Chapter 43

**Bang!**

The Lightning Demon Leopard's head burst open, red and white matter spewing out, and its body instantly withered.

**Roar!**

A tiger's roar echoed from the nearby dense forest, the sound like thunder, causing countless ferocious beasts in the surrounding mountains to cower, and fierce birds to take flight, creating waves in the forest sea.

**Aow!**

One by one, the Lightning Demon Leopards, after their leader was killed and hearing the terrifying tiger's roar, trembled and fled in terror, not daring to linger for a moment.

After the young man killed the Lightning Demon Leopard, he didn't even turn his head. His tall and sturdy figure carried the Lightning Demon Leopard's corpse, which weighed hundreds of pounds, and left directly, not paying any extra attention to the young girl and the other young men.

"Who is this person? He seems familiar."

Looking at the young man carrying the Lightning Demon Leopard's corpse, the pale and disheveled young men were shocked and puzzled. The young man's age was not much different from theirs, and he even looked younger, but his strength was so terrifying that he could kill a Lightning Demon Leopard at the Xiantian realm with just two punches, how formidable.

"It's him."

The young girl's bright eyes were surprised; the one who acted was actually Du Shaofu, the young master who was rumored to be a fool. But from Du Shaofu's actions just now, how could he be a fool?

"Zijin, that guy looks very familiar."

A young man, a bit older than the girl, stepped forward, looking at the departing figure with great shock.

"Du Shaofu from the Du family, we met him at the Du family before."

The girl called Zijin said to the young man.

"Du Shaofu, isn't he the foolish young master? Why is he alone in the Beast Mountain Range?"

Hearing this, the young man was surprised. The name Du Shaofu was extremely famous in Stone City.

The girl looked at the distant figure, her bright eyes rippling, and said, "If he were really a fool, then we wouldn't even be considered fools."

...

"Second Master, we've been out for so long. Although we've had some gains, there hasn't been any major gain. I heard someone saw the Purple Flame Demon Phoenix act, and someone even picked up a feather from the Purple Flame Demon Phoenix. Could something have happened to the Purple Flame Demon Phoenix?"

In the dense forest, about thirty figures moved through the trees, all alert to their surroundings. A young man in his mid-twenties said to the sturdy middle-aged man leading them.

"The Purple Flame Demon Phoenix, if something has happened, it's something we can't get involved in. Be careful, opportunities are precious, but life is even more important. Our gains this time are not insignificant, it's not a wasted trip."

The sturdy man occasionally looked around, and suddenly his expression changed. His eyes tightly focused on the front and said, "Be careful, someone is coming."

All eyes immediately became alert. A figure appeared in front of them, a young man carrying a huge beast, his figure still tall and straight, with a wild cat following behind, standing there looking at everyone.

"Xiao Hu, don't reveal your identity without my command,收敛点气息." Du Shaofu, carrying the Lightning Demon Leopard's corpse, looked ahead, his gaze slightly moving, and said to the Wang Lin Demon Tiger, which had shrunk in size behind him.

"Second Master, that figure looks very familiar."

Many people's gazes slightly moved, the young man's figure looked very familiar from a distance.

"Shaofu, that's Shaofu."

The sturdy man tightly looked ahead, his gaze suddenly trembling, his eyes filled with joy, and he rushed over.

The sturdy man was Du Zhixiong, the second son of the Du family, who personally led the team into the Beast Mountain Range due to the unrest there, to prevent any opportunities from being taken by other families. He didn't expect to encounter Du Shaofu, whom they had been searching for.

"Shaofu, Du Shaofu, wasn't he missing? How is he in the Beast Mountain Range?"

Everyone looked at each other, and then rushed forward.

Du Zhixiong quickly ran to Du Shaofu's side, looking at the Du Shaofu in front of him, his face filled with a smile, as if a thousand-pound weight had been lifted from his heart. "Shaofu, is it really you? Everyone has been looking for you, and your uncle has been worried about you every day. It's good that you're fine."

"Second Uncle."

Looking at the man in front of him, Du Shaofu felt a warmth in his heart, smiling slightly, not knowing what to say. It had been ten years since he had a proper conversation with his second uncle, but he knew that his second uncle had always cared for him, never looking down on him for being a fool, only feeling pity and pain.

"Wow, that's a Lightning Demon Leopard at the Xiantian realm, right?"

A group of people from the Du family gathered around, all shocked by the Lightning Demon Leopard's corpse Du Shaofu was carrying.

"Fool, what are you smiling about? It's good that you're fine, but put down the Lightning Demon Leopard's corpse." Du Zhixiong said to Du Shaofu, then his gaze also looked at the Lightning Demon Leopard's corpse with a puzzled expression.

