Beast Taming: I gained the talent of a spirit pet.

Chapter 394 Corpse Demon Inner Core!

As for immortal cultivators, they often have to be more restrained because of their status, even if they are not good people, and at least they will not come openly.

In particular, as far as Gu Yuan knew, the Yuanming Sect had recently set its sights on the three states of Qin, Liu, and Feng, as well as the three major cultivation sects: the Gu God Sect, Yaowang Mountain, and Xinghe Sword Sect.

Therefore, Gu Yuan had to take the origins of this newly emerged corpse demon seriously.

If it really is the work of the Yuanming Sect, then it would be quite dangerous.

Therefore, Gu Yuan must treat this matter with caution.

"Reporting to Senior, I discovered this corpse demon in an ancient cave. At that time..."

Mei Changshan didn't hide anything and told everything he knew. He had actually wanted to keep some things to himself, but under Gu Yuan's seemingly calm but actually sharp and insightful gaze, he somehow didn't dare to hide anything and told him everything he knew.

Gu Yuan nodded. It turned out that Mei Changshan was a rogue cultivator, but his former master had left behind a treasure map that depicted the cave dwelling left by an ancient cultivator.

This corpse demon was caused by Mei Changshan accidentally disturbing it after entering the cave today.

Then, Mei Changshan was hunted down and continues to this day.

If Gu Yuan hadn't intervened, he would probably be dead by now, under the claws of the Corpse Demon.

After explaining the situation, Mei Changshan took out a jade slip and handed it to Gu Yuan, saying, "Senior, this is the treasure map. It contains the detailed address of the cave ruins and how to open it."

"Senior, you saved my life. I have no way to repay you, so I can only offer this as a token of my gratitude. Please do not refuse!"

In fact, Mei Changshan had thought it through very clearly. Although that ancient cultivation cave was precious, since Gu Yuan already knew about it, it was impossible to keep it a secret any longer. It was better to just give it to Gu Yuan directly.

Moreover, he was already incredibly lucky to have survived this time, but ultimately it was because of his lack of strength. If he insisted on forcing things, he would inevitably fall into danger again.

Giving it to Gu Yuan now might at least create a sliver of goodwill.

Gu Yuan didn't stand on ceremony and took it. With a thought, he memorized the map recorded in the jade slip.

Then, Gu Yuan tossed the jade slip to Mei Changshan. Seeing that the other was stunned, he explained directly, "I have memorized the map inside, but I am not very interested in magic weapons and elixirs. I am only interested in these kinds of demonic creatures. If you have time after I finish dealing with my personal matters, you can come with me."

Gu Yuan quickly assessed the information about the ancient cultivator's cave dwelling in the jade slip and found that it was not large in scale, but was just a cave dwelling left behind by a Golden Core cultivator.

Therefore, Gu Yuan lost interest.

Gu Yuan's own wealth was truly extraordinary; even many Golden Core cultivators might not be able to compare to him.

Black Dragon Halberd, Nine-Dragon Furnace, Blazing Carp Shuttle, Taiyuan Jade Scenery Sword...

Each of these items is extremely valuable; any one of them would be coveted by a Golden Core cultivator.

At least Gu Yuan had never seen anyone whose wealth could compare to his.

Therefore, he was really not very interested in the cave dwelling of this nameless Golden Core cultivator.

Of course, if it were a cave dwelling left behind by a powerful Yin deity, he would be interested in exploring it.

Of course, even if he were to explore, it would have to be done after he completed his mission to the Cang family.

Mei Changshan didn't know what Gu Yuan was thinking, but he understood what Gu Yuan meant by saying it. He nodded repeatedly, "Thank you, senior. I will definitely go."

Gu Yuan's intention was clearly to go back and explore that ancient cultivation cave. If any magical artifacts or elixirs were found there, they would be his. Gu Yuan was only interested in demonic creatures. Of course, he wouldn't refuse such a good opportunity.

"Um……"

Gu Yuan nodded, then reached out and grabbed the corpse of the Corpse Demon. The next moment, the headless body of the Corpse Demon trembled a few times, and then a blackish-gray inner core, about the size of a longan, flew out of the corpse and landed in Gu Yuan's hand.

This inner core is the essence of the Corpse Demon's cultivation. At this moment, its surface still exudes wisps of blackish-gray aura, clearly formed from corpse energy, death energy, and yin energy, containing a sinister and terrifying aura.

If an ordinary person were to come into contact with it, their hand would likely rot rapidly, turning into bones, and the person would die instantly.

However, Gu Yuan's current physique is so strong that he could withstand even the effects of his former flying sword, the Silver Dragon, so he naturally wouldn't be afraid of the corpse energy from the Corpse Demon's inner core.

This amount of corpse energy and poison couldn't even harm Gu Yuan's skin.

After playing with it for a while, a dark, hazy lightning suddenly appeared in Gu Yuan's hand.

However, despite being only the thickness of chopsticks, it exuded a faint sense of pressure, making Mei Changshan, who was standing to the side, feel suffocated.

Immediately afterwards, lightning struck the corpse core.

Crackling! Crackling!
As countless tiny bolts of lightning flashed, the inner core of the Corpse Demon was enveloped in the lightning and began to tremble violently, as if trying to escape.

At the same time, wisps of corpse energy, yin energy, demonic energy, and turbid energy emanated from it, eroding and consuming the lightning.

However, under the influence of the Chaos Divine Lightning, the Corpse Demon's inner core did not cause any disturbance at all; it was directly tempered by the lightning and changed color.

Before long, the dark gray corpse demon inner core actually transformed into a light golden inner core. The yin energy, turbid energy, demonic energy, corpse energy, death energy, and other impurities within it were completely refined and purified, leaving only its essence.

These essences are considered rare treasures even for ordinary cultivators.

The only slight pity is that the seed of the Corpse Demon's innate divine power, the Corpse Demon Blood Flame, was also in this inner core, but it disappeared after being tempered by the Chaos Divine Lightning cast by Gu Yuan.

If it were any other demonic cultivator, they might have had a chance to refine this Corpse Demon Inner Core, and even obtain the Divine Path Seed within it.

Of course, the more likely outcome is that besides gaining a little more cultivation, one will gain nothing and may even be poisoned by corpses, polluting one's own foundation.

However, Gu Yuan didn't care about the benefits of this Corpse Demon Inner Core. He took it to feed his spirit pet.

This thing was taken from the body of the Corpse Demon. Since Gu Yuan didn't plan to refine it himself, he simply gave it to his spirit pets to consume, which was a way of making the best use of it.

Afterwards, Gu Yuan nodded to Mei Changshan as a greeting, and then flew away on his escape light.

……

Several days later, at Chenghua Mansion.

Cang Mansion.

As a family of cultivators with a thousand-year history, the Cang family wields immense power and deep-rooted influence in Chenghua Prefecture.

Furthermore, with several Golden Core cultivators now in charge, and dozens of cultivators under his command, as well as thousands of martial artists and innate martial artists, he can be considered the undisputed local tyrant of Chenghua Prefecture.

(End of this chapter)