"The remnants of Mount Shushan have infiltrated Jiangnan. Anyone aware and fails to report will be punished equally!"

"Capture the remnants of Mount Shushan, dead or alive, and a great reward will be given!"

In Jiangnan, both cultivators and ordinary civilians received this message.

The remnants of Mount Shushan had infiltrated Jiangnan.

Previously, it was only rumors, but now this news was issued by the Extreme Demonic Hall, shocking many cultivators.

The remnants of Mount Shushan really still exist!

"........"

In a brothel.

When the madam opened the door and saw the two female corpses on the ground, tortured to death, the smile on her face stiffened.

A fat-headed catfish demon burped contentedly, revealing a satisfied expression.

He said to the madam, "These two won't do, too young. I prefer some older ones!"

The madam forced a smile and repeatedly agreed.

This catfish demon possessed three hundred years of cultivation and was a subordinate of the Ancient Flood Dragon of the Pure Water Palace.

Such a small brothel could not afford to offend him.

The catfish demon left the brothel, and everyone around kept their distance.

He got into his sedan chair.

Shrimp soldiers and crab generals carried the sedan chair arrogantly down the street.

Night had already fallen.

Suddenly, a flying sword shot out from the darkness.

The catfish demon inside the sedan chair was half-closing his eyes, looking drowsy, but reacted quickly at this moment.

His body suddenly leaned back.

With a loud bang, the sedan chair shattered.

The catfish demon shot out of the sedan chair like lightning!

His huge, slimy body twisted rapidly in midair.

His palm emitted a sticky gust of wind, fiercely slapping forward.

He killed two of the shrimp soldiers and crab generals carrying him, but he did not care at all.

At that moment, a chilling sword aura suddenly surged from all directions.

These sword auras were like silver lightning, weaving into a dense net that tightly wrapped the catfish demon.

The sword aura howled, emitting sharp, piercing shrieks.

"Ah!"

The catfish demon cried out in pain.

A bloody gash immediately appeared on his fair belly.

This sword aura was extraordinarily fierce.

A ruthless gleam flashed in the catfish demon's eyes as he angrily shouted:

"I serve under the Dragon King...."

Before he finished speaking, he felt as if all his troubles vanished.

Because his head was suddenly gone.

He didn't even realize what had happened or who he had provoked before he quickly died.

A Golden Core stage demon general was killed by Li Xuanxiao remotely just like that.

After the catfish demon’s death, the sword aura continued to shred his body.

Until his soul tried to escape.

However, the Myriad Soul Banner was already ready to strike.

The catfish demon’s soul was dragged by countless giant hands, emitting unwilling wails, and was ultimately pulled inside.

Li Xuanxiao stood afar, catching the Myriad Soul Banner with one hand.

Now inside the Myriad Soul Banner, aside from numerous insignificant stray souls, there were twelve Golden Core stage cultivator souls he could use, including the catfish demon.

As for Nascent Soul stage cultivators, the number of souls the Myriad Soul Banner could hold was closely related to Li Xuanxiao’s strength.

Therefore, Li Xuanxiao always avoided letting the Myriad Soul Banner absorb cultivators far stronger than himself.

It wasn’t that the Myriad Soul Banner couldn’t handle it, but his own body couldn’t sustain it.

As the Myriad Soul Banner frantically devoured this surging demonic power and converted it into pure energy flowing through Li Xuanxiao’s limbs like trickling streams,

He could clearly feel his cultivation continuously rising.

The longer the Myriad Soul Banner stayed in his body, the more he adapted to this power.

At first, digesting others’ soul power was very difficult.

It was like swallowing stones.

But now, digesting the power of a Golden Core stage catfish demon was incredibly comfortable.

The cultivation brought by this catfish demon was surprisingly profound.

Three hundred years of cultivation!

Even Li Xuanxiao was a little shocked.

If he killed five or six more Golden Core stage cultivators like this, he would successfully form his core.

Thinking this, Li Xuanxiao held the Myriad Soul Banner and walked over.

The rest of the shrimp soldiers and crab generals had long since died.

Only two knelt on the ground, begging for mercy nonstop.

Li Xuanxiao looked at the shattered catfish demon body on the ground, then spread out his palm.

A ball of fire suddenly ignited, roasting the catfish demon’s body thoroughly.

Then Li Xuanxiao casually took a piece of meat and put it into his mouth.

"Hmm, delicious!"

This scene made the two shrimp soldiers tremble with fear.

Li Xuanxiao tossed two pieces of meat in front of them, "Try it."

The two shrimp soldiers hesitated not at all and ate their demon general’s meat.

Li Xuanxiao clapped his hands, then took out a sheet of rice paper from his pocket.

It was a map he had drawn recently. "I am Li Xuanxiao, a disciple of Mount Shushan. Go back and tell your king, you want to find the treasure left by Mount Shushan? This map shows where it is. Let him come find it."

After saying this, Li Xuanxiao left without looking back.

The two shrimp soldiers were bewildered, but they clearly understood they had been lucky to survive.

So they hurriedly took the map Li Xuanxiao left and ran off in a rush.

"........."

Inside the Pure Water Palace.

When the two shrimp soldiers brought the news back, chaos erupted.

The Ancient Flood Dragon sat cross-legged on his jade throne, letting out a deep grunt.

"Dead!?"

"Yes, that person claimed to be a Mount Shushan disciple, named... Li Xuanxiao. He also said this is a treasure map left by Mount Shushan."

Mount Shushan disciple?

Treasure map.

Hearing these words, the Ancient Flood Dragon immediately floated up from his throne.

He had originally thought the catfish demon’s death was caused by that old Taoist or the Return Spring Sect impersonating a Mount Shushan disciple to retaliate against him.

But once he heard about the Mount Shushan treasure map, he became excited instantly.

"Where is it?"

The two shrimp soldiers immediately presented the treasure map given by Li Xuanxiao to the Ancient Flood Dragon.

The Flood Dragon transformed into human form and carefully scanned it.

The calligraphy looked like it was freshly drawn recently, and when he touched the paper...

It felt too fake.

Even if someone had set a trap for him, it was too clumsy.

The Ancient Flood Dragon hesitated briefly but chose to believe it might be real rather than dismiss it.

He immediately ordered his demon generals, along with the shrimp soldiers and crab generals, to investigate the map’s location.

The demon generals who received the order felt reluctant, like they had been handed a hot potato.

Still, they followed the command.

"........"

The Ancient Flood Dragon soon received news from his subordinates.

The treasure was indeed Mount Shushan’s treasure!!

But soon after, he got more news.

Good news: there is treasure.

Bad news: they weren’t the only ones who found it.

"Damn, what are your Return Spring Sect b*tches doing here!"

The carp demon general shouted angrily.

The female disciples of the Return Spring Sect had not expected to encounter the Pure Water Palace’s demon generals here.

"Hey, why is it you guys!"

Both sides looked and saw that

the spies from the Six Sects of Jiangnan, Twenty-Eight Gates, and Thirty-Two Demons had almost simultaneously discovered the location where the Mount Shushan branch had buried the treasure back then.

As the bronze door seal slowly opened underground,

The entire cellar treasure appeared before everyone.

This was the treasure of the Mount Shushan branch, all hidden here by that elder of Mount Shushan before his death.

Although it was only a fraction for Mount Shushan back then,

For them, it was...

The leading carp demon general hesitated only briefly, then turned and activated his magic artifact, aiming it at the others.

How could such a treasure be discovered by anyone else!

Strike first to gain the upper hand.