Who is spreading rumors that my filial piety towards them has changed?

Okay, let's just shout it out first.

"Chu Mingkong! Don't lick that dirty place!"

"..." Chu Mingkong.

Chu Mingkong didn't feel anything, but Zuo Qiuchi was different.

In that instant, she truly sensed many faint forces locking onto her!

However, those Yin Shi people hesitated, seemingly wondering if there was something unusual about her location, and appeared to be considering retreating, with several forces disappearing.

Zuo Qiuchi hurriedly added:

"Chu Mingkong, you licked that kind of place! Is it to cultivate the power of extreme yin?! Stop hiding, I saw it all!"

Within this small "territory," several cracks instantly appeared in the space!

Chapter 143 Melons are the best bait

Ancient wisdom resurfaces in a declining era, and countless eyes silently listen to the Tianji Empire region.

Aside from places protected by sect-level grand formations, anyone who mentions Chu Mingkong's name will attract attention, with people silently eavesdropping on the discussions in an attempt to steal the secrets of the extreme Yin power.

Many people were frightened by these ghostly appearances, which were rarely human-shaped. It became a perverse pleasure for those who appeared in the world at the appointed time to frighten these weak cultivators and even ordinary people.

But this kind of fun comes and goes quickly. It's fun to show off your abilities like a group of ants and enjoy their fear, but you get tired of it in no time.

Therefore, those Yin Shi people who successfully broke free from the "one-strike power" constraint in the East China Sea or elsewhere quickly focused on collecting information related to Chu Mingkong's name.

If it's not a truly valuable voice, they'll listen to it and move on, ignoring it completely.

These Yin people's eyes lit up when they heard words like "Stop licking" or "Cultivate the power of extreme Yin"!

The content of the sound was strange, but it contained a big secret. It was definitely Chu Mingkong secretly licking something to cultivate the power of extreme yin!

"Someone go check. The Heavenly Eye Witch just heard Ti Chumingkong delivering something, but he hasn't returned yet. Could he have embezzled it?"

“Someone go and take a look. It seems that Chu Mingkong is secretly cultivating the power of extreme yin.”

"That place is so strange, why can't I see that place, and why can't I see what's going on there!"

"Never mind, let's go check on a few of them first!"

While they were cautious in their words, they were already eager to begin teleporting through the void to the location of the voice's owner.

Previously, the Yin people had gathered together and worked as one, but now they are wary of each other, fearing that the other will obtain the extreme Yin power first. Therefore, when a few Yin people teleported over, they took the initiative to use magic to stop the rest of the people and prevent their "partners" from determining the location of the voice.

"You bastard, I knew he was up to no good. Quickly divine their whereabouts and find a way to follow them."

"I'm trying to figure something out. I just secretly cursed him. Once they show themselves, their magic will be temporarily blocked, and they won't be able to hide their location. Quickly, I need to divine their whereabouts!"

The next instant, several Yin-time people who had just broken through the void to "hunt" appeared in front of Chu Mingkong and Zuo Qiuchi.

They completely disregarded the man and woman in front of them, and said anxiously:

"Where? Where did you cultivate the extreme Yin power? How did you cultivate it? What were you licking?!"

"Ah! This man is Chu Mingkong. I've looked for his portrait. Weren't you licking up something dirty? Are you done?"

"Hand over what you were licking!"

Faced with this cacophony of voices, Chu Mingkong and Zuo Qiuchi both sized up these Yin Shi people with expressionless faces, their hearts undisturbed and without fear.

It must be said that these Yin-time people all look rather abstract. One of them resembles the Heavenly Eye Witch, whose body is a human-shaped beehive with eyes covering the holes in the beehive. Another resembles some kind of ghost spirit, with the size of a child, but the face of a slovenly old man with yellow and rotten teeth and greenish-blue skin disease on his forehead. The third is an incompletely transformed demon, with a human body and a bird's beak, and skeletal flesh and bones, resembling a dried corpse.

None of them could be described as "human-like".

"Only a few have come? There were more than just these few who targeted me just now."

