Chapter 416: Chapter 216: Gu Qiao and Heihe Visit Together, Five Ghosts Succeed in Crossing the Tribulation

"If Fellow Daoist is willing, afterward I will request some special Yin Pills that enhance cultivation aptitude from Vice City Lord Lin. To tell you the truth, Fellow Daoist Gu Qiao broke through to the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment because he consumed those Yin Pills." 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"Thanks for your kind offer, Fellow Daoist Heihe, but everyone has their aspirations." Wen Jiu declined again, feeling enlightened in his heart.

No wonder, according to the perception of the East Spring Undying Bone, Gu Qiao’s soul was ethereal and unlike a normal cultivator who has broken through to the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment. It turns out he consumed the special Yin Pills that change aptitude, but medicine is three parts poison, especially pills that alter one’s innate talent.

From Wen Jiu’s observations, if Gu Qiao continues to consume them, his soul will be damaged but his aptitude will improve, which might be tolerable. But if he refuses, Wen Jiu has an intuition that Gu Qiao will not meet a good end.

However, this is not a rare occurrence.

Heterodox cultivators often engage in such practices. To enhance their cultivation aptitude, killing thousands to make pills is commonplace.

Subsequently, Heihe and Gu Qiao reiterated the benefits of this trip, repeatedly mentioning Vice City Lord Lin, but Wen Jiu firmly refused. He did not accept Heihe’s solicitation and dared not get involved.

Frustrated, Heihe had no choice but to leave.

Compared to Heihe, when Gu Qiao left, the deliberately displayed smile on his face vanished completely.

"Good, good, good, don’t develop any goodwill towards me, lest I hesitate when I kill you to devour the One-Eyed Armless Ghost King." Wen Jiu mused silently, seeing them off.

...

A hundred miles away from Lengxi Mountain, Gu Qiao’s expression changed, and he sneered contemptuously, "Brother Heihe, I don’t know why you value that kid so much, but let me say this. If you fancy that demon corpse’s powerful body, I can find a way to kill Li Mu and seize that demon corpse, perhaps using puppet techniques to control it, it might even surpass its usual strength."

"You don’t understand." Heihe responded helplessly, recalling the scene when Li Mu killed Shen Tu.

But these words couldn’t be said aloud.

Because of the Silencing Spell on him.

"It’s just a pity that Li Mu seems to have been troubled for so long that his mind is like that of an old man, unwilling to compete with others, only desiring peaceful cultivation, let alone taking sides." Heihe sighed and lamented, "Since we can’t win him over, let him be. The Little Demon Realm is full of powerful heterodox evil cultivators."

Gu Qiao didn’t mind, grinning sinisterly, "In that case, I can rest assured to kill him... If it weren’t for his full obstruction that day, I and the One-Eyed Armless Ghost King would have already killed Feng Jue, avoiding today’s situation."

"Don’t act rashly." Heihe warned.

Gu Qiao remained indifferent, continuing, "How long has Feng Jue been in the Wind and Cloud Immortal City, yet he is already allowed to cultivate in the Dark Evil God’s Cave Heaven. Brother Heihe, you’ve never been in there once. It’s only been a few months, and it’s already like this. What about in ten or eight years, will there still be a place for you among the true disciples?

This Li Mu and Feng Jue wear the same pants; he’s the only person Li Mu trusts in the Little Demon Realm. If he can’t be used by you, then it’s better to get rid of him early. His spirit root may be inferior, difficult to reach the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, but his demon corpse should not be underestimated. If it steps into the Tier Two Upper Realm, it will definitely be a great help to Feng Jue."

Hearing this, Heihe reprimanded, "Do not speak of this again; today, I’ll pretend I didn’t hear it. I have a bond with Senior Brother Wei, and besides, Feng Jue’s Earth Yang Foundation Establishment is understandably favored."

"Yes, yes, I won’t say it again."

Gu Qiao put on an apologetic face, as if genuinely too afraid to speak again, but inwardly he was already full of sly amusement.

The seed has already sprouted.

Growing into a towering tree is only a matter of time.

Speak or not.

The result will be the same.

...

Within Lengxi Mountain.

Wen Jiu retracted his Divine Sense, shaking his head helplessly.

This is one of the reasons he doesn’t like joining groups; wherever there are people, there’s this kind of scheming and plotting.

Regarding the conversation between the two, Wen Jiu planned to bring it up at some point, but as for Feng Jue’s safety, Wen Jiu was not worried. No matter how Heihe changes, truly threatening Feng Jue is impossible.

As for Vice City Lord Lin, as long as Feng Jue kills enough people in the future, even if Daoist Wei can’t protect him, higher-ups in Wind and Cloud Immortal City and Master Pei will. If one can achieve, as long as not being arrogant and annoying everyone, someone will protect him.

Over the next half month, while Feng Jue was in the Dark Evil God’s Cave Heaven cultivating, many came to Lengxi Mountain. Unable to see Feng Jue, they visited Wen Jiu, but Wen Jiu had Mu Chang’an turn them all away.

In the blink of an eye, the Five Ghosts reached the Tenth Realm, likely due to cultivating the Three Souls Flawless technique, merging with the Five Ghosts was surprisingly effortless, achieving integration in half a day. Wen Jiu immediately had East Spring Undying Bone quietly take the Five Ghosts out of the Little Demon Realm, passing through the Mortal Desolate Land toward the Traceless Mountain Range.

To be safe, before setting off, Wen Jiu used the Corpse Fate Technique to divine about the Three Karmic Demon Luo, and the result delighted Wen Jiu. Because when divining using the Corpse Fate Technique, it required only seventy percent of corpse energy.

In other words, the Three Karmic Demon Luo’s strength has severely weakened now, likely suffering major injuries under the pursuit of the Golden Core Cultivators of Divine Extinction Thousand Peaks.

"Seventy percent corpse energy is still affordable." Wen Jiu didn’t hesitate, immediately using the Corpse Fate Technique for divination.

Currently, the Three Karmic Demon Luo is deep in the ten-thousand-mile expanse of the Traceless Mountain Range’s Innate Death Land healing his injuries. Continuing to observe using the Corpse Fate Technique, confirming there was no anomaly due to the divination, Wen Jiu completely relaxed.