Gou's Liver Experience in the World of Demons and Demons

"Speaking of which, my son is already sixteen this year, and his cultivation has just reached the seventh level of the Spirit Martial Realm."

Gu Sheng immediately understood what he meant.

"Does Commander Chen want your son to undergo training at the Imperial Clan?"

"Exactly!"

Chen Zhongting quickly cupped his hands in greeting.

"If only I could have Mr. Gu's introduction..."

"After tomorrow, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for me to show my face."

Gu Sheng interrupted him, his voice low.

"I will publicly break away from the Imperial Clan."

Chen Zhongting's expression changed slightly, but he quickly regained his smile.

"It's alright, it's alright. Young people should always get out of their comfort zone and gain experience. Even if Young Master Gu isn't in the Imperial Sect, it's his good fortune to be able to get in."

Gu Sheng turned his gaze to Xiao Yun, who had been standing quietly to the side.

"Manager Xiao, if the garrison needs any cooperation in the future, I hope you will take care of me accordingly."

Xiao Yun bowed respectfully.

"Don't worry, Young Master Gu, I understand."

"correct."

Gu Sheng suddenly remembered something and looked at Chen Zhongting.

"Three garrison commanders have died in Great Wilderness City, leaving three positions vacant."

Chen Zhongting was surprised.

"What does Young Master Gu mean?"

"At least one position must be held by one of our people."

Gu Sheng's tone was calm, yet carried an undeniable air of command.

Chen Zhongting immediately cupped his hands in greeting, his voice extremely low.

"I will definitely live up to your trust!"

Gu Sheng nodded and turned to leave.

The next morning, Gu Sheng awoke from his meditation, and his spiritual energy gradually receded.

He opened his eyes, and his gaze seemed to hold the movement of stars.

"Someone is coming."

He called softly.

A moment later, a guard stood respectfully outside the door.

"What are your instructions, sir?"

"Let Bailing pass through."

Before long, Bailingtong hurriedly entered the courtyard.

"Young master, there's been progress on the matter you asked me to investigate."

Bailingtong lowered his voice.

"Shen Qingyun did indeed gain a lot in the secret realm, but he almost exhausted all his gains in order to regenerate his severed limbs."

Gu Sheng tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

"Speak the key."

"Yes Yes Yes."

Bailingtong nodded quickly.

"His trip this time is for the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Mysterious Jade Spirit Pool outside Xuan City. It is said that the spirit pool is about to mature, and he wants to obtain the spiritual liquid to break through his cultivation realm."

Gu Sheng's eyes were cold.

"Source?"

"It was bought for a hefty sum from Shen Qingyun's former confidant."

Bailingtong rubbed his hands together.

"That person was expelled from the Shen family for failing to perform his duties and harbors resentment, so he's unlikely to be lying. However, the authenticity still needs further verification."

"Well done."

Gu Sheng rarely offered a word of praise.

Bai Lingtong's face immediately lit up with a smile.

"It is my honor to serve you, sir."

"How are things going with the Great Wilderness Alliance and the Sun Moon Sect?"

Gu Sheng then changed the subject.

Bai Lingtong's expression turned serious.

"We haven't infiltrated the Sun Moon Sect yet, but we already have people in the Great Wilderness Alliance. Although they don't hold high positions, we'll be able to know immediately if the Great Wilderness Alliance makes any moves."

Gu Sheng frowned slightly.

"Accelerate the Sun Moon Sect's actions and infiltrate them as soon as possible."

"Son."

Bai Lingtong hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't help asking.

"Are you planning to take down the Sun Moon Sect?"

Gu Sheng gave him a cold glance.

"I am only at the Xuanwu Realm now. The Sun and Moon Sect is a first-class sect with experts at the sect level. To make a move without absolute certainty would be tantamount to courting death."

Bai Lingtong breathed a sigh of relief, but then heard Gu Sheng continue.

"But it's always good to plan ahead."

