100: Chapter 100 Conspiracy

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes slightly: "Yin key?"

Wei Lingfeng's lips curled into a meaningful smile, "Fellow Daoist Chen, the black bone piece in your hand is the Yin key to open the 'Myriad Insect Tomb'."

"But outside the Myriad Insect Tomb, there is a Yin and Yang Dual Lock Array. One must collect both the black and white bone pieces to open the gate of life."

"Otherwise, forcing entry means certain death."

Wei Lingfeng looked at Gu Shen, a smile curling his lips, "If Fellow Daoist Chen truly wishes to explore the Myriad Insect Tomb, you might as well take a trip to the 'Black Sand Market' three hundred miles to the east."

"When I was setting up my plans in Yunze Immortal City, I intercepted a piece of secret intelligence. That white yang key bone piece appeared in an underground black market in the Black Sand Market half a month ago."

Gu Shen listened quietly.

He knew that Wei Lingfeng would never offer him an Opportunity without a reason.

"The people from the Blood Fiend Sect are also looking for that white bone piece?" Gu Shen hit the nail on the head.

"Smart."

Wei Lingfeng made no attempt to hide it, "The Blood Fiend Sect's Cultivation Technique desperately needs Yin evil items. They have been eyeing the Myriad Insect Tomb for a long time."

"If Fellow Daoist Chen goes to the Black Sand Market, you will inevitably have to clash with the Blood Fiend Sect's secret agents. It just depends on whether you, Fellow Daoist, have the guts for it."

An open conspiracy.

Wei Lingfeng was using the Opportunity of the Myriad Insect Tomb as bait, attempting to make Gu Shen go to the Black Sand Market to stir up trouble and attract the attention of the Blood Fiend Sect, all to reduce the pressure on himself so he could escape.

"Thank you for your guidance, Fellow Daoist." Gu Shen put away the black bone piece, his tone devoid of emotion.

Whether to go, and how to go—the initiative was in his hands.

"The mountains are high and the rivers are long; Fellow Daoist Chen, until we meet again!"

Wei Lingfeng did not linger for a second. His figure swayed, and that Foundation Establishment Stage Puppet of the Master of Qingmu Cliff hidden in the shadows instantly merged into his shadow.

Sword light erupted, tearing through the dark clouds, transforming into a heaven-shocking rainbow that instantly shot out of Baiyin Mountain and vanished into the horizon.

Inside the hollow, only Gu Shen and fifteen cold Iron Corpses remained.

Gu Shen waved his large sleeve, storing all fifteen Iron Corpses into his Storage Ring.

The hollow was completely empty.

Gu Shen was in no rush to leave. He looked down at the Crab, which had returned to its mechanical spider form.

"Crab, how is the battery level?"

"Master... the Spiritual Qi of the Low-Grade Spirit Stone is bottoming out, with less than three hours of battery life remaining. Forced hibernation is imminent." The Crab's voice was intermittent.

Gu Shen took a Low-Grade Spirit Stone from his Storage Ring and skillfully replaced the waste stone inside the mechanical spider that had already turned into powder.

Hum.

The blue light lit up again.

"Fully revived! Thank you, Master!" The Crab's voice regained its vitality.

Gu Shen straightened his gray robe and lowered his bamboo hat.

His gaze turned toward the east.

"Black Sand Market. white bone yang key."

Gu Shen chewed over these eight words repeatedly in his heart. The bait Wei Lingfeng had thrown out before leaving was too straightforward, and also too vicious.

That white yang key bone piece might truly have appeared in the Black Sand Market, and the Blood Fiend Sect's secret agents were undoubtedly searching there like mad dogs.

Wei Lingfeng telling him this news was calculated based on the certainty that, in order to open the Myriad Insect Tomb, he would definitely go to the Black Sand Market to wade into the muddy waters.

As long as he showed his face and clashed with the Blood Fiend Sect, he would be able to attract the attention of the demonic cultivators, sharing the pressure for Wei Lingfeng.

It was an open conspiracy through and through.

"In the Cultivation World, following others' rules to make your moves is the fastest way to die."

Gu Shen's eyes were as deep as an abyss. No matter how good an Opportunity is, one must have the life to take it.

He was only at Qi Refining Level 7 now; going to a place like the Black Sand Market, where demons danced in chaos, to go head-to-head with the Blood Fiend Sect was no different from seeking his own death.

"The trap, I will not enter. But this strength, I must improve."

Gu Shen turned around, waved his large sleeve, and wiped away all the traces of his aura left inside the hollow.

