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Chapter 779: Evolution Again

Translator: CKtalon

The Nether Butterfly flew over. Large numbers of Flowers of Life produced specks of light that gathered on the Nether Butterfly's body.

Soon, the entire Flower River seemed to become a fluorescent river. Fluorescence was rising from every corner.

Zhou Wen and company were already retreating, but their bodies underwent the same process as the Flowers of Life. They emitted specks of light, and every bit of light emitted from their bodies weakened their minds. They felt exhausted and wanted to fall to the ground to sleep.

They tried stopping the radiance from flowing from their bodies, but to no avail.

"Quick, let's go. We can't stop. If we stop, death awaits us." Gu Shanshui led the way as he ran through the Flower River. Some of the Buddha plaques on his body shimmered with a strange light, causing him to emit radiance at a much slower pace. However, it only slowed down. He didn't stop the radiance from emitting.

Bam! Bam!

The Buddha plaques on Zhou Wen and company exploded as yellow liquid splattered out. The baby figurine shattered as it transformed into specks of light that scattered out.

Many of the Buddha plaques on Gu Shanshui's body exploded as well. Zhou Wen summoned the Golden Overlord Sword and slashed at the Nether Butterfly.

The Nether Butterfly's flying speed was extremely fast. Even if Zhou Wen could escape, the others definitely couldn't.

However, when the Golden Sword Aura slashed at the Nether Butterfly, it penetrated its transparent body without causing any damage.

"The Nether Butterfly is a Netherworld creature. It can travel between reality and the Netherworld. Typical Essence Energy attacks are useless against it." As Li Mobai spoke, he summoned a Companion Beast. The Companion Beast was a white-dressed girl holding up a black paper umbrella, but the white-dressed girl had no facial features. She looked extremely strange.

However, the moment the girl came out, the black paper umbrella opened and blocked Li Mobai's head. Li Mobai immediately stopped emitting light.

Unfortunately, the black paper umbrella was too small. It only allowed shelter for two and was unable to envelop everyone.

"Zhou Wen, try killing the Nether Butterfly," Li Mobai said as he ordered the white-dressed girl to float towards Zhou Wen with the black umbrella.

The white-dressed girl floated to Zhou Wen's side like a ghost and used the black paper umbrella to shelter him, preventing him from emitting any more radiance. Zhou Wen immediately felt much better and no longer felt exhausted.

Without any hesitation, Zhou Wen held the Golden Overlord Sword and turned to charge at the Nether Butterfly.

"Wait!" Gu Shanshui stopped Zhou Wen and extended his hand. A golden child appeared in front of him. The golden child was somewhat similar to Xiao Si's Kuman Thong, but it didn't have such a terrifying evil aura.

"Take my Life Soul and your sword will be capable of touching the Nether Butterfly. You don't have much time. My Life Soul can only last ten minutes at most." As Gu Shanshui spoke, the golden child transformed into a golden beam of light that fused into the Golden Overlord Sword. It added a golden image that resembled a baby or Buddha on the Golden Overlord Sword. The golden aura from on the sword also became stronger.

Zhou Wen took a step forward and activated Transcendent Flying Immortal. The Golden Overlord Sword in his hand slashed out a golden sword beam that instantly appeared in front of the Nether Butterfly.

Strangely enough, the white-dressed girl with the black umbrella seemed to stick to Zhou Wen. No matter how fast Zhou Wen was, she stuck close to him and used the black paper umbrella to cover his head.

The Nether Butterfly seemed to sense that something was amiss with this strike. With a flap of its wings, its figure seemed to penetrate the Netherworld and vanished. When it reappeared, it was already on the other side of the Flower River.

The Golden Overlord Sword in Zhou Wen's hand slashed out sword beams one after another, criss-crossing in the air like golden lightning. However, the Nether Butterfly's figure flickered as it vanished and appeared elsewhere. Zhou Wen's sword ultimately failed to hit its body.

Zhou Wen had the black paper umbrella protecting him, so he was fine. However, Li Mobai and company were already exhausted and had no strength to escape. All of them fell to the ground. Gu Lou and Gu He, who were weaker, were about to fall asleep.

Even so, Li Mobai didn't unsummon his Companion Beast, nor did Gu Shanshui dispel his Life Soul. He continued augmenting Zhou Wen.

Since Zhou Wen couldn't hit it after repeated attempts, he knew that he probably couldn't kill the Nether Butterfly with his speed alone. He immediately switched his Essence Energy Art and the Holy Hell King Life Soul appeared. The Eye of the Holy Hell King at his glabella opened as well.

Zhou Wen originally wanted to see if the Eye of the Holy Hell King could allow him to see the Netherworld Butterfly pass through the Underworld, but to his surprise, the moment it opened, the light emitted from the Flowers of Life changed directions. It no longer flew towards the Nether Butterfly and instead surged towards the Eye of the Holy Hell King.

What was even more terrifying was that the light on the Nether Butterfly's body also scattered and flew towards the Eye of the Holy Hell King.

In just an instant, the Nether Butterfly's body glowed brightly as ice-blue incantations appeared. The incantations prevented the light from scattering from its body.

Boom!

As the wings flapped, a terrifying icy-blue light wave spread out from Zhou Wen like spatial ripples.

Zhou Wen's eyes focused as he slashed out with the Golden Overlord Sword in his hand without any hesitation. It transformed into a golden sword beam that slashed apart the ice-blue beam.

The Nether Butterfly escaped into the Netherworld again, but under the Eye of the Holy Hell King, Zhou Wen could see the Nether Butterfly. Unfortunately, he couldn't touch it.

The moment it left the Netherworld, the Golden Overlord Sword slashed at its body. The indomitable sword beam killed the Nether Butterfly and tore its body into two.

Ding!

A dimensional crystal dropped. It resembled a sapphire with the shadow of the Nether Butterfly within. It was an Essence Energy Skill Crystal.

Once the Nether Butterfly died, its body immediately transformed into countless beams of light that surged towards the Eye of the Holy Hell King. At the same time, the light from the Flowers of Life was sucked away by the Eye of the Holy Hell King.

Li Mobai and company only saw the light that filled the sky surge towards Zhou Wen's glabella from all directions, but they couldn't see the Eye of the Holy Hell King.

Even the white-dressed girl and the golden child were no exception. Their bodies emitted a glow that surged towards Zhou Wen's glabella. However, Li Mobai and company no longer emitted any radiance.

Li Mobai and Gu Shanshui hurriedly dispelled the white-dressed girl and the golden child. Only then did they prevent their bodies from leaking radiance.

As a large amount of light was sucked into the Eye of the Holy Hell King, Zhou Wen vaguely felt that the Holy Hell King Life Soul was about to evolve again. He couldn't help but be delighted.

When Holy Hell King evolved again, it would reach the Perfect Body. It would be Zhou Wen's second Life Soul to reach the Perfect Body.

The originally beautiful Flowers of Life lost their luster as a large area withered. The originally beautiful Flower River instantly turned into a withered land of death.

When all the light was absorbed by Zhou Wen, the Holy Hell King Life Soul evolved almost simultaneously.

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Chapter 780: Supreme Hell King

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The sinflames in the Eye of the Holy Hell King bloomed like a lotus flower. Invisible sinflames surged out like layers of petals that enveloped Zhou Wen's body.

Others could only see Zhou Wen levitating in mid-air and not the invisible sinflames on his body, but they could sense that his aura was constantly rising.

When his aura reached its peak, Zhou Wen's body underwent a tremendous change. The Holy Hell King Life Soul completed its final evolution amidst the sinflames.

Instantly, Zhou Wen felt his entire body enter a higher dimension, separating himself from reality.

Reality became extremely filthy in his eyes, like a junkyard. And despite being in such an environment, his body remained untainted.

As the sinflames in the Eye of the Holy Hell King were consumed, the Eye of the Holy Hell King gradually closed and vanished.

"When Buddha closes his eyes, every inch of the world will be separated from purity. All life in the tainted world will be abandoned by Buddha and the final purification will descend."

Looking at the filthy world, Zhou Wen seemed to gain some insight. Although the Eye of the Holy Hell King was closed, his eyes remained open. He did not completely separate himself from reality. Instead, he allowed himself to return to the world.

The condensation of a Life Soul not only had to do with talent, bloodline, and Essence Energy Art, but it also had to do with a person's concepts and insights. No two people's Life Souls were identical. That was because everyone's thoughts were different. It was impossible to be completely the same.

If Zhou Wen had been bent on leaving this filthy world, the Holy Hell King Life Soul would have evolved in the direction of a saint, eventually becoming a Buddha or a god.

However, Zhou Wen didn't have any thoughts of transcending. He stayed in the filthy world. Therefore, the Holy Hell King Life Soul evolved in another direction.

Li Mobai and company looked at Zhou Wen in the air. They originally felt that Zhou Wen's body emitted a holy pressure as though he was the reincarnation of a Buddha.

However, in the blink of an eye, Zhou Wen's entire body turned dim. It was as though a true immortal had been struck down to the mortal world, reducing to a mortal. They could no longer sense the otherworldly aura from him, as though he was an extremely ordinary youth.

Zhou Wen landed on the ground and stretched his back. He picked up the Essence Energy Skill Crystal that the Nether Butterfly had dropped and looked at Li Mobai and company. "There's only one crystal. How do we split it?"

"I'm only here for the Guardian's cocoon. I don't want anything else," Li Mobai said.

Gu Shanshui shook his head and said, "I only hope that you can help me catch the Corpse Bug after this matter is resolved. These things are useless to me."

"In that case, I'll take it." Zhou Wen didn't stand on ceremony as he took the crystal.

Everyone set off again. The Flower River's Flowers of Life had already withered. The originally beautiful Flower River had turned into a barren land. There were no creatures left, allowing them to advance much faster.

While on the way, Zhou Wen took out his phone to take a look. Indeed, he discovered that the Holy Hell King Life Soul had evolved again, becoming a Perfect Body.

However, to Zhou Wen's disappointment, the Constitution that corresponded to the Holy Hell King Life Soul remained at 40 points. It didn't increase to 41 points.

This was the same as the advancement of the Heaven-Opening Scripture of the Highest Elder. The Essence Energy attribute it corresponded to didn't increase to 41 points and remained at 40.

My Life Soul has advanced to a Perfect Body, but my stats haven't reached 41. How can I advance my stats? Zhou Wen was somewhat vexed.

He had been looking forward to it for so long. His Life Soul had advanced to a Perfect Body, but his stats hadn't increased. This meant that his chances of advancing to the Mythical stage were still very slim.

However, on second thought, Xia Jiuhuang had used the power of nine Life Providences and Life Souls, as well as absorbing the life essence of more than ten thousand Epic experts. With the help of the lightning, he advanced to the Mythical stage as a human. It didn't seem reasonable for him to advance to the Mythical stage with just four Perfect Life Souls.

With this in mind, Zhou Wen's heart suddenly stirred. Xia Jiuhang used nine Life Providences and Life Souls to advance to the Mythical stage. Doesn't that mean that Life Souls and Life Providences are helpful in advancing to the Mythical stage? I didn't take the wrong path. Is it simply because a single Life Soul isn't enough to break through the limitations of the attributes?

Zhou Wen thought of his Dao Sutra and the First Order of Chaos. They were very similar and had strengthened his Essence Energy.

If I were to advance the Chaos Egg Life Soul, which also augments Essence Energy, to a Perfect Body, would the two Life Souls augment my Essence Energy stat to 41 points? With this in mind, Zhou Wen felt a glimmer of hope.

His mood improved significantly as he carefully looked at his newly advanced Perfect Body Life Soul.

Supreme Hell King (Perfect Body): The supreme existence in hell, the final faith of the source of sin.

Zhou Wen could sense the stark differences between the Supreme Hell King and Holy Hell King. He no longer had the Eye of the Holy Hell King and he didn't have the lofty authority like the Holy Hell King.

Now, the Supreme Hell King Life Soul made Zhou Wen feel like he truly belonged to hell. He could enter it with his body, not only establish a connection using the Eye of the Holy Hell King.

However, Zhou Wen hadn't tried it to see what would happen if he really used the Supreme Hell King Life Soul to enter Hell.

Zhou Wen planned on finding an opportunity to give it a try in-game. It was best not to give it a try in reality.

Even if he didn't enter Hell, the Supreme Hell King's augmentation of his senses wasn't something that the Holy Hell King could match. When the Supreme Hell King Life Soul augmented him, Zhou Wen's senses became terrifyingly powerful.

However, there was something wrong with this. Under such sharp senses, no matter what he looked at, he found everything filthy. It was as though he was in a garbage dump. It was unbearable.

If it wasn't necessary, Zhou Wen wasn't willing to activate the Supreme Hell King Life Soul.

Before long, the group passed through the Flower River and arrived near the legendary Valley of No Return. The Guardian cocoon that Li Mobai mentioned wasn't in the Valley of No Return, but they had to pass through it.

In order to master the Evil King Gu Life Soul, Li Mobai had accidentally fallen into a stone cave in the Valley of No Return while he was chasing after a Gu King. He passed through the stone cave and arrived at an underground cave behind the Valley of No Return. That was where he discovered the Guardian cocoon.

Now, Li Mobai led Zhou Wen and company through the underground tunnel again. They circled around the Valley of No Return, which everyone in the South District would turn pale at the mention of, and arrived at an underground cave.

They saw the Guardian cocoon. It was gray in color and emitted an evil aura. It was different from any Guardian Zhou Wen had seen before.

"We can't go any further. There's a terrifying Mythical creature guarding it." Li Mobai pointed to the side of the gray cocoon.

Zhou Wen and company looked over and saw a calabash vine growing there.

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Chapter 781: Gu Pool

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The calabash vine was very strange. Its roots and leaves were the color of limestone—the color of rocks. It didn't look like a living creature, and more like something carved from stone.

Above the calabash vine that was twenty to thirty meters long, there was a total of one calabash. It was also grayish-green in color.

"Is that a plant-type dimensional creature?" Zhou Wen asked.

Li Mobai shook his head and said, "I'm not sure yet. It looks like a plant, but it might be able to spew out a Gu King from inside the calabash. I can't be sure if it's a plant or an animal."

Li Mobai explained his understanding of the calabash vine in detail so that everyone could be prepared.

Back when Li Mobai accidentally entered this cave when chasing a Gu King, the Gu King had been sucked into the calabash just as he was about to catch up to it.

Li Mobai felt that something was amiss with the calabash vine, so he didn't rush over. Instead, he used a Companion Beast to make probes. However, just as the Companion Beast rushed over, the Gu King that had entered the calabash crawled out again.

The Gu King was the king of bloodsucking Gu. It was at the Epic stage. If Li Mobai wanted to advance to the Evil King Gu Life Soul, he needed to hunt such a Gu King.

Back then, Li Mobai had the Evil King Gu Life Soul. It could be said that other than Mythical Gu, he was invulnerable to all Gu. It wasn't difficult to deal with a Bloodsucking Gu King.

However, to his surprise, after the Bloodsucking Gu King came out of the calabash, it became extremely ferocious. Its strength underwent a drastic change, as though it had advanced to the Mythical stage, and killed Li Mobai's Companion Beast easily. If Li Mobai hadn't fled quickly when he saw that the situation wasn't looking good, he would have died.

Later, Li Mobai came a few more times, but he returned empty-handed. He was no match for the Bloodsucking Gu King.

Li Mobai suspected that the calabash vine was odd. He wanted to remove it and think of a way to lure the Bloodsucking Gu King away before getting a fire-elemental Companion Beast to burn the calabash vine.

However, to his surprise, before the fire-elemental Companion Beast could approach the calabash vine, a Gu King crawled out of the calabash again and killed Li Mobai's fire-elemental Companion Beast.

Later, Li Mobai tried many methods, but they were all useless. Even when his Evil King Gu Life Soul reached the Perfect Body, he still failed to deal with the calabash vine.

After John used the six-winged seraphim to fight Zhou Wen, Li Mobai carried out a lot of investigations and learned about Guardians. Only then did he realize that the truly precious thing wasn't the calabash vine, but the gray cocoon it protected.

Unfortunately, he didn't have the ability to deal with the calabash vine. Even though he knew that there was a Guardian there, he couldn't contract it. All he could do was cooperate with Zhou Wen.

After hearing Li Mobai's explanation, Gu Shanshui was alarmed. "You mean that there's a Mythical Gu in that calabash, and it's not just one?"

"That's what I think." Li Mobai looked at Zhou Wen and said, "Do you want me to use my Companion Beast to lure out the Gu King inside?"

"Alright." Zhou Wen nodded and summoned Doctor Darkness to fuse with him in his soul form.

Be it ancient wars or modern battles, intelligence was one of the most important factors. Therefore, when Li Mobai summoned his Companion Beast and charged at the calabash vine, Zhou Wen used Doctor Darkness's Eyes of Penetration to look at the limestone calabash.

Thankfully, the calabash wasn't a real stone. Through his Eyes of Penetration, he saw through it and was immediately alarmed.

Inside the calabash, there were more than ten different-looking Gu. Their appearances were strange and they looked creepy.

What was even stranger was that the Gu in the gourd were actually fighting each other.

When the Companion Beast Li Mobai summoned approached the calabash, a force controlled one of the Gu and spat it out.

The Gu looked like a scorpion, but it had dragonfly-like wings on its back. It had fine teeth in its mouth, making it look terrifying.

The Companion Beast Li Mobai released was an Epic black tiger, but when it flew close to the Gu, the Gu's tail stabbed into its body and it died instantly.

After killing the target, the Gu was sucked back into the calabash.

"I've seen three different Gu Kings from all my experiments. This is one of them," Li Mobai said.

"Strange." Gu Shanshui frowned and said, "That Gu looks like a Snake Scorpion Gu, but it has many characteristics that the Snake Scorpion Gu doesn't have. Furthermore, its strength is much stronger than a Snake Scorpion Gu. It has indeed reached the Mythical stage."

"This is also what I'm puzzled about. If the Gu only entered the calabash at a later time, there must be some benefits inside that can improve their strength greatly. After the Bloodsucking Gu King entered, its strength increased greatly and its body underwent a huge change," Li Mobai said.

"I suspect that the calabash is likely a natural Gu Pool," Gu Shanshui said with a solemn expression.

A so-called Gu Pool was to place many Gu inside and let them fight each other. Finally, the last surviving one would be the strongest Gu. And not only was that Gu the strongest, but it would also absorb the abilities and strengths of other Gu in battle. Its strength far exceeded ordinary Gu.

Although it was only a guess, Zhou Wen could see it clearly. The Gu inside were indeed fighting each other. Furthermore, it looked like several of them had Mythical strength.

Although the other Gu hadn't reached the Mythical stage, they were considered extremely powerful existences at the Epic stage.

This is practically a super Gu Pool. If the Gu inside fight to the end and produce a Gu King, I wonder how powerful it will be. It will probably be comparable to a top Mythical creature, right? Zhou Wen couldn't help but be tempted. If he could obtain this calabash, it would be excellent for raising Gu.

The only pity was that Zhou Wen didn't know how to raise Gu. Even if a powerful Gu King really appeared, Zhou Wen could only kill it to see if a Companion Egg dropped.

"Zhou Wen, what do you think?" Li Mobai asked Zhou Wen.

"I think Master Gu is right. That calabash is likely a natural Gu Pool. There might be more than one Mythical Gu inside, but where did these Gu come from?" Zhou Wen said.

"There are Gu everywhere in the Valley of No Return. There are many at the Mythical stage. I reckon the Gu from the Valley of No Return crawled here and were sucked in by the calabash," said Gu Shanshui.

"What's your plan?" Zhou Wen asked Li Mobai.

"There's no particular solution. We can only lure out the Gu Kings inside and kill them one by one. We'll have to rely on your strength," Li Mobai said.

Zhou Wen thought for a moment and felt that it would be a waste to lure out all the Gu Kings inside and kill them.

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Chapter 782: One Thing Subdues Another

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"From the looks of it, that's the only way." Although he found it a pity, Zhou Wen didn't know how to rear Gu. It was useless even if he kept them.

Li Mobai had a plan. Mute and Butterfly each summoned a Companion Beast. Together with Li Mobai's own Companion Beast, the three Companion Beasts looked identical. They were three bronze men.

The three bronze men were Epic Companion Beasts. Although they moved slowly, their defenses were extremely strong. Furthermore, they weren't afraid of the poison that Gu were good at, nor were they afraid of them invading their bodies.

It was impossible to use them to kill Mythical Gu, but using them as bait was an ideal choice.

"Could these be the Bronze Men in the Founding Emperor Tomb?" Zhou Wen asked in surprise.

Li Mobai nodded and said, "Yes, they are the Bronze Men in the Founding Emperor Tomb. In order to obtain these three Companion Eggs, I spent a lot of money to buy them from the Zhang family."

Zhou Wen wasn't unfamiliar with the Founding Emperor Tomb because it was very famous. He had long wanted to see if there was a tiny palm symbol there, but he hadn't had the chance to go.

As there were many evil powers in the Founding Emperor Tomb, ordinary people couldn't enter. Only the Zhang family, who were experts in this area, could enter to hunt dimensional creatures. Therefore, very few Companion Beasts from the Founding Emperor Tomb were produced. Furthermore, they were much more expensive than Companion Eggs at the same level.

However, the Companion Beasts in the Founding Emperor Tomb were indeed unique. For example, a Bronze Man was very resistant against Essence Energy and had a strong body. He wasn't afraid of various toxins and microorganisms. He was an ideal scout.

However, due to the low production, it wasn't easy to obtain three Bronze Men. It was obvious that Li Mobai was determined to obtain them.

After the three Bronze Men approached the calabash vine, the Gu inside was indeed spat out. However, the one that came out this time was not the previous one, but a mosquito-like Gu with a carapace protecting its body.

Li Mobai told Zhou Wen that this was the Bloodsucking Gu King he had previously chased. However, the prior Bloodsucking Gu King wasn't that powerful. Now, with the Bloodsucking Gu King around, it was imperative not to have any injuries.

As long as there was a wound, even if it was a very small wound, the Bloodsucking Gu King would be able to expand the wound, causing blood to spray out until the person died.

Unfortunately, the Bronze Men didn't have blood, so the bloodsucking ability of the Bloodsucking Gu King was useless against them. However, the Bloodsucking Gu King didn't only have bloodsucking abilities.

The Bloodsucking Gu King flapped its wings and flew quickly. The Bronze Men couldn't keep up with it and one of them was stabbed in the head by its proboscis.

If it were an ordinary Companion Beast, it would definitely have been severely injured from this strike.

However, the Bronze Man wasn't afraid. It was just a hole on his head that didn't affect him at all.

The Bloodsucking Gu King even burrowed into the Bronze Man's head and came out from the other side. However, it only injured the Bronze Man and wasn't fatal.

Just as Zhou Wen was about to take action, the chick on his shoulder suddenly flapped its wings and flew over.

The mighty Bloodsucking Gu King was like a mouse seeing a cat when it saw the chick. Its body went limp as though it didn't even have the strength to resist.

Although the chick was powerful, it was still growing. As for the Bloodsucking Gu King, it was already Mythical. If it fought the chick with all its might, the chick might not be able to gain much of an advantage.

However, in this world, everything had a weakness. The chick's resistance against Gu was just too strong. The Bloodsucking Gu King's legs went soft. It didn't even dare to escape, much less fight.

The chick flew over and pecked at the Bloodsucking Gu King. The Bloodsucking Gu King's carapace was hard, so the chick needed to peck at it a few times before tearing it open and eating it.

From beginning to end, the Mythical Bloodsucking Gu King didn't resist too intensely. A Mythical Gu was eaten just like that. Li Mobai and company were dumbfounded.

Apart from Gu Shanshui who knew about the chick, everyone else watched in surprise as the chick unleashed its might. Although they knew that it was very powerful when it spewed out the flames to kill the jellyfish fungi, they never expected it to be this powerful.

The Mythical Bloodsucking Gu King didn't even have the courage to resist. This wasn't something that could be described as powerful. It was practically a strike on a whole different plane.

After the chick finished eating the Bloodsucking Gu King, it seemed unsatisfied as it flew towards the calabash, wanting to peck open the calabash and eat the Gu inside.

However, after pecking a few times, the calabash remained unharmed. Even the golden flames it spewed out failed to burn the calabash.

The calabash seemed to know how powerful the chick was. No matter how the chick tortured it from the outside, it didn't dare spit out the Gu inside.

Zhou Wen got the chick to return and got Li Mobai and company to release the Bronze Men to entice it, but it was useless. The calabash refused to spit out the Gu inside no matter what.

Zhou Wen held the Golden Overlord Sword and slashed out a Golden Sword Aura at the calabash. The Golden Sword Aura's Ever-Victorious and Unstoppable worked, causing a crack to appear on the calabash.

However, the Golden Sword Aura vanished the moment it entered the calabash. The crack automatically healed and quickly disappeared.

"If I had known that inviting you would save me so much trouble, I would have invited you over long ago, even if I had gone bankrupt." Li Mobai and company walked over.

Although he wasn't able to chop down the calabash or kill all the Gu inside, the calabash didn't dare take any abnormal action. Li Mobai had achieved his goal. Ignoring the calabash that had turtled up, he walked towards the gray cocoon of the Guardian.

Seeing how magical the calabash was, Zhou Wen wanted to remove it, but after slashing a few times, all his strikes were absorbed. He failed to slice off the calabash.

With the chick standing by the side like a tiger eyeing its prey, ready to eat the Gu that could come out at any time, the calabash didn't dare do anything out of the ordinary. It didn't make any abnormal movements and stood still.

Li Mobai had already walked in front of the Guardian cocoon. Without any hesitation, he cut his finger and let his blood drip onto the cocoon.

Everyone looked at the blood that dripped onto the Guardian cocoon. Even Zhou Wen temporarily stopped attacking the calabash and looked over.

Zhou Wen naturally didn't wish for Li Mobai to succeed. If Li Mobai succeeded, there would be nothing for him.

Blood slowly flowed down the Guardian's cocoon, but it left Li Mobai very disappointed. The drop of blood flowed down the Guardian's cocoon and dripped to the ground, unable to penetrate it.

"Master..." Butterfly wore a look of disappointment. She wanted to console Li Mobai, but she didn't know what to say.

"A single failure isn't a big deal. If it doesn't work this time, there will be a next time. Since this path doesn't work, let's switch paths. As long as we continue walking, there will always be a path that leads to our destination." Li Mobai didn't look too disappointed. He sorted out his emotions and said to Zhou Wen, "Zhou Wen, according to our previous agreement, it's your turn now. If you don't succeed, I hope you can give them a chance."

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Chapter 783: Phoenix Might

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"Sure." Zhou Wen nodded in agreement. If he couldn't kill the Guardian, there was no harm in letting others give it a try.

However, Zhou Wen didn't immediately take action. He had a nagging feeling that the calabash was a hidden danger.

Now that the chick was suppressing it, the calabash didn't dare act rashly. However, if he were to fight the Guardian, it would be troublesome if the calabash released the Gu inside.

"Wait a moment. I'll think of a way to pluck this calabash," Zhou Wen said to Li Mobai and company.