These words caused Bai Lingtong's expression to change slightly. He suddenly realized that the ambitions of this young man in front of him were probably far more than what he had just seen.

"Just do as I say."

Gu Sheng's voice pulled him back to reality.

"Keep a close eye on the Great Wilderness Alliance and the Sun Moon Sect. Report any unusual activity immediately."

Bai Lingtong quickly agreed and was about to take his leave when he heard Gu Sheng say something else.

“Starting tomorrow, you will be the representative of Linlang Pavilion to make contact with Chen Zhongting.”

"I?"

Bai Lingtong stared wide-eyed, his face filled with disbelief.

He was just an intelligence broker; he never imagined that one day he could represent a force like the Linlang Pavilion.

Gu Sheng looked at his shocked expression and said calmly.

"Why, don't you want to?"

"No no no!"

Bailingtong was so excited that his voice changed tone.

"This humble servant—no, this subordinate will certainly not fail in his mission! I will never forget the kindness shown to me by you, young master!"

His expression shifted from shock to complexity, and he finally agreed.

Working under a powerful figure like Gu Sheng was the greatest opportunity of his life.

Gu Sheng remained calm and was about to give some more instructions when suddenly a jade talisman at his waist began to flash.

That was a communication jade talisman that Gu Ningshuang had given him.

Gu Sheng's expression changed slightly, and he quickly took out a jade talisman. There were only a few words on the jade talisman.

"There has been a change in the imperial clan; return immediately."

"Something happened to Senior Sister Gu?"

Gu Sheng was startled.

As soon as Gu Sheng's fingers touched the communication jade talisman, the warm jade stone emitted an unusual heat.

He frowned.

"Junior brother! I've run into big trouble in the Ant Desert outside Xuan City! Ah!"

Gu Ningshuang's voice was broken and intermittent, and the last exclamation was like a knife stabbing into Gu Sheng's heart.

In the background, a faint clicking or rubbing sound, like some kind of arthropod, could be heard, sending chills down one's spine.

"Senior Sister Gu? Senior Sister Gu!"

Gu Sheng called out to the jade talisman several times, but there was no response.

He suddenly stood up, the sandalwood chair sliding backward with a screeching sound as it scraped the floor.

Bailingtong was startled by the sudden commotion and instinctively took a few steps back.

"Young master, what happened?"

Gu Sheng's eyes were sharp, but his voice was frighteningly calm.

"Senior Sister Gu is in danger in the Desert of Ten Thousand Ants."

Bailingtong gasped.

"The Desert of Ten Thousand Ants? That's not it."

"Xu Lingsu said that Senior Sister Gu went on a training trip with her sect. Logically speaking, with a Heavenly Martial Realm elder leading the team, nothing should have happened."

Gu Sheng spoke rapidly, his fingers tapping unconsciously on the table.

"unless."

"Unless they encounter trouble that even a Heavenly Martial Realm expert cannot handle."

Bai Lingtong picked up where he left off, his face turning pale.

Gu Sheng strode towards the courtyard, the hem of his black outfit catching the wind.

Bailingtong jogged to catch up.

"What do you need me to do?"

"The information about the Ten Thousand Ant Desert needs to be obtained as soon as possible."

Gu Sheng said without turning his head.

Bailingtong took out a roll of yellowed parchment from his storage bag. "Coincidentally, I just organized a map of this area a few days ago."

Gu Sheng took the map and scanned it with his eyes, which were covered with dense markings.

"Thank you."

Before he finished speaking, he had already vanished outside the courtyard gate in a blur.

The Emperor Sect's teleportation array is located halfway up the main peak and is surrounded by twelve stone pillars engraved with runes.

Gu Sheng showed his core disciple token, and the guards immediately made way for him.

"Outer perimeter of Xuan City, quick!"

Gu Sheng spoke to the elder in charge of the magic array.

Seeing his anxious expression, the elder didn't ask any more questions and activated the magic array by forming hand seals.

