What If I Can't Die?

by Legrev

Song Shi came to an immortal world where demons and monsters were rampant. He thought he was going to take a trepidatious road to immortality, but ended up awakening to a death-defying system, gaining strength from death and getting stronger every time he died. The whole style took a sudden change. Other people cultivated to seek immortality, but he was already immortal, and could

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171 Spider Emperor (1)

Chen Yiling was so starteled she started to panic. She wanted to activate the spiritual sword that had entered her body, but she was not strong enough and could not take it out.

She could only say out helplessly, "Thank you, Senior."

"Sword Emperor Gale, you're really shameless. We've painstakingly found the spirit sword and you want to keep it for your disciple just like that?"

The brocade-robed old man's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. He was really out of luck today. Even the duck that was about to enter his mouth flew into someone else's pot. He was about to die of depression from the many losses he had encountered today.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, you're so rich that your wealth is comparable to that of a country. You also termed yourself the Perfected Lord of Treasures. Since you're full of treasures and don't lack such a spiritual sword, why fight with a junior?"

Sword Emperor Gale chuckled.

"How dare you rebut so shamelessly!"

The Perfected Lord of Treasures was so angry that his teeth started to hurt. No matter how rich he was, he did not have many of such Numinous artifacts.

Most importantly, this thing was dug out by everyone together. Many people died for it, but it flew away. Not to mention him, the other cultivators from the joint trading companies also couldn't take it.

"Sigh, this sword has a spirit. Since it has chosen its master, why don't we fulfill its wish?"

Sword Emperor Gale was clearly shameless. He said shamelessly, "How about this? I owe you a favor on behalf of the sword. If there's any trouble later, I'll help you all out. Is that alright?"

The Perfected Lord of Treasures looked at Chen Yiling gloomily. He could tell that this old fellow clearly wanted his junior to swallow this sword. It would be very difficult for him to take it back. He could only grit his teeth. "Then remember this well. If you have something to do later, don't refuse!"

When Song Shi saw this scene, he immediately felt that the tea in his hand had paled in comparison.

There was a phrase which said there is no such thing as a free lunch. But this was equivalent to having a free lunch out of the blue, and this 'lunch' was a Numinous artifact too!

This thing was a Soul Transformation stage Weapon and had been birthed with spirituality.

If he were to compare this sword with weapons from his previous life, a Numinous treasure with spirit and intelligence like this sword would be one level higher that a weapon with Artificial Intelligence.

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Even a Nascent Soul cultivator would find it difficult to possess such a treasure.

Whereas someone like Chen Yiling, could just posture and shout for a Spiritual sword whenever and the spiritual sword would fly over to her automatically. How pretentious was that?

"Damn it, I have the Psychic Dao Body too. Why don't treasures throw themselves at me?"

Song Shi's eyes shifted as he glanced at the sword tomb. There were no more spiritual swords inside.

"This girl is so lucky. She was chosen by the Spiritual Sword as its master. Her cultivation must have improved by leaps and bounds. It will be easy for her to form her Gold Core."

"I'm jealous. This girl has a Spiritual Sword protecting her now. As long as she doesn't die prematurely, it shouldn't be difficult for her to become a female Sword Emperor."

Fang Gang was also green with envy.

Shi Tianya's eyes were dark. "Then let's kill her in advance!"

Most of the people from the other sects also stared at Chen Yiling with hostile gazes.

To be recognized as a master by a spiritual sword at such a young age, she would pose a huge threat when she advances.

The best solution to such a threat was to nip her in the bud.

"Hmph, what are you looking at? If you have the ability, go and attract a Numinous artifact yourself!"

Sword Emperor Gale's eyes exploded with a sharp aura, shattering the malicious gazes of many people, causing some people with ulterior motives to retreat temporarily.

He smiled at Chen Yiling. "Indeed, the Zenith Heaven Sword King has taken in a good disciple. Follow closely by my side and don't give any of them a chance to attack you."

"Yes, Senior."

Chen Yiling secretly heaved a sigh of relief. She was indeed under a lot of pressure from being stared at by so many people with ill intentions.

Now, a Sword Emperor had personally promised that at the very least, she did not have to worry about being killed by a powerhouse.

"Brother Gale, congratulations. Your Demon Slayers Department will have another Elite soon."

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The Nascent Soul cultivators of Qianzheng Academy cupped their fists. They were all from the departments of Great Qian, so they naturally had to be polite to each other.

"Congratulations too. There's a cultivation technique building over there. When the time comes, there's a high chance for you all to obtain divine powers and spirit arts."

Sword Emperor Gale smiled as he looked at a simple and unadorned building. The words 'Ten Thousand Dharma' were engraved on it. Clearly, this was an inheritance from the ancient sect which consisted of their cultivation techniques and divine powers.

"It's difficult. This Tower of Ten Thousand Laws is most likely one of the core defensive forces of this ruin. I don't think we can break it alone."

The latter shook his head. He wore a scholar's robe and held a ruler-shaped magic treasure in his hand. He looked at a building more than ten miles away and pondered.

"Our side seems to be able to lead to the alchemy room. If attacking alone really doesn't work, we can work together to explore both places together."

Sword Emperor Gale suggested.

"That's what I thought."

The Confucian-robed elder nodded.

At this moment, as the nodes of the Array Formation were destroyed one after another, the situation inside the Array Formation became clearer and clearer.

The situation near the various large factions was further revealed. From the air, one could see which parts of the ruins were important and which were ordinary.

For example, the closest place to the Sky Demon Cult was the Weapon Pavilion. From afar, they could see Will-O-Wisp shooting out from it. This made the eyes of the Joint Trading Companies, who had just lost a spiritual sword, light up, and they also chose to approach the Weapon Pavilion.

"Work harder. We'll be able to enter this area where these ancient cultivators live soon. There might also be Numinous artifacts inside!"

Lu Jiu glanced at the various major powers approaching the important locations. But he did not choose to give up on the relatively ordinary living area in front of him.

The main reason was that the Array Formation here was almost broken. They were about to enter this place soon. If they gave up now, the sunk costs would be too high.

This was a living area. It was a little like the residence of ordinary disciples. The things planted nearby were relatively ordinary. Hence everyone was relying on their age to make up for it.

Everyone prepared to launch another joint attack. All kinds of cold attacks landed on the Array Formation and the Array Formation barrier began to distort before finally collapsing with a bang.

This was a residence with dozens of small buildings. It looked like a small village with a restaurant at the entrance.

The barrier outside the restaurant disappeared, and a circle of waves spread out, forming a gust of wind that swept up the dust inside. The residence that had been deserted for countless years was finally occupied by people again.

172 Spider Emperor (2)

There was a lot of moss growing on the steps, and weeds were growing in the cracks in the stone. A large number of spider webs blocked the path, making it look severely dilapidated.

There were also some ancient words engraved on the houses. As everyone was observing, a black shadow suddenly flashed past.

"What's that!"

The elder who was about to go into the house to take a look was shocked. Because even with his strength, he actually didn't manage to see it clearly.

"Be careful. It's a type of spider that has lived here for many years. Its strength will not be simple."

Lu Jiu reminded.

The Corrupted Poison Butterfly from before had left a deep impression on him.

At the side, Song Shi finished his restoration and stepped onto the blood river.

He looked like he was walking on the waves, but in fact, he was just using Dharma treasures to fly.

Swoosh!

Before he could approach, white threads suddenly appeared in the building of this living area.

"Watch out for spider webs!"

Lu Jiu was already prepared. With a raise of his hand, a black chain stretched out like a poisonous snake, blocking the approaching spider web. However, the others were enveloped by the spider web.

Chi! Chi! Chi! Chi!

The spider web contained terrifying corrosive properties. As soon as it entangled a person, it corroded his protective Essence Energy.

"Help me!"

The trapped person shouted in panic.

A golden fireball suddenly fell from the sky and exploded. The flames that contained destructive high temperatures spread and burned the spider web that was shot out secretly.

Song Shi appeared between them and stared at the manor. "This place looks like a coiled silk cave. There are spiders everywhere."

The trapped person seized the opportunity to escape and said gratefully to Song Shi, "Thank you, Elder Blood-robes!"

"Understood!"

Lu Jiu praised Song Shi. "Fellow Daoist Blood Robes, you came at the right time!"

As most of the people in the Heavenly Ghost Sect cultivated Yin cultivation techniques. Song Shi's methods made up for their shortcomings.

"Something like that. We have to follow the main group."

Song Shi did not comment. His gaze landed on the spider which was making strange sounds.

When these guys appeared, he realized that the alms bowl Dharma artifacts he had placed in his storage ring were heating up. He did not know if it was caused by these guys.

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"Leave first. The guys here are not simple."

Mountain Moving Daoist said, "I really didn't expect there to be such a powerful living creature here."

He looked solemnly at a manor. It was densely packed with spider webs and there was a faint colossus entrenched in it.

If he wanted to pass through here and reach the center of the ruins, he would not be able to avoid this thing.

Through the crowd, Song Shi was also secretly sizing up the dangerous presence. He felt a great sense of danger from this thing. It was definitely not an ordinary demon beast.

To make him feel this way, this thing had to be at least at the Nascent Soul realm.

"Finally, I can find something else to kill me. It's you!"

Song Shi made up his mind to 'feed' this demon beast a few more times later.

Crack!

A house suddenly cracked open and a group of black-backed and white-bellied spiders crawled out with rustling sounds.

These spiders were all very big. The small ones were like millstones, and the big ones were comparable to a small building. They made the nearby buildings creak.

In the blink of an eye, no less than a hundred spiders appeared on the surrounding buildings. The mucus in their mouths squirmed and spat out corrosive spider webs again.

"Hmph!"

Ghost Butcher raised his hand, and a circle of black ghost wind appeared under his hand. It was like a spiral wind blade. As it spun quickly, it cut off the spider webs such that the spiderwebs did not hit them.

Lu Jiu looked into the depths coldly, "For you to cultivate to this level, even if you haven't cultivated a Demon Spirit, your intelligence won't be low. If you know what's good for you, don't provoke us!"

With a low roar and a rumbling sound, a black hairy limb stabbed into the roof like a steel bar. Then, a mountain-like body appeared from the manor, giving off an oppressive aura.

"What a huge spider!"

Lu Youyou, who had just returned to Lu Jiu's side upon Old Man Nightmare's persuasion, was dumbfounded as she looked at the big spider that had appeared on the roof.

"You still dare to come over? You really have a death wish. Let's attack together and kill it and all its descendants!"

Lu Jiu's face darkened. Just as he was about to strike first and gain the upper hand, a series of hissing sounds rang out. The nearby spiders opened their mouths one after another, and spider webs suddenly appeared. In the blink of an eye, they enveloped the nearby buildings and turned the area into a huge cage, trapping everyone inside.

Not only that, but more spider webs cut through space, separating everyone. It was a classic example of wanting to destroy them one by one.

"Attack quickly. We can't give them a chance!"

Lu Jiu sensed that something was wrong. He raised his hand and clapped down, launching a powerful attack.

Unfortunately, it was still too slow. There were many spiders around them, and in the blink of an eye, the white spiderweb had passed through the vicinity, separating everyone.

Lu Jiu and the others were not afraid of this, but it was also very troublesome to be entangled by the resilient spider web. Those who were weaker would be easily defeated at this time.

When Song Shi saw this, his eyes lit up. He took the initiative to rush towards the spider emperor on the roof.

The Pure Yang flame on his hand burned and the spider web melted the moment it came into contact with it.

"This guy!"

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When Lu Youyou saw that Song Shi dared to rush over, she snorted, "You're really not afraid of death!"

When Lu Jiu saw Song Shi attack the spider emperor, a chain shot out from his hand, to wrap around the spider emperor through the spider webs.

"Elder Blood-robes, I'll control it. Think of a way to attack with the Pure Yang True Fire and force its children and grandchildren to return to help."

At this moment, Mountain Moving Daoist's body suddenly expanded. Black baleful aura and red flames erupted from his body and a terrifying explosive force was released.

In the blink of an eye, he transformed into a one hundred-foot-tall giant. Flames surged in his hand as he raised his hand and pulled with all his might, tearing apart many spiderwebs.

However, more spider webs appeared and entangled him.

"Damn it, I hate this kind of thing the most!"

Mountain Moving Daoist was a little angry. These spiders did not pose much of a threat, but the spider webs were very resilient. They were very effective against people like him who did not move fast.

"Don't waste your energy. I'll do it!"

The gray baleful aura on Ghost Butcher's body surged. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a ghost-like existence that was hundreds of meters tall. It disappeared in a flash and ignored the dense spider webs as it charged towards the Spider Emperor.

Song Shi had just held a large fireball when he saw Ghost Butcher use a method similar to an evil ghost. It ignored the physical attack and grabbed at the Spider Emperor with its ghost claw.

With a scream, the Spider Emperor was severely injured. Its abdomen was dripping with blood. In its anger, it raised its spider legs and stabbed at Ghost Butcher like it was stabbing with spears.

These spider legs shattered the house and they pierced through Ghost Butcher's body like shadows.

Song Shi could not help but think of the big-headed ghost that could change its form back then. Clearly, the current Ghost Butcher was stronger.

"Don't kill it. I'm not dead yet."

Seeing that Ghost Butcher wanted to break the spider emperor's head with a sinister smile, Song Shi was a little anxious.

At this moment, a large snow-white spider web shot out with extreme coldness.

This spider web contained powerful energy and was also effective against the phantom shadows. As a cold aura spread, it successfully restricted Ghost Butcher's body.

Obviously, the Spider Emperor had no prior experience in dealing with Ghost Butcher. Now that it had reacted, it naturally had found a way to deal with him.

Song Shi seized the opportunity to get closer and threw a fireball at the spider emperor's face. The latter felt the pain and also gave Song Shi a taste of its spider web.

He was enveloped by the spider web. The cold force made his body stiffen quickly before he was pulled over.

The spider emperor's weak body was injured and it had the intention to retreat. It dragged Song Shi, who it deemed to have a high protein content and contained abundant flesh and blood essence, away and quickly retreated to its nest.

