A blind man cultivates immortality and witnesses the great secret of the holy maiden in her bridal c

On Fulu Peak, the joy of surviving a calamity permeated the air.

Qingyun hugged Chen Yang tightly, her cheeks flushed, and kissed him repeatedly on the face with excitement. Her soft lips trembled slightly as she was completely immersed in the joy of her rebirth, oblivious to Gao Rushi turning and leaving behind her.

Gao Rushi's figure appeared particularly forlorn in the desolate mountain wind, her white skirt swaying gently on the leaf-strewn mountain path. The joy of avenging her great enemy had long faded, replaced by a deep-seated confusion—for the past twenty years, she had been imprisoned in a dark and sunless cage, enduring torture day and night, yet she had never given up her cultivation. The only belief that sustained her was to kill Du Juenian with her own hands and comfort the spirits of her parents in heaven.

But now, Du Juenian is dead, her great revenge has been achieved, but her parents will never come back.

The entire Talisman Peak was deserted, with only her, Chen Yang, and Qingyun remaining. Chen Yang and Qingyun were a couple deeply in love, and what made her even more uneasy was that she and Chen Yang had actually become one in order to act.

That short two-minute memory is etched into my mind like a brand, and I can't shake it off.

"How should I face Chen Yang and Qingyun now?"

Filled with sorrow, Gao Rushi walked heavily to her parents' graves, laid out simple offerings, and respectfully paid her respects. Gazing at her parents' names on the tombstone, her eyes reddened slightly, she sighed deeply, and turned back to a long-abandoned cave.

The cave was covered in dust. She slumped on the cold stone bed, her mind racing, like a puppet that had lost its soul.

On the other side, Qingyun finally calmed down. She still hugged Chen Yang's waist, her cheek pressed against his chest, feeling his strong heartbeat, her eyes filled with adoration and love: "Chen Yang, I really didn't expect you to be so strong! You actually killed Du Juenian!"

After thinking for a moment, Chen Yang recounted his previous plan in detail, his tone serious: "If it weren't for Senior Sister Ru Shi sacrificing everything and using herself as bait to lure Du Juenian out, you would probably be dead today."

"What?!"

Upon hearing this, Qingyun's mouth dropped open in shock. She had no idea what had happened while she was unconscious, but now, hearing Chen Yang's explanation, she understood the immense sacrifice Gao Rushi had made—the two of them had actually done *that*!

No wonder Gao Rushi left in such a hurry just now, so that's why!

Qingyun was a thoughtful person, and she immediately understood the cause and effect. She looked up at Chen Yang and said earnestly, "Chen Yang, I'm going to see Senior Sister Rushi. You should also make some preparations."

Chen Yang nodded, then asked疑惑地问道, "What preparations are we making?"

Qingyun reached out and gently tugged at his arm, scolding, "Are you still pretending to be confused? You've already done that with Senior Sister Rushi, and you still want to act like nothing happened? Of course you have to take good care of her! At least you can't neglect her, you have to make her feel that the three of us are one big family."

"Huh?" Chen Yang scratched his head, looking at Qingyun speechlessly. "What exactly do you mean by that? Just say it!"

Qingyun glared at him, her tone as blunt as could be: "Wasn't I clear enough? I'm telling you to go sleep with Gao Rushi!"

"This...this won't do, will it?" Chen Yang's eyes widened instantly, and he waved his hands repeatedly. "That was just an act because of an emergency. There's no special situation now! Do you think I'm that charming that she would like me? What if I anger her and she slaps me to death? Can't you come up with a reliable idea?"

He added with a wry smile, "Senior sister, just because you like me doesn't mean all women like me!"

Looking at him like this, Qingyun couldn't help but roll her eyes, looking at him like he was an idiot: "Chen Yang, sometimes I think you have a high EQ, and sometimes I think you have a pitifully low EQ. Of course I know that not all women like you, and I understand that under normal circumstances, Senior Sister Rushi would not even look at you."

She paused, then analyzed, "But what's the situation now? Senior Sister Ru Shi is all alone. After avenging her great enemy, she has no direction in life and is filled with loneliness. She needs someone to comfort her. Besides, you two have already had a relationship, so she will definitely accept you, and might even wholeheartedly be the woman behind you!"