Zuo Qiuchi was puzzled and called out "Chu Mingkong" a few more times, but still no new Yin Shi people followed.

The reactions of these two individuals made these underworld figures realize they had been tricked; it was all a hoax to lure them out.

But these Yin Shi people were not flustered at all. This confidence came from their investigation over the past few days. No matter how strong the people here were, their weaknesses were very obvious: their souls were too weak! So weak that they could not withstand too many soul attacks.

The human-shaped beehive let out a strange laugh: "You think you've won by tricking us into coming here? Complain about this world of later generations, why didn't it deduce a more powerful divine soul for you!"

"You like to show off your cleverness, but be careful, we're worried about where you are."

Chu Mingkong reached out and touched an extremely yang talisman used to set up an array, amused by the reactions of these people from the yin era:

"Can't find me? I don't believe it. You can't find me anywhere? You should be afraid of me, afraid of the various methods under the power of extreme Yin. Take a good look at where you are."

Without saying much, Chu Mingkong was unsure whether these ancient people had any other strange methods. He directly tore off the talisman, destroying the "domain" he had set up himself, and the extremely Yin power that permeated the world surged in.

As they approached the depths of the Abyss, the Yin energy became exceptionally concentrated. The remaining talismans, having lost their array-forming effect, quickly turned to ashes. The rare patch of "pure land" that had appeared in the Abyss vanished in an instant, ceasing to exist.

Zuo Qiuchi acted according to plan, holding an extremely yang talisman for self-defense, and quickly distanced himself to avoid being entangled by the Yin Shi people.

Those underworld figures, upon realizing their location, immediately panicked and began cursing.

"You'd rather jump into shit than lie to your ancestors! Quickly form a protective formation!"

"I'll deal with you once I've finished setting up the formation. Do you think we didn't come to the Abyss to study? A little bit of Yin energy? Grandpa isn't afraid at all!"

"An anti-magic spell?! Bullshit! Who cast this spell? I can't cast any more spells!"

Chu Mingkong didn't quite understand what was wrong with these guys, but it didn't matter. He just wanted to get rid of these people who were using his name to make a fuss.

The ground beneath their feet was actually a cliff edge at the edge of an abyss. Chu Mingkong stomped on the cliff, cracking it open, and all the Yin Shi people fell down. They tried to struggle back to the ground, but without the ability to use magic, they couldn't even run and jump properly like ordinary people.

He watched helplessly as Chu Mingkong grabbed him and threw him into the rift in the Abyss.

Their bodies were still falling, but the increasingly intense Yin energy completely eroded them, leaving not a trace.

The once bustling Abyss fell silent in an instant.

Chu Mingkong tried to do the same thing to Zuo Qiuchi a second time, but Zuo Qiuchi no longer felt that sense of being locked onto by a certain gaze.

"Could it be that they're on guard?" Chu Mingkong wondered.

Unbeknownst to him, it was actually the group of Yin Shi people who had just fallen off the cliff who had temporarily blocked the divination of the name "Chu Mingkong," and for the time being, they could not continue to use his name to gather information from all sides.

But Chu Mingkong was not giving up. He subdued a ferocious beast from the abyss and brought it to the vicinity of the border, continuing to use the same trick.

"Master, think of a way to lure them back. This is no longer the Abyss, they might fall for it. This time I'll suppress them inside the Abyss Beast's chrysanthemum."

Zuo Qiuchi muttered to himself, "Can these people from the underworld really fall for this trick?"

She gritted her teeth and continued trying. After some contemplation, she rebuked him in a tone of shock, bewilderment, shame, anger, and despair:

"Mingkong! Chu Mingkong! I am your mother! How could you do such a despicable, vile, and rebellious thing to your own mother in order to cultivate the power of extreme Yin!"

"..." Chu Mingkong.

This time, Zuo Qiuchi didn't even notice the gaze directed at him. Several void rifts immediately appeared around him, and the Yin Shi people rushed out like eager onlookers.

Chapter 144 Can you also suppress me into Master's secret passage?

