This humble Taoist priest, Qianhe, begins his quest for immortality by slaying demons and monsters.

Chapter 126 The Ghost Emperor's Divine Flower Appears, Transforming into a Demon

Having been away from the village for several days, Lan Ze clearly had a better understanding of the village's situation.

At this moment, he no longer cared about his own safety and hurriedly came to the nearest thatched hut. The moment he pushed open the door, Lan Ze froze on the spot.

Zhong Bai also glanced into the room, his expression equally astonished. There were indeed no living people inside, only a few withered corpses.

Lan Ze clearly recognized these corpses, and his emotions instantly collapsed. It is said that men do not easily shed tears, but Lan Ze was crying like a child.

"It's all my fault... I'm late..."

Lan Ze became mentally unstable. He pushed open the doors of house after house, only to see the same scene every time. In the end, Lan Ze seemed to have no strength left, and his empty eyes were filled with despair for reality.

He collapsed in front of a room, where two corpses, one small and one large, lay inside...

Upon seeing this, True Person Liuguang and True Person Qianyuan exchanged a glance, both understanding that their trip to the Ghost Cave Clan was likely to be unsuccessful.

Seeing that Lan Ze was slumped on the ground and unwilling to move, Zhong Bai and the others did not choose to disturb him.

Continue walking towards the center of the village.

In a short while, a beautiful flower quietly bloomed on an altar more than ten meters high in the center of the village.

Below the altar sat five old men, all lifeless, while vines descended from above the altar, piercing their bodies.

If Lan Ze had come along, he would have recognized that one of the five people in front of him was the high priest of their Ghost Cave clan, and the other four were the four protectors of the Ghost Cave clan.

"Senior Brother Liuguang, what a pity..."

Looking at the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower before him, True Man Qian Yuan sighed helplessly.

At this moment, as the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower blooms and fades, terrifying demonic energy surges towards it from all directions. Clearly, the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower in front of them has indeed transformed into a demon, just as they had imagined.

Master Liuguang felt his heart bleed, but now that things had come to this, there was no way to change the outcome.

“Junior Brother Qian Yuan, perhaps I am destined never to reach that realm in this lifetime.”

Master Qian Yuan remained silent.

Just then, the once dormant Ghost Emperor Divine Flower suddenly trembled. In the instant the entire altar collapsed, the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower fell to the ground. Countless roots pierced the earth, and the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower, which was only a few meters tall, rapidly expanded, becoming a towering tree tens of meters tall in an instant. Ghost Emperor Divine Flowers bloomed and withered on the tree crown, and countless demonic energies surged into the center of the towering tree during this process.

Whoosh!
A black figure appeared in the heart of the tree, its huge pupils staring intently at Zhong Bai and the others, and it roared angrily.

"You are not the Ghost Cave Clan..."

With just that one sentence, the power of the curse in the void surged toward them rapidly. Upon seeing this, Zhong Bai unleashed his inner energy and qi to the extreme, managing to prevent the surrounding power of the curse from descending.

Just as Zhong Bai and the others were pondering how to deal with the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower, a figure sped up from behind. "It's all your fault! I'm going to kill you!"

The newcomer was Lan Ze. At this moment, Lan Ze's eyes were bloodshot, and his crazy and reckless appearance made Zhong Bai and Shi Jian frown slightly.

Seeing Lan Ze rushing over, Shi Jian wanted to say something to remind him, but Zhong Bai shook his head.

"No need, Senior Brother. Lan Ze is already heartbroken. Let him end this..."

Upon hearing this, Shi Jian sighed, and neither Liu Guang Zhenren nor Qian Yuan Zhenren chose to stop them.

Hua Ling watched this scene in silence, for a person whose heart is dead cannot live on.

They all understood this principle, so they might as well grant Lan Ze's wish and let him give it his best.

Lan Ze held a large sword in his hand. The blade was completely black and could cut through iron like mud. However, even so, the moment Lan Ze rushed in front of the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower's tens of meters tall body, countless vines instantly blocked Lan Ze and stopped him in place.

"Ghost Cave Clan? I have protected you Ghost Cave Clan for generations, only to have you serve as nourishment for my human form. You don't even feel honored, and you dare to raise your swords against me."