Butterfly joked, "Just drip some blood on the cocoon. The calabash won't hinder you. There's no need to go through so much trouble, right? Are you afraid of not obtaining the Guardian's recognition?"

Zhou Wen didn't answer her as he continued studying the calabash in front of him.

This calabash was indeed something good. It could even control Mythical Gu. Furthermore, it could make them fight each other and evolve through devouring the others.

This was actually very similar to the phone's Companion Beast fusion function. However, it was a more primitive and crude version. It wasn't as modern as the phone's fusion function.

Zhou Wen thought to himself, If I can obtain this calabash, I'll have an explanation if I take out some strange fusion pets in the future. But how can I obtain it? Does this thing count as a dimensional creature? If I slice off the calabash, will it drop a Companion Egg?

The chick pecked and scratched at the calabash, but it wasn't effective. Even its golden flames didn't have much effect on the calabash.

Zhou Wen slashed out a few times with the Golden Overlord Sword. Although he could split the calabash, the space in the calabash seemed to have the characteristic of spatial extension. The sword beam would rush in and gradually dissipate, dealing very little damage. Furthermore, the calabash could rapidly recover.

Since I can't slice apart the calabash, I'll eliminate it at its roots. Zhou Wen glanced at the roots of the calabash vine and planned on attacking from there.

The Golden Overlord Sword slashed down with an indestructible sword beam. Before the sword beam could strike the roots of the calabash vine, the calabash suddenly spewed out more than ten Gu.

One strange Gu after another charged at Zhou Wen. Some were as tiny as sesame seeds, while others were as large as ferocious beasts. Furthermore, their abilities were different.

Everyone was given a fright. They never expected the calabash to have so many Gu inside. Gu Shanshui and Li Mobai were reflexively prepared to do battle.

A bird's cry sounded—it was the chick. The Gu that were charging at Zhou Wen immediately turned limp from fright as they fell from the sky.

Only a few Mythical Gu continued charging at Zhou Wen. However, from their trembling bodies, it was obvious that they were extremely afraid. They had no choice but to rush over because of the calabash's control.

Seeing that they still dared to charge over, the chick immediately flew into a rage. It flapped its wings and leaped up, rushing over to peck at the Gu.

The chick's strength wasn't as strong as the Mythical Gu, but for some reason, the Mythical Gu didn't dare resist. They were pecked by the chick until bloody, and a small Mythical Gu was swallowed by the chick.

The chick wasn't afraid of the Gu parasitizing its body. Instantly, it looked mighty, resembling an emperor that was dealing with a group of eunuchs. The eunuchs didn't dare fight back.

It's no wonder Worm Dugu said that phoenixes are the nemesis of Gu. After seeing the chick, Gu Shanshui also treated it with reverence. This phoenix's ability to restrain Gu is just too strong. Zhou Wen originally imagined that there would be a fierce battle, but from the looks of it, the chick could finish off all the Gu without him needing to do anything.

Li Mobai looked at the awe-inspiring chick and seemed to be in thought. It looked like he had guessed the chick's origins.

It's no wonder Zhou Wen dared to take the risk to come to the South District. So he has such a divine item on him. Li Mobai was enlightened. He knew that it wasn't because he had moved Zhou Wen, but because Zhou Wen had the confidence to ensure his safety that he had followed him to the Valley of No Return.

The chick unleashed its might, and in a short while, it swallowed more than ten Gu. Its body clearly swelled up and its stomach became round.

Zhou Wen suddenly recalled that the antelope had taken the chick to Mount Laojun's Golden Peak. The chick had suddenly lost weight after returning.

Back then, Zhou Wen was puzzled as to why the chick had suddenly lost weight. Now that he thought about it, the chick must have benefited from Mount Laojun's Golden Peak and digested the accumulated energy in its body.

It's no wonder I felt that the chick had grown significantly after that time. It's not because of time, but because it received some benefit. Zhou Wen now understood why the phoenix had given the chick to him.

This thing had eaten several Mythical Gu and nearly ten Epic Gu, but it was only as fat as a ball and did not immediately grow up.

If he wanted to raise it to adulthood, he didn't know how many resources he would have to expend. He guessed that the phoenix couldn't afford to rear so many baby phoenixes, so it wanted to help the chick choose a good family to live with—a place it could eat and sleep for free. However, for some reason, it had chosen him.

After losing all the Gu, the calabash trembled. However, it was only a calabash after all. It couldn't escape like an animal-type dimensional creature.

Zhou Wen didn't stand on ceremony as he drew his sword and slashed. With a few strikes, he severed the roots of the calabash vine.

When the roots of the calabash snapped, the calabash vine immediately withered. The grayish-blue leaves also shrank and fell. The color of the calabash also gradually became lighter. The original grayish-blue color gradually turned grayish-white.

Zhou Wen slashed at the grayish-white calabash vine, reducing it to ashes. Only the calabash remained intact.

Zhou Wen extended his hand and sucked the calabash into his hand. He pinched it and realized that the calabash was still as hard as before. It didn't turn to powder like the vines or leaves.

Although the calabash remained, it didn't have any vitality left in it. Zhou Wen didn't know if it could still be used. He decided to put it away.

The chick was so stuffed that it was staggering as it walked. It looked like it would fall to the ground and roll away at any moment.

"Stay away for now. I'm going to attack," Zhou Wen said to Li Mobai and company.

Guardians were generally very strong. Even if Zhou Wen could kill the Guardian inside, it would definitely result in a huge battle. In order not to implicate them, he made them walk far away to give them a chance of escaping if things went south.

"It's just a drop of blood. There's no need to go through so much trouble, right?" Butterfly said.

"Let's go." Li Mobai seemed to notice something as he instructed Butterfly and Mute to retreat far away with him.

Although Gu Shanshui didn't know why Zhou Wen wanted them to retreat, he retreated with Gu Lou and Gu He.

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Chapter 784: Assassinating the Guardian

"Don't tell me Zhou Wen is thin-skinned and is afraid of being mocked by us if he fails?" Butterfly said as she walked.

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Li Mobai had his speculations, but he didn't know what Zhou Wen was up to.

From his point of view, Zhou Wen wasn't going to do something as simple as dripping a drop of blood for a contract. It was very likely that he would use some method to increase the success rate of the contract.

In fact, Li Mobai had previously thought of a similar method, but because he had transferred the Evil King Gu Life Soul to Li Xuan, his physique was much weaker now. He didn't dare use any of the methods he could have used in the past.

Li Mobai was very interested in what method Zhou Wen wanted to use. He hoped that Zhou Wen would succeed. This way, he could use Zhou Wen's method as a reference and still have a chance in the future.

Zhou Wen waited until they were far enough away before he moved. However, he didn't walk towards the Guardian cocoon. He also distanced himself from it.

However, while keeping a distance, he summoned Tyrant Behemoth.

Boom! Tyrant Behemoth was more than three meters tall, but its body was heavier than steel. When it landed in the cave, the entire cave trembled.

"That's... Tyrant Behemoth... Tyrant Behemoth that's ranked fourth... That's actually Zhou Wen's Companion Beast..." Butterfly cried out in surprise when she saw Tyrant Behemoth.

Gu Lou and company were also alarmed as their eyes nearly popped out. Tyrant Behemoth's name was probably known to everyone. Many experts in the Federation had been asking about Tyrant Behemoth's owner, but they never expected it to be Zhou Wen's Companion Beast.

Previously, Gu Lou had thought that Zhou Wen was young and frivolous, but now, with his terrifying pets, he was probably not weaker than the top experts of the Dugu family. He indeed had the right to be frivolous.

"What's he trying to do by summoning Tyrant Behemoth?" Li Mobai looked at Zhou Wen in surprise. He felt that something was amiss. Zhou Wen didn't seem to be using a trick to contract the Guardian.

Indeed, under everyone's horrified gazes, Tyrant Behemoth roared and threw a punch at the Guardian cocoon.

"He wants to kill the Guardian, not contract it?" Butterfly's eyes widened in disbelief. This was beyond her imagination.

Boom!

Tyrant Behemoth shattered the gray cocoon with a punch, revealing the Guardian inside.

As for Zhou Wen, he had already used the Invisibility Cloak to hide himself. At the same time, he summoned Demonic Neonate and hugged her in his arms, using the Invisibility Cloak to cover her. After all, reality wasn't a game. Everything would be over if he died. Therefore, Zhou Wen was much more careful than usual.

If he could find a Guardian he could kill in-game, he wouldn't have taken the risk in reality.

Even in his invisible state, Zhou Wen had no intention of approaching the Guardian. He wanted to figure out what abilities the Guardian had.

The Guardian in the gray cocoon was covered in black carapace. There were ant-like antennas on its head, cicada-like wings on its back, snake-like eyes, and four scorpion-like tails on its back.

This Guardian looked like a humanoid Gu, its body filled with an evil aura.

Just as Tyrant Behemoth's fist was about to hit the Guardian, the Guardian's figure suddenly blurred. Tyrant Behemoth's fist only hit an illusion.

Looking up, he saw the Guardian standing upside down at the top of the cave-like a bat. Its snake-like eyes stared at Tyrant Behemoth. The ten fingers on its hands spread open as thin silk blades crisscrossed like a spiderweb, enveloping Tyrant Behemoth below.

Tyrant Behemoth exerted strength with its legs, tearing the rocks apart. Its body rose into the air as it raised its fist and punched at the spiderweb in the air, hoping to blast the spiderweb and the Guardian to death.

However, when its fist struck the spiderweb-like thin blade, the thin blade was able to withstand the force. It was as though it had punched the air.

As for the silk net blade, it retracted and enveloped Tyrant Behemoth's body.

Tyrant Behemoth was like a huge fish that had fallen into a fishing net. The more it struggled, the tighter the silk blades wrapped around it. Furthermore, the silk blades had a very strong elasticity. Tyrant Behemoth used its strength in an attempt to break the thin silk blades, but all it could do was expand the net a little. When Tyrant Behemoth relaxed, the thin silk net blades tightened.

The Guardian, who was standing upside down at the top of the cave, flashed and appeared behind Tyrant Behemoth as though it had teleported. Its barbed palm and feet hooked onto Tyrant Behemoth's back. At the same time, it opened its mouth and stabbed its tongue into Tyrant Behemoth's neck like a blood-colored arrow.

Roar! Tyrant Behemoth directly activated Absolute Strength, but the powerful force failed to help it tear apart the web blades. Even though it moved the web blades away from its body, it was unable to tear the web apart.

"Guardians are indeed stronger than Mythical creatures. A Mythical Companion Beast like Tyrant Behemoth is basically the peak of Mythical creatures, but it's still inferior when fighting Guardians... Zhou Wen will probably suffer greatly this time... Master... Let's quickly retreat..." Butterfly said to Li Mobai.

Li Mobai didn't answer. He looked around and couldn't seem to find his target. He frowned and asked, "Where did Zhou Wen go?"

Everyone was taken aback. Their gazes were attracted by Tyrant Behemoth and the Guardian. They were watching the battle and didn't notice where Zhou Wen had gone.

They looked around, but they didn't see Zhou Wen. All they saw was a golden and white bird on a stone not far away. They were watching Tyrant Behemoth and the Guardian fight.

At that moment, Zhou Wen was wearing the Invisibility Cloak and had activated the Sigh of the King. Not long after, his strength reached the level of activating Slaughterer. Without any hesitation, he activated the Wheel of Destiny of the Invisibility Cloak and secretly approached the Guardian with Demonic Neonate.

The invisibility ability of the Invisibility Cloak was just so useful. The Guardian failed to discover the invisible Zhou Wen. It was lying on Tyrant Behemoth's back and using its tongue to devour the energy in Tyrant Behemoth's body.

Zhou Wen had already reached its back, but it still failed to notice him. Without any hesitation, Zhou Wen summoned the Light Concealment Sword and slashed at the Guardian's neck with Immortal Slaying.

Almost at the same time, Demonic Neonate in his arms unsheathed her demon sword and slashed at the Guardian's neck. The two swords slashed down like scissors. At such a close distance, the Guardian had no time to react.

Li Mobai and company didn't discover any traces of Zhou Wen, but they suddenly heard a tragic cry. When they turned their heads, they realized that Zhou Wen was floating in the air. The Guardian had been beheaded and its head had fallen to the ground.

Plop!

The Guardian's headless corpse fell from the sky and collapsed to the ground.

The fine web blade on Tyrant Behemoth's body vanished as well. Zhou Wen carefully floated in the air and flicked his palm as though he was flicking away the blood.

Butterfly, Gu Lou, and company were already shocked speechless. This was because they couldn't see the invisible Light Concealment Sword. They imagined that Zhou Wen had cleaved off the Guardian's head with one palm.

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Chapter 785: Valley of No Return

"Is this person... a devil?" Butterfly looked at Zhou Wen and felt a chill run down her spine.

They had painstakingly come here to sign a contract with the Guardian and obtain greater strength.

As for Zhou Wen, he had chopped off the Guardian's head with one palm. Although they knew that this person wasn't an enemy, the difference in strength still left them in despair. They even trembled in body and mind.

Li Mobai didn't think so. His eyes burned as he stared intently at Zhou Wen as though he had discovered new land.

So this is a possible route? Li Mobai felt as though a ball of fire was burning in his body.

There was no fire in Zhou Wen's body, but as the Guardian's body disintegrated and vanished, energy surged into his body, causing Slaughterer Life Soul to automatically switch over. After absorbing the energy, it became stronger.

To Zhou Wen's disappointment, although Slaughterer became stronger, it didn't advance to a Perfect Body even after the energy was completely absorbed.

How many Guardians do I have to kill to advance Slaughterer to a Perfect Body? Zhou Wen sighed inwardly.

Li Mobai, Gu Shanshui, and company had already returned. Zhou Wen said, "Sorry for not giving you guys an attempt."

Li Mobai smiled and said, "It's fine. It's not important. If it's convenient, can you tell me why you killed the Guardian? Why didn't you sign a contract with him?"

"There's no need for a contract." Zhou Wen couldn't explain too much.

"That's right. You really don't need it anymore," Li Mobai said.

Butterfly, Gu Lou, and company felt that Zhou Wen's words were too arrogant, but when they recalled the scene of the Guardian's head falling, they felt powerless at refuting him.

"Since we're already here, why don't we take a look at the entrance of the Valley of No Return?" Zhou Wen was still wondering if he could find the tiny palm symbol there. With the Valley of No Return, he would have a place to grind for Gu-type Companion Beasts in the future.

"Alright. With you around, the Valley of No Return shouldn't be able to do much to us. It's good to broaden our horizons," Li Mobai said with a smile.

"I'm just taking a look outside. I don't plan on entering." Zhou Wen shook his head.

Although he had the chick that could suppress Gu, the chick hadn't grown up yet. If there were too many Gu, it wouldn't be able to deal with all of them. Or perhaps there were Gu that weren't afraid of the chick. If they were to come to blows, the chick might not be able to defeat a Mythical Gu.

Zhou Wen was very surprised that the chick could kill those Mythical Gu. He didn't know if the chick's noble phoenix bloodline was working or if it had some special power.

Furthermore, after delivering Immortal Slaying, Zhou Wen's strength had been drained. His body was still in a weakened state. Although he wasn't as miserable as when he used the Immortal Slaying skill in the past, his combat strength was now greatly affected. Zhou Wen didn't wish to take the risk at such a time.

The group left the underground cave and arrived at the periphery of the Valley of No Return.

Zhou Wen saw that the valley was stacked layer by layer. There was a valley in a valley, but he didn't know how big the space was. However, he had heard from locals like Gu Shanshui most people who entered the Valley of No Return never returned. It was what gave it its name.

However, it wasn't that no one returned alive. There were still exceptions. However, those people didn't venture deep into the valley. Most of them only circled around the valley entrance before coming out.

Zhou Wen only wanted to circle around the valley's entrance to find the tiny palm symbol, but he had no intention of entering.

His luck seemed to be surprisingly good. After circling the valley for a while, he found an extremely inconspicuous palm symbol on a mountain wall.

The tiny palm symbol was covered by dense grass and was covered in moss. If Zhou Wen didn't have Truth Listener's ability, he wouldn't have discovered it.

He took a picture with his mysterious phone and saw it downloading. Zhou Wen heaved a sigh of relief.

I've gained quite a lot this time. I downloaded the Valley of No Return instance dungeon and killed a Guardian. I even made the chick eat quite a number of Gu. I reckon it should be able to grow a little after digesting them, right? Zhou Wen felt that the trip had been quite useful.

However, Li Mobai had come for nothing. He hadn't obtained any benefits.

Since Gu Shanshui wanted to go to Chiang Rai to capture the Corpse Bug, Zhou Wen had no choice but to accompany him to Chiang Rai. Li Mobai thought for a moment and said, "Master Gu, if you don't mind, let's go take a look."

"Li, it's great that you can go with us." Gu Shanshui happily accepted.

Everyone walked along the Flower River towards Chiang Rai. After walking for two to three hundred kilometers, they saw Flowers of Life that hadn't withered.

Zhou Wen rode the Great Might Vajra Bull at the back of the team and played with his phone. The dungeon in the Valley of No Return had been downloaded, so Zhou Wen went in to familiarize himself with the environment.

The Valley of No Return was actually surrounded by mountains on all sides. Only a sliver of an opening allowed entry.

The mountain walls on both sides were very close, allowing only one person to pass through sideways.

The blood-colored avatar walked in sideways as Truth Listener's ability was constantly activated. At the same time, it switched its Essence Energy Art to Small Perfection of Wisdom. With the augmentation of the Eight Perfections Wisdom Life Providence and Hell King Life Soul, Zhou Wen's senses became extremely sharp. Even without Truth Listener, he could see everything around him clearly.

After walking for a short while, Zhou Wen discovered a problem. There were many tiny holes on the walls on both sides. As they were so tiny, one would imagine that they were simply the stone walls' textures.

However, Zhou Wen could tell that it wasn't the texture of the stone. Instead, it was a series of tiny holes. In those tiny holes, there were extremely tiny worms and insects that would occasionally rear their heads. As they were so small, if an ordinary person wasn't careful, they would end up having these creatures crawl into their body through their pores.

Since the chick couldn't be brought in-game, Zhou Wen didn't have a good way to restrain the bugs. All he could do was summon Tai Sui and see if it could eat the bugs.

Although Tai Sui wasn't very interested in these bugs, it still devoured them under Zhou Wen's orders.

A large number of notifications appeared on the game screen. They were all indications of him killing Mortal creatures. Occasionally, there would be a notification about him killing Legendary creatures.

There were very few items that dropped, and what did drop was basically useless. With Tai Sui's help, Zhou Wen passed through the crack and arrived in the valley.

As this was a valley in a valley, Zhou Wen could see a circular valley that wasn't too big. Inside was grassland that looked verdant.

However, if one had extraordinary vision, they would discover that there were many green caterpillars in the grassland. They were almost one with the grassland, making it difficult to distinguish them.

Zhou Wen summoned the Fire Furnace Queen and turned the grassland into a sea of fire. This only served to produce constant notifications of him killing Legendary Green-Haired Gu.

There seem to be quite a number of Gu. It's a good place to grind. I wonder if there will be groups of Epic Gu inside?

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Chapter 786: Ancient Tadpole

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Large swaths of Green-Haired Gu were killed, dropping more than ten Green-Haired Gu Companion Eggs and quite a number of dimensional crystals. The valley became narrow again as he walked further in.

Further in, there was another small valley that was shaped like a horse's hoof. It was even smaller than the valley ahead.

The valley's terrain was much lower and the ground was covered in clear water. The water level was very shallow, reaching only Zhou Wen's calf. He could see the bottom at a glance.

There were many water plants growing, making it look very beautiful. It was like a clean paradise.

However, in Zhou Wen's eyes, such a beautiful and clean place wasn't that great. There were many leech-like Gu on the rocks and water plants at the bottom. If he rashly entered, he would probably have his blood drained.

Zhou Wen summoned a Water Snake Companion Beast he had obtained in the past. It was a water-elemental snake he had obtained from the island where Six-Winged Guardian Dragon resided. Its body was condensed from water, so it naturally wasn't afraid of poison or blood-sucking abilities.

After it entered the water, it directly devoured the leeches. When the leeches entered its body, they were immediately sucked dry, turning into small blobs of dried meat.

'Killed Legendary Leech Gu...'

Notifications kept popping up on-screen. The water snake swam quickly in the water. Wherever it passed, Leech Gu would be sucked dry.

It's no wonder so few people can come out alive despite so many people entering the Valley of No Return. Not only are there many dimensional creatures here, but their abilities are also extremely sinister. If one isn't careful, they will succumb to it. It's not easy to leave alive. Zhou Wen wasn't excited about the Leech Gu. He didn't let the water snake continue killing as he flew through the air and headed for the next valley.

The valley ahead had split roads. One path led to the left, while the other led to the right. Zhou Wen chose the left path and entered the next valley.

This valley was clearly much bigger than the previous valley. The water in the valley from before flowed in from here. He could see a waterfall cascading.

There were still many Leech Gu in the water, but he also saw a type of black tadpole swimming around. Groups of tadpoles could be seen everywhere in the water.

However, these tadpoles were extremely large, so large that one likely needed both hands to lift up a tadpole.

Zhou Wen was somewhat curious about the kind of Gu the tadpoles were, so he got the water snake to charge at them.

Just like before, the water snake went forward to devour the tadpoles in a bid to suck dry the water in their bodies. However, after the tadpoles were devoured, their bodies immediately exploded, blasting the water snake apart.

The tadpoles didn't die after the explosion. Instead, they turned into a group of tadpoles that continued swimming in the water.

The water snake's body was originally condensed from water. After being blasted apart, it quickly condensed again and devoured a large number of tadpoles once more.

The tadpoles exploded again, exploding the water snake's body once again. At the same time, their numbers increased as their sizes shrank. Yet, there was no sign of death.

After a few repeated attempts, the tadpoles had already become the size of sesame seeds. It looked like they could continue exploding and splitting.

This dimensional creature is rather interesting. It can actually explode and split infinitely. I wonder how small it can go? Zhou Wen got the water snake to continue devouring the tadpoles to see what their limits were.

Finally, he realized that when the tadpoles became the size of a needle hole, their bodies wouldn't continue splitting apart after the explosion.

They split and self-destruct five times in total. Unfortunately, the power of self-destruction is a little weak. Zhou Wen silently calculated.

'Killed Legendary creature, Ancient Tadpole.' A notification appeared in the game.

Although the skill was pretty good, Zhou Wen wasn't interested because its level was a little low and its self-destruction wasn't powerful enough.

However, soon, a rather special Ancient Tadpole attracted Zhou Wen's attention. Among the group of Ancient Tadpoles was a dark-gold tadpole that was clearly different from the others.

Zhou Wen got the water snake to rush over and devour the Ancient Tadpole, but with a boom, a huge wave rose from the water. The water snake's body was blasted apart, along with the water-elemental core in its body. It died just like that.

This self-destruction is quite powerful! Zhou Wen was somewhat surprised as he looked at the dark-gold tadpole that had split apart in the water. He summoned another Companion Beast.

This was the Epic Electric Eel that Zhou Wen had obtained in the underground Pool City. After the Electric Eel charged over, it spewed out an electric current. The dark-gold tadpole immediately split apart and exploded once again.

The Electric Eel was very fast. It escaped quickly in the water and dodged the explosive force of the dark-gold tadpole. It spat out another electric current at the even smaller dark-gold tadpoles.

Clearly, the dark-gold tadpole was at the Epic stage. Its explosive power was extremely powerful, enough to kill most Epic creatures of the same level.

Furthermore, after Zhou Wen's experiments, he realized that these dark-gold tadpoles had exploded more times than the Ancient Tadpoles. They could explode a total of seven times.

'Ding... Killed Dark Gold Ancient Tadpole. Discovered Companion Egg.'

Zhou Wen realized that there was a dark-gold Companion Egg in the water. He was delighted as he picked it up and hatched it.

Soon, there was an Ancient Dark Gold tadpole in the Companion Beast column.

Dark Gold Ancient Tadpole: Epic

Life Providence: Split

Life Soul: Combine

Strength: 34

Speed: 31

Constitution: 31

Essence Energy: 36

Talent Skill: Self-detonation

Companion Form: Grenade

This thing is really special! Zhou Wen summoned the Dark Gold Ancient Tadpole in-game and a dark-gold grenade appeared in his hand.

Zhou Wen threw it out. When the Dark Gold Ancient Tadpole landed in the water, it immediately exploded, splitting into a group of Dark Gold Ancient Tadpole grenades.

As for the tiny dark-gold tadpoles, they continued exploding upon undertaking the pressure.

However, the difference from the Legendary Ancient Tadpoles was that after the Dark Gold Ancient Tadpoles self-destructed, they would automatically gather together as long as they were not suppressed by external forces for a period of time. They would become the big Dark Gold Ancient Tadpole again, and the number of possible splits would return to normal.

Unless it self-destructed seven times, the Ancient Dark Gold Tadpole would slowly recover and not die.

This is good stuff. If many Dark Gold Ancient Tadpoles self-destruct at the same time, the might will be quite impressive. Zhou Wen searched the valley again and realized that there was a Dark Gold Ancient Tadpole in every group of Ancient Tadpoles.

Zhou Wen specifically targeted the Dark Gold Ancient Tadpoles in a bid to have more Companion Eggs drop, but after killing more than ten of them, no Companion Egg dropped. Zhou Wen had already arrived near the waterfall and was about to continue searching when he realized that there was an especially huge Ancient Tadpole in the pool beneath the waterfall.

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Chapter 787: Mythical Tadpole

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The tadpole was more than a meter long, and its head was dozens of centimeters in diameter. When it wriggled its tail, it stirred the water, creating tiny whirlpools.

Its color was relatively light and wasn't as black as the Legendary Ancient Tadpoles, nor was it similar to the dark-gold colors of the Dark Gold Epic Ancient Tadpoles. It was a light gray color that leaned towards white.

When Zhou Wen saw it, it had already discovered the Electric Eel. With a flick of its tail, it tore through the waves like a torpedo and rapidly slammed into the Electric Eel.

The Electric Eel launched an electric current attack, but when the electric current struck the huge tadpole, it didn't cause it to explode.

Boom!

The giant tadpole slammed into the Electric Eel against the electric current's surge. Then, Zhou Wen saw a terrifying explosion detonate the ancient tadpoles in the valley.

The explosion of the giant tadpole was already terrifying, and the tiny tadpoles that were produced from the explosion slammed into the other Epic and Legendary tadpoles, causing a chain reaction.

Zhou Wen realized that something was amiss. He condensed a protective Essence Energy Skill to resist the explosion, but the terrifying explosion blasted apart the blood-colored avatar's protective Essence Energy. The armor was also penetrated as the tadpoles that burrowed into his body exploded again. After a series of explosions, the blood-colored avatar died.

Isn't this explosion a little too powerful? Zhou Wen was somewhat alarmed. The tadpole was clearly a Mythical existence. The explosion caused it to split and explode again, causing all the Ancient Tadpoles in the valley to explode. Unless it was a Mythical creature with extremely powerful defense, it was impossible to withstand the blast.

