The road is vague

Chapter 493 Why Bother
The Gu Immortals who had come out to observe returned to their various mushroom houses after seeing the Holy Maiden of Thousand Streams turn to ashes.

After a sigh, the Butterfly Fairy Gu Fairy led Li Mo and the Vampire Old Demon to a huge, dusty mushroom-shaped house. The space inside was large, but it only had simple furniture. The radiance of the Golden Gu Token actually formed a kind of orderly connection with the artificial sun in the sky, emitting a faint glow that illuminated the entire room.

A green worm-like Gu fairy walked over and looked at the demon butterfly.

"Have we received another request for help from above?"

"kindness."

While explaining the local customs to Li Mo and the Vampire Demon, the Demon Butterfly nodded in response.

"Humph."

Upon hearing this, the Green Worm Gu Immortal sneered in front of Li Mo.

"These two-faced opportunists should die along with other humans."

Li Mo and the Bloodsucking Demon sensed the hostility of this Gu Immortal and exchanged a glance with it. The other party still refused to show weakness and displayed a pressure that was comparable to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator, which surprised the two of them.

After all, the other party looked quite ordinary, without any special markings or shape, nor any mutation or large size; it seemed to be just an ordinary member here.

Li Mo, in particular, vaguely sensed the terrifying power of these ancient alien races, just like the witch races in the Seven Star World, whose Nascent Soul cultivation could rival that of human cultivators once they matured.

If the Mountain and Sea Realm weren't so unsuitable for the growth of these Gu Immortals, Li Mo simply couldn't imagine how terrifying it would be.

In other words.

Nowadays, cultivators like Li Mo and the Vampire Ancestor, who are at the Nascent Soul stage, are already considered top-tier talents among humans in the Mountain and Sea Realm during the Dharma-ending Age. However, to these alien creatures, they are merely just coming of age and have nothing to be proud of.

"Want to fight?"

The Green Worm Gu Immortal, with his hands on his hips and chin raised, looked at the Vampire Old Demon.

"I don't care what your status is up there, this is the underground world. If you want to fight, I'm ready anytime. Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you have the Golden Gu Token. If you're begging us, then you should act like you're begging us. What are you..."

After a while.

After being persuaded by the demon butterfly, the Green Worm Gu Immortal finally left, grumbling and cursing.

Li Mo smiled upon seeing this.

"It seems that it was quite difficult for Miao Jiang to invite those Gu Immortals to oversee things."

Upon hearing this, the old vampire demon couldn't help but shake his head and smile, no longer taking the previous matter to heart.

"It's always better to rely on yourself than to rely on others."

The reason why outsiders have never dared to launch a large-scale invasion of the Southern Barbarian and Miao regions over the years is that these two regions are backed by even more powerful forces.

One has a hidden teleportation array that connects to the legendary overseas world.

However, after so many years, those overseas deities who feed on human energy have only sent a few timid and hesitant individuals here sporadically, and they dare not confront the Qian Kingdom head-on at all.

The Miao region is known for its nine underground caves.

The war has been going on for so many years, yet only a few Gu Immortals have intervened in the infamous Nine Caves underground.

Even if the Gu masters of Miao territory shout themselves hoarse, so what?
Ultimately, in the eyes of these underground Gu Immortals, the Gu Masters of Miao territory are nothing more than a group of guardians they have raised.

After a long time.

The demon butterfly returned, bringing with it a piece of news that astonished Li Mo and the vampire demon.

"I just returned from the Queen Mother's place and received the latest news: the saintess who tried to gain the approval of the Sun Descendants is not dead. Her physical body was only devoured, but her natal Gu escaped!"

For these Gu Immortals of the underground world, the natal Gu of the Miao Holy Maidens is similar to how humans gradually transform into Gu Immortals through special cultivation methods, with the most important final step being the abandonment of their physical bodies.

Uh?
Seemingly sensing Li Mo and the Vampire Demon's emotions, the butterfly demon asked in surprise, "Are you enemies?"

