The final night before departure.

Liou Zhen rarely did not return home.

He found two children with suitable potential in Yanhe City.

Adding to the three he brought back from Yufengcheng, there were five in total.

Even though the Liou Family’s house was large, it couldn’t accommodate so many people, so they were arranged by City Lord Xu Xiang to stay at the Qinghe Government Office.

Liou Zhen naturally had to protect their safety.

On this trip, he depended on these five disciples; nothing must go wrong with them.

Notably, one of the suitable children selected from Yanhe City was Ge Jinhong’s little grandson.

This result made Ge Jinhong extremely delighted.

According to Liou Zhen, descendants are more likely to possess the cultivator’s potential if their ancestors did.

"Since both brothers in our Liou Family’s generation have potential, does that mean our ancestors were cultivators too?" Liou Yuan jested at Liou Zhen.

Liou Zhen stared at Liou Yuan for a while before responding meaningfully, "Little Yuan has grown up; he even knows how to coax his elder brother into speaking."

"I can’t say much unless Mother speaks first."

"If you have doubts, you can ask Mother yourself."

Liou Yuan considering that Bai Xin was the most tight-lipped, chuckled awkwardly, "I was just asking casually. It’s not too late to tell me when Big Brother wants to."

The Liou Family’s small courtyard.

This evening, Liou Yuan uncharacteristically did not train.

He moved a rocking chair to the snow-covered courtyard, placed a pot of tea on his left side, and leisurely enjoyed the snowy scenery.

The outside world was cold, but to Liou Yuan, who was already at the Qi Cultivation Third Layer and practiced Dual Cultivation of Spirit Body, it was trivial.

Drinking the piping hot tea felt quite pleasant.

"Although I’ve only been here for half a year, I still feel a bit reluctant to leave," Liou Yuan breathed out a tea-scented breath, smiling self-deprecatingly.

Afterward, he perked up his ears, listening to Bai Xin’s even breathing inside the house.

After confirming Bai Xin was sound asleep, he flipped his palm, producing the Fixed Star Compass.

Due to absorbing that Alien Star Evil, the

energy of the Fixed Star Compass had been fully replenished.

The light of the stars radiated again from the compass’s center.

Liou Yuan didn’t know what kind of place the Five Extremes Mountain was, or if it was convenient to use the Fixed Star Compass there.

Following the principle of not wasting this opportunity to use the Fixed Star Compass,

Liou Yuan formed a seal with his hands, activating the Fixed Star Compass.

After absorbing that Alien Star Evil, the coverage range of the Fixed Star Compass had extended to five hundred meters.

With the Liou Family at the center, the streets within a five-hundred-meter radius appeared on the Fixed Star Compass in Liou Yuan’s hand.

The reason Liou Yuan chose to use the Fixed Star Compass at home was simple.

Both he and Liou Zhen were leaving; his mother Bai Xin might encounter danger alone at home. Liou Yuan might as well use the Fixed Star Compass to eliminate potential threats in advance.

This way, he could leave with peace of mind.

Though City Lord Xu Xiang promised to repay Liou Zhen’s help by ensuring nothing would happen to Bai Xin as long as he was alive,

a son always wants to do something for his mother before departing.

Therefore, the purpose of Liou Yuan’s use of the Fixed Star Compass was to eliminate hidden dangers.

He did not expect the Fixed Star Compass to actually detect anything.

Until a faint gray color appeared at the edge of the Fixed Star Compass.

Liou Yuan was initially stunned but then smiled, "Looks like even the heavens want me to finish this last task."

[Detected Star Evil aura within five hundred meters.]

[Danger level: Unranked.]

[Killing the Star Evil will reward you with: one Micro-Star Elixir]

This time, the reward was Liou Yuan’s favorite Micro-Star Elixir.

Of course, Liou Yuan wouldn’t let it escape, so he immediately got up, returned to the house, and took out his giant sword.

After drawing a Sharp Gold Talisman with a brush, he quietly closed the door.

The detection area of the Fixed Star Compass was quite large this time.

The location of the Star Evil was already outside the West District, near the edge of the North District.

Under the cover of night, Liou Yuan infiltrated the house indicated on the Fixed Star Compass as having a Star Evil.

He witnessed a scene that rendered him silent.

A middle-aged man, dressed like a scholar, was crouched inside the house, devouring the corpses of a young couple.

One of the bodies had been almost entirely consumed, leaving only a solitary head.

Moonlight from outside streamed in, illuminating the middle-aged man’s face.

It was none other than the missing Di Xi.

With the help of the starlight, Liou Yuan saw that Di Xi’s left eye had completely turned black, leaving only one with a visible sclera.

The moment Liou Yuan saw Di Xi, the latter sensed his presence as well.

The head buried between the corpses slightly turned, and upon seeing Liou Yuan’s familiar face inside the room, the last vestiges of Di Xi’s consciousness caused his body to pause.

Then he dumbly put down the half-eaten leg bone in his hands.

Suddenly, Di Xi’s once-righteous demeanor twisted, his facial features seemed to be tearing apart, violently trembling with ferocity and agony.

"I didn’t want to; I couldn’t help it, I couldn’t help it!!!" Di Xi growled in a low voice, sounding like a feral beast.

Liou Yuan looked expressionlessly at this person who was no longer human, staying silent for a moment before he sighed, "Those unafraid to die have not perished; instead, those most afraid of death did."

"Save me! Save me!" Di Xi seemed unable to comprehend Liou Yuan’s words, responding incoherently, pounding the ground incessantly with his hands, displaying sheer savagery.

The commotion threatened to shake the entire house.