356: Chapter 356 The Mad Taoist

It didn't take much time.

Chen Hu and City Lord Shen Chonglou quickly swept clean everything inside the Secret Realm world.

Then, they arrived in front of the palace.

City Lord Shen Chonglou stared at the Formation for a moment and frowned, saying, "This Formation is quite profound. I'm afraid it won't be easy to break!"

Then he looked at Chen Hu and said expectantly, "Does Fellow Daoist Chen have a way to break the Formation?"

Breaking the Formation here was not difficult for Chen Hu.

Because he possessed a Barrier-Breaking Talisman Treasure that could even ignore the grand defensive Formation of the Heavenly Demon Sect.

However, the Barrier-Breaking Talisman Treasure was not cheap, and it only had ten uses.

Therefore, he planned to see if he could break the Formation by brute force first. If that failed, he would use the Barrier-Breaking Talisman Treasure.

Suddenly, Chen Hu's brow furrowed slightly as he looked toward the Bronze Gates. "Someone else has entered!"

"How is that possible?"

City Lord Shen Chonglou exclaimed, "Could someone else also know about this Secret Realm?"

As he spoke, he released his Divine Sense to investigate and indeed found a group of people entering the Secret Realm.

There were three newcomers.

An old man in green robes was the most unfathomable among the four.

There was also a young couple.

Both of them were at the Spirit Severing Realm.

Finally, there was a youth whose cultivation was only at the Golden Core Realm.

Very quickly.

These four had already arrived in front of the palace.

After Xue Wei swept his Divine Sense over Chen Hu and the other, finding that they were only at the Spirit Severing Realm, his face immediately showed a hint of disdain.

"You two juniors, hand over your Storage Rings, and this seat can spare your lives!"

In the cultivation world.

Scanning others with Divine Sense was an extremely impolite act.

Unless your cultivation was very high and you looked down on others, only then would you probe so unscrupulously.

Obviously, this old man in green robes considered himself a powerful expert.

Furthermore, he did not hide his cultivation.

As he spoke, he released the aura of the third level of the Dao Integration Realm, pressing down on the juniors, Chen Hu and City Lord Shen Chonglou.

"Grandpa, why waste your breath on them? If we kill them, won't their Storage Rings still belong to our family anyway?" the Golden Core youth said with a grin.

"You brat, do you really think your grandpa doesn't understand that? I just wanted to play with them a bit!"

The green-robed old man said, half-annoyed.

"You are the Mad Taoist!" Suddenly, City Lord Shen Chonglou thought of something and exclaimed.

"Brother Shen knows this old geezer?" Chen Hu asked.

"I've heard of him!"

City Lord Shen Chonglou explained, "This old thing is quite famous among Loose Cultivators. Because of an unfortunate childhood, his personality is somewhat twisted. While others just kill their enemies to get it over with, this old thing refuses to do so.

He likes to toy with people. After toying with them, he won't kill them directly, but will torture them further before finally ending their lives.

About two hundred years ago, this old thing tortured a Spirit Severing Realm expert from the Haiyue Sect to death, and was subsequently hunted by the Haiyue Sect.

Everyone thought he was dead, but who would have thought he would pop up again today!"

"Grandpa, they called you an old geezer and an old thing. They clearly disrespect you! Don't kill them too easily. I've recently thought of a few new methods. Let your grandson try them out on them!"

The Golden Core youth spoke again, a hint of madness and malice showing on his face.

"Alright, since my dear grandson wants to test some new tricks, this old man will capture them for you!"

The Mad Taoist said with doting affection. Then, his gaze shifted and fell upon Chen Hu and City Lord Shen Chonglou. "You two, will you surrender without a fight, or do you want this seat to make a move myself?"

"Ignorant old thing, die!"

Chen Hu cursed. Immediately, his Low Grade Dao sword transformed into a streak of sword light and flew straight toward the Mad Taoist.

Feeling the oppressive force of the sword light,

the Mad Taoist couldn't help but be startled and immediately dodged to the side.

At the same time, a flash of greed crossed his eyes, because he realized that the Magic Treasure Chen Hu was using was actually a Low Grade Dao Artifact.

Dao Artifacts were extremely rare. Even though he was a Dao Integration Realm cultivator among Loose Cultivators, he had no way of obtaining a Dao Artifact.

