Chen Ku held the two halves of the peacock's corpse in his hands, looking at the little peacock barely a foot tall in his hands, he felt as if he had just torn apart a roast chicken, and couldn't help but let out a breath:

"It's so hard to kill!"

Under normal circumstances, using Illusion Body, Invisibility, Soul Stabilization, and a full-force strike combo, even a Fourth Realm expert like Xie Qi would be killed in an instant.

Yet, chasing and killing this peacock used up all his skills.

"Possessing Five Elements Power, this featherless creature's 'Vajra Body' seems to be not a demon art that needs to be cast, but an instinctive reaction. 'Uninjured by Gold,' could it mean that when encountering metal weapons, the Vajra Body passively manifests?"

Chen Ku speculated.

"Let's try Shape Shifting and see."

He immediately dismantled the Fire Beak Pot Transformation and hung the Five-colored Peacock Evil Qi on it.

[Five-colored Peacock Transformation!]

[The Five-colored Peacock, born with a Five Elements Spiritual Body, of Great Demon bloodline, is the descendant of the ancient Divine Beast 'Peacock Ming King,' possessing one ten-thousandth of the Peacock Ming King's bloodline]

[Shape Shifting Part: Fire Spirit Body (Fireproof)]

Chen Ku slightly opened his mouth: "Ah? Why is it fire?"

His transformations related to fire already included the Volcanic Crow and the Fire Beak Pot, and now the first transformation ability opened by the Five-colored Peacock completely overlapped with his two fire-related transformations.

"I wanted to open 'Uninjured by Gold' instead."

Chen Ku shook his head and sighed.

Luck, this thing, is really hard to say.

However,

He immediately thought of something.

"Wait, this featherless creature is a Fourth Realm Great Demon, which means its Fire Spirit Body's 'fire resistance' ability could at least resist Fourth Realm flames. If that's the case... Just have Er Lang and the Flower Fox Mink bring back forty-five strands of 'Fourth Realm Fire Evil Qi' from Fire Beak Mountain, and then the Five-colored Peacock can be completely manifested, even an incarnation, and perhaps in the future, there's no need to worry about Fourth Realm Fire Evil Qi?"

Thinking this, he immediately felt excited.

He sat cross-legged on the ground, projecting his mind into the Transformation Diagram and tried to sense and communicate with the Erlang Transformation, transmitting his intent.

As the main body, he could sense the incarnation from a great distance, but it was limited to a 'single-line connection,' for the incarnation to connect with the main body, it had to return to the main body and transform into Evil Qi to return to Chen Ku's Heart Sea.

Moments later.

He conveyed his idea through the Transformation Diagram.

Chen Ku opened his eyes and slowly said:

"Three days have passed, considering the speed of the Flower Fox Mink, it should have already arrived at Fire Beak Mountain with Er Lang. Next, let's see if they can bring back the Fourth Realm Fire Evil Qi."

He stood up.

Looking again at the corpse of the Five Elements Peacock on the ground, he picked it up, thinking to himself:

"The corpse of a Fourth Realm Great Demon, feeding it to the Flower Fox Mink later, I wonder if it can elevate the Flower Fox Mink by a realm."

Because of its high quality, the Flower Fox Mink Transformation already had Five Elephants Power at the Second Realm, so for the Flower Fox Mink itself, breaking through its own barriers would require a substantial amount of 'nutritional Primordial Qi.'

Presumably, the Four Realms Demon Meat of this Five-colored Peacock should have a significant effect.

There.

Chen Ku returned home quietly with the Five-colored Peacock's corpse, changed his clothes, and then returned to the Medicine King Hall.

After a battle.

As night fell.

Chen Ku remembered he had originally planned to send a small bee to track Sui You, but because the small bee was eaten, now...

"Hundred Li Tracking Technique!"

Immediately, Chen Ku began to search, tracing Sui You's scent and gradually mapping Sui You's scent trail of the day in his mind, starting from north of Baojiao County, extending to a mountain range beyond a hundred miles:

"Beyond a hundred miles, that direction leads to Two Realms Mountain, could it be that the Hero King Treasure is within Two Realms Mountain?"

Immediately, he consumed forty-five strands of Evil Qi to manifest another small bee, giving the order:

"Go, follow this direction, pursue him. If you find Sui You, stick with him; if not, return home. Keep an eye on him every day, and eventually, you'll find him."

The small bee buzzed away, flapping its wings.

After the small bee flew away.

Chen Ku inquired with his master, only to find out that they were still at the county government office and hadn't returned, so he detoured to the county office, partly to wait for them and partly to locate some rat holes and sparrow nests. Using the abilities 'Beast Language' and 'King's Aura' of the Nine-Colored Deer in the Hui Dragon Transformation, he issued a command to these little creatures to act as his secret agents, listening in on whom Shangguan Yun met and what he said every day.

After completing these tasks.

It was already late at night when Yang Luochen and others emerged from the backyard of the county government office.

Chen Ku went up to greet them outside and asked, "Master, shopkeepers, Senior Brother Kou, talking for so long? How did it go?"

"How do you think it went?" Qin Sifan said with a bitter smile. "It's all about negotiation, but given that our Medicine King Hall isn't one of the 'gentry,' cooperating with the reform affects us but doesn't hurt us severely, at most, we'll just pay a slightly higher tax each year."

"The reform targets those with industries that don't need to pay taxes. Baojiao County already pays several hundred thousand in taxes each year, and we're not the ones Tan Chongrui is targeting," said Yang Luochen. "However, since Medicine King Hall is now the uncrowned king of the city, he needs our cooperation to move on to the next step."

Kou Ming added, "In general, businessmen can't compete against officials. It's normal that we bow our heads and agree to some conditions."

"Have you been waiting here for us all this time?" Yang Luochen asked.

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