The figure on the towering tree grew impatient. It seemed angry at Lan Ze's reckless behavior and easily bound Lan Ze in the air with vines.

Upon seeing this, Zhong Bai instantly ignited a Samadhi True Fire at his fingertips. With a flick of his finger, the Samadhi True Fire shot out and landed directly on the vines binding Lan Ze. In an instant, flames spread, and the vines retracted.

Lan Ze descended from the sky, still fixated on one thing: raising his sword and continuing his attack on the towering tree that the Ghost Emperor's Divine Flower had transformed into.

"kill!"

This time, Lan Ze finally arrived in front of the tree trunk, raised his broadsword high, and with a single strike that exhausted all his true essence and even burned his lifespan, the blade instantly sank into the tree trunk, and a stream of dark green blood gushed out. The figure was now furious to the extreme.

"You ants dare to harm me! Die!"

In an instant, the curse power in the void descended. Lan Ze seemed to know that he was doomed to die, and he had no desire to live. At this critical moment, he dropped the greatsword in his hand, turned to look at Zhong Bai, and a bitter smile appeared on his lips. His lips moved slightly, and even though there was no sound, Zhong Bai still understood that Lan Ze wanted to ask them to eliminate the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower.

As the curse descended, Lan Ze instantly collapsed and died, bleeding from all seven orifices. At the same time, the aura of Master Liuguang surged forth.

"Ghost Emperor Divine Flower, this old Daoist truly never imagined that one day you would be able to take human form."

Floating in the void, looking at the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower before him, True Person Liuguang was filled with emotion.

At this moment, the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower, which was already somewhat wary of Zhong Bai and the others, suddenly became agitated. It could clearly sense the terrifying aura of the human elder in front of it rushing towards it.

"Who are you!"

The figure formed from the Ghost Emperor's Divine Flower stared intently at the Flowing Light True Man in the void.

That expression looked as if he wanted to tear Liuguang Zhenren to pieces.

"It doesn't matter who the old Taoist is anymore. Now that you have taken human form and become a demon, you are no longer qualified to be used as medicine. Just disappear..." The words of the Flowing Light Immortal startled the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower. Before it could react, the Flowing Light Immortal held the purple gourd in his hand and opened it towards the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower. In an instant, a fire dragon rushed out of the gourd and headed straight for the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower.

The fire dragon swept in, and the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower was terrified. As the fire dragon enveloped it, a miserable scream emanated from the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower and reverberated in all directions.

“Disciple, do you see that? That gourd is your Uncle Liuguang’s natal spiritual treasure, the Fiery Gourd, which contains countless earth fires.”

"When this Ghost Emperor Divine Flower encounters your Flowing Light Uncle, it's like a mouse meeting a cat—it has no chance of fighting back at all."

Qian Yuan Zhenren remained calm. Although the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower had taken human form and used the entire Ghost Cave Clan as nourishment, it had not yet crossed the threshold of Demon General. Without becoming a Demon King, it could not possibly be a match for Liu Guang Zhenren.

Zhong Bai nodded to the side.

"Master, what do you think of my Samadhi True Fire against this Ghost Emperor Divine Flower?"

Upon hearing this, Master Qian Yuan immediately perked up. He also wanted to see the power of the Samadhi True Fire, a great supernatural ability, when Zhong Bai, who had successfully established his foundation, unleashed it.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he looked at the Flowing Light True Man in the void and said, "Senior Brother Flowing Light, that brat Zhong Bai wants to test whether his Samadhi True Fire can extinguish this Ghost Emperor Divine Flower. Senior Brother Flowing Light, put your gourd away first."

Upon hearing this, Master Liuguang smiled and put the gourd back.

In the blink of an eye, the flames engulfing the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower were extinguished.

"Nephew Zhong Bai, why don't you give it a try!"

After Liuguang Zhenren finished speaking, he instantly appeared beside Zhong Bai and Qianyuan Zhenren.

Zhong Bai smiled and nodded. "Senior Uncle Liuguang, you can do as you see fit!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the spirit sword Blue Cat on Zhong Bai's back was instantly unsheathed and shot straight into the sky the moment it landed at Zhong Bai's feet.

"hiss!"

