Chapter 78 – Above Grandmaster Is Supreme!

“Ding! Detected host has slain the Sword Demon with a single strike! Reward amplified fiftyfold!”

“Congratulations to the host for gaining fifty years of cultivation!”

“Congratulations to the host for obtaining the reward: True Array Decryption!”

One system notification after another rang out.

Qin Yang stood in the center of the room, holding a crudely forged iron shard in his hand.

Thick blood dripped along its edge, plopping onto the floor.

Huyan Jian’s corpse leaned against the doorway, a bloodline bisecting half of his face. His eyes remained wide open in death, his expression still one of astonishment—likely he hadn’t even realized what happened until the end…

Death had come so suddenly!

“Finally dead!”

Seeing this, Qin Yang let out a sigh of relief.

Another terrifying threat eliminated in an instant.

The deceased’s emotions were very stable!

Comfortable!

Ignoring the system’s clamorous prompts, Qin Yang released his spiritual sense to carefully inspect Huyan Jian’s physical condition.

The next moment.

His moist spiritual energy spread out, permeating the entire body but detecting not a trace of vitality.

Combined with the system’s earlier confirmation.

The man was truly dead beyond doubt.

“Excellent, excellent! Revenge served without delay—this feels great!”

Qin Yang wore an expression of pure satisfaction, feeling immensely pleased.

Just then, a peculiar fluctuation of Star Power emanated from Huyan Jian’s right hand, appearing within Qin Yang’s spiritual domain.

“Huh? What’s this?”

A little bonus reward?

Thinking this, Qin Yang quickly followed his spiritual sense toward the source.

The anomaly in the Star Power fluctuation originated from two black rings on Huyan Jian’s right hand.

Their style was ancient and simple, carved with encircling star charts. Faintly, mysterious Star Power radiated from them, making them appear extremely valuable.

“Damn, Star Rings!!”

Qin Yang was ecstatic.

These were truly precious items!

Star Rings were storage rings forged from starstone. A single ring was exorbitantly expensive—something a poor guy like him naturally couldn’t afford.

“Someone as famous as the Sword Saint must be incredibly wealthy, right?”

Qin Yang clicked his tongue in amazement while looking at the gilded cinerary urn on the floor. This Grassland Sword Saint was truly extravagant.

Even the urn for holding ashes had to be golden.

Then how luxurious must the items stored in his Star Rings be?

And he happened to be short on funds for purchasing medicinal herbs right now!

“Thanks for nature’s bounty!”

Without hesitation, Qin Yang directly removed the two Star Rings from Huyan Jian’s hand and pocketed them.

Hard-earned rewards!

Perfectly justified!

Afterward, he used his spiritual sense to inspect the surroundings, released Star Power to erase all traces in the room, then employed “Close at Hand” to transport both master and disciple’s remains to a lakeside in the suburbs.

By now, it was already midnight.

The moon was dark and the wind high, the lake surface shimmering with ripples. The suburbs were deserted, with no trace of any pedestrians.

“Killing is easy; disposing of the body is hard.”

Qin Yang arrived at the lakeshore and flicked his finger toward Huyan Jian’s corpse.

The burst of Star Power from his fingertip instantly pulverized the body into dust, which he then poured into the lake along with the Grassland Sword Saint’s ashes to feed the fish.

Subsequently, the iron shard used for the kill was also destroyed.

With that, everything was tidied up!

Qin Yang checked their baggage and actually found a piece of well-preserved elephant meat?

Moreover, it was beast meat from the mid Innate Realm, overflowing with spiritual charm—clearly provisions the master and disciple had prepared for their journey, also quite valuable!

“Pity it’s useless to me. This little nourishment isn’t even enough to stuff between my teeth. Whatever…”

“Let’s save it for Xiaobai.”Qin Yang shook his head, put away the wrapped beast meat, and the space beside him vibrated before he vanished from the lakeside in the next second.

The moonlight was cold, and a cool breeze swept across the lake surface.

As if nothing had happened…

…

…

Click.

The key slid into the lock, turned, and the security door slowly opened.

Qin Yang felt for the switch by the door, turned on the room lights, and changed into slippers at the entrance.

