Chapter 11: Spirit Treasure Technique
Chapter 11: Spirit Treasure Technique
Gu Qingfeng searched the body of Shangguan Jiang and eventually found an identity token and a thin, ancient manual.
Spirit Treasure Technique — Heart Devouring Demon!
The words on the cover seemed to exude a bloody aura, making Gu Qingfeng frown. He immediately put the manual away.
When he looked at the token, the front bore the name of the deceased, and the back read "Evil Suppression Bureau."
"Indeed, a member of the Evil Suppression Bureau!"
When Shangguan Jiang revealed his identity before dying, Gu Qingfeng already knew. This token just confirmed it.
According to Xu Jun, the Evil Suppression Bureau was a mysterious organization of the Tai Xuan Dynasty, responsible for dealing with evil entities.
But now it seemed that these members of the Evil Suppression Bureau were more complex than they appeared.
At that moment, Shangguan Jiang's corpse began to tremble slightly, as if something was about to awaken within it. Gu Qingfeng's expression changed, and he immediately decided not to stay. He quickly took Gu Yang and left.
Without Shangguan Jiang's obstruction, breaking through the blood mist was easy.
The moment they escaped the blood mist, the eerie, cold sensation that had lingered in his mind vanished completely.
Looking back, the blood mist still hovered, and the vast city of Lin County was no longer visible.
His tense mind relaxed slightly, and a sharp pain immediately shot through him. Gu Qingfeng looked down and saw that his numerous wounds were severely rotten, emitting a foul odor.
If he were an ordinary person, such injuries would have been fatal.
But Gu Qingfeng had broken through to the Blood Refinement stage, making his vitality much stronger than that of an ordinary person. Even with such severe injuries, he was still alive.
However, if this continued, it would only become more troublesome.
"Let's go, we need to leave here first!"
Gu Qingfeng took Gu Yang and left.
...
Not long after they left, Shangguan Jiang's corpse in the blood mist began to tremble violently. An eerie black shadow emerged from the body, with a grotesque, green-black face, long arms that were not human-like, and fingers ending in sharp, claw-like nails that could easily cut through human skin and tear out their innards.
The moment this eerie being awoke, it looked at Shangguan Jiang's corpse with a greedy expression, then crouched down to feast.
In no time, the corpse was completely devoured, leaving only a pile of bones scattered on the ground.
The eerie black shadow let out a roar, and a terrifying, cold aura burst forth from the blood mist, alarming the entire city of Lin County.
Ye Yuan, who was in the government office, felt this aura and his expression changed drastically.
"An evil entity's aura!"
"No... This is the Heart Devouring Demon!"
In an instant, Ye Yuan rushed out of the office. When he entered the blood mist, he saw the scattered bones and tattered clothes on the ground and immediately recognized the identity of the deceased.
"Shangguan Jiang is dead!"
Ye Yuan's face turned green.
It didn't matter much that Shangguan Jiang was dead; what was more important was what could have caused his death here.
Shangguan Jiang was a sorcerer, and even the weakest sorcerer was far more powerful than an ordinary warrior. In Lin County, the strongest warrior was merely at the Skin Refinement stage.
How could such a warrior possibly kill a sorcerer?
Moreover—
With Shangguan Jiang dead, the thing inside him seemed to have emerged.
Just as this thought crossed Ye Yuan's mind, an eerie, cold aura suddenly assaulted him, raising a strong sense of danger. Without hesitation, he moved to the side. The next moment, a claw tore through the air, and an eerie black shadow appeared before his eyes.
"Heart Devouring Demon!"
Ye Yuan's heart sank.
The worst had come to pass.
Shangguan Jiang had fallen.
The Heart Devouring Demon within his body had fully awakened.
Seeing the demon charging toward him, Ye Yuan's eyes turned cold. "Damn it, if I find out who killed Shangguan Jiang, I won't let this go!"
—
"Head of the Family!"
In a courtyard, a middle-aged martial artist dressed in sturdy clothing stood respectfully before a man.
This man was none other than Gu Qingfeng, who had left Lin County.
"Still no news?"
"Reporting to the Head of the Family, we have been doing our utmost to investigate Lin County's situation in secret, but it seems as if the county has vanished without a trace. There is no news at all."
The man answered truthfully.
Gu Qingfeng nodded and waved his hand. "If that's the case, you may withdraw for now."
"Yes—"
The man bowed and left.
Gu Qingfeng stroked his beard, his deep eyes occasionally flashing with a cold light.
The lack of any news about Lin County suggested that something significant had happened there.
Otherwise, how could an entire county simply disappear without a trace?
It had been about half a year since Gu Qingfeng left Lin County. Afterward, he had taken Gu Yang to Bai Shi Dao in Guangyang Prefecture within the Tai Xuan Dynasty.
The Tai Xuan Dynasty encompassed the Nine Provinces, each with thirty-six counties, and each county had twelve prefectures.
Guangyang Prefecture belonged to Taishan County, and the same county also included Qingjiang Prefecture, which had been rumored to be devastated by a plague. Lin County, on the other hand, belonged to Guangyang Prefecture.
When Gu Qingfeng first arrived in Bai Shi Dao, he kept a low profile and gradually gathered information about the place's martial strength.
His investigation revealed that Bai Shi Dao's martial foundation was far stronger than that of Lin County.
In Lin County, the Golden Bull Martial Hall was considered a prominent martial force, with its strongest member only reaching the peak of the Skin Tempering realm.
In Bai Shi Dao, however, peak Skin Tempering martial artists, while not numerous, were far from rare.
Beyond the Skin Tempering realm, there were also Blood Tempering martial artists.
The Qin Family, for example, had five Blood Tempering martial artists as their guardians, and the Iron Bone Gang had four.
These were the two most powerful forces in Bai Shi Dao.
Beneath these two major factions, numerous smaller forces were intertwined, but no matter what, anyone who could reach the Blood Tempering realm was considered a strong martial artist in Bai Shi Dao.
After understanding the situation in Bai Shi Dao, Gu Qingfeng decided to settle down there.
A new force, the Gu Family, quietly emerged.
The appearance of an unfamiliar noble family naturally drew the attention of many in Bai Shi Dao.
Some even began to eye the Gu Family with suspicion.
However, when Gu Qingfeng displayed his Blood Tempering strength, many of these voices fell silent.
In the end, the martial world still revolved around power.
Though the Gu Family's foundation was weak, having a Blood Tempering martial artist as their guardian was enough to resolve most of their troubles.
Other forces with Blood Tempering guardians were reluctant to provoke a fellow Blood Tempering martial artist without cause, and those without such guardians were too afraid to challenge the Gu Family.
Thus, after half a year, the Gu Family, founded by Gu Qingfeng, had firmly established itself in Bai Shi Dao.
(End of Chapter)
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