The holy messenger has arrived!

Chu Xinghe clicked his tongue.

"I really thought it was your little brother who had a kidney deficiency?"

Gu He looked at Chu Xinghe: "Brother Chu, the second brother is a brother too!"

Chu Xinghe was stunned.

Impressive, truly impressive.

Your bizarre train of thought is truly impressive.

Gu He sighed.

"The day Cultivation ended, I experimented with my wife, and the results were good. Who knew she'd get addicted? It's like this every day, and not just once—basically twice a day.

Even if Cultivating strengthens the kidneys, you can't waste it like this. I can't even take a few days off!

Now I'm scared whenever I see my wife.

You don't know, she stares at me while we eat with a look in her eyes like she wants to swallow me whole."

Chu Xinghe rubbed his chin and said, "Then you should Cultivate to the Divine Organ Realm as soon as possible; it can strengthen the kidneys."

Gu He's eyes lit up.

After these seven days of Cultivation, they had already achieved a Breakthrough to the Core Condensation stage.

They also knew that Chu Xinghe must have been helping them in secret.

Otherwise, they couldn't have broken through so quickly.

Both he and the Great Clan Elder understood this without saying it aloud.

With a flick of Chu Xinghe's finger, several needles manifested from the Spiritual Qi.

"Bear with it."

Chu Xinghe did not let anyone else see the needles he had manifested.

Before long, these needles were all inserted into Gu He's body.

Gu He felt a warmth spreading through his body.

Even his mind felt much clearer.

After half an hour, Chu Xinghe made the needles disappear.

Gu He almost knelt down before Chu Xinghe.

"From now on, you are my blood brother."

Chu Xinghe shook his head, not paying it much mind.

Treating kidney deficiency was a simple task for him.

Chu Xinghe took out a secret recipe.

"Keep this safe. These Materials should be easy to find."

Gu He hurriedly took it and stuffed it into his pocket.

This was a great treasure.

Ending the banter, Gu He took a deep breath.

"Follow me first. I estimate the Holy Envoy will arrive in about half an hour."

Gu He led Chu Xinghe toward the back.

At the same time, a massive snake head came into view.

It was slightly smaller than a house.

Two bumps grew on its head.

"This is our village's guardian deity, Da Hua. However, Da Hua cannot come out and must stay inside here."

Gu He sounded a bit emotional as he said this.

He had known Da Hua since he was a child; for decades, Da Hua had been here, unable to leave.

Chu Xinghe looked toward Da Hua.

A faint divine rhythm appeared in the depths of his eyes.

Only then did he realize that the lower half of Da Hua's body was being suppressed.

Da Hua raised its head to look at Chu Xinghe.

It could sense that an uninvited guest had arrived in the village.

However, it could not see through Chu Xinghe.

"Da Hua, this is Chu Xinghe. Let him hide here with you for a while."

Da Hua nodded; it was also somewhat interested in Chu Xinghe.

Gu He nodded to Chu Xinghe and turned to leave.

Chu Xinghe walked up to Da Hua.

He looked it up and down before speaking.

"You have a powerful life force within you, and your Bloodline changed long ago. You shouldn't have failed to transform into a flood dragon!"

Hearing Chu Xinghe expose its situation at a glance, human-like emotions appeared in Da Hua's large eyes.

"I didn't expect you to be able to see my internal condition. I was once the guardian of this mountain range. Later, a person appeared and suppressed me here just as I was about to transform."

Chu Xinghe thought to himself that it was no wonder: "How many years have you been suppressed?"

Da Hua thought for a moment: "At least several thousand years."

Chu Xinghe thought to himself that this was even more impressive than Brother Monkey.

Brother Monkey was only suppressed for five hundred years.

Da Hua looked at Chu Xinghe: "Actually, you were wrong about one thing. I was suppressed when I was transforming from a flood dragon into a Dragon. Over the years, my life force has been continuously drained, causing me to degenerate. If another hundred years pass, I'm afraid my life will be gone."

Killing intent flickered in Da Hua's eyes as it spoke.

It should have succeeded in becoming a Dragon, but it never expected to be suddenly suppressed, leading to the failure of its transformation.

Following that, it had to stay here, unable to go anywhere, with only half its body exposed.

It had kept watch here for thousands of years.

Chu Xinghe touched the mountain suppressing Da Hua.

Interesting; the entire mountain was a Restriction.

Furthermore, this Restriction was connected to other mountain ranges.

"No need to investigate. The Restriction on this mountain is connected to one hundred and eight great mountains, and there happen to be one hundred and eight villages nearby.

In fact, the Gu Spirit power these people Cultivate is also extracted from my life force."

Chu Xinghe could naturally see dense clusters of Gu insects within the mountain.

They were constantly absorbing Da Hua's life force.

Presumably, the villagers would then use their Gu Spirits to absorb the life force of these Gu insects.

And then they would be drained by those using the Gu Spirit Cultivation Technique.

It really was one trap after another!

Da Hua rested its head on the ground.

"Do you find it very interesting?"

Chu Xinghe looked at the resigned Da Hua, rubbing his chin.

"If I'm not mistaken, the reason they gave for suppressing you is also absurd. You were originally guardian Yao Beasts, but now you've likely been branded as evil demons that slaughter humans."

Da Hua nodded.

"Previously, we were guardian Yao Beasts appointed by the Holy Palace. I don't know what happened in the Holy Palace, but our lineage of guardian Yao Beasts began to be slaughtered.

We don't understand the thoughts of those big shots, but I know that Southern Border is no longer the Southern Border of old.

In my ancestors' memory Legacy, it seems the problems started after the Heaven-Seizing Gu Worm appeared."

Chu Xinghe's eyes lit up.

It really was the Heaven-Seizing Gu Worm.

Wasn't that exactly why he had come here?

"Do you think the life force of you guardian Yao Beasts is being extracted specifically to nurture the Heaven-Seizing Gu Worm?"

Da Hua shook its head at Chu Xinghe's words: "I don't know. It's also possible that a Cultivator intentionally researched this method of Cultivation.

Moreover, this person's strength is very high, and they even hold a very high status within the Holy Palace."

Da Hua's eyes filled with despair as it said this.

Now that it was suppressed, it could only wait for death, without any power to resist.

If not for its Physical Body still being somewhat powerful,

even an ordinary person could chop it up with a blade."

"In your Legacy memories, are there Emperors in the Holy Palace?"

Da Hua nodded.

"Yes, and very powerful Emperors at that. In my Legacy memories, there was once a Dark Magic Dragon among the guardian Yao Beasts who broke through to the Emperor Realm.

With the strength of an Emperor, it wanted to seize the Holy Palace. Unfortunately, only a single hand appeared from the Holy Palace and suppressed the Dark Magic Dragon."

Chu Xinghe thought to himself that it was as he suspected.

Even though he hadn't come to the Ancient Era, at that time, no one easily offended Southern Border.

It seemed Southern Border was not as simple as it appeared on the surface.

Even Zhongli Qingmeng had mentioned the terrifying nature of Southern Border.

Many factions had undergone changes over several eras.

Only Southern Border had not seen any major upheavals.

Chu Xinghe even suspected

that even the Zhangtian Cult might not be a match for Southern Border.

An Emperor could be easily slapped to death.

The person who attacked must have been at least at the Hundred Ancient Emperor Realm.

Chu Xinghe withdrew his thoughts.

His Mental Energy had already sensed something unusual outside.

It seemed the so-called Holy Envoy had arrived.