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His gaze shifted as he deduced the situation. "This array formation not only has a maze, but also a trapping array. I can't even walk out. It's at least a Level 2 Comprehensive Array Formation!

"In that case, the array disc that contains the Array Formation Taboo Powers must be a mid to high-grade Dharma treasure. With his level of Qi Refinement realm cultivation, he can't activate it by himself at all. He can only rely on spirit stones. Now, when the Array Formation Power is exhausted, not only will I be able to kill them, but I will also obtain a precious Dharma treasure!"

Hei Duzi used his prior experience to deduce all sorts of possible scenarios. He was instantly confident and smiled sinisterly, "Hehe, these special Dharma treasures are much more valuable than The Hundred Ghost Gonfalon!"

He felt that he had encountered a walking treasure. He immediately raised his hand and activated an alms bowl-shaped Dharma artifacts. They emitted a faint light to protect his body as he quietly waited for the outcome.

Song Shi had killed more than a hundred Normal Gu Corpses in the process of dying ten times.

"Why was there only one high-grade Gu Corpse? This guy is way too poor!"

He was very dissatisfied. He canceled a portion of the Array Formation's sound isolation function and deliberately let Hei Duzi hear his him. "Hey, are there any more Iron Skinned Gu Corpses? These low-grade ones aren't enough for me to play with."

"You ignorant thing. It's extremely hard to even be able to raise one Iron Skinned Gu Corpse from a hundred of the Normal Gu-corpses. Do you think it's like growing cabbages? It's impossible to grow so many!"

Hei Duzi felt extremely insulted and looked at Song Shi with disdain. In reality however, all of his other Iron Skinned Gu Corpses had already been destroyed in the previous battle with the Demon Slayers Division.

Of course, he would never reveal this to Song Shi. He sneered, "You should try staying alive under my one Iron Skinned Gu Corpse first."

He was also surprised. It had been so long, but his army still hadn't killed this guy.

This array formation probably had a Defense function. It was even more powerful than he had imagined.

The surrounding voices disappeared again. Song Shi pursed his lips. "We can only catch this guy and take advantage of him."

He killed the last few Normal Gu Corpses in a few moves and stood in front of the Iron Skinned Gu Corpse. He did not defend himself at all and let the other party kill him however it wanted.

After dying for ten times, Song Shi could start farming accumulated rewards. He decided to do so as he wanted to see what his next Physique attribute would be. n0๐—๐šŽ๐’๐’ฐ๐ฌ๐‘ฉ.๐“ฌ0๐—†

In the process of dying multiple times, because his physique was still too strong, his blood had the effect of resisting evil entities.

The Iron Skinned Gu Corpse's nails were severely worn and corroded by the power in his blood, to the point of its bones being revealed.

"Brother, can you change to your other hand to fight me?"

Song Shi pursed his lips. He felt that the Iron Skinned Gu Corpse's claws were no longer very sharp anymore. They could not even kill him nimbly now.

The latter was actually just a corpse controlled by a kind of parasitic bug. How could it comprehend Song Shi's words? It continued to pierce his heart with its worn to the bone, dull claws.

Crack!

After a few more times, it's claw broke off.

Only then did the Iron Skinned Gu Corpse change to its other hand.

Immediately, Song Shi's process of dying became much smoother. For the next few rounds, he was able to die much more painlessly.

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Under the power of its new claws, Song Shi quickly died more than ten times.

"Ding! You have been killed 50 times by physical attacks. Invincible Vajra and Innate Divine Strength Talent have fused. You have upgraded to a low-grade Diamond Treasure Body and awakened a low-grade Gold Spirit Root. Your Physique has increased by 50 points. Your strength and the strength of your flesh and bones have doubled!"

Amidst the notification, Song Shi's physique changed. His skin started to emit a sparkling treasure light, as if a peerless treasure weapon had appeared.

The Iron Skinned Gu Corpse behind him growled uneasily at this change but continued to attack with its relatively intact claws.

Crack!

Song Shi only felt a slight pain on chest from the claws. The other party's claws were so broken that it could no longer break through his defense.

"F*ck, is this your limit already?"

Song Shi was dissatisfied. He pulled the Iron Skinned Gu Corpse towards him and stretched out his neck, "Come, your teeth are stronger than your claws. It's softer here, bite me quickly!"

Roar!

With a low growl, the foul-smelling mouth successfully bit off Song Shi's neck.

Puff!

Blood splattered on the Iron Skinned Gu Corpse's face. The masculine power contained in the crimson liquid corroded its ugly face until it was full of holes, causing it to scream in pain.

"Dingโ€ฆ You have been bitten to death by the Gu Corpse. As you have died ten times under the same target, The basic reward will be stopped. The accumulated rewards will continue to be counted."

"You will be resurrected in three seconds!"

"No resurrection location set. Resurrection on the spot by default!"

Fortunately, Song Shi revived in three seconds. Other than the fact that his body maintained his vitality for a few seconds before he resurrected, his blood disappeared as soon as he died, preventing the Iron Skinned Gu Corpse from suffering further damage needlessly.

After Song Shi was revived, he said in satisfaction, "Not bad. No wonder it is said that teeth are indeed the hardest thing in the human body. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for you to kill me with other ways. The only bad thing about dying this way is that your mouth stinks."

He pinched his nose and sent his neck over again, muttering: "I spoke too early when I said that courting death was easy. This method is really too stinky for me to bear."

After being bitten to death again, Song Shi really could not stand the other party's bad breath any longer. He thought for a moment then raised his hand to slap the Iron Skinned Gu Corpse.

The rich glow coursed through his arm. He didn't need to tap into any True Energy to channel his power; he relied solely on his raw, unbridled strength to smack it down to the ground..

The Song Shi grabbed its neck and used a powerful force to suppress it, pressing it to the ground. He then took out a pile of things from his storage bag.

Prying open the corpse's mouth, he took a brush, dipped it in some salt and water and started to brush the Iron Skinned Gu Corpse's teeth personally!

If Hei Duzi saw this scene, he would definitely be dumbfounded.

Who would brush this disgusting thing's teeth?

That person would surely be some sort of lunatic!

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"Fortunately, Tong Hu placed his daily necessities in his storage bag. I have him to thank for the equipment that came in handy."

Song Shi muttered.

Tong Hu's storage bag not only contained water and salt, but also some seasonings for cooking. Judging from these things he probably lived in the wild and foraged for his meals. It seemed that he probably had a habit of making roasted meat with these seasonings.

Song Shi made full use of these tools and personally brushed Gu corpse's teeth.

It was something he had to do. The corpse's mouth was really too smelly. It was so smelly that he wanted to vomit before he could even die!

...

Every time he was bitten to death, he felt as if he was being stunk to death by the rancid smell instead.

"I should not allow myself to die in such an undignified manner. There has to be a certain quality to my demise. It can't be from something that is dirty and smelly."

Song Shi chuckled.

Whoosh Whoosh swoosh.

After washing all the dirty things out, the Iron Skinned Corpse's teeth actually turned from black to copper-colored metal-like material, but the level of this material was clearly a level higher than ordinary metal.

"What a good set of teeth. No wonder it could bite me to death so easily. These teeth should be able to kill me many times."

Song Shi was very impressed.

A few minutes later, After Song Shi polished its teeth, he sent his neck over again.

Amidst sounds of crunching, Song Shi died peacefully.

This time, the rancid stench has finally disappeared. There was even a little fragrance coming from the Gu Corpse's mouth.

Under the extremely strong teeth of the Iron Skinned Gu Corpse, Song Shi continued to accumulate his number of deaths.

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"Ding! You have been killed more than 70 times by physical attacks. Your Physique has been upgraded to a medium-grade Diamond Treasured Body. You have awakened a medium-grade Gold Spirit Root. Your Physique has increased by 70 points. Your Strength and the strength of your flesh and bones have doubled!

After his Physique increased again, the destructive power of the Iron Skinned Gu Corpse's teeth decreased greatly in comparison, although it could still bite him to death, it had become more difficult to do so.

After accumulating 90 deaths, Song Shi's Diamond Treasure Body was upgraded to High-grade, and his Gold spirit root was also upgraded, causing the Iron Skinned Gu Corpse to have to bite him a few times before it could bite him to death, This caused the pain Song Shi felt to increase greatly.

After enduring it for a hundred times, his entire body shone brightly. Both his Diamond Treasure Body and Gold Spirit Root had transformed into the Top Grade and his Physique had increased by a hundred points. With a bang, the Iron Skinned Gu Corpse's teeth shattered.

"Sigh, you're useless to me now. Time for you to go to hell!"

Song Shi countered the Iron Skinned Gu Corpse with an Iron Sand Palm.

With a sudden burst of energy, his palm struck the Iron Skinned Gu Corpse with a thunderous impact, causing the air to ripple and distort. And then, there was a deafening explosion as the corpse was torn apart by his immense strength. Flames erupted from the shattered remains, fueled by raw Yang forces.

"Dingโ€ฆ congratulations on killing the target of death. You are rewarded with one chance to draw the lottery!"

As the system notification sounded, he caught a glimpse of something in the broken flesh and walked over to take a look.

It was the Gu, a black bug, which had already died.

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"So these are the Gu worms that control the movements in the corpses' bodies?"

Song Shi sized it up curiously. This thing had the size of a caterpillar, but the fur on its body was similar to mini tentacles. It was a little disgusting.

Turning around, Song Shi pulled out the Gentleman Sword that was stabbed into the ground at the side and broke open the head of an ordinary Gu Corpse.

Inside, he found similar insects, but they were much smaller and whiter in color. They were also dead.

"Will they die after the Gu Corpse is killed?"

Song Shi seemed to be deep in thought, "But how did they determine my location previously? Was I tainted by a scent?"

Feeling that this creature was quite complicated, Song Shi did not waste any time studying it. He stood up and walked towards Hei Duzi.

With the Array Formation Power covering him, Song Shi walked to his side, but Hei Duzi did not seem to notice.

There was a black alms bowl above the other party's head, and an energy shield protected the bowl securely. Inside the alms bowl, something seemed to be squirming.

Just as Song Shi was considering letting this fellow kill him a few times, Hei Duzi, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly formed a seal. The black alms bowl suddenly flew out.

Song Shi's pupils were constricted. This guy could still discover his position. He suppressed his instinct to resist and hurriedly stuck his head out to be struck by Hei Duzi's Dharma artifacts.

He had to seize this good opportunity to court death!

Clang!

Song Shi's head was cracked open and blood gushed out. As his head was smashed by the alms bowl, he was sent flying.

"Congratulations on being killed by Dharma artifacts. Physique 3!"

"You have absorbed strength from death and obtained 2 Freedom Attribute Points!"

"You will be resurrected in three seconds!"

"No resurrection location set. Resurrection on the spot by default!"

This time, Song Shi died very quickly. He died the moment he landed on the ground.

Hei Duzi's Dharma artifact, the alms bowl, was of a high-grade, hence despite his top-grade Diamond Treasure Body, he was still inferior to it.

Moreover he did not use any True Energy to resist and even took the initiative to absorb the direct impact. He was naturally unable to withstand it.

After shattering Song Shi's head, the alms bowl Dharma artifact slowly retracted. Hei Duzi did not dare to reach too far out, or he would be cut off from the Dharma artifacts by the power of the Array Formation .

Swoosh!

Hei Duzi opened his eyes, "I know you want to ambush me, but I have an army of Gu around me, that echoes your presence, as long as you get close, I will be able to sense it."

He stood up and looked at the alms bowl. There was no blood on it.

"This person probably has some protective Dharma artifactsโ€ฆ or even a Dharma treasure body."

Hei Duzi narrowed his eyes.

The other party had dealt with the Iron Skinned Gu Corpse so quickly without being killed by it. It seemed that he was indeed quite capable.

He had actually not noticed the existence of this kind of person before. If his power continued to mature, he would really be a troublesome existence.

He looked coldly at the thick white fog, "Song Shi, don't even think about ambushing me. My Echoing Gu can echo the presence of everything from thirty feet around me. As long as you enter, I will sense it."

The other party clearly did not take his words seriously. Soon, the Gu he had set up fluctuated in its echoes, signaling that Song Shi had approached again!

Without hesitation, he activated the alms bowl and smashed it over the incoming intruder.

Clang!

With another muffled sound, the alms bowl flew out ten feet. Its light dimmed and it trembled and swayed.

This was because the connection between the Dharma artifacts and their owner was rapidly disappearing. Hei Duzi hurriedly formed a seal and slowly retracted it back.

Since the time it took to retract the alms bowl was far more than three seconds. Hei Duzi did not see any bloodstains on it. He treated it as a collision of Dharma artifacts and did not think too much about it.

Song Shi, who used his head to block the Dharma artifacts, successfully died again.

"From the rewards, it seems that this guy's strength is not much different from mine. He's probably at the ninth to tenth level of Qi Refinement. It shouldn't be difficult to kill him. I'll farm a large number of deaths first."

Song Shi jumped up and approached Hei Duzi again. The attacks by the alms bowl currently was a physical one. It seemed that it was capable of other types of attacks, but in order to conserve Spiritual Energy, Hei Duzi did not activate them.

This gave him a chance to smash his head against the Dharma artifact again.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Every half a minute, there would be a collision. However, as the area was sealed by the Array Formation Power the sound only echoed in a small area.

The cycle of death continued. This time, even if he died thirty times in a row, there was no change to his power, nor was there any basic reward.

Song Shi was not in a hurry. He did not believe that the system would not upgrade him if he died enough times.

While he was farming the number of deaths, Hei Duzi was about to vomit from the overexertion of his powers.

Although using Dharma artifacts to smash Song Shi consumed very little Spiritual Energy, it was still extremely depleting if done too many times.

This was because controlling the Dharma artifact under the influence of the Array Formation Power was very tiring.

After seventy times, his spiritual power and divine sense were almost exhausted to none. He had no choice but to take a Qi Replenishment Pill to recover.

With his Spiritual Energy exhausted, he could still eat Qi Replenishment Pills to recover, but his divine sense could not be replenished.

The light in his eyes grew dimmer and dimmer.

"It doesn't make sense. This person also keeps activating his Dharma artifacts to collide with mine. How has his Spiritual Energy not been exhausted?"

Staring at the thick fog, he really wanted to know what the other party was doing.

"Hehe, this guy doesn't seem to have enough Spiritual Energy!"

Song Shi could see Hei Duzi's situation clearly.

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He knew that other than the limitation of needing to form hand seals to cast spells, ordinary cultivators' Spiritual Energy would easily dry up when using Dharma artifacts.

Once they had no more Spiritual Energy left, a pure cultivator could only replenish it from the outside world, unlike a martial artist who could refine essence from his body to replenish his Genuine Qi. Their endurance was hence of a lower level.

This was roughly similar to Mages and Warriors in RPGs. Since they were able to refine their bodies, they would be considered as 'tanks' in these games.

If someone cultivated both Immortality and Martial Arts, he would be a Battle Mage. If it was an Immortal cultivator who cultivated body tempering, he would be called a Tank Mage. If an Immortal and Martial Arts cultivator cultivated body tempering, they would be a Battle Tank Mage and be the strongest amongst all.

Therefore since Song Shi's Diamond Treasured Body was top-notch in body refinement and coupled with the fact that he cultivated both Immortal and Martial Arts, it could be said that Song Shi belonged to the strongest class, the Battle Tank Mage.

Hei Duzi's body was very similar to the Iron Skinned Gu Corpse that he had killed. He should be considered a Tank Mage, but he was also a little lacking in certain aspects to be considered so.

"Do your best. Let me die a few more times."

Song Shi chuckled and continued farming death.

After being smashed to death 30 times by the alms bowl and as Hei Duzi was panting, a system notification appeared in Song Shi's ears.

"Ding! You have been killed by physical attacks by Dharma Artifacts 200 times. Your Physique has been upgraded to a low-grade Diamond Dharma Body. Your Physique has increased by 200 points. Your Strength, Flesh and Bone Strength have increased by two times!" n0๐‘ฃ๐—ฒ๐‘™๐“Š๐‘ ๐—ฏ.๐—ฐ0๐“‚

Song Shi's body underwent a huge change. First, his skin shone with a golden light, as if he had transformed into a Golden Arhat.

...

When the golden light condensed to become extremely bright, it transformed into a golden rune that appeared on his heart. A hint of Holy aura suddenly descended upon his entire body.

This rune was extremely mysterious. It emitted a firm and powerful and mysterious fluctuation. The nearby Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth was attracted and a portion of the Metallic Spiritual Qi automatically gathered towards the rune.

Buzz!

The Void in Song Shi fluctuated, and a golden energy barrier was born. It congregated to the surface of Song Shi's body and an additional barrier appeared, making Song Shi look like a special humanoid Dharma artifact.

This was the Dharma Body. Most Foundation Establishment cultivators and extraordinary martial artists dreamed of having such a Physique. If they could cultivate it, their bodies would be able to withstand the attacks of any Dharma artifacts.

However, Song Shi, who had been resurrected, did not look happy when he saw this miraculous scene. His expression turned bitter, "It's over, it's over for me now. I've become so strong all of a sudden. How is Hei Duzi going to kill me?"

He got up and approached Hei Duzi once again. The bowl that was clearly much dimmer than before smashed over once more.

With a crisp clang, the alms bowl bounced back upon hitting Song Shi.

Other than the buzzing in his head and a few strands of hair that had fallen off from the course of impact, Song Shi was completely fine.

"Sigh, Since I'm now at the same level of the artifacts. You can't kill me with just a smash."

He sighed and slapped the alms bowl away. He took a step forward and mobilized the True Energy in his body, then he jumped over and threw a punch.

As the mist churned, Hei Duzi discovered that he could no longer dodge the golden fist coming towards him that was engulfed in flames.

He did not panic. Instead, his eyes lit up.

"How dare you get close to me!"

He was delighted. His body was that of an Iron Skinned Gu Corpse. Wasn't this person courting death by getting close?

His expression hardened and he subconsciously raised his hand to grab Song Shi's fist.

Crack!

Under his shocked gaze, his claw broke away like rotten wood. With a bang, his body shattered into pieces.

His Iron Skinned Gu Corpse body was actually destroyed by a single punch from Song Shi!

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"Facing a Dharma artifact head on? Are you an idiot?"

Song Shi landed in front of the shattered corpse with a disdainful expression.

His physical body was already comparable to the lowest-level Dharma artifacts. With the enhancement of True Energy, his punch just now was equivalent to using Dharma artifacts to attack. Did this guy think that he could take a punch from him just because he was invulnerable?

After saying that, he frowned and looked at the ground. He was surprised, "Eh, why is there no notification? This guy is not dead yet!"

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His expression sank as he recalled what Sikong Ya had said when he killed Hei Duzi's Gu Corpse. Could it be that this fellow wasn't his main body?

No, if this was just a Gu Corpse, he should not be able to use Dharma artifacts!

Gu!

He should be a Gu right now. Hei Duzi had probably turned into a Gu insect and was still alive!

His sharp gaze landed on the flesh and blood. He took out the Gentleman Sword and fiddled with it. Soon, he discovered a black worm.

"It's dead?"

Song Shi poked it with his sword. The bug was very fragile and broke into two.

"Interesting. Such a fragile worm can actually make its host body as hard as iron."

Song Shi could not help but sigh at the wonders of this Gu. If it was in his previous life, it would definitely be the subject of intense research by scientists.

"Still no response?"

He sneered and picked up his storage bag. He then raised his hand and formed a seal, condensing a fireball in his palms.

The extremely high temperature emitted caused the air to distort. The fireball condensed by Song Shi's True Energy was far hotter than ordinary fireballs.

With a tap of his finger, the fireball landed on the shattered corpse. The high temperature was released, directly igniting it and turning it into ashes at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"As expected of the fireball of the cultivation world. Its temperature is impressive."

It was Song Shi's first time dealing with a corpse and burning it felt pretty good.

From the burning flesh and blood, something suddenly flew out and turned into a jade-colored spot of light as it tried to escape.

"He really didn't die and turned into an insectโ€ฆ"

Song Shi was stunned. Although the other party ran quite fast, he still saw it clearly. It was an insect that looked like a jade cicada.

"Do you think you can escape?"

With a sneer, he took a step forward and chased after it.

Under the influence of the Yin Yang Reversal Formation Disc, The jade cicada seemed to be escaping, but it was actually flying around in a circle like a headless fly.

"Damn this Trapping Array!"

Hei Duzi's furious voice came from within the jade cicada. When he sensed a huge hand grabbing at him from behind, his body swayed as he dodged.

"You're quite agile!"

Song Shi was rather surprised that he missed.

His current physique was very strong, even at the Foundation Establishment realm. If he did not condense a Dharma Body, he probably would not be able to withstand his own strength. However, the Phantom image Steps enhanced by his powerful Physique still could not catch this thing.

Swoosh!

Seeing that he could not escape, the latter suddenly changed his direction and turned to fly at Song Shi, wanting to attack.

Clang!

The sound of swords rang out.

The Gentleman Sword pierced through the air.

The jade cicada hurriedly dodged. The sword light brushed past its wings and actually caused sparks to appear.

Then, he turned his wings and flew towards his own Dharma artifacts.

Song Shi was shocked. Why was this insect's body like refined iron? It was completely different from the black worm.

He hurriedly slapped out and the Nine Yang True Energy from his palms formed a millstone-sized flame palm print that blasted over.

The jade cicada did not expect Song Shi to know martial arts where he did not even need to form a seal to launch a ferocious attack. As such he only managed to dodge a portion of the palm print.

BOOM!

The Iron Sand Palm struck the jade cicada and the power of fire contained in it made it scream. Half of its body turned charred black and it was blasted to the side of the alms bowl Dharma artifact.

"Please, spare me. I'm privy to a fortuitous opportunity that can grant immortality. All I ask in exchange is for my life!"

The jade cicada begged for mercy.

"A great opportunity?"

Song Shi pursed his lips seemingly in consideration before he slashed at the jade cicada.

Ding!

A portion of the tip of a sword like the Gentleman Sword actually shattered. However, under the pressure of the powerful force contained in it, it successfully cut the jade cicada in half.

His expression was cold, "I'm not interested in whatever opportunity. I just want to kill you!"

What kind of opportunity could compare to his lucky draw system?

And after all, what kind of grudge could compare to how this fellow almost exterminated his entire family?

The jade cicada let out a miserable cry and trembled a few times. Suddenly, it shone brightly.

"Ah! You destroyed my precious cicada body. I will possess your soul now!"

Hei Duzi's soul let out a strange cry. It bared its fangs and brandished its claws as it shot out from the shattered The jade cicada and pounced at Song Shi.

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"Possession?"

Upon hearing this, Song Shi's eyes lit up. This was a unique way to die. Why hadn't he thought of it?

He purposefully did not raise his palm that was already covered in flames, looking like he did not have time to react.

Hei Duzi's soul pounced on Song Shi's body. With a sizzling sound, Song Shi's Vajra Dharma Body shone brightly. It was stimulated and erupted with a power that was evil suppressing.

"Ah!"

Hei Duzi cried out in pain as his soul rapidly dimmed under the golden light.

He said indignantly, "Dharma Body? How is that possible? How can a seventh level Qi Refinement cultivator like you cultivate a Dharma Body?!" n0๐•โ„ฏ๐“ต๐”๐•Š๐’ƒ.๐“ฌ0๐ฆ

Although the Dharma Body was only a type of Physique, it was on the same level as Dharma artifacts and possessed some of the power of Dharma artifacts!

Coupled with the enhancement of Spiritual Energy, with the strength of certain bones in the human body, they could match up with Dharma artifacts in battle.

How could Song Shi have a physique that was even difficult for Foundation Establishment Cultivators to cultivate?!

Could it be that he originally had a Connate Dharma Body?

...

How unfair the heavens were. They had allowed his enemies to birth such a cultivation genius.

"F*ck, don't burn him to death!"

Song Shi exclaimed in his heart. He hurriedly controlled the power of his Dharma Body and restrained it, pretending that he was no match for Hei Duzi.

Hei Duzi's eyes which were in despair suddenly lit up as he laughed heartily, "The heavens will not be rid of me yet!"

He turned into a dim light and entered Song Shi's glabella and began to possess him.

Song Shi could only feel a pain in his head. His entire consciousness seemed to have been impacted by something. His head tilted back and he almost staggered and fell.

Something drilled into his head and turned into a man in black that appeared in his sea of consciousness.

The moment the latter saw Song Shi's soul, he screamed in horror, "Impossible, how can your soul be so strong!"

In front of him, there were three giant flames that made up Song Shi's soul, which were three times larger than his small size.

Song Shi looked down at the foreign object in his sea of consciousness and frowned slightly. "In other words, you can't possess me?"

The latter had already collapsed and his face was filled with resentment, "Once the Possession skill is activated, it can't be stopped. It's either you die or I die. I don't believe that your soul is really that powerful!"

He rushed over and opened his mouth. His normal mouth suddenly expanded in this spiritual world, becoming larger than his body, making him look like he wanted to swallow an elephant.

Puchi!

Unfortunately, before his bloody mouth could engulf the flames completely, his soul collapsed like an egg hitting a rock.

In his shattered head, wisps of soul turned into mist and dissipated, then it was absorbed by Song Shi's sea of consciousness.

His soul twisted and returned to his human form. His head had become much smaller and more transparent.

"God, I can't accept this!"

Hei Duzi cursed, his expression filled with despair once again.

"That's it? How useless!"

Song Shi didn't think much of it. He didn't even try to block it. Just his instinct in his sea of consciousness made it impossible for Hei Duzi to possess him.

He raised his hand and grabbed Hei Duzi, squeezing him hard.

Puchi!

Just like a bubble shattering, the other party's soul was crushed into pieces. Wisps of Hei Duzi's original soul fused into his Sea of Consciousness and were slowly devoured.

"Dingโ€ฆ congratulations on killing the target of death. You are rewarded with one chance to draw the lottery!"

The system notification finally appeared. Song Shi knew that he had successfully killed this guy.

Song Shi regained consciousness and glanced at the broken jade cicada.

"What trash. Next time, I will find someone more powerful to possess me!"

He snorted as a string of memories suddenly surged into his mind. All of them were from Hei Duzi.

A large number of memories had surged in, causing his mind to be in a mess.

Song Shi frowned and concentrated on absorbing it as if he was watching a movie.

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Thirty years ago, a young boy was born into the family of Zhang Sancai, a fisherman.

His father was a down-and-out Scholar with some literary talent but nothing remarkable. In order to make a living, he had to resort to fishing and ferrying.

His father was talented and named him Wuji. He hoped that he would grow up to be a man that was born in the world without any taboos to his name.

Zhang Wuji, burdened with the weight of his father's unfulfilled dreams, poured himself into his studies with an unrelenting fervor to obtain scholarly honors. He passed the Elementary Scholar examination in his ninth year, but failed the Imperial Scholar examination every time afterwards.

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He then started a family but continued on the path of imperial examinations. At the same time, like his father, after starting a family and starting a career, he also gradually placed his hopes of passing the Imperial Examination on the next generation.

He had a sister named Wu You. Her personality was indeed as her name suggested. She was naive and innocent. She often helped him grind ink and copy books. Influenced by him and their father she became extremely well read and loved to read extensively. She was talented in literature and was even more outstanding than him, her brother.

It was a pity that women could not take the Imperial Examinations. As such, his sister could only recite poems by the river for fun. However she led a very carefree life.

The family was not rich, but they were happy until his father ferried a rich scholar across the river one dayโ€ฆ

His younger sister, Wu You, happened to be on the ship. Her original naivety had turned into a flaw, when she was immediately infatuated after a few words from the scholar, Song Hu. The scholar was also talented in literature. The trip on the ship that day caused his younger sister to secretly fall in love with Song Hu.

Coincidentally, that rich young master was also interested in his sister, Wu You. He often appointed his father to ferry him across the river and every time, his sister would follow him.

As the young master of a rich family, Song Hu was not only handsome but also talented and rich, hence his family did not have much objections to the two of them being together.

Even if Wu You could only marry into the rich family as a concubine, it was still a good outcome for her.

However it was from then on, that the misfortune which will destroy his family began.

After a while, as the two of them became more affectionate, the rich young master would often invite his sister, Wu You, to go on 'outings'. After a few times, her stomach became swollen with pregnancy.

He and his father were furious. How could a woman's chastity be destroyed so casually? They immediately went to the Song family where the rich young master was and asked Song Hu to marry Wu You to preserve her reputation as much as possible.

Who would have thought that Song Hu, who had been flirting with his sister all this while, would suddenly turn against them and even berate them for making a fuss? To add fuel to the fire, he even gave them a sum of money and sent them away to settle the problem themselves.

But how could the pair of father and son, who had studied books on morality and sageness all their lives, tolerate this? The second time they came to demand for accountability, not only were they barred from seeing Song Hu, they were also beaten up by the eldest son of the Song family.

This caused his parents to become egregiously injured, coupled with their extreme anger and despair, they lost their will to live and died overnight upon returning home.

Given his stubborn nature, he could just accept the outcome of the situation and wanted to go to the government to seek a fair and just explanation. But who would have thought that the Song family had relations with the government and upon catching wind of his complaints, directly assassinated his family in secret?

His sister who had foolishly gone to look for Song Hu, too seek him out, was cruelly drowned in a well.

He and his 10-month pregnant wife were also thrown into the river, both tied up inside of separate sacks. If he had not been strong enough to break free, he would have perished like his poor wife.

Upon surviving, he began on the path of revenge and vendetta. Originally, it was very difficult for him who had nothing to come up with any form of revenge to avenge his family. But in his wildest dreams, he was actually blessed with an immortal root which a passing master specializing in poison from Miaojiang took a fancy to. The master then taught him the art of voodoo that he could utilize to finally exact his revenge.

After obtaining voodoo and poison techniques, he used poison to stimulate his body's potential and his cultivation level increased rapidly.

The title of Hei Duzi was given to him when he finally became a master of poison .

Other than entering the Dao of Poison, he also encountered a fortuitous opportunity that had benefited him greatly. This happened when he entered the Thousand Poisons Mountain Range to refine poison, he had encountered danger and chanced upon an ancient cultivator's cave abode.

This ancient cultivator was a powerful Gu Master. Just by relying on the treasures he obtained from the outsides of the abode, he managed to cultivate the body of The Jade Cicada and also got rid of the aftereffects of using poison to stimulate his body. He then refined himself into a Gu Corpse and his cultivation improved greatly in a short year.

After his body was upgraded to the Iron Skinned Gu Corpse a refined body that was comparable to the body of a cultivator from the perfected Connate realm and his cultivation level had reached the late-stage Qi Refinement, he left the Thousand Poisons Mountain Range and returned to Silken City to take revenge.

During this period of time, he also joined the Sky Demon Cult and aligned his plan of revenge with the flow of Sky Demon Cult's operation, and in the process managed to obtain quite a bit of help to fulfill his revenge.

Originally, everything had gone smoothly. But who would have thought that the Song family would produce a cultivation genius that would completely ruin his plan to exterminate the Song family entirely at the very last moment?

After absorbing all of Hei Duzi's memories, Song Shi sighed as mixed feelings churned in his heart.

Without him, Hei Duzi would have been the standard protagonist. He would have risen to prominence after his revenge and vendetta and would have gone on to become a master of both poison and Gu in the future.

What a pity. Unless the other party was powerful enough to seal his powers, he would definitely lose when he encountered an immortal like him.

