Fantasy, starting with a treasure bowl

"Young Master Lu, right now you should pay more attention to the living than to the origins of a dead man..."

Inside the treasure basin, Gu Canyang's voice drifted out again, seemingly with a hidden meaning.

"Cut the weeds and pull them out at the root; eradicate evil completely..."

Lu Feng grinned as well, and the next moment he put the bounty list in his hand into his storage ring. "You're right, old man. Although these few ants can't do anything to me, if we let them go back to the mountains, they'll be a problem in the future."

Swish!

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Feng vanished from the spot, as if he had suddenly evaporated into thin air.

"ah...!"

The next moment, a heart-wrenching scream suddenly rang out.

"Young master! Young hero! Spare my life...!"

A member of the Wusheng Cult, his robes tattered and covered in blood, knelt on the ground, his limbs trembling. His face was ashen, his expression terrified, and his head was buried deep in the ground. He was clearly terrified and dared not look directly at Lu Feng.

"Young hero, I didn't mean to be your enemy! Sun Chuanxiong and his gang forced me to do this! Please, young hero, have mercy and spare my life!"

The body of the Wusheng cult member continued to tremble and quiver, kowtowing repeatedly to Lu Feng, seemingly unconcerned about the blood staining his face, as if his will to live was extremely strong.

"You want to live?"

Lu Feng glanced at the kneeling Wusheng cult member begging for mercy, crossed his arms, and said in a cold tone, "That depends on whether you have the guts..."

"Let me ask you, why has the Wusheng Sect suddenly set its sights on this mortal village on the border of the Western Qin Kingdom? And what is your purpose in recruiting landless refugees and impoverished people as followers...?"

"Young hero! This, this....!"

Faced with Lu Feng's questioning, the Wusheng Sect member hesitated, seemingly afraid to say more.

"Since you don't want to talk, then die...!"

"Young hero, spare my life! I'll talk...! I'll talk...!"

Seeing Lu Feng about to kill someone, the Wusheng cult member felt a chill and knelt down again.

"Young hero, the Wusheng Sect's large-scale recruitment of landless refugees and impoverished people as believers is actually to accumulate strength for a future resurgence, while also seeking revenge against the major righteous forces in the Eastern Xuan Region...!"

"Although most of these mortals are just ordinary people with weak and feeble strength, as long as they are given some small favors, they will willingly pledge their allegiance to the Holy Church and eventually become its... uh!"

The words abruptly stopped, and the Wusheng cult member's face suddenly turned purple and blue. The next moment, his entire body stiffened abruptly, as if he had been possessed by some evil spirit. At this moment, his pupils gradually became unfocused.

"What did it ultimately become that of the Wusheng Sect...?"

Seeing this, Lu Feng frowned slightly and said again.

"Fine, become... a member of the Holy Church... Pfft!"

The lips of the Wusheng cult member trembled violently, and the next moment he vomited several mouthfuls of black blood. Then his body fell straight down like a piece of wood, and a strange blackness could be vaguely seen on his chest where his heart meridian was located. He had obviously died from the poison!

Sizzle!

With his right hand forming a palm, Lu Feng shattered the heart meridian of this Wusheng Sect member with a single palm strike, and then suddenly reached outwards.

"Another poisonous insect?"

Looking at the dark spots on the heart on his right palm, Lu Feng frowned again, his brows furrowing like the Chinese character "川".

Like Sun Chuanxiong, the leader of the "Chen" branch of the Wusheng Sect who had just committed suicide by drinking poison, this Wusheng Sect member who suddenly died also had poisonous Gu in his body, which was obviously not a coincidence.

"Huh, isn't this the Rebellious Words Devouring Heart Gu?"

Just as Lu Feng was filled with doubt, Gu Canyang's remnant soul slowly emerged from the treasure basin, his gaze also fixed on the heart in the other's right palm.

"The Heart-Devouring Gu of Rebellious Words?"

Lu Feng raised an eyebrow and asked again, "Old Gu, do you know the origin of this poisonous Gu?"

"Nonsense! There's nothing in this world that I don't know!"

Gu Canyang rolled his eyes at the other party, then stroked his long beard and said calmly, "The Rebellious Heart-Eating Gu is a rare and precious mother-child symbiotic Gu. As long as the mother Gu is still alive, no matter how many child Gu die, it can reproduce infinitely and continue to thrive."