"Come, help me lift it."

Several people from the Du family immediately stepped forward to help put the Lightning Demon Leopard's corpse down from Du Shaofu's shoulders.

"Quick, be careful with the Lightning Demon Leopard's blood, collect it quickly. When refined, it can be used to forge the bodies of the younger generation, which is very beneficial."

"Be careful with the Lightning Demon Leopard's claws, they are very valuable."

"Shaofu, did you kill this Lightning Demon Leopard?"

The Du family members gathered around, starting to process the Lightning Demon Leopard's corpse, and some looked at Du Shaofu with shocked expressions. If Du Shaofu had killed a Lightning Demon Leopard at the Xiantian realm, his current strength must be at an incredible level.

As for the Du family members present, no one would still think Du Shaofu was the foolish young master from before. With the competition among the young generation in the clan, even Du Hao and Du Chong, who had joined forces, were not a match for Du Shaofu in one move. Who would still believe Du Shaofu was a true fool?

Looking at the chattering Du family members, Du Shaofu felt a warmth in his heart again. In the Du family, everyone treated him as if he were invisible, but at least some people, like the group of people truly fighting for the Du family, still considered him a part of the Du family.

"It wasn't me who killed it. I was passing by and didn't know who killed this Lightning Demon Leopard. Thinking that the corpse was valuable, I decided to carry it back, maybe I could sell it for some mystic coins."

Du Shaofu smiled and replied to everyone. In fact, he had originally planned to barbecue the Lightning Demon Leopard. Practicing the Golden-winged Great Peng Bird cultivation method, he could extract energy from the flesh of beasts for his own use. Although the energy in the raw flesh was the most concentrated and pure, Du Shaofu didn't dare to eat it raw and could only eat the roasted flesh to extract and refine the energy for his own use. But he didn't expect to encounter his second uncle and the Du family members here.

"Is there such luck? The corpse of a Lightning Demon Leopard is very valuable, worth at least a thousand gold. If you could capture a live one, it would be even more valuable."

Hearing that the Lightning Demon Leopard's corpse was found, no one doubted Du Shaofu. Killing a Lightning Demon Leopard at the Xiantian realm required immense strength, and among the people here, only Second Master could do it, while the others would need to join forces.

Smiling, Du Shaofu watched the Du family members process the Lightning Demon Leopard's corpse, their techniques extremely proficient. Without saying that the Lightning Demon Leopard was killed by him, Du Shaofu didn't want to explain further, then he looked up and asked Du Zhixiong, "Second Uncle, how is my father?"

"Your father is still the same." Du Zhixiong's face showed a slight bitter smile, his large hand patting Du Shaofu's shoulder, and said, "Let's go back early, your father must be worried about you." ...

A few days later, at dusk, after the sunset faded, the world turned silver-gray.

Outside Stone City, the Beast Mountain Range was enveloped in a golden silence, the distant mountains draped in the sunset, and the sky was filled with fiery red clouds.

At the gate of the Du family, a group of dozens of people returned, their gains this time were not insignificant, bringing back many medicinal herbs and beast blood for the younger generation of the Du family, enough to support their cultivation for a while.

"Second Master is back."

"Isn't that Du Shaofu? Why is he back with Second Master?"

"Du Shaofu even brought back a wild cat."

"..."

At the gate of the Du family, many Du family members had already come out to welcome them. Seeing the gains brought back by Second Master, their eyes were filled with joy, and seeing Du Shaofu in the crowd, many complex gazes were cast.

Ignoring the various complex gazes, Du Shaofu directly returned to his courtyard.

When Du Shaofu stepped into the courtyard, his father, the drunkard, was drinking.

Sitting in the courtyard, he held the wine bottle and drank directly.

There were no dishes to accompany the wine, he drank quietly by himself.

"Gulping!" This was the unique sound of the drunkard drinking. Others drank one sip at a time, but Du Shaofu knew that his father drank in large gulps.

Seeing Du Shaofu return, he just raised his head, put down the wine bottle, and said, "You're back."

"I'm back." Du Shaofu said, then added, "Drink less, I'll go get some dishes for you?"

"Okay, stay and drink a few more with me later." He said calmly.

Du Shaofu was slightly surprised, then nodded and left the courtyard. He usually drank with his father on the 15th of August every year.

When Du Shaofu was young, he didn't know what the 15th of August was, but later he learned that it was a day for family reunions, called the Mid-Autumn Festival. Every year on this day, his father would make him drink a few sips of wine.

After Du Shaofu left, Du Shaoting's eyes, which were filled with the smell of alcohol, glanced at the Wang Lin Demon Tiger Du Shaofu had brought back.

For some reason, that gaze made the Wang Lin Demon