All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 141 Taking the Corpse (Part 2) [5000-word long chapter]

"here it is"

Mu Yuan entered the cave and discovered that it was a completely different world. Through his perspective, Zhou Qing felt as if he had entered another world.

One moment it was a cave less than ten feet in diameter, and the next it was a vast valley with a white mist overhead, filled with eerie black energy.

"We need to confirm the location of the Eight Gates as soon as possible." This was in accordance with the plan that had been rehearsed many times beforehand.

Ruyan darted out from Mu Yuan's sleeve and transformed into a foot-tall silver fox, which lay prostrate on the ground of the valley, as if listening to the guidance of the earth.

"There!"

Before long, Ruyan flew to Mu Yuan's shoulder and pointed to the right front.

"That's the southeast corner, the gate of life!"

Although it's difficult to discern directions once you're inside, the cave entrance behind you should be due south, and the northeast corner is to your right.

But Zhou Qing still chose to trust Ru Yan and controlled 'Mu Yuan' to run to the right front.

However, before they had run a hundred meters, they found themselves facing a steep cliff with a bottomless, dark abyss below, and there was no way out.

Mu Yuan paused.

"Are you sure this is the place?" Zhou Qing asked through telepathy.

"The direction is definitely right!" Ruyan looked down into the abyss, fear in her eyes, but she was convinced that her judgment was correct.

"it is good!"

Without further hesitation, Zhou Qing controlled 'Mu Yuan' to take a step forward.

The next moment, Mu Yuan lost his footing and plummeted downwards.

"Ah!" Ruyan was so frightened that she grabbed his collar tightly and closed her eyes.

boom!
With a muffled thud, 'Mu Yuan' fell to the ground, and Ru Yan was also thrown away by the force.

Whoosh!
She steadied herself in mid-air, and as she landed, she transformed into human form. Her small nose gently sniffed the scent, then wrinkled up.

At this moment, Mu Yuan regained his footing and looked up. The top of the cliff was less than ten meters away. It looked pitch black below, but it wasn't actually that deep.

"My lord, on the right! There's a smell of corpses and volcanic ash!"

Ruyan quickly replied.

After saying that, she took the lead and ran ahead.

Before Mu Yuan had run a hundred meters, a narrow and cramped cave appeared before him, with a dark passage that could barely accommodate one person.

Ruyan passed through first, followed closely by Muyuan. They had only gone halfway when they felt a scorching current of air rushing towards them.

It should be noted that 'Mu Yuan' is a corpse, and the Corpse Worm Gu King that controls Mu Yuan is a top-grade first-level Gu worm. If it can feel hot, one can imagine how terrifying the temperature of the volcano below must be.

At this moment, Ruyan in front used her divine power to protect herself. In order to conserve her divine power, she had already returned to her original form.

Once you exit the passage, three meters below the exit, you'll find flowing lava.

The high temperature originates from the magma below.

"Here it is!"

Ruyan confirmed, but feeling the terrifying temperature below, her voice trembled slightly.

"Let Mu Yuan scout ahead first!"

Zhou Qing's voice echoed in Ru Yan's heart: Now that we've come this far, Mu Yuan's corpse is no longer of any use.

He detached the Corpse Worm King from Mu Yuan's body and then threw him into the lava below.

"Wow!"

As soon as Mu Yuan's body fell into the lava, his clothes were ignited by the high temperature, and he quickly turned into a human torch, burning rapidly.

"How could this be? This is definitely the place!"

Ruyan was greatly surprised.

Seeing Mu Yuan transformed into a human torch from the perspective of the Corpse Worm King, Zhou Qing's face also darkened.

Under Tiger Eagle's watchful eye, the purple-robed elder had already moved from the mountaintop to the area near the mountainside, and would soon arrive at the foot of the mountain.

Even if he circles around the entire area of ​​Huanglong Mountain, it won't take long.

Now that we're here, there's no time to hesitate.

"The temperature is wrong!"

Zhou Qing's mind raced, and he suddenly noticed that despite the terrifyingly high temperature, Mu Yuan's corpse, which had been thrown into the lava below, was only slowly burning, and his upper body remained above the lava without sinking.

"Fight!"

Zhou Qing gritted his teeth.

"Ruyan, you follow behind!"

Zhou Qing controlled the Corpse Worm Gu King to transform into its true form, turning it into a giant beetle over two meters tall and one meter wide. He intended for the Corpse Worm Gu King to force its way through.

Whoosh!
The Corpse Worm King leaped down towards Mu Yuan, who was burning below.

Seeing this, Ruyan gritted her teeth and jumped down as well.

