352: sly

The Eastern Cang Celestial Territory, Eastern Ghost Dao Province!

This Dao Province has always been the least valued Dao Province in the Eastern Cang Celestial Territory, because it is close to the Cangwu Boundary Pass. In ancient times, the Human Race and the Myriad Races had endless grievances, and wars often broke out.

The Eastern Ghost Dao Province was subjected to bloody purges by the Myriad Races every time. Over time, the ley lines of this place were shattered and the mountains and rivers shifted, making it difficult for ordinary Life to break through.

However, due to the countless Life that perished here, the Eastern Ghost Dao Province also holds numerous Treasure Troves left behind by powerful individuals.

Because of this, although this place is a land of hardship in the eyes of the weak, it is also a land of Treasure Troves in the eyes of the strong. Therefore, it attracts powerful Martial Artists from various Dao Provinces, and even many alien Life.

This also made the Eastern Ghost Dao Province extremely chaotic, and even its rulers changed frequently.

In these hundred epochs, the Province Lord of the Eastern Ghost Dao Province changed five times. Without exception, all of them died in the Eastern Ghost Dao Province, and the last one was even a powerful Early Stage Dao Lord Supreme.

The demise of such a powerful individual led to no one daring to take over the position of Province Lord for 70,000 years, which made the entire Eastern Ghost Dao Province even more chaotic, with terrible wars breaking out from time to time, causing countless casualties.

It was early autumn, and a heavy rain cleansed the entire Xuandong Ancient City.

Under the vast curtain of rain, a group of knights, completely shrouded in black armor, were treading through the rain and entering this quiet ancient city. The "thudding" of hooves made some people cower in the darkness, their pupils reflecting fear... Soon, this Black Armored Knight stopped in front of a magnificent manor.

"Stop! This is an important area of the Province Lord Manor, military horses are forbidden!"

A silver-armored guard, exuding an Emperor Realm aura, shouted.

Although he recognized the other party's black armor, due to his duty, the guard had to stop them.

"I am Luo Yu, the Third Commander of the Black Xuan Cavalry. I have important matters that require an audience with the Province Lord!"

The leading Black Armored Knight pulled out a black gold token, his voice even carrying a hint of urgency.

"So it's Commander Luo. Please wait a moment, Commander Luo. I will go and report to the Lord now!" The guard nodded solemnly.

He knew that if it weren't an emergency, the Commander of the Black Xuan Cavalry wouldn't rush back in such a hurry.

Soon, the guard quickly walked into the manor, came to the front hall, and saw a middle-aged man in brocade clothes, who was a steward in the manor.

The guard hurried forward, and after a short while, the middle-aged man in brocade clothes rushed to the back courtyard.

He then arrived in front of a hundred-mile lake and bowed to the lake.

"Reporting to the Lord!"

"Commander Luo of the Black Xuan Cavalry requests an audience!"

Whoosh... A gentle breeze blew, and an old man appeared in front of the middle-aged man, his expression steady.

"Elder Yue!"

The middle-aged man in brocade clothes quickly bowed.

"Let him in!"

"Yes!"

The middle-aged man in brocade clothes quickly left, and soon returned, but behind him was Commander Luo of the Black Xuan Cavalry.

"Your subordinate greets Elder Yue!"

Yue Yu asked, "I remember you are responsible for patrolling the Eastern Border Region. Now that you've rushed back in such a hurry, has something major happened in the Eastern Border Region?"

"Reporting to Elder Yue, a murder case occurred in the Three Hundred Domains of the Eastern Border Region. The Eastern Sword Sect, Prosperous Flower Divine Palace, and seven other forces that relied on the Province Lord Manor were annihilated overnight. All the members of these Sects were drained of their essence blood and had their souls extracted before they died."

Although Luo Yu's face was covered by a mask, a hint of fear flashed in his exposed eyes.

Although he was a ruthless killer, he couldn't help but feel a little scared in the face of such unknown methods.

"What?"

Before Yue Yu could react, the middle-aged man in brocade clothes beside him exclaimed first, as if he had thought of something, and fear appeared in his eyes.

"Lan Feng, what do you know?"

Yue Yu narrowed his eyes and looked at the middle-aged man in brocade clothes.

"Reporting to Elder Yue, it's a 'Gu'!"

The middle-aged man in brocade clothes dared not conceal it and quickly said.

"Gu?!"

