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

The imagined paradise did not appear; instead, there was a desolate valley surrounded by jagged rocks, barren of vegetation, and filled with a stench of decay.

"This is not Zixia Cave Heaven."

Gu Sheng said in a deep voice, his right hand already on the hilt of the knife at his waist.

Nangong Yingying looked around, her brows furrowed.

"I have never been to Zixia Cave in person, but the description in the materials is not like that."

"We've been tricked."

A cold glint flashed in Gu Sheng's eyes, and his spiritual power spread out like a tide.

In an instant, he sensed several blurry figures hidden behind the surrounding rocks, their presence extremely well concealed. If it weren't for his superior mental strength, he would have had little chance of detecting them.

"come out!"

Gu Sheng roared, his voice like thunder echoing through the valley.

Upon hearing this, Nangong Yingying immediately became alert, her slender hands already forming a hand seal, and a faint purple aura emanated from her body.

"Hehe, not bad for being alert."

A chilling voice came from behind the rocks, and seven figures appeared one after another, surrounding the two in a fan shape.

The leader was dressed in a purple robe with a golden glow pattern embroidered on his chest. His face was sinister and his aura was as deep as the sea. He was clearly a powerful expert who had just entered the sect realm!
"Impersonating members of my Zixia Divine Sect in an attempt to undermine the foundation of our sect is a crime deserving of death!"

The expert at the sect level said coldly, his eyes filled with killing intent.

"Kill them, then go to the cave to support our comrades!"

The six martial artists at the peak of the Heavenly Martial Realm immediately dispersed and approached from different directions. Each of them had terrifying purple true energy gathered in their hands, clearly indicating that they were cultivating the same origin technique, which would multiply their power when used together.

Nangong Yingying's expression changed slightly, and she said in a low voice.

"Six peak Heavenly Martial Realm experts and one Sect Realm expert. Gu Sheng, and us..."

"Try to stall them."

Gu Sheng's voice was unusually calm, and his eyes held a strange light.

"Leave the rest to me."

Nangong Yingying glanced to the side and saw nine dragon-shaped phantoms vaguely emerging behind Gu Sheng, surrounding the outline of an ancient cauldron. His aura was rising at an astonishing speed!
"What is that?"

Nangong Yingying was shocked, but the situation was critical and she had no time to think.

"Watch out for the shadowy figure behind him!"

The expert at the sect level keenly sensed the anomaly and immediately spoke up to warn them.

"Avoid direct confrontation, use ranged attacks!"

Upon hearing this, the six Heavenly Martial Realm warriors immediately changed their tactics. As they retreated rapidly, each of them unleashed a streak of purple true energy that tore through the air like six venomous snakes, attacking the two men.

"Suppress them! Don't give them a chance to react!"

The expert at the sect level shouted sternly.

Gu Sheng sneered.

"You've suspected us all along, haven't you? You used Zixia Cave as bait to set this trap."

Nangong Yingying was startled upon hearing this.

"If that's really the case, then what about Senior Sister Miao and the others?"

"Block their attack and find a way to throw me into the crowd!"

Gu Sheng suddenly whispered.

Although Nangong Yingying did not understand what he meant, she had no other choice at the moment.

She gritted her teeth, and her inner energy erupted, forming a thick purple barrier in front of the two of them.

"Purple Clouds Over the Sky!"

Six purple streaks of light slammed into the barrier almost simultaneously, producing deafening explosions.

Nangong Yingying groaned, blood spilling from the corner of her mouth. Spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the barrier, but it ultimately did not break.

On the battlefield shrouded in blood mist, Nangong Yingying knelt on one knee, the blood overflowing from the corner of her mouth staining her chest.

She gripped a broken piece of whip tightly in her right hand, while her left hand gripped Gu Sheng's shoulder firmly.

"Gu Sheng, trust me this once!"

Her voice was hoarse, but her eyes burned with a resolute flame.

