Chapter 64
A hard-won victory, taking away the mirage demon!
The bamboo forest was devastated.
Yuan Qin faced two people and a demon all by herself.
The dreamlike pavilions and terraces instantly became dazzling, but a deadly mirage descended from the sky, each wisp of it weighing as heavy as a thousand pounds.
"Kill her!"
"At such a young age and with such cultivation, he is definitely a key figure being groomed by the Holy Land!"
The mirage demon spoke in a hoarse, rusty voice, like a piece of rusty iron.
Faced with the densely packed mirage, Yuan Qin's beautiful face remained expressionless. Her cold eyes gradually turned purple, and the sound of her zither reverberated within a five-zhang radius, crashing into the mirage pavilion with a deafening roar.
"How can it be so strong?" The sect leader was horrified. His attacks of true energy were easily neutralized as if they had been thrown into the sea.
The mirage demon roared fiercely:
"Burning one's life essence, shortening one's lifespan to the ultimate level of sublimation!"
It possessed the sect leader and knew all too well the couple's trump card.
If we continue fighting, we will all die at the hands of this vile woman!
The mirage rose from the ground and hovered in mid-air. Its huge, rough tongue spewed out streams of black liquid, a total of twenty-nine streams, which completely locked onto Yuan Qin.
At the same time, the sect leader and his wife burned their essence blood, and their true energy merged together, forming a terrifying Qiankun Bagua formation in mid-air, with their aura rising continuously like a furnace.
The three sides were surrounding them, and even the air seemed to be shattered by their combined aura.
Yuan Qin's expression was solemn. A talisman appeared in each of her palms, and a phantom longsword emerged behind her, its tip heading straight for the twenty-nine black streams.
A devastating blow!
With a single sword strike, all twenty-nine black streams were completely severed!
As the mirage demon trembled in fear, Yuan Qin, with a strange and bright totem above her head, stepped into the Bagua diagram and unleashed a devastating punch at the mirage demon.
Bang!
The mirage demon had no way to escape. Its horns were shattered, its entire body suddenly shrank, its scales on its waist and tail fell off piece by piece, and its internal organs were completely destroyed.
It burrowed underground and fled for its life.
"Die!" Yuan Qin's eyes were bloodshot, her killing intent was overwhelming, and she threw another punch at the Qiankun Bagua Formation.
The sect leader and his wife were frantically burning their life essence; they didn't care about shortening their lifespans now, surviving was the most important thing.
Having just unleashed a powerful attack, Yuan Qin had exhausted too much of her true energy, weakening her offensive capabilities and leaving her locked in a fierce battle with the couple.
On the other side, underground, the mirage demons fled frantically like arrows.
It suddenly sensed an alarm.
Turning my head, I saw a figure chasing after me.
"Die!" The mirage demon's head was ferocious. Even though it was so weak that it was on the verge of death, it was not something that an ant could covet.
It opened its foul-smelling mouth wide, and the mirage transformed into a simple building.
Gu Lin was terrified and desperately tried to circulate his internal energy, causing the Anti-Sorrow Gu inside to hum incessantly.
The dreamlike pavilions collapsed down.
Gu Lin's arm bulged, and a beautiful worm flew out.
boom!
The pavilion was within reach, but amidst the buzzing of insects and venomous sounds, it suddenly and strangely changed direction, heading straight for the mirage demon.
The mirage demon trembled as if it had fallen into an infernal hell. The tower's three-tenths attack pressed directly onto its already severely injured body, its internal organs were already shattered, and now even its head, the snake demon, was forcibly severed.
He died on the spot.
Gu Lin was pale and extremely weak, a side effect of using the Anti-Sorrow Gu.
Without hesitation, he grabbed the mirage demon's corpse and simultaneously used the Swift Movement Gu and Earth Escape Gu to flee.
The book of merit flashed wildly in his mind, but he had no time to think about anything else; all he could do was escape after the sneak attack.
Fifteen minutes later, the battle in the bamboo forest came to an end.
Yuan Qin stood proudly, her body covered in blood.
Two headless corpses lay not far away.
She was filled with worry and hurried to the pool.
Where is Gu Lin?
A tunnel was seen torn up from the ground.
Yuan Qin frowned and followed the tunnel. Soon she saw blood-soaked scales and gruesome internal organs and flesh in one place.
There was also a round, golden demon core in the soil.
Yuan Qin stood there motionless, like a clay sculpture.
No matter how knowledgeable she was, she didn't understand what had happened.
It wasn't until she sensed the lingering aura of the Gu worm that she suddenly realized what had happened.
As the one who issued the mission, she naturally knew the specific information of the Toji members who would assist in the mission.