After respawning, Zhou Wen knew better. He didn't enter the valley himself and summoned Tyrant Behemoth to charge into the valley where the Mythical tadpole was.

Soon, Zhou Wen heard a chain of explosions outside the valley. The explosion sent water splattering everywhere, and the water level in the valley outside rose significantly.

The explosion lasted for quite some time before it finally stopped. Zhou Wen roughly counted that there were nine highly intense explosions. It was likely that the Mythical tadpole had experienced nine splits and explosions.

Notifications of various Ancient Tadpoles' deaths had already flooded the game screen. The last message was especially eye-catching.

'Killed Mythical Creature, Ancient Splitting Tadpole. Discovered Companion Egg.'

Zhou Wen entered the valley and saw Tyrant Behemoth standing in the water, covered in wounds. He was somewhat astounded.

Despite using Absolute Strength, Tyrant Behemoth had still been injured from the blast. Although it was only slightly injured, the Ancient Splitting Tadpole's self-destruction power was extremely terrifying.

The Companion Egg had dropped into the water. Apart from the Mythical Companion Egg, there were many dimensional crystals and tiny Companion Eggs scattered everywhere in the water. They were likely left behind by the Legendary and Epic tadpoles.

Zhou Wen picked up the Mythical Companion Egg and chose to hatch it.

Soon, the Mythical Ancient Splitting Tadpole appeared in his pet column. It looked no different from before.

Ancient Splitting Tadpole: Mythical

Life Providence: Split

Life Soul: Combine

Wheel of Destiny: Parasitizing Death

Strength: 81

Speed: 76

Constitution: 77

Essence Energy: 81

Talent Skill: Self-detonation

Companion Form: Grenade

The Ancient Splitting Tadpole's attributes were already rather terrifying. Two attributes had reached the top 81 points, but he didn't know what kind of ability Parasitizing Death was.

However, just the nine splits and self-destruct abilities were rather terrifying. To be able to injure Tyrant Behemoth while it had Absolute Strength activated meant extreme potency.

It's a pity that once the Ancient Splitting Tadpole self-destructs nine times, it will really die. It can't be used randomly outside the game, but I don't need to have such qualms in-game.

Zhou Wen thought of Explosive Fiend Man, who also had the ability to self-destruct. His self-destruction was even more ruthless. He could only self-destruct once before dying. He didn't even have a second chance.

The Splitting Tadpole could self-destruct at least nine times. As long as it didn't self-destruct nine times in a row, it wouldn't really die. Controlling it allowed him to use it in reality.

I wonder if I can fuse Splitting Tadpole with Explosive Fiend Man. If Explosive Fiend Man also has such a splitting ability... Zhou Wen didn't dare continue thinking.

Just the thought of the Explosive Fiend Man self-destructing, splitting into small Explosive Fiend Men, and then exploding everywhere made his scalp tingle.

Looking at the compatibility between Explosive Fiend Man and Splitting Tadpole, he realized that it was only a pitiful 24%. If it was a fusion, the chances of failure were nearly 80%.

Although they both have similar self-destruction abilities, it looks like the two aren't the same type. Zhou Wen had no choice but to dismiss the idea of fusion.

He reached a dead-end in the Valley of No Return with no way to go further, so Zhou Wen had no choice but to retreat to the fork and walk towards the valley on the right to see what was inside.

The valley on the right was completely different from the valley on the left. After entering the valley on the right, the temperature suddenly dropped. After taking a few steps, frost and snow appeared on the ground.

The valley on the right was a snow valley. The deeper he went, the thicker the snow became. After taking a few steps, the phone screen suddenly turned black. The blood-colored avatar had died for some reason.

From the looks of it, there's a problem with the snow. Zhou Wen roughly understood the problem, but to be able to make his Hell King Life Soul fail to discover the problem, the things in the snow had to be extremely extraordinary.

Just as he was about to drip his blood to revive and continue grinding in the Valley of No Return, he suddenly heard Gu Shanshui say, "We've reached the end of the Flower River. We'll reach the periphery of Chiang Rai in another ten kilometers."

"Before the dimensional storms, this area was situated at the borders of three countries—the famous Golden Triangle. In the past, it was chaotic, and it's not any better now. Not only are there many dimensional zones, but there are also all sorts of evil Essence Energy Arts. Gu, Kuman Thong, voodoo, witchcraft, Buddhist scriptures, and the other districts' Essence Energy Arts which can be seen here. It's messy. Furthermore, there are all sorts of people here. It's very easy for something to happen. You have to be careful here. It's best you don't eat anything randomly or take anything from others."

Gu Shanshui paused for a moment before continuing, "Chiang Rai is in this area. Now, there are three most famous families in Chiang Rai. The biggest one is the Xiao family. The Xiao family isn't only proficient in Buddha plaques and Kuman Thong, but they also have deep attainments in Gu and voodoo magic. Rumor has it that they have a Mythical Kuman Thong that's extremely powerful. Anyone who offends this family ends up in a terrible state."

Zhou Wen was puzzled and asked, "Isn't Kuman Thong a Life Soul?"

Gu Shanshui explained, "Kuman Thong was originally witchcraft that nurtured spirit babies. There were Heaven Babies, Earth Babies, and Man Babies. After the dimensional storms, someone used the method of raising Kuman Thong to obtain a quick Life Soul. They used the Kuman Thong they nurtured as their Life Souls."

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Chapter 788: Unexpected Reunion

With Gu Shanshui leading the way, they quickly arrived at Chiang Rai.

Gu Shanshui found them a place to stay. The place he wanted to go was near Chiang Rai.

Chiang Rai and Mong Hsat were a little different. There were many people like Gu Shanshui who had tattoos and Buddha plaques.

After dinner, Li Mobai, Butterfly, and company went out to stroll around Chiang Rai. Zhou Wen stayed put, having no intention of heading out.

As Chiang Rai's dimensional zones weren't in the city, he wouldn't be able to see them even if he went out.

Gu Shanshui came to Zhou Wen's room and said, "Mr. Zhou, we are going to catch the Corpse Bug tomorrow. There are some things we need to make clear today to prevent any future trouble."

"Master Gu, please speak." Zhou Wen let him in.

"The place where I'm going to catch the Corpse Bug is called Dragon Corpse River. Legend has it that a dragon died there, its veracity unknown. However, Dragon Corpse Valley is extremely dangerous. The Gu inside are at least at the Epic stage. Occasionally, there will be Mythical Gu appearing. Even the Dugu family has to be careful when entering Dragon Corpse Valley."

After pausing for a moment, Gu Shanshui continued, "The Corpse Bug I want to capture is in the most dangerous area of Dragon Corpse River. There are many taboos inside. Furthermore, that Corpse Bug is very special. I suspect that the corpse worm is a Mythical Gu born inside the dragon corpse. When the time comes, even with the help of the phoenix divine bird, I'm afraid it won't be easy for us to subdue it. You mustn't be careless."

Following that, Gu Shanshui took out a self-made map and explained the details to Zhou Wen.

There weren't many people who knew of the existence of the Corpse Bug. Furthermore, it wasn't an easy task to lure it out. It required some special methods.

Gu Shanshui explained his plan and means in detail so that Zhou Wen could help him when the time came.

"Mr. Zhou, only the two of us know the secret of the Corpse Bug. You mustn't leak it out. Otherwise, others will definitely vie for it," Gu Shanshui exhorted.

"Master Gu, don't worry. My mouth is sealed," Zhou Wen said.

"That's good. I won't disturb your rest any further, Mr. Zhou." Gu Shanshui bade farewell and left.

Zhou Wen continued grinding as the nine black dragons in the Zhuolu underground sea respawned. Zhou Wen farmed the nine dragons again.

Due to his previous experience, the operation went very smoothly. After killing the black dragon with the Wu dragon pearl, the other eight black dragons immediately became disunited, allowing Zhou Wen's Companion Beasts to slaughter them.

When he was slaughtering the sixth black dragon, Zhou Wen heard a chime as a black Companion Egg dropped.

A Companion Egg! Zhou Wen was overjoyed as he turned invisible and picked it up to check its stats.

Demon Blood True Dragon (Kun): Mythical

Life Providence: Demon Dragon Bloodline (Incomplete)

Life Soul: Kun Dragon (Incomplete)

Wheel of Destiny: Dragon Domain (Incomplete)

Strength: 80

Speed: 80

Constitution: 80

Essence Energy: 80

Talent Skill: Dragon Breath, Demon Dragon Transformation, Demon Dragon True Body, Dragon Wrath

Companion Form: Dragon Scale Armor (Incomplete)

Why are there so many incomplete traits? Zhou Wen couldn't help but feel greatly disappointed when he saw the Demon Blood True Dragon. Its Life Providence, Life Soul, Wheel of Destiny, and Companion Form were all incomplete. Its stats were only 80.

Could it be that I have to gather all nine black dragons to unleash the power of the Demon Blood True Dragon? Zhou Wen hatched the Demon Blood True Dragon and summoned it in its companion form.

Although the Dragon Scale Armor was incomplete, it covered the blood-colored avatar's entire body. It was impossible to tell what was missing.

Regardless, I finally have a Mythical armor. Zhou Wen looked at the black Dragon Scale Armor on the blood-colored avatar. It looked like its defense was pretty good.

Just as Zhou Wen was sizing up the Dragon Scale Armor, he suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from the nearby corridor.

"Old Worm, are you sure you are up to the task?"

"Of course. This was an accident. The next time I take you there, I'll definitely be able to capture that Mythical Gu."

"I don't know how many times I've heard that. Can't you say something new?"

"Don't worry. I have my own plans. You should have trust in your master."

"Don't say that. You're not my master yet."

"It's only a matter of time."

"I really wonder if you are from the Dugu family. What's so hard about capturing a Mythical Gu. If it wasn't for Mi'er being so beautiful and not looking like a bad person, I would have suspected that you are a cheat."

Worm Dugu and Li Xuan? Zhou Wen listened carefully and immediately knew who the two people were.

Zhou Wen hurriedly opened the door and walked out. Indeed, he saw Worm Dugu and Li Xuan talking as they walked, preparing to enter the room.

"Li Xuan," Zhou Wen hurriedly called out to him.

"Zhou Wen? Why are you here?" Li Xuan was surprised and delighted when he saw Zhou Wen. He ran over and wrapped his arm around Zhou Wen's shoulder. "As expected of my good brother. You came to me because you were worried after hearing that I had come to the South District, right?"

"You aren't a chick. Why would I be worried? I came here because I had something to do in Chiang Rai. I didn't know you were here," Zhou Wen said.

"Brother, you need to work on your words. They hurt my young heart, do you get it?" Li Xuan held his chest with his hand as he wore a stifled expression of heartache.

Zhou Wen ignored him and continued, "Your brother is here.

After Zhou Wen said that, he couldn't help but be taken aback.

Originally, Li Mobai hadn't needed to come to Chiang Rai, but he had followed. Zhou Wen wondered if he knew that Li Xuan was there.

However, after some thought, it didn't seem likely. No one knew where Li Xuan had gone with Worm Dugu.

When Li Xuan heard that Li Mobai had come, the smile on his face vanished as his expression turned solemn.

"What's he doing here?" Li Xuan asked.

Zhou Wen recounted how Li Mobai had invited him to the Valley of No Return to find the Guardian cocoon. When Li Xuan heard that Li Mobai had failed to make a contract, his expression darkened.

From the looks of it, he was still very concerned about Li Mobai transferring his Life Soul to him.

"By the way, there's something else I need to tell you." Zhou Wen wanted to tell Li Xuan about Xia Jiuhuang. It was very likely that Li Xuan's eldest brother was Xia Jiuhuang's victim.

Now that Xia Jiuhuang was dead, this matter had nothing to do with the Xia family. There was no need for Li Xuan to risk his life against the Xia family.

"Eldest disciple, have you thought it through and specially come to take me as your master?" Worm Dugu walked over and said with a smile as he sized up the chick on Zhou Wen's shoulder.

"No," Zhou Wen answered.

"Ahem, don't be shy. Li Xuan has already agreed to be my disciple. However, I handle matters in a very clear manner. I took a fancy to you first. You are my eldest disciple. This seniority cannot be messed up," Worm Dugu said without a change in expression.

Zhou Wen was somewhat puzzled. Worm Dugu, who had wanted to acknowledge him as his master, suddenly changed his attitude and turned hostile.

"Don't spout nonsense. I didn't agree to be your disciple. You have to beat me in a bet. Perhaps if you lose the bet, you will have to take me as your master in the future? When that happens, you will have to call Old Zhou Uncle-Master," Li Xuan said with a twitch of his lips.

"What's going on?" Zhou Wen was puzzled.

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Chapter 789: Gu God's Reincarnation

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Worm Dugu beat him to it and said, "I think Li Xuan's talent is passable, so I plan on taking him in as a disciple. You should also consider it. It's not too late to regret being my eldest disciple."

Zhou Wen immediately understood what was going on. Li Xuan's Life Soul had fused with Li Mobai's Evil King Gu, so he had some Gu characteristics.

Worm Dugu must have taken a fancy to this point, so he wanted to take Li Xuan in as his disciple.

However, Li Xuan and Zhou Wen were good friends. Worm Dugu was afraid that Li Xuan would find it embarrassing if he knew that he wanted to acknowledge Zhou Wen as his master. Therefore, he refused to acknowledge him any further.

"Cut it out. I wonder who stood in front of Zhou Wen's dorm back then, claiming to be looking for his master." Li Xuan curled his lips and said, "Don't worry. I, Li Xuan, am a man of my word. As long as you can beat me in a bet, I'll definitely acknowledge you as my master. However, if you lose..."

To Zhou Wen's surprise, Li Xuan already knew that Worm Dugu wanted to acknowledge him as his master.

"Stop. It's impossible for me to lose," Worm Dugu immediately said.

Zhou Wen asked Li Xuan what was going on and Li Xuan explained the situation in detail. Only then did Zhou Wen know why Worm Dugu had persuaded Li Xuan to come to the South District.

After Zhou Wen left, Worm Dugu happened to bump into Li Xuan, who was taking something from Zhou Wen's place. The two sides had a verbal clash. Worm Dugu wanted to use his Gu to deal with Li Xuan, but his Gu didn't dare approach Li Xuan. This left Worm Dugu alarmed.

After many tests, Worm Dugu realized that Li Xuan's Life Soul was the nemesis of Gu.

Raising a phoenix was also to restrain Gu. As for Li Xuan himself, he could restrain all sorts of Gu. With such talent, Worm Dugu was tempted to make Li Xuan his disciple and learn how to rear Gu from him.

Li Xuan obviously wasn't willing but Worm Dugu didn't give up. He showed Li Xuan the magical effects of many Gu and even said that he wanted to help Li Xuan capture Mythical Gu.

Li Xuan was truly tempted when he saw the strange and magical abilities of the Gu. However, because Worm Dugu had wanted to take Zhou Wen as his master, Li Xuan wasn't too willing to be Worm Dugu's disciple. Therefore, he made a bet with Worm Dugu.

If Worm Dugu could capture the famous Ice Silkworm Gu King, Li Xuan would agree to be his disciple and learn how to rear Gu from him. The Ice Silkworm Gu King would be Worm Dugu's greeting gift to his disciple.

If Worm Dugu couldn't capture the Ice Silkworm Gu King, he would have to take Li Xuan as his master and teach him how to rear Gu.

Regardless of the outcome, Li Xuan won't suffer a loss. For Worm Dugu to be willing to suffer such a huge loss, does he really think highly of Li Xuan, or does he have other motives? Zhou Wen thought to himself, momentarily unsure.

"If not for someone causing trouble, I would have long captured the Ice Silkworm Gu King and taken him in as a disciple," said Worm Dugu.

Li Xuan curled his lips and said disdainfully, "If someone hadn't barged in and diverted the attention of the Ice Silkworm Gu King, we would probably have died there. To think you call yourself the number one expert in Gu rearing in the South District. How embarrassing."

Li Xuan recounted what had happened. Originally, Worm Dugu had taken Li Xuan to capture the Ice Silkworm Gu King with the intention of using Li Xuan's Life Soul to restrain the Ice Silkworm Gu King. With his abilities, he could capture it in one fell swoop.

However, to their surprise, the Ice Silkworm King Gu wasn't just one, but two. Just as they were about to succeed in trapping one Ice Silkworm King Gu, another Ice Silkworm King Gu suddenly appeared, catching Worm Dugu off guard. The two of them nearly died there.

Thankfully, at that time, there was a group of people who wanted to capture the Ice Silkworm Gu King as well. They diverted the attention of one of the Ice Silkworm Gu Kings, allowing them to escape.

"Now, that group of people is still setting up a trap to capture the Ice Silkworm Gu Kings. I think they have more tricks up their sleeves than this old man. I reckon they have most likely succeeded," Li Xuan said.

"Bullsh*t. Do you think it's that easy to capture the Ice Silkworm King Gu? With those few useless bums from the Xiao family, they won't be able to capture the Ice Silkworm King Gu even if they were given another ten years. It's more like they will all die there," Worm Dugu shouted as he jumped.

"The Xiao family? Which Xiao family?" Zhou Wen's heart stirred as he asked Worm Dugu.

"Which Xiao family could it be? Only in a small place like Chiang Rai can the Xiao family stand firm," Worm Dugu said disdainfully.

"I heard that the Xiao family is very powerful. Not only are they good at nurturing Gu, but they also use black magic and Kuman Thong. The Xiao family also has a Mythical-level Kuman Thong..." Zhou Wen said.

Worm Dugu seemed to view the Xiao family with great contempt. When he heard that, he pulled at his beard and said, "There are many bigwigs who know black magic, Kuman Thong, and Buddha plaques in the South District. The Xiao family doesn't even rank high. They were able to gain a foothold in Companion Beast not because of their excellent techniques, but because they don't abide by the rules and are ruthless. Do you know how the Xiao family's Mythical Companion Beasts came about?"

"How did it come about?" Zhou Wen and Li Xuan looked curiously at Worm Dugu.

"More than twenty years ago, there was a family in Chiang Rai. The couple raised Gu and they were rather famous in the South District. They raised Gu, but they never harmed others with them. Later, the wife got pregnant. Ever since she got pregnant, wild Gu often appeared around her house. Those Gu only guarded outside her house, but not a single Gu entered. It was as if they were guarding something. The closer to the wife's delivery date, the more Gu appeared around her house. There were even Mythical Gu."

After taking a deep breath, Worm Dugu continued, "Back then, everyone said that the child the wife was carrying was the reincarnation of the Gu God. That was why she attracted all the Gu to protect her. Although the Gu wouldn't harm them, they caused a lot of trouble for the neighbors nearby. Therefore, the couple had no choice but to move to a remote place to live. Not long after, someone discovered that the couple had died tragically at home. The wife's abdomen had been sliced open and the baby was nowhere to be seen."

Zhou Wen and Li Xuan felt their blood run cold when they heard that. They heard Worm Dugu continue, "Most people believe that the Gu harmed the couple and took away their child. However, a member of our Dugu family had a good relationship with the couple. According to him, the head of the Xiao family had a good relationship with the couple. When he went to meet the couple, he even met the head of the Xiao family. Furthermore, more than a year after the couple died, the Xiao family produced a powerful Kuman Thong. Furthermore, ever since then, the Xiao family, who originally only knew Kuman Thong and black magic, began to rear Gu. Don't you think it's too much of a coincidence?"

"It does sound like a coincidence, but it might not be related. Does your Dugu family have any evidence?" Li Xuan asked.

"If there was evidence, we would have wiped out the Xiao family long ago. How could we let them live until now? However, I think that the matter was most likely done by the Xiao family," said Worm Dugu.

Zhou Wen felt that Worm Dugu's words made sense. Although he didn't know much about the Xiao family, he had seen Xiao Si before and knew how ruthless he was. He was definitely capable of such a thing.

Wait a minute. The Xiao family wants Wang Chan. Don't tell me they want to use her to cultivate Kuman Thong? Zhou Wen hurriedly asked Worm Dugu. "Do you need a baby to refine Kuman Thong? Can older people be refined into Kuman Thong?"

"Typically, children between the ages of 0 and 12 can be used to create Earth Babies and Man Babies. That was the method of the past, but the method now is even crueler." Worm Dugu didn't elaborate.

"From 0 to 12 years old?" Zhou Wen thought for a moment. Wang Chan seemed to be around 11 or 12 years old. Furthermore, she had the Goddess of Misfortune Life Providence, making her extraordinary.

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Chapter 790: Dragon Corpse River

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"If an eleven- or twelve-year-old child has already condensed a Life Providence and it's very special, will it be helpful in refining a Kuman Thong?" Zhou Wen asked again.

"I'm not too sure about that. After all, I specialize in nurturing Gu, and I only know the basics regarding Kuman Thong. You should ask a professional," said Worm Dugu.

Zhou Wen chatted with them for a while before bidding them farewell. He wanted to figure out if Wang Chan's Life Providence would affect Kuman Thong.

After knocking on the door of Gu Shanshui, Zhou Wen roughly recounted the matter, but he didn't mention the Xiao family or Wang Chan.

"Apart from Heaven Babies, Earth Babies and Man Babies are actually unorthodox. Typically, fetuses that die early or were aborted are used to make Earth Babies and Man Babies. This way, the resentment will be greater and the spirituality will be stronger. Babies that are born will have weaker spirituality as they grow older. The older they are, the more unsuitable they are as Kuman Thong. Twelve years old is the theoretical limit, but very few people would really use such an old child to make Kuman Thong. Unless the child is very special and possesses a special Life Providence, it can be used to make some special evil Kuman Thong or Kuman Nee..."

After hearing Gu Shanhe's explanation, Zhou Wen was even more certain that the reason the Xiao family wanted Wang Chan was likely related to the refinement of Kuman Thong.

If that's the case, this Xiao family really deserves death. Zhou Wen was somewhat furious.

Zhou Wen planned on visiting the Xiao family after returning from the Dragon Corpse River to see if they really had such plans. If they really had such plans, Zhou Wen didn't mind helping Wang Chan eliminate future troubles. It was also considered returning a favor to Wang Lu.

When Li Mobai returned, Zhou Wen told him that Li Xuan was also here. Li Mobai said indifferently that it had nothing to do with him before returning to his room.

The next morning, Zhou Wen, Gu Shanshui, Li Mobai, and company headed to Dragon Corpse River. As for Li Xuan and Worm Dugu, they had to make some preparations before catching the Ice Silkworm Gu King.

"People without the ability should just stay at home and await death. Why do you have to come out and court death?" Li Mobai said coldly as Zhou Wen and company parted ways with Li Xuan.

Li Xuan didn't say a word as he left with Worm Dugu.

Zhou Wen didn't know what to say. All he could do was pretend not to hear as he walked ahead with Gu Shanshui.

The Dragon Corpse River got its name because of a dragon dying in the river.

Before the dimensional storms, this was only a legend. No one had really seen a dragon corpse or dragon bones. However, after the dimensional storms, the Dragon Corpse River became a dimensional zone with many taboos.

For example, after entering the Dragon Corpse River, one absolutely could not touch the water of the Dragon Corpse River. Otherwise, one would become a zombie.

There was also the taboo of not being able to fly over Dragon Corpse River and not being able to drip blood in it. Also, women who were on their period could not enter the Dragon Corpse River.

Therefore, Zhou Wen and company could only enter the Dragon Corpse River by boat. The boat they were on was purchased by Gu Shanshui from a nearby family. According to Gu Shanshui, the materials on the boat had been specially processed. Gu didn't like the smell of the wood on the boat and typically wouldn't approach it.

"Li, the Dragon Corpse River is very dangerous. Are you sure you want to join us?" Before boarding the ship, Gu Shanshui asked Li Mobai again.

"With Zhou Wen around, it won't be too dangerous. Just treat it as me broadening my horizons," Li Mobai said with a smile.

Gu Shanshui didn't say anything else and led everyone onto the boat. They left the riverbank and headed upstream of the Dragon Corpse River.

The Dragon Corpse River wasn't very large, but the moment the ship left the riverbank, it felt extremely wide. Furthermore, there was a thick fog over the surface of the river. If it wasn't for someone with experience like Gu Shanshui, it would have been very easy to lose one's way in the fog.

Zhou Wen originally wanted to help Gu Shanshui row the boat, but Gu Shanshui told him that on the Dragon Corpse River, the eyes could be fooled. He needed to sense where the Corpse Bug was, so only he could row the boat himself.

After the boat entered the fog, Gu Shanshui took out a container made of clay. He filled the container with river water before placing the container at the bow. Finally, he took out a Gu that looked like a loach and placed it inside.

Zhou Wen wasn't in the mood to game in such a place. He kept his mind focused as Truth Listener constantly scanned his surroundings to prevent any possible danger.

Zhou Wen used Truth Listener to sense that there were many dimensional creatures swimming in the nearby waters. However, they didn't approach the wooden boat. It was unknown if it was thanks to the wooden boat or the Gu placed in the clay jar.

The wooden boat slowly rowed across the dark river. Zhou Wen and company abided by the Dragon Corpse River's taboos, so there wasn't any danger.

As the wooden boat slowly sailed, Zhou Wen suddenly felt cold sweat drip down his back. A terrifying palpitation made his heart pound.

With Truth Listener's ability, Zhou Wen realized that at the bottom of the Dragon Corpse River, there seemed to be a huge shadow staring at them.

Plop... Plop... The Gu in the clay jar suddenly jumped as though it had been startled, making Gu Shanshui's expression turn solemn.

Gu Shanshui grabbed the Gu from the clay container and placed it into the river. The Gu swam desperately into the distance, but before it could swim far, it suddenly vanished, leaving only ripples on the river surface.

When the Gu vanished, Gu Shanshui heaved a sigh of relief.

The wooden boat slowly rowed, but the shadow at the bottom of the river was too huge. After rowing for more than ten minutes, the wooden boat still remained above the shadow, unable to row away from it.

Zhou Wen's mind was tense. He didn't dare use Truth Listener to scan the shadow, afraid that he would alarm it. If the wooden boat were to capsize, Zhou Wen wasn't afraid of his safety, but the others on the boat would probably die.

Thankfully, the shadow didn't move. Ever since it ate the Gu, it had only been watching them from the bottom of the river. After rowing for more than half an hour, the wooden boat finally rowed out of the shadow's range.

Zhou Wen secretly heaved a sigh of relief when the feeling of being watched vanished. I wonder what's at the bottom of the river? Could it really be a dragon? However, it feels different from the dragons I've seen in the past. Its aura is completely different.

Zhou Wen didn't wish to cause trouble in such a place. It was naturally best if he didn't need to fight.

After rowing for about four or five hours, a small island appeared on the river in front of them. The island was at most the size of a soccer field. On it was a small mountain that was less than a hundred meters tall. It was a typical volcano. In addition, large amounts of thick fog spewed out from the volcanic crater—probably the source of the thick fog over the river.

"There it is. The Corpse Bug is in the volcano. After we reach the mountain, I'll lure the Corpse Bug out. Mr. Zhou, please follow the plan." Gu Shanshui steered the wooden boat to the bank and got everyone to the shore.