Wow!
As the terrifying heat arrived, the Corpse Worm King's jet-black carapace instantly turned golden yellow, its indestructible body withstanding the intense heat.

Just as its body crashed into the lava, a large crater appeared in the previously flowing lava.

The Corpse Worm Gu King's figure vanished instantly in the middle of the pit, and Ruyan followed the pit's location to pass through smoothly.

The next moment, the Corpse Worm King's perspective changed again.

Before us lies a circular valley, below which lies a massive lava lake with a diameter exceeding one hundred meters.

The Corpse Worm King and Ruyan were at the edge of the valley, spiraling downwards like a plank road carved out of the edge of a cliff.

"under!"

Ruyan said excitedly.

"Found it!" Through the perspective of the Corpse Worm Gu King, Zhou Qing was pleasantly surprised to find a ten-meter-circle island in the middle of the lava lake below, with a large crimson tree in the center of the island.

"Go down!"

The Corpse Worm King flew down directly, its six pairs of sharp claws burrowing deep into the stone wall, and climbed down the almost vertical cliff face.

Ruyan landed on the head of the Corpse Worm Gu King.

When the Corpse Worm King crawled to a position several tens of meters above the valley floor, the terrifying high temperature distorted the air, and the overwhelming heat caused Ruyan's protective divine power to tremble violently.

"Ruyan, you stay!"

Zhou Qing gave the order through telepathy.

At this moment, the Corpse Worm King climbed several dozen meters up the cliff face, then its body suddenly jolted, its six pairs of pincers bent and exerted force, and its entire body shot out, landing on the island in the middle of the lava lake.

boom! !

With a loud bang, the Corpse Worm King crashed heavily onto the island in the middle of the lake, creating a large crater in the ground. The Corpse Worm King was deeply embedded in the ground, surrounded by cracks that extended all the way to the lava lake.

Click, click, click!
Sensing the dense corpse energy emanating from the center of the crimson tree, the Corpse Worm King immediately went to the trunk, its sharp mandibles slicing through it like serrated teeth.

The trunk of this crimson tree was harder than rock, comparable to refined iron, yet it was still gnawed off piece by piece by the Corpse Worm King, which possessed an indestructible body.

As wood chips flew everywhere, a hole as wide as a person was bitten into the thick tree trunk, which was as thick as five people could hug.

From the center of the tree trunk, a light green mist gradually emanated, and after a moment, a humanoid creature with an entirely emerald green body appeared in the Corpse Worm King's sight.

"The Corpse of the Wood Spirit!!!"

Zhou Qing's face lit up with ecstasy.

He originally thought that the tree in the middle of the lava contained a supreme fire spirit corpse, and he was even prepared to switch to cultivating fire-attribute internal energy. He never expected that it contained a supreme wood spirit corpse.

Zhou Qing immediately controlled the Corpse Worm Gu King to shrink its size, turning it into a black beetle the size of a thumb. It then crawled into the ear of the emerald green Zhimu Spirit Corpse and entered the brain of the Zhimu Spirit Corpse.

"Buzz!"

Not long after, the tightly closed eyes of the spirit corpse suddenly opened, and a powerful aura surged out from his body.

boom!
The crimson tree that the Corpse Worm King had painstakingly gnawed to create a large hole in was suddenly shattered by this terrifying aura.

"So strong!!"

As the words came out of the Wood Spirit Corpse's mouth with crystal clarity, Zhou Qing felt as if he had gained another body, and everything before his eyes was incredibly clear.

"My lord! This way!"

Just as Zhou Qing was feeling the power of the Wood Spirit Corpse, Ru Yan on the other side made a new discovery.

She condensed her protective divine power into chains, probed them beneath the magma, and slowly pulled out a crimson head from within.

"The Supreme Fire Spirit Corpse!!!"

Zhou Qing was both surprised and delighted.

However, the next moment, his vision blurred, and when his vision returned, his perspective had changed.

Tiger Eagle used its audiovisual sharing ability to discover that the old man in purple robes suddenly roared and turned back when he approached the foot of the mountain.

"Oh no! He's found out!"

At this moment, Zhou Qing's gaze shifted back to the Wood Spirit Corpse.

With a snap, the smoky divine chains were burned through by the terrifying heat of the magma, and the fiery spirit corpse that had just poked its head out fell back into the magma lake with a splash.

At this moment, Ruyan gathered more divine power to form chains, preparing to try again to pull out the Fire Spirit Corpse.

However, Zhou Qing, through telepathy, shouted, "Stop! Run!"

"The Grand Martial Master guarding the formation has spotted it! He's rushing back! Quickly find the West Gate! Take the Wood Spirit Corpse and leave immediately!" Although Zhou Qing coveted the Fire Spirit Corpse, he made a decisive decision to give it up.