Gu Lin, a squad leader at Dongsi Temple, is at the fourth level of the Dongxuan Realm. He is skilled in both Confucianism and martial arts and has the strength to fight against opponents three levels higher.
Although she spoke sarcastically to him, she knew very well that for someone from a small county in Chuzhou, such talent was truly remarkable.
Therefore, she was puzzled that Gu Lin could not learn the Yin Yang Qian Kun Palm in a few hours.
But to everyone's surprise, this kid was actually a Gu cultivator?!
Yes, only those who cultivate Gu possess all sorts of heaven-defying methods.
Otherwise, even if the mirage demon was weak and on its last breath, it would not be something that a mere Cave Profound Realm cultivator could handle; only the use of magical Gu worms could resolve the situation.
In other words, this kid wasn't infected by the mirage from the very beginning; he was just pretending to be unconscious and sensing the entire battle in the bamboo forest.
"What does this mean?" Yuan Qin bit her lip, her face cold.
"You even left behind a demon core, am I supposed to praise you for being a good person?"
Enraged, Yuan Qin took the demon core and gave chase.
When had Xuanyuan Qinyin ever suffered such a great loss?!
All that hard work only yielded one demon core; I didn't even get the mirage demon's corpse or the mirage crystal!
Xuanyuan Qinyin chased after the Yin Yang Sect until she could no longer sense any trace of the Gu worms, and she didn't know where to go next.
"Damn Gu Lin!" Xuan Yuanqin's eyes turned icy with rage, and she gritted her teeth.
A message was sent to the Eastern Temple in Chuzhou, severely reprimanding Gu Lin for stealing credit.
What is my identity?
Born into the first-class aristocratic Xuanyuan clan, a twenty-five-year-old Mountain and Sea Realm cultivator and a three-patterned centurion of the Eastern Temple in the Holy State, he was traveling in Chu State when his spoils were stolen by a rookie squad leader in the Cave Profound Realm!
If this news were to circulate internally, she would lose all face, and if it reached back in Saint State, she would become a laughingstock.
There's really nothing I can do about this; I just have to swallow my pride and bear it.
Compared to the mirage demon's corpse and the mirage crystal, her reputation was more important.
"Gu Lin, ahhhhh!!!" Xuan Yuanqinyin was filled with resentment. She transformed her true essence into a sword and slashed at the mountainside to vent her emotions.
We'll see that kid surnamed Gu again sooner or later!
......
In a distant valley, Gu Lin had already fled seventy miles until his inner energy was completely exhausted, his ability to sense things was almost gone, and he was so weak that he almost didn't have the strength to lift the mirage demon's corpse before he finally stopped.
A few golden lights flashed through my mind, eventually coalescing into the three large characters "Book of Merit".
[Defeat the Mirage Demon of the Yi Ba level to receive a max-level Tathagata Palm]
[Martial Arts Merit Points: 5167/10000]
[Confucian and Taoist Merit Points: 753/10000]
[Merit Points in Taoist Arts: 0/1000]
[Witchcraft Merit Points: 654/10000]
In an instant, Gu Lin's dantian spiritual liquid surged two inches again, accompanied by a continuous buzzing in his acupoints. His seven meridians and six channels felt as cold as ten thousand years of ice, before returning to normal in a moment.
Sixth level of the Profound Realm!
Gu Lin revealed a bright smile. He knew the characteristics of the merit points participation. If he killed the Mirage Demon in its full power state, the merit points might be several times higher.
But that's unrealistic; it's already a stroke of luck that they were able to successfully launch a sneak attack using the Anti-Sorrow Gu.
"Hahahaha," Gu Lin laughed even more heartily as he felt the every move of the Tathagata Palm.
Especially when he held the colorful mirage crystal, this thing was priceless. He would definitely be able to open up new paths to cultivation. This divine object was comparable in value to a low-grade magic weapon. He could use it to refine pills and create arrays in the future.
The only worry now is that Yuan Qin might complain to Dongsi in a fit of anger, and then how will I explain it?
Anyway, since the corpse of the mirage demon with the royal bloodline is in my hands, the credit is mine, and I must be promoted because of it!
"I am not a greedy person, otherwise I would not have left you a demon core."
Gu Lin could only gamble, hoping that Yuan Qin wouldn't go to Luoxia Mountain to confront him for the sake of her reputation.
Having spent a long time with Yuan Qin, Gu Lin knew that she was proud and arrogant at heart. At such a young age and with such cultivation, she must have an extraordinary background. The more arrogant a person is, the more they care about their reputation. Perhaps she wouldn't come to the East Temple to demand an explanation.
Of course, even if someone holds me accountable, I must argue my case. Although it was an assistance mission, I almost lost my life and ended up getting the body, so no one can take credit for it.
