Dual cultivation makes you stronger, everyone else is a prodigy, and I'm the only one slacking

Just then, a commotion came from outside the door, and a black figure pounced over, moving as fast as a blur.

They took the pill away.

"Hahaha, this is indeed a good product."

The old man in black, wearing a cloak, held a pill in his hand, examining it closely, his face revealing an uncontrollable greed.

A tiny pink mouse perched on his shoulder, its head hunched, glancing timidly at its owner's face before quickly lowering its head, pretending it didn't exist.

The old man in black was in a very good mood. He flicked the little mouse's forehead with his finger, the force quite strong, with a hint of reward.

He said, "Little guy, you did a good job this time. Don't worry, I won't punish you."

The pink mouse squeaked twice, then was jolted and disoriented by the impact.

He appears obsequious on the surface, but is actually suffering terribly inside.

It was originally a treasure-hunting rat spirit, specializing in searching for treasures. In the secret realm, while not necessarily a dominant force, it was certainly one of the top existences. What demon seeking rare treasures wouldn't arrive with a mountain of gifts?

Ever since it was captured by this ghost cultivator, the rat has been living a life of inhuman cruelty.

However, spiritual energy is scarce on this continent, and there are very few treasures that the rat can find appealing. It has not found anything decent for a long time, and it has been beaten by the old man for this.

"Who are you? Why are you trying to steal my elixir?"

The black-clad ghost cultivator raised his head and glanced at him sideways.

The next moment, he flicked his sleeve, and a black whirlwind rolled out from it, heading straight for the Prince of Donghe. In an instant, the Prince of Donghe became a skeleton.

The maid standing outside the door was so frightened that her face turned pale and she trembled all over, unable to utter a single word.

The ghost cultivator glanced at her, and then another black whirlwind appeared.

"How dare a mere mortal covet the elixir of immortality? He's courting death!"

After saying that, he patted his sleeves and leaped away.

"Little one, smell this elixir again. It's an aroma I've never seen before."

He held the pill close to the little mouse's nose.

He added, "Since you have such a keen sense of smell, find me a few more pills of this quality. If you dare to try to fool me with ordinary pills, you'll regret it."

The mouse's fur stood on end, and it nodded repeatedly.

It shrunk into a small pink ball.

That damn old Deng, he's insatiable.

Are elixirs of immortality so easy to find?

Waaaaah~

Why are mice so unlucky?

The night was solemn.

A black shadow moved swiftly between the islands and soon arrived at a beach.

Two groups of people faced off on the rocky shore. The man and woman in white stood on the rocks, their faces calm and their presence imposing.

The ghost cultivator watched from the shadows for a moment.

The woman's cultivation level was not high, only at the Qi Refining stage, so she was not a threat. However, the man was unfathomable, and even he could not see through his abilities, so he should not act rashly.

The little mouse shakily raised its tiny paw, pointed at the two people, and sniffed.

"You want me to go and rob them? You don't mean to send me to my death, do you?" Ghost Xiu looked down at it with a forced smile.

Then, a bolt of purple lightning struck the little mouse.

The mouse curled up in pain, but still managed to shake its head desperately, turning its paws to point to the other side.

The meaning couldn't be clearer: there was another pill nearby, its aura equally extraordinary.

The ghost cultivator pondered for a moment, then a slow grin spread across his face.

"Okay, let's get that one first."

He pulled his cloak tighter, leaped out, and flew in the direction the little mouse had indicated.

The clerk's cottage was dimly lit by candlelight. The clerk's wife looked much better than during the day and was already able to stand up and walk a few steps.

Suddenly the door opened.

A dark figure stood at the doorway, his gaze sweeping around the room before finally settling on Wenshu Niang.

His eyes lit up, and after a quick calculation, he realized that the woman had actually taken the elixir, and its effects had not yet worn off.

What a pity, a mere mortal got it for nothing.

"What...what do you want to do?"

The clerk's father sprang up from his chair, grabbed a wooden stick from somewhere, and stood in front of the clerk's mother and clerk.

His eyes were filled with fear, but he didn't back down an inch.

The ghost cultivator didn't even glance at him, casually slapping the wooden stick, which snapped in two. The man collapsed into a pool of blood.

The scribe cried out and rushed over.

"Dad, no! Wake up!"

The clerk stumbled over, knelt on the ground, and shook his father's arm desperately.

The ghost cultivator walked in, his gaze falling on the document again.

"Hmm? This kid has good potential. He could be trained into a little ghost servant."

The scribe rushed forward and held the ghost cultivator back tightly.

"Clerk, run! Go find the fairy sister for help!"

The clerk finally came to her senses, tears streaming down her face, and took advantage of the moment to run out.

The ghost cultivator was not in a hurry. His goal was Wenshu Niang. He grabbed Wenshu Niang's hand, pulled her in front of him, and sniffed her.

"Hmm, not bad, not bad, the aura of the elixir is still there."

"The elixir of immortality is rare, it's a pity that a mortal like you ate it. But I'll make do with it."

As soon as he finished speaking, he lowered his head, and a shape suddenly bulged out of his abdomen. His skin stretched open, revealing a distorted human face and a huge mouth.

The scribe screamed as her arm was bitten by the giant mouth, and her body was slowly pushed into the mouth by the ghost cultivator.

"Ah! Mother!"

The clerk couldn't help but glance back, only to be met with this horrifying sight. She could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground, unable to get up no matter what she did.

Just then, a figure moved like the wind, and the boy crossed the courtyard.

He glanced at the small house, and his pupils contracted sharply.

Then he rushed to the clerk's side, covered her eyes, picked her up, and ran away.

"No! I want my parents! I want to kill him! Kill him..."

The document struggled in his arms, in excruciating pain.

The boy didn't say anything, but carried her and ran for his life, never stopping for a moment.

He saw it.

I saw everything that happened inside the cabin.

Just like back then, when he saw his younger siblings being swallowed by a giant snake on the rocky shore, he could only hide and watch helplessly.

These damned cultivators have never treated people like human beings.

The clerk's sobs grew fainter and fainter, until they turned into despair.

Meanwhile, Yu Luoning was rushing in this direction.

The boy bumped right into it.

Yu Luoning subconsciously looked closely and saw that the boy's eyes were gloomy, the document was buried in his shoulder, and he seemed to have had his soul ripped out.

"What happened?"

Yu Luoning glanced behind them but didn't see any pursuers.

She was puzzled, since the people from the Sea Dragon Palace should have handled everything properly.

The young man stopped and spoke, his voice cold: "A cultivator has arrived..."

He didn't finish speaking, but Yu Luoning understood that something bad must have happened.

"Where's the clerk's father?"

The boy remained silent.

Yu Luoning took a deep breath, trying to calm the anger in her heart.

"Are they from the Sea Dragon Palace?"

"No, it seems like I came for something else."

Yu Luoning was stunned for a moment.

"You go first, take the documents and leave this place, go somewhere far away."

The boy stared at her. "Be careful, there's a monster in that cultivator's abdomen that can open its mouth and eat people."

Yu Luoning frowned. Could it be a ghost cultivator?

The monster in the abdomen eats people? And there's this thing from the underworld?

Yu Luoning: "I understand."

The boy hummed in agreement and continued running forward with the documents on his back.

Yu Luoning continued walking in the direction of the scribe.

Previously, in the Starry Sky Formation, she fought against many cultivators from the Sea Dragon Palace and unintentionally broke through to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

This ghost cultivator is so cruel; we must find a way to deal with him.