The Yeya Prefecture Military Office paid close attention to the post-battle report submitted by the Wei Clan Army this time, especially because it involved the true spirit of an evil god, something no one could ignore.
The Military Office specially dispatched personnel to inspect the marshlands and sent others to verify matters with the Gu Clan Army. What both sides said was more or less consistent.
The Military Office then pulled out the past records of Zhang Yu and Old Daoist Chen.
Old Daoist Chen was a True Cultivator of considerable renown. His strength had been proven in the past, and there were records of him cooperating with others to eliminate evil god true spirits. There was nothing to doubt.
Yet when they turned to Zhang Yu's record, they were left puzzled. Judging from its descriptions alone, this man had scarcely engaged in any respectable battles in the past.
And yet this cultivator, who should have been utterly mediocre, had ultimately slain an evil god true spirit with a single sword strike.
The Military Office even consulted several cultivators who also wielded swords. All of them shook their heads, saying that even if the evil god true spirit had suffered a devastating blow, as long as its supernatural power had not completely dispersed, they could never kill it in one strike. Anyone capable of such a feat would not even need another's assistance—they could kill an evil god true spirit alone.
Having reached this conclusion, the Military Office did not dare take the matter lightly. It was not unheard of in the Outer Layer for a cultivator's fighting strength to suddenly surge. Some had encountered fortuitous opportunities and gained insight while listening to an incarnation of a Profound Venerable expound the Dao. Others had secretly defected to cultivators of Upper