All-out assault on the Evil Demon Forest: To repel outside threats, first secure the home front

He murmured it twice, then suddenly narrowed his eyes and rubbed his chin.

"Damn, isn't that the Wind-Thunder Staff?"

Little Black Dog raised his head. "The Wind-Thunder Staff? What's that?"

Chen Xuan ignored him. He leaned back in his chair, his mind churning like a storm-tossed sea.

The Wind-Thunder Staff.

The weapon Yun Zhongzi had passed down to Lei Zhenzi in Investiture of the Gods, said to summon wind and thunder with every swing.

But Chen Xuan knew perfectly well that the Wind-Thunder Staff itself was merely a golden staff. The truly formidable power lay in Lei Zhenzi's divine abilities.

It was Lei Zhenzi's divine abilities that had made the Wind-Thunder Staff famous. In someone else's hands, that staff might not have possessed the same might.

Even so, a child with the Wind-Thunder Staff as his martial soul had talent far too striking to ignore.

The martial souls emerging across the continent lately were stranger than the last.

Ma Xiaotao was one thing-she had been explicitly mentioned in the original story-but those others seemed to possess even more terrifying talent than she did.

A mechanical core, a blood body, and now a Wind-Thunder Staff.

All of them were top-tier. Geniuses who might appear once in centuries were now springing up as though they cost nothing.

"Something's wrong," he muttered.

Little Black Dog tilted his head. "You've been acting wrong this whole time."

Chen Xuan was about to reply when someone lifted the tent flap.

Mu En walked in, still travel-worn but in good spirits. There was even a rare hint of ease on his face.

"Xuanzi, this old man is back."

Chen Xuan looked up at him. "Mu En, what happened? Why are you so happy?"

Mu En sat down across from him, took the teapot Little Black Dog brought