Raising Gu, Demonic Clone

"Fugui?" the old man asked anxiously, especially when he heard Wang Fugui say he was going with Lin Shuguang. He wished he could lock the kid in his room.

Lin Shuguang gave him too terrifying a feeling.

He was afraid Wang Fugui would suffer if he followed.

However, Wang Fugui shook his head. As he passed the old man, he said sincerely, "This is my last chance. I don't want to miss it."

The old man could only sigh. "Put this on before you go out." He handed Wang Fugui a mask and quietly slipped a life-saving pill into his hand.

Wang Fugui nodded to him.

"Go, be careful. If anything happens, remember to find the Young Miss," the old man whispered, then watched Wang Fugui leave with Lin Shuguang.

The three of them left the convenience store and suddenly noticed quite a few more people on the road.

Lin Shuguang and Leng Yueyan exchanged glances, understanding each other's meaning. They led Wang Fugui through discreetly.

As they moved further away from the convenience store, the number of pedestrians in the vicinity dwindled.

Black Street was called Black Street because this area was built underground, and the dim lights made it appear particularly eerie.

"Wait."

Lin Shuguang suddenly stopped.

Leng Yueyan immediately sent out her senses. The surrounding quiet, dense forest seemed too silent.

She turned to look at Lin Shuguang, her eyes filled with surprise. Even she hadn't noticed the strangeness here, and she hadn't expected Lin Shuguang to detect it first.

Had this guy been hiding his abilities, or was he naturally suited to be an assassin?

Without overthinking, Leng Yueyan secretly prepared for defense.

"It seems we've been discovered," a hoarse female voice came from the shadows not far away.

Slowly, three figures emerged.

All three wore masks: two men and one woman. The woman was tall, while the two men were one stout and one thin, not much taller than the mysterious woman's shoulders.

The mysterious woman, who had just spoken, had a spotted python coiled around her shoulder. The python's head stared at Lin Shuguang, Leng Yueyan, and Wang Fugui, its forked tongue flicking out, emitting a chilling hiss.

"Hand over the treasures you have."

"Second Sister, why waste words with them? Maim the men and drag the woman to the brothel. Her figure could fetch a good price," the stout man said impatiently.

The thin man, however, was focused on the treasure. "That power came from the general store earlier. There must be a treasure. These three slipped out stealthily, so the item must be on one of them!"

On the other side, Wang Fugui swallowed.

For some reason, he suddenly regretted not listening to Second Master. He'd run into robbers right after leaving.

He couldn't help but glance at Lin Shuguang, seemingly placing his hope in him.

"I'll handle the protection. You can take care of those three," Leng Yueyan said playfully to Lin Shuguang, though she also wanted to take this opportunity to probe his true strength.

Lin Shuguang glanced at her calmly.

"Thin one, you go first. Sever his limbs. I have questions for him," the vixen-like woman said sinisterly.

The thin man immediately drew the double-headed axe from his body, licked his lips, and charged forward.

The stout man beside him said anxiously, "Big Sister, I want to fight too! You can't always let the thin one go first."

"Shut up!" the vixen-like woman first cursed angrily, then gently soothed, "You're too heavy-handed. You might kill him easily, and I still need to ask questions. Pfft!"

Suddenly, a spray of blood rained down on their faces.

The two looked up in shock.

They saw Lin Shuguang had moved at some point. The thin man was missing an axe, and his body was missing its head. The headless corpse spewed blood.

The round head rolled to the vixen-like woman and the stout man's feet. Its eyes, wide with the shock of death and disbelief, stared fixedly at them, startling the two.

"Thin one!" The stout man, impatient, seeing his companion killed, was enraged. He grabbed his great saber and lunged forward.

The vixen-like woman had intended to flee, but seeing this, she couldn't suppress her fear and sent out the great python from her shoulder.

One man and one python, their ferocity overwhelming!

Lin Shuguang, however, was unfazed.

His strength had greatly increased. Dealing with such nobodies was effortless. He hadn't even used the Void Chaos Art this time, equipping the Dao Pattern with the Beast God Soul.

The magnetic field that erupted from his body immediately stopped the charging spotted python.

"Kill him," a simple command came casually from Lin Shuguang's mouth.

"Pfft!"

The spotted python bit off the stout man's head. Its massive body coiled around the stout man's twitching corpse, creating a bloody scene.

Let alone the vixen-like woman who raised the spotted python, even Leng Yueyan and Wang Fugui, who had retreated the furthest, were stunned.

Wang Fugui was the only ordinary person present without any cultivation. He didn't understand what was happening, but that didn't diminish the overwhelming fear that the mysterious Lin Shuguang instilled in him.

How powerful did someone have to be to wield such methods?

Leng Yueyan's beautiful eyes were fixed on Lin Shuguang's back, lost in thought.

The snake-scorpion woman immediately turned and fled. She couldn't understand how the spotted python, which she had raised since childhood using a secret technique, would suddenly obey Lin Shuguang, nor could she comprehend what kind of evil sorcery Lin Shuguang had used.

Her mind was a blank slate now, all she wanted was to escape.

Even the greed she had felt moments before for the Nine Revolutions Golden Core refined by Lin Shuguang was now overshadowed by an unprecedented, absolute fear.

The moment she turned, she heard a bone-chilling sound, the noise of flesh being pierced by a sharp weapon.

The searing pain made her eyes almost burst open.

