Heaven rewards diligence, but there are always fairies plotting against me.

Huang Shigui's attack was not only insidious and vicious, but also extremely close. An ordinary person would not even have time to blink before being successfully ambushed.

This is Huang Shigui's last trump card, and his only hope for a comeback!

Unfortunately, Chu Chang kicked off with both legs and decisively initiated a sliding tackle.

Whoosh!!

Chu Chang slid across the shadowy figure, his body pressed against the ground, narrowly avoiding its path.

Boom!!!

It turned out to be a thunderbolt.

The fiery thunderbolt struck the boulder behind him, exploding with a deafening roar, sending flames soaring into the sky and scattering debris everywhere.

The violent shockwave shook the surrounding trees violently, but it didn't even scratch Chu Chang's clothes.

When Chu Chang sprang to his feet unharmed, Huang Shigui was completely stunned.

He was utterly desperate.

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"Slide...slide tackle?"

Huang Shigui was dumbfounded.

He didn't expect that someone could dodge by sliding.

This was a fatal blow that he had gathered all his true energy into!

The last glimmer of hope has been extinguished.

Huang Shigui collapsed to the ground, spitting out mouthfuls of black blood. The corrosive poison in his body had completely invaded his heart meridian. He didn't even have the strength to lift a finger. He could only watch in fear as Chu Chang walked towards him step by step, like a lamb to the slaughter.

"die!"

Chu Chang's eyes turned cold, giving Huang Shigui no more chances to talk nonsense or struggle.

His right hand transformed into a blur, and the true energy within his body erupted instantly, with faint waves of scorching heat and overlapping palm shadows emanating from the air.

"Burning Waves and Overlapping Shadows"!

"boom!"

A deep, thunderous roar.

Chu Chang struck out with a palm.

The violent force shattered Huang Shigui's heart meridian, causing his chest to collapse completely. Before he could even scream, his head lolled to the side, and he breathed his last.

"Senior Sister Yu! Senior Sister Yu, are you alright?"

Seeing that the danger had passed, Zhang Erniu came to Yu Xiaoxiao's side.

Chu Chang began to examine the black bag hanging from Huang Shigui's waist.

Yu Xiaoxiao's face was deathly pale, and she didn't even have the strength to move a finger. Her beautiful eyes were filled with the terror of surviving a disaster.

She looked at Chu Chang and forced out two words: "Antidote... antidote..."

At this moment, Chu Chang had already emptied the contents of the black bag all at once.

Besides a few bottles of healing pills and a pile of gold and silver ingots commonly used in the mortal world, there were also two strange stones about the size of pigeon eggs, completely black in color.

"This is... a spirit stone?"

Chu Chang's eyes lit up slightly.

He had naturally heard of this strange object.

Ordinary people use gold and silver as a means of exchange, but top cultivators possess spirit stones.

Because spirit stones contain extremely pure, unclaimed spiritual energy, directly absorbing spirit stones for cultivation is several times faster than daily breathing exercises!

This was the first time Chu Chang had ever seen or touched a spirit stone in person.

Although there were only two, it was still a windfall.

Chu Chang calmly swept the spirit stones and gold and silver into his pocket, and then his gaze fell on a small black jade bottle.

A small note was crookedly pasted on the jade bottle, with a single word written on it: "Solve".

"It seems this is the antidote."

Chu Chang understood.

Huang Shigui used toxic fumes here, and he himself was in the fumes. To prevent accidental inhalation, he would definitely carry an antidote with him and take it in advance.

Just then, Chu Chang suddenly felt his head go heavy and his limbs felt weak.

"Huh? When did I get infected too?"

However, Chu Chang remained completely calm.

A slight thought crossed his mind, and the extreme yang energy within his body instantly began to circulate like a volcano.

The domineering and fiery masculine energy circulated through the meridians and then emitted a soft "hiss" sound, instantly evaporating the bewitching incense toxin that had invaded the body, and the body immediately regained its vigor and vitality.

