Chapter 158 - 95: Dog: My Relationship with Little Auntie is Drastically Heating Up (4)

Chapter 158: Chapter 95: Dog: My Relationship with Little Auntie is Drastically Heating Up (4)

But the necessary cleanup couldn’t be sloppy in the slightest. The Imperial Clan Court was not to be trifled with.

This time, he had truly shot himself in the foot.

"Yes!"

The woman assented and departed with a serpentine sway of her hips.

Huangfu Song stood rooted to the spot in silence for a long while, the name "Zhao Ci" echoing in his mind.

’If that man is allowed to mature under Gu Xiangzhu’s protection, he will become a grave threat to me.’

’Talent like this... it’s already surpassed the Xiang Tiange of old.’

’I could, of course, use the leak of the Celestial Demon Body to attack her.’

’But that’s all it would be—an attack.’

’She holds the Demon Sect’s purse strings. No one dares to go too far.’

’Unless... the Demon Monarch himself makes an appearance!’

But for now, although the Divine Cocoon was stirring, he hadn’t found a single trace of the Demon Monarch.

’I’ll have to keep a low profile for the time being.’

’I need to mobilize all my power to search for any trace of the Demon Monarch.’

’And if the opportunity arises, I must eliminate Zhao Ci!’

’The kid is too much of a threat, and his relationship with Gu Xiangzhu seems to be on the verge of spiraling out of control.’

’He absolutely cannot be allowed to live!’

...

「The next morning.」

The sky had yet to break.

The roosters had yet to crow.

Zhao Ci opened his eyes.

Perhaps it was due to the combination of the Yu Xin Flame and the Divinity Refining Furnace, but his spirit was already quite formidable. After just two to four hours of rest, his mental fatigue was completely gone.

He immediately sat down cross-legged, swallowed a few pills, and began to circulate the Emperor’s Extreme Body Refining Technique.

His body was no longer in danger, but it was incredibly weak. To remain in such a state for too long would only be detrimental.

Gu Xiangzhu had injected a considerable amount of external True Qi into him yesterday. While it had resolved the immediate crisis, he had to purge the remnants, or it would hinder his future cultivation.

As the medicinal essence entered his system, the Emperor’s Extreme Body Refining Technique immediately extracted a wisp of pure True Qi.

It then circulated once through his meridians, assimilating all the foreign True Qi. Growing stronger along the way, it began to surge powerfully.

Having reached the Harmony Realm, his Imperial Extreme True Qi was dense and robust, making it excellent for both offense and defense, with first-rate recovery capabilities.

After just a few circulatory cycles, the feeling of weakness vanished completely.

But Zhao Ci had no intention of stopping.

Yesterday’s battle had made him realize just how powerful his cultivation path truly was.

At the same time, he also realized what he lacked.

With the Body Suppressing Talisman, he could completely ignore the endurance of his muscles and bones, fully unleashing the power and intensity of his Flesh Souls.

Combined with the two supremely powerful techniques of the Overlord Spear, he could take on an army single-handedly.

And that was before he had even undergone Muscle and Bone Refining.

If he could refine the Celestial Demon Tendons and form the Celestial Demon Bone, he could multiply the power of the Xiang’s Overlord Spear several times over.

Now that the Body Suppressing Talisman was gone, however, his power was shackled once more. Forget fighting fifty men; even taking on five would be a struggle. In terms of physical prowess, he was now just an ordinary expert, not yet at the level of the Physical Body Realm.

He had to break through as soon as possible.

The Prefecture Examination was in a few days. Once he obtained the Heaven-Suspended Spider Silk, he could perform his first muscle refinement. He would also have to personally use the Celestial Demon Body Refining Secret Technique for the first time to forge his Celestial Demon Tendons. Before all that, he had to get his body into peak condition.

As for other matters...

He needed to hurry up and start training his two subordinate Mansion Officials.

Feng Kucha was doing alright. If he could refine that dark green energy in his lower abdomen, his cultivation speed should be decent. Plus, his mental state was quite good.

Yang Mo’s situation, however, was far from optimistic.

Just thinking about that suffocating family environment was enough to make one’s skin crawl.

Worse, he seemed to have completely bought into his parents’ psychological manipulation.

Helping him overcome that fear would be no easy task.

"Divine Cocoon..."

Zhao Ci suddenly recalled the reward from the golden wish. He felt that Yang Mo’s condition was like that of a moth trapped inside a cocoon.

A moth in the worst possible predicament, at that.

Because its cocoon was woven from damn tungsten wire, making it nearly impossible to break free.

’How could an exhausted moth ever hope to break free from a cocoon like that?’

Zhao Ci even wondered, if he copied this talent for himself, what kind of cocoon would he be trapped in?

’And what would he gain after breaking free?’

He took a sharp breath. ’No, I shouldn’t get sidetracked by these what-ifs.’

’The ten thousand Insight Points and the Divine Cocoon talent are secondary right now.’

’The crucial thing is figuring out how to get Yang Mo back on his feet.’

The Mansion Contest was about to officially begin.

The five Civilian Mansion Officials had considerable potential, but their strength was still below the average for their rank.

Of the remaining three Mansion Officials, two were complete scrubs.

And... he was still damn well short one Mansion Official.

The Mansion Contest was notoriously brutal.

’I can’t be expected to lead the charge on every single thing, can I?’

’I need to hand out these pills quickly.’

’And reap the Insight Points I’m owed.’

’Then I need to hurry back to Lingge to handle matters for the Mansion Contest.’