Invitation

Not getting the desired result, Zhou Siyi frowned deeply.

"Junior Brother Wu, why don't you demonstrate corpse refining right here in your cave abode? It's quite troublesome to run around with the Man-Snake."

Song Wen pondered for a moment, then nodded.

"Alright, I'll send a message to Zhang Bing and Li Shi, telling them to come over as soon as possible."

Before he finished speaking, Song Wen already held two Message Jade Slip in his hand.

"Junior Brother Wu, wait a moment."

Zhou Siyi quickly called a halt to Song Wen's message.

Song Wen looked up at Zhou Siyi with a puzzled expression.

"Senior Sister Zhou, is there anything else?"

"Could you demonstrate corpse refining to me just once?" Zhou Siyi asked.

Why?

Song Wen narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing Zhou Siyi.

He felt that Zhou Siyi was acting strangely today.

It gives people a feeling of unease.

"I..."

Zhou Siyi opened her mouth several times, but hesitated and stammered, unable to utter a single word.

"This isn't the place to talk. Can we go inside your cave abode to talk?"

Song Wen's expression gradually became serious.

"Senior Sister Zhou, what exactly are you...?"

Before Song Wen could finish speaking, he saw Zhou Siyi give him a look, signaling Song Wen to stop talking.

At the same time, Song Wen noticed that Zhou Siyi's Message Jade Slip in his storage ring flickered.

The two stood facing each other.

Zhou Siyi neither spoke nor used Divine Sense transmission; instead, she used a more discreet Jade Slip to send a message.

This only proves one thing.

She was worried that someone was spying on them and that their conversation might be overheard by outsiders.

With a thought, Song Wen secretly took out the Message Jade Slip.

Someone wants to kill you.

Song Wen's mind raced as he quickly went through the names of those he had grudges against.

He discovered that within the Beast Taming Sect, the only person with whom he had a deep grudge was Leng Tianlu.

However, Leng Tianlu knew that his corpse-refining was related to the First Supreme Lord, and Leng Tianlu probably wouldn't dare to harm him.

Who else could it be besides Leng Tianlu?

Why did Zhou Siyi know that someone wanted to kill her?

Could the murderer be connected to Zhou Siyi in some way?

Song Wen glanced at Zhou Siyi and gestured for her to leave.

"Senior Sister Zhou, please come in."

After entering the cave abode, Song Wen deliberately kept a certain distance from Zhou Siyi.

He first activated the <Qi-Sealing Spirit-Isolating Formation> and the <Nine-Palace Yin-Transforming Formation> before speaking.

"Senior Sister Zhou, who wants to kill me?"

Seeing Song Wen's cautious and wary demeanor, Zhou Siyi gave a wry smile.

Zhou Xuelin's idea of sending her to assassinate 'Wu Sheng' is simply wishful thinking.

Given Wu Sheng's cautious nature, how could he be easily ambushed?

She gathered her thoughts and slowly began to speak.

"Zhou Xuelin sent me to assassinate you."

"Zhou Xuelin! I'll send you to kill me!"

Upon hearing this, Song Wen suddenly exuded a strong killing intent.

This murderous intent was like the wind and snow in the dead of winter, icy and bone-chilling.

Zhou Siyi couldn't help but shudder, staring at Song Wen with a horrified expression.

At this moment, Song Wen was like a killing god emerging from a battlefield, exuding a chilling killing intent.

This was completely different from his usual timid and cautious demeanor.

Zhou Siyi realized that everyone at Pill Peak, including Zhou Xuelin, had probably misjudged the situation.

'Wu Sheng' is by no means someone to be trifled with.

"Just because I fused with Profound Qi and refused to join the Spirit Beast Peak, Zhou Xuelin wants to kill me?"

Song Wen questioned him sternly.

Zhou Siyi nodded.

"Yes, the Profound Qi is related to the selection of the next sect leader. If you are the first to achieve Profound Qi, the position of sect leader will fall to the Golden Core cultivator of Pill Peak."

