Chapter 240: Today You Saw Nothing

"Does it get a little excited when it's bloodthirsty?"

After a long period of contemplation, Xu Xiaoshou reluctantly came to this conclusion. Ah Jie was brought from the "Slaughter Corner," so it must be related to slaughter. Its bloodthirsty nature was understandable.

"If I found a bucket of dragon blood to douse it with, would it go berserk on the spot and its combat power skyrocket?" Xu Xiaoshou pondered this, feeling that the plan to collect high-quality blood could now be put on the agenda. Better safe than sorry! Essence blood, similar to what Zhang Xinxiong and Yuan Tou consumed, should be the best material! "Yes, that's the plan!"

Nodding heavily, he returned to the question he had been contemplating. Whether it would go berserk was one thing, but if Ah Jie's basic abilities were controllable, his own combat power would definitely increase exponentially, rising several times over.

"Could it be related to a trigger phrase?" A flash of inspiration struck Xu Xiaoshou. He recalled what he had shouted when he threw Ah Jie before, and he felt a surge of energy. "Pika-Jie, transform into a blade!" he yelled sharply.

"Maa maa..." Ah Jie murmured.

Their eyes met, and the air became silent, with only the two legs of the large figure dangling and swaying on his shoulder. Xu Xiaoshou immediately rolled his eyes. "Still no good?"

Just as he was about to complain, he suddenly remembered that he hadn't shouted that particular phrase before. Xu Xiaoshou simply recreated the original scene. "Shrink!"

With a whoosh, Ah Jie transformed into an iron block as commanded. Outside of combat, it seemed to only understand this one command.

Xu Xiaoshou recalled the moment, then immediately let out a chuckle. Grabbing the iron ball, he threw it towards a large rock by the roadside. "Go, Pika-Jie, chop it down for me!"

With a whoosh, the iron ball shot forth. Just before reaching the rock, it hummed and vibrated, its patterns lit up, and it transformed into a ten-foot long Precepts Blade. The large rock shattered on impact, exploding into countless small pieces, and even the ground was split open with a giant chasm.

The earth's tremor didn't affect Xu Xiaoshou in the slightest; his eyes were filled with pleasant surprise. "It really worked?" "Over there, one more slice!"

He casually pointed to the spirit trees on the other side. The Precepts Blade swept through the air, and a black light cut directly through. *Chiii chiii chiii*— Where the black light swept, hundreds of spirit trees were instantly cut in half, crashing to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Xu Xiaoshou was stunned. "There's black light too... The power is incredible!" This meant that the Precepts Blade could not only receive commands from a distance, but if it was repelled in close combat, it could also deliver a surprise attack to the enemy?

"Brilliant!" Xu Xiaoshou immediately slapped his thigh. Even if this was a blade and not his inherent weapon, it would be extremely powerful as a trump card. "Over here!"

He turned around, pointed to another patch of bushes behind him, and shouted, "Go! Pika-Jie, pierce it for me!" If "chop" resulted in a blade, would "pierce" result in a sword? Xu Xiaoshou naturally thought so, but the Precepts Blade leisurely flew to his side, remained idle without attacking, and just kept vibrating.

"Could it be the wrong method? Do I have to turn it into an iron ball first, then throw it?" Xu Xiaoshou felt that the current scene was somewhat absurd and familiar; it seemed that the master-biting habit of "Zang Ku" that night had been continuously trained out this way. "Impossible, it definitely won't go astray!"

He dismissed the absurd thoughts in his mind, recalled the Precepts Blade, made it shrink, and then threw it hard towards another large rock. "Go! Pika-Jie, pierce it for me!" Such a slogan felt good to shout once, but repeating it made Xu Xiaoshou feel incredibly embarrassed. However, to make Ah Jie transform into a sword, it was all worth it. Fortunately, no one was around!

The iron ball was thrown again, and Xu Xiaoshou was full of anticipation. However, the thing remained unmoved by his command, directly smashing the large rock with its spherical form, causing it to crack. "You're infuriating me! You're just like your 'Zang Ku' big brother!"

Xu Xiaoshou, not believing in evil, pointed at it and shouted, "Come on, hit me directly! I don't believe you'll really bite your master!"

After a familiar slight tremor, the iron ball's patterns lit up, and it actually flew towards him with a whoosh! Xu Xiaoshou's eyes immediately widened. "No way..." He had intended to simply catch the thing as a Grandmaster, but unexpectedly, as the iron ball approached his face, it transformed into a massive iron pestle, towering in size, twice as large as the Precepts Blade! Xu Xiaoshou couldn't withstand this blow. Even the fists of the puppet child form could knock him down, and this iron pestle, facing his hands, offered no delay whatsoever, striking him away like a ringing bell.

After a loud bang, Xu Xiaoshou curled up like a shrimp, flying backward, crashing through over a hundred spirit trees before he barely regained control of his body. "Damn it!" Xu Xiaoshou felt completely dazed. This Ah Jie really did have a problem, but it hadn't been with "Zang Ku." How could it have been led astray? Darn it, what exactly was the problem?

Furious, Xu Xiaoshou pulled "Zang Ku" from his pocket, removed its scabbard, and flicked it hard with a bent finger! *Hmph*, if he couldn't discipline Ah Jie, could he not discipline this instigator?

*Clang*— Zang Ku... Zang Ku bent slightly and dared not straighten back. Xu Xiaoshou: ???

After calming himself, he ultimately shouldered everything alone. Sighing, he straightened the black sword, then scurried over to pick up Ah Jie, which had transformed back into an iron ball. He squatted down on the spot, furrowing his brow in deep thought. Could it be that he truly needed a flash of inspiration during combat to give a command, only then would it willingly transform? But what if it didn't work? Such a nuisance...

"Xu Xiaoshou?" Just then, an exasperated voice sounded from behind him. "What have you done?"

"Hm?" Xu Xiaoshou looked up, a person in black? It wasn't Zhao Xidong, but someone who looked familiar, perhaps he had met them before, but whose name he couldn't recall. "What?" he asked.

"What..." The person in black was so annoyed he almost laughed. He pointed to the surrounding spirit trees. "What do you mean 'what'? Now there's nothing left to do!"

Xu Xiaoshou followed his gaze... The spirit trees on the left side had been significantly shortened by a black light from the Precepts Blade, allowing more sunlight to spill onto the forest path. The spirit trees on the right side had been knocked down by him as he flew, literally clearing a new path.

"This..." Realizing he had caused trouble again, Xu Xiaoshou's heart sank a little. He quickly ran over to retrieve the Zhou Tian Ginseng that had been knocked away by the pestle earlier and shoved it into the black-clad man's arms. "Quick, go save him!" "If you hurry to the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion now, perhaps he can still be saved!" Xu Xiaoshou said with urgency.

The person in black was baffled. "Didn't you do this?"

"No!" Xu Xiaoshou instantly saw what he was thinking. "You just got here, didn't you? Don't make assumptions when you haven't seen anything. I was testing a major skill, and these minor issues aren't important."

"Minor issues..." The person in black was completely flustered. He roared furiously, "How are these minor issues? You wait here, I'm going to get the Dean right now!" He had witnessed Xu Xiaoshou slaying Zhang Xinxiong and knew that he, on his own, couldn't even contend with one of the young man's hands. But if he couldn't handle it, the Dean certainly could!

"Stop!" Xu Xiaoshou reprimanded.

The black-clad man turned, only to see that the young man in front of him had, at some point, pulled out a black-and-red Elder's Token and held it right in front of his face. "Elder Sang has given an order: go to the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion immediately to save someone!" "You saw nothing today!"

The person in black: ???