him hundreds of times in the game. He'd developed a bit of a phobia.

And now that he'd used Flesh-Bone Green Robe to kill someone in the real world for the first time, Li Muyang realized it was more useful than he'd expected.

He could leave it on autopilot and have Flesh-Bone Green Robe kill enemies, treating it like ordinary witchcraft.

Or he could control it himself, entering the dream in person to hunt down his target.

The only issue was, Core Formation experts really were powerful. In the dream, Qin Haie kept running and repeatedly slipped away from Flesh-Bone Green Robe's pursuit.

Even when Li Muyang went after her himself, catching up was a hassle.

Li Muyang figured that using Flesh-Bone Green Robe to kill Core Formation experts was probably its limit.

If he tried to kill a seventh-grade cultivator... even if he could enter their dream, he probably wouldn't be able to catch them.

And there was no need to even consider anyone above the seventh grade.

"Looks like I still have to rely on myself."

Li Muyang murmured softly as he looked at his cheap little sister, fast asleep on the bed, and sighed.

Qin Haie was dead, and the matter was settled for now.

Next, Li Muyang could focus on gaming while using spirit rice to make medicine and save his cheap little sister.

Once Li Yuechan had completely purged the demonic energy, Li Muyang would be able to eat rice made from premium spirit rice and increase his cultivation.

He was already at the sixth level of Qi Refining, getting closer and closer to Foundation Establishment. Who would have thought that a month ago, Li Muyang had been nothing more than a little weakling at the second level of Qi Refining?

Sure enough, using cheats felt great for a while—and using cheats forever felt great forever.

Having successfully killed his enemy and lifted a weight from his heart, Li Muyang let out a long breath and felt refreshed from head to toe.

He closed his eyes and fell soundly asleep.