To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

"Finally caught them!"

Gu Fan's tone was icy, as if it were mixed with the chill of wind and frost. A murderous glint flashed in his eyes. As he spoke, he walked forward unhurriedly, a sinister smile spreading across his lips.

I never expected the clues to come so quickly.

"Who!" The two men in black turned around instantly upon hearing the voice. The spiritual light on their magical artifacts shone brightly, ready to be unleashed at any moment. When their divine senses detected that Gu Fan was pretending to be at the mid-stage of Qi Refining, they were immediately filled with rage.

"You're asking for death!" the young man in black roared.

The next instant, a dark light pierced towards Gu Fan's thigh.

"Are you trying to capture me alive?" Gu Fan sneered, and the Crimson Sun Heavenly Sword appeared in his palm.

The Crimson Sun Heavenly Sword's blade was dark in color and not conspicuous in the night. The Samadhi True Fire, compressed to its limit, only emitted a faint red glow at the edge.

With a casual wave of his hand, Gu Fan sent a streak of red light flying past, splitting the dark light in two and causing it to fall to the ground, revealing a flying sword broken in two.

Judging from its spiritual light, this flying sword is a decent mid-grade magic weapon.

Unfortunately, it was facing the Crimson Sun Heavenly Sword, and could only be cut in two by a single sword strike.

With this move, Gu Fan's cultivation level was immediately revealed, and the aura of a Foundation Establishment cultivator suddenly spread.

The two men in black felt as if they had been plunged into a fiery inferno, finding it difficult to even breathe.

The white-haired old man suddenly bit his tongue, finally regaining his senses. He grabbed the young man in black and turned to flee.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, a blur appeared, and Gu Fan's figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

next second.

The body, which was rushing forward, suddenly fell to the ground, and its limbs separated during the fall. Only then did intense pain come from the broken ends.

The two men in black immediately began to wail mournfully.

On the other side, the brown-robed monk, who was already on the verge of death, smiled upon seeing this scene, his laughter like a tattered sack being blown by the wind.

Gu Fan stepped forward and saw that all the meridians in his body had been broken and his life force was almost gone.

He slapped his chest, and instantly a beetle the size of a mung bean, completely black, was shaken out.

The beetle sensed Gu Fan's aura and tried to run away, but Gu Fan grabbed it.

Crimson flames erupted from his palm, forming a fiery cage that trapped the beetle inside.

Gu Fan turned around, stared at the man in black lying on the ground, and said in a deep voice, "According to what you just said, you were the ones who attacked the Lingxiao Sect disciples?"

"Tell me, which family are you from? Where did this bug come from?"

The white-haired old man, who had been wailing, laughed bitterly upon hearing this, "Senior, why waste words? Just take our lives!"

Because the Crimson Sun Heavenly Sword had cooked the wounds, the two of them did not lose much blood, and their energy was still sufficient.

But they were very clear about what they were thinking.

Now that Gu Fan has arrived, the Lingxiao Sect disciples who were attacked must have returned to the sect to report the news. If they reveal their names, the entire clan will be doomed.

Moreover, they are also involved with demonic cultivators.

Before Gu Fan could ask any more questions, their dantian suddenly swelled.

The next instant, it exploded like a bomb covered in flesh and blood.

Gu Fan hurriedly dodged backward, thus avoiding the splattered blood and flesh.

Looking around, all that could be seen on the ground were two radiating pools of blood and fragments of white bone with blood streaks.

Even the storage bag was destroyed, and the items inside were swallowed by the void.

The two had already been implanted with a device that would cause them to self-destruct if captured!

This ruthless choice startled Gu Fan.

After a moment, Gu Fan sneered, "You think this will stop me from finding the real culprit?"

From their previous conversation, it is clear that they attacked the cultivators who were gathering their life force under the cover of night because of the urging of that "venerable one". Therefore, they must not have only sent this one group of people.

Only the five surnames of Xuan Yin can freely control those in the late stage of Qi Refining.

"I just don't know which of the five surnames is involved, or if all five surnames are involved," Gu Fan thought, squinting his eyes.

After a moment's thought, Gu Fan casually buried the brown-robed cultivator who had already passed away. He then used his elusive technique to conceal himself and quickly traveled through Xuan Yin Mountain with the gourd in his arms.

During that time, they also encountered some cultivators who were collecting spiritual herbs.

The cultivators felt a gust of wind blow past them, but when they looked up, they could not see anything unusual. They were immediately filled with fear and uncertainty.

After half an hour, Gu Fan finally encountered another group of men in black.

This group of men in black were not as skilled as before; only one of them was at the late stage of Qi Refining, while the other was only at the middle stage.

The man in black, who was at the late stage of Qi Refining, was a short, stout old man, while the man at the middle stage of Qi Refining was a young man with a pockmarked face.

Before Gu Fan could react, a mind-stabilizing talisman was affixed to their bodies, causing them to immediately lose control of their bodies and even lose their spiritual senses. Only their eyes shone with terror.

Gu Fan revealed himself and looked down at the feet of the two.

There lay a middle-aged cultivator whose limbs were pierced, seemingly before he had been infected with the Gu worms.

"Aren't you leaving yet?" Gu Fan said coldly.

The middle-aged cultivator suddenly came to his senses, gritted his teeth, took out a healing pill from his storage bag and swallowed it. Then, his muscles trembling, he got up, released his flying magic weapon, and staggered away.

Gu Fan turned around and explored the bodies of the two men in black with his divine sense. He quickly discovered a strange restriction in their dantian, which resembled a black net.

At the very center of the black web, a jet-black insect with a greenish sheen lay sprawled on it.