He poured out a brown pill and swallowed it himself first. After confirming that it was safe, he took the jade bottle and walked up to Yu Xiaoxiao and Zhang Erniu.

"Here, take your medicine, and you'll feel better."

Chu Chang stuffed the brown pills into the mouths of the two men respectively.

The pills melted instantly in their mouths, and within moments, Yu Xiaoxiao and Zhang Erniu felt the soreness and weakness in their bodies recede like a receding tide, and their strength returned to their bodies.

"Chu Chang, we really owe you a lot this time." Yu Xiaoxiao said, still feeling shaken.

Zhang Erniu also exclaimed, "Senior Sister Yu, do you know that I wasn't actually bitten by a poisonous snake? Brother Chu told me to pretend!"

It turned out that right after Chu Chang and Zhang Erniu left, Chu Chang told him that Huang Shigui had ulterior motives!

At first, Zhang Erniu didn't quite believe it.

Chu Chang then suggested that he pretend to be bitten by a poisonous snake, and Zhang Erniu agreed.

Upon arriving, Zhang Erniu indeed noticed that Senior Sister Yu Xiaoxiao was acting strangely, seemingly weak and listless.

He wasn't stupid; he immediately realized that what Chu Chang said was true.

After hearing Zhang Erniu's explanation, Yu Xiaoxiao asked in surprise, "Chu Chang, how did you find out?"

"I smelled the poisonous fumes when I left," Chu Chang could only say, making up an excuse.

"No way, Brother Chu, your nose is too sharp."

Zhang Erniu exclaimed in shock.

"Not only do you have a keen sense of smell, but you are also very strong. You were actually able to kill someone at the Qi Refining Realm," Yu Xiaoxiao said in surprise.

"Actually, I also took advantage of the danger posed by the strange artifact," Chu Chang said modestly, then looked at the corpse on the ground: "We'll throw this corpse into the depths of the jungle later. Some demonic beasts will smell the blood and devour it completely."

After a pause, Chu Chang asked again, "Does he have any family members in the sect?"

If there are relatives or friends involved, they will definitely investigate, so the three of them need to give the same story.

"Don't worry, he's all alone in the sect."

"That's good." Chu Changshun picked up a book from the package.

"Huh, what is this...?" Chu Chang discovered that the book was a list of names.

Upon opening it, I found dozens of names recorded inside.

Look at these names, they are all women's names.

The price is also recorded after each name.

Three hundred taels, four hundred and sixty taels, five hundred taels... two hundred and thirty taels...

"Is this... the price for selling yourself?"

Upon seeing this, Yu Xiaoxiao suddenly realized something: "His purpose in attacking me wasn't to humiliate me, but to betray me?"

Chu Chang's eyes turned cold, and he was about to start cursing.

Back in his hometown, he had also heard stories of rural families losing their wives and daughters.

These women were all trafficked; some were sold to old bachelors, while others were sold to brothels. In short, their fates were extremely tragic.

Yu Xiaoxiao's face turned cold as she recalled the scenes of Huang Shigui taking the initiative to approach her.

At the time, I thought Huang Shigui just wanted to pursue her.

That's normal; she thinks it's because she's pretty.

But now it seems there's more to the story.

For a moment, she felt both lingering fear and tension.

From now on, this beautiful young girl must take good care of herself.

Thinking of this, Yu Xiaoxiao looked at the corpse on the ground and became even angrier.

She picked up her sword and slashed down.

Soon, the once intact corpse was dismembered into eight pieces.

Chu Chang and Zhang Erniu exchanged a glance; this woman was not to be trifled with either.

"I'm sorry, I... I just couldn't control myself." Yu Xiaoxiao realized she had lost her composure and said with a frown.

"I understand. Let's leave here. The smell of blood will soon attract monsters," Chu Chang said.

And so, the three of them left Huang Shigui's body behind and quickly left the place of trouble.

