The next day, Wu Pifu left the town, leaving the city lord, the powerful, and the gentry deeply moved, nearly in tears.
Wu Pifu knew that he was now referred to as the Bloodhand Immortal Butcher...
What a ridiculous name!?
When Wu Pifu learned of this title, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning, charred on the outside yet tender on the inside.
Wouldn't it be more appropriate to call him something like the Mad Dog Butcher!?
However, he didn't care; after all, on this journey north, aside from hunting down the Jin people, he had not let go of any evil cultivators he encountered along the way.
They were all targets that needed to be eliminated in the future.
Whenever he discovered them, he could relentlessly pursue them with his spiritual awareness, ensuring they had no chance to escape, and he slaughtered them all one by one.
Of course, he didn't engage in that ridiculous Jingguan act again.
Once was enough to embarrass himself.
At that time, he genuinely wanted to create a Jingguan to intimidate the evil cultivators, but he truly didn't know how to make one.
He only knew to pile heads together and then mound earth on top.
So he thought, since he had to mound earth, wouldn't using cement be better?
Since it could seal the heads to prevent plagues and could last longer.
But the key issue was that he didn't know how to make cement.
After pondering for a while, he wondered if he needed something like lime and sand?
Thus, he had someone bring him quicklime, and then mixed it with sand and water...
As a result, a scene of utter horror and "intimidation" unfolded.
He didn't want this to happen, alright!?
Wu Pifu continued his journey northward, and all the cities along the way opened their gates to him.
All the officials, warlords, and local tyrants treated him with utmost respect, while the evil cultivators vanished completely before he even arrived, not even putting on a show of sending the weak first and the strong later.
"... No, this title of 'Pifufu' is useless. Wasn't it said that I could pretend to be a pig to eat a tiger?"
Wu Pifu, riding on his horse, looked at the glowing title of Pifufu displayed by the mainframe and couldn't help but complain.
Today marked the fifth day since he returned to the Song Dynasty dream world.
Although this dream world only required thirty days of guarding for one day, there was no need to stay for five days.
However, one rule still applied: after staying for five days, the nightmares in this dream world would be able to sense his presence and would come drawn by his existence.
The reason the northern giant demons were so eager to conquer Bianliang was fundamentally because the Gaia entrance within Bianliang attracted them.
So if Wu Pifu were braver, he could actually stay longer in this dream world.
The longer he stayed, the clearer his targets would become, and the more nightmares would come, allowing him to clear out the nightmares in this world.
"No, but I won't do that."
Wu Pifu surveyed the campfire, watching the meat roasting above, and said to Qiuzhu, "Be steady, be cautious. Although I defeated the northern great demon, this victory is not truly a victory of my strength. There is one very important point: I cannot kill that Pig Demon. I can severely injure it, again and again, but I will also be hurt myself, running out of energy, while it won't die. In the end, I will be the one who exhausts myself."
Wu Pifu's expression was grave as he said, "I am still too weak. This victory came by luck. One reason is that I gained the power of the title, which is a strength that surpasses that wild boar demon by countless levels. The second reason is that I have the attack methods left by Chu Minghao, which allowed me to kill that wild boar demon."
Qiuzhu listened attentively, occasionally chirping.
Wu Pifu nodded in acknowledgment, "That's right. This world is too dangerous. No, all dream worlds are too dangerous. Just take the benchmark reality 0.9 dream world we visited; one careless move could lead to being surrounded, attacked, or even dragged into a lower benchmark reality world, exposed to the gaze of gods and demons."
"Even if this dream world has extracted the source of pollution, isolating it from the gaze of those gods and demons, who knows what kind of five-hundred-year great demons, seven-hundred-year great demons, thousand-year great demons, or even half-gods, sealed deities, or indescribable beings from the depths of the sea remain? You must understand, my magical conch came from this world!"
When Wu Pifu said this, his expression was heavy, and after a moment of silence, he continued, "So once the five days are up, we will return to Gaia, stay in Gaia for five days... no, ten days! Then we will come back and continue hunting down the remnants of the Jin people to eradicate future threats!"
Qiuzhu chirped repeatedly.
Wu Pifu spoke solemnly, "I have also considered the next dream world. To be honest, I am somewhat conflicted and indecisive."
Qiuzhu chirped in confusion.
Wu Pifu shook his head, "It's not that I'm afraid; after all, no matter how scared I am, I must survive. If I don't continue to grow stronger, the negative emotions in my heart will eventually kill me. Moreover, I have decided that I must establish at least a level six shelter. I want to communicate with my teammates, and perhaps in the future..."
Wu Pifu paused, then continued, "So I will definitely strike. It's not because of this reason, but rather the issue of the mainframe's penetration."
"The mainframe has only two methods of penetration: one is downward penetration, like 0.9 penetrating to 0.8, 0.7 penetrating to 0.6; the other is random penetration, meaning I have no idea whether the next dream world will be 0.9 or if I will go directly to the vacuum homeland?"
