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

Chapter 443, "The Corpse Nerve"!
Moreover, under its light, one will not have any inner demons or distracting thoughts; it is a top-tier natural treasure.

It seems that the old demon Youhai relied on this item to suppress his inner demons and distracting thoughts, which is why he had the confidence to transform here.

"Since Fellow Daoist Gu is interested, this item is useless to me, so you may keep it."

Zhong Tian, ​​who was walking towards the ancient coffin, heard Gu Yuan's mutterings. He waved his hand, collected all four stone lamps, and tossed them to Gu Yuan.

"Thank you, fellow Taoist."

Gu Yuan didn't stand on ceremony and happily put away all four stone lamps.

Putting aside the mermaid oil inside, these four stone lamps alone are valuable items; any one of them could be refined into a magical artifact.

However, this is what he deserves. Zhong Tian just said that he doesn't want anything and wants it all to go to Gu Yuan.

As long as Gu Yuan can lend him a hand at crucial moments, that's fine.

Not far behind, Old Hu and his companions watched with envy, especially Old Hu, whose beard trembled and whose eyes kept glancing at the storage bag at Gu Yuan's waist, almost popping their eyes out.

I don't know how useful that mermaid oil might be to others, but it's extremely important to him!
With this item, his chances of breaking through to the Golden Core stage will definitely increase by 30% to 40%!

However, now that these things are in Gu Yuan's hands, they won't be easy to take.

As for robbery...

Even if he had the guts of a demon bear or a demon leopard, he would never dare to do such a thing.

Even if you had the guts, you wouldn't have the life to enjoy that blessing.

"Alright, I'll discuss it with Fellow Daoist Gu later. Since he got four, I should be able to have one of each, right? I can buy them with spirit stones or exchange them for other things..."

Old Hu thought to himself.

Gu Yuan and Zhong Tian were completely unaware of what Old Hu was thinking. At this moment, Zhong Tian had already arrived in front of the bronze coffin.

It raised its arm and placed a palm on the coffin lid.

Rumbling--

The heavy bronze coffin lid was slowly pushed open with a dull thud.

Just as he pushed it open halfway, a beam of black light flew out of the coffin and struck Zhong Tian in the chest.

boom!
With a muffled thud, Zhong Tian's entire body was sent flying horizontally, traveling quite a distance before finally coming to a stop.

A fist-sized wound had been torn open on its chest, from which streams of corpse fluid and blood flowed out.

Judging from the appearance of his wound, it was clearly caused by a punch.

Just as Zhong Tian was knocked away, Gu Yuan reacted and, as if shifting his position, arrived in front of the bronze coffin.

Just then, the coffin lid was struck by a tremendous force and flew out, from which a figure leaped out.

This figure was even taller than Zhong Tian, ​​and his body was shrouded in a solidified, eerie demonic aura, almost soaring into the sky.

This person appeared somewhat old, with a blank expression and eyes that held a cold, wooden look, carrying a hint of bloodlust and violence.

"He doesn't seem to be in a conscious state. Could it be that his transformation has failed?!"

Upon seeing this scene, a thought flashed through Gu Yuan's mind, but his actions on the surface were not slow at all.

The black dragon halberd in his hand swept out horizontally, leaving long, dark streaks in the air!

Sensing the abundant and powerful blood and energy emanating from Gu Yuan, the Old Demon of the Netherworld also made his move immediately.

A pair of hands reached out to grab Gu Yuan. Bang!!!
Before the Old Demon of the Netherworld could even touch Gu Yuan, the Black Dragon Halberd had already struck the Old Demon of the Netherworld.

With a dull, teeth-grinding sound, the old demon of the Netherworld was sent flying, a gruesome wound torn open in his waist and abdomen.

However, what flowed from the wound was not bright red blood, but dark red corpse blood!

It was not only viscous, but also emitted a slightly putrid, nauseating odor.

This shows that the Old Demon of the Ghostly Corpse is clearly no longer a living person, but rather a malevolent spirit more like a zombie or an evil corpse!

Judging from this old demon's appearance, he was clearly not in a conscious state. He had lost his independent consciousness and was mainly acting on his own demonic, violent, and ferocious instincts.

Gu Yuan followed closely, and before the Old Demon Youhai could even land, he struck him on the neck with his halberd.

This halberd strike was both accurate and ruthless, severing the head of the Old Demon of the Netherworld.

Blood splattered everywhere, and the corpse was decapitated.

Roar--! ! !
Even so, the head let out a roar, and large amounts of black demonic energy surged from the wound, flying towards the headless corpse, trying to reconnect and restore its original appearance.

However, Gu Yuan naturally wouldn't just stand by and watch this scene unfold.

He immediately swung the Black Dragon Halberd and smashed the head of the Old Demon of the Netherworld to pieces.

The headless corpse twitched a few times, trying to make a move, but Zhong Tian, ​​who flew over, suppressed it in time. One of his hands, like a sharp sword, pierced through the abdomen of the Old Demon of the Netherworld.

Then, surprisingly, he pulled out a black and gold corpse pill from it.

After the corpse pill was taken out, it was not stained with any blood. It even emitted a faint light, trembled a few times, and tried to fly away.

Now that this item has fallen into Zhongtian's hands, how could Zhongtian let it leave?

A dim, yellowish fire suddenly ignited in his hand, enveloping the corpse pill and setting it ablaze.

"Ah... Fellow Daoist Wang, stop! Stop it now..."

"If you spare my life, I will teach you the Corpse-Driving Sect's 'Corpse Scripture'..."

From within the corpse core, faint, mournful cries could be heard—or rather, pleas for mercy.

Even in his words, he revealed that the Old Demon of the Ghostly Skeleton knew about the Corpse Driving Sect's supreme scripture, the Corpse Scripture.

However, Zhong Tian showed no reaction whatsoever, simply refining the corpse pill in silence.

However, Old Hu, who had kept his distance, showed a slight change in expression after hearing about the "Corpse Driving School" and the "Corpse Scripture," as if he had thought of something.

Before long, the voice of the Old Demon of the Ghostly Bones weakened and then fell silent.

After he put away the corpse fire, he only had a dark golden corpse pill in his hand. It looked smaller than before, but its quality was obviously much purer.

"It seems that the Old Demon of the Netherworld has ultimately failed in his transformation."

Gu Yuan walked slowly over, looked at the headless corpse on the ground that was no longer moving, and came to a conclusion after a moment.

Zhong Tian's face was stiff and wooden as he replied in a hoarse, low voice, "Immortality is not so easy to obtain."

"Even alternative forms of immortality come at a price and carry significant risks."

"Indeed, if this Old Demon of the Netherworld was a powerful Yang God in his previous life, he might have a chance of succeeding. As for the Yin God realm, he's probably still a bit lacking..."

Gu Yuan sighed softly, not only for the Old Demon Youhai, but also for the path to immortality in this world.

Immortality is difficult, becoming an immortal is even more difficult, it's harder than ascending to heaven!
(End of this chapter)