*Pfft!*

The sword light missed the Mad Taoist, but it continued to fly forward.

"Not good!"

The Mad Taoist realized something.

But it was already too late.

Accompanied by a miserable shriek, the Golden Core youth was instantly shredded to pieces by the sword light.

"Ah! You killed my grandson! This seat will make you pay with your life!"

Seeing his grandson killed, the Mad Taoist fell into a violent rage.

Strangely, however,

when the middle-aged couple, who were presumably the Golden Core youth's parents, saw their son die, they did not show the slightest sadness or heartache. Instead, a sense of pleasure and relief appeared in their eyes.

*Boom!*

A giant bronze hammer appeared above Chen Hu's head. In an instant, it expanded to the size of a small mountain, smashing down toward Chen Hu with terrifying force.

*Bang!*

Chen Hu raised his hand and sent the bronze hammer flying with a single punch.

Then, he vanished from his spot.

*Pfft!*

The moment Chen Hu vanished, he reappeared behind the Mad Taoist. A flash of sword light severed both of the Daoist's legs.

"Ah!"

The Mad Taoist let out a miserable scream, and his remaining half-body turned into a streak of light, fleeing toward the Bronze Gates.

*Swish!*

Chen Hu vanished once more.

He reappeared in front of the Mad Taoist, slashing out with his Low Grade Dao sword.

*Pfft!*

The Mad Taoist's Physical Body, along with his Primordial Spirit, was sliced in half.

Following that, the sword light erupted, swallowing his body and Primordial Spirit, shredding them to dust.

Reaching out his hand,

a Storage Ring landed in Chen Hu's palm.

Then, he flashed back to the front of the palace.

"Brother Chen is mighty!"

City Lord Shen Chonglou shouted excitedly, gaining an even clearer understanding of Chen Hu's power. A grand third-level Dao Integration Realm cultivator was actually taken care of by Chen Hu in just two or three moves.

To be honest, the Mad Taoist's Dao Integration Realm was really too weak.

He was far inferior to the two Dao Integration Realm cultivators from the Nangong Family yesterday.

"What is your relationship with the Mad Taoist?"

Chen Hu's gaze fell upon the young Spirit Severing Realm couple.

The man said, "He is my father, and this is my Dao Companion!"

"Since he is your father, why aren't you sad at all now that he's dead?" Chen Hu asked.

Although he had been fighting the Mad Taoist, he had also noticed the abnormality of this Spirit Severing Realm couple.

Out of curiosity,

Chen Hu used his Eye of Insight and discovered that this couple's favorability toward him actually exceeded 80 points.

Hearing Chen Hu's question, the man replied, "Of course I'm not sad. Because there isn't a single moment where I don't want this old dog to die. Therefore, my wife and I are not sad, but rather extremely happy!"

"Why?"

Chen Hu was somewhat puzzled.

Perhaps the young man thought Chen Hu would not let them go anyway, so he didn't care about saving face anymore.

He then recounted the entire story.

After listening, both Chen Hu and City Lord Shen Chonglou were left dumbfounded.

At the same time, Chen Hu felt that killing the Mad Taoist just like that was simply too easy on him.

To put it simply,

the Mad Taoist had abandoned his son, Gongsun Hao, back then.

After Gongsun Hao grew up through hardships, he joined a small cultivation Sect.

Later, the Mad Taoist somehow caught wind of Gongsun Hao's whereabouts.

He came to find him, demanding that Gongsun Hao acknowledge him as his father.

But Gongsun Hao refused, so the Mad Taoist slaughtered everyone in that small Sect from top to bottom.

After slaughtering the Sect, the Mad Taoist left.

Gongsun Hao was then reduced to a Loose Cultivator.

Eight hundred years later,

Gongsun Hao became a Spirit Severing Realm expert.

Furthermore, he became Dao Companions with another Spirit Severing Realm Loose Cultivator.

Just then,

the Mad Taoist appeared again.

He violated Gongsun Hao's Dao Companion.

She then became pregnant with that bastard child, who was the Golden Core youth.

Gongsun Hao's Dao Companion originally wanted to abort the child, but the Mad Taoist threatened her with Gongsun Hao's life.

She had no choice but to give birth to that bastard child.

This was also the reason why Gongsun Hao and his wife were completely indifferent to the deaths of his son and father.