After Wu Pifu waited for Qiuzhu to digest this information, he continued, "Right now, I only have this benchmark reality 0.7 dream world. There is no concept of parallel penetration; I can only choose to penetrate from the mainframe to benchmark reality 0.9 or from here to the 0.6 world. The gap in between is too large."
Qiuzhu chirped twice.
Wu Pifu shook his head again, "That's right, the benchmark reality 0.9 world is indeed safe. For me now, unless I encounter another old schemer like the Lifeless Old Mother, I can basically ensure my own safety. But this is a huge waste!
Other maintenance personnel can only go from reality to 0.9, then from 0.9 to 0.8, and in these two worlds, they must upgrade their shelters to the highest level allowed in the dream world. Thirty days means they must guard for eight days in 0.8, right? The rewards are minimal, and the time consumption is enormous; it's purely wasteful!"
"But I'm different. Now I only have a benchmark reality 0.7 dream world, and I can completely disregard the highest level three and four shelter dream worlds. Moreover, I thought of another extremely crucial factor..."
"Title!"
Qiuzhu chirped several times in succession.
Wu Pifu shook his head repeatedly, "No, it's not that I'm aiming too high, wanting the power boost from the title, but this title is the manifestation of the source of pollution! Do you understand what this means? Only by extracting the title can the dream world be free from the terrifying gaze of the lower levels, making it absolutely safe. However, the 0.9 and 0.8 dream worlds may seem safe, but they cannot extract the source of pollution, which is the biggest hidden danger!"
"So after thinking it over, I finally realized that as long as I dare to fight, the benchmark reality 0.7 dream world is actually the safest. Once the source of pollution is extracted, this world will be like my backyard!"
Qiuzhu surprisingly nodded human-like and chirped once more.
"Benchmark reality 0.6... should I give it a try?"
Wu Pifu looked at the campfire, clenched his fists, and murmured, "Yes, I want to give it a try. Although Chu Minghao said that the benchmark reality 0.6 dream world would undergo some kind of qualitative change, I just want to go in and probe. If things go awry, I will immediately return after five days, and I absolutely will not establish a shelter. I believe that being cautious is the way to go; my current strength should be sufficient for self-protection."
"Think about it, Chu Minghao is so ostentatious; when he goes to a dream world, he must be incredibly high-profile. Who knows, he might go to a dream world just to kill all the nightmares there, so it's understandable that he would fail!"
Wu Pifu clenched his fists resolutely and said, "Unlike me, I will be very cautious, very timid, and scrupulous!"
"Absolutely!"
On the fifth night of arriving in the Song Dynasty dream world, Wu Pifu and Qiuzhu returned to Gaia.
Even so, those Jin tribes would surely flee back to the Black Mountain and White Water, but he naturally wouldn't take risks.
At most, he would continue the pursuit after ten days.
If they truly escaped back into the deep mountains and forests, he would just set the mountains on fire.
After all, this is the Song Dynasty timeline; no one would come to judge him for arson.
How could one not eradicate evil thoroughly!?
Wasn't the lesson from the Lifeless Old Mother enough?
After returning to Gaia, Wu Pifu set aside the matter of the Jin people and devoted himself wholeheartedly to training his National Art and cultivating the Human Immortal Martial Dao.
His National Art had now reached the level of Danjin.
"National Art: Danjin (0.8%) (Hundred Days of Condensing Dan), Tiger Demon Technique: Ultimate Manifestation (14.11%) (Inherent Manifestation Attribute Acquired: Unresting Spiritual Light)."
Among them, the transformation level directly rose by one tier, progressing from Transformation (72.8%) to Danjin (0.8%), while the Tiger Demon Technique increased by over 14%, marking a qualitative change.
What Wu Pifu was most concerned about were the four words "Hundred Days of Condensing Dan."
"Hundred Days of Condensing Dan."
"Judging... Judgement complete. Hundred Days of Condensing Dan, a necessary path in the National Art system. During these hundred days, the qi and blood will condense at a point in the dantian that lies between the virtual and the real. The control of qi and blood will significantly improve subtly during these hundred days, and within this period, Danjin will perform the first muscle transformation and marrow washing on the physical body, greatly enhancing the potential, attributes, and control of the physical body."
"Hundred Days of Condensing Dan countdown... Fifty-two days."
"Judging... Judgement complete. Due to maintenance personnel Wu Pifu having consumed supernatural plants and fruits, the potential of the physical body has been developed, thus the effect of Danjin's muscle transformation and marrow washing is reduced, and the time for Hundred Days of Condensing Dan is shortened."
This was the information Wu Pifu received.
In other words, he was about to undergo a qualitative change, and the time was fifty-two days later.
At this moment, there were still forty-two days until the "week" end; he would achieve a qualitative change ten days after this "week" end!
Wu Pifu practiced his punches while speaking to Qiuzhu, "Ten days later, we will return to the dream world to continue hunting down the Jin people, eradicating evil thoroughly, and then after this 'week' end, ten days after the qualitative change of my National Art Danjin's physical body..."
"We will enter the benchmark reality 0.6 dream world to explore!"
(End of Chapter)