Master of the Xuanyin Sect of Mount Shu

Chapter 16 The Gathering of the Three Corpses: Fang Lianhun

Yang Li held his master's body and wailed, while Guan Minghui sat on the stone bed, fiddling with the alligator dragon pearl.

He was quite satisfied with this battle; it was a clean and efficient fight. With his current magical power and resources, it was already quite impressive that he could so quickly eliminate a rogue immortal who had cultivated to the Golden Core stage.

Whether it's Yang Li or Cui Haike, once they're in, they can't be let out, or there will be endless trouble.

The alligator dragon is a type of dragon whose pearl is associated with the element of earth.

Cui Haike refined it using the essence of Wu Earth and Gui Water, which was not bad, but his technique was too poor and the refining time was too short, so he couldn't bring out the maximum effect of this treasure.

With a casual grab, black energy surged, revealing the soul of a bear-like beast from the banner. It came over and licked the Taiyin essence blood clean from the pearl, then with another wave of its hand, the beast soul vanished into thin air.

Yang Li cried for a while, then looked up, sobbing, "How could you control me? How could you control my body to kill my master?"

"My blood flows in your veins, so naturally I can control you," Guan Minghui replied calmly, while pondering how to make the most of the dragon ball.

"Originally, my magical power had not recovered enough, and with the Taiqing Divine Talisman of the Long-Browed Old Man suppressing it, I could not use this Xuan Yin She Xing Great Technique. Fortunately, you destroyed the talisman for me, so I can now use it."

Upon hearing this, Yang Li felt a sharp pain in his chest, as if it were being stabbed. He regretted harming his master and hated the cunning and cruel demon corpse, which was capable of destroying the soul. He was immediately filled with despair.

"Demon corpse! You'll get your retribution sooner or later! You'll die a horrible death!"

"I'm already going to die a horrible death, but I haven't done anything really bad. I've even given gifts to streamers with disabilities. So it's not a big deal if I die a horrible death. Since doing good or bad things both lead to a bad death, why don't I harm others for my own benefit?"

He looked down at Yang Li and solemnly told her, "Don't try to scare people with the idea that they'll get their comeuppance sooner or later. Only the weak use such words to comfort themselves. The strong make sure the other person gets their comeuppance on the spot. You have to become the other person's comeuppance. That's how it works."

Yang Li disagreed with his words and wanted to refute them, but he felt that it was pointless to argue with this demon corpse. He looked down at his master and couldn't help but sob a few times. He sat cross-legged and prepared to use the Xuan Yin Great Technique to disintegrate and commit suicide.

“I told you, I have restricted your primordial spirit. Whether you commit suicide or are killed, your primordial spirit will return to the banner, just like those mountain demons, bears, and wood demons.”

Yang Li said with a face full of grief, "Even if that were the case, being unaware and unaware would be better than being consciously manipulated and harming people by you like this!"

These words impressed Guan Minghui: "You're really going all out, but do you want your master to do the same? Not bad, I'll extract your two primordial spirits and refine two Xuan Yin Gathering Beast Banners. In the future, when you encounter people who are my enemies, I'll let you two go out and kill them."

Yang Li imagined the scene he described, and hesitated again. He didn't care about himself, but his master was such a good person. To be treated like that after death was worse than killing him!
Guan Minghui's tone turned somber: "Originally, I kept to myself and you, master and disciple, minding our own business. But you insisted on slaying demons and monsters, barging here to kill me. Now we've come to this, and it's all your fault. Do you acknowledge that?"

“I…I admit it,” Yang Li said simply.

"I won't let you leave before I do, but I don't really want to kill you all. After all, I'm a good person, the kindest person in the world..."

Yang Li kept his head down and remained silent.

Guan Minghui said, "I'll give you two paths to take. Either you commit suicide now, or I'll collect the primordial spirits of you and your disciple and refine them into the divine banner."

"Either turn your master into a demon corpse, and you two serve me here until I leave. Then I'll set you free, how about that?"

Yang Li hesitated for a moment, then sighed helplessly, "I choose the second path, so please turn my master into a demon corpse as well..."

Guan Minghui smiled and shook his head gently: "No, no, no, turning a person into a demon corpse requires consuming essence and blood. I am not willing to waste my magic power for someone unrelated. You come here, bite your master and turn him into a demon corpse, and I will teach you how to do it."

Yang Li looked up at him, tears streaming down her face, gritting her teeth: "You've gone too far!" Guan Minghui smiled and said: "You chose this yourself, or I'll extract his primordial spirit now and ask him to return to his rightful place?"

Yang Li had no choice but to hesitate for a long time before finally straightening his master's body, respectfully kowtowing several times, and then gently biting his master's neck with tears in his eyes.

Guan Minghui provided on-site guidance, teaching him how to inject his own Taiyin essence into Cui Haike's body.

Afterwards, Yang Li laid Cui Haike down flat and waited anxiously. After a while, seeing that his master still hadn't opened his eyes, he looked at Guan Minghui.

"We'll have to wait a bit, don't rush. But you're really clever, succeeding so well on your first try. It seems you're truly born to be a demon corpse."

Stimulated by these words, Yang Li couldn't hold back his tears and turned to look at his master.

This demon corpse is truly wicked. If I can survive and open this place again, I must work hard to cultivate immortality, kill this demon corpse, avenge my master, and clear my name!
Guan Minghui knew he hated him, but he didn't care.

Whether you love yourself or hate yourself, as long as you can do things for yourself, that's enough. Yang Li handled both the first task of retrieving the warm jade and the second task of destroying the spirit talisman quite efficiently.

He does whatever I ask him to do, which can be considered "obedient" in a certain sense.

As for resentment, it's not important. Didn't I also work like a slave for others in the past, full of resentment?

Not only would he not kill Yang Li, but he would also carefully train him, not only to have him work for him now, but also to make him a powerful demon corpse after they parted ways.

After half a day, Cui Haike opened his eyes.

The blood in Yang Li's body was given by Guan Minghui. His own Taiyin Refining Form Technique was not pure enough, and the Taiyin essence blood he injected into Cui Haike was also not pure enough.

When the blood reached Cui Haike's internal organs, it surged and circulated, and the resulting Taiyin essence blood was not emerald green, but rather a yellowish-green.

Therefore, Cui Haike's pupils were yellow, like those of a crocodile.

He had cultivated for a hundred years and had long heard of Gu Chen's great name. Back when he first entered the Dao, he heard his master and elders discussing that Gu Chen was fighting with some senior master somewhere, almost blowing up a mountain or drilling through the earth's crust.

When Gu Chen fought against the Long-Browed Immortal, the Blissful Immortal, and the Withered Bamboo Elder a thousand years ago, his grandmaster hadn’t even been born yet!

After understanding the situation, Cui Haike neither flew into a rage nor showed any sadness.

Instead, he bowed deeply and solemnly: "So it is Senior Gu Chen. This humble disciple was ignorant and did not know that you were cultivating here. I dared to disturb you. I deserve to die. I am Cui Haike, Lingxuzi, from Juping Island in the South China Sea. I apologize on behalf of my humble disciple to you. I hope you will not hold this child against me."

Master is indeed master; his words are so comforting.

Guan Minghui smiled and nodded: "Since things have come to this, neither of you, master and disciple, can leave. You will serve me here for a few more years, and when I leave in the future, I will naturally set you free."

Cui Haike quickly bowed again and assured him, "Senior, whatever your orders, your foolish master and I will obey!"

"Alright, I'll teach you the Profound Yin Soul Refining Method now. Once you've mastered it, you can work for me."

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