Rakshasa Street.
Yang Tao sat on a chair, eating shaved ice and waiting for Zhang Chulan to return with the evil spirits.
The Bamboo mod was not just a furniture mod; it was also a life mod.
It contained a large variety of food, with over a dozen different flavors of shaved ice alone.
"Why are all the Bamboo mod's furnishings Japanese-style? Not sleeping on a bed but on the floor is truly incomprehensible."
From Yang Tao's perspective, Japanese tatami mats primarily saved space; they could be used as a living room during the day and for sleeping at night, truly making them masters of space utilization.
However, Yang Tao felt it would be better to find a way to build a larger house instead…
Just then, a buzzing sound came from a distance. Looking up, he saw Cao Yanbing, riding a motorcycle and carrying Cao Xuanliang, heading towards his location.
Seeing this, Yang Tao stood up from his lounge chair, waiting for the two brothers to arrive.
With a screech, the motorcycle stopped about ten meters in front of him. Cao Yanbing parked the motorcycle, then carried the Ten Halls of Yama and walked towards him.
"You're here again!"
"I want to challenge you!"
Yang Tao smiled helplessly upon hearing this and said, "General Cao, this is your second day knowing me, and you've already come five times. I have a question I'd like to ask you."
Cao Yanbing asked with a serious expression, "Speak."
"Are you here to challenge me, or are you just here for the thrill of it?"
Before his words had completely faded, Yang Tao was already in front of Cao Yanbing, unleashing a punch directly into his stomach.
"If you don't cultivate, you see me like a frog in a well seeing the moon in the sky. If you do cultivate, you see me like a tiny ant seeing the clear sky!"
Cao Yanbing's mouthful of fresh blood was his only reply.
"A challenge means you're roughly equal or slightly stronger. You coming to me is purely for your own masochistic pleasure!"
He threw a second punch, a direct uppercut.
Cao Yanbing fell backward to the ground without a word, immediately losing consciousness. The Ten Halls of Yama also transformed into a streak of light and merged into his body.
Yang Tao clapped his hands and smiled at Cao Xuanliang, who was standing nearby, "Alright, this time he might be unconscious for a longer period. When he wakes up, tell him that if he still wants to challenge me, he's welcome anytime. However, the next time he's knocked out, it'll be counted in days."
Cao Xuanliang had grown accustomed to this over the past two days. He reached out, hoisted his brother onto his shoulders, threw him onto the motorcycle, and said, "Thank you."
"It's no trouble at all. No need to be so polite."
Saying this, Yang Tao waved his hand, watching the two brothers leave.
Sitting back down in his lounge chair, Zhang Chulan's voice came from nearby: "Big Brother!!"
Following the sound, he saw Zhang Chulan, a smile on his face, leading a group of evil spirits out of a small alley.
"This time there are over a hundred, and there's a big guy among them!"
As his words fell, a burly figure descended from the sky, wielding a battle-axe and fiercely striking at Zhang Chulan.
Yang Tao's eyes lit up at this sight.
This evil spirit seemed quite interesting. Although not as powerful as those true Guardian Spirits, being able to stand out among so many evil spirits was enough to prove his extraordinary nature.
"Chulan, this guy is quite interesting. You can temporarily subdue him as your Guardian Spirit. If there are any issues later, we can always switch."
Zhang Chulan lightly leaped to dodge the attack, then his figure suddenly accelerated, appearing beside Yang Tao and observing the charging evil spirit 'Boss'.
"Big Brother, can he do it? I feel like he's not even as strong as me."
"Can he or can't he? Don't you still have me? You go defeat him, and I'll subdue the other evil spirits first."
"Alright!"
After a moment of thought, Zhang Chulan agreed. He didn't hide his strength, directly summoning the Yang Five Thunders and engaging in battle with the evil spirit Boss.
Meanwhile, Yang Tao appeared before the ordinary evil spirits, emitting an inexplicable fluctuation. The ancient armored soldier evil spirits, who had originally looked ferocious, all had their expressions turn peaceful, revealing their original appearances.
