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

Whispers continued to reach Gu Sheng's ears.

"This Gu Sheng is truly ignorant of his own limitations."

"Senior Brother Xiao has never been defeated; he's doomed."

"What a pity, I heard he has a good talent for alchemy."

Gu Sheng ignored these comments and simply patted Shen Qingtan's shoulder lightly.

"We'll know the answer in a month."

He paused.

"Once I finish what I'm doing, I'll help you deal with Shen Qingyun."

Shen Qingtan stared at him blankly, not understanding why he could be so calm.

Deep within those eyes, it seemed as if golden flames were burning quietly, their depths unfathomable.

"you"

Before she could say anything more, Gu Sheng had already turned and left, his back straight as a pine tree, disappearing into the distance amidst the complex gazes of the crowd.

After leaving the martial arts arena, Gu Sheng went straight out of the Great Wilderness City.

The guards at the city gate saw the Linglang Pavilion token hanging from his waist and bowed respectfully, but their eyes held a hint of regret for yet another young man who dared to challenge Xiao Beixuan.

Outside the city, on the desolate plains, the wind whips up yellow sand.

Gu Sheng kept walking, pondering his next plan.

"If one can achieve the Glazed Golden Body, then open up another meridian."

He pondered to himself, then suddenly frowned.

"Aren't you tired after following me all this way?"

Gu Sheng stopped in his tracks, his voice cold.

All around was silent, with only the sound of the wind howling.

"Now that we're outside the city, there are no restrictions on flying."

Gu Sheng lightly pressed his right hand against his waist.

"If we don't show up now, we'll miss our chance."

Still no one answered.

Gu Sheng snorted coldly and was about to take off into the air when suddenly...
A round of applause came from behind.

"As expected of someone who can attract Senior Brother Xiao's attention, their vigilance is quite good."

A soft, feminine voice rang out.

Fifteen figures emerged from all directions and surrounded Gu Sheng.

The leader, dressed in a blue robe, had a sinister face and was toying with a jade talisman in his hand.

Gu Sheng looked around and saw that all fifteen people were experts at the Grandmaster level! Such a lineup was enough to kill a master who had just entered the King level.

"Xiao Beixuan sent you?"

Gu Sheng narrowed his eyes, and his internal energy quietly circulated.

The man in the blue robe chuckled.

Why ask so many questions of a dying man?

Before the words were even finished, fourteen experts at the Grandmaster level attacked simultaneously! Various kinds of true energy poured out like a torrent, and the air was compressed and made to explode.

"boom!"

A burst of golden light erupted behind Gu Sheng, and the phantom image of the Nine Dragons Qiankun Cauldron suddenly appeared.

Nine golden dragons coiled around the cauldron, emitting a deafening roar.

A golden rainbow shot up from the cauldron, enveloping Gu Sheng within it.

"what?!"

The man in the blue robe's expression changed drastically.

"This is."

Golden divine flames burned on Gu Sheng's body, and his aura rose steadily, causing the combined attack of fourteen experts at the Sect Realm level to falter.

"Is this all you can do?"

Gu Sheng sneered, his eyes gleaming with golden light.

The man in the blue robe gritted his teeth and suddenly threw out a black bead.

"go to hell!"

The black bead streaked across the sky, leaving tiny cracks in the space it passed through.

At the same time, fourteen attacks arrived in front of Gu Sheng, their true energy intertwining into a net, blocking all escape routes.

Gu Sheng neither dodged nor evaded; his right hand formed a claw, and the golden flames solidified into a tangible form.

"Nine Dragons Devour the Heavens!"

"Roar"

Nine golden dragons flew out of the cauldron to meet the fourteen attacks.

He himself transformed into a golden lightning bolt, rushing straight towards the man in the green robe!

"Northern Star Immortal Slayer Sword Slash!"

Gu Sheng let out a cold shout, and hundreds of golden sword energy poured down like a meteor shower.

Although those experts at the Grandmaster level reacted quickly, they were still a beat too slow to escape in the face of this overwhelming sword aura.

"No"

Seeing the three sword-like energy beams aimed directly at his vital points, an old man in a gray robe gritted his teeth and roared, gathering powerful true energy between his palms, which transformed into a blue shield in front of him.

"boom!"

The golden and cyan lights collided violently, unleashing a deafening roar.

The ground cracked, gravel flew everywhere, and dust filled an area of ​​dozens of feet.

As the dust settled slightly, everyone's pupils constricted. Three bowl-sized bloody holes appeared on the gray-robed old man's chest. Golden flames spread rapidly from the wounds, burning the body of a powerful cultivator to ashes in the blink of an eye, leaving not even bone fragments behind.

"How is this possible?"

The man in the blue robe was deathly pale, and the long sword in his hand trembled slightly.

"Even Elder Li's 'Azure Origin Shield' couldn't withstand a single blow?"

Gu Sheng sneered, flicked his fingers, and the remaining sword energy seemed to come alive, changing direction and continuing to chase after the fleeing crowd.

Golden flames traced dazzling paths through the air, scorching and distorting the air wherever they passed.