Before Gu Sheng could respond, he felt a violent force coming from his shoulder.

Nangong Yingying's body erupted with dazzling blue light, unleashing her peak Heavenly Martial Realm cultivation without reservation.

Her slender arm muscles tensed, and she swung Gu Sheng up, throwing him towards the enemy like a cannonball.

"boom"

The deafening roar of the air being torn apart echoed through the valley, and Gu Sheng's figure left a white trail in the sonic boom cloud.

The expressions of the six peak Heavenly Martial Realm warriors changed drastically, and they all activated their protective qi.

"Spread out! Quickly spread out!"

A sharp shout came from afar from the realm of a powerful expert.

"This kid's strength is strange, but he can only kill one person at a time! Kill him as soon as he makes his move!"

Upon hearing this, the six people quickly dispersed and formed an encirclement.

However, Gu Sheng, who was in mid-air, sneered.

"Only one person can be killed at a time?"

His voice wasn't loud, but it reached everyone's ears clearly.

"Who told you?"

Before he finished speaking, a dazzling golden light suddenly burst forth from Gu Sheng's body.

Blazing flames appeared out of thin air and instantly condensed into hundreds of golden energy swords.

The sword is wrapped in mysterious patterns, each pattern flowing as if it were alive.

"The Northern Star Immortal-Slaying Sword!"

With a low shout from Gu Sheng, hundreds of sword lights soared into the sky like golden dragons.

Wherever the sword passed, space itself distorted slightly.

The six Heavenly Martial Realm warriors were horrified to discover that they were locked onto by an invisible aura, and no matter how they tried to dodge, the golden sword lights followed them relentlessly.

"No"

The piercing screams stopped abruptly as soon as they began.

Golden sword light intertwined into a net, and the six bodies turned to ashes the moment they touched the sword light, leaving not even a trace of their weapons or armor.

The pupils of the powerful experts at the Grandmaster level watching from afar suddenly contracted.

His hands, which had been behind his back, unconsciously clenched, his knuckles making a crisp cracking sound.

"The intelligence was incorrect."

He muttered to himself, his eyes filled with fear.

"This kid can actually unleash so many primal sword energies at the same time!"

But a sect master is still a sect master; after a brief moment of shock, the killing intent in his eyes intensified.

With a sway of his body, he left an afterimage in the same spot, and his true form appeared three zhang behind Gu Sheng.

"Gu Sheng, watch out!"

Nangong Yingying called out urgently.

She struggled to stand up, but the movement aggravated her injuries, causing her to cough up blood.

Gu Sheng seemed to have expected this, and chuckled lightly without turning his head.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time."

The expert's right palm emitted a strange purplish-black light, and a hideous ghost face pattern could be vaguely seen in the center of his palm.

"Soul-Devouring Palm!"

He shouted sharply, and the air around him hissed as his palm struck.

At the critical moment, nine dragon roars suddenly emanated from Gu Sheng's body.

The phantom image of the Nine Dragons Universe Cauldron appeared behind him, with nine golden dragons swirling and dancing, each spitting out a wisp of golden light that entered Gu Sheng's body.

"Who told you I could only use my trump card once?"

Gu Sheng turned around, his eyes gleaming with golden light.

His momentum surged, and in an instant, he broke through the shackles of the Heavenly Martial Realm and reached the Half-Step Sect Realm!

The expert at the Grandmaster level had a drastic change in expression and hurriedly changed his move to retreat.

But it was too late. Gu Sheng made a grasping motion with his right hand, and a completely transparent sword of qi materialized out of thin air.

The sword was dull and unadorned, yet it caused subtle distortions in the surrounding space.

"cut."

With a single word, Gu Sheng's figure swept past his opponent like a ghost.

The expert at the sect level felt a chill on his neck, and his vision suddenly spun.

He was horrified to discover that he could see his headless body still in a backward posture.

You're bluffing me.

