Nightmare Apostle

With Professor Cui’s guidance, Yang Xiao became even more determined about how his future path should unfold.

When he was in Rongcheng, Director Nalan strategized for him, and now at the Provincial Bureau, his uncle guided him through the maze. Yang Xiao couldn’t help but reflect on how fortunate he has been to have influential allies at every step.

After bidding farewell to Professor Cui, Yang Xiao returned to the underground prison after many days. Several members of his Evil Cultivation Squad were still held here.

After the recent trials and tribulations, the squad should have been reduced to seven: Chen Nang, known as the Prisoner, the Sick Ghost, the Giant Hammer Lolita, the night watchman, the Trickster, and the most powerful Ku Daoist and One-eyed Monk.

But now the team had one more person, a middle-aged woman.

The woman looked plain, dressed like an old shop’s saleswoman, but her strength was quite impressive. Her spiritual power was comparable to his, also an Angel Envoy at the Upper Ghost Level. It seems Wu Qingcang has been busy recently.

"Netherworld Emperor Captain, we’re truly glad to see you back."

The Trickster screeched. Having been harshly reprimanded by Yang Xiao before, the Trickster fully understood the gap between them and dared not resist at all now seeing Yang Xiao again.

"A few sects were being disobedient, so I conveniently wiped them out. Chasing down the stragglers took some time," Yang Xiao said arrogantly, his gaze briefly flickering to the woman. "Newcomer, what’s your name?"

"Reporting to the Netherworld Emperor Captain, they all call me the Flower Woman," the middle-aged woman replied respectfully, evidently having heard of Yang Xiao’s many methods.

"Flower Woman, I don’t care about your past, but now that you’re here, you must follow my orders, understand?"

"Understood, all understood." Flower Woman nodded repeatedly, forcing out an awkward smile.

Yang Xiao learned that they hadn’t been anywhere recently, just staying in the dark underground prison all this time.

But thanks to Yang Xiao’s orders, their days had been relatively decent, with as good as possible provisions given. In this regard, Yang Xiao was far more generous than Wu Qingcang.

Before Yang Xiao arrived, these guys’ lives were merely about survival.

Waving his hand to dismiss everyone, Yang Xiao sought out Ku Daoist, partly to retrieve the "Corpse Supplement and Life Cutting Scripture" he had left with him, and partly to show off his newly acquired puppet.

After the excursion to Japan, Yang Xiao’s Corpse Refining Technique advanced by leaps and bounds. After all, Ku Daoist’s skills were amateurish compared to Beiyu Ye, known to be the strongest of Dragon Tiger Mountain’s younger generation.

But Yang Xiao was cautious. Upon retrieving the "Corpse Supplement and Life Cutting Scripture," he sat down and, with a friendly demeanor, asked Ku Daoist to explain the book’s contents to him.

With the dual guidance of Beiyu Ye’s theory and practice, the book’s content was no longer unattainable, and Yang Xiao could already understand a part of it.

Seeing Yang Xiao smile sent shivers down Ku Daoist’s spine. He seldom saw Yang Xiao smile like that, perhaps two or three times in memory, and every time he smiled that way, someone died.

Dependent on others, Ku Daoist dared not slack off and complied with Yang Xiao’s request, explaining everything he understood.

For the obscure parts he didn’t understand, he admitted openly without hiding anything.

One must admit, this book benefited him greatly, solving several perplexing issues that bothered him for years. No wonder it was a treasure of the Bone Transformation Tower.

Seeing this person being fairly honest, Yang Xiao spared him. Initially, Yang Xiao planned to summon the half-step Nether Realm samurai puppet at the slightest problem and give the old guy a proper lesson.

Unfortunately, the old fellow was too sensible, denying Yang Xiao the chance.

"Not bad, you are quite honest. Since that is the case, I’ll let you see something." As he spoke, Yang Xiao produced the Human Bone Staff, and the next second, a towering puppet appeared before Ku Daoist.

At the sight of the puppet, Ku Daoist’s face turned white, he couldn’t help but step back a few paces, his voice trembling, "A half-step... half-step Nether Realm puppet! Where did you get it?"

"A family member encountered it while traveling. It seemed suitable, so they killed it and crafted it into a puppet for me," Yang Xiao lied seamlessly.

He borrowed the origin of Beiyu Ye’s Lifebound Puppet, adding his own artistic embellishments, of course.

"Traveling and killing to refine a puppet..." Only today did Ku Daoist truly understand what an Evil Cultivator meant; compared to the person before him, his deeds were trivial.

Indeed, the ones on official ranks are the most ruthless; these guys are darker than Evil Cultivators.

Seeing Ku Daoist’s expression change, Yang Xiao’s desire to show off was fully satisfied. Meeting many powerful experts outside, he often had to humble himself. Now that he was back home, he could finally satisfy his small sense of competitiveness. Yang Xiao was also a genius.

"Ku Daoist, I acquired this puppet not long ago, so I must trouble you to test its quality for me." Standing up from his chair, Yang Xiao was eager to try.

"No, I mustn’t, Netherworld Emperor! These old bones cannot endure your puppet," Ku Daoist, a man who knew when to yield, immediately conceded.

Even though this old guy was under his command, Yang Xiao didn’t want to go too far. Seeing his firm refusal, he didn’t insist, knowing that he would still need these guys to work for him in the future. Yang Xiao was kind-hearted.

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