Everyone at the scene changed color because of it. Whose corpse is this?

Shui Yanluo identified the clothing on the corpse and said in a cold voice, “It’s someone from the temple guard. There are bite marks on the body, it’s damaged beyond recognition, and the flesh is mottled, like it was… gnawed on by something…”

Before he finished speaking, a sound came from the house beam. “There’s something up there!”

Shui Yanluo’s pupils shrank. Before Shui Yanluo could sense anything, Mo Hui had already pulled Ouyang Feng with one hand and Hua Qianqian with the other, retreating far to the side.

Above the house beam, killing intent suddenly appeared. A huge, deformed, fresh red blood shadow suddenly swooped down at a speed difficult for the naked eye to discern. In an instant, a foul wind hit them in the face.

“So fast!”

Shui Yanluo was stern in his heart, and immediately drew out his long whip to meet the blood shadow. But after only one exchange, Shui Yanluo was shaken back. As soon as the blood-soaked figure landed on its four limbs, it roared and suddenly rushed towards Shui Yanluo.

However, before it reached Shui Yanluo, a deep blue sword light chopped onto its body. It was Xie Liu’s Gui Shui sword qi. This sword qi only hindered the blood shadow for a moment, and indeed, it was only a moment. It couldn’t even leave a wound on the monster’s body.

Xie Liu, who was in the Golden Core realm, had an extremely ugly expression. The sudden change happened too quickly, and the blood shadow was too fast. Shui Yanluo was somewhat passive earlier, but now that he had a moment to catch his breath, he also recovered his composure. He displayed the Shui Ying Bu, turning into several ghost shadows to confuse the blood-colored monster in front of him. At the same time, he hid in the water shadows and used the Shui Xing Bian to sneak attack.

Xie Liu also dared not hold back any longer and urged the Gui Shui Jian Jue to the extreme within the Foundation Establishment realm. Streaks of Gui Shui sword qi burst forth, killing towards the strange bloody monster.

Mo Hui then stood to the side with his hands behind his back, watching. Ouyang Feng and Hua Qianqian saw that Mo Hui wasn’t moving, so they also remained alert and didn’t make a move.

The battle continued, and Mo Hui observed quietly. This monster’s body was entwined with deep red blood qi. As the blood qi lingered, it covered its figure, so it only looked like a huge blood shadow and its shape couldn’t be seen. But every time it attacked, it seemed to consume blood qi.

In front of the great hall corridor, after fighting with Shui Yanluo and Xie Liu for a while, the blood color on its body faded quite a bit, and its figure outline was also vaguely visible. Mo Hui stared at it for a moment and couldn’t help but feel his pupils slightly shake.

This was a… demon thing of an unknown category. Its body was two people tall, its four limbs were sturdy but deformed, and it crawled on the ground with two hands and two feet. Its figure was twisted, yet extremely flexible. Its face was ugly, full of blood, and seemed to be still stained with human flesh. Thick, seemingly green scales covered its body. These scales were extremely thick and extremely hard. Neither Shui Yanluo’s Shui Xing Bian nor Xie Liu’s Gui Shui sword qi could break them in the slightest, no matter how they chopped.

Mo Hui was slightly shocked in his heart. Looking at its blood qi, this monster was only a second-grade monster, but Shui Yanluo, who was at the peak of Foundation Establishment, and Xie Liu, who was in the Golden Core realm—although he could only exert the strength of the peak of Foundation Establishment, he was definitely stronger than ordinary Foundation Establishment peak cultivators. With such two people attacking with all their might, they couldn’t even break the monster’s scales…

“What exactly is this… thing?” Mo Hui’s expression was grave.

He made a slight move and threw two fireball techniques, wanting to try his own strength. But his Foundation Establishment mid-stage fireball technique, as soon as it hit the monster, disappeared without a sound. Let alone breaking armor, it probably couldn’t even make the monster feel a trace of warmth. The monster didn’t even glance at Mo Hui.

Mo Hui roughly understood his own limitations, withdrew his hand dejectedly, and then honestly watched the show from the side. The fierce battle in front of the hall continued. Whip shadows, sword qi, and blood shadows intertwined. According to Mo Hui’s calculation, Shui Yanluo and Xie Liu were not this monster’s opponents. They couldn’t break the monster’s scales in the current fight. But the monster’s claws and teeth, as long as they touched them, would inevitably leave a bloody mark. The blood mark among them permeated with black qi, obviously mixed with a lot of evil energy, extremely filthy.

If they fought like this, Shui Yanluo and Xie Liu would sooner or later die. Mo Hui began to consider his retreat route. But before he could figure anything out, the monster suddenly roared, turned into a foul wind, jumped onto the house beam, and entered the shadows, disappearing without a trace.

“Ran away?” Mo Hui was startled.