His head tumbled in the air, yet the powerful cultivator at the Grandmaster level was still able to speak.

Reaching this level, one can survive for a while even if beheaded.

"The intelligence says you'll be exhausted after just one use."

Gu Sheng dispersed his sword aura and said calmly.

"That's why I said your intelligence was wrong."

With that, he raised his hand and waved it, a gust of wind blasting the head, which was full of resentment, into a bloody mist.

Only then did Nangong Yingying stagger forward.

Her face was as pale as paper, but her eyes were filled with disbelief.

"Who exactly are you? The Nine Dragons Universe Cauldron is the national treasure of the Northern Star Dynasty, how could you..."

Gu Sheng didn't answer, but instead bent down, took off the storage ring of a Grandmaster-level expert, and tossed it to her. "See if there are any healing medicines."

With a slight tremor of her slender fingers, Nangong Yingying stored the corpse of the sect-level expert into her storage ring.

As she turned around, the dust stirred up during the battle still clung to her hair, shimmering faintly with gold in the sunlight.

"There are only some emergency pills and two talismans in the storage ring."

She walked up to Gu Sheng, her voice tinged with confusion.

"It seems that the person behind him anticipated this and didn't leave him much."

Gu Sheng sat cross-legged with his eyes slightly closed, then slowly opened them upon hearing this.

Those eyes were as black as ink, yet they seemed to see through everything.

He took the storage ring, scanned it with his spiritual power, and then took out a blue and white porcelain bottle and tossed it to Nangong Yingying.

"Refine it."

His voice was calm to the point of being indifferent.

Nangong Yingying took the porcelain bottle, her brows furrowing slightly.

"Over there with the young lady..."

"She has at least five King Realm experts by her side."

Gu Sheng interrupted her, his tone leaving no room for argument.

"Even if there is real danger, with your cultivation level which is not even at the Sect Realm, going there would only be suicide."

Nangong Yingying was taken aback, then gave a wry smile.

She understood that Gu Sheng was right, but she still felt uneasy.

But soon, she calmed herself down, sat cross-legged, and began refining the elixir.

Gu Sheng stood up and checked the items in his storage ring again.

Three Grade 6 Healing Pills, two Grade 6 Rejuvenation Pills, two Blood Explosion Pills, and the two talismans: one Escape Talisman and one Thousand-Mile Teleportation Talisman.

He transferred the talismans to his usual storage ring, and threw the rest of the items into his inventory space.

"Blood Explosion Pill."

Gu Sheng's lips curled up slightly, revealing his disdain.

"Useless to me."

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Nangong Yingying's aura gradually stabilized.

She opened her eyes, a glint of light flashing in them.

"It's time to go."

She stood up.

"Is the Purple Cloud Cave Heaven located to the north?"

Gu Sheng nodded.

"The fluctuations in spiritual energy and the aftershocks of the battle are very obvious, so it should be true."

He paused.

"From now on, I will no longer use the identity of Ye Yiyi."

Nangong Yingying looked puzzled.

"Then how do we enter the Purple Cloud Cave Heaven?"

"We'll find a way when we get there."

Gu Sheng said calmly.

"If all else fails, we can just kill two disciples of the Zixia Divine Sect who can enter the cave heaven."

Nangong Yingying's heart skipped a beat.

When Gu Sheng said this, her tone was even more casual than when she talked about the weather.

She couldn't help but take another look at him. Just how many secrets did this seemingly only Earth Martial Realm cultivator hold?

"Let's go."

Gu Sheng interrupted her thoughts.

"Take me with you and let me fly through the air."

Nangong Yingying nodded and reached out to put her arm around Gu Sheng's waist.

Just as she was about to take off, she suddenly remembered something.

"Do you have any means to conceal your presence? What if the people of the Purple Cloud Cult discover you?"

"You just need to fly."

Gu Sheng spoke calmly.

"Don't worry about anything else."

