Evil Immortal!

A strange look flashed in Meng Yuan's eyes. Instead of feeling like he was being fed dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection), he felt sorry for Du Caidie.

Gu Zhengyang is handsome and heroic, with extremely high cultivation talent and formidable strength. Moreover, he has an extraordinary background and is regarded as a figurehead by some high-ranking members of the Demon Suppression Division. Furthermore, he is never arrogant and is humble and polite to others, exuding personal charm. He is exactly the kind of person a male succubus would be.

For many women, Gu Zhengyang is a perfect man, the ideal husband, and the kind of man that makes many women crazy about him!

But Du Caidie probably didn't know that Gu Zhengyang was destined to be a man she could never have.

Because Gu Zhengyang's preferences are a bit... well, peculiar.

In short, due to some childhood experiences and a lack of maternal love, this guy doesn't like young girls, but prefers mature women, especially those with gentle and charming personalities and plump and beautiful figures.

For example, one's own teacher's wife.

However, this involves some hidden plot points. In short, although this matter is somewhat bizarre, it is a trap deliberately set by some people for him. One day in the future, when the time is right, this trap will inevitably explode, blasting Gu Zhengyang to smithereens.

As for Meng Yuan's preferences... he's different; he likes all kinds of women, from young girls to young women, from mature women to older women.

Du Caidie patted the insect pouch at her waist, and a palm-sized black beetle with a multicolored carapace crawled out. It looked a bit like a herring beetle, but it had no head or horns. Instead, it had several long, thin antennae that danced in the air and emitted a faint spiritual light.

Seeing this, Meng Yuan was not surprised at all. Du Caidie's main profession was Gu cultivation, which belonged to one of the unorthodox paths. Although it could not compare with professions such as magic cultivation or sword immortals, it was still a smooth path leading directly to the Great Dao of Immortality.

As Du Caidie made a hand seal, the beetle flapped its wings and flew out, hovering above the water for a moment before plunging headfirst into the water.

Before long, the beetle flew out of the river, fluttered its wings and landed in Du Caidie's palm. Then it opened its mouth and spat out a wisp of gray-black demonic energy, mixed with specks of blood, which looked quite eerie.

Du Caidie raised her hand and put it into a jade bottle to prevent it from spilling, and said to Gu Zhengyang.

"My lord, this is the lingering aura of the Thousand-Armed Corpse Centipede in this area. Using this as a guide, we should be able to find traces of this demon through tracking spells."

Gu Zhengyang was a kind-hearted man, and he advised Meng Yuan, "Your cultivation is still weak, so you should stay here for a while."

Meng Yuan's cultivation level was too low, so he couldn't be of any help. Continuing to follow them would only be suicide.

He then said to Du Caidie, "We can begin."

After being reminded by Gu Zhengyang, Meng Yuan did not act recklessly. He was not a player and only had one life. If he died, he would really die. So he decisively retreated to avoid being caught in the crossfire if something unexpected happened later.

"My lords, you'd better be careful. I have a feeling that there's something wrong with this thousand-armed corpse centipede."

He even kindly reminded me when we were backing up.

"The Thousand-Armed Corpse Centipede is a demonic creature born in an extremely yin and evil place. Its strength is comparable to that of a Purple Mansion cultivator, so it is naturally not simple."

However, Meng Yuan's actions caught Du Caidie's eye, which made her expression cold and she secretly rolled her eyes, thinking Meng Yuan was cowardly.

As a captain in the Demon Suppression Division, she usually fought alongside her colleagues when dealing with evil spirits and demons.

In her view, Meng Yuan's behavior was no different from desertion in the face of battle.

Meng Yuan didn't know what Du Caidie was thinking, but even if he did, he wouldn't care.

Other people's opinions are as worthless and meaningless to him as dust on the ground.

People who care about others' opinions all day long and live according to others' preferences and emotions have mostly lost themselves and will never amount to anything in their lives!

He simply smiled at Du Caidie's indifference and continued to back away, showing no anger or attempt to explain himself.

As a Gu cultivator, Du Caidie may be slightly inferior to martial, magic, and sword cultivators of the same level in terms of offensive techniques, but she has the advantage of diverse methods and has raised a lot of Gu worms of all kinds.

Next, Du Caidie took out a strange insect that looked somewhere between a greenbottle fly and a bee.

This insect is about the size of a finger, has wings, and its body has a dull coppery-yellow color with a faint metallic sheen.

Meng Yuan recognized the insect's identity.

The Gu insect, known as the "Tracing Insect," can sense the source of something through its breath and scent, helping people to locate and track enemies. It is a rather useful type of Gu insect.

Of course, if you encounter a powerful being who is good at hiding and disguising themselves, it will not only be ineffective, but may even provoke the other party's hostility.

Driven by Du Caidie, the insect ate some nectar, then suddenly opened its mouth wide and sprang out, swallowing the breath left behind by the Thousand-Armed Corpse Centipede in one gulp.

Buzzing—buzzing—

Then, it hovered in mid-air, its belly expanding and contracting, as if it were digesting and preparing something.

Soon, the insect opened its mouth and exhaled a puff of smoke, which quickly gathered and formed a picture.

In the dim water, a gigantic monster, resembling a centipede but entirely composed of countless corpses, lay coiled, motionless.

However, the corpses that make up the centipede's body struggled and wriggled, as if trapped in hell, constantly suffering boundless pain and torment, emitting silent howls and cries, a bleak and eerie sight.

The densely packed legs on both sides are made up of human arms, twisted and deformed, and covered with sharp, pale bone spurs, arranged neatly on both sides of the body.

On the centipede's head grew an old head, with a gloomy face, white hair, and a size as big as a millstone.

At this moment, the enormous creature had its eyes closed, as if it were asleep.

It was the Thousand-Armed Corpse Centipede!

This scene was so shocking that Du Caidie's expression changed slightly. "Why do I feel that this thousand-armed corpse centipede is somewhat different from the other corpse centipedes I've encountered before?"

The withered monk clasped his hands together, chanted Buddhist mantras, and said nothing, but his expression became noticeably more solemn.

Gu Zhengyang frowned, also noticing something amiss.

suddenly!

The Thousand-Armed Corpse Centipede seemed to sense something, and suddenly opened its eyes, looking in the direction it was being spied on!

Even the vertical eye between its eyebrows suddenly opened, revealing a huge, scarlet eyeball!

at the same time,

Snapped!

The insect suddenly burst open, spraying its juices everywhere.

The smoke that formed the image collapsed, turning into wisps of blue smoke and dissipating, and the scene from before disappeared.

However, the blood from the exploding insect did not fall to the ground. Instead, it was drawn together by some force and quickly formed a pale eyeball covered with blood vessels. It was ferocious and violent, exuding an eerie aura, and hung in mid-air, staring straight at the scene.

"Holy shit!!!"

Meng Yuan met the pale eyes for a moment, then his mind went blank, as if he had been hit on the head with a club. He felt a splitting headache and dizziness. Terrified, he quickly looked away and touched the corner of his eye, finding a bright red stain on his finger.