Starting with the Corpse-Eating Worm, he worked his way up to become the Left-Winged Immortal Lord.

"Could Deng Hui possess the art of escape?"

Gu Qing secretly made a guess.

Neither Lu Xingzhi nor Daoist Qiuyue considered this possibility, suggesting it was unlikely, perhaps even extremely so. Perhaps Qi Refining cultivators simply cannot master escape techniques.

Or perhaps those cultivators who know escape techniques simply wouldn't teach such life-saving techniques to others.

After all, the ordinary introductory cultivation method in Wufeng Temple requires five years of apprenticeship and ten years of service before one can begin cultivation.

But if we eliminate all possibilities, even if that last possibility is absurd, it will still be the truth.

Thinking of this, Gu Qing immediately controlled the corpse-eating worms to burrow underground and intentionally dug a hole below Fufeng Forest.

However, just to be on the safe side, Gu Qingming might have the Corpse-Eating Insects move more subdued to avoid alerting Deng Hui within the formation. Although the Shadowless Corpse-Eating Insects possess extremely strong stealth capabilities, and Lu Xingzhi and the others couldn't sense them, what if Deng Hui could?

The Shadowless Corpse-Eating Insect is only at the lower second level. If it were to be targeted by a Qi Refining Level 6 cultivator, it would have no chance of escaping.

Just as Gu Qing was distracted and digging a tunnel towards Fufeng Forest, Li Fu helped him to his residence in the inner courtyard.

Unlike his small house, Li Fu's residence not only had a small courtyard but also a two-story building.

"Go inside and hide. I'll put a talisman on the door frame to prevent evil spirits from forcibly breaking in. As for those scoundrels and petty thieves, they're all keeping their eyes on places like the Dharma Hall and won't come here."

That's all.

Li Fu closed the door and quickly left.

Gu Qing looked around, unsure of what to say.

Li Fu's trust in him was truly exceptional; he even allowed him to stay at his own home.

On the bookshelf along the wall on the first floor, there were even several cultivation methods that aspiring Taoist disciples were not qualified to learn.

However, after glancing at it twice, Gu Qing continued to focus his attention on the Corpse-Eating Worms until they moved to the lower part of Fufeng Forest.

At that moment, Gu Qing suddenly felt a divine sense sweep past, which affected the underground to some extent.

At the same time, Gu Qing also sensed a powerful Yin array barrier above his head, much weaker than the one outside Fufeng Forest, but still far stronger than what the Corpse-Eating Worms could break through.

next moment.

Several sneering voices rang out.

"These cultivators from Wufeng Temple are truly laughable."

"Unable to break through the Hidden Yin Tortoise Shell Formation, they actually thought of waiting for the rabbit to run into their trap."

"Senior Deng Hui, your plan is truly brilliant. Wufeng Temple will become a laughing stock of the entire Tianhai County from tomorrow onwards."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Laughter began to rise.

Then a gloomy voice rang out, it was Deng Hui, "Everyone knows that Qi Refining cultivators cannot practice the Earth Escape Technique, but what they don't know is that Xuanqing Academy is unwilling to pass it on to outsiders. Even the Taoist temples under its jurisdiction are the same."

The words fell.

Another burst of laughter rang out.

He laughed triumphantly, and also unrestrainedly.

Because they were unorthodox and unorthodox sects, they had been bullied by Taoist temples in various counties in the past. Today, seeing Wufeng Temple suffer a setback, they were overjoyed.

however.

Just as the group was laughing heartily, several cultivators hurried over.

"Senior Deng, all the tombs on the east side have been dug up, but the corpse-finding talisman you gave us did not show any reaction."

"Senior Deng, the west side is the same."

"The same applies to the south side."

"There's none on the north side either."

As soon as the four finished speaking, the smiles on everyone's faces vanished.

Deng Hui's expression also hardened, and he quickly gave the order again, "Keep searching, don't miss any corner!"

The words fell.

