Black Armor Gu

Song Wen packed up his stall and said to the square-faced man who hadn't left yet.

"Senior brother, farewell."

After saying that, he turned and walked out of the market.

The square-faced man stared at Song Wen's departing figure for a long while, his gaze dark and brooding, lost in thought.

A moment later, he headed in Song Wen's direction.

The square-faced man trailed far behind Song Wen until he saw Song Wen leave the market and head away from the sect. A smug look flashed in his eyes.

"Just as I expected, this boy wasn't telling the truth. If he were reporting back to Elder Shi Shou, he wouldn't have gone outside the market."

Suddenly, Song Wen in front of them began to accelerate, and at an extremely fast speed, clearly exceeding the speed that Song Wen, who was Qi Refining Fourth Layer, should have.

"He used Swift Movement Talisman. Did he discover me?"

The square-faced man also began to accelerate, but did not chase after him directly, instead maintaining a distance of two or three hundred meters.

This place is too close to the sect; it's not suitable for taking action.

Suddenly, a surge of Blood Qi erupted from Song Wen's body, and his speed began to increase dramatically, almost matching that of Qi Refining Seventh Layer cultivator.

The person with the square face was not surprised but rather pleased.

"<Blood Escape Technique>! You think you're the only one who's practiced this technique? Coincidentally, I have too. Let's see whose Law Technique is more proficient and whose Essence Blood is more abundant."

The more eager the person in front was to escape, the more certain he became that the person was not telling the truth and was definitely hiding something extremely important.

A little over fifteen minutes later, the two arrived at a lake dozens of miles away from the sect.

Amidst the astonished expression on the square-faced man's face, Song Wen's speed suddenly increased, disappearing into the darkness.

The square-faced man quickly caught up to where Song Wen had disappeared, his brows furrowed as he pondered deeply.

"How could they have suddenly disappeared?"

The square-faced man paced back and forth, carefully examining his surroundings, trying to find any clues.

Suddenly! A foot-long, jet-black iron cone, carrying a thick aura of death, shot towards him.

"Hmph! A mere trick."

Although the black iron cone was a mid-grade magic Law Power, the attacker was clearly slightly weaker and unable to unleash its true power.

The square-faced man was convinced that the attacker was the young man who had just disappeared at the Qi Refining Fourth Layer.

With a wave of his left hand, the square-faced man released a Corpse Puppet at the Qi Refining Fifth Layer.

The Corpse Puppet charged straight at the Soul-Breaking Awl.

The square-faced man's eyes were fixed on a bush about fifty meters ahead. The iron spike had been shot out from that bush, and the kid must be hiding in it.

A jet-black short blade appeared in front of him, and shot towards the bushes with lightning speed.

Just as the square-faced man was smiling, anticipating the sight of the boy's near-death and mortally wounded state, several small gray insects silently crawled onto his trouser leg.

"Ah!"

The man with the square face suddenly felt a sharp pain in his lower body, and his face turned extremely painful.

Only then did he notice that, without him noticing, several small insects had crawled onto his body.

The tiny insects had burrowed into his body and were tearing at him frantically.

After a few breaths, the square-faced man collapsed to the ground, no longer breathing.

Song Wen emerged from the bushes, holding the short blade that the square-faced man had used.

The square-faced man was suddenly seriously injured. Without the power of his master's spiritual energy, the short blade was greatly weakened and could hardly threaten Song Wen. The square-faced man's Corpse Puppet also stood upright in place, motionless.

Song Wen walked to the square-faced corpse and plunged his right hand into the chest of the still-breathing man.

Although most of the square-faced man's flesh and blood had been devoured by the Beetle Gu, Song Wen was able to devour his soul as a precaution. In case someone used Ghost Dao Cultivation Method to capture the remaining souls in this place and let them see what the square-faced man saw before he died.

Song Wen removed the Storage Bag and Corpse-Nurturing Bag from the corpse, and a flame suddenly appeared in his hand. The flame flew towards the square-faced corpse that had turned into a mummified corpse, and burned to ashes in a moment.

Then, he cast a whirlwind spell, scattering the ashes.

He opened the square-faced man's Storage Bag, put the more than four hundred Spirit Stones into his pocket, and cursed under his breath, "Poor bastard."

The Storage Bag also contained the corpses of more than fifty White Bone Worms, which Song Wen also collected.

