He felt a hint of threat emanating from this pale-faced man, a clear sign of formidable strength.Chu Xuan replied with equanimity, "I go by the name Xu Ming and do not shy from it."Ouyang Hao offered a faint smile, "Xu Ming? Good, you shall become the twenty-fifth soul to fall beneath my sword!"Xu Ming?Chen Ge and Wei Hua exchanged a look of confusion. Xu Ming was still cultivating in the Wu family estate. How could he possibly be here? The person before them must be an Infinite Sect disciple, concealing his real name and assuming the alias of Xu Ming."Are you still watching? Go," Chu Xuan chided them with a glance.Chen Ge and Wei Hua exchanged a deep look, then quickly supported each other and left.Ouyang Hao licked his lips, "You let my two prey escape. You'd better put up a good fight, or I'll make you wish you were dead."With that, he suddenly swung his sword at Chu Xuan.Chu Xuan smiled lightly, "You've got it backward."He waved his hand, and Long and Bao suddenly appear

After a whole night, Chu Xuan slowly awakened, his spirits rejuvenated. "News of Ouyang Hao's death probably hasn't spread yet. While the Divine Star Sect hasn't noticed, I should quickly return to Peace Market and make the necessary purchases."Chu Xuan hastened towards the Peace Market. This time, he disguised himself again, taking on the appearance of a gaunt man with deeply sunken eyes—a look that suggested excessive consumption of medicinal pills and a body laden with residual poison.As he walked past various stalls set by itinerant cultivators, intending to buy spiritual herbs from the Hundred Herbs Pavilion, he noticed a stall that seemed amiss. Astonishingly, it displayed several Qi Refining stage scriptures from the Infinite Sect, including the "Blood Spirit Technique" he practiced. Additionally, most of the materials needed to concoct the Foundation Establishment Blood Pill were also somewhat available there.Chu Xuan immediately sensed something was off. With the Infinite

"Injured? He's missing! It's as if he's dead. Which disciple from your Infinite Sect was responsible for this?" Wu Teng responded irritably. "To think someone dared to kill a person favored by the great elder of the Divine Star Sect?""Missing?" Liu Zhenxiong exclaimed in surprise.Wu Teng sighed, "If it weren't for Ouyang Hao's disappearance, would they have dispatched three Foundation Establishment stage elders and over a dozen Qi Refining stage disciples to investigate? If not for my extensive experience, the Wu family estate might have been turned inside out."Liu Zhenxiong scratched his head, perplexed. This was not as he had imagined. He had always thought that Chu Xuan had merely injured Ouyang Hao, who, knowing he was no match, had fled. But now, it seemed that was not the case.Chu Xuan had outright killed Ouyang Hao and even taken his body!This revelation made him realize he had underestimated Chu Xuan. Chu Xuan's true realm might very well be the ninth level of Qi Refining

Following this, Chu Xuan continuously tested several types of Qi Refining stage pills. Two days later, Chu Xuan had achieved a 90% success rate in pill concoction. This was a staggeringly high figure. Many Foundation Establishment stage cultivators might not achieve this. But Chu Xuan, through his relentless effort and that slight, almost negligible accrual of merit, had done it. Without a moment's rest, he rubbed his hands together, eager to leverage the momentum from concocting Qi Refining stage pills to succeed in producing the Foundation Establishment Blood Pill in one fell swoop. "Foundation Establishment Blood Pill! Begin concoction!" Chu Xuan maintained his composure because the materials for the Foundation Establishment Blood Pill were limited to three portions. If he failed three times, he would have to resort to using the Foundation Establishment Pill from Ouyang Hao for his Foundation Establishment, which carried a much lower chance of success. The first furnace. Durin

That day, Chu Xuan prepared a lavish lunch for himself. Just as he was about to start eating, Bao suddenly returned, barking several times in succession."Hmm?" Chu Xuan listened carefully and quickly understood what Bao was saying. "There are quite a few tough-to-chew zombies appearing in the south of East Lake City?""And there's a human squad fighting them? Interesting." Chu Xuan raised an eyebrow.Tough-to-chew zombies likely referred to higher-level zombies. After all, for Long, Hu, Bao, and the others, the zombies here were just food. The higher the level of the zombie, the tastier they found them. A large appearance of high-level zombies could be a sign of something. A lightbulb went off in Chu Xuan's mind.In various zombie-themed works he had seen before, they often mentioned something called a zombie tide. The causes of zombie tides were bizarre and varied. It might be due to a single zombie hearing something, or chasing a living person, thereby leading a group of zombies to