Gao Wu insists on cultivating immortality.

Chapter 90 Divine Light Refines the Soul
The sword, infused with the spirit of Yin and Deathwing, appears unchanged on the surface.

In reality, nothing seems to have changed...

At least Gao Wu did not find anything different about the sword; he could only sense the sword through his Yin Spirit.

For Yin spirits, a sword is like a closed and stable house that can withstand various external particle radiation.

There is a very serious problem: that murky red light is still entangled with the Yin spirit.

From the perspective of the Yin God, Gao Wu felt that the turbid red light was like glue sticking to the Yin God, and it also had the corrosiveness of sulfuric acid. The cold and sharp power kept corroding and penetrating the Yin God.

If this continues, the Yin spirit will gradually be swallowed by the turbid red light. Of course, this will take some time, so there's no need to rush.

Gao Wu had recovered his strength and managed to gather his mental energy to chant an incantation, first casting a spell of Azure Dragon Divine Qi on himself.

He spent twenty seconds reciting the entire incantation, and a blue spiritual light traveled throughout his body, stimulating the abundant vitality within him and cleansing away all negative influences on his physical body.

At this moment, the 15 points of physique demonstrated true power.

Gao Wu regained his mobility almost immediately. He ignored the sword and the Yin spirit, as they wouldn't pose any immediate threat. He went to check on Song Mingyue first.

Song Mingyue's condition was very bad; purplish-red and black blood was seeping from her nose and the corners of her eyes, making her look like a female ghost who had died unjustly.

Fortunately, her breathing was relatively steady, and her overall physical condition was normal. Gao Wu gave her a brief check-up and then forcefully focused his mind to cast the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Mantra on Song Mingyue.

Song Mingyue's body trembled slightly as she awoke from her unconsciousness. She slowly opened her eyes and the first thing she saw was Gao Wu, who looked somewhat nervous.

"You're awake!" Gao Wu was delighted. He grinned and said, "It's too windy here to sleep. If you're sleepy, go back to your bedroom..."

Suddenly, Song Mingyue remembered the first time she fell into the water. When she opened her eyes, she saw Gao Wu, his energetic and sunny smile, and his lame jokes.

Song Mingyue's tense heart relaxed, and the corners of her mouth slightly turned up.

"To be honest, your smile is a little scary right now." Gao Wu reached out and wiped the bloodstains from the corner of Song Mingyue's eye, but instead of cleaning them off, he ended up smearing blood all over Song Mingyue's face.

"Pah!" Gao Wu spat on his hand, then tried to wipe it off for Song Mingyue.

Song Mingyue frowned slightly; she found this cleaning method hard to accept.

Gao Wu and Song Mingyue exchanged glances and realized that things weren't quite right. Having spent a lot of time together, Gao Wu had long since noticed that Song Mingyue had a phobia of germs.

"Hehe," Gao Wu chuckled dryly, rubbing his hands on his pants. "Your hands are a little sticky, you're bleeding..."

Gao Wu looked around and spotted Aunt Lan slowly opening her eyes. He was overjoyed and quickly waved his hand, "Aunt Lan, come quick! Mingyue is injured!"

Aunt Lan looked at Gao Wu with a blank expression, and then at Song Mingyue lying on the ground with her face covered in blood. She was still a little confused.

The icy storm unleashed by the Angel of Death was terrifying, causing a severe shock to Aunt Lan's mind. She had completely lost consciousness just now, as if she had blacked out from drinking, and had no idea what had happened in the past minute.

For Aunt Lan, it was just a moment of confusion; when she opened her eyes again, everything had changed.

She was, after all, a mid-level warrior, and quickly regained her senses. She remembered there was still an enemy, but she couldn't find any trace of him. All she could see were patches of blood on the floor...

"Mingyue, how are you?" Aunt Lan asked anxiously when she saw that Song Mingyue's condition was not good.

Song Mingyue said weakly in a soft voice, "It's just that I overdid my mental strength. I'll be fine after a few days of rest."

She was seriously injured this time, but she completely slayed the entangled evil spirits and removed the shackles that bound her mind.

The shattered foundation of her spiritual power allowed her to correct some problems left over from her spiritual power cultivation.

