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Zhao Yu said, "Zhao plans to cultivate in Immortal City for a year, to stabilize my cultivation level before seeking another place."

If it were before the war had begun, Zhao Yu would naturally prefer to stay in Yunluo Immortal City. However, a war between the two great empires in the Cultivation World would inevitably lead to heavy casualties, even Nascent Soul Cultivators could fall into peril.

Naturally, Zhao Yu, a cultivator at the Golden Elixir Seventh Layer, did not wish to get involved in the major battle between the two sides.

Over the years, Zhao Yu had refined numerous Spirit Pills for Yunluo Immortal City, and he had also slain a True Disciple of the Heaven Extinguishing Demon Sect and a Golden Core expert during the attack on the Primordial Sect, fully deserving the treatment he received from Yunluo Immortal City.

Yunluo Immortal said solemnly, "Daoist Zhao, if you are willing to stay, you will be the Deputy City Lord of our Yunluo Immortal City!"

Zhao Yu said, "Allow me to consider it!"

Yunluo Immortal slightly nodded.

The three conversed a while longer before Yunluo Immortal and her companion took their leave.

The news of Zhao Yu's Evil Ghost advancing to Fourth Order quickly spread, causing a sensation throughout the Yunluo Immortal City.

"Congratulations, Uncle, for nurturing a Fourth-Order Evil Ghost!"

Upon Zhao Yu's return to the cave mansion, Li Xianjiao came out to greet him with a fragrant breeze and a beaming smile.

"Today's cultivation has borne fruit, when shall we celebrate!"

Zhao Yu smiled slightly, took Li Xianjiao's hand, and walked toward the master bedroom.

A night of spring breeze, wondrous beyond compare.

The next day, two escape lights flew from the city and landed under the Small Dan Peak, revealing their figures to be the City Lord's daughter Yun Jingxuan and Gongyang Feng.

Yun Jingxuan called out, "Yun Jingxuan seeks an audience with Senior Zhao! I hope Senior will not stingily grant an audience!"

"City Lord's daughter, my master invites you!"

Zhou Minglan came out from the Small Dan Peak with a cheerful smile to greet them.

Yun Jingxuan slightly nodded, then, along with Gongyang Feng, entered a reception room in the cave mansion of Small Dan Peak.

"This man is truly extraordinary, to be able to nurture a Fourth-Order Evil Ghost!! It truly makes one envious!!"

Upon entering the reception room, Yun Jingxuan immediately spotted the White Ghost Emperor standing beside Zhao Yu, a flash of envy crossing her eyes. Experience tales at empire

The two Nascent Soul Cultivators, including Grandmaster Xuan Yun, intended for Yun Jingxuan to inherit Yunluo Immortal City. However, she was currently only at the Golden Core Early Stage, and she was well aware that the cultivators within the city only obeyed her because they feared her parents.

If she couldn't advance to Nascent Soul, she wouldn't be able to control the vast Yunluo Immortal City in the future.

Zhao Yu asked, "City Lord's daughter, Elder Gongyang, may I know the purpose of your visit?"

Yun Jingxuan smiled sweetly, handing over a jade box, "Senior Zhao, congratulations on nurturing a Fourth-Order Evil Ghost! This is a modest gift, please kindly accept it!"

Zhao Yu accepted the jade box, casually placing it aside.

Gongyang Feng squeezed out a forced smile, respectfully handed over a jade box to Zhao Yu, "Senior Zhao, I have given many offenses previously; please do not hold grudges for my past misdeeds. This is my apology, please kindly accept it!"

"I know!"

Zhao Yu casually accepted the jade box, setting it aside, and said indifferently.

Yun Jingxuan and Gongyang Feng chatted a few more words with Zhao Yu before they left.

Shortly after Yun Jingxuan and Gongyang Feng departed, various major powers within Yunluo Immortal City sent envoys, hoping to meet with Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu had met only once with Yan Wuheng and other Golden Elixir Cultivators who had previously been on good terms with him, before he declared that he was going into closed-door cultivation and refused all meetings.

