I Have 10 Equipment Slots-Chapter 111 - 96: Demon Points +636

Xiao Dutian barked, "Our horses don’t eat fodder or beans. Use the finest raw mutton, raw beef..."

"But we did bring meat!"

The waiter looked aggrieved and said helplessly, "We took the freshest mutton, slaughtered just this morning, to the stables, but your magnificent horses won’t eat it. They won’t even touch it."

"Then the sheep was old."

Xiao Dutian’s gaze darkened as he snapped, "Go kill a lamb for me, and use the meat from the smallest one! I have plenty of money, you don’t need to worry about it."

As he spoke, he pulled a silver ingot from his pocket and tossed it to the waiter without a second glance.

"That’s not it, sir." The waiter hurriedly caught it, holding the silver ingot in his hands, not daring to put it away. He forced an apologetic smile. "Sir, we did use meat from a young lamb, but..."

"Alright, alright, enough nonsense. I’ll go take a look myself."

Xiao Dutian interrupted impatiently. He turned to Dugu Feixue, his face immediately breaking into a smile. "Feixue, take your time eating. I’m going down to check on the situation. I’ll be right back."

"Mm."

Dugu Feixue responded softly without looking up.

Xiao Dutian didn’t seem to mind. He walked out of the private room, closed the door behind him, and had the waiter lead the way.

"It must be your fault. As long as the meat is fresh, my horse would never refuse it."

"But we really did use fresh lamb."

"I’ll decide if it’s fresh or not when I see it."

"Yes, yes..."

As they spoke, the two of them descended to the first floor.

"Look at this place. Business is so dismal you only have one table of customers in this whole three-story building," Xiao Dutian remarked casually as they descended. "Are you cutting corners on your dishes? Is that why no one comes here anymore?"

"Sir, you’ve wronged us," the waiter cried out. "Our dishes have always had a great reputation, passed down for decades. But in times like these, as you can see, sir, who still goes out to eat? When no one comes, business naturally gets tough!"

After a pause, the waiter added in a hushed voice, "To be honest with you, sir, our owner can’t hold on much longer. He’s preparing to close up shop."

"..." Xiao Dutian was speechless.

Then, he waved his hand and said, "Alright, enough chatter. Take me to my horse."

"Of course, sir. This way, please."

...

「In the third-floor private room.」

After Xiao Dutian left, Dugu Feixue ate a few bites alone, then put down her chopsticks, her expression slowly turning grim.

The window across from her was open, letting in a cool breeze.

A speck of golden light suddenly bloomed on the horizon, speeding towards the restaurant at an extreme velocity.

It was incredibly fast, yet thanks to some form of invisible interference, it made no sound at all.

By the time Dugu Feixue sensed something was wrong, it was too late.

WHOOSH—BOOM!

A gale suddenly erupted. A terrifying power, carrying the force of a collapsing mountain and a surging sea, fell like a great sun, obliterating the entire third floor of the restaurant.

In an instant, broken wood, tiles, rubble, tables, chairs, plates, and wine were all either pulverized by Powerful Qi or thrown into the air.

Dugu Feixue’s private room was the epicenter, the primary target.

Terrifyingly tyrannical strands of Powerful Qi locked down the room completely.

Dugu Feixue herself was also unable to move, frozen in place. Her eyes widened, and in an instant, her grim face twisted with terror, horror, and unwillingness to accept her fate.

BOOM!

Her Bloodline Power circulated frantically as she struggled to break free from the external force binding her body.

Her long white hair, stirred by the aura of power, fanned out around her.

An icy, deathly, desolate aura radiated from Dugu Feixue. Her eyes turned snow-white, and she let out a long cry.

"AHH!—"

A wave of white energy erupted with the sound wave. Like winter snowflakes joining together, it formed a distinct channel, shooting out fiercely to meet the golden light that had already reached her.

BANG~~

BOOM!

The violent explosion shook half the Prefecture City.

The terrifying Powerful Qi tore apart the restaurant’s second floor and even the surrounding area, ripping apart most of the walls of the buildings to the left, right, and behind it.

Rubble, dust, wood splinters, and tiles were churned together again and sent flying into the air before they could even fall.

A beam of golden light, shaped like an arrow, shattered the sonic wave from Dugu Feixue’s cry. It broke through the white barrier of light protecting her body, shredded her Stretchable Clothing, and pierced through her chest and abdomen. As it passed through, it pulverized all the organs in its path and those nearby.

BOOM!

After piercing Dugu Feixue, the golden light continued onward with undiminished momentum. Carried by its terrifying force, it shot straight through the remains of the third floor, through the empty space behind the restaurant, and traveled over two hundred meters. It finally obliterated the top floor of another three-story building in a shower of wood splinters, tiles, and rubble before dissipating into the dust and smoke.

SWOOSH!

Amidst the endless dust, a figure urgently broke through the debris, entered the ruins, and found Dugu Feixue, who lay on the ground with a gaping hole in her chest, no longer breathing.

"AHHH!!"

Xiao Dutian’s body trembled, his eyes bloodshot as he let out a heavenward roar.

"Xiang Zairen!"

