In the back courtyard of the Beast Hall, inside the main hall.

A beautiful woman in red sat on a chair, her expression cold, her eyes bright as torches. On either side of her stood a person, on her left was a dignified middle-aged man in a long robe, and on her right was an old man with a long beard.

“Second Uncle, where have you been earlier?”

After observing for a while, she finally spoke. Her tone seemed to be making small talk, yet also seemed to be interrogating.

The middle-aged man in the long robe laughed, “Hongqiu, you know, our Beast Hall business has always been booming. Second Uncle has to socialize around Glutton City. You came so suddenly, I rushed back as soon as I got the news.”

A breeze blew through the hall, causing the candlelight to flicker.

“So, the Beast Hall business is booming?” The woman in red raised her eyebrows slightly, “Then why have your contributions been decreasing in recent years?”

“Hehe.” The middle-aged man laughed again, “You still don’t understand business, even if it’s well-managed, the profits fluctuate…”

“Cough.” The old man with the long beard coughed lightly, interrupting the middle-aged man’s words. He said solemnly, “Xu Nanling, you should know who you are talking to. Miss is now touring the four seas with the gang leader’s order. Say what you should say, and be more respectful about what you shouldn’t…”

The middle-aged man seemed to respect him quite a bit. Upon hearing this, he immediately nodded lightly and said, “Elder Cangxing’s reminder is correct.”

The three people in front of the hall were Xu Hongqiu, the young lady of the Four Seas Whale Gang, Elder Cangxing of the North Whale Gang, and Xu Nanling, the head of the Beast Hall in Glutton City.

With the upcoming gang leader election, it was customary to send envoys with the gang leader’s order to inspect the four seas. The purpose was to check if the four major Whale Gangs had any dirty secrets, which could add some chips to the upcoming re-election.

The current gang leader, Xu Bazhan, mainly relied on the North Whale Gang. He was the former leader of the North Whale Gang before he ran for the overall gang leader.

The few shops in Glutton City were important industries of the North Whale Gang, and the Beast Hall was one of them. It was always managed by Xu Bazhan’s cousin, Xu Nanling.

That’s why Xu Hongqiu came here.

After listening to Elder Cangxing’s lecture to Xu Nanling, Xu Hongqiu slowly said, “Second Uncle is my uncle after all, it doesn’t matter whether he is polite to me in private. But in public, I hope Second Uncle can give a rigorous answer.”

“Ah.” Xu Nanling sighed helplessly, “It’s normal for business profits to fluctuate. In recent years, there have been more and more shops selling spirit beasts in Glutton City. In order to compete, we have made a lot of price reductions, and I have been working hard…”

“I understand Second Uncle’s hard work. Why don’t you show me the accounts of the Beast Hall, and everything will be clear.” Xu Hongqiu suddenly said.

Xu Nanling’s face changed, and he raised his eyebrows, “Are you suspecting me?”

“This is a gang industry. It is reasonable for me to check the accounts with the gang leader’s order. Why does Second Uncle say this?” Xu Hongqiu stared at him coldly without any hesitation.

“Every year at the end of the year, I send the accounts to the gang leader for inspection, and there has never been a problem. You suddenly come here and say you want to check the accounts, it’s clear that you suspect me…” Xu Nanling showed some anger.

“Yes.” Xu Hongqiu nodded indifferently.

The meaning was very clear…

I suspect you, so what?

Her frank and ruthless admission made Xu Nanling’s mood suddenly stagnate, and he was somewhat stunned. After a while, he squeezed out a word.

“Huh?”

…

A beast roar suddenly shook the long street!

There had already been an incident of a Black Wind Leopard escaping during the day, causing some commotion. But the nearby cultivators didn’t care, after all, the Beast Hall couldn’t always have such oversights.

But this time, an even more astonishing demonic aura overflowed from the Beast Hall, shocking the entire city in an instant.

Boom——

The demonic beasts imprisoned in the Beast Hall ranged from the first to the fifth realm, and occasionally even the sixth realm demonic beasts would be brought here for sale. All together, there were at least hundreds.

Who would have thought that on this night, all the demonic beasts in the Beast Hall would escape! As if premeditated, accompanied by a nearly two-meter-tall, sharp-scaled Wind Roaring Beast breaking down the gate, countless dark shadows fled in all directions!

