Easy Way of Cultivation: Power Harvesting-Chapter 40: Giant Bear

In the room, Wei Fan felt the Golden Bell within him vibrating steadily, with the Tiger Roar and Dragon’s Chant resounding.

Originally, the Purple Supreme True Qi and Golden Bell were distinct and unrelated, but now every time the Supreme True Qi circulated, a part of it was absorbed by the Golden Bell.

On the inner wall of the Golden Bell, in addition to the former Tiger Soul, there was now a dragon shape.

This dragon was entirely golden, flaunting its claws, exuding a supreme aura, its long body encircling the Golden Bell.

The only flaw was that its eyes were still closed, lacking the liveliness of the Tiger Soul.

"Finally, there’s another change. It wasn’t in vain that I’ve poured so much power into it!"

By now, he’s invested a total of two hundred and fifty years of power into the Golden Bell Shield; things like Sword Intent, he’s only just invested one hundred and fifty years.

Wei Fan exited the introspective state without summoning the Golden Bell.

If the power of the Golden Bell were to manifest in his small room, the house would be instantly shattered and collapsed.

He carefully sensed the changes in the Golden Bell once more before turning off the light and going to bed.

...

Early in the morning, Wei Fan, with a sword at his side, entered the office.

Hu Qing ran over with a face full of joy: "The guide from the Demon Suppression Bureau really came. How did you know they would come? By the way, have they contacted you yet?"

"They came looking for me first!"

Wei Fan replied casually. It seemed the Reception Envoy had met Hu Qing, but Hu Qing’s cultivation was a bit low, only at the True Qi Fifth Layer.

For someone her age to have such cultivation in Yun City was considered a genius, but at the Demon Suppression Bureau, it wouldn’t even be sufficient to be at the bottom.

All Wei Fan could do was put in a good word to the Reception Envoy for her. Whether Hu Qing could enter the Demon Suppression Bureau was beyond his control.

"Wei Fan, I’m not confident. That Reception Envoy brought two others who are still undergoing assessment. Do you know how strong their cultivation is? They’re both masters in acupoint opening!"

Hu Qing showed a distressed expression. The appearance of Ning Xuan and Su Xuerong put immense pressure on her.

"If you’re not confident, just wait a few years. Going to the Demon Suppression Bureau with low cultivation isn’t a good thing either!"

After comforting Hu Qing with a word, Wei Fan took his seat.

As soon as he sat down, Luo Wen came.

"Are you really going out of the city to face that Old Bear in a showdown?"

Luo Wen stared with wide eyes, clearly well aware of what happened at the restaurant yesterday.

Wei Fan nodded.

Luo Wen showed a look of concern, advising, "That Old Bear has been in Yun City the longest, it’s unfathomable, and all other Great Demons follow its orders. If you go, I’m afraid it will be very dangerous!"

Among the Great Demons near Yun City, Old Bear was considered the most mysterious and low-key, despite being the ruler of all Great Demons, few people had seen that Old Bear.

The balance between Yun City’s Government Office and the demon fiends was partially attributed to Old Bear’s restraint, preventing the demons from going berserk and devouring people.

Wei Fan said softly, "If I don’t go, Huang Daxian’s descendants will enter the city!"

Besides, he wasn’t entirely without confidence, and he sensed from Xiong Wanxing’s tone that it was a duel by appointment, not a fight to the death, which meant the Demon Suppression Bureau had a significant deterrent effect on Old Bear.

Even if Old Bear won, it probably wouldn’t dare to kill him.

That Old Bear wasn’t stupid and should understand that a genius like him has already been targeted by the Demon Suppression Bureau.

Luo Wen gritted his teeth, "They’re truly despicable, using this to threaten you. I’ll gather everyone, and we’ll confront these demon fiends, just in case they ambush you, it’ll be troublesome."

He never fully understood Wei Fan’s abilities but was most worried about those demon fiends not abiding by the warrior’s code of ethics since, among Yun City’s Great Demons, aside from the slain Tiger King and Huang Daxian, there was also Hu Meiniang.

