After seeing this record, Chu Nian was truly frightened. Fortunately, she never had the idea of making it recognize her as its master while it was still an egg.
Of course, to avoid being devoured by it in the spatial artifact, it later recognized its master through the slave contract method; however, before recognizing its master, Chu Nian first used the Gu technique to mix the immortal Gu into the immortal herb.
This egg, unaware that the herb had been laced with medicine, ate with great relish. It only recognized its master after Chu Nian successfully placed the Gu poison on it.
Anyway, this thing hasn't absorbed her magic power yet, and there's no sign of it going to backfire.
However, after seeing this record, Chu Nian became even more wary of this thing. He wondered what would happen if he still couldn't control this insect even with the combined suppression of the spatial laws, slave contract, and immortal gu within the spatial artifact.
Is she going to think of a few more ways to suppress it?
Back in Y City, Chu Nian went back to her apartment, while Yang Qiuyu went back to her hotel. Chu Nian remarked on how wealthy Yang Qiuyu was, moving directly into a hotel suite after leaving Zhou Cong's house: "Are people in their line of work really that rich?"
Chu Nian didn't let Yang Qiuyu see her feelings: that she felt it was beneath her high and mighty status.
After she returned to her apartment, Lan Dian quickly reported Zhou Cong's whereabouts over the past few days to her: "He searched everywhere for Yang Qiuyu but couldn't find her, so he contacted the teammates who went down into the tomb with him."
Chu Nianqi asked, "What, does he want to go tomb raiding again?" In the original story, Zhou Cong's next tomb raiding was six months later.
Lan Dian guessed, "He probably wants to get some information about Yang Qiuyu from these people!"
Chu Nian nodded and asked, "Is there anything else unusual about him?"
Lan Dian said, "He seems to be in poor mental condition these days. When he meditates, it's as if something is interfering with him."
Chu Nian raised her lips and sneered: She had already secretly placed a Gu poison in Zhou Cong's body while she was probing whether Yuan Zhou Cong's soul was intact.
To avoid Zhou Cong discovering it and taking timely precautions, the Gu was not only weak when it was planted, but it also remained completely silent, so Zhou Cong never discovered it or took any precautions.
This Gu was planted in Zhou Cong's body, slowly devouring his soul energy. Under Chu Nian's encouragement, this soul energy was transferred into Zhou Cong's true soul, so that Zhou Cong's soul would slowly grow.
To prevent the fake Zhou Cong from discovering that the real Zhou Cong was still alive even after death, it was necessary to keep the fake Zhou Cong preoccupied. Therefore, Chu Nian used various illusions to wear down the fake Zhou Cong's spirit. Moreover, this would further weaken the fake Zhou Cong's soul.
When entering a tomb, the atmosphere inside is most likely to make people lose their way. Chu Nian took advantage of this opportunity to trap the fake Zhou Cong in an illusion, successfully opening a gap in the fake Zhou Cong's mind.
Because his soul energy was being slowly devoured by the immortal Gu, causing his soul to gradually weaken and his willpower to be far less than before, Zhou Cong had never been at peace since returning from that ancient tomb, and Zhou Yi was always flashing through his mind.
Therefore, he was even more eager to get rid of Yang Qiuyu, who had joined forces with Zhou Yi.
That day, after searching high and low, he finally found Yang Qiuyu: she was staying in a luxury hotel in Y City. She must have been gone for a while, which is why Zhou Cong hadn't been able to find her even after searching the entire city with his spiritual sense.
He found Yang Qiuyu not long after Chu Nian and Yang Qiuyu returned from Xuanyuan Gate.
As soon as Zhou Cong discovered Yang Qiuyu's location, he immediately rode the wind to get there: as long as Yang Qiuyu was alive, he felt that he could be killed by her at any time.
Why is their love so fragile? Chu Nian only used a little trick to sow discord; if it's so easy to be driven apart, what was the point of having a relationship in the first place?
When Zhou Cong arrived at the hotel suite, he couldn't find Yang Qiuyu. He only saw a note left by Yang Qiuyu on the table: I'll be waiting for you in the mountains on the outskirts of the city.
Zhou Cong was taken aback: he hadn't expected this woman to be able to discover that he had come looking for her in advance.
Having been with Yang Qiuyu for over half a year, Zhou Cong knew very well that this woman wasn't that perceptive. Could it be...?
Zhou Cong snorted coldly: It's no question that Zhou Yi is helping her.
Although he was wary of Zhou Yi, Zhou Cong still decided to meet Yang Qiuyu in the western suburbs. Having cultivated for so many years, he had long since realized that many things couldn't be avoided; on the contrary, if you tried to hide, people would think you were afraid, and they would pursue you even more relentlessly!
When he arrived at the western suburbs, he was a little surprised to see Chu Nian there, but he quickly understood and said to Yang Qiuyu with a sneer, "I didn't expect that in such a short time, you would not only join forces with Zhou Yi, but also get involved with our old enemy. I underestimated you before."
Yang Qiuyu also sneered and remained silent: In the past, she had long seen that Zhou Cong was an arrogant man, so she always gave in to Zhou Cong and naturally never showed her full strength in front of him.
Zhou Cong glared at Chu Nian and said coldly, "I should have realized long ago that the master you recognized was the Zhou Cong who bought you back then, not me." He should have found a way to completely destroy this knife back then, to prevent it from becoming a demonic blade and becoming his enemy. Humph!
Chu Nian also gave a cold laugh and remained silent.
The real Zhou Cong's soul hasn't fully formed yet, so it's not time for the fake Zhou Cong to die. She rushed here because she didn't want to see Yang Qiuyu harm Zhou Cong's physical body.
In terms of actual combat strength, Yang Qiuyu is no match for Zhou Cong; but when it comes to cunning and treachery, well, Chu Nian thinks that even though Zhou Cong has lived much longer than Yang Qiuyu, he may not be her match.
Yang Qiuyu had already devised 1,800 insidious plans to plot against Zhou Cong!
For example, as soon as Yang Qiuyu returned to the hotel, she sensed that Zhou Cong might come looking for her, so she set up a magic array in the western suburbs in advance; another example is that Yang Qiuyu used a highly potent poison specifically designed to counter Zhou Cong's martial arts in this magic array; furthermore, Yang Qiuyu added a talisman array to the magic array, and countless insects and beasts she raised were hiding within the magic array, ready to ambush at any time...
This is a true ambush from all sides!
Zhou Cong arrived. Even though his magical power was far superior to Yang Qiuyu's, the formation was still a level six treasure passed down from the Xuanyuan Sect. Even though Yang Qiuyu could only activate a part of the formation, one formation against one person was enough to give Zhou Cong a hard time.
Zhou Cong, that idiot, thought his magic power was a whole major realm stronger than Yang Qiuyu's, and that he could kill her the moment they met. Little did he know that outside the Xuanyuan Gate, Chu Nian had obtained all the treasures of the Xuanyuan Gate. When he asked Yang Qiuyu what reward she wanted, she asked for a special pill that could boost her combat power to the Mahayana level in a short time.
Although this pill can only be used once and its combat power lasts for a limited time, when combined with this grand formation, even if it cannot kill Zhou Cong in one go, it can still seriously injure him.
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