Chapter 58 Secret Technique: Taiyin Nether Eye (Please continue reading, please vote!)
"Difficult?"
"Senior Brother Yuan is joking. We're on different sides, so why bother with this pretense? Do you really think I don't know about your relationship with Liu Jinxian?!"
Wang Yu narrowed his eyes, and the Netherworld Iron Chain shot out from his sleeve, quickly extending and wrapping around his waist.
This senior brother in green robes and a jade crown was one of Liu Jinxian's lovers. When he followed Gu Zhengshun, they chatted almost every day on the way to Xuan Gu Mountain.
He was quite familiar not only with Liu Jinxian's side, but also with Situ Hong's side.
He asked, and Gu Zhengshun replied that this was originally another cornerstone of trust for cooperation between the two parties, but unfortunately the other party abandoned him first, and even made him the target of public criticism.
Betraying one's comrades, that's all there is to it.
Liu Jinxian's appearance is actually quite good, except that she has no nose, so she doesn't look like a beauty. This should be a side effect of practicing Gu magic. She is violent and domineering, and she is insecure about her appearance.
Therefore, he used Gu worms to control several inner disciples of the Gu Poison Peak, taking them as his male concubines and enjoying them daily.
There is no doubt about this; this fellow disciple surnamed Yuan is one of the most favored.
How could Wang Yu let him go?
Just as the Netherworld Iron Chains were about to wrap around Yuan Tongmen's calves, his expression turned fierce: "I know I'm no match for you, but you're too arrogant!"
With a flick of his sleeve, he tossed out a pair of jade gallbladders that he had been playing with every day. They flew toward the mysterious corpse at the door, exploded mid-air, and sent out a pair of small, jade-like insects.
They crawled in from the left and right sides through the nostrils of the corpse.
Yuan Tongmen landed beside the corpse, his face showing joy.
"It's actually the corpse of a peak Core Formation cultivator! Hahahaha, my life is not meant to end! My life is not meant to end!"
"Possession Gu, activate!"
With the Netherworld Iron Chain wrapped around his left hand, Wang Yu stared intently, preparing for a fierce battle.
As a result, the air became still.
There was no reaction whatsoever, and now the man surnamed Yuan started to panic again: "Brother...I am willing to serve you as—"
Before he could finish speaking, six ice crystals surrounded him from all directions. He was terrified and hurriedly used a high-grade magic weapon shaped like a whip to strike around himself.
Those moss-like blades shot out a large number of golden throwing knives, all of which shot into the ice crystal wall in vain!
Ice coffins take shape, and ice crystals erupt.
Suddenly, a bloody, spiky ice sculpture of a hedgehog appeared at the entrance of the Sutra Repository, its life force rapidly fading away.
These three were easier to deal with than I had imagined, thanks to the advantage of a preemptive strike and close proximity; otherwise, it wouldn't have been so simple.
He'd just made a windfall and had barely collected the three storage bags before he had a chance to check them.
"cough---"
A soft cough made Wang Yu suddenly step back. He saw the corpse on the recliner sneeze, and the male and female possession gu were sprayed out of its nostrils.
It landed on the ground, its translucent limbs trembled slightly twice, and it was dead!
The corpse slowly stood up, two gray-white flames igniting in its eye sockets. The aura of a Core Formation cultivator swept over him, its oppressive power almost causing him to kneel.
He's alive?
No... no... the physical body is rotten to this extent, it's impossible for it to survive, but the aura of a Core Formation cultivator can't be faked.
The next instant, the skeletal figure vanished and suddenly reappeared in front of him, its withered hand slapping towards Wang Yu.
He blocked it with his left arm, and the outermost layer of the Netherworld Iron Chain creaked and shattered, scattering in all directions.
The inner layer of the mountain-ridged iron armor remained undamaged.
Wang Yu was sent flying backward, his back slamming into the black stone tablet, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
It appears to be severely injured, but it's actually just a minor injury.
Although the corpse had the aura of Core Formation, its true strength should be around the early Foundation Establishment stage; otherwise, it could have been killed with a single slap instead of only suffering minor injuries.
"So—it's a corpse demon!"