From the perspective of a third person, he pitied this guy. However, from the perspective of an involved party, not to mention how vicious Hei Duzi was, Song Shi would still choose to kill him even if he was a holy being.

After returning to reality from Hei Duzi's memories, Song Shi's eyes quickly regained their clarity. Other than the shining light of rationality in his eyes currently, they had become even more profound.

He looked at the alms bowl and the jade cicada's corpse on the ground and muttered, "To fuse the soul with external objects is equivalent to cultivating a treasure body. It's very rare in the Qi Refinement realm. It's comparable to being a genius who broke through the eleventh or twelfth level of Qi Refinement. This guy was quite powerful."

Standing up and looking at the alms bowl Dharma treasure, Song Shi did not touch them. Instead, he made a hand seal.

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"The seven-colored centipede, the fabled king of poison. This was also Hei Duzi's trump card. It's a pity that he didn't have time to release it before he died."

Song Shi glanced at The Jade Cicada, which had landed ten feet away from the alms bowl. If only he had given the other party just one more second just now, Hei Duzi would have been able to release his treasure.

"I was so close to experiencing the feeling of being poisoned to death!" Song Shi said regretfully as the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"However, after failing to possess me, I devoured him instead. This fellow's memories have become a part of my knowledge base!"

Song Shi chuckled. From now on, he was no longer a noob cultivator!

Through browsing through Hei Duzi's memories, not only did he learn many methods of Gu and poison, he also grasped all kinds of basic knowledge that a normal Qi Refinement cultivator should have.

"This is how I can create opportunities for myself. As long as someone possesses me, I'll devour them in return, then I'll obtain rich memories for doing nothing."

Song Shi felt that he had found a way to gain EXP for free, except that there probably wouldn't be many people who would resort to possessing him, unless they were forced to a dead end like Hei Duzi.

"I'm so looking forward to the next person who possesses me. I haven't completely experienced the feeling of being possessed yet."

As he was thinking about these strange thoughts, the fog around him suddenly began to fade, and the sounds from outside gradually came in.

A fluctuation came from the formation plate controlled by his divine sense.

Song Shi was stunned for a moment. "The power of the spirit stone has been exhausted. If I had waited for a little longer, Hei Duzi would have had a chance to escape."

He kept the alms bowl, picked up the broken jade cicada shell and threw it into the alms bowl.

The seven-colored centipede's tentacles feelers as it woke up from its slumber. It emitted an excited fluctuation and rushed over to devour the empty shell crazily.

It had no idea that it was eating its original owner. The more it ate, the more excited it became.

After sealing the alms bowl, Song Shi turned around and made several hand seals at the unmoving corpses of the Gu Corpses, condensing multiple fireballs and throwing them out.

The flames burned and turned all the corpses into ashes.

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Destroying corpses was a basic skill that Song Shi felt immortal cultivators should have.

From his point of view, the first reason was because he couldn't casually leave such dangerous 'trash' lying around like that and the second reason was to avoid his enemies using tactics such as the jade cicada to escape like Hei Duzi.

After doing this, he walked towards the array disc. The Array Formation Power was becoming weaker and weaker. The surrounding fog dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye, revealing Liu Ruxue and the others.

Liu Ruxue and the others were able to see Song Shi and the raging flames around him, but all the enemies had disappeared.

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In the flames, they could see the half burned bodies of some Gu Corpses. They understood that Song Shi had dealt with the enemy and won.

They felt like they were in a dream. In the Yin Yang Reversal Formation Disc, they could not see anything or hear anything. Although they were very close to the scene of action, they did not know the exact process behind how everything had transpired.

Elder Qin sized up Song Shi seriously with a pair of slightly weathered eyes. This playboy young master, whom he usually did not pay much attention to, actually had such powerful abilities.

He had really misjudged Song Shi.

Liu Ruxue looked at Song Shi in a daze. She suddenly felt that this man was covered in a mysterious veil regarding who he really was. He was not just a simple silk pants1.

She pouted, "You're so powerful but you didn't even tell me. I've been so worried about you."

"A man has to have a backup plan after all."

Song Shi walked over domineeringly.

"You still have a backup plan? You're clearly pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger. You tricked me so hard. I always thought that you had just reached the Qi Refinement realm, but in the end, your cultivation level is even higher than mine!"

Liu Ruxue blushed. The more she spoke, the angrier she became. She felt like a fool.

Song Shi walked over and hugged the beauty. He chuckled and said, "I pretended to be a pig so I can eat you."

Liu Ruxue hit him with her Mace. "Scoundrel, are you going to pretend to be a pig eating a tiger until you swallow my cultivation one day?"

"Devouring cultivation? Don't tell me you had such thoughts about me in the first place?"

Song Shi squinted suspiciously.

Liu Ruxue's expression changed slightly. She quickly covered her mouth with her hand.

Oh no, I accidentally revealed the ultimate usage of a Furnace.

When Song Shi saw this reaction, he sneered in his heart. As expected, this woman had ulterior motives from the beginning.

Although this woman was from the cultivation world, she was still young and inexperienced.

As compared to Hei Duzi, not only does his power surpass hers, their shrewdness are miles apart as well.

"Do you think I don't know what you're after? It's just that I don't mind because I like you more than you like me. I'd rather be sucked dry by you if that means I can be with you."

When Song Shi said this, he felt that he was being too spurious.

However, as he appeared extremely convincing and genuine, Liu Ruxue was stunned when she heard that.

She had initially thought that he was unaware of her toying, but in the end, the other party was actually cooperating with her.

"Are you serious?"

Liu Ruxue was a little shaken by his words.

She had always believed that the cultivation world was only filled with exploitation and cultivators would only care about their own benefit.

Before they came to Silken City to gain experience, the elders had warned her and the other female disciples not to believe the flowery words of a man.

At the same time, he also warned the male disciples to not believe the words of the beautiful woman.

But now after hearing Song Shi's words, she hesitated.

This man seemed to be genuinely sincere. Otherwise, why would he spend Yang energy to help her cultivate?

"It's true. Even if you suck me to death now, I'm willing!"

With a serious expression, Song Shi raised his right hand again and swore to the heavens, "If I lie, I'll be struck by lightning and die a horrible death."

Liu Ruxue's heart skipped a beat and she became emotional. She hugged Song Shi tightly and said guiltily, "Young Master, I'm sorry. I won't use you underhandedly anymore."

Song Shi glanced at the sky. He was not lying this time. He was not afraid of being sucked to death, but his words were not completely true.

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This was a piece of wisdom that he had summarized from Hei Duzi's memories. He also agreed with this advice very much.

This stands true especially so for women such as the one before him who had the intention to use him.

It would be easy to get hurt if he was always genuine.

"Secondly, you've indeed helped me alot. Although you can't deal with the enemy, I appreciate your kindness. I'll repay you when I get back."

Song Shi smiled ambiguously.

Liu Ruxue was relieved and understood what he meant. She leaned into Song Shi's arms and said, "I agree with whatever Young Master says."

Song Shi looked at his sister, who was lying on the ground, she looked to be in a better condition. He picked her up and put the array disc beside her into his storage bag, "I'll go to the New Moon Brothel with you. The situation has changed drastically. There's no place to settle my family for the time being."

"I didn't expect the Sky Demon Cult to actually have the guts to attack the residence of the Demon Slayers Division. It's equivalent to purposefully looking down on them."

Liu Ruxue looked worried. "I have a feeling that they are up to something big!"

The group of people arrived at the New Moon Brothel with a heavy heart. It was rare for this place to not be brightly lit tonight. There were only a few lamps amidst the abject darkness.

Liu Ruxue brought Song Shi and the others in from the back door. There were two people who were waiting in the backyard.

One was Mei Niang, and the other was Deacon Ao Bai.

The two of them were originally solemn, but when they saw Song Shi and the others, they revealed surprised expressions.

The Sky Demon Cult's attack on the Demon Slayers Division had caused such a huge commotion, so they naturally heard about what had happened.

It was beyond their expectations that this family actually came out alive.

It was fine if Song Shi, Elder Qin, and Big Smart did not die. After all, they were powerful cultivators. The other three were basically Normal people. How did they survive?

They couldn't help but look at Liu Ruxue.

"Deacon Ao Bai."

Liu Ruxue bowed to Ao Bai, "They want to stay here for a while. Is that okay?"

...

"You are the main decision maker for this building. Naturally, you can arrange for them to stay i."f you wish

Ao Bai came back to his senses and looked at Song Shi with interest, "Looks like you've found a good Dao companion, Xue'er."

He was quite experienced and could tell at a glance that Song Shi was the leader of these people.

Even Liu Ruxue surrendered to this man.

Even though his original status was a Furnace, it seemed like he had become Liu Ruxue's legitimate Dao companion now.

This meant that the reason why they could escape danger this time was because of this man who the rumors had bashed to be a pair of silk pants!

"I'll have to trouble you all for now."

Song Shi cupped his hands, "I will try my best to make it up to you."

"Hehe, you're welcome. Young Master Song, just make it up to Miss Xue'er. She's the target of special nurturing for our branch."

Mei Niang saw an opportunity and deliberately brought it up, "Miss Xue'er is a very promising seedling in this batch of outer sect trials of the Yao Moon Palace. If she can stand out, everyone here will benefit."

"Outer sect trialโ€ฆ What kind of trial? What kind of selection criteria is there?"

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Song Shi asked. Since he needed Liu Ruxue's help, he naturally had to give her compensation in return and satisfy her needs.

"The most fundamental requirement naturally is cultivation, followed by the strength of the Dao companion."

Mei Niang smiled and said, "In half a month's time, the first inspection by the elders will occur."

"Mei Niang, stop talking about that. Let the doctor take a look at Young Master's sister."

Liu Ruxue was very considerate. Her words touched Song Shi's heart.

"Put her on the bed first."

Mei Niang hurriedly turned around and made arrangements. Soon, a doctor came over to treat Song Bei's wound. He healed her bones and tied some herbs to her wounds. When he was done, it was already dawn.

Song Shi stood at the guardrail on the east side of the third floor of New Moon Brothel. He looked into the distance and muttered, "It's dawn, but Silken City is filled with dark clouds. A storm is coming and the city is shrouded in darkness."

Liu Ruxue appeared behind him and frowned. Her cold face was filled with worry as she said, "Young Master, something big has really happened. Someone in Jinzhou has raised an army and is rebelling. They have already captured Tianyu City!"

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"Previously, I only heard that there was a rebellion near the borders. I didn't expect that even the prosperous Silken city to have come to this point."

Song Shi sighed.

"In this chaotic world, if you want to settle down, other than having a powerful cultivation, you also need to rely on being in a large faction. Young Master, are you still optimistic about being in the Demon Slayers Division?"

Liu Ruxue looked at Song Shi.

"Xue'er wants me to join the Yao Moon Palace?"

Song Shi turned around and met Liu Ruxue's shining eyes.

"Xue'er doesn't have the authority to let Young Master join the Yao Moon Palace for the time being. However, after Xue'er finishes her trial, it should be possible. I hope that Young Master can leave with Xue'er then."

Liu Ruxue looked sincere.

"We'll talk about it when the time comes. For now, I still have to maintain contact with the Demon Slayers Division. It's good to have more sources of information."

Song Shi did not address Liu Ruxue's request directly. Even though he phrased it as such, he actually just wanted another avenue to be able to farm death.

"Young Master, are you still going to take the risk? The Demon Slayers Division has already been openly attacked by the cultivators of the rebel army!"

Liu Ruxue looked worried. "In the future, if Young Master stays in the Demon Slayers Division, you might have to fight the cultivators of the rebel army every day. Your life might be in danger at any moment."

"That's good news!"

Song Shi was excited and said righteously, "A man should always strive to progress forward. How can I cower in the face of danger? Killing on the battlefield will only help with my rapid growth and allow me to be more powerful on my own!"

Liu Ruxue's beautiful eyes were filled with affection. Most of the cultivators she knew were cautious and suspicious. They did not want to take risks easily and did not have the same spirit as Song Shi.

She smiled sweetly, "Xue'er respects the Young Master's choice and will support you."

"With Xue'er like this, what more can I ask for!"

Song Shi hugged the sweet smelling Liu Ruxue, "It's time to rest. Let me repay you and help you cultivate."

As Liu Ruxue gigged in joy he picked her up and walked to the room.

After taking off his clothes, Song Shi touched Liu Ruxue's beautiful face. "I'll cooperate with you. You can absorb as much as you want. Take it as a token of thanks for your help this time."

His cultivation level had already surpassed Liu Ruxue's and was almost at the eighth level of Qi Refinement. He was like a fireball that Liu Ruxue could not drain no matter how hard she tried.

Not long after, Liu Ruxue was done. She stopped while begging for mercy and tried her best to digest and absorb the energy she had gained.

After Song Shi was done, he went to take a look at Song Bei's situation before starting to evaluate his rewards from his duel.

Hei Duzi was much richer than Tong Hu. Not only did he have a large number of pills and talismans, he also had many types of poisons and Gu worms. Lastly he also possessed many poison related manuals and secret arts.

There were also more than 300 spirit stones, which was equivalent to more than 3 million taels of silver.

Even the grade of the storage bag was higher. It had a capacity of nearly a thousand times its size and could be considered to be a so-called 'Thousand Treasure Bag'.

After sorting out these things and removing the Gu worms and poison, he divided the other talismans and medicinal pills into three portions. One was for his own use, one was for another storage bag, and the last he put in a cloth bag.

When he went downstairs to the backyard, Big Smart was practicing the Axe Technique with his axe. He was preparing to use the Dharma artifact as close combat weapons, unlike cultivators who used Dharma artifacts to attack from afar.

Hu hu hu!

The Blood Axe Dharma artifact was not big and looked like round axes. However, in Big Smart's hands, they looked extremely mighty. The cold light cut through the air and made an ear-piercing sound. It was extremely aggressive.

Elder Qin stood at the side and pointed, "Xiao Liu, Axe techniques are more profound than saber techniques. Your move is too arrogant and you won't be able to unleash the full advantage of using an axe."

"It seems that not only is Elder Qin's saber technique exquisite, but he also has a lot of achievements in the Axe Technique."

Song Shi appeared and commented with a smile.

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Big Smart hurriedly stopped and bowed to Song Shi. He grinned and said, "Elder Qin is outstanding in all kinds of martial arts. His saber techniques are also the best in Silken City's martial arts world."

"Little Liu, don't talk nonsense. I'm just more familiar with these weapons."

Elder Qin cupped his hands at Song Shi, "In front of Young Master, this is nothing fancy."

"Don't be humble. In terms of martial arts, you are qualified to be called a Master."

Song Shi shook his head. "I want to learn how to use weapons from you. I wonder if Elder Qin can give me some pointers? Consider this my apprenticeship gift."

He handed over a cloth bag containing medicinal pills, talismans and spirit stones.

As long as one reached the Connate realm, martial artists could also use certain things such as medicinal pills, like cultivators. At this point, the difference between martial artists and cultivators was shrinking. However, there was still a clear difference in cultivation techniques and combat methods.

In terms of cultivation techniques, martial artists still valued cultivating by themselves. After all, Normal martial artists did not have spiritual roots to help them absorb the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth. In addition, they were used to close combat instead of spells.

Elder Qin opened it and took a look. Even though it was just a hundred Spirit Stones, the amount still shocked him. "Young Master, this is too much. Not to mention the other things, even these Spirit Stones are enough for me to give you my trump card."

"Take it first. Consider it your reward for protecting our Song family these few days. I also hope that Elder Qin will seek to improve further. This way, everyone's ability to protect themselves will increase."

Song Shi shook his head. The reason why he had given Elder Qin so many things was because he wanted to learn something from Elder Qin, and also to convince Elder Qin to continue to stay with the Song family.

With an additional Connate expert, he would have an additional layer of protection. It was impossible for him to always be guarding Old master Song and the others himself.

"Thank you, Seventh Young Master,"

Elder Qin inspected the pills in front of Song Shi, "With the pills given by Young Master, I will definitely improve further. I should be able to reach the late-stage Connate Realm soon. I won't disappoint you."

"That's great. Elder Qin, you don't have to be thrifty with these. Use these resources as soon as possible."

Song Shi smiled. The late-stage Connate realm was equivalent to the ninth level of Qi Refinement. He believed that unless one had an enemy like Hei Duzi, who else would be in their right mind to threaten the old master Song that was protected by cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refinement?

"I abide by the Young Master's instructions."

Elder Qin accepted the resources with a smile, "Young Master, what do you want to learn?"

"I'll learn Sword skills for the time being."

"Alright, I'll teach Young Master the strongest Swordsmanship skill I know, Gust Wind Sword!"

...

Elder Qin was extremely generous and directly took out his trump card. "This sword technique is a top-notch sword technique in the mortal world. If you cultivate it to perfection, you will be able to access the divine power of the Gust Wind Sword."

"Divine power!"

Song Shi nodded. When the martial arts technique was developed to the limit and reached the level of perfection, it would have the power to reach the heavens which was known as the Divine Power.

Simply put, it could mobilize the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth to increase its power, like spells. However, it was relatively difficult and was far more difficult to achieve than cultivating spells.

However, once it was cultivated, the divine power would have something that spells lacked.

The release speed would be extremely fast !

And it would also lash out a Domineering attack!

Once divine power was reached, attacks could be released instantly. There was no need to form hand seals because divine power used the meridians of a martial artist as the foundation. By using the cultivator's body to mobilize the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth, there would not be much casting time necessary.

Domineering attacks, especially single-target attacks, were very terrifying. It was very difficult to block spells of the same level.

These two advantages were the key for martial arts cultivators to fight against immortal cultivators.

Therefore, every martial art skill that could cultivate divine power was a top-notch martial art.

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"That's right. Although it's only the lowest grade level one elementary divine power, it's enough to deal with enemies below the Foundation Establishment realm."

Elder Qin had white hair and a long beard. Upon saying this, he had a hint of pride in his voice.

Although elementary divine powers were divided into nine grades, with grade one being the lowest, it was still not something that could be obtained casually.

He continued to introduce the skills, "This is one of the three top-notch martial arts that I have on me that can cultivate divine powers."

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"Elder Qin has quite a powerful background."

Song Shi chuckled. Mortal martial arts were the foundation of cultivating divine powers, but most martial arts skills could not cultivate divine powers.

It was already quite rare for Elder Qin to have three skills that could. It was equivalent to having at least three trump cards. No wonder he could survive several sneak attacks by Hei Duzi and not be killed.

"After living for nearly a hundred years, even a dog would have some foundation."

Elder Qin smiled bitterly, "But compared to Young Master, I'm still much inferior."

"I am not deserving of such praise. My situation is quite unique."

Song Shi turned around and threw the storage bag he got from Tong Hu to Big Smart, "Hei Duzi's storage bag is enough for me. This is for you. Take the spirit stones inside and see if you can buy the lowest level of skill of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art."

"Thank you, Young Master!"

Big Smart happily caught it. A storage bag was something he had always dreamed of having. He did not expect to be able to have it so quickly.

"Go to the side and admire it by yourself. I'm going to start learning Sword skills from Elder Qin!"

Song Shi took out the Gentleman Sword that had its tip broken and officially started to learn sword techniques.

Elder Qin took out a Sword Manual. "This is a style of movement that you have to first master. After mastering its shape and condensing its spirit, you will be able to reach perfection."

Elder Qin also took out a sword. When he waved it, the green airflow that was hidden in the sword was released, causing the huge gusts of wind to blow. The sharp movements of the sword was especially swift, turning it into a blur in the air.

The area within a ten-foot radius instantly turned into a huge green gust of wind that created a sort of a barrier which was difficult to approach.

Through Elder Qin's display of the Gust Wind Sword skill Song Shi understood that it was able to make people feel as if they were caught in a violent wind.

However, Elder Qin controlled his power to a point of extreme precision and did not affect the nearby plants and buildings.

After his display, Elder Qin stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Young Master, you can refer to the Sword Manual."

Song Shi quickly looked at the sword manual and started waving the Gentleman Sword in his hand.

Flames spread and the scorching sword light instantly turned into a Wind Gust that enveloped a radius of 30 feet, causing Elder Qin's beard to flutter.

The latter's old eyes widened as he watched in shock. Not only was he shocked by Song Shi's deep cultivation, he was also shocked by his learning speed.

It was really unbelievable that he could reach this level just by looking at it once.

From afar, Mei Niang, who was peeping, said in surprise, "After cultivating with Miss Xue'er for so long, he's still so energetic. His foundation is indeed very deep. Miss Xue'er has really picked up a treasure this time."

"His physique shouldn't be simple. Look carefully. His skin is glowing with treasure light, and his Spiritual Energy is terrifyingly pure. This isn't something an ordinary late-stage Qi Refinement cultivator can have."

Deacon Ao Bai, who was beside her, commented solemnly.

"We can only blame the Great Qian Empire for suppressing the cultivation world for too long. Many cultivation geniuses have been buried by their ways. He should be one of them."

Mei Niang muttered, "With his help, Miss Xue'er will definitely soar. The two of us will also benefit greatly."

"I hope he will help Miss Xue'er improve obediently instead of having any wild ambitions."

Deacon Ao Bai frowned.

"I don't think so. This kid hasn't even reached adulthood yet. He should not have experienced anything that will make him scheming or ruthless yet"

Mei Niang did not agree.

"That's not necessarily true. Just from the fact that he's the son of a concubine of the Song family and has been disliked since he was young, his upbringing was definitely not simple."

While the two of them were discussing, the backyard was in a mess.

The masculine force made the Gust Wind caused by the sword aura from the Gentleman Sword even more powerful. It left fine sword marks on the nearby rocks and formed charred marks on the wood.

This also showed that Song Shi's sword technique was not as exquisite as Elder Qin's.

After Song Shi finished using it, Elder Qin was stunned for a moment before saying, "You've learned it just like that? Young Master, are you sure this is your first time learning sword techniques?"

"It's my first time. It feels pretty simple."

Song Shi smiled, "I wonder if my speed is up to standard?"

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Elder Qin did not know what to say. If this was only the standard, what was the point of him cultivating for half a year to reach this level?

Was he just an idiot?

"Haha, Elder Qin, you don't have to be surprised. Young Master is talented and smart. He learns very quickly."

Big Smart was very happy to see Elder Qin's expression because he was the same back then. However, this time, Young Master's learning speed had clearly improved.

"Wellโ€ฆ Alright, Young Master is not an ordinary person. He's a martial arts genius."

Elder Qin sighed and waved the sword in his hand again. He jumped up and stabbed at the sky.

A circle of Sharp and Bright Gust of Wind was released and the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth was triggered. The Gust of Wind expanded to 30 feet wide, leaving behind chaos in the airflow.

"This is the last movement in the style of movement for the skill. It focuses on the Divine Decree and uses one's will to mobilize the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth to launch a violent attack."

Elder Qin introduced.

Song Shi gave it a try. He did not succeed this time, but the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth was still triggered.

However, since the Spiritual Qi had not been integrated into the sword technique, the power meted out was greatly reduced.

He kept trying, and after ten attempts, he finally succeeded in mobilizing the power of heaven and earth.

However, it was still a little short of true perfection.

Elder Qin was now increasingly feeling that Song Shi's ability to break limits was limitless. Wanting to pass down all his trump cards to Song Shi, he said, "This Gust Wind Sword skill comes from the same technique as the Storm Saber Technique that I'm best at. Young Master can learn it too if you want. If you can fuse both into a Storm Strike, its power can reach the second-grade which is the next higher grade."

"Yes, of course I will learn it!"

Song Shi nodded. Other than the fact that it was good to possess an arsenal of skills, he would also be getting a reward for every martial art he learned.

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"But I have learnt enough for today. I'll cultivate the Storm Saber Technique after I completely master the Gust Wind Sword."

Song Shi turned around and shouted, "Mei Niang, get us something to eat."

Mei Niang walked out with a smile, "I've already arranged it. This time, it's the vicious beast meat that Young Master had specially requested."

"Big Smart, give Mei Niang the food money for the next month."

Song Shi said boldly. With a sum of spirit stones he had collected this time, he was not short of money for the time being.

"Young Master, Miss Xue'er has already instructed that from now on, everything you eat, wear, and use will be hers. There's no need to pay anymore."

Mei Niang waved her hand.

"Doesn't that mean I'm being kept like a male pet now?"

Song Shi shook his head, "How can I do that? It's not like I don't have the money."

"Young Master, you and Xue'er are Dao companions. Isn't what's hers yours? Besides, it doesn't cost much to provide you food or clothing, even if you eat Vicious beasts' meat."

Mei Niang comforted him. "There is no need to pay. Come and enjoy the delicacies."

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"Alright, I'll reluctantly accept it then. Elder Qin, you come too."

Song Shi did not insist any longer and brought the two Connate experts to eat.

Although Vicious beast meat was similar to ordinary meat. It looked plumper and tasted more delicious. It was also chewy and satisfied the appetite of the three Connate martial artists.

After eating and drinking his fill, Song Shi did not waste any time and immediately went to cultivate.

In his opinion, spells and divine powers were just skills to fight enemies. Cultivation was the foundation that was of utmost necessity.

Just as he was about to sit in a bucket of water and start cultivating, his entire body turned red. The Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth surged into him crazily, and he felt completely different from when he cultivated previously.

Not only did the top-grade spiritual root help him absorb more Spiritual Qi, it also made the True Energy condensed purer. The quality of the True Energy in his four acupuncture points had increased.

Moreover, his powerful physique could accommodate more Spiritual Qi surging in, hence his refinement speed increased greatly.

After cultivating for half a day, his cultivation directly broke through to the eighth level, much faster than he had expected.

"Even Foundation Establishment cultivators might not be able to cultivate a Dharma Body. It's just a waste of my talent to use it for Qi Refinement."

After correctly predicting the reason why he broke through so quickly, Song Shi estimated that it would not be difficult for him to reach the ninth level of Qi Refinement in a few days.

Song Shi circulated all the cultivation techniques he owned. In less than half a day, he had to refill the water in the well ten times. The more he cultivated, the more heat he generated.

Thinking of the coolness and gentleness Liu Ruxue brought him, Song Shi couldn't help but get up and run to the outside of Liu Ruxue's room.

"Xue'er, are you done cultivating?"

Song Shi asked.

"I just finished, I am showering now."

Xue'er's cold voice sounded.

On the other hand, in the real world outside, Silken City had become even more chaotic. The plague had completely gone out of control and the government could not even take care of themselves. Everyone was in danger and the lives of the commoners and peasants were becoming more and more difficult.

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Only places with powerful backgrounds like the New Moon Brothel could maintain a semblance of peace. It was like a different world here than from the chaotic world outside.

In Liu Ruxue's room, her entire face was rosy. Cold Spiritual Energy circulated around her body. After condensing, it turned into a Waxing Moon that slowly rose and stopped in front of her flawless face. n0๐ฏ๐”ข๐—…๐“ค๐šœ๐‘ฉ.๐“’0๐—†

The bright white light radiated was as pure and cold as the moonlight. This was very rare for people with ice spiritual roots. This kind of spiritual root often emitted cold air, just like ice.

However, her spiritual power was both yin and yang. Her Spiritual Energy was like the moonlight, making her look cold and noble, like a fairy cultivating in the Guanghan Palace.

Song Shi stared at Liu Ruxue, who looked like a flawless jade sculpture. He felt that Liu Ruxue was like a piece of art. He could not help but keep looking at her and could not bear to break the silence that surrounded them.

After the Waxing Moon floated, Liu Ruxue's aura suddenly soared. A circle of cold wind spread, and her black hair fluttered in the wind. She looked even more extraordinary, as if she was about to fly into the sky.

"Congratulations, you're at the seventh level of Qi Refinement. Moreover, your Spiritual Energy is so pure. It's probably comparable to the ninth level of Qi Refinement."

Song Shi returned to his senses and said with a smile.

The redness on Liu Ruxue's face turned white. Her long eyelashes fluttered and she opened her eyes. Her eyes were like the bright moon. As the white light faded, she revealed a happy expression.

"Without Young Master helping me cultivate, Xue'er will probably need at least a year or two to reach this step."

Her voice was cold and gentle. She stood up and gently jumped out. Like a fairy running towards the moon, she landed lightly in Song Shi's arms.

Lying on Song Shi's chest, Liu Ruxue listened to Song Shi's heartbeat and commented, "Young Master's cultivation is so strong. Even if Xue'er has reached the late stage of Qi Refinement, I still feel that Young Master is like a sun."

"I'm the sun and you're the moon. Isn't that just perfect for you to cultivate the Yao Moon Palace's Sun-Moon Brilliance Art?"

Song Shi kissed Liu Ruxue and stroked her soft hair.

"Only inner sect disciples are qualified to cultivate that skill. However, Xue'er will work hard and become an inner sect disciple as soon as possible."

Liu Ruxue smiled and said seductively, "From now on, we can use the same cultivation method. You don't have to waste your energy on me anymore."

"What's the difference?"

Song Shi was interested.

"When we cultivate the same cultivation technique, not only can we cultivate together, but the fire in Young Master's body and the cold air in my body will constantly combine. It can resolve the flaw of Xue'er's Physique being too cold and Young Master's strength being too masculine."

Liu Ruxue blushed and said, "This outcome is harder to obtain in other cultivation methods."

"Now that you mention it, I have become extremely interested!"

Song Shi's eyes lit up. His biggest headache now was that the power in his body was too masculine when he practiced cultivation techniques. He had to rely on water to cool himself down or ask Liu Ruxue to help him.

Now that the two of them could cultivate together, there was basically no problem with his cultivation for the time being.

"Come on, let's try it."

Song Shi was in high spirits. He carried Liu Ruxue and jumped onto the bed.

"This secret technique is called the Yin Yang Secret Technique. This is how you cultivate it."

Liu Ruxue leaned against Song Shi's ear and whispered the cultivation method to him.

After memorizing it, the two of them sat opposite each other and circulated their cultivation methods at the same time.

Liu Ruxue's entire body shone brightly and a cold aura filled the air. A Waxing Moon appeared and under the dazzling light, it turned into a jade figure.

But in the next moment, the moonlight was covered by scorching flames. A fireball that resembled the sun appeared on Song Shi's abdomen and hands. It was far more domineering than the strength of the Waxing Moon.

Not only were there these four Spiritual energy sources, there was also a faint fireball in the center of Song Shi's right foot. However, it had not been completely lit up. This was because Song Shi had not completely opened up the acupuncture points here.

Liu Ruxue widened her eyes and said in a daze, "Young Master, your cultivation technique looks so powerful. Is this from the Yang Refining Technique I gave you?"

"I'm also cultivating your cultivation method. Right now, the one that is causing the Four Suns Phenomenon is a martial arts cultivation method. It's quite average in power"

Song Shi said humbly.

"Young Master, you must be joking. Normal martial arts cultivation techniques can't cultivate such phenomenons."

Liu Ruxue was smart and didn't ask further. She smiled and said, "Young Master, it's about to begin. Use the Yang Cultivation Technique. This cultivation technique is a complementing set with the Moon Invitation Skill. It can work perfectly with the Yin Yang Secret Technique."

"Alright, then I'll use the circulation route of the Yang Refining Technique to connect with you."

Song Shi nodded.

"Oh, Young Master, your cultivation level is much higher than mine. You have to control your strength. My cultivation level is low and I can't withstand too much power."

Liu Ruxue smiled playfully.

"Yes, I know my limits."