Ghost Butcher broke free from the spider web. When he turned around and saw that Song Shi was still behind him, he could not help but laugh. "This guy is injured and wants to eat something to replenish his energy. Unfortunately, the one he captured was only a clone. He's destined to not be full."

Song Shi, who was disguised as a clone, did not speak. He looked at the spider emperor's nest. It was a cave in a courtyard, covered in ice and spiderwebs.

In the cave, a spider leg flashed past and pierced through Song Shi's head, revealing cold spikes.

The spider emperor opened its mouth and bit at Song Shi's body. After two bites, the food in its mouth suddenly disappeared.

Song Shi appeared out of thin air and looked at the Spider Emperor with a smile. He threw out an array flag to block the detection outside and rushed towards the Spider Emperor.

The Spider Emperor was furious. Its legs, which were comparable to Dharma treasures, stabbed over again, nailing Song Shi, who had not activated his Defense at all, to the ice. Immediately, blood flowed out profusely.

However, three seconds later, it was looking at Song Shi, who had revived again, in shock and confusion.

What was this? Why couldn't this 'food' be killed?

173 Hellfire

It had grown up in this isolated ruin and lived for thousands of years. But it had never seen such strange food.

The reason why he felt that the other party was still food was mainly because this person did not resist much and was easily discoverable.

Crack! Crack!

The ice surface was nailed with holes. Blood splattered and disappeared. The Spider Emperor gradually collapsed.

It stared fixedly at Song Shi and attacked with all eight legs. A series of afterimages pierced out…

Outside, as the Spider Emperor retreated with injuries, the other spiders also retreated into the surrounding buildings like a tide, leaving behind crisscrossing spiderwebs.

"Who the f*ck left behind Frigid Snow Spiders? After so many years, they have multiplied into groups!"

Mountain Moving Daoist cursed as he destroyed the spider web that was entangling him and regained his freedom.

"The ruins here are very bountiful. I feel that they left in a hurry for some reason back then and left behind many good things."

Ghost Butcher got rid of the spider web and shrunk his body. He seemed to be in deep thought. "Of course, what they left behind might also be something they didn't need anymore."

Lu Jiu nodded and stared at the nest in the manor. Behind it was a small path that led to the depths. If he wanted to advance, he had to deal with the trouble in front of him.

"The demon cores of such demon beasts have Yin attributes. They're very suitable for the cultivators of our sect. Let's think of a way to kill more of them."

Mountain Moving Daoist looked at the Blood-Robed old ghost. "Use fire attribute methods to restrain these guys. Everyone, take out your fire attribute spirit stones."

Many people looked embarrassed.

Shi Tianya shook his head. "Uncle-Mountain Mover, I don't have any fire-attribute spirit stones."

"Take out everything you have. I'll set up an array formation to summon Hellfire and burn these guys' nests!"

Mountain Moving Daoist threw out his Dharma treasures. Then, he took out dark red stones with Fire runes engraved on them and arranged them according to a specific formation.

He formed a hand seal with one hand. With a puff, a circle of fire appeared and quickly formed a Fire Array Formation. Dark red flames condensed in the center.

"ROAR!"

The flames surged as a Fire Wolf appeared and roared at the sky with a violent aura.

"Throw the spirit stones in!"

Mountain Moving Daoist urged. He threw the spirit stones on his body into the Array Formation first. With a cry, the Fire Wolf's body quickly grew larger.

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As everyone threw in fire attribute spirit stones, this Fire Wolf magically continued to grow. Soon, it became a huge Fire Wolf that was a hundred meters tall.

The Void shook, and the giant Fire Wolf walked towards the nest on the ground. It raised its claws and swiped, and most of the spiderwebs that sealed the surroundings instantly broke.

Song Shi's clone took another look and sent the information to his main body.

In the nest, Song Shi saw Mountain Moving Daoist's technique through his clone. He was slightly shocked. "This technique is powerful. It combines spells and Array Formations. Not only does the wolf have powerful might, but it can also move nimbly."

The Fire Wolf charged over. Even Song Shi, who was in the nest, could feel a heat wave surging over.

Sensing danger, the Spider Emperor hissed and ordered more of his children and grandchildren to charge out.

The black mass of spiders blocked the entrance of the cave and spat out a large number of spider webs. However, as soon as they came into contact with the hellish flames, they quickly turned into ashes with a sizzling sound.

"Evil creature, this Infernal Blaze is comparable to the True Samadhi Fire. Do you think a mere spider web can stop it?"

Mountain Moving Daoist sneered and changed his hand seals. The Fire Wolf opened its mouth and spat out a pillar of fire.

BOOM!

A bunch of spiders exploded, and many died.

In the air, the fragrance of roasted meat quickly spread.

BANG!

Something fell from the cave

A spider was blasted back. Its entire body was emitting black smoke and steam. It struggled a few times on the ice before it stopped breathing.

Song Shi sniffed and realized that its burnt corpse smelt quite fragrant. He could not help but drool.

"I haven't eaten meat in a long time. I didn't expect to be so hungry when I saw the spider meat."

He was a little speechless. He looked at the huge spider, "It's so big. The meat should be edible right?"

Just as he was considering if he should try it, the Spider Emperor's attention was attracted by the Fire Wolf outside.

Its mountain-like body moved and its eight legs moved as it nimbly crawled out of the cave.

"Hey, aren't you going to kill me?"

Song Shi was speechless. He was just a few more times away from leveling up, but this guy ran out and stopped killing him.

At this moment, the Spider Emperor was no longer in the mood to care about Song Shi, who could not be killed. It appeared at the entrance of the cave and looked at the Fire Wolf that was killing in all directions. A cold spider web shot out.

Its spider web was much stronger. Even Mountain Moving Daoist could not break free, so it had a restrictive effect on the Fire Wolf.

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However, the Fire Wolf's entire body was made of flames. Under the shockingly high temperature, the power in the spiderweb quickly evaporated and could not withstand the burning.

The Fire Wolf quickly broke free and pounced at the Spider Emperor. The two of them started fighting at the entrance of the cave.

In the distance, Lu Jiu and the others approached, ready to deal a fatal blow to the Spider Emperor at any time.

However, there were many spiders here. They relied on the advantage of numbers to block everyone. Coupled with the restriction of the spider webs, they would not be able to kill their way through for a while.

Song Shi saw all of this. He slowly walked over and pulled out a spider leg. Then, his eyes lit up.

The meat on the spider's leg was snow-white, and it was appetizing just by looking at it. Song Shi took out some seasonings and sprinkled them on it. He took a bite and immediately widened his eyes, revealing a look of enjoyment.

Regardless of how heated the battle outside was, he leisurely walked into the depths of the nest. Cold air filled the air here, and the deeper he went, the colder it became.

As the terrain descended, the cave became deeper and deeper and the light became dimmer. In the end, he discovered a large piece of jade. This stone was like a bed, and there were runes engraved on it. There was a pile of egg-sized balls.

"The Spider Emperor's egg?"

Song Shi took a bite of the spider leg meat and strode over. Just as he was about to roast a spider emperor egg to eat, he found a jade token behind the egg. It was also filled with a cold aura.

"Looks good."

He reached out to pick up the jade token. The latter shone brightly and flew away, avoiding his hand and floated beside him.

Song Shi's eyes widened. When he saw the Will-O-Wisp fluctuations on the jade token and the dense runes, he could not help but be stunned. "Good lord, it's even a Numinous artifact!"

He reached out to grab it, but the token dodged again, not wanting to be caught by him.

"Damn you!"

Song Shi's expression darkened. Not long ago, he had been fantasizing about some Numinous artifacts coming to him to acknowledge him as their master. In the end, the Numinous artifacts were actually avoiding him.

As he compared himself to Chen Yiling, he felt like a loser.

"Why are you running? Come here!"

Song Shi transformed into a Phantom image and grabbed the jade token. The latter trembled, clearly unwilling to be held by him.

An ice-cold power was released through the jade token. Song Shi shivered as frost appeared on his body.

"It's so cold."

Before he could react, he turned into ice and was frozen by the token.

Song Shi's eyes darted around as he watched the token fly away again. He was so angry that he activated the Nine Yang Nomological power in his body and released wisps of golden flames to dispel the freezing power.

Crack.

After the ice shattered, Song Shi regained his mobility. However, he could not help but tremble. He looked at the token floating up and down in the distance as if it was mocking him. He was furious.

174 I'm Just Fooling You

"Damn it, I don't believe I still have to deal with a dead thing like you who don't even have an owner!"

Song Shi's stubborn temper flared up. In a flash, he closed in and grabbed it again.

Extreme freezing power surged over, freezing Song Shi's arm solid.

He hurriedly released the Pure Yang True Fire and forced the cold air back with difficulty. Then, he formed a seal and shot out runes that landed on it. He began to try to control this thing.

Just as he was about to forcefully subdue the Numinous artifact, a black shadow floated into the cave. Following that, a teasing voice sounded. "Heh, you really sneaked in. You want to secretly take the treasures for yourself, right?"

Song Shi's expression changed. He turned his head and stared at the rather arrogant Lu Youyou, frowning. "What do you mean by sneaking in? I came in with my own abilities."

"Hmph, you sneaked in. My father and the others are fighting very hard outside. You're the only one who's taking advantage of the situation right now."

Lu Youyou sneered.

Song Shi mocked, "Aren't you here to take advantage of me?"

"I'm different from you. Father let me in!"

Lu Youyou put her hands behind her back and clicked her tongue. "I didn't expect you to be such a person. You took the initiative to work so hard just now. So it's for this treasure."

The gray fog squirmed as Old Man Nightmare appeared beside him. He looked at the jade token in front of Song Shi. "Miss, these are Numinous artifacts. I really didn't expect these beasts' lairs to have such treasures."

As soon as he finished speaking, the token in front of Song Shi trembled and broke free. It collided with Lu Youyou and disappeared.

"…"

Song Shi was in the mood to curse. Now, he finally understood how the Perfected Lord of Treasures felt. The duck that was in his mouth had flown away.

Lu Youyou was stunned for a moment before she laughed out loud, "Did you see that? You're not fated with the treasure."

Song Shi frowned. He definitely did not believe in fate.

If he guessed correctly, it was because the nature of his cultivation techniques and that thing countered each other, so the spiritual jade tokens and Numinous artifacts were unwilling to be controlled by him.

"It's just a lousy token. If I'm not fated, so be it."

Song Shi did not care too much. His body was the strongest weapon. Everything else was just icing on the cake.

He quickly composed himself and took a bite of the spider leg as if nothing had happened. He turned around and took out an insect egg from the ice jade bed and began to roast it with Pure Yang True Fire.

At the same time, he controlled his clone to enter and retrieve the Blood River Dharma treasures.

Song Shi continued to roast the eggs and a special egg fragrance appeared.

Although Lu Youyou said that, she swallowed her saliva and changed her words, "Roast one for me too."

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"Why should I?"

Song Shi retorted.

"Because you stole the tea leaves I picked painstakingly!" Lu Youyou said righteously.

"You even snatched my Numinous artifact."

Song Shi pursed his lips and stopped her, "Shut up. I don't want to talk to you."

Seeing that Song Shi turned around and ignored her, Lu Youyou gritted her teeth and went to get the eggs herself.

Boom!

Just as her hand touched the egg, a loud bang exploded at the entrance of the cave. Instantly, the ground shook, and destructive waves of fire rushed in.

"Miss, be careful!"

Old Man Nightmare held a straw hat-shaped Dharma treasure in front of Lu Youyou and blocked the powerful force.

A golden bell-like energy barrier appeared on Song Shi's body, blocking the aftershock of the battle. He did not move at all.

Amidst the aftershocks, a large spider that was charred black and covered in wounds retreated in a sorry state. It happened to see Song Shi roasting his eggs. Its eyes instantly turned red as it charged back angrily.

However, after it saw Lu Youyou, it did not attack Song Shi immediately. Instead, it pounced onto Lu Youyou and Old Man Nightmare.

"Miss, retreat quickly!"

Old Man Nightmare had just reminded him when he was stuck to the spot by the spider web. With a bang, a hole was pierced through his straw hat Dharma treasures by the spider leg. If not for the fact that his clothes were also Dharma artifacts, he would probably have been injured on the spot.

However, this also sent him flying. The spider web was even more tightly wrapped around him, and he could not escape for a moment.

This made Lu Youyou face the Spider Emperor alone. Under the terrifying and fierce Aura, her face could not help but turn pale.

She was not so scared that she was in a daze. She hurriedly formed a seal and the purple bracelet on her wrist flew out. It quickly enlarged and turned into a purple barrier in front of her.

However, the moment the two sides came into contact, she was sent flying and blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.

"Blood-robed Elder!"

Old Man Nightmare could not break free from the spider web for a moment. He could only call out to Song Shi anxiously. At the same time, he chanted an incantation and formed a seal. A gray thread shot out and landed on the spider emperor's head. The latter's eyes were a little dazed, and his movements became slow. But he was not completely under Old Man Nightmare's control.

"You have something of it on you. Naturally, it's chasing you. Give it to me. I'll help you attract it to attack me instead."

Song Shi looked at the injured Lu Youyou quietly.

But you also have his egg."

Lu Youyou got up from the ground, not believing Song Shi's words.

"It only has one token, but there's a pile of eggs left."

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Song Shi shook his head. "If you don't throw it away, I won't be able to help you. Don't blame me if you lose your life."

Lu Youyou hesitated. She looked at the spider emperor, who was clearly seriously injured but was still very terrifying. She gritted her teeth and opened her hand. A jade token appeared.

As expected, after seeing the token, the confusion in the Spider Emperor's eyes quickly dissipated. A ferocious aura erupted, and his movements suddenly became faster.

Lu Youyou was shocked and hurriedly threw the token away, but Song Shi, who was already prepared, grabbed it.

"Hehe, I got it back!"

Golden light flickered in Song Shi's palm. This time, he did not use fire-attribute power. Instead, he used metal-attribute power to forcefully suppress it.

Other than the Fire Spirit Root, he also had the Metal Spirit Root. However, his powers were all in his Spirit Body and he did not cultivate any individual Dharmic powers.

The metal and ice did not counter each other. The latter trembled and gradually calmed down.

"You still dare to take it? You have a death wish!"