With a blinding flash of white light, Gu Sheng felt his body being torn apart and then reassembled. When he opened his eyes again, he was standing on a desolate plain.

In the distance, the vast desert of ants, with its endless yellow sand, resembles a lurking giant beast.

Gu Sheng unfolded the map to confirm the direction, and then used his movement technique to speed south.

His boots barely touched the ground, and each step he took covered more than ten feet, creating a cloud of dust behind him.

Half an hour later, Gu Sheng stood at the edge of the Thousand Ant Desert.

A wave of heat hit us, and the air was filled with a sour, rotten smell.

He activated the communication jade talisman again, and this time he finally received a response.

"Junior Brother Gu, I have an oasis deep in the desert, and the ruins of a tall tower."

Gu Ningshuang's voice was so weak that it was almost inaudible.

"Be careful, there might be a trap."

The signal was interrupted again.

Gu Sheng gripped the jade talisman tightly, his knuckles turning white.

He stepped into this desolate wasteland.

He had barely taken a hundred steps when Gu Sheng suddenly felt an unusual vibration coming from the sand beneath his feet.

He flashed, and the spot where he had been standing suddenly exploded. A pair of massive black jaws, each as thick as an adult's arm, burst from the ground, creating a deafening roar in the air.

"A Xuanwu Realm demonic beast!"

Gu Sheng's pupils contracted, and the long sword at his waist was already drawn.

As the sandstorm subsided, a giant ant, the size of a small mountain, was revealed.

It is entirely black, with strange red patterns covering its carapace.

With a piercing screech, the surrounding sand bulged up, and five more equally terrifying giant ants burst from the ground.

Further away, the sand dunes rolled, indicating that more giant ants were approaching.

Gu Sheng made a quick decision and turned to break through the encirclement, but suddenly a dazzling bluish-black light burst forth from beneath his feet.

These lights quickly intertwined, instantly forming an inverted eggshell-shaped barrier that trapped him inside.

"Array?"

Gu Sheng felt a chill run down his spine.

"Someone set this up beforehand; they were waiting for me to fall into their trap!"

He immediately thought of Shen Qingyun, with whom he had recently had a falling out.

This inner sect elder's personal disciple has harbored a grudge ever since he defeated his opponent in the sect's grand competition.

"Hehehe"

A sinister laugh came from outside the barrier.

Gu Sheng looked in the direction of the sound and saw a gaunt old man in a red robe standing on a sand dune, holding a strangely shaped bone staff in his hand.

What's even more intriguing is that Gu Sheng keenly noticed several almost invisible black lines behind the old man, piercing through the barrier and connecting to the giant ants.

"Controlling demonic beasts?"

Gu Sheng's heart sank.

"At least at the level of spiritual power cultivation of the Heavenly Martial Realm."

The old man in the red robe scrutinized Gu Sheng with his cloudy eyes, his voice like sandpaper scraping.

"As expected of a core disciple of the Imperial Sect, you discovered my Soul-Binding Threads so quickly."

He licked his chapped lips.

"To have such cultivation at such a young age, if he were to be refined into a living puppet, it would surely increase my strength by another level."

Gu Sheng sneered.

"Just these few insects?"

"Sharp teeth and sharp mouths."

The old man was not offended and lightly waved his bone cane.

"Go, don't kill him, just leave him breathing."

The six giant ants simultaneously hissed and lunged at Gu Sheng from different directions.

Their speed was completely disproportionate to their size, and in the blink of an eye, they blocked all escape routes.

"Splitting Light and Shadow Sword!"

With a shout, Gu Sheng's long sword suddenly conjured nine illusory figures, which, along with his main body, charged toward the giant ant.

This is his most proficient group combat technique, which has always been effective against low-intelligence monsters.

Sure enough, the six giant ants paused, their compound eyes reflecting multiple "Gu Sheng" images, unsure which one to attack.

"Little tricks."

The old man in the red robe chuckled, and the skull on his bone staff suddenly glowed green.

