Chapter 201: The Furious Demonic Cultivator
Although the Gu Clan Leader was still alive, cutting off the connection to both the Life-Gu and Tracking-Gu clearly wasn’t by her own choice. Something serious must have happened to her.
To prevent Commander Mu from actually exploding, Jiang Li decided it was best to find the Gu Clan Leader as soon as possible.
Tracking someone didn’t rely solely on the Tracking-Gu. Jiang Li could also use the Yin-Yang Heaven Seal to trace her through karmic connections, or directly scan the Greater and Lesser Wu Nations with his divine sense.
Since the Gu Clan Leader had left to prepare for the clan’s return to the world, she should only be moving around the Wu Nations.
Combined, the Greater and Lesser Wu Nations covered an area the size of an imperial dynasty. Jiang Li’s divine sense could cover it, but finding someone required precision as well as range, so he had to narrow the scanning area to improve accuracy.
“Greater Wu Nation… Greater Wu Nation… nothing. Lesser Wu Nation… Lesser Wu Nation… in a small town at the foot of the mountain, how is the whole town full of corpses—and she’s been controlled?”
Jiang Li quickly found the Gu Clan Leader in a remote town within the Lesser Wu Nation. Sure enough, she was a beauty, even more stunning than the image the High Priest had conjured with divine sense.
And precisely because she was beautiful, the man who had captured her hadn’t killed her right away—instead, he harbored vile intentions and planned to do unspeakable things.
That gave Jiang Li and the others enough time to rush over.
What puzzled Jiang Li was that the entire town was full of corpses—but all of them looked peaceful, as if asleep.
What’s going on?
“This is the greatest humiliation I’ve ever suffered. You made me waste a whole month for nothing—deceived my time, deceived my feelings. I’ll make you pay with your life!” The thug who had captured the Gu Clan Leader raged with bloodshot eyes, as if she had wronged him somehow.
But then, seeing her stunning face, he grinned wickedly and said, “Still, before you die, I might as well enjoy myself a bit. Let this humble Daoist have his fun.”
By the time Jiang Li arrived with Commander Mu and the High Priest in tow, the thug hadn’t even taken off his pants.
“In broad daylight, and you dare act this brazen?!” Commander Mu kicked the thug straight into the wall—his upper body ended up outside, his lower body still inside.
“Wife, are you alright?” Commander Mu hurried to check on the Gu Clan Leader.
She glared at him with fury. If she hadn’t been bound, she would’ve slapped this shameless man twice across the face.
Even if someone saved her life, that didn’t mean he could force her to marry him.
What a cursed day—first one man clings to her, now another.
The Lesser Wu Nation’s clothing style was less revealing than that of the Gu Clan. To blend in, the Clan Leader had added more fabric to her outfit. Ironically, it made her even more attractive.
“Ayisu, he… might really be your fiancé,” the High Priest explained awkwardly as he worked to untie her.
The thug had placed a restriction on her that the High Priest couldn’t break. Commander Mu had left too poor an impression, so in the end, Jiang Li was the one who removed it.
“J—Jiang Renhuang?!” Ayisu was shocked. She never imagined the Human Sovereign himself would appear here.
The thug stuck in the wall tried to make a sneak attack, but as soon as he heard her shout “Human Sovereign,” he sprang up and ran.
But with a Fusion Stage and Mahayana Stage cultivator watching, where could he run? Jiang Li didn’t even need to act—Commander Mu caught him and dragged him back.
“A demonic cultivator who’s committed countless crimes dares try to flee?”
Commander Mu said coldly, “This town has tens of thousands of corpses. Must’ve been your doing!”
To Commander Mu, the thug’s aura of resentment was like a candle in the dark—blazing obvious. He might as well have had “I’m a demonic cultivator” tattooed on his face.
And considering the town was full of nothing but corpses, if this wasn’t the thug’s doing, then Commander Mu would resign and elope with Ayisu!
“It’s a misunderstanding!” the thug cried out for mercy. Seeing how furious this powerhouse was, if he didn’t speak now, he might never get another chance.
Should’ve checked the almanac before going out today. Of all people, a demonic cultivator running into a commander and the Human Sovereign of the Hall—was there any way out?
“She’s the one who killed everyone in this town!” the thug pointed at Ayisu. “They were already dead when I got here! I had nothing to do with it! I beg you both to look into this carefully!”
To be able to restrain a Nascent Soul cultivator like Ayisu, this man had to be at the Soul Formation Stage.
But in front of Jiang Li and Commander Mu, a Soul Formation cultivator might as well be a rookie.
“What happened?” Jiang Li’s tone turned serious. The deaths of tens of thousands wasn’t something to take lightly.
Knowing this was no time for jokes, Ayisu carefully explained what had happened.
“Jiang Renhuang, perhaps you heard from the High Priest that I left the Gu Clan to seek a path for our future.”
“It hasn’t been easy. I wandered the Greater and Lesser Wu Nations for three months, with no clear direction—no clue what the Gu Clan should do once we return to the world.”
“By chance, I ran into some disciples from the Corpse-Driving Sect. When they learned I was the Gu Clan Leader, they were overjoyed and introduced me to their Sect Master.”
“The Sect Master said he’d long heard of the Gu Clan’s mastery of corpse-controlling Gu—praised it as unparalleled. He had always wanted to visit, but since the Gu Clan lived in seclusion, he’d refrained from showing up uninvited.”
“He hoped to collaborate, combining the Corpse-Driving Techniques with our corpse-controlling Gu, to develop something even more refined. He also promised that when the Gu Clan returned to the world, the Corpse-Driving Sect would ensure our safety.”
“I didn’t agree on the spot. I suggested a trial partnership—I’d share some Gu techniques, and in return, they’d teach me some Corpse-Driving methods.”
“I found an abandoned town, gathered corpses at great effort, and used Gu worms to control them. Then I combined those with Corpse-Driving skills, experimenting to improve corpse-controlling Gu—to prove it was superior and earn leverage in future negotiations.”
“I made real progress. My mastery of corpse Gu has improved significantly.”
“But a month ago, this shady man showed up. At first, I didn’t think much of it. The town’s remote, but not completely isolated, so visitors weren’t unheard of.”
“But then today, for no reason and without warning, he flew into a rage and attacked me. That’s when I realized he was a Soul Formation Stage demonic cultivator!”
“He sealed my vital point, cut off my link to the corpse Gu. The Gu went dormant, and the corpses, without control, collapsed. That’s the scene you saw.”
“Thank the heavens you arrived in time. Otherwise…” Ayisu shook her head and trailed off.
To prove she was telling the truth, Ayisu stood up and regained control over her corpse Gu.
The fallen corpses rose. Vendors called out, people bustled through the streets—none aware they were already dead. The town returned to its former prosperity and peace.
These corpses acted no differently from the living. Even the High Priest was stunned—he couldn’t tell they were being controlled by corpse Gu.
The Clan Leader had only been away for six months, and already she had surpassed him in corpse Gu mastery!
The demonic cultivator was full of regret. It was precisely because the dead were indistinguishable from the living that he had wasted an entire month here.