To put it in an old saying, "No destruction, no construction," which can be considered a good thing.

These things are related to the foundation of her cultivation, but there's no need to explain them too clearly.

Aunt Lan breathed a sigh of relief, then hurriedly asked, "Where is that person?"

Before Song Mingyue could speak, Gao Wu said directly, "He's dead."

Aunt Lan looked at Gao Wu with a questioning expression. When a person dies, there must be a body. Where is the body?
Gao Wu didn't explain this time; it was too complicated to explain in a short time. The involvement of that strange thing made it even more troublesome.

He watched as Song Mingyue pretended not to understand Aunt Lan's meaning. As Song Mingyue recovered, her eyes gradually regained some spirit, and she seemed to be in good condition.

Gao Wu was relieved. Since Xiao Song was alright, he should be able to offer some advice! Let's see how to deal with that thing…

The Yin spirit involves his most important secrets, and he will not tell Song Mingyue these things unless absolutely necessary.

If he could figure out the origin of that wing, he might be able to solve the problem using the Vermilion Bird Divine Light Spell.

The Vermilion Bird Divine Light Mantra can ignite the inner fire to temper the soul and also suppress evil spirits and otherworldly beings.

Aunt Lan was now getting in the way. Gao Wu decided to wait and see. He quietly summoned the Book of Boundless Merit to see how much merit he could gain by killing Huang Hai.

As the ancient pages unfolded, Gao Wu saw a series of numbers exceeding 10000 appear, and upon checking the total merit points, it had reached 1.03 million...

"Holy crap!" Gao Wu was startled. How many people had Huang Hai killed to give him over 400,000 merits?

In the Hunter Assessment Virtual Realm, Gao Wu killed Wan Cangsong and two others, gaining 300,000 merits.

Based on past experience, it's likely that Wan Cangsong and his accomplices committed numerous evil deeds and killed many people. Killing them would grant a large amount of merit.

As for how the merits were calculated and how they were redeemed, Gao Wu didn't know; in any case, it was all done by the Book of Immeasurable Merit.

His conclusion was that the more merits the person received, the more evil the person who was killed had committed.

The merits Huang Hai accumulated were greater than those of Wan Cangsong and the other two, which demonstrates Huang Hai's wickedness.

A million merits are enough to upgrade the Vermilion Bird Divine Light Mantra to its highest level, which should solve the problem of the Yin spirit, right?
Actually, there's another path: upgrading the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Mantra. The problem is that the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Mantra specifically enhances physical constitution, and it's proven that all aspects of the body are interconnected.

No matter how strong one's physique is, it cannot be fully utilized due to limitations imposed by other basic attributes.

Even now, the full potential of his 15-point physique has not been realized.

Whether it's to rescue the Yin spirit or to balance and improve various attributes, the Vermilion Bird Divine Light Mantra should be upgraded this time.

Gao Wu pondered finding an excuse to return to his room first, so he could upgrade the Vermilion Bird Divine Light Spell as soon as possible.

Aunt Lan was filled with worry as she received no response, but she couldn't press Gao Wu any further.

Previously, when Song Mingyue said that Gao Wu had killed a warrior, she was quite skeptical.

After today's battle, she truly understood how formidable Gao Wu was. Although she didn't know the details of the fight, the fact that Gao Wu woke up so early made him far stronger than her.

She asked Song Mingyue, "Should we inform your father?"

“Huang Hai was just one of the few who slipped through the net. Now that the problem has been solved, there’s no need to contact my dad.” Song Mingyue shook her head; she really didn’t want to meet her father.

"I'm still a little worried... Should we ask someone from the inspection department to come and take a look?" Aunt Lan hadn't seen the body; it was just Gao Wu who said that. She didn't doubt Gao Wu, but she just felt uneasy.

Moreover, what if the other side has accomplices? Followers of demons are devoid of reason; they cannot be judged by common sense.

Aunt Lan is feeling very insecure right now. As a mid-level warrior, she has no power to fight back against the demon god's followers and doesn't even know what's going on.

If Song Mingyue and Gao Wu hadn't defeated the enemy, she probably wouldn't even know how she died.