As night fell, a campfire flickered in a secluded clearing.

The three sat around the campfire, warming themselves and discussing their unanimous story for when they returned.

The explanation was simple and blunt: they had encountered a powerful demonic beast, and Senior Brother Huang Shigui, with his unwavering courage and the strongest cultivation, charged ahead. After a fierce battle, the demonic beast was finally slain by Senior Brother Huang, but who could have imagined that an even more terrifying demonic beast would suddenly emerge from the shadows!

And so, the venerable Senior Brother Huang tragically died on the spot while protecting them... and they, being of weak strength, could only flee in tears.

After discussing it, Zhang Erniu volunteered to stay and keep watch, while Yu Xiaoxiao hugged her knees and rested against a tree.

Chu Chang sat cross-legged to the side and generously took out the two black spirit stones.

After all, he personally killed Huang Shigui, so he had every right to take the spoils.

Zhang Erniu and Yu Xiaoxiao were both sensible people, and they maintained a tacit silence on the matter, not mentioning the division of spoils at all.

Chu Chang held the hard spirit stone in his hand, his heart filled with curiosity.

In this wilderness, the spiritual energy in the air is thin and mixed with violent impurities, making it impossible to cultivate in peace.

He took a deep breath and tried to guide a wisp of true essence into the spirit stone.

In an instant, an extremely pure and unadulterated spiritual energy surged into his meridians like a joyful stream from his palm!

Chu Chang was overjoyed, as the true essence within his body actually began to increase at a visible rate.

He immediately activated the "Invincible Vajra Skill" and was surprised to find that even the skill experience points on the system panel increased by a rocket.

"Before, completing a full cycle would take forever to gain just 1 experience point. Now, with these spirit stones, I gain 3 experience points in a single cycle!"

Chu Chang opened his eyes, looked at the slightly dim spirit stone in his palm, and couldn't help but let the corners of his mouth turn up wildly.

"These spirit stones are truly valuable!"

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Several days later, deep in the jungle.

Over the past few days, the three worked together seamlessly, slaying a total of three Black Wind Wolves, thus successfully completing the sect's mission.

At this moment, Chu Chang was playing with a small black bag, a smile he couldn't suppress playing on his lips.

This is Huang Shigui's storage bag.

Chu Chang spent two whole days slowly erasing the spiritual imprint left by Huang Shigui with his own true essence. Now, this treasure has finally changed its surname to "Chu".

This thing isn't cheap in the cultivation world.

According to Yu Xiaoxiao, it was worth at least tens of thousands of taels of silver, something even she, a senior disciple with considerable wealth, didn't possess.

Now, all the benefits have gone to Chu Chang, making Yu Xiaoxiao's eyes sparkle with envy these past few days.

With this storage bag, the three of them no longer had to carry the huge Black Wind Wolf carcass on their journey. Chu Chang waved his hand and easily put the wolf carcass into the bag.

Having tasted success, the trio decided to stay on the outskirts of the Black Wind Forest for a few more days.

After all, although this place is dangerous, it is full of rare medicinal herbs. If you collect more and take them back, you can make a lot of extra money.

After all, as the saying goes, "Since we're already here..."

On this day, the campsite in the forest was filled with the enticing aroma of meat.

Chu Chang was squatting by the fire, skillfully turning the roasted meat, which sizzled and dripped oil.

Zhang Erniu had just finished skinning the Black Wind Wolf and was covered in the smell of blood, so he hummed a little tune and ran to the riverbank not far away to take a bath.

Suddenly, only Chu Chang and Yu Xiaoxiao remained in the camp.

Suddenly, a fragrant breeze wafted over.

Yu Xiaoxiao had somehow gotten close to Chu Chang, holding a delicate pink handkerchief in her hand. She gently touched Chu Chang's forehead and wiped away the beads of sweat that had seeped out from the fire.

"Junior Brother Chu, look how tired you are, your forehead is covered in sweat..."