With a thought from Song Shi, he circulated the Yang Refinement Technique. A portion of his power was transferred to Liu Ruxue through the corresponding meridians. The latter also released her spiritual power and slowly transferred it to Song Shi.

Suddenly, Liu Ruxue's face glowed and emitted a pale red light. She looked even more radiant and beautiful.

Cold moonlight also appeared on Song Shi's body and the power of his extreme yang became gentler.

Between the two of them, red and white light circulated and echoed according to the same fluctuation, secretly conforming to the Yin Yang Dao of heaven and earth.

The two of them trembled. A powerful force surged into their minds, causing them to lose control of their strength.

Luckily, Song Shi who had a stronger Spiritual sense reacted immediately. He shouted at the dazed Liu Ruxue, "Be careful, don't be distracted. We're still cultivating!"

He wasn't afraid of losing control of his strength or worse, Qi Deviation, but Liu Ruxue couldn't afford these slip ups.

Liu Ruxue's body trembled and she regained some clarity. She said fearfully "Xue'er was careless."

"This cultivation method is indeed very special. It's much faster than cultivating aloneโ€ฆ"

Song Shi sighed in amazement. This method was really able to resolve the shortcomings of his cultivation technique.

When he cultivated alone, the extreme Yang power in his body was too strong. He could not circulate it too quickly or his body would not be able to withstand it.

Not only was this perfectly resolved through this dual cultivation method, he could also cultivate faster. After experiencing this, he started feeling disdainful towards cultivating alone.

As the power circulated, the both of them became more proficient in the cultivation of the Yin Yang Secret Technique and a huge Yin Yang diagram between the two of them was formed . The red and white light made the entire room shine.

...

Suddenly, both of them could absorb the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth. The effect of the two of them was much greater than if Song Shi cultivated double the time he was doing right now. As they cultivated, a large amount of Spiritual Qi surged over.

The duo's cultivation speed was far faster than normal.

The more Song Shi cultivated, the more shocked he became. He roughly understood the principle of this cultivation technique. It was an extra external circulation that happened outside the two cultivation techniques, forming a new cultivation technique.

The person who created these cultivation techniques must have been extremely talented. How did he managed to think of this?

"As expected, it's not as tiring when cultivating as a man, with a woman."

He thought happily as he crossed his hands with Liu Ruxue and entered the next stage of cultivation.

Buzz buzz!

The Void shook and the original Yin-Yang Image turned into a ball of light that enveloped the two of them, causing an even more shocking phenomenon.

With Liu Ruxue's help, Song Shi's cultivation level increased much faster.

Not long after, with a bang, the new energy core in his right foot was broken through by the True Energy in his entire body. He successfully opened the acupuncture point and his martial arts cultivation advanced another step.

...

The fifth acupuncture point of the Nine Yang Divine Technique was opened. True Energy surged into it and transformed into the energy core of the fifth fireball.

The total amount of his True Energy had reached five times that of the same level, becoming denser and purer.

After opening the fifth acupoint, the Nine Yang Divine Technique had reached the middle stage of the second level. Before the realm, it was equivalent to the middle stage of the Connate realm or the eighth level of Qi Refinement. However, its true combat strength was definitely comparable to the perfected stage of the Connate realm or the tenth level of Qi Refinement!

Especially since Song Shi already possessed the Vajra Dharma Body, he was nearing the level of a Transcendent Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Song Shi had made breakthroughs for both the Yang Refinement Technique and the Nine Yang Divine Technique. An even hotter power burned in his body, causing Liu Ruxue to sweat.

"Young Master, I feel terrible. Your power is too domineering."

Liu Ruxue frowned and her skin suddenly turned red as she revealed an expression of pain.

"I just broke through. Sorry I didn't notice."

Song Shi hurriedly restrained his increased True Energy and started to maintain only half of his Dantian's True Energy as he continued the dual cultivation with Liu Ruxue. Only then did the latter's skin return to her normal rosy color.

"You still can't keep up with my pace."

He sighed in his heart. Now that his strength had broken through, he needed at least five people that had a composition like Liu Ruxue to maintain the Yin-Yang Balance in his body.

Liu Ruxue quickly retracted the power in her body and felt that she was about to break through to the eighth level soon. She smiled sweetly. "I've only cultivated for three days and Xue'er is about to break through again. My speed is nearly ten times faster than before."

"Yes, my cultivation speed has also nearly doubled."

Song Shi nodded.

Liu Ruxue said embarrassedly, "Xue'er is still a burden to the Young Master. If Xue'er's cultivation level increased by two levels, Young Master would be able to circulate his power with all his might."

"It's fine. After all, I'm a genius to be able to become so powerful despite cultivating for only a while."

Song Shi shamelessly praised himself. "That's all for today. I'm going to learn my martial arts."

Unlike Liu Ruxue, who was an immortal cultivator and only cultivated divine powers, what he was doing was very different.

"Young Master, Xue'er's situation has already been known by the inner sect elders. Someone will come over to inspect her soon. They should be arriving tomorrow. Young Master, you and Xue Er will welcome them together, right?"

Liu Ruxue brought up an important matter.

"If I am free, we can go together. The people from the Demon Slayers Division contacted me yesterday."

Song Shi felt that he was going to be used as cannon fodder by the Demon Slayers again. This was a good thing.

"Young Master, be careful. The outside world has changed a lot." Liu Ruxue got up and helped Song Shi put on his clothes, acting as if she was his wife.

This caught Song Shi's attention. He obediently let Liu Ruxue sort up his clothes and smiled. "Don't worry. I have ways to protect myself."

"Yeah."

Liu Ruxue thought that Song Shi was talking about special Dharma treasures like array discs.

Song Shi kissed Liu Ruxue goodbye, walked out of the room and went downstairs to the backyard.

Thinking that he might start a new round of courting death, he checked his current system interface as he walked.

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Race: Human

Spirit: 2

Physique: 7

Comprehension:

Talent: Supreme-grade Fire Spirit Root, Supreme-grade Gold Spirit Root, Dao Heart Illumination, low-grade Diamond Dharma Body

Ability: Iron Sand Palm (Perfection), Prajna Technique (Perfection), Yang Refinement Technique (Eighth Level), Unfettered Hand (Perfection), Phantom Image Step (Perfection), Nine Yang Divine Technique (Mid-stage of the Second Level), Array Formation (Beginner 24), Fireball (Perfection), Gust Wind Sword (Great Mastery), Storm Saber (Great Mastery), Yin-Yang Secret Technique (Minor Accomplishment)

Energy: Nine Yang True Energy (587)

Freedom Attribute Points: 1

Lottery Chance:

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"My Dharma Body is too strong. My Physique has directly reached seven to eight times that of ordinary people of the same level."

Song Shi thought to himself that it was not bad to have a physique of 90 points at the eighth level of Qi Refinement or the middle stage of the Connate realm because this physique would basically be able to cultivate a treasure body.

As a result, his physique was far superior to his Spirit, especially after he had devoured Hei Duzi's soul.

He felt that his body was not as agile as before, and the 'software' could adequately support the 'hardware'.

"My Comprehension is enough to learn things fast at this stage. I'll use the Free Stats to increase my Spirit instead."

Song Shi immediately spent his Freedom Attribute Points.

His Spirit Stats immediately increased from 214 to 332 points, becoming close to half of his Physique Stats.

He immediately felt that his body had become more agile. There was no longer much cumbersomeness, but he was still a little short of being able to control his movements to be precise and swift.

"A balanced development is the key." n0๐’ฑโ„ฏ๐‘™๐“Š๐—Œ๐’ท.๐“ฌ0๐”ช

Song Shi's gaze landed on the lucky draw.

During this period of time, he had perfected the Unfettered Hand, Phantom image Steps, and Fireball Technique and had managed to obtain three lucky draw chances.

Coupled with the rewards for killing Hei Duzi and the Iron Skinned Gu Corpse, he had accumulated a total of five lucky draw chances.

What surprised him was that his Gust Wind Sword and Storm Saber were considered unperfected despite his powerful Comprehension. They were still lacking something.

Elder Qin said that he lacked a Divine Decree and needed Song Shi to comprehend it himself. Hence he could only try to comprehend the Heaven Decree by himself in the future.

However, five lottery chances were sufficient for him currently. After some consideration, he decided to draw five consecutive times.

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'Dingโ€ฆ Congratulations on obtaining the Invisibility Talisman!

"Dingโ€ฆ congratulations on drawing the Grand Moon Visualization Method!"

"Dingโ€ฆ congratulations on drawing 100 low-grade spirit stones!"

Dingโ€ฆ congratulations on obtaining one Poison Avoidance Pearl.

"Dingโ€ฆ congratulations on obtaining one flying Dharma artifact, Cloud Breaking Boat!"

Song Shi smiled in satisfaction and enjoyment upon hearing the series of notifications.

Who could resist the addictive pleasure of five consecutive draws?

He checked what he had pulled out. Other than the Invisibility Talisman whose usage he was aware of, the rest were unknown prizes.

Looking at the 100 Spirit Stones, he pursed his lips. He did not expect to be able to draw out Spirit Stones.

"The flying Dharma artifacts and the Grand Moon Visualization Method diagram looks pretty good. I have no need for the Poison Avoidance Pearl. It can only be used by others."

Song Shi looked at the three items with interest.

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Poison Avoidance Pearl: A special mid-grade Dharma artifact that can resist most poisonous gasses and deter poisons. It is effective against poisons below the Golden Core realm.

Cloud Breaking Boat: High-grade flying Dharma artifacts. It can break through clouds and fly. Its speed is comparable to a Normal Gold Core cultivator.

Grand Moon Visualization Method: Spirit Visualization Method that can condense the soul and strengthen the Spirit. It's suitable for soul Foundation Establishment before condensing the Essence Soul.

Song Shi's eyes lit up when he saw the introduction of the Grand Moon Visualization Method.

This was really a free reward exchanged for doing nothing from the system at the right timing. Just as he felt that his Spiritual strength was a little behind his Physique, he managed to draw a Spirit cultivation method.

"All my cultivation techniques are extremely Yang and firm, but the cultivation technique of this soul is related to the Grand Moon. There shouldn't be any problem cultivating it, right?"

Song Shi immediately absorbed the content of the Grand Moon Visualization Method from the diagram. After understanding the situation, he quickly relaxed.

The soul was Yin to begin with, hence this visualization method was very suitable. Moreover, it could help him better control his masculine physique and the Nine Yang True Energy.

"This visualization method actually needs to be cultivated towards the moon and absorb the power of the moon to condense a soul. Why does this feel like it is a cultivation method practiced by demons?"

Song Shi's expression was strange as he read the final part of the introduction of the Visualization Method.

This skill seemed like it was suitable for cultivation amongst demons.

Good lord, demons and ghosts were mentioned to be able to cultivate this skill, but there was no mention of humans cultivating it.

Who cares? It didn't say that humans can't cultivate it.

He began to multitask as he started to study this visualization method in his mind while going to the backyard and prepared to let Elder Qin teach him the last divine power.

After waiting for a while, Elder Qin did not appear. Big Smart ran out and said with slight hesitation, "Young Master, Elder Qin and the old master went out. It seemsโ€ฆ it seems that they went to see the Third Young Master."

"Third Brother?"

Song Shi frowned, "This guy is still alive? I thought Hei Duzi had killed him."

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Big Smart did not say anything. It was not appropriate for him to make any comments on this.

"Since Elder Qin is not around, let's cultivate separately."

Song Shi was not interested in interfering with Third Brother's matters.

"Young Master, through Elder Qin's connections, I bought the first chapter of the upgraded Dragon Elephant Technique from Prajna Art at the small trade fair yesterday. Do you want to take a look?"

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Big Smart asked. He knew that Song Shi was cultivating many martial arts at the same time and the Prajna Art was one of them.

"Why not? Let me see."

Song Shi nodded. The Dragon Elephant Technique could directly merge with the current Technique. This would be beneficial to his physical body cultivation.

Big Smart took out a secret manual and handed it to Song Shi. He muttered, "This cultivation technique is quite expensive. It cost me 60 spirit stones."

Song Shi opened it and quickly browsed through it. His powerful Comprehension and Spirit allowed him to remember everything. He memorized everything after reading it only once.

"Is there only one chapter?"

He realized that this secret manual recorded the cultivation of the Strength of the Elephant. It was divided into three levels and would have reached completion after the cultivator had cultivated the Strength of the Nine Elephants.

"Just like the Elephant Strength Chapter, the second part of the Dragon Strength Chapter corresponds to the Golden Core King Realm. I don't need it for the time being and I can't afford it."

Big Smart smiled awkwardly.

"That's about it. I'll buy it later when I have the money,"

Song Shi returned the manual to Big Smart and turned around to start cultivating the Grand Moon Visualization Method.

"Seventh Brother!"

A girl with a white cloth wrapped around her arm walked out of a room in the backyard and called out to Song Shi timidly.

"What's wrong, Bei Bei?"

Song Shi walked over and touched the girl's head, "Does it still hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt. Beibei just wanted to call you, Seventh Brother."

Song Bei said.

After all, this girl was still a child. Now that her mother had passed away, other than a few of her relatives, there was indeed no one to talk to her. n0๐‘ฝ๐”ข๐—…๐“Š๐“ˆ๐”Ÿ.๐•”0๐“‚

Song Shi sighed, "You can call me anytime you want."

"โ€ฆ"

Song Bei actually wanted Song Shi to play with her, but she was very sensible and knew that her Seventh Brother was very busy, so she did not say anything.

"Where's your second sister?"

Song Shi realized that he had not seen that annoying woman since he came to stay at the New Moon Brothel.

"Sister locked herself in her room every day to practice martial arts. She didn't talk to Bei Bei either."

Bebe had a forlorn look on his face.

"Oh, she must have been provoked and is cultivating in seclusion."

Song Shi chuckled and instructed, "Big Smart, arrange a teacher for Bei Bei and a maidservant to take care of her."

"Okay."

Big Smart replied habitually.

Song Shi thought for a moment and added, "If Elder Qin comes back, ask him if he has any martial arts suitable for girls to learn. Let Bei Bei learn it. She doesn't need to become an expert. In this chaotic world, it's better to have more martial arts than not having any martial arts at all."

With that, he left.

After returning to his room, Song Shi closed his eyes, and a huge star appeared in his mind.

This star was like the moon, but it was far larger than the moon. It was the prehistoric Lunar Star, and its bright light emitted a majestic aura.

The star's aura was cold, causing the spiritual world to become extremely quiet, causing one's mind to calm down.

Under the moonlight-like light, Song Shi's soul appeared. He sat cross-legged in his spiritual world and bathed in the light. Fog constantly gathered on the Lunar Star, allowing his soul to gradually condense.

The spirit was his soul. If his soul was becoming stronger, it meant that his Spirit Stats were increasing.

Song Shi sensed it and realized that the fog in his spiritual world came from the transformation of his body. Under the Grand Moon Visualization Method, a portion of the Essence Qi and True Energy in his body disappeared, turning into this Spirit fog.

In other words, True Energy and Essence Qi were raw materials to condense the essence of Spirit.

However, the conversion ratio was very small. If Essence Qi was converted into Martial Dao Genuine Qi, it was ten to one. If Spiritual Qi was converted into Spiritual Energy, it was three to one. The total ratio of the two converted into Spiritual Energy was thirty to one.

In short, he needed to consume 30 'sets' of raw materials to convert one 'set' of Spiritual strength.

"Using Qi Refinement to form my Soul?"

Song Shi was deep in thought. Usually, when he cultivated, his Spiritual strength would naturally increase.

With the Grand Moon Visualization Method, this process was isolated and turned into a new cultivation system that could actively condense Spiritual strength.

He guessed that this was the so-called Spirit Refinement skill. It was much more difficult than body tempering, and even more difficult than Qi Refinement.

"The Nine Yang Divine Technique only involves Spiritual Cultivation when cultivating the tenth Acupuncture point. So Spiritual cultivation is probably only something that cultivators consider doing at the Golden Core realm. This means that Spiritual Cultivation is not necessary for ordinary cultivators."

Song Shi realized. He thought about how his current Physique and True Energy were quite powerful and he did not lack any raw materials hence he could choose to speed up his Qi Refinement and Soul Formation.

He subconsciously increased the transformation of his Spiritual strength. The Lunar Star shone with a large amount of light and a lot of fog descended which was quickly injected into his illusory soul.

His soul contorted, showing clearly that he was exceeding the limit of what he could absorb.

He only felt a buzz in his head as his soul was dispersed and shattered into pieces.

"You died from Qi Deviation. Comprehension 3!"

...

"You have absorbed strength from death and obtained 2 Freedom Attribute Points!"

"You will be resurrected in three seconds!"

"No resurrection location set. Resurrection on the spot by default!"

Amidst the system notification, Song Shi woke up and rubbed his forehead speechlessly, "I actually died because I caused my own soul to dissipate. My soul is too weak."

He roughly understood why he had Qi Deviation.

His Physique was too powerful and he had condensed a lot of Spiritual strength. Moreover, since he had condensed it so quickly it would be strange if he didn't get injured by it.

No wonder for cultivation of martial arts or immortality cultivation, it did not involve Spirit cultivation in the early stages. One reason was that it consumed too much energy, and the other was that it was too dangerous.

If not for his undying body, he would have died a long time ago.

He checked his Spirit Stats and saw that it had increased from 332 to 333. This meant that his Spirit had increased by 1 point when he was cultivating just now. The effect of the cultivation technique was not bad.

"So Spiritual cultivation techniques can cause Qi Deviation too. It's also very easy to die through that. I can farm deaths with this method from now on."

Song Shi grinned. He thought of the wonderful results he had achieved when he farmed death last time and was about to farm deaths until he gained enough Comprehension points to increase his Physique when there was a knock on the door.

...

"Who?"

Sensing that it wasn't someone from the New Moon Brothel outside, he quickly retracted his aura.

"Woah!"

The cold voice was a little familiar yet unfamiliar. Song Shi could not tell who it was.

Song Shi frowned and opened the door. A burly young man stood outside.

Song Shi was surprised, "Chen Ming, you're not dead?"

This stranger was actually Chen Ming. That night, when he met this guy in the Demon Slayers Division's territory, he kicked Tuoba Lin's head after taking a few steps, which left a huge impact on him.

"Why would I die?"

Chen Ming's tone was displeased. He seemed to have lost a lot of weight. His expression was cold and his temperament had turned gloomy.

"Oh, looks like you escaped early."

Song Shi carefully sized up Chen Ming and realized that his aura had changed greatly. His strength had also become much stronger. He had already reached the Connate realm.

He clicked his tongue. "I didn't expect you to break through to the Connate realm. Looks like the saying that you'll definitely be blessed after surviving a calamity is true. Congratulations!"

Chen Ming looked at Song Shi coldly, "Cut the crap. The Demon Slayers Division has an order. Are you going to accept it?"

Song Shi knew that the Demon Slayers Division would look for him, so he moved aside. "Come in and talk."

"There's no need. If you accept the order, follow me immediately." Chen Ming was impatient.

"Since you've said so, what else can I do?"

Song Shi shrugged and crossed his arms, "Take me there."

He muttered in his heart, bring me where I can court death.

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It was already late autumn and the entire road was filled with cold fog. The streets were cold and cheerless and the shops were filled with only sparrows and trash.

Along the way, Chen Ming's face was cold as if someone had owed him a million spirit stones. However, Song Shi was not interested in asking further.

No matter how troublesome the quests were, at the very most, he would just die.

If one death was not enough, he could continue dying ten more times. What else could they do to him?

!!

Song Shi did not have any objections. However, somebody else had a lot of objections.

After walking for a few kilometers, he saw the city wall and heard a commotion.

"Are you kidding me? These quests are actually to fight those cultivators?"

"I'm not interested. The temporary workers you found last time were all killed by Sky Demon Cult. I'd be a fool to go again!"

"No matter how much you give, I need to be alive to take those rewards."

In front of the city gate, Song Shi saw a group of cultivators cursing.

There were more than a hundred of these cultivators. Most of them were ancient martial art practitioners, and 10 to 20 percent of them were immortal cultivators.

The Demon Slayers Division's Fiend Eradicators were quite influential. They had managed to attract so many people in such a short period of time.

He looked up and saw a huge notice on the wall above the door. There were people from the Black Iron Guards standing at the door, but their expressions did not look too good.

Song Shi was not surprised. The previous time, the Demon Slayers Division was almost completely wiped out by the Sky Demon Cult, it had dealt a huge blow to the prestige of this official organization.

At the very least, in the eyes of the cultivators of Silken City, the Demon Slayers Division's Fiend Eradicators were no longer as high and mighty as before. Most importantly, it was very unsafe to be a member there!

"Indeed the saying that when you want to kill someone, go for their heart is true. I roughly understand why Sky Demon Cult was so bold to directly attack their base camp. Only by suppressing them in their own territory will their prestige be destroyed and only then would these itinerant cultivators not dare to join."

Song Shi was deep in thought. Fortunately, the appearance of the Blazing Sun King back then had prevented the Sky Demon Cult from fully achieving their goals. Otherwise, not a single person would have been alive today.

Suddenly, he sensed a faint sneer at the corner of Chen Ming's mouth. Just as he wanted to take a closer look, the sneer disappeared.

"Is there a need for this guy to mock and disdain his own Demon Slayers Division?"

Song Shi felt that Chen Ming's character was not good.

Half a month ago, this guy had fled at the last minute. Now, he was mocking the Demon Slayers Division for not being able to recruit anyone. Chen Ming had become extremely different from his first impression of him. Indeed, one should never judge a book by its cover.

Zheng!

At this moment, a sword hum resounded as a flash of sword light streaked across the Void.

Chen Yiling was dressed in white as she flew over on her sword. Her long hair fluttered in the wind, making her look like a solo immortal sword cultivator.

Looking at the crowd that was about to disperse, she landed on the city gate tower and said indifferently, "Those who made great contributions as Temporary helpers can obtain Connate Pills, Foundation Establishment Pills, or Essence Converting Pills according to their contributions."

Some cultivators who had taken a few steps away immediately hesitated and stopped.

To Postnatal martial artists, Connate Pills were hard to come by.

To Connate or late-stage Qi Refinement cultivators, Foundation Establishment Pills or Essence Transformation Pills were extremely precious.

Both of them could help them break through realms, but the Foundation Establishment Pill was more suitable for cultivators and the Essence Condensing Pill was more suitable for Connate martial artists.

They were a group of rogue cultivators. Other than gathering Spiritual Stones to buy them, they basically had no way to obtain such a treasure.

Most importantly, even if one had spirit stones, they would not even be able to buy them. They were priceless!

"Looks like they're going to spend a lot of money to recruit rogue cultivators this time!"

Song Shi narrowed his eyes.

Through seeing Hei Duzi's experience, he knew that in order to rule this country, the Great Qian Empire had deliberately suppressed the cultivation world.

This was very normal. Heroes often broke the rules with their martial arts, let alone these cultivators who could fly.

Any Connate or late-stage Qi Refinement cultivator could easily slaughter a village.

In a situation where it was easier for cultivators to break the mortal rules, if they did not control them adequately, chaos could happen at any time.

In order to prevent too many cultivators from being too strong, the Great Gan Lord Dynasty restricted the number of disciples that the various sects could accept. According to the strength of the sects, the quota of disciples would be assigned accordingly.

Once the quota was exceeded, more disciples could not be taken in. Furthermore, all disciples had to be registered. If it was discovered that they were secretly taking in disciples, they would be punished at best. At worst, they would be exterminated completely.

Not only were there restrictions on the number of disciples, but there were also restrictions on cultivation resources, such as inheritances, elixirs, Dharma treasures and so on.

Pills like the Connate Pill and the Foundation Establishment Pill that could help people break through a major realm were controlled tightly.

Under normal circumstances, the various large sects would not even have enough for themselves. It would hence be very difficult for these pills to be spread to the outside world, causing this kind of medicinal pill to be priceless.

However, official organizations like the Demon Slayers Division and the Fiend Eradicators were definitely not lacking. However, taking the initiative to release such controlled medicinal pills also meant that they are already at their limit currently!

"Commander Chen, how cheap can your Foundation Establishment Pill be compared to the market price?"

In the crowd, a bald, gray-robed old man with a yellow walking stick and a hunched body who looked like he had one foot in the grave, asked shakily.

Song Shi took a look at him and found information about this person in Hei Duzi's memory.

The famous independent cultivator in Silken City, Elder Dou, was good at maintaining his health. It was said that he had already lived for more than 180 years and his age was basically close to the end of the lifespan of a Qi cultivator.

Simply put, this old man did not have many years to live, so he naturally yearned for the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Once he reached the Foundation Establishment realm, he would be able to live for another hundred and twenty years. If he focused on maintaining his health and did not fight too much, it would not be a problem for him to live to more than three hundred years old.

"It's roughly half the price, and there's no limit to the number you can buy. If one pill isn't enough, you can eat a second and a third."

As soon as Chen Yiling said this, the eyes of the cultivators immediately started shining.

If there was no limit to the number, didn't that mean that as long as there were enough medicinal pills, they could also reach the Foundation Establishment realm?

"Ahem, Immeasurable Heavenly Venerate, I'm a cultivator of the Qian empire. How can I be frightened by such a group of rebels? I'm willing to help your Fiend Eradicators suppress the rebel cultivators!"

A skinny Daoist priest who was as thin as a bamboo pole waved the dust away and spoke righteously.

...

Song Shi glanced sideways.

Just now, it was this fellow called Daoist Cai who shouted the most fiercely. Now, his expression had changed quite quickly.

In Hei Duzi's memories, Daoist Cai's cultivation level was not bad. It was said that he had long reached the tenth level of Qi Refinement, but his reputation was not good.

Combined with his current actions, Song Shi could tell that this kind of person was quite unreliable. Who knows when he will start scamming people?

He had to interact with these people more.

"If Commander Chen had said so earlier, we wouldn't have complained!"

In the crowd, a burly, medium-sized young man in a black shirt with a slightly big face attracted Song Shi's attention.

This person carried a heavy sword with a broad back made of black iron. His aura was steady, as if it was rooted to the ground. It was also as heavy as a mountain and did not have the sharpness of an ordinary sword cultivator. n0๐‘ฝ๐”ข๐—…๐“Š๐“ˆ๐”Ÿ.๐•”0๐“‚

This was Silken City's number one sword technique master, Dark Iron Sword Zhao Wufeng. His heavy sword was invincible and he was once the number one expert in Silken City's cultivation world. It was rumored that he had cultivated the Dark Iron Treasured Body.

Chen Yiling did not care about everyone's opinions. She waved her hand and said, "If everyone is interested, you can register. Martial artists will be assigned to the Demon Slayers Division, while cultivators will be led by the Fiend Eradicators."

Liang Juan, whom Song Shi knew and a woman he had never seen before walked out. They were holding wooden tokens with the word 'Lin' written on them.

...

He couldn't help but complain. "Good lord, even a Temporary helper has a work pass now."

At this moment, a pair of eyes landed on him. Chen Yiling stared at Song Shi and said, "Come here!"

Upon being noticed by the beauty, many people immediately looked over. A portion of them recognized Song Shi and looked surprised.

"Isn't this the playboy from the Song family who often goes to brothels?"

"Looks like you're quite capable. I misjudged you previously."

"I heard that he was beaten up by Tong Hu from the Vajra Sect last time. However, Tong Hu's corpse was also lying on the street for no reason. I don't know if it has anything to do with him."

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Upon hearing everyone's discussion, Song Shi could not help but think of the Golden Body Incantation he had obtained from Tong Hu.

Recently, he had been focused on dual cultivation with Liu Ruxue and had not had the time to solo cultivate. This Quest was a good opportunity for him to test out his skills and obtain a lucky draw opportunity.

Without batting an eyelid, he walked towards Chen Yiling and jumped on the ground.

With a bang, the ground split open and he shot out like a cannonball. He flew for more than ten meters and finally landed steadily on the city tower.

This caused the expressions of many Postnatal martial artists to change slightly. The city tower in front of them was more than 60 feet tall. To be able to jump up with just the strength of his body, he was definitely at the Connate realm.

"He hid it so well. He's actually a Connate cultivator."

"Let's talk about how some of the Song family members survived when they encountered a ruthless demon like Hei Duzi. Other than Elder Qin's protection, this person probably played a huge role too."

Under everyone's shocked gazes, Song Shi faced the heroic Chen Yiling. "What's the matter?"

"You'll follow my lead from now on."

Chen Yiling glanced sharply at Song Shi, "There's no need to hide yourself here. If you reveal your strength, you will receive more attention and resources from us."

"You haven't given me the Light Body Technique that I exchanged last time." Song Shi had not forgotten about this debt.

Chen Yiling frowned, "You didn't come to get it yourself and even got someone to look for you. Don't blame us."

"Song Shi, this was what you wanted."

Ah Dong, who was guarding at the side, tactfully handed a booklet to Song Shi.

He took it and took a look at the information. It was the Light Body Technique, a low-level spell. When used, it could make one's body as light as a swallow. It was not difficult to cultivate. n0๐—๐‘’๐’๐“Š๐—Œ๐š‹.๐‘0๐‘š

He was confident that he could cultivate it to perfection within a week.

Wuchen Zi walked over, "Junior Sister, we have to set off as soon as possible. The two seniors are still waiting for us."

"Registration is currently in progress. I should be done in a quarter of an hour."

Chen Yiling looked at the cultivators below who were collecting their wooden tokens. "However, the higher-ups require at least 200 people. I'm afraid they won't be able to achieve that today."

"Senior Huang ordered us to recruit a group of people and bring them over first. They need a large number of cultivators over there."

Wuchen Zi glanced at the cultivators who had completed the registration, "From the looks of it, the first batch is of the best quality. There are many Connate martial artists and late-stage Qi Refinement cultivators."

"Fellow Daoist Wuchen, where are we going next?" Daoist Cai jumped up lightly and cupped his hands at Wuchen Zi.

"The rebels were forced to retreat to the Thousand Poisons Mountain Range by our Great Qian Army. We wanted to destroy them in one go, but there are too many poisonous creatures in the Thousand Poisons Mountain Range. We can only surround them but not attack. We'll go over and destroy the cultivators among them. Without anyone to protect them, they'll naturally collapse."

Wuchen Zi spoke proudly of the results of the battle.

"Thousand Poisons Mountain Range!"

Song Shi was shocked. This was a primitive mountain range that even cultivators could not guarantee their safety in. It was located in the southwest of Jinzhou where poisonous creatures ran rampant. However, Hei Duzi liked that place very much and stayed there for a long time.

"I'm actually going to go to the Thousand Poisons Mountain Range. I wonder if my body can withstand the torture."

Amidst the yellow light, Elder Dou sat on a walking stick. His entire body emitted a green light as he flew up unsteadily.

"F*ck, is there a need for this old fellow to act like this?"

Song Shi looked at him with disdain. According to Hei Duzi's experience, cultivators were different from ordinary people. They were old and full of experience. They would definitely not look like they would fall at any time when flying with Dharma artifacts.

The latter sensed it and stared at Song Shi with his turbid old eyes. "Young man, what's with your gaze?Are you disdained by me?"

"No, my eyes have been like this since I was young."

Song Shi felt that this old fellow was more dangerous than Daoist Cai.

"A rich mortal playboy who's about to be wiped out dares to call himself a young master in front of all the cultivators?"

Amidst a sharp male voice, a pair of wide nostrils appeared in front of Song Shi. With greasy hair and a powdered face, the stranger looked down at Song Shi, making him want to punch him.