Seeing that Song Shi dared to accept something that the Spider Emperor valued, Lu Youyou snorted and quickly retreated.

At this moment, the Spider Emperor's attention was indeed on Song Shi again. With a scream, Old Man Nightmare spat out blood. His Crowd Control spell was broken and he suffered a backlash.

The Spider Emperor broke free from the Control and turned around to charge at Song Shi.

Splash!

A black chain suddenly shot in from the entrance of the cave. It wrapped around its thigh like a venomous snake and pulled it out. Then, more chains rushed in.

This was Lu Jiu's timely attack. His Soul Lock Chain was not simple. With a pull, the spider emperor's soul loosened. For a moment, it was difficult to control its body, and its movements became stiff.

"Dad!"

Lu Youyou was pleasantly surprised. Then, she said in frustration, "Damn it, even if I didn't throw out the Black Ice Token, I would have still been fine. This guy must have sensed that Father was coming, so he tricked me into throwing the treasure back to him."

At this moment, Song Shi deliberately grinned at Lu Youyou. "You're right. I'm just fooling you."

Just as Lu Youyou was so angry that her eyebrows shot up, Song Shi's eyes flashed with golden light and his entire aura changed drastically.

Just now, he looked ordinary and did not have much strength, but at this moment, he was like a volcano erupting. He took a step forward and slid down, instantly moving under the spider emperor's stomach.

"Dragon in the Sky!"

He mobilized a large amount of Nomological power and gathered the power of his Spirit Body in his palm. The attack of the Dragon Subduing Palm erupted.

Boom!

A bloody hole appeared in the spider emperor's stomach. Its huge body was sent flying, shattering many rocks on the ceiling.

Song Shi drew his sword and chased with his Gust Wind Sword skill.

"DIE!"

With a low shout, he cut off the Spider Emperor's head.

175 Killing the Spider Emperor and Refining Gu

The Spider Emperor spat out blood, leaving a pool of liquid on the cave wall.

His decapitated body fell to the ground. He did not struggle much and then stopped moving.

The Spider Emperor's soul had already been destroyed by Song Shi's sword qi and was dead.

"Nice kill!"

The chains binding the Spider Emperor quickly loosened. Lu Jiu flew in in a flash. As he retrieved the chains and Dharma treasures, he smiled and nodded at Song Shi, as if he did not care that Song Shi had taken advantage of the chaos to run in.

In this ruin, the Spider Emperor was more of a hindrance that prevented them from continuing to explore deeper. Therefore, they had to kill him as soon as possible.

However, this thing was a powerful demon beast after all. Other than its abdomen, its other parts were very firm. Its spider legs were even stronger than ordinary Dharma treasures. The spider web was powerful and restrictive. It also had many children and grandchildren. If Song Shi did not kill it, they would probably need to waste more effort passing through his lair.

"It's nothing much."

Song Shi smiled. He suddenly attacked not to show off in front of everyone, but purely to snatch the kill.

No, it was more like snatching the opportunity to kill.

Now that it was getting more and more difficult to obtain a lucky draw opportunity, he naturally could not miss it.

"Damn it, he's being pretentious again!"

Lu Youyou roared in her heart, as she was a demon baring its fangs and brandishing its claws.

She scoffed. "At least you have some self-awareness. Without my father and Grandpa Mountain Mover seriously injuring this spider emperor, would you have a chance?"

"You can't even kill him, why are you making these sarcastic remarks?"

Song Shi's words almost made Lu Youyou choke.

She could only twist her words. "When I reach the Golden Core Formation stage, I will be able to kill him."

"When I form my Nascent Soul, I can kill it alone without anyone's help."

Song Shi pursed his lips.

"You!"

Lu Youyou was so angry that she took a deep breath and could only change the topic. "Father, he snatched my Numinous artifact, the Black Ice Token."

Ghostly shadows swayed as Ghost Butcher and Shi Tianya entered. The former frowned. "This beast also has Numinous artifacts?"

"No wonder it ran back. It probably wants to use the power of the Numinous artifacts to turn the battle around and attack us."

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"Yes, I obtained the Numinous artifact, but it was cheated away by him."

Lu Youyou was about to cry. She pointed at Song Shi with an aggrieved expression, "This person is so bad. He even lies to little girls."

"You're a little girl?"

Song Shi sized up Lu Youyou, who was no longer small, and said angrily, "You were the one who was so frightened by the Spider Emperor that you threw out the Numinous artifact in your hands and begged me to help me shoulder its killing intent. Now, you're distorting the truth?"

"I didn't beg you!"

Lu Youyou hurriedly looked over, "Grandpa Nightmare, what you saw just now was him tricking me into giving up the Black Ice Token."

Old Man Nightmare was dealing with the spider web. When he heard the Miss call him out, he said helplessly, "Indeed, she was not begging."

"Right? He's the one who fooled me. Hurry up and take out the Black Ice Token. It's more suitable for it to be with me."

Lu Youyou stretched out her fair hand.

Lu Jiu did not speak. He had indeed felt an icy aura just now. It should be the Black Ice Token that his daughter had mentioned. If it was a Numinous artifact, it was indeed quite precious.

At this moment, Shi Tianya said, "Blood-robed Elder, since it's your fault and it doesn't match your attributes, it's better to return it to Youyou."

"That's right. Why are you, a man, trying to fool a little girl?"

Fang Gang agreed. He would definitely stand on Lu Youyou's side.

Song Shi crossed his arms and his expression turned cold, "Shut up. You both are not qualified to get involved in this matter."

Shi Tianya and Fang Gang's expressions darkened. This fellow was too arrogant. Why was he still acting like this in front of so many people?

Mountain Moving Daoist walked in tiredly. When he saw that the atmosphere was not right, he looked at Lu Jiu. "What's going on? Aren't you going to collect the spoils of war?"

"The greatest spoil of war is on him. It's a Numinous artifact. This blood-robed elder seems to want to keep it for himself."

Another elder replied sarcastically.

"Oh, I thought that the most valuable things were the Spider Emperor's body and demon cores. I didn't expect there to be Numinous artifacts. Everyone took down this place together, yet you want to monopolize it?"

Mountain Moving Daoist was very displeased. He was the main attacker and had contributed the most. He definitely did not want to see this person take away the most precious Numinous artifact.

"If I take it all for myself, will you kill me?"

Song Shi chuckled. His words made the atmosphere turn solemn.

"Elder Blood Robes, don't joke around. This joke isn't good."

Ghost Butcher said coldly.

At that moment, Song Shi really thought of provoking these guys to kill him. In the end, he gave up because doing so was indeed a little immoral.

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He said indifferently, "This thing is naturally everyone's common spoils of war, but before taking it out, I still have to make it clear. Firstly, I've encountered this jade token first. Secondly, this thing should at most be shared by everyone. At most, I'll give it to the Sect Master. She's not qualified to own it."

"You're not qualified!"

Lu Youyou hated it when people looked down on her. She almost scratched Song Shi's face.

"Heh heh, it's good that the blood-robed elder knows his limits. You did indeed contribute by killing the Spider Emperor, but it's not to the extent of directly being awarded a Numinous artifact."

Lu Jiu squeezed out a smile, "Besides, these Numinous artifacts aren't very suitable for you. How about you give me one of the Spider Emperor's spider legs? This is also a good refining material. If you encounter suitable Numinous artifacts in the future, I'll give them to you first. How about that?"

He did not force Song Shi to take it out just now. It was too humiliating for Song Shi and could easily cause internal strife. Now that Song Shi did not act recklessly, he was naturally overjoyed.

"Lu Youyou, learn more. Otherwise, what right do you have to take over your father's position?"

Song Shi threw out the token and walked over to cut off the largest spider leg before leaving.

Such top-grade artifact refinement materials were indeed quite precious. They were qualified to be used to refine top-grade Dharma treasures and even Numinous artifacts. They were worth more than ten thousand spirit stones. He could use the materials he had drawn previously to refine a Dharma treasure along with this spider leg.

Lu Youyou did not feel the thrill of victory when she saw Song Shi leave leisurely.

Although she had successfully gotten Song Shi to take out the Black Ice Token, she had not gained any benefits.

"Youyou, you have to know how to be kind. Don't bicker with your own people all day."

Lu Jiu shook his head helplessly at his daughter, "I'll keep this token first. We'll discuss it before deciding who it belongs to."

He raised his hand and his Nomological power transformed into chains. He wrapped them around the token and took it over to check.

"These are ancient characters. They look like some kind of identity token. Why are they here?"

Ghost Butcher leaned over and took a few looks, "Could this be the key to some place? For example, to enter that space?"

"I don't think so. Who would leave the key to enter their house outside?"

Mountain Moving Daoist did not agree.

"This Numinous artifact is quite special. Let's study them carefully. As for the others, deal with the battlefield. After resting for a while, we'll move to the next point."

After Lu Jiu made the arrangements, he began to observe the Black Ice Token with Ghost Butcher, Mountain Moving Daoist, and the others.

Song Shi walked out of the hole and was not unhappy about having to give away the token.

Everyone had a share of this. If Lu Youyou hadn't seen it, he would have monopolized it, but since she had, he was too embarrassed to take it all for himself.

"Why did the alms bowl heat up when I encountered the token just now?"

Song Shi thought of the reaction of the Dharma artifacts alms bowl on him and was a little puzzled.

The alms bowl was only a Dharma artifact. Why would it react to the Numinous artifact? Could there be some special connection between both?

The image of how similar the ruins were to the alms bowl suddenly appeared in front of him.

That alms bowl was used to refine Gu, could it be that this ruin had a similar effect and that they were the Gu?

176 When Are You Going to Avenge Your Son?

However, this did not make sense. This was a sect ruin to begin with.

Song Shi could not figure it out, so he decided not to think about it. He took out the alms bowl and observed it. At the same time, he injected his strength to see if there was anything special.

Clang!

A sword hum appeared in the distance. Song Shi looked over and saw a bean of sword light rushing out of Chen Yiling's body.

At the same time, in the Spider Emperor's cave at the side, the Black Ice Token shone brightly.

All over the basin, other items of the same level suddenly activated their powers. Cultivators who were controlling the Numinous artifacts sensed it and turned to look at Song Shi.

Song Shi's expression changed. He was a little surprised.

"What's going on? It can actually resonate with so many Numinous artifacts. I even feel like I can affect them."

He was bewildered. He looked at the center of the basin and felt that something was amiss.

Recalling the runes on the alms bowl, Song Shi suddenly felt that everyone was like insects that had been attracted over.

He subconsciously wanted to put away the alms bowl in his hand, but he held back.

He was not afraid of death. Wouldn't it be good to use the alms bowl to attract some fellows with ulterior motives?

On the Sky Demon Cult's side, Lu Bingxuan sensed something and stopped at Song Shi's position for a moment. He didn't pay much attention to the rather ordinary alms bowl in Song Shi's hand and immediately landed in the cave.

His attributes were ice, and the power emitted by the Black Ice Token attracted him even more.

The others also glanced at Song Shi. No one felt that the commotion just now was related to the Dharma artifacts in Song Shi's hands that were not even Dharma treasures.

When everyone was alarmed, Lu Jiu brought everyone out and quickly cleaned up the battlefield, starting to search for nearby buildings.

There were indeed other things in the house, but none of them could compare to that token. The most precious thing was a few Dharma treasures.

Of course, perhaps the materials and techniques used to make these ancient magic treasures were better, and their power was stronger than those of the same level today.

Just as they were about to go to the next location, two furious shouts sounded from afar.

"Old Poison, how dare you!"

"Stop!"

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Everyone could not help but jump onto the roof and look into the distance. They saw a person from the Heavenly Poison Sect holding a ginseng that looked like a carrot. He was retreating with a smug expression and meeting up with his disciples.

"Hehe, since you don't dare to take it, wouldn't it be a waste if I don't take it?"

This person was the sect master of the Heavenly Poison Sect. It was rumored that he had refined a hundred types of poison and was known as the Perfected Lord of Hundred Poisons. Others liked to call him Old Poison.

It was precisely because he had exceptional poison techniques that he seized the opportunity to secretly snatch the Ye Family's ten-thousand-year-old ginseng.

The Ye Family could not be blamed for being too slow. The main reason was that the Poison Butterfly would destroy the nearby medicinal herbs when it died. They were worried that the most precious ten-thousand-year-old ginseng would also be destroyed, so they had been handling the Poison Butterfly carefully, which gave the Perfected Lord of Hundred Poisons a chance to sneak in.

The people of the Sky Poison Sect seemed to like to cover their faces with black cloth. The group of people confronted the Ye Clan, and for a moment, the atmosphere was filled with gunpowder.

The Ye Family and the independent cultivators following them did not dare to act rashly. The most powerful thing about the fellow in front of them was not Dharma treasures or spells, but poison that could kill people without leaving a trace!

"Old Poison, do you want to start a war with the Ye Family?"

The patriarch of the Ye Family, Ye Wenzhong, narrowed his eyes and stared at the old poisonous creature with killing intent. Anger flickered in his eyes, and his beard and hair stood on end.

"I'm helping you. Why are you wasting your time on a few medicinal herbs? There are still good treasures ahead."

Old Poison chuckled in response.

"You have to know that we've lost many people here. It's impossible for us to leave empty-handed!"

Ye Wenzhong took a step forward, and boundless Nomological power was released from his body, forming a circle of golden waves, like a golden-armored god.

His cultivation level had reached the mid-stage Nascent Soul realm. Although this was nothing exceptional among the experts here and his cultivation level could even be considered slightly low, so he had every reason to start a war to ask for this ten-thousand-year-old ginseng.

However, the Ye Family had the Golden Bloodline that was known to be the strongest in combat. With the support of the golden divine body, although they were only at the mid-stage Nascent Soul realm, they cultivated both immortal and martial arts. Their combat strength was comparable to ordinary perfected Nascent Soul realm cultivators.

Hence, his title was not Perfected Lord, but Golden Martial Emperor. Among the martial artists of Great Qian, his power was second only to the Martial Emperor of Great Qian.

"You have to understand that I won't throw out what I've got."

The Perfected Lord of Hundred Poisons was not afraid at all. So what if his golden divine body was powerful? As the sect master of the Sky Poison Sect, he was not an ordinary person either.

