After returning to the Treasure Hunting Pavilion, Song Changsheng settled back into his routine. He kept his promise and treated Zhu Yiqun to a al at the Jade Cuisine Workshop. Otherwise, he remained in the Artifact Refining Chamber, quietly honing his Artifact Refining Technique.
Since he didn’t have enough Tier Two materials to practice with, his Artifact Refining Technique improved very slowly. He was still so way from reaching Tier Two Low Grade.
One day, Song Changsheng had just completed a batch of orders and went downstairs for so fresh air. As he did, a strange feeling ca over him, and he looked out toward the main street.
His gaze cut through the bustling crowd, landing on a person wearing a silver mask. Song Changsheng’s pupils instantly shrank.
"Fengy Wuming?"
He was startled. But when he looked back, the spot was empty.
’So he’s really here... but why show himself to on purpose? Is this a warning, or is it...?’ Song Changsheng was deeply puzzled.
’A guy like that is too dangerous. I need to find a way to get rid of him.’
’I was planning to go back and lie low with the clan, to wait until I was stronger before settling this score. I never thought he’d co looking for so soon. In that case, he can’t bla for calling for backup.’
After returning to his room, Song Changsheng took out the Communication Flying Sword Song Luyao had left for him. He forced out a drop of Essence Blood to awaken it, whispered a few words, and the flying sword instantly transford into a streak of light, heading for Vast Mist Peak...
It would take ti for help to arrive. For his own safety, he decided to remain in his room and cultivate.
Night fell. Song Changsheng went to the window, faced the Silver Moon, and began to absorb Moonlight Qi.
An hour into his cultivation, he felt a strange, feverish heat spread through him. He didn’t think much of it at first, but the sensation grew more and more intense, until it felt like a fire was burning in his Dantian.
He thought sothing had gone wrong with his cultivation and hurriedly began reciting the Purifying Heart Spell in his mind. But no matter how many tis he repeated it, there wasn’t the slightest improvent.
The intense pain almost made him scream aloud.
The image of the silver mask he had seen during the day flashed through his mind, and he instantly realized he had likely been afflicted with a Gu.
’A Gu Master’s thods are truly impossible to defend against. I fell for his trick after just a single encounter. But don’t get cocky—I’m no pushover!’
With great difficulty, Song Changsheng sat up cross-legged. His hands ford a Magic Technique, and he began circulating the Yin Yang Profound Flower Scripture. He imdiately mobilized the Primordial Qi he had stored in his Dantian for years.
This Primordial Qi was ford from the Sun Essence and Moon Radiance Power he absorbed daily and possessed many wondrous uses. Over more than a decade, he had only managed to accumulate a re strand and a half, making it exceptionally precious. He had always been reluctant to use it.
But in his current situation, he could no longer afford to hold back.
He mobilized all of his Primordial Qi to suppress his already chaotic Dantian and Qihai.
At the sa ti, his Divine Sense swept through his body, finally discovering a creature like a living maggot in an inconspicuous corner of his Dantian.
It was blood-red all over. One part was rooted deep in Song Changsheng’s Dantian, while the other spewed out so kind of unknown gas.
It was this gas that was causing Song Changsheng such excruciating pain.
’So it really is a Poisonous Insect. How dare it take root in my Dantian! See if I don’t refine you here and now!’
Song Changsheng’s face was contorted in agony. He swiftly circulated his Heart thod, and the Primordial Qi in his Dantian imdiately began to separate, reverting to pure Sun Essence Power and Moonlight Power.
He ford the Yin-attributed Moonlight Power into a protective layer to shield his fragile ridians and acupoints.
anwhile, the Yang-attributed Sun Essence Power transford into a raging fire inside his Dantian. For a mont, Song Changsheng’s Dantian beca a great furnace, beginning to refine everything within it.
It was an excruciating process, like being burned alive from the inside out, but Song Changsheng gritted his teeth and endured.
The Poisonous Insect was fragile; it couldn’t possibly survive in such an environnt. In its death throes, it attempted to bore through Song Changsheng’s Dantian and Qihai, but the Sun Essence Power, possessing the nature of Supre Yang and Firmness, was overwhelmingly powerful and instantly refined it.
This thod of destroying the Poisonous Insect could only be described as simple and brutal; it would be impossible for anyone else to accomplish.
Who would dare to draw Sun Essence Power into their own Dantian? Wouldn’t that be courting death? By the ti the Poisonous Insect died, they would have been turned to ash as well.
It was only because Song Changsheng’s cultivated Heart thod was unique, and he had the Moonlight Power protecting him, that he was able to erge unhard.
"Haaa..."
Song Changsheng let out a long breath and then collapsed onto the floor like a boneless heap. In that brief mont, almost all the Spiritual Power in his body had been consud. He was now weaker than he had ever been...
And at the very instant the Poisonous Insect died, a piercing scream erupted from an inn not far from the Treasure Hunting Pavilion.
Fengy Wuming clutched his chest, his eyes filled with disbelief. "My Fire Poison Gu... it’s dead?" he said, his voice a mixture of shock and fury. "How could he possibly kill my Fire Poison Gu?"
The Fire Poison Gu was one of the five Lifebound Gu he had personally nurtured. Although it was only Tier One, it was troubleso enough to vex many a Foundation Establishnt Cultivator. He had originally intended to use it to control Song Changsheng, but instead, Song Changsheng had forcefully refined it to death.
This wasn’t rely the loss of a Poisonous Insect; it ant he had also suffered a severe backlash.
Fengy Wuming couldn’t understand how Song Changsheng had killed his Fire Poison Gu so quickly. That was sothing a re Qi Cultivator should never have been able to accomplish!
"COUGH, COUGH... I have to treat my injuries at once." Fengy Wuming quickly took out a Pill and swallowed it, then began to ditate and heal.
While he was occupied with treating his injuries, Song Luyao and her party, summoned by Song Changsheng’s ssage, arrived at Liuyun Marketplace.
Given the danger posed by a Gu Master, this ti, in addition to Song Luyao, Grand Elder Song Xianyun had also co, personally descending from the mountain with treasures in tow, determined to eliminate this threat directly.
Upon arriving, they contacted the cultivators guarding the Marketplace to coordinate their actions.
Wang Wanzhou and the Li Clan were already allies of the Song Clan, and they imdiately agreed to cooperate upon hearing the news.
Du Huating had recently clashed with Song Changsheng and Song Luyao and had no intention of cooperating. But the mont he heard a Gu Master was in the Marketplace, his composure vanished, and he imdiately agreed to help.
The reputation—or rather, the infamy—of Gu Masters was known throughout the entire Human Race Cultivation World. Faced with a Gu Master who dared to appear so openly, all cultivators would rise up to attack them.
The five Foundation Establishnt masters joined forces, setting up an inescapable cordon as they began a massive search of the Marketplace.
Fengy Wuming had used Poisonous Insects to control several puppets in the Marketplace, such as shop assistants, so he received news the mont the search began.
Although his opponents were bearing down on him and his own injuries had yet to heal, Fengy Wuming remained calm. This wasn’t the first ti he’d received this kind of attention, and he was confident he could break through the blockade.
He woke his few remaining Lifebound Gu one by one, then quietly waited for an opportunity.
Just then, Song Xianyun’s search brought him to the vicinity of the inn. His Divine Sense spread out, scanning for any suspicious auras.
Suddenly, the inn’s roof exploded outward. Fengy Wuming shot out from the blast. With a flick of his sleeve, a Poisonous Insect flew silently toward Song Xianyun’s heart...
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