A sharp glint flashed in Yue Yu's eyes, while Luo Yu thought of the 'Gu' recorded in ancient texts.

"I already know. You two may leave first!"

Yue Yu waved his hand.

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, Luo Yu and the other man, though having doubts, felt reassured when they thought of the strength of the person in front of them.

Yue Yu then turned and flew towards the island in the lake, soon stopping in front of a small pavilion.

Under the pavilion, a young man, as tall as the sky, was holding an ancient book, quietly flipping through it. If there were no accidents, he would continue like this all day.

For the past four years, unless there was something important, the young man had been like this every year.

"Young Lord!"

Yue Yu called out softly.

Xu Yuan did not look up, but said, "I already know!"

Then he closed the book, stood up, and looked out of the pavilion with his hands behind his back. At this time, the vast curtain of rain was still ongoing.

Four years ago, after Xu Yuan was parachuted here, he used strong methods, successively annihilating twelve Dao Lineages that had a certain influence in the Dao Province, killing one Early Stage Dao Lord and thirty-two Dao Severing Kings, instantly restoring stability to the Eastern Ghost Dao Province.

Especially in the final battle, he annihilated the Demonic Fiend Sect, which dominated one side, and killed the Sect Leader of the Demonic Fiend Sect, an Early Stage Dao Lord Supreme. This shocked those forces, and they all restrained their actions.

At this point, Xu Yuan had actually completed his mission, because more than half of the Dao Severing Kings were killed by him. At this time, he only needed to find a place to cultivate in seclusion for a thousand years to complete the mission and leave.

But Xu Yuan did not do so. Since he took the position of Province Lord, he had to be responsible for these billions of Life. Moreover, with the Eternal Night Clan lurking, he simply stayed here to see what methods the Eternal Night Clan had.

As a Sword Cultivator, one must have the ambition to advance bravely!

"Gu'! I didn't expect a Life form that had disappeared for over a thousand epochs to reappear!"

The 'Gu' is a special race, whose characteristics have many similarities with the Ghost Race of the Nether Race.

Their birthplace is generally ancient battlefields or large-scale sacrificial sites. Under special circumstances, they are formed from the resentment of living beings, which is very similar to the Ghost Race.

However, compared to the Ghost Race, the 'Gu' are born with a physical body and are bloodthirsty and soul-devouring. Moreover, no matter how powerful a 'Gu' is, it cannot develop intelligence. In their consciousness, all living beings are merely resources for their strength.

Because of this, the 'Gu' race grows extremely fast. As long as they are allowed to devour, they can quickly advance to the Immortal level.

Once, the Ghost Race valued this ability greatly, so they spent a lot of money trying to subdue the 'Gu' race, but they could not subdue them at all and suffered heavy losses.

This also led to the Ghost Race not recognizing this race at all and listing them as targets to be killed, after all, 'Gu' devour souls, and the Ghost Race are the best food.

The Eastern Ghost Dao Province got its name because of the 'Gu', because of the ancient wars, 'Gu' appeared in the Eastern Ghost Dao Province more than two thousand epochs ago.

Initially, the number of 'Gu' was sparse and their strength was low, so they did not attract the attention of the Dao Province's Life. But as time passed, coupled with the continuous appearance of large-scale murder cases in the Dao Province, it attracted the attention of the then Dao Province Lord.

This investigation triggered a war that lasted for several hundred epochs. It is said that in that war, the most powerful 'Gu' at that time was even comparable to an Immortal, and it was only when the one from the Cangwu Dao Academy made a move that it finally ended completely.

It was also that war between humans and 'Gu' that caused the Eastern Ghost Dao Province, which had originally recuperated, to completely decline and become a paradise for foreign Cultivators.

In the following years, although 'Gu' appeared from time to time and caused major cases each time, they were quickly annihilated by the powerful individuals of the Dao Province.

Until now, 'Gu' have not appeared for over a thousand epochs.

"Since such a Life form has appeared, it should be annihilated in time!"

If the Ghost Race is the 'Gu's' favorite soul food, then the Human Race is their favorite blood food. Therefore, the Human Race also hates the 'Gu' extremely. Whenever traces of 'Gu' are found, they are immediately annihilated.

"Young Lord, this old man feels that there is something strange about this matter!"

Yue Yu frowned, his intuition telling him that the appearance of the 'Gu' must be a conspiracy.