In the crucial moment, the two eighteen-year-old boys were more reliable than her, a mid-level warrior. She felt actually quite ashamed.

That's why Aunt Lan has to be extremely careful to prevent any further problems.

Song Mingyue could understand Aunt Lan's feelings; she wasn't good at comforting others. On the other hand, she felt that Aunt Lan's worries were not unfounded.

Both she and Gao Wu are in very poor condition and unable to fight again in the short term. It would be troublesome if Huang Hai had accomplices.

“Let’s stay in the safe house for the night. We’ll see how things go tomorrow,” Song Mingyue said.

A safe house, more than 30 square meters in size, was built in the basement of the villa. It has two bedrooms, a separate bathroom, and some essential survival supplies.

The safe house is well-hidden and sturdy enough. You could easily stay inside for ten days to two weeks.

Although Aunt Lan felt it was inappropriate, seeing that Song Mingyue and Gao Wu didn't want outsiders to know about it, she didn't say much.

Deep in the basement, a door disguised as a wall slid open, and a heavy blast door was opened with a key, allowing the three to enter the safe house.

The air in the room was a bit stuffy, but thankfully it was still relatively clean.

Gao Wu chose a small bedroom, told Song Mingyue and Aunt Lan, and then hurriedly closed the door and got into bed.

The bedding was all new and there was no dust. It's clear that this place is cleaned regularly.

Gao Wu took off his blood-stained training clothes, placed his twin pistols next to his pillow, and put his sword far away. He didn't know if those things were dangerous, so it was safer to keep them at a distance.

Wearing a vest and shorts, lying on the soft bed, Gao Wu truly relaxed and was too lazy to even take a shower.

The entire battle lasted less than a minute, yet it was incredibly exciting.

The eerie angel of death, in particular, put him under immense pressure.

He had just asked Song Mingyue, but Song Mingyue couldn't explain what the white wings were either. She could only be sure that the white wings were some kind of artifact that had been crafted to temporarily contain the Angel of Death, and could be seen as the Angel of Death's wings.

Unlike the Angel of Death, Deathwing must have a real material basis to exist so stably in the real world and to materialize in the real world.

Gao Wu trusted Song Mingyue's judgment, and he couldn't find anyone more capable to consult.

After resting for a while, Gao Wu decided to try the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Spell first.

After all, the lightning bolts can unleash invisible thunder directly at the spiritual level, which might be able to destroy that strange thing.

He unleashed two consecutive lightning strikes with his longsword, but to no avail. The Yin Spirit remained entangled with that mass of things.

Now, we can only wait and see if the Vermilion Bird Divine Light Mantra works!

Gao Wu was still somewhat confident about this; the root cause of the Yin Spirit's entanglement lay in its weakness. If he could strengthen the Yin Spirit and enhance the power of the Vermilion Bird Divine Light Spell, he should be able to resolve the strange white wings…

Upon opening the Book of Immeasurable Merit, Gao Wu unhesitatingly poured millions of merits into the Vermilion Bird Divine Light Mantra.

Crimson flames erupted like a volcano, transforming into a gigantic, beautiful, and elegant crimson bird within Gao Wu's sea of ​​consciousness...

The crimson bird spread its wings, and countless flames rained down and burned across the sky, turning the entire void into a sea of ​​crimson fire.

Within the blazing crimson flames, hundreds of wondrous runes shone and arranged, forming a mysterious incantation.

"The Vermilion Bird burns the heavens, divine light shines from the detached palace, flames flow like liquid, refining yin into yang..."

The Vermilion Bird Divine Light Mantra, which contains more than a thousand characters, appeared in Gao Wu's mind. The same mantra, recited and visualized at different rhythms, has completely different effects.

After Gao Wu recited the entire incantation, he gained a new understanding of the Vermilion Bird Divine Light Incantation.

The crimson bird, Vermilion Bird, formed from the crimson flames, suddenly raised its head and let out a long cry as Gao Wu urged it on. It flapped its wings and flew out from between his eyebrows, landing directly on the sword in front of the door.

The black alloy scabbard instantly turned crimson, and the temperature in the small bedroom seemed to rise suddenly...

(End of this chapter)