The black threads connecting the giant ants trembled, and the six giant ants simultaneously turned around and pounced on Gu Sheng's true form!
"Can he see through my true form?"

Gu Sheng was startled and immediately noticed something amiss—a faint spiritual force had penetrated the restriction and was firmly locked onto him.

Six giant ants swarmed in from all directions, their sharp mandibles gleaming coldly, their force enough to tear through refined iron, creating a piercing sound as they ripped through the air.

A glint flashed in Gu Sheng's eyes, and his true energy surged within him.

"The Three Mysterious Transformations of Nirvana!"

With a low shout, Gu Sheng's body suddenly erupted with dazzling flames. Crimson flames wrapped around his entire body, and his protective aura condensed into dozens of qi swords within the flames, spinning rapidly around him.

"cut!"

The sword of energy shot out, and before the giant ant at the front could react, its proud mandibles were severed at the root.

The sword of energy continued its momentum, piercing directly through the giant ant's head. Before the green formic acid blood could even spurt out, the giant ant collapsed to the ground with a thud.

"His-"

The remaining five giant ants let out a piercing cry, and their massive mandibles simultaneously snapped at Gu Sheng's vital points.

Gu Sheng neither dodged nor avoided, his protective aura forming an invisible barrier in front of him.

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

The sound of metal clashing was deafening, yet the giant ants' bites could not penetrate the seemingly weak protective aura.

"break!"

Gu Sheng formed a sword shape with his right hand, and a sword aura three zhang long swept out, splitting a giant ant on the left side in two from head to tail.

The green formic acid hissed as it fell to the ground, corroding deep pits into the hard rock.

Gu Sheng frowned slightly, instantly dispelled his protective aura, and retreated more than ten feet.

"Sky-Piercing Sword Technique!"

Two silver-white sword energies shot out from his fingertips, moving at a speed too fast for the naked eye to see, directly piercing through the compound eyes of the two giant ants and exiting from the back of their heads.

The giant ant's enormous body twitched a few times, then it stopped moving.

The last two giant ants seemed to sense the danger and turned to flee at the same time.

"Want to go?"

Gu Sheng sneered, formed hand seals, and unleashed two sword energies that precisely pierced the weak spot on the back of the giant ant's head.

The six giant ants, enough to kill even an ordinary Earth Martial Realm expert, were easily killed by Gu Sheng.

"Clap clap-"

A slow clapping sound came from deep within the barrier. The old man in red robes slowly stepped out, his eyes filled with a cold light.

"As expected of a junior who managed to get here, he's quite capable."

The old man's voice was hoarse.

"However, things won't be that simple from here on out."

With a flick of his sleeve, the old man unleashed six black shadows from the barrier, which then formed a fan shape to surround Gu Sheng.

Gu Sheng looked closely and saw that there were six martial artists, the weakest of whom was at the peak of the Xuanwu Realm and the strongest of whom had even reached the early stage of the Diwu Realm.

Strangely, these people had lifeless eyes and were connected by thin black threads, yet their movements were unusually agile.

"puppet?"

Gu Sheng felt a chill run down his spine.

"Good eyesight."

The old man grinned maliciously.

"These were all once renowned powerhouses, but now they are nothing more than my playthings."

Six puppets attacked simultaneously, their blades flashing and swords flashing as they struck Gu Sheng's vitals from different angles.

Gu Sheng dodged and weaved, but his sleeve was still torn by a blade of energy.

“The souls of these puppets have been drained, and their bodies are completely controlled by that old man.”

Yue Shenggong's voice suddenly rang out in Gu Sheng's mind.

"And the power within them looks somewhat familiar to me."

While dealing with the attacks, Gu Sheng asked himself the same question.

"Senior, do you have a solution?"

"Use the Divine Labyrinth! The control threads on these puppets are very special. If we can sever the connection between the old man and the puppets..."

A bronze palace the size of a palm suddenly appeared in Gu Sheng's palm. (End of Chapter)