"Chang Sunji! You're not dead yet?"

There was no need for Song Shi to be polite this time. With his strength, he could beat this guy up at will.

The latter wore a long red robe and said coldly, "That Demon Daoist wouldn't dare to kill me even if he had ten guts! Kid, remember, there can only be one young master here, and that is me. If you dare to call yourself this young master here again, I'll beat you up every time I see you!"

These arrogant and despotic words made everyone present rather displeased, but no one spoke. Instead, they looked at Song Shi with interest.

A mortal profligate son and a profligate son of a cultivation family were fighting here.

They were both young masters, but Chang Sunji of the cultivation clan was much more powerful. In their eyes, Song Shi's best choice was to shut up and submit.

Originally, Song Shi did not care about having a title. He usually called himself a young master because he was a young master of the Song family and was just used to the title.

These people actually used this to humiliate him. They were really self-righteous. Hence he felt like he had to defend this title today.

He walked towards Chang Sunji, flames dancing on his fist. "Interesting, did the Demon Daoist give you brain damage after kicking you? Come, let's see how you hit me."

A shocking baleful aura erupted, stirring up a gust of hot wind. Everyone could not help but look sideways. How did this mortal young master acquire such a heavy baleful aura?

The powerful force was like a volcanic eruption. The air shook, and the temperature suddenly increased, forming a domineering and scorching pressure.

Chang Sunji's expression changed. They had not seen each other for only ten days. How could this fellow be so powerful all of a sudden? His cultivation level which was at the eighth level of Qi Refinement was actually completely suppressed.

To begin with he rarely fought with others. If he really fought with Song Shi now, he would probably embarrass himself.

"I'm not interested in wasting time with you. Ah Da, beat him up."

He sneered. The Void behind him fluctuated for a moment and a black-robed faceless masked man appeared from it like a ghost. There was no emotion in his eyes as he instantly blocked Song Shi.

Although this person did not deliberately exert his strength, he was like an abyss, absorbing all of Song Shi's aura and easily blocked Song Shi's force of pressure.

Song Shi's pupils were constricted. He actually felt the pressure from him instead.

Could this person be a Foundation Establishment superhuman?

"This isโ€ฆ"

...

When Wuchen Zi saw the black-robed masked man, he said in shock, "There are the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guards from the Virtuous Phoenix King's residence!"

He could not help but reveal a look of jealousy. This kind of person was clearly annoying, but he had a deep and powerful background. He was actually equipped with such a guard after his life was put in danger.

Chen Yiling's expression changed drastically as she hurriedly shouted, "Stop!"

However, this person was currently only listening to Chang Sunji. Without any hesitation, he raised his hand, and the blue True Essence that flowed like water transformed into a huge energy force in the shape of a hand that was like a millstone, smashing out with unstoppable force.

Song Shi snorted and gathered the Nine Yang True Energy in his palm, turning it into a red iron sand palm that struck out without retreating or dodging.

Boom!

With a loud bang, the incompatible power of fire and water collided. Song Shi's Iron Sand Palm looked like it was burning with flames. It was about the same size as the other party's palm print, but one was in a gaseous state, whereas the other was in a liquid state. There was an obvious difference.

In just a moment, the Iron Sand Palm was extinguished, and the blue hand shrunk by half before flying out.

"Sighโ€ฆ"

Someone sighed, knowing that Song Shi would vomit blood and be struck out in the next moment.

Just as everyone thought that Song Shi would definitely lose, a fiery red bull appeared on his fist. He lashed out a punch towards the blue hand, shattering it into pieces.

...

Song Shi was pushed half a foot away by the huge hand. The clothes on his sleeves were torn, but he managed to stop himself from falling steadily.

A powerful shockwave spread out, causing spiderweb cracks to appear on the floor.

"What?"

The ruthless black-robed masked man revealed a surprised expression, "A mere Connate Qi Refinement cultivator can actually withstand a casual attack from a Transcendent being. He's quite capable."

"Not only can I stand your attack, I can also kill you!"

Song Shi's expression was cold. If Chang Sunji dared to let a Transcendent being bully him, then don't blame him for breaking this Transcendent's head!

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"Shadow Guard, he said he wanted to kill you. Are you afraid?"

Chang Sunji laughed out loud when he heard this. A Connate Qi Refinement cultivator killing a Transcendent Foundation Establishment cultivator, this was the funniest joke he had heard today.

The Shadow Guard did not say anything. Instead, he seriously sized up Song Shi.

A Connate Qi Refinement cultivator could actually block his attack with his bare hands. He was not simple.

"Chang Sunji, you're going overboard."

Song Shi was expressionless. This person had successfully aroused his disgust and had stimulated his killing intent.

Perhaps in the eyes of people with backgrounds like Chang Sunji, mocking other weaklings and teaching disobedient people a lesson was second nature to him.

However, Song Shi was not interested in lowering his head. He could not let the other party continue parading so pretentiously in front of him!

However, the more he showed that he cared, the more excited and eager Chang Sunji became.

Chang Sunji looked at Song Shi and sneered, "You're really so naive that it's laughable. Do you think that you're the same as the disciples of cultivation geniuses who are able to kill enemies of a higher level?"

Song Shi stopped talking and took out the Fire Python Talisman.

Since Extraordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators were so powerful, then, he should try this Fire Python Talisman that was comparable to the attack of a Golden Core King, right?

The Shadow Guard instinctively sensed danger and took a step back, "Young Master Ji, this person has an ace in his hands, he has a lethal trump card and it is not wise to provoke him."

"Enough, Chang Sunji. Do you think that just because you have a Transcendent Foundation Establishment grandmaster as your guard, you are invincible?"

Chen Yiling's gaze was ugly, "Do you believe that I can immediately get someone to strip you of your status in the Demon Slayers Division?"

Chang Sunji's expression changed, as he became displeased.

He loved using his words to suppress others and mock their aggrieved and humiliated expressions. However, he didn't manage to do that today.

He waved his hand and raised his head, "Consider yourself lucky. If we were anywhere else, your head would have been smashed today."

"Your luck isn't bad either. If we were anywhere else, I would have turned you into ashes with how you parade your cheap mouth."

Song Shi said similar words and touched his Fire Python Talisman regretfully. A powerful fluctuation emitted from it, causing the Shadow Guard's pupils to constrict.

"Young Master, be careful. This is the Fire Python Talisman. It's comparable to a Golden Core attack!"

The Shadow Guard was extremely nervous. He was only at the early stage of the Extraordinary Foundation Establishment realm and would not be able to withstand this thing at all.

Chang Sunji's smug expression immediately dissipated and his face darkened. He stared at the scarlet talisman in Song Shi's hand, speechless.

How could this fellow have a talisman of this level? Even he didn't have one! n0๐—๐‘’๐’๐“Š๐—Œ๐š‹.๐‘0๐‘š

The others were also shocked and their expressions changed.

For the first time, they started to become more aware of this mortal profligate son.

To be able to take out such a destructive talisman, he was definitely not as simple as he seemed.

There was probably a big shot supporting this person in the background.

"Chang Sunji, tell me now, who is the young master?"

Song Shi raised the talisman, and a circle of fire appeared.

Chang Sunji held his breath. This time, even he could feel the danger.

Especially as he felt that the other party really wanted to kill him. Cold sweat broke out and his expression immediately changed, "Brother Song, you're a young master. What am I? I'm just a pair of silk pants [1. A pair of 'silk pants' is a Chinese phrase to describe a rich and hedonistic young man]. Look, I think we can even be considered in-laws given my relationship with your sister. I should be your brother-in-law. There's no need for us to resort to this."

"โ€ฆ"

Song Shi wanted to curse him out. "F*ck being your brother-in-law. Can't you f*cking be more stubborn and unyielding so I can have an excuse to use this Fire Python Talisman? I've long wanted to see its power!"

Everyone's face twitched.

You just want to see the power of such a precious talisman?

Who would dare to want to look at it? This thing could even threaten a Golden Core Realm expert!

Chen Ming looked up with an inexplicable gaze in his eyes before retracting it.

Wuchen Zi was even more jealous. Was there a mistake? A guy he didn't see much value in, in the past actually had such a good thing.

If he had known earlier, he would have been more polite to Song Shi and perhaps even take the opportunity to befriend him!

Chen Yiling glared at Song Shi, "Can't you use it to deal with the rebel cultivators?"

"I'm not interested. You won't even reimburse me."

Song Shi kept the Fire Python Talisman and glanced at Chang Sunji, "Seeing that you're still holding a grudge, you are welcome to keep provoking me. Tomorrow, I'll make sure my slut sister changes her man."

Chang Sunji lowered his head and clenched his fists tightly. His expression was one of humiliation, but he did not speak again.

According to his personality, he would definitely have not taken a step back.

However, ever since he was captured by the Demon Daoist and almost died, he didn't dare to provoke an existence with a more powerful strength than him anymore.

At the very least, Song Shi, who had the Fire Python Talisman, was someone he could agitate.

He had mocked the other party just now because he wanted to regain his confidence, but in the end, it just dealt another blow to him.

Life was too difficult. He could no longer show off in the Imperial Qian City and actually had to suffer here.

"Junior Sister, this person has a bad temper. You're still young and can't control him. Why don't I take care of him?"

Wuchen Zi coughed. This time, the few commanders who were at the late-stage of the Connate realm or above the ninth level of Qi Refinement were all leading teams separately. If they could bring Song Shi along, the other party would be much safer with a Fire Python Talisman.

"Senior Brother, why can't I control him? Moreover, I've already told him in advance that he is in my team. At that time, I didn't know that he had the Fire Python Talisman."

Chen Yiling frowned. Sometimes, her senior brother was quite selfish. He would directly snatch her resources away.

These words made Wuchen Zi so embarrassed that he could not speak.

"I quite like this young friend. Please let me team up with him."

...

Elder Dou, who had been panting heavily just now, walked over energetically and took the initiative to join Chen Yiling.

"Aiya, I also felt that Fellow Daoist Song was a dragon among men when I first saw him. I hope to join Commander Chen's team and be able to interact with Fellow Daoist Song."

Daoist Cai also spoke.

Instantly, Song Shi's team seemed to be in high demand. Many people wanted to approach him.

Dark Iron Sword Zhao Wufeng did not speak. It was not known if he was embarrassed by what had happened or if he still believed that he had the ability to deal with danger and did not need Song Shi's support.

Currently, Song Shi, who had been ridiculed by Chang Sunji, was suddenly the center of attention. Even he was a little speechless.

Where did all your dignity go? It's just a Fire Python Talisman. Is there a need to act like this?

"Ahem, everyone, our different teams have to be as balanced as possible. Moreover, the Fire Python Talisman is his personal item. He might be willing to use it, so please be rational."

Wuchen Zi persuaded.

At this moment, Sikong Ya rushed over. When he saw that everyone was in a mess, he frowned, "Hurry up and split into teams immediately. Don't delay."

"How do we split?"

...

Wuchen Zi asked.

"There are only three Connate and Perfected Qi Refinement cultivators here. For the time being, we'll be divided into three teams. We'll listen to Senior's arrangements after we split up."

Sikong Ya looked at Elder Dou, Zhao Wufeng, and Daoist Cai, "How about Old Zhao, you follow me?"

"Then I want this old gentleman."

Chen Yiling chose the seemingly old and powerless Elder Dou.

"Then I can only ask for Fellow Daoist Cai. However, this Young Master Song is quite capable. You have to ask for one less late-stage Qi Refinement cultivator."

Song Shi found it strange that Wuchen Zi was trying to recruit more people for his team. They were just there to do a simple quest. Was there a need to be so calculative?

After quickly dividing the hundred over people into three teams, Chen Yiling brought them away and explained the reason for the different teams, "You must be curious as to why we have to split up. The main reason is that Sky Demon Cult often ambushes us. If there are too many people, it will be easy to get discovered. Hence it is much safer to split up."

Song Shi frowned. So they are using a guerrilla warfare tactic to deal with the enemy? This situation seemed to be indeed quite troublesome.

"I suggest that it's best for everyone to restrain their auras and even change their appearances to be safe when taking the remote path," Elder Dou said. He then restrained his aura and instantly looked like an ordinary old man.

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"We'll listen to you, sir!"

The reason why Chen Yiling chose Elder Dou was because he could make up for his shortcomings with his experience.

Other than Song Shi, who didn't have any experience about the pugilistic world, the others quickly disguised themselves, leaving Song Shi in a daze.

Some of them looked like women, while others looked like guards. Even Chen Yiling had let her hair down and turned into the typical girl-next-door.

!!

Seeing Song Shi in a daze, Chen Yiling smiled and said, "You don't have to pretend. Everyone thinks that you're a rich young master anyways."

"Uh, okay."

Song Shi was happy to do so. He followed Chen Yiling out of Silken City, crossed the Jin river, and went into the vast world.

The group of them were acted like they were ordinary businessmen traveling on caravans, shuttling through the paths in the wilderness.

After all, the countryside seemed like it was still in the feudal era. Outside the city, most of the land was barren. From time to time, bones could be seen on the road. Occasionally, they would encounter skinny humans with green eyes.

"The people outside seem to be even more miserable than the people from Silken City."

Song Shi came to a conclusion. Silken City was very rich and the countryside outside was not as rich After being affected by the plague and war, the situation in the countryside became worse as well.

He turned to look at Chen Yiling, who had disguised herself as a plain girl, "Commander Chen, how far are we from the gathering point?"

"About three hundred miles. It's already too late today. You all can rest for a night here. We should arrive by tomorrow."

Chen Yiling tied up her hair and looked warily at the nearby wilderness.

"Isn't it really easy to be ambushed outside?"

"Yes, since we are traveling as a solo group, we might be ambushed at any time."

"Why don't all the teams gotogether?"

"The people who thought this way died because of it. Our main force is in the Thousand Poisons Mountain Range and the Sky Demon Cult is full of tricks,they will deliberately send experts to ambush us."

The group quietly passed through a large area of wilderness as the terrain gradually rose.

Soon, it was evening. They arrived at a small town in a hilly area.

There was a plague in this town and everyone had died. Then, due to a fire, more than half of the town was charred black.

Ordinary people did not dare to approach the place, but cultivators like them were fine. They found a large intact courtyard to stay in for the night and began to rest.

Elder Dou was very experienced and specially asked a few Postnatal martial artists to guard them for the night.

Song Shi did not need to keep watch at night. Thus he took out the Light Body Technique and began to practice. After a while, he managed to grasp the technique fully.

In the middle of the night, Song Shi jumped around in his room as if he was weightless.

"Not bad. Changing the circulation of Qi will make your body lighter and your movements faster."

It was already late when he reached Minor Accomplishment in the Light Body Technique. He then began to cultivate the Grand Moon Visualization Method and rested.

In the early hours of the morning, a strange gray fog descended upon the courtyard.

The moment the night watchman was enveloped by the fog, he collapsed to the ground.

Not long after, Song Shi, who was cultivating, suddenly felt his hair stand on end.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he realized that a huge blue handprint was slapping towards him.

With a loud bang, Song Shi, who had been ambushed, was slapped to the ground. His entire body sank in and he was unable to get out of the sinkhole it created.

On the shattered and sunken ground, Song Shi was protected by a layer of golden spiritual energy. Although he suffered an extremely violent attack, it was not fatal to him yet.

"Who the f*ck ambushed me!"

Song Shi was stunned by the ambush. He struggled to stretch out his hand and grasped the ground to get up.

Swoosh!

A cold light followed. With a poof, it pierced through the space between his eyebrows.

"You have been killed by Dharma artifacts. Physique 10!"

"You have absorbed strength from death and obtained 5 Freedom Attribute Points!"

"You will be resurrected in three seconds!"

"No resurrection location set. Resurrection on the spot by default!"

At the same time, similar scenes happened elsewhere.

The mist caused many people to fall asleep and be killed by the ambusher.

Only a few people that were strong enough were able to resist.

Unsurprisingly, the people who deliberately kept a low profile and pretended to be merchants on their way were still targeted.

After killing Song Shi, the person who attacked turned around expressionlessly, as if he wanted to kill the others.

In the dark night, another person was laughing crazily. "Dead, hahaha, he is finally dead. I'm the young master now, the only young master in the Great Qian Empire!"

Song Shi jumped up from the sand pit and looked at the two people in the room with his hair standing on end.

The door had already been destroyed, and Chang Sunji, who shouldn't be here, was laughing wildly.

The person who ambushed him was the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard. The two of them were in a very abnormal state.

The former laughed crazily in the darkness, while the latter's eyes were dazed and cold, like a walking corpse.

Song Shi was a little confused. Was Chang Sunji dreaming?

Impossible. The system notification had already appeared, and the description of death matched the characteristics of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Currently, only existences who were a realm higher than him could cause a reward of 10 points to be obtained when they killed him.

...

"Chang Sunji, are you sick?"

Song Shi could not help but speak. The latter looked over blankly and his laughter stopped abruptly. "Shadow Guard, are you weak or what? Smash him to death!"

Chang Sunji went berserk again, baring his fangs and brandishing his claws on the spot. However, the strange thing was that his eyes were still blank and looked completely out of place with the savage expression on his face.

The Shadow Guard turned around, and a cold light shot out from his side again, piercing through Song Shi's head. n0๐‘ฃ๐”ข๐“ต๐ฎ๐”ฐ๐—ฏ.๐—ฐ0๐“‚

Three seconds later, Song Shi stood up again and glanced at the Dharma artifact beside the man in black.

The artifact was actually a silver needle. It was much thicker than ordinary needles and looked more like a nail. Its tip was very sharp. No wonder its destructive power was so strong that even his Dharma Body could not withstand it.

"Why can't he be killed?!"

Chang Sunji stomped his feet in anger, "Continue killing him. Even in my dreams, I want to kill him!"

These words made Song Shi, who was at a loss, tremble. He said in disbelief, "No way. Are you f*cking sleepwalking?"

Song Shi felt that he had lived for a long time and had seen everything. Even though he had heard of such things before, this was the first time he had personally encountered someone who wanted to kill others while sleepwalking .

"This dream is quite realistic. He is actually cursing back at me. Kill him!"

...

Chang Sunji waved his hand, and the shadow guard once again activated his silver needles.

Song Shi's palm glowed and turned into iron sand. He tried to catch the Dharma artifact with his hand, but his hand was pierced through. Then, a bloody hole appeared in his head.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

Seeing that Song Shi was still not dead, Chang Sunji roared furiously.

Song Shi, who was on the verge of death, secretly spread out his divine sense as he died. He discovered that a huge strange gray fog had enveloped their courtyard outside.

He could not see how far the fog spread, but in the fog, many people were killing each other crazily. As he checked the scope of damage, his pupils constricted.

The people who were killing each other were all the people who had followed Wuchen Zi's team. Daoist Dou and Wuchen Zi were both present as well.

Like Chang Sunji and his Shadow Guard, their eyes were blank, but unlike Chang Sunji, they couldn't speak.

As for the other people in their team, upon encountering the fog, they fell into a state of drowsiness. After being killed, their souls floated out of the pool of blood from their dead corpse, into the fog. Then, the drifting souls started screaming in agony as they were sucked uncontrollably into the fog.

Floating in the night sky, at the very end of the fog, there was a small gray boat that looked like it was swaying on a sea of fog. An old man in a linen robe was leisurely fishing with a fishing line.

He was fishing with a fishing rod made of white bones. The fishing line was thin like a woman's hair. There was no hook, but souls were constantly pulled up by it and thrown into the fish basket beside him.

He was fishing for souls!

Song Shi, who was secretly investigating the situation, was shocked.

The old man's eyes emitted a strange demonic light and his wrinkled face suddenly stretched into a smile. He had sensed something and raised his head. "Interesting. There's a little fish who dares to spy on us."

In the next second, Song Shi felt a terrifying force strike him in his mind telepathically.

With a bang, his soul collapsed and he started to bleed from all seven orifices before dying.

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"You have been killed by a mental attack. Spirit 300!"

"You have absorbed strength from death and obtained 150 Freedom Attribute Points!"

"You will be resurrected in three seconds!"

"No resurrection location set. Resurrection on the spot by default!"

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In an instant, Song Shi's Spirit Stats increased by 300 points!

From this he could infer that the cultivation of the person who had caused his death had already surpassed the level of ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators.

However, he was not happy about this at all. Instead, he was terrified.

Even though the rewards he received had increased hundred fold, this was a f*cking Golden Core king level enemy!

If they found out that he wouldn't die, they definitely would capture him for research.

For such an existence, even if he had a Fire Python Talisman that was comparable to a Gold Core attack, he would only be able to struggle against him for a moment. The final outcome would still not change much since the Fire Python Talisman would not kill him.

Therefore, after reviving, he did not move at all and continued to pretend to be dead. He did not dare to move at all.

In order to prevent his soul fluctuations from being detected, he even used the technique in the Grand Moon Visualization Cultivation Method to imagine himself as a rock that was without any aura fluctuations.

In the gray fog, the linen-robed old man, who was fishing in the small boat, did not pay much attention to the situation of Song Shi who he deemed an ant.

After killing him, he didn't bother about him anymore and continued to fish for souls.

"The souls of young cultivators are so strong and rich. I can have another feast when I go back."

The old man muttered to himself and glanced at Elder Dou, "This old man's soul on the other hand is not very good."

Because Elder Dou was nearing the end of his lifespan, he was despised by this person. Hence he escaped the cruel fate of his soul being sucked away and died on the spot instead.

"Master, why don't you take away Chen Yiling's soul? She has the Sword Body Spiritual Conduit, so her soul must be of good quality."

In the small boat, Chen Ming looked at the woman below with a resentful expression as his eyes shone with hatred.

"This little girl is the disciple of Zenith Heaven Sword King. I don't want to anger that lunatic for some young soul. Let them kill each other in their nightmares instead. It will be fine as long as they die."

The old man did not capture Chen Yiling's soul.

In the cultivation world, capturing souls was more detestable than killing others.

Chen Yiling and Chang Sunji, these two people with powerful backgrounds, could both die here by fighting each other, but if their souls were captured, they would never have the chance to rest peacefully in death.

"Our Sky Demon Cult is so powerful and we have so many talents, why are we still afraid of them?"

Chen Ming felt a little indignant.

"A starving camel is still bigger than a horse. [1. "A starving camel was still bigger than a horse " is a phrase in Chinese used to describe even if someone who was powerful has become weaker over the years, their abilities still cannot be undermined.] If we really have an absolute advantage over them, do you think we would still use such schemes to attack them?"

The old man's expression was mocking as he rebutted Chen Ming, "Besides, we can only rise in this chaotic world if we're alive. Our lives are the most important thing, we can't risk courting death. For example, if you didn't appear where you did and tried to court death back then. You wouldn't have ended up like this."

"Disciple has learned his lesson!"

Chen Ming revealed a look of regret.

"It's almost dawn. We're almost done fishing. Let's go and meet the people at the Thousand Poisons Mountain Range and eliminate them all in one go."

In the courtyard, because Song Shi was pretending to be dead, Chang Sunji and the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guards saw that he was not moving and turned around to kill the others instead.

Since Song Shi had nothing to do, he continued to play dead and opened the system interface to check his stats.

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Race: Human

Spirit: 6

Physique: 7

Comprehension:

Talent: Supreme-grade Fire Spirit Root, Supreme-grade Gold Spirit Root, Dao Heart Illumination, low-grade Diamond Dharma Body

Ability: Iron Sand Palm (Perfection), Dragon Elephant Technique (First Beginner), Yang Refinement Technique (Eighth Level), Unfettered Hand (Perfection), Phantom Image Step (Perfection), Nine Yang Divine Technique (Mid-stage of Level Two), Array Formation (Beginner 24), Fireball Technique (Perfection), Gust Wind Sword (Great Mastery), Storm Saber (Great Mastery), Yin-Yang Secret Technique (Minor Accomplishment), Grand Moon Visualization Method (Beginner), Light Body Technique (Beginner)

Energy: Nine Yang True Energy (590)

Freedom Attribute Points: 1

Lottery Chance:

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The reward for death this time was extremely bountiful. He was directly given 300 Spirit Stats and 150 Omni Points.

It directly increased his Spirit Stats until it was not much different from his Physique.

Ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators would probably not be able to achieve such high Spiritual strength.

Song Shi's perception had become much sharper. Even without using his divine sense to probe, he could sense a powerful aura outside.

This aura made him feel that the outside was still dangerous.

"It won't be so easy for him to destroy my soul with just a thought this time!"

Song Shi thought to himself, but he did not dare to try.

Death was not scary. What was scary was living a life worse than death.

He definitely cannot be discovered by this old man. If he was caught and tortured, he would live a miserable life.

"My Spirit and Physique are more compatible now. The difference of 100 points can be caught up by cultivating the Grand Moon Visualization Method. I'll continue to use the Freedom Attribute Points on Comprehension and speed up the cultivation of spells and divine powers."

...

After some consideration, he raised his Comprehension by 155 to 251 points. His mind became extremely clear and he felt that he was about to integrate into the world as one being.

As he adapted to his mental strength and Comprehension that had nearly doubled, he continued to play dead as he waited for the old fellow in the sky to leave.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The morning breeze blew and the fog outside slowly dissipated.

Sensing that the terrifying aura had finally disappeared, Song Shi relaxed a little.

However, he still did not dare to act recklessly.

What if he pretended to leave and suddenly was ambushed again?

However, it was still worth the risk to take some action to investigate the situation.

He immediately took out a silver talisman.

After activating it, a circle of transparent ripples spread out. The nearby light dimmed and his entire body disappeared under the ripples.

"Although it's only effective for those below the Golden Core realm, as long as I don't run in front of the old man and his disciple, they won't notice me."

...

Song Shi activated the Light Body Technique and silently walked out of the broken house without a trace.

The gray mist disappeared, leaving only a bit of morning mist.

There were no boats or old men in the sky anymore.

He didn't use his Consciousness to probe around, but used his eyes and ears instead to understand the situation outside.

There were still sounds of fighting outside. Some people who seemed to be sleepwalking were fighting with their teammates and most of them had already died in a pool of blood.

At the exit of the manor, Wuchen Zi, Chang Sunji and his Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard frantically attacked Chen Yiling, Elder Dou and the others.

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After all, the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard was a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Even if Chang Sunji did not make a move, it would be very difficult for Chen Yiling and the rest to fight him alone.

"Senior Brother Wuchen Zi, are you still not awake? If we continue, we'll all die!"

Chen Yiling shouted anxiously, but it was a pity that Wuchen Zi was like a wooden puppet, who only knew how to attack continuously.

Only Chang Sunji was laughing loudly, "Chen Yiling, you still dare to lay a hand on me in your dreams? I'll f*ck you to death!"

He smiled sinisterly. "In my dream, you have to listen to me. So what if your master is the Zenith Heaven Sword King? So what if he's the punishment officer of the Demon Slayers Division? I'll strip you naked later and see if you can still pretend. Haha!"

Song Shi could not help but take another look at this fellow. How could this fellow be the only one who could speak while dreaming?

Suddenly, he discovered that there was a piece of precious jade on his chest that was shining.

Perhaps it was because of this that the other party was not completely under the control of the Grey fog and hence thought that he was dreaming.

Song Shi did not care. His gaze landed on the many corpses lying on the ground.

There was another team of people who died, but most of the dead corpses were cultivators from Song Shi's team.

He grinned as he turned away, suddenly having no interest in showing his face to the ongoing fight for the moment.

Now that there was nothing much going on, it shouldn't be a problem for him to scavenge a little right?

He approached a Postnatal martial artist who had lost his head in the garden beside him and hid away the treasure saber that had fallen to the side. Then, he took out a cloth bag from his chest. There were more than a hundred taels of gold, a large stack of banknotes and many medicinal pills.

"Sigh, how pitiful. He didn't even earn the Connate Pills and lost his life halfway."

Song Shi sighed and thought to himself, "Brother, let me accept your things. I'll bury your corpse later so that your corpse won't be exposed in the wilderness. Then I will treat these relics as my reward."

"If you don't say anything, I'll take it as a yes."

He muttered in his heart and began to loot the corpses in peace.

With the help of the Invisibility Talisman and the fact that it was not completely dawn yet, nobody would have the time to notice that something was missing from the corpses in the darkness, especially since Chen Yiling and the others were all embroiled in a fight and trying their best to protect themselves.

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"I'm rich! I'm rich!"

Song Shi was overjoyed.

These cultivators were at least Postnatal middle-stage martial artists. They consisted of poor scholars, rich martial artists, and noble immortals. To be able to cultivate to this level, it was impossible to not have some sort of wealth and assets.

Their assets were easily worth more than ten thousand taels of Silver each. Moreover, the higher their cultivation level, the richer they were. n0๐‘ฃ๐”ข๐“ต๐ฎ๐”ฐ๐—ฏ.๐—ฐ0๐“‚

For example, a few Connate and Qi Refinement cultivators had Dharma artifacts and talismans that mortal money could not buy. Song Shi hence casually took them away.

The corpse search went very smoothly, so much so that Song Shi hoped that this kind of thing could happen to him a few more times.

Walking to the other side, Song Shi looked over and realized that Daoist Cai had also fallen to the ground.

"The famous Qi cultivator of Silken City died just like that. I'm really lucky!"

Song Shi walked over and reached out to pull the storage bag sticking from his chest, but he could not pull it out.

Surprised, he looked at the hand that was holding the storage bag tightly. He pulled it harder, but the hand was still holding it very tightly.

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Song Shi was speechless. This guy was still thinking about his storage bag even after he died?

He increased his strength again. With his powerful Physique, Daoist Cai's entire body was lifted up and dragged on the ground.

"F*ck, was that necessary?"

Song Shi's face twitched. He reached out to pry Daoist Cai's hand away, but the moment he touched it, he realized that something was wrong.

Not only was this guy's hand hot, but there was also Spiritual Energy flowing through him.

It seemed like he was still alive. No wonder he was protecting his storage bag!

The latter suddenly opened his eyes. The horsetail whisk that had fallen to the side suddenly lit up and flew towards him.

Song Shi had no choice but to let go and take a step back. The soft horsetail whisk then left a mark on the ground that was half a foot deep.

"Which brat dared to steal my storage bag? Where's your etiquette and honor?!"

Daoist Cai jumped up and stared at the empty area where Song Shi was. He cursed angrily, "Believe it or not, I'll immediately use a Heavenly Lightning Talisman to shatter your soul!"

At this moment, he was very angry. He was originally pretending to be dead and waiting for the situation to be clear before escaping. But in the end, some ghost thing actually tried to snatch his things.

After being discovered by this fellow, Song Shi saw that there was no danger. He curled his lips and said, "You're the brat. I'm just here to collect the burial fee. Since you're not dead, there's no need to pay!"

"It's you!"

Daoist Cai immediately recognized the voice. He stared at the source of the voice and used his Divine Consciousness to investigate the source of the voice. However, after searching for a while, he still couldn't find nor see anybody. He asked fearfully, "Are you that kid from the Song family?"

"If it wasn't me, who else could it be?"

Song Shi clicked his tongue, "You're really a f*cking genius. You actually pretended to be dead here. Your technique is quite impressive. If I didn't come into contact with you, I wouldn't have noticed."

"Hmph, if I don't pretend to be dead, would you rather I waste my energy and power to kill my own teammates?"

Daoist Cai grabbed the horsetail whisk and restrained his strength. He sneered, "I don't have your invisibility technique to protect me!"

