The Quest for Immortality

Countless groups of corpses boiled over, and hundreds of Demon Monsters panicked.

Later, blood stained the sky, and Walking Corpses from the mountains and ridges charged down like a raging torrent, immediately sweeping and tearing apart those ”karmically mutated” Demon Monsters, completely exterminating them.

This slight sign of karmic mutation in the Xie family was also completely eradicated.

However, after killing the mutated ”Demon Monsters,” the group of corpses incited their ferocity and roared towards the sky, their killing intent pervading the air.

The sea of blood on Corpse Mountain became even more blood-red.

The aura of the Taoist Demon also became heavier.

Under the blood-covered sky, the aura of the Corpse King became more brutal.

Its grim eyes turned redder, faintly showing signs of breaking free from its shackles and further mutating.

Just then, a clear yet undeniable command sounded.

”Retreat!”

The previously restless Corpse Mountain instantly quieted down.

The group of corpses all bowed their heads in silence, not daring to make a sound.

The Corpse King’s blood-red eyes, saturated with bone-chilling killing intent and tumultuous ferocity, stared intently at Mo Hua, its nominally ”young master,” almost wishing to slaughter him immediately.

Mo Hua’s gaze was indifferent as he met the Corpse King’s eyes.

This gaze, clear and transparent, also contained the irresistible authority of a ”superior.”

The message in his gaze seemed to be, ”Don’t make me say it a second time.”

When the Corpse King met Mo Hua’s gaze, it instantly flew into a rage.

Just as it was about to resist, a mark ingrained deep within its body suddenly caused it immense pain, and its body, with faint blue Spiritual Pivot Formation Patterns like Dao Laws and Karmic chains, tightly bound it.

The Corpse King, filled with fear, had no choice but to give up.

Its eyes still glimmered with savagery and defiance, but its body honestly ”submitted.”

The sea of blood receded, the zombies returned to their nests, and Corpse Mountain gradually vanished.

Only the Corpse King, before disappearing, still gave Mo Hua a terrifying and sharp glance…

As if to say, ”I will return…”

Afterward, the sea of blood on Corpse Mountain completely receded, and the karmic sins dissipated.

The slight sign of karmic mutation in the Xie family was also eradicated and disappeared.

The raging fire also gradually extinguished…

Mo Hua felt his vision blur again, the red of fire and blood fading away, replaced by the piercing daylight, disorienting him and making it hard to open his eyes…

…

”Mo Hua?”

”Mo Hua!”

A series of urgent voices sounded.

Mo Hua was startled, slowly opened his eyes, and found himself lying next to Gu Changhuai.

Gu Changhuai was frowning, continuously calling his name.

Seeing that Mo Hua had awakened, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

If something had happened to this child, he really would have had no way to explain to his cousin and Yu Er.

But immediately, he was full of doubts again.

The earlier scene was still vivid before his eyes.

As soon as Mo Hua entered the exterminated Xie family, his expression shocked, his face turned pale, and then his eyes lost focus, he closed his eyes and fainted.

It seemed like… he saw something he shouldn’t have seen…

Moreover, even more bizarre was that after Mo Hua fainted, the atmosphere of the entire Xie family suddenly became gloomy and oppressive.

It seemed that some terrible thing was gradually mutating…

An Evil Spirit was growing.

Under the clear day, there was a bone-chilling coldness.

Even Gu Changhuai, who was at the Golden Core Realm, felt chest tightness and shortness of breath, his heart filled with trepidation.

And when Mo Hua opened his eyes, everything disappeared again…

Gu Changhuai looked at Mo Hua with a serious gaze and asked,

”What exactly… happened?”

Mo Hua rubbed his eyes, slowly sat up, and quickly reviewed the cause and effect in his mind.

Sea of fire… Xie family… massacre…

An obscured mystery enveloped by the sea of fire…

Signs of Dao mutation…

It seemed all these couldn’t be mentioned.

Once spoken, it would bring serious trouble to himself.

Especially about the ”Taoist Demon,” this was a taboo for the Taoist Court…

After thinking it over, Mo Hua said,

”I studied Formation too hard, drew too much, and overused my Divine Sense, so I occasionally faint, but I’ll be fine after a while…”

Gu Changhuai, upon hearing this, knew Mo Hua was talking nonsense.

He was energetic just before, his eyes brimming with life and gleaming, how could he suddenly faint due to an overuse of Divine Sense?

This kid definitely had something he didn’t want to say…

Gu Changhuai deeply looked at Mo Hua and asked,

”So, will you still inspect this Xie family?”

Mo Hua nodded, ”I will.”

Gu Changhuai nodded, didn’t say much, but took Mo Hua and spent two hours exploring the devastated, charred remains of the Xie family.

The entire Xie family was reduced to ashes.

Everything had turned into cinders.

After making a full round, Mo Hua didn’t find any anomalies.

Occasionally, he would find a small clue, but these were already known to Gu Changhuai.

Gu Changhuai had deep Cultivation, rich experience, sharp observation, and the intuition of a Supervisor.

Besides some ”incredibly strange” things beyond grasp—matters of Heavenly secrets and Karmic cause—whatever Mo Hua could find, Gu Changhuai had definitely noticed earlier.

The things Mo Hua couldn’t discover, Gu Changhuai could also discern.

In terms of investigation, Gu Changhuai was extremely professional.

Mo Hua followed Gu Changhuai as they generally walked through the Xie family, inspecting the surroundings.

The Fire Buddha and his group had been very ”clean.”

From people to houses, the Xie family had been burnt to a piece of scorched earth, thus not leaving any excess traces.

Apart from the scenes seen in that sea of fire, there indeed weren’t any further clues.

Mo Hua felt somewhat regretful.

Gu Changhuai, seeing Mo Hua’s disappointed expression, wasn’t surprised.

The Taoist Court had searched inside and out of the Xie family many times over; if there really was something, it would have been discovered long ago.