"I’LL KILL YOU!!"

WHOOSH—BANG!

He suddenly leaped into the air. A long spear pierced the sky, stabbing toward the distant horizon.

Xiao Dutian’s figure flickered as he stepped onto the long spear, chasing the speck of light vanishing on the horizon and departing at extreme speed.

As soon as he left, a cloaked Mo Jiateng emerged from a corner. He walked over to Dugu Feixue’s side, confirmed she was dead, and reached out to take a cloth pouch from her waist.

Then, with a flicker, he vanished.

...

...

「In a hidden ravine outside the State City of Fengzhou.」

"Xiao Dutian doesn’t suspect anything, does he?"

Gu Zheng took the cloth pouch from Mo Jiateng, tossed it in his hand, and asked casually.

"No."

Mo Jiateng said respectfully, "Xiang Zairen of the Xiang Family happened to be in Luozhou as well. When this subordinate found him, he had just left his Domain. One of Xiang Zairen’s paternal aunts was killed by Dugu Feixue’s father decades ago. They are mortal enemies, so no one will suspect anything."

"Very good."

Gu Zheng nodded. "Just in case, return to Luozhou and keep an eye on how things develop. Report to me immediately if anything seems off."

"Yes, sir!"

Mo Jiateng bowed and respectfully withdrew.

After the man left, Gu Zheng murmured.

’The Profound Sun Bow never misses its target?’

The Divine Weapon, the Profound Sun Bow, once fired, cannot be dodged by anyone of the same realm. One can only try to block it head-on.

This was the power suppression of a Divine Weapon. Even if it was not the weapon’s true body but merely a Divine Weapon Projection borrowed from hundreds or even thousands of miles away, its power was still terrifying.

Unless Dugu Feixue had sensed it from the very beginning, she had no chance of escape.

"Generational feuds are a wonderful thing..."

With a sigh, Gu Zheng’s gaze fell upon the small cloth pouch in his hand.

A Storage Pouch!

Dugu Feixue had been pierced through the chest by an arrow, as dead as could be.

But the Storage Pouch at her waist was unaffected by the aftershock. Clearly, its material was special and could resist a significant amount of external force.

Using his Spirit to probe it, Gu Zheng discovered an aura on the pouch that had almost completely dissipated.

With a thought, Gu Zheng released his Divine Wondrous power and used it to erase the aura.

Once it was completely eliminated, he then used "Shadow" to peer into the space within the pouch.

Inside were three slightly larger glass porcelain bottles, two Elixir Porcelain Bottles, two sets of Stretchable Clothing, a palm-sized, purplish-black leaf with cloud-like patterns, and a few dozen taels of silver.

Gu Zheng first took out an Elixir Porcelain Bottle, uncorked it, and sniffed the contents.

’Rejuvenation Pills!’

He checked the other bottle; it also contained Rejuvenation Pills.

’Not bad, not bad at all.’

’These two bottles of Rejuvenation Pills alone are worth three Great Merits.’

SWISH~

He put the Rejuvenation Pills into his Storage Leaf, then took out one of the larger glass bottles. The moment he uncorked it, a foul, nauseating stench wafted out.

But Gu Zheng’s eyes lit up.

Inside the glass bottle were multi-colored but extremely familiar-looking Blood Pearls.

Bloodshed!

It was also known among the Noble Families as Demon-Transforming Blood.

’A full bottle... no, three full bottles of Bloodshed!?’

Gu Zheng took out the other two glass bottles, opened them one by one, and inspected their contents.

As expected, all three glass bottles were filled with Bloodshed!

SWISH! SWISH!

He transferred all the Bloodshed into his equipment interface.

[Demon Points +636]

"Haha!"

Gu Zheng couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

’Excellent, truly excellent. Dugu Feixue was such a good person.’

’Or maybe I should thank Xiao Dutian as well?’

’She probably couldn’t have collected so much Bloodshed on her own.’

Bloodshed is an important ingredient for refining Treasure Pills.

All the major Noble Families, including the Demon Slayer Bureau, were collecting it.

However, after collecting it, some people didn’t carry it with them.

The Xie brothers and Zhang Zanyuan, whom Gu Zheng had killed before, didn’t have any on them.

’The Bloodshed collected by others...’

’That’s it!’

Gu Zheng had a sudden realization, thinking of a new way to obtain Bloodshed.

It wasn’t about becoming a bandit and robbing every noble youth—not every one of them owned a Storage Pouch.

What Gu Zheng thought of was having Cao Handing and Mo Jiateng secretly collect Bloodshed!

Especially Cao Handing. He guarded a passage where Demon Fiends came through from the other side every day, and the Demon Suppression Guard would surround and kill them.

For Cao Handing to secretly skim off a little Bloodshed here and there would be no problem at all, and it would add up over time!

’That’s the plan!’

At that thought, Gu Zheng immediately sent a mental message across the distance, instructing Cao Handing and Mo Jiateng to secretly collect and store Bloodshed.

As for Zhang Meiyuan, he would be left out of this. His only job was to watch over the Gu Mansion.

’636 Demon Points. I can allocate them now!’