This humble Taoist priest, Qianhe, begins his quest for immortality by slaying demons and monsters.

Chapter 88 Encountering a Ghostly Demon on the Return Journey, Heavenly Thunder Breaks the Demon's Spirit
Just as Yang Chong and the others were getting anxious, a servant quickly came over.

"Master! Master Qianhe has returned, carrying the corpse of that tiger demon, which looks to weigh several thousand pounds!"

Upon hearing the servant's report, Yang Chong's worried expression instantly turned into a beaming smile.

"Quickly, quickly, where is Daoist Qianhe? Lead the way!"

"Alright, sir, please come with me..."

When Yang Chong arrived with several servants, Zhong Bai was coming down from the tea mountain.

Upon seeing Zhong Bai, Yang Chong felt a huge weight lifted from his heart, followed by an incredulous look as he stared at the tiger demon corpse that Zhong Bai was carrying.

"Oh my God!"

Exclaiming in surprise, Yang Chong swore he had never seen such a huge tiger in his life.

This enormous body was even more exaggerated than that of a water buffalo. It was unbelievable that so few hunters survived when faced with such a terrifying tiger.

"Master Qianhe, thank you for your hard work!"

Yang Chong's words were truly heartfelt and filled with deep respect.

Upon hearing this, Zhong Bai put down the tiger demon corpse on his body, and then his blood and qi surged out, causing the surrounding temperature to rise instantly. Looking at the faint red mist surrounding Zhong Bai and feeling the rise in air temperature, Yang Chong's worldview was being challenged.

After cleansing himself of the filth with his qi and blood, Zhong Bai looked at Yang Chong, the head of the Yang family, and said, "It's alright. Since I promised to deal with this beast, I naturally couldn't go back on my word. Now that the tiger demon has been dealt with, it's just a pity for those ordinary people who perished in its jaws..."

As soon as Zhong Bai finished speaking, Yang Chong also sighed.

"The deed has already happened, so please rest assured, Daoist Qianhe. My Yang family will certainly not mistreat the families of those hunters and tea farmers. Perhaps my Yang family cannot bring people back to life, but it is not difficult to ensure that their relatives are wealthy and worry-free."

Yang Chong assured the Taoist priest of this!

Hearing this, Zhong Bai nodded without saying anything. Human life is as worthless as grass. In this era, it would be rare to receive even a little food from the Yang family, let alone wealth and honor.

"This matter can be handled by Patriarch Yang himself. Patriarch Yang has already seen this tiger demon. I still have some use for this tiger demon, so I will dismember it and retrieve it."

As for the excess flesh and blood, if Patriarch Yang wants it, he can simply pack it up and take it with him.

As Zhong Bai spoke, he took out the tiger demon's demon core, and then casually put some bones and flesh into his Qiankun Ring.

The space inside the Qiankun Ring was limited, and it was impossible to fit the entire tiger demon's corpse inside, which is why Zhong Bai had to carry it down the mountain with a heavy heart.

Hearing that he could take away the tiger demon's flesh and bones in front of him, Yang Chong was extremely excited.

This is the flesh and blood of a demon beast!
Even a small part of a tiger demon can be consumed as a tonic.

But now, Master Qianhe only took about a hundred catties of flesh and bone and gave the rest to me.

"Master Qianhe, you..."

Alright, since you are willing to share some of this tiger meat with me, Master, I know it is a good thing. When we return to Jiuquan Town, I am willing to give you five hundred taels of gold to help you buy the tiger!

"I hope you will not refuse this request, Daoist Master."

After saying this, Zhong Bai nodded and did not refuse, since his own Qiankun Ring couldn't hold it all anyway.

As for having to carry it all the way back to Jiuquan Town, Zhong Bai said he really wasn't that poor and destitute.

A hundred catties of meat and bones is enough for Zhong Bai, Chunhua, and Xiahe to have a good feast, as tiger meat itself is a highly nutritious food.