Master Liuguang was somewhat surprised and looked at Master Qianyuan in front of him, asking, "Wait, Junior Brother Qianyuan, when did Nephew Zhongbai start practicing sword control? He seems quite proficient at it, it doesn't look like he just started practicing. Tsk tsk tsk, Junior Brother Qianyuan, you kept it a secret!"

Master Qian Yuan's face stiffened. No, he really didn't... But looking at Senior Brother Liu Guang in front of him, Master Qian Yuan knew that whatever he said was just sophistry, so he simply gave an awkward smile.

Soaring straight into the sky, standing atop the spirit sword, Zhong Bai intended to use the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower before him as a live target for testing his supernatural powers.

"Samadhi Fire, emerge!"

In an instant, countless streams of qi and blood descended from the sky within Zhong Bai's body. The blood-red mist enveloped the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower. At first, the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower thought it was nothing special, but the moment Zhong Bai's divine soul ignited the Samadhi True Fire, a blazing flame instantly engulfed it.

Zhong Bai's Samadhi Fire is a great supernatural power, how terrifying is it? It is no less powerful than Liu Guang Zhenren's Fire Dragon, the only difference might be the amount of true essence and the size of the flame.

The burning sensation surged again, and the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower's body writhed incessantly, filled with intense hatred.

It was about to truly take form and break free from the constraints of its original body, but it just so happened to encounter Zhong Bai and the others at this crucial moment.

"How is it, Senior Brother Liuguang?"

Master Qian Yuan asked with a smile, while Master Liu Guang gave Zhong Bai in the void a thumbs up and exclaimed, "I must say, Junior Brother Qian Yuan, Junior Nephew Zhong Bai's Samadhi True Fire Divine Power is definitely no weaker than the Divine Firmament Five Thunder Technique!"

"Haha, it's rare to hear Senior Brother Liuguang praise me like this."

Void.

Seeing that the Samadhi Fire was effective, Zhong Bai decided to try his current lightning magic as well.

"Five Thunderbolts of the Divine Firmament, heed my command!"

As the three-dimensional lightning seal in Zhong Bai's dantian flickered, the true essence of the Foundation Establishment realm was dozens of times purer than that of the Qi Refining realm. At this moment, as the lightning struck, a deep purple lightning bolt continuously gathered in Zhong Bai's palm.

"fall!"

A bolt of lightning struck, and the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower, which was already suffering terribly from the Samadhi Fire, was utterly helpless and could only watch as the lightning struck its body.

With a loud bang, the aura of the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower instantly became weak and imperceptible.

Zhong Bai was satisfied with his masterpiece. Now, if he encountered that giant turtle demon general again with his Thunder Magic and Samadhi True Fire Magic, Zhong Bai felt that he could take it down with just a few bolts of lightning!

"Senior Brother Liuguang, this Ghost Emperor Divine Flower is really good at playing dead. Does it think it can escape this calamity by pretending to be dead?"

Just as Zhong Bai was delivering a double blow of thunder and fire to Ghost Emperor Divine Flower's tens of meters tall body, Qian Yuan Zhenren below looked at the dying Ghost Emperor Divine Flower and began to chat with Liu Guang Zhenren.

"Who knows?" Master Liuguang shook his head. He knew very well about the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower. It was no ordinary treasure. Its power after taking human form was definitely more than what it was showing now. However, to think that they could escape this calamity right under their noses was really wishful thinking.

In the void, Zhong Bai watched as the body of the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower gradually turned to ashes, and even the human figure that had been transformed disappeared without a trace. He thought that the other party had been blasted to death by him.

However, Zhong Bai quickly dismissed this suspicion; the other party was not dead...

The reason was simple: his demon-slaying points had not yet been credited to his account. However, Zhong Bai looked around but found nothing. The ground in the center of the village was now covered in ashes, and even the earth itself was cracking under the scorching heat of the Samadhi Fire.

Seeing that there was no sign of life, Zhong Bai frowned. Just as he was about to step forward to investigate the situation, he heard his master call out to him.

“Disciple, come back. This Ghost Emperor Divine Flower is very cunning. If you go there, you will fall right into its trap. It’s better to leave it to your Uncle Liuguang.”

Upon hearing this, Zhong Bai could only give a wry smile and fly down from the void on his sword.

After landing beside Master Qian Yuan, he respectfully said, "Disciple will obey Master's decree!"

May Day is over, time flies...sigh.
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