"Gu Sheng! Don't push your luck!"

The man in the blue robe suddenly pulled out a jet-black bead from his pocket, his eyes filled with ruthlessness.

"You forced me to do this!"

He suddenly threw the black bead at Gu Sheng, shouting at the same time.

"Everyone, retreat!"

Gu Sheng appeared nonchalant, but in reality, his mental energy had already locked onto the black bead that was flying towards him.

Just as the golden sword of energy was about to touch the bead...
"Oh!"

Without warning, the black bead burst open, and the thick, ink-like black mist instantly spread out, condensing in the air into a hunched figure.

It was an old man draped in a black cloak, his face withered like a dried corpse, with eerie green flames flickering in his sunken eye sockets.

"Ok?"

Gu Sheng frowned and suddenly stopped.

An unprecedented sense of oppression descended from the sky, and the air within a radius of a hundred feet seemed to solidify into a tangible substance.

Gu Sheng felt a sudden heaviness throughout his body, as if he were bound by invisible shackles, making it difficult to even move his fingers.

"The Realm of the Venerable"

Gu Sheng's eyes were solemn.

The withered old man slowly raised his head, his eerie green eyes locking onto Gu Sheng like a venomous snake.

In that instant, Gu Sheng felt a bone-chilling cold rush up his spine to the back of his head, and every pore on his body involuntarily contracted.

"Junior."

The old man's voice was hoarse and dry, like two bones rubbing against each other.

"Do you still remember Blood Blade Stronghold outside Dark Cloud City?"

Gu Sheng's pupils contracted slightly.

"Are you the person behind Blood Blade Stronghold?"

"good."

The old man slowly raised his withered, claw-like hand.

"I have been planning this for a thousand years, but you have destroyed it all in one day. Today, it is time to settle this score."

As he moved, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered wildly, forming a transparent cage with a diameter of tens of feet, trapping Gu Sheng inside.

The martial artists watching from afar were horrified to find that the circulation of their internal energy had become extremely sluggish. Several of the weaker ones even knelt down, bleeding from their seven orifices.

"Domain suppression. Is this the power of the Venerable Realm?"

An elderly man with a white beard said in a trembling voice, his eyes filled with fear.

The withered old man ignored the commotion around him, his eerie green gaze never leaving Gu Sheng.

"I will give you two choices."

He held out a finger.

"First, hand over the trump card that destroyed the Wanliu Sect, and serve me as your master for ten thousand years."

Then he extended a second finger.

Secondly, death.

Before he could finish speaking, the ground beneath the old man's feet suddenly collapsed, and cracks spread rapidly like a spider web.

The land within a radius of dozens of miles began to sink, and several small hills in the distance collapsed with a deafening roar, sending dust billowing into the sky. Some martial artists who were unable to escape in time were crushed into blood mist by the invisible pressure, their screams echoing throughout the land.

"Three breaths."

The old man spoke softly, but his voice echoed in everyone's hearts like a death knell.

"Choose."

"Three breaths have passed, junior, it's time to give me an answer."

The gray-robed old man's phantom image floated in mid-air, his wide sleeves moving without wind.

His face was withered, but his eyes were like two flickering eerie flames as he looked down at Gu Sheng.

The spiritual energy within a radius of a hundred feet seemed to solidify, and even the sound of the wind disappeared.

Gu Sheng stood on a pile of ruins, with the Wanliu Sect's plaque leaning at his feet, broken in two.

He held a blood-stained longsword in his right hand, while his left hand was behind his back, his knuckles slightly white.

"reply?"

Gu Sheng raised his head, a cold smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

"In my entire life, I, Gu Sheng, have never learned to bow down to evil cultivators."

The old man's phantom eyes suddenly blazed with ghostly fire, then he let out a laugh like that of a night owl.

"Interesting. A mere junior in the Profound Realm dares to be so presumptuous in front of me. Although the Myriad Streams Sect was just a pawn, the fact that you were able to destroy it makes me quite curious."

Gu Sheng did not answer, and his spiritual energy quietly circulated within his body.

He could sense that the old man's phantom was at least a Venerable Realm being, and even if it was just an avatar, it was far beyond what he could currently contend with head-on.

"That's all."

The old man's illusory figure suddenly stopped smiling.

"Since you don't know what's good for you, I'll send you on your way first, and then turn you into a corpse puppet. At that time, I can use the Soul Searching Technique to find out what I want to know."

Before he finished speaking, the old man's illusory figure raised his withered right hand and pressed it down.

"boom"

The world changes color!

The once clear sky was instantly covered by pitch-black clouds, and countless black streaks descended from the clouds, like thousands of giant pythons swallowing the sky, strangling towards Gu Sheng.

Each bolt of silk contained a potent poison that corroded spiritual energy; wherever it passed, even the air hissed.

"Die."

The old man's illusory figure spoke indifferently.

Gu Sheng's pupils contracted sharply, and all his muscles tensed.

Just as the first black ribbon was about to touch the hem of his clothes.
"Buzz!"