Ordinary people should not consume too much of it. As for the Angry Sun Chicken, even a thousand catties of tiger meat is not as good as one-tenth of a demon core!
On the way back, Zhong Bai sat in the sedan chair with his eyes closed, resting, while Yang Chong, the head of the Yang family, stared at the tiger meat on the cart pushed by the servants behind him, lost in daydreams about tiger penis soaked in wine...

Tsk tsk tsk, anyway, I'm feeling great!

As for Zhong Bai, even while resting with his eyes closed, he didn't forget to check his Demon Extermination Panel. Killing a tiger demon at the late stage of the Demon Soldier Realm would earn him 800 Demon Extermination Points.

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Zhong Bai and the others left the tea mountain when it was getting dark. The tea mountain was not too far from Jiuquan Town, so after discussing with Zhong Bai, Yang Chong decided to return to Jiuquan Town overnight.

At this moment, night fell, and the cool moonlight illuminated the path the group was taking.

Generally speaking, ordinary people would not walk at night unless there are special circumstances. But this time was different. With Zhong Bai, a disciple of Maoshan, accompanying them back to Jiuquan Town, neither the head of the Yang family nor the servants were afraid at all.

Having traveled only a few miles in the sedan chair, Zhong Bai, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them and looked around at the empty, dense forest. He couldn't help but find it somewhat amusing. The malevolent energy in the forest was rather strange, but it seemed too immature to Zhong Bai. Even if it was an evil spirit, it was probably only at the early stage of a ghost soldier.

Looking at the flesh and bones on the cart behind him, Zhong Bai immediately understood what had attracted the ghost. If the tiger demon were alive, the yang energy contained in the tiger meat would naturally prevent these ghosts from approaching. But now that he had killed the tiger demon, the yang energy in the tiger meat was an extraordinary temptation for these ghosts.

Just as Zhong Bai was pondering, the ghost in the forest finally couldn't resist making its move.

Wisps of white mist drifted out from the dense forest, instantly enveloping the entire group within it. The mist arrived so suddenly that even the Yang family's servants were caught off guard.

"Master, everything was fine just now, how come it suddenly got foggy?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Chong, who was still having a sweet dream, immediately sat up and looked around.

Visibility was reduced to only a few meters ahead due to the white fog, making it extremely difficult to continue.

"This fog couldn't have come at the worst possible time!" Yang Chong cursed inwardly, unaware that the white fog was actually caused by ghosts.

Zhong Bai then spoke up.

"Master Yang, I don't know if this fog is timely, but could you please check if the tiger meat on the cart is a little less?"

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Upon hearing this, Yang Chong looked behind him and immediately saw a piece of tiger meat floating in the air.

"evildoer!"

With a loud shout, Yang Chong was furious. Even though it was obvious that the meat thief was not human but a ghost, he was not afraid at all.

"Heh, you bunch of people, I'm just taking some of your flesh and blood, what's the big fuss about? I originally just wanted to take the meat and leave, I looked down on ordinary people like you, but now that I've been discovered, you're all staying here!"

A hoarse voice came from the white mist, and the next second, a ghost soldier with a blue face and fangs appeared from the mist.

Upon hearing this, Yang Chong was taken aback. This ghost's arrogance was truly clownish.

"Master Qianhe, what do you think?"

Zhong Bai chuckled and said, "Patriarch Yang, rest assured. A mere brat dares to commit highway robbery. Who knows, he might have been a bandit in the mountains before he died. It's one thing to rob and plunder while alive, but to dare to provoke me even after death..."

Zhong Bai's eyes gleamed with excitement. It had been a long time since a ghost of the Ghost Soldier level had appeared in Jiuquan Town, which had caused his Nine Nether Soul Transformation Technique to progress slowly. The appearance of this ghost soldier was just right!
Upon hearing that there was another expert, the ghost soldier was taken aback at first, then looked at Zhong Bai and saw that the Taoist in front of him was only around twenty years old, and immediately felt at ease.