Zhou Wen already knew of Gu Shanshui's plan. All he needed to do was wait by the side. After the Corpse Bug was lured out by Gu Shanshui, he would take action.

Gu Shanshui got everyone to stay at the foot of the mountain. He only took Gu Lou and Gu He up the mountain. They practically crawled forward. When they arrived at the volcanic crater, they took out some small bottles that they had prepared. Every once in a while, they would pour a bottle of yellow liquid into the volcanic crater.

Zhou Wen had heard from Gu Shanshui that the liquid was called Corpse Oil. It was extracted from corpses. Only by using it could one lure the Corpse Bug out of the volcano.

This was something that required extreme patience. After seven to eight hours and pouring more than a hundred bottles of Corpse Oil, there was finally movement inside the volcano.

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Chapter 791: Battling the Corpse Bug

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Zhou Wen and company heard the splattering sounds coming from the volcanic crater.

After Gu Shanshui and company heard the sound, they slowly retreated from the volcanic crater. As they retreated, they poured Corpse Oil on the ground, forming a thin line.

Soon, the trio retreated and hid behind the rocks with Zhou Wen and company.

A commotion at the volcanic crater soon happened as a bug crawled out.

"Isn't this a horned beetle?" Zhou Wen sized up the bug from afar and saw that it looked like a horned beetle. It had a black carapace and a split horn on its head.

The worm crawled out bit by bit and crawled down towards the Corpse Oil, licking it clean.

Seeing the bug slowly climb down, Gu Shanshui's expression turned solemn. Gu Lou and Gu He also looked very nervous.

Gu Shanshui looked at Zhou Wen who nodded slightly. In response, Gu Shanshui took out a metal container. It looked like a furnace and also like a tripod. It was an unknown item.

While the Corpse Bug was still licking the Corpse Oil, Gu Shanshui placed the metal container in a crack in the rocks. Then, he poured in dozens of bottles of Corpse Oil, almost filling the metal container.

The smell of the Corpse Oil immediately attracted the attention of the bug. It spread its translucent wings and flew towards the metal container.

It landed on the edge of the metal container and extended its head to suck the Corpse Oil inside.

The container was a little deep. After the bug finished half of it, it couldn't reach the Corpse Oil below. All it could do was crawl into the container.

"Now." Gu Shanshui immediately gestured for Zhou Wen to take action as he ran towards the metal container.

Zhou Wen got the chick to fly over and land on the edge of the container.

When the Corpse Bug saw the chick, it wasn't as afraid as ordinary Gu. It immediately bared its fangs and brandished its claws to confront the chick. However, it could be seen that it was still somewhat afraid of the chick and didn't immediately charge out from the inside.

While it was hesitating, Gu Shanshui had already rushed to the metal container. He held the lid in one hand and sprinkled some unknown powder into the container with the other. Then, he covered the container with a click.

Gu Shanshui pressed down on the metal container with one hand and wrapped a red rope around it with the other, trying to tie it up.

The metal container suddenly shook violently. Zhou Wen summoned Tyrant Behemoth and got it to help him hold down the lid.

With Tyrant Behemoth's help, the metal container immediately stopped shaking. However, there were continuous clangs coming from inside.

Gu Shanshui didn't care much. He wrapped a red rope around the metal container several times.

According to Gu Shanshui's plan, he had already trapped the Corpse Bug. All he needed to do was bring it back and slowly tame it.

However, to his surprise, there was a cracking sound coming from the metal container. Gu Shanshui's expression changed drastically as he knew that something was amiss. He immediately stopped and threw the metal container out.

The metal container exploded in midair, and the red string snapped inch by inch. The Corpse Bug flew out and bared its fangs and brandished its claws. It opened its mouth and spat out a mouthful of thick fog that swept towards Gu Shanshui.

"Quickly retreat. That's corpse fog," Gu Shanshui shouted and quickly retreated. At the same time, he summoned dozens of strange Gu.

After the Gu came out, they tried their best to absorb the corpse fog, but they died after absorbing a little.

The chick let out a strange cry and spat out a mouthful of golden flames. When the golden flames met the corpse fog, the corpse fog immediately burned and was reduced to nothing.

The chick also charged at the Corpse Bug and pecked at it.

However, to everyone's surprise, the Corpse Bug was even faster than the chick. With a flap of its wings, its horn slammed into the chick, sending it flying. The chick landed on the ground and rolled far away before stopping.

Ever since it was born, the chick had never suffered such a huge loss. It flew up as though it was enraged. It spat out large amounts of golden flames at the Corpse Bug, wanting to burn it to death.

The Corpse Bug seemed to be a little afraid of the golden flames. It didn't dare touch them as it flapped its wings to dodge the golden flames and flew towards the retreating Gu Shanshui.

From the looks of it, the Corpse Bug's intelligence wasn't low. It knew the principle of bullying the weak and fearing the strong.

Gu Shanshui hurriedly summoned his Gu to face the Corpse Bug, but when his Gu touched the Corpse Bug's corpse fog, they immediately fell to the ground and died twitching. His efforts were futile.

Zhou Wen watched from the side and realized that the corpse fog spewed out by the Corpse Bug wasn't a poisonous fog, but a mass of bacteria or viruses.

Once the bacteria and virus entered the Gu's bodies, even the Gu couldn't take it and quickly died.

Those bacterial viruses should also be considered Gu, right? This Corpse Bug is basically a parent body of Gu. Just a mouthful of mist from it contains a massive number of Gu. Apart from the chick's flames that can restrain it, it's really difficult for others to deal with it. Zhou Wen saw the chick fly over and spew out golden flames that burned the corpse fog away.

Zhou Wen didn't let Tyrant Behemoth charge forward. Although Tyrant Behemoth was very powerful, it was too huge. No one knew what would happen if it inhaled the bacteria in the corpse fog.

Corpse Bug was the first Gu that dared to fight the chick, but it was still very afraid of the chick's golden flames. It didn't dare to be touched by the golden flames. It used its speed to constantly change its position, wanting to rush over and bite the chick.

The chick wasn't as fast as it was, but its flight trajectory was very strange. Zhou Wen watched for a while before his eyes widened. This fellow's flight trajectory looked like his Transcendent Flying Immortal.

Damn it. A bird actually learned my Transcendent Flying Immortal movement technique? Zhou Wen was dumbfounded.

The chick used Transcendent Flying Immortal and was actually on par with the Corpse Bug. Its golden flames failed to hit the Corpse Bug, and the Corpse Bug failed to touch it.

"Master Gu, do you have a Plan B?" Zhou Wen asked Gu Shanshui while the Corpse Bug was fighting the chick.

He had many Companion Beasts on him, so it wasn't impossible for them to kill the Corpse Bug. However, it was meaningless for him to kill it since Gu Shanshui wanted it alive.

"Even the Gu flask made of Pure Essence Gold and the Blood Thread Rope made from Blood Thread Gu can't trap it. It's useless even if I have a way to lure it over." Gu Shanshui shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Upon hearing those words, Zhou Wen recalled something. He took out the calabash and handed it to Gu Shanshui. "Try and see if you can use this to trap the Corpse Bug."

Gu Shanshui knew the origins of the calabash and was overjoyed when he saw it. However, he couldn't find any holes despite flipping the calabash around.

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Chapter 792: Encountering Danger

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"Inject your Essence Energy into it and it will automatically open a hole. However, it doesn't seem to have the ability to control Gu. You must think of a way to get the Gu inside," Zhou Wen said.

Gu Shanshui gave it a try. Indeed, as long as he injected Essence Energy, a gray fog would appear at the top of the calabash, allowing him to put things through the gray fog.

Holding the calabash, Gu Shanshui gritted his teeth and said, "Then we can only risk it."

Gu Shanshui summoned his Golden Child Life Soul and got him to rush at the Corpse Bug with the calabash.

When the Corpse Bug saw the Golden Child, it was like a bee seeing honey. It abandoned the chick and rushed towards the Golden Child as if it wanted to devour him.

Zhou Wen was greatly surprised. He didn't know that the Golden Child Life Soul was that attractive to the Corpse Bug.

Golden Child could also use Essence Energy. It injected its Essence Energy into the calabash and took the opportunity when the Corpse Bug rushed over to store it inside the calabash.

Unfortunately, Golden Child was only an Epic Life Soul. Its speed was much slower than the Corpse Bug. Just as the Corpse Bug's figure flashed, it circled around the calabash and charged at Golden Child's head.

"No good!" Gu Shanshui's expression changed drastically. If his Life Soul was destroyed, it wouldn't be easy to condense another Life Soul.

In particular, his Golden Child Life Soul was also a type of Kuman Thong. However, his was a Heaven Baby and not an unorthodox Earth Baby or Man Baby. It was very rare.

Just as the Corpse Bug was about to slam into the Golden Child's head, a bamboo suddenly slammed into the calabash, tipping the calabash's mouth. It happened to hit the Corpse Bug, causing it to vanish and be stored in the calabash.

Zhou Wen extended his hand and retracted the sheathed Bamboo Blade.

Gu Shanshui was overjoyed as he hurriedly got Golden Child to withdraw his Essence Energy. The gray fog on the calabash vanished without a trace.

A faint sound of a collision came from the calabash. It was likely that the worm had slammed into the calabash and wanted to rush out. However, it didn't seem to show any effects against the calabash.

"Mr. Zhou, it's all thanks to you that I was able to catch the Corpse Bug. I really don't know how to thank you," Gu Shanshui said excitedly.

"I'm just fulfilling my previous promise. Master Gu, don't take it to heart. However, you still have to think of a way to find a container when we return. I still have other uses for this calabash," Zhou Wen said.

"I'll think of a way to resolve it when we get back," Gu Shanshui said hurriedly.

"Congratulations on fulfilling your wish, Master Gu." Li Mobai walked over with Butterfly and Mute, congratulating Gu Shanshui on finally catching the Corpse Bug.

"It's all thanks to you and Mr. Zhou." Gu Shanshui was very happy, but he wasn't blinded by his emotions. "Let's leave Dragon Corpse River now. It's not safe here."

Everyone pushed the wooden boat down the river and rowed back the way they came.

Not long after, Zhou Wen felt that something was amiss.

Previously, when they had come, the Gu in the Dragon Corpse River didn't get too close to the wooden ship. However, when they returned, the nearby Gu slowly approached the wooden boat.

Furthermore, there were more and more of them. If the chick wasn't on the boat, they would have long charged forward.

"Master Gu, something seems amiss," Zhou Wen said to Gu Shanshui.

Gu Shanshui had also noticed the abnormality. He nodded with a heavy expression and said, "It looks like the Gu in Dragon Corpse River are gathering because of the Corpse Bug. However, they don't dare approach because of the divine bird. But..."

With that said, Gu Shanshui paused before continuing, "However, there might be a terrifying creature in Dragon Corpse River. If it is affected like these Gu, even the aura of the divine bird might not be able to intimidate it. When that happens, we will be in big trouble."

Zhou Wen immediately thought of the huge shadow at the bottom of the river when they came.

"Is there any other solution?" Zhou Wen asked.

Gu Shanshui shook his head slightly. "Even the calabash and wooden boat can't block the signal emitted by the Corpse Bug. I'm afraid there's no good solution."

After some hesitation, Gu Shanshui said, "If it really doesn't work, I'll return the Corpse Bug."

Gu Lou and Gu He were alarmed as they hurriedly said, "Master Gu, you can't. You finally caught the Corpse Bug after so much difficulty. This Corpse Bug is too important to you. You shouldn't let it go so easily. Perhaps Dragon Corpse River doesn't have that terrifying creature, or perhaps that creature isn't affected by the Corpse Bug at all..."

Gu Shanshui shook his head and sighed. "I never expected the Corpse Bug to be able to trigger the Gu in Dragon Corpse River. Rearing a Corpse Bug is indeed my wish, but I can't gamble the lives of so many of us. If we were on land, we could still think of a solution, but now, we are on Dragon Corpse River. There are too many taboos here. Once that creature appears, we will definitely die."

With that said, Gu Shanshui prepared to open the calabash and release the Corpse Bug.

Zhou Wen suddenly said, "Master Gu, even if you release the Corpse Bug now, I'm afraid it won't be able to quell the agitation of the Gu in Dragon Corpse River. We've already captured the Corpse Bug. With its intelligence and personality, do you think it will let us leave Dragon Corpse River safely even if we release it?"

Gu Shanshui said with a bitter smile, "I also know that Gu are the most vengeful, but what else can we do?"

Li Mobai said, "Master Gu, I think Zhou Wen is right. Since Gu bear grudges, it's impossible to avoid its revenge whether we release it or not. Why don't we leave it as a hostage... Perhaps there's a chance of leaving Dragon Corpse River."

Gu Shanshui gritted his teeth. "Now that things have come to this, I can only take a gamble. I didn't think things through properly this time, so I made everyone suffer with me. If I don't die today, I'll make amends to everyone in the future."

"We'll talk about those things in the future. Let's do some preparatory work first. Even if there are creatures in Dragon Corpse River that even the divine bird can't stop, we won't be sitting back and doing nothing," Li Mobai said.

They discussed things for a while and began making preparations.

Unfortunately, the range of their activity was limited to the wooden boat. They couldn't leave the wooden boat and fly into the sky, nor could they touch the water. They couldn't even be injured. This was too restrictive for them.

Zhou Wen thought for a moment and summoned the Primordial Spore. He got it to enter the water to probe the situation. No matter how powerful the Gu in the water were, it was difficult to discover such minute Companion Beasts.

After the Primordial Spore entered the water, it followed Zhou Wen's instructions and dived forward.

Everyone did everything they could to ensure that the wooden boat continued forward. More and more Gu gathered in the surrounding waters, and they were getting closer and closer to the wooden boat. They could see the churning water in the distance with their naked eyes. There were all sorts of Gu around them, squeezed together. It was strange and nauseating.

And under Zhou Wen's observation, there was a huge shadow at the bottom of the river approaching the wooden boat.

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Chapter 793: Dragon King Gu

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Gu Shanshui's fears came to live. The huge shadow slowly rose from the bottom of the river.

Due to its arrival, the Gu that were crowding around the wooden boat scrambled to escape and quickly disappeared. The originally calm river surface also had burgeoning layers of waves appear.

With such obvious signs, Li Mobai, Gu Shanshui, and company clearly realized the seriousness of the problem. They stared at the river with heavy expressions.

Splash!

A huge wave pushed the wooden boat to the side. If Gu Shanshui hadn't tried his best to control it, the wooden boat would have capsized.

Li Mobai, Butterfly, and company used their Companion Beasts to block the river water that splashed into the wooden boat. They ensured that the people on the wooden boat wouldn't be drenched by the river water or have the river water fill the boat.

But soon, everyone's eyes were attracted by the scene in front of them. They saw a huge body extend out of the river, staring at them like a god. In front of it, the humans and even the wooden boat were as tiny as ants.

Although most of its body was still in the river, preventing one from seeing its full appearance, just the exposed parts were shocking enough.

It was a dragon, but it wasn't completely one. It had the appearance of a dragon, but its body wasn't made of flesh and blood. It didn't have dragon scales or flesh. It looked like a dragon condensed from coral, making it dazzling and strange.

Zhou Wen had seen many dragons—the white dragon in Old Dragon Cave, the black dragon in the underground sea, Torch Dragon in Torch Dragon temple, and even the western dragons.

However, no dragon could be as strange and beautiful as the dragon in front of him.

The coral-like body's colors changed according to its emotions. It was sometimes as white as jade, sometimes as red as blood, and sometimes rainbow-colored. It was like a huge piece of art.

"Could... Could this be the legendary Dragon King Gu... Heavens... There's no dragon corpse in the Dragon Corpse River... There's actually a Dragon King Gu..." Gu Shanshui's eyes widened as he stared at the gorgeous and terrifying creature in front of him and cried out involuntarily.

Gu Lou and Gu He were even worse off. They collapsed on the boat and even prostrated themselves before the Dragon King Gu.

A person like Zhou Wen who didn't rear Gu might not understand what the Dragon King Gu meant to people who reared them, but Gu Shanshui and company had already lost their fighting spirit from fear. They were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Legend had it that phoenixes were the nemesis of Gu, while dragons produced all the Gu in the world.

Some regions treated dragons as gods. If humans angered the gods, they would mete down punishment with diseases, plagues, and other disasters.

These disasters were actually caused by Gu, and Gu were living beings that parasitized the Dragon God. They would punish humans who did wrong in the Dragon God's stead.

From the point of view of modern humans, Gu were parasites on the Dragon God.

Of course, this was only a legend in a certain region. It was unknown if it was true.

However, in the legends of these regions, if the parasites on the Dragon God's body were extremely powerful, they could turn the situation around, transforming the Dragon God into Gu, then it would form the legendary King of Gu, Dragon King Gu.

This was actually just a local legend. No one had seen a Dragon King Gu before. Even in this era, no one believed that the Gu could really turn the situation and transform the Dragon God into a Gu.

However, this lifeform in front of them undoubtedly possessed the characteristics of dragons and Gu.

It looked like a divine dragon and had a terrifying dragon might, but its body was similar to the structure of coral.

As for the coral itself, it was condensed from many coral worms. The creature in front of them could also be seen as a fusion of countless Gu.

These characteristics were extremely similar to the legendary Dragon King Gu.

Furthermore, ever since this creature, suspected to be the Dragon King Gu, appeared, the Gu on Gu Shanshui, Gu Lou, and Gu He's bodies began trembling. They could no longer move. It was even more terrifying than the chick's suppression.

To people who raised Gu, this was undoubtedly fatal.

The chick stood at the bow and chirped at the Dragon King Gu. It looked extremely ferocious, but Zhou Wen, who knew the chick very well, could tell that it was lacking confidence.

Otherwise, with the chick's personality, it would have spat out phoenix flames and burned the creature in front of it.

The Dragon King Gu stared coldly at the chick and Zhou Wen. It clearly wasn't as afraid of the chick as the other Gu. It didn't even treat the chick as a threat.

Although the chick had the phoenix bloodline, it had yet to fully mature. It could restrain ordinary Gu, but an existence like the Dragon King Gu was not something the chick could match.

Zhou Wen noticed that the Dragon King Gu's gaze was constantly staring at the calabash containing the Corpse Bug. Clearly, it had been attracted by the Corpse Bug.

Gu Shanshui picked up the calabash with trembling hands and offered it to the Dragon King Gu. As a person who nurtured Gu, no one dared to resist the Dragon King Gu because it was the supreme god in his heart.

With a flash, Zhou Wen arrived at the bow and took the calabash from Gu Shanshui. He held it in his hand and looked at the Dragon King Gu.

As he was not a Gu-rearing professional, he did not fear the Dragon King Gu. Furthermore, even if he handed over the Corpse Bug in the calabash, the Dragon King Gu might not let them off.

Roar! The Dragon King Gu seemed to be infuriated by Zhou Wen's actions as it let out a strange roar.

Unlike the dragon's roar that Zhou Wen had heard before, the Dragon King Gu's voice was very strange. It had a strange resonance.

Amidst the roar of the Dragon King Gu, Gu Shanshui and company revealed looks of pain. They wrapped their heads with their hands as though bugs were biting at their brains.

Zhou Wen also felt as though an extremely tiny creature had drilled into his ears and was about to invade his brain.

"This is a Sound Gu that uses sound... Quickly block your ears... Don't listen to that sound..." Gu Shanshui shouted in pain.

In fact, under the effects of Truth Listener and Supreme Hell King Life Soul, Zhou Wen had already discovered the Sound Gu hidden in the sound waves. He used the Supreme Hell King Life Soul's control over his body to seal his hearing and bar the Sound Gu from entry.

"I know you can understand me. Let us leave the Dragon Corpse River and we'll return the Corpse Bug inside to you. If one of us dies, I'll reduce it to ashes," Zhou Wen said to the Dragon King Gu as he raised the calabash in his hand.

The Dragon King Gu was enraged as it spat out dragon breath at Zhou Wen.

The dragon breath was like a tidal wave that looked extremely terrifying.

The chick opened its mouth and spewed out golden flames. When the golden flames came into contact with the dragon breath, although a portion of the dragon breath was burned away, it was suppressed by the dragon breath. The dragon breath was about to blanket the wooden boat.

Gu Shanshui, Gu Lou, and Gu He's faces were ashen. They didn't dare resist at all. Although Li Mobai, Butterfly, and Mute had tried their best to block the dragon breath, their efforts were in vain. Their expressions turned ugly.

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Chapter 794: Tai Sui's Might

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Suddenly, the white chick on Zhou Wen's shoulder flapped its wings and flew in front of the dragon breath. It opened its mouth and sucked in the dragon breath. The dragon breath that filled the sky was sucked into the white chick's mouth, leaving nothing behind.

Gu Shanshui, Butterfly, and company looked at the white chick in a daze. They knew how powerful the chick was and guessed that it was a phoenix descendant.

However, the white-chick form that Tai Sui took on didn't appear too conspicuous. Furthermore, it didn't look like a fire-elemental creature. It couldn't be a descendant of a phoenix.

Furthermore, phoenixes were rare. One was extremely lucky to have one. It was hard to imagine that a person could have two phoenixes.

In addition, Tai Sui usually seemed to be in a daze and didn't move much. Most of the time, it stood motionless on Zhou Wen's shoulder. They didn't pay much attention to the silly white chick, believing that it was only an ordinary Companion Beast at the Epic stage.

However, to their surprise, Tai Sui opened its mouth and swallowed the dragon breath of the Dragon King Gu, as though nothing had happened. They were pleasantly surprised.

Although Tai Sui was powerful, it wasn't really invincible. The main thing was that the dragon breath of the Dragon King Gu was different from real dragon breath.

The dragon breath of the Dragon King Gu was somewhat similar to the corpse fog of the Corpse Bug. It was formed from a large number of miniature Gu, and Tai Sui was the nemesis of these things.

In fact, it wasn't just the dragon breath. Even the Dragon King Gu itself was a complicated microscopic agglomerate. To Tai Sui, the Dragon King Gu's body was a feast.

Tai Sui flapped its wings and charged at the Dragon King Gu. The Dragon King Gu clearly didn't know how powerful Tai Sui was. It opened its mouth and swallowed Tai Sui who was flying towards it.

Everyone was alarmed. They originally thought that the white bird could fight the Dragon King Gu, but to their surprise, it was swallowed in one mouthful.

The Dragon King Gu was the king of all Gu. Its body contained all kinds of microscopic Gu. If one was swallowed by it, they would be invaded by large numbers of Gu. Even a Mythical creature might not be able to withstand it.

But at that moment, Gu Shanshui and company suddenly saw the Dragon King Gu roar at the sky as though it was in extreme pain. Then, they saw a small hole appear in its abdomen. Tai Sui crawled out and pecked at the Dragon King Gu's body.

The Dragon King Gu's body was filled with Gu. Ignoring the fact that it had just been eaten, ordinary creatures would be parasitized by the Gu just by touching it. Even Mythical creatures would probably die tragically.

The white bird's casual pecking at the Dragon King Gu's body was unbelievable.

"Is that really the Dragon King Gu? It can't be fake, right?" Gu Lou had a look of doubt. How could the legendary king of innumerable Gu, Dragon King Gu, be casually eaten by a small white chick?

Tai Sui circled around the Dragon King Gu and pecked at it, leaving holes in its body.

The Dragon King Gu released terrifying dragon breaths and might, but they were useless against Tai Sui. Tai Sui was the nemesis of microscopic creatures. Even Tyrant Behemoth might be parasitized by the Gu on the Dragon King Gu. Even Torch Dragon found it difficult to withstand the Dragon King Gu's power. After all, the Dragon King Gu was transformed from a Gu that devoured a true dragon. It was naturally effective against dragons.

Tai Sui happened to be the nemesis of the Dragon King Gu. No matter how powerful the Dragon King Gu was, it was still pecked by Tai Sui.

Gu Shanshui and the rest watched in a daze as the Dragon King Gu was eaten by the small white chick. In the end, it escaped into the water and tore through the bottom of the river. The legendary king of innumerable Gu had actually escaped just like that.

Tai Sui's body swelled up as it couldn't eat any more. Furthermore, it wasn't fast, so it couldn't catch up to the Dragon King Gu underwater. It flew back and landed on Zhou Wen's shoulder.

Gu Shanshui and company looked at Tai Sui on Zhou Wen's shoulder in surprise. They originally imagined that the chick with the phoenix bloodline was already a god-like existence, but they never expected the nameless, white chick which definitely wasn't a phoenix was even more terrifying. Even the Dragon King Gu could only be trampled by it. It even fled in such a sorry state. It was unbelievable.

Unlike the chick, although Tai Sui looked similar to the chick, it didn't have the aura or ability of a phoenix. Gu Shanshui and Li Mobai couldn't deduce its origins.

Zhou Wen handed the calabash back to Gu Shanshui. "Master Gu, let's leave this place now."

Gu Shanshui didn't reach out to take the calabash. "Mr. Zhou, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't even be alive. How would I have the nerve to take this Corpse Bug? It's best you keep it."

Zhou Wen said with a smile, "I don't know how to tame Gu. What's the point of keeping it? Master Gu, if you feel apologetic, teach me a few Gu nurturing techniques when we return."

"Mr. Zhou, it's my honor that you are willing to learn how to rear Gu from me. I will definitely teach you everything and not hide anything," Gu Shanshui said seriously.

"Let's talk when we get back. This isn't a place to talk," Zhou Wen said as he handed the calabash to Gu Shanshui.

Gu Shanshui didn't decline. After carefully putting away the calabash, he steered the boat towards the exit of Dragon Corpse River.

Zhou Wen looked in the direction the Dragon King Gu had vanished with a strange look in his eyes.

If not for Tai Sui, even with a Mythical Companion Beast, defeating the Dragon King Gu wouldn't be easy. Furthermore, it was very likely that they would be parasitized by the Gu before the battle began.

However, even Tai Sui only managed to injure the Dragon King Gu. The energy contained in its body was too immense. Tai Sui couldn't digest it all.

What caught Zhou Wen's attention was that the Primordial Spore that he had placed in the river had taken the opportunity to enter the Dragon King Gu's body, as though it wanted to parasitize it.

However, Zhou Wen could sense that the Primordial Spore had yet to succeed. Now that it had been taken away by the Dragon King Gu, Zhou Wen could only sense that the Primordial Spore was still alive due to the distance. The connection between them had become very weak. He didn't know how the Primordial Spore was doing in the Dragon King Gu's body.

If I can successfully parasitize it and take the Dragon King Gu for my own, I'll have nothing to be afraid of in the South District, Zhou Wen thought.

Zhou Wen wasn't too worried about the safety of the Primordial Spore. It had an Eternal Immortality Life Providence, so killing it wasn't an easy task.

However, it would take a long time to parasitize a Mythical creature. Zhou Wen couldn't wait for it in Dragon Corpse River, so he could only leave.

Without the threat of the Dragon King Gu, the other Gu were afraid of the chick, so none of them dared to rush over. The group successfully left Dragon Corpse River.

