Proving one's path through killing—this kind of merit is poisonous!

Chapter 13 Killing
"Go!"

As Niu Er finished speaking, Gu Jinhe hesitated for a moment, as if she had made a decision.

She quickly stepped forward, prostrated herself on the ground, and pleaded earnestly, "Senior, my senior brothers and sisters didn't mean to offend you. Could you spare their lives as well?"

As she spoke, she crumpled the explosive talisman she had been holding into an inconspicuous little ball and carefully infused it with a wisp of spiritual power, making it stick to the side of his shoe.

Perhaps because the other person was injured and their attention was focused on what she was saying, they didn't notice her little actions at all.

Niu Er glanced at her sideways and said coldly, "This is none of your business. If you don't get out of here, I'll turn you into a soul slave too."

Having done what needed to be done, Gu Jinhe quickly got up and stopped arguing.

"Senior, please don't be angry. I'll leave right away, I'll leave right away."

She turned to leave, but then looked back at Cui Qingyuan and Pei Qing's location, her feelings complicated.

She had done everything she could. As for whether the two of them would survive, that was up to fate!
With that thought in mind, Gu Jinhe no longer hesitated and left as quickly as possible...

After walking about a hundred meters, she stopped, turned around and looked in the direction of the alchemy furnace, asking, "System, how long until the puppet explodes?"

A red countdown appeared on the white panel, and at the same time, the system's voice came through.

Countdown...

01:59
01:58
...]

Less than two minutes left?
Gu Jinhe simply sat down on the ground and waited patiently.

After Gu Jinhe left, Niu Er prepared to use the Ten Thousand Soul Banner to continue treating the two unconscious people on the ground.

But as soon as he summoned his magical artifact, he heard a "popping" sound coming from the alchemy furnace, as if water was boiling.

His usually composed expression finally crumbled!

He hurriedly walked to the alchemy furnace, examining it from here and there, but dared not open it even once.

Now is the crucial moment for the alchemy to be completed. If we rashly open the furnace, it may lead to failure in the alchemy process.

But this wasn't the first or second time he had refined this kind of elixir; this situation had never occurred before.

The more uneasy he felt, the more he wanted to open the furnace and check...

Finally, he suppressed the urge to open the furnace and instead used his divine sense to investigate.

He concentrated his energy and projected his divine sense outward. After a while, he finally found the pills he had refined through the layers of white mist in the furnace.

The elixir had already condensed more than halfway; all that remained was to burn and refine the girl who had just been thrown in before the task would be completed!

However, just as his divine sense swept over the girl he had just thrown in, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

This person has been thrown in there for so long, why hasn't he been refined yet...?

By the time he realized the danger and tried to withdraw his divine sense and turn to leave immediately, it was too late.

Meanwhile, Gu Jinhe looked at the countdown on the panel, then leaned back and supported herself with her hands.

She looked into the distance.

Thinking back to when she first transmigrated, she was forced by the family of this body to offer herself to an evil cultivator.

She thought of how that evil cultivator had grabbed her by the neck earlier.

Then she thought of how that evil cultivator had released poisonous insects to bite her in order to force her to deliver the message...

A strong killing intent flashed in her eyes.

These people are all equally naive, thinking they really have the ability to decide other people's life and death at will!

Countdown...

00:02
00:01
00:00]

"Bam—"

As the time on the panel reset to zero, a deafening explosion came from afar.

The explosions of the puppets and the alchemy furnace made the sky as bright as day.

After the explosion stopped, Gu Jinhe looked at the peaceful scene in the distance and once again activated her spiritual power.

"burst!"

This time, she activated the explosive tag she had placed beside Niu Er's shoe. "Boom—"

The explosion rang out again, but this time the sound was much quieter than before.

She played all the cards she had left.

This time, she refused to believe he could still be alive!

But she did not act rashly; instead, she continued to wait.

After waiting for a while, she still didn't hear the system send a notification that the task was completed, and she couldn't help but frown.

Could there be another variable?

Gu Jinhe looked up at the sky; the explosion just now would definitely attract a lot of people.

Can't wait any longer!
So she got up, walked a hundred meters forward, and circled back to the location of the alchemy furnace.

At this moment, not even weeds remained on the ground, the soil was almost scorched and steaming, and when she stepped on it, she felt the soles of her feet were warm.

But before she could get a good feel for it, she walked up to something that looked like charcoal. Judging from its height and build, it was the boy named Chen San.

She then searched again but did not see Cui Qingyuan and Pei Qing. She couldn't help but think of two possibilities: either they had already left, or they had been blown to smithereens.

Gu Jinhe hoped it would be the former.

At that moment, a slight noise caught her attention.

Gu Jinhe looked in the direction of the sound and saw a person covered in charred soot, struggling on the ground.

"I can't die... I still need to refine life-extending pills, I need to... improve my cultivation..."

The man couldn't open his eyes and tried to struggle to get up, but after using all his strength, he still couldn't move.

His voice was so soft it was barely audible that Gu Jinhe could only make out the gist of it, but he confirmed one thing through his voice.

The saying goes, "Evil deeds live on for a thousand years," this heretical practitioner is truly lucky!

Fortunately, she ran over and took a look.

Thinking of this, Gu Jinhe took the knife from her waist, drew it out, and walked towards the charred mass with the knife in one hand and the scabbard in the other.

This time, she did not hide or deliberately conceal her aura.

So much so that Niu Er could sense it was her even before she reached him.

"It's you! Didn't you go to the Qingyun Sect to deliver a message?"

After saying that, he seemed to only then realize the intense killing intent emanating from him, and hurriedly said, "You want to kill me? Don't forget the poison you've been afflicted with; only I can cure it..."

Gu Jinhe didn't waste any time because of his words. She squatted down, raised her hand, and stabbed him hard in the neck.

She didn't let go just because he looked like he had breathed his last; instead, she tightened her grip even more.

Only when the knife completely pierced his neck did Gu Jinhe collapse to the ground as if all his strength had been released.

Then, as if suddenly remembering something, she hurriedly stood up.

Oh, and his soul too!
Evil cultivators are cunning. If he is skilled in the art of possession and seeks revenge on her, it will be impossible to guard against him.

Just as she was about to ask the system if there was a way to destroy a soul, she stepped on the large flag that Niu Er had previously held.

This is……

Ten Thousand Soul Banners?
The explosion left several large holes in the Thousand Souls Banner, making it look quite ordinary.

I don't know if it will still work.

"System, can I use the Myriad Soul Banner? Will there be any side effects after using it?"

Available!
The artifact is currently ownerless. The host can drip their blood onto it and then imprint their divine consciousness on it.

However, the Myriad Soul Banner is, after all, a product of evil cultivation, so please use it with caution.

Other side effects: unknown.

It's fine as long as it works now!

Confirming this, Gu Jinhe bit her finger and dripped her blood onto it...

(End of this chapter)