Deng Hui also acted hastily.

however.

He passed by thousands of graves but did not sense the location of the Hidden Corpse. Instead, he saw many empty graves.

"No, really no!" Deng Hui grabbed a corpse and, in a fit of rage, crushed its skull.

Snapped--

As the skull shattered, Deng Hui was filled with murderous intent. "How could there not be!"

Could it be that people from Wufeng Temple took it?

"No, it couldn't have been someone from Wufeng Temple who took it. Hiding the corpse is a forbidden technique passed down only by Xuanqing Temple. A small place like Wufeng Temple wouldn't have the lineage to find the corpse using the corpse-finding talisman, and therefore wouldn't have the ability to find the hidden corpse!"

"Senior Deng, who took it?" someone asked.

Deng Hui's face turned cold as he looked around, especially at the empty tomb. "Someone is stealing from Wufeng Temple, otherwise there wouldn't be an empty tomb out of nowhere. It's very likely that the thief took the items."

"What should we do then?"

"After planning for so long, are we going to fail at the last minute?"

The group looked at each other, some reluctant to accept it.

Deng Hui's murderous intent still surged in his eyes. "All for naught? As long as I have the Corpse-Finding Talisman, I'll find the Hidden Corpse sooner or later. Once I find the person who stole the Hidden Corpse, I'll definitely refine him into a corpse puppet, condemning him to eternal damnation!"

As he finished speaking, Deng Hui's surging killing intent continued to rise, frightening the surrounding cultivators into retreating repeatedly.

Before the group could speak again, Deng Hui had already produced a handful of blood-stained thorns.

next moment.

Bloodthorn slipped from his hand.

It transformed into a crimson light, constantly circulating.

In the blink of an eye, several people were decapitated. The others tried to escape after realizing what had happened, but they were killed before they could take more than a few steps.

Screams and curses echoed continuously among the graves.

Hearing these screams, Gu Qing felt a chill run down his spine—this Deng Hui actually killed even his own people!

Fortunately, the Hidden Corpse had already been refined by the Corpse-Eating Insects, so even if Deng Hui had a Corpse-Finding Talisman, he wouldn't be able to find it.

However, such a crazy person will eventually be suspected.

He even killed his own people.

How could we let others off the hook?

soon.

There were no other survivors in Fufeng Forest.

"You just have bad luck."

The words fell.

Deng Hui collected all the storage bags and looked towards the direction of Wufeng Temple, his murderous intent growing colder and colder.

He endured humiliation for thirty years in order to steal the True Method of Foundation Establishment from Xuanqing Temple. He finally obtained it and had hope of obtaining the Foundation Establishment Dao Fruit, but it was stolen by a thief who guarded Wufeng Temple!

How utterly hateful!

"You little thief, don't let me find you!"

The words fell.

Deng Hui raised his hand and took out an array plate. As the array plate rotated, a gap a foot wide was suddenly opened in the Yin array barrier underground.

As soon as the gap appeared, Deng Hui immediately took out a drop of blood essence from his forehead, made a hand seal to cast a spell, and then directly disappeared into the ground.

Be familiar with the time.

Deng Hui then remained silent.

But Gu Qing didn't dare let the corpse-eating worms move.

However, he kept a close eye on the huge opening in the Hidden Yin Tortoise Shell Formation.

It is closing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This moment.

A crazy idea popped into Gu Qing's mind.

That means entering the battle!

With so many corpses in Fufeng Forest, it's definitely not a waste, especially since there are twenty or thirty corpses of cultivators among them.

If all of these were refined, the Corpse-Eating Worm would likely be able to advance to the next realm.

Now that he has revealed part of his strength, although the Hollow Stag Beetle can be explained, Chen Ye will definitely regard him as a threat.

At this point, he needs a strong trump card.

I won't mention killing Chen Ye.

At least a trump card to save your life.

"Enter!"

Gu Qing immediately controlled the Corpse-Eating Insects to rush into the formation.