"Zhou Xuelin is obsessed with power and naturally doesn't want to see this happen. Therefore, he wants to get rid of you and slow down the progress of Pill Peak's fusion with Profound Qi."

Upon hearing this, Song Wen suddenly remembered.

Two days ago.

Danfeng Peak Master Fang Pengyi suddenly approached him and increased his monthly salary.

The monthly salary of the Elder of the Pavilion is one thousand Spirit Stone, plus two hundred sect contribution points.

Song Wen is in charge of the Human-Snake Cavern, and he receives a monthly reward of 1,000 Spirit Stone and 200 contribution points.

Fang Pengyi doubled Song Wen's monthly salary on top of the original amount.

In this way, Song Wen could receive four thousand Spirit Stone and eight hundred contribution points every month.

For a Foundation Establishment cultivator, this is undoubtedly a huge sum of money.

The matter of refining Profound Qi involves the selection of the next sect leader, which explains Fang Pengyi's actions.

Fang Pengyi was so generous so that Song Wen could focus on refining his corpse and reach the stage of being filled with Profound Qi as soon as possible.

He also wanted to vie for the position of sect leader.

Song Wen scrutinized Zhou Siyi with a questioning look.

"Then why didn't you attack me? Instead, you chose to betray your father and tell me about this."

Zhou Siyi did not answer. Instead, she loosened the belt around her waist and took off her upper garment.

All I saw was...

Her skin was smooth and flawless, like jade.

Her body was covered with countless hideous and terrifying scars, like disgusting worms crawling crookedly all over her body.

Perhaps it was the first time she had exposed her body to outsiders.

A blush crept onto Zhou Siyi's face as she quickly put on her clothes.

"These scars are what Zhou Xuelin left on me over the past twenty-odd years."

"These are evidence of Zhou Xuelin's inhuman nature, and a testament to my life of suffering. I kept them in the hope that one day I can return them all to Zhou Xuelin."

Zhou Siyi's face was full of hatred as she gritted her teeth and said.

However, to Zhou Siyi's disappointment, when Song Wen saw her naked upper body, he neither felt pity for her terrifying scars nor had any improper thoughts; his expression remained cautious and wary.

"Since you have suffered inhuman torture at the Zhou Xuelin, why don't you escape from the Beast Taming Sect?"

Zhou Siyi's face was full of misery, and she gave a bitter smile.

"Escape? My soul has been bound by Soul-Locking Curse planted by Zhou Xuelin since childhood. Where can I escape to?"

Song Wen asked, "Then why are you telling me all this?"

Zhou Siyi said, "Zhou Xuelin wants your life, and he has no intention of letting me go either. Now, he is our common enemy. Naturally, he wants to invite you to join him in dealing with Zhou Xuelin."

Song Wen frowned deeply.

If what Zhou Siyi said is true, then she really has nowhere else to turn.

She knew very well that if she were to kill herself, she would also face certain death.

If she didn't kill herself, she would surely suffer endless torture at Zhou Xuelin's hands.

It seems that Song Wen's life is also threatened, but his situation is much better than Zhou Siyi's.

He still has a choice.

Song Wen could seek help from Fang Pengyi, or he could hide in the Human-Snake Cavern; his safety was not a concern for the time being.

But none of these are long-term solutions.

Now, Song Wen has great value to Fang Pengyi will naturally try to protect Song Wen.

But when Fang Pengyi no longer needed Song Wen to refine corpses, Song Wen didn't believe that Fang Pengyi would fight Zhou Xuelin to the death for his own sake.

Of course, Song Wen could leave the Beast Taming Sect directly, but he hasn't reached a dead end yet.

Moreover, there is something Song Wen wants within the Beast Taming Sect.

The subsequent Cultivation Method the Longevity Art.

The Pill Formula and method for refining the Golden Core Pill.

The insights of the Beast Taming Sect's predecessors on Core Formation.