Chu Liang was outside the Beast Hall at this time, and happened to witness a black figure darting out, followed by the Wind Roaring Beast breaking down the wall, and demonic beasts fleeing in all directions. He couldn’t help but think to himself.

Bad.

My Human-faced Ghoul!

He immediately released his divine sense to search, and fortunately, among the hundreds of fleeing shadows, there was a gray-white figure that was almost the fastest, and he found it at a glance.

“Stop!”

Chu Liang shouted and immediately chased after it. He didn’t care about the other demonic beasts, but you can’t go… I’ve paid the deposit!

He had experienced how difficult it was to catch a Human-faced Ghoul before. Even Fang Ting, who was in the Golden Elixir realm, couldn’t catch up with it in complex terrain. So as soon as Chu Liang started, he used the flying form of the Flying Leaf Fast Knife.

Whoosh——

Back then, he could only catch up with the Human-faced Ghoul by using the Spirit Cat Leap talisman. But now, standing on the Green Leaf, he could barely keep up with the Human-faced Ghoul.

Looking down from high above, he could see that three shadows were noticeably faster than the others.

One was the black figure that darted out first. This person obviously had something to do with the commotion in the Beast Hall, but Chu Liang didn’t care about other people’s business.

The second was the gray-white Human-faced Ghoul, this creature was really cunning.Unlike other monsters that were fleeing in all directions, it seemed to believe that the direction the black figure was heading was the safest, so it closely followed behind the black figure.

Indeed, it seemed to be the case. While other monsters were being stopped by the Beast Hall and the law enforcement team, only it was able to follow the man in black and fly far away.

The third was Chu Liang’s green light. He was staring at the body of the human-faced ghost, unwilling to let go.

The targeted training he had undergone for a while seemed to have been effective. He controlled Green Leaf to fly at full speed, maneuvering within the city. Although it was a bit strenuous, he never crashed.

On the level of “micro-operation” of divine consciousness, he had already surpassed many cultivators of the same realm.

Even after flying for a while, he wanted to distract himself to control the flying sword and launch an attack on the human-faced ghost!

With the wind roaring in his ears as he sped along, he couldn’t perform complex sword techniques like the talisman sword technique. He could only flick his fingers and stab the flying sword at the human-faced ghost, like a meteor.

Unfortunately, he missed again and again.

The three of them were racing like the wind and lightning, he chased it, it chased him!

In Chu Liang’s eyes, there was only the human-faced ghost, he didn’t notice the black figure. But the black figure ignored the human-faced ghost and only noticed Chu Liang.

The man in black at the front had no time to look back at the situation behind him, he could only sense through his divine consciousness that someone was following him. He couldn’t guess that Chu Liang was trying so hard to catch a human-faced ghost, he just thought that Chu Liang was chasing him.

So, when he passed a street corner, the man in black suddenly shouted to both sides: “Stop him!”

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

Several figures flashed out from the street corners on both sides, two of them raised their hands and spread out a golden net, and the third person made a hand seal and offered the golden net into the air.

Whoosh—

With a flash of golden light, a large net spanned across the sky, instantly separating the man in black from the “pursuers” behind him!

The human-faced ghost let out a strange cry, flipped in the air to avoid hitting the golden net. But when it wanted to change direction, it was a bit late.

Although there was always a distance between them, the gap between the three of them was negligible compared to their speed. With this delay in the human-faced ghost’s movement, Chu Liang’s green light arrived in an instant.

“Go!”

To prevent his attack from missing again, Chu Liang released all his magical treasures in an instant.

Sword Art of Hundred Swords!

The flying sword scattered into a sky full of sword light, covering overhead.

Monster-binding Rope!

A red light shot out like a snake.

Flying Leaf Fast Knife!

A crescent moon disappeared in an instant.

Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, the human-faced ghost turned around and showed a ferocious face to Chu Liang. It didn’t know if it remembered that this was the person it had been aggressive towards during the day. Anyway, at this moment, it pounced on Chu Liang.

But the next second, Chu Liang’s attack came like a storm. He was not the same as he was in the South Town Mountain. The human-faced ghost had nothing but speed, how could it resist?

Hiss—

Almost in an instant, this ferocious ghost turned back into a wisp of yin energy, pierced and dissipated by the Sword Art of Hundred Swords.

Finally…

Just as Chu Liang’s heart was put down, he suddenly heard a more familiar high-pitched scream from not far away.

“Ah——”