Subsequently, they transformed into specks of light and merged into Yang Tao's Warp.
'I am truly greedy… Not only material things, but also souls and energy. If this were a cultivation world, I would definitely be a Greater Daemon lord.'
Although they dissipated and returned to the world, they would first pray in his Warp for a thousand or eight hundred years. Then, he would give them another chance to live, which he considered 'fair and just'.
Hundreds of evil spirits were purified.
Turning his head, he looked at the battle between Zhang Chulan and the evil spirit Boss. The Yang Five Thunders of the Five Thunders Righteous Law had a good restraining effect on evil spirits, or rather, souls.
Therefore, this powerful evil spirit Boss was completely suppressed by Zhang Chulan throughout the fight.
"Will you submit or not?"
"No!"
Unlike ordinary evil spirits who had lost their sentience, the evil spirit Boss possessed a certain level of intelligence. According to Cao Xuanliang, evil spirits without a Guardian Spirit would go to a place called the Primordial Heaven and Earth Fire Pillar to seek evil spirits.
Buzz, buzz, buzz!
One round of electrotherapy!
"Will you submit or not!!"
"No!!"
Buzz, buzz, buzz!!!
Yang Tao saw the lightning erupting from Zhang Chulan's body and couldn't help but cough twice, saying, "Chulan, put more effort into it. He won't die for a while."
Evil Spirit Boss: "..."
You bastard, it's easy for you to talk when you're not the one being electrocuted.
"I..."
Buzz!
This time, the lightning erupting from Zhang Chulan's body was even more dazzling, and even the sound changed.
There was even a chirping sound, which reminded Yang Tao of Kakashi's Chidori.
"Do you submit?"
"I submit!"
Buzz...
Evil Spirit Boss: "!!!"
Yang Tao: "..."
Zhang Chulan said with an embarrassed smile, "Would you believe me if I said my hand slipped?"
"I believe you!"
Seeing this, Yang Tao stepped forward and placed his hand on the other party's body. The next moment, the other party's originally greenish expression returned to a normal human color, and the armor on his body also changed its style.
Although it was still armor, it was more exquisite. Clearly, this evil spirit Boss was also a warrior in his lifetime.
Judging by his style, he shouldn't have been a famous person.
"What's your name?"
The man, who had been released from his evil spirit state, looked at Yang Tao and then at Zhang Chulan, his expression somewhat conflicted. Yang Tao saw his inner thoughts and smiled, "He will be your lord, Zhang Chulan, from now on. I am your lord's elder brother, Yang Tao. You can call me Mr. Yang."
"Reporting, Mr. Yang, I am General of Lingling..."
Yang Tao and Zhang Chulan's expressions both slightly changed upon hearing this, and they looked at each other with a strange gaze: "Wait, you wouldn't happen to be Xing Daorong, would you?"
"Oh? Does my lord and Mr. Yang also know of your subordinate?"
Yang Tao took a deep breath and glanced at Zhang Chulan.
This was the famous General of Lingling. Xing Daorong, who said, "State my name, and I'll make you laugh."
However... shouldn't Xing Daorong be a fictional character from Romance of the Three Kingdoms? But then again, since Xingtian from mythology can be a Guardian Spirit, it's not a problem for Xing Daorong from Romance of the Three Kingdoms to appear.
"I truly didn't expect to draw a named character. Chulan, your luck is good."
The internet is full of jokes about Xing Daorong, mostly saying he was arrogant and overconfident, lacking the strength yet daring to compare himself to Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun in bravery, and to Zhuge Liang in wisdom.
He ultimately died by Zhao Yun's spear.
But the problem is, he is Xing Daorong!
Lu Bu's martial prowess is 100, Zhao Yun's is 98, Zhang Fei's is 95, Xing Daorong's is 60.
And you, my friend, if you went to the world of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, your martial prowess would only be 10.