"The enemies have all left. You can help them capture Chang Sunji and the others. This is a good opportunity to make a contribution," Song Shi suggested.

Daoist Cai squinted, "Why aren't you attacking? Why are you hiding here?"

"Ahem, I saw that my brothers had died too tragically and wanted to bury them."

Song Shi was thick-skinned, "Besides, I'm only a small Connate cultivator. How can I be qualified to participate in the battle between extraordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators?"

Daoist Cai felt that he had met a kindred spirit. He said disdainfully, "Don't you just want to take the opportunity to get rich? Do you think I can't tell?"

"What do you know? I'm collecting money so that I can bury their corpses in peace. I don't want to be involved in karma."

Song Shi said righteously.

Daoist Cai rolled his eyes. "Fellow Daoist Song, you've really enlightened me. I should learn from you and do good deeds without leaving behind bad karma."

He turned around and rushed towards a corpse and quickly took down a package.

"Damn you!"

Song Shi cursed and hurriedly went to touch another corpse.

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerate, Fellow Daoist Song, you've done many good deeds. It'll be quite difficult to dig a hole. Let me share some of your burden."

Daoist Cai's eyes lit up. Now that there was no terrifying Golden Core cultivator, he should do something kind to comfort his frightened heart.

Swoosh!

His movement technique was not bad. After walking around a few corpses, he managed to take out a pile of items.

He caught a glimpse of a Connate cultivator's flying sword Dharma artifact. Just as he was about to pick it up, the flying sword disappeared into thin air and was picked up by Song Shi.

He shouted, "Fellow Daoist Song, these people had a lot of resentment when they died. You can't withstand it. It's better for me to go to hell."

As he spoke, he hurriedly snatched away a Dharma artifact that looked like a bead from the wall, making Song Shi feel like he had lost a hundred million dollars.

"Shameless old man!"

Song Shi cursed silently. Originally, he could have plundered the wealth of at least forty to fifty people here. Now that Daoist Cai had appeared, he had lost the wealth of at least ten people.

Daoist Cai smiled as he touched the corpse. He did not forget to persuade Song Shi, "Fellow Daoist Song is still young. It's not appropriate for you to be too rich. Otherwise, you will easily lose control of your mentality and become bad."

"Song Shi has been rich since he was young and has long been ruined. I think a monk like you shouldn't be greedy for such vulgar things."

Song Shi even began to use his Phantom image Steps. Otherwise, he felt that he would not be able to defeat this fellow.

"That's not true. Money is in the heart, and the heart of the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord is in the heart. These mundane things are like floating clouds to me."

Daoist Cai shook his head.

...

"Hmph."

Song Shi could not be bothered to say anything else. He ran into the house to pick up more things.

Daoist Cai felt that it would be easy to be robbed if he plundered together with Song Shi, so he ran to the other side to loot instead.

Of the two of them, one was in the open, and the other was in the dark. They were fighting to loot the corpses and "do good deeds".

They quickly looted all the corpses in the courtyard.

"Fortunately, I managed to loot some before him. Otherwise, I would have suffered a huge loss."

Song Shi rummaged through the things he had found in the few houses lying around the courtyard and realized that there were things belonging to ten people or more that had disappeared where the boat had left.

He guessed that it was taken away by the fishing old fellow. However, why would a Golden Core Realm cultivator be interested in these people's relics?

If Song Shi had discovered Chen Ming when he was spying while playing dead, he probably would have understood the reason.

Puzzled, he walked around and came to the door again.

The remaining living few were all here. Wuchen Zi and the others had killed a few more. in their dream-like state and were still going on their rampage. He glanced at Daoist Cai, who didn't dare to come over and walked over generously. He quietly took the things from the corpses that were lying beside Chen Yiling and the others.

...

"This Invisibility Talisman is really necessary in order to pilfer and philander without being discovered!"

Song Shi thought with mixed feelings. He then saw with his own eyes that a cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refinement who because of his insufficient Spiritual Energy, had his head pierced by the Dharma artifact of the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard. He screamed and flew to the ground, unwilling to die but still on the verge of death.

"It's still too hard to win. This is when they're all sleepwalking too and probably are not using their full strength."

Song Shi sighed inwardly. He glanced at Daoist Cai, who had secretly gone over to pick up the Dharma artifacts and the storage bag of a seventh-stage Qi Refinement cultivator and narrowed his eyes.

If this fellow joined them again, Chen Yiling and the others would probably be dead by now.

How odd. Wuchen Zi's team should have all been affected by the strange fog, but yet this guy was not under its control at all.

Moreover without him, this guy would have benefited most from this tragedy. He would have been able to make a fortune just by looting corpses.

He picked up a stone and threw it at Daoist Cai.

Chen Yiling and Elder Dou, who were struggling to resist, immediately noticed and stared at Daoist Cai. They originally thought that this person was going to attack them, but they realized that something was wrong.

This guy was picking up the Dharma artifacts on the ground and he seemed to be awake.

Daoist Cai's face darkened, "F*k, I was tricked by that kid!"

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"Brother Cai, your behavior is very immoral."

Elder Dou, who was protecting himself with his walking stick Dharma artifact, said faintly, "Are you seeking to make a fortune by looting our corpses after we're all killed?"

"That's not true. I've exhausted too much Spiritual Energy and don't have enough Spiritual Energy Restoration Pills. I can only look for them from the dead bodies of fellow Daoists."

Cai Dao's face was not red and his heart rate was calm despite being exposed. He quickly found an excuse for himself and glanced at the place where the stone was thrown.

!!

He scanned the surroundings with his divine consciousness but could not determine where Song Shi was. Even if he said that Song Shi was here as well, if he did not make a sound or show his face, it would only make him appear silly. Hence he could only suffer this loss in silence.

Facing the resentful expressions of Elder Dou and the other cultivators, he hurriedly took out a Qi Replenishing Pill from his storage bag and pretended to found it from the storage bag he had just touched. He then said in surprise, "I finally found a medicinal pill!"

"Daoist Cai, please help us and escape together!"

Chen Yiling's face was pale and she looked like she could collapse at any moment.

If she did not have a high-level talisman protecting her body, she would have been long been killed by the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guards' bone-breaking needles.

Therefore, even though she knew that Daoist Cai was looting the corpse, she still pretended to be ignorant and asked for help.

"Ahem, I'll do my best."

Daoist Cai knew that he had no more chance to secretly loot the corpses. He could only activate his horsetail whisk Dharma treasure, causing a circle of lightning to spread out. Amidst the crackling lightning, he braced himself and went over to help.

With the help of a tenth level Qi Refinement cultivator, Old Dou and the others, who could be killed at any given moment, could finally take a breather.

At this moment, Wuchen Zi and Chang Sunji's Spiritual Energy had been greatly depleted, and their condition was even worse than Chen Yiling and the others. They could not even activate their Dharma artifacts anymore and were no longer much of a threat. They could only fight at close range.

However, the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard was still in a good state. He was a Foundation Establishment superhuman. Even though his strength had already been greatly depleted, his power was still ten times greater than theirs.

Moreover as they were already exhausted. Daoist Cai alone could not withstand the enemy for long.

"Brother Cai, even if your lightning-type spell can't injure this Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard, it's definitely not a problem if you want to paralyze him. Work with me. I'll use my wood-type spell to trap him and we'll be able to escape."

Elder Dou suggested, given that only the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guards was a threat now.

"Sure. These guys are all controlled by Old Nightmare's Crowd Control skill. They stop until they're exhausted or until they are killed."

Daoist Cai looked wary, "With our abilities, we can't wake them up at all. The power of this extraordinary Foundation Establishment skill is as deep as the sea. We definitely can't deplete it alone. We can only think of a way to trap them."

"I'll use the power of the talisman to stop him first. Hurry up."

Chen Yiling nodded and took the initiative to step forward and leap in front of the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard. The Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard's bone-breaking needles caused the golden bell talisman on her body to break in several places.

The other two Connate cultivators blocked Chang Sunji and Wuchen Zi.

"I'll attack first!"

Daoist Cai used his horsetail whisk Dharma artifact to protect himself. Then, he took out a peach wood sword and chanted an incantation.

In the next second, the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth fluctuated and a ball of lightning appeared at the tip of the sword.

Crack! Crack!

Sizzle! Sizzle!

The dark night was pierced by lightning and thunder, as if many birds were crying out urgently. A thunder ball quickly condensed. However, the bigger the thunder ball, the worse Daoist Cai's expression became.

It was obvious that this spell consumed a lot of his energy.

"He actually knows lightning techniques. This is even more ferocious and domineering than fire techniques. No wonder he wasn't controlled by that Old Man Nightmare's spell."

Song Shi watched from the side with a surprised expression.

While Daoist Cai was condensing the power of lightning, Elder Dou also began to chant an incantation. A circle of dense green light appeared, filled with vitality.

BOOM!

The power of the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard was terrifying. He sent Chen Yiling flying with a punch and almost broke the golden bell-like shield on her body.

"Quick, I can't hold on any longer!"

Chen Yiling cried out in alarm. The power of her talisman was already on the verge of collapse, it was violently morphing and distorting. If he struck again, she would be beaten to a pulp.

"Hurry and dodge! Nine Heavens Magical Thunder, go!"

Daoist Cai shouted in a low voice and slashed out with his peach wood sword. A lightning ball the size of his head flashed and flew towards the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard.

There was a loud bang.

The blinding white light shone brightly and lightning snakes darted around him.

The latter's entire body was covered in blue vital essence. Although his defense was barrier very strong, it was still not comparable to the protection of Dharma artifacts and talismans.

Under the power of extreme Yang lightning, the blue elemental energy was broken through. However, the power of the spell itself also dissipated greatly after that. It landed in front of the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard, shattering his clothes and leaving a charred wound on his chests.

However, this person's body was shining with a precious light. It was clear that he had cultivated a treasure body. In the end, the power of thunder didn't cause too much damage, only managing to paralyze his body momentarily.

At this moment, Elder Dou formed a hand seal and shouted, "Multiple Thorns Entanglement!"

The green light landed on the ground and thorns as thick as an arm grew out of thin air. There were nine of them, and they were like venomous snakes crawling out of the ground. They wrapped around the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard tightly, making it difficult for him to move.

"Let's go!"

Daoist Cai turned and ran.

"Wait for me."

Elder Dou panted as he followed.

The other two Connate experts did not hesitate and quickly escaped.

Chen Yiling glanced at Wuchen Zi. After all, this guy was from the same sect as her. She walked over and knocked him out. Then she gritted her teeth and carried him away.

As for Chang Sunji, no one cared about him. At this moment, he was still cursing feebly.

When Chen Yiling and the others ran out, a jade plate suddenly appeared in the air. After it landed on the ground, the scenery within a hundred feet suddenly distorted.

...

Immediately, a fog rose and enveloped the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard, seperating him from the others who were breaking free and forming an Array Formation space.

Song Shi appeared in the fog. He glanced at the Invisibility Talisman, which was much dimmer and walked towards Chang Sunji with a cold smile.

Given such a good opportunity, if he killed Chang Sunji now, he would never be mocked by him again

Swoosh!

A flash of light from a sword flashed and Chang Sunji's head fell off. The latter screamed, "My head, my head."

"It's fine. I'm just dreaming. My head will grow out later, hehe!"

Chang Sunji consoled himself with a smile. He was still sleepwalking, but his eyes were slowly closing forever.

Just like that, in his slumber, Chang Sunji lost his life.

A foot appeared beside him. Song Shi looked down at Chang Sunji's head and muttered, "You're not dreaming. You're really dead!"

Song Shi grinned. "For you to die like this, I am going easy on you. That b*tch Song Jia has to find a new boyfriend now, I need to tell her to not find someone like you next time. Otherwise, if they provoke me like you did, I'll have to kill them off again."

"However, this Old Man Nightmare's methods are really terrifying. He still hasn't escaped being controlled even until his death. But that's good for me. You can't blame me for killing you now."

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Song Shi had a fearful expression. This was the first time he had encountered such a strange mind control method. It was even stranger than the so-called hypnosis. n0๐•๐ž๐‘™๐‘ข๐ฌ๐›.๐‘0๐“‚

After all, it was not just one person who was killed this time, but more than 30 people. Without any special methods, they were used as tools to kill each other in their dreams, which resulted in them dying in the battle.

"I can't risk to encounter that old fellow for the time being. It'll be troublesome if I'm targeted by him!"

With a look of fear, he turned around and looked at the guy who had already broken the thorns. His gaze was cold.

"Extraordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator. I want to see how powerful you are!"

He strode over but did not take the initiative commit suicide.

This time, he was prepared to fight this guy. Even if he died, he would only die during battle.

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The Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard was still in a nightmare. When Song Shi approached, the bone-breaking needle landed in his hand and he stabbed at Song Shi like it was a dagger.

This person's close-range assassination technique was rather impressive. His movements were not sloppy at all. Song Shi subconsciously dodged, but a wound still appeared on his collarbone.

"Extraordinary martial artists are indeed quite destructive when in close combat."

Song Shi raised his hand and used his Iron Sand Palm. In the end, it only deformed the other party's protective true essence while his throat was inexplicably pierced by the Bone Breaking Needle.

!!

"This personโ€ฆ has undergone special training!"

Realizing the difference between the two of them, Song Shi lost his chance and was sent flying by a punch from the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard. As blood spewed of his mouth out, he fell to the ground and died.

Three seconds later, Song Shi stood up again with a serious expression.

After the initial combat, he realized that he was not much inferior to the other party in terms of strength and Defense. However, he could not even last a round in close combat.

This could only mean that this person's combat experience was far above his.

"Hei Duzi's experience is biased towards Gu and poison, he is inferior to me in close combat, but this person is a Martial Dao master who has experienced hundreds of battles."

Song Shi sighed.

Those who cultivated martial arts were collectively called martial artists.

However, in the path of martial arts, there were also respectful titles. For example, Postnatal cultivators would be called martial artists, and Connate cultivators were respectfully called Masters. If one reached the Extraordinary Foundation Establishment realm, they would be a grandmaster-level figure who could establish a sect.

This kind of person was actually acting as Chang Sunji's guard. This really showed how powerful the person behind Chang Sunji was!

Fortunately, he did not kill him in front of everyone with the Fire Python Talisman on the city tower in a moment of impulse. Otherwiseโ€ฆ

Of course, killing him didn't seem like a big deal.

As long as his powers were not sealed, dying a few times was not a big deal. However, the few people in his family would probably be killed.

He had not reached the point where he did not care about his family. He had to consider these things for the time being.

After all, even Hei Duzi could kill his entire family for revenge. If that Virtuous Phoenix King took revenge and did not kill all three generations of the Song family, he would probably be letting down his status as a King.

Song Shi pondered and walked towards the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard again.

Previously, he felt that the difference between him and this person was their cultivation level only. Now, it seemed that the difference between was quite big.

"Die!"

Song Shi's eyes were filled with murderous intent. This time, he took out the Gentleman Sword. The sharp aura transformed into a Wind-like power that enveloped him.

Puff!

A cold light emerged from the Gust of wind. With a wave of blue vital essence, the Gust of wind dissipated with a clang.

Song Shi felt a pain in his wrist, as if he had been bitten by a venomous snake. Immediately, blood gushed out.

His sword technique was actually broken through!

Amidst his shock, a cold light flashed upon him and he died again.

Although his death happened mainly because the other party's Dharma artifact restrained him, he was still quite shocked that the Gust Wind Sword skill he had just mastered was broken through so easily.

In front of this guy, he felt that his moves were as clumsy as a child's.

After reviving, he saw that there were many scrapes on his Gentleman Sword. He took a deep breath and focused.

He charged over again and locked his gaze on the other party's actions. He realized that when the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard attacked, the Bone Breaking Needle seemed to have come alive and turned into a poisonous snake upon his command.

The tip of the needle was like a poisonous fang. Its movements were swift, mysterious, and unpredictable. Its power was incomparably condensed and it displayed the technique of breaking through any surfaces impressively.

"Why am I getting such an odd feeling watching it? Could this be the Divine Decree that Elder Qin mentioned?"

Song Shi was deep in thought. He decided to treat this fellow's attack as a venomous snake and struck. The tip of his Sword pierced the Bone Breaking needle by seven inches and with a clang, he successfully blocked it.

Flames erupted and danced as another piece of his Gentleman Sword fell apart. Song Shi did not care at all as he roughly guessed now what the so-called Divine Decree was.

The Divine Decree was something that roughly followed the nature of what the skill was named after in the world. For example the Gust Wind Sword had to follow the rules of the wind. This person's acupuncture technique, which was like a poisonous snake, should also follow the characteristics of a poisonous snake's attack.

"The rules of Gust Windโ€ฆ the rules of the poisonous snake. I've got it!"

Song Shi's eyes became brighter and brighter. He carefully sensed the movement of the Gusts of wind that were swept up during their battle. His sword technique instantly became smooth and natural and gradually, there were no traces of his movements.

His eyes lit up. He injected Nine Yang True Energy into the sword and circulated it according to the rules of the wind. He then shouted in a low voice, "Sword of Gust!"

The scorching air currents rapidly revolved around his Sword. With Song Shi as the center reference point, Gusts of winds instantly erupted. All the power gathered at one point and stabbed towards the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard.

Rumble!

Crimson Fire Whirlwind flashes of Swords that were more than ten meters long appeared one after another with astonishingly domineering aura.

The blue light on the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guards' bodies fluctuated and fused into the Bone Breaking Needle. Instantly, it condensed into a huge poisonous snake. It twisted its body and opened its mouth and the poisonous teeth flickered with a cold light as it bit towards the red Gust of fiery whirlwind.

BOOM!

The poisonous snake and fiery gust of whirlwind collided, stirring up a chaotic wave. The ground broke inch by inch, and the nearby buildings shattered and collapsed with a bang. Fragments rolled and spread out far and wide from the aftershock.

Even the fog of the Array Formation dissipated slightly from the collision, revealing Song Shi's retreating figure. The Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard opposite him also took half a step back.

"Haha, so that's how it is. The so-called Divine Decree follows the rules of heaven and earth and is similar to spells. However, these rules are rules of the nature which needs to be comprehended by oneself. Actually, it's not that difficult after all."

Song Shi laughed loudly. He did not realize the true extent how powerful his Comprehension was. Even if others found the trick, it would be difficult for them to grasp the Heaven Decree of the Gust power so quickly.

"Dingโ€ฆ congratulations on perfecting the Gust Wind Sword. You have been rewarded with one chance to draw the lottery."

The system notification appeared. Song Shi had successfully cultivated this sword technique to perfection and officially had an additional lesser divine power.

Although it was only the lowest level first-grade lesser divine power, its power was not inferior to the Fireball Technique at all. Moreover, it's power could be controlled by Song Shi and released very quickly. There was no need to form seals at all.

Now Song Shi could generate fireball whenever he fought with the sword. This effect was completely different from purposefully generating and throwing a fireball at someone.

Crack!

...

Before he could laugh, the Gentleman Sword in Song Shi's hand broke into two with a heart-wrenching sound.

In the end, the high-grade treasure weapon could not withstand the collision with the high-grade Dharma artifact and broke!

Song Shi could only put it away. He raised his hand and grabbed the air, causing a flying sword to appear.

When he saw that the flying sword was only a foot long, his face twitched. Such low-level Dharma artifacts did not have the function of enlarging when willed. If he didn't need a sword to kill his enemy right now, he could only use this artifact as a dagger.

He did not have much experience regarding using a dagger, so he naturally could not use this to battle. He raised his hand and put it away, taking out a large saber.

This was only a high quality Precious Weapon instead of a Treasure Weapon. But at least it would not break in a short period of time. He closed his eyes and recalled the scene of the storm in his mind.

Clang!

With a flash of the saber, Song Shi jumped up and slashed down ruthlessly.

Clang!

The Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard held the bone-breaking needle horizontally and easily blocked the saber.

However, the endless saber beams were like a storm that drowned him in the blink of an eye.

...

Unlike the ever-changing sword techniques, the saber techniques were more open and powerful. They were imposing and had the spirit of engulfing rivers and choppy seas. n0๐‘ฃ๐”ข๐“ต๐ฎ๐”ฐ๐—ฏ.๐—ฐ0๐“‚

The Storm Saber was a typical saber technique Style. It incorporated the characteristics of the endless rainstorm and was pervasive. Its attacks were very domineering and fierce in nature. If one could not withstand a single strike, they would be dismembered by the chaotic saber.

The Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard was indeed an extraordinary martial arts grandmaster. Even though he was enveloped by saber beams that filled the sky, he could still deal with them calmly. If they were not fighting, this scene would have looked like a martial arts grandmaster was feeding Song Shi.

Yet, this was also the case. Song Shi was rapidly growing in his combat knowledge as he fought with this Grandmaster. His lack of close combat skills quickly increased to the level that he should have at his current strength, and even exceeded it.

"Rainstorm Saber!"

When the saber beam had become extremely dense, Song Shi shouted. The saber beam in the void condensed into specks of light that then rained down like a storm.

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Ding, ding, ding!

In an instant, the Bone Breaking Needle and the saber collided hundreds of times, causing sparks to fly.

After a while, Song Shi took a step back.

"This guy actually withstood it. He's indeed quite capable."

Song Shi landed on the ground and panted. This person was like a deep lake. His strength was flexible and endless and no matter how Song Shi attacked, he could neutralize all of it.

"His strength and moves are not very different. The difference between me and him is still in terms of our energy. This person's elemental energy is much stronger than mine. After adding the power of Dharma artifact, his power is extraordinary."

Song Shi analyzed the gap between the two of them.

Be it cultivators or martial artists, the differences between different realms were roughly similar.

The energy in the bodies of Postnatal, Connate, or Qi Refinement cultivators were all in gaseous state. The difference was that the former was called Genuine Qi while the latter was Spiritual Energy.

If a martial artist broke through to the extraordinary realm, their Genuine Qi would transform into True Essence. After reaching the Foundation Establishment realm of Qi Refinement, their Spiritual Energy would transform into Spiritual Essence. Both could then be called Essence Energy!

If they continued to advance forward, the difference between the strength of a martial artist and an immortal cultivator would disappear.

After reaching the Foundation Establishment realm, both would be able to condense their strength into a solid state. It was just that martial arts cultivators were used to calling this stage the True Core while immortal cultivators termed it the Golden Core realm.

But in fact, the power of this realm was nomological power.

There was a qualitative difference between the three energies of Qi, Origin, and Dharma. Therefore, even though Song Shi's Treasure body was very powerful, he could not easily defeat this Martial Dao master even after using two small divine powers in a row.

If it was a comparison of Dharma arts and Dharma artifacts, he would be at a disadvantage. Fortunately, this guy was a Martial Dao master and his Dharma artifact and spells were very ordinary.

"My physical body is stronger than his. I can exhaust him to death!"

Song Shi could only use this stupid method. With a flash of his saber, he charged over again.

After one round.

A crisp sound rang out again.

After such a violent attack, the Precious Weapon that he had just taken out could not withstand the force of it and broke into pieces in his hand.

Without his weapon, Song Shi's combat strength clearly decreased.

The Bone Breaking Needle attacked from a strange angle. Song Shi's pupils constricted as he locked onto its trajectory. He dodged to the side and used the Phantom image Step, causing his figure to transform into a shadow.

Swoosh!

Suddenly his shadow shattered and dissipated.

Song Shi mysteriously appeared behind the other party. He circulated the Dragon Elephant Technique and fiery red True Energy surged in his body. Swiftly, he formed a seal with his left hand.

Lu~

The air around him fluctuated and a fire elephant condensed in his hand. It was huge, like a real elephant, but its entire body was burning with the power of fire.

The Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard raised his other hand, and a large wave appeared, turning into a huge Wave that rushed towards the Fire Elephant.

The Fire Elephant crashed into the huge wave. Amidst the deafening sound, the flames were extinguished by the huge wave and the elephant's body shattered.

"He also has a divine power!" n0๐’ฑ๐—ฒ๐ฅ๐‘ข๐‘†๐.๐“ฌ0๐‘€

Song Shi was shocked. Then he immediately recalled that since he knew two lesser divine powers, the other party has probably also mastered a few.

Furthermore, his divine power was very powerful. Not only did it shatter the power of the Dragon Elephant Art, but it also swept Song Shi up into the air.

He felt as if he was enveloped by a real wave. He couldn't even breathe. His body convulsed uncontrollably and he couldn't use the Phantom image Steps anymore.

"Shit!"

Song Shi felt that something was wrong.

His advantage was that his physical body was strong, but once his movements were restricted, he would become a sitting target for others.

Swoosh!

The Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard used the Bone Breaking Needle as a tool for assassination and threw it out. It pierced into Song Shi's glabella and passed through the back of his head before being flying back as controlled by the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard.

Song Shi died in midair. When his corpse landed on the ground, the bloody hole between his eyebrows disappeared. He bounced up and rushed over again without any hesitation.

He had no more weapons on him to practice his weapon combat skills for the time being. So he could only practice his movement techniques and palm techniques.

With one step, four shadows instantly rushed out.

This was the effect of the perfected Phantom Image Step. The four Phantom images were enough to dazzle and confuse people.

Under Old Man Nightmare's Crowd Control, the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard actually felt like he was fighting someone in a dream. After seeing Song Shi's methods, he directly slashed forward with the bone-breaking needle.

An arc of cold light spread out and slashed horizontally at all the shadows.

Song Shi jumped up and the Phantom images followed suit, dodging the cold light.

Crack!

The cold light cut a wall far behind him in half. The top half slid to the ground, raising a ring of dust.

Without breaking Song Shi's movement technique, the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard brandished their bone-breaking needles like brushes, sending out cold beams one after another.

Puchi!

A Phantom image was cut into pieces, but Song Shi also successfully closed the distance between them. The Iron Sand Palm struck his chest, and the blue water-element vital essence of the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard was broken inch by inch by Song Shi's Iron Sand Palm.

The Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard was sent flying. Just as Song Shi thought that he had the upper hand this time, the blue primeval essence suddenly transformed into a python that entangled him and the Bone Breaking Needle shot towards him.

"Dammit, he intentionally took a palm strike from me to distinguish which was my true body!"

It was too late for Song Shi to react. He had been killed again.

He had learned from zll his mistakes and knew how complicated a real battle was. Even if he had the upper hand on the surface, the situation could always around in the next moment.

...

If not for the fact that he had an immortal system, his short life would not have been enough time for him to learn.

After reviving again, Song Shi became much more cautious.

"Without a sure-kill attack, I can't give him a chance. Even if I have a sure-kill attack, I still have to be careful. I have no idea what will happen in the next moment at all."

After his mentality changed, Song Shi began to fight the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard back and forth with the help of his Phantom image Step.

After familiarizing himself with this person's combat Style, Song Shi's dodging efficiency kept increasing. For a moment, it was as if multiple Phantom images were attacking the guard at the same time.

At the same time, he realized that after his Vajra Dharma Body was fully activated, as long as he did not come into direct contact with the tip of the other party's Dharma artifacts, there would be no harm caused to him even when he collided with him.

This allowed him to use his martial arts skills, the Unfettered Hand which was extremely versatile. Combined with the Phantom image Steps, he managed to completely surround the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard.

After ten rounds, Song Shi's eyes were cold as he casually sent he Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard flying with a palm strike, while he managed to avoid the subsequent counterattack unharmed.

"It's about time!"

Song Shi muttered and looked above his head.

The sky was already bright. It was time to send this guy on his way to the afterlife.

...

Now that he was familiar with this guy's methods, he could kill this person any time.

Before killing him however, he had to make full use of his lethality.

With a thought, his True Energy stopped providing power to the diamond rune on his chest. Immediately, the golden light on his body dimmed and his defense level was reduced to the lowest.

After dispelling the runic power of the Vajra Dharma Body, Song Shi calmly walked towards the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guards who had just stood up.

Without any resisting, special Dharma artifact like the Bone Breaking Needles naturally pierced through his head.

Upon noticing Song Shi's abnormal behavior, the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard's dull eyes flickered for a moment. Then, the fluctuation was covered by a gray fog.

Truthfully, Song Shi felt that the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard was a little unlucky. If he had not been deliberately targeted by Old Man Nightmare, with his cultivation, he could have broken free from the Crowd Control a long time ago.

In the end, the power of the spell on his body was too strong. Although he could sense some abnormalities, he was still unable to break free from this nightmare.

Old Man Nightmare did not expect that the person he controlled would be used by Song Shi to farm deaths. If he knew, he would not have left so abruptly.

Song Shi lay comfortably on the spot to die. After a hundred times, the golden light on his body shone brightly.

His low-grade Dharma Body had been upgraded to mid-grade!

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84 Cloning Technique

"Ding! You have been physically killed 300 times. You have awakened a mid-grade Vajra Dharma Body. Your Physique has increased by 300 points. The strength of your flesh and bones has increased by two times."

Amidst the system notification, the golden light on Song Shi's body condensed into two new Vajra runes that appeared on his glabella and back. Two circles of golden energy spread out and fused with the first layer of the shield. The thickness of the shield increased greatly, as his defense immediately increased greatly as well.

If the original golden energy shield was as thin as a cicada's wings, Then the improved shield would be like a gauze this time. Song Shi's skin had become even more delicate as well, like high-quality gold, that emitted a dazzling light.

The Bone Breaking Needle attacked him again. With a ding, it was directly repelled by the golden light from Song Shi's body, and left only a mark between his eyebrows. It could no longer break through Song Shi's protective barrier.

Song Shi opened his eyes, which were shining with golden light. He looked at his basic attributes statistics.

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Race: Human

Spirit: 634

Physique: 1,085

Comprehension: 251

Talent: Supreme-grade Fire Spirit Root, Supreme-grade Gold Spirit Root, Dao Heart Illumination, Mid-grade Vajra Dharma Body

Ability: Iron Sand Palm (Perfection), Dragon Elephant Technique (First Beginner), Yang Refinement Technique (Eighth Level), Unfettered Hand (Perfection), Phantom Image Step (Perfection), Nine Yang Divine Technique (Mid-stage of Level Two), Array Formation (Beginner 24), Fireball Technique (Perfection), Gust Wind Sword (Great Mastery), Storm Saber (Great Mastery), Yin-Yang Secret Technique (Minor Accomplishment), Grand Moon Visualization Method (Beginner), Light Body Technique (Beginner)

Energy: Nine Yang True Energy (590)

Freedom Attribute Points: 25

Lottery Chance: 3

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"My Physique has become much stronger again."

Song Shi muttered. After he had been killed by the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guards for the first ten times, he had received 50 points of Physique. After his Physique leveled up, he received an additional 300 points again.

His physique had already exceeded a thousand points. The Diamond Dharma Body had increased the defense of his bones and flesh by two times. Now his body was comparable to high-grade Dharma artifacts and could resist the other party's Dharma artifacts that specialized in breaking armor.

"Now, I think I can catch any Dharma artifacts with my bare hands!"

Song Shi stood up and walked over.

The Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard had fought with Chen Yiling and the others for a long time, and had also fought with Song Shi for dozens of rounds. At this moment, after killing Song Shi more than a hundred times in a row, his deep reserve of essence energy was almost exhausted.

Song Shi gave him a close-range attack and boom!

He was sent flying by Song Shi's slap. Even his Dharma artifacts fell to the ground.

Song Shi's figure flashed, and with a crack, he broke the man's neck.

He had successfully killed his first Extraordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator!