In a small tea house on a road in Changnan County of the Great Qian Empire, a man clad in black and wearing a hat was drinking tea.

Black Eagle slowly walked into the tea house and sat down in front of the man in black, slightly furrowing his brows and saying, "Wind Flame Ghost, where are your other two brothers?"

"Take a good look, who am I, Black Eagle!"

The man in black looked up, his face distorting to reveal Zhao Yu's visage.

"You are Zhao Yu!!"

Black Eagle's face turned deathly pale in an instant, frantically stimulating his mana as he deployed an escape technique.

The next moment, a pitch-black ghost claw pierced directly through Black Eagle's chest, digging out his heart.

The White Ghost Emperor materialized behind Black Eagle like a ghost, his face revealing a ferocious smile.

"Fourth-Order Evil Ghost!!"

Black Eagle spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, a hint of despair flashing in his eyes as he lost all signs of life.

The White Ghost Emperor opened his gaping maw wide and swallowed Black Eagle's soul in one gulp.

"Found him! The Saint Heir of the Heaven-Extinguishing Demon Sect!! You dared to lay a hand on my man, now pay with your life! The informer, the informer was actually him!! What an unexpected turn!"

A hint of surprise flashed in Zhao Yu's eyes as his body swayed slightly, deploying an escape technique and vanishing from the spot.

"Eh? Why is there a silver here? Who drank the tea after all?"

Only then did the tea house's proprietress notice an extra piece of silver on a table, her eyes brightening as she tightly grasped the silver, showing a smile.

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"Zhao Yu was actually able to cultivate a Fourth-Order Evil Ghost, no wonder he was able to eliminate Lu Tianye! However, this person is now accomplished, and even the master can't possibly kill him within Yunluo Immortal City."

"It seems we can only rely on the Three Ghosts of He Mountain! If we could capture his dao companion alive, we could use her to coerce him, letting us have another pawn in Yunluo Immortal City."

The Saint Heir sat in a pavilion in the manor, admiring the beautiful flowers in the pavilion's garden, thoughts swirling in his mind.

A stream of pitch-black ghostly energy surprisingly surged from all directions, rushing toward the Saint Heir.

"Not good! Ghostly energy, could it be Zhao Yu? But the only person who knows about this stronghold is Black Eagle! Could he have betrayed me? But how dare he betray me?"

Upon seeing the pitch-black ghostly energy, the Saint Heir's face drastically changed, he frenziedly stimulated his mana, deploying the Heaven-Defying Escape Technique and transforming into a streak of devil light that shot into the sky.

A mass of pitch-black ghostly energy surged out, and the White Ghost Emperor transformed into a beam of escape light, appearing almost instantaneously in front of the Saint Heir, slamming down with a claw.

His mouth split open to reveal saw-like teeth, mysterious curse seals emerged in his eyes, his body was covered with a white shell, and the black ghostly energy made him look exceedingly sinister and evil.

A hint of chilling gleam swept through the Saint Heir's eyes as he directly unleashed Divine Skills with the Heaven Extinguishing Demon Flame, a streak of Heaven Extinguishing Demon Flame burst forth from his hand, resembling a dragon of demon flames, roaring toward the White Ghost Emperor.

The Saint Heir directly summoned a Supreme-Grade Treasure, the Heaven Extinguishing Demon Saber, and slashed down, sending a terrifying blade energy that seemed capable of splitting the heavens toward the White Ghost Emperor.

A pitch-black coffin flew out from the Saint Heir's storage bag; the coffin lid flew open, revealing a silver corpse resembling cast silver with a hint of golden color, Third Order Supreme Grade, punching toward the White Ghost Emperor.

A pitch-black seal flew out from the Saint Heir's body, growing in the wind, transforming into a ten-foot size, from which a stream of Deadly Poison Demon Light shot out.

The pitch-black seal, named Deadly Poison Demon Seal, was also a Supreme-Grade magical treasure. The Deadly Poison Demon Light it emitted could even torment a Nascent Soul Cultivator to the point of unbearable pain.