BOOM!

Golden blood surged out like an ocean. It was majestic and bright, and a powerful aura erupted, making one's mind tremble.

"Since you're not returning it, I'll kill you!"

Ye Wenzhong was burning with anger. Amidst cracking sounds, a set of golden armor appeared on his body. Holding a Spear, he completely transformed into a Golden Battle God and rushed over. His surging aura made many people from the Heavenly Poison Sect change their expressions.

"Die!"

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The other disciples of the Ye Family were also in combat mode. Golden light surged out of their eyes and instantly turned into a golden color. They led the many secret cultivators and charged over.

They all knew that they had to teach these people a lesson. Otherwise, they would only push their luck and continue to take advantage of them.

A chaotic battle broke out. The two factions fought over a ten-thousand-year-old ginseng.

The other factions, be it demon beasts or humans, were only watching from afar.

Whether the Ye Family or the Heavenly Poison Sect won, either outcomes would benefit them.

Song Shi calmly looked at the two factions fighting over the treasure. He secretly memorized the methods of these people. If there was a chance, he wanted to experience death through their hands.

Hong Luo from the Sky Demon Cult sneered. "This old poisonous thing is really good at finding trouble. They better not expect us to help them later."

"They probably want to use the Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ginseng to nurture that thing."

Lu Bingxuan seemed to know something and shook his head, "Ignore them. Hurry up and take the treasures inside. Don't lose the watermelon because of sesame seeds[1."Lose the watermelon because of sesame seeds" is a Chinese phrase that is used to refer to losing a big opportunity because of something small] ."

He was not the only one. The major factions that had entered the entire ruin also had the same thought.

There were Numinous artifacts in the periphery, so there might be Numinous treasures in the depths. Whoever went in first would have a chance of obtaining them.

They only paid attention to the battle between the two sides, while they quickly walked towards the core area to attack the array formation at the more important nodes.

As the Array Formation became stronger, the various Nascent Soul realm cultivators attacked one after another. Powerful Nomological power fluctuations surged, causing the wind in the basin to roll back, and the waves of miasma decreased.

"These old guys are finally attacking with all their might!"

Song Shi thought to himself. He carefully observed the experts of the various large factions. The power that erupted from some of them was slightly stronger than Lu Jiu's.

"That's great. There are existences here with 2-digits levels who can easily kill me."

He licked his lips excitedly. Others would be afraid when they met a powerhouse, but he was only excited.

"When is Sky Demon Cult's vice cult master going to avenge his son? I can't wait."

Song Shi looked at Lu Bingxuan, who was leading a team to attack the Weapon Pavilion. There might be Numinous treasures that surpassed Numinous artifacts inside.

Such temptation caused Lu BingXuan to make a move as well.

At this moment, the Demon Slayers Division was attacking the alchemy room, the Qianzheng Academy was attacking the Myriad Laws Pavilion, and the Heaven Secret Office was cracking the Scripture Depository. The two major factions, the Heavenly Corpse Sect, and the joint trading companies were also attacking the core node.

For a moment, all the powerhouses present displayed their abilities.

"Those who can cultivate the Nascent Soul realm are basically geniuses. Their foundations are not bad. Be it the Great Mastery Spirit Body or the Connate Divine Body, their advantages over each other are not much."

177 Misunderstanding

Seeing the various leaders and upper echelons of the various large factions display their divine powers, Song Shi fell into deep thought.

Even if these leaders were in the same realm as some riff-raff, the difference in strength was huge.

The worst cultivators were the lone cultivators who followed the Ye Family. At this moment, many of them had already been killed by the Heavenly Poison Sect cultivators.

"The difference in equipment is big indeed."

Song Shi muttered.

Looking at the array formation of the Heavenly Ghost Sect attacking a hall, he shook his head secretly.

As a Grade Six Array Master second only to the Perfected Heavenly Star Lord, he could see that the grade of the array in the core area had not changed much, yet its defense had increased greatly.

It was already impossible to break it with the strength of just a sect.

"You're slacking at the side again."

Now that Lu Youyou had her eyes on Song Shi, she was very unhappy to see him looking around.

"Could it be that you like me?"

Song Shi found it strange. Why did this woman keep pestering him?

"Pfft, who would like you!"

Lu Youyou snorted. "You're the one who didn't follow the rules."

"Haven't I done enough?"

Song Shi crossed his arms. "I put in a lot of effort at the tea garden. I even killed the spider emperor. What's wrong with taking a break?"

Lu Youyou moved her lips and realized that this fact was indeed not easy for her to refute.

"Don't give me any more trouble, or I'll make you pregnant."

Song Shi said bluntly.

"You're shameless!"

Lu Youyou didn't know how to respond, and her face turned red.

"Watch your mouth!" Shi Tianya said darkly.

Lu Jiu's face darkened too when he heard this. He turned around and said, "Elder Blood-robes, we still have to be more refined among fellow disciples."

"Sect Master, I didn't even curse. I'm already being elegant enough.

Song Shi shook his head. Those with bad tempers would probably already bring up Lu Jiu's wife or his other deceased family members.

Lu Jiu frowned. When this Blood-Robed old ghost became famous back then, he was also known to be extremely temperamental. He burned, killed, plundered and committed all kinds of evil. He was really afraid that his daughter would suffer.

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He turned around and said, "Do your own thing and ignore the others."

Lu Youyou was depressed when she heard that. Her father was biased towards the old ghost again.

Song Shi sat on the path in front of the plaza and said meaningfully, "Don't waste your energy. The fact that the two factions didn't break through the Weapon Pavilion despite working together means that the ruins in the core area can't be broken through by one faction alone."

Just as he said this, the Scripture Depository rumbled and an entrance was opened by The Perfected Heavenly Star Lord.

The people from the Heaven Secret Office quickly entered. Then, the Array Formation closed and isolated them from the outside world again.

Lu Youyou chuckled, "Didn't you say that no sect can break it alone?"

Song Shi was slightly embarrassed and did not answer. He only sized up Lu Youyou with ill intentions.

The latter could not help but think of what Song Shi had just said, and his expression became uncomfortable.

"Stop first."

Lu Jiu gave the order. He also noticed this problem. The power of the array formation in the core area was much stronger than the outside. It was a little difficult to break it with brute force.

Suddenly, a shadow flashed beside him and a figure appeared. "Lu Jiu, are you interested in working together?"

In the air, a jade coffin descended from the sky and stabbed into the youth's side with a bang.

This young man was dressed in an ancient long robe. His face was cold and hard, and his expression was domineering. His muscles and bones were like jade, and his entire body was fluorescent.

Song Shi was shocked. He could no longer tell whether the zombie was a dead person. This realm was indeed not simple.

"Ying Kun, I was also looking for you."

When Lu Jiu saw the latter, he nodded slightly. "Which side do you want to break?"

"Wait a minute."

Ying Kun looked at Song Shi, "Why do you have the Hiderigami bloodline contract on you?"

"How did you find out?"

Song Shi was shocked. His contract had been discovered. Wasn't his original identity about to be exposed?

No, when he signed the contract, his identity wasn't exposed. It shouldn't be that bad.

"How can I not discover it?!"

Ying Kun was expressionless. "Since you have a contract, you are considered half a member of the Heavenly Corpse Sect. Lu Jiu, if he dies, remember to give us his corpse. You know, signing a contract means that his body is ours."

"Oh? Blood-robed Elder, do you have an agreement with the Heavenly Corpse Sect?"

Lu Jiu was surprised.

"I signed it!"

A scarlet stone coffin flew over and landed on the ground with a bang.

A middle-aged man who looked like a scholar stood up and bowed to Ying Kun. "Emperor Kun, I met this person in the Thousand Poisons Mountain Range. I saw that his physical talent was very good, so I formed a contract with him."

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He introduced respectfully, "I've specially investigated him afterwards. This person's original name is Song Shi. He's the son of a concubine of a mortal family in Silken City. By chance, he became related to a disciple of the Yao Moon Palace and stepped onto the cultivation path. He's even had affiliations with the Demon Slayers. Back then, he went to the Thousand Poisons Mountain Range on a mission and I bumped into him. Later on, he probably encountered the Blood-Robed old ghost and his body was possessed."

The more Song Shi listened, the worse his expression became. Damn it, why was this fellow so diligent? He actually investigated his entire background.

"Yes, possession is nothing. We only need a physical body."

Ying Kun nodded and sized up Song Shi, "Your physique is indeed not bad. You found a good seedling for the Crimson Emperor."

"I didn't expect the Blood-Robed old ghost to improve this body by so much. Remember, our contract is still the same. You can look for us before you die."

Su Tian smiled.

At this moment, a purple light suddenly pressed down on Song Shi, and the Void suddenly became solemn.

Lu Jiu raised his head and shouted: "Fairy Zi Yue, what are you doing?"

Unknowingly, a voluptuous and beautiful young woman in palace attire had appeared beside them. She had a dignified aura and a mature charm. At this moment, her sparkling eyes were filled with coldness.

"Song Shi is an elder of the Yao Moon Palace, so I naturally have to ask you all some questions."

Lu Youyou was speechless, "What other identities does this guy have? Why is he related to the three major forces?"

Lu Jiu frowned. Was the background of the person possessed by the Blood-Robed old ghost so complicated?

Zi Yue stared at Song Shi. "Show me your true colors!"

Song Shi didn;t know whether to cry or laugh. This was a little chaotic. Not only had his identity been exposed, but he had also been misunderstood.

At this point, he didn't pretend anymore. He simply formed a seal with his hands and his muscles and bones began to squirm.

"Thousand Transformations!"

Zi Yue exclaimed, "Looks like Lu Yue is doomed. I don't know if she was killed by you or him."

Under her gaze, Song Shi turned into a handsome young man in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, he still looked like he had just come of age. He looked quite young and mature and was in his youth.

This stunned many people. Other than Lu Jiu and the other Nascent Soul cultivators who were used to it, the other disciples of the Heavenly Ghost Sect had interesting expressions.

"He was hiding under a pretense before. I actually couldn't tell."

"So this is who he really is."

"He's so young. He doesn't look like he's even twenty, right?"

Lu Youyou was quite shocked. She did not expect Song Shi to look like he was not much older than her.

"It's really you!"

Zi Yue had a solemn expression and sighed. "Blood-Robed old ghost, you killed my benefactor. I will avenge him."

Shi Tianya and the others immediately revealed gloating expressions. At the same time, they were a little curious. How could the person that this old ghost possessed be indebted to this newly advanced Nascent Soul realm cultivator from the Yao Moon Palace?

Zi Yue did not say anything else and they did not pay much attention to it. In any case, this Blood-Robed old ghost was unlucky. Since Zi Yue had said this in front of everyone, she would definitely not go easy on him.

Song Shi did not know what to say. This misunderstanding that he had caused was a little too big.

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"Just don't destroy his body when you take revenge."

Ying Kun did not care at all. He only needed his body to nurture elites.

"Fairy Zi Yue, if you want to take revenge, now is not the time. We are going to break the formation. If you are interested, you can join us. When the time comes, we will split the treasures according to how much effort we put in."

"We're temporarily cooperating with Sky Demon Cult, so we won't be collaborating with you guys."

Zi Yue took a deep look at Song Shi before turning to leave.

!!

She did not reject him because of Song Shi. It was mainly because this ruin was so big that there was no need for the three factions to join forces.

Song Shi looked at Zi Yue and thought to himself, "This woman is worth befriending. Back then, when I helped her from her Nascent Soul, she really treated me as her benefactor."

"Tsk tsk, you have another enemy now."

Lu Youyou crossed her arms and gloated.

"It has nothing to do with you."

Song Shi turned around and walked into the distance, arriving at the area that had become a mess because of the battle.

The original herb garden was in tatters. The Heavenly Poison Sect and Ye Family both suffered heavy casualties. In the end, the Ye Family did not manage to snatch back the ten-thousand-year-old ginseng. Now, their aura was extremely weak from all their losses. The people from the Heavenly Poison Sect did not gain much.

The two sides temporarily stopped fighting because they were on guard against each other. When they sensed Song Shi approaching, the people on the periphery glared at him fiercely.

"Continue."

Song Shi smiled and stood at the side.

Ye Wenzhong ignored him and glared at the Perfected Lord of Hundred Poisons. "Alright, Old Poison, I will admit defeat today. You'd better keep a look out for us in the future!"

With a gloomy face, he left with his own people, leaving behind the corpses of a few rogue cultivators who had no relatives or friends behind.

Of course, the valuables on these corpses must have been plundered already.

"You're threatening me? Ridiculous!"

The Perfected Lord of Hundred Poisons looked at their two dead elders and frowned slightly. "Bring the corpses along."

The group of people also left quickly.

At that moment, Song Shi patted the blood belt on his waist. A circle of sanguine light was released and landed on the rogue cultivator's corpse. The flesh essence was immediately absorbed by the quasi-Numinous artifacts.

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Some people sneered and could tell that this was the Blood-Robed old ghost's trademark method. They further confirmed in their heart that Song Shi was the Blood-Robed old ghost.

"Wasn't this Blood-Robed old ghost quite impressive in the past? Now, he's been reduced to picking up corpses?"

"Haha, is that really the vicious Blood-Robed old ghost?"

"Kid, are you mute?"

Lu Youyou was initially angry because of Song Shi's words. Seeing that he did not do anything to help and actually ran to collect someone's corpse, she rolled her eyes. "I think he's crazy."

Faced with the ridicule, Song Shi was expressionless as he walked to the herb garden.

He formed a seal and pointed at the ground. A ball of brilliant light was pulled out of the soil. This was a piece of greenish-black soil that was only the size of a fist, but it contained abundant Spiritual Energy and some mysterious power.

"Indeed, there's something that's at least comparable to Numinous artifacts. These fellows don't know the Array Formation and layout. They were actually picking up sesame seeds and throwing away a watermelon[1."Picking up sesame seeds and throwing away a watermelon" is a Chinese phrase that meant that one had sacrificed bigger and better opportunities due to being too short sighted] ."

Song Shi was proud. Compared to directly obtaining the Black Ice Jade Token, being able to find something others could not was better.

"Spiritual Soil!"

