The Wild Doctor and the Fair Beauty

That’s right!

That was exactly what Jiang Xinghai meant. He wanted to sever all ties with his Second Senior Sister Zhong Yunman’s War Department!

He didn’t want his actions to ruin his Second Senior Sister’s future prospects.

"Young Master Jiang, this idea is truly inappropriate. Please reconsider. I’m certain General Zhong wouldn’t agree to this either." Lao Deng had no choice but to try and dissuade Jiang Xinghai from this decision.

"Lao Deng, I know what I’m doing. Even if using poison fails, surviving won’t be a problem with my current cultivation level." Jiang Xinghai hadn’t told the three of them his true cultivation level.

Naturally, Lao Deng and the other two didn’t understand. They just kept shaking their heads and sighing.

In the end, Lao Deng relented.

He had no choice but to.

In terms of martial strength, he could hardly restrain Jiang Xinghai.

"Lao Deng, Bai, Zhi, you can go now. I need to cultivate for a while. We’ll meet again."

Jiang Xinghai looked at the three people who had helped him and gave a wave.

Lao Deng and the others left helplessly, but they didn’t go far.

They immediately informed Zhong Yunman about the matter.

They had expected Zhong Yunman to be furious.

But to their surprise, Zhong Yunman just laughed heartily. "Is my little Junior Brother still worried about my future? Doesn’t this silly boy know that I’ve never cared about that? It’s fine. My Junior Brother is more than capable. You all just need to handle the cleanup. Don’t worry about exposing my War Department’s involvement. If anyone dares to touch my Junior Brother, I’ll annihilate them!"

Such a domineering response greatly encouraged Lao Deng and the other two.

In the hotel, Jiang Xinghai prepared to refine a portion of the Primordial Yin Qi he had absorbed over the past few days.

On the night before he left Shanhe Province, he had obtained Feng Lulu’s virgin Primordial Yin.

After that, he had encounters with Leng Ning and Qiu Caie, and then spent three days with Jin Lin, a subordinate of his Third Senior Sister. The energy he had accumulated was now about to burst. It was time for him to break through.

Currently, his cultivation was at the Early Stage of the Celestial Destiny Realm.

Back in Shanhe Province, he had managed to kill Mr. Hu of the Black Cloak, who was at the Middle Stage of the Celestial Destiny Realm. Although it had been difficult, he had succeeded in fighting above his level.

Now, with time being tight, he only needed to break through to the Middle Stage of the Celestial Destiny Realm.

「At the same time.」

The Qiao Family estate in Kun City.

This courtyard residence, built against a mountain, covered a vast area.

It was filled with all sorts of rare flowers and exotic plants, too numerous to count.

Such a location and environment were inextricably linked to the Qiao Family’s practice of Raising Gu.

The Qiao Family... perhaps Raising Gu was an act that defied the Celestial Dao itself.

Although their status in Kun City was transcendent, their population was extremely small. Aside from a few guards, there were barely more than a dozen clan members.

Yet, there wasn’t a single child among them; the youngest was already in their thirties.

Raising Gu not only went against the Celestial Dao, causing their family line to dwindle, but it was also closely related to the fact that children were implanted with Gu from a young age.

Most of them couldn’t bear it and died prematurely.

Now, the Qiao Family faced two problems: How to quickly produce offspring? And how to take their Gu Technique to the next level?

In the Qiao Family’s backyard, there was a spacious cellar.

It looked like a cellar for brewing wine, but it was actually a secret place for Raising Gu.

An old man with hair hanging to his shoulders, though only a few strands remained, was sitting cross-legged in the middle of the cellar.

He was none other than the Qiao Family’s patriarch, Qiao Zhongkui.

He opened his mouth slightly, and a pitch-black insect crawled out. It was about the size of a thumb, its appearance savage and shocking.

"The Insect King has successfully shed its skin! Once it molts into a milky white color, it will help me ascend to the Human Emperor Realm!"

"Those little brats who gossip behind my Qiao Family’s back, all who have ever said my family is wicked, will all become my family’s Gu Slaves!"

After roaring at the sky, Qiao Zhongkui resumed his closed-door cultivation. "Announce to the clan that everyone is to lie low until I emerge. After I come out, the entire Yun Province will be in the Qiao Family’s grasp!"

「Eleven in the morning.」

In the hotel, Jiang Xinghai’s eyes snapped open, full of vigor.

As expected, he had only needed to absorb and refine half of the Primordial Yin Power accumulated in his body to reach the Middle Stage of the Celestial Destiny Realm!

With that, he unhesitatingly grabbed his shoulder bag, left the hotel, and headed in the direction of the Qiao Family’s estate.

He understood that confronting the Gu-Raising Qiao Family would likely be one of the most difficult battles he had ever faced.

But as long as he could wipe out the Qiao Family and destroy this wicked, Gu-Raising clan in one fell swoop, it would all be worth it.

Of course, he wasn’t condemning all such practices outright. He knew there were probably other families in the world who practiced the Gu Technique.

But according to the information Lao Deng had given him, the other families had gradually modified their Gu Techniques for righteous purposes.

It was only the Qiao Family that remained obstinately stuck in their wicked ways!

「Half an hour later.」

Dark clouds suddenly swarmed over the skies of Kun City.

As expected, a downpour was imminent.

’This family’s estate looks so gloomy from the outside.’

Standing a hundred meters from the Qiao Family residence, Jiang Xinghai naturally felt no fear.

He lit a cigarette and strode forward with resolve.

The Qiao Family residence was deathly still.

With Qiao Zhongkui in seclusion, the clan members were all quietly waiting for their pillar of support to break through and ascend to the Human Emperor Realm.

At the entrance, only two weak guards stood, glaring with hostility at Jiang Xinghai’s approach.

Jiang Xinghai killed them on the spot.

He didn’t underestimate them for their weakness. After all, this was a Gu-Raising family.