176: Chapter 176 Not bad!

Atop a high peak.

Elder Leng Ku had already spread out his divine sense, waiting for Ye Xuan to pass by so he could find an opportunity to assassinate him in one fell swoop.

However, Elder Leng Ku knew very well in his heart that by assassinating a Saint's true disciple this time, he would likely never be able to step foot in the Holy Land again.

Fortunately, with Young Master Leng Qianming around and the Leng family as his backer, he could live very comfortably even if he didn't return to the Cangqiong Holy Land. What's more, the Leng family's ancestral land was not located within the Cangqiong Holy Land.

“Is this kid here? It wasn't in vain that I waited for you for so long.”

Elder Leng Ku adjusted his state of mind to its peak, gazing at the speck of white shadow on the horizon.

“Oh? A rat is hiding in the dark observing you, kid Ye. His position is right on that high peak.”

At Xian Linglong's level of cultivation, she only needed a single thought to perceive everything within a thousand miles, let alone a mere lackey in the King Profound Realm.

Having long since possessed a god's-eye view, Ye Xuan immediately realized that it must be Leng Qianming's old servant, Elder Leng Ku, hiding in the dark, waiting to ambush him.

“Heh, playing along with you is fine too. If I don't show a weakness, how would you dare to jump out and take the initiative to attack me?”

On the surface, Ye Xuan pretended not to care at all, but in secret, he began to mobilize the Huangxuan Realm puppet to guard his side.

Just as he flew past the high peak, Elder Leng Ku, who was hiding in the dark, could finally sit still no longer. His eyes lit up, realizing this was the perfect opportunity. He let out a cold snort: “Go to hell, brat! Imperial-grade Mystic Technique—spear of ten thousand demons!”

Sky-blocking demonic qi gathered onto a black spear. In an instant, the terrifying power shattered the entire peak into several pieces, and the spear's shadow arrived before Ye Xuan almost instantaneously.

“Young Master, watch out!” Wang Mengqi was filled with terror. She activated the only King-grade defensive treasure on her person, intending to block this strike for Ye Xuan.

“Boom—”

“Heh, you've finally taken the bait.” Ye Xuan looked expressionlessly at the old geezer before him. The spear shadow that seemed capable of destroying everything was blocked by an invisible protective barrier.

“This is... the Huangxuan Realm? You...” Elder Leng Ku finally sensed that something was wrong. The expression on his old face changed drastically, and he fled hundreds of miles away in an instant. However, the force of spatial confinement remained firmly locked around his body, preventing him from breaking free of the spatial lock.

“You think you can run after ambushing me?”

With a thought from Ye Xuan's divine sense, the Huangxuan Realm puppet instantly took control of the space for hundreds of miles around, restraining the old geezer Elder Leng Ku almost instantaneously.

“Old man, are you tired of living? You were lucky enough to keep your life last time, and yet you've come back to court death?”

Ye Xuan looked at Elder Leng Ku with a half-smile, cutting off his attempt to beg for mercy. “What's the matter? Did your young master find out about Murong Liyue?”

Seeing that the die was cast, Elder Leng Ku was quite candid and spoke up, “Since you know Miss Liyue is my young master's fiancée, why did you still steal another man's fiancée like this?”

“Oh? It seems you don't know what actually happened. Forget it, I can't be bothered to explain it to you.”

Ye Xuan was utterly dumbfounded. How could there be such a foolish servant? Even if they were to investigate, they should have investigated thoroughly.

If Murong Liyue hadn't insisted on ambushing him when he left the Holy Land, none of this subsequent mess would have happened.

Isn't this all just nonsense?

“Go to hell.” Ye Xuan cast a cold glance at Elder Leng Ku. Using the Huangxuan Realm puppet to restrain him, he circulated the Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal Art within his body, directly devouring the cultivation and soul power inside Elder Leng Ku.

“Mhm, not bad, not bad. Compared to that woman Jun Yurou who used yin-absorbing techniques last time, your cultivation and soul power are at least ten times stronger than hers.”

Feeling the divine body's origin within his body constantly growing stronger, Ye Xuan was highly satisfied.

One or two thousand years of hard cultivation was naturally far superior to a rotten woman who had only spent a few hundred years absorbing yang to supplement her yin.

“You... you actually practice a demonic... art!” At the final moment of his life, Elder Leng Ku stared at Ye Xuan in disbelief, wanting to use his soul to leave a message for his young master.

“A demonic art? You are simply ignorant.”

“Not bad, your Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal Art has reached minor accomplishment, and you can actually utilize its devouring power.”

Within his sea of consciousness, Xian Linglong also praised Ye Xuan, highly approving of his approach—he did not use the devoured power to raise his cultivation level, but only to strengthen his foundation.

No wonder he was able to cultivate to the tenth stage before the Three Realms of Mortality, achieving the Eternal Dao Foundation.

“Legend has it that if one can achieve the Eternal Dao Foundation in all Nine Realms of Mortality, they will receive the blessing of the Great Dao... Is that your goal?” Xian Linglong murmured to herself.

“This puppet of yours is also quite interesting. It actually only uses a Saint's torso bone, combined with some King-grade spiritual treasures, yet its power can actually reach the quasi-Saint level.”

Hearing this, Ye Xuan felt even more proud. “Of course, it's all thanks to my master!”

...

In the Northwest Great Territory, within the Northwest 100,000 Mountains, in an ancient ruin inside Guhuang City.

“Jasmine, what is going on? Why would the Evil God possess dark Mystic Power?”

Yun Zhe sensed the dark Mystic Power seed in the mystic sea of his dantian and couldn't help but frown.

Ever since he went out to gain experience during this period, Jasmine had guided him to fight various monsters in the Monster Mountain Range. Just yesterday, he happened to fall into an endless abyss, and amidst a sea of flowers, Yun Zhe sensed an attractive force—the dark Mystic Power seed.

Even Jasmine didn't understand it at first. In the upper realm, the Star God Realm's ancient records of the Evil God only had a few brief sentences: the Elemental Creation God, who forged a feud with the creation gods and divine emperors of the heavens in the end times, was later renamed the Evil God.

“An Elemental Creation God? Then it is not surprising that he has a dark Mystic Power seed. Yun Zhe, you truly are uniquely blessed. My drop of Evil God's Origin Blood was not wasted.”

There was a hint of sighing in Jasmine's tone, but within just a few seconds, her voice grew a bit more severe: “From now on, your dark Mystic Power must absolutely not be exposed. You need to keep hiding it, hiding it constantly, until you have the strength to ignore everyone!”

“Yes, Jasmine, I understand!” Yun Zhe nodded, expressing his strong agreement with Jasmine's words.

Although there are demonic cultivators on the Shenxuan Continent, there has always been zero tolerance for possessors of dark Mystic Power. Once discovered, there is only one outcome, and that is death.

He hadn't expected the upper realm to be so taboo about possessors of dark Mystic Power as well.

“I didn't come away empty-handed this time either.” Yun Zhe turned his gaze back to the lightning Mystic Power seed in his dantian. Using it in conjunction with the Heavenly Wolf Hell God Tome Jasmine had given him, he could still fight and defeat cultivators of higher realms.

Jasmine also threw cold water on Yun Zhe: “Your Evil God Physique still needs continuous refinement. It's time to refine that clump of Netherworld Spiritual Flame. Your strength is currently still insufficient; if you want to defeat your Senior Brother Ye, it is not enough.”