"Yare? What is this thing? Do I need to call my mother to cultivate the power of extreme yin?!"

"Now I know why those bastards were blocking me from coming over. They were hoarding the food for themselves!"

"This is a bit strange. Luckily, my mother is still here. Once I leave this secret realm, I'll go back and ask her to cultivate this supreme Yin power together!"

"What am I going to do without a mother? Earth Witch, do you have another mother? Lend me a place to cultivate! Hurry, hurry, I want to see how to cultivate. Don't stop me, it might have already started!"

The voices had already reached us before those Yin-time people even arrived.

The content sounded incredibly sinister. I never expected that shouting "Chu Mingkong" so many times in the Abyss wouldn't work, and that Zuo Qiuchi would finally bring these Yin Shi people over in this way.

Faced with this situation, Chu Mingkong could only smile, maintaining his composure without appearing embarrassed, and then bite his tongue, spitting blood at them with an air of elegance.

Amidst the panicked curses of these Yin people, Zuo Qiuchi suppressed them in one fell swoop into the "secret passage" of the Abyss Beast, and further reinforced the seal with his own sword intent.

Finally, Chu Mingkong slapped the Abyss Beast on the butt, sending the giant beast carrying its sealed "secret passage" deep into the Abyss, giving the Yin Shi people a little surprise.

The master and apprentice stood there, watching the huge, buffalo-like creature disappear on the horizon, and only began to talk after a long time.

"Mingkong, are you sure that huge thing will safely deliver people to the depths of the Abyss?"

In this regard, Chu Mingkong can offer some insights and conclusions from a professional perspective:

"I think it's possible. That kind of ferocious beast from the abyss only lives in the depths of the abyss and is quite well-behaved. If you go even a little bit outward, it will go crazy and rush back to the innermost part."

"...Speaking of which, Master, you just called my name again. Did you feel like someone was watching you?"

Upon hearing this, Zuo Qiuchi remained silent, focusing her attention on the feeling of being locked on, watched, and divined.

Unfortunately, perhaps because the wicked things the master and apprentice had done were discovered, that feeling disappeared.

She then used "Chu Mingkong" and "cultivating extreme Yin power" as keywords to create various sentences and fabricate rumors, but none of them attracted the curious glances of the Yin Shi people.

"It's gone. It feels like they've discovered that we're using their methods to set traps and ambush them. Now I don't even feel like I'm being secretly divined anymore."

"Is it possible that the person was already dead at the time of death?"

Chu Mingkong, who uttered those words, felt it was a bit of wishful thinking, while Zuo Qiuchi gave him a definite shake of the head as an answer.

"At first, I sensed at least twenty gazes, but the two groups of people I just saw off were only about fifteen. This doesn't even include the possibility of Yin Shi people using divination to inquire around."

"Alright, we'll get rid of as many as we can. What the Asura King said is really true; these Yin Shi people are truly bastards."

"Oh~ I'm going to tell Cat's mom~" Zuo Qiuchi suddenly said with a childlike cheerfulness.

Chu Mingkong's vision went black, and he sighed helplessly as he patched up his words: "Aside from Yuehe, I never considered Yuehe to be a person from the Yin era!"

The master and apprentice chatted idly, staying in the vicinity of the Abyss, occasionally shouting words related to "Chu Mingkong" to try and catch some more restless Yin Shi people.

As it turned out, they actually caught some who had slipped through the net, but unfortunately, this time there were only three people from the underworld.

With a wave of his hand, Chu Mingkong captured another ferocious beast from the Abyss. Moreover, he specifically chose one whose intestines were still warm and had some "ingredients" inside. He then used it to suppress the three Yin Shi people and sent them directly to the depths of the Abyss to serve them.

And this may be the last batch. Chu Mingkong and Zuo Qiuchi's fishing plans have completely failed, and those underworld figures dare not use Chu Mingkong's name to make a fuss.

The master and apprentice then decided to turn back and return to Tianya City.

......

As he boarded his flying sword, Chu Mingkong, who hadn't eaten grass for a while, suddenly felt dizzy and disoriented.