"Damn it, there's actually divine soil here that's even more precious than ten-thousand-year-old ginseng!"

"I was wondering why this guy ran over like a dog. So it's because he was targeting the treasures here."

The few people who were mocking Song Shi just now were dumbfounded on the spot. It turned out that they were the stupid ones to not have discovered the real treasure here.

Spiritual Soil was a low-level Breathing Soil that carried a strand of divinity, it was able to absorb the essence of the heavens and the earth to grow.

Of course, this growth rate was very slow. It might not grow much in ten thousand years, but it could change the soil and turn normal soil into spiritual soil, thereby promoting the growth of various spiritual herbs.

The Spirit Soil in front of him was the core of the medicinal field, and it was also an important factor in the growth of the ten-thousand-year-old ginseng.

It could be said that with this Spiritual Soil, it could quickly produce a high-grade Spiritual Field and grow all kinds of medicinal herbs. It was definitely very precious to large factions.

The Perfected Lord of Hundred Poisons and the Ye Family Head had ugly expressions. Neither of them noticed the spirit soil at the bottom of the medicinal field and thought that the ten thousand-year-old ginseng was created by time.

"Kid, I don't care if you're the Blood-Robed old ghost or not. If you know what's good for you, hand over the spiritual soil!"

A large amount of golden light appeared in front of Song Shi, and an oppressive aura crushed down on him without hesitation.

Ye Wenzhong stood in the air like a god that had descended to the mortal world. His eyes were like torches, domineering and fierce.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The Ye Family's Golden Core Realm cultivators moved with the wind and surrounded Song Shi, blocking his escape route.

"Hand it over!"

"This belongs to the Ye Family!"

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The people from the Ye Family crossed their arms. Their gazes were hard and the corners of their mouths contained a cold smile.

They had been taken advantage of by the old poisonous creature from the Heaven Demon Sect just now and thought that they had suffered a huge loss. In the end, this person dug out the Spirit Soil making them suffer an even bigger loss.

If they could retrieve it, the value of the Spiritual Soil would be higher than that of the ten thousand-year-old Spiritual Ginseng, and their losses would be compensated.

Under the threat of the powerhouses, Song Shi calmly put away the spiritual soil and released a circle of blood light.

"You have a death wish!"

Seeing that not only did Song Shi not obediently hand over the item, but he even dared to attack, anger jumped out of Ye Wenzhong's eyes on the spot.

Behind Song Shi, a middle-aged man with sunken eyes had a dark gaze. He held a long sword and Dharma treasures in his hand. His body flickered with golden light and his skin turned golden as he stabbed out with his sword.

The golden edge of the sword blade instantly broke through the blood light and stabbed into Song Shi's back. The sharp sword aura pierced through his chest and left a deep crack on the ground.

This person was an elite of the Ye Family. He had the Golden Bloodline and a deep foundation. Among those of the same level, only geniuses were his match.

However, when he saw that his sword had pierced through Song Shi's heart, the other party did not even seem to dodge. He frowned slightly and his golden eyes were filled with suspicion.

"This must be a fake body. Don't be fooled!"

The people beside him thought that they had seen through Song Shi's tricks.

Sure enough, in the next moment, the bloody figure turned into bubbles and disappeared.

"This is Blood-Robed old ghost's Bloodseeker Light!"

"It seems that you've also cultivated the Substitution Technique. What you attacked just now was only a substitute formed by the blood light."

The few of them voiced out their guesses. Their expressions became even more unfriendly as they stared at the blood light.

The blood river squirmed and the smell of blood permeated the air. Indeed, another Song Shi appeared. It was unknown if it was real or fake this time, but it looked very real.

Nomological powers surged around their bodies, blocking the demonic light that could transform into human flesh. They quickly took a step back. This step was a hundred feet, and they began surrounding Song Shi's blood river in the middle.

"I can do it alone!"

It was still the same person who had attacked just now. He had a proud expression as he walked towards Song Shi with his sword. Domineering Dharmic powers were released from his body like a tsunami, seemingly endless.

Song Shi stood in the blood river and looked at the elite of the Ye Family. He grinned, revealing his white teeth with a hint of mockery.

He took a step forward and the blood light moved with him. With a bang, he also took the initiative to rush out.

"This guy really has a death wish. He still dares to attack after being surrounded by us!"

The people who were watching the show looked unhappy. This behavior was disrespecting them too much.

Crack!

The moment the blood-red light and the golden light came into contact, a soaring sharpness slashed out. Song Shi's figure was sent flying with blood all over his body. His head and body were even separated.

Song Shi died again. Of course, in the eyes of the Ye Family Elites, the one who died was not really him.

179 God Slaying Sword Technique

Ye Wenzhong was still looking down at both sides of the battle. When he saw Song Shi emerge from the blood river again, his eyes turned even colder.

This fellow's methods were too strange. He felt that the clone or incarnation just now was very similar to his main body. Even he did not know of such a strange cultivation technique, so how did this fellow obtain it?

The gloomy middle-aged man killed the other party with another strike, but he didn't feel any sense of accomplishment.

"Stop playing tricks. Let's see how many doppelgangers you can have!"

He sneered and transformed into the Golden Battle King. He held his sword with both hands and charged towards the blood river alone. With a single strike, a portion of the blood river was torn apart.

!!

It could be seen that the Golden Divine Body was indeed very powerful. This person's cultivation was only at the beginning stage of the Golden Core realm, but his strength was even stronger than some ordinary genius cultivators at the intermediate stage of the Golden Core realm.

Unfortunately, the stronger he was, the better it was for Song Shi.

The sharp Domineering Sword Qi sliced apart Song Shi's figure, but the blood river did not weaken at all. Soon, another blood shadow charged out.

Song Shi discovered that after combining the Demonic Blood Transformation Technique with the Clone Technique and the Blood River Dharma treasures, it was very difficult for others to figure out his exact situation.

Basically, no matter how he died, he did not have to worry that this person would discover his secret. Even if they sensed that something was wrong, they would attribute it to his methods being strange.

In the bloody light, Song Shi took the initiative to be killed by the other party with his sword.

Fortunately, this guy had a strong physique and had cultivated some kind of sword technique. His close combat attack was powerful.

Otherwise, even if he did not set up his Defense, it would be difficult for the other party to kill him with one strike.

However, on the eighth try, along with the number of deaths he had accumulated from the Spider Emperor, his body had reached the limit of its level.

His Physique transformed once again and became a mid-grade Diamond Spirit Body. Even without using any defensive means, the toughness of his body had increased significantly.

When he went to court death again, the latter's sword was stuck, unable to cut him cleanly in half.

"Yo, you don't have any strength left? Your combat strength is not that good."

Song Shi smiled as blood-red light surged. This was the power of the quasi-Numinous artifacts, the Blood River, constantly corroding the other party.

"Ignorant fool, I'll let you taste the power of the Ye Family's bloodline!"

A cold light flickered in his dark eyes. The blood of this middle-aged man called Ye Fengtian boiled, and a violent Nomological power was released like a volcano.

BOOM!

The Void trembled, and his hair fluttered. His strength increased greatly, and with a tearing sound, Song Shi was drowned by the sword beam.

"God Slayer!"

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A cold light flashed and he was cut in half. A rain of blood immediately scattered down.

The terrifying sword aura turned Song Shi into bloody foam. Even the blood river cracked, leaving deep sword marks on the ground.

"Fengtian, is there a need to do that? He was just deliberately enraging you."

"That's right. Using both the bloodline power and the God Slaying Sword Technique is too draining."

"Regarding these demonic scums, there's no need to waste your energy to take him on alone. Just kill him together with the others."

The others felt that Ye Fengtian was too impulsive. Until now, they still did not think much of Song Shi.

Ye Fengtian was not in the mood to care about his clansmen who only knew to talk but not act. On the contrary, he took a glance at the direction of his attack in mid-air with a solemn expression and looked at the rapidly recovering blood river.

Then, his pupils constricted. When he saw Song Shi appear, he knew that the one he had painstakingly killed just now was still a fake.

The Ye Family members who had just spoken immediately shut up. For a moment, the atmosphere was strangely quiet and everyone was a little shocked.

This guy had only just formed his Gold Core, but he was actually unscathed when the Ye Family's Gold Core King activated his bloodline power and used his sword technique divine power. He also seemed to be in good condition.

When Lu Youyou saw Song Shi fighting with the Ye family, she could not help but look at her father.

"Ignore him!"

Lu Jiu's tone was not too good.

This Blood-Robed old ghost was a little disorganized and undisciplined. It was impossible for him to go over and help now. Otherwise, could it be that he had to fight with the Ye Family?

"If he's willing to return with the Spiritual Soil and hand it over to the sect,then I will be willing to help him."

Mountain Moving Daoist said. He was very interested in the spiritual soil that Song Shi had obtained. It could help him cultivate.

"Oh, this Blood-Robed old ghost is quite good at attracting enemies. Looks like it will be much faster for us to retrieve his body. We might be able to complete the contract here."

Su Tian of the Heavenly Corpse Sect teased.

Ying Kun seemed to be lost in thought as he said, "This fellow is quite clear about the situation of this medicinal field. He's not simple."

Lu Jiu valued the treasures in the hall more and did not let anyone help Song Shi.

"Your eyesight is a little bad. You can't even find my main body, yet you want to kill me?"

Song Shi mocked and continued to provoke the other party.

If he did not provoke Ye Fengtian like this, he might need to be slashed a few times before he could die. It would then be easy for others to notice that something was wrong.

"Then I'll destroy your disgusting blood river!"

The Ye Family's Martial King, Ye Fengtian, could not take down Song Shi in a short period of time. He could not hide his angry emotions and turned to look at Song Shi's Dharma treasure.

From his point of view, the reason why nothing happened to Song Shi every time was because of the blood river.

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He rushed into the blood river, wanting to find the main body of this Dharma treasure to attack.

Seeing that he did not have much strength left to kill him, Song Shi attacked directly when they came into contact again.

Boom!

After the collision, Ye Fengtian, who was holding his sword, hurriedly retreated. Blood kept flowing out of his mouth. He was actually sent flying by Song Shi's punch and looked miserable.

Swoosh!

Song Shi stepped through the air and caught up with him. With another loud bang, Ye Fengtian vomited blood and was slapped to the ground.

The latter's expression changed drastically. He was extremely embarrassed and angry. He was an Elite of the Ye Family and a famous Martial King in Great Qian, but he had been beaten to such a state by a demon who had just recovered.

Boom!

Similarly, a golden light emanated from Song Shi's fist and he lashed over. As his fist landed, the ground shook and Ye Fengtian dodged in a sorry state.

The others were surprised. They did not expect Ye Fengtian, who had been so imposing just now, to end up like this.

Song Shi's eyes were cold. He might not even have a Nascent Soul with a mid-grade Spirit Body. Combined with his footwork and palm techniques, his close combat Ability was even more terrifying than his opponent's.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In just a few collisions, the Dharmic powers on Ye Fengtian's body were dispersed. Just as Song Shi was about to blow this fellow up…

Suddenly, a stream of pure Nomological power landed. With a bang, Song Shi was forced back, leaving a fissure on the ground.

"Old thing, how dare you attack as you wish. Do you have any shame?"

Ye Wenzhong was impatient, "Don't worry, I'm not interested in bullying the weak though. Don't waste time anymore. Let's attack together and kill him!"

In the next second, four more powerful forces appeared on the scene. The blood river surged and the Bloodseeker light was constantly torn apart.

Song Shi laughed. "Good timing!"

He rushed up and attacked the four Gold Core Realm experts at the same time.

The Phantom Image Step could produce three Phantom images, and the Phantom Image Technique had an additional clone. In an instant, several blood shadows appeared in the blood light.

The sword techniques of the four people surrounding him were powerful. His clone was cut into pieces by their joint efforts, and his main body suffered the same fate.

However, a few seconds later, Song Shi launched another ferocious attack again.

When Ye Fengtian saw that Song Shi was getting stronger and stronger, he felt uneasy.

Why was this Blood-Robed old ghost's foundation deeper than the Ye Family's Elite?

"Finish him off!"

The golden Nomological power in Ye Wenzhong's palm jumped, ready to attack at any time.

As for the fact that a Nascent Soul cultivator like him was bullying a Golden Core cultivator, he no longer cared if word got out.

180 Remember to Pay Me School Fees

Old Posion had snatched the Ye Family's things but he was not allowed to snatch other people's things?

His gaze was sharp as he used his Divine Telekinesis to investigate secretly.

This person's true physical body was hard to differentiate. After being surrounded by him for so long without being able to kill his true body, he naturally wanted to kill him in one strike.

However, he still could not confirm his true body despite probing.

"These Dharma treasures are strange. Let's destroy all of them first."

!!

Seeing that the doppelgangers that resembled his main body had strong combat strength and could still be revived after being surrounded, he stared at the blood river and suddenly attacked. His monstrous magic power condensed into a huge hand that was a thousand feet long and ruthlessly slapped the blood river.

With a muffled sound, the blood river sank into the ground.

Song Shi, who was fighting with the others, was slapped to death. Then, he was dismembered by the sword beams.

"This old man actually made a move!"

Lu Youyou was shocked when she saw Song Shi being slapped to death.

"He deserved it. He is going to die."

Shi Tianya looked back with a cold expression.

Old Man Nightmare looked at Ye Wenzhong. "The Ye Family is so shameless. To think that they used to call themselves a prestigious sect."

"For the sake of treasures, what is shame?"

Ghost Butcher was used to it. "If we can snatch the spiritual soil, we can have an additional high-grade spiritual field and produce endless spiritual herbs to nurture our clansmen. If it were me, I would also take action."

"Sect Master, aren't you going to help? The Spiritual Soil is also very useful to our sect."

Mountain Moving Daoist looked at Lu Jiu.

"Let's wait a little longer. Since this old ghost didn't run back. He must have some other plans."

Lu Jiu was very calm. "Continue to break the array. I'll take a look at the situation."

The Blood River Dharma treasures were struck into the soil by Ye Wenzhong's palm. The other four took the opportunity to activate various Dharma treasures and combine them to suppress this special Dharma treasure.

"It hurts!"

