A Mortal's Journey: Starting as the Young Master of Demonic Cultivation

Chapter 67 Xuan Gu Dies

Xuan Gu endured the excruciating pain, bit his tongue, and spat out a mouthful of blood essence. He was about to use a secret technique to escape.

But at that very moment...

"laugh!"

A clear, melodious sword cry pierced the air from outside the Heavenly Net, and a precious sword shot straight from the entrance toward Xuan Gu.

In his shock, Xuan Gu accelerated his use of the secret technique, but was tightly restrained by Wen Tianren and had no time to dodge.

"puff!"

A sword pierced through his shoulder blade, drawing out a spray of black blood. Although it avoided the vital point of the Golden Core, the sword energy exploded within his body, directly shattering half of the Xuan Bone's meridians. Blood gushed out, and his face instantly turned deathly pale.

"Aaaaah! Die, all of you!"

Seeing that he could not escape, Xuan Gu's eyes turned bloodshot and he went completely mad. He roared to the sky, intending to detonate the black lotus and his own body, and perish together with it!

But as soon as he activated the spell, golden arcs of lightning suddenly erupted from the spear in Wen Tianren's hand, instantly enveloping the black lotus and transforming it into a golden ball shimmering with lightning, completely sealing it off!

The Six Demons returned to Wen Tianren's side in time and surrounded him to protect him.

"boom!!!"

Xuan Gu's body rapidly expanded, and an eerie green light emanated from beneath his skin. Then, in an instant, it exploded, spewing out countless streams of highly toxic green mist. The shockwave swept across the entire area, forcing even Han Li, who was far away, to summon his defensive magic weapon to barely stabilize himself.

After the green mist dissipated, Wen Tianren's figure was revealed. He was still the same as before, with his robes perfectly in place and not even a strand of hair moved.

At that moment, a figure flew in from the entrance; it was Madam Wen.

She had deliberately knocked away the Heaven-Mending Pill to distract Barbarian Beard and the others, and only now has she rushed back.

His gaze swept across the battlefield, finally landing on Wen Tianren, a hint of surprise flashing across his face.

With Xuan Gu's death, the Blood Jade Spider Corpse disintegrated on the spot, leaving only Han Li's spider struggling to hold on, its eight legs trembling and its web taut like a string, on the verge of collapse.

But it couldn't hold on any longer.

"Click!"

The spiderweb finally gave way and snapped in two! The Void Cauldron plummeted downwards!

At the critical moment, Wen Tianren was prepared. He quickly summoned a magic weapon that could guide the enemy and simultaneously activated the "Ming Wang Jue" to pull hard.

The cauldron paused, then was abruptly pulled back.

He chanted a spell, and the Void Cauldron rapidly shrank, finally settling steadily in his palm, feeling cool and heavy.

Wen Tianren didn't examine the Void Heaven Cauldron closely; he casually put it away and stuffed it into his storage bag.

Then Wen Tianren reverted to his original appearance and smiled at Madam Wen who had come before him, saying, "Master's wife, you've arrived just in time. This old demon is Xuan Gu, the master of Ji Yin, who possesses other people's bodies. He has many tricks up his sleeve. If it weren't for your intervention, Master's wife, he might have really escaped just now."

Madam Wen was momentarily surprised upon hearing Xuan Gu's identity, but only for a second. She shifted her gaze, coldly looking at Han Li, and said, "There's still one person here who hasn't been dealt with. Are you waiting for me to help you too?"

Wen Tianren knew that Madam Wen was afraid that Han Li would reveal their secret.

Upon hearing this, Han Li unconsciously tightened his grip on the Five Elements Ring and other magical treasures behind his back.

"You flatter me, Master's wife," Wen Tianren said with a smile, waving his hand. "Fellow Daoist Han is a dear friend and family member of mine! Even if he knew our identities, he would never tell anyone."

Madam Wen still stared coldly at Han Li: "You swore an oath to your inner demons that you would not reveal what happened here, so I will let you leave today."

Although Wen Tianren felt that Han Li was always a potential threat, he had already said that he would have to rely on Han Li to break the restrictions in his body, so he only asked Han Li to make a vow against his inner demons.

