In order to find Lu Xuan, they had been toiling all night.
Upon hearing Liang Cheng's words, the people of Liugou Village dragged their weary bodies back to the village.
East Courtyard!
Liang Cheng arrived early in Lu Xuan's room, with many questions he wanted to ask Lu Xuan.
"Xuan, did you really see that filthy thing?"
"Does that filthy thing really exist?"
Feeling uneasy, Liang Cheng found it hard to believe, and he asked the Lu Xuan before him.
Lu Xuan glanced at the extremely nervous Liang Cheng and said faintly, "Whether it exists or not, haven't you already known the answer in your heart?"
It really was true, that such terrifying and bizarre filthy things did indeed exist.
Lu Xuan's response left Liang Cheng with a look of dread; he hadn't expected the strange things he'd heard about to be true.
He hadn't felt wrong; such strange existences were indeed in Liugou Village, no wonder it felt so eerie.
No wonder those dead people moved and even attacked them.
"Then, Xuan, when you encountered that thing, did you manage to..."
Liang Cheng made a gesture, asking Lu Xuan if he had taken care of it.
If even his cousin couldn't deal with it, then Liang Cheng decided that as soon as daylight broke, he'd skedaddle along with his men.
To hell with it, I'm just a government official with a monthly salary of one piece of silver, and you want me to risk my life for the court.
If nothing else, I'll quit this Chief Constable job and go home to live leisurely.
Whoever wants to do it can do it, Liang Cheng thought of these ghostly things appearing tonight, separated from him by just a door.
All Liang Cheng felt now was a chill down his spine, and cold sweat continuously poured down.
Liang Cheng's question made Lu Xuan furrow his brows, unsure of how to respond.
Lu Xuan had actually sensed it; he suspected that the thing wasn't dead, but he couldn't find substantial proof.
Thinking of this, Lu Xuan felt a bit saddened.
It seems my understanding is still too limited.
He initially believed this was just an ordinary martial world, not expecting such eerie and extraordinary existences.
Not only was Liang Cheng shocked, but even Lu Xuan found it hard to accept.
Given the situation, Lu Xuan's strategy of laying low and developing in the small county town had to change.
It's time to go to a bigger place to gain more insight; perhaps in the prefecture, there are detailed records of these things.
"I've almost resolved the matter of Liugou Village; hopefully, these issues won't arise again."
In response to 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 come out to harm people for a long time.
He couldn't be certain; perhaps only when he goes to the prefecture will he understand more about these things.
If Lu Xuan's guess was correct, and this bizarre thing wasn't dead, he might return to Liugou Village once more then.
"Almost? Estimate?"
"Xuan, what does this mean?"
"Will there still be such things happening in Liugou Village in the future?"
Lu Xuan's words left Liang Cheng a bit confused; solved means solved.
Why did he sense some uncertainty from his cousin's words?
However, after asking, Liang Cheng only received a reassuring look from Lu Xuan and nothing more.
Liang Cheng had no choice but to leave Lu Xuan's room, since his cousin said it was almost resolved, it proved that Liugou Village had no major issues.
Next, it was up to him, being the government official of the county, he had to reassure 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 Refining Realm (Perfection)
Cultivation Technique: Red Flame Saber Skill 1/9 (Can be deduced)
Points: 50
Please confirm whether to consume 30 points to deduce the Red Flame Saber Skill.
Lu Xuan suppressed his eager feelings; now was not the best time to deduce the Red Flame Saber Skill.
The last time he deduced the Fiery Fire Saber Skill, he had to prepare valuable ginseng.
He must first return to the Lu Family, make all preparations, and then perform the deduction.
He felt that, after deducing the Red Flame Saber Skill this time, his power would undergo a tremendous transformation.
Lu Xuan had cultivated the Blood Refining Realm to perfection, faintly touching an unseen bottleneck, which limited further enhancement of his power.
Inner Qi Realm?
The legendary realm recorded in books, where the five internal organs and the physical body are refined to perfection.
Then, by perceiving the world, an extraordinary aura called Inner Qi emerges beyond the ordinary physical body.
With incredible power, Inner Qi allows the martial artist's cultivated martial arts techniques to unleash their utmost strength.
Since the door was broken by Lu Xuan, Liang Cheng and others quickly found a wooden board overnight.
They swiftly fashioned it into a makeshift wooden door and reinstalled it; it could barely be used.
Lu Xuan didn't sleep; he sat cross-legged on the wooden bed while the candle on the wooden table burned with a faint flame, dimly illuminating his face.
After a night of intense pursuit and uninhibited release of his blood energy, Lu Xuan could clearly feel fatigue in his body.
Accompanying it was a sense of hunger, so Lu Xuan stood up and sat down by the wooden table.
Then Lu Xuan pulled out a large amount of dried meat from the pouch on the table, prepared by Li San in advance at the Drunken Immortal Inn in Shili Town.
Lu Xuan grabbed the dried meat, swallowing it in huge mouthfuls, indescribably quick.
That bizarre thing was truly troublesome, incredibly fast and capable of flight, Lu Xuan almost let it escape.
In the end, Lu Xuan had to go all out, exhaust all his strength without reservation, just barely catching up to that strange entity.
Lu Xuan chewed incessantly on the dried meat, contemplating; it seemed it was time for him to find a body technique.
Solely relying on a saber skill was still troublesome for these emerging strange entities.
If only he had a body technique, Lu Xuan ensured that the grotesque shadow wouldn't have left the East Courtyard.
If easily approached by Lu Xuan, with his powerful blood energy exploding, that strange entity might have been overwhelmed by his energy.
Body Technique!
Where could he find a body technique? Quality martial art manuals in the martial world were precious, let alone a good body technique.
Lu Xuan mused secretly, it seemed, after returning to the county, he needed to inquire extensively.
If it could be bought with money, that would be best, but if not, Lu Xuan had to resort to other means.