In the thousand-foot-wide blood river, Song Shi popped his head out. He was unscathed after being resurrected, but the feeling of being slapped still lingered.

He glanced at the magic treasure above his head that was suppressing the blood river and grinned. These guys thought that his ability came from the blood river, but in fact, it came from him.

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His gaze was cold. Just now, it was not a problem for him to fight four of them alone. Now, a Dual Cultivation Martial Emperor Nascent Soul cultivator whose combat strength exceeded the people of the same level had appeared. What was there to fight?

His gaze landed on the middle-aged man recuperating beside him. The release of the Blood Essence cultivated by the Demonic Blood Transformation Technique seemed to be enveloped in the blood river, which turned into several afterimages that shot out.

Due to the force suppressing the blood river, when Song Shi rushed out, the blood river did not follow him. It looked like he wanted to give up on its Dharma treasures and escape.

"I've finally forced you out!"

Ye Wenzhong looked as if victory was in his grasp. He casually threw out the golden spear and shot it through the air.

Puff, puff, puff!

The spear shot out like a dragon, swimming nimbly in the air. It continuously pierced through Song Shi's three afterimages and continued to stab at the main body.

Song Shi's speed was very fast. Afterimages kept appearing, but they were still not as fast as the golden spear.

Seeing that he could not dodge, he did not care about the Spear Dharma treasure behind him that seemed to be tracking him. In the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of Ye Fengtian.

When the latter saw that Song Shi was escaping, he thought that Song Shi had chosen his side because Song Shi felt that it would be easier for him to escape this way since he was injured. He could not help but reveal a sinister smile as he drew his sword and slashed.

Crack!*

Amidst the sound of metal scraping, Song Shi actually caught his sword with his bare hands. A portion of the sword aura spread out and cut the ground into two.

Clang!

The golden spear behind him was blocked by a circle of golden light, causing an energy wave to collide, causing a large gust of wind.

"What!"

Seeing that Song Shi had caught the attack of the Dharma treasures, everyone in the Ye Family changed their expressions, especially Ye Fengtian. He subconsciously felt that something was wrong and wanted to retreat, but it was too late.

Song Shi used the greater impact of the Spear behind him to accelerate forward. He forcefully grabbed Ye Fengtian's sword and pulled it back.

He instantly appeared behind Ye Fengtian. The latter could not control his sword at all. He felt a pain in his neck as his own sword broke through his Defense and cut off his head.

"You…"

Ye Fengtian's neck spurted out blood as he glared at Song Shi with an indignant expression. He did not expect to be killed by his own weapon.

BANG!

Song Shi's other hand slapped down heavily, shattering the head that was still in the air. Pure Yang True Fire surged in, and the soul in the head was destroyed.

All of this happened in an instant. When Song Shi's figure stopped, Ye Fengtian had already died, leaving only a headless corpse with blood gushing out.

The gazes that were paying attention to this scene all froze for a moment. No one expected Song Shi to be able to catch the Dharma treasures with his bare hands and kill Ye Fengtian in the moment of crisis.

"This guy can actually withstand Ye Wenzhong's golden spear. His body has become even stronger."

Lu Youyou took a deep breath, unable to calm down.

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"Very good!"

Ye Wenzhong was already so angry that he was speaking praises. He stepped forward step by step, and the golden spear returned to his hand. His current aura was so domineering it was as if he was commanding a thousand troops.

"We ignored your physical body and thought that we could easily cut through it. In fact, your physical body is comparable to mid-grade Dharma treasures. We learned a painful lesson caused by our wrong understanding of you."

The terrifying pressure made Song Shi's body heavy. He did not panic at all and taunted calmly, "You're welcome. Remember to pay me the tuition fees."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and grabbed, putting away Ye Fengtian's storage ring, Dharma treasures, and so on.

"F* your mother and your tuition fees!"

Such an arrogant attitude made Ye Wenzhong unbearably enraged. He cursed and brandished his Spear as he charged over.

"This old man is really shameless. His realm is so much higher than mine, yet he still has the cheek to attack me."

Song Shi mocked as his figure instantly exploded, creating several afterimages to dodge the attack.

He was not stupid enough to fight with this old man. Just because he could receive the spear did not mean that he could defeat him. The other party also cultivated both immortal and martial arts and had a special bloodline. His combat strength was very strong.

"You want to escape?"

Ye Wenzhong retracted his Spear and chased after Song Shi's main body like a poisonous dragon.

However, Song Shi's movements were very agile. His body was like a Dharma treasure. Even if he was caught, he would willingly be hit by the Spear. It was difficult to kill him in one strike, hence giving Song Shi a chance to escape.

Ye Wenzhong who realized that he could not kill Song Shi at all impatiently shouted in a low voice, "Just leave two people to suppress his Dharma treasure. The rest come and kill this bastard together."

"Coming!"

The nearest mid-stage Golden Core cultivator had attacked with all his might. He felt that even if he could not kill Song Shi, he should have no problem stopping him.

The flames in front of him soared into the sky. In an instant, it was as if nine suns had appeared. Before he could react, his methods were destroyed with a bang.

In the eyes of others, when this Ye Family expert collided with Song Shi, it was as if he had encountered an erupting volcano and was sent flying on the spot.

"Be careful!"

The clansmen beside him sensed danger and hurriedly activated their Dharma treasures to attack Song Shi's temples. They wanted to surround Song Shi completely to force him to give up on attacking.

Song Shi did not care at all. He snatched the other party's Dharma treasure and stabbed it into his head. At the same time, he was attacked by the two Dharma treasures at the same time.

Ding!

The Dharma treasures of the Ye Family's Golden Core cultivators were repelled from his body.

"Die!"

Ye Wenzhong was filled with killing intent as he charged over. He fully activated the power of the Spear in his hand. With the enhancement of his powerful physical strength and Nomological power, the Spear emitted an ear-piercing screech. Space distorted and pierced through Song Shi and his clansmen.

The first time Song Shi's mid-grade Spirit Body was destroyed, it was equivalent to a Dharma treasure being pierced. It was obvious how terrifying the attack was.

The Spear vibrated, and Song Shi shattered into pieces.

Lu Jiu appeared at the side. When he saw Song Shi being killed, he said regretfully, "I was a little too late."

181 Becoming Famous After One Battle

He felt that Song Shi was doomed this time.

After all, even with such a powerful body, it was impossible for it to be a clone formed by energy.

Ye Wenzhong's expression darkened when he saw his own clansman being shattered by him as well.

Even if they obtained the Spiritual Soil this time, they would still suffer heavy losses. After all, the two Golden Core cultivators had required a large amount of resources to nurture.

In the entire Ye Family, there were not many of such existences as well.

He lowered his head and wanted to look for the storage ring, but Song Shi's corpse suddenly turned into a burst of light and dissipated.

"How is that possible!"

He could not help but roar angrily. That was because he had used his full strength just now. If he could not kill this person, how could he show his face in the Nascent Soul realm again in the future?

The suppressed blood river, turned viscous and churned. Song Shi popped his head out unscathed.

He looked at Ye Wenzhong, who was trembling in anger. "Old man, it looks like you're also blind from your old age. You have been attacking one of my clones crazily."

This time, all the major factions, including the demon beasts, looked over and looked at Song Shi solemnly.

None of them could tell what method Song Shi had used to escape the fatal blow.

They were both curious and wary of such methods.

Because no one wanted their opponent to be such a monster.

Zi Yue's eyes darkened slightly when she saw Song Shi's strange and powerful methods.

This old ghost was actually so powerful. He was even more terrifying than the rumors she had heard in the past.

Beside him, Sky Demon Cult's deputy cult master, Lu Bingxuan, narrowed his eyes and sized up Song Shi like an ice-cold venomous snake.

"Your son didn't die for nothing."

Hong Luo spoke and sized up Song Shi with interest. "Is this the Blood Transformation Sect's mystical ability? If the people of the Blood Transformation Sect are so powerful, how did they get exterminated back then? Perhaps the methods of Great Qian are not simple?"

As everyone watched, Lu Jiu, who did not save Song Shi in time, was stunned for a moment before his eyes lit up.

This person could even dodge a fatal strike from a Nascent Soul Martial Emperor. His methods could be said to be extremely terrifying.

Not only that, but the other party could also kill a Golden Core Martial King from the Ye Family. His combat strength was also terrifyingly strong, far greater than the value he had given him previously.

To a certain extent, this person was comparable to a Nascent Soul Martial Emperor.

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Splash!

Black air currents filled the air. A few chains shot out from his body and entangled the weapons that the Ye Family was preparing to attack Song Shi with.

Ye Wenzhong farmed and turned around. He was filled with anger, "Lu Jiu, you want to interfere?"

"He's an elder of our Heavenly Ghost Sect. Aren't you guys going overboard by brazenly trying to kill him and snatch his treasure?"

Lu Jiu walked out. His body was filled with killing intent and coldness. The world instantly darkened as if he had walked out of the netherworld.

He was glad that Song Shi was deliberately attacked. This way, it would be justifiable for him to attack, and no one could say anything.

"Kill and rob? The Spiritual Soil belongs to the Ye Family!"

The Ye Family cultivator at the side retorted.

"At this time, don't try to twist my words!"

Lu Jiu's attitude was unyielding, "Anyone with a discerning eye would know that you guys missed out on the Spiritual Soil fighting over the herbs. He waited for you guys to leave before picking up the leftovers. In the end, he was surrounded by you guys. It would have been fine if he was a rogue cultivator, but unfortunately…"

"Lu Jiu, that's true, but he killed two of the Ye Family's Golden Cores. I cannot forgive that!"

Ye Wenzhong said angrily. This guy didn't interfere earlier. It was obvious that he saw that the Blood-Robed old ghost was capable and only wanted to help him in his time of need.

"You brought this upon yourself. Who can you blame?"

The chains on Lu Jiu's body danced like a ghost, "I'll say this today. If you guys attack him again, my Heavenly Ghost Sect won't stand by and do nothing."

The faces of the Ye Family members turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

They were not as strong as the Heavenly Ghost Sect to begin with, and they had just lost their men. If they really fought, they would definitely not have a good ending.

Song Shi, who received the help, was rather speechless.

Who asked you to come and help?

I haven't killed enough, I haven't died enough.

He muttered in his heart. Others might be touched by someone's help at this moment, but he was not them.

The problem was that he still had to accept this favor. He chuckled, "Sect Master, why don't we just kill them all?"

It was not important whether he was grateful or not. It was also beneficial for him to stand up for Lu Jiu. Since the other party stopped the old fellow from the Ye Family, he could now loot the other Golden Core Martial Kings who had killed him.

Ye Wenzhong was furious. This guy was too arrogant. How dare he be so brazen just because Lu Jiu was protecting him.

His eyes were like blades as he said sternly, "Blood-Robed old ghost, you didn't die five hundred years ago. But this time, I'll definitely be the one to send you on your way!"

"Come on, if you don't kill me today, I'll kill you!"

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Song Shi was so arrogant that even Lu Jiu could not stand it anymore.

"Father, is there really a need to save such a troublemaker?"

Lu Youyou followed Old Man Nightmare over, her pretty face full of disdain.

However, she still admired this guy's ability. But if it were her, no matter how talented she was, she would not dare to do this. It was simply too infuriating.

"Little b*stard, I really regret not killing you back then, giving you the chance to make so much noise here!"

When Ye Wenzhong saw Lu Youyou, his mouth became even more impolite.

Lu Youyou's face turned pale, and her eyes turned vengeful. "I will definitely avenge my mother!"

A cold glint flashed across Lu Jiu's eyes, "Ye Family, I didn't want to mention this at first. Since you've brought it up, let's settle this grudge today!"

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The experts of the Heavenly Ghost Sect flew over one after another. In terms of numbers, they surpassed the Ye Family. If the Ye Family had not brought a group of secret cultivators, they would have been clearly at a disadvantage in terms of lineup.

Even if there was not much difference in numbers, the difference in high-end combat strength was not small. One side had three Nascent Souls, and the other only had two.

One of them was a secret cultivator. He basically did not do much and looked like he only wanted to protect himself. He did not expect to risk his life for the Ye Family at all.

Ye Wenzhong's expression turned even uglier. He snorted and said, "I'll remember what happened today. Blood-Robed old ghost, you'd better not go anywhere alone. Otherwise… Hmph!"

Song Shi, on the other hand, was a little dumbfounded. What was going on? Why did he suddenly retreat when a group fight was going to happen?

"Hey, aren't you going to hit me? Maybe you can kill me this time."

Song Shi shouted, causing many people in the Ye Family to be so angry that they were on the verge of exploding.

"Alright, haven't you been in the limelight enough today?" Lu Jiu said angrily, "Don't pretend to be obedient after taking advantage of this situation."

In reality, Lu Jiu was unwilling to make a move, even if he was stronger than the other party.

Song Shi watched regretfully as the Golden Cores left. These were all lucky draw chances. If he killed them, he might be able to get ten consecutive draws.

"Since you're so belligerent, you might as well spend that effort to attack the array formation in that hall!"

Lu Youyou was not too harsh in her critique this time, "The treasures inside are definitely much more precious than the spiritual soil you fought for just now."

"The treasures inside are surely good, but you have to open it first."

Song Shi took a glance. The defensive situation of the Array Formation had not changed much.

"The Array Formation in the core area is indeed powerful. If it really doesn't work, I'm afraid we'll have to cooperate with other factions."

Lu Jiu agreed and led his men to force the Ye Family back. After the Ye family retreated, he immediately led his men back and prepared to continue working with the Heavenly Corpse Sect to break through the array barrier outside the hall.

Ying Kun turned around and glanced at Song Shi. "Since you have the ability now, you can rebuild the Blood Refinement Sect."

These words made many people reveal complicated expressions. The ability Song Shi had displayed just now was second only to the Nascent Soul cultivators present. Even if he really wanted to rebuild the Blood Refinement Sect, he was definitely qualified.

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The battle today had propelled blood-robed old ghost's abilities to fame, showing to everyone that he was qualified to build the Blood Refinement Sect, which was once one of the five great Demonic sects of the Great Qian.

"Rebuilding the Blood Refinement Sect?"