Yuan Qin faced two people and a demon all by herself.
The dreamlike pavilions and terraces instantly became dazzling, but a deadly mirage descended from the sky, each wisp of it weighing as heavy as a thousand pounds.
"Kill her!"
"At such a young age and with such cultivation, he is definitely a key figure being groomed by the Holy Land!"
The mirage demon spoke in a hoarse, rusty voice, like a piece of rusty iron.
Faced with the densely packed mirage, Yuan Qin's beautiful face remained expressionless. Her cold eyes gradually turned purple, and the sound of her zither reverberated within a five-zhang radius, crashing into the mirage pavilion with a deafening roar.
"How can it be so strong?" The sect leader was horrified. His attacks of true energy were easily neutralized as if they had been thrown into the sea.
The mirage demon roared fiercely:
"Burning one's life essence, shortening one's lifespan to the ultimate level of sublimation!"
It possessed the sect leader and knew all too well the couple's trump card.
If we continue fighting, we will all die at the hands of this vile woman!
The mirage rose from the ground and hovered in mid-air. Its huge, rough tongue spewed out streams of black liquid, a total of twenty-nine streams, which completely locked onto Yuan Qin.
At the same time, the sect leader and his wife burned their essence blood, and their true energy merged together, forming a terrifying Qiankun Bagua formation in mid-air, with their aura rising continuously like a furnace.
The three sides were surrounding them, and even the air seemed to be shattered by their combined aura.
Yuan Qin's expression was solemn. A talisman appeared in each of her palms, and a phantom longsword emerged behind her, its tip heading straight for the twenty-nine black streams.
A devastating blow!
With a single sword strike, all twenty-nine black streams were completely severed!
As the mirage demon trembled in fear, Yuan Qin, with a strange and bright totem above her head, stepped into the Bagua diagram and unleashed a devastating punch at the mirage demon.
Bang!
The mirage demon had no way to escape. Its horns were shattered, its entire body suddenly shrank, its scales on its waist and tail fell off piece by piece, and its internal organs were completely destroyed.
It burrowed underground and fled for its life.
"Die!" Yuan Qin's eyes were bloodshot, her killing intent was overwhelming, and she threw another punch at the Qiankun Bagua Formation.
The sect leader and his wife were frantically burning their life essence; they didn't care about shortening their lifespans now, surviving was the most important thing.
Having just unleashed a powerful attack, Yuan Qin had exhausted too much of her true energy, weakening her offensive capabilities and leaving her locked in a fierce battle with the couple.
On the other side, underground, the mirage demons fled frantically like arrows.
It suddenly sensed an alarm.
Turning my head, I saw a figure chasing after me.
"Die!" The mirage demon's head was ferocious. Even though it was so weak that it was on the verge of death, it was not something that an ant could covet.
It opened its foul-smelling mouth wide, and the mirage transformed into a simple building.
Gu Lin was terrified and desperately tried to circulate his internal energy, causing the Anti-Sorrow Gu inside to hum incessantly.
The dreamlike pavilions collapsed down.
Gu Lin's arm bulged, and a beautiful worm flew out.
boom!
The pavilion was within reach, but amidst the buzzing of insects and venomous sounds, it suddenly and strangely changed direction, heading straight for the mirage demon.
The mirage demon trembled as if it had fallen into an infernal hell. The tower's three-tenths attack pressed directly onto its already severely injured body, its internal organs were already shattered, and now even its head, the snake demon, was forcibly severed.
He died on the spot.
Gu Lin was pale and extremely weak, a side effect of using the Anti-Sorrow Gu.
Without hesitation, he grabbed the mirage demon's corpse and simultaneously used the Swift Movement Gu and Earth Escape Gu to flee.
The book of merit flashed wildly in his mind, but he had no time to think about anything else; all he could do was escape after the sneak attack.
Fifteen minutes later, the battle in the bamboo forest came to an end.
Yuan Qin stood proudly, her body covered in blood.
Two headless corpses lay not far away.
She was filled with worry and hurried to the pool.
Where is Gu Lin?
A tunnel was seen torn up from the ground.
Yuan Qin frowned and followed the tunnel. Soon she saw blood-soaked scales and gruesome internal organs and flesh in one place.
There was also a round, golden demon core in the soil.
Yuan Qin stood there motionless, like a clay sculpture.
No matter how knowledgeable she was, she didn't understand what had happened.
It wasn't until she sensed the lingering aura of the Gu worm that she suddenly realized what had happened.
As the one who issued the mission, she naturally knew the specific information of the Toji members who would assist in the mission.
