Demon, come and cultivate for me.

After a fierce battle, Zhou Chu killed over a hundred wild boar monsters.

The "Tai Xu Wu Xiang Tu" contains many more pages of wild boar monster souls, whose combined lifespan is as long as ten thousand years.

The demonic soul of the mountain goblin consumed a full thirty-four years of its lifespan during this massacre, barely managing to maintain the true energy within Zhou Chu's body.

Thirty-four years for ten thousand years, this is a good deal.

However, the wild boar monster's only talent is "Grandiose," which is not very useful and can only be used as a consumable.

Zhou Chu cast the guiding technique on the wild boar demon soul.

Zhou Chu had other uses for the mountain demon's soul, which only had forty years left to live.

When Zhou Chu opened his eyes again, his internal energy had been fully restored.

All the wild boar monsters that could run had vanished without a trace.

Fan Li temporarily stopped his demonic transformation under the purification of the light emanating from the three-tailed fox.

But only for a moment, Fan Li went berserk again, roaring as he attacked Zhou Chu and the three-tailed fox.

Fan Li was tall and strong, and could reach out and touch the three-tailed fox that was floating in mid-air.

The three-tailed fox felt a gust of evil wind coming, and its figure flashed and disappeared, reappearing behind Fan Li.

Fan Li missed his first attack, turned around and swung his arm again, but the three-tailed fox used the same trick and dodged it again.

After repeating this several times, Fan Li abandoned the three-tailed fox and went to attack Zhou Chu.

The three-tailed fox shouted to Zhou Chu, "Young Master Zhou, you attract his attention, and I will suppress his demonic nature."

Upon hearing the voice, Zhou Chu realized that the three-tailed fox was actually Hu Xiaoxian.

Without the slightest hesitation, he used the Dragon Elephant Fist technique, quickly shifting and dodging to evade Fan Li's attacks.

Fan Li was large and moved rather slowly, making it impossible for him to catch Zhou Chu, who was as slippery as an eel.

Taking advantage of this moment, Hu Xiaoxian quickly activated his magic technique, and a ball of light gathered again between his two claws.

This ball of light has a name, "Lunar Radiance," which is formed by condensing moonlight and can purify the evil nature of demons and beasts.

The horde of wild boar monsters had lost all fear and reason, leaving only their bloodthirsty bestiality. It was only after being purified by the "Lunar Radiance" that they returned to normal.

The Three-Tailed Fox was unsure whether the radiant light of the moon could suppress the demonic nature within Fan Li.

There's no other way now, so we have to try anything as a last resort.

The light clusters continued to condense, almost coalescing into a solid mass.

Hu Xiaoxian flashed and appeared in front of Fan Li, attempting to stuff the ball of light into Fan Li's mouth.

Before Hu Xiaoxian could even make a move, Fan Li's enormous hand had already slapped him down. Helpless, Hu Xiaoxian could only dodge and wait for another opportunity.

Zhou Chu jumped around, trying his best to attract Fan Li to attack him, creating an opportunity for the Three-Tailed Fox.

Hu Xiaoxian tried three times but failed each time, and almost got slapped by Fan Li's giant hand.

In desperation, Zhou Chu came up with a plan.

He took the spirit-binding rope he had obtained from the Taoist Jiling from his waist.

He shouted at Hu Xiaoxian in the air, "Catch!"

Hu Xiaoxian threw one end of the Spirit Binding Rope forcefully into the air.

Hu Xiaoxian caught the Binding Spirit Rope with his claws, and together with Zhou Chu, they circled around Fan Lizhou, one above and one below.

The Spirit-Binding Rope is an ancient magical artifact that grows longer and longer with each stretch, seemingly without end.

In a short while, they wrapped Fan Li's massive body into a rice dumpling.

Fan Li struggled frantically, trying to break free of the Spirit-Binding Rope, but all his efforts were in vain.

He glared at Zhou Chu, let out a roar that sounded inhuman, and then ran forward like a madman.

Zhou Chu was dizzy from his roar, but he still held tightly to one end of the Spirit Binding Rope and ran forward with him.

"Now, quick!" Zhou Chu shouted to Hu Xiaoxian in the air.

Hu Xiaoxian seized the opportunity, circled around to Fan Li's front, and while Fan Li roared to the sky, quickly stuffed the Taiyin Guanghua into his huge mouth.