Given the speed of that Blood Exchange Realm Grand Martial Master, if they delay any longer, they might not be able to leave.

"As ordered!"

Ruyan knew the seriousness of the situation, so she immediately prostrated herself on the ground and tried to communicate with the earth's energy to find a way to pass.

"Front!"

Not long after, Ruyan pointed to the cliff face ten meters above and to the left rear of the lava lake.

Whoosh!
As soon as she finished speaking, a gust of wind rose around her, and the Wood Spirit Corpse instantly traversed a distance of a hundred meters, arriving at the edge of the lava lake from the island in the middle of the lake. She grabbed Ruyan by the back of the neck, and then leaped up the ten-meter-high cliff.

boom!
Arriving at the direction Ruyan had chosen, he punched the cliff face.

With a loud bang, a large hole was blasted in the stone wall, and just as the Wood Spirit Corpse was about to stop, its body was suddenly sucked into the hole.

With a dizzying sensation, he and Ruyan reappeared at the edge of the fake lava lake.

As the Wood Spirit Corpse swiftly burrowed into the narrow, cramped passage, its body rubbing against the stone walls on both sides, the hard rocks crumbled down like tofu. It almost single-handedly widened the passage by half a foot with its bare body.

Once he emerged from the passage, he bent his knees and leaped upwards, crossing a cliff several meters high, returning to his original position.

"Right front!"

Ruyan was held in his hand, and she stretched out her chubby little paws to point the way.

Under Zhou Qing's control, the Wood Spirit Corpse ignored the thick fog ahead and crashed headfirst into the stone pillar in front of it.

The next moment, his vision went dark, and he was out of the cave.

boom!
From the dense forest not far from the cave came a deafening roar, as if some terrifying being was rapidly approaching.

"Ruyan, it's all up to you!"

The spirit corpse immediately put down Ruyan.

"As ordered!"

Ruyan's body immediately emitted wisps of smoke, which also enveloped the Zhimu spirit corpse beside her.

call out!
As the mist dissipated, the figures of Zhimu Lingshi and Ruyan disappeared at the entrance of the cave.

At the foot of the mountain, Zhou Qing sensed through his mind that Ru Yan was rapidly approaching him. He couldn't help but smile and suppressed the urge to burst into laughter.

At the same time, the old man in purple robes returned to the entrance of the cave. Looking at the blood left on the ground, but not at Mu Yuan's body, his expression changed.

"Where's the body?!"

He immediately entered the cave, then took out a cracked waist token from his waist. The mist in front of him thinned and slowly dissipated.

The purple-robed elder rushed to the lava lake. Looking at the crimson tree on the island in the center of the lake that had exploded, and the spirit corpse of the Supreme Wood that had disappeared from the tree trunk, this powerful Blood Exchange Realm Grand Martial Master felt his blood surge and his vision went black.

"Oh my god!!"

When he took out the cracked waist token from his hand, it immediately emitted a dazzling red light.

The next moment, a humanoid creature, entirely crimson with lava dripping from its body, slowly rose from the lava lake.

Seeing the obvious signs that the Fire Spirit Corpse had been moved, the purple-robed elder was horrified.

If he loses both the Wood Spirit Corpse and the Fire Spirit Corpse at the same time, the sect leader will probably eat him alive.

Even so, he could not bear the guilt of losing the Wood Spirit Corpse alone.

The old man in purple robes had a grim expression, his mind racing, and he growled through gritted teeth.

"Mu Yuan!! Mu Renjie!!!"

He returned to the cave entrance on the ground and released three signal flares into the sky.

After the three signal flares were launched, they exploded at the same time, forming a huge pattern of a mythical beast.

In the mountains outside Ping'an County, a green figure is rapidly moving northwest.

"damn it!"

Blood trickled from the corner of Mu Renjie's mouth. He clutched his chest, where his clothes were torn, and his face was extremely gloomy.

He didn't expect that nothing would happen when he entered the county town, but when he left, he was blocked by County Commandant Zhang Wancheng and Yuchi Jing from Benlei Martial Arts School.

"Xiao Kang! You just wait!"

Mu Renjie held a grudge against Xiao Kang.

Faced with the combined attack of two experts of the same level, Mu Renjie dared not fight for long and was eager to escape, so he endured their blows and suffered internal injuries.

"It seems that Yuan'er's disappearance..."

After being injured, Mu Renjie calmed down from Mu Yuan's incident, but he still felt that something was amiss about what happened tonight.

Bang! !

Just as Mu Renjie was rushing to Huanglong Mountain, three signal flares rose into the sky, forming a huge pattern of a mythical beast.