"In addition, once the Rebellious Heart-Eating Gu is planted, it means accepting the control of the mother Gu. At the same time, the life of the infected person is also closely related to the host of the mother Gu. Once the infected person utters any dissenting words or harbors any disloyal thoughts, it will trigger the backlash of the offspring Gu, and finally the poison will cause a violent death!"

"So ruthless?"

Hearing this, Lu Feng also showed a look of admiration, habitually stroking his chin, "What a ruthless sect, the Undying Demonic Cult! To avoid revealing even the slightest clue, they even planted poisonous Gu within their own people... How vicious!"

Just as Gu Canyang said, the Wusheng Cult member did not die suddenly, but because he revealed a trace of information about the Wusheng Cult, which triggered the backlash of the Reverse Word Devouring Heart Gu.

"Young Master Lu, where do you plan to go next?"

Seeing that Lu Feng did not leave directly, but instead searched the corpses of the Wusheng Sect members around him, Gu Canyang also asked.

"Falling Star Academy"

While plundering the dead, Lu Feng responded without looking up.

Upon hearing this, Gu Canyang was first taken aback, and then a hint of doubt appeared on his aged face.

"Old man, with your experience and knowledge, it's normal that you're not familiar with this small force in the Eastern Xuan Region. Let alone you, even I, a mere youth, don't know the origins of this so-called Falling Star Academy, or where it is located..."

Lu Feng looted the corpse and belongings of the last member of the Wusheng Cult, then looked up at Gu Canyang and took out the Falling Star Token that Qin Xiaowu had given him in the past.

"This token is called the Falling Star Token. It was given to me by a short-tempered, flat-chested, small-bottomed blonde girl. She said it was an admission certificate for Falling Star Academy and would be very useful to me..."

"Hehe, I see."

Gu Canyang glanced at the gleaming silver Falling Star Token in Lu Feng's hand, stroked his beard and smiled, a look of emotion on his face. "Although I don't know this Falling Star Academy, I do know a place."

"What?"

"The vast mountains".

Gu Canyang casually pointed, and the next moment Lu Feng immediately understood. He immediately turned the Falling Star Token in his hand over, and saw that in addition to the two large characters "Falling Star" on the back of the token, there was also a magnificent and majestic mountain carved below.

"Mount Cangmang is located in the Yuanfeng Realm of the Eastern Xuan Region. It is a treasure land with abundant spiritual energy. Although it is quite far from the four kingdoms of Lingnan, with your current Yuan power cultivation, you should be able to arrive in about a month if nothing unexpected happens."

"Besides, since this Falling Star Academy uses the Cangmang Mountain as its campus and gate, its foundation and strength must not be much weaker. At least it is stronger than those weak forces in the four kingdoms of Lingnan. If you can get into Falling Star Academy now, it would be really good for you."

Gu Canyang spoke calmly, then slowly explained.

"I see!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Feng also took a deep breath, then slowly clenched the Falling Star Token in his hand. "So, Qin Xiaowu really wasn't lying to me back then. I misunderstood her..."

Meanwhile, in the Eastern Xuan Region, Lingze Realm

Inside the Golden Cloud Hall of the Tai Xuan Heavenly Palace, a fiery red figure could be seen appearing and disappearing, seemingly in seclusion practicing martial arts.

"Achoo...!"

Suddenly, Qin Xiaowu's nose twitched slightly, and the next moment she couldn't help but sneeze loudly.

"Why do I keep getting the feeling like someone's talking about me behind my back..."

Qin Xiaowu reached out and rubbed her nose, a hint of confusion appearing on her pretty face.

"No, no! I need to concentrate! My master will be returning to the palace in a few days. If I don't quickly cultivate the Tai Xuan Scripture to the fifth level, I'll get punished again...!"

Seemingly recalling some terrible memories, Qin Xiaowu shook her head violently to clear her mind before continuing her secluded training.

...

Before we knew it, another month had passed.

At the foot of the vast mountains, outside the town of Luoxing, lies an unnamed dense forest.

Swish!

Suddenly, a streak of gray light streaked across the sky, like a meteorite falling from the heavens. The next moment, it plunged into the depths of the dense forest, revealing a slightly tired but handsome face. It was none other than Lu Feng, who had recently left the four kingdoms of Lingnan.

"This should be it...!"

Gazing at the faintly visible Falling Star Town a few miles away, Lu Feng slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air. He then retracted the Yuan Power Wings on his back and took out a Rejuvenation Pill from his storage ring, swallowing it. Clearly, traveling at full speed day and night had significantly depleted his Yuan Power.