He lowered his body and took out his storage bag. He formed a seal and condensed the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth. It turned into a fireball that he threw out which destroyed the corpse.

After doing this, he was not in a hurry to disperse the array. Instead, he continued to use the Array Formation Power as a cover and began to dig holes in the courtyard.

He found a tool in the manor and started digging intensely.

It was Song Shi's first time burying corpses and he did it very seriously.

As the soil flew everywhere, Song Shi had managed to dig out a huge pit. Song Shi estimated that the space should be able to hold dozens of corpses.

"Daoist Cai said that he wanted to bury the dead too, but he actually ran away!"

Song Shi cursed as he moved the corpses into the pit. Then, he grabbed the soil lying around with his palm and pushed the soil over the pit to bury the corpses.

After doing this, he clapped his hands and stepped on the soil to flatten the pit. "Brothers, I've fulfilled my promise to you. If you have any dissatisfaction, go find Daoist Cai. He took your things but didn't do anything."

With that, he used his three new lottery chances that he had obtained.

He couldn't help but be addicted to farming deaths in order to get lottery chances. The lottery rewards were too interesting.

As the wheel of the remaining seven items moved, Song Shi drew three times in a row.

'Dingโ€ฆ Congratulations on obtaining a storage ring!

Dingโ€ฆ congratulations on drawing the Breeze Sword Control Technique!

Dingโ€ฆ congratulations on drawing the One Qi Cloning Technique!

Song Shi was surprised.

"Could the One Qi Clone Technique be related to the legendary Three Pure Ones technique?"

He had a strange expression on his face. This time, he had drawn two items that he was familiar with and one which was an unknown skill, this unknown skill made him quite curious.

He hurriedly checked his stats.

One Qi Cloning Technique: High-grade spell. Condenses an avatar with energy that possesses a certain level of strength. When perfected, it can possess 90% of the strength of the main body's Qi Refinement realm.

After reading the introduction, Song Shi confirmed that it had nothing to do with the Three Pure Ones technique. It was just an ordinary cloning technique. n0๐—๐“”๐‹๐‘ข๐”ฐ๐’ท.๐—ฐ0๐“œ

"If my clone can disguise my real body, I will be more protected and secure when I go to court death in the future!"

Song Shi was quite happy. This time, since he had encountered a powerhouse like Old Man Nightmare who far exceeded his standards and abilities. He was extremely worried that his secret would be exposed.

However, if he had a clone to act as a decoy, he would be less suspicious when farming deaths.

The other two items were not bad either.

The storage ring was a low-grade Dharma treasure. It contained ten dimensions of space and could store a large number of resources. He directly emptied his storage bags and placed all the most precious resources inside this rind.

The final Breeze Sword Control Technique was not simple either. It was a top-notch spell that would allow Song Shi to fly on a sword while killing his enemies. It would also give him the power to split mountains and rivers.

These three things were enough to benefit him greatly in the future.

Song Shi was satisfied. He ran over and picked up the array disc. With a tap of his foot, it disappeared.

Not long after he left the courtyard.

"Howl~"

A howl from a wolf faintly sounded from outside the town.

Swoosh!

A black shadow flashed.

Beside the huge pit that Song Shi had just buried, a black wolf that was shaped like a calf appeared.

Its entire body was surging with black baleful aura and its eyes were filled with cunningness.

Behind it, more of the same black wolves appeared one after another.

They came to the pit and started digging it with their claws. The corpses that Song Shi had just buried were all dug out.

Many of the black wolves revealed greedy expressions. Their saliva flowed out and dripped onto the soil.

They opened their mouths and bared their sharp fangs , then rushed forward and tore at the flesh of the corpses.

A terrifying biting sound sounded out, and more than ten black wolves began a scrumptious feast.

"ROAR!"

Suddenly, the black wolf who was the leader of the pack roared angrily and stared at a certain spot. A yellow shadow flashed from that spot and snatched a piece of meat from the pit.

In the collapsed corner of the courtyard, a weasel-like wolf grinned and lowered its head to eat the food in its mouth.

Ferocious beasts with murderous auras appeared one after another and began to fight for the flesh of these cultivators.

It was just like how martial artists felt that eating Vicious beasts' meat was tasty. To these beasts, the flesh of cultivators was equally delicious.

The corpses that Song Shi had painstakingly buried were snatched away by a group of animals and devoured in an instant.

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15 kilometers away, at the edge of the Thousand Poisons Mountain Range.

Chen Yiling and the others sat cross-legged in a cave to recover. Wuchen Zi, who was beside them, still have not woken up. After he was knocked unconscious, he had been tied tightly by a rope.

Daoist Cai used the excuse of being a guard to stay outside the cave. He hid behind a ten-foot-tall rock and was organizing his gains from his corpse loot.

"I'm rich. No wonder they say that killing people will fatten you. I think looting corpses is not a bad alternative to that."

He muttered happily. He felt that the treasures he had obtained from the corpse this time were enough for him to use for the next few years.

However, Foundation Establishment Pills could not be bought even with these. He still had to follow Chen Yiling and take the risk to complete the quest.

Daoist Cai's face fell. He sighed, "It's difficult to be a rogue cultivator. It's really so difficult."

"Daoist Cai, did you forget to do something?"

Song Shi's voice suddenly sounded from the boulder. When he looked up, Daoist Cai's expression immediately darkened.

"You're finally here!"

Chapter 85 Fellow Daoist, Please Wait

Daoist Cai jumped up and pointed at Song Shi, "You're so dishonest. You only know how to scam people."

"I don't know what you're talking about, but monks don't lie*. You didn't do what you had promised."

Song Shi squinted and said with disdain, "You have to compensate me. After all, I helped you finish what you promised the dead."

"I'm not a monk. Why should I keep to my promises?"

Daoist Cai was extremely shameless and refused the bargain he had made when looting corpses. "You tricked me too. Let's call it even on this matter."

"If you do this, I won't bring you along anymore when I do 'good deeds' in the future."

Song Shi glared at this shameless old man.

"Tsk, you make it sound like you do 'good deeds' all the time. This kind of thing doesn't happen often anyways."

Daoist Cai pursed his lips and wasn't bothered.

Realizing that this guy was a real piece of work, Song Shi did not bother arguing further. If he continued to argue, he would be exposed.

Song Shi sat cross-legged on the rock and waited quietly.

At this moment, he was deep in thought. In his current state, it seemed not bad to be a free and unaffiliated cultivator.

With the system, he could obtain a lot of resources from the lucky draw. Occasionally, he could also loot corpses while doing 'good deeds', this way he would definitely be able to be quite well off.

It was just that as a solo cultivator, he did not have access to news. Hence it would not be easy to know where the danger was.

If others knew that danger was coming they would do all they can to avoid it, but he knew that danger was a chance for him to farm deaths.

"The Heaven Secret Office and Flower Room that The Monk Zhengyuan mentioned provides cultivators with all kinds of information. Perhaps they can replace my current methods of seeking danger."

Just as Song Shi was thinking about how to maintain the balance between having freedom and obtaining sufficient information on where the danger is, Chen Yiling walked out and looked at him with a mixed gaze.

"Where were you during dawn?"

Song Shi already had a counter for this. He said calmly, "I pretended to be dead to avoid danger. After I escaped, I discovered traces of you leaving and chased after you."

Glancing at Song Shi's tattered clothes, Chen Yiling frowned. "I remembered that the Extraordinary Invisible Shadow Guard and Chang Sunji came out of your room."

"That's why I have to pretend to be dead," Song Shi said matter-of-factly.

Hearing this, Daoist Cai curled his lips. He did not believe that it was so easy for Songs Shi to trick Chen Yiling. He most likely relied on his invisibility to escape.

Chen Yiling sensed that there was some secret that was shared between Daoist Cai and Song Shi, so she tactfully didn't ask further. Instead, she sighed and said, "My connection with Sikong Ya and the rest of the troops has been severed. They most likely met with misfortune and have perished as well."

Daoist Cai's expression changed drastically, the intention to retreat rose in his heart.

From what had happened to him, even though there was an extraordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator leading their team, they still ended up in such a tragic state. It was very possible that another existence at the level of Old Man Nightmare had also attacked last night.

"Commander Chen, in this situation, we are just seeking death if we go over."

An ancient voice sounded out, Elder Dou staggered out with two surviving Connate martial artists beside him.

"We're not in a good state either. The risk will be even greater if we continue to stay behind."

"That's right. I've used up most of the medicinal pills on me. I don't have enough supplies anymore."

The other two Connate experts looked troubled.

Song Shi became excited when he heard that there was a possibility for him to die.

Seeing that these people had no intention of continuing, he suddenly realized that they would probably pay him more if he stayed on, right?

Chen Yiling was very understanding and said, "If you can investigate the situation and obtain information that can gain the approval of the higher-ups, everyone will still be able to obtain at least three Connate Pills and one Foundation Establishment Pill. The more important the information, the more generous the reward."

This generous reward made Daoist Cai and the others' breathing quicken.

Song Shi muttered in his heart.

This was probably the remuneration that was originally prepared for hundreds of people. Now that there's not much of them left, these rewards seemed extremely generous.

"If everyone is willing, you can move on your own. As long as you tell me the key information you obtained within four hours, it will count towards your rewards."

Chen Yiling did not plan to go out again as well. At this time, she was the only one left who could communicate with the headquarters. If anything happened to her, there would really be no more source of information for the headquarters.

"Little Brother Song, I think you're a real talent. Why don't we form a party and go together?"

Daoist Cai looked at Song Shi with a smile. He had seen how Song Shi could turn invisible. This investigation was practically perfect for someone like him.

As long as he obtained some information, he would be able to obtain benefits.

"I think it's safer to be alone."

Song Shi rejected the other party's invitation.

Elder Dou took a deep look at Song Shi.

This young man's cultivation was inferior to theirs, but he was in the best condition at the moment. Now, it seemed that he dared to take the risk to investigate, it was either that he was really not simple and had a few tricks up his sleeve or that he was a fool.

Chen Yiling took out a few special communication talismans, "This is a one-use low-level communication talisman. It can only send messages within a short radius of 15 kilometers. Those who are willing to take up the quest can come and take one."

Song Shi glanced at it. To be honest, he was not interested in Connate Pills and Foundation Establishment Pills. "Can the rewards be exchanged for other resources?"

"Of course. Just exchange it according to the corresponding value."

Chen Yiling nodded.

"Give me one."

Song Shi took out a low-level communication talisman and asked, "Which direction is the main force supposed to be at?"

"Northwest of here."

Upon hearing this, Song Shi turned around and left.

He had obtained a lot of information about the Thousand Poisons Mountain Range from Hei Duzi's memories. Based on their current location, it was very easy to find the target he was looking for.

"It should be very dangerous there. I should reset the resurrection location."

Song Shi's gaze landed on the bushes along the way. He decided to randomly choose a hidden place as a resurrection point after walking for a while.

"Fellow Daoist Song, please wait!"

A voice appeared behind him.

Daoist Cai took out something that he thought could cause Song Shi's heart to waver.

"โ€ฆ"

When Song Shi heard this, his face twitched.

He could not help but think of Shen Gongbao from 'The Investiture of the Gods' [1.'The Investiture of the Gods' is a famous classic in China] . In that world, those who were given this term usually encountered a tragic downfall.

Are there really karmic weapons in this world? But then again, what's worse than death, right??

"Fellow Daoist Song, I have a secret Turtle Breathe Technique, which allows me to play dead perfectly. Are you interested in it?"

Daoist Cai took out something that he thought could cause Song Shi's heart to waver.

"โ€ฆ"

Song Shi did not know what to say, but he was indeed interested in this Turtle Breathe Technique .

Sometimes, it was not suitable for him to move immediately when he was revived. This secret technique would be useful.

"You're not honest. Forget about it."

He was not too tempted by this thing. At the very most, he could exchange this with his rewards from the Demon Slayers Division. He did not believe that there were such things as unattainable secret techniques.

"It seems that you still have some prejudice against me. Actually, I'm a good person. It's just that I didn't have the chance to show it just now."

Daoist Cai felt regretful. He rolled his eyes and said, "How about this? If there's any news, share it with me and I'll give you the secret technique. How's this deal?"

"That can be considered."

Song Shi did not refuse this offer. With the Invisibility Talisman, he could indeed find out a lot of information easily.

"That's great. These are the communication runes I have prepared. Fellow Daoist Song will definitely be able to investigate many secrets by being invisible. When you do, you can give me some and let me exchange it for a Foundation Establishment Pill."

Daoist Cai smiled and handed over the contact method. n0๐‘ฃ๐‘ฌ๐’๐—Ž๐’๐”Ÿ.๐šŒ0๐”ช

Song Shi glanced at this guy and prepared to negotiate their deal.

"Is your Turtle Breathe Technique really worth a Foundation Establishment Pill?"

"It's about there. This is a top-notch Daoist secret technique! Fellow Daoist, you definitely won't lose out."

"Alright, we'll see how it goes then."

After Song Shi left, Daoist Cai turned around and chased after the two Connate experts from the other side. "Fellow Daoists, please wait. I heard that you have consumed a lot of supplies. I happen to have many pills and talismans here. I wonder if you are interested in exchanging them for information?"

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After Song Shi walked for a while, the vegetation gradually grew taller. Soon, it was filled with large trees that were twenty to thirty feet tall.

A primordial aura immediately enveloped him,there was even a fog between the plants that condensed and did not disperse.

After walking for a few miles, he encountered a huge tree that was more than a thousand feet tall. It looked especially spectacular.

He looked up in surprise and found a huge mud ball hanging on the tree trunk. There was a buzzing sound echoing, and many egg-sized black hornets were flying about.

"Holy sh*t, such a huge hornet. One would be enough to sting someone to death!"

He clicked his tongue in wonder. "As expected of the Thousand Poisons Mountain Range. To encounter such a dangerous poisonous creature at even the periphery."

"It's obviously extremely dangerous to be here. This place is not bad."

He set the resurrection point under the nest of hornets.

With such a huge hornet's nest, there shouldn't be anyone here.

Just as he thought that no one would come and provoke the hornets' nest, a glowing stone came crashing down.

Crack!

The ball of mud, which was bigger than a house, was smashed into pieces and fell to the ground. The stone landed on the ground first.

Song Shi took a closer look. It was actually a spirit stone.

Just as he was stunned by the sight.

Woosh~

A buzzing sound erupted, and a black cloud suddenly surged out of the broken hornet's nest. It circled in the air again and again furiously.

"โ€ฆ"

Song Shi was speechless. Was somebody so bored that they chose to smash as hornets nest?

He quickly glanced at the person who threw the spirit stones.

In the sky, a huge black ship floated by.

This ship had an antique appearance and was nearly a thousand feet long. It was shaped like a big fish and had a loft on it. It felt like an aircraft carrier.

However, this thing was not a product of technology. Instead, it was a special Dharma treasure of the cultivation world. Its surface was engraved with mysterious and cold runes that formed a complicated Array Formation.

His gaze shifted and he quickly discovered a little girl in a black short skirt at the bow of the ship. The latter was tossing another spirit stone down. The culprit was none other than this person.

Upon closer inspection, this girl was as delicate as an elf. However, she was an evil elf. As she was throwing down the stones, she appeared extremely lively, like a blooming spider lily in the netherworld.

Her eyes were pitch-black and sparkling. Her eyebrows were curved and her skin was fairer than snow. It made her cherry lips look even redder and was quite eye-catching. Her red lips were like a crimson winter plum against the snow.

However, no matter how beautiful she was, it could not hide the fact that she was up to no good.

At this moment, this little girl with a strange temperament was smiling as she looked at the angry Song Shi. Her exposed calves and feet were white and flawless as they swayed happily.

"Whose brat does this belong to? Why is nobody disciplining her? Don't you know that throwing things at high altitudes is very dangerous?"

Song Shi pointed at this baffling girl and complained.

"Hehe, are you very angry? Come to the boat and hit me."

After being scolded by Song Shi, the girl smiled happily like a little demon and started to provoke Song Shi.

"โ€ฆ"

Song Shi looked at the distance between them. He had yet to learn how to fly on a sword so he could not fly up, even if he really went up, he would not be able to win her either.

However, he would not lose. He braced himself and said, "If you have the ability, come down and I will beat you up until you are crying for mercy."

"You're so interesting. You still have the time to scold me. Shouldn't you be running away right now? The poisonous hornets are coming to sting you."

The girl giggled. It sounded crisp, but it also had a demonic quality to it which made one's hair stand on end.

At this moment, Song Shi realized that something was wrong. The light above his head suddenly dimmed.

Buzz buzz!

A large cloud of hornets pounced on him under the tree.

"F*ck, little girl, don't let me catch you, or I'll beat your butt until you cry!"

Song Shi did not expect hornets to come to him instead of taking revenge on this girl. He gloomily spewed a harsh sentence, turned around and ran.

Just as he dodged, the black cloud swept past a big tree.

Immediately, the tree trunk became full of holes. Then, with a sizzling sound, it was corroded until it turned black. Then, the entire tree trunk broke with a crack.

Song Shi's expression changed. He did not know if his Dharma Body could withstand being stung by this thing.

If he could not withstand it but did not die for a while, it would be too tragic of a death.

He quickly used the Phantom image Steps and four shadows appeared. They shuttled through the forest and greatly dispersed the pursuit of the poisonous hornets.

Soon, Song Shi was engulfed by the dense fog. A portion of the poisonous hornets did not catch up to him and circled around for a while before returning back.

On the black ship, the girl's smile turned into dissatisfaction, "He ran so fast. I wanted to see him stung into a sieve."

With just one sentence, he could tell that she was not a normal person.

"Miss Youyou, we have to go. This time, we didn't follow the rules and killed many people from the Great Qian Dynasty. The Spiritual Kings of the realm will probably come over in a fit of anger and take revenge!"

An old man in linen clothes walked out of the pavilion on the ship and said respectfully to the girl. n0๐’ฑ๐—ฒ๐ฅ๐‘ข๐‘†๐.๐“ฌ0๐‘€

If Song Shi was here, he would have been able to recognize the old man as Old Man Nightmare.

This old man that many cultivators feared was actually so polite to such a little girl at this very moment. If someone who didn't know the situation saw this, their jaws would probably drop.

"Grandpa Meng, can't we play a little longer? I just found an interesting toy."

...

Lu Youyou kicked her legs, pouted her red lips and wheedled at the old man.

"Miss, we really cannot. I have to ensure your safety."

Old Man Nightmare smiled bitterly, "Just killing some outstanding young people from the Demon Slayers Division this time was already enough to make them furious. If they knew that a newborn Nine Nether Divine Body like you is here. I'm afraid there will be really big trouble."

"Alright, let's go. We'll play next time we meet this person."

Lu Youyou nodded regretfully. She jumped up from the side of the boat and flew towards the attic without touching the ground.

Song Shi was chased for a while before he managed to get rid of all the hornets. He turned around and raised his middle finger at the sky, "Little girl, you'd better not let me catch you. Otherwise, I'll let you know what discipline is."

Angrily, he kicked a rock. The head-sized rock flew out and hit a humanoid object.

His eyes narrowed. Through the fog, he found many dried corpses lying around. They all exhibited traces of combat . Although it seemed to have happened not long ago, there was no blood at all.

Song Shi felt his blood run cold.

These corpses couldn't have died from being leeched, right? He hated suffering this kind of death the most.

With a wave of his hand, a circle of wind formed under his palm. It blew away a lot of the fog with a heat wave, revealing a larger radius.

...

Numerous corpses lay on the ground in a mess. Weapons, flags and horses were mixed in. Iron pots and food spillage could be seen lying around beside the tattered tent.

"Caw, caw!"

At this moment, a few crows were alarmed by the sudden wave of hot wind. They flew up and let out dissatisfied croaks as they stared coldly at Song Shi.

A dried corpse beside him suddenly rolled its eyes. A blood-colored worm crawled out. Its tentacles swayed in the air for a moment before retreating.

"Could this be the army that suppressed our rebellion?

Song Shi muttered, "From the looks of it, they were really wiped out."

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After scanning the entire area , Song Shi realized that the entire mountain was filled with corpses. Everyone had died miserably.

"These guys are basically just ordinary soldiers. Normally, they wouldn't die so strangely even in battles. But now so many of them have died. Could it be that the cultivators violated the rules and attacked them?"

Song Shi frowned.

In the Great Qian Dynasty, it was forbidden for cultivators above the Postnatal realm and the mid-stage Qi Refinement realm to kill ordinary people on a large scale. The Postnatal martial artists below were not forbidden because more ordinary people could be surrounded and killed.

In fact, even if he didn't know the laws of the Great Qian Dynasty through Hei Duzi's memories and according to common sense, the rule should be that a cultivator can only fight another cultivator, while ordinary people can only fight amongst each other.

Even if both sides had cultivators along with the ordinary soldiers, logically speaking, they would not attack each other so casually. Even if they did, cultivators wouldn't lay their hands so easily on ordinary people either.

However, hundreds of thousands of troops seemed to have died in this place overnight. The cultivators that had attacked them must have surpassed the Extraordinary Foundation Establishment realm. Perhaps it was Old Man Nightmare and the other Golden Core realm kings who had attacked.

"They've completely broken the rules. Now, the Great Qian Dynasty Officials won't follow the rules anymore. They're going to start killing cultivators tooโ€ฆ"

Song Shi saw that the situation was rapidly deteriorating. The world was going to be in complete chaos!

He walked over and observed the situation then he realized that many people were in various postures of struggling before they died. Some were reaching out to grab something and some had crawled forward in all fours with all their mightโ€ฆ

Without exception, the soldiers who all died did not manage to get too far away. They must have been tricked by something and could not escape in time.

"I'm afraid that the rebel army pretended to be unassuming in order to lure the enemy in and then used the poisonous environment of the Thousand Poisons Mountain Range to destroy them all in one go!"

Song Shi deduced what had happened. He lowered his body and took out a silver needle to insert into the dried corpse. A wisp of poisonous gas leaked out.

"Poisoned!"

He checked a few more people and all of them showed signs of poisoning.

He discovered some small red dots beside one person's ear. He thought of something and injected a trace of Nine Yang True Energy into this person.

The power of extreme yang immediately made the dry corpse's head turn red. A green spider with a red tail could not take it anymore and quickly crawled out. It wanted to escape, but it was slapped by Song Shi.

The power of fire immediately turned it into a pile of charcoal dust. It landed on the ground and trembled before dying on the spot.

"There's also the use of poisonous insects. Looks like it's not as simple as poison gas."

Song Shi was deep in thought as he stared blankly at the thick fog in the mountain.

This was the Thousand Poisons Mountain Range. As long as one had the means, they could easily summon all kinds of poisonous creatures and create a large-scale poisonous attack of both gas and creatures.

If he was not wrong, the enemy first used the poisonous fog to disarm the army, and then used the poisonous insects to kill those who were still alive.

How could ordinary soldiers withstand these two fatal blows?

This was the first time he felt that in a world with cultivators, wars were even more cruel than what he knew of.

"Shit, the rebel army has achieved such a great victory, Silken City is probably in trouble!"

He came back to his senses and hurriedly took out his Message Talisman, preparing to return to his family after telling Chen Yiling the news.

"Little brother, I advise you not to spread any news. Wait for them to check it out themselves."

A strange and shriveled voice appeared behind Song Shi, causing him to have goosebumps. He did not dare to move rashly.

He turned around and saw a mummy looking at him expressionlessly with red flames in its eyes.

The dried corpse wore simple clothes and had a jade hairpin stuck in its head. Its skin was red and it emitted a scorching aura. It was clearly not a Normal soldier and its outer appearance looked more like a scholar.

But it was definitely not a normal person!

Not to mention that he didn't notice it when it sneakily approached, just the fluctuations it emitted at this moment already gave his divine sense a huge feeling of pressure. His mind was heavy, as if he was being pressed down by a mountain.

"What is this? It doesn't look like a human, nor does it look like a so-called zombie."

Song Shi was shocked. The zombies he had encountered before were all cold. Why was this thing so hot like a furnace?

"Ah~" n0๐’ฑ๐„๐“ต๐“Š๐”ฐ๐”Ÿ.๐’ธ0๐—†

A faint scream came from afar. Song Shi's expression changed. Could it be that the other guys were in danger too?

"Little guy, don't be surprised. I'm a corpse cultivator from the Hiderigami lineage.1 I'm not an ordinary low-level zombie, nor am I a zombie from the other lineages. Naturally, I'm not cold."

The scholar-like dried corpse seemed to have noticed his surprise and took the initiative to introduce himself.

"Hiderigami!"

Song Shi was shocked. Hei Duzi did not know much about these aspects in his memories, but he was wary of such existences.

Because his poison and Gu did not have much effect on such things and people.

"That's right, Hiderigami. We belong to one of the four major Corpse Paths. I've already reached the low-level Crimson Demon realm. It's roughly equivalent to the Golden Core realm or the martial arts king among human cultivators."

The mummy nodded. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, as if he was smiling at Song Shi.

"โ€ฆ"

Song Shi did not know what to say. He was shocked to meet such a special existence at this dreadful timing.

Seeing that the other party did not move, he asked in surprise, "Why don't you just kill me? Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

With the other party's strength, there was no need for him to warn Song Shi to not inform the others. Wouldn't it be more convenient if he just killed him?

"It's mainly I find you very outstanding."

The scholar who called himself a Crimson Demon cultivator stiffly squeezed out a smile, "Your aptitude is not bad. Are you interested in joining my Heavenly Corpse Sect and becoming a Hiderigami who can live forever, fly in the sky and burrow into the ground?"

"โ€ฆ"

Song Shi's face twitched and he was left rather speechless.

What the hell? He actually met someone who wanted him to become a zombie.

This was really a big and strange world. There were all kinds of strange people and things.

"I'm sorry, I'm not interested. I'm still young and haven't enjoyed the beauty of the mortal world enough."

...

He refused immediately. What a joke. Only a fool would want to become a zombie.

Not to mention, he was already immortal to begin with. Even if he was not immortal, he would not be interested in becoming something that was neither human nor ghost.

Was being a human that horrible?

Why would he not want to be a human given how beautiful girls like Liu Ruxue and Chen Yiling were?

He really wanted to ask if there was something wrong with this guy's head. Was there really any living person in the world who wanted to be turned into a corpse and become a Hiderigami?

"Don't be in a hurry to refuse. Because you're still very young, it's normal for you to be reluctant to leave the mortal world. You might change your mind in the future."

The Crimson Demon smiled, "How about this? Let's sign an agreement. In the future, if your corpse is still intact, can it be part of our Hiderigami lineage?"

"Why?"

Song Shi was a little dumbfounded. Was this guy so keen on buying his corpse?

"The competition is too intense. If the corpse of an outstanding person like you is still intact when you die in the future, the vampires will definitely fight for your corpses."

The Crimson Demon sighed. Song Shi was speechless and could only describe his current emotion with one word.

...

Damn!

He did not know whether to cry or laugh, "What if I don't die but become an immortal?"

"It's not that easy. If I could easily become an immortal, I wouldn't have chosen to become a zombie back then. You'll only understand when you reach the end of your lifespan with no hopes of breaking through."

The Crimson Demon shook his head, "You don't have to be in a hurry to refuse. Having this contract will only be beneficial to you. After all, not everyone will get the chance to have such a contract."

"What's in it for you?"

Song Shi was immediately interested in this agreement.

Since he did not need to fulfill anything in this contract. It would be a waste not to accept it.

Hence he began to not mind making a pact with the Hiderigami zombies.

" For one, other zombies like the Vampires won't be able to suck your blood. In addition, after the contract, you will successfully transform into a zombie when you reach the end of your lifespan. You won't have to wait for your soul to dissipate before transforming."

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"For example, since most zombies didn't directly transform after their death, they no longer are the same person as they were, alive. As for vampires that transformed after being bitten by other vampires, they would be controlled by others and become their vassals."

Surrounded by the strange environment that was littered with corpses, The Crimson Demon continued talking about the promised benefits of the contract. "As for you, if you accept the contract of the Hiderigami lineage, you can retain your consciousness by directly transforming into a zombie when you die. Your body will thus be immortal and as long as you are not killed, you can basically live forever."

Song Shi still was not very impressed by these terms. After all, the system had already guaranteed an immortal body for him.

He pursed his lips, "Everything you have mentioned is something I have no control over. What if I get beaten to death after I transform into a zombie?"

"Well you're not losing out if you accept this contract anyways, are you?"

The Crimson Demon retorted, "If not for the fact that you cultivated a Dharma Body at such a young age, I wouldn't have wasted my breath on convincing you to accept my contract."

A realization dawned upon Song Shi. He probed, "What if I still refuse?"

"Then I will have to kill you. After that, I will bury your corpse underground and wait for you to turn into a zombie."

The Crimson Demon's calm words and cruel actions made Song Shi break out in cold sweat.

He was not afraid of death, but he was afraid that this guy would keep an eye out on his corpse.

The resurrection point he setup was not far from here. He did not know if the other party would be able to discover it.

"Why don't you give me a token of yours? If I get an inclination to join in the future, I'll look for you."

Song Shi felt that he was not in a position to refuse and decided to take a step back.

"No way. People like you are very effective against the other disciples of the Heavenly Corpse Sect. If I let you take my token and secretly kill other corpse cultivators, wouldn't I be your scapegoat?"

The Crimson Demon directly refused and said coldly, "Either you agree, or you turn into a corpse on the spot and I plant you into the ground as a seedling to become my zombie."

"โ€ฆ" n0๐—๐“”๐‹๐‘ข๐”ฐ๐’ท.๐—ฐ0๐“œ

Good lord, he is so blunt in revealing what he wants. He really is an old demon. Song Shi thought then asked curiously, "How old is Senior?"

The latter was a little unhappy. He felt that this kid was changing the topic again.

However, he still answered, "I was a cultivator from the previous dynasty and had cultivated for five hundred years then. After that, I have been a corpse cultivator for almost two thousand years."

"โ€ฆ"

Song Shi did not know how many times he had been rendered speechless. He commented awkwardly, "Senior's cultivation speedโ€ฆ"

"What's with that look?"

The Crimson Demon glared at Song Shi. "Young man, you're really ignorant. To have an undying body in the path of corpse cultivation, I'm destined to bear the shortcoming of slow cultivating speed. It's already not bad if I can break through one realm in a thousand years."

Song Shi muttered in his heart, "It's still too low. My immortal body from the system can improve faster than this."

He pretended to be enlightened and said, "I see. I wonder how I should address you, senior?"

"Su Tian."

The Crimson Demon said his name and said impatiently, "I can't stand your nonsense anymore. Are you going to sign a contract with me or do you want to die?"

A ring of fire appeared on his body and his powerful aura leaked out, it was so strong that Song Shi nearly fell to the ground.

"Forget it, I'll just force you!"

Su Tian could not be bothered to seek Song Shi's consent any longer. He took out a golden scroll and opened it. There were dense runes engraved inside of it, forming a strange mark.

After he chanted the incantation, the runes and marks immediately lit up, turning into a blood snake that flew out and shot straight towards Song Shi's heart.

Song Shi had no time to dodge. After the blood snake entered his body, he felt a strange force spreading, making his blood boil.

"It's so hot!"

His entire body was red, and a circle of powerful Qi and a portion of his blood was stimulated. There seemed to be an endless stream of power gushing out of his heart, making him feel like he was about to explode.

Instinctively, his Vajra Dharma Body erupted with might. A circle of extreme Yang power was released, seeking to expel the strange power.