Song Shi pursed his lips. "I'm not interested. I only want to work for others for the time being. I haven't thought of restarting the sect yet."

"Blood-robed Elder, you can work hard for the Heavenly Ghost Sect first. When you're strong enough in the future, some things will naturally happen naturally."

Lu Jiu smiled, his words basically a promise to help Song Shi rebuild the Blood Refinement Sect in the future.

!!

"We'll talk about it later."

Song Shi was not interested in talking about this anymore. After all he was not the real Blood-Robed old ghost.

Not only did Ying Kun give Song Shi a high evaluation, but the upper echelons of the other large factions had unknowingly raised Song Shi to the same level.

Although this person's combat strength should not be comparable to a Nascent Soul cultivator, he could be considered a top-notch Golden Core cultivator. In particular, his strange and unpredictable blood path methods were too difficult to counter.

Moreover, this old ghost had just formed his Gold Core. If he continued to improve in the future, he would most likely be able to fight above his level. He definitely had value.

"Qingjian, Zi Yue, it's not easy to kill your enemy."

Hong Luo teased. The Qingjian she was talking about was Lu Bingxuan. Qingjian was the other party's real name. Typically, only people familiar with him would call him that.

"To be able to survive after being killed by the entire Vajra Sect five hundred years ago, his cultivation methods are indeed brilliant."

There was a rare hint of interest in Lu Bingxuan's eyes. Only those who knew his personality knew that he had become serious.

"I heard that the Blood Refinement Sect's cultivation techniques when cultivated to the Great Mastery stage, the body can turn into blood and will not suffer physical fatalities. He should have used this method to fool the Ye Family just now."

Zi Yue voiced her opinion. "However, for Great Qian to be able to destroy the Blood Refinement Sect, it means that even so, there will still be flaws. He's not invincible."

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"The flaw is his soul. Back then, there was an existence in Great Qian who specialized in soul attacks and killed the upper echelons of the Blood Refinement Sect who were hiding in the blood river and even the blood lake!"

Lu Bingxuan revealed some secrets.

Zi Yue's eyes changed slightly. "It's that Ultimate Divine Sword Lord who specializes in the sword of the mind which kills people invisibly that did it. I heard that he exhausted his mental essence to kill the experts of the Blood Refinement Sect and has already passed away."

"Only those fellows from Great Qian know whether he passed away in meditation or not. This remnant of the Blood Transformation Sect is just a Golden Core cultivator. As long as he can be controlled, he can be easily killed with a similar technique. Even if that's not the case, we can destroy him along with the blood river. It will just be a little troublesome."

Lu Bingxuan looked confident.

The same topic was also discussed among the other factions. In their opinion, the people of the Blood Transformation Sect were indeed tenacious but not invincible.

Time passed.

Buzz buzz!

A strange vibration suddenly appeared in the center of the ruins. Then, the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth boiled, and a dazzling light turned into a pillar of light that shot into the sky.

A mysterious and ancient aura spread throughout the entire basin.

The various large factions that were attacking the nodes and Array Formations in the core area were shocked. They turned around and saw a seven-colored light.

"Could it be that Numinous treasures have appeared!?"

"Let's go take a look!"

A cultivator sent his divine consciousness over first to probe, while the others followed, filled with excitement.

At the source of the light, a seven-colored alms bowl was spinning. Rich spiritual light bloomed and it was obvious that this was a supreme treasure.

The seven-colored alms bowl slowly floated up. Chains formed by Array Formation runes spread out and connected to the ten core areas, forming a complicated array formation.

"Could this be the Numinous treasure?"

"This must be the core of the Array Formation. If I obtain it, I will definitely be able to control the array formation of this ruin."

"If we can really control the Array Formation, wouldn't this ruin be the location of a top sect?"

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Compared to the others, Song Shi stared at the seven-colored alms bowl with a stunned expression.

Why was this thing so similar to his alms bowl? The only difference was that his alms bowl's level was very low and was only a Dharma artifact.

And this thing seemed to be something that surpassed Dharma treasures. It was connected to the surrounding Array Formations, making the original Level 6 Array Formation look much more complicated.

"A replica!"

Song Shi guessed that the alms bowl he obtained from Hei Duzi should be a replica of this thing.

Some people glanced at Song Shi. They had previously seen Song Shi holding a similar alms bowl and guessed the reason.

"Numinous treasures?"

Song Shi sized up the seven-colored alms bowl that was emitting a brilliant light. The runes on it were profound and densely packed with spirit patterns. It was unknown how many Array Formation Taboo Powers it contained.

Dharma artifacts, Dharma treasures, Numinous artifacts, Numinous treasures…

The lowest-level Dharma artifacts could be enhanced by the power of runes. Higher level Dharma artifacts required runes to form runes to form an Array Formation Taboo Powers.

Numinous artifacts had more Taboo Powers on the foundation of Dharma treasures. They also needed to possess spirituality. This way, they could absorb the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth to grow on their own.

As for Numinous treasures, they had a special kind of intelligence and had artifact spirits!

If this thing had an artifact spirit and was located in the core of the Array Formation, it could definitely control the entire array formation of the ruins.

"The artifact spirit is equivalent to an artificial intelligence or some kind of intelligent program. I want to see what it's doing."

The other powerhouses also sensed that something was wrong. Under normal circumstances, such a core item should only appear at the end.

Now that it suddenly jumped out, it was too abnormal.

"There must be something wrong!"

Song Shi became vigilant.

RUMBLE!

The world suddenly shook. Light flashed above and behind everyone. The array formation that had been broken began to recover at an astonishing speed.

183 Life and Death Gu (2)

A huge curved barrier quickly appeared above their heads, trapping everyone in it in the blink of an eye.

All of this happened in a flash, and no one had time to react.

"Oh no, we're trapped by the Array Formation!"

"It might be the one controlling the Array Formation."

Everyone who was greedy for the seven-colored alms bowl immediately became afraid.

Lu Jiu's gaze was sharp. "Everyone, come closer. Those who have cultivated the battle formation techniques, get into formation immediately!"

"Return to the coffin!"

The people from the Heavenly Corpse Sect were even more straightforward. They actually flew back to their coffins, making Song Shi envious. These fellows' coffins were really convenient.

On the demon beasts' side, it was relatively easy. The birds retracted their wings, and the other demon beasts could only stick their butts closer to each other. It could be seen that their methods were still very primitive.

Other than being a little cautious, Song Shi was not too worried. Instead, he was looking forward to it.

Next, could it be that this alms bowl was going to control the Array Formation to kill people?

What kind of crisis is this? An artificial intelligence crisis?

As he let one's imagination run wild, the light in the seven-colored alms bowl squirmed and condensed into two strange lantern-like eyes in the air.

After turning around, this eyes seemed to be able to see everyone. A unique fluctuation swept past, as if the alms bowl was investigating the situation.

Immediately after, a hoarse voice sounded: "Welcome to the refinement grounds, congratulations on becoming a new batch of life and death Gu."

"It actually talked. The Dharma treasure seemed to have also become a spirit!"

Song Shi clicked his tongue in wonder. Numinous treasures were legendary items indeed.

This was because even Nascent Souls did not have access to such things. In fact, there were not many Numinous treasures in this world.

However, what was this Life and Death Gu? There was no relevant information on it in the Blood-Robed old ghost's memories.

And why did they become Life and Death Gu?

Song Shi became more and more curious. The others were also at a loss.

When the Old Poison from the Sky Poison Sect heard these words, his face turned ashen.

"Old Poison, what kind of Gu is the Life and Death Gu?"

"A special Gu. If you don't want to become someone else's slave, leave quickly. This place is not a normal ruin at all!"

After saying that, he immediately wanted to leave with his disciples. However, the way back had already been sealed by the Array Formation Power, and the array had changed.

"Old Poison, can't you finish your sentence?"

Sword Emperor Gale frowned.

The words of this seven-colored alms bowl were not kind. The best way was to quickly figure out the situation before having a way to deal with it.

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Boom boom boom!

The old poisonous creature attacked the Array Formation without saying a word, but the Array Formation did not move at all. His expression was ugly. "It's over. I've really become a worm that was attracted over to this ruin. I've refined a lot of Gu, but this is the first time I've been treated as a worm."

Clang!

A crisp sound came from the alms bowl. Then, the lid on it opened on its own and its body quickly expanded.

Sizzle! Sizzle!

A strange sound was transmitted from it. In the colorful light, a black and white color ray appeared.

Song Shi realized that the black and white were actually squirming insects. Inside were densely packed little bugs that were slowly squirming as if they had just woken up. It made his scalp tingle.

"Damn it, it's really these damn things. Why are there so many of them!"

When Old Poison saw this, he cursed. His face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Swoosh!

A black shadow landed on the side. It was the Black Eagle Emperor of the demon race. He asked, "What exactly happened?"

In the face of the question, Old Poison smiled mockingly. "In any case, no one can escape and we've become turtles in a jar. There's no harm in telling you. This thing is a special puppet Gu. Whoever is poisoned will only have two choices. They will die from the devouring power of the Gu or kill other people who are poisoned by the same type of Gu to survive. To survive, they will have to fight with their lives, so it's called the Life and Death Gu."

When he mentioned puppet Gu, many people present had ugly expressions.

Puppet Gu, as its name suggested, meant that the person who was poisoned would become a puppet. They would not be able to control their actions or even determine their life and death.

"F*ck, does this mean that this ruin had deliberately tricked us?"

The Crimson Ape Emperor cursed.

"We shouldn't have come to such an unknown ruin!"

The Black Eagle Emperor looked regretful. He did not get many treasures and he was going to lose his freedom.

"Strange, even if it controls us, what does it want to do?"

Song Shi realized that the various factions were at a loss, which meant that they did not know much about this ruin.

In that case, who had set up these ruins? Why had such ruins never been heard of in history?

Now that the ruins has revealed his true intentions, would the mastermind reveal himself?

Song Shi looked at the seven-colored alms bowl that was activating the Gu worm and was filled with curiosity.

"Everyone, cooperate as much as possible. Break the Array Formation and leave this place first!"

The Perfected Heavenly Star Lord suggested.

He did not expect that there would be Gu worms in this array formation. The best way for now was to temporarily avoid danger.

"F*ck, I thought you knew all this!"

Seeing that the Heavenly Star Lord was retreating, how could the ill-tempered Sword Emperor Gale stand still? He followed behind and prepared to retreat as well.

"Father, is this Life and Death Gu so powerful? Why is everyone so afraid?"

Lu Youyou didn't quite understand.

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"This is a special spiritual Gu. Neither you nor I can withstand it."

Mountain Moving Daoist sighed. "I once read a book about incomplete Gu worms. The Life and Death Gu is a kind of Gu worm that people both love and hate in ancient times. Those who are poisoned by the Life and Death Gu must constantly provide power to the Gu worm. Otherwise, they have to kill other people who are also poisoned to obtain the other party's power."

"This place really looks like the tools for refining Gu, but the targets are not Normal Gu, they are cultivators, zombies, and demon beasts!"

Song Shi finally understood what this Life and Death Gu was. He looked at the worm in the alms bowl that was emitting an increasingly dense aura and said in disgust, "It's always a little strange when this thing enters my brain."

"Let's go. We'll break the formation with them and leave this place first."

Lu Jiu made a prompt decision to meet up with the forces of Great Qian. There was no time to divide between good and evil for now.

"There's no need to waste your energy. With the Level 6 Array Formation fully activated, even a Soul Transformation cultivator won't be able to break it. You can only accept this gift obediently. As long as you become a Gu body, you're qualified to obtain the treasures in these ten places. If you can survive in the end and ascend to the Upper Realm in the future, you can directly join my Holy Gu Sect."

The seven-colored alms bowl spoke again. Its voice was very calm and it sounded emotionless.

A portion of the cultivators heard this and were tempted.

Upper Realm!

From the name, one could tell that it was a place that was a level higher than the current world.

The Upper Realm was an even vaster world. It only existed in ancient records. Those who had been there would basically never return.

However, if one wanted to go to the Upper Realm, one had to reach the Soul Transformation Martial Venerable Realm. Otherwise, he would not be able to withstand the power of Space.

"With the Life and Death Gu, you will have a chance to grow faster. Soul Transformation will be just around the corner, why resist?"

After the artifact spirit finished speaking, the black bug in the alms bowl suddenly shot out and turned into a black cloud that flew towards everyone.

Chi! Chi! Chi! Chi!

Amidst the strange sound, the black clouds dispersed, and black-white Gu worms that were as thin as hair rushed towards every living being present.

Not only the living beings, but even the zombies were not spared. The strange thing was that the insects that rushed towards the living beings were black, and the insects that rushed towards the zombies were white.

The black one gave off a deathly aura, while the white one was filled with the aura of life.

Song Shi was stunned. According to Hei Duzi's memories, he had some understanding of Gu worms.

For the Gu to be able to change a living thing so nimbly, it was a wonder of the world.

"It's coming! Block it!"

At the same time, Lu Jiu pulled his daughter behind him. Chains shot out, wanting to shatter the Gu worms.

A strange scene appeared. After the Gu worm was hit by the Dharma treasures, its body squirmed and passed through the Dharma treasures. Even Nomological power could not stop it.

Song Shi watched in shock. He had used the Pure Yang True Fire to block it, but the outcome was the same. He could not block it at all.

He realized that the black and white Gu worm seemed to turn into their own power in an instant and then easily invaded the resistance.

Everyone's attacks seemed to hit the air, and their Defense was ineffective. Gu worms successfully invaded everyone's bodies.

Song Shi saw a black and white rune quickly appear between the brows of the others beside him, just like a worm getting invaded by Gu.

At the same time, a message appeared in his mind.

Killing all the other Life and Death Gu would allow him to seize the other party's strength.

"Good lord, this is to make all the people who are poisoned kill each other. They are really refining Gu, but the target of the Gu has become cultivators and demon beasts!"

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Song Shi finally understood why Daoist Move Mountain said that he both loved and hated the Life and Death Gu worm.

Devouring the power of others to quickly improve oneself, how many people could resist such temptation?

At this moment, he realized that the aura of a Gu worm was also emitting from his forehead. With his divine thought, he discovered that there was a black and white pattern between his eyebrows.