He now held the Tier 3 Demon King Thunder Bone in his hand and had just obtained the profound yin stone essence.

With everything prepared, breaking through to the second layer of the Bone Refining Art was the top priority at the moment.

Only when his Physical Body underwent another transformation and his strength skyrocketed would he have the confidence to overturn the chessboard.

Gu Shen did not head east toward the Black Sand Market; instead, the shadow shoes on his feet shimmered with black light, and his figure, like a ghost, darted toward the deeper, desolate, and uninhabited parts of Baiyin Mountain.

"Crab." Gu Shen commanded coldly in his heart, "Scan a ten-mile radius. Look for underground caves with dense Yin Qi and hidden structures."

The black iron buckle at his collar vibrated slightly.

"Understood, Master. Standalone geological scan activated."

The Crab's voice was extremely crisp and efficient, "At the nine o'clock direction, deep underground, there is an abandoned Yin iron mine pit. Thermal imaging shows the internal temperature is extremely low, with no signs of life. The entrance is buried under rubble and is extremely well-hidden."

"Lead the way."

Half an hour later.

Gu Shen pushed aside a patch of withered black thorns, shoved away a few giant rocks, and crawled into a bottomless abandoned mine tunnel.

The mine pit was a hundred zhang deep; the further down he went, the heavier the Yin cold Qi became. A thick layer of black frost condensed on the surrounding rock walls.

Gu Shen found a dead end at the deepest part of the mine pit.

The Formation Plate for the Thick Earth Array had been damaged while covering up the Foundation Establishment anomaly earlier, so he had to make do with what was available on the spot.

He moved a few giant pieces of Yin iron Ore to tightly Seal the entrance, and in the surrounding area, he extremely covertly set up several mutant Yao Beast bone spikes quenched in mutated strong acid, and strung up ultra-fine warning threads.

After finishing all this, Gu Shen sat cross-legged at the bottom of the cold mine pit.

With a movement of his Divine Sense, three spiritual items, each exuding completely different auras, floated quietly in front of him.

A sealed jade bottle containing five drops of profound yin stone essence.

Two hundred-year-old cold evil grass covered in white frost.

And that dark golden finger bone of the Tier 3 Demon King Thunder Bone Demon Ape.

"The Thunder Bone is violent and requires extreme Yin to neutralize it. Only by breaking and then rebuilding can one forge the Thunder-patterned Iron Bone."

Gu Shen's eyes were resolute, without the slightest hesitation.

He grasped that piece of Thunder Bone Demon Ape finger bone with one hand and moved his mind.

"Refine."

Deep within his Sea of Consciousness, the [Heaven and Earth Furnace] emitted a vast, ancient roar. The pale white fire of rules instantly engulfed the finger bone.

The bones of this Tier 3 Demon King were incredibly hard, but under the calcination of the Great Furnace, the Impurities and traces of time were ruthlessly erased.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the finger bone turned into fly ash, leaving only a mass of bone marrow at the bottom of the furnace that flickered with blinding dark blue electric light and was as viscous as mercury.

[Refinement complete. Obtained: Demon King Thunder Marrow.]

Gu Shen took this mass of Thunder Marrow, which exuded an aura of destruction, into his palm and took a deep breath.

He grabbed the two stalks of hundred-year-old cold evil grass, stuffed them directly into his mouth, chewed them up, and swallowed.

Boom!

The extremely cold Qi instantly exploded in his abdomen; it felt as if Gu Shen's blood was about to freeze at this very moment.

He did not hesitate, uncorked the Seal of the jade bottle, and drank the five drops of jet-black profound yin stone essence in one gulp!

Crack, crack, crack...

A thick layer of black ice armor instantly formed on Gu Shen's body surface.

His internal organs were tightly wrapped by this pure extreme Yin Qi, and the magic power in his Meridians almost stagnated.

"Now is the time!"

Gu Shen opened his mouth to inhale, swallowing the mass of violent Demon King Thunder Marrow in his palm directly into his abdomen.

Rumble!!!

The extreme Yin cold and the violent thunder clashed thunderously inside Gu Shen's body!

Gu Shen's eyes widened, and two trickles of blood instantly burst from the corners of his eyes.

He clenched his teeth tightly, frantically circulating the method of the "Bone Refining Art".

That mass of Demon King Thunder Marrow transformed into countless heavy hammers burning with dark blue electric light, utilizing the buffer of the extreme Yin Qi, and smashed fiercely onto Gu Shen's bones, which were already shimmering with a dark golden luster.