Sheng Fu

At some point, Yuwen Jun and his party arrived at the edge of Yunshan Town.

In Chu Yu's view, the candlelight in the house flickered slightly, just like his current state of mind. Yuwen Jun and the others followed Chu Yu's gaze to the simple wooden house.

Ling and Wang said directly, "I have some knowledge of soul-capturing techniques. I can capture people directly, extract their memories, and then kill them."

In the eyes of Ling and Wang, two Saintly Realm cultivators with shallow foundations are perhaps even more contemptible than a speck of dust.

“No, I’ll go myself,” Chu Yu said.

Ling and Wang were slightly taken aback. They should implement the plan as soon as possible, since in the Demon Realm, even the slightest mistake could cause trouble.

Chu Yu's gaze gradually hardened. Seeing this, Yuwen Jun subconsciously transmitted his voice to Ling He Wang, saying, "No need to rush. Let Chu Yu resolve this knot in his heart. It will be very good for him in the future."

In one's life, there may be many opportunities to make money, but it is rare to have the chance to resolve inner conflicts, especially some deep-rooted ones.

The spirit and the king understood each other and said nothing more.

The nameless old man glanced at his three apprentices, and all four remained silent.

Chu Yu took a step forward, her figure as light as falling snow, and arrived at the door of the wooden house.

Tuk-tuk-tuk...

Without the slightest hesitation, he knocked on the door he was reluctant to knock on.

Inside the house, the middle-aged couple were slightly taken aback when they heard the knocking. They were usually a loner and never took the initiative to interact with others.

"What, are you going up the mountain with companions tomorrow?" his wife asked, puzzled.

Whenever it comes to exploring secrets and mysteries, they all want to keep it all to themselves. In the Yunmeng Great Swamp, expeditions often turn on each other and kill one another. This couple, however, sees this clearly. They never join any expeditions and act alone. If they succeed, they keep the spoils for themselves; if they fail, they won't leave empty-handed.

The husband's expression hardened, and he shook his head, saying, "I don't know who it is either. I thought it was your friend."

In this small town, it's not uncommon for people to form cliques, but this couple deliberately kept their distance from others from beginning to end.

"Go out and take a look," his wife said impatiently.

The husband got up, dusted off his sleeves, and slowly walked towards the door, shouting, "Who goes there? Why are you disturbing us so late at night?"

Hearing the familiar voice outside, Chu Yu's heart trembled slightly, but she quickly regained her composure and calmly replied, "Just open the door and you'll know."

Those inside the room were even more puzzled when they heard a boy's voice.

With a mixture of suspicion and impatience, I slowly opened the door and saw a tall, handsome young man with an extraordinary air about him.

The moment their eyes met, Chu Yu's eyelids twitched slightly.

In terms of killing power, Chu Yu's current combat strength could tear the middle-aged man in front of her to pieces in an instant, but at this moment, memories from her childhood surged into her mind like a tide.

"Who are you?" the middle-aged man asked, frowning.

Chu Yu subconsciously raised her Chaos True Essence to its peak and stared at the other person: "Forgot?"

The middle-aged man became increasingly suspicious, but after a closer look, his eyes widened in surprise.

"Chu Yu! You're still alive?" the middle-aged man exclaimed in disbelief.

But the next moment, he felt the terrifying pressure emanating from Chu Yu.

Chu Yu stepped into the room, and the middle-aged man was so overwhelmed by her aura that he had to back away.

Upon hearing the unfamiliar yet familiar name Chu Yu, the wife initially reacted with her usual harsh anger. However, upon sensing the extraordinary aura emanating from him, her eyes filled with terror, and she instinctively rushed to the cradle to protect the child.

People who are sharp-tongued and mean-spirited are actually well aware that they will suffer a severe blow when they are punished. In the cultivation world, once enemies come knocking, they will be doomed forever.

Pfft!
The couple knelt down before Chu Yu at the same time.

Seeing the two people he once feared and hated most kneeling before him, Chu Yu felt a surge of pride welling up in his chest.

"In the end, we did raise you, and your younger brother is in your cradle. We hope you will be merciful and let us go." The middle-aged man looked at Chu Yu with great fear, and feeling that this was not enough, he kowtowed to Chu Yu several times.

Seeing this, the wife also tensed up and kept slapping herself angrily.

"I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong..."

“We shouldn’t have treated you that way back then. The situation was too dangerous, and we had our own reasons.”

The two men's loud kneeling and begging for mercy disturbed the baby in the cradle.

The sound of wailing echoed throughout the room.

Chu Yu's state of mind gradually returned to calm at this moment.

Chu Yu looked down at the two people kneeling on the ground. Wherever her gaze passed, it was as if the sun was melting the ice and snow of the world. Upon closer inspection, the two people did not look much like herself.

My suspicions were gradually confirmed.

"Am I a child you picked up?" Chu Yu asked bluntly.

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man's expression immediately changed.

