10: I will help you in your spiritual practice!

Gu Wanquan tilted his head, listening to the miserable wails of Yin Chaoge beneath his feet. It felt exceptionally pleasant to his ears, and the smile on his face grew even more radiant, his narrowed eyes curving into crescent moons.

As Yin Chaoge’s screams rang out, the surrounding Cultivators who had been searching for them appeared one after another, heading toward their location.

This was also Gu Wanquan's intentional doing—using Yin Chaoge’s voice to lure all the meddlesome flies over!

In his previous life, these insects had caused his Master quite a lot of trouble!

As for why he didn't speak properly with Yin Chaoge, it was because torturing this Junior Brother in front of him truly made him feel great!

In his previous life, he had treated this Junior Brother with total sincerity, yet they had fought over a hundred life-and-death battles, each ending with his narrow victory.

Even at the very end during the Dao-Demon Great War, when he fought him once more to the death, he was backstabbed by the hypocritical Prestigious Orthodox Sects behind him, yet this Junior Brother had never defeated him even once!

Despite being unable to beat him, Yin Chaoge always managed to resurrect in the most unexpected ways.

In his previous life, Gu Wanquan even suspected that Yin Chaoge was the biological son of the Heavenly Dao.

Clearly guilty of monstrous crimes, yet he could never be killed; his vitality was so strong that Gu Wanquan could only lament the unfairness of the Heavenly Dao!

Yin Chaoge was unteachable, acted erratically, killed countless people, and believed in the absolute Law of the jungle—that weakness was the original sin and that one must pull up weeds by the roots to eliminate future troubles.

At that time, Gu Wanquan believed that Heaven has the virtue of loving life, and that one should be lenient with others while being strict with oneself, leaving a glimmer of hope for all things.

This philosophy was naturally opposed to Yin Chaoge’s personality, completely like fire and water. Thus, the person he loathed most was the Yin Chaoge before him, and he presumed the other party hated him just as much.

Having started over now, Gu Wanquan suddenly felt that his good Junior Brother’s philosophy from his previous life was actually quite good!

Dense footsteps echoed from the surrounding bushes, but Gu Wanquan acted as if he hadn't heard them. He merely stared blankly at the screaming Yin Chaoge beneath his feet, lost in thought as he recalled their love-hate relationship from his previous life.

As the screams grew weaker and Yin Chaoge was about to faint, the boot on his face finally moved away.

Gu Wanquan reached out, grabbed Yin Chaoge by the hair, and lifted him up casually. Looking at him with a smile, he asked, "Do you want to cultivate?"

"Cultivate your mother!"

In his dying state, Yin Chaoge activated the Rare Treasure in his left eye, his heart filled only with the desire to kill this hypocritical white dog before him!

A wisp of Black Qi suddenly gathered in that empty left eye socket. The power of profound Laws surged, instantly transforming into a Black Feather Arrow the size of an embroidery needle.

"Whoosh!"

The Black Feather Arrow instantly vanished from Yin Chaoge’s left eye socket, aiming straight for the center of Gu Wanquan’s forehead.

A cruel smile appeared on Yin Chaoge’s pale face, as if he could see Gu Wanquan dying before him in the next second.

But to Yin Chaoge’s shock, the feather arrow that had helped him kill three Cultivators remained suspended three inches away from Gu Wanquan’s forehead, unable to advance even a fraction further.

Gu Wanquan gave a light chuckle and flicked his finger slightly. The Black Feather Arrow instantly dissipated. Looking at the ash-faced Yin Chaoge, he said, "To think you're still using such an old-fashioned Move!"

Just as Gu Wanquan was mocking the current Yin Chaoge, the surrounding footsteps stopped abruptly, and a dozen black figures surrounded the two of them.

Each person was clad in black Night-traveling clothes, their heads wrapped in black gauze, leaving only their eyes exposed.

However, the faint True Qi circulating around them indicated that this group were all Cultivators!

The tallest man in black at the head of the group even had a cultivation at the Peak of the Fourth-tier—a Half-step Great Cultivator!

Facing the white-clad Gu Wanquan, a flicker of wariness flashed in the leader's eyes.

There were clearly a dozen Cultivators on his side, yet the youth in white acted as if he hadn't seen them, merely holding the remnant of the previous Demon Sect while speaking with a smile.

Looking at the white-clad youth’s composed demeanor and Righteous Aura, he was likely a standout among those Prestigious Orthodox Sects.

Currently, friction between the Dao and the Demon was constant, but they hadn't yet completely fallen out. The leader suppressed his urgency, cupped his fists toward Gu Wanquan, and said, "Your Excellency, the person in your hand is very important to us. Please leave, and we shall act as if Your Excellency never appeared!"

Gu Wanquan, who was holding Yin Chaoge, did not answer, nor did he even spare them a glance.

In the eyes of the previous life's Gu Wanquan, without even a single Fifth-tier Great Cultivator, these people were nothing more than bottom-feeders.

As for now... they were still bottom-feeders.

Gu Wanquan didn't care at all that he was surrounded by a dozen Cultivators. He just looked at Yin Chaoge with a smile and said, "Even if you don't speak, I will still help you cultivate!"

After speaking, True Qi circulated around the two of them. Gu Wanquan raised his other hand, and the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi moved with the wind like a wisp of gauze in his palm.

This scene immediately caused the surrounding black-clothed Cultivators to be struck with intense shock!

In Gu Wanquan’s hand, that Sword of Heaven and Earth was ethereal and elusive. The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi that they painstakingly breathed in and converted into True Qi every day was now as obedient as a dog in Gu Wanquan’s hand!

One must know that Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi is the foundation of a Cultivator and the source of all their power.

Normally, they had to be extremely cautious when using a Daoist Magic or drawing a Talisman.

A Cultivator’s use of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was like lighting a cigarette in a room full of gas.

A slight mistake would either lead to total chaos of the True Qi in the body, resulting in shattered meridians and complete loss of cultivation, or direct death!

But the Gu Wanquan before them was like holding a torch in a gas-filled room and running around!

From this, it was evident that Gu Wanquan’s control over Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi had already reached the level of Subtle Control.

In their understanding, even a Fifth-tier Great Cultivator wouldn't dare claim to be as effortless as Gu Wanquan.

But an even more jaw-dropping scene occurred!

Gu Wanquan directly slammed his hand, which was entwined with Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, onto Yin Chaoge’s Dantian!

As Yin Chaoge’s screams rang out, that strand of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi completely sank into his Dantian!

When Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi enters the body, it is like pouring ice water into hot oil. The pain, like ten thousand small knives cutting through the meridians, is enough to make a Fourth-tier Cultivator wish for death, let alone Yin Chaoge, who was just an ordinary person!

The leader’s eyelids twitched violently: "Do these two have some kind of blood feud? To torture that remnant of the previous Demon Sect like this? He wants to pain him to death!"

When he saw Gu Wanquan casually toss the screaming Yin Chaoge aside like trash, he clapped his hands before looking at the crowd with a brilliant smile.

Looking around, Gu Wanquan glanced into the depths of the woods, then narrowed his eyes and said with a smile as he bowed, "Greetings, gentlemen. I have a small request!"

His manners were polite and his tone gentle, just like a refined gentleman.

"Please, gentlemen, cut off your own heads!"