Circumstances dictate that Han Li, despite his reluctance, had no choice but to grit his teeth and comply, making a solemn vow against his inner demons on the spot.

While Wen Tianren and the others were not paying attention, the small golden thunder bamboo arrow left behind by the Xuan Gu Old Demon after his self-destruction suddenly made a move. It silently flew up from the rubble and turned into a streak of green light, flying towards the outside of the palace gate.

The arrow had barely flown a few feet when Wen Tianren, with his keen senses, flicked it with his middle finger. A golden arc of lightning shot out and struck the arrow with a "crack," causing it to stumble and pause for a moment.

Even with this slight delay, Wen Tianren's karmic fire drew closer to Xiao Jian.

The magical artifact immediately began to flash incessantly and kept changing direction, as if it wanted to break through the road and escape.

No matter how hard it tried, it couldn't escape. Seeing that it couldn't escape, the little arrow actually pulled out a ball of green light from the little arrow.

Then, at an even faster speed, it kept transforming into various insects, fish, birds, and beasts, even swelling and shrinking in an attempt to escape.

As soon as the green orb came into contact with the demonic fire, it let out a wail and emitted billowing green smoke.

The green light ball panicked. If this continued, it would be burned to ashes by the fire sooner or later.

After a flash, the face of an old, gloomy man materialized, and in the glow of the sunset, he fearfully begged Wen Tianren for mercy:

"Young friend, please spare my life! If you spare my life, I am willing to serve you as your master for life in the body of a ghost slave! I know countless extraordinary skills and secret techniques, and I am willing to teach them all to you! Furthermore, although my foundation was taken by that traitor Ji Yin, I still have several secret caves containing many treasures, which I am willing to offer to my master..."

The ghost face spoke faster and faster, and the expression on its face became increasingly panicked. It even took the initiative to call itself a servant.

Because at this moment, its entire body was covered with karmic fire generated by the Six Extremes True Demon Art, and it was being approached step by step.

If it were truly burned by so much karmic fire, even if its demonic soul were solidified and tenacious, there would be absolutely no way it could escape and ascend to heaven.

Then the ghost face growled again, "And the mysteries of my 'Mysterious Soul Refining Demon Technique,' which can break through lifespan and transform one into a ghost cultivator, and the Asura Sacred Flame that I collected to fuse into the Ghost Dao Sacred Flame—all of these can be given to you, Master!"

"What a pity... I can only rest easy when you're dead." With that, the boundless karmic flames surrounding the ghostly face surged towards him, instantly engulfing the green light. Before he could even utter a scream, his Xuan Gu remnant soul was utterly annihilated!

There was only one thing left on the field, emitting a faint white light. Wen Tianren waved his hand, and it flew into his hand.

This object is as white as jade, and only a few inches long.

It looks like just a small piece of rib.

Wen Tianren knew that the Xuan Gu contained the complete Xuan Yin Jing within the rib.

Remembering that what he had given Zi Ling before was only the Xuan Yin Scripture obtained from Wu Chou, which had been edited by Xuan Gu and Ji Yin, and who knew how much content was missing, Wen Tianren tossed it into his storage bag without hesitation.

After doing all this, Wen Tianren said to Madam Wen and her husband, "Let's hurry up and leave, otherwise Barbarian Beard and his men will be back soon, and that will be bad."

After saying that, he was about to lead the way to the location marked on the inner hall map he had obtained from the young master of Qingyang Sect.

Madam Wen, however, remained unperturbed: "What, have you forgotten what you promised me?"

Wen Tianren was taken aback, then laughed and said, "How could that be, Master's wife? Time is of the essence now. Who knows when Manhuzi and the others will return? It's not too late to wait until we leave the Void Heaven Palace. Do you think I'm going to change my mind?"

"It's good that you remember!" Madam Wen snorted coldly.

Han Li didn't dare to voice any objections.

Then, Wen Tianren led the way, and Han Li, who was following behind, had no idea where Wen Tianren was taking him.

However, he has no choice now. Not to mention the Heaven-Mending Pill and the secret treasure that Wen Tianren promised to resist his inner demons, even his own life is now in the hands of others.