Gu Lin, a squad leader at Dongsi Temple, is at the fourth level of the Dongxuan Realm. He is skilled in both Confucianism and martial arts and has the strength to fight against opponents three levels higher.
Although she spoke sarcastically to him, she knew very well that for someone from a small county in Chuzhou, such talent was truly remarkable.
Therefore, she was puzzled that Gu Lin could not learn the Yin Yang Qian Kun Palm in a few hours.
But to everyone's surprise, this kid was actually a Gu cultivator?!
Yes, only those who cultivate Gu possess all sorts of heaven-defying methods.
Otherwise, even if the mirage demon was weak and on its last breath, it would not be something that a mere Cave Profound Realm cultivator could handle; only the use of magical Gu worms could resolve the situation.
In other words, this kid wasn't infected by the mirage from the very beginning; he was just pretending to be unconscious and sensing the entire battle in the bamboo forest.
"What does this mean?" Yuan Qin bit her lip, her face cold.
"You even left behind a demon core, am I supposed to praise you for being a good person?"
Enraged, Yuan Qin took the demon core and gave chase.
When had Xuanyuan Qinyin ever suffered such a great loss?!
All that hard work only yielded one demon core; I didn't even get the mirage demon's corpse or the mirage crystal!
Xuanyuan Qinyin chased after the Yin Yang Sect until she could no longer sense any trace of the Gu worms, and she didn't know where to go next.
"Damn Gu Lin!" Xuan Yuanqin's eyes turned icy with rage, and she gritted her teeth.
A message was sent to the Eastern Temple in Chuzhou, severely reprimanding Gu Lin for stealing credit.
What is my identity?
Born into the first-class aristocratic Xuanyuan clan, a twenty-five-year-old Mountain and Sea Realm cultivator and a three-patterned centurion of the Eastern Temple in the Holy State, he was traveling in Chu State when his spoils were stolen by a rookie squad leader in the Cave Profound Realm!
If this news were to circulate internally, she would lose all face, and if it reached back in Saint State, she would become a laughingstock.
There's really nothing I can do about this; I just have to swallow my pride and bear it.
Compared to the mirage demon's corpse and the mirage crystal, her reputation was more important.
"Gu Lin, ahhhhh!!!" Xuan Yuanqinyin was filled with resentment. She transformed her true essence into a sword and slashed at the mountainside to vent her emotions.
We'll see that kid surnamed Gu again sooner or later!
......
In a distant valley, Gu Lin had already fled seventy miles until his inner energy was completely exhausted, his ability to sense things was almost gone, and he was so weak that he almost didn't have the strength to lift the mirage demon's corpse before he finally stopped.
A few golden lights flashed through my mind, eventually coalescing into the three large characters "Book of Merit".
[Defeat the Mirage Demon of the Yi Ba level to receive a max-level Tathagata Palm]
[Martial Arts Merit Points: 5167/10000]
[Confucian and Taoist Merit Points: 753/10000]
[Merit Points in Taoist Arts: 0/1000]
[Witchcraft Merit Points: 654/10000]
In an instant, Gu Lin's dantian spiritual liquid surged two inches again, accompanied by a continuous buzzing in his acupoints. His seven meridians and six channels felt as cold as ten thousand years of ice, before returning to normal in a moment.
Sixth level of the Profound Realm!
Gu Lin revealed a bright smile. He knew the characteristics of the merit points participation. If he killed the Mirage Demon in its full power state, the merit points might be several times higher.
But that's unrealistic; it's already a stroke of luck that they were able to successfully launch a sneak attack using the Anti-Sorrow Gu.
"Hahahaha," Gu Lin laughed even more heartily as he felt the every move of the Tathagata Palm.
Especially when he held the colorful mirage crystal, this thing was priceless. He would definitely be able to open up new paths to cultivation. This divine object was comparable in value to a low-grade magic weapon. He could use it to refine pills and create arrays in the future.
The only worry now is that Yuan Qin might complain to Dongsi in a fit of anger, and then how will I explain it?
Anyway, since the corpse of the mirage demon with the royal bloodline is in my hands, the credit is mine, and I must be promoted because of it!
"I am not a greedy person, otherwise I would not have left you a demon core."
Gu Lin could only gamble, hoping that Yuan Qin wouldn't go to Luoxia Mountain to confront him for the sake of her reputation.
Having spent a long time with Yuan Qin, Gu Lin knew that she was proud and arrogant at heart. At such a young age and with such cultivation, she must have an extraordinary background. The more arrogant a person is, the more they care about their reputation. Perhaps she wouldn't come to the East Temple to demand an explanation.
Of course, even if someone holds me accountable, I must argue my case. Although it was an assistance mission, I almost lost my life and ended up getting the body, so no one can take credit for it.