Zhou Wen could also sense the existence of Primordial Spore outside Dragon Corpse River. Although the connection was very weak, it was enough to determine whether Primordial Spore was still alive and its location.

Zhou Wen didn't see any tiny palm symbols along the way and couldn't help but find it a pity. The Dragon Corpse River had no fewer Gu than the Valley of No Return. If he could download it into a game dungeon, it would be a good place to grind. Unfortunately, he couldn't find the tiny palm symbol.

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Chapter 795: Discovered

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After returning to Chiang Rai, he didn't see Li Xuan and Worm Dugu. Presumably, the two of them had yet to return from the Ice Silkworm Gu King's place.

Gu Shanshui wanted to think of a way to get a container to rear the Corpse Bug. Therefore, he returned to Mong Hsat overnight.

Zhou Wen didn't follow Gu Shanshui to Mong Hsat. He decided to get the calabash back at Mong Hsat in a few days.

He chose to stay because he wanted to visit the Xiao family and figure out the matter between Xiao Si and Wang Chan.

Li Mobai also planned on staying in Chiang Rai for a few more days before heading off with Zhou Wen to Mong Hsat.

That night, Zhou Wen used the Invisibility Cloak and headed for the Xiao family. He planned on infiltrating the family to see if he could find out anything.

The Xiao family lived in an exotic manor. Before he arrived, Zhou Wen realized a problem. There were many Gu lurking in the grass on both sides of the road. If it wasn't for Zhou Wen's Supreme Hell King Life Soul and Truth Listener's ability, heightening Zhou Wen's senses, it would be difficult for ordinary people to discover the Gu.

The Xiao family sure is careful. They even planted Gu outside the manor. Zhou Wen didn't know much about Gu, so he didn't know which Gu relied on smell to distinguish the enemy or sound. Therefore, he flew into the manor from the sky to avoid alerting the Gu.

However, after entering the manor, Zhou Wen realized that although the manor's layout was very dense, this was only the periphery of the Xiao family. Behind the manor was a valley which was a dimensional zone. The Xiao family's true headquarters was built in a dimensional zone.

Using Truth Listener's ability to constantly scan the area, he found the various hidden mechanisms and traps of the Xiao family.

With the Xiao family's guards guarding the entrance to the dimensional zone, that was secondary. It was impossible for four Legendary humans to see through Zhou Wen's invisibility.

What caught Zhou Wen's attention was that there was a statue at the entrance of the dimensional zone. The statue looked very odd. It was a Buddha statue, but it was different from the Buddha statue Zhou Wen had seen in Dragon Gate Grotto. Not only did it look ferocious and terrifying, but it also had a vertical eye at its glabella and a strange fork in its hand.

Zhou Wen had never seen such a Buddha statue before, but the statue's carvings were similar to the ones used in Buddhism. A Buddhistic glow was engraved on its back.

Zhou Wen could vaguely sense an aura similar to a Gu Mantong from the Buddha statue.

The Spirit Body's vision is somewhat different from humans. It's not just about the form. It's probably impossible to fool that Buddha statue with ordinary invisibility. Zhou Wen decided to activate the Wheel of Destiny of the Invisibility Cloak and completely conceal his body before entering the dimensional zone.

As expected, the guards and Buddha statues didn't notice him and Zhou Wen successfully entered the valley. The moment he entered, he found it difficult to breathe as though there was no oxygen in the valley.

Zhou Wen didn't discover any Gu and immediately knew that it was the taboo power of this dimensional zone. He had to switch to the Heaven-Opening Scripture of the Highest Elder and immediately, the suffocating feeling vanished.

Although he didn't have the keen senses of the Supreme Hell King, it didn't make a difference with Truth Listener around. Zhou Wen used Truth Listener to scan the entire valley before quickly moving in.

As the Invisibility Cloak's Wheel of Destiny only had three minutes, he had to figure out the situation in the dimensional zone in those three minutes.

Zhou Wen originally imagined that such a valley would have all sorts of Gu, but in fact, there weren't any. There was only one temple in the valley, but the style was very different from the one in Luoyang. It was obvious that it was the local style of Chiang Rai.

There was no one outside the temple, but there were many people inside. They were likely members of the Xiao family. Some were practicing their techniques, while others were directing Gu. It was rather lively.

When Zhou Wen entered the temple's yard, he felt that there was no reaction from the Heaven-Opening Scripture of the Highest Elder. He knew that there was no taboo power here.

As they trusted the guards outside the manor and the taboo power in the valley, the temple's internal defenses weren't as strict. Zhou Wen looked inside and realized that the deities in the temple hall weren't the Buddhist eminences he was familiar with. Instead, they were dolls of all shapes and sizes.

Are all the ones consecrated here Kuman Thong and Kuman Nee? Zhou Wen scanned the area and saw many dolls in the shapes of boys and girls. He roughly knew what they were.

Zhou Wen wasn't interested in them and he rushed straight to the backyard. He didn't have much time left. Although he wasn't afraid of being exposed, it would be impossible for him to eavesdrop if he was.

The temple was rather large and there were quite a number of courtyards inside. Each courtyard had different Kuman Thong, making it look sinister and terrifying.

Zhou Wen had always felt that these religious buildings weren't aesthetically pleasing. Regardless of the religion, they gave him an uneasy feeling.

Along the way, he encountered quite a number of people from the Xiao family, but they didn't say anything that piqued Zhou Wen's interest. Seeing that the three minutes were up, Zhou Wen realized that there wasn't anyone in the nearby yard, so he decided to enter the yard first.

After entering the yard, the three minutes of invisibility ended. Zhou Wen wore the Invisibility Cloak and could only achieve the effects of visual invisibility. His body didn't vanish completely.

Thankfully, there weren't many people here. The yard wasn't big, and there was only a temple hall inside. The door was open, and strangely, there was a black cloth hanging in front of the door.

Zhou Wen used Truth Listener to scan the interior and realized that the tiny temple hall was eerie and terrifying. The decorations inside were very simple. There was a wooden table with a Kuman Thong on it.

The Kuman Thong was jade-like and curled into a ball. There was a crystal container outside, and the yellow liquid inside wrapped around the Kuman Thong. Zhou Wen now had a vague idea that it was Corpse Oil.

Seeing that there was nothing inside, Zhou Wen didn't enter. Just as he was about to continue searching the temple, he suddenly saw a girl standing in front of him.

The girl didn't look too old. She was at most eighteen or nineteen years old. She wore strange clothes and looked rather delicate, but for some reason, she had a sinister look as she stared coldly at Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wen felt his hair stand on end when the girl stared at him.

She can see me? Zhou Wen was thinking of how to deal with such a situation.

The other party was only a girl whom he had no grudges with. Zhou Wen couldn't bring himself to draw his saber to kill her.

However, the girl was strange. She only stared coldly at Zhou Wen without shouting or screaming.

Could it be that she didn't see me? Zhou Wen was suspicious as he attempted to take two steps to the left.

The girl's pupils moved to the left as he moved. Zhou Wen took a few steps to the right and the girl's pupils shifted to the right again. She kept staring at him, clearly able to see the invisible Zhou Wen.

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Chapter 796: Strange Girl

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The girl kept looking at Zhou Wen, but she didn't shout or scream. Neither did she look flustered.

This left Zhou Wen in a dilemma. If the girl had shown a hostile stance or screamed, he would have long taken action to put her down.

However, with her looking at him without making a fuss, it wasn't appropriate for Zhou Wen to attack.

There are so many people in the Xiao family that the girl might not recognize all of them. Could it be that she doesn't know that I'm not from the Xiao family? After some thought, Zhou Wen realized that it was very likely. Otherwise, there was no reason for the girl not to call for help.

If he were someone who had a glib tongue, he might be able to fool the girl and get some information from her.

Unfortunately, Zhou Wen wasn't eloquent, so he only gave the girl a friendly smile. He pretended to be strolling around and wanted to leave the yard.

Zhou Wen took a few steps to the side, hoping to circle around the girl, but she took two steps to block his path. Clearly, she wasn't willing to let him go.

"Ahem, sorry. I got lost. Sorry for disturbing you," Zhou Wen said as he took a few steps to the other side, hoping to circle around the girl.

The girl blocked his path again, but she had no intention of attacking. She didn't seem to have any intention of shouting.

"Why are you stopping me? Is there anything I can help you with?" Zhou Wen planned on trying to convince the girl with his bad eloquence.

The girl remained silent as she continued looking at him, sizing him up.

Is the Xiao family that odd? Zhou Wen found the girl odd.

Ignoring the fact that her actions were incomprehensible, Zhou Wen hadn't seen her when he entered the yard. With Truth Listener's ability, it was impossible for Zhou Wen not to notice that there was someone in the yard.

However, when the girl stood behind him, Zhou Wen really couldn't work out where she had come from.

Could it be that this girl isn't human but a ghost? Zhou Wen carefully sized up the girl, but he didn't discover anything wrong with her. She looked like a normal human girl.

The girl remained silent. Just as Zhou Wen was about to say something, he realized that someone was walking towards the yard.

Zhou Wen looked into the yard. Apart from the temple hall, there were no other obstructions.

After glancing at the girl, Zhou Wen gestured for her to remain silent before heading deeper into the temple hall.

The girl being able to see him didn't mean that others could see him. Zhou Wen planned on hiding and giving it a try. Since he had already been exposed, the situation couldn't be any worse.

There was an offering table in the temple hall without any additional decorations. Just as Zhou Wen was thinking about where to hide, he saw the girl walk in.

With the girl following Zhou Wen, even if others couldn't see the invisible Zhou Wen, they would discover his existence because of her.

Just as Zhou Wen was about to take action and put the girl down, he saw her point at a cloth curtain in the corner of the temple hall, indicating for him to hide behind it.

The two people had already arrived at the yard's entrance. Zhou Wen didn't dare say another word, afraid that they would hear him. All he could do was look at the girl and point at himself before pointing at the curtain.

The girl seemed to understand what he meant and nodded.

Zhou Wen tiptoed to the back of the curtain.

Just as Zhou Wen steadied himself, he heard the door to the yard open. The two people walked in and quickly entered the temple hall.

Zhou Wen wasn't afraid of being discovered. If he was discovered, he could just storm his way out. However, that would mean a failure to obtain any information.

The two of them walked into the room and didn't pay attention to the back of the curtain. Clearly, they hadn't expected someone to be hiding here. Furthermore, Zhou Wen was invisible. It was difficult to discover him with the naked eye.

However, what puzzled Zhou Wen was that they ignored the girl as though she wasn't there.

The two people who entered the temple hall were no longer young. They were probably at least fifty years old.

After entering the temple hall, one of the men placed something on the offering table. It was a small metal furnace with many tiny holes on it. Wisps of smoke emitted from the tiny holes.

The smoke didn't rise vertically. It seemed to be attracted by some force and floated towards the Kuman Thong on the offering table.

The man bowed to the Kuman Thong before walking to the side.

"Liuqi, have you investigated the matter regarding Si'er?" the man who had placed the incense asked.

"According to the intelligence sent by the spies in the Imperial Capital, Xiao Si went to the Great Wall with Wang Chan. There was likely another person with them. This person has a good relationship with Wang Chan, so we haven't found out who it is yet," Xiao Liuqi answered.

"In your opinion, could it be that the Wang family discovered our goal and deliberately eliminated Si'er?" Xiao Tianfang said with a frown.

"From the looks of it, it shouldn't be. If the Wang family really discovered our goal, they definitely wouldn't only target Xiao Si alone. They also wouldn't give us any explanation about Xiao Si and might have even severed relations with our Xiao family. But there aren't any signs of that," Xiao Liuqi said.

Xiao Tianfang sighed and said, "The Wang family is a family clan in the East District after all. Even if they are stronger than our Xiao family, it won't be easy for them to come to the South District to touch our Xiao family. I'm not afraid that they will fall out with us. Unfortunately, with Si'er's death, I'm afraid our plan won't have a chance."

"Tianfang, is there nothing else that can replace Wang Chan's Life Providence?" Xiao Liuqi asked.

"If there was a replacement, we wouldn't have taken such a huge risk to target the Wang family." Xiao Tianfang explained, "We've studied the Gu Lady Kuman Nee for so many years. Although she successfully advanced to the Mythical level, she still can't be controlled freely. In recent years, our control over her has become weaker and weaker. Refining her into a Life Soul is even more impossible."

"Now that she's already at the Mythical level, it's impossible to refine her into a Life Soul. However, using Wang Chan's Goddess of Misfortune Life Providence, we can create a Misfortune Kuman Nee and let her suppress and influence the Gu Lady Kuman Nee. This way, we can take the opportunity to firmly grasp them both," Xiao Tianfang said.

"Can a Heaven Baby replace the Misfortune Kuman Nee?" Xiao Liuqi asked.

"It's not that simple. Gu Lady Kuman Nee is the reincarnation of a Gu God. Before she was born, we forcefully refined her into a Kuman Nee. Although she's not a real god, she's not something an ordinary Kuman Thong can compare to. Only some especially powerful Kuman Thong can influence her. Currently, the best chance we have is to refine Wang Chan into a Misfortune Kuman Nee. The other methods are even more difficult and impossible to realize," Xiao Tianfang said.

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Chapter 797: Gu Lady

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Having heard their conversation, how could Zhou Wen not understand what was happening? The Dugu family's guess was right. Back then, the ones who killed the mother and dug out the fetus weren't Gu, but the members of the Xiao family.

They cultivated the fetus into a Kuman Nee and raised it to the Mythical level.

Zhou Wen's understanding of Kuman Nee was very limited. He didn't know how Kuman Nee matured, but he believed that the Xiao family had tried their best.

Now that they couldn't control the Kuman Nee anymore, they wanted to refine Wang Chan into another Kuman Nee to restrain Gu Lady Kuman Nee.

What a diabolical Xiao family. In such an era, it's not wrong to desire becoming stronger. It's not wrong to use all sorts of means, but to be so vicious, one has to be prepared to be treated the same way by others. Zhou Wen's heart was filled with killing intent.

Zhou Wen wanted to summon the Light Concealment Sword and kill Xiao Liuqi and Xiao Tianfang first. The two of them definitely weren't innocent. He could make a judgment on the other members of the Xiao family when the time came.

Just as he was about to make a move, he suddenly realized that the girl was standing in front of him, seemingly trying to stop him from making a move on Xiao Liuqi and Xiao Tianfang.

Zhou Wen looked at the girl in front of him and suddenly understood something. He thought to himself, Could this girl be the Gu Lady they refined into a Kuman Nee?

The more Zhou Wen thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible. The person enshrined in the temple hall was likely Gu Lady Kuman Nee. Then, this strange girl might very well be the Gu Lady after growing up.

Typically, Kuman Nee wouldn't grow, but after combining a Kuman Nee and an Essence Energy Art, anything was possible.

She's now under the Xiao family's control. If I kill the Xiao family, she will definitely become my enemy. With this in mind, Zhou Wen temporarily didn't take action.

Gu Lady was a pitiful person. If she wasn't born magical, she wouldn't have been harmed by the Xiao family. Even her parents died tragically. She was refined into Kuman Nee before she was born. It could be said that she was extremely tragic.

Zhou Wen wasn't sure if she could survive if he killed her master, so he decided not to take action.

Xiao Tianfang thought for a moment and continued, "Regardless of whether the Wang family has noticed it or not, let's put Wang Chan's matter aside for now. Let's try our best to capture the Ice Silkworm Gu King. If we have the Ice Silkworm Gu King, we won't have to rely too much on Gu Lady's strength."

"It's not easy to capture the Ice Silkworm Gu King. I originally thought that with Gu Lady's help, we would be able to capture the Ice Silkworm Gu King. After knowing that the Ice Silkworm Gu King isn't just one, but a pair, Gu Lady probably isn't a match for the pair of Ice Silkworm Gu Kings either. I still need to think of something else," Xiao Liuqi said.

"How's the taming of the Mythical Blood Scorpion Gu going? Can it be put to use?" Xiao Tianfang asked after some thought.

Xiao Liuqi said with a bitter smile, "I don't know why, but the Mythical Gu that we used Gu Lady to capture are especially difficult to tame. The three from before were domesticated for so long, but they refuse to yield no matter what. This one is slightly better, but it's barely under our control. It can't be controlled freely."

"That's enough. Let's take it with us to distract the Ice Silkworm Gu Kings. As long as the pair of Ice Silkworm Gu Kings are separated, Gu Lady should be more than enough to deal with one." Xiao Tianfang looked at Kuman Nee on the offering table and continued, "Prepare the Blood Scorpion Gu. We'll go tomorrow to prevent any delays. Worm Dugu is also eyeing the pair of Ice Silkworms. We can't let him succeed ahead of us."

"I understand. I'll prepare now," Xiao Liuqi replied.

"Do a good job. In the future, the position of family head will be taken over by you. However, as family head, you need to have strength that can convince everyone. If you can successfully capture the pair of Ice Silkworm Gu Kings, you can tame and control one of them," Xiao Tianfang said.

"Tianfang, you are still in your prime..." Xiao Liuqi was immediately overjoyed, but he didn't dare show it.

Xiao Tianfang waved his hand. "I know myself. All these years, in order to suppress Gu Lady, my body has been deteriorating day by day. My mind is also failing. In the future, the Xiao family will have to rely on you. You should also shoulder the responsibility."

"Tianfang, don't worry. I definitely won't let you down," Xiao Liuqi hurriedly said.

"Alright, make the preparation. I hope that capturing the Ice Silkworm Gu King will go smoothly." Xiao Tianfang gestured for Xiao Liuqi to leave.

After Xiao Liuqi left, Xiao Tianfang stood in front of the Kuman Nee. He reached out to touch the crystal barrier outside and said with a strange expression, "It's been so many years, but I still haven't been able to completely tame you. Now, my plan to capture Wang Chan and refine her into a Misfortune Kuman Nee has also failed. If you still don't submit, I can only take the final step. My body really can't take it anymore. After I obtain the Ice Silkworm Gu King, I'll completely erase your consciousness. Although that will greatly reduce the Kuman Nee's spirituality and abilities, you've forced me into a corner. I can only take such measures..."

Xiao Tianfang looked at the Kuman Nee for a while before leaving the yard.

From beginning to end, the girl stood in front of Zhou Wen, preventing him from harming Xiao Tianfang.

"Why are you protecting him when he caused you to be in this state?" Zhou Wen asked.

The girl remained silent, but Zhou Wen seemed to think of a reason. He asked, "Is it because he's your master? If he dies, will you be injured?"

Surprisingly, the girl nodded, as though confirming Zhou Wen's words.

Zhou Wen was overjoyed when he saw the girl finally react. He asked, "Then is there a way to prevent you from being injured?"

The girl just looked at him without answering.

Zhou Wen snapped to his senses and knew that the girl couldn't speak. Therefore, he pointed at Kuman Nee on the offering table and said, "If he transfers that to me, will you be ok after he dies?"

The girl reacted this time and nodded again.

"Alright, I know what to do. Wait a few days. I'll quickly rescue you," Zhou Wen said to the girl before turning to leave the temple hall.

The girl seemed to understand what he meant and didn't stop him. After Zhou Wen left the yard, he temporarily left the Xiao family.

Gu Lady was very magical, so Zhou Wen didn't wish to see her die with Xiao Tianfang. He planned on getting her transferred to him before settling Wang Chan's score with the Xiao family.

After Zhou Wen left the Xiao family, he returned to his residence and gave Gu Shanshui a call. Thankfully, he had already arrived at Mong Hsat and had a phone signal. He quickly answered the call.

Zhou Wen asked some questions about Kuman Thong and Kuman Nee and confirmed that his plan was feasible.

That night, Worm Dugu and Li Xuan returned together. The situation didn't look good. Worm Dugu's expression was especially nasty.

Li Xuan didn't jibe either. Zhou Wen knew that Worm Dugu's failure must have been tragic, so Li Xuan didn't say a word.

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Chapter 798: Ice Silkworm

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"Why don't we forget our bet? It was just a joke to begin with," Li Xuan said to Worm Dugu.

"What joke? I, Worm Dugu, am a man of my word. If I can't capture the Ice Silkworm Gu King for you, I'll be your disciple," Worm Dugu said angrily.

Li Xuan said with a smile, "I've seen your abilities. If there was only one Ice Silkworm Gu King, you would definitely be able to capture it. But now, there are two. This is unexpected. Just count ourselves even. No one is losing to anyone. Isn't that fair?"

"No, a man's word is worth its weight in gold. If I can't capture the Ice Silkworm Worm, I'll acknowledge you as my master. I won't go back on my word." With that said, Worm Dugu turned to Zhou Wen and said, "If Li Xuan is my master, Zhou Wen, you will be my uncle-master. It's not too much for an uncle-master to teach me some skills, right?"

Zhou Wen looked at Worm Dugu with his mouth agape. He found it unbelievable that this fellow was from the Dugu family—one of the six hero families. He was too shameless.

"Nice, was this your plan from the beginning?" Li Xuan was taken aback when he heard that. Only then did he realize that he had been fooled.

Worm Dugu chuckled and said, "My motto as a human is to be pragmatic. So what if I acknowledge you as my master? You still need me to teach you how to rear Gu. On the surface, you are my master, but in reality, I'm still your master. It's just a title. It doesn't matter. If Zhou Wen can teach me how to rear a phoenix, don't mention me calling him uncle-master, I can even call him grandmaster."

Zhou Wen and Li Xuan were dumbfounded. This was the first time they had seen someone like Worm Dugu. It was an eye-opener.

"I really don't know how to rear a phoenix. This silly bird insisted on following me. I usually don't care about it. It eats whatever it gets. I can't teach you," Zhou Wen said.

Worm Dugu immediately shook his head and said, "No, no. I've long read about the phoenix's habits and eating habits in ancient books. If I had a phoenix divine bird, I would know how to feed it myself. You don't have to teach me."

"Then what can you learn from me? Don't tell me you want me to help you find another phoenix? I don't have that ability," Zhou Wen said, puzzled.

"I know how to feed one, but I don't have a phoenix. I just want to learn from you. How can I make a phoenix be willing to follow me?" Worm Dugu said.

"I already said that this silly bird is naturally willing to follow me. There aren't any tricks involved. Perhaps it's because of my relatively good character," Zhou Wen said.

"Old Zhou is right. Back when the three of us encountered the chick, only Old Zhou was chosen," Li Xuan added.

"Everything in this world follows cause and effect. It's impossible for there to be no cause. If there's no cause, it means that you haven't discovered the cause. It might be because the Essence Energy Art you cultivate is rather special, or it might be because you have a hidden special physique. It might also be because something on you attracted it. In short, there must be a reason. That's the reason I need to know."

Worm Dugu wasn't serious for long before he said to Zhou Wen with a cheeky smile, "Anyway, it's highly likely that I won't be able to catch an Ice Silkworm this time. In the future, you will be my Uncle-Master Zhou. If you like teaching, teach. If you don't like teaching, let me follow by your side while I self-study..."

Zhou Wen didn't wish to speak to Worm Dugu again. He turned to Li Xuan and said, "I'll help you capture the Ice Silkworm Gu King tomorrow. However, after capturing it, lend it to me for two days."

"Lend? How?" Worm Dugu curled his lips and said, "Gu can't be transferred once it recognizes its owner. How can you return it after borrowing it?"

"I don't want the Ice Silkworm Gu King to recognize me as its master. I just need to borrow it to do something. I'll return it to you when I'm done," Zhou Wen said.

"No problem at all. You can even take it, much less borrow it," Li Xuan said with a smile.

Worm Dugu was a little displeased when he heard that. "If you want to use the phoenix to capture the Ice Silkworm Gu King, I advise you not to go. Although the phoenix is powerful, it's only a baby. The Ice Silkworm Gu King won't be afraid of it. If you aren't careful, you might even kill the phoenix. That would be a huge loss."

"We'll see how to do it when we are there tomorrow." Zhou Wen also knew that it wouldn't be easy to capture the Ice Silkworm Gu King. However, the Xiao family was going to capture it tomorrow. This was the opportunity he wanted.

He wanted to snatch the Ice Silkworm Gu King from the Xiao family before using it to exchange for Gu Lady.

Offering an exchange of two Ice Silkworm Gu Kings for a Kuman Nee which might kill Xiao Tianfang, Xiao Tianfang would definitely do so as long as he wasn't a fool.

After all, he had already planned on wiping out Gu Lady's spiritual consciousness. When that happened, Kuman Nee's ability would be greatly reduced. She would probably be inferior to an Ice Silkworm. With such a comparison, anyone would know what to choose.

"Alright, I'll see how you capture the Ice Silkworm Gu King tomorrow. If you can capture it, I, Worm Dugu, will immediately acknowledge the two of you as master and uncle-master," said Worm Dugu. Clearly, he wasn't optimistic about Zhou Wen's chances.

"Forget it. There's no sense of accomplishment being your master," Li Xuan said.

"You can't say that. You might not feel a sense of accomplishment now, but if you were to travel in the South District and meet someone from the Dugu family and say that you are Worm Dugu's master, how awesome would that be? You wouldn't have a feeling of zero accomplishment," Worm Dugu said with a smile.

Zhou Wen and Li Xuan looked at him in contempt. With his personality, it was unknown how many masters and uncle-masters he had acknowledged outside. It would be odd if the Dugu family was willing to take that into account.

The next day before dawn, Zhou Wen woke up Li Xuan and Worm Dugu and got them to lead him to the place where the Ice Silkworm Gu Kings were.

He had heard Xiao Tianfang and Xiao Liuqi's conversation and knew that the Xiao family was going at this time. If he went late, the Xiao family might have already succeeded.

It wasn't good to go early either. If they captured the Ice Silkworm Gu King before the Xiao family arrived, the Xiao family wouldn't know that the Ice Silkworm Gu Kings were in Zhou Wen's hands.

Although Worm Dugu was somewhat puzzled as to why Zhou Wen had to go so early, he still took the two of them to Yin Wind Ridge.

When they arrived, they realized that someone was already fighting the Ice Silkworm Gu Kings. The two people spearheading the attack were none other than Xiao Liuqi and Xiao Tianfang.

In front of Xiao Tianfang was an ice-blue silkworm the size of a football. Wherever it crawled, the ground was immediately covered in frost. It was obvious how low the temperature was.

It's no wonder Worm Dugu said that the chick probably can't restrain the Ice Silkworm. With such ice-elemental powers, the chick's phoenix flames will definitely be much less effective against it, Zhou Wen thought.

Xiao Liuqi noticed Zhou Wen and company. When he saw Worm Dugu, his expression changed slightly. Clearly, he was afraid that Worm Dugu would snatch the Ice Silkworm Gu Kings.

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Chapter 799: Gu Lady in Battle

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"Strange, why is there only one Ice Silkworm? Where did the other Ice Silkworm go?" Worm Dugu frowned.

"Could it be that the Xiao family lured the two Ice Silkworms apart?" Li Xuan asked.

Worm Dugu shook his head and said, "These two Ice Silkworms are a pair. They have something akin to telepathy abilities. It's not that easy to separate them. If I could separate them, I would have long ago. The Xiao family wouldn't even stand a chance."