The number of so-called Gu Immortals in the underground world is not large.

This place is more like a super-large tribe than a country in Li Mo's mind. The relatively simple social relations over a long period of time have also made the interpersonal relationship concepts of these Gu Immortals relatively simple.

of course.

Most importantly, humans all look very similar to these Gu Immortals, and with the exception of a few Gu Immortals, it is really difficult to distinguish the vast majority of them in detail.

"Oh, hehe, there have indeed been some conflicts between our two villages, but with a formidable enemy at hand, we can let it go. I wonder where this Holy Maiden of Thousand Streams is currently residing, whether Her Majesty the Queen has received her, and what her response was to her request?"

"The Queen Mother is naturally unwilling to interfere in matters above anymore. She is focused on perfecting the altar and wants to return to the Mother Nest Realm. That's why she proposed the condition that she would never agree to unless she gained the approval of the Sunborn."

Yao Die shrugged as she finished speaking.

"The result was obvious; she failed. However, one of the queen bee elders seemed to be moved by her and wanted to go up there under the guise of investigating the critical day."

"Elder Bee?"

Without a doubt, this must be a powerful being from the underground world.

Even though he is not as capable as his mother in contacting those ancient powerhouses hidden here, who are even feared by the Qian Yuan Saint King, being able to become an elder in a place where at least a hundred Gu Immortals equivalent to Nascent Soul stage cultivators gather probably already gives him the ability to protect himself from Nascent Soul stage cultivators, or even make him a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

soon.

Two Gu Immortals, each with a different form, followed the aura of the Golden Gu Token and arrived at the room where Li Mo and the Vampire Demon were.

During this time, the Vampire Demon always seemed preoccupied, whether he was considering the future development of the Extreme Cultivation Society or worried about the Aolai Continent after witnessing the abundance of powerful figures on the main continent.

Their bloodline cultivation is so strong that it can stir up a storm of bloodshed on the Aolai Continent, but here they might not even make a ripple.

"The Queen Mother requests the Golden Gu Envoy to come over."

Seeing Li Mo and the Vampire Demon rise at the same time, the Gu Immortal with a huge black horn added, "The Queen Mother only summons envoys who possess the Golden Gu Token."

Finally, Li Mo got up and left with the two Gu Immortals. The Queen Mother's mushroom house wasn't very big, and there wasn't the large swarm of ferocious insects that Li Mo had imagined. There were just a few large Gu Immortals of various shapes and sizes standing there, baring their fangs and claws as they looked at Li Mo.

His tiny body seemed rather frail and fragile in front of these Gu Immortals, but fortunately, the protective aura around his body appeared to them like a sturdy shell.

For Li Mo, it was as if he had entered a terrifying world teeming with monsters.

He looked at these creatures, whose upper bodies were human and whose lower bodies were insects, but which were actually transformed from countless tiny insects, like Gu immortals that had become spirits from insect nests. It was difficult for a human to remain absolutely calm.

Especially that so-called Empress Mother.

Its upper body was that of a withered old woman, while its lower body was that of a slug. Perhaps it was a body that had been cursed and was rotting. It was slumped in a chair, with disgusting worms constantly rubbing against each other and crawling in and out, looking down at Li Mo, making him feel as if he had returned to the days when he was the head of the county in Bai'an County.

What he saw was not a Gu Immortal, but an evil spirit.

"wrong……"

Just as Li Mo realized something was wrong, before he could even think about it carefully, a scorpion spirit in the room, seeing Li Mo's brief moment of stunned silence, immediately let out a loud shout.

"It's you!"

This was the same scorpion Gu Immortal who once guarded the Golden Gu Token in the Entangling Silk Palace. Later, it donned a sacred shell and fought a great battle against Li Mo, returning with the Holy Maiden of Thousand Streams.

Seeing Li Mo's brief moment of surprise, the scorpion-like Gu Immortal immediately became alarmed and pointed at Li Mo in front of the other Gu Immortals and the Queen Mother, casting a shadow over him.

