Xuanxia

Chapter 678 Bad Blood Gu

The evil spirit is more like a natural disaster.

A long time ago, when Fu Qingzhou asked Kua Ye what evil spirits were, the other party replied like this.

At this time, Rong Yu also said: "The evil spirit is a natural disaster."

His head was completely swollen from the beating, like a pig's head, and it was difficult for him to move the corners of his mouth when he spoke. He lowered his head and spoke in a low voice: "They come from the tiankeng, an endless stream, although sometimes more, sometimes less, but never stop... No matter how many we kill, there will be more."

"All Miao people know that if they want to find the secret of the evil spirits, they have to go deep into the tiankeng - but over the years, only one person has succeeded."

"That's my master."

Rong Yu whispered, “Even the master of Xuanxing Realm has never succeeded, but Master succeeded.”

Fu Qingzhou frowned slightly.

Elder Ma succeeded in reaching a place that even Xuan Xing couldn’t reach?

A flash of lightning lit up in his mind, and he blurted out: "Heaven Devouring Demon Body?!"

"...Yes." Rong Yu nodded and said, "This is a coincidence."

Many years ago, Hua Xiujiang, the former leader of Wandu Mountain who had not yet entered the Xuanxing Realm, tried to go deep into the tiankeng to find the secret of the evil spirit.

But the deeper he went, the more frightened he became. Although the tiankeng was not that deep, there were countless monsters clinging to it. Moreover, the monsters in it were extremely powerful, much more powerful than those on the front line in southern Xinjiang.

It can be said that the evil spirits that left the tiankeng and rushed towards the Shiwan Mountains were all driven out because they were weak and could not survive in the tiankeng...

At that time, even Hua Xiujiang, who had opened the fifth level of the cave, almost fell into it. Thanks to Elder Ma who was outside to support him, he was rescued.

But the magical thing is that when Elder Ma, who practiced the Sky-Devouring Demon Body, went deep into the tiankeng, those powerful and strange monsters seemed to ignore him and even... seemed to be close to him?
From that day on, Elder Ma spent every day in the Thousand Witches Tower, studying the origin of the Sky-Devouring Demon Body.

Soon, he made a discovery.

The Sky-Devouring Demon Body was originally a rather evil martial art, which required a large amount of poison to change its own body - but the most critical step was to use a secret method to cultivate an extremely strange "bad blood poison" in the body.

All other poisons used in the process of cultivation are to adjust the body to... be able to adapt to the bad blood poison.

The function of this bad blood parasite is actually very simple, it helps digestion.

It has a huge appetite and requires practitioners to continuously invest large amounts of poisonous resources to feed it. At the same time, it can also burst out with terrible power when the Sky-Devouring Demon Body devours a large amount of external things, devouring everything in a very short time, and then slowly digesting it afterwards, and feeding back useful nutrients to the practitioners.

"Only by breaking through to the Cave Heaven Realm and achieving unity of spirit and martial arts can the body withstand the opening of the Devouring Mouth and better control the Bad Blood Gu."

Rong Yu said dejectedly: "I haven't reached the cave yet, so I can't open my mouth, but I have also raised a bad blood Gu in my body."

Fu Qingzhou narrowed his eyes slightly.

Bite the mouth...

He thought of the big mouth that appeared on Elder Ma’s hands and chest when he used the Heaven-Devouring Demon Body.

It turned out to be the case.

The body needs to be strong enough to open the mouth; and the witchcraft technique needs to be strong enough to fully control the bad blood poison.

"But..." He asked, "What does this bad blood Gu have to do with the evil spirit?"

"To refine the bad blood Gu, you need Yinquan water and a kind of black bone fish that only grows in Yinquan water." Rong Yu replied: "...Yinquan water, more than 200 miles west of Wandu Mountain, is highly poisonous. Black bone fish is also highly poisonous - and it is corpse poison."

Fu Qingzhou understood something and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Is this Yinquan water related to the tiankeng?"

"good."

Rong Yu lowered his head and said, "It is written in the master's notes that there should be a big river under the tiankeng. The river flows under the mountains and flows out of the Xixi Valley to form Yinquan water."

Fu Qingzhou's pupils narrowed slightly.

"So..." He whispered, "The evil spirits and the bad blood poison actually come from the same source?"