He frowned and tried to force this thing out of his body. He tried a few times but to no avail.

This thing had perfectly fused with his own Nomological power and was difficult to expel. At least, he could not resolve it with the methods he had at the moment.

On the other hand, this Life and Death Gu contained a special aura that could attract other people of the same type.

Similarly, he could also sense the other people who had been poisoned.

At this moment, basically everyone had been poisoned. After experiencing the effects of the Gu worm, many people's gazes changed on the spot.

Immediately, pairs of malicious eyes looked at each other.

In theory, everyone else present could be prey.

An instinctive desire to hunt and kill arose for no reason. Song Shi frowned and suppressed this emotion that could affect his rationality.

Some of the weaker people with insufficient resistance started to pant as they stared at the others with red eyes.

"What are you looking at?"

"Why do you care what I'm looking at!"

"I think you deserve to die!"

"I'll kill you!"

The cultivators of the Sky Demon Cult and the Ye Family were very close to each other. Just because they exchanged glances, two of them directly started fighting.

The surrounding people took a step back and watched the two of them fight coldly.

They really wanted to see what would happen if the person who was poisoned by the Life and Death Gu killed the other party.

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The two of them, who had already lost their rationality, did not know that they had become test subjects and used all kinds of ruthless methods.

The Independent Cultivators from the Ye faction were average in terms of wealth and cultivation techniques and they were quickly at a disadvantage in the battle.

Just as many people thought that this independent cultivator would die from defeat, the latter suddenly took out a talisman and activated it.

With a loud bang, it was as if heavenly lightning had struck the ground. A bolt of lightning killed the Sky Demon Cult cultivator.

"You are dead, haha!"

The independent cultivator burst into laughter while sat.

At this moment, a circle of strange power appeared between his brows, forming a Yin-Yang diagram that landed on the dead Sky Demon Cult cultivator.

The Gu in the latter's body reacted. The energy between his eyebrows squirmed, and his charred body suddenly shriveled. All the essence in its body seemed to be gathering between its eyebrows.

In the end, an energy that contained the source of life shot out and landed between the rogue cultivator's eyebrows, quickly entering his body.

With the replenishment of this power, the spirit of the individual cultivator who was only at the early-stage Foundation Establishment realm was greatly boosted. The consumption of the battle was instantly replenished and the wounds on their bodies were actually recovering at an extremely fast speed.

The others who were observing the situation changed their expressions. Some were shocked, but some were excited.

"The healing effect of the Gu is even more outstanding than specialized pills."

"This Gu seems to be able to devour the essence, energy, and spirit of someone who has just died to improve itself."

"How strange and mysterious."

As the people watching the show discussed, they inadvertently began to look for their prey.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The various factions, especially the opposing factions, subconsciously retreated, wary of the other party's sneak attack at any time.

Song Shi pursed his lips. Other than being able to provide for his strength to increase, its recovery speed was only so-so and could not compare to his system.

However, this was already abnormal enough. It could be said to be extremely evil to be able to devour the essence of others through a Gu worm.

"This Holy Gu Sect is definitely not a proper sect."

Song Shi concluded and turned to look at the seven-colored alms bowl.

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At this moment, a portion of the Life and Death Worms that had not found their hosts flew back and were covered by the lid with a clang, waiting for a new host to appear.

"Everyone, the first ten Soul Transformation cultivators who have used the Life and Death Gu can choose one of the ten core nodes to open it and obtain the treasures inside."

The seven-colored alms bowl spoke again, "The things inside can allow you to successfully head to the Upper Realm. So start killing."

With that, the seven-colored alms bowl spun and fell. The void below it distorted, and everyone's vision blurred as the seven-colored alms bowl disappeared.

The surrounding Array Formations began to change. A colorful passageway quickly appeared. The space inside distorted and led to an unknown place.

Amidst the rumbling sounds, a huge stone tablet appeared beside the passageway.

This stone tablet was one thousand feet tall and there were three golden words written on the top.

"The Ascension Tablet!"

Song Shi's face twitched when he saw this. Why did this name sound like he would ascend to heaven the moment he walked in?

"This is a spatial passageway to the Upper Realm. It's safer than traveling through spatial turbulence on your own. However, not everyone can enter. You must reach the Soul Transformation realm first."

The seven-colored alms bowl spoke.

Lu Xuanbing's eyes lit up, "Is this the place where your Holy Gu Sect chooses its disciples?"

"You can think of it that way."

"Damn it, I'm not interested in going to your bullshit Holy Gu Sect!"

Sword Emperor Gale scolded, "The founding emperor of Great Qian also left behind a relatively safe spatial passageway. I don't even need to come here."

A colorful light descended from the sky and sent Sword Emperor Gale flying with a bang.

"Although I'm an artifact spirit, it doesn't mean that you can scold me as you wish."

The rainbow alms bowl's words left Song Shi dumbfounded. This Numinous treasure had quite a temper.

He asked curiously, "How can I control you?"

These words were representative of the thoughts of all the powerhouses present.

"As long as you're stronger than me, you can."

Everyone fell silent.

A Numinous treasure that controlled a Grade 6 Array Formation was probably even more terrifying than an ordinary Soul Transformation cultivator. It was impossible for anyone in this world to defeat it.

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Those who could win were no longer in this world and had long gone to the Upper Realm.

The Perfected Heavenly Star Lord looked at the passage and sighed, "So the space hidden in this ruin is a passage. I was wondering who created this special space."

He had also miscalculated. He had been tricked by the existence who had set up this place.

"You can leave on your own or fight here."

After the seven-colored alms bowl finished speaking, the Array Formation quickly changed.

Song Shi realized that other than the core area, the Array Formations in the other locations were no longer offensive.

It was as if they had become one with a mind of their own and obtained some authority.

"Let's go. This isn't the time to fight!"

If he were to fight with the others now, it might be difficult for him to leave this place in the end.

He pulled his daughter and decisively turned around to retreat.

The other factions also retreated tacitly, as if they had no intention of fighting at all.

This time, the Array Formation really did not stop them. They all easily left the ruins.

Looking back at the basin where the ruins were, everyone felt their blood run cold.

This time,not just Song Shi, everyone could tell that the basin was like an alms bowl.

They couldn't help but think of how many years ago, a huge seven-colored alms bowl had descended from the sky and smashed out a basin here, forming this ruin.

Or could this basin be the Numinous treasure?

Song Shi stared at the basin for a long time and felt that this whole ruin was an elaborate ploy.

"Let's go. What are you looking at? Whoever is alone will definitely become the target of everyone's hunt."

Mountain Moving Daoist snorted. He seemed to be in a bad mood.

"Is that so?"

Song Shi was excited when he heard that.

They flew back to their respective war Dharma treasures. The originally huge war Dharma treasures now looked like toys compared to the basin.

"Elder!"

Bai Xiaoqin, who was waiting beside the Supreme Kraken Ship, welcomed them happily. However, seeing that everyone's expressions were not too good, she tactfully restrained her smile.

Some of the more knowledgeable deacons subtly sensed that something was amiss.

Not only did everyone's expressions change, but the number of people was also lesser.

Exploring ruins of this level would often result in heavy losses but the ruins did not seemed to have been invaded into.

"Set off and return to the Nether City immediately!"

Lu Jiu ordered.

The Nether City was the lair of the Heavenly Ghost Sect. It was basically the safest place to go now.

"Return to the Imperial City!"

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Sword Emperor Gale also gave the order.

The demons and humans present tacitly returned home.

In the blink of an eye, the basin became empty without any forces.

"Only free-range insects can grow and strengthen by themselves. This lower realm is too barren. If they don't disperse, we won't be able to take in ten Soul Transformation seedlings."

Above the basin, a pair of eyes appeared, quietly watching the various factions leave.

After Song Shi returned to the Great Kraken Ship, he was called over by Lu Jiu.

"Blood-robed Elder, from now on, your treatment will be the same as the Grand Elder's. If you have any requests, you can tell me."

Lu Jiu was very generous and had the aura of a big boss.

"I only want to know how powerful the Numinous treasures are to be able to come down from the Upper Realm."

Song Shi was curious.

"Sure, but the price it paid is also very high. After all, the difference in Spiritual Qi in the lower realm and upper realm is sky high. Even if that seven-colored alms bowl spends ten thousand years to cultivate here, it might not be comparable to a hundred years in the Upper Realm."

The one who answered was Mountain Moving Daoist. He continued, "As for how powerful the Numinous treasures are, let's put it this way. The strongest treasure nurtured in our lower realm is at this level. Numinous treasures have the power to destroy the world. After activating them, they can easily destroy a city."

Song Shi's blood boiled as he listened. His eyes were bright as he asked, "Does the Heavenly Ghost Sect have it?"

"No. Apart from the Numinous treasures themselves, only existences that surpass the Soul Transformation realm can fully activate it. Its level is too high. In our entire world, there aren't more than two digits of Numinous treasures recorded."

Mountain Moving Daoist shook his head naturally.

"Who has it?"

"Great Qian."

Lu Jiu replied.

Song Shi was stunned. So this was how Great Qian suppressed many cultivators. Previously, he was still wondering why the martial emperor of Great Qian was only at the Nascent Soul realm. What right did he have to intimidate so many sects?

"That's not right. Didn't you say that one has to surpass the Soul Transformation realm to control Numinous treasures?"

Song Shi looked at Mountain Moving Daoist.

"You have overlooked an exception that I mentioned." Mountain Moving Daoist said meaningfully.

"Excluding the Numinous treasures…"

Song Shi was enlightened.

"That's right. The Numinous treasures have recognized the founding emperor of Great Qian as their master. If it takes the initiative to help, he will naturally be able to unleash a portion of the power of the Numinous treasures. Unless he's facing someone with the same situation, who can be his match?"

Mountain Moving Daoist had a complicated expression. "That old thing was really talented back then. He killed eight Great Demon Venerables, four Martial Venerables, and three Soul Transformation cultivators. He unified a million miles of mountains and rivers and intimidated the eight dynasties to be scared of attacking Great Qian."

"Then you all still dare to rebel?"

Song Shi felt that he was close to some secrets.

Ghost Butcher said disdainfully, "Hehe, that Numinous treasure was taken away by the founding emperor of Great Qian more than a thousand years ago. Furthermore, the Sky Demon Cult has an incomplete Numinous treasure. We are not afraid of their current replica Numinous treasure. That is where our confidence come from."

Lu Jiu mocked, "It's because these people who brought treasures to the Upper Realm, that our world is getting weaker and weaker."

"It turns out that the weakening of Great Qian was not because of moral decay. In the end, it was because they had lost their killing weapon."

Song Shi was a little speechless. His previous understanding was still influenced by some knowledge from his previous life. He thought that the corruption of the Imperial Court had caused the rebel army to rise.

In the end, it was because their 'nuclear' weapons were gone and they could not intimidate the various large factions.

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"That's about right. If the Numinous treasures are still around, no matter how corrupt they are, who would dare rebel?"

Lu Jiu nodded and looked into the distance with a sigh. "I didn't expect there to be a Numinous treasure here. No one has discovered it for so many years. If anyone can control it, they can replicate the achievements of the Martial Emperor of Great Qian and establish a thousand-year-old empire."

Ghost Butcher smiled bitterly. "This thing can refine Gu and control people. It's easy to create an army of Gu with it. It's really suitable for expansion. However, it has an owner already and has already turned us all into 'worms'. Let's not think about it."

At the mention of the seven-colored alms bowl, Lu Jiu and the others' faces darkened and they fell silent.

Song Shi completely understood how terrifying Numinous treasures were.

A dynasty that had established a million miles of mountains and rivers could easily control a group of Nascent Soul powerhouses. Any one of these feats was considered shocking.

He did not know how else he could describe Numinous Treasures. He could only compare it to be the nuclear weapon of this world.

The faction with this thing should be able to stand strong and lead the others for ten thousand years.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. From now on, all of us who have been poisoned will stay in the sect to cultivate. As for overthrowing Great Qian, we'll let Ghost Butcher and the rest take charge of it for the time being."

Lu Jiu broke the silence and announced his next arrangements.

"Yes, this is the most suitable. We've been poisoned and have become prey. It's fine for us, but it's too dangerous for the others to go out."

Ghost Butcher nodded.

"I'll go back and check the ancient books to see if I can find a way to solve this problem."

Mountain Moving Daoist frowned. "This thing is in my body. Even if I reach the Soul Transformation realm and go to the Upper Realm, it will probably be a hidden danger."

"Blood-robed Elder, what do you think?"

Lu Jiu asked. If he said these people in front of the other party, it meant that he had allowed Song Shi to enter the upper echelons of the sect.

"I don't have any thoughts. I just want to hunt other Gu bodies and form my Nascent Soul as soon as possible."

Song Shi smiled. Hunting other Gu bodies could not only send him to court death, but also increase his Devouring power rapidly.

Lu Youyou, who was listening at the side and had no right to interrupt, looked at Song Shi with a strange expression.

This person still dared to appear in front of others now?

"Sure, I'll arrange for someone to support you."

Lu Jiu smiled. "We also need to figure out the specific effect of this Gu. If the Blood-robed Elder is willing to share information, you can exchange for the resources in the sect."

"Then it's a deal."

Song Shi looked into the distance, "Are you going to accompany me to destroy the Ye Family now?"

Lu Jiu, Ghost Butcher, and Mountain Moving Daoist looked at each other and felt a chill in their hearts.

This Blood-Robed old ghost was really as vengeful as the rumors said. Now, he actually still wanted to take revenge, and even exterminate the entire clan.

This kind of person could be considered a double-edged sword. If they did not use him well, it would be very easy to hurt his own people.

"No problem. Ghost Butcher and I will go with you. Mountain Mover, you stay on the Supreme Kraken Ship."

After Lu Jiu agreed, after all, his enmity with the Ye Family was not small.

"Father, I want to go too!"

Lu Youyou revealed an expression of rage.

"Then come. It's been so many years. It's time to take revenge on the Ye Family."

Lu Jiu's eyes turned black and cold.

"I have to deal the final blow to that old man. Since he dared to snatch my things, I naturally have to be the one to send him on his way."

Song Shi said coldly. That guy was a lucky draw opportunity. He could not miss it.

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