In an era where everyone is cultivating immortality, the system wants me to become a demon?

Chapter 385 Raising his hand wasn't an apology, but the Five Dragons Heavenly Heart Sword!
The Cloud Whale Tavern was bustling with activity.

A middle-aged man with a burly build and three scars on his face, wearing a dark blue headscarf, sat in the main seat, enjoying the toasts from the crew and the company of beautiful women.

This person is none other than Wu Sheng, one of the few Golden Core experts in the surrounding seas.

The bounty for another's head is worth a full 300,000 spirit coins in the imperial court.

At this moment, a thin man with snake-like eyes pushed through the crowd and stood before Wu Sheng, saying in a deep voice:
"Captain, Captain Jin's messenger has sent word that the patriarch of the Lin family in Longcheng County is wanted and has fled to his ship. He is now gathering forces from all sides to try and take over Longcheng County."

"According to that Golden Core cultivator named Lin Yonghua, the new county magistrate of Longcheng County has at least three million spirit coins in his possession."

“If we can abduct the new county magistrate and drive him away, he will be willing to hand over the three million spirit coins.”

Wu Sheng listened calmly, then smiled and said:
"It has to be those celestial officials. They can sit there and do nothing, and still have tons of spirit coins coming in."

"Even if it meant robbing these corrupt officials of their money, I wouldn't dare take their lives."

"I should have studied more and achieved a good academic degree back then, otherwise I would never have ended up as a pirate."

Upon hearing this, the cold-looking man nodded in deep agreement.

"Lin Yonghua only talked about the benefits he would give us, but did he say what he himself wanted?"

The cold-faced man said:
"He said that this person invited all the pirates to form an alliance, and after they stormed into Longcheng County, although they dared not kill those celestial officials, they planned to annihilate the three major families except for the Lin family!"

"In this way, he can directly take away all the wealth and even the business secrets of the three major families and rebuild a new Lin family in Fazhou or Baizhou."

Wu Sheng nodded:

"This Lin is indeed a ruthless person. If he does this, his own son and daughter will probably be pushed onto the execution platform and beheaded."

"But he didn't care at all, only concerned with ensuring that he could still act arrogantly and domineeringly in the future."

After a pause, the seemingly rugged but actually meticulous man shook his head and said:

"But the risks are too great. Three million spirit coins sound tempting, but after the other pirate groups take a share and the brothers take another, how much will be left in our pockets?"

The cold-faced man said helplessly:
“But boss… Lin Yonghua has already made contact with that envoy of the Blood God Cult.”

"After he gained a foothold in Fazhou, he was willing to become one of the Blood God Cult's subordinates. In order to win over this Golden Core expert, the Blood God Cult's envoy has agreed to the massacre in Longcheng County."

"Captain Jin's messenger brought what was called a message, but it was more like an order."

Wu Sheng frowned, but did not get angry, because he understood that from his perspective, the Blood God Cult's actions were perfectly reasonable.

Lin Yonghua is, after all, a Golden Core expert, and such an expert is a force to be reckoned with wherever he goes.

The core members of the Blood God Sect, including their peripheral subordinates, number no more than twenty Golden Core cultivators.

It's very worthwhile to suffer a small loss in order to win over Lin Yonghua.

"By the way, the Blood God Cult's blood sacrifice ritual is about to begin, right? How many mortals are they going to sacrifice this time?"

Wu Sheng suddenly remembered something and asked the cold-looking man.

After a brief recollection, the latter replied:

"one million."

Upon hearing this number, Wu Sheng didn't show much surprise; instead, he seemed to realize something.
"I see. It seems that the Blood God Cult had long planned to slaughter an entire city and capture a sufficient number of living sacrifices. It just so happened that Longcheng County was caught in the crossfire."

"In that case, our Yaksha Pirate Crew must set an example."

"Go ahead, just tell them I agree."

The cold-looking man nodded and said:
"I'll go reply to Captain Jin's messenger right away."

With that, the cold-faced man prepared to leave.

But just then, a heavy thud suddenly came from the door of the Cloud Whale Tavern, which had been booked by the Yaksha Pirate Crew.

The next second, the door and its frame flew in and crashed heavily to the ground.

A smartly dressed, indifferent-looking blue-haired, golden-eyed girl appeared at the door and slowly withdrew her foot that had been kicking the door.

"Who dares to run wild on the territory of our Yaksha Pirate Crew!"

One of the pirates immediately slammed his fist on the table and stood up, looking menacingly towards the door.