"Good kid, you're actually cultivating a Diamond Dharma Body which is top-notch in defense amongst the Dharma Bodies. No wonder your body is strong."

Su Tian nodded in appreciation. Seeing Song Shi trying to force out the power of the contract, he chuckled. "Don't waste your energy. This contract is made by too great of a power. Accept it obediently, it will be beneficial to you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Song Shi's own power was directly suppressed. Then, familiar runes suddenly appeared on his body and condensed into a strange mark in his heart.

When the contract left a mark on Song Shi's body, it emitted pure energy, making Song Shi feel as if he was being inflated from inside out. It was unbearable.

"Kid, you're quite lucky to have met me. You have to know that the power of the Hiderigami Dao is also extremely Yang and unyielding. Because of your own Yang nature, it does not directly conflict with you. If it were any other fellow, they would have suffered greatly."

Su Tian chanted again and the runes on Song Shi's body retracted and condensed in his heart. Then, the scorching power calmed down.

Song Shi panted heavily and sat down. He said weakly, "Didn'tโ€ฆ Didn't you say that it was a contract? How can you force yourself on me? What kind of contract is this?"

"Who told you that the contract has to be approved by you? As long as I am strong, enslaving your soul is not a problem."

Su Tian placed his hands behind his back and said indifferently, "Remember, if you need to fight with your life in the future, you can use the power of the contract by silently chanting the word 'Ba'. It can allow your power to erupt and your strength will double."

"There's such a benefit?"

Song Shi immediately perked up.

"Naturallyโ€ฆ Oh, if you don't want to become a zombie alive, don't use it recklessly. After all, the power of the contract is a special curse. If you use it too much, it will deepen the corrosion of some of the spells that have been bound on you and you will become a zombie faster than expected."

Su Tian mentioned the negative effects.

This immediately made Song Shi unhappy because he thought he had another trump card to use. After he heard this, his expression turned bitter.

This contract was a double-edged sword. As expected, there was nothing normal or good about this kind of person.

"Don't mind it too much. You'll die sooner or later. Even if you don't die, you'll become decrepit. You'll be grateful to me in the future."

Su Tian smiled, "If you can grow old normally, remember, when you're old, your Qi will deteriorate and your body will weaken immensely. Remember to come to us in time. Otherwise, without our help, some unclean 'things' will take the opportunity to destroy your consciousness and snatch your body away."

"Can I get rid of this thing?"

Song Shi frowned.

...

"If you're strong enough, you can, but I don't think you can do it."

Su Tian chuckled. He thought of something and threw out a slightly gray golden book. "This body tempering technique will be very difficult for you to cultivate but it has no flaws. If you have the ability to cultivate it to perfection, the curse will be nothing to you."

With that said, Su Tian pointed at the communication talisman in Song Shi's hand and turned it into ashes. Then, with a flash of fire, he disappeared.

"Kid, I hope you can come to the Heavenly Corpse Sect alive in the future."

The untethered voice echoed in Song Shi's ears, making him a little dazed.

"What's going on? I was actually forced into a contract by a zombieโ€ฆ"

Song Shi did not know whether to laugh or cry. He lowered his head and picked up the golden book. When he saw the large words on the cover, his pupils constricted.

Imperishable Golden Body!

Song Shi looked at the dusty ancient book and was stunned again.

"No way, there's such a powerful cultivation technique? It's fake, it's definitely fake. It's just that its name is impressiveโ€ฆ"

Su Tian, who had already flown more than ten kilometers, turned around and muttered, "I've finally thrown out the useless cultivation technique. This kid definitely won't be able to cultivate it, but he will be able to polish his body very well while trying to. When he turns into a zombie, he might be able to revitalize my Hiderigami lineage!"

...

Song Shi had yet to realize that his aptitude was getting better and better and he was already being valued by many masters.

He flipped through the golden book and found that the first page was blocked by a strange pressure. It took a lot of effort to open it.

"It doesn't look like a fakeโ€ฆ"

Song Shi's thoughts immediately changed from experiencing this strange phenomenon but he was not in a hurry to read the content on the first page. Instead, he flipped to the second page. However no matter how hard he tried, he could not open it.

!!

"Is it that powerful? My strength is at the level of the strength of ten elephants but I can't even do anything to a page of this golden book."

Song Shi was dumbfounded and could only read the contents of the first page.

First chapter of the Imperishable Golden Body.

Primordial Chaos Chapter!

"Heaven and Earth evolved from the Primordial Chaos. The Primordial Chaos was one, the origin of vitality, the physical body transformed from the Primordial Chaos, and this was the beginning of body refinementโ€ฆ"

Song Shi looked at the content and felt that it was impressive. He could not help but be intrigued.

He read it carefully. Even with his Comprehension, he felt that the content was mysterious and unfathomable.

The content of the first chapter was basically about treating the body as a newborn universe, constantly absorbing various powers from the origins of the primordial world to temper the body and build a solid foundation.

In his opinion, this was the section on Foundation Establishment, but it also covered many other realms. At the very least, information on Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment were all here.

"This is really something."

Song Shi keenly sensed that this cultivation technique was indeed not simple. It was worthy of its title.

"If he's so powerful, wouldn't it be difficult for him to be beaten to death given his cultivation?"

He was a little worried and immediately shook his head. "I can't keep thinking about farming deaths. It's meaningless if I deliberately do it. It's better to cultivate the traditional way obediently."

After putting away the golden book, Song Shi was not in a hurry.

This cultivation technique seemed very difficult. He had not finished cultivating the other cultivation techniques and had limited time and energy. He had to cultivate his other techniques to perfection as much as possible first.

He had long drawn the Connate Pure Yang Art but Song Shi was not in a hurry to cultivate it because he had cultivated too many cultivation techniques currently and did not have enough time and energy.

He turned around and took out another Communication Talism, activating it and telling Daoist Cai about the situation.

As for whether the other party could get the reward, he was not interested.

From what Chen Yiling said, as long as he provided information, there would more or less be benefits for him to reap.

After doing this, he stepped on the stone and leaped to the next location.

Since they had also lost contact with Sikong Ya and the others. They did not know what was going on at all.

After advancing deeper into the Black Poison Mountain Range for a while, Song Shi discovered traces of battle. He carefully stopped and probed with his divine sense.

Then, his pupils constricted and he disappeared in a flash. He appeared in a valley, only to see shattered bones and clothes on the ground.

Judging from the number of bones, the number of people who died should be in the double digits, many tokens had also fallen to the ground.

Wood, ironโ€ฆ silver!

Song Shi walked over and picked up a silver token. He sighed. "Sikong Ya must have been doomed!"

He found three silver tokens and picked them up. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly felt dizzy. When he looked down, his hands had already turned black.

Wisps of black gas quickly invaded his body like maggots attaching to his bones.

"It's poisonousโ€ฆ"

Song Shi reacted. Even with his Physique, he only managed to take two steps before he could not take it anymore. As the world spun, he fell to the ground and foamed at the mouth.

"Hehe, to be able to take two steps even after my poison, you're quite capable!" n0๐’ฑ๐”ข๐‘™๐ฎ๐—Œ๐“‘.๐œ0๐‘š

Just as he was about to die, Song Shi vaguely heard a voice. A black-robed man appeared in the distance like a ghost.

The clothes he was wearing had a hat that covered most of his head. His exposed lips were slightly black and his eyes were green.

"You have been poisoned to death. Poison Resistance 20!"

"You have absorbed strength from death and obtained 10 Freedom Attribute Points!"

"You will be resurrected in three seconds!"

[Resurrection location has been set. You will be resurrected at the designated location!]

Three seconds later, Song Shi's body disappeared.

The green eyes of the black-robed man in the distance changed. He coldly locked onto Song Shi's position. "Good kid, you have a method to save your life? Is it a Substitution Talisman?"

Surprisingly, his eyes were like venomous snakes as his divine sense spread out like a cold wind.

Fortunately, this place was quite far from Song Shi's resurrection point. After Song Shi was revived, he pretended to be dead and evaded detection.

This made the black-robed green-eyed man fall silent, and a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes. "Could it be that this person is a disciple of a large faction and not the Great Qian government? If not, why is he here at this time? He's probably the descendant of a King from the Demon Slayers Division. I have offended yet another powerful personโ€ฆ"

Suddenly, a loud sound sounded from afar, like a sudden clap of thunder.

He immediately raised his head. His sharp gaze pierced through the large void and crossed more than a hundred kilometers. He saw a fire cloud erupt in the distance.

"That seems to be the Heavenly Ghost Sect's Great Kraken Ship. These guys are too arrogant. They're driving the ship in plain sight. Do they really think that everyone is blind? However, to dare to attack the Demon slayers with such a war Dharma treasure, it must be the powerful fellows of the Great Qian Dynasty who provoked them first!"

As he muttered to himself, he glanced at the bones and tokens on the ground. Then, he sprinkled some more things onto the ground which turned into colorless and odorless poison.

Then, he looked into the distance and smiled coldly. "Although the few major sects of the Holy Church have joined forces this time, the Godly Qian army of the Great Qian Dynasty is still a little too strong. The Zenith Heaven Guards are also like rabid dogs that won't let go. According to our agreement, we'll help them in order to temporarily avoid conflict with them!"

He formed a hand seal and turned into a ball of green poisonous smoke. With a bang, the smoke exploded and disappeared.

At the same time, Song Shi sensed that the danger had temporarily dissipated and got up from the pile of fallen leaves.

Then, he realized that there was a ball of burning clouds in the sky and sensed that powerful figures were colliding.

...

"Old Man Nightmare, I think you've grown bored of being alive. How dare you attack a group of Qi Refinement Connate cultivators!"

Amidst the rumbling roar, a huge Fire Spear appeared within the burning clouds.

Song Shi could immediately tell that this was the Blazing Sun King he had seen before. Opposite him, a gray cloud was floating.

"Blazing Sun King, the Great Qian Dynasty has gone against the trend and is at its end. The order of the world has collapsed. Why are you still so concerned about such rules?"

A strange and erratic voice came from within the gray cloud.

"Ridiculous. How dare you pretend to be reasonable when you don't abide by the rules. I'll kill you today. Let's see how many people will dare to mess around after this!"

The Blazing Sun King transformed into a flaming man. His spear shot out like a dragon as he charged over without hesitation.

The gray cloud was immediately engulfed by the flames. An old man holding a white bone rod was revealed as the gray cloud was pierced through by the flames and started to retreat in the air.

"Blazing Sun King, you're very suitable to join my Hiderigami lineage. Don't follow the fallen Great Qian Dynasty anymore. Come to my Heavenly Corpse Sect and I'll bestow you the position of an elder."

A familiar sound rang out causing Song Shi's face to twitch. A fire cloud appeared in the distant sky again. It was extremely Yang and firm, but there was a strange aura. It was the aura of destruction and death, completely different from the Blazing Sun King's fire power.

"This old man is recruiting people everywhere. Is there such a shortage of people for his sect?"

...

Song Shi cursed silently. He did not foolishly stay to watch the ongoing fight anymore. Instead, he quickly slipped away.

He didn't want to watch the show.

At this moment, a piercing phoenix cry resounded , piercing through to the nine heavens.

Crimson flames appeared and transformed into a huge fire phoenix flying over to the commotion. Then, a human voice sounded.

"Even the low-key Heavenly Corpse Sect has joined the Demonic Sect. You guys have made such a huge ruckus!"

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A middle-aged man walked out from the fire phoenix and stared at Su Tian.

"It can't be helped. Everyone will take turns kicking the man who is down*. If I don't interfere, I would not get a share of the pie in the future."

Su Tian's expression was calm as he said indifferently, "Furthermore, I'm a cultivator of the Pre-Qin Dynasty. In my eyes, you guys are the real rebels."

"Well said. The Great Qian Dynasty now are people like us. Do you really think we can't replace you?"

!!

Amidst loud laughter, a slender and handsome young man flew into the sky. His eyes were soft but his temperament was evil.

At this moment, he was in high spirits. He held a tri-colored feather fan in his hand and questioned the other party with an overbearing aura, "Virtuous Phoenix King, do you think that's right?"

Virtuous Phoenix King!

When Song Shi, who was running away, heard this name, he subconsciously looked up.

This person also had the power of the Fire, but his power leaned towards gentleness. The Dharmic power phenomenon on his body was very magical. He actually could form a Phoenix and hence should be relatively strong.

"So this Phoenix man is actually Chang Sunji's father?"

Song Shi was speechless, "I need to hurry up and escape. Although he might not discover that Chang Sunji's death was caused by me just to be safe, it's better to stay away for now."

He sped up and slipped into the forest, running into the distance.

The Virtuous Phoenix King didn't answer yes or no, because no matter how he answered, he might fall into the other party's trap.

Instead, his eyes revealed a lofty look. He took out a jade brush and said with a murderous aura, "Jiu Yu, if you dare to deceive the public with your demonic words, you will be executed!"

The jade-colored brush-shaped Dharma treasure quickly enlarged, releasing dense silver threads that wrapped around the young man.

"You still dare to act domineering at a time like this? You really have a death wish!"

Jiu Yu laughed sinisterly and waved the tri-colored feather fan in his hand. A circle of a powerful gust of wind appeared.

Hu hu hu!

The gust of wind erupted.

The wind released by the feather fan was also divided into three colors. The white one had a sharp edge, the green one formed a wind blade, and the red one turned into flames.

This strange power of wind and fire bypassed the other party's silver threads and swept towards Virtuous Phoenix King with a shockingly powerful Aura.

The latter's expression changed. This fellow's Three Flowered Treasured Fan could actually counter his Silver Silk Jade Brush. If this continued, he would be at a disadvantage.

Without hesitation, he took out a silver pearl. Brilliant light bloomed and the gust of wind that approached him disappeared without a trace. The remaining attacks were also easily blocked by him.

" Wind Stability Bead!"

Jiu Yu's expression changed. He didn't expect this guy to be able to find such a rare Dharma treasure. It seemed that he had made ample preparations this time.

A smug expression appeared on Virtuous Phoenix King's face, "In front of the Wind Stability Bead, more than half of your Dharma treasures are useless. Die!"

He formed a hand seal with one hand and the red flames condensed into a huge Phoenix. This phoenix spread its wings and flew towards Jiu Yu with a scorching heat wave.

Jiu Yu could only hurriedly cast a spell to resist it. Then, he realized that the silver thread had already arrived beside him first and directly stabbed over, showing signs of piercing him into a sieve.

"Hmph!"

He did not expect to be at a disadvantage in a single exchange. A green light flashed on Jiu Yu's body, and he instantly retreated a thousand feet away, dodging the spider web-like silver threads that surrounded him and the subsequent fire phoenix attack.

However, after dodging the silver thread, the phoenix changed its direction and chased after him again.

At this moment, he now had ample space to deal with it. He formed a seal with both hands and a green tornado condensed, blowing out and sweeping the fire phoenix away.

The power of wind and fire gathered together, causing the resultant power to become even more violent. They destroyed each other and then with a bang, caused an explosion.

"Without the help of so many Dharma treasures, you would have died long ago!"

Jiu Yu looked at the Virtuous Phoenix King in disdain.

"If you hadn't run away quickly, you would have died just now!"

Virtuous Phoenix King strode forward with the Wind Stability Bead on his head and the Silver Silk Jade Brush in his hand. He looked down at Jiu Yu and said, "Since you all dare to gang up and kill 300,000 soldiers of our Great Qian Empire, you have to bear the wrath of our Great Qian Empire!"

"Hmph, just the two of you?"

Jiu Yu had a mocking expression. "Kill them before the rest of them come!"

"Do you think you can continue to gain the upper hand?"

Virtuous Phoenix King had a disdainful expression, "You're too full of yourself. This is still the Great Qian Empire after all!"

As soon as he finished speaking, spatial fluctuations appeared in the distance and a huge silver ancient starship appeared. On it stood a dense group of silver-armored soldiers.

In front of the many soldiers, three figures with powerful auras were staring at them.

"Oh no, the Godly Qian army is here!"

When Su Tian saw this, his expression changed. "Don't bother with them anymore. Once you're trapped by the Qian God Army's Heavenly Battle Formation, it'll be difficult for you to escape!"

Jiu Yu immediately said, "Let's go!"

"Why are you running? Every time we come, you're always hiding. What's the point?"

One of the people in front of the Godly Qian army raised his head. His gaze was like two piercing words as he stared at Jiu Yu.

"Damn it, Zenith Heaven King, wasn't this guy guarding the Imperial City? He actually came here!"

Jiu Yu, who had been calm just now, was clearly a little flustered. He hurriedly turned around and said, "Activate the Supreme Kraken Ship and leave immediately!"

"A bunch of rats that will never see the light of day. They run around every time they see us!"

Zenith Heaven king's tone was disdainful. He was wearing a white robe. His face was thin and expressionless. He had a cold temperament and carried seven long swords on his back. He looked like a sword box.

"These rats are quite bold. They actually dared to touch so many of our normal army this time!"

A middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and fierce eyes wearing silver armor on his left raised his hand. "Activate the attack Array Formation and blast their stupid fish boat down!"

...

The silver battleship shone brightly and began to charge up on powerful attacksโ€ฆ

At this moment, the Daoist on his right, who had his eyes closed and was wearing a Daoist robe, opened his eyes and said in surprise, "Eh, you actually dare to bring a newborn Nine Nether Divine Body over this time, you are being too generous to us."

"Nine Nether Divine Body?"

The Zenith Heaven King's gaze became even brighter, like a sword that was about to be unsheathed. "Very good. Since you killed the young people of the Demon Slayers Division's Fiend Eradicators. Today, I'll kill your core successor!"

Old Man Nightmare's expression darkened. "How dare you! Although you, the Zenith Heaven King, are known as the number one Sword King of the Great Qian Dynasty, Miss is the descendant of the Sect Master. If you dare to hurt Miss, you will definitely die!"

"If you old man has the ability, you can come and kill me directly!"

The Zenith Heaven King had a proud expression. He took a step forward and his sword sense soared into the sky.

Everyone's swords began to tremble.

Zheng zheng!

The seven swords on his back lit up at the same time and were all automatically pulled out. They instantly formed a sword formation and followed behind him to attack the Supreme Kraken Ship.

When the kings in the sky arrived, the battle became even more intense, Song Shi was not in the mood to watch any longer. This was because he had encountered a dense swarm of poisonous insects.

...

These things had appeared out of nowhere and had spread all over the mountain. And he, who had trypophobia, felt his scalp tingle.

"Damn it, they must have been summoned by the guy who used the poison just now!"

Song Shi released his Nine Yang True Energy, which turned into a circle of flames to block the poisonous insects.

Under normal circumstances, his strength was enough to make ordinary poisonous insects retreat. However, there were too many of them. There would always be some who were not afraid of death and crawled over. No matter how hard he tried, he could not kill them all.

"Don't I have a Poison Avoidance Pearl? Let me take it out and try!"

Song Shi touched the storage ring hidden in his chest and took out a green bead. Immediately, the surrounding poisonous insects avoided him as if he was a disgusting plague.

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Just as Song Shi seized the opportunity to leave, the area above his head suddenly lit up and a sharp light streaked across the sky.

RUMBLE!

Amidst the deafening sound, he saw the black ship in the distance being directly cut into half by a power streak of Heavenly Sword Qi.

"So strong! No wonder they say that this person is the number one Sword King of the Great Qian Lord Dynasty!"

Song Shi exclaimed. He felt that this strike was very stunning and had a different kind of beauty to it!

"This is what men should pursue. If I only have a death wish then I am too unambitious"

He cursed himself for being useless. All he thought about previously was relying on the system to win in life.

After seeing these stronger existences, his mentality had changed.

It could be said that he had been stimulated. Things that he had felt content with could no longer satisfy his growing psychological needs.

At this moment, he wanted to pursue more. Otherwise, he would be no different from living like a salted fish1.

"I want to cultivate seriously and become a powerhouse by myself as much as possible!"

Song Shi had a serious expression as he secretly opened the system and increased his Comprehension with all his Freedom Attribute points. He wanted to use his powerful Comprehension to further study various cultivation techniques and divine powers.

Just as he was feeling smug, a certain bag on his waist fluctuated. Song Shi thought of something and took out a black alms bowl, placing it on the ground.

He formed a special seal and as a light flashed, the seven-colored centipede appeared in the alms bowl.

The originally sleeping centipede had already woken up. After Song Shi opened the seal, it suddenly shot out and landed on the poisonous insects.

A slaughter erupted. This centipede actually ate other poisonous insects as food. It killed a lot of them, scaring the other poisonous insects into fleeing.

"I thought it was going to run away. I guess it was just hungry."

Song Shi frowned as he watched the other party eat its fill. Then, it crawled back on its own and caused Song Shi to feel a little disgusted.

This thing did not seem to be of much use to him. He was not interested in being a poop-picker2 for this insect.

However, some fragments of Hei Duzi's memories appeared in his mind. This centipede seemed to have a connection with the alms bowl, which was why it came back on its own.

In that case, it could be used as a hidden weapon.

Without any time to study it, he sealed the alms bowl and put it away. Then, he set the resurrection point to resurrection on the spot.

He did not want to be resurrected here after he died. Not to mention that it was extremely far, it would be troublesome if he encountered the others here.

He left the Thousand Poisons Mountain Range in one breath and returned to the edge of the mountain range, which was the cave where Chen Yiling and the others were staying.

There was no one here anymore. Song Shi secretly frowned. Why didn't he take an extra communication talisman back then?

"Forget it, I don't need the rewards."

Song Shi decided to give up on the reward. He did not want to stay here for long. Now that so many Golden Core cultivators and martial arts kings were here, he felt that danger could erupt at any time.

Just as he was about to walk out of the cave, he saw a few yellow talismans stuck at the entrance of the cave.

"What talisman is this? It looks a little familiar."

Song Shi was curious and thought that it was Chen Yiling's contact information.

In the next second, the runes lit up brightly. Flames appeared and emitted a dazzling light. An explosive force was released.

"Holy shit!"

Song Shi's pupils constricted. He remembered something at the last moment, but it was already too late!

Boom!

With a loud bang, the ground shook and the entire cave collapsed instantly. The cliff was even flattened by the explosion, filling half of the entire valley.

"You were killed by the explosion. Physique 10!"

"You have absorbed strength from death and obtained 5 Freedom Attribute Points!"

"You will be resurrected in three seconds!"

"No resurrection location set. Resurrection on the spot by default!"

"Dingโ€ฆ congratulations on being killed by a new target. You meet the motivation conditions. The lottery subsystem has been activated. If you kill the target within the specified time, you will be rewarded with one chance to draw the lottery."

Song Shi was actually killed by the explosion. His mid-grade Vajra Dharma Body could not even block it. It was obvious how terrifying the explosion was.

Moreover, this time, someone had used a talisman to blow him up on purpose, which he inferred from the system that had attributed the cause of his death to someone. There was a reward for killing this guy.

In the outside world.

"Killing one with an Explosive Talisman isn't bad."

At the end of the valley, a person wearing a fox mask appeared and looked at the results in satisfaction. Then, he turned invisible and decided to leave this useless place that was no longer able to be used for ambush.

Similar scenes were happening everywhere.

The people from Sky Demon Cult had not retreated completely. Instead, they hid and waited for the right time to secretly kill those who approached to investigate the situation.

This was the first time in the history of Great Qian that they had acted so arrogantly.

In the past, when they were dealing with these people, they would either hide or run away. This time, they actually dared to directly attack the cultivators affiliated with the Great Qian Dynasty and even dared to ambush them. This showed that the Sky Demon Cult's power was getting stronger and stronger, hence there was no need for their members to be too timid.

Just as the ambushers thought that Song Shi would definitely die, deep underground, amidst the countless gravel, Song Shi opened his eyes and subconsciously cursed, "Which old foxโ€ฆ"

After scolding, he hurriedly closed his eyes.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

He was being crushed by the gravel. His eyelids were covered in dust. When he opened his mouth, the gravel almost choked him to death.

A circle of golden light was released from his body and spread out, forming an energy shield that temporarily isolated him from the outside world.

...

He released the Nine Yang True Energy and shook off some of the dust on his body. He continued to curse, "Bastards of the Sky Demon Cult, setting traps everywhere to trap people. Are they all a group of orphans?"

Song Shi was furious.

In less than a day, he had died countless times. First he was ambushed last night, then, when he went to investigate the situation, he encountered the poison left behind by the poison master. Now, when he came back to look for Chen Yiling, he was killed by another explosion!

It was fine if he was killed head-on, but he kept being ambushed and died wrongfully. This was the most depressing thing.

"Don't let me catch you. If I do, I'll blast you into pieces too!"

Song Shi gritted his teeth. The person who killed him this time should not be too strong. Otherwise, he would not have used such a bomb-like explosive talisman to kill him indirectly .

He got up and wanted to deal with the sneaky ambusher, but he realized that he was being pressed down.

Even with his strength, he could not move much. His expression could not help but change into one of horror.

How deep was he buried for him to feel this way?

The surroundings were pitch-black. Song Shi probed with his divine consciousness and realized that there was only gravel and soil above his head. He could not even send divine sense out.

"I've been buried alive!"

...

This thought appeared in Song Shi's mind in horror. He hurriedly raised his hand and threw a punch.

BANG!

With a muffled sound, the stone shattered and buried him even more tightly.

Song Shi realized that he could not use brute force. At the very least, he could not rely on brute force to get out of the pit.

Instead, he arched his body as much as possible. His fingers turned into claws as he dug towards the area supported by large rocks.

Ordinary stones were like tofu in Song Shi's hands. They quickly shattered. Song Shi threw them behind him and used it to consolidate the tunnel.

Through this method, he managed to use the support of some rocks to slowly dig out a hole.

After digging for a while, he was panting and had difficulty breathing.

This was due to the lack of air and the lack of oxygen.

"Iโ€”"

Song Shi was experiencing the horror of being buried alive. An existence like him would still suffocate to death even if he had the strength to dig a hole.

"I just unlocked the death by being blown up and now I have to suffocate to death."

Song Shi smiled bitterly. Qi Refinement and Connate cultivators are not able to abstain from eating for a long time or hold their breath for long. Only when they reached the Foundation Establishment realm then would they no longer need to partake in these two vital activities. n0๐“‹๐‘ฌ๐“ต๐—Ž๐—Œ๐“ซ.๐šŒ0๐”ช

He endured the pain of a lack of oxygen and sped up his digging. After holding on for a while, he fell to the ground in a daze and slowly died.

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92 Finally Escaped

"Dingโ€ฆ you have been suffocated to death. Physique 1!"

"You have absorbed power from death and obtained 1 Freedom Attribute Points!"

"You will be resurrected in three seconds!"

"No resurrection location set. Resurrection on the spot by default!"

After Song Shi was resurrected, his expression did not look good.

From the low rewards it showed that suffocation was a very low-value death.

But what choice did he have?

Now that he was still buried alive, he was still severely lacking in oxygen due to being underground.

He subconsciously took deep breaths like a fish out of water. He looked a little depressed, "I haven't reached the Foundation Establishment realm and can't attain the Embryonic Breathing technique. Do I have to suffocate to death to get out?

"Wait, since I can abstain from breathing in the Foundation Establishment realm, can't I just cultivate?"

Song Shi opened the system and found the Connate Pure Yang Art that he had never cultivated before. After extracting it, a piece of cultivation technique information surged into his mind.

This was a cultivation technique that could perfect the Foundation Establishment realm. It was divided into 18 levels. The first 13 levels corresponded to the limit of Qi Refinement. The middle four levels corresponded to the four small levels of the Foundation Establishment realm. The last level was the method to condense the Golden Core.

He hurriedly studied the description of the Embryonic Breathing technique in the Foundation Establishment realm. After reading it, his face twitched. "It actually involves changing the way life moves and returning to the breathing state of the fetusโ€ฆ"

Song Shi suddenly felt that he was not cultivating immortality, but studying the mysteries of life. Furthermore, he was using himself as a research subject.

How f*cking risky was this? If he was not careful, he might end his own life.

For example, after knowing the specific situation of this Embryonic Breathing technique, he was certain that it was about the state of a person in their mother's body. n0๐‘ฝ๐–พ๐”ฉ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐”….๐“’0๐š–

When humans were not born, the Embryonic Breathing technique was innate. However, after they were born, they would start to absorb the air in the world.

Now that he had been used to breathing for more than ten years without a mother, it seemed way too difficult for him to suddenly return to that state.

This was no longer a matter of Comprehension. It involved many complicated things, such as the science of life.

"Cultivation is so difficult!"

Song Shi finally understood one of the reasons why people like Elder Dou did not manage to reach the Foundation Establishment realm when their lifespan was about to run out.

This realm was really difficult to break through. It involved the transformation of life and had indeed transcended the abilities of mortals.

With this Embryonic Breathing technique, other than the fetus, who else could do it?

Even the fetus had to rely on its mother, but cultivators had to rely on themselves to reconstruct the life cycle!

Song Shi's expression changed. He estimated that even if he relied on his Comprehension to figure it out, it would take more than a day or two.

During this period of time, he had been suffocated to death countless times.

Moreover, with this time, he probably could dig himself out.

"Let's just dig a hole!"

Song Shi smiled bitterly and endured the discomfort of the lack of oxygen. He raised his hand and circulated all his strength to dig.

Kacha kacha!

His fingers were like diamonds as he nimbly dug through the stone and soil in front of him. He was like a human-shaped pangolin as he advanced at a moderate speed.

At the same time, he calculated how long he could hold his breath.

One minute, two minutesโ€ฆ ten minutes, twenty minutes!

At 30 minutes, Song Shi's movements became slower and slower.

In reality, if he stayed still, he would be able to hold it in for a longer time. Now that he was circulating his energy to dig a hole, he could not hold his breath for long and would soon suffocate to death.

After resurrecting, he continued to move.

As he was deep underground, Song Shi's thoughts were isolated by the soil. He did not know the exact location at all. He could only randomly find a direction and dig upwards, relying on his luck.

After suffocating again, Song Shi frowned. "Why haven't I gotten out yet? Is my direction wrong?"

He tried to release his Divine sense, but he could only pass through a foot of soil. He could not go any further.

"The cave is in a rather steep valley. The explosion probably buried me for more than a hundred meters. I can dig ten meters each time I suffocate to death. I hope I can get out after suffocating six more times."

After some estimation, Song Shi continued to move.

"I'm a pangolin. I love to dig tunnels."

Song Shi muttered to himself in boredom. He then realized that he had mastered his claw techniques without a teacher as he continued digging endlessly.

After digging up another ten meters, he suddenly encountered a huge rock barrier. After hitting it a few times, he did not manage to penetrate it.

"It can't be. Did he encounter an extremely large rock? Or did he dig into the mountain?"

Song Shi's face darkened. He tried to dig a few more times, but the rock did not crumble. It was too sturdy. Although he could still dig, he could only change directions to dig around it.

A full day later, in the valley that had been razed to the ground, there was a loud bang. A place suddenly exploded, and a hand reached out.

Then, a dusty head appeared and took a deep breath.

"I'm finally out!"

Song Shi looked at the sky that he had not seen for a long time. He had never felt that breathing could be so beautiful.

He exerted a little force and crawled out of the ground. He compared his surroundings according to the direction of the passageway and found many large rocks. He was speechless.

"Damn it, I've dug eight big rocks underground. No wonder I couldn't come out."

He crushed the stone in his hand into powder and gritted his teeth. "The guy who blew me up, you have successfully provoked my killing intent. If I don't kill you, my surname isn't Song!"