"How dare you trespass into the underground world!"

Although Li Mo was surprised to see the other party at this time and place, fortunately he had come prepared.

Seeing that the other party was about to lash out, he actually took out an imperial edict. The handwriting on it, imbued with human energy, was like a second sun in the underground world, exceptionally dazzling. This caused the Gu Immortals in the room to take a step back, instinctively exclaiming in surprise and covering their faces.

Li Mo looked up at his high and mighty mother, the Empress.

"I am a second-rank official of the Great Qian Dynasty, the Director of the Road Passage Office. I have come here on the orders of the Holy Emperor Qian Yuan to convey the peaceful will of the Great Qian Kingdom. I do not wish for the flames of war in Miao territory to spread to the Nine Caves, nor for the civil war among humans to spread to the Gu Immortals. I beg the Empress Mother not to interfere in the Miao war."

Upon hearing this, all the Gu Immortals present were in an uproar.

Even the originally aggressive Demon Scorpion was stunned and looked at the Queen Mother.

Glug, glug, glug.

Seeing the foul-smelling fluids flowing from his mother's body onto the ground made Li Mo frown; he was ready to run away at any moment.

Although this mission is almost a certainty, the possibility of unexpected events cannot be ruled out.

……

the other side.

The Blood Demon used his Blood Dao Secret Technique to control his clones and infiltrate the location of the Thousand Streams Saintess.

Although this Blood Shadow clone can only exert about 30% of his strength, it can summon his main body at any time and can conceal his aura to the maximum extent, which is one of his signature skills.

Before leaving, Li Mo transmitted his thoughts to the Empress, instructing him to assassinate the Holy Maiden Qianliu at all costs as soon as possible, should the Empress decide to support Miao territory.

"That's far too risky."

The old vampire was starting to regret following this black dog monster.

Although this old black dog monster's reputation is at its zenith, and he has already squeezed into the ranks of top Nascent Soul cultivators in the Great Qian Kingdom, enough to protect his life in the hands of a Deity Transformation cultivator, or even briefly put up a fight, this is the underground world!

Having witnessed the terror of these ancient alien races that remained in the underground world, even without meeting the so-called Mother Queen, he was already filled with dread about the underground world. It was clearly a powerful race far surpassing the Spirit Race of Aolai Continent.

But now that things have come to this, he has no choice but to speak out.

Now he can only hope that everything goes smoothly on Li Mo's side.

After a long time.

With everything calm and Li Mo returning safely, the Blood Demon immediately breathed a sigh of relief, withdrew his long-lurking Blood Shadow clone, and looked at Li Mo.

"How about it?"

"It went incredibly smoothly."

Li Mo's words startled the Bloodsucking Demon. Just as he was about to say something, he saw another Gu Immortal walk in from outside. It was an insect covered in black armor.

When Li Mo saw its upper body with a human face, he was immediately stunned.

Although he hadn't seen this face for a century, he still remembered it vividly. It was another person from the main continent that he had met in the Thousand Treasures Islands. He came from Ling Kingdom, crossed the ocean to the Thousand Treasures Islands, and joined the Survival Society with him. He claimed to be He Ku from the Ascetic Sect.

As Li Mo observed carefully, he realized that the other party was using incredible skills to disguise himself, and the Vampire Demon had not been able to tell that the other party was human at all.

"Is there a problem?"

"The old vampire asked warily."

He twisted his insect body and calmly replied, "I heard that two humans have come from above, so I came to take a look. By the way, I'd like to remind you that what you're worried about won't happen. Leave here as soon as possible and don't come looking for trouble."

After saying that, he simply left.

"This... doesn't seem to be the same as He Ku."

Li Mo suddenly had this strange thought, and at the same time, he felt a strange sense of familiarity with that mother empress.

It feels just like the Temple of the Kings!

That dark and brutal order, hidden in an ancient and oppressive aura, suddenly made Li Mo alert and awaken, instinctively sensing that something big was about to happen here.

(End of this chapter)