He put the short blade in his hand back into the square-faced man's Storage Bag, and didn't touch the other items in the Storage Bag.

Then, using the Corpse-Nurturing Bag with the square face, he put the Corpse Puppet away.

After checking everything and making sure nothing was missed, Song Wen used the Blood Escape Technique to quickly leave the area.

After traveling for more than ten miles, they found a place and buried the square-faced man's Storage Bag and Corpse-Nurturing Bag there.

Each cultivator's Corpse Puppet and Law Artifact have unique characteristics. He was worried that they would be recognized when he tried to sell them, so to be on the safe side, it was better to bury them.

Although the Corpse Puppet could be reforged and its aura and appearance altered, Qi Refining Fifth Layer Corpse Puppet was of little use to Song Wen now. To avoid further trouble, Song Wen simply buried the Corpse Puppet along with the body.

After doing all this, Song Wen headed towards the sect.

For the next ten days, Song Wen remained in his cave abode to cultivate and did not leave the cave.

As for whether the sudden death of the square-faced man had attracted the attention of the sect, or whether the sect's Law Enforcement Hall was investigating the cause of his death, he did not inquire about it, as if the death of the square-faced man had nothing to do with him at all.

During these ten days, Song Wen diligently cultivated to improve his cultivation level while attempting to refine the Corpse Puppet at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer.

Refining the Corpse Puppet was not going smoothly, mainly because the Corpse Puppet's strength far exceeded his, so he could only refine it slowly.

The Black-Bellied Beetle Gu that had formed a cocoon remained inactive, so Song Wen temporarily stopped feeding the Gu Worm with White Bone Worm crystals. He wanted to wait and see the mutation results of the cocooned gu before making a decision.

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye, and Song Wen's life returned to the routine of understanding corpses, cultivating, and raising Gu.

When he reappeared in the Corpse Dissection Cave a month later, he greatly surprised Yuan Cheng and many other corpse dissection practitioners.

Song Wen is one of the few corpse exorcists who, despite experiencing mental derangement, managed to return alive.

However, none of Yuan Cheng and the other corpse interpreters asked how Song Wen resolved the matter of mental derangement.

Only the bloated and robust female corpse dissecter walked up to Song Wen, looked Song Wen up and down with great interest, and then spoke in a low voice.

"Extreme Yin Brother Jiyin, my cave abode is number 74 (乙七四). Senior Sister welcomes you to cave abode anytime."

After saying that, the 2.5-meter-tall female corpse dissecter, swaying her strong waist that was several times more robust than Song Wen's, turned to leave.

Suddenly, she turned her head again and smiled back.

"Junior brother, remember, Senior sister is waiting for you at cave abode 74, Room B."

Staring at the retreating figure of the female corpse dissecter, Song Wen fell into deep self-doubt. With his small arms and legs, would he even have the strength to crawl out of her cave abode?

The Beetle Gu emerges from its cocoon on the fifteenth day after it forms it.

The Beetle Gu, having just completed a new round of evolution, did not change much in size, but its strength increased to a terrifying level of Qi Refinement Eighth Layer. This made Song Wen very happy, but also a little disappointed. He had originally hoped that the Beetle Gu could directly evolve into the Sacred Beetle Gu.

Except for its head, the new Gu Worm's body had turned jet black, while its head remained gray.

"Perhaps when its head also turns black, it can become a true Sacred Beetle Gu," Song Wen thought to himself.

To distinguish it from other Beetle Gu, Song Wen gave this Beetle Gu a new name based on its Gu Worm: 'Black Armor Gu'.

As soon as the Black Armor Gu emerged from its cocoon, it conveyed a message of hunger to Song Wen.

Song Wen then took out a Silver-Shining Stone and gave it to it, and forced out a few drops of his own Essence Blood.

After consuming half a Silver-Shining Stone and eight drops of Essence Blood, the Black Armor Gu was finally full.

Song Wen couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement. In one meal, he had consumed half a Silver-Shining Stone, which was worth twenty-five Spirit Stones, plus eight drops of Essence Blood. How could anyone afford to feed someone like that?

He could only hope that the Black Armor Gu had just emerged from its cocoon and was feeding for the first time, thus requiring a greater amount of spiritual energy and Qi and Blood.