Zhong Bai was right; he was a bandit who robbed and plundered during his lifetime.

Even after death, he never gave up this line of work, only now he transformed from robbing money into the essence of human flesh and blood.

"That young Taoist priest has quite the nerve..."

Zhong Bai didn't even bother to pay attention to the other party. A bolt of lightning from his palm instantly transformed into thousands of threads that rushed straight towards the ghost soldier. In an instant, the threads formed by the lightning trapped it. "Just some low-level tricks. Do you really think you're so great?"
Zhong Bai's internal energy surged forth, and the surrounding white mist vanished without a trace, like a mouse encountering a cat.

This scene filled the ghost soldier with despair; he had truly bitten off more than he could chew this time.

"receive!"

Without hesitation, Zhong Bai took out an extra jar from his Qiankun Ring. After circulating his true essence through his fingertips to inscribe runes on the bottom of the jar, he flicked his finger at the ghost soldier, and in an instant, the ghost soldier was forcibly sucked into the jar.

After attaching two talismans to suppress ghosts, Zhong Bai placed them into his Qiankun Ring.

Everything happened so fast that even Yang Chong, the head of the Yang family, felt he hadn't seen enough.

The ghost-catching scene was so easy that it gave him the illusion that he could do it too.

However, no one is stupid. Yang Chong felt that the gap between the two was too great, so much so that this ghost had no ability to resist at all when facing Daoist Qianhe.

"Master Qianhe, you are this!"

Yang Chong gave Zhong Bai a thumbs up, his praise and admiration clearly visible in his eyes.

"Patriarch Yang, you flatter me. Slaying demons and eliminating evil is what Maoshan disciples should do."

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The appearance of the ghost was not a big deal, and even the servants of the Yang family were not afraid. After traveling for about an hour, they finally returned to Jiuquan Town.

It's around 8 or 9 pm now. For most ordinary families, it's time to sleep when it gets dark, so the town is quite empty. It's time to say goodbye after we arrive in the town.

Zhong Bai declined Yang Chong's invitation, but the other party had already sent someone back ahead of time to prepare food and wine for them.

It must be said that the Yang family is very good at doing things.

Back in the courtyard, although it was already late at night, Chunhua quickly opened the gate when Zhong Bai knocked.

After being admitted to the hospital, Zhong Bai went straight to his room. He was eager to test whether the tiger blood of the late-stage demon soldier would have any effect on the Shangqing Dragon Elephant Technique.

Inside the room, Zhong Bai took out a jar of tiger blood. Even though he was somewhat averse to blood, he didn't care and gulped it down.

[Consume 800 Demon Extermination Points to exchange for 800 days of cultivation time for the Shangqing Dragon Elephant Technique]

[On Day 1, you have realized the reason why the Shangqing Dragon Elephant Technique improves slowly, so you consumed the blood of a tiger at the late stage of the Demon Soldier realm.]

[On day 735, the tiger's blood further strengthened your muscles and bones, and combined with the effects of rigorous training, your strength increased by two thousand jin!]

[We've exhausted our demon-slaying points]

As Zhong Bai felt his internal energy and blood strengthening, his physical body was also being enhanced at the same time. However, one jar of tiger blood was far from enough. Zhong Bai didn't even take it out of his Qiankun Ring. The remaining tiger blood flowed out of the ring and directly into Zhong Bai's body.

The exhilarating feeling of rapid improvement is hard to comprehend in ordinary people; at least, Zhong Bai was deeply captivated by it at that moment.

Time passed slowly, and as his physical body grew stronger, Zhong Bai never forgot the ghost soldier he had brought back!

Two chapters at noon, two chapters in the afternoon, and then gradually transitioning to updates at 6 PM. I'll also simplify the process of adding chapters in the future, otherwise I'll be accused of padding the word count, sob sob.
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