“How is the preparation coming along?” A man stood on the balcony of one of the high rise buildings of the Red City, looking down on the entire city.

“We have collected enough blood after massacring the village..” The servant behind nodded. “But, it seems that a unit has been organized to investigate the matter by the Wu Clan.”

The figure nodded, “Let them be, they won’t be able to do anything..”

“Young Master Wu had also visited the place previously..” The Servant further informed me.

“What is it about?” The figure frowned, it hadn’t been much time until their last meeting. It wasn’t possible for him to have already raised that corpse into a Ghoul.

“He passed on this message...” The servant took out the piece of folded paper, not daring to open it without permission.

The figure took it, and as he opened it, he couldn’t help but frown.

‘Ridiculous..’ He sneered. ‘A corpse that is living?’

He couldn’t help but wonder if Wu Shuang had gone crazy.

As he was about to throw it aside, he suddenly remembered something.

A legend..

‘As if..’

“Send him a squad. Tell him to kill Wu Feng while he is at it. He is in his way of succession anyways.” The figure made a decision, whether Wu Shuang’s words were true or not would soon be revealed. Even if it wasn’t, it didn’t matter as long as they could get a job done with it.

“But, we might attract more attention in doing so…” The Servant replied with his head hung low.

“We have gathered all the ingredients to raise a Ghost King, they are too late to do anything now..” The figure remained calm, “Make preparations for the Ceremony..”

“Yes, Divine Son..” The Servant nodded.

…

Blooming Courtyard, Red City.

“Are you sure we are at the right place?” Lu Shimming glanced at Wu Feng, wondering if the guy was just here to have fun. After all, why in hell would one come to a brothel?

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Wu Feng, who sat there wearing a cloak, just gulped down the cup of alcohol before coming to the point, “This is the best place to gather information. Most of the assholes come here and drink. And, spew all kinds of nonsense when drunk..”

“Is that so?” Lu Shimming asked suspiciously.

“Do not worry, Young Master, only has a sword in his eyes.” Guard Wang, who seemed a little drunk sighed.

Wu Feng’s face twitched, “I will take that as a compliment..”

‘Hmmn?’ Suddenly, Lu Shimming noticed a group of people sitting in one corner enjoying their drinks with a few escorts. Unknowingly, a white flame seemed to swirly deep in his pupils.

‘What is this..’ He muttered to himself as he could see a gloomy aura surrounding those people with countless small whisps hovering around them. ‘Evil cultivators’

He realized that one of his abilities allowed him to see the dead. And, if he was not wrong, those were the resentful spirits of people who had died to them pretty recently, or had been raised as an Undead Corpse.

“Do you like the woman on that table?” Wu Feng casually asked, and Lu Shimming’s face turned dark.

“Those people look suspicious..” Lu Shimming pointed out, his gaze still fixed on that group.

“How?” Wu Feng couldn’t really tell. After all, everyone who visited here was suspicious.

“Just instinct..” Lu Shimming didn’t explain.

“Hmmn..” Wu Feng stared at him. He could tell that Lu Shimming was definitely hiding something. And, the vision that he had seen was definitely not some random event.

“Well, what are we waiting for then?” He suddenly got up with a smile.

“Huh?” Lu Shimming looked at him in confusion, “What do you mean?”

Wu Feng ignored him, and walked up to the table of the group.

“You there..” He pointed at the lady, “My friend there likes you, come share a drink with us..”

Lu Shimming almost choked on the cup of alcohol, while everyone turned their attention to him.

“Here, sorry you guys..” Wu Feng threw a pouch of money on the table as an apology for taking the woman, and it landed there with a clank.

“Young Master..this..” The Escort obviously didn’t know what to do, but Wu Feng’s handsome face unconsciously made her stand up, as if she was ready to follow him anywhere.

“Bang!”

Suddenly, one of the thugs slammed his fist onto the table.

“Are you looking down on us?” He glared at Lu Shimming.

‘I didn’t even do anything!’ Lu Shimming cursed inwardly.

“What else are you vermins good for in front of our Young Master..” Wu Feng smirked, and the thug's face changed.

“Kill him!”

A fluctuation of Qi suddenly rose from the man, and the next instant everything went flying, and chaos broke out.

“Protect the Young Master!” Guard Wang immediately pulled out his sword, and the other guards too got up.

“Beat them up!” The group on the other side, too, took on their arms, and the two groups clashed.

“Are you kidding me..” Lu Shimming watched the peaceful hall turn into a frenzy within a few seconds.

“Whoosh!”

A bowl of noodles suddenly came flying towards him.

He immediately ducked, and the bowl landed on the face of the person sitting on the next table.

The person was immediately covered in noodles, with soup running over his face.

“You piece of shit!!”

With a metallic sound, another dozen swords were pulled out of their sheath, and all hell broke out.

“Kill this b*stard too!”

The guys seemed to notice Lu Shimming who was quietly inching towards the corner.

“Crap!”

Lu Shimming immediately rolled on his back, and a sword stabbed right at the place he was a second earlier.

“This b*stards..” He cursed realizing there wasn’t any getting out of this mess.

Wu Feng seemed to realize Lu Shimming’s situation too, and slowly started to move towards him to aid, if the situation got too dangerous.

“Yaah!!!” A guy rushed towards Lu Shimmig with a roar, the light Qi fluctuation coming from him, made him to be at least 2nd Layer of Qi Refinement.

Taking a step forward, Lu Shimming took one of his palms out, the other behind his back.

Eight Trigrams Divination, First Palm, Beginning!

“Whoosh!”

With a lightning quick speed, the palm shot forward, and sunk into the target's chest.

“Ugh!”

The man groaned in pain, as he stumbled a couple of steps backward, and collapsed onto the ground holding his gut.

‘I barely used any strength..’ Lu Shimming was dumbfounded, looking at the guy struggling in pain. He was only at 3rd Layer, there shouldn’t have been this much difference in strength.

On the other hand, Wu Feng couldn’t help but be dumbfounded by the scene he saw. He clearly remembered that Lu Shimming was a mere mortal when they met. Yet he was already capable of taking down a 2nd Layer Qi

Refinement expert in one hit.

Was this some kind of joke?

“The City Guards are here!!” A voice filled with panic suddenly rang out.