His wife was so frightened that her face turned ashen and she couldn't speak for a long time.

"As expected," Chu Yu snorted coldly.

Immediately, Chu Yu reached out with one hand and instantly grasped the child in the cradle. A terrifying wave of true energy spread throughout the room.

There's no need to adhere to moral principles when dealing with such ruthless and vicious people.

Only the most ruthless and vicious forces can make them obediently lower their heads and behave themselves.

"Tell me everything, or you will watch your own flesh and blood be torn to pieces!" Chu Yu's eyes were as firm as iron as she shouted in a deep voice.

The couple immediately prostrated themselves on the ground. Just as the wife was about to reach out and grab Chu Yu's legs, Chu Yu saw this and said disdainfully, "Your hands are dirty. If you dare to move again, you'll face the consequences."

The wife quickly withdrew her hands, her heart filled with endless bitterness and resentment.

The couple's thoughts drifted back to more than a decade ago. On that day, snow was falling heavily again. They entered the Yunmeng Marsh to search for spiritual herbs. Near a spring, they saw an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes. The infant had no tokens on him, but inside the swaddling clothes was a bottle of pills and a short knife. The scabbard of the short knife was a deep, blood-red color, engraved with the words "Chu Yu." At a glance, one could tell that it was a rare and powerful weapon.

The couple only wanted to take the pills and the short sword, but when they picked up the short sword to try it out, they found that they couldn't pull it out no matter what they did.

At that moment, they realized that this child's background was anything but simple.

Driven by opportunistic motives, they took the child home and named her Chu Yu. They thought that if the child's biological parents ever came looking for her, they could use their kindness in raising Chu Yu to earn a substantial reward.

In the first few years, the couple treated Chu Yu fairly well. They didn't raise her with great care, but they didn't treat her poorly either. However, after a few more years, they discovered that Chu Yu's biological parents had not come looking for her. In addition, Chu Yu gradually revealed her remarkable talent for cultivation, and she was born with the ability to resonate with all the Dao.

So they simply treated Chu Yu as a tool for exploring and uncovering mysteries.

In his childhood, Chu Yu's blood and qi were not abundant, and he had never practiced any cultivation techniques. Every time he used his innate divine power, it would cause great damage to Chu Yu's primordial spirit and physical bones.

Over time, Chu Yu ended up with a severe loss of vitality.

Originally, the couple planned to exploit Chu Yu until he was completely drained of his resources and then discard him. However, Chu Yu proved remarkably successful in exploring hidden realms and searching for spiritual herbs. In those years, they used Chu Yu's innate abilities in a short-sighted way, which allowed them to reap considerable rewards in the Yunmeng Great Swamp and accumulate a substantial fortune for a rogue cultivator.

After a quick mental calculation, he realized that this child he had picked up had extremely long-term value, so he brewed some spiritual medicine for Chu Yu to replenish her vital energy.

Not long after, during an outing, he happened to meet Yuwen Jun, Wu Mi, and Dugu Li.

The couple dared not tell Chu Yu the truth, fearing that if they did, Chu Yu would be furious and kill the entire family of three.

If they were in the same situation, and someone did the same thing to them, they would still try every means to exterminate their entire family.

"You don't have much time left." Chu Yu tightened her grip slightly, and the baby's cries in her hands gradually grew more heart-wrenching.

"I'll talk, I'll talk, please spare my child," the woman pleaded, kowtowing repeatedly, tears streaming down her face.

Chu Yu's eyes blazed with brilliant, chaotic runes, and two beams of light shot out, entering the space between the two men's brows. He said in a deep voice, "If you conceal anything, you will die from the reverse flow of your true essence."

"We understand, we understand," the middle-aged man said, trembling.

Then, the couple tearfully recounted everything that had happened back then.

Chu Yu listened attentively; he did not get angry.

I was just unlucky; I suffered a calamity in my childhood.

After all, these two people are not his biological parents. But even if they were his biological parents, Chu Yu himself doesn't know if he will be able to resolve his inner conflict in his lifetime.

Thinking about it this way, Chu Yu is lucky.

It seemed to be dead, but by a stroke of luck, it gained a glimmer of hope.

"Where is that short sword?" Chu Yu asked.

The middle-aged man took off the wolf-tooth necklace from his neck. It was a very low-grade spatial artifact with an internal space of less than ten feet in diameter. Although it was a very low-grade spatial artifact, for a rogue cultivator, having a spatial artifact on his person was like a poor boy owning a tall horse.

He opened the spatial container and took out a delicate short sword about two feet long.

The hilt of the short sword is as black as ink, with a heavy and majestic feel. The scabbard is blood red, and upon closer inspection, there are many extremely fine and intricate inscriptions, revealing a profound and tranquil beauty.

Seeing this, Chu Yu decisively handed the child over to the other party and picked up the short sword to examine it carefully.

He instinctively tried to pull it out, but found that even with the support of Chaos True Essence, he could not draw the short sword.