The person who came was naturally Chen Nuoyi. The girl ignored the shouting pirate and just stood at the door, as if silently waiting for something.

The next second, a voice entered the girl's ears:

“The crimes were heinous. Apart from the tavern staff and Wu Sheng, who was used for the performance, everyone was killed.”

The speaker was naturally Su Yuan, who was in stealth mode. He had arrived at the Cloud Whale Tavern before Chen Nuoyi did, to help scout out the situation in case anything unexpected happened.

For example, Lin Yonghua might also be hiding in this tavern.

Unexpectedly, they did not meet, but instead heard Wu Sheng and his crew mention the Blood God Cult's sacrificial ritual.

A million people must be sacrificed alive!
That's the total population within the jurisdiction of Longcheng County, and judging from Wu Sheng's tone, their Yaksha Pirate Gang has done this more than once, helping to prepare materials for human sacrifices.

As a result, every member of the pirate crew here is filled with extremely dense demonic energy.

Even the lowest-ranking crew members who are only at the first or second level of Qi Refining are subject to this rule.

This is the true evil cult, so evil that Su Yuan wanted to kill someone just by hearing about it.

Worried that Chen Nuoyi might hesitate because of this, Su Yuan also gave a brief explanation of the Blood God Cult's sacrificial ritual.

The girl's cool gaze suddenly turned deep and mysterious.

An uncontrollable murderous intent rose from his body.

This almost tangible killing intent made many of the pirates around, who were about to utter some foul language, tremble and couldn't utter a single word.

Just then, Wu Sheng stood up from his seat and coldly stared at Chen Nuoyi:
"Young lady, it is not polite to disturb others while they are drinking."

"However, I'm in a good mood today. As long as you apologize obediently, I can let you leave unscathed."

Upon hearing this, the cold-looking man standing next to Wu Sheng glanced at him with some surprise, not expecting his boss to be so lenient this time.

It seems they are preparing to act cautiously before and after the human sacrifice ceremony.

However, the girl remained unmoved by Wu Sheng's seemingly tolerant words. Instead, she slowly raised her right hand and clenched her fist tightly.

At that very moment, an intense sense of crisis filled Wu Sheng's entire body.

Before his mind could process it, his body moved instinctively.

He first shielded the cold-looking man in front of him, and then immediately rushed out of the tavern.

But it's too late.

"Five! Dragons! Heaven! Heart! Sword!"

Golden flames suddenly blazed brightly in the blue-haired girl's beautiful eyes.

One after another, brilliant golden sword energies, imbued with boundless dragon energy, shot out from between their fingers!

Five sword energies, like five flashes of lightning, pierced through the cold man's body in an instant, reaching Wu Sheng and aiming directly at his neck.

At the critical moment, Wu Sheng barely managed to raise his arm to protect his neck. The immense power of his Golden Core magic flowed into his arm, causing a thick, bluish-black phantom to quickly appear on its surface.

The phantom resembled the arm of a sea-patrolling yaksha.

Dang Dang Dang Dang——

One after another, brilliant golden sword energies slammed into the illusory arm, each strike concentrating on a single point without the slightest deviation.

After just three sword strikes, the illusory image of the Yaksha's arm shattered with a deafening roar.

The fourth sword strike landed directly on Wu Sheng's arm, sending half of his arm flying into the air.

The fifth sword finally struck heavily on Wu Sheng's neck.

Unfortunately, while blocking the first four swords, Wu Sheng gained some reaction time, tilting his head slightly, preventing the fifth sword from completely severing his head.

Even so, two-thirds of his neck was split open, and he almost fell off completely.

If it were a Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment cultivator, such injuries would undoubtedly be fatal, but Wu Sheng was, after all, a Golden Core expert.

Even a self-taught Golden Core cultivator already possesses the miraculous ability to survive even after being decapitated.

After narrowly catching the Five Dragons Heavenly Heart Sword, Wu Sheng hurriedly raised his only remaining hand and pressed his head hard against his neck, staring at the girl in front of him in shock.

This notorious pirate, who had roamed the legal world for so long, felt his worldview was about to be turned upside down!
A young girl in the late Foundation Establishment stage almost killed him with a single sword strike?
Are young people these days so fierce?
Who exactly is she...?

The thought popped into Wu Sheng's mind subconsciously.

Immediately, he felt a slight dizziness, and when he looked at the girl in front of him again, he felt a sense of familiarity.

I think I recognize this girl.

After a brief examination, his expression changed:
"You...you are Feng Chuanxiang, the daughter of the Feng family patriarch ten years ago?!"

(End of this chapter)