"Anyway, you should get ready quickly, I'm going to talk to Senior Sister Rushi."

Chen Yang looked reluctant, but Qingyun burst out laughing and teased, "What? Such a good opportunity, and you don't want it?"

"It's not that I don't want her!" Chen Yang shook his head and said truthfully, "Senior Sister Ru Shi is so beautiful, of course I'm tempted. But I always feel that you're using me as a tool to win her over."

Qingyun covered her mouth and laughed non-stop, nodding and then shaking her head: "More or less! But you don't need to worry, do you feel like you can't handle it? Can't manage Senior Sister Rushi?"

She deliberately dragged out her words, teasingly saying, "Yeah, you're so weak..."

"Who are you calling weak?!" Chen Yang immediately interrupted her, looking unconvinced. "How could I possibly not be able to handle it?"

"That's good!" Qingyun clapped her hands and said cheerfully, "You don't need to feel pressured. At most, I'll give my share to Senior Sister Rushi. I'll endure it for a while. You can spend this time with her!"

After saying that, Qingyun no longer hesitated, turned around and transformed into a streak of blue light, quickly flying towards Gao Rushi's cave.

Chen Yang stood there, feeling both excited and helpless. He scratched his head, racking his brains for a long time without coming up with a solution, then simply shook his head: "Forget it, this situation is too complicated, I don't want to think about it anymore! Let's take stock of what we've gained this time!"

With a thought, he took out Du Juenian's storage ring. He channeled a wisp of spiritual energy into the ring, and it opened instantly, revealing its contents—some scattered spirit stones, mostly pills of various grades, and some ordinary talismans and refining materials; there was nothing particularly rare or valuable.

Chen Yang didn't care; none of these things mattered to him.

Du Jue Nian's true reliance is that Ghost Flame Demon Lotus!

He raised his hand again and took out the black lotus. As soon as he touched it, he felt a burning sensation, but the surface of the lotus exuded an icy coldness. The two extreme sensations intertwined, creating an extremely eerie feeling.

On the lotus, black flames burned eerily, both cold and hot, turning into wisps of black smoke that drifted around. Once they touched the skin, they would pierce through the pores like needles, bringing a tingling, stinging sensation.

"A treasure! Definitely a high-level secret artifact!" Chen Yang stroked his chin, a glint of light flashing in his eyes. "Now that Du Juenian is dead, this Ghost Flame Demon Lotus is ownerless. We must quickly bind it to a master through blood!"

Thinking of this, he bit his fingertip without hesitation, squeezed out a drop of bright red blood, and dripped it onto the petals of the Ghost Flame Demon Lotus.

Buzz—!

The moment the essence blood touched the lotus, it vanished like a drop of water merging into the ocean. The next instant, Chen Yang suddenly felt his mind and spirit completely connected with the black lotus before him, as if the lotus had become a part of his body!

At the same time, a system notification sounded in my mind:

[Ding! Host has successfully recognized the Earth-Rank Secret Treasure—Ghost Flame Demon Lotus!]

[Ding! The Ghost Flame Demon Lotus has been severely depleted of energy. Do you wish to spend 300 million spirit stones to repair this treasure?]

Holding the Ghost Flame Demon Lotus, Chen Yang instantly understood how to use it.

To put it bluntly, this thing is a sinister treasure that uses human lives as fuel! It can devour the lives of ordinary cultivators, transforming their flesh and blood essence into pure black flames. The holder can absorb these flames into their body, thereby rapidly increasing their strength!

This is the same principle as those elite demons who use the flesh and blood of human cultivators to refine pills to enhance their cultivation, except that the Ghost Flame Demon Lotus's conversion speed is much faster!

After Du Juenian obtained it, he relied on devouring these flames to improve his strength. Now, the energy in the Ghost Flame Demon Lotus is almost depleted. To fully replenish it, he would need to devour the lives of at least a million high-level cultivators!

Once the energy is fully replenished, the power of the Ghost Flame Demon Lotus will be unleashed:

In terms of defense, it can release an indestructible lotus barrier with extremely strong power, which can only be barely broken by cultivators at the Golden Core stage.