Shui Yanluo and Xie Liu were covered in wounds and had grave expressions. At this time, seeing the monster suddenly escape, they all felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted. Mo Hui, however, wrinkled his brow. He looked at the obviously tired Shui Yanluo and Xie Liu, somewhat not understanding. If he were that monster, he would at least want to eat these two people first. They had fought for so long, and suddenly it left again?

“Is it because… of the blood qi on its body?” Perhaps this monster relied on the blood qi lingering around its entire body to act. With blood qi wrapping its entire body, it could wander everywhere and hunt cultivators. If there was no blood qi, it could only retreat. Was this blood qi used to supply energy to its powerful flesh body?

On the other other side, Xie Liu and Shui Yanluo had already taken out pills and began to heal. Their wounds were not too serious, but the tricky part was the blood qi between the monster’s claws and teeth. This blood qi, originating from an unknown source, was definitely mixed with human blood and other unknown filthy qi. At this time, it seeped into the wounds. If the filth wasn’t removed early, it would definitely leave hidden dangers. The two people sat in meditation to heal.

Mo Hui began to secretly condense the fireball technique at his fingertips. But as soon as he moved his hand, Xie Liu suddenly opened his eyes and glared fiercely at Mo Hui: “Little ghost, what are you doing?”

Mo Hui extinguished the fireball technique and had an innocent expression. “Nothing.”

Xie Liu sneered, “I warn you, don’t think of making small moves.”

“Oh.” Mo Hui had an indifferent expression.

Xie Liu was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but the current priority was to calm his mind and heal. It was not suitable to be disturbed by this little ghost. Xie Liu suppressed his anger and continued to recuperate from his injuries.

Mo Hui probed once and knew that although Xie Liu and the other person were healing, they were both keeping an eye on him, so he also restrained himself slightly and indeed didn’t make any small moves again. But after a while, Shui Yanluo suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. When he opened his eyes again, his eyes were completely red. His face was entwined with deep killing intent, and his eyes surged with violent desire. Then he turned his head and stared intensely at Hua Qianqian. Desire burned his body, and he trembled all over.

“Not good!” Mo Hui’s expression changed, and he hurriedly pulled Hua Qianqian back several steps. The next instant, Shui Yanluo pounced up. Ouyang Feng horizontally placed his long sword and blocked for a moment, but couldn’t block him. Mo Hui threw several fireballs, blocking for a moment, but the effect was minimal. Shui Yanluo still charged regardless, like a malevolent ghost, continuing to pounce towards Hua Qianqian.

Mo Hui said in a cold voice: “Evil creature, you don’t want that box anymore?”

Shui Yanluo’s eyes were blood red, and he acted as if he didn’t hear. Mo Hui’s heart sank, and he secretly said it was not good. The Shui Yu Jin He was important when Shui Yanluo still had his reason. Now this Shui Yanluo, having gone through repeated bitter battles and damaged his vital energy, was again injured and his killing intent gradually went out of control under the influence of that bloody monster’s dirty blood qi. Before, he had sucked in so much thick fog, and his desire was deeply planted. At this time, his mind was likely unbalanced, and his whole person was dominated by desire.

“Forget it…” Looking at Shui Yanluo who was again pouncing to kill, Mo Hui silently said in his heart. This waste seems to be useless…

A faint golden light flashed in his eyes, and he began to mobilize his divine soul, wanting to try if he could use the Zhen Shen Jian to directly shatter Shui Yanluo’s divine soul. Just at this moment, a figure stood in front of him, blocking Shui Yanluo and also blocking Mo Hui’s line of sight, hindering his Zhen Shen Jian. It was Xie Liu.

He protected Mo Hui, and with a backhand strike, chopped out a sword, forcing Shui Yanluo back several steps. Then he chopped out another sword, cutting Shui Yanluo’s shoulder. Shui Yanluo felt pain, his divine sense suddenly cleared a lot, and he came back to his senses, couldn’t help but curse: “Xie Liu, what the hell are you doing?”

Xie Liu, a Golden Core cultivator, was insulted like this, his face slightly angered, then he sneered, “What are you doing?”

Shui Yanluo said hatefully: “I can’t suppress the fire, I want to release it.”

Xie Liu said: “Impossible!”

Xie Liu pointed his long sword at Shui Yanluo and sneered, “I just wanted to ask… What is the box that this little ghost is talking about?”

Shui Yanluo paused, and immediately his confidence weakened several points, he only said: “This is none of your business.”

Xie Liu lightly scoffed, “Do you really think I’m a fool?”

Shui Yanluo said: “Even if I give you that thing, you can’t use it.”

Xie Liu said: “If you don’t give it to me, how do you know I can’t use it?”

Shui Yanluo gritted his teeth and said helplessly: “That thing is really not something you can learn.”