Mountain spirits and monsters abound, and all things can become demons. The so-called "corpse demon" is the corpse of a powerful cultivator who suddenly gains a spirit one day. It possesses the fragmented memories of the corpse before its death, yet it is a completely different entity.
They are closely related to zombies, and are often identified as the same kind of creature.
However, once the corpse demon senses the awakening of its spirit, it possesses the wisdom of a three- or four-year-old child, and will gradually grow over time, eventually gaining power comparable to that of the corpse in its lifetime.
The conditions for a corpse to become a spirit are harsh, and it's unknown how this thing was conceived. It probably hasn't been around for long, otherwise it wouldn't just be at the early stage of Foundation Establishment.
Even so, being located in an underground palace made it a dangerous place.
It's best to leave as soon as possible; no opportunity or treasure is more important than life.
Having lost his will to fight, Wang Yu swallowed a top-grade Rejuvenation Pill and a top-grade Healing Pill. With a flicker, he transformed into ten illusory bodies, rushing off in all directions.
What should have been an illusory form, indistinguishable from the real one, appeared entirely different to the corpse demon.
Its eyes were ignited by soul fire, and its vision was completely black and white.
Although Wang Yu's illusory body possessed a physical form and the aura of his true self, his soul was singular, and it was able to pinpoint the location of Wang Yu's true body almost instantly.
The withered, sharp claws unleashed five jets of dark light, striking horizontally.
Leaping into the air, Wang Yu, treading on the black silk, gritted his teeth and summoned a bronze bell for defense, only to see the fierce claw light tear the bronze bell to shreds.
Two of the three high-grade magical artifacts that were refined have already been destroyed.
The remaining force struck his chest, leaving three deep claw marks that exposed bone. His flesh was torn open, and blood flowed freely, but he felt no pain whatsoever.
The attempt to break through the library failed.
Wang Yu frowned in thought. The "death energy" he had accidentally cultivated using the Corpse Demon Secret Technique should have been his trump card, but this thing was only useful to those old cultivators whose lifespan was about to end.
It's not very effective against corpse demons.
In other aspects, such as strength, speed, and defense, he was completely outmatched. Although the Divine Corpse Arm was at the second level, his cultivation level was only at the fifth level of Qi Refining, which was far inferior to that of the Corpse Demon.
After much thought, only one strategy seemed feasible: we had to break out of the library and use the Night Concealment Spell to hide, which might allow us to escape!
While pondering.
As the Foundation Establishment Corpse Demon slowly approached, he caught a glimpse of a mocking smile on its ugly, withered face, like a cat catching a mouse, enjoying the thrill of the hunt.
Wang Yu's eyes narrowed, and as he observed, he noticed a black jade slip tucked inside the almost weathered and tattered clothes on the corpse demon's chest.
It was held protectively against her chest, as if it were something to be cherished.
A quick glance to the left revealed that apart from the central stone tablet, the first floor of the scripture pavilion was nothing but dust. I wondered what the second and third floors were like.
In other words, he basically returned empty-handed this time.
This is unacceptable.
Situ Hong and Gu Zhengshun have not yet shown up. With Liu Jinxian also joining the fray, the three of them will most likely run into the Ningyue Palace at the top of the underground palace. If they make it in time, all will be well. If they don't, he'll be in real trouble.
"Corpse Demon, prepare to die!"
With a low shout, Wang Yu adopted a desperate stance and charged towards the corpse demon, his left fist already raised, aimed straight at its face.
The other party was somewhat annoyed by the prey's resistance and also swung out a claw, trying to confront Wang Yu head-on.
As a result, the two passed each other by.
The Phantom Step is a footwork technique for close combat, used for maneuvering and dodging. It is not only effective for creating illusionary bodies, but also for feigning a direct confrontation and then passing by at the crucial moment.
In times of war and danger, retreating at a critical moment will come at a price.
At this moment, the divine power he relied on, his corpse arm, was abnormally twisted, with his fingers and forearm almost broken into three pieces, rendering him crippled.
But his right hand remained unharmed, and he even grasped the black jade slip inscribed with the words "[Taiyin You Tong]"!
(End of this chapter)
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