Besides these two, who knew if their subordinates had any True Realm Great Demons.

If they tricked Wei Fan into going, and all the demon fiends ambushed together, even if Wei Fan had extraordinary abilities, he might not handle it.

Wei Fan directly refused this proposal. He wasn’t afraid of an ambush, as he had the Golden Bell Body Protection and practiced Horizontal Cultivation of Innate.

As long as it’s not a group of True Realm Great Demons encircling him, he wouldn’t fear any siege, no matter the number.

If he truly feared being ambushed, he would have invited Ning Xuan and Su Xuerong to help yesterday.

"I’ll take Hu Qing and Zhou Qi to help bring back Old Bear’s corpse. You get things ready in the Government Office.

Once I take down Old Bear, I need you to immediately contact a few Captains to completely remove all forces in Yun City that are colluding with the demon fiends!"

A cold light flickered in Wei Fan’s eyes. Once he defeated Old Bear, the demon fiends in Yun City would retreat, and all forces colluding with them would be doomed.

The manpower from their East District alone couldn’t wipe out all forces in one go; contacting a few Captains was necessary.

Given his current reputation, even if he was only an Arrest Officer, those Captains wouldn’t refuse him face, and besides, it was a chance to gain merit.

"Alright!"

Luo Wen was greatly invigorated.

Wei Fan’s words indicated his full confidence in taking down Old Bear. If he could follow Wei Fan and eliminate all forces in Yun City colluding with the demon fiends, if the new City Lord took office, the vacant Clerk position of Wei Qingyuan might just be his.

"I’ll go arrange manpower immediately!"

Luo Wen left as if injected with adrenaline.

Wei Fan sat in his seat, closing his eyes to nurture Sword Intent. Around noon, he set off with Hu Qing and Zhou Qi towards Five Ridge Mountain.

The two already knew about Wei Fan’s duel with Old Bear and were extremely excited on the way. They had even more confidence in Wei Fan than Luo Wen, with not a trace of worry.

Having left the city, they could see Ning Xuan and the others standing on the road from afar.

Hu Qing shouted joyfully: "It’s the Reception Envoy and the others!"

Ning Xuan, waiting for Wei Fan to approach, reproached: "Brother Wei, to challenge a demon fiend by appointment and not tell us, do you still consider us friends?"

After hearing that Wei Fan had an appointed duel with the demon fiend outside the city, the three came ahead of time, firstly to assist in case of emergencies, and secondly to verify if Wei Fan truly was of Horizontal Cultivation of Innate.

With these three joining, a group of six headed towards Five Ridge Mountain.

Wei Fan didn’t mind the three’s presence at all, nor did he intend to hide his Horizontal Cultivation of Innate ability. Such things couldn’t be concealed; the Purple True Qi was too distinctive.

Unless he never used True Qi in his lifetime, it would eventually be discovered that he practiced Horizontal Cultivation of Innate.

Five Ridge Mountain wasn’t far from Yun City, just about five or six miles away.

When Wei Fan and the others arrived there, they saw, not far away, a massive black bear sitting on a boulder.

Just the half of its body sitting upright on the boulder was nearly three meters high, with a body thicker than a water tank, and its sturdy muscles intertwined like tree roots.

"You brought helpers?"

The giant bear looked over calmly, and when it spoke, its voice was as resonant as a great bell, causing the ordinary person Zhou Qi to immediately cover his ears in pain and retreat far away.

"They are my friends, curious to watch the duel and will never interfere!"

Wei Fan scanned the surroundings. The Old Bear was, indeed, a stickler for etiquette. He agreed on a duel, and only he, the bear, was present, with no sign of other demon fiends.

He scanned around once more, finally resting his gaze on Old Bear.

[Bear Demon: Fourth Grade of the True Realm, possesses Divine Power, Commander of Yun City’s demon fiends]

[Killing it will earn you 160 years of power]