Xie Liu’s face then turned cold, “You can learn, but I can’t? Don’t forget, you are only at the Foundation Establishment stage, while I am at the Golden Core stage. Tell me… what exactly is that box?”

Shui Yanluo’s expression was cold, and he closed his mouth and didn’t speak. Mo Hui saw that Xie Liu couldn’t get an answer, so he “greatly sent kindness” and told him: “It’s the Shui Yu Jin He.”

Xie Liu was startled, “Shui Yu Jin He? What is this?”

Mo Hui said: “You know Shui Yu Men, right…”

Shui Yanluo heard this and immediately said angrily: “Little ghost, shut up!”

Xie Liu chopped a sword light towards Shui Yanluo, forcing him back several steps again, then sneered and turned to look at Mo Hui, “You continue.”

Mo Hui continued: “Shui Yu Men is actually the predecessor of Gui Shui Men. The Shui Yu Jin He is the sect-protecting treasure of Shui Yu Men back then when it became one of the top twelve sects. The records inside contain supreme absolute learning that only the successive sect masters of Shui Yu Men can cultivate!”

Xie Liu’s eyes instantly turned blood red, his breathing also became heavy, and his expression was somewhat unbelievable. Therefore, he understood very clearly the difficulty of advancement within the sect and the strictness of inheritance barriers. Sect-protecting treasure, sect master’s absolute learning, even as an elder, this was something he could never touch in his lifetime. He didn’t even qualify to look at it. But now, this thing was actually close at hand!

Xie Liu said in a trembling voice: “Where is it?”

Mo Hui looked at Shui Yanluo, then looked at Xie Liu, and after deliberating for a moment, sighed: “Originally, if this Shui Yanluo hadn’t made a move, I would have given it to him later, but he broke his promise, so I have no choice. Like this, as long as you protect the safety of me, my senior brother, and senior sister, and get out of this Long Wang Miao to the shore, I will tell you where this forbidden box is.”

Xie Liu’s gaze was gloomy, and he didn’t know what he was thinking. Mo Hui then said: “Any idea you have is useless. If you kill me, I won’t tell you. If you threaten me, I also won’t tell you. This forbidden box is our only bargaining chip for survival. Once I give it to you now, the three of us will undoubtedly die. So before we safely escape, it’s impossible for me to tell you where this thing is…”

“The safety of the three of us, and this Shui Yu Men sect master’s supreme treasure, you can only choose one.”

Where did Xie Liu need to choose? The lives of Mo Hui and the other two, in his eyes, were not worth a single hair of this treasure. This was the sect master’s inheritance of the sect-protecting treasure!

Just…

Xie Liu hesitated and said: “How can I confirm that you will give me this treasure after you go out?”

Mo Hui said indifferently, “This forbidden box was snatched from this Shui Yanluo’s hand. I don’t understand it myself, and keeping it is useless. Taking it to exchange for my own life and the lives of my senior brother and senior sister, isn’t that normal?”

“If you are not at ease, after going out, you can take us to the border of the third-grade state. At that time, you are a Golden Core, and we are only at the Foundation Establishment stage. Naturally, we can’t resist, and can only obediently tell you the whereabouts of the thing.”

Xie Liu frowned and thought several times, feeling that what Mo Hui said seemed to be without problem, so he only nodded slightly. Xie Liu turned his head and looked at Shui Yanluo, sneered, “What are you? No matter how cunning he is, he is only a little ghost who hasn’t cultivated for more than twenty years. If you talk about being insidious, how can he compare to you?”

Shui Yanluo said anxiously: “Elder Xie, you fundamentally don’t know the background of this little ghost.”

“That’s right, I don’t understand his background, but I am very clear about your ruthlessness, Shui Yanluo.” Xie Liu scoffed.

Shui Yanluo saw that he fundamentally didn’t understand, and couldn’t help but scold: “Fool!”

A hint of killing intent appeared in Xie Liu’s eyes, “I’m giving you face because you’ve done quite a few things for the young master, and there’s a possibility of advancing to Golden Core, but don’t forget, you’re still not a Golden Core. If you’re so rude again, be careful I’m not polite.”

Mo Hui repeatedly nodded from the side, “That’s right, Shui Yanluo is accustomed to being arrogant in the Foundation Establishment realm, feeling that once he forms a core, he will definitely kill in all directions, so he doesn’t put Elder Xie in his eyes. On the surface, he may be respectful to you, but when something happens and he is anxious, his original form is revealed, and his true thoughts are exposed. He actually says you are a ‘fool’, which is really too much…” Mo Hui was eloquent, finishing these words in one breath.

Xie Liu’s expression was ashamed and angry, and he looked sharply at Shui Yanluo. Shui Yanluo cursed secretly in his heart and hurriedly said: “Elder Xie, absolutely don’t listen to this little ghost sowing discord.”

Xie Liu sneered, “Do I need you to remind me?”

