Most importantly, he had seen Gu Li make a move more than once. With a single move, Gu Li could drain a living person into a skeleton. Li Yixing was unwilling to get close to such a person.
He felt that this kind of person had a strange temper, and if he angered them, they might just drain him dry.
"Hmph, why are there so many people like you in this world who only know how to flatter and fawn?" Gu Li glanced at Li Yixing with disdain: "I don't know how many people like you have been refined in my corpse refining furnace."
Li Yixing's heart skipped a beat... and his hands began to tremble uncontrollably.
He was terrified that if the eccentric sorcerer in front of him lost his temper, he might refine him as well, and then he wouldn't even be able to cry.
He forced a smile: "Master, I may not have any special skills, but I can serve you faithfully. You don't have to do everything yourself, is that alright?"
"Hmph, that's all you're good for." Master Guli glanced at him, then closed his eyes: "You can leave now."
"Leave?" Li Yixing was a little confused: "But Young Master Huang asked you to serve him here."
“He’s already gone. If you don’t leave now…” Master Guli slowly opened his eyes, staring at Li Yixing with eyes like those of a venomous snake, making the latter feel uneasy: “then you really won’t be able to leave.”
"Master, what... what exactly is going on? Can you explain it more clearly?" Li Yixing's hands trembled uncontrollably.
The ancient mage in front of him was clearly not a normal person, and now he was speaking in a somewhat cryptic manner, which made Li Yixing feel afraid.
“He’s right. If you hadn’t left earlier, you wouldn’t be able to leave now.” The door opened, and Ye Xingchen walked in.
"Ye Xingchen? How did you find this place? Someone, someone come quick!" Li Yixing was startled and stood up, screaming.
Gu Li originally intended to deal with Ye Xingchen tonight, but he failed. However, he never expected that Ye Xingchen would find him again so quickly.
"Don't waste your energy. When your young master Huang left, he took everyone with him. Do you think the remaining small fry can handle me?" Ye Xingchen said leisurely.
Li Yixing remained silent, knowing just how high Ye Xingchen's skill level was.
Honestly, the few burly men left at the gate could handle ordinary people, but they were nowhere near as capable of dealing with Ye Xingchen.
"Hehe, so you're the kid who broke my poison spell?" Master Guli raised his head, his face so thin it was practically just skin and bones, and looked Ye Xingchen up and down.
If it were an ordinary person, being stared at by someone so thin that they were practically skin and bones would probably make them feel uneasy.
Especially since this guy practices black magic, the light emanating from his eyes is like that of a venomous snake, sending chills down one's spine.
But Ye Xingchen wasn't buying it. He met Gu Li's gaze and curiously examined him. After a long while, he slowly nodded and said, "I've seen the aura on you before. There was a woman who practiced the same spell as you."
Ye Xingchen had indeed met Gu Li's fellow disciple, Li Tianqi's stepmother, whose aura was almost identical to that of the Gu Li before him.
If nothing unexpected happens, the two should be from the same sect, but the aura emanating from Master Guli is much more sinister, and his strength is far greater than that of the woman he had met before.
“I did have a fellow disciple, she was from your China. How is she now?” Master Guli looked up at Ye Xingchen.
"It seems he's dead." Ye Xingchen thought seriously for a moment, then nodded to confirm, "That's right, he's dead."
"She's dead? Really dead?" Master Guli's face immediately turned grim. "How did she die?"
"I was killed, and that person was me," Ye Xingchen said without any hesitation.
"You killed her?" Gu Li's face was cold and terrifying.
"No need to confirm anymore, it's me." Ye Xingchen smiled slightly and said, "Evil and heretical people should be killed by everyone, and you are no exception."
"Ahhh..." Master Guli's expression turned ferocious, and he suddenly slapped Li Yixing behind him with a palm.
*Pfft...* Li Yixing's face froze instantly, then he screamed in terror. His body withered and shriveled at an alarming rate, eventually turning into a pile of bones that fell to the ground.
This guy never understood why the sorcerer Guli had suddenly killed him, even until his death.
"I'm going to kill you, kill you!" the mage Guli roared hysterically. "I'm going to avenge my junior sister!"
"You suck people's life force without a second thought, you really deserve to die." Ye Xingchen stared at Master Guli and said coldly, "You and your junior sister didn't die unjustly."
"You bastard, I'll kill you today and use your life force to appease my junior sister!" Master Guli roared, spreading his arms and raising them high above his head.
At that moment, it seemed as if he was possessed by something, and the muscles all over his body twitched violently. Then, a black mist appeared behind him, and the black mist slowly condensed into a tall figure.
Ghost servants are something created through a ritual similar to that of raising a spirit child. The reason why the ancient sorcerer frantically absorbed people's life essence was to nourish this creature.
While raising this thing, it will absorb your vital energy, which is why Master Guli is so thin and looks like a ghost.
The ghost servant was tall, and as the ancient mage chanted incantations and waved his arms, his body gradually solidified into a physical form.
A humanoid monster about two meters tall appeared, roaring at Ye Xingchen with a menacing sound.
“Ghost Servant, my most loyal friend, kill him.” Guli pointed viciously at Ye Xingchen.
Another roar rang out, and the tall ghost servant took a step forward, then suddenly swung a claw at Ye Xingchen.
Whoosh, three black claw marks appeared in the void. This guy was extremely powerful; he could tear the void with a single claw. He was many times stronger than ordinary ghosts.
Ye Xingchen dodged to the side, and with a crack, dust flew up from the wall behind him, revealing a huge claw mark.
This claw attack was merely a probing strike. Seeing that it missed, the monster changed its form and transformed.
It lay on all fours, and its skin, which was as hard as iron armor, gradually degenerated, turning into a monster that looked like it had been skinned and covered in slime.
Moreover, as its form changed, its movements became exceptionally agile.
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