"Perhaps you don't have the ability to do so. Just because you can't lure them apart doesn't mean they can't either," Li Yue said deliberately.

Surprisingly, Worm Dugu wasn't angry this time. He thought for a moment and said, "That's very possible."

Li Xuan looked at Worm Dugu in surprise. Every time he mentioned Gu, Worm Dugu would proudly act as though he was number one in the world. It was unbelievable that he would admit that he was inferior to the Xiao family.

"You don't have to look at me like that. Have you forgotten what I told you? If the Xiao family's Mythical-level Kuman Thong is really refined from the baby reincarnated from a Gu God, it's not surprising that they can lure the Ice Silkworm away," said Worm Dugu.

Zhou Wen knew that what Worm Dugu said was right. It was likely that Gu Lady had lured the Ice Silkworm away.

Xiao Tianfang held the Kuman Nee that was placed in the temple hall, but Gu Lady was nowhere to be seen. She must have lured the other Ice Silkworm away.

This Ice Silkworm was trapped here by the Xiao family and was fighting a blood-colored scorpion.

The Blood Scorpion was clearly no match for the Ice Silkworm. Its body was almost frozen by the ice mist that the Ice Silkworm spewed out. It survived thanks to the Xiao family's people using all sorts of Gu and Companion Beasts to barely hold back the Ice Silkworm.

As a result, the Xiao family sacrificed a large number of Gu and Companion Beasts. Furthermore, the Xiao family was still using Kuman Thong to augment the Blood Scorpion. This only allowed them to stall the Ice Silkworm.

The Ice Silkworm's ice aura was extremely powerful. Zhou Wen had seen some ice-elemental Companion Beasts before, but this was the first time he had seen one as powerful as the Ice Silkworm.

As long as one touched its ice aura, be it Gu or Kuman Thong, their bodies would gradually freeze.

The ice aura seemed to have a spreading attribute. As long as one touched it, one's body would become colder. Many Gu only touched a tiny bit of the ice aura. In the beginning, it wasn't too big a problem, but after a while, they would freeze into ice and eventually shatter.

"Should we take action? Now that the two Ice Silkworms have been separated, it's a great opportunity," Li Xuan asked Worm Dugu.

"There's no rush. Let's wait and see. They aren't a match for the Ice Silkworm." Worm Dugu paused before saying, "After all, our Dugu family is the king of the South District. We can't behave excessively. Otherwise, I'll be nagged by those fellows at home. It will be a headache."

When the Xiao family saw that Worm Dugu and company only stayed in the distance and had no intention of going forward, they couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.

"Tianfang, do you think Worm Dugu will snatch our Ice Silkworm?" Xiao Liuqi whispered to Xiao Tianfang.

Xiao Tianfang said with a heavy expression, "The Dugu family controls the South District. On the surface, they do things fairly, so they might not openly snatch it. However, we still have to be on guard. I hope that Gu Lady can quickly capture the other Ice Silkworm."

"How's the situation on Gu Lady's side?" Xiao Liuqi asked.

"It's very vague. I only know that they are fighting," Xiao Tianfang said.

"Tianfang, your perception of Gu Lady is getting weaker and weaker. Will there be a problem?" Xiao Liuqi asked worriedly.

"As long as her main body is in my hands, she won't be able to resist me. If I let her die, she can only die," Xiao Tianfang said coldly.

Xiao Liuqi sighed and said, "Gu Lady is really too special. We've been rearing her for so many years, but we can't even see her spirit body. She even implicated you and caused you to suffer a backlash from the Kuman Nee. If we could really make her our own, our Xiao family wouldn't be limited to a tiny area like Chiang Rai."

"As long as we can capture this pair of Ice Silkworms and tame them, our Xiao family will also be able to soar," Xiao Tianfang said.

Xiao Liuqi nodded and said, "Thankfully, there are detailed records of the Ice Silkworm Gu King in the Gu nurturing technique I obtained from the couple. Otherwise, even with the help of Gu Lady, it would be difficult for us to separate the two Ice Silkworms..."

Xiao Tianfang's expression turned cold. "Didn't I tell you not to mention that matter again?"

Xiao Liuqi hurriedly said, "Sorry, I misspoke."

Zhou Wen was very far away from Xiao Tianfang, but Truth Listener's ability allowed him to hear their conversation clearly.

I should find Gu Lady and the other Ice Silkworm first. Zhou Wen used Truth Listener to conduct a large-scale search and soon found an Ice Silkworm in a distant swamp, but he didn't find the Gu Lady.

"Keep an eye on that Ice Silkworm for now. I'll find the other Ice Silkworm," Zhou Wen said to Li Xuan before secretly retreating.

Soon, the Xiao family realized that one person was missing from Worm Dugu's group. However, Worm Dugu was still around. There was only a youth missing, so they weren't too worried.

After all, even Worm Dugu hadn't been able to capture the Ice Silkworm. Even if he was a member of the Dugu family, it was impossible for him to capture the Ice Silkworm alone. Furthermore, they had set up mechanisms that would inform Xiao Tianfang and the others if someone approached.

After Zhou Wen left, he put on the Invisibility Cloak and quickly approached the other Ice Silkworm.

In the area closest to the Ice Silkworm, he discovered some Gu that had been placed in the swamp. Zhou Wen flew over the Gu without alerting them.

When he arrived at the Ice Silkworm, he saw an ice-blue Ice Silkworm. This Ice Silkworm was slightly bigger than the previous one.

Strangely, Zhou Wen didn't discover any traces of Gu Lady with Truth Listener, but when he looked with his eyes, he realized that she was confronting the Ice Silkworm.

This is really strange. Truth Listener's ability can't discover Gu Lady. Even Xiao Tianfang, the owner of Lady Gu, can't see her. Why can I see her? Zhou Wen was somewhat perplexed.

If he had used the Supreme Hell King Life Soul, it wouldn't be strange for him to see a Spirit Body. However, Zhou Wen wasn't using it. He didn't even use any special powers to see Gu Lady whom others couldn't see. This left him very puzzled.

It was a little different from what Zhou Wen had imagined. Xiao Tianfang said that Gu Lady was fighting the Ice Silkworm, but the scene he saw was completely different.

Gu Lady was squatting on the ground and using her fingers to tease the Ice Silkworm. The terrifying Ice Silkworm was like a pet dog, circling around her as the Gu Lady played with it. However, it had no intention of attacking her.

Zhou Wen watched as the Ice Silkworm rolled on the ground in amusement. He thought to himself, It's quite terrifying for such a terrifying Ice Silkworm to be played by Gu Lady. Thankfully, the Xiao family doesn't really control Gu Lady. Otherwise, with her abilities, the Xiao family's strength would have long exceeded their present limits.

Upon seeing Zhou Wen approach, Gu Lady stood up and looked at him. His invisibility was clearly useless against her.

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Chapter 800: Grabbing a Silkworm With One Hand

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"I need this Ice Silkworm Gu King to exchange for your freedom," Zhou Wen said as he pointed at the Ice Silkworm on the ground.

Gu Lady nodded before tapping the Ice Silkworm. The ferocious and domineering Ice Silkworm obediently crawled towards Zhou Wen and stopped by his feet, but it had no intention of attacking him.

From the looks of it, the Xiao family has really underestimated Gu Lady's strength. If they knew that Gu Lady could easily make a top-notch Gu like the Ice Silkworm obey her orders, I wonder what expression they would have.

Zhou Wen took out the Essence Gold Pot that Worm Dugu had prepared and placed it on the ground. The Ice Silkworm jumped in like a tamed pet.

Zhou Wen's heart stirred as he looked at Gu Lady and asked, "Can you secretly control the other Ice Silkworm Gu and make it look like I've captured it?"

Gu Lady nodded again. It looked like she could do it.

"Then control the Ice Silkworm Gu later and let it pretend I've caught it." Zhou Wen recounted his plan to Gu Lady. After confirming that she could understand, Zhou Wen took the Ice Gu in the Essence Gold Pot and sneaked back to Li Xuan and company.

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"Oh no, Gu Lady failed. Someone stole the Ice Silkworm." Xiao Tianfang's expression suddenly changed.

"How is that possible? Who can snatch the Ice Silkworm away from Gu Lady without anyone noticing?" Xiao Liuqi jumped in fright as he said in disbelief.

"I don't know. The Gu we planted didn't react at all, and Gu Lady didn't find any traces of him." Xiao Tianfang's expression was ugly as he continued, "I've already summoned Gu Lady back. Now, we can only use all our strength to capture this Ice Silkworm."

Just as Xiao Tianfang said that, he saw Zhou Wen return to Worm Dugu's side. He exchanged a few words with Worm Dugu before walking towards the Ice Silkworm.

"Could he have snatched the other Ice Silkworm?" Xiao Tianfang's heart skipped a beat.

Xiao Liuqi had already led his men to block Zhou Wen, preventing him from approaching the battlefield. At the same time, he shouted at Worm Dugu, "Old Master Dugu, we are capturing this Ice Silkworm. Isn't it inappropriate for you to interfere?"

Worm Dugu said with a smile, "I'm still here! I didn't even move. When did I interfere with your matters?"

"The Dugu family has always been open and aboveboard. Old Master Dugu, are you trying to say that this friend isn't a member of the Dugu family?" Xiao Liuqi pointed at Zhou Wen.

"I really wish he was a member of our Dugu family, but unfortunately, he's not." Worm Dugu didn't wait for Xiao Liuqi to say anything before continuing, "But you can't say that he has nothing to do with our Dugu family. Although he's not a member of our Dugu family, he's my uncle-master."

Xiao Liuqi, Xiao Tianfang, and company were alarmed. Although Worm Dugu wasn't an authoritative figure in the Dugu family, his seniority was rather high. Furthermore, he was very famous for raising Gu. He was a famous master in the South District.

Yet, Worm Dugu said that the youth in front of them was his uncle-master. It was somewhat unbelievable, but a figure like Worm Dugu clearly wouldn't joke about such matters.

Could it be that this person has already cultivated to the point of returning to his youth? He looks young, but he's actually an old monster? Xiao Tianfang thought to himself.

"Since he's your Uncle-Master, do you think it's appropriate for him to do something like this?" Xiao Liuqi said.

Worm Dugu continued smiling as he said, "It's useless saying that to me. Only uncle-masters discipline their disciples. When have you seen a disciple manage an uncle-master?"

"Sir..." Xiao Liuqi looked at Zhou Wen and was about to say something when he suddenly saw Zhou Wen extend his hand and grab. A blood-red vortex appeared in his palm and sucked in the Ice Silkworm that was fighting the Blood Scorpion.

The majestic Ice Silkworm couldn't withstand the suction force of the blood-colored vortex and was sucked into the Essence Gold Pot.

"How is that possible?" It wasn't just the Xiao family. Even Worm Dugu widened his eyes as though he had seen a ghost.

Although he had thought that it was very likely that Zhou Wen would subdue the Ice Silkworm, he never expected him to use such a method.

Worm Dugu originally imagined that Zhou Wen would use the chick's restraining effect before using various means and Mythical Companion Beasts to fight the Ice Silkworm to finally subdue it.

However, to his surprise, Zhou Wen extended his hand and sucked the Ice Silkworm into the Essence Gold Pot as though he wasn't taking in a Gu King but an ordinary worm.

The Xiao family members' eyes nearly popped out. They had fought the Ice Silkworm for so long, so they naturally knew how terrifying it was.

Up to now, they had lost hundreds of Gu and Kuman Thong, but they were still helpless against the Ice Silkworm. Even the Mythical Blood Scorpion Gu had been about to be killed.

Yet, Zhou Wen had managed to capture the Ice Silkworm with one hand. How terrifying was this power? It was unbelievable.

As expected of Worm Dugu's uncle-master. He's indeed an old monster. Xiao Tianfang was secretly alarmed as his expression turned extremely ugly.

After spending so much effort and paying such a huge price, the Ice Silkworm was actually caught by someone else. Xiao Tianfang didn't even need to guess to know that the other Ice Silkworm had definitely been taken by Worm Dugu's uncle-master.

He wanted to snatch it, but Worm Dugu was already someone he didn't have the guts to attack. Furthermore, the person in front of him was Worm Dugu's uncle-master, an existence who had subdued the Ice Silkworm with one hand.

Only then did Xiao Tianfang feel a sinister aura return and enter the Kuman Nee in his hand.

"You came back too late." Xiao Tianfang was somewhat exasperated.

"The Kuman Nee in your hand is rather interesting," Zhou Wen said as he looked at the Kuman Nee in Xiao Tianfang's hands.

The expressions of the Xiao family members changed. If an existence that could capture an Ice Silkworm with one hand wanted to snatch their Kuman Nee, they probably wouldn't have a chance to resist.

Even a Mythical Kuman Nee wouldn't be able to fight against such an existence.

"Old Master Dugu, the Dugu family is the head of the South District. You aren't going to watch your uncle-master snatch our Kuman Nee, right?" Xiao Liuqi was nervous as he looked at Worm Dugu and said through gritted teeth.

Before Worm Dugu could say a word, Zhou Wen said, "Who said I wanted to snatch something of yours? An old man like me just finds it a little special and asked casually. Even if I really wanted it, I wouldn't snatch something from juniors like you. At most, I'll buy your Kuman Nee. Why do I have to snatch it?"

"This Kuman Nee is our Xiao family's heirloom. It's not for sale," Xiao Liuqi said.

"Aren't you willing to sell it if I use the Ice Silkworm as an exchange?" Zhou Wen said indifferently.

"You want to exchange the Ice Silkworm for the Kuman Nee?" Xiao Tianfang and Xiao Liuqi were stunned.

"Why? Isn't the Ice Silkworm enough? What about the two Ice Silkworms?" Zhou Wen continued.

"Old sir, are you really going to exchange two Ice Silkworms for a Kuman Nee?" Xiao Tianfang and Xiao Liuqi looked at each other and saw the pleasant surprise in each other's eyes.

In their opinion, Kuman Nee was indeed very strong, but she was only slightly stronger than an Ice Silkworm. The two Ice Silkworms were much more pragmatic than the Gu Lady Kuman Nee.

Furthermore, Gu Lady Kuman Nee would bite her master. Xiao Tianfang would even consider exchanging her away for a single Ice Silkworm, much less two.

"Uncle-Master, you can't do that." Worm Dugu was shocked. Using two Ice Silkworms to exchange for Kuman Nee was a losing transaction.

However, what they didn't know was that the two Ice Silkworms were far inferior to Gu Lady. They weren't on the same level at all. Even if the exchange was really made, Zhou Wen would have the upper hand. Furthermore, he had no intention of really giving the Ice Silkworms to the Xiao family.

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Chapter 801: Exchange

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"Do you really want to exchange the Ice Silkworm for my Kuman Nee?" Xiao Tianfang hurriedly asked, afraid that Zhou Wen would be persuaded otherwise by Worm Dugu.

"That depends on whether your Kuman Nee can interest me. She looks a little special to me, different from the Kuman Nee I've seen before. Tell me what's so special about her." Zhou Wen firstly wanted to bait Xiao Tianfang into the scam, and secondly, he wanted to know more about the Kuman Nee.

"This..." Xiao Tianfang was somewhat hesitant. After all, he wasn't sure if Zhou Wen would use two Ice Silkworms to exchange for Kuman Nee. If he explained Kuman Nee's origins and Zhou Wen didn't make the exchange, he would suffer a great loss.

"Uncle-Master, if you want a Kuman Nee, our Dugu family has plenty. How about this? Come back with me. You can exchange the Ice Silkworms with our Dugu family. We can offer to exchange two Ice Silkworms for two Kuman Nee. Whatever species you want, you can choose all the Kuman Thong in the Dugu family," said Worm Dugu.

"Tianfang." Xiao Liuqi was a little anxious as he looked at Xiao Tianfang.

Xiao Tianfang gritted his teeth and said to Zhou Wen, "I don't dare say that my Kuman Nee is unprecedented, but she's indeed extraordinary. She can be said to be unique. You won't find another one in all of the Federation. If you really want it, can we have a private chat?"

"There aren't any outsiders here. Is there anything you can't say out loud?" Zhou Wen asked.

Xiao Tianfang said, "You won't necessarily exchange for my Kuman Nee. Even if you do the exchange, you wouldn't want outsiders to know her secret, right?"

"That makes sense. Alright then." Zhou Wen nodded slightly.

"Uncle-Master, that Kuman Nee really isn't worth two Ice Silkworms. Why don't you exchange it with me? Our Dugu family has all kinds of Kuman Nee, so why do we have to go so far to get one?" Worm Dugu had the urge to hold Zhou Wen back.

"Cut it out. I've seen all those Kuman Nee at your place. I'm sick of them. They are nothing interesting. I think this Kuman Nee is a little different," Zhou Wen said.

"You really have good taste. This way, please." Xiao Tianfang made an inviting gesture.

"Wait for me here. I'll be back after taking a look," Zhou Wen said to Li Xuan and Worm Dugu before following Xiao Tianfang to the temporary camp they had set up in a nearby cave.

Xiao Tianfang and Xiao Liuqi saw that Zhou Wen seemed totally unfazed along the way, as though he didn't care if they had set up an ambush. This made them feel that Zhou Wen was definitely very terrifying.

"How may I address you?" When they reached the cave, Xiao Tianfang got Xiao Liuqi to personally guard the door while he conversed with Zhou Wen alone.

"My surname is Zhou," Zhou Wen said casually.

"Elder Zhou, you must be an expert at Kuman Thong. You must know a lot about this. You know that some Kuman Thong and Kuman Nee have very special refinement methods..." Xiao Tianfang probed.

Zhou Wen waved his hand and said disapprovingly, "I don't care how this Kuman Nee came about. I just want to know what's so special about her. I only want something unique. If it's not unique, it's meaningless."

Seeing that Zhou Wen didn't mind the method of refining the Kuman Nee, Xiao Tianfang said with a smile, "Elder Zhou, you are indeed an expert. Your insight isn't something an ordinary person can compare with. My Kuman Nee was refined by a Buddhist master. The abilities this Kuman Nee has are also different from ordinary Kuman Nee. She doesn't have ordinary abilities like luck enhancement, but she has a way of dealing with Gu. She can capture Mythical Gu independently."

"Is that all?" Zhou Wen revealed a look of disappointment.

Xiao Tianfang gritted his teeth and continued, "To be honest, the baby used to refine the Kuman Nee is the reincarnation of the legendary Gu God. It has a natural restraining effect on Gu. Our Xiao family was too incompetent and couldn't nurture her well. If an expert like you were to nurture her, you might be able to unleash her full strength. When that happens, she will definitely be of great use."

"The reincarnation of a Gu God? That's interesting. I heard that there's a couple who reared Gu and their child was the reincarnation of a Gu God. Are these two matters related?" Zhou Wen asked.

"Well..." Xiao Tianfang neither admitted nor denied.

"I've only heard of that matter as well. I originally wanted to rush over to see if I could refine a Kuman Nee, but I was a step too late. If this Kuman Nee's material was that fetus, I'll do the exchange," Zhou Wen said.

"You're really a kindred spirit. Do you really want to do the exchange? Two Ice Silkworms for this Kuman Nee?" Xiao Tianfang was still worried and wanted to make another confirmation.

"From the looks of it, this Kuman Nee was really refined by that baby. It's no wonder you are so careful." As Zhou Wen spoke, he placed the Essence Gold Pot on the stone platform and pushed it in front of Xiao Tianfang. "If it's really refined from that fetus, I want it. You can have the Ice Silkworms."

"Do you mind if I take a look at the Ice Silkworms inside? It's not that I don't believe you, but this concerns the future of our Xiao family..." Xiao Tianfang asked carefully. At this stage, he was still very careful.

"Just open it. My Essence Gold Pot is extraordinary. As long as I trap a Gu, even a Dragon King Gu won't be able to escape," Zhou Wen said indifferently.

When Xiao Tianfang heard that the Essence Gold Pot was so powerful, he picked it up and observed it carefully. He felt that it was indeed a good pot, but he didn't know what was good about it.

The Xiao family only started raising Gu recently and they weren't as proficient as nurturing Kuman Thong. How could he recognize a Gu pot made by Worm Dugu?

Xiao Tianfang didn't dare open it for fear that the Ice Silkworm would escape. He wasn't confident of escaping in front of two Ice Silkworms.

However, on second thought, Kuman Nee was connected to his life, so it was impossible for Zhou Wen to harm him if he wanted her.

When Xiao Tianfang thought of this, he carefully opened a sliver of the Gu pot. Through the crack, he saw the two Ice Silkworms inside, but they were restrained by the Essence Gold Pot. No matter how hard they struggled, they couldn't rush out.

Xiao Tianfang was relieved. He opened the lid completely and the two Ice Silkworms inside only circled around the pot, unable to crawl out.

"I didn't expect such a Gu pot to exist in this world. My horizons have really been broadened today." Xiao Tianfang thought for a moment and said, "Since you are so sincere, I won't hide it from you. This Kuman Nee of mine was refined from that fetus. It has a very strong restraining effect on Gu worms. It is also an extremely powerful existence among Kuman Nee. It can be considered a fusion between Gu and Kuman Nee. It is a unique existence in this world. You definitely wouldn't regret the exchange."

"As expected. I knew I wouldn't be wrong. In that case, the two Ice Silkworms are yours. Remove her Intrinsic Lock and give her to me," Zhou Wen said.

Xiao Tianfang said in embarrassment, "Elder Zhou, your pot is amazing, but our Xiao family can't compare to you. Without a pot that can store the Ice Silkworms, we aren't able to take them back. We originally wanted this Kuman Nee to control them, but now that Kuman Nee is to be transferred to you, there's really no other way. Can you lend us the Gu pot for a while? Once it's successfully tamed, we'll definitely return it immediately."

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Chapter 802: Growing Flesh

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Zhou Wen thought to himself, This Xiao Tianfang sure is greedy. He's already eyeing the Gu pot.

However, this was exactly what Zhou Wen wanted. Zhou Wen said indifferently, "It's just a Gu pot. I have plenty of them. It's nothing. Just take it back. There's no need to return it."

"Elder Zhou, are you serious?" Xiao Tianfang was overjoyed. He even had the urge to kneel and kowtow to Zhou Wen.

"The premise is that your Kuman Nee is really the reincarnation of the Gu God. If I discover anything amiss, I'm afraid your Xiao family won't be able to remain safe, much less continue possessing the Ice Silkworms and Gu pot," Zhou Wen said indifferently.

Xiao Tianfang was alarmed. The joy in his heart subsided a little as he said solemnly, "Don't worry. This Kuman Nee is definitely refined from the Gu God's reincarnation. Furthermore, it was personally refined by me. There's no mistake. If I lied, I'm willing to have ten thousand Gu drill through my heart."

Xiao Tianfang swore and told the truth.

"Then I'm relieved. Unlock her Intrinsic Lock," Zhou Wen said.

"Do I do it directly? Do you want me to transfer the Intrinsic Lock directly to you?" Xiao Tianfang asked in puzzlement.

"There's no need. If I can't even suppress a Mythical Kuman Nee, I would have wasted all my years studying Kuman Thong," Zhou Wen said indifferently.

"Alright." Xiao Tianfang felt that Zhou Wen was indeed a big shot. He didn't even think much of the Mythical Kuman Nee. It was no wonder he could be Worm Dugu's uncle-master.

Thinking of how Zhou Wen could easily subdue the Ice Silkworm Gu Kings, he didn't hesitate any further.

He handed the Kuman Nee to Zhou Wen and took out a pouch. Holding it, he bit his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood onto it.

The moment his blood touched the pouch, the pouch burst into flames. As the pouch was destroyed, the Kuman Nee in Zhou Wen's hand trembled.

Xiao Tianfang's expression turned nasty as well. His face was pale as cold sweat instantly covered his forehead. He looked to be in extreme pain.

Zhou Wen had consulted Gu Shanshui and knew that this Intrinsic Lock connected Kuman Nee to his life. If it was removed, it would also cause great damage to him.

Xiao Tianfang was willing to release the Intrinsic Lock likely because he was unable to completely control Gu Lady. Instead, he had suffered a backlash from Gu Lady's power. He had been tormented over the years.

Now that he could finally be liberated of Gu Lady, he was even more eager than Zhou Wen.

With the two Ice Silkworm Gu Kings and the Gu pot, the Xiao family's future would definitely be better than before. The pain of Gu Lady's backlash would also be a thing of the past.

Crack!

After the pouch was completely burned, something on Kuman Nee's skull seemed to shatter. Zhou Wen took a look and saw a drop of blood seeping out from the top of the skull.

Xiao Tianfang let out a cry and spat out a mouthful of blood. It looked like his injuries weren't light.

"Elder Zhou, quickly suppress Kuman Nee. Don't let her escape," Xiao Tianfang said as he endured the pain.

He wasn't afraid that Gu Lady would escape. After all, he had already sold her to Zhou Wen. It didn't matter if she ran or not. He was just afraid that she would find trouble with him.

"The deal is closed. It's time for me to leave." Zhou Wen grabbed the Kuman Nee and injected a stream of Essence Energy into her. Kuman Nee was immediately enveloped by Essence Energy before he placed her in the bag and stood up.

"Someone, take Elder Zhou back." Xiao Tianfang called for someone and said, "Elder Zhou, take care. I'm not feeling well, so I won't be sending you off."

"Recuperate well. You are quite injured after breaking the Intrinsic Lock." With that said, Zhou Wen left with the Kuman Nee.

Xiao Liuqi came over and asked nervously and excitedly, "Tianfang, did we really close the deal? Did we really exchange for the two Ice Silkworm Gu Kings?"

"Yes. It's those two Ice Silkworm Gu Kings without a doubt. There's still the mark we left on them. There's no mistake." Xiao Tianfang was also very excited. "That Elder Zhou doesn't know that there's something wrong with Gu Lady and thinks that he got the better deal. Now that we have two Ice Silkworm Gu Kings, and I've removed the backlash from my body, the two of us will each have one Ice Silkworm Gu King. In two to three years, after we tame them, our Xiao family will have a chance to advance further. By the way, look at this Gu pot. It's an amazing Gu pot."

Xiao Tianfang opened the Gu pot and showed Xiao Liuqi see the Ice Silkworms. He even demonstrated the functions of the Gu pot.

"Elder Zhou casually gave us such a treasure. What a fool," Xiao Liuqi sighed.

Zhou Wen had already walked far away, but Truth Listener still allowed him to hear the conversation between the two brothers clearly. He couldn't help but sneer inwardly. I wonder who's the fool.

Gu Lady could easily make the Ice Silkworms obey her orders, making her a truly terrifying existence. The Xiao brothers didn't know the precious treasure they had and imagined that they got the better deal from exchanging two Ice Silkworm Gu Kings.

As for the so-called treasure Gu pot, although it was indeed extraordinary, it was impossible to restrain the Ice Silkworm Gu Kings.

The reason they obediently remained inside was that Gu Lady was making them cooperate. Otherwise, they would have long rushed out.

The Xiao brothers treated them as treasures, but they didn't know that they would be taking their lives.

