Tang Wenlong and the others' corpses hung at the city gate for seven days. During that time, Bai Yu did not concern himself with the Yu Family's affairs.
Once word of this spread, Hillside City fell into a terrifying silence. Aside from the Yu Family, which remained jubilant, every force in the city settled down.
They all seemed to be waiting for a piece of news.
During this time, Xiao Rongrong tried to cozy up to Black Charcoal. She even studied what it usually liked to eat, but Bai Yu never told her that Black Charcoal itself had no dietary taboos—it could eat anything.
As a result, Xiao Rongrong could never get a read on Black Charcoal, which left her somewhat frustrated.
She always felt that Black Charcoal simply could not express any particular preference when it came to food. In the end, Xiao Rongrong concluded that she just had not fed it what it liked best.
Bai Yu did not stop Xiao Rongrong's behavior. After all, Black Charcoal was his third bonded Gu, even if it was an "external Gu."
Yet judging from the state of its mutation this time, Black Charcoal was only getting better and better.
And he had not wasted a vacant aperture slot because of Black Charcoal.
He casually checked Nangong Xuansu's condition. The crimson cocoon that had formed around her had deepened further in color, and empowered by the Heavenly Demon Soul-Devouring Gu, the energy within the jade cocoon had grown increasingly dense.
Bai Yu felt that when Nangong Xuansu awakened, she would surely give him a surprise.
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"
Just as Bai Yu was preparing to contact Pang Tong and the others to see how the collection of Jade-Bone Sword Grass was going, Thunder suddenly roared above the Yu Family. The previously