Cursing, he took out the Invisibility Talisman and stuck it on his body before leaving quickly.

...

This time, he had learned his lesson. He should rely on the power of the Invisibility Talisman to leave safely.

He didn't want to waste any time in this godforsaken place.

After leaving the collapsed valley and arriving at a high point, he discovered that the mountain range was in a mess.

Many primitive forests had been destroyed by the battle. Some were burned, some were shattered by powerful attacks and some were flattened by the aftershocks. From time to time, huge pits and various corpses could be seen scattered.

"The fight was quite intense, but it has nothing to do with me anymore!"

Song Shi retracted his gaze and turned around to see a team of silver-armored soldiers chasing after a few men in black.

After walking for a while, he encountered a team of people from the Demon Slayers Division rushing past.

He did not say a word and maintained his invisibility. He managed to not encounter any danger along the way and successfully left the Thousand Poisons Mountain Range.

After more than a hundred miles, the Invisibility Talisman turned into ashes with a puff.

"This was some good stuff, even though there's only one. I wonder if I can get something similar. If I can't, I don't mind buying one or two spares."

Song Shi heaved a sigh of relief. Only then did he notice that his clothes were tattered. He wanted to change his clothes, but he realized that the spare clothes were gone.

...

He could only buy a new set from the villages and towns along the way.

After advancing for more than ten miles, he encountered a village. When he walked over, he was stunned to see many people similar to him on the country road.

Everyone was dressed in ragged clothes, but these people were sallow and thin, as if they had been malnourished for a long time. Some of them could not even walk despite their walking sticks.

"A refugeeโ€ฆ"

Song Shi recognized the identities of these people. Recently, war had been raging in Jinzhou, and the citizens there had been displaced. They could not survive there, so they naturally went to relatively safe places like Silken City.

Unfortunately, Silken City was in chaos now as well, these people would probably be very disappointed.

While Song Shi was deep in thought, an old man suddenly collapsed and passed away.

The surrounding people looked over and their eyes emitted a green light as they approached the body step by step.

"There's food!"

Someone muttered something that made Song Shi frown. His gaze landed on a skeleton by the side of the road. There were faint teeth marks on it.

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93 Great Philanthropist

He knew that it was normal for such a thing to happen in this chaotic world. The problem was that since he had encountered it, should he continue to watch without any action?

After thinking for a while, he rolled his eyes and pointed above his head, "Look, there's an immortal in the sky!"

Some people were attracted and looked up in a daze. The people who approached the old man's corpse had food in their eyes and seemed to be uninterested.

Someone muttered, "What's there to see about immortals? It's these immortals who caused me to leave my hometown!"

"Immortals won't give me food. Why should we look at them!"

Not only were they not interested in immortals, but they were also resentful. Song Shi could only change his voice and say, "Heavens, there's really an immortal and a cow flying in the sky!"

Immortals who could fly could occasionally be seen in this chaotic world, but oxen who could fly were rare.

The remaining people finally raised their heads to take a look. After all, just looking did not take much effort.

Swoosh!

A gust of wind blew past.

The person who had been tricked by Song Shi into looking at the sky did not see anything. He even turned his head to look for it, but the sky was still empty.

"Where did this immortal come from?"

"Where's the flying cow?"

Some people realized that they had been deceived. When they looked down, the old man's corpse had already disappeared without a trace.

"Damn it, it was that kid who snatched our food just now!"

"He's there! Uh, he looks very powerful. Forget it."

Realizing that Song Shi could still disappear without a trace while carrying a person, the few guys with some stamina shut their mouths resentfully.

The moment Song Shi disappeared, the few of them started discussing.

"Another good-for-nothing. Fortunately, he didn't kill us this time, nor did he beat us up."

"This is already not bad. If we meet a chivalrous fellow, people like us will become infamous."

"Forget it. We'll reach Silkworm Village soon. I heard that this village is very rich. We should be able to fill our stomachs there."

The fleeing group quieted down again and walked forward weakly.

Song Shi stopped in the distance. His powerful Physique allowed him to hear these people's words. He said with a headache, "Although what I did was a little harmful towards them, I just have to have a clear conscience."

After digging a hole and burying the old man, he picked up a stone from the ground and played with it. He followed the fleeing people while his gaze moved to the side of the mountain path. n0๐‘ฝ๐–พ๐”ฉ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐”….๐“’0๐š–

"If there was a choice, who would eat people?"

Muttering, Song Shi prepared to get some wild game for himself to try to solve the hunger of these people starving.

Just as he was looking for wild beasts, he heard a noise behind him. Song Shi turned around and saw a few hungry wolves digging the ground.

Wasn't that the spot where he buried the old man?

"Damn you!"

Song Shi swung his hand and the stone in his hand flew out forcefully.

"Howlโ€ฆ"

The wild wolf was smashed to the ground and screamed in agony as its head bled out.

The other six wolves were shocked. They stopped and observed their surroundings. They then snarled cunningly and became vigilant.

A fireball fell from the sky.

Boom!

The scorching power was released and under the destructive explosion, these beasts were all killed.

Song Shi appeared beside the Wolf Corpse. He rubbed his chin and muttered, "It feels so good to blow things up!"

He couldn't help but think of the fun of setting off firecrackers when he was young. Now that he was using them to blow up wild wolves, he felt even better!

Currently, the fleeing refugees were moving extremely slowly as they were in a hungry state. But before they could go far, they were frightened by the explosion and stopped in their tracks.

"Was that an avalanche?"

They felt extremely uneasy.

"Wild wolves have fallen from the sky!"

A voice appeared in the forest behind them. Then, charred wolf corpses fell from the sky and landed in front of them.

They counted a total of seven burnt corpses.

The refugee's eyes widened, "What's going on?"

"Everyone gets a share. Don't let me see you fight over it."

Song Shi's voice sounded out leisurely, before everyone could react.

Someone had hunted wild wolves for them to eat!

"It's him!"

The people who had scolded Song Shi before were shocked. They hurriedly lowered their heads and thanked him. "Thank you, hero!"

Then, they swarmed forward and began to prepare the wolf corpses for consumption.

Song Shi saw some people drinking the wolves' blood directly and frowned slightly. In the end, he did not bother caring anymore.

He was just making amends for his actions.

Looking down at the mud pit where the old man's body was, Song Shi sighed. "Even if the same species don't eat corpses of their own kind in the wilderness, the other species will eat it. The best way is to cremate these corpses."

...

Song Shi smiled awkwardly and dug the old man out again.

The Fireball he generated turned it into ashes. Only then did Song Shi leave.

"Oh no, dozens of people were buried here last time. Could they have been eaten by wild beasts tooโ€ฆ"

Song Shi suddenly thought of something and felt a little sorry for what probably happened.

After all, he had looted so many things from them.

However what happened had already happened, there was no way to salvage it now. Song Shi shook his head and decided to forget about it.

He took out a fasting pill and swallowed it to fill his stomach. He did not think about the wild animals eating the corpses he buried anymore.

He felt that the wild animals nearby had probably eaten humans before. Upon thinking this, he felt a little disgusted and lost his appetite immediately.

"This fasting pill tastes really bad."

Song Shi savored the taste of the fasting pill. It was even worse than the so-called army ration biscuits.

He could only go to the village ahead to take a look to see if there was any food that could satisfy his hunger.

...

With him intimidating them, the refugees on the way did not dare to fight too much and all of them more or less obtained some wolf meat.

Song Shi quickly left these people and walked to the front. From afar, he saw smoke rising from a valley.

Amidst the smoke, one could see a few huts and courtyards. Judging from the material of these structures, they were not thatched huts. It could be inferred that this village could be considered rich.

The other refugees on the road were nowhere to be seen. After walking for a while, at the entrance of the village, a group of people was queuing up to receive porridge.

" Master Huang is so nice and benevolent. He sends porridge to us every day."

"Especially the Young Madam of the Huang family. Not only is she beautiful, but she's also very kind."

"Their family is really the manifestation of the living Buddha."

Hearing the discussions from afar, Song Shi knew that there were rich people here that were helping these refugees.

"This is a nice village."

He nodded and prepared to walk over and ask where the so-called Great Benevolent Master Huang was. He wanted to see if he could buy a set of clothes here and fill his stomach too.

"Kid, don't cut the line!"

A refugee saw Song Shi walking towards the front of the group and berated him loudly.

Song Shi took out a piece of silver and tossed it at him, "You are mistaken. I'm not a refugee."

Seeing the large piece of silver, the dissatisfied refugee tactfully shut up.

Song Shi flamboyantly took out his folding fan and waved it around. Although his clothes were tattered, his temperament and posture still gave him the air of a rich young master.

He stopped in front of the steaming pot, "Friends of the Huang family, can I see your master?"

"Master is not at home. Young Master can see Young Madam instead."

The person who served the porridge was a short and fat middle-aged man. He answered with a smile.

"Please introduce me."

Song Shi was polite. Suddenly, he smelled a strange fragrance, "What does this porridge smell so unique?"

Subconsciously, he glanced at the porridge in the big iron pot.

As he looked closely, he suddenly realized that there were densely packed insects rolling in the pot.

There were all kinds of insects, and they were still alive. However, they were all in an immobile state. As they rolled around in the pot, they appeared as porridge boiling from afar.

However, if one took a closer look, these worms were mostly maggots and made Song Shi feel especially nauseous.

"โ€ฆ"

Song Shi, who was waving his fan, paused and looked at the person who looked like he was drinking soup but was actually eating the worms.

The juice of the crushed bugs splashed out, but these people did not react at all. Instead, they seemed to enjoy it very much.

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"Brother, is it good?"

Song Shi could not help but ask. He had never eaten worms before.

"Of course it's delicious. I think this is the most delicious porridge in the world. My body feels warm from eating it!"

The person he asked chuckled. His expression was simple, and he revealed a mouth that was missing two teeth. There was also some strange discoloration in his mouth.

"I can tell at a glance that you're a young master. This porridge probably does not appeal to you right? But for us, without this bit of porridge, many of us would starve to death."

A hunchbacked old woman who was queuing sighed, "A plague broke out in our hometown. People were dying everywhere. We didn't dare to stay there anymore. We could only escape here so that we won't get killed by the plague."

"I wasn't killed by the plague, but I almost starved to death!"

The middle-aged man who had just received the "porridge" snorted coldly. Then, he said gratefully to the Huang family's servants, "Fortunately, we were lucky to encounter a great benefactor in Silkworm Village. You know, all the villages we encountered previously chased us away."

The group of refugees echoed in agreement. They were all grateful to the kind Huang Master, who had given them porridge.

Song Shi was a little confused. Was this Huang Master really a kind person? Or was he a demon, or even a stranger being?

It couldn't be that they didn't have enough food that they had to catch insects for the refugees to eat, right?

Or was it a deliberate act to feed these refugees bugs?

According to the energy transmission efficiency of the ecological food chain, although these insects were nutritious, they required more energy to grow compared to producing normal human food like grains.

Of course, if these insects grew by eating leaves, then it would not consume much precious resources, since it was very difficult for humans to consume leaves.

Song Shi felt that no matter what the situation was, this village was not simple.

He looked at the back of the village. Mulberry trees were planted all over the mountains and plains. Some of the mulberry trees had very few leaves. They must have been picked before.

Were these mulberry leaves used to feed silkworms or the insects in the porridge?

Either way, there was something strange about this matter.

For example, why did Master Huang go through so much trouble to feed these people worms?

If he was really a kind person, wouldn't he provide actual food?

There was only one thing that was certain, and that was that this philanthropist was not simple.

No matter what the situation was, he felt that he had to escape.

The wind suddenly howled!

Song Shi muttered to himself and coughed, "Aiya, I suddenly realized that I dropped something. I'll go back and pick it up."

Regardless of whether there was anything wrong with this village, he felt that he should at least set up the resurrection point outside of this place before investigating.

Otherwise, he might not be able to come out after entering this strange place.

"This young man has an extraordinary temperament. He must be a descendant of a large family, right?"

After taking a few steps, a seductive voice slowly sounded behind him.

Song Shi felt that his bones were about to melt. This sound was so seductive that it felt as though no matter how hard steel was, it would be softened by this sound as well.

The men who were among the refugees that were beside him were all stunned. Some of them even drooled.

"Young Madam!"

"Young Madam is here!"

"Young Madam is so beautiful!"

Many refugees, regardless of gender or age, looked at the source of the voice in fascination.

Song Shi, on the other hand, felt a pair of eyes lock onto him. He turned around awkwardly and saw the owner of the gentle voice. His eyes widened instinctively.

It wasn't because he was frightened, but because he saw a beautiful woman.

Behind the 'steaming' big iron pot, a young woman in a snow-white fur coat was walking over elegantly.

This woman had a voluptuous figure and was not tall. However, because she walked with her toes slightly swaying, she looked rather tall and had a unique and enchanting air about her.

Her face was long and slender, and her pair of slender fox eyes had a layer of pale yellow light. Her brows were filled with love, her skin was rosy and tender and her red lips were fiery. Her appearance has the power to urge one to become completely enchanted and infatuated with her.

"โ€ฆ"

Song Shi could tell at a glance that this woman was not human!

How could humans possess such strange eyes?

Moreover, although the other party's aura was hidden, it was definitely not ordinary. Rather, her aura felt kind of murderous.

Most importantly, he sensed danger from this woman. A great danger. He would only feel this way when he met a Golden Core Spiritual Master or a Martial arts king.

He kept his composure and his expression unchanged, "Yes, I have some background, but I'm not from what is considered a big family."

"Young Master, it's obvious that your background is not simple. After all, how many men can remain calm when they meet Heyu?"

The young woman pursed her lips and smiled lightly. Her pair of 'watermelons' were clearly swaying, revealing a snow-white color that made the refugees forget about their porridge.

"You don't sound like a good woman."

Song Shi pursed his lips. This woman must have seen that he was a cultivator, so there was no need for him to be secretive about his identity.

"Kid, what nonsense are you spouting?!" n0๐‘ฝ๐–พ๐”ฉ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐”….๐“’0๐š–

"How dare you slander Young Madam!"

"Apologize to First Madam immediately!"

With a bang, many were filled with righteous indignation. In a fit of anger, they smashed their bowls and rolled up their sleeves, wanting to teach Song Shi a lesson.

Seeing these guys' eyes turn red, Song Shi's face twitched. Why did he feel like this woman was using her beauty to control the hearts of these people?

...

"Everyone, don't be agitated. This young master is just misunderstood."

Huang Heyu smiled faintly. Her words made the people who wanted to beat Song Shi up stop in their tracks.

Song Shi was surprised. From the looks of it, she did not seem to have any ill intentions towards him.

"I wonder what the Young Master lost? We can search for it on your behalf."

Huang Heyu walked over gently. A certain part of her body trembled and carried a strong fragrance.

"Thisโ€ฆ forget it. It's only a few thousand taels of silver."

Seeing that he could not escape, Song Shi could only give up on his plan. He set the resurrection point at the entrance of the village and prepared to die.

He just did not know what this woman wanted to do. If she wanted to kill him, how would she kill him? Would she sleep with him until he died or eat him alive?

If it was the former, he wouldn't mind being able to taste this young woman.

"Young Master must be really wealthy. It's just that your clothes are a little inappropriate."

Huang Heyu's eyes flickered as she sized up Song Shi and chuckled. "If Young Master doesn't mind, why don't you come with me to the courtyard? Our village has been raising silkworms and using the silk for weaving for many years. We have good silk and can make exquisite clothes for the Young Master."

...

"Then I will have to trouble you."

Song Shi nodded. He wanted to see the background of this Huang family!

Song Shi, who had angered everyone, was actually invited over by the goddess in their hearts. The male refugees were extremely indignant.

"He probably used to be a rich man's son. He looks like us now. Why did you invite him only?"

"Brother, can't you tell that at least I'm very handsome?"

"Tsk, maybe you're just a silver wax spearhead that looks good but is useless!1"

Many men complained, but there were also some who secretly left in the direction Song Shi had come from.

Under everyone's envious gaze, Song Shi followed Huang Heyu to a unique courtyard in the mountains.

With the beauty standing so close beside him and her fragrance wafting in the air. Song Shi looked at Huang Heyu's good-looking face and wrinkled his nose. He subconsciously said, "You're so coquettish!"

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Song Shi was not afraid of death, so he spoke the truth.

This woman was indeed flirtatious and made his heart itch.

The truth often made people uncomfortable. Huang Heyu's smile froze upon hearing that.

She didn't like the sound of that.

"Does the Young Master usually talk like this?"

"More or less. I'm a blunt man."

"Has someone beaten you up for talking like this before?"

Song Shi thought about it carefully and shook his head, "Not yet."

Huang Heyu stopped and stared at Song Shi with a smile.

"Young Madam, are you going to make a move on me? That doesn't seem like what a good woman will do."

Song Shi coughed. This woman did not attack him just because he said something mean. It seemed that she was not a vicious person.

"Thank you for your praise, Young Master. I suppose I'm just a good woman."

Huang Heyu pursed his lips and walked into the courtyard. A servant came out to welcome him and said respectfully, "Young Madam."

Song Shi glanced at the manservant. He was young and had yet to reach adulthood. His expression was a little wooden. He did not know if it was because he was used to seeing the young madam every day or something, but he did not look infatuated like the men outside.

"Lil Seven, bring this young master to the guest room to take a bath and change his clothes."

Huang Heyu instructed.

"Yes, Young Madam."

Song Shi looked around along the way.

This courtyard was decorated richly. There were many red lanterns hanging, carved railings, jade buildings, rockeries and waterside pavilions scattered around. Dozens of people shuttled through it. Although it was not as rich as the original Song family's courtyard, it was not bad in comparison.

He followed the servant to a room and waited for the obedient maidservant to bring the water over. He then took off his storage bag and other things.

After preparing the water, the maid walked in with a towel and a stack of clothes. She placed them aside and finished preparing the soap and petals for the bath.

"Young Master, do you need my help?" The maidservant asked respectfully.

"No need. I'll do it myself."

Song Shi shook his head. He had never liked to be served and bathed by the servants.

"Yes, Young Master. If there's anything, you can call Lil Nine directly."

The maidservant left quietly.

Crash.

Song Shi walked into the bucket and exclaimed, "Cold water? Shouldn't a normal person get hot water when bathing?"

He looked outside. It was late autumn, and the water was bone-piercingly cold.

However, he was already Yang in nature to begin with, so he did not say much and just washed up.

As he showered, he thought about all the strange things he had seen and was puzzled. "The situation doesn't look dangerous now. I wonder what will happen later."

The insects outside made Song Shi rather curious. As the cold bath water was a little unbearable. He secretly released his divine sense while bathing.

Right now, his Spiritual Power was quite strong and his Soul Consciousness could detect things more than one thousand feet away. However, as soon as he sent out his divine sense, he felt as if he had entered a fog.

"Array Formation Power?"

Song Shi was shocked and immediately felt that it did not seem like it.

He did not sense the unique fluctuations of the Array Formation.

"Great Yin Form Observation!"

Song Shi secretly used the trick of the Grand Moon Visualization Method to increase the power of his Spiritual Sense detection. Immediately, his thoughts fused with the Yin Qi of Heaven and Earth.

With the help of the wisps of Yin Qi in the world, his thoughts found a medium to converge on and he could finally detect what was outside in the fog.

Soon, his expression changed.

The originally magnificent courtyard became a little unreal, like an exquisite painting. The lantern outside the door looked like a piece of paper that was folded from a piece of construction paper. It was abnormally red.

The pavilions, rockeries, and fountains felt hollow at this moment. In the main room deep in the courtyard, a powerful aura was spreading and Song Shi did not dare to send his thoughts over.

Song Shi looked at the large wooden bucket in front of him in a daze. "I can't believe it. This courtyard is abnormal, but I can't see what its true appearance is."

He reached out and grabbed the edge of the wooden barrel. Upon touching it, he felt that it was wood, but under the visualization of the Yin Qi, it was actually as thin as a piece of paper.

"What's going on? Is it because of the angle of the Great Yin Visualization technique, or is this wooden barrel really made of paper?"

Song Shi was speechless. He originally thought that the person who ate the worms was deceived by illusions, but now, he could not tell the truth with his eyes either.

"I have to go out and take a look., but I don't really dare to probe too deeply here, nor can I investigate the situation entirely."

He washed dirty clothes in a few moves and got up to put on the yellow silk robe beside him. n0๐‘ฝ๐–พ๐”ฉ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐”….๐“’0๐š–

"It fits quite well!"

Song Shi walked around. "It's just that it seems a little too frivolous. I still prefer white and blue."

Satisfied, he opened his fan and put on his storage ring. More than ten storage bags were tied to his waist as he walked out leisurely.

Huang Heyu was instructing the servants in the courtyard to move a few bundles of mulberry leaves down from the carriage. When she saw Song Shi, she praised, "Young Master is indeed talented."

"Are you guys raising bugs?"

Song Shi was curious.

...

"If the silkworm you're referring to is a bug , then yes we are."

Huang Heyu pointed at a wooden house beside the courtyard, "There are snow silkworms inside. They're very picky about their food."

"Yes, silkworms are more delicate than normal bugs."

Song Shi nodded and touched his clothes. "This should be made from the silk spat out by your silkworms. It's indeed not bad."

"You think so, Young Master?"

Huang Heyu asked meaningfully.

Song Shi's heart skipped a beat. He smiled and said, "If it's not silk, what else can it be? Where's your Master and Young Master Huang?"

"In the main hall."

Huang Heyu pointed at the center of the courtyard. Behind the high threshold, in the thirty-foot-deep hall, an old man was sitting upright and smiling at Song Shi.

"My husband is not feeling well and is resting in the backyard. If the Young Master wants to see him, Heyu can bring you there."

"Since he is unwell, I won't disturb you both anymore. Thank you for your hospitality, Young Madam. I still have to go home, so I won't stay long."

...

"Young Master, what's the hurry? It's getting late. You should eat and rest for a night here before leaving. I'll arrange for a carriage and horse to send you back tomorrow."

Huang Heyu urged him to stay.

"Thisโ€ฆ I'll go out and take a look. The scenery in Silkworm Village looks pretty good."

Seeing that this woman did not want to let him go, Song Shi changed his method.

"I'll get the butler to follow you. I can also introduce you to the scenery of our village."

As soon as Huang Heyu finished speaking, a slightly hunched old man with a goatee appeared with a smile, "Young Master, please."

Song Shi's face twitched as he quietly walked out. He glanced at the two guards at the door and still felt that something was amiss.

He walked over to where the refugees were receiving their porridge.

His footsteps were very fast, but the goateed butler followed closely beside him.

Song Shi quietly came to the place where the porridge was distributed and stopped. He realized that the refugees had already eaten their fill and were sitting in the valley to rest.

He looked back at the manor and sighed, "What a beautiful manor. It's like a painting."

The goateed man nodded, "In our Silkworm Village, the Huang family's manor is the most beautiful."

"I wonder who crafted it?"

Song Shi was curious. "This craft is obviously a gift from the heavens."

Through the Great Yin Form Observation, he could already see the composition of the entire manor. It was a f*cking strange piece of art that was folded and cut with paper.

There were not many living people inside. The maidservants and servants were all paper figures. Even his clothes were cut out of yellow paper.

He did not expect to see these kinds of paper figurines in this world.

The goateed butler narrowed his eyes and chuckled, "As expected of someone personally invited by Young Madam. She has such good taste even at such a young age."

As Huang Heyu's real intention was revealed, the atmosphere instantly became a little tense.

At this moment, a refugee walked over and broke the tense atmosphere. He asked softly, "Young master, where did you lose the money?"

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"โ€ฆ"

Song Shi was just making up an excuse. Was there really someone looking for the missing silver?

He pursed his lips, "I don't know. Someone probably picked it up already."

The latter looked regretful, but he did not believe it, "Young master, you're not lying to me, are you? You're really so rich that you don't care about the little bit you lost?"

!!

"Piss off!"

Song Shi was not interested in explaining anything to this person.

"The wealthy are heartless!"

As he cursed, the refugee retreated awkwardly.

The goateed butler smiled mockingly. "Mortals are all like this. If they don't have enough food, warmth, or women to satisfy their lust, they will spend their entire lives pursuing wealth and glory. In fact, even if most people run around and work hard all their lives they probably will never get what they want. What do you think, Young Master?"

"Such are men."

Seeing that the old man had revealed the true face of the Huangs, Song Shi walked into the village.

As he admired the surrounding scenery, he shrugged and asked, "Is there anything the butler wants to achieve?"

"There is. To become an immortal."

The butler knew that Song Shi had discovered their identities and did not pretend anymore. He walked side by side with Song Shi and revealed a yearning expression, "Only by becoming an immortal can one truly live forever."

"It's just that this path to becoming an immortal is too difficult. I don't know who else in the world can do it."

Song Shi was curious, "Can demons become immortals too?"

The goateed man looked deeply at Song Shi and said with a smile, "Why not? That's just a realm after all. It's just like how mortals think we're immortals, but in fact, we're just cultivators."

"That makes sense. We think that immortals are very far away, but in fact, immortals are only cultivators who are many realms higher than us."

Song Shi agreed with this concept.

"That's the logic. Unfortunately, how many of us can do it? I have to say that it's easier for you humans to become immortals in this world. As such, I'm very envious."

"So, you came to a human village and pretended to be humans to do things. Aren't you afraid of being killed and getting your demon cores taken?"

Song Shi's words made the butler's beard tremble. A fierce look appeared in his eyes, "You shouldn't say such things." n0๐‘ฝ๐“”๐ฅ๐“ค๐“ˆ๐”Ÿ.๐•”0๐•ž

"Anyway, since I can't run away now, why can't I say it?"

Song Shi shrugged and looked at the butler from head to toe. He looked like a human. But with the help of his Great Yin Form Observation, he had already seen through this fellow's true form.

This person was actually an old ram demon spirit. His entire body emitted a dense murderous aura like a black cloud. His cultivation should be very powerful.

"So you're a demon too. In that case, the slutty aura I sensed just now was Huang Heyu's demonic aura?"

Song Shi sighed in his heart. These people who were in front of him were not evil spirits.

In reality, evil spirits wouldn't dare to be so bold in broad daylight.

After all, they came out in broad daylight to do good deeds. Although in reality they were actually demons and not humans!

In the past, he did not have much knowledge regarding the concept of demons. Now that he did, and he had seen a few with his own eyes, he could not tell with the naked eye that this guy was not human.

"Hehe, you know your place. But now that you know our identities, how are you not afraid?"

The Ram demon sneered coldly.

"Will being afraid make me feel safer? Besides, I'll give you a sense of accomplishment if I show that afraid. So I don't feel like being too afraid of you all. At most, I'll just die in your hands."

Song Shi had a proud expression on his face. With his hands behind his back, he snorted and said, "Regardless if man is born in heaven or earth. He is destined to die. What matters is if he died with a heart heavier than a mountain or lighter than a feather."

The Ram demon was stunned by Song Shi's words and felt enlightened. He could not help but reveal a thoughtful expression as he carefully savored the logic behind it.

"He's shocked by that?"

Song Shi was originally only acting deliberately to be unafraid of death and keeping a cool composure. He did not expect this tactic to be able to shock this great demon.

"Looks like he's unculturedโ€ฆ"

He could vaguely guess some of their motives already.

"Young Master is indeed different from those refugees. You have knowledge and talent."

Huang Heyu appeared with a smile. It looked as if there were water ripples in her beautiful eyes as gentleness overflowed, as if she wanted to drown Song Shi in them.

"They're about to starve to death. How can they still have the mood or energy to think about or say such things?"

Song Shi did not feel that he had any talent. What he said was just certain things he had memorized from his studies in his past life.

"Young Master is so considerate. All the Elementary Scholars I met in the past despised these refugees in the mountains."

Huang Heyu sashayed over with admiration in her eyes.

Sensing that this woman's attitude towards him had improved by a lot, Song Shi suddenly understood what kind of person appealed to these demons.

He opened his fan and continued, "Everyone has their own fate. Some are born to be Marquis, some are born to be bandits, some are born to be free, and some are born to be richโ€ฆ Every life in the world falls into the six divided paths. What they look down on are just the other party's lowly status."

"Young Master is really knowledgeable."

Huang Heyu suddenly felt that Song Shi's straightforwardness was also a kind of personality trait. She humbly asked, "What if someone was born a demon?"

Song Shi was speechless. He was not a life coach. Why did he have to answer such a deep question?

However, he still had to maintain his pretense. He coughed and said, "You have to be strong if you are born a demon."

"Seek self-improvement."

Huang Heyu was stunned for a moment and felt that what he said made sense. However, she still looked into the distance and asked, "Actually, I want to ask, should I be good or evil if I am a demon?"

"This has nothing to do with being a demon or a human. It depends on what you want to do. If you believe that good is greater than evil in this world, then do more good and don't provoke evil."

...

Song Shi's words were also testing if Huang Heyu was biased towards evil or good.

Huang Heyu looked like she was in deep thought. She thought of something and smiled brightly. "Alright!"

"Young Madam, the world is dangerous. I think it's better to be evil."

The Ram demon retorted.

"Why can't we treat good with kindness and suppress evil with evil?"

Song Shi found it strange.

Both of their bodies trembled, and their eyes lit up. As if something had changed within them.

Huang Heyu's eyes became clearer and her flirtatious aura faded. The murderous aura on the Ram demon also decreased greatly.

"Are these two cultivating right now?"

Song Shi fell into deep thought. But why did demons come here to cultivate? Wasn't it very dangerous for them?

The demonic sects in the Thousand Poisons Mountain Range and the official cultivators of Great Qian were engaged in a fierce battle. If they discovered demonic beasts here, they would not mind refining elixirs with demon cores by killing demons like them.

...

"Thank you for your guidance, Young Master. Listening to your words has been better than being in the mortal world for ten years."

Huang Heyu bowed elegantly. It was obvious that she was sincerely thanking him.

"I admire Young Master's talent and knowledge."

The Ram demon also bowed.

Song Shi was dumbfounded. Was a few random words worth a heavy praise?

Seeing the confusion on Song Shi's face, Huang Heyu pursed his lips and smiled, "Young Master, please follow me."

Song Shi followed him to the backyard. There was an ancestral hall here, and coffins were placed inside.

Huang Heyu walked to an open coffin. There was a young man lying inside and he was no longer breathing.

"These are the real members of the Huang Family?"

Song Shi was speechless.

"Yes, the people of the Huang Family have already died from the plague a long time ago. Sigh, I was a little too late and didn't manage to save my benefactor."

Huang Heyu felt regretful.

"Benefactor?"

Song Shi could not help but look at the young man whose face was covered in a faint blush. He felt a little strange.

"That's him."

Huang Heyu walked over and touched the coffin, "Ten years ago, this Young Master Huang entered the prefecture to take the Imperial examination."

"He saved you on a thundering night?"

Song Shi instantly imagined many things.

"How did you know?"

Huang Heyu was surprised.

"Strange novels always have such plots. For example, a certain scholar saved an injured vixen, siren and then a demon will come to repay his kindness. I didn't expect this to really happenโ€ฆ"

Song Shi did not take it seriously.

"More or less. At that time, I was in the midst of my transformation into a human in the mountain and I was at the most crucial moment. This young master's book on morality and sageness helped me successfully step into the spirit path instead of the beast path where I would have been dogged by bad luck."

Huang Heyu explained the reason.

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