Wild Dogs

Yang Fan nodded. That was the truth. If they couldn't get rid of the mark Xue Ming left on him, they would be in big trouble.

"Alright, hurry back to your cave. It's already late at night. If you don't go back soon and that puppet notices you, and Xue Ming comes looking for you, all your efforts will be in vain."

Zhou Peng said to Yang Fan.

Yang Fan nodded, put away the Human King Banner, and immediately returned to his cave.

Back in his cave, Yang Fan breathed a slight sigh of relief as he looked at the puppets sitting quietly inside.

Fortunately, the puppet didn't follow him while he was on the mountain, which saved him a lot of trouble.

Yang Fan then pretended to sit cross-legged and began to meditate and regulate his breathing to improve his cultivation.

According to Xue Ming, he must raise his cultivation to the third level of the Qi Refining stage within two months, otherwise Xue Ming will not let him go.

Normally, two months would be a very tight timeframe, but Yang Fan's cultivation had already broken through to the ninth level of the Qi Refining stage, so it was naturally easy for him to disguise himself as a third-level Qi Refining cultivator.

He just didn't know why Xue Ming was in such a hurry.

Yang Fan deduced that Xue Ming would most likely make a move against him in two months.

This gave Yang Fan a deep sense of urgency; if he couldn't prepare in time, he would be in big trouble.

The next morning, Yang Fan arrived at the Skinning Cave early.

Following Zhou Peng's instructions, Yang Fan immediately began selecting suitable corpses from among them.

However, after circling around, Yang Fan frowned slightly.

These bodies are different from those that were sent before.

Most of the corpses sent over previously were dug up from nearby cemeteries by the Blood Fiend Sect, along with some corpses of ordinary disciples.

However, among the corpses delivered this time, Yang Fan saw the bodies of many disciples from righteous sects.

Moreover, Yang Fan could see that many of the corpses were covered in wounds.

These corpses were so badly injured that it was pointless to peel off their skin completely; usually, only a few scraps of material could be obtained.

This puzzled Yang Fan greatly.

More importantly, there were many more corpses than usual this time. Yang Fan stared in bewilderment at the pile of corpses in front of him, which looked like a small mountain.

Just then, Xue Wang walked in.

"Alright, everyone, let's work harder today. There are a lot of corpses today, so no one is allowed to slack off."

"Yes."

The disciples present bowed in unison to the blood.

Yang Fan looked at Xue Wang with curiosity.

Xue Wang saw Yang Fan looking over and snorted coldly.

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and dispose of these corpses."

Yang Fan dared not say anything more, and hurriedly ran to the side to move the body to the stone platform and immediately began to deal with it.

While disposing of the body, Yang Fan was quickly making plans in his mind.

After searching for a long time, Yang Fan finally found a suitable corpse.

He carefully shook the King's Banner and put the corpse inside.

After collecting the body, Yang Fan continued working.

It wasn't until evening that Xue Wang came in and announced that everyone could go home.

Yang Fan calculated that he had disposed of nearly sixty corpses throughout the day.

This is roughly equivalent to three days' worth of work normally.

Normally, he only needed to deal with twenty corpses to complete his mission and return home, but this time he had to wait for Xue Wang to speak before he was allowed to leave.

Yang Fan felt that something big had happened.

However, upon closer reflection, he realized that he had already obtained one of the two corpses he was looking for. In a few days, he could choose another suitable one, and then he would have both corpses.

After Xue Wang announced the end of the event, Yang Fan packed his things and followed the others out.

He handed the corpse and all the materials taken from it to Xue Wang.

After receiving these items, Xue Wang nodded in satisfaction, and his gaze towards Yang Fan became much more amiable.

"You've been doing really well lately, your skills are already on par with some veterans."

Hearing Xue Wang's praise, Yang Fan grinned. Although he felt a little strange, he still nodded and thanked him honestly.

After everyone else had left, Yang Fan hesitated for a moment before lowering his voice and speaking to Xue Wang.

"Elder, may I be so bold as to ask you something?"

Xue Wang was somewhat surprised, as Yang Fan had never taken the initiative to ask him questions before.

"Ask anything you want now, or you'll miss your chance."

Yang Fan nodded repeatedly, pointing to the piles of corpses deep inside the Skinning Cave.

"Elder, I would like to ask why so many of the corpses sent this time are disciples of righteous sects."

"And I see that these corpses have a lot of wounds on them."

Yang Fan asked cautiously while glancing at Xue Wang.

Seeing how carefully Yang Fan was observing, Xue Wang was somewhat surprised.

He nodded slightly, chuckled, and patted Yang Fan's shoulder heavily.

"I told you before that you were smart, and you were right."

"I didn't expect you to be so observant. That's right, most of these corpses belong to righteous sects, and they do indeed have injuries on their bodies."

"Master, I won't hide it from you. Just five days ago, the various bloodline sects of our Great Liang Kingdom joined forces with other sects to launch an attack on the neighboring Great Xia Kingdom."

"Our Great Liang Kingdom's army and cultivators have invaded the Great Xia Kingdom. Now, most of the Great Xia Kingdom's territory has been lost, and those righteous sect disciples who died in battle have been sent to our Blood Fiend Sect to be skinned alive."

As he said this, Xue Wang looked smug and paced back and forth.

"If all goes well this time, our Great Liang Kingdom will be able to completely conquer the Great Xia Kingdom in less than a month."

"By then, our Blood Fiend Sect will be able to open a branch in the Great Xia Kingdom. You should work hard, kid, and maybe you can become a hall master in the branch someday."

Hearing Xue Wang's words, Yang Fan was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth.

He had considered that something serious might have happened, but he never expected it to be something as big as a national war.

The Great Liang Kingdom has taken action against the Great Xia Kingdom.

"Isn't it said that the soldiers of the Great Liang Kingdom are usually good-for-nothings? How come they were able to break through? Can't the soldiers of the Great Xia Kingdom stop them?"

Yang Fan asked in surprise.

Xue Wang smiled.

"Are the soldiers of the Great Liang Kingdom just good-for-nothings? Aren't the soldiers of the Great Xia Kingdom also good-for-nothings?"

"Besides, how could those righteous sects of the Great Xia Kingdom possibly be a match for the Blood Path sects of our Great Liang Kingdom?"

"This time, in addition to our Blood Path Six Sects, the other major evil sects of the Great Liang Kingdom also joined us in attacking, and the righteous path was utterly defeated."

Xue Wang rubbed his hands together triumphantly.

Yang Fan raised an eyebrow slightly upon hearing this.

He has been on the path of immortality for quite some time now, and he had learned a great deal about the world's affairs when he was at Qingyun Temple.

The Great Liang Kingdom and the Great Xia Kingdom are located in the northeastern corner of the continent, a desolate and barren land.

There are dozens of small countries in this region.

Although there are many countries, there are usually no major wars. This is not because these countries like peace, but because there is an organization called the Sky Patrol Pavilion in this area.

The Sky Patrol Pavilion is responsible for maintaining the balance of power among the many countries in the vicinity.

Now that the Great Liang Kingdom has invaded the Great Xia Kingdom, how could the Xuntian Pavilion sit idly by?