Beast Taming: Sharing Pets' Abilities-Chapter 394 - 393: Corpse Demon Inner Core

As for Immortal Dao cultivators, they often restrain themselves due to their status, even if they are not good people, at least not brazenly straightforward.

Especially, as Gu Yuan knows, the Primordial Nether Sect has recently set its sights on the regions of Qinzhou, Liuzhou, and Fengzhou, targeting the three major cultivation sects of Gu God Sect, Medicine King Mountain, and Star River Sword Sect.

With this development, the emergence of the Corpse Demon ought to be taken seriously by Gu Yuan.

If it truly is the handiwork of the Primordial Nether Sect, it could be quite dangerous.

Therefore, Gu Yuan must handle it cautiously.

"Reporting to the senior, I discovered this Corpse Demon in an Ancient Cave Mansion. At that time..."

Mei Changshan did not conceal anything, and shared everything he knew. He initially planned to hide a thing or two, but under Gu Yuan’s seemingly calm yet sharp gaze that seemed to see through human hearts, he didn’t dare conceal anything and divulged everything he knew.

Gu Yuan nodded, turns out Mei Changshan is a Loose Cultivator, but his former master left him a Treasure Map depicting a Cave Mansion left by an Ancient Cultivator.

And this Corpse Demon appeared when Mei Changshan accidentally disturbed it upon entering the Cave Mansion today.

Subsequently, Mei Changshan was chased, all the way till now.

If not for Gu Yuan’s intervention, he would probably have already died under the sharp claws of the Corpse Demon.

Mei Changshan finished recounting the situation and took out a Jade Scroll, handing it to Gu Yuan, saying: "Senior, this is the Treasure Map, detailing the location and how to open that Cave Mansion."

"You saved my life, senior, and I have nothing to repay you, I can only offer this as a gift, please do not refuse!"

Mei Changshan thought it through; although the Ancient Cultivator Cave Mansion is precious, since Gu Yuan is already aware, keeping it a secret is impossible, it’d be better to give it to Gu Yuan directly.

Besides, surviving this ordeal is already a blessing, fundamentally, it’s due to his lack of strength, insisting might lead him into danger again.

Giving it to Gu Yuan now might cultivate a goodwill in return.

Gu Yuan didn’t hesitate, received it, and memorized the map from the Jade Scroll with a thought.

Then, Gu Yuan tossed the Jade Scroll back to Mei Changshan, and seeing his surprise, he explained plainly: "I’ve memorized the map inside, though I have little interest in magical artifacts or Spirit Pills, only in demons like this; once I’m done with personal matters, if you have the time, you can come with me."

From the information about the Ancient Cultivator Cave Mansion in the Jade Scroll, Gu Yuan roughly judged that it’s not very large, merely a Cave Mansion left by a Golden Core Great Cultivator.

Thus, Gu Yuan lost interest.

Indeed, Gu Yuan’s wealth is unusual, few Golden Core Great Cultivators can match him.

Black Dragon Halberd, Nine Jiaos Furnace, Blazing Carp Shuttle, Primordial Jade Scenery Sword...

Each of these items is of incredible value, any would tempt a Golden Core Great Cultivator.

Gu Yuan has never seen anyone whose wealth could surpass his.

Hence, he has little interest in such an unnoted Golden Core Great Cultivator’s Cave Mansion.

However, if it were a Cave Mansion left by a Yin God Giant, he’d be interested in exploring it.

But, any exploration must wait until after he completes a mission at the Cang Family.

What Gu Yuan was thinking, Mei Changshan didn’t know, but he understood Gu Yuan’s intentions, nodding repeatedly: "Thank you, senior, thank you, senior, I’ll definitely go."

Gu Yuan obviously intends to explore the Ancient Cave Mansion later, any magical artifacts or Spirit Pills found would be his, Gu Yuan is only interested in the demons.

Such a good deal, he definitely wouldn’t refuse.

"Hmm..."

Gu Yuan nodded lightly, then reached out towards the Corpse Demon’s body, soon, the headless body shivered a few times, and a black-grey Inner Core, about the size of a longan, flew out from the body, landing in his hand.

This Inner Core is the essence of the Corpse Demon’s cultivation, still exuding strands of black-grey aura, clearly composed of corpse, death, and yin Qi, bearing a sinister and terrifying aura.

If an ordinary person touched it, their hand would likely rot quickly, turning to bone, soon leading them to swift death.

However, the strength of Gu Yuan’s physique now is such that he could even withstand his former Flying Sword Silver Flood Dragon, this Corpse Demon Inner Core’s corpse Qi poses no threat to him.

This bit of corpse Qi and poison wouldn’t even scratch Gu Yuan’s skin.

After playing with it for a moment, a dim, black Thunder Light appeared in Gu Yuan’s hand.

Though chopstick-thin, it exuded a faint pressure, enough to make Mei Changshan, standing beside, feel stifled.

Soon, the Thunder Light descended upon the Corpse Pill.

Crackle! Crackle!

The Corpse Demon Inner Core, enveloped by the Thunder Light, started to tremble violently, as if trying to escape.

Meanwhile, strands of corpse Qi, yin Qi, demonic Qi, and turbid Qi seeped out, engaging in mutual erosion with the Thunder Light.

However, under the Chaos Divine Thunder’s enfoldment, the Corpse Demon Inner Core could barely stir trouble, transformed by the Thunder Light’s refining.

It didn’t take long for the black-grey Corpse Demon Inner Core to turn into a pale-gold Inner Core, with the yin, turbid, demonic, corpse, and death Qi completely refined away, leaving only its essence.

And this essence, for ordinary cultivators, is considered a rare Exotic Treasure.

The only slight pity was that the Divine Power Seed for the Corpse Demon’s Innate Divine Techniques, Corpse Demon Blood Flame, embedded in the Inner Core, vanished with Gu Yuan’s application of Chaos Divine Thunder refinement.

If in the hands of other Demonic Cultivators, there might be a chance to refine this Corpse Demon Inner Core and potentially acquire the Divine Dao Seed within.

Of course, more likely than not, it would merely enhance their cultivation a bit with no other gain, whilst risking corpse poison, tainting one’s own foundation.

Gu Yuan didn’t care about the benefits within the Corpse Demon Inner Core, he took it to feed his Spirit Pets.

This thing from the Corpse Demon, Gu Yuan certainly wouldn’t refine it himself, so he might as well let his Spirit Pets consume it, making full use of it.

Subsequently, Gu Yuan nodded towards Mei Changshan as a farewell, then rode the Escape Light and flew away.

...

Days later, in Chenghua Mansion,

Cang Mansion,

The Cang Mansion, as a millennium-long cultivation family, wields tremendous influence locally within Chenghua Mansion, with deep-rooted connections.

Besides, currently, they have several Golden Core Great Cultivators in residence, dozens of cultivators under their command, along with thousands of Martial Masters and Innate Martial Masters, establishing them as the undisputed local emperors of Chenghua Mansion.