The pale green light passed through the black net to the dantian (lower abdomen) and then flowed through the meridians to the limbs and bones.

That green light is the life force being devoured by the insect. This insect can not only devour life force, but also provide nourishment and expand the cultivator's meridians!

"Senior, have you ever seen a similar method?" Gu Fan frowned as he looked at his left arm.

"What's so special about this? I've seen far more mysterious techniques than anyone else!" Chang Yuan's deep voice rang out. "It's just a secret method to activate life force and convert it into cultivation. It's nothing special among demonic cultivators."

"Ordinary?" Gu Fan was taken aback and asked, "This kind of secret technique is compared to the Devouring Heaven Secret Technique..."

"How dare it compare to my Devouring Heaven Secret Technique!" Chang Yuan seemed extremely angry, and rebuked, "Demonic methods are nothing more than indiscriminate devouring, and their capacity is extremely limited. Compared to my Devouring Heaven Secret Technique, it's like a firefly compared to the bright moon!"

After speaking, Chang Yuan continued his narration with anger in his voice, and Gu Fan nodded repeatedly as he listened.

Through Chang Yuan's words, Gu Fan also understood the function of this strange Gu worm.

First of all, although the Gu worm can devour life force, it is not strong itself and its devouring speed is not fast enough.

This is why the men in black only implant Gu worms after capturing cultivators and rendering them unable to resist.

Gu Fan then realized that it was probably because of this that the Gu worms transformed into a plague and spread among mortals.

Only mortals are powerless against the methods of cultivators.

"However..." Chang Yuan said slowly, "These people are just tools, otherwise who would put such a restriction in their dantian?"

Gu Fan nodded upon hearing this.

The black net beneath the Gu worm was the location of the self-destruction restriction. If the two men in black were still able to move their senses, they would probably have already self-destructed by now.

If Gu Fan wants to stop the self-destruction, he must lift the restriction.

Although he was quite proficient in restrictions, he only used them when refining weapons. He had never studied restrictions inside the human body, and even if he could break them, it would take a long time.

Fortunately, he had another way.

The next instant, Gu Fan extended his finger and touched the two people's dantian.

The blazing Samadhi Fire instantly entered the dantian, enveloping the black net and the Gu worms, and burned them to ashes before they could react.

Subsequently, the Samadhi True Fire originated from the dantian and spread to the limbs and bones, burning and destroying all the meridians in its path.

With their dantian and qi sea destroyed, their magical power naturally dissipated, and in no time the two of them returned to being ordinary people without any magical power.

Only then did Gu Fan remove the calming talisman.

As soon as the calming talisman was removed, the two immediately began to writhe and wail in pain.

Gu Fan was well aware of the pain of having his meridians burned. He had experienced it when he was refining the Samadhi True Fire, but his meridians were only burned and not damaged. Compared to the two men in black, it was far worse.

The two had been restrained by the mind-controlling talisman, and no matter how much pain they were in, they were unable to make a sound or cry out. They were suddenly released after the mind-controlling talisman was removed.

The roar sounded like the wailing of ghosts and howls of wolves, startling the birds in the forest into taking flight.

Gu Fan watched silently as the two struggled to live and die until their voices became hoarse and they could no longer utter a sound. Only then did he remove their storage bags and spirit beast bags.

The storage bag contained only magical artifacts and spirit stones; nothing else that could prove his identity.

The contents of the spirit beast pouch made Gu Fan raise an eyebrow.

Five glowing green Gu worms were trapped inside, along with dozens of black Gu worms that did not glow green.

This means that the two have succeeded five times in one night, and five rogue cultivators have already lost their lives at their hands.

With a wave of his hand, Gu Fan burned the spirit beast pouch and the Gu worms inside to ashes. He then took out a bottle of pills, poured out two fragrant pills, and fed them to the two men in black.

"Don't be afraid, this is a top-quality healing medicine!" Gu Fan said softly.

Gu Fan wasn't lying; the pills quickly took effect, and both of them looked much better.

This pill is of the second rank, which is normally unavailable to two Qi Refining cultivators. Although it cannot heal the damaged meridians, it replenishes their vital energy and can continuously replenish their life force.

Seeing that the two were in better condition, Gu Fan ignited a wisp of Samadhi True Fire at his fingertips again, and pressed it against the chest of the short, fat old man, under his astonished gaze.

With a "sizzle" sound, the finger fell like a branding iron, and a faint white smoke and the smell of burnt meat spread out.

The short, stout old man roared again.

"Kill me! Kill me!"

"Don't worry, the effects of the pill are still working. You won't die that easily."

Gu Fan reassured him, a smile playing on his lips.

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Fan raised his hand and pressed it on another spot, ignoring the short, fat old man's pleas for mercy and curses.

After being branded several times, a foul odor filled the air.

Gu Fan frowned and said, "At his age, he actually peed himself. How pathetic!"

After saying that, Gu Fan turned and walked towards the pockmarked young man.

As a result, the pockmarked youth was even more spineless, urinating before Gu Fan could even make a move.

Gu Fan sighed, and the Samadhi True Fire at his fingertips suddenly transformed into dozens of fireflies, which floated and drifted around the two of them.

Under the desperate and fearful gazes of the two, the fireflies slowly descended.

Although they hadn't reached each other yet, the two were already screaming in agony.

"You devil, you monster!"

"Don't say that. What you were about to do wasn't as difficult as what I'm doing now." Gu Fan shrugged and continued, "Besides, if you two don't confess, I have no choice but to resort to this."

The two men in black paused for a moment.

The next moment, the two shouted in unison.

"Go ahead and ask!"

With a tap of the fingertip, one is instantly transported to the wonderful world of Chapter 167, the Gu Insects.