She lowered her head and saw a saber piercing straight through her from behind, her heart impaled, her blood vessels ruptured, blood gushing out, causing her unbearable agony.

"Did I allow you to run?" Lin Shuguang's indifferent voice sounded from behind the snake-scorpion woman.

"I am willing to surrender to you, senior, please don't kill me!" the snake-scorpion woman cried out in terror, a large amount of blood spraying from her mouth. The next moment, her head was severed, and she perished on the spot.

Lin Shuguang, holding the saber in one hand, scanned the surroundings with cold eyes. "All of you hiding in the shadows, listen up. If you want to rob me of my things, you'd better see if you have the lives to enjoy them. Get lost!"

Rustling sounds came from the surrounding shadows.

Some people hiding in the dark, seeing Lin Shuguang's ruthless methods, dared not provoke him and retreated.

But there were those who were unconvinced. "Your Excellency, aren't you being a bit too overbearing? Treasures should go to the virtuous."

Another chimed in, "Why don't you take out the treasure and let us feast our eyes? Once we know what it is, we can decide whether to give up our greedy thoughts."

"Noisy!" Lin Shuguang snorted coldly.

He had already used the bodies of the snake-scorpion woman and the other two as a warning, yet some people still had no sense of self-preservation.

Three million points of mental power surged out, an invisible, terrifying force accurately striking the two who were shouting the loudest.

"Pfft."

"Pfft."

Two muffled groans were heard immediately.

Lin Shuguang's method of killing without a trace sent chills down the spines of the cultivators who were still observing, causing them to turn and flee without hesitation.

In an instant, the entire world seemed to quiet down.

Only the sound of the spotted python devouring the corpses remained.

"I didn't realize you had so many tricks up your sleeve," Leng Yueyan said with a light laugh, walking up to Lin Shuguang.

"You should go back first. I still have something to do." Lin Shuguang didn't say much. He looked at the spotted python and, instead of killing it, used the Beast God Soul and a mental secret technique to set a mental imprint.

In a flash, the spotted python seemed to receive a command and quickly slithered away into the night.

"You can control fierce beasts?" Leng Yueyan's eyes lit up.

Not only was his cultivation strong, but he could also refine pills and control fierce beasts. This was truly a prodigy!

Even in their family, Lin Shuguang would definitely be considered a core disciple.

As Leng Yueyan mused, she saw Lin Shuguang preparing to leave with Wang Fugui. She quickly followed. "Where are you going?"

"To handle some personal matters," Lin Shuguang said, frowning.

Seeing this, Leng Yueyan stopped and tentatively asked, "Is it inconvenient for me to know?"

Lin Shuguang looked at her and, being rather clueless about social cues, nodded. "Yes."

Leng Yueyan was silent for a moment, then changed her approach. "Will you be coming home after you're done?"

"Yes."

Hearing Lin Shuguang's assurance, Leng Yueyan immediately smiled again. "Then I'll wait for you at home."

Lin Shuguang left with a dumbfounded Wang Fugui.

Neither of them knew how many waves of shock this conversation sent through Wang Fugui's heart.

He hadn't known about the Young Miss's situation originally, but after learning about it from the old man, he realized how important this Young Miss was to the family.

He looked at Lin Shuguang and Leng Yueyan with disbelief... Could these two be... together???

In a flash, Lin Shuguang brought Wang Fugui to a remote area in the outside world.

After setting up a mental barrier to shield them from external detection, Lin Shuguang took out the Nine Demon Scroll. "Do you recognize this?"

Wang Fugui, who was still immersed in gossip, suddenly sensed the Nine Demon Scroll. The evil will within his body immediately became agitated, and his body stiffened. "I, I recognize it..."

Seeing Wang Fugui's reaction, Lin Shuguang reached out.

The evil will from Wang Fugui's body seemed to have found a delicious prey. Wang Fugui's body suddenly grew, transforming into a monster covered in spikes, roaring and trying to tear Lin Shuguang to shreds.

"I'm not afraid of you being evil, I'm afraid of you not being evil enough." Lin Shuguang's three million points of mental power erupted.

The Dao Patterns of the Sacred Dragon Body were activated.

His entire aura surged, almost blowing up the barrier he had set up.

He grabbed with one hand, directly suppressing it.

The rampaging, roaring "Wang Fugui" couldn't struggle at all. The evil will hadn't fully formed yet, so he was at Lin Shuguang's mercy.

Mental power was poured into Wang Fugui's body, and after a moment of investigation.

"So that's how it is."

Lin Shuguang now understood Ninth Prince Gu Changhe's plan. The guy truly had ill intentions. Although Wang Fugui didn't cultivate, he had a special physique. That's why Gu Changhe planted a demon inside Wang Fugui, intending to use this opportunity to refine a Demonic Clone.

But Gu Changhe would likely never imagine that not only his Nine Demon Scroll but even his secretly cultivated Demonic Clone would fall into Lin Shuguang's hands.

"M-mighty sir…" Wang Fugui stammered. Crushed by Lin Shuguang's True Dragon aura, the demonic will retreated rapidly into Wang Fugui's body like a mouse encountering a cat. This finally allowed Wang Fugui to regain his sanity.

"How long has it been?" Lin Shuguang asked, setting him down.

"Over a year." Wang Fugui was covered in cold sweat, sitting and gasping for air.

Lin Shuguang sized him up. "You've got a tough life."

Wang Fugui slowly stood up, and after a long pause, looked at him earnestly. "You'll help me, won't you?"