After Gu Lady obtained freedom, she wanted to attack the Xiao brothers, but Zhou Wen held her Kuman Nee down, preventing her from taking revenge.

After all, Zhou Wen was trading with the Xiao brothers in the name of the Dugu family. If he killed them now, it wouldn't be good for the Dugu family's reputation.

Worm Dugu had already helped him in the act, so he didn't want to implicate the Dugu family.

"There's no rush. You are already free. There are still two Ice Silkworm Gu Kings by their side. Are you still afraid of not getting your revenge?" Zhou Wen touched the agitated Kuman Nee in his backpack and whispered.

The Kuman Nee slowly calmed down. After the Intrinsic Lock was removed, Gu Lady entered the Kuman Nee.

Previously, due to the restriction of the Intrinsic Lock, she couldn't even return to her body. She could only listen to Xiao Tianfang's orders and work for him. Otherwise, Xiao Tianfang could easily have killed her.

However, it was different now. The Intrinsic Lock was removed and Gu Lady was no longer restricted.

After meeting up with Li Xuan and Worm Dugu, the trio returned to their residence.

On the way back, Worm Dugu asked with a smile, "Uncle-Master, my acting isn't bad, right?"

"Not bad. It's just a little exaggerated," Zhou Wen said with a smile.

"Only exaggerated acting can be acknowledged by others. Didn't Xiao Tianfang end up believing it? On account of my age and how hard I've worked to participate in your act, shouldn't you consider teaching me a few tricks on how to adopt a phoenix?" Worm Dugu said.

"The trick is to find a phoenix and be fancied by it." Zhou Wen was speaking the truth, but his honest words left Worm Dugu depressed.

On the way back, Zhou Wen felt that something was amiss with the Kuman Nee. The jade-like bones were slowly growing. Not only was the bone expanding, but there were also flesh and blood vessels growing on it.

What's going on? Could she have come back to life? Zhou Wen was alarmed as he hurriedly stored her into the chaos space. Otherwise, it would be too shocking if others saw her.

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Chapter 803: Ya'er

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Crack!

The crystal container outside the Kuman Nee shattered and the Corpse Oil inside flowed out.

Kuman Nee was already too big for a container. Her flesh was full, and her skin grew out. This was followed by her hair and nails.

In just a moment, the originally shrunken and blurry Kuman Nee became a healthy-looking baby.

The fair and tender baby looked no different from a normal baby, but upon careful inspection of her body, one would discover that her heart wasn't beating, and the blood in her body wasn't circulating.

She could be said to be dead, but everything about her was normal. There was life in her body, and even her eyes were open. She was like a normal baby, but she didn't even have a heart. It was difficult to understand if she was dead or alive.

When Zhou Wen returned to his residence, the baby had already grown to the size of a one-year-old toddler. However, it looked like it had stopped growing.

Zhou Wen originally imagined that it would grow to the size of Gu Lady, but to his surprise, it stopped growing.

Could it be that she was affected by the chaos space when I placed her inside? Zhou Wen took the girl out and bathed her. He washed the Corpse Oil off her body and placed her on the bed.

However, the female toddler didn't continue growing. She remained as big as before as she sat on the bed and looked at Zhou Wen expressionlessly.

Zhou Wen took out a set of clothes he had bought for Demonic Neonate from the chaos space. He had originally planned on letting Demonic Neonate wear them when she had nothing to do for fun, but now, they came in handy.

However, she was slightly smaller than Demonic Neonate, so the clothes would be oversized when she put them on. However, these were the most suitable clothes Zhou Wen could find for her. She would have to make do with them and wait till he bought more for her in the future.

"Do you know how to put clothes on?" Zhou Wen asked the girl.

The girl shook her head and continued looking at Zhou Wen.

Could it be that she has become a child, and even her intelligence has regressed? Zhou Wen had no choice but to help her put them on. Then, he looked at the girl sitting on the bed and asked, "Do you still remember me?"

Zhou Wen didn't know what was happening. The knowledge he learned from Gu Shanshui didn't include this.

According to Gu Shanshui, if there were no restrictions, the spirit body could return to its original body, but it wouldn't revive. It only had autonomy.

Typically, Kuman Nee, who had autonomy, were very dangerous. As they died unjustly, their resentment wouldn't dissipate, and they would constantly harm others.

Zhou Wen didn't wish to rear Gu Lady like Xiao Tianfang, so he didn't plan on turning her into his Kuman Nee. Instead, he planned on using another method to take her away.

However, to his surprise, before Zhou Wen used that method, Gu Lady came alive and turned into a baby. The method Gu Shanshui had taught him was probably useless.

The girl nodded. It looked like she still remembered him.

"From the looks of it, you still have your memories." Zhou Wen heaved a sigh of relief. It was easy if she still had her memories.

"Now that you are free, what plans do you have?" Zhou Wen asked the girl.

The girl looked at Zhou Wen without answering, as though she didn't know what he meant.

"I mean, where do you want to go in the future?" Zhou Wen was afraid that she wouldn't understand, so he changed his phrasing.

The girl continued looking at him without saying a word. It was unknown if she understood him.

"Well... What's your name?" Zhou Wen wanted to call her by name, but he realized that he definitely didn't know her name. He couldn't call her Gu Lady like Xiao Tianfang, right? She probably wouldn't like that form of address.

The girl finally reacted and shook her head at Zhou Wen.

"You don't have a name?" Zhou Wen asked.

Seeing the girl nod, Zhou Wen knew that he had guessed correctly. After some thought, he said, "Shall I give you a name then?"

The girl nodded again. This made Zhou Wen know that she could understand him. Her intelligence didn't regress, but for some reason, she couldn't speak.

Zhou Wen seriously considered for a while before sizing up the girl. Then, he carefully asked, "What do you think of the name Xiaoli?"

The girl remained expressionless, but she subtly turned her face away.

"Don't like it? How about Xiaona?" Zhou Wen asked after some thought.

The girl was expressionless as though she hadn't heard Zhou Wen. She raised her arm and pointed at Zhou Wen's chest.

Zhou Wen looked down and realized that there was nothing but clothes on his chest. There were no patterns or words.

Could it be... She's referring to this... Zhou Wen reached into his collar and took out a pendant akin to ivory.

This was a pendant carved by Wang Mingyuan. It was said to be carved from the tooth of the White Dragon in Old Dragon's Well. As for the origins of the dragon's tooth, it was said that Eldest Senior Brother Liu Yun had stolen it from Old Dragon's Well. However, Wang Mingyuan said that he had picked it up himself.

She can still see through things. From the looks of it, she still has her powers. Zhou Wen knew that he had guessed correctly when he saw the girl's finger track the pendant as he moved it.

"You want to use this pendant as a name? Got it. It's carved from a dragon's tooth, so you want to be called Xiaolong, right?" Zhou Wen was enlightened.

The girl was expressionless as she stared at him without any reaction. After staring at him for quite some time without blinking, Zhou Wen felt a little creeped out.

"That's not it? What about Xiaoya?" Zhou Wen asked guiltily.

The girl looked at Zhou Wen with a strange look before slowly nodding.

Zhou Wen looked at the girl's eyes and felt that she was about to give up. He also didn't feel too good about it, so he thought for a moment and said, "Xiaoya doesn't sound nice. It doesn't sound like a girl's name. Why don't we call you Ya'er? This 'ya' means sprouting. I hope you can grow up quickly."

The girl nodded slightly. Although it was still a little forced, she didn't have the look of giving up like before.

"Alright, I'll call you Ya'er from now on." Zhou Wen wiped the sweat off his forehead and looked at Ya'er. "Ya'er, can you still control the Ice Silkworm Gu Kings?"

Ya'er nodded and Zhou Wen felt relieved. If Ya'er couldn't control the Ice Silkworm Gu Kings, his plan would fail. Although the outcome might still be the same, Zhou Wen didn't like things that he couldn't control.

"Can you still make others not see you?" Zhou Wen asked again.

This time, Ya'er shook her head. Clearly, she could no longer exist in her spirit body state.

Zhou Wen asked some more questions and roughly gained an understanding of Ya'er, but what he knew remained limited. She couldn't speak, so Zhou Wen could only probe.

Now, he only knew that Ya'er's ability, memory, and intelligence hadn't changed. It was the same as before, but for some reason, her body had stopped growing.

Is she considered a living person now? Zhou Wen couldn't determine Ya'er's situation, so he could only ask her, "What do you want to do now?"

"Kill." Ya'er actually said one word.

"So you can speak?" Zhou Wen looked at Ya'er in shock. He had been gesturing for so long, but it turned out that Ya'er could speak.

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Chapter 804: Annihilation

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However, when Zhou Wen asked her again, she only nodded and shook her head without saying another word.

Could it be that she only knows one word? Although Zhou Wen felt that it was unlikely and there was no reason for her to only say one word, there was nothing he could do if Ya'er didn't wish to speak.

Ya'er suddenly stood up and walked out. However, after taking two steps, her legs went limp and she fell to the ground. From the looks of it, her body's strength was about the same as an ordinary toddler's.

Ya'er frowned slightly as her eyes narrowed, causing her body to levitate.

How strange. Her mental strength is still as strong as before. It's at the Mythical level, but her body is as weak as a baby. Zhou Wen found it odd.

Just as Zhou Wen was about to say something to her, he saw her fly out the window and head for the Xiao family.

Zhou Wen was afraid that something would happen, so he put on the Invisibility Cloak and followed.

Inside the Xiao family, Xiao Tianfang and Xiao Liuqi were preparing to tame the Ice Silkworms. They couldn't wait to tame them successfully.

"What a treasure. A powerful Gu like the Ice Silkworm Gu King is actually trapped inside without the ability to rush out. It's much easier for us to tame them," Xiao Liuqi said as he looked at the Ice Silkworms inside.

Xiao Tianfang was also observing the two Ice Silkworms. The two Ice Silkworms seemed to be tired from crawling around inside. They were motionless inside, probably resting.

Xiao Liuqi took out a Gu and tied it to a rope before throwing it into the Essence Gold Pot. This was food that Ice Silkworms liked to eat. He had to use this method to entice the Ice Silkworms, but he wouldn't let them eat it. Then, he would gradually train them.

Xiao Liuqi placed the Gu inside and was about to pull the Gu out when the Ice Silkworm took action. However, to his surprise, an Ice Silkworm swallowed the Gu. Its speed was shockingly fast, giving him no time to pull out the Gu.

"The Ice Silkworms are too fast. I doubt it will be easy taming them." Xiao Liuqi was just about to pull out the rope and get another Gu when the Ice Silkworm inside the pot phased away suddenly, appearing on the edge of the pot.

Alarmed, Xiao Liuqi and Xiao Tianfang quickly retreated.

"How did that happen?" Xiao Tianfang was alarmed. He felt that something was amiss.

Before Xiao Liuqi could say anything, another Ice Silkworm crawled out as though the Essence Gold Pot had lost its effect.

The two of them ran out without any hesitation. After they left the secret chamber, they were stunned by the scene in front of them.

In the huge temple, there were all sorts of Gu crawling everywhere. The Xiao family members were fighting with their Gu. What was even more terrifying was that the Gu they had domesticated now betrayed their masters and attacked them. There were screams and blood splattering everywhere.

"How did this happen? What happened?" Xiao Tianfang's eyes turned red. The entire temple seemed to have turned into hell.

"There's a problem. There must be a problem. It must be that Zhou guy. He didn't want to give us the Ice Silkworms at all..." Xiao Liuqi felt despair. The Xiao family already had many Gu. Now, all of them had betrayed them. Even the Mythical-level Blood Scorpion Gu had rushed out and was engaging in wanton slaughter.

There were also a few Mythical Gu they had previously captured that were doing the same.

Any one of them was already very difficult to deal with, much less with so many Gu. It was already impossible for them to rush out of the temple.

"Zhou, even if I become a ghost after death, I won't let you off," Xiao Tianfang shouted in grief and indignation.

In the sky, a figure slowly descended. Xiao Tianfang and Xiao Liuqi looked over and realized that it was a one-year-old girl.

However, the girl's face didn't have the innocence and cuteness a child should have. She was completely expressionless other than her cold expression. She floated in the air and looked down coldly at Xiao Tianfang and Xiao Liuqi.

The surrounding Gu killed wantonly, but no Gu attacked Xiao Tianfang and Xiao Liuqi.

Xiao Tianfang carefully sized up Ya'er and suddenly pointed at her as he shouted in horror, "Gu Lady... You're Gu Lady... How is this possible..."

After all, he had once been connected to Ya'er at an intrinsic level. He was all too familiar with her aura. Although the Intrinsic Lock had been removed, he could still sense the unique aura from Ya'er.

"How can she be Gu Lady? That's impossible, right?" Xiao Liuqi naturally didn't believe that the girl in front of him was Gu Lady.

Kuman Nee couldn't be revived. The little girl in front of them was clearly a living person.

"Liuqi, are you silly? Apart from Gu Lady, who else can control so many Gu? Who can make all our Gu betray us? Also, the aura from her is definitely Gu Lady..." Xiao Tianfang said in horror.

At that moment, the two Ice Silkworms crawled out as transparent wings grew from their backs. They flew to the side of Gu Lady as though they were protecting her.

Xiao Tianfang suddenly seemed to understand something as his body trembled. He gritted his teeth and said, "I get it. I get it now. So that Zhou fellow isn't capable at all. The treasure pot and the ease at subduing the Ice Silkworms were all fake. Gu Lady was able to subdue the Ice Silkworms. She was the one controlling the Ice Silkworms... We actually didn't realize that her strength had already reached such a level..."

Xiao Liuqi was also horrified. His face was filled with despair. "It's over, Tianfang. We're doomed this time... We shouldn't have targeted her back then... Now, she's here for revenge..."

Everyone in the Xiao family was dead. Gu swarmed over like a tidal wave, surrounding the two of them in the middle. The entire temple was drowned by Gu, leaving only the spot where they stood without any Gu.

"You... deserve death..." With her voice, the tidal-like Gu rushed towards them.

The Xiao brothers fought with all their might, but they were quickly drowned by Gu. Countless Gu drilled into their bodies and tore at their organs and flesh.

Amidst the inhuman screams, the Xiao brothers were eaten until there was nothing left.

Zhou Wen remained in midair and couldn't help but frown when he saw the Xiao family's tragic state. He was also somewhat worried.

It was understandable that Ya'er wanted revenge, but it was indeed a little too ruthless to kill everyone without any discrimination. It wasn't necessarily true that everyone in the Xiao family was bad, and not everyone had done evil.

Zhou Wen didn't pity the Xiao family, but he was afraid of Ya'er's character. If he kept her by his side in the future, if he or the people around him angered her one day, would she treat him and his friends the same way she treated the Xiao family?

While Zhou Wen was still pondering over it, the Gu began to disperse. Moments later, not a single one was left. Only Ya'er flew over with two Ice Silkworms.

Zhou Wen took out the Essence Gold Pot that Worm Dugu had given him and the two Ice Silkworms obediently crawled in.

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Chapter 805: Dragon Gods

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"Now that you're free, you can go anywhere you want to go or do whatever you want," Zhou Wen said to Ya'er.

However, Ya'er just looked at Zhou Wen without saying a word. She clearly knew how to speak, but for some reason, she didn't say a word.

"Do you have anywhere you want to go or anything you want to do?" Zhou Wen asked again.

Ya'er shook her head slightly. She had been refined into a Kuman Nee by the Xiao brothers before she was even born. She probably didn't know where she wanted to go or what she wanted.

"Then follow me. However, if you follow me, I have a few requests. If you can do it, you can follow me. If you can't, you should head off by yourself," Zhou Wen said to Ya'er.

Ya'er didn't say a word as she looked at Zhou Wen.

"Firstly, you are to follow my orders. Without my orders, you are not to injure others. Secondly, you are not to use Gu to harm others without my permission. Thirdly, you can reason with me, but you have to listen to me in the end. Fourthly, don't casually show your strength in front of others... Can you do it?" Zhou Wen asked Ya'er.

Ya'er looked at Zhou Wen and nodded without any hesitation. He did not know if she had really understood.

Zhou Wen felt odd seeing Ya'er nod. Although he was somewhat happy, he was also somewhat worried.

Even Zhou Wen wasn't sure if Ya'er could be considered a human. If she still had the taboos of a Kuman Nee, she would probably spell trouble in the future.

However, at this point, Zhou Wen had no choice but to take her back.

He brought Ya'er along to buy some clothes. Although she didn't say a word, she was very obedient. She did whatever Zhou Wen said. She looked like an ordinary, obedient child. She didn't show any of the ruthlessness she had when destroying the Xiao family at all.

"Old Zhou, where did you abduct this child?" Li Xuan asked in surprise when he saw Zhou Wen return with a child.

"I picked her up on the way," Zhou Wen answered.

"Could she be lost?" Li Xuan asked.

"No, I went to a dimensional zone where Gu appear. No one will take a child there," Zhou Wen said.

"Who's so heartless to abandon such a cute little girl?" Li Xuan looked at the girl with pity.

"I don't know, but I plan on adopting her and bringing her with me." Zhou Wen took out the Gu pot and handed it to Li Xuan. "The two Ice Silkworms are inside."

"How's the Xiao family?" Li Xuan asked with an odd expression as he held the Gu pot.

"It was destroyed by the Kuman Nee." Zhou Wen didn't elaborate because the scene was too tragic.

"They deserved it. How were they unafraid of the wrath of heaven to actually kill someone and dig out the baby?" Li Xuan said.

"Does this child have a name?" Li Xuan asked as he stroked her head.

"Ya'er, a name I gave her." Zhou Wen felt relieved when he saw Ya'er not exhibiting any special reactions towards Li Xuan's stroking of her head.

"What kind of name is this? How can such a cute little girl use such a name? You should at least call her Crescent or something. Even the common Xiaoya is way better than Ya'er, right? No, no, you have to give her a new name." Li Xuan immediately shook his head when he heard Ya'er's name.

"Let's talk about it when I register her in the future. Let's just treat Ya'er as a nickname." Zhou Wen really didn't know how to give names. It gave him a headache.

...

Soon, the Xiao family's overnight destruction was discovered. Many people went to take a look and realized that there were traces of a large number of Gu. They guessed that the Xiao family had been destroyed by Gu, but no one knew the exact details.

The number one Xiao family in Chiang Rai was destroyed overnight. This became a legend in Chiang Rai. There were all kinds of stories.

Li Xuan planned on visiting the Dugu family with Worm Dugu to learn about Gu, but Zhou Wen stayed behind. As there was still no concrete news from Primordial Spore, he wanted to wait and see.

The Primordial Spore hadn't successfully parasitized the dragon, but it hadn't died either. Zhou Wen didn't know what was happening.

Li Mobai also returned to Luoyang with Butterfly and Mute. Gu Shanshui even called and said that he had found a way to trap the Corpse Bug and wanted Zhou Wen to retrieve the calabash.

Zhou Wen was temporarily unable to head to Mong Hsat, so Gu Shanshui got Gu Lou to deliver the calabash to him.

Zhou Wen waited for news of the Primordial Spore while grinding.

Ancient Sword Tomb and Valley of No Return were excellent dungeons that produced many good items. Zhou Wen focused on grinding these two dungeons. Together with the Mythical creatures and rare creatures in other dungeons, he had to grind them all every time he respawned.

Zhou Wen went to the snow valley on the right side of the Valley of No Return a few times, but the blood-colored avatar would quickly die every time he entered. It was fine flying in the air, but when he was in the air, he could only see the snow-covered valley with no Gu to be seen.

Up to now, Zhou Wen still didn't understand why the blood-colored avatar would die in the snow.

With Truth Listener and Supreme Hell King's abilities, if a Gu is hidden in the snow, I should be able to sense it no matter how tiny it is. Furthermore, there's no reaction from the Heaven-Opening Scripture of the Highest Elder. This means that it's not a taboo power. What killed the blood-colored avatar? Zhou Wen studied it for a while but failed to find the secret of the snow valley.

Zhou Wen guessed that most of the people who entered the Valley of No Return had died in the snow valley.

After all, those who dared to go there were experts at nurturing Gu. Many would have the means to deal with the Gu in the first few areas of the valley. However, the snow valley was not something that could be simply dealt with using Gu knowledge.

While Zhou Wen was gaming, Ya'er sat on the stool and watched him. She didn't make a fuss.

Although Ya'er didn't have a heartbeat, she wasn't much different from a normal child. She also needed to eat to grow. Zhou Wen could sense that she was slowly growing at a speed similar to a normal child.

...

In a world that resembled a mystic realm, there was a huge palace that stood at the peak of a mountain. At the top of the palace was a huge statue that looked like a snake or a dragon, but it wasn't either of them.

On the mountain that resembled a heavenly pillar, there was only a stone staircase that led up the mountain. It extended from the foot of the mountain all the way to the top of the mountain.

At that moment, a white-robed man with lightning bolts running through his body walked to the stone steps.

"Wang Mingyuan, you're not guarding the divine tree and have actually dared to leave without permission. You've even come to Dragon God Mountain. Don't you know that this is the place where the Dragon Gods live? It's not a place a mixed-breed like you can come. Are you tired of living?" A monster with a human torso and a snake tail blocked Wang Mingyuan's path.

"From now on, I'm the king of the Dragon Gods," Wang Mingyuan said calmly.

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Chapter 806: Calamity Grade

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The snake-tailed monster guarding the stone steps appeared to have heard the funniest joke in the world. It laughed to the point of having tears stream down its face.

"You really think too highly of yourself. Don't tell me you really think that advancing to the Mythical stage is that impressive? In the dimensional wars, the so-called Mythical stage of you humans is just cannon fodder. This is because only by reaching that level can one cross dimensions without being killed by the barriers of the different dimensions. Only ancient forbidden zones like Earth will treat the Mythical stage as something important."

The monster continued contemptuously, "Just like how humans on Earth can't survive in space because it doesn't have the oxygen and other conditions you need to survive there. Becoming a Mythical stage merely means that you humans have learned how to survive in an environment without oxygen."

"There's naturally hope if one can learn to breathe and end up surviving," Wang Mingyuan said.

"You need hope only for the impossible. There's no way you can fathom what kind of existence the Dragon King is. If an ant like you hadn't come out of the ancient forbidden land, you wouldn't even be qualified to be a servant for the Dragon Gods, much less guard the divine tree. Yet, you actually dare to challenge the Dragon King? You're tempting fate. There's no need to look for the Dragon King. I'll show you what true strength is today," the monster said as a strange power arose from its body. It struck out at Wang Mingyuan with its hand.

The terrifying power transformed into a giant snake that tore towards Wang Mingyuan in a bid to devour him. This casual strike was so powerful that it could match Tyrant Behemoth in its Absolute Strength state.

Wang Mingyuan continued walking towards the stone steps, ignoring the terrifying snake attack.

However, when the giant snake came in front of him, it automatically disintegrated and turned into nothingness in the blink of an eye.

"You actually broke through the dimensional barrier? However, do you think that you have the right to fight our Dragon Gods? Aren't you being too arrogant?" Although the monster was arrogant, its expression turned solemn. It no longer wore a supercilious look.

Seeing Wang Mingyuan walk over step by step, the monster clasped its hands together and presented a strange offensive stance, like a venomous snake that could devour its enemy at any moment.

"I'll show you the true power of us Dragon Gods... Dragon God Descent..." As the monster roared, the strange power on its body was pushed to its limits. A terrifying power immediately swept through the entire space. Giant snakes of light shot out with apocalyptic might, bombarding Wang Mingyuan from all directions.

Countless giant snakes tried to devour Wang Mingyuan, but when they reached him, they automatically disintegrated. They couldn't touch his body at all as though his body was protected by a deity.

"How... How is this possible..." The monster was alarmed when it saw that its Dragon God Descent, which had been unleashed to its limits, failed to touch Wang Mingyuan's clothes.

As for Wang Mingyuan, he was less than three meters away from him. The stone steps leading up the mountain were already right in front of him.

"Dragons aren't like that." Wang Mingyuan glanced at the monster and waved his hand gently. The monster's body seemed to be grabbed by an invisible hand as it was thrown.

Boom!

Its body slammed into the stone wall, creating a crater. Its bones seemed to have shattered and its body was covered in blood. It struggled a few times but failed to stand up. It only spat out a mouthful of blood.

"You advanced to the Calamity grade?" The monster looked at Wang Mingyuan in horror as though it had seen a ghost.

It hadn't been long since Wang Mingyuan advanced to the Mythical stage and used the powers of the six Holy Temples to break through the dimensional barrier and enter the dimensional zone. He had even suffered the punishment of lightning smiting. Yet, he had advanced to the Calamity grade so quickly. This was just too shocking.

Even among the Octokind, which were born Mythical, there was only a handful who could advance to the Calamity grade so quickly.

Wang Mingyuan didn't answer as he stepped onto the stone steps and walked towards the Dragon God Temple.

"Even if you've advanced to the Calamity grade, you are just an ant in front of the mighty Dragon King..." The monster roared, but it didn't get a response.

...

Zhou Wen waited for the news of the Primordial Spore's success or failure. As it was too far away, he couldn't retrieve it. He couldn't help but feel anxious.

From the looks of it, I'll have to make another trip to Dragon Corpse River and find the Dragon King Gu. Even if I can't successfully parasitize it, I have to take back Primordial Spore. With Tai Sui, the chick, and Ya'er beside him, Zhou Wen wasn't afraid of Gu at all, so he planned on making a trip to Dragon Corpse River himself.

Zhou Wen didn't know the family that built the boats, nor did he plan on spending a large sum of money to buy a special boat. He bought an ordinary speedboat and got it transported to Dragon Corpse River.

"Friend, why did you bring a speedboat to Dragon Corpse River?" A person who was prepared to enter Dragon Corpse River to capture Gu saw Zhou Wen's speedboat and asked curiously.

"To enter the river to catch Gu," Zhou Wen answered.

The person sized up Zhou Wen and asked, "Friend, are you from overseas?"

"I just came to Chiang Rai a few days ago," Zhou Wen answered truthfully.

"Then it's no wonder. I'm afraid you don't know the taboo of Dragon Corpse River. Typical boats will be attacked by Gu when they enter the river. You have to first get a special Gu-proof boat," the person warned.

"Typical Gu probably wouldn't attack my boat," Zhou Wen said as he picked up Ya'er and boarded the speedboat. He started the speedboat's engine and set off into Dragon Corpse River.

The person said to the disciple beside him, "That young man has really gone mad. He has actually driven a speedboat into the Dragon Corpse River. Although the engine won't stall in Dragon Corpse River, the Gu in Dragon Corpse River will be attracted by the sound of the engine. When they crawl into the engine and cause damage to the engine, it will be impossible for him to come out again. To think he brought a child with him. He's really hopeless."

"This person is clearly from the East District and is very arrogant. If he wants to die, we can't stop him," the disciple said with a twitch of his lips.

Zhou Wen steered the speedboat while the chick and Tai Sui stood on each side of the boat. As for Ya'er, she sat beside Zhou Wen and sized up Dragon Corpse River curiously.