Deep within the desolate mountains, two figures streaked across the sky like streaks of light.

"Gu Sheng, the Purple Cloud Cave Heaven is just a hundred miles ahead."

Nangong Yingying's black hair flew in the wind, her purple skirt fluttered, and her voice carried clearly through the air.

Gu Sheng nodded slightly, his eyes gleaming.

He was dressed in black, with an ancient longsword hanging at his waist. He was like a sharp blade drawn from its sheath, his sharpness restrained yet not to be underestimated.

Just as the two were about to accelerate, Gu Sheng suddenly frowned and reached out to stop Nangong Yingying.

"Wait, someone's here."

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, a group of people emerged from the dense forest ahead.

The leader was a woman dressed in white, wearing a black hooded hat that obscured her face.

She was followed by more than ten martial artists, each with a calm and composed aura, clearly skilled fighters.

"First level of Tianwu Realm."

Gu Sheng's gaze sharpened slightly as he silently assessed the situation.

This young woman possesses such cultivation; if she were in the Great Wilderness City, she would definitely be able to enter the inner courtyard of the Holy Academy.

The woman in white seemed to notice Gu Sheng's gaze, and her brows furrowed beneath her bamboo hat.

Why are you staring at me?

His voice was cold and clear, tinged with displeasure.

Nangong Yingying took half a step forward, her purple eyes filled with vigilance.

"Young lady, we're just passing by."

"Passing by?"

The woman in white gave a cold laugh.

"Deep in the Desolate Ancient Mountains, near the Purple Cloud Cave Heaven, you say you're just passing by?"

Gu Sheng remained expressionless and said calmly.

"If you do not believe me, you may investigate at will."

Upon hearing this, the woman in white's eyes flickered beneath her bamboo hat.

She comes from the Earth Spirit Sect near Xiaguang City. This time, she has been ordered by the patriarch of the Purple Cloud Divine Sect to lead the sect's experts to await orders.

The man in front of her seemed to have only the cultivation level of Earth Martial Realm, yet he gave her a feeling of unfathomable depth; the woman's aura was even more restrained, and even she could not see through her.

"Hmph, whoever you are, leave from the west."

The woman in white finally spoke.

"Great chaos is about to erupt here, and it's not something you can get involved in."

Gu Sheng and Nangong Yingying exchanged a glance, said nothing, turned around, and took to the air, flying westward.

After the two figures disappeared into the horizon, a middle-aged martial artist beside the woman in white whispered.

"Holy Maiden, why don't you capture them? Those two are behaving suspiciously."

"madness!"

The woman in white coldly rebuked her.

"That woman's strength is unfathomable, and the man gives me a dangerous feeling. Pass down the order to speed up our journey to Zixia Cave and report this matter to the Divine Sect."

On the other side, Gu Sheng and Nangong Yingying flew for dozens of miles before stopping at the edge of a cliff.

"That woman is from the Earth Spirit Sect."

"Nangong Yingying said softly."

"The Earth Spirit Sect has been affiliated with the Purple Cloud Divine Sect for many years, and their trip must be heading to the Purple Cloud Cave Heaven."

A glint of light flashed in Gu Sheng's eyes.

"Follow me."

Nangong Yingying frowned slightly.

The woman had already become suspicious.

"It doesn't matter."

Gu Sheng's lips curled up slightly.

"We just need to follow from a distance until we find the entrance to Zixia Cave."

The two immediately concealed their auras and followed the trail left by the Earth Spirit Sect team.

Half a day later, as the sun set, the desolate ancient mountains were shrouded in a blood-red hue.

"stop."

Gu Sheng suddenly grabbed Nangong Yingying.

"They stopped."

Nangong Yingying focused her senses and nodded.

"There are powerful fluctuations of energy ahead; it must be a checkpoint set up by the Purple Cloud Divine Sect."

Gu Sheng pondered for a moment. (End of Chapter)