Chapter 25.

Yu Hang heard Zhou An’s words, and when he saw Zhou An stop, he followed suit and nodded, “I have participated in the Imperial Examination a few times before, and I heard about it on the way there.”

“The Blood Shadow Sect is a very unique force, they mainly use shadows as their cultivation method, but everyone who joins comes with their own abilities.”

Bring their own abilities?

Zhou An’s frown deepened.

Actually, this situation was quite normal, there were many things that changed their name, or changed their sect, and these things were not rare.

But what Yu Hang said did not seem to mean this.

Yu Hang explained, “Shadows are just aids, the abilities they bring with them on their own aren’t given up, or even used as a main force.”

“Let’s say for example, you know knife skills, after learning this ability of theirs, your knife skills will be able to improve greatly, the shadow is the root of their improvement.”

He was worried that Zhou An wouldn’t understand, so he tried his best to explain and even made an analogy.

Zhou An thoroughly understood, and he recalled the situation he encountered that day inside the little girl’s house.

That day, besides the Gray Mouse Worshiper, there was also a black shadow.

The black shadow similarly had long fingernails.

These nails were very similar to those of the Beast Cult.

The two correlated with each other, and Zhou An came to a conclusion.

There were also people from the Blood Shadow Sect within the Beast Cult.

The shadows were just aids that could strengthen their own abilities.

The guy from the Beast Cult not only practiced the Beast Cult’s techniques, but also the Blood Shadow Sect’s techniques.

But what about the bodies that appeared today, Zhou An couldn’t figure it out.

Yu Hang of course understood even less, he just understood some of the basics of the Blood Shadow Sect.

The two didn’t chat much and continued to patrol the streets.

Luckily, the journey was smooth and no abnormalities occurred.

It lasted until night, when Yu Hang returned to the government office and continued to stay there, while Zhou An returned home.

There were also people patrolling the streets at night, but in batches.

A portion of the constables rested first, and when those who rested were rested, then it was the turn of those who started the street patrol first to rest.

Zhou An returned home, still thinking about what he encountered today.

He planned to turn the pot upside down and get his proficiency up first.

The more complicated the situation was, the more important one’s own strength was, as long as one’s own strength was strong, one would be able to deal with complicated situations.

After a simple meal, Zhou An went to the kitchen and prepared to start turning the pot.

Tomorrow night would be his turn to do his nightly rounds, and today he planned to liver a little longer.

“Ding Ding Ding ……”

Inside the room, a series of pot-bumping sounds rang out.

Tonight, Zhou An livered a little longer and only slept for an hour and a half.

By the time he got up the next morning, he was still full of energy.

The air flowed through his body, and after becoming thicker, it brought him more energy.

After having a simple breakfast outside, Zhou An went to the Yamen to order his duty.

Yu Hang was already waiting for him there.

The two of them talked for a while before getting ready to go out for another street patrol.

The entire morning was spent in the street patrol, and still nothing happened.

At noon, the two ate some more food outside on the streets, and kept going until they returned to the Yamen after finishing their afternoon patrol.

Zhou An didn’t go home, he didn’t patrol last night, so it was his turn today.

After going home, he still had to rush over, the journey was troublesome, so Zhou An planned to stay inside the yamen.

After casually eating something outside, he reentered the courthouse.

But it wasn’t time yet, so he wasn’t in a hurry.

“Gotta find something to pass the time.”

Zhou An stood up and spoke to Yu Hang for a few moments before he went to the kitchen, where he planned to practice his Butcher’s Sword Technique for a while.

Due to the reason that he had been very busy lately, the kitchen hadn’t been fired for the past two days.

Cook Liu was sitting on a recliner, leisurely shaking a bushel fan.

When he saw Zhou An coming, he also greeted him and continued to shake his fan to cool off.

Zhou An didn’t say anything, picked up a piece of wood and started carving it.

Things were getting more and more complicated, and he intended to grab all the time he could to improve his proficiency.

“Nah, here.”

Just as Zhou An was concentrating, a cracking sound rang out.

Zhou An subconsciously raised his hand and caught the object thrown over by Chef Liu.

He realized that the thing thrown over was a key.

“Recently, you guys are also busy and don’t eat here, so I’ve taken a few days off, so I probably won’t be coming to the Yamen, so if you want to practice your sword skills, open the door yourself.” Chef Liu leaned his back on the recliner and said.

Zhou An nodded, said thanks, put the key on his body and continued practicing carving.

The proficiency was growing slowly but steadily.

Many more days passed in the following days.

Zhou An repeated a regular life every day.

Patrolling the streets, practicing knife skills, and turning the pot upside down at night.

Cycling back and forth every day, he didn’t feel tired.

Instead, he grew more and more excited as his proficiency grew.

It was worth mentioning that for so many days, many strange things happened one after another in Anding County.

Every so often, a corpse would be found.

On these corpses, the Blood Shadow Sect’s tokens were placed.

But neither the Zhen Gui Si nor the government offices have found anything.

The Beast Cult had also disappeared, as if it had become honest after the suppression of the Zhen Gui Si.

Since there were no clues to the Beast Cult for the time being, the Zhen Gui Si instead focused on the Blood Shadow Sect.

Zhou An didn’t bother about these things and still lived a regular life.

An organization like the Zhen Gui Si was clueless, let alone him fighting alone.

Seizing the time to improve himself was more important than anything else.

In years like these, only strength was the only support.

It was night, and the moon stars were sparse.

“Let’s go, Old Yu.”

Zhou An stood at the door of the government office, said goodbye to Yu Hang, and once again returned home.

The journey was uneventful.

After closing the door behind him with his backhand, looking at the words in front of him, the corners of Zhou An’s mouth rose slightly.

[Upside Down Pot lv.2 (Strength +1): 19856/20000]

In these old days, he had not been slacking off at all, except for when he was patrolling the night, he was in the house at night to liver.

Putting in the labor naturally had its rewards, and the Upside Down Pot was already getting closer and closer to level three.

If he worked a little harder tonight, he would be able to perfectly reach the third level of proficiency, and also be able to produce a qualitative change.

Thinking of this, Zhou An felt his heart flutter with excitement.

He rubbed his hands together and after eating something, he took the large iron pot and went to the stove.

Casually putting a bit of vegetables into the pot, Zhou An began to turn it upside down.

Continuously bursting his liver, now he had become more and more skillful at upsetting the pot.

It was as if the dishes inside the pot were electrically charged, constantly fluttering inside, but not spilling a bit.

His hands wouldn’t feel sore anymore either, after all, he had already adapted.

Feeling the proficiency continue to increase, Zhou An entered a state of extreme seriousness.

The passage of time, he couldn’t feel it anymore either.

When one was serious, the speed of time no longer mattered.

The proficiency was going up bit by bit.

When it reached a limit, new words appeared before Zhou An’s eyes.