“That’s right,” Mo Hui said, “Elder Xie acts, why does Shui Yanluo need to be a busybody? He says so, in his heart he still looks down on you, feeling that you are a ‘fool’.”

Shui Yanluo was angry, “Little ghost, isn’t this sowing discord?”

Mo Hui said righteously: “How is this sowing discord? Am I not telling the truth? You know what you think in your heart. If you don’t say it, then I’ll say it. Since what I say is the truth, then it’s not ‘sowing discord’, but ‘telling the truth’.”

“I’m telling the truth, and you won’t let me say it, which means you have ulterior motives and want to deceive Elder Xie.”

Shui Yanluo fundamentally couldn’t argue with Mo Hui and couldn’t help but be furious: “I’ll kill you!”

Before he could make a move, Xie Liu immediately struck with a sword again, repelling Shui Yanluo’s long whip. Shui Yanluo gritted his teeth in hatred. Xie Liu’s gaze towards Shui Yanluo became more and more unkind. Shui Yanluo felt helpless in his heart, eased his expression, and said: “Elder Xie, considering you and I are of the same clan, there are some origins…”

“So what if we are of the same clan?” Mo Hui interrupted, “Why didn’t you tell Elder Xie about the forbidden box? Such an important treasure, do you want to swallow it alone? Obviously, you don’t put Elder Xie in your eyes. Now that you see the matter is not feasible, you are trying to get close to him again, aren’t you ashamed?”

Xie Liu’s gaze towards Shui Yanluo became gloomy. How could he not know that Mo Hui was sowing discord? But what Mo Hui said was not false, and indeed it was all the truth. This Shui Yanluo wanted to privately swallow the treasure, his heart was punishable! Even before, he didn’t mention the matter of the Shui Yu Jin He in front of him, and even more so, he didn’t put this Golden Core cultivator in his eyes. At least before getting the Shui Yu Jin He, these three people couldn’t have an accident.

Shui Yanluo was heartbroken: “Elder Xie, you are so easily believing this little ghost, you will definitely suffer from his poison!”

“That’s right, that’s right.” Mo Hui repeatedly nodded again.

Shui Yanluo hated endlessly in the dark, but now Xie Liu wanted to protect Mo Hui and the other two for the forbidden box. He couldn’t do it alone, so he could only temporarily give up. After a while, several people sat in meditation to heal again. But this time, Xie Liu and the other person had a rift, so they sat farther apart and guarded each other. Mo Hui, instead, sat closer to Xie Liu, looking at Shui Yanluo with a triumphant expression, making Shui Yanluo’s heart and liver tremble with anger. But he didn’t dare to flare up. On the surface, several people could barely be considered peaceful.

After recuperating, Xie Liu then looked at Shui Yanluo, and his tone also eased a bit, “Let’s talk about the forbidden box later. The current priority is to figure out what exactly happened inside this temple and what that monster is exactly…” Although he was a Golden Core cultivator and had stayed on the Yan Zhi Zhou, he had rarely come to this Long Wang Miao. Shui Yanluo was different. All along, the “sacrifices” were all sent into the temple by Shui Yanluo. Shui Yanluo was much more familiar with this temple than he was, so if he wanted to take refuge here and avoid the pursuit of the Dao Ting Si, he still had to rely on Shui Yanluo. He looked around again, wrinkled his eyebrows, “There must have been some huge change inside this Long Wang Miao, it’s so strange. This is not an ordinary place. If we don’t figure it out, I’m afraid it will be more bad than good.”

Xie Liu frowned, “Could it be that Mr. Wu is also…”

Shui Yanluo shook his head: “Mr. Wu receives the favor of the God Lord and has vast divine power, it should not be possible…”

Xie Liu looked at the great hall in front, “Is this exactly Mr. Wu’s room?”

Shui Yanluo nodded. Xie Liu said: “Then shall we go in and look? Maybe there will be some clues.”

Shui Yanluo hesitated a little and was also a little scared, “Mr. Wu’s temperament is strange, and his joy and anger are unpredictable. His room has always been off-limits to others. If we go in rashly, I’m afraid it will cause Mr. Wu’s blame later.”

“The current situation is special, and we can’t care so much.” Xie Liu said.

Shui Yanluo thought about it and nodded, “Okay.” Far water cannot quench near fire. Being blamed by Mr. Wu is always better than dying in the hands of an unknown monster. Xie Liu and the other person had exchanged hands with that monster and deeply knew the terror of the monster with lingering blood qi, hard scales, sharp claws, and deformed four limbs. At this time, the situation was unclear, and they couldn’t escape.

Several people stood in front of the great hall door. Shui Yanluo hesitated for a while, reached out, and with a dull “creak” sound, slowly pushed open Mr. Wu’s door. A thick, intense bloody smell hit them…

(ps. Extra update today, there will be another chapter late.)

(End of this chapter)

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