The Gu in Dragon Corpse River sensed the chick's aura and didn't dare approach the speedboat.

However, with a wave of her hand, a few Gu approached and swam beside the speedboat as though they were protecting it.

Since I've gotten the calabash back, should I use Ya'er to subdue some Gu? Zhou Wen thought to himself.

Zhou Wen naturally wasn't interested in ordinary Gu. If he really planned on subduing any, they would at least be Gu at the level of the Ice Silkworms. It would be even better if he could subdue the Dragon King Gu.

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Chapter 807: Collecting Dragon King Gu

The speedboat was much faster than the wooden boat as it sped across the river. Zhou Wen could clearly sense that he was getting closer and closer to Primordial Spore as the connection was getting stronger.

To people who reared Gu, the Dragon Corpse River was as dangerous as hell, but it was nothing to Zhou Wen. As he sped forward, he quickly sensed the location of Primordial Spore.

Zhou Wen could sense that Primordial Spore was beneath the boat. Furthermore, he could sense that the massive creature, Dragon King Gu, was also below.

As they were very close, Zhou Wen could sense it more clearly. Primordial Spore had been trying to parasitize the Dragon King Gu and control its body.

However, the Dragon King Gu was different from ordinary Mythical creatures. Its body was an agglomerate; likewise for its soul—countless souls gathered together. Primordial Spore attempted to parasitize the Dragon King Gu's soul only to realize that it could only control a portion of the souls. No matter which part it parasitized, it couldn't completely control the Dragon King Gu. This resulted in the current deadlock.

It was easy to parasitize a soul, but it was impossible to control the Dragon King Gu. Unless Primordial Spore split into thousands of small Primordial Spores and proceeded with a complete parasitization, it was possible to truly control the Dragon King Gu.

"Ya'er, can you control the Dragon King Gu below?" Zhou Wen placed his hopes on Ya'er.

However, Ya'er shook her head. She couldn't control the Dragon King Gu.

"Is it because it's too powerful?" Zhou Wen asked Ya'er.

Although Ya'er had the ability to control Gu, there was a limit. The Dragon King Gu was already a top-notch Mythical creature, so it was normal for Ya'er to be unable to control it with her mind.

To his surprise, Ya'er shook it again. However, this time, she finally spoke. "Can't communicate."

"You mean that you control Gu because you can communicate with them, and you can't control Gu that can't you communicate with or those that are unwilling to cooperate?" Zhou Wen immediately understood Ya'er's ability.

Ya'er nodded. From the looks of it, Zhou Wen's guess was right.

However, for some reason, Ya'er and the Dragon King Gu couldn't communicate. As such, Zhou Wen's hope of using Ya'er's ability to subdue the Dragon King Gu was dashed.

Is there any other way? After some thought, Zhou Wen still couldn't think of any good solution. Even if he made Tai Sui transform into a fish and enter the river, it would at most eat a portion of the Dragon King Gu's body. It was impossible to kill it.

With this in mind, Zhou Wen's heart suddenly stirred. Since I can't subdue it, I wonder if I can store it in the calabash. If I can store it in the calabash, I can feed Tai Sui even if I can't use it. But how can I store such a huge Dragon King Gu in the calabash?

After plucking it from the vine, the calabash no longer had the ability to take the initiative to store Gu. However, although Gu wouldn't resist entering the calabash, they wouldn't take the initiative to enter either.

From the looks of it, I can only use the tactic of cornering it. Zhou Wen used Truth Listener's ability to scout the terrain at the bottom of the river before summoning Tai Sui.

Zhou Wen first got Tai Sui to use its mimicking ability to turn into a tiny Ancient Tadpole. However, the Ancient Tadpole that Tai Sui transformed into was white. It was different in color from the real Ancient Tadpole, but its external appearance was no different.

After lowering Tai Sui into the river, it swam towards the bottom of the river.

Zhou Wen put on the Dragon Scale Armor formed by Demon Blood True Dragon. He also put on the Invisibility Cloak and went down the river with the calabash, but he headed in another direction.

The Dragon King Gu had suffered greatly from Tai Sui. It would definitely be afraid if it saw Tai Sui.

However, Tai Sui was previously in the form of the chick. Now that it had turned into an ancient tadpole, the Dragon King Gu failed to recognize it.

Seeing a tadpole dare approach it, the Dragon King Gu unleashed its might and swallowed Tai Sui.

When Tai Sui entered the Dragon King Gu's body, it immediately bit left and right and began devouring the Dragon King Gu's body.

When the Dragon King Gu realized that the tadpole it had swallowed wasn't dead and was still devouring its body, it was alarmed and wanted to get Tai Sui out of its body.

It wasn't a real dragon but condensed from countless tiny Gu. It could control its body freely, so it opened a hole in its abdomen. Tai Sui was devouring its body when it was thrown out.

After Tai Sui came out, it immediately used its mimicking ability and transformed into the Dragon King Gu. The two Dragon King Gu appeared at the bottom of the river and it was almost impossible to tell which was the real one.

However, the real Dragon King Gu could change its color, but Tai Sui remained white the entire time. People in the know could easily tell.

Unfortunately, Tai Sui's mimicking ability was only superficial. No matter how big and fierce it became, its strength was still as weak. It didn't have the abilities of the Dragon King Gu; only its appearance was more frightening.

However, the Dragon King Gu was frightened. Tai Sui was its nemesis to begin with. Now that it had become so huge, the Dragon King Gu was afraid that it would be swallowed by Tai Sui, so it immediately fled.

Tai Sui's speed couldn't keep up with the Dragon King Gu, so it could only chase after it slowly. Looking like the Dragon King Gu was useless, and it didn't have the speed of the Dragon King Gu, so it couldn't catch up.

The Dragon King Gu was quite frightened. It fled in a panic, hoping to stay as far away from Tai Sui as possible.

Zhou Wen used Primordial Spore to take advantage of a portion of the Dragon King Gu's soul, allowing it to have some effect and affect the direction of the Dragon King Gu's escape.

The Dragon King Gu chose the correct direction. Zhou Wen was just making sure that things followed his plan.

He stood in invisibility at the narrow mouth at the bottom of the river and watched the Dragon King Gu rush over. When it was close, he suddenly took out the calabash from under the Invisibility Cloak and opened the mouth of the calabash.

The Dragon King Gu immediately slammed into the calabash and half its head drilled in.

Zhou Wen was originally afraid that the Dragon King Gu would resist, but to his surprise, after the Dragon King Gu discovered the space in the calabash, it continued burrowing in. Soon, the entire body of the Dragon King Gu was inside. Zhou Wen capped the calabash and the Dragon King Gu remained inside.

The Dragon King Gu didn't seem to have any intention of coming out. It stayed inside the calabash and coiled inside obediently when it didn't see Tai Sui chase after it.

Zhou Wen never expected things to go so smoothly. To his surprise, when he saw Tai Sui swim over, Zhou Wen was somewhat curious. He rode on Tai Sui's back and got it to rush out of the water with him.

The people that he had encountered previously happened to be nearby. They saw Zhou Wen's speedboat parked on the river. The girl was still sitting on the boat, but Zhou Wen was nowhere to be seen. They imagined that Zhou Wen had been killed and were about to rescue the girl when they suddenly heard a loud splash.

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Chapter 808: Legend of the Gu God

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"I've already warned that fellow not to drive the speedboat into the Dragon Corpse River, but he refused to listen. I'm afraid he's dead. That little girl sure is lucky to still be alive. However, without her family, how can she survive at such a young age? What a sin!" As the man spoke, he was about to rush over to help when he suddenly saw a huge creature rush out of the water.

"Heavens... Dragon King Gu... That's the Dragon King Gu..." The men immediately trembled when they saw the huge creature. They were so frightened that they forgot to escape. Their legs went limp and they couldn't move at all.

To people who reared Gu, the Dragon King Gu was almost a god-like existence.

But at this moment, they saw the Dragon King Gu lower its head in the direction of the speedboat.

That girl is doomed! They all thought that the Dragon King Gu was going to eat that little girl.

To their surprise, after the Dragon King Gu lowered its head, they saw a person standing on its head. That person jumped down from the Dragon King Gu's head and landed in the boat.

The group of people couldn't believe their eyes. Someone actually dared to stand on the Dragon King Gu's head. Furthermore, the Dragon Corpse River's river water was extraordinary. Humans couldn't touch the river water at all, or they would have the possibility of turning into zombies.

Yet, this person came out with the Dragon King Gu. Clearly, his entire body had already come into contact with the river.

They were even more shocked when they identified the person. That person was actually the young man they had seen previously. He didn't seem to have suffered any injuries. What was even more exaggerated was that he even patted the head of the Dragon King Gu as though he was comforting his pet.

"Oh my god... Is he the reincarnation of a Gu God? How can the Dragon King Gu let a human touch its noble head..." Everyone was dumbfounded.

Zhou Wen also saw them and got Tai Sui to retreat into the river. It transformed back into an Ancient Tadpole at the bottom of the river and followed beside the speedboat.

Zhou Wen started the speedboat, causing a long wave to ripple across the river as it headed for the Dragon Corpse River's exit.

"Gu God... That must be the Gu God..." A man shockingly watched the speedboat leave and muttered to himself. "How can humans treat the Dragon King Gu like a pet? Only a god could have such power, and it has to be a Gu God."

From then on, there were legends of the Dragon King Gu and Gu God in the vicinity of the Dragon Corpse River. Someone even built a Gu God statue near the Dragon Corpse River.

A mysterious young man, holding a little girl's hand, stood on the head of the Dragon King Gu, as though he was about to ride the dragon to fly away.

Later on, the legend of the Gu God was accepted by more and more people who reared Gu. Many of them in the South District would worship the Gu God, but that was something far into the future.

After taking the Dragon King Gu out of the Dragon Corpse River, Zhou Wen set off for Mong Hsat. After meeting Gu Shanshui, he returned to Luoyang.

Although Mute wasn't around to lead the way, Zhou Wen had already memorized the route. With the chick, Tai Sui, and Ya'er around, he didn't encounter any danger.

On the way back, Zhou Wen kept studying the fusion problem of Ancient Splitting Tadpole. Zhou Wen's ideal combination was to fuse the Ancient Splitting Tadpole and Primordial Spore. If he could produce a Primordial Spore that could split through fusion, he would be invincible.

However, the compatibility between the two was just too low. It wasn't even 20%. Furthermore, he didn't know what the outcome would be after the fusion, so he didn't dare try it.

He matched the few Mythical Companion Beasts he already had with the Ancient Splitting Tadpole and realized that their compatibility was very low. The only one with a higher compatibility was Tai Sui, reaching a compatibility score of 69%.

This made Zhou Wen even more afraid of carrying out the fusion. Although the compatibility was very high, Tai Sui had the ability to restrain microorganisms. Even the Dragon King Gu was afraid of it. If it lost this ability after fusion, it wouldn't be worth it.

Don't tell me there's no other fusion choices? Zhou Wen matched the few rare Epic Companion Beasts with the Ancient Splitting Tadpole and realized that the compatibility wasn't high. The only one that was higher was the Fiend-Armored Tiger Soul General.

Why is this thing so odd? Those that have a high compatibility with it are strange Companion Beasts. I should wait and see. If there's really no other choice, I can try the fusion using Fiend-Armored Tiger Soul General. Zhou Wen was somewhat depressed as he gave up on the idea of fusing the Ancient Splitting Tadpole.

In fact, Zhou Wen hadn't spent much time grinding recently because he was studying the First Order of Chaos, hoping to advance his Chaos Egg Life Soul to a Perfect Body.

The First Order of Chaos was like the Dao Sutra. They were Essence Energy Arts that mainly enhanced Essence Energy attributes. Zhou Wen wanted to give it a try and see if the Chaos Egg could raise his stats to 41 points if he advanced to a Perfect Body.

After Zhou Wen's research, he discovered some ways to use the Chaos Egg. It had a very strong defense. Although it was only a Primordial Body, its defense was comparable to an ordinary Mythical creature's.

Zhou Wen used Light Concealment Sword to cleave at the Chaos Egg and required two strikes to leave a mark.

If he used the Golden Overlord Sword, he could cleave it apart with one strike.

This was already rather sick. After all, it was only a Primordial Body. If it advanced to a Perfect Body, it might be able to withstand a Mythical attack without any injuries.

Also, Zhou Wen could rapidly recover from his injuries and replenish his Essence Energy inside the Chaos Egg. It was like a high-level recovery device.

The only pity was that the Chaos Egg didn't have any offensive abilities. All it could do was defend and allow self-repair.

As the Chaos Egg's ability was somewhat similar to Li Xuan's Life Soul, Zhou Wen questioned the possibility of the Chaos Egg needing to be shattered before advancing.

He made a few attempts at injuring the Chaos Egg, but it quickly healed without becoming stronger.

Instead, the Chaos Egg seemed to become stronger after it helped treat his wounds.

It can't be... Could it be that this thing can only evolve after treating my injuries? Could it be that I have to seek a beating for no reason? Zhou Wen was extremely depressed when he came to this conclusion.

However, the facts proved that the Chaos Egg was indeed becoming stronger when it healed his body.

Furthermore, the Chaos Egg was very strange. It would only become stronger after it treated different kinds of injuries that Zhou Wen sustained.

If it was the same kind of injury, although it would heal Zhou Wen, it wouldn't become stronger.

I have to choose the style in which I'm beaten up. Isn't this Life Soul too sick? Zhou Wen was so depressed that he nearly gave up on the Essence Energy Art.

However, after some thought, he couldn't find any other substitute. All he could do was attempt to suffer different injuries in-game before getting the Chaos Egg to help him recover.

Bit by bit, the Chaos Egg grew stronger. By the time Zhou Wen returned to Luoyang, the Chaos Egg was already showing signs of advancing to an Evolved Body.

"Little Wen, did you bring an illegitimate daughter back? Am I going to be a grandmother?" Not long after Zhou Wen returned to Luoyang, Ouyang Lan suddenly visited him. She looked at Ya'er, who was sitting on the sofa, in pleasant surprise.

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Chapter 809: Puzzlement

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Zhou Wen's face darkened as he explained, "Why would I have an illegitimate daughter? I picked her up."

"Picked her up? I thought she was your daughter. I thought my life would be more fun with her in the future." Ouyang Lan was greatly disappointed as though she wished Zhou Wen had ten illegitimate children.

"If you like children, why not adopt one yourself?" Zhou Wen said.

Ouyang Lan rolled her eyes at him. "I have two sons and a daughter. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if I adopted a grandchild? That punk, Tianzuo, is a disappointment. He only knows how to work every day and doesn't even have a partner. I'm counting on you and Little Jing now. Don't be like Tianzuo. Find a wife early and give me a grandchild to play with."

"Sis Lan, I'm only a sophomore. There's no rush, right?" Zhou Wen was rendered speechless.

"Why not? Girls in school are most gullible. If you can't even fool them in school, it will be even harder to find a partner in the future," Ouyang Lan said.

"Uh!" Zhou Wen didn't know what to say.

"Anyway, give it some thought. I think that Wang Lu is quite good. Unfortunately, she will definitely be in charge of the Wang family in the future. It's impossible for her to marry out of the family. By the way, didn't you have a female classmate from Guide High School who was admitted together with you? Her name is Fang Ruoxi, right? I think she's quite a nice person. She has a huge butt, a sign of being fertile..."

"Sis Lan... Have some tea..." Zhou Wen hurriedly poured a cup of tea for Ouyang Lan, finally stopping her.

Ouyang Lan drank a mouthful of tea and glanced at Ya'er who was sitting there. She asked, "This girl looks pretty good but too bad she's not your biological daughter. What's her name?"

"She doesn't have a name yet. I gave her a nickname—Ya'er," Zhou Wen answered.

Ouyang Lan sighed and said, "In this era, too many people have died. There are also many orphans. It's still alright in Luoyang because of the orphanages. At the very least, they still have a way out. If their parents were to die in smaller cities, the orphans would really have no way out. They might be able to live if they were adopted by good people, but in this world, how can there be so many good people?"

"You still need to cultivate and study now. Furthermore, you are still a child yourself. What do you know about bringing up a child? I'll help you take care of her. If you have the time, come home and visit her," Ouyang Lan said as she walked in front of Ya'er wanting to hug her.

"Sis Lan, Ya'er isn't an ordinary child. She's very sensible. There's no need for me to take care of her. She knows everything and will do it herself." Zhou Wen hurriedly stopped Ouyang Lan.

Zhou Wen had seen how ruthless Ya'er was in destroying the Xiao family. He didn't dare let Ya'er follow Ouyang Lan to the An family. If someone from the An family made her unhappy, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"What can a young child like her know? Don't worry. I raised Tianzuo and Little Jing myself. I have experience," Ouyang Lan said as she revealed an amiable smile. She spread open her arms and said to Ya'er, "Ya'er, be good. Come home with Pretty Sister, alright? Pretty Sister has many delicious sweets and beautiful clothes at home."

Ya'er sat on the sofa and looked at Ouyang Lan before turning her head to the side.

The corners of Ouyang Lan's eyes twitched before she took two steps to be in front of Ya'er's face again. She continued, "Follow Pretty Sister, and there'll be many toys and delicious food."

Ya'er turned her face to the other side and Ouyang Lan followed.

Zhou Wen was rendered speechless when he saw this. Ouyang Lan had just said that it was meaningless taking care of another person's children, but now, she was insisting on taking Ya'er back.

"Sis Lan, how's the investigation on Chu He?" Zhou Wen was afraid that this awkward situation would continue, so he hurriedly changed the topic. Furthermore, Zhou Wen really wanted to know if the Chu He who went to Zhuolu was real or fake.

"On the surface, there's nothing wrong with the Chu He who went to Zhuolu. All the chronological events matched. If you hadn't discovered Chu He in Netherworld City, no one would suspect that there was anything wrong with Zhuolu's Chu He."

Ouyang Lan paused before continuing, "However, because everything about this Chu He is too perfect, it makes me feel that something is amiss, but our investigations have been fruitless. Therefore, I changed the direction of my investigation and investigated all the members of the team. All of them were clean and looked fine on the surface. However, I realized that all of them have something in common."

"What was that?" Zhou Wen immediately asked.

"After these people arrived in Zhuolu, most of them didn't or seldom contacted their families. Although communication isn't very convenient now and there's no signal in Zhuolu, they will return to the encampment at times. It's only natural for them to want to call their family and friends. Even if there are a few workaholics or heartless people among them, it can't be that most of them are such people. I went to visit their relatives and confirmed this matter. They rarely receive calls. Even if there were calls, they were the ones who called. Furthermore, the other party said that they were very busy. They hurriedly hung up after a few sentences."

Zhou Wen frowned when he heard that. "Could it be that many of the people in the former principal's team were impersonated like Chu He?"

"From the looks of it, it's very likely." Ouyang Lan nodded.

"Who did this? What motives does he have?" Zhou Wen said after some thought.

"This is also what puzzles me. Many of those people are authoritative figures in their respective fields. It's not easy to get someone to impersonate them. Furthermore, they have to do it flawlessly. Such a huge setup isn't something an ordinary person can do. Doing all of this should be a ploy, but what are they plotting? Zhuolu has already been mostly explored. From the looks of it, there doesn't seem to be anything that's worth going to such great lengths," Ouyang Lan said.

Zhou Wen felt that Ouyang Lan was right. The motive behind such a huge scheme was definitely extraordinary, but what was worth such a setup in Zhuolu?

The former principal and company were only studying Zhuolu. They didn't have the ability to kill Torch Dragon and Qiongqi. Ignoring Torch Dragon and Qiongqi, even Aoyin could kill them all.

If the other party had the ability to set up such a grand scheme, he could have organized an expedition team himself. There was no need for him to follow the former principal.

"What does the former principal and company have that others don't?" Zhou Wen asked.

"I'm also thinking about this question. Based on the information we have so far, there's no valid answer," Ouyang Lan said helplessly.

Zhou Wen suddenly thought of the passcode left behind by the former principal and the metal slab that contained a strange coin.

Could it be that what they want is that coin? Zhou Wen thought.

On second thought, Zhou Wen thought of the silver-haired Companion Beast locked in Qin Xiyuan's shop. The huge metal piece connected to the chain had a corresponding relationship with the small metal piece Zhou Wen had obtained. If he hadn't seen the huge metal piece, Zhou Wen wouldn't have imagined that the string of numbers the former principal had given him was a passcode.

Could there be something inside that huge metal slab? Zhou Wen thought to himself.

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Chapter 810: I'll Wait for You Here

Translator: CKtalon

Should I give it a try and see if the passcode can open the huge metal slab beside the silver-haired Companion Beast? Zhou Wen couldn't help but think.

If it were in the past, Zhou Wen wouldn't have had the chance to approach the metal slab, but things were different now. With the Invisibility Cloak, he should be able to avoid the various surveillance cameras in the shop and reach the metal slab without anyone noticing.

Zhou Wen could have openly headed there and even bought the silver-haired Companion Beast, but he had a nagging feeling that there was something wrong with Qin Xiyuan. He wasn't willing to let Qin Xiyuan know that he was interested in the metal slab.

In the end, Ouyang Lan failed to take away Ya'er and returned indignantly.

Zhou Wen thought about it for a while before finally deciding to head to Xiyuan Shop to take a look. Now that Ouyang Lan's investigations had reached a bottleneck, it was unlikely for her to make any further progress. Perhaps the metal slab that chained the silver-haired Companion Beast could give Zhou Wen new ideas.

He packed up and fed all the Companion Beasts that needed to be fed. When he fed Demonic Neonate a few Longevity Fruits, she suddenly began evolving again.

She should be able to advance to the Epic stage this time, right? Zhou Wen was delighted. Demonic Neonate was one step closer to the Mythical stage.

However, looking at the remaining number of Longevity Fruits, he felt that these Longevity Fruits were probably insufficient to support Demonic Neonate's evolution.

Thankfully, there's still Grim Demon as backup rations. If there's really no other way, it can be used to make do. Zhou Wen put away Demonic Neonate.

Before she completely evolved, there was no need to pin any hope on her strength in combat.

Banana Fairy was still evolving. She had been evolving for quite some time. Based on the time taken, she should be about to advance to the Mythical stage.

After packing his things, Zhou Wen set off for Qin Xiyuan's shop.

Zhou Wen didn't directly enter the shop. Instead, he went to a cafe near Xiyuan Store and ordered a cup of coffee. He sat by the window and planned on using Truth Listener to scan Qin Xiyuan's shop while drinking coffee.

This cafe was relatively close to Xiyuan Store. Sitting here, Truth Listener's range covered the entire store. He had to figure out the situation inside first.

"Sir, here's your coffee." The waiter served the coffee and politely placed it in front of Zhou Wen.

"Thank you." Zhou Wen's attention was focused on Xiyuan Store and he hadn't noticed the waiter. When he heard a familiar voice, he looked up and couldn't help but be taken aback. The person who had brought the coffee was Gu Dian.

Zhou Wen subconsciously looked around. Indeed, it was as he had imagined. The cafe was empty; there weren't any customers.

Does the boss of this shop have a grudge with money? He actually hired Gu Dian as a waiter? Zhou Wen felt that the boss must be crazy.

"Gu Dian, why are you here?" Zhou Wen asked Gu Dian in puzzlement.

"Working to earn some money," Gu Dian answered.

"Can working here be more profitable than fighting dimensional creatures and selling the dropped Companion Eggs?" Zhou Wen was still somewhat puzzled.

Gu Dian was considered one of the strongest figures in Sunset College. If he were to sell Companion Eggs he obtained, his income was definitely not something ordinary people could compare with. Furthermore, he was only a waiter at a cafe, so his salary couldn't be much.

"Yes." There weren't many customers in the cafe, so Gu Dian didn't leave.

"No way? This cafe can give you such a high salary?" Zhou Wen found it unbelievable that a waiter could earn so much.

Furthermore, this cafe didn't have any business at all. It was impossible for it to pay a high salary.

"150,000 a month," Gu Dian answered.

Pfft! Zhou Wen spat out the mouthful of coffee he had just drunk. He widened his eyes and looked at Gu Dian. "The boss here gives you 150,000 a month?"

Zhou Wen felt that the boss must be nuts. Otherwise, there was no way he would give Gu Dian such a high salary.

Gu Dian nodded and saw a customer enter. He said, "I need to get back to work."

Zhou Wen watched Gu Dian head over and say politely, "Welcome."

When the young couple saw Gu Dian, they seemed to be frightened as they immediately took two steps back. Without even entering, they turned around and quickly walked away.

I knew it. With Gu Dian around, how can business be good? Zhou Wen couldn't figure out why the boss of this shop would hire Gu Dian.

After drinking a mouthful of coffee, he felt that it tasted pretty good. It was actually hand-made coffee.

Unable to figure out the reason, Zhou Wen had no choice but to stop thinking and begin scanning Xiyuan Store.

Truth Listener's ability enveloped the vicinity of Xiyuan's shop. It was as though it had turned transparent. Zhou Wen could hear every corner of the building clearly.

To Zhou Wen's surprise, the floor where the silver-haired Companion Beast was located was enveloped by a mysterious force, as though it was enveloped by a thick fog.

Zhou Wen raised Truth Listener's strength to its limits as the fourth level within the fog slowly became clearer.

The various Companion Beasts imprisoned inside could be seen clearly. Zhou Wen focused his attention on the room where the silver-haired Companion Beast was. Indeed, he saw the silver-haired Companion Beast sitting beside the large metal slab with its head lowered as though it was asleep.

When Zhou Wen's attention landed on him, the silver-haired Companion Beast looked up and clearly glanced in Zhou Wen's direction. It was as though it was looking into his eyes, shocking him.

Can he see me? Or is it a coincidence? Zhou Wen frowned slightly.

Suddenly, beneath the silver hair that covered most of the Companion Beast's face was a grin. Then, its lips moved as though it was saying something.

However, he didn't make a sound. However, from the shape of his mouth, he seemed to be saying, "I'll wait for you here."

He can indeed see me. Zhou Wen was somewhat alarmed.

After Truth Listener advanced to the Mythical stage, its abilities were already very powerful. Furthermore, observing someone through hearing and vision was different. One's gaze was active, so it wasn't surprising for those with sharp senses to notice it when someone looked at them.

Truth Listener's hearing was passive. It was only gathering information. Yet, the silver-haired Companion Beast was actually able to discover his location. This ability was a little too powerful.

What're the origins of that silver-haired Companion Beast? Zhou Wen was puzzled as he wondered about entering.

Now, Zhou Wen was somewhat worried. If the chains that bound the silver-haired Companion Beast were unlocked after entering the passcode, could he be doing something foolish?

What does he mean by waiting for me? Could it be that he knew I would come? Zhou Wen was alarmed and puzzled. The entire matter was odd.

From the moment the former principal sent him the passcode, Zhou Wen felt that something was amiss. As the matter developed, Zhou Wen realized that it wasn't as simple as he had imagined.

At the very least, the silver-haired Companion Beast in front of him was definitely a terrifying existence. If the former principal had placed the silver-haired Companion Beast in the store, how could he have caught such a Companion Beast? The former principal probably didn't have such strength.

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