Chapter 32

The golden pill's light grew dimmer and finally disappeared from Bai Cangdong's hand.

"What happened? It's gone?" Bai Cangdong looked at the sword case again, which had returned to its broken state, and the introduction inside the sword pill was also gone.

"Strange, truly strange. Wasn't it supposed to be an armed item? How could it just disappear like that!" Bai Cangdong tried to activate the Inner Pill Technique again and suddenly felt that his Inner Pill Technique was vastly different from before. Originally, he was just a beginner, and it was almost useless when he activated it. This time, when he activated the Inner Pill Technique, he felt his energy surge like a dragon or a tiger, almost bursting out.

"This is a sign that the Inner Pill Technique has reached its peak. Could it be that the sword pill directly brought my Inner Pill Technique to its peak!" After much thought, Bai Cangdong concluded that this was the only possibility.

Bai Cangdong was overjoyed. If he really only needed a crystal plate to instantly master a martial skill, then he wouldn't have to waste a lot of time practicing difficult skills like the "Eight Steps of Heaven." The ability of the sword case could almost be described as heaven-defying.

Bai Cangdong took out the remaining three crystal plates and tried to practice the martial skills on them, but the results were very disappointing. The sword case had no reaction to the three crystal plates.

"Strange, what went wrong? They are all the same crystal plates, and they all record baron-level martial skills. The Inner Pill Technique plate also came from someone else, so why was that one absorbed by the sword case and turned into a sword pill, while these three cannot?" After studying for a long time, Bai Cangdong still couldn't figure it out, so he had to give up and carefully store the three crystal plates.

Since he had to go and kill the Green-Eyed Asura, Bai Cangdong went to the Dao Lun Society early in the morning to ask Ximen, the president, for a two-day leave to avoid any trouble from Liu Shiquan when he returned.

"Bai, there's a bit of trouble. We can't set out today," Zheng Hao said with a very unhappy look.

"What happened?" Bai Cangdong looked at Ma Fei beside him, who also had a bad expression.

"It's those girls, including Zhu Jun. They somehow found out we were going to kill the Green-Eyed Asura and insisted on going with us. How can we take them? If anything happens, no one can bear the responsibility," Zheng Hao pointed to a few women not far away, one of whom was Han Zhu Jun, whom Bai Cangdong had met before.

"What's your relationship with them?" Bai Cangdong asked, a bit puzzled.

"What relationship? We've all grown up together since childhood, and our mothers have always wanted us to be together. But as you can see, I don't really care, but Han Zhu Jun looks down on me. The other girls are in similar situations; they're just a bunch of troublesome women," Zheng Hao said with a bitter smile.

"How are their skills? If they're good, having a few more helpers wouldn't be bad," Bai Cangdong said.

"They're all barons, and their skills aren't bad, but they've never truly experienced life-and-death battles. They're like flowers in a greenhouse. They won't be much help, and they might even cause trouble. If something unexpected happens, they could become a burden, so we can't take them," Ma Fei said.

Bai Cangdong frowned slightly. He had only taken a two-day leave, and if they couldn't set out today, it would be difficult to return in time.

"Since you can't say it, I'll deal with them." Bai Cangdong walked over to Han Zhu Jun and the others.

When Han Zhu Jun and the others saw Bai Cangdong approaching, they all stared at him, not knowing what he was going to do.

"Go home quickly, all of you. Don't cause trouble here," Bai Cangdong said, knowing he wasn't good at persuasion.

"You're the one causing trouble. We're all barons, just like you. If you can go kill the Green-Eyed Asura, why can't we? Besides, we'll go our own way, and you'll go yours. Why do we need your permission?" one of the girls pouted.

"It's not that we won't take you, but your martial skills are too poor. Going would be suicide, so we can't let you go to your deaths."

"Your martial skills are the ones that are poor. We're all barons. What gives you the right to say our martial skills are poor?" The girls were furious.

"If you don't believe me, we can have a match. If any of you can withstand my three moves, I'll convince Zheng Hao and the others to let you go with us to kill the Green-Eyed Asura."

"You're too arrogant, saying we can't withstand your three moves. Fine, I'll take your three moves and see if you still have the nerve to be so arrogant." One of the girls stepped forward.

Han Zhu Jun quickly pulled the girl back. "Xiao Xun, don't be impulsive. That guy has mastered the Reverse Wind Kill, which is very hard to deal with."

"No wonder he's so arrogant. He must have mastered the Reverse Wind Kill. No problem, my Swallow Slash is the perfect counter to the Reverse Wind Kill. Let me handle it," a girl in a red suit said.