In an instant, a bright white light shone through Fan Liqing's green skin.

Fan Li's demonic nature was temporarily suppressed, and he regained some of his rationality.

He mobilized his inner energy to fight against the demonic nature within him, and his body began to shrink gradually.

Before he could recover, Fan Li's face suddenly contorted as if he were enduring unbearable pain, and he collapsed to the ground, convulsing uncontrollably.

Zhou Chu wanted to go forward to check the situation, but Hu Xiaoxian stopped him:

"No one can help him now; he has to fight the demonic forces on his own."

"Zhou Chu, let me go!" Fan Li suddenly shouted.

Zhou Chu was at a loss and turned to look at Hu Xiaoxian.

Hu Xiaoxian shook her head slightly.

Xu Yuan's voice echoed from within the Nine Palaces Formation:

"Zhou Chu, release Elder Fan now! Otherwise, it will be too late."

Who is right? Zhou Chu didn't know.

But he knew he couldn't just stand by and watch.

He picked up his sword, ignored Hu Xiaoxian's attempts to stop him, and ran over to untie the spirit-binding rope that was binding Fan Li's entire body.

Freed from the binding rope, Fan Li stood up straight and then ran wildly up the mountain.

Zhou Chu watched Fan Li's departing figure before finally letting out a sigh of relief.

He had already prepared himself for any unforeseen circumstances that might arise after the Soul-Binding Rope was removed; he would decisively draw his sword to help Fan Li free himself.

Fortunately, the unexpected turn of events he had imagined did not occur.

Zhou Chu deactivated the Nine Palaces Formation and returned to the village with Hu Xiaoxian.

The villagers and many martial artists knelt down and respectfully kowtowed.

"Welcome, Fox Spirit! We thank you for helping us out of our distress."

Of those present, only Xu Yuan, Xie Ning, and three or five martial artists remained standing.

Hu Xiaoxian addressed the crowd:

"No need to thank me. You should thank Young Master Zhou. Without him, I wouldn't have been able to save you today."

Hu Xiaoxian was able to break through to the third realm so quickly and become a three-tailed spirit fox, all thanks to the cultivation technique on the fragment of the "Bai Ze Book" from Zhou Chu.

That's why she said that.

Upon hearing this, everyone kowtowed again:

"We bow in gratitude to the fox spirit, and to Young Master Zhou..."

Looking around, Zhou Chu saw that even his uncle, Zhou Dahu, who had previously looked down on the original owner of the body, was kneeling on the ground, kowtowing respectfully.

From the moment the wild boar monster attacked until now, it has been a whole night of chaos, and now it is already dawn.

Zhou Chu told everyone to get up and go home for a good night's sleep.

He then summoned the martial artists together to discuss the aftermath.

Fan Li has disappeared without a trace, leaving the martial artists leaderless.

Xu Yuan suggested that Zhou Chu replace Fan Li and arrange the next steps.

All the martial artists agreed with the proposal. Although Zhou Chu and his group lacked seniority, their strength was undeniable.

There was never a strict organizational structure among these martial artists; it was always a matter of the strong being respected, and whoever was the strongest was the one to be obeyed.

Zhou Chu didn't stand on ceremony and immediately began arranging for people to transport the demon corpses collected by Fan Li back to Wuyang City, and reported the situation to Prefect Zou.

At the same time, two groups were arranged to go into the mountains to search for Fan Li's whereabouts and to investigate the traces of the bear spirit.

Last night's battle resulted in the near annihilation of the second-realm wild boar monsters; the remaining first-realm wild boar monsters are no longer a threat.

Next, as long as the bear spirit is killed, the demonic chaos on Guniu Mountain will be quelled.

Finally, Zhou Chu promised the martial artists present that everyone would share in the credit for this achievement, and that the rewards would be distributed according to their contributions upon their return.

Everyone had only survived thanks to Zhou Chu; they hadn't even considered the reward.

Hearing Zhou Chu say this, everyone was overjoyed, and then they happily went to carry out the tasks assigned by Zhou Chu.

After everyone had left, Zhou Chu asked Xu Yuan about the matter of transforming into a demon.

Xu Yuan then told Zhou Chu everything he knew.