"Will you let us go?" the mean-spirited woman, kneeling on the ground and holding her child, asked pitifully.

Chu Yu did not answer, but instead summoned in her mind: "Senior, may I come once?"

In the darkness not far from the cabin, the Ancient Spirit Cat grinned after hearing Chu Yu's voice and said, "I can roughly guess what this little guy is thinking."

After saying that, he stood on Chu Yu's shoulder.

Upon seeing the sudden arrival of the ancient spirit cat, the couple were once again greatly shocked. It had arrived silently and without revealing any aura, but in their imagination, this cat must possess terrifying supernatural powers capable of destroying the world.

"I will let you go, but I cannot forgive you," Chu Yu said, her brows furrowed.

The couple breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the first half of the sentence, but became anxious again upon hearing the second half.

In an instant, Chu Yu pointed his fingers into a sword, and the woman's eyes gushed blood. She knelt on the ground and let out a hysterical scream.

Upon seeing this, the middle-aged man was terrified.

Chu Yu looked down at the other person, recalling the scene when they abandoned her, and said softly, "You cried then."

The middle-aged man felt lost and dejected.

Chu Yu said softly, "I'll erase all their memories of me. Thank you, senior."

With a thought, the two people kneeling on the ground immediately turned white-eyed and fainted.

Immediately afterwards, the ancient spirit cat took Chu Yu away from the wooden house that held the memory of his tragic childhood.

In the darkness of night, Yuwen Jun looked at Chu Yu's return and smiled with satisfaction, saying, "Congratulations."

Upon hearing this, Chu Yu burst into tears, knelt down with a thud, and kowtowed deeply to Yuwen Jun, saying, "Thank you for your life-saving grace, elder brother."

Yuwen Jun quickly helped him up, gave Chu Yu a light slap and said, "I am your elder brother and your senior brother. We are both Gu Yong's disciples. Don't try this on me again, or I'll break your legs."

Seeing this touching scene, Hengyun and the others looked at them with gentle expressions and great appreciation. There is no better example than this: good deeds leading to good results.

Ling and Wang were not particularly moved by this slightly bittersweet scene. Having been in charge of the Spirit Network for many years, they had witnessed too much of the dark side of humanity, but they still subconsciously looked up to Chu Yu's pure state of mind.

After all, he didn't actually kill the family of three in the cabin.

Young people have great ambitions, but their hearts are also small. It is truly remarkable that they have such a broad mind and magnanimity at such a young age.

However, at this moment, Linghe Wang's eyes were fixed on the short sword in Chu Yu's hand.

Ling and Wang considered themselves to be well-informed, yet they couldn't discern the origin of this short sword.

The Ancient Spirit Cat clicked its tongue in amazement and said, "From what I can tell, the sharpness of this short sword should be no less than that of the Purple Star Holy Sword in Jing Peiyao's hands."

Upon hearing this, Yuwen Jun's pupils dilated in shock.

The four members of the Taoist Xuanzong sect were also taken aback.

In terms of knowledge and experience, none of the people present could match the Ancient Spirit Cat, after all, it was a creature that had survived from ancient times to the present.

Yuwen Jun subconsciously asked, "What kind of materials were used to forge this sword?"

The ancient spirit cat perched on Chu Yu's shoulder and examined him carefully before truthfully saying, "The scabbard is made from the back armor of the Xuanwu giant beast, and the hilt is made from the true feathers of the Kunpeng. As for the blade, we'll only know once it's drawn."

"From what I can tell, as long as Chu Yu drips blood onto the scabbard, the sword will recognize its master. The runes on it should be some kind of cultivation technique. If one tries to forcibly examine it, one may suffer a backlash."

Yuwen Jun ruffled Chu Yu's hair and teased her, saying, "You were born to be the strongest, you just didn't know it. Now things have taken a turn for the better, and everything is back on track."

Suddenly having reclaimed what belonged to him, and possessing such a tremendous fortune, Chu Yu couldn't help but be overjoyed. However, he still lowered his head slightly and said, "I will always be the elder brother's younger brother."

Linghe Wang coughed and said, "In my opinion, let's leave here first. Since that couple found Chu Yu in Yunmeng Marsh, we might as well go and have a good look around Yunmeng Marsh first."

"It's best to exercise restraint for now."

"Moreover, it is not appropriate to have Chu Yu sign the sword with his blood right now. Once this sword is drawn, it will surely trigger a magnificent celestial phenomenon."

Yuwen Jun nodded repeatedly, saying, "That makes sense, that makes sense."

In an instant, the world turned upside down.

The group arrived at the Yunmeng Great Marsh.

"Don't look at me, I'm not familiar with this area. I'm counting on the four of you to do your best in divination." Yuwen Jun said with an embarrassed expression. "No need, I'm very familiar with the Yunmeng Marsh." Chu Yu said softly, holding her short sword.

"Follow me." Chu Yu, short sword in hand, walked at the front, with the group following closely behind. (End of Chapter)