Beast Taming: Sharing Pets' Abilities-Chapter 390 - 389: Millennia-Old Aristocratic Clan—The Cang Family!
As for the second task, it’s somewhat similar.
It’s also an assassination task.
However, the target to be killed is actually an old acquaintance of Gu Yuan—Three Corpses Old Demon. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞
Gu Yuan is certainly not unfamiliar with this person.
Three Corpses Old Demon, an elder of the Primordial Nether Sect.
He had clashed with this person several times before.
Especially within the Red Dragon Immortal Palace, where Gu Yuan had a fierce battle with this demon, and afterward, relying on his own skyrocketing strength and the Black Dragon Halberd, he gained the upper hand, while Three Corpses Old Demon fell behind, even suffering some considerable injuries.
As for why Medicine King Mountain wants to kill Three Corpses Old Demon, speaking of it, Gu Yuan had actually heard about this matter before.
More than a year ago, Three Corpses Old Demon appeared in Shengyang Prefecture and directly performed a blood sacrifice on a town, sacrificing tens of thousands of civilians, a heinous crime.
Shengyang Prefecture is in Qinzhou’s territory, and Qinzhou, to put it bluntly, is Medicine King Mountain’s turf.
In this situation, how could Medicine King Mountain allow Three Corpses Old Demon to act recklessly? Where would Medicine King Mountain’s face be?!
As a result, Three Corpses Old Demon became a thorn in Medicine King Mountain’s side, something they were eager to eliminate.
However, Three Corpses Old Demon himself is a seasoned old demon, with countless means to save his life, even if caught and killed, only a clone of his Three Corpses God or even an ordinary clone would be killed.
Unless a Yin God Giant intervenes, it’s still very difficult to completely eradicate him.
But if that were to happen, then obviously, the Primordial Nether Sect behind Three Corpses Old Demon would not stand idly by, and might even get involved themselves.
This is what Medicine King Mountain is wary of internally.
Medicine King Mountain is not afraid of a mere Three Corpses Old Demon, but they must be concerned about the Primordial Nether Sect behind him.
For behind him, the Primordial Nether Sect possesses Primordial Spirit-level combat strength!
The reason why nothing has happened between the two sides yet is because the situation is somewhat complicated, with Medicine King Mountain, Gu God Sect, and Star River Sword Sect having a tendency to join forces.
But if this fragile balance is broken, what might happen next is unknown to anyone.
Therefore, Three Corpses Old Demon can be killed, but it must be the Golden Core Great Cultivators who do it; absolutely no combat power above the Yin God Giant level should appear.
With things like this, Yin God Giant level figures are inconvenient to act, and below the Yin God, most elders are either occupied or are no match for Three Corpses Old Demon.
Those confident in dealing with Three Corpses Old Demon might not be able to spare much time and effort to personally kill him.
Hence, Three Corpses Old Demon is still alive and well.
Gu Yuan contemplated it for a moment, secretly rejecting this task in his heart, at most considering it as a backup.
Compared to others, Gu Yuan himself has some unresolved grievances with Three Corpses Old Demon, and if he has the chance, Gu Yuan would certainly choose to settle this grievance to avoid future entanglements and troubles.
Moreover, Three Corpses Old Demon is a disciple of the Primordial Nether Sect, and while others might have no way to deal with him, even if they are confident in surpassing him, they might not be able to trace his whereabouts.
Even if they trace Three Corpses Old Demon’s whereabouts, they might not truly be able to eradicate all of his clones, rooting him out completely.
However, what sets Gu Yuan apart is that he knows Ji Canghai, the True Disciple of the Primordial Nether Sect.
This one possesses the Seven-orifice Exquisite Heart; although his strength might be slightly less than Li Changsheng because he hasn’t yet achieved Core Formation, in terms of status and potential, he is by no means inferior.
More importantly, this old friend of Gu Yuan’s also has some grudges with Three Corpses Old Demon.
Since that’s the case, Gu Yuan might have the potential to find Three Corpses Old Demon.
The reason why Gu Yuan listed him as a backup is actually because Three Corpses Old Demon has too many clones, making it difficult to eradicate him completely. Even a slight mistake can easily allow harm to persist.
Might as well wait until he advances to the Golden Core Realm and then think of a way to eliminate this old demon!
Gu Yuan, with a glance at the third task using Divine Thought, briefly reviewed it, and decisively cupped his hands and said: "Disciple chooses this third task, I request the Sect Leader’s approval."
The third task?
Daoist Jade Sheng glanced at Gu Yuan, said nothing more, only nodded: "Alright, this task is assigned to you. From now on, you can go and handle this matter, but this task is a bit peculiar, you better be careful."
Gu Yuan nodded: "Thank you for the reminder, Sect Leader, the disciple understands."
"Alright, you can go now. Remember, this task has a time limit, if you fail to complete it once time’s up, it will be considered a failure."
Having said this, Daoist Jade Sheng said nothing more, closed his eyes again to meditate, and sat cross-legged.
Gu Yuan silently cupped his hands in salute and then departed from Jade Cauldron Mountain.
Returning to the cave mansion on Luoxia Mountain, Gu Yuan began to ponder.
"Cang family... this task seems to be quite difficult... perhaps within it, there might even be traces of the Demon Dao."
The third task he took on wasn’t about killing, but about investigating a matter.
In Qinzhou’s territory, Medicine King Mountain is the undisputed overlord, but apart from Medicine King Mountain, there are more or less some large and small cultivation sects, cultivation families.
For instance, Li Changsheng, the True Inheritor Senior Brother of Medicine King Mountain, and Li Changqing, an Inner Sect Disciple, are both from the millennial family in Qinzhou.
The "Cang" family that Gu Yuan mentioned is quite similar to the Li family, also a millennial family, not weak in influence, and has considerable ties with Medicine King Mountain.
The Cang family is located in Chenghua Mansion, initially just an ordinary small family, but later, a genius emerged, who joined Medicine King Mountain, progressing step by step from Inner Sect Disciple to True Disciple, eventually becoming an Elder of Medicine King Mountain, eventually attaining the Yin Spirit Dao Fruit.
Along with this, the small Cang Family swiftly expanded and grew, becoming a renowned cultivation family in Qinzhou.
However, as times changed, the Yin Spirit Elder passed away long ago, and as for the Cang Family, despite not lacking in heritage over the years, they still have a Golden Core Great Cultivator overseeing things.
Currently, they also have several Golden Core Great Cultivators.
However, recently, the Cang family encountered some issues, prompting them to seek help from Medicine King Mountain.
Though the Cang family is a millennial family, speaking of it, it is just a subordinate force of Medicine King Mountain, and every year they must offer a large batch of Spirit Stones, Spirit Medicine, and Spiritual Materials to Medicine King Mountain.
So in exchange, once the Cang family faces issues or encounters difficulties they can’t resolve, Medicine King Mountain must help solve them.
Thus, this task came to be.
As for what problems the Cang family exactly encountered, the jade scroll explained that recently, the Cang family has experienced some strange occurrences, with several people dying one after another, including some direct lineage members.
The Cang family sent people to investigate, and even a Golden Core Great Cultivator personally stepped in, but they couldn’t find any reasons, and even in the end, this Golden Core Great Cultivator suffered some injuries.