Just then.

Tap, tap.

Accompanied by the sound of another pair of slippers.

Xiaobai appeared at the doorway wearing a small dinosaur pajama set, rubbing her drowsy eyes and yawning:

“Master, you’re back so late. Where did you go?”

“Handling some matters. Don’t ask too many questions, kid.”

After changing into slippers, Qin Yang didn’t respond further and went straight to wash his hands in the bathroom.

Through the bathroom glass, Xiaobai’s figure pressed against the wall as she sniffed the air, suddenly whispering: “Hmph, even if you won’t tell me, I can smell it! Master, you have something good on you!”

“Oh? Your nose is that sharp?”

“Of course!”

Xiaobai placed her hands on her hips, puffing out her slightly prominent chest proudly: “Our fox clan has the most powerful sense of smell!”

“Let me see just how sharp it is.”

Qin Yang was amused. In one step, he appeared before Xiaobai, pinched her small nose, and lifted her up directly…

“Ow ow, it hurts! Master, let go!”

Caught off guard, Xiaobai yelped, extending her slender hands to scratch Qin Yang’s arm: “The scent of blood, and a strange Star Power fluctuation that wasn’t there when you left this morning!”

“It’s so late now, with the moon dark and wind high—you must have gone killing and setting fires!”

“Master, you’re so bad!”

After she finished speaking.

Qin Yang smiled. Damn, this little fox’s nose was really quite sharp.

Half right through guessing.

Seeing this, Qin Yang released Xiaobai’s nose.

Thump!

Xiaobai fell heavily on her bottom, kneeling on the ground coughing desperately. Crystal tears mixed with snot overflowed as she gasped for breath.

Pitiful and delicate.

A fox’s nose is most sensitive, and being pinched like that was torture.

Qin Yang crouched on the ground, stroking Xiaobai’s beast ears, and asked: “Still want to sniff around?”

Hearing this, Xiaobai’s delicate body trembled, shaking her head fearfully as she muttered:

“Master… so mean…”

Faint traces of panic showed in her eyes.

Seeing this, Qin Yang felt satisfied.

Recently, Xiaobai had been getting more and more arrogant. There needed to be some boundaries between a Beast Slave and her master. If she kept curiously asking about everything, what was the point of him being the master?

Of course.

Qin Yang understood the principle of the whip and the candy.

Thinking of this, he took out the earlier beast meat from his chest and handed it to Xiaobai: “Found it on the way. Useless for me to keep it.”

After putting down the beast meat, Qin Yang didn’t pay further attention and lay back on the bed.

Watching Qin Yang leave, Xiaobai timidly opened the packaging and looked. Her eyes instantly widened.

A rich meaty aroma assailed her nostrils, Star Power radiating from it, immediately awakening her wild instincts. Her sharp fangs protruded, and she drooled with desire.

“Innate Realm Star Beast meat?”

“Did Master specifically bring this for me?”

Xiaobai looked in Qin Yang’s direction, a strange, complex emotion suddenly surging in her heart.

Oh no!

What’s going on? Getting my nose pinched earns such a great reward…

Seems like…

This Fairy isn’t at a loss!

Maybe getting pinched a few more times wouldn’t be so bad…

“Hiss~”At this thought, Xiaobai suddenly felt she was somewhat perverted.

Immediately after, she carried the meat in her mouth, trotted back to the corner, and began tearing and swallowing it in large bites to nourish her Star Power.

……

Qin Yang glanced over but paid no further attention, also beginning to absorb the system’s fifty years of cultivation.

This fifty years of cultivation not only included the accumulation of Star Power but also a wealth of knowledge related to the cultivation system.

A moment later.

Qin Yang opened his eyes, a glimmer of enlightenment flashing within them.

At this moment, he finally understood what realm lay Above Grandmaster.

The Supreme Realm!

To become a Supreme, one must comprehend Law Power.

Now, his cultivation had reached the peak of the Grandmaster Realm, placing him squarely on the threshold of a breakthrough. However, without comprehending Law Power,

he remained unable to reach the Supreme Realm.

He could only be considered at the Half-Step Supreme Realm!

(End of Chapter)