Offensively, it can spew out black demonic flames, the power of which is comparable to the fatal blow of a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Divine Power Realm!

This is absolutely an unparalleled treasure that combines offense and defense!

In addition, it can help the holder to quickly improve their cultivation level. However, this black flame is formed from the flesh and blood of human cultivators, containing a large amount of impurities, karmic entanglements, and difficult-to-remove toxic acids from the flesh and blood.

If one uses the Ghost Flame Demon Lotus to enhance their strength, it will inevitably severely affect the cultivator's own potential, and may even cause their mind to be corrupted by demonic energy, leading them to fall into the demonic path!

Therefore, only those reckless ghost cultivators and demon cultivators would use this kind of black flame for cultivation.

The reason Du Juenian dared to use it was because he had a special method to break through to the Golden Core Realm. He only wanted to condense the Golden Core as soon as possible and didn't care about the side effects of the Ghost Flame Demon Lotus at all—as long as he could become a Golden Core Immortal, even if his potential was damaged, it would be worth it for him!

With a thought, Chen Yang brought up the system panel to check the number of spirit stones—[Remaining spirit stones: 320 million].

"Just enough to repair it!" His eyes lit up, and he tightened his grip on the Ghost Flame Demon Lotus.

This Earth-rank treasure is indeed a good thing, combining offense and defense with abundant energy. Its only drawback is that it cannot be activated at any time during battle and must be set up in advance, making it more like a fixed defensive fortress, lacking flexibility.

[Ding! Host has consumed 300 million spirit stones; the Earth-rank secret treasure, Ghost Flame Demon Lotus, has been fully repaired!]

The system notification had barely finished when the Ghost Flame Lotus in his hand erupted instantly!

boom--!

The eerie black flames suddenly shot into the sky, several times more intense than before. The terrifying flesh and blood energy contained within the flames was almost solidified, and the scorching heat swept over us, even distorting the surrounding air.

As Chen Yang sensed the extremely pure energy within the flames, he couldn't help but lick his lips, inwardly sighing, "Indeed, cultivating with these black flames will result in an absolutely heaven-defying speed of improvement! It's just a pity that I'm not a ghost cultivator, so I can't directly absorb this energy containing the karma of flesh and blood. What a waste."

As he was reflecting on this, another notification popped up on the system panel:

[Ding! The Earth-rank Secret Treasure, Ghost Flame Demon Lotus, has been repaired to its peak. Do you wish to consume 3000 million spirit stones to upgrade it to a Heaven-rank Secret Treasure?]

"Thirty million spirit stones?!" Chen Yang swallowed hard, his eyes filled with shock and ecstasy. "Upgraded to a Heaven-Rank Secret Treasure? Doesn't that mean the treasure's power will double?"

But then he thought again, 30 million spirit stones was no small sum. He had just spent 3 million and only had 200,000 left, which wasn't even enough to cover the rest.

Chen Yang shook his head helplessly and took out the Ten Thousand Souls Sacrifice Demon Staff again.

The repair of this magic wand cost 400 million spirit stones, and the system only marked it as a "special treasure" without specifying its grade; to upgrade it to the next stage, it would require 4000 million spirit stones, which is even higher than the upgrade cost of the Ghost Flame Demon Lotus!

"Headache!" Chen Yang rubbed his temples, looking frustrated. "These two are top-tier treasures, but upgrading them is costing way too many spirit stones!"

However, he quickly resigned himself to it: "Forget it, I won't need the upgraded power for now. I'll make do with it for now and use it again when I've saved up enough spirit stones!"

He put the Ghost Flame Demon Lotus and the Myriad Souls Sacrifice Demon Staff back into his storage ring, stretched out a big yawn, and a happy smile appeared on his face.

With Du Juenian, this major threat, finally eliminated, Fu Lu Peak can now be considered Gao Rushi's territory from now on.

"I wonder how Senior Sister Rushi is doing now?" Chen Yang stroked his chin, and Gao Rushi's fair and slender figure involuntarily appeared in his mind. He thought to himself, "She is really beautiful and really tight. I hope Qingyun can persuade her well."