"This is terrible!!"

Mu Renjie's expression changed drastically; something big had happened at Huanglong Mountain.

When Mu Renjie returned to the mountaintop, he saw the old man in purple robes standing at the cave entrance waiting for him.

"Protector Zhao, what has happened?!"

The old man in purple robes glared and roared, "Mu Renjie! You dare to come back?!"

"What happened?!"

Mu Renjie's heart skipped a beat, and he demanded an explanation.

The purple-robed elder said coldly, "What a fine son you've raised! He lied to me that you encountered a powerful enemy down the mountain, while he himself stole the Spirit Wood Corpse!!"

"What? Yuan'er just appeared?" Mu Renjie exclaimed in shock. "He stole the Spirit Corpse of the Supreme Wood?!"

"How could it be fake?" The purple-robed elder sneered. "He faked his death to deceive me, otherwise how could I have fallen for his trick! I was only gone for less than a quarter of an hour when the Wood Spirit Corpse disappeared. If it weren't for an insider who knew how to enter and exit, how could the Wood Spirit Corpse have been stolen in such a short time!"

Mu Renjie shouted, "Don't you dare make false accusations!"

The old man in purple robes sneered, "You and your son have repeatedly violated the rules of the sect by going down the mountain without permission, and I have always turned a blind eye to it."

I never expected you to be so audacious! You've set your sights on the Wood Spirit Corpse.

You needn't waste your breath arguing with me! Once the Holy Maiden and the Pope arrive, you'll have your chance to explain yourself!

Mu Renjie's face remained expressionless, but his mind raced. He had a premonition that Mu Yuan had likely met with misfortune.

If the person who killed Lin Tianzheng possessed the Corpse Worm Gu King, they would have been fully capable of killing Mu Yuan and controlling him through the Corpse Control Technique.

A web of conspiracy has long been ensnaring the father and son.

At this moment, Mu Renjie had no time to worry about Mu Yuan's safety; he had to worry about himself now.

If you violate religious rules by going out, it's fine if nothing happens, but if something does happen, you will definitely be punished.

Now that the spirit corpse is missing, even though he is a Grand Martial Master in the Blood Exchange Realm, the Sect Leader will not let him off easily.

Thinking of this, a fierce glint flashed in Mu Renjie's eyes. He glanced at the purple-robed old man in front of him and made a firm decision.

Regardless of who did it, in order to evade the main responsibility, Protector Zhao will push the blame onto the father and son; this is an unchangeable fact.

Swish!
Mu Renjie flashed and appeared twenty meters away, then disappeared from the cave entrance in a few more flashes.

"stop!"

The purple-robed elder looked surprised, but then his heart leaped with joy. Mu Renjie's actions were tantamount to admitting that he was the one who did it. If he could capture him alive, he could atone for his crime.

After all, since the Wood Spirit Corpse was lost because a Grand Martial Master betrayed the sect, his responsibility was even less.

Whoosh!
The old man in purple robes flew up and blocked Mu Renjie's path.

"Get out of the way!" Mu Renjie's voice turned cold, but he coughed a few times the next moment.

"You're injured?" The old man in purple robes narrowed his eyes.

"You can't leave now!"

"Get out of the way!" Knowing that time was of the essence, Mu Renjie immediately struck the purple-robed elder with a palm.

boom!
The two exchanged a palm strike, and the purple-robed elder leaped backward, sneering:

"Hmph! This is just the right time for me to see what tricks the 'Ghost Hand,' who is on par with the Poison Demon, has up his sleeve!"

"You're courting death!!" Knowing he couldn't afford to prolong the battle, Mu Renjie immediately unleashed his full power.

boom--!
A surge of violent true energy erupted from his body.

Seeing that Mu Renjie was about to fight to the death, the purple-robed elder's expression changed slightly, and he dared not be careless in the slightest.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the powerful protector and the holy maiden of the Witch God Cult arrived at the mountaintop.

The dense forest in front of the cave entrance was in a mess, with large numbers of trees fallen, the surrounding land turned upside down, and ravines crisscrossing the area.

The two arrived at a pit, their expressions somewhat grim.

The old man in the purple robe lay in the pit, his face pale and bluish. His clothes were torn, and his chest was covered with wounds. In the center was a large hole, which was empty, indicating that his internal organs had been removed.

"These are the wounds left by the Five Poison Palm and the Golden Serpent Arrow! Mu Renjie! He dared to betray the Holy Sect!!"

Protector Li was speechless.

"Damn it! A Heavenly Fiend Corpse?!"

PS: No extra chapters tonight. I just finished writing this part of the story and am going to bed now. Goodnight everyone.

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