"Right, Xiao Ai's Swallow Slash is the perfect counter to the Reverse Wind Kill. Let Xiao Ai defeat him and see if he still dares to be so arrogant." The girls were delighted.

Xiao Ai walked up to Bai Cangdong and pouted. "Hey, are you serious? If any of us can withstand your three moves, will you take all of us to kill the Green-Eyed Asura?"

"Of course, I'm serious," Bai Cangdong replied.

"Zheng Hao, Ma Fei, what do you say? If he says he'll take us if we can withstand his three moves, will you honor that?"

"Of course, if anyone can withstand Bai's three moves, we'll take you," Zheng Hao said with a smile.

"What if we not only withstand his three moves but also defeat him?" Xiao Ai shouted.

"Then everything will be up to you. You'll lead the way," Zheng Hao said without hesitation.

"Alright, you said it. No going back on your word." Xiao Ai's figure flashed, and she moved gracefully towards Bai Cangdong, aiming for his vital points.

Bai Cangdong didn't react until Xiao Ai's finger was almost touching him. Then he lightly dodged and kicked her from the side, stepping on her round, firm buttocks and pinning her to the ground.

"Next." Bai Cangdong thought, "Just as Zheng Hao said, these girls are like Li Xiangfei. They haven't experienced real life-and-death battles. They have strength but can't use it effectively."

"How could she lose so quickly? Zhu Jun, didn't you say he was good at the Reverse Wind Kill? He didn't even use it," the girls were shocked, and someone complained.

"He must have known Xiao Ai is good at the Swallow Slash, which counters the Reverse Wind Kill, so he deliberately didn't use it. How despicable," Han Zhu Jun said angrily.

"What do we do now? Xiao Ai was defeated so quickly, and none of us know the Swallow Slash, so we can't beat him."

"We can't be afraid of one person. We'll take turns fighting him. Even if we tire him out, I don't believe no one can withstand his three moves."

The girls thought this was a good idea and took turns challenging Bai Cangdong. However, each one was defeated in one move, and none of them even lasted to the second move. They didn't even tire Bai Cangdong out, and all the girls were defeated.

"Let's go." Bai Cangdong returned to the group and said to Zheng Hao and Ma Fei.

Ma Fei gave Bai Cangdong a thumbs up. "Bai, you're really something. You were tough on those girls. We wouldn't have been able to do that."

"Why?" Bai Cangdong asked, puzzled.

"Are you really a man? You don't just look like a man, are you actually a woman?" Zheng Hao teased. "We've all grown up together since childhood, and a few of them, we have some feelings for. How could we bear to hurt them?"

Bai Cangdong was slightly taken aback. He considered himself a normal man, and the girls were indeed attractive, but he hadn't thought about them in that way.

"Maybe I'm immune to women's charms because of Madam Honglian's various seductions." Bai Cangdong stroked his chin, then looked at the angry girls and compared them to Madam Honglian. "Madam Honglian is more alluring. These are just unopened buds."

Zheng Hao and Ma Fei gathered nearly a hundred barons, and the group set out towards the area where the Green-Eyed Asuras were located.

Bai Cangdong, Zheng Hao, Ma Fei, Li Xifeng, Li Yan, and Luo Ge sat in a carriage. Zheng Hao, who was afraid of awkward silences, kept throwing out topics to chat with everyone.

"Let's get serious. Although we have nearly a hundred barons participating in this Green-Eyed Asura hunt, we can't be careless. According to the information from the society, the number of Green-Eyed Asuras has exceeded five thousand. It will be very difficult to hunt them down. We must not engage them head-on. It's best to split into several small teams and hunt the Green-Eyed Asuras in a mobile manner," Ma Fei said.

"Right. Five thousand Green-Eyed Asuras are too many to fight directly. We have six people here. Why don't we split into six teams, each led by one of us? We can also see which team hunts the most Green-Eyed Asuras, and the losing team will have to treat us to drinks at the Heavenly Pavilion," Zheng Hao said with a smile.

"Treating us to drinks at the Heavenly Pavilion is a must. How about we make it even bigger? The team that kills the most Green-Eyed Asuras will receive a war trophy from each of the other teams," Luo Ge seemed very confident in killing the Green-Eyed Asuras.

"That sounds interesting. I think it's a good idea. What do you think?" Ma Fei looked at the others, and no one objected. "Let's do it then."

As they approached the area where the Green-Eyed Asuras were located, everyone stopped, and Ma Fei directed the other barons to split into six teams.

It was then that they noticed that those who were willing to follow Luo Ge were all from the Earl's Knightly Order, and their skills were quite good, among the best of the hired barons.

"So, Brother Luo, you were prepared all along. No wonder you were so confident," Zheng Hao said sarcastically.