A dazzling golden light shot up from behind him, illuminating half the sky.

In the golden light, an ancient bronze cauldron slowly emerged, with nine lifelike golden dragons coiled around its body, each dragon scale bearing mysterious runes.

"Nine Dragons Universe Cauldron, collect!"

Gu Sheng roared.

"Rumble"

The cauldron shone with golden light, transforming into a giant vortex.

Those menacing black streaks of light vanished like mud oxen entering the sea, swallowed up entirely by the whirlpool.

Even more terrifying, the golden vortex began to tear apart the old man's illusory figure itself!
"what?!"

The old man's phantom image finally changed color.

"This is... an ancient treasure?!"

He tried to break free, only to find his illusory figure being pulled little by little toward the mouth of the cauldron.

The black ribbons that he had originally controlled have now become chains that bind him.

"You brat! How dare you!"

The old man's shadow roared.

"If you destroy this incarnation of mine, I, the Venerable One, will personally come and grind you to dust!"

Gu Sheng sneered.

"Old man, you talk too much nonsense."

"what"

With a roar of resentment, the old man's phantom was completely absorbed into the Nine Dragons Universe Cauldron.

Nine golden dragons lit up simultaneously on the body of the cauldron, sealing its mouth, and faint screams could still be heard coming from inside.

After a few breaths, the world returned to clarity.

Gu Sheng let out a long sigh of relief, fine beads of sweat appearing on his forehead.

He quickly made a hand seal, and the Nine Dragons Universe Cauldron transformed into a golden light and entered his body.

This treasure is his greatest trump card. Each use consumes a large amount of spiritual energy, and he will never use it lightly unless it is a matter of life and death.

"Master...Master's avatar has been destroyed?"

A trembling voice came from afar.

Gu Sheng turned his head and saw more than a dozen martial artists at the Grandmaster level standing there, their faces filled with disbelief.

The leading man in the blue robe was ashen-faced, and his long sword clattered to the ground.

A cold glint flashed in Gu Sheng's eyes.

These people showed no mercy when they attacked him earlier; now is the perfect time to deal with them.

"Gentlemen, it's time to set off."

he whispered.

A flash of light appeared on his left hand, and the ground suddenly shook violently.

"what?!"

The man in the blue robe exclaimed in surprise.

"Puff puff"

Dozens of jet-black vines burst forth from the ground, each as thick as an adult's arm and covered with sharp barbs.

These vines, as if alive, instantly wrapped around the bodies of those martial artists at the Grandmaster level.

"It's the Heavenly Demon Vine! Run!"

Someone recognized the infamous demonic plant.

But it was too late.

"call"

Gu Sheng let out a long sigh and sat cross-legged atop the desolate mountain.

The Heavenly Demon Vine vines wriggled around him like living things, forming an impenetrable defensive net.

"This was extremely dangerous."

Gu Sheng looked down at his palm, where the mark of the Nine Dragons Qiankun Cauldron was faintly visible.

"If this precious cauldron hadn't suddenly unleashed its power, I'm afraid..."

Gu Sheng still felt lingering fear when he recalled the terrifying pressure that the old man's phantom had exerted when he appeared.

Even a mere avatar of a Venerable Realm cultivator is enough to obliterate a Heavenly Martial Realm cultivator like him.

"However, this treasure cauldron seems to have a special suppressive effect on martial artist avatars."

With a glint in his eyes, Gu Sheng attempted to probe the cauldron with his spiritual power.

"buzz"

A powerful repulsive force instantly bounced his mental energy back, causing a sharp pain in his mind.

"hiss"

Gu Sheng gasped, but did not give up.

"Come again!"

Once, twice, three times.
Each attempt ended in failure, but Gu Sheng keenly noticed that his mental strength was becoming more solid at a visible speed under repeated impacts.

"interesting."

Gu Sheng's lips curled up slightly.

"Although we can't explore the inside of the cauldron, this is a good way to hone our mental strength."

He took out two storage rings, which he had obtained from those mummified corpses.

With a sweep of his mental energy, he could see all the items inside.

"They really are from Great Wilderness City."

Gu Sheng sneered.

"It seems that old scoundrel is determined to kill me."

In addition to the usual spirit stones and pills, the storage ring also contained several jade slips recording tracking techniques.

Without hesitation, Gu Sheng crushed them into dust, which then drifted away in the wind.

"Heavenly Demon Vine, be on alert of the surroundings."

With a thought, Gu Sheng caused the Heavenly Demon Vine, which was rooted in the surrounding area, to immediately extend more vines, covering the area within a ten-mile radius completely.

After confirming that it was safe, Gu Sheng took out two items from his storage ring: a pill that shimmered with golden light and a crystal-clear glass heart.

"Eighth-grade Golden Body Pill, Crystal Heart"

A burning desire flashed in Gu Sheng's eyes.

"Tantai Bingtang and Baiyu are quite generous."

He then brought out an ancient alchemical furnace.

The alchemy furnace was entirely black, its surface covered with intricate patterns; it was the very furnace he used for refining elixirs. (End of Chapter)