Ghost King stared at the stack of cultivation manuals before him, at a loss for words. He'd thought he would have to wait a few more days, but he hadn't expected them to be delivered the very next day.
Puzzled, Ghost King turned to Zhang Xiaofan.
"These manuals are terrible! They're completely useless!" Zhang Xiaofan saw Ghost King's doubts and answered truthfully.
After hearing that, Ghost King casually pulled out a book and flipped through it. Sure enough, just as Zhang Xiaofan had said, the manuals were terrible! Exhausted, he waved the two of them away. This time, he'd taken a huge loss!
He'd taken on the karmic debt but gained nothing in return! He'd been saddled with a bad name for no reason. What a headache! He didn't want to see either of them right now; he just wanted them out of his sight as soon as possible.
In truth, Ghost King knew that even though he'd taken on this karmic debt, Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji would still bear most of it. They hadn't hidden their deal from the people lying on the ground that day, so their conversation had surely spread. At most, he could be considered an accomplice. The real masterminds were those two brats, who had none of the integrity expected of disciples from a reputable sect.
Over the course of a month, Luo Yunji had drafted a cultivation manual suited to the five thousand soldiers. It was more than a little better than that stack of manuals; it completely outclassed them. The manual was still incomplete and couldn't yet be practiced, but judging from the theory alone, once it was finished, it would certainly be formidable.
Meanwhile, the Loose Cultivators who'd had their manuals stolen had already brought the matter before the Azure Cloud