"Yes." Rong Yu said, "Master believes that all the demons crawled out from the source of Yinquan. Although we don't know how they were born, they do have a strong affinity for people who have bad blood Gu and cultivate the Heaven Devouring Demon Body."

"I see." Fu Qingzhou sneered: "So, you can control them?"

Rong Yu nodded: "Master tried to control the demons a long time ago and succeeded. He found that the method of controlling the demons is actually the same as that of controlling the bad blood."

Fu Qingzhou frowned slightly: "This is not right." "If Elder Ma could control the evil spirit, he would have repelled it long ago. Why is he still so entangled? Why did he force himself into a desperate situation for these things?"

"..." Hearing his question, Rong Yu was silent for a moment.

After a brief hesitation, he said in a hoarse voice: "Master has tried it."

Fu Qingzhou was stunned.

"Master once made the evil spirits retreat without anyone knowing. During those years, life in the mountains became much better."

Rong Yu said slowly: "Master Fu, you should also be able to see the strengths of Wandu Mountain - what do you think of my disciples of Wandu Mountain compared to the major sects in the martial arts world?"

"Be stronger."

Fu Qingzhou responded honestly: "Your spiritual void is extremely abundant, and your cultivation progress is rapid. Not to mention the number of Cave Heaven Realm masters, the number of your disciples above the sixth realm alone far exceeds that of all the major sects in the martial arts world, and is not even inferior to the Golden Cicada Temple."

"Yes." Rong Yu smiled bitterly: "This is all cultivated little by little over the years."

"But……"

His smile finally revealed a hint of ferocity and viciousness: "After all, we are not from the Yan people! The Great Yan court will not allow such a powerful but not completely controlled clan to exist!"

Fu Qingzhou frowned: "What does this mean?"

"conscription."

Rong Yu said slowly, "The evil spirits ravaged An Ning. It didn't take the imperial court a few years to notice our strength and began to recruit soldiers from the Miao people on a large scale, sending them to fight in the north and west. During those years, the number of our people who died in foreign lands was no less than those who died at the hands of the evil spirits."

Fu Qingzhou was stunned.

He remembered... When he first entered the Ten Thousand Poisons Mountain, he met a disciple who said that he had gone to the northern border to reinforce the army and made military achievements, so he was qualified to study at the Palm Sword Academy...

It turned out to be the case.

There was no need for Rong Yu to explain the rest, as Fu Qingzhou had already guessed it.

Since the imperial court would never allow the Miao people to become too powerful, it would be better to continue to maintain the evil disaster.

At least in Wandu Mountain, with Elder Ma who can control evil spirits and the Phoenix Blood Pool, the casualties are controllable.

However, Elder Ma did not expect that he would actually die and the effect of the Phoenix Blood Pool would be greatly reduced.

If you think this way, many things that happened back then can be explained.

Elder Ma, Elder Nian and others all considered themselves as people from the imperial court, so no matter what, they would not reveal all these things - even at the end, Elder Ma said that "the Miao people need more help."

They planned to release Long Dabei in order to obtain his secret treasure.

To put it bluntly, it means that when the situation is "controllable", you plan to ask for more benefits.

Perhaps there is some kind of resentment towards the imperial court - if their plan really succeeds, Elder Ma, Elder Nian and others will really lead Wandu Mountain to transform into a brand new "Demonic Sect", control a large number of monsters, and attack the Central Plains!

However, due to his own interference and because Long Dabi's behavior was beyond their plan, Elder Ma ultimately miscalculated due to a series of coincidences.

"I didn't expect that there was such a hidden story behind what happened back then."

Fu Qingzhou smiled: "But I don't care about these right now. I just want to know how many demons you can control? How can I use your ability?"

"I……"

Rong Yu's body trembled slightly. "I can only control more than ten demons at most. Compared with Master, I am far inferior. And if I want to cultivate the Heaven Devouring Demon Body from scratch, it will take three to five years. It's too late to do it now."

Fu Qingzhou narrowed his eyes: "So that means you are useless?"

He stood up slowly, his eyes turning cold.

"Master Fu, I have told you everything I know."

Rong Yu sighed, "I know you won't let me go, but at least, please let Junior Sister go... Although she is intelligent, she is just like a child, not knowing right from wrong, and just follows me to do things."

"You have no say in this matter."

Fu Qingzhou said calmly: "I may have a way, and whether your sister can survive depends on your performance."

(End of this chapter)