"You…why…"
Huang Zheng looked in disbelief at the spike sticking out of his chest. His mouth was filled with blood and fragments of internal organs.
"Why...why can you cast...spells..."
"Because I am also a cultivator." Wang Fuqiang suppressed the feeling of nausea and walked over.
"No, it's impossible..."
Huang Zheng's eyes widened with a look of disbelief. Before he could finish his words, his head tilted and he died.
"vomit..."
Wang Fu looked at Huang Zheng's face, which was still open, and turned pale. He couldn't help but retching. He had killed someone. He had always stayed away from his neighbors when they slaughtered pigs and chickens in Wutong Village, but now he had killed someone.
He sat on the ground helplessly, his heart pounding. Although it was self-defense, he still killed someone. If someone killed someone in Luoyu Sect, if he was investigated, abolishing his cultivation would be the least of his punishment.
"We must not be discovered." Wang Fu calmed down.
He looked around carefully. It was pitch black and quiet, with no one around.
Restraining his nausea, Wang Fu began to clean up the mess.
It was not until the second half of the night that the hideous land and wooden house were repaired. The main reason was that the bloodstains were difficult to deal with, so they could only use the ground thorn technique to cover them up. The only thing left was Huang Zheng's body. The body was too conspicuous to be buried in front of the door. If it was discovered, the crime would be confirmed.
"We need to bury it farther away, when the moon is dark and the wind is strong... Oh, it would be great if I could use the earth escape technique. I can bury it deep underground and never be discovered."
At this moment, Wang Fu was eager to succeed in practicing the earth escape technique.
Just as Wang Fu was thinking about where to bury it, the small tripod on his chest suddenly appeared and turned into a physical object. A unique suction force came from the mouth of the tripod, and wisps of blood-colored light emerged from Huang Zheng's body and poured into the small tripod, just like the essence in the Qingling Pond.
"This is..."
Wang Fu's eyes widened. He could only raise his hand to hold the small tripod, watching Huang Zheng's body shrivel up at a speed visible to the naked eye until it dried up.
After a while, the suction disappeared and Wang Fu fell to the ground.
Looking at Huang Zheng, who had almost become dried meat and whose entire appearance was no longer visible, he first thought that the small tripod was an evil weapon and almost threw it away. Wang Fu could not accept that it devoured human flesh and blood and spiritual essence.
That's a human being.
"Hey, let's deal with the body first."
The dried corpse is no different from a dead branch. It will break into pieces with one kick. There is no need to worry about it being difficult to handle.
Wang Fu simply buried them piece by piece, some even in the spiritual fields.
After a sleepless night, Wang Fu stared at the dozens of drops of spiritual liquid and a light red bean-sized bead lying quietly in the small tripod the next morning and fell into deep thought.
He is struggling.
Throwing away the small tripod was impossible. It was just an evil weapon, as long as the person himself was not evil. What he was worried about was the light red bead that looked like a pill. It was the essence of Huang Zheng's flesh, blood and spiritual power.
"Xiao Ding, Xiao Ding, you really gave me a difficult problem. Why do you want to absorb the essence of Huang Zheng's flesh and blood? He is a human being. How can I eat him? You can't be called a cannibal."
Wang Fu doesn't want to eat human flesh and drink human blood.
The bright light flowed, and Xiao Ding seemed to understand what Wang Fu said. The color of the beads slowly dissipated, leaving only a halo as pure as water, without a trace of other colors.
"Spiritual essence... hehe... I knew you had independent consciousness, otherwise you wouldn't have helped me heal my injuries that night." Wang Fu held the small tripod, "Don't worry, no matter whether you are an evil weapon or a righteous weapon, as long as you don't let me down, I will never let you down."
Wang Fu looked serious.
Xiao Ding responded silently.
"But you are not allowed to devour the essence of human flesh and blood anymore. I am also a human being. I can kill people, but I cannot eat human flesh and drink human blood."
The little tripod remained motionless.
After breakfast, taking advantage of the good light during the day, Wang Fu carefully checked the area around the wooden house. Finding nothing unusual, he completed today's task.
The spiritual power pill condensed by the small cauldron, which had swallowed up all the essence of Huang Zheng's body, was purer and more powerful than the spiritual energy contained in the spiritual liquid. Moreover, the spiritual power essence was much easier to refine than the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. However, even so, it took Wang Fu four full days and nights without sleep, and he finally refined the spiritual power pill completely. At the same time, he successfully entered the second level of Qi Refining, which was several months faster than normal practice.
After spending a day consolidating his cultivation, Wang Fu hadn't gone to Qingling Pond to fetch water for five days.
Trouble then came.
Zhu Zhen came again with three people in a strong force.
"Wang Fu, get out here!"
The wooden house was not soundproof at all, and Zhang Heng's angry voice forcefully broke into Wang Fu's ears.
"Are you coming?" Wang Fu was not afraid. In addition to practicing, he had another purpose for not fetching water for five days. He wanted to test Zhu Zhen's bottom line and test their strength at the same time.
Now he is no longer a mortal who has just entered the Luoyu Sect. The second level of Qi Refining has given him some confidence. No matter what, Zhu Zhen would not dare to kill him openly.
Pushing open the door, Wang Fu looked over without fear.
"Wang Fu, do you not want to stay in Luoyu Sect anymore…" Zhang Heng was in a hot temper and was about to beat Wang Fu, but Zhu Zhen stopped him with his hand. "Don't worry, our Junior Brother Wang is no longer the ant you kicked away."
Zhu Zhen could see the fluctuations of spiritual power surrounding Wang Fu at a glance.
"The second stage of Qi Refining... I never expected that in such a short time, he has gone from being a mortal to a cultivator of the second stage of Qi Refining. It seems that Junior Brother Wang is quite compatible with the [Thick Earth Art]."
"The second level of Qi Refining? How is that possible!" Zhang Heng was shocked. He looked carefully and indeed saw that Wang Fu's body was filled with spiritual power fluctuations that were comparable to his own, which was the second level of Qi Refining.
The other two were also shocked. It took them more than half a year to draw the Qi into their bodies. How long has Wang Fu been here? About two months at most.
Two months of Qi Refining at the second level.
The two looked at each other, and there was already a hint of retreat in their eyes.
"I hope all is well, senior brothers." Wang Fu grinned. He was very satisfied with the surprised expressions of the few people.
"Haha..." Zhu Zhen chuckled, "How are you?"
"I hope you are well... What a pity..."
"What a pity?" Wang Fu wondered.
"It's a pity that your attempts to get close to me are useless!"
"Alright, no more nonsense. You haven't completed the task I gave you in five days. Do you know what to do?" Zhu Zhen said in a low voice. "Or do you think that you can ignore my words after breaking through the second level of Qi Refining? I also tell you that as long as you are in Baicao Valley, you have to do things according to my rules."
Wang Fu frowned: "No room for negotiation?"
Zhang Heng yelled angrily: "What the hell are you talking about..." He was in a hot temper.
"Yes!" Zhu Zhen said.
Zhang Heng looked back, and was just surprised at his boss's change of character when he saw him grinning, "Defeat us!"
Zhang Heng laughed, clasped his fists together, and looked at Wang Fu with disdain: "Hehe..."
"I'll beat you..." Wang Fu looked at the four people. Except for Zhu Zhen, the other three were at the second level of Qi Refining. "Okay, then I'll beat them."
"Zhang Heng, go teach him a lesson."
Zhu Zhen found a stool, sat down with his legs crossed, and prepared to watch the show with great interest.
"Hey, I see."
Zhang Heng twisted his neck and looked at Wang Fu with disdain: "Boy, I'll teach you a lesson today."
With red spiritual power covering his fists, Zhang Heng jumped high and smashed towards Wang Fu's chest. Wang Fu hurriedly stepped back, with ochre-colored spiritual power filling his arms. He pinched seals with his fingers, ready to release the Earth Spike Technique at any time.
"Hide? Haha..." Zhang Heng's attack missed, he sneered and continued to chase.