A Fading Little Town Holds a World of Its Own!

With that, Uncle Liu pulled something that looked like a toy from inside his coat.

It was small, about the size of a palm. He handed it to Xu Feng.

Xu Feng took it.

A game prompt appeared at once!

[Item: Willow-Branch Suppressing Object]

[Grade: Lower Nine Classes]

[Evaluation: Burn fragrant herbs, bathe in medicinal waters, and make merry by the river for three months; tread the green grass, welcome the breath of spring, and shoot down ill-omened ghosts with a bow. This Suppressing Object is woven from willow branches and can suppress most weak wandering spirits. Someone has also tucked a Cinnabar Coin inside as a weight to suppress spirits and monsters. It carries auspicious energy and no ill omen.]

[Equip item?]

[Yes/No]

Xu Feng's eyes lit up. He hadn't expected another item of roughly the same grade as the Executioner's Blade! Unlike the Executioner's Blade, though, the Willow-Branch Suppressing Object had no major side effects.

In theory, that made it safer to use.

But despite sharing the same Lower Nine Classes grade,

it wasn't a Sha Artifact.

It was a Suppressing Object, far more balanced and steady. Yet it also lacked the Executioner's Blade's fierce edge! It gained safety at the cost of some bite. A fair trade.

But "Equip item?"

Xu Feng chose "No." It wasn't that he looked down on the object. Equipping it now simply wouldn't help.

He might as well keep it ready for his next retreat.

Besides, from the look of things, he had plenty of time. If the Earth-Fire Cult Leader really was willing to wait for his execution

without pulling any tricks,

Xu Feng would be staying here for at least four months.

Surely, he thought, four months would be enough to find an item better than this!

"Good