Flesh-Bone Green Robe's Food

Ge Hongshan's eyes were somber as he pinpointed the origin of this evil entity.

However, the three elders present all wore expressions of confusion, clearly having never heard of a so-called Flesh-Bone Spirit Puppet.

Seeing their bewilderment, Ge Hongshan took a deep breath and spoke with a grim face.

"The Flesh-Bone Spirit Puppet is an evil entity that appeared in the ancient era; logically, it should have gone extinct long ago."

"Their true forms are weak, yet they possess the bizarre ability to harm the living within their dreams."

"Conventional techniques cannot stop them."

As he spoke, Ge Hongshan looked toward Qi Rui.

"There is only one solution left: Elder Qi, you must enter the dream yourself. Project your primordial spirit into your disciple's dream to confront the Flesh-Bone Spirit Puppet directly."

"But this technique carries a certain degree of risk. Because you are entering your disciple's dream, your primordial spirit projection will be limited to the Foundation Establishment stage at most."

"If your Foundation Establishment strength cannot overcome the Flesh-Bone Spirit Puppet, you may fail to save your disciple and suffer damage to your own soul instead."

Ge Hongshan quickly explained the situation, informing Elder Qi, who was deeply attached to her beloved disciple.

He truly did not know how to deal with this ancient evil.

If the entity were cursing him, Ge Hongshan would be confident in repelling it within the dreamscape.

After all, such evil entities were mostly weak, capable only of harming low-level cultivators with unstable souls or mere mortals.

Now that Elder Qi's beloved disciple had somehow provoked such a long-vanished ancient evil, Ge Hongshan was already preparing to withdraw out of caution.

These ancient evils were incredibly bizarre and fundamentally different from ordinary demons or ghosts; it was best to stay far away and avoid any entanglement.

Once Ge Hongshan finished speaking, the other two elders also fell silent.

All three looked at Qi Rui, waiting for the decision of this female elder who doted so heavily on her disciple.

On the bed, the female disciple named Qin Haie screamed incessantly.

Her right shoulder, left foot, wrists... flesh was being torn away by the monster, and fresh blood splattered across the bed.

The sight of flesh being ripped away while alive was incredibly bloody and gruesome.

In the dream, Qin Haie wailed desperately, screaming at her surroundings.

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

The woman cried heart-wrenchingly, stripped of all the pride and arrogance of a demonic genius.

Her face was a mess of tears and snot, making her look both ugly and filthy.

The silent Elder Qi watched her wailing, pitiful, and miserable disciple on the bed, listening to her wretched cries from within her stupor.

Finally, she sighed.

"My sweet disciple, Master will help you."

Having said this, Qi Rui waved her hand, and the bed sitting in the main hall floated out, landing directly in the courtyard.

In this beautiful small courtyard, originally gifted to Qin Haie by her master, Elder Qi's indifferent voice now rang out.

"Cai'er, Mo Huan, send your junior sister on her way."

"She is screaming so miserably and crying so hideously; don't let her suffer any longer."

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

"Yes!"

The next second, a flash of sword light flickered, and blood sprayed.

The piercing wails in the courtyard stopped instantly. The woman's arms on the bed hung limp, and fresh red blood dripped silently down the bed frame.

Back in the quiet main hall, Elder Qi looked at the other three elders and smiled.

"I have troubled you three brothers tonight."

"Please, follow me to the front hall for a chat. I have already prepared a banquet to thank you for your assistance."

Elder Qi, who had just watched her beloved disciple die, was now all smiles, showing not a trace of sorrow.

It was as if the one who had died was nothing more than an insignificant dog.

The other three elders laughed as well, finding nothing strange about it.

"Good! I have been craving the Drunken River Spring that Junior Sister Qi keeps in her collection for a long time..."

"Hahaha... tonight is the perfect time for a drink!"

The four elders left, laughing and appearing to be in high spirits.

After the four elders departed, a maid soon arrived to clean the remaining bloodstains from the floor.

The stiff corpse lying motionless on the bed was also quickly carried away.

Qin Haie's family background was decent, so the body would likely be sent out of the Demon Refining Sect intact and, in all probability, buried in her hometown.

But at this moment in the Demon Refining Sect, no one cared about that anymore.

After all, the gifted young demonic genius had vanished at this very moment, holding no further value.

Inside the dimly lit tile-roofed house, Li Muyang opened his eyes.

A flicker of surprise flashed through his gaze.

How did she die so suddenly...

Closing his eyes in confusion, Li Muyang pulled up the system interface once more.

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

On the current system interface, the bubble for the Flesh-Bone Green Robe had completely hidden itself.

It would only reappear once Li Muyang touched it with his intent.

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

Yet, in its hands, it clutched a weeping little doll.

It appeared to be the soul of a woman.

The chibi Flesh-Bone Green Robe held this little doll, nibbling on it in small, dainty bites.

However, the chibi's mouth was so tiny that it would likely take a long time to finish.

Li Muyang shook his head and exited the system interface.

Is this Flesh-Bone Green Robe eating Qin Haie's soul...

Even though it was a chibi version and the art style looked quite cute, the thought that it was consuming the soul of a living person made Li Muyang's scalp tingle.

Mostly, it was because he had been killed by this thing hundreds of times in the game, leaving him with deep psychological trauma.

Yet, using the Flesh-Bone Green Robe to kill someone in reality for the first time, Li Muyang found it to be even more useful than he had imagined.

It could be set to fully autonomous mode, allowing the Flesh-Bone Green Robe to hunt down enemies like a standard witchcraft technique.

Alternatively, he could manually control it, entering the dreamscape himself to pursue the target.

It was just that a Golden Core expert was truly formidable; Qin Haie had kept fleeing within the dream, constantly breaking free from the Flesh-Bone Green Robe's pursuit.

Even with Li Muyang taking the field himself, the chase had been quite troublesome.

Li Muyang estimated that using the Flesh-Bone Green Robe to kill a Golden Core expert was likely its limit.

If he were to target a Seventh-Grade expert... even if he could enter their dream, he likely wouldn't be able to catch them.

As for anyone above the Seventh Grade, there was no need to even consider it.

It seems I still have to rely on myself.

Li Muyang whispered to himself, looking at his foster sister sleeping soundly on the bed, and sighed.

Qin Haie was dead, and this matter had come to an end.

From here on, Li Muyang could play his game in peace while using spirit rice to refine medicine to save his foster sister.

The day Li Yuechan completely dispelled the demonic energy, Li Muyang would be able to eat high-grade spirit rice to increase his cultivation.

He was already at the Sixth Heaven of the Qi Refining Realm, getting closer and closer to Foundation Establishment—who could have imagined that a month ago, Li Muyang was just a little rookie at the Second Heaven of the Qi Refining Realm?

Truly, cheating is fun for a moment, but cheating forever is always fun.

Having successfully killed his enemy, a weight was lifted from Li Muyang's heart, and he let out a long breath, feeling refreshed and invigorated.

He closed his eyes and drifted into a sound, peaceful sleep.