Starting as the young master of a medicine shop, he practiced swordsmanship for twenty years

They had been searching for Lu Xuan for the better part of the night.

Upon hearing Liang Cheng's words, the weary villagers of Liugou returned to their homes.

East Yard!

Liang Cheng arrived at Lu Xuan's room early, filled with many questions he wanted to ask.

"Brother Xuan, did you really see that kind of dirty thing?"

"Do those dirty things really exist?"

With a mix of apprehension and disbelief, Liang Cheng inquired of Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan glanced at the extremely nervous Liang Cheng and said softly, "Whether they exist or not, don't you already know in your heart?"

So it was true, there really were such terrifying and bizarre dirty things.

Lu Xuan's answer filled Liang Cheng with dread; he never imagined the eerie stories he'd heard were real.

He wasn't mistaken; Liugou Village really did have such strange occurrences, no wonder it felt so ominous to him.

No wonder the dead moved and attacked them.

"Then, Brother Xuan, when you encountered that thing, did you manage to..."

Liang Cheng made a gesture, asking if Lu Xuan had managed to eliminate it.

If even his cousin couldn't deal with it, Liang Cheng decided he would run away with his men at the first light of day.

Damn it, I'm just a yamen constable with a monthly salary of one tael of silver; you want me to risk my life for the court?

He might as well quit being a constable, go home, and live off his savings.

Anyone who wants the job can have it; the thought of that ghostly thing appearing tonight, just a door away from him, made Liang Cheng feel a chill down his spine and sweat profusely.

Liang Cheng's question caused Lu Xuan to frown, unsure how to answer.

Lu Xuan suspected that the thing wasn't dead, but he couldn't find any solid evidence to support his suspicion.

Thinking of this, Lu Xuan felt somewhat sentimental.

It seems my knowledge is still too limited.

He originally thought this was just an ordinary martial arts world, but he didn't expect such bizarre and extraordinary things to exist.

Not only was Liang Cheng shocked, but even he found it hard to accept.

Since that's the case, then Lu Xuan's strategy of lying low and developing in a small county had to change.

It was time to go to bigger places to broaden his horizons; perhaps detailed records of these things existed in the prefectures.

"The thing in Liugou Village has been dealt with for the most part, and it's estimated that there won't be any more problems in the future."

Faced with Liang Cheng's question, Lu Xuan still answered him.

According to Lu Xuan's guess, even if it wasn't dead, it probably wouldn't be able to come out and harm people for a long time.

He couldn't say for sure; perhaps he would know the details of these things after he went to the prefecture.

If it was really like Lu Xuan guessed, and this strange thing wasn't dead, then he might come back to Liugou Village again.

"Almost? Estimated?"

"Brother Xuan, what does that mean?"

"Will such things happen in Liugou Village again in the future?"

Lu Xuan's words made Liang Cheng a little confused; resolving it meant resolving it.

He could hear some uncertainty in his cousin's words.

However, after Liang Cheng asked, Lu Xuan only gave him a reassuring look and didn't answer his question any further.

Liang Cheng had no choice but to leave Lu Xuan's room; since his cousin said it was mostly resolved, that meant there weren't any major problems in Liugou Village.

Next, it was up to him; as a yamen runner in the county, he had to appease the villagers of Liugou Village.

Not long after Liang Cheng left, Lu Xuan checked the system panel in his mind.

Host: Lu Xuan

Realm: Blood Refinement Realm (Complete)

Technique: Scarlet Flame Saber Technique 1/9 (Can be deduced)

Points: 50

Please confirm whether to consume 30 points to deduce the Scarlet Flame Saber Technique.

Lu Xuan suppressed his eagerness; now was not the best time to deduce the Scarlet Flame Saber Technique.

The last time he deduced the Fiery Fire Saber Technique, he had to prepare an expensive blood ginseng.

He had to return to the Lu family first and prepare everything before he could proceed with the deduction.

He felt that after this deduction of the Scarlet Flame Saber Technique, his strength would undergo a complete and earth-shattering change.

Lu Xuan's Blood Refinement Realm had been cultivated to perfection, vaguely touching the bottleneck in the dark, which limited Lu Xuan's strength from advancing further.

Inner Energy Realm?

The legendary realm recorded in books, refining the body's internal organs, flesh, bones, and marrow to perfection.

Then, comprehending the heavens and the earth, a strand of mysterious and profound aura would be produced from the flesh of a person beyond ordinary people, called Inner Energy.

It possessed incredible power, allowing martial arts practitioners with Inner Energy to exert the most powerful force of the martial arts techniques they cultivated.

Because the door to the room was broken by Lu Xuan, Liang Cheng and the others found a piece of wood overnight.

They quickly made a simple wooden door and reinstalled it, barely able to use it.

Lu Xuan didn't sleep, but sat cross-legged on the wooden bed, the weak candlelight on the wooden table beside him, and the dim candlelight shone on Lu Xuan's face.

After a night of intense pursuit and the unrestrained release of his own blood energy, Lu Xuan could clearly feel that his body was a little tired.

Accompanying it was a feeling of hunger, Lu Xuan stood up and walked to sit at the wooden table.

Then Lu Xuan took out a large amount of jerky from the package on the table, which was the food that Li San had bought in advance at the Drunken Immortal Inn in Shili Town.

Lu Xuan picked up the jerky on the table with one hand and swallowed it nonchalantly, the speed of which was unbelievable.

That weird thing was really troublesome, the speed was amazing, and it could also fly, Lu Xuan almost let him run away.

In the end, Lu Xuan had to go all out and recklessly squander his whole body's strength to barely catch up with that weird thing.

Lu Xuan kept chewing the jerky in his mouth, thinking a lot, it seems that it was time for him to find a body technique.

Relying on a single knife technique, it was still a bit troublesome for the weird things that appeared now.

If he knew a body technique, Lu Xuan could guarantee that this ghostly shadow couldn't even escape the East Yard.

If Lu Xuan was easily approached, his powerful blood energy would erupt, and this weird thing would probably be wiped out by his blood energy.

Body Technique!

Where can I find a body technique? Some good martial arts secrets in the world are very precious, let alone a good body technique.

Lu Xuan thought secretly in his heart, it seems that after returning to the county, he had to inquire